Chapter 88 Misdiagnosis?
Inside the side hall, the emperor's anger had not yet subsided, and the air was still as tense as a string about to break.
The queen suddenly raised her head, her pale face showing a trace of calmness, and her sharp eyes swept towards Chu Yue.
"Your Majesty! The Queen Mother!"
Her voice was deliberately calm, but it couldn't hide her urgency.
“This matter concerns the royal family’s reputation, and even more so the reputation of Second Miss Shen!”
"How can we trust everything this little girl says?"
The Queen's voice rose a few notches and pointed at Chu Yue.
"In my opinion, she is so young, how good can her medical skills be? Maybe she made a wrong diagnosis!"
"For this matter, we need to invite an experienced female doctor from the palace to come and diagnose it, only then can we be sure!"
The Queen Mother paused while twirling her Buddhist beads, and her cloudy but shrewd eyes looked at the Queen, then at Chu Yue who was kneeling there neither humble nor arrogant.
Finally, she nodded slowly.
"allow."
A single word fell heavily.
"Send it to the Medical Department, Doctor Liu."
Doctor Liu is a veteran in the Medical Bureau. Although her medical skills are not top-notch, she is steady and has always been in frequent contact with the Queen's palace.
With the order, the palace door was pushed open, and soon, a middle-aged female doctor in her forties, wearing light blue medical officer uniform and with a serious face, walked in quickly.
"Your humble servant Liu pays respects to Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, and the Empress Dowager."
Her voice was flat and steady, revealing a certain formulaic respect.
The emperor had already lost his patience and waved his hand with a sullen face.
"No need to be polite! Go quickly! Check Miss Shen's pulse!"
"yes."
Doctor Liu did not dare to delay. She lifted her skirt and walked quickly to the soft couch, sitting down on the embroidered cushion brought by the palace maid.
She stretched out three fingers and gently placed them on Chen Jiao's exposed wrist.
The hall fell into a suffocating silence again.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the serious face of Doctor Liu, and even their breathing became lighter.
The queen clutched the handkerchief in her sleeve tightly, her knuckles turning white.
Shan Zhuyu stretched her neck even further, her eyes filled with hope and fear.
Chen He still stood there with her eyes lowered, but her slightly trembling eyelashes revealed that she was not completely indifferent.
Time seemed to be stretched out.
Doctor Liu's fingers stayed on Shen Jiao's wrist for a long time. She frowned slightly at first, as if a little confused, but soon relaxed again.
After a moment, she withdrew her hand, stood up, and turned to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, and the Empress Dowager."
Her voice was clear and certain.
"I just carefully examined Miss Shen's pulse."
"Miss Shen's pulse is stringy and slippery, which seems to indicate liver qi stagnation. In addition, she was frightened today, and her qi and blood are slightly fluctuating..."
She paused and said the most crucial sentence.
"But... no pregnancy pulse was diagnosed."
What?! No pregnancy pulse?! The words were like another thunderclap! The atmosphere in the hall instantly reversed!
"What?!"
The queen was like a drowning person grabbing a piece of driftwood. Her voice suddenly became sharp and her face instantly regained color!
She turned around abruptly and stared at Chu Yue, her eyes flashing with the resentful light of a victor!
"You're so brave!"
Her voice was filled with anger at being fooled!
"How dare you speak nonsense and mislead the public in front of His Majesty and the Empress Dowager!"
"Without any evidence, you dare to slander Miss Shen Er for being pregnant?!"
"Do you know how serious a sin this is?!"
Shan Zhuyu also reacted and immediately fell to the ground, crying loudly.
"Your Majesty! Queen Mother! Empress Dowager! Please make the decision for our darling child!"
She pointed at Chen He and burst into tears.
"Chen He! You're just jealous that our Jiao'er has the Empress's favor and can pray for her! So you just picked a girl like this to deliberately frame our Jiao'er!"
"Who is this person? She is not a maid of our Shen family at all. I have never seen her at all!"
"Our Jiao'er is a pure and innocent girl, how could it be possible...!"
"It's all your fault! This bitch is the one spouting nonsense! Your Majesty, please punish her severely! Give our Jiao'er back her innocence!"
For a moment, accusations and cries echoed throughout the side hall. The Queen and Shan Zhuyu, who had been in danger just a moment ago, instantly took the moral high ground and directed all their criticisms at Chen He.
The queen looked at Chen He's still calm face and her anger grew even more intense!
"Someone come!"
She shouted, a fierce glint in her eyes.
"Kick out this wicked woman who is full of lies, intending to disrupt the royal ceremony and slander the families of court officials!"
"Give me twenty slaps first! See if she dares to talk nonsense again!"
Immediately, two burly maids came forward with fierce eyes and tried to grab Chen He and Chu Yue's arms.
Chen He calmly shook off the hands of the maids, knelt down gracefully, and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, and the Empress Dowager. This person is indeed not a maid in my palace. Your Majesty has entrusted me to investigate the jade bracelet case. This is the female doctor, Chu Yue, whom Your Majesty has specially authorized to help me with the investigation. During the investigation, I discovered that she is very meticulous and has excellent medical skills. I also thought that having her by my side would provide someone to take care of me if I felt unwell, so I brought her here. Your Majesty is aware of this matter."
This one sentence left both the Queen and Shan Zhuyu stunned. The Emperor actually knew that she had a lowly female doctor by her side?
The emperor nodded lightly, indicating that he did know about this matter, but he did not think it was a big deal.
"Your Majesty, calm down."
At this time, the cold female voice was like the sound of jade hitting each other. It was not loud, but it was enough to make the hall quiet.
It’s Chu Yue.
She was still kneeling there, her body thin but her back straight.
Facing the Queen's wrath and the impending punishment, there was no panic on her face.
"I am not talking nonsense."
She raised her head, met the Queen's angry gaze, and spoke calmly.
"Miss Shen's pulse is weak and hidden, which is indeed a sign of pregnancy, but the pregnancy is still young, less than a month."
Her eyes lightly swept over Doctor Liu standing beside her.
"Perhaps the doctor's skills are not up to par, and he lacks experience, so he is unable to diagnose the disease at first. This is also a common occurrence."
When Doctor Liu heard this, her expression suddenly turned extremely ugly!
It was a great shame and humiliation for a junior to question his medical skills in front of the emperor and empress!
She stepped forward, pointed at Chu Yue, and retorted sharply, "What a boast! I was wondering who you were, but it turns out to be you, the little girl in the Medical Department who's in charge of pounding and drying medicine!"
Doctor Liu recognized Chu Yue!
"I see you coming in and out of the pharmacy every day, and you can't even tell the properties of a few main herbs apart. How dare you speak so brazenly here and talk about taking a pulse?"
"Do you know what a happy pulse is?!"
Her face was full of contempt and disdain.
"It's absolutely ridiculous! You have no idea how high the heavens are and how deep the earth is!"
The Queen sneered, "Even though it's understandable that the eldest daughter of the Shen family brought a young female doctor with her, it's a joke that a medicine-pounding girl dared to casually take someone's pulse!"
"Your Majesty! Queen Mother! This woman has sinister intentions and must not be forgiven!"
Facing the revelations of Doctor Liu and the Queen's relentless pressure, Chen He's expression remained as calm as a deep pool of water.
She even raised the corners of her lips slightly, revealing a faint smile.
"Whether Chu Yue can only pound medicine or not, and what are his medical skills, words alone are not enough to prove it."
She spoke slowly, her voice clearly carried throughout the side hall.
"Just because Doctor Liu can't diagnose it doesn't mean it doesn't exist."
Her gaze passed over the empress and Dr. Liu and looked at the emperor and the empress dowager sitting above them.
"Rights and wrongs are actually very simple."
"There are many imperial physicians in the palace, and the judge must be nearby."
"How about..."
Shen He paused and suggested calmly.
"Please ask the imperial physician to come over and take Miss Shen's pulse again."
Her eyes were clear and firm.
"The pulse condition, whether true or false, will become clear at that time, and the truth and falsehood will be determined by a fair judge."
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