NCCnovel Chapter 158: Doctor Bian
Chapter 158: Doctor Bian
"Sorry." She didn't know why she wanted to apologize, whether it was because of Xiao Zhengdu's concern or her own recklessness.
I just said it subconsciously.
Xiao Zhengdu turned his head and said in a somewhat harsh tone, "Why should I apologize?"
Lou Xiao whispered, "Xiao Zhengdu, I'm sorry for making you worry."
She gave in so quickly. Xiao Zhengdu complained about her spinelessness in his heart, but he felt a little embarrassed.
He said nonchalantly, "Who's worried?" and quickened his pace to be several steps ahead of her.
He let out a breath and saw that Lou Xiao beside him hadn't caught up, so he turned back and urged, "Hurry up, the imperial physician is coming, let him take a good look at you."
"Okay, got it."
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The old man's bones were almost falling apart after he landed. His great-granddaughter behind him held his arms with both hands, her face full of indignation. She was very dissatisfied with the guards who came to pick them up.
Don’t you know how old the old man is? Why are you in such a hurry?
The little girl's cheeks were puffed up and her mouth was raised high. The old doctor saw this and poked her with his elbow. Her drooping eyelids were full of warning.
Be careful! The people you are going to meet later are all the favorites around His Majesty!
The little girl looked aggrieved and her mouth curled even higher.
The guards helped him sit on the round stool. The old doctor thanked him and said nothing.
The great-granddaughter carrying the medicine box grew up with her parents in Yunsu City and had never been to the capital. How could she know the weight of the so-called powerful and wealthy?
The old doctor had no choice but to push her behind him, hoping that no one would notice this little girl in her teens.
"His Highness has come in."
Following the guards' reminder, the old doctor stood up tremblingly on his crutches to greet them.
The little girl hurriedly supported her ancestor, who had been living a leisurely life for a long time, and she hated that king even more.
Xiao Zhengdu didn't know that he was being disliked for no reason. He was tall and walked with big steps, which made him very conspicuous.
When Lou Xiao, who was dressed in plain clothes without any hairpins or accessories, walked in, she was naturally the first person to catch the girl's attention.
The resentful look was too strong. Xiao Zhengdu raised his eyelids and looked over, only to see a chubby, red-faced, angry little girl avoiding his gaze and quietly hiding behind the skinny old doctor.
It's a pity that the old doctor is old, thin and hunched, and even with a smile on his face he can't hide the figure of his fat granddaughter.
Lou Xiao smiled silently and asked the old man who was barely standing to sit down quickly.
"Old man, please sit down. You have come all the way from Yunsu City. Do you need to rest for a while?"
"This must be the Lord Zhenguo! I greet you! I greet His Royal Highness the King of Youshan—"
He trembled and made a move to kneel. Lou Xiao rushed over to steady him, and then used his hands to push him down to sit.
Some tough approaches are not annoying.
"No need to be so polite." Seeing the old doctor looking up to say something, she turned around and told the attendant beside her,
"Bring a stool for this...young lady. She seems to be getting tired of standing."
The attendant said yes and left. The old man said embarrassedly, "The child is ignorant and made the Duke of Zhenguo laugh at me."
After saying that, he turned around and cursed softly, "Why don't you thank me quickly!"
"Thank you, sir." The chubby little girl blushed and spoke in a voice as soft as a mosquito. She bent her knees hastily and almost lowered her head to the ground.
Lou Xiao suppressed the urge to pinch her face and nodded with a "kind" smile. Then she heard Xiao Zhengdu, who was sitting in the upper seat, sneer, as if he saw through what she was thinking.
Lou Xiao sat on the other side of the main seat and glared at him implicitly.
"Doctor Bian, long time no see. The Feng Shui of Yunsu City is good for health. The old doctor is getting stronger and stronger, and he is more energetic now."
Xiao Zhengdu felt very oppressed when he should be serious. He picked up the teacup with one hand and sniffed the tea fragrance. When the old doctor said "thank you, thank you", he put it down again.
“I asked you to come out this time because there are quite a few strange diseases in the mountains.
The doctors nearby are all helpless. I am afraid it is an epidemic, so I have no choice but to invite you here. After all, no one in the world has better medical skills than you. "
"Your Highness, I am so ashamed to accept your praise."
The old doctor sat down and bowed. The little girl behind him also sat on the stool, but huddled up and dared not look up.
"Since that is the case, I will not waste any more words. Can you let me talk to the doctors first, and then go to visit the patient in person?"
Doctor Bian’s quick and direct response was very much to Xiao Zhengdu’s liking, but after all, they had just got off the carriage and were not in a hurry.
"Come here, ask Imperial Physician Bian to go to the guest room to rest. And ask those doctors..." He looked at Lou Xiao, "and the soldiers who are taking care of the patients to wait with Imperial Physician Bian and wait for questioning."
This is quite humane.
The little girl pursed her lips, helped Doctor Bian up and thanked him, then the old and the young slowly walked out of their respective businesses.
Lou Xiao was very curious about this old man, "Do you know the old doctor?"
"How can I not recognize an old man who has left the palace?" Without outsiders, Xiao Zhengdu felt weak all over, leaning back in the back chair and speaking without any movement.
"He is a smart man. After His Majesty ascended the throne, he was able to escape unscathed and return to Yunsu City. Now he has many children and grandchildren and is very happy. You know, those imperial doctors back then..."
There are many people who failed in their attempts to take sides like the former Duke of Zhenguo.
"Your Majesty's safe return from the plague city is also due to the merits of his prescription, which is very well hidden."
Does that mean he can also be considered as your Majesty's person?
"I can't tell..." Lou Xiao also sat with her body tilted and looked ungraceful, "He's so old, aren't you afraid of an accident?"
"There's nothing we can do about it. None of his disciples can inherit his legacy, so he has to make the trip himself. Now that he's brought this fat girl with him, I guess he wants her to take charge of Jimin Hall."
But the child is still so young, how can he make it in time?
Xiao Zhengdu felt a little sorry for the old doctor Bian's medical skills.
When he was young, he wanted to take the imperial examination, but he failed repeatedly and became poorer and poorer, and he almost pawned his trousers.
Later, in order to support himself, he gave up the imperial examination and became an accountant. He fell in love with Miss Jimintang, who was born with a heart disease, at first sight.
In order to realize her wish of "traveling all over the mountains and rivers", he picked up the medical books and took his wife, who had never left Yunsu City, to see the mountains and rivers.
Not long after the child was born, his wife died.
Doctor Bian took on the responsibility of Jimintang, and when the child grew up, he went to the palace.
It was only because His Majesty, who was still King Cheng at the time, had a frail younger brother, Xiao Zhengze, who needed the care of an experienced imperial physician.
"He had no talent for the imperial examinations, but he was very insightful in medicine. He quietly learned a lot of other people's medical skills in the Imperial Hospital. He spent all day immersed in medical books and dabbled in all kinds of crooked ways.
If it weren't for him, my Seventeenth Brother wouldn't have grown up to where he is now."
"This place is close to Yunsu City. If there is an epidemic, Yunsu City will be in trouble, so it is best to let him come."