Chapter 511: Entering the Palace to Meet the Queen Mother
Chapter 511: Entering the Palace to Meet the Queen Mother
Her heart warmed slightly, "Okay, after I finish treating the Empress Dowager, I will come back in the evening to have dinner with my brother and sister-in-law."
Nanny An frowned, not knowing if she was overthinking it, but she always felt that there was something else behind the conversation between the brother and sister.
She urged from the side: "Doctor Yun, let's go to the palace quickly. The Empress Dowager may be impatient!"
"Okay!" Ji Yuntang nodded slightly, and without giving way to Nanny An, he got into the carriage directly.
This made Nanny An very angry, and she followed him into the carriage.
Along the way, Ji Yuntang kept chattering, which annoyed Nanny An.
She said, "Doctor Yun, our Queen Mother likes quietness and doesn't like noisy people. You can just say these words in front of me, but don't say them in front of the Queen Mother, or she will be unhappy."
Ji Yuntang looked at her in surprise, "Ah, didn't you just say that your queen mother has a good temper?"
Nanny An thought that she shouldn't talk too much, so she quickly explained: "The Queen Mother has a good temper, but because she suffers from a headache, she is very sensitive to all kinds of sounds and often has a headache that makes her unable to sleep, so she likes quietness very much."
"There is not even the sound of insects or birds chirping around our Cining Palace. The servants have to walk on tiptoe for fear of disturbing the Empress Dowager's rest."
The corners of Ji Yuntang's mouth twitched. Just by hearing these words, she could tell that Nanny An was lying.
It is understandable that she is afraid of noise, but the fact that Empress Dowager Yuan actually asked her servants to walk on tiptoe shows that she is not a good-tempered person.
At the very least, this old lady's mood should be unstable on weekdays.
The carriage went all the way to the palace, and Nanny An took Ji Yuntang to the gate of the Cining Palace. She said, "Doctor Yun, please wait here for a moment. I will go in and tell the Empress Dowager."
Ji Yuntang responded, but his eyes fell on Nanny An's feet.
Sure enough, she found that when Nanny An walked, she stood on tiptoe and leaned forward.
The same goes for the other servants.
And around the Cining Palace, there were many unfamiliar atmospheres.
Just from these auras, one can determine that there are at least nearly a hundred masters hiding nearby.
This might be the eighty-eight shadow guards Hua Feixue mentioned, who are specifically responsible for protecting the safety of Empress Dowager Yuan.
Ji Yuntang was certain that as long as she dared to do anything bad to Empress Dowager Yuan, these shadow guards would definitely jump out and kill her at the first opportunity.
At this time, a palace maid in green came out and said respectfully: "Doctor Yun, our Queen Mother invites you."
Ji Yuntang simply picked up the medicine box and strode in. She was not the kind of servant who would be oppressed and had to tiptoe to serve others.
When he met Empress Dowager Yuan, Ji Yuntang neither knelt nor saluted, but said something.
"The Queen Mother has taken good care of herself. She is already in her fifties, but her face still looks as young as forty."
At first glance, there was nothing wrong with this, but Empress Dowager Yuan was a little unhappy.
Isn't this a disguised way of saying that she is old?
Just as she was about to scold Ji Yuntang for not knowing the rules, Nanny An reminded her in her ear: "Quietly calm down, Empress Dowager. She is from the countryside and does not know the rules of the palace. She did not mean to offend you."
"You asked her to come and see your doctor today, so don't let her delay your work!"
After hearing what Nanny An said, Empress Dowager Yuan knew that Ji Yuntang had the same temper in the General's Mansion. She knew that the other party did not speak to her like that on purpose, and she felt a little relieved.
"I heard that you cured Miss Shen who fell into the water. It just so happens that there are a few servants in my palace who are ill. Please check their pulses first."
"If you can cure it successfully, I will reward you handsomely."
Ji Yuntang knew very well what Empress Dowager Yuan was up to. She was just testing him.
To test whether her medical skills were genuine and whether she was qualified to treat her.
These four patients were the first difficult problem posed to her by Empress Dowager Yuan.
Seeing Ji Yuntang standing there stupidly without making any statement, Nanny An came over and whispered in her ear:
"I know that Doctor Yun only treats ten patients a day, but since you have already made an exception for our Queen Mother, why not make another exception?"
"If you perform well, you may even be appreciated by the Queen Mother in the future."
Ji Yuntang hesitated for a moment, and finally seemed to have made up his mind.
"Well, I will make an exception again. Please, Queen Mother, let those patients come up!"
Empress Dowager Yuan signaled with her eyes, and Nanny An hurried downstairs to pick out a few patients.
There were four people coming, two men and two women, one of whom was an older nanny.
Ji Yuntang was about to go forward to check the pulse of one of them, but Empress Dowager Yuan raised her hand and said, "Doctor Yun, wait a minute."
"I have heard that some folk doctors with superb medical skills can use the technique of hanging thread to diagnose pulses. I have never seen it before. I wonder if Doctor Yun can open my eyes today?"
Ji Yuntang frowned. Was it not enough for this old witch to test her, but she also found ways to embarrass her?
But what a coincidence, she really knows how to diagnose a person's pulse by hanging a thread.
Ji Yuntang raised the corner of his lips, "Okay, since the Queen Mother wants to see it, I will show you my skills today."
As she spoke, she asked Nanny An to bring a silk thread and tie it around the patient's wrist.
He sat on the other side.
Ji Yuntang placed his fingertips on the silk thread and said, "Your pulse is stagnant and affects the circulation of qi and blood. Rheumatism has invaded you. You should often have stiff joints, leg pain, and back pain, right?"
"Not only that, you often feel thirsty and can't sleep. Even if you fall asleep, you will have nightmares. The next day you will feel tired and weak."
When the maid heard this, her eyes lit up instantly, "Doctor Yun is absolutely right, these are all my symptoms."
Ji Yuntang said: "It's not a big problem, it's just Qi deficiency and blood stasis. I'll prescribe you a prescription. You go back and drink it for half a month and you'll be fine!"
After Ji Yuntang finished writing the prescription, he went on to take the pulses of the other three people, and the symptoms he described all matched their own.
Empress Dowager Yuan's eyes dimmed. She had originally not taken Ji Yuntang seriously. She had deliberately brought up the idea of diagnosing pulse with hanging thread just to test her. Therefore, she specially asked Nanny An to find a few servants who had been ill for many years and had not been cured.
Unexpectedly, she was really good at it. Without the servants saying a word, she had already described all the other party's symptoms.
Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Yuan decided to let Ji Yuntang try it on her as well.
"Your medical skills are really good. Now you can come and take a look at me!"
For the sake of her own safety, she asked Ji Yuntang to diagnose her pulse and drove out all the servants except Nanny An.
Ji Yuntang didn't care, but as she kept on doing it, she noticed something was wrong.
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