Chapter 362: Checking Medical Cases in the Imperial Medical Bureau
The Queen blinked and chuckled vaguely, "It has been several months since Marquis Wuning returned triumphantly. Shouldn't Marquis Wuning's wife also have good news? The family motto of Marquis Wuning's mansion is not to take concubines, but we are counting on you to have children and grandchildren."
Su Qianqian then understood that she was feeling no movement in her stomach.
[How can it sprout without seeds? How can it branch out and grow? Do I have to take the blame for the Marquis's incompetence? 】
Su Qianqian complained in her heart, but the Queen Mother felt like she had just eaten a big piece of news. Marquis Wuning was actually not capable of it?
Su Qianqian smiled and nodded: "Thank you for your concern, Queen, this matter... is not urgent..."
Xin Jilan tried to hold back her laughter and thanked the Queen. The Queen gave her some more gifts to add to her makeup. Su Qianqian then sincerely begged the Queen:
"Your Majesty, I have another favor to ask of you in the palace. I hope Your Majesty will grant my request."
The queen remained calm and said, "Madam Wuning, what do you have to say?"
"Your Highness, now that winter has arrived, many people are susceptible to coughing after being exposed to the cold. I have been thinking about a prescription to cure coughs recently, so I want to go to the Imperial Medical Bureau and look for medical records related to coughs in the past. I hope to come up with a prescription that is effective for all coughs, so that we can solve the problem once and for all."
The queen looked at Su Qianqian, trying to see what tricks she was up to, but Su Qianqian didn't feel guilty at all and let the queen see it openly.
"Okay, Zhi Ning, you take Madam Wuning to the Imperial Medical Bureau and tell her that I have ordered that Madam Wuning can review all medical records except those of His Majesty and the Crown Prince. You are not allowed to stop me."
The queen withdrew her gaze and instructed the palace maid. The palace maid named Zhi Ning took the order and took Su Qianqian to the Imperial Medical Bureau.
The Imperial Medical Bureau is a place that no one wants to come to, but it is a place that no one can leave. The imperial doctors have sad faces and are busy all day long.
From the emperor to his rooster, from the emperor to the families of civil and military officials, from the emperor to the palace maids and nannies who were in favor of the concubines, the imperial doctors had to serve carefully, for fear that they would lose their heads to someone unknown.
Su Qianqian followed the Queen's maid into the Imperial Medical Bureau. The director of the Imperial Medical Bureau saw them and asked hurriedly what was the matter.
After hearing the palace maid's oral instructions from the Queen, he did not dare to delay and hurriedly took Su Qianqian to the file library where the medical records were kept, and asked the clerk in charge of the file library to follow Su Qianqian's instructions to find the medical records.
"Are all the medical records from previous years here? Are they classified by year?"
Su Qianqian looked at the endless medical case shelf, and tens of thousands of horses were running wildly in her heart. This was something that she might not be able to find even if she was blind, right? But you can’t just say that you’re looking for a prince or duke who has a cough!
"There are distinctions between medical records for each year. Madam, do you want to look for records from a certain year, or do you want to look for records of cough diseases from all years?"
The clerk asked diligently.
"Compare the older ones with the more recent ones. Which years are the older ones?" Su Qianqian gritted her teeth and walked inside.
"Except for His Majesty and the Crown Prince, medical records older than ten years must be destroyed with the approval of the hospital administration. So the oldest ones here... are all there. They are nine years old, and they will also be destroyed next year."
The clerk was quite skilled in his job and pointed to a row of shelves in the distance.
Su Qianqian was delighted and quickly walked towards the row of shelves and asked the clerk if there was any classification of coughing diseases.
The clerk flipped through the boxes, and the dust that flew up made Su Qianqian cough. Finally, the clerk happily took out a box and said, "These are all for people with coughs. Madam, you can take your time to look at them."
Su Qianqian thanked him, picked up the box and sat at the small table next to her, taking out the medical records and looking through them one by one.
Su Qianqian read very quickly. Her eyes quickly scanned the words and she turned the pages quickly. When she saw the word "Wang", she checked carefully. However, apart from a few officials with the surname Wang, there was no prince who suffered from cough.
Could it be that the guess was wrong? Su Qianqian felt unsure.
If his prominent status was not that of a royal relative, then which high-ranking official or noble had such power that forced the old Marquis of Wuning to risk the lives of 30,000 soldiers?
Su Qianqian picked up two medical records at random, and asked the clerk for two medical records of recent coughing, and prepared to go back.
“Why did Prince Yi suffer from coughing again…” The clerk shook his head and sorted out the rest of the medical records.
"You said... Prince Yi has a cough?" Su Qianqian stopped and asked casually.
"Yes, Prince Yi hasn't had a cough for many years. He is now obsessed with geomancy. He has been traveling around and his body is getting stronger. Even when he returned to Xijing, he never had a cough. I wonder what happened this time..."
The clerk said a few words casually, then suddenly remembered the rules of the Imperial Medical Bureau, and quickly shut his mouth with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Oh, so Prince Yi also has a cough. I'll prepare a prescription and ask Prince Yi to try it... But when has Prince Yi ever had a cough before?"
Su Qianqian smiled to smooth things over and asked casually.
"I heard the Dean of the Hospital mention it once when he came to check the medical records. It must have been about eight or nine years ago... Isn't it in that box?"
The clerk asked Su Qianqian curiously.
"I haven't seen it." Su Qianqian replied casually while looking at the medical record, but her ears perked up to listen to what the clerk said.
"That's really strange..." The clerk walked inside, opened the box and looked again. Seeing that there was really nothing, he seemed to get anxious and searched in other boxes.
Su Qianqian did not leave, but followed the clerk until the clerk rummaged for a long time and took out a medical record from the bottom box. He said in surprise and anger:
"Who has read it and put it here? These medical records must be verified one by one before they are destroyed. If one is missing, you will lose your head!"
Su Qianqian smiled and comforted: "It's good that you found it. What a coincidence that I want to find this cough today. Otherwise, if something really happens, I'm afraid it will implicate the medical officers... It seems that I have a connection with this medical record. Why don't you give it to me?"
The petty official did not dare to disobey the Empress's order, and Su Qianqian had inadvertently helped him avoid disaster, so he was happy to do him a favor and quickly handed over the medical records.
Su Qianqian was not in a hurry. She took it to the table next to her and asked the clerk for paper and pen. She recorded the onset time of several cases of coughing, symptoms, medication, improvement and recovery process.
"Thank you for your help, Doctor. I will report this to the Queen when I get back. Guarding the medical records database here is a professional specialty that not everyone can do."
In order to prove that the medical record had not been tampered with, Su Qianqian flattered the clerk and asked him to stamp the copied medical record as proof of the piece of paper.
After expressing her thanks again, Su Qianqian and the palace maid left the medical record library and returned to the Queen's palace under the clerk's complacent, expectant and grateful gaze.
In order to cover up for Su Qianqian, Xin Jilan, the nine-year veteran of the social circle, has tried her best, using all her skills to talk about the past and the present, and the queen was so fascinated by her that she completely forgot how long Su Qianqian had been out.
Seeing Su Qianqian come in, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and instantly returned to the state of meditation.
"Empress, I have made a great discovery this time. His Royal Highness Prince Yi is suffering from a cough?" Su Qianqian asked in disbelief.
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