Chapter 237 - 233: No Gain without Pain_1

Translator: 549690339

Soon enough, an elderly man with a gray and white beard came in, a stern expression on his face, “Child, how dare you bring medicine into the palace without authorization? Show me what you’ve got, this is not a place for you to mess around.”

These XIAO family members are getting more and more unreasonable, actually letting such a small child diagnose His Highness. If she can cure His Highness, then they, this bunch of old folks, might as well lie in their coffins.

Yingbao wrinkled her brows and glared at Xiao Mo,”Xiao…Uncle, if I can’t use my own medicine, why did you bring me here? ”

Present at the scene, which person didn’t have far superior medical skills than she did? They probably have tried all the prescriptions already.

If they didn’t need her medicine, why would they make her, a small child, come here to join this chaos?

Xiao Mo was somewhat embarrassed by her questioning, so he said to Yao Yuanzheng, “Yao Yuanzheng, this woman was ordered by the emperor himself to treat His Highness. Her medicine will, of course… be thoroughly examined. If it’s not harmful, then give it a try on His Highness.”

Yao Yuanzheng’s face looked a little gloomy. He said coldly, “Do you think this is child’s play? What do you take us for?”

Did their medical skills not compare to those of a several-year-old child? Or has the Xiao family reached a point of desperation?

Well, well, they all would be implicated sooner or later. There wasn’t a significant difference between a moment sooner or later.

Yao Yuanzheng waved his hand, signaling another physician to come forward.

He pointed towards Yingbao, “Take the medicine in her hand to check if it’s poisonous.”

If it’s not poisonous, let her try it out. After all, they are like this already, everyone was just filling their days along with the Prince.

The physician nodded his head, took the porcelain bottle from Yingbao, poured some out into a plate, and tested it with a Silver Needle for poison.

After a while, the physician said, “Master, this substance is not poisonous.”

Yao Yuanzheng nodded in acknowledgement and instructed him to return the porcelain bottle to the girl.

Yingbao took the porcelain bottle and was about to feed the medicine to the young man on the bed, but he clenched his teeth tightly and it was impossible to feed him.

“I’ll do it.”

Xiao Mo came over, took the porcelain bottle from Yi?ngbao, and asked, “All of it? ”

Yingbao nodded her head, “Not even a single drop can be left.”

The medicine in the porcelain bottle was made from Five-Dingshi, ginseng slices, and mountain honey, it was both nourishing to the Qi and body. She did not know if it would help the Prince.

Xiao Mo sat on the bed, held the boy—who was as thin as a skeleton—against his chest, pinched his cheeks to force him to open his mouth, and directly poured the sweet medicine into his mouth.

Forced to swallow a mouthful, yet half of it ran down the side of his mouth and dripped down his neck and chest.

Yingbao wrinkled her brow, close to Xiao Mo she whispered, “Uncle Xiao, the cost of this medicine bottle is one hundred taels of silver.”

Xiao Mo ignored her and poured the remaining bit into the prince’s mouth.

After the medicine was administered and the Prince was settled, Xiao Mo got off the bed, called over two Palace Attendants to clean up the Prince, and then he left the inner hall.

The several Imperial Physicians who had been watching closely followed him out and kept asking, “What did Xiao Langjun feed the Prince?”

Xiao Mo pointed back at Yingbao, “You can ask her.” And then he hurried out of the palace.

“Hey! Where are you going?” Yingbao ran out of the crowd and ran after him, “Take me with you!”

Running to the entrance of the Grand Hall, she was stopped by a few eunuchs: “Without the imperial edict, no one is allowed to leave!”

Yingbao watched helplessly as Xiao Mo descended the steps, crossed the courtyard, and quickly disappeared behind the screen wall, stamping her feet in frustration.

Whether in her past life or this one, Xiao Mo was not a good person, leaving a child in the lion’s den while he slipped away. He was absolutely deplorable!

Displeased, she returned to the Grand Hall and seeing that all the chairs in the hall had been taken, she had no choice but to drag her medicine box to a corner of the Grand Hall and sit on the ground.

Pretending to rummage through the medicine box, she took out a melon, scored a loop around it, smashed it open with her fist, and she tore off a piece and started gnawing on it.

There was no other way, she was thirsty, hungry, tired, and hot. On top of that, she was mentally and physically exhausted, so she couldn’t care less about pretenses

Her actions quickly drew everyone’s attention.

Yingbao saw several people swallow reflexively, and then they turned their heads away, coughed lightly, pretending not to care.

Only Dr.Li came over, he put his medicine box next to Yingbao, lifted his robe, and sat down next to the pillar.

Yingbao casually handed him a piece of cantaloupe: “Grandpa Li, here is something for you to eat.”

Doctor Li, without ceremony, accepted the cantaloupe and started to eat it crisply.

Like Yingbao, he hadn’t had a sip of water since the morning. He felt incredibly thirsty and hungry, but the palace maids in the palace ignored them without asking them about their meals.

And Doctor Li didn’t know those Imperial Physicians, so he felt embarrassed to ask them to order the palace maids around for him.

Or rather, those Imperial Physicians looked down on people. They didn’t even bother to pay attention to him.

Unable to find Senior Brother Wen, Doctor Li had no choice but to stick with Yingbao and sit on the ground.

Luckily, the floor was laid with large slabs of marble, which were very cool and clean.

The two silently finished their melon, Yingbao pulled out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped his mouth.

Doctor Li also took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands and beard, and asked in a low voice: “Yingbao, what are the odds for Prince Dai?”

Yingbao: “About fifty percent.” It’s a toss-up between life and death.

Hearing this, Doctor Li breathed a sigh of relief and said, “It’s still good to have a fifty percent certainty. I hope we can safely leave the palace.”

After a while, he added: “I heard from Senior Brother Wen that the peril to Prince Dai was caused by accidentally eating a mushroom.”

Yingbao curiously asked: “What kind of mushroom? Was it Auricularia? Who gave it to him? Could it be Mr. Wen?”

After all, Han Miaoniang’s moldy Auricularia had all been sold to the third lady of the Wen family, who is from the Lin family.

Doctor Li glanced around and saw no one paying attention to them. He lowered his voice and said: “No, my senior brother said it was privately given by a Doctor with the surname Lin.”

This person bypassed Wen Jingyan, probably wanting to show off in front of Prince Dai, display himself, and secure the credit for saving the lord by himself.

As a result, he failed in his theft and ended up imprisoning himself.

His imprisonment is not the main issue, but it has implicated Senior Brother Wen.

After all, the Lin family and the Wen family are related by marriage, and it was Wen Jingyan who first used Auricularia to make a porridge for Prince Dai. After eating it for a while, Prince Dai’s condition did indeed improve.

But as Prince Dai became healthier, many people in the Imperial Medical Bureau thought that Wen Jingyan fabricate mystery. They thought he portrayed a common Auricularia as a divine medicine to curry favor and secure his status.

Therefore, everyone dismissed the Auricularia provided by Wen Jingyan.

Yao Yuanzheng even ordered people to buy Auricularia elsewhere and stock the Imperial Pharmacy.

Yuanzheng’s move made everyone feel that he wanted to exclude Wen Jingyan and his purchased Auricularia.

Wen Jingyan saw through it so he sent a letter asking his fourth daughter-in-law to return home and no longer worry about the Jiang family.

Who would have known that after Prince Dai had eaten the Auricularia being presented by Doctor Lin, he was vomiting and diarrhea. In just a few days, he had become emaciated.

The Emperor and Empress were outraged upon hearing this and ordered a thorough investigation.

It turned out that the Lin family acquired it from a small mountain village and it was purchased on behalf of the Wen family.

At that time, the Lin Family was greedy and semi-smuggled two to three pounds to send to their relative who worked in the Imperial Medical Bureau, which resulted in this trouble.

Now, not only was the person from the Lin family thrown into a big jail, but Wen Jingyan was also held accountable because of it.

If Prince Dai does not get better, it is estimated that the Lin family, Wen family, and even the villagers who sold the Auricularia will not end well.

Even the Imperial Physicians here may have difficulty protecting themselves.

“Sigh, it’s really a disaster out of the blue.” Doctor Li shook his head.

He didn’t want to come here in the first place, but he couldn’t resist Xiao Mo’s coaxing and coercion.

Xiao Mo said that the illness of Prince Dai implicated many parties. Anyone who had the slightest involvement with it wouldn’t be able to escape.

So Doctor Li had to come here with Yingbao.

Upon seeing Prince Dai for the first time, he felt numb, and thought he might meet his end here.

Therefore, he put all his hopes on this halfway apprentice of his.