lcionline Chapter 519: Take the blame? No way!
Chapter 519: Take the blame? No way!
Shen Wantang said in a more polite tone than he did, "Dr. Qin, you are too kind. The doctors are highly respected and have seen more patients than I have. Their medical skills are better than mine. I will not embarrass myself in front of you seniors with my little skills."
"Don't be so modest, Princess. Your medical skills have always been highly praised by the Prince and Princess. You should give it a try. Otherwise, it's unclear whether the Prince and Princess can survive tonight."
"Yes, Princess, don't be so modest at a time like this, just try it now!"
"Yes, Princess, how do you know it won't work if you don't try? Maybe once you make a move, the prince and princess will wake up."
"If you really save the prince and princess, not only will they thank you, but we old bones will also thank you! Give it a try, don't hesitate!"
"Princess, just give us acupuncture without worry. We won't let you take the blame alone. If anything goes wrong, we will apologize to the Queen Mother together!"
Shen Wantang looked at their faces, some worried and some sincere, and almost laughed.
If she had not lived a lifetime and seen too many intrigues and bloody storms in the officialdom, she might have really been deceived by this group of old foxes!
It sounds nice, but they won't let her take the blame alone. If Prince Ning is really killed, they will definitely push her out without hesitation and hand her over to the Queen Mother to vent her anger.
The master who once taught her medicine was forced to retire and return to his hometown, hiding his identity, because he was framed and took the blame.
Shen Wantang watched as a group of doctors who were several hundred years old held her up and forced her to give acupuncture to Prince Ning and Princess Ning. She lowered her eyes and said, "Since the doctors think so highly of me, and I am also loved by my father and mother, I will dare to give it a try today!"
Want her to take the blame? No way!
It is difficult to cure a person, but it is easy for her to maintain the status quo.
Of course, she couldn't possibly kill someone with her medicine; her medical skills weren't that bad.
Soon, Dujuan brought her the silver needle.
Shen Wantang sat beside the bed and began to give acupuncture.
The six imperial doctors all gathered around, and after looking for a moment, they all looked shocked.
She actually knows acupuncture, and it's obvious that she has studied and practiced it diligently for a long time.
An expert can tell whether a doctor is good or not with just one move. None of the imperial doctors are fools; they all have real skills and knowledge. So as soon as Shen Wantang made a move, they knew that they had met a powerful master this time!
Everyone was staring intently, no one spoke, and even the imperial doctors had to lower their breathing for fear of affecting Shen Wantang's acupuncture, because if she was not careful with the acupuncture points, Prince Ning would die.
After half an hour, Shen Wantang finished the acupuncture. The imperial doctors finally breathed a sigh of relief and talked in low voices.
Doctor Zhou, the oldest among the imperial doctors, suddenly asked Shen Wantang, "Princess, who taught you acupuncture?"
Imperial Doctor Zhou had helped Xiao Qingxi to preserve her pregnancy before and had been to Prince Ning's Mansion many times. Shen Wantang was quite familiar with him, and she also respected Imperial Doctor Zhou's extraordinary skills in preserving pregnancy.
There was a sense of respect in her tone: "Doctor Zhou, do you think there is something wrong with my acupuncture skills? I really haven't learned it well enough. I hope Doctor Zhou can give me more guidance."
However, Doctor Zhou shook his head and said, "No, there is nothing wrong with your acupuncture technique. I can't teach you anything. You have learned it very well. I just feel that your acupuncture technique seems familiar to me."
Shen Wantang's heart moved slightly: "Deja vu?"
"Yes, your technique and needlework are very similar to someone I know."
"Really? Like who?"
Doctor Zhou's tone was filled with admiration: "The former head of the Imperial Hospital was Yu Jisheng."
Shen Wantang understood in her mind. She knew that someone would definitely remember her master's name, and someone would definitely recognize her techniques. After all, her master's techniques were original and very special.
However, she shook her head gently: "I don't know, my medical skills and acupuncture are all inherited from my family."
It was impossible for her to admit that she was Yu Jisheng's disciple, and there was no way for her to admit it, because all her medical skills were learned in her previous life. In this life, she married Xiao Qingyuan, had never left the capital, and had never met Yu Jisheng.
Doctor Zhou's somewhat aged voice rang in my ears: "I also think you don't know him. He retired and returned to his hometown a few years ago. His hometown is in a small county thousands of miles away from the capital, where poisonous miasma frequently occurs. I think it's called Yushui County."
"That place is one that not only a young girl like you, but even an old man like me has never set foot on."
"Yu Yuanshou was able to come out of such a poor place and walk all the way to the capital and into the imperial palace, all thanks to his superb acupuncture skills."
Yushui County!
Shen Wantang actually wanted to nod, she had actually been there!
In his previous life, after Liao Youhe passed the imperial examination, he was appointed magistrate of Yushui County.
Shen Wantang followed him to Yu Shui to take up his post, where he met the true master of medicine, Yu Jisheng.
Yu Jisheng actually accepted quite a few disciples because he didn't want the acupuncture techniques he had worked so hard to study to be lost. Unfortunately, he was not satisfied with any of his disciples until he met Shen Wantang.
Shen Wantang's hands are much steadier than those of ordinary people. She is also bold and careful, and has an amazing memory. She can learn medical skills with twice the result with half the effort and makes rapid progress.
Moreover, she was extremely hardworking and diligent. Others could not stand studying medicine for five hours a day and complained of being tired, but she could study for ten hours without complaining. The time she spent on eating and sleeping added up to only two hours a day.
Yu Jisheng felt like he had found a treasure. He thought he was a very hard-working person, but when he met Shen Wantang, he realized that he was actually living a carefree life.
He taught Shen Wantang everything he knew without reservation, even the medical books he had written with great effort were given to Shen Wantang.
No matter where he went to practice medicine, he would bring Shen Wantang with him. He had no other requirements for Shen Wantang except one thing, that is, she had to wear men's clothes, not for anything else, but just to make it easier to practice medicine, because many people in this world felt that women were unreliable as doctors. Some people even thought that it was unlucky for women to menstruate and would not let women get close to them.
In Yu Jisheng's own eyes, there was no distinction between men and women. He was not a pedantic person, and he had never thought about changing people's concepts. He adopted the simplest and most effective method, which was to let Shen Wantang disguise herself as a man and stay with him.
The person Shen Wantang is most grateful to in both his past and present life is Yu Jisheng.
After her rebirth, she specially sent people to deliver a lot of medicinal herbs to her master from afar. Of course, she did not leave her name. Even if she did, her master would not know who she was.
When in Yu Shui, the master's biggest complaint was that this place was poor and remote, and there were not enough medicinal herbs for him to use.
So Shen Wantang gave him what he needed most.
I guess he will be happy for a while after receiving the medicinal herbs.