The head of the Mu family

Chapter 31: Wealth, Boldness, and Meticulousness

In the Imperial Medical Academy.

Every day, the head physician would go to check the pulses of the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and the Empress.

Then he handled various matters at the Imperial Hospital, while watching Shen Huai study and correcting him if anything was wrong.

Several of the officials in the Imperial Medical Academy were medical talents.

Some specialize in gynecology and pediatrics, others in surgery, some in internal medicine, and still others study the properties of medicines (specifically, poisons), and so on.

If the head of the academy is not here, ask the medical directors. If they are unwilling to teach, keep asking them!

Learn one skill, earn one profit; the prerequisite is having thick skin.

Once they were more familiar with each other, Shen Huai would buy some local delicacies from Yedu City whenever he had free time, and bring them over for everyone to eat the next day.

When we asked the imperial physicians questions later, they became much more enthusiastic.

April's flowers have all faded in the human world.

On this day, Shen Huai overheard two apprentice doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau chatting as they prepared medicine.

"Hey~ have you heard?"

A few days ago, His Majesty sent people to suppress bandits in Mengshan. The bandits there burned, killed, looted, and committed all sorts of atrocities.

When the imperial court went to suppress the bandits, they even clashed with the old Marquis of Dingxi, and were all strangled by the old Marquis of Dingxi.

The rest were all beheaded in front of the villagers down the mountain, and their heads and bodies were thrown into the ravine to feed the wolves!

"Really? The old Marquis of Dingxi is still as sharp as ever!"

"Yes, I heard that they rescued many daughters from nearby families from the mountain."

I heard that when that perfectly healthy girl was rescued...

The young apprentice whispered to another apprentice.

"My God! These beasts! These girls wouldn't survive if they came out like this!"

"Who says it isn't true? Many girls committed suicide after returning home."

That's why the old Marquis had all those beasts chopped off!

"Well done! Those beasts deserved it!"

"Indeed! The Emperor's grace is boundless! The old Marquis is truly loyal to the people!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Huai guessed that they were just passing by the hill where the robbery had occurred.

Shen Huai: Ugh! Imperial grace my foot!

If we hadn't robbed the wrong people this time, those people would probably have lived to die on that mountain!

Even though they were all bandits who were killed, it still left a bad taste in one's mouth.

Those in power are truly not to be trifled with!

I need to be more careful in the future!

By the end of April, the young master had already started to walk unsteadily, and the entire Marquis's family was overjoyed.

After returning to Beijing, the wealthy woman shared her beauty secrets with her two best friends in real time.

One day after lunch, Shen Huai was preparing to take the young master out to bask in the sun while he fiddled with some snake and insect repellent powder.

Planning to spend some time at the mansion soon, one of her close friends, number one, A-Tan, didn't send an invitation, so she went to the noble lady's house to ask for help.

The lady was delighted to hear the announcement; she hadn't expected her best friend to bring someone along.

It turned out to be another close friend of her best friend, the daughter of the Minister of Revenue, who had married into the family of the Duke of Anguo.

The child was born in a similar situation to Li Mutang; this time, the child also caught a cold that wouldn't get better, and the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician kept causing relapses.

My best friend had told her about the wealthy woman's family before.

Last night, the child almost couldn't catch his breath.

Seeing her child so distressed, she remembered this incident and begged her best friend to bring her and the child to see a doctor.

As the wealthy woman led her entourage in, she listened to her best friend recount the situation.

Then he thought of Li Jingtang from a few months ago, so he took his men to his courtyard and immediately sent Shihua to call Shen Huai.

On the way there, Shi Hua told Shen Huai about the situation again.

After Shen Huai arrived, he asked about the child's condition, carefully took the child's pulse, and examined the child's mouth, tongue, and body.

Shen Huai secretly thought:

This is an opportunity, but this child is rather tricky.

It was only eight months old, and the embryo was still weak.

The cause of this illness was catching a cold, but I've already started having phlegm, and there's some inflammation in my lungs.

This medicine is so hard to get prescribed!

Shen Huai then invited the noblewoman aside and explained the actual situation and his concerns to her.

Because Shen Huai is the physician of the Marquis's residence, if any problems arise and someone acts unreasonably, they will come to the Marquis's residence for help.

That's the Duke's mansion!

Upon hearing this, the lady knew the problem was quite serious.

The other party was the Duke's Mansion and the Minister of Revenue. The Duke's Mansion had a high social standing, and the Minister of Revenue had real power.

If things improve, we will naturally gain favor from the Duke's mansion and the Minister of Revenue.

However, if any problems arise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

They said that Wu Ya was too young, and her condition was different from Tang Er's before, so it couldn't be cured, and they wouldn't blame her.

The noblewoman, however, couldn't bear to see the sickly child suffering.

She walked over and spoke frankly about her thoughts and concerns in front of her best friend.

Her best friend said that she could rest assured, she would take full responsibility for the consequences, and that she should just give it a try.

Her best friend then called Shen Huai over and asked how confident she was.

Shen Huai thought about the illness and felt he was at least 70-80% certain.

But the other party's social standing is too high!

What if something really happens? Who will take responsibility?

In case of any unforeseen circumstances, the family members cannot be considered the same person before and after treatment.

"Um... I'd say I'm about 50-60% sure."

This situation is serious and requires follow-up medical attention!

It seems that her best friend is clinging to Shen Huai as a lifeline.

Shen Huai thought it best to hold the battle at the Duke's mansion, so that if anything happened, it wouldn't have much to do with the Marquis's mansion.

Sure enough, her best friend immediately nodded in agreement and begged the noblewoman to let Shen Huai go along.

The noblewoman was touched by the child's gratitude after hearing Shen Huai's words.

The noblewoman reluctantly agreed and then made arrangements with her best friend and her confidante:

If the physician in your own household is not skilled enough, send him back; Tang'er is used to using the one here.

Shen Huai realized that the noblewoman was protecting her, and gave her a grateful look.

She asked the lady to help her ask the head of the household for leave, and then left with her best friend and her handkerchief.

On the way, Shen Huai had his confidante's attendant go to the pharmacy to buy some herbs, and then followed his confidante back to the Duke's mansion.

The carriage drove directly to the second gate, where a sedan chair came and took the person back to the main courtyard, which had a covered porch.

Shen Huai immediately considered the prescription, which included oral medication and supplementary medication for breastfeeding mothers.

The child is too young to be fed rice porridge.

Shen Huai then asked them to stir the rice porridge into a paste, mix it with egg yolk, and try feeding it to the person. Sure enough, the person swallowed it.

That night, after the child took the medicine and woke up, we fed him some rice cereal and egg yolk, and then gave him some more medicine before he went to sleep.

Shen Huai stayed by the child's side all night, and whenever the child woke up, she would have the maid on night duty wake her up.

If you have phlegm, you need to find a way to suction it out, otherwise you'll get stuck and won't be able to catch your breath, and your breath will stop.

The next day, due to inflammation, coughing, and fever, the symptoms recurred.

When he wasn't taking his medicine, Shen Huai would try to feed him water, orange juice, pear juice, and fritillaria cirrhosa.

The child is so young, and I can't make stew with rock sugar.

Except when the children are asleep, Shen Huai takes a nap.

I barely slept the rest of the time, but the night was much better than the first day.

On the third day, the body temperature stabilized and the cough and phlegm decreased.

Shen Huai reduced the dosage of oral medication, but still stayed by his side constantly.

Seeing this, the woman who had been holding Shen Huai's hand cried for a long time, unable to speak.

By the fourth day, the fever had completely subsided.

Following the previous day's dosage, we continued the treatment for another day, and I was able to feed her about half a bowl of rice cereal.

On the fifth day, the work of clearing phlegm began.

Aside from breast milk supplements in the morning and evening, the baby drinks milk, and during the day, the baby eats rice cereal and egg yolks, along with various fruit juices.

By the tenth day, the child's cough had almost completely stopped.

Shen Huai then said to his handkerchief friend:

"Please rest assured, Madam."

You can stop taking the medication.

You should still give them juice or something similar more often.

The baby doesn't need to drink breast milk all the time; the baby can already eat rice cereal.

The handkerchief confidante was extremely grateful.

The entire Duke's family visited the child at various times along the way.

Shen Huai was focused on curing the child, either pondering prescriptions and diets or flipping through medical books.

Today it's you, tomorrow it's him; he's never spoken to a single important person.

Someone asked me about the child's situation halfway through, so I just answered casually.

That afternoon, Shen Huai was overwhelmed with gratitude as his close friends and the people from the Duke's mansion came to see him off.

Before leaving, Shen Huai gave Shoupa Jiao some more instructions.

The close friend and the young master, along with the child, personally escorted Shen Huai back to the Marquis's residence.

When I got off the bus, I discovered there was another car full of gifts behind me!

A carload of gifts!

Upon receiving the report, the old Marquis, his wife, and other noble ladies all came out to greet the close friends, the couple.

Shen Huai sat next to them and started to doze off as he listened to them talk.

The noblewoman, both helpless and amused, instructed the painting attendant:

"Shihua, take Wuya away to rest."

When Shen Huai woke up, it was already the afternoon of the next day.

When she woke up, Xiao Jingtang sat quietly on the bed, looking at Shen Huai.

Seeing Shen Huai open his eyes, he immediately turned his head with a grin and said:

"Xiangzhu, your sister didn't 'die,' she's alive!"

Shen Huai took a moment to react, rolled his eyes and sat up, for the first time disregarding his identity as a working-class person.

He snorted and gently patted the little guy's bottom.

The little guy giggled with delight.

Shen Huai's exhaustion was dispelled by the child's bright laughter.

She also started giggling, and Xiangzhu couldn't help but laugh too.

"I could hear you laughing outside the courtyard gate. What's making you so happy?"

Tell me about it~

As they were talking, the noblewoman entered with Shiqin and Shihua.

Xiangzhu told the young master that he had eaten lunch and wanted to come see Shen Huai. When he arrived, he sat there silently and observed him.

Shen Huai recounted what had happened when he woke up.

The noblewoman laughed so hard she lost all composure, and Shiqin and Shihua couldn't help but laugh too.

Seeing this, Xiao Jingtang seemed to know that he was the one laughing, and started giggling along.

She sprawled onto Wuya's lap and rolled around on the bed laughing.

After everyone laughed and joked for a while, Shen Huai went to have some late lunch, with Xiao Jingtang following him around like a little shadow.

After finishing their meal, Shiqin called Shen Huai to go to the madam's place, and Shen Huai went as soon as he put down his bowl.

When he arrived at the noblewoman's place, she gave Shen Huai a list.

Shen Huai glanced at it and saw that it was a gift list, a very thick list, probably enough to exchange for half a small shop in the capital.

He handed it back to the lady with a puzzled look on his face, waiting for her to speak.