Chapter 239 - 235: Life is Not Easy_1

Translator: 549690339

The palace maid bent over to pick up the medical box and said, “I’ll carry it for you. It’s getting late. Please follow me, young doctor. The senior doctor will be taken care of by the eunuchs.”

Left with no choice, Yingbao had to follow this palace maid to the side hall.

The side hall had partitions, but there were no doors or curtains to cover them and there was only a screen obscuring the view from outside.

Now it was already dark, and Yingbao didn’t know what time it was. A palace maid was holding a lamp, lighting the way for her.

Inside the partitioned area, there was a bed and a small table with two chairs.

In the corner of the room, there was a chamber pot just behind the bed, separated by a curtain.

Once Yingbao finished washing up, a palace maid brought her some tea and food.

The meal was straightforward: a bowl of white porridge, two steamed buns and two small dishes of side dishes.

The side dishes were shredded pickled vegetables and a dish of cooked greens.

Yingbao was seriously suspecting that someone was deliberately treating her harshly, so she asked, “What do you guys usually eat?”

A palace maid responded, “I eat the same as you, young doctor.”

“Oh, and what about Yao Yuanzheng and the others?”

“They also eat the same.” The palace maid answered.

Yingbao not willing to drop the topic, asked again, “Then what does the prince eat?”

The palace maid was silent for a moment before saying, “Of course the prince’s meals are different.”

Now Yingbao understood that this was simply the way of the imperial palace, and it wasn’t targeted at any particular person.

She quickly finished her bowl of plain porridge and one bun with the pickled and green vegetables while holding the other bun in her hand she told the two palace maids standing beside her, “I’ve finished eating, clean up quickly.”

Waving the bun in her hand, she added, “I’ll save this to eat when I’m hungry.”

Living here was not easy so she had to cherish every single bun.

The palace maid twitched at the corner of her eyes before collecting the dishes and leaving the space.

Yingbao glanced at the remaining palace maid and suddenly asked, “Do you know why the new palace maid is here?”

The maid answered, “She was admitted by the Empress’s order to serve the prince in the inner temple.”

By the Empress’s order?

Why would the Empress let Chen Tiantian serve the prince intimately?

Something didn’t seem right to Yingbao.

Reflecting on her experiences at the Xiao Residence, Yingbao speculated that someone must have seen Chen Tiantian in advance before sending her into the palace.

Could it be possible that someone was using Chen Tiantian as the prince’s medicine?

Or was it that Chen Tiantian was of noble birth, and the Empress sent her to the prince to protect her son and increase his fortune?

After all, the story described Chen Tiantian as exceptionally lucky and noble, a reincarnated phoenix from the heavens.

It must be so.

Bearing this thought, Yingbao became a little unhappy.

She had been working her heart out to treat the skeleton boy, and in a blink of an eye, Chen Tiantian took all the credit.

Why?

Just because she was the main character in the story, and Yingbao was destined to be her stepping stone?

Ugh! Yingbao didn’t buy it.

Once the two palace maids left, Yingbao laid on the bed, watching as the oil lamp gradually extinguished, and quickly covered her head with a thin blanket.

She quietly entered the cave house, gathering a large handful of Five Tripod Fungus to be crushed in a mortar and pestle, before dividing it into several porcelain bottles for future use.

The melons in the cave had mostly matured, so she picked the ripest ones and placed them in a basket.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The next day, before the palace maids could come, Yingbao made haste to use the chamber pot before dressing and tidying herself up.

In no time, two palace maids came in carrying water for Yingbao to wash up with.

Just after she finished washing up, someone came to hurry her to the main hall.

A palace maid carried Yingbao’s medical box and accompanied her to the main hall before leaving.

Doctor Li, still drowsy, waved at Yingbao: “Come here quickly.”

Yingbao dashed over, “Grandpa Li, what’s up?”

Doctor Li looked around and asked in a low voice, “Do you still have those medicinal pills?”

Yingbao nodded, “I have some, but not much.”

Doctor Li said, “Yao Yuanzheng and several pharmacists are studying your medicinal pills.”

“Oh, let them study however they want.” Her pills contained not only ginseng, poria, Atractylodes, angelica, rehmannia and the like, but also Five Tripod Fungus. Even with their best efforts, they would never figure it out.

Yingbao looked around and didn’t see Wen Jingyan, so she asked, “Grandpa Li, why hasn’t Grandpa Wen come back yet?”

She had only been in the inner hall for a while yesterday, and when she came out, Wen Jingyan was nowhere to be seen. She didn’t know where he had gone.

Doctor Li said, “Elder brother Wen went back to the Imperial Medical Bureau. There are people watching over here, he needs to work at the Imperial Medical Bureau.”

Just as the two of them were talking, Yao Yuanzheng waved at her, “Yingbao, come over.”

Yingbao ran over.

Yao Yuanzheng: “You can first look at the prince’s medical case records.”

Yingbao nodded, following Yao Yuanzheng to inspect the prince’s medical case records.

There were stacks of ledgers piled high on the table, which startled her.

This… was too much! Where should she start?

“Which one is for this year?” Yingbao asked.

Yao Yuanzheng handed her two large volumes, “Here. One is for daily living conditions, and the other is for daily pulse diagnosis records.”

Yingbao took them, opening them up to inspect carefully.

Starting from the first day of this year up until yesterday, every detail of daily living and pulse diagnosis were meticulously recorded in the ledgers.

The prince was indeed delicate. Every extra bite he ate, extra sip of water he took and every additional visit to the toilet were documented.

In the end, Yingbao noticed the record of him eating a small bowl of golden ear mushroom on that day.

If this were happening to anyone else, there wouldn’t be a problem. However, this prince was a sensitive individual with a delicate diet and his lungs still hadn’t fully recovered, and these factors combined almost took his life.

Moreover, the prince had a weak constitution due to years of taking medicine, not only was his digestion poor, but even his kidney energy was weaker than others’.

Yingbao shook her head, realizing she had thought too much before.

Even if she gave him the Five Tripod Fungus, his body wouldn’t miraculously get better right away.

He would need long-term nourishment.

Inherited weakness from birth and contracting a lung disease at a young age made her wonder how he managed to grow into adulthood and even have children in the book.

The unfortunate medical practitioner, Mr. Lin, was set up to please his master but ended up being imprisoned. Even if the prince was successfully treated, he probably still wouldn’t be acquitted.

Yingbao focused on reviewing the recent case history and comparing previous medical conditions. She was certain that all of the prince’s five major organs were unhealthy.

She estimated that the more medicine he took in the future, the worse he would get.

The best course of action now was to stop all medications and rely exclusively on dietary supplements. Paired with her Five Tripod Fungus, he should be able to recover.

After all, he was still young and his body was at its prime in terms of growth. As long as he had time to recover, living for another thirty to forty years shouldn’t be a problem.

After reviewing the case history, Yingbao went to the inner hall to visit the prince again.

After just entering, she saw Chen Tiantian standing next to the prince’s bed with two palace maids.

Yingbao furrowed her brows and turned to Yao Yuanzheng who was following her, “Take away all the incense in the prince’s room and let these maids leave. From now on, only two eunuchs are needed for his service.”

Yao Yuanzheng was puzzled, “Why should the eunuchs serve?”

He understood the removal of the incense, but why shouldn’t there be any maids?

Yingbao casually said, “The prince is naturally weak and dominated by Yin energy. Palace maids are also Yin in nature, and their presence would only exacerbate the prince’s condition.”