CHAPTER 145: CHAPTER 145 FOLK REMEDY

In front of the Duke Zhen Country Mansion.

Xie Jingchen stopped on horseback, with a carriage following behind him.

The eunuch sat on the carriage shaft, tightened the reins, and the carriage slowly came to a halt.

After dismounting, he said, "Come help unload the Emperor’s gifts."

The gatekeeper servant hurriedly went to help.

The eunuch delivered the items and then rushed the carriage back to the palace.

Six servants carried three large chests into the inner courtyard.

Along the way.

The maids and servants whispered among themselves, discussing fervently.

Their eyes not only showed envy and jealousy but also admiration.

They’ve never seen anyone as formidable as the Eldest Young Madam.

Princess Shouning caused a scene, was sent back to the palace, and the Emperor rewarded her with a jar of ointment.

The Eldest Young Madam’s maid smashed the young lady’s Purple Jade Bracelet, but the maid wasn’t punished, while the young lady went to the Empress Dowager to complain and ended up being penalized.

Princess Shouning retaliated against the Eldest Young Madam, but in the end, the Eldest Young Madam was unharmed, and Princess Shouning was stung unconscious, implicating both the Empress and the Empress Dowager. Eventually, the Empress Dowager "rewarded" the Eldest Young Madam.

The Emperor was stung and injured, and the Imperial Physician was at a loss, but it was the Eldest Young Madam who took charge...

Why is it that others have misfortune while the Eldest Young Madam gains benefits?

This seems too unfair to others.

Zilan Garden.

Xie Jinyu sat there, with Princess Nanzhang applying medicine for her.

She used gauze to wrap Xie Jinyu, who said, "Mother, no need for the gauze, it doesn’t hurt that much anymore."

Though the injury was heavy, she has been recovering for several days.

Princess Nanzhang coaxed her, "Wrap it for one more day, so your hand heals well."

Xie Jinyu did not resist further.

Outside, a maid came in with a brocade box in her hand, saying, "Miss, Jinyu Pavilion sent the items."

"Bring them up," Xie Jinyu gritted her teeth and said.

The maid opened the brocade box and placed it in front of Xie Jinyu.

Inside the box was a Purple Jade bracelet and two pairs of Purple Jade earrings, exquisitely crafted and dazzling to the eye.

But the people in the room were not pleased.

Because no matter how beautiful, a jade bracelet and earrings can’t compare to the grandeur of the Purple Jade Bracelet awarded by the Empress Dowager.

Xingxing had kicked the Purple Jade Bracelet, hitting a boulder and dropping into the lake.

After much effort, the servants retrieved it, but the damage was too great. It could be repaired, but with so many cracks, it couldn’t be associated with the word "magnificent" anymore.

The steward at Jinyu Pavilion suggested grinding it into jade beads for a bracelet.

Looking at the Purple Jade bracelet and earrings.

Xie Jinyu recalled her failed attempt to gain an advantage, only to suffer a loss, making her even angrier.

Already furious, a maid came in adding fuel to the fire.

The Emperor bestowed three large chests of goods upon Su Jin.

"What exactly did the Emperor gift her?!" Xie Jinyu asked angrily.

The maid shook her head, "They’re all packed in boxes, I don’t know what they are."

"If you don’t know, hurry up and find out for me!" Xie Jinyu coldly replied.

"...."

It’s not that she won’t go, there’s just a more important matter yet to report.

"The Empress Dowager fainted," the maid whispered.

Princess Nanzhang’s face turned frosty, and she hurried into the palace to inquire.

Agarwood Pavilion, backyard.

Su Jin was busy in the backyard.

Xie Jingchen directly ordered the servants to carry the chests into the backyard.

Seeing the three large chests, Xingxing’s eyes lit up, "Son-in-law really helped Miss get a lot of rewards from the Emperor."

"Don’t know what they are?" Xingxing asked curiously.

"Open and see," Su Jin said.

After the servants set down the chests.

Xingxing couldn’t wait to open the chests.

A chest of Cloud Brocade silk fabric.

A chest of porcelain ornaments.

Also calligraphy, paintings, a Jade Ruyi, and two hundred mu of fertile land.

Su Jin looked towards Xie Jingchen and said, "The Emperor rewarded me with so much, won’t anyone object?"

"The Empress Dowager fainted," Xie Jingchen replied.

"... ."

"Fainting is normal. After all, the Empress Dowager is getting old, and there’s a mother-son connection, the Emperor has been ill for so many days, and the Empress Dowager was worried. Now that the Emperor has recovered, she was so happy that she couldn’t withstand it physically," Su Jin said.

"... ."

Xie Jingchen was speechless.

Silently, he entered the bamboo house and lightly sipped his tea.

Taihe Palace.

Eunuch Fu helped the Emperor up.

The Emperor had been lying down for a few days and couldn’t stay down any longer.

The eunuch assisted the Emperor in changing clothes, and on the side, the Imperial Physician stepped forward.

"Why did the Empress Dowager faint?" the Emperor asked casually.

"The Empress Dowager was already frail, and combined with the sudden surge of anger and stress, it led to her passing out," the Imperial Physician reported truthfully.

"Anger and stress? Why such anger and stress?" the Emperor frowned.

"... ."

"Go ask those around the Empress Dowager, find out who’s so tactless that they angered the Empress Dowager to the point of fainting, and have them executed," the Emperor waved dismissively.

"... ."

The Imperial Physician’s mouth twitched.

Wasn’t it you, Emperor, who caused the Empress Dowager to faint?

You’re so biased towards the Eldest Young Madam of the Duke Zhen Country Mansion, even as an outsider, it’s hard for him to watch, let alone the Empress Dowager?

Eunuch Fu went to visit the Empress Dowager on behalf of the Emperor, conveying the Emperor’s words as well.

Poor Empress Dowager, who had just woken up, almost fainted again.

Su Jin’s contribution of medicine, the Emperor’s reward was justified.

As the Empress Dowager, being upset over this would make people think she blamed the Eldest Young Madam of the Duke Zhen Country Mansion for giving medicine to the Emperor, wouldn’t it?

The Empress Dowager’s face was gloomy.

Nanny Li understood the serious implications.

Her face, lined with wrinkles, turned cold.

"Who says the Empress Dowager fainted from anger and stress?" Nanny Li said.

"... ."

The Imperial Physician was stunned.

Isn’t it obvious, the pulse of the Empress Dowager was clear as day.

"The Empress Dowager clearly fainted because she was overjoyed at the Emperor’s recovery and missed a breath!" Nanny Li’s eyes were cold.

"... ."

"The Emperor rebuking you as quack doctors is not wrong at all!" Nanny Li said.

"...!!!"

The Imperial Physicians dared not vent their anger.

When the Empress Dowager waved them off, they finally retreated.

Going some distance, the Imperial Physicians looked at each other.

Frowning gloomily.

"How should we prescribe medicine for the Empress Dowager’s condition?" one of the Imperial Physicians asked.

"... ."

"No matter how we prescribe, we’re quack doctors," Doctor Zhao said wistfully.

The Empress Dowager’s every word and action, as well as her condition, must be documented, along with the prescription.

The Empress Dowager doesn’t understand medicine. If she claims she fainted from being overjoyed, they must treat it as such.

— They are quack doctors.

Documenting that the Empress Dowager fainted from being overjoyed, yet prescribing for stress-induced fainting.

— They are quack doctors.

Recording the Empress Dowager’s faint as overjoyed, prescribing accordingly, yet her illness lingers.

— They are even more quack doctors.

No matter what, it’s their fault.

In their many years in the palace, they’ve never encountered such a difficult prescription to make.

Seeing their gloomy expressions.

Eunuch Fu approached with a smile, "Have the esteemed Imperial Physicians not yet determined a prescription? I have a folk remedy here, perhaps the esteemed Imperial Physicians can see if it might treat the Empress Dowager’s condition."

"What folk remedy?" the Imperial Physicians inquired.

"Transcribing Buddhist Scriptures."

"... ."

The Imperial Physicians exchanged glances.

The Empress Dowager’s illness is heart-related, a calm mind would cure her ailment.

This folk remedy, although slow in effect, addresses the root of the problem.

Moreover, since the diagnosis was made by Nanny Li, having Eunuch Fu prescribe is also acceptable.

"Many thanks to Eunuch Fu for the prescription," the quack doctors expressed their gratitude.