In Chu Palace
Bai Zhi was refining medicine the whole night and didn’t finish until noon the next day.
When she opened the cauldron, the entire Cifu Palace was filled with the scent of the medicine. When Imperial Doctor Xu smelled this scent, he was very surprised.
He claimed to be the master of medicine because he was quite knowledgeable in alchemy. He was also being highly praised in the Imperial Hospital, and so he didn’t question his fame.
But today, when facing the sudden emergence of the empress dowager, he was helpless. All he could think of were some warm and nourishing prescriptions. These prescriptions were the prescriptions they usually prescribe, but he knew very well in his heart that such prescriptions cannot treat the disease.
When a little girl appeared, he didn’t believe her at all. He didn’t believe that such a little girl have a cure for the empress dowager’s disease. This kind of disease often occurs in elderly people. It was not uncommon. If it was an ordinary person who had such a disease, he’s afraid that he already told them to begin preparing for the funeral.
But when the scent of medicine penetrated his nose, a series of thoughts came to his mind. The things he couldn’t understand became clear all of a sudden.
Right, that’s it, the empress dowager suffered from a stroke, and so of course her meridians will be blocked. If he uses medicine that can relieve this sudden high pressure of blood flow in time, it’s not questionable that this treatment will be effective.
How he didn’t think of this treatment before?
Are his decades of medical experience not as good as this little girl?
Imperial Doctor Xu was both excited and ashamed. He stood outside the alchemy room and eagerly looked forward to seeing this miraculous pill. His heart was full of excitement, but he was also worried that he won’t be able to sit down in his position soon.
When the alchemy room door opened, a much richer and stronger scent of medicine entered his nose. Bai Zhi’s complexion was a little haggard, her squinting eyes proved that she stayed up all night. Hu Feng felt distressed in his heart.
“You must be tired!” He stepped forward and put a cloak on her: “It’s cold outside!”
Bai Zhi smiled and shook her head: “I’m okay, let’s go and see the empress dowager!” Hu Feng also looked tired. While she was refining medicine, he stayed outside. He never left, he also stayed in there all night until noon.
Imperial Doctor Xu wanted to see the miraculous medicine, but he didn’t dare to open his mouth. Seeing that the two went to Empress Dowager’s bedroom, he quickly followed.
At this time, the empress dowager was in the same condition as when she had symptoms last night, with crooked eyes and slanted mouth. She was unconscious and has a disordered pulse. Only when Bai Zhi gave her acupuncture treatment she became more stable.
Bai Zhi took out a pill, and let the palace maid brought water and feed it to the empress dowager.
The palace maid scooped the concoction with a little silver spoon and poured it bit by bit to empress dowager’s mouth. Seeing this, Bai Zhi wanted to replace the person, pinch the empress dowager’s mouth, and pour half a cup of the medicine in the empress dowager’s mouth.
After the palace maid gave the medicine meticulously she put the empress dowager down again in bed.
Bai Zhi heaved a sigh of relief when they finished giving the medicine. Although the process was slow, the medicine didn’t spill even a bit.
Hu Feng then asked Bai Zhi: “How long will it take before the empress dowager wake up after taking medicine?”
Bai Zhi shook her head. “It’s hard to say now, this medicine is not a magic pill, this medicine is only for her symptomatic disease. What will happen depends on her condition after waking up, but according to her current state, her life is not in danger.”
Hu Feng nodded and said nothing else.
Bai Zhi looked at Imperial Doctor Xu and said: “Imperial Doctor Xu has been staring at the pill bottle in my hand, do you want to look at it?”
Imperial Doctor Xu blushed in embarrassment and said: “If you will let me take a look, I will be grateful!”
Bai Zhi smiled and said: “You don’t need to be so polite, all the doctors are fellow workers. Only by discussing the disease with other doctors, we will be able to broaden our knowledge in medicine.”