My father is Jiajing

Chapter 551 The Time of Emperor Jiajing

Xiyuan.

Yuxi Palace Abode.

The place where Emperor Jiajing practiced meditation in seclusion.

Li Shizhen, dressed in a low-key gray Taoist robe, followed Huang Jin and walked into the Yuxi Palace with his head lowered and his eyes submissive.

Chen Hong looked at the scene curiously, he didn't know what was going on.

Although Li Shizhen looked somewhat familiar to him, he had not seen him for a long time. In addition, Li Shizhen was deliberately keeping a low profile this time, so he did not recognize him at first.

Therefore, Chen Hong could only watch Huang Jin take someone into the Yuxi Palace, the place he had always dreamed of but could not enter.

After arriving at the temple, Li Shizhen waited obediently at the door, and Huang Jin quietly walked into the temple to report.

At this moment, Emperor Jiajing was still sitting quietly on his meditation mat with his eyes closed. From the outside, he seemed to be fine.

"Emperor, Li Shizhen is here."

Huang Jin's voice sounded softly and not abruptly beside Emperor Jiajing.

After hearing Huang Jin's voice, Emperor Jiajing opened his eyes slightly. He stopped the seal he was making with his hands, and then slowly exhaled.

"Let him in."

Emperor Jiajing gave the order, and Huang Jin received the Emperor's permission. Without any pause or hesitation, he immediately turned to the entrance of the abode and said to Li Shizhen who was waiting, "The Emperor summons you to come in."

Li Shizhen also nervously checked his attire and clothes to see if there was anything wrong with his manners. After making sure that everything was fine, Li Shizhen bowed slightly to Huang Jin and said, "Thank you, eunuch."

Then Li Shizhen followed Huang Jin and walked slowly and quietly into the temple.

"I, Li Shizhen, Director of the Academy of Medical Sciences, pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Li Shizhen bowed formally to Emperor Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing looked up at Li Shizhen who was paying his respects, and said calmly, "Stand up and come before me to answer my questions."

Li Shizhen stood up and bowed again, then walked to a place not far in front of Emperor Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing naturally stretched out one of his arms. Li Shizhen immediately held his breath and took his hand and began to take the pulse of Emperor Jiajing.

It was as if this scene had been rehearsed thousands of times; everything was so natural and smooth.

While Li Shizhen was actually taking the pulse of Emperor Jiajing, he was also carefully observing the emperor's expression and complexion, as if he wanted to demonstrate what he had learned through the most basic methods of observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation.

But sometimes you can't tell anything just by looking at the appearance.

Moreover, Emperor Jiajing's problems were internal, not external.

At the same time, taking the pulse, a basic diagnostic method, is not omnipotent. Although it can reveal some problems within the scope of experience, it is still not easy to verify.

After all, reality is reality. It is impossible to be like what is described in fantasy novels and martial arts novels, where the miracle doctor just takes a step and says he can cure the disease, and then pretentiously sets up various treatment conditions, and then lets the protagonists find ways to solve the problem.

But reality is often very different from what is described in novels.

Even though he was a great doctor of the time, Li Shizhen had to be extremely careful when diagnosing and prescribing medicine for Emperor Jiajing or other people. Otherwise, if he misdiagnosed the disease and prescribed the wrong medicine, the consequences would be unimaginable.

After all, some people's lives and influence are different from those of ordinary people. Their life, death and health can affect many things.

Therefore, when Li Shizhen was diagnosing Emperor Jiajing, he was actually under a lot of psychological pressure.

After taking the pulse, Li Shizhen did not dare to make a direct judgment. He stood up, took a step back, bowed to Emperor Jiajing and said, "Your Majesty, please open your mouth so that I can see the coating on your tongue."

Emperor Jiajing did not feel any disgust or displeasure when listening to Li Shizhen's words. After all, this was a necessary procedure for diagnosing and treating illnesses. Even for him who was practicing Taoism, he sometimes could not do without the diagnosis and observation of the imperial doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau.

So Emperor Jiajing cooperated by opening his mouth and sticking out a section of his tongue for Li Shizhen to observe carefully.

After observing the coating on Emperor Jiajing's tongue, Li Shizhen bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I have finished. Can you take off your coat and let me continue to look at your body?"

Emperor Jiajing frowned slightly, but when he thought of the red sores and bloody marks on his body during this period, he still cooperated.

Upon seeing this, Huang Jin immediately went to the side of Emperor Jiajing and helped him take off his Taoist robe.

Then Emperor Jiajing stood there. With the help of Huang Jin, Li Shizhen looked at the skin problems of Emperor Jiajing under the clothes that were slightly lifted by Huang Jin.

Looking at the red sores and bloody marks on Emperor Jiajing's body, Li Shizhen couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. This result was worse than he expected.

But now some things cannot be said too directly, after all, the identity of Emperor Jiajing is too special.

If the words are not too specific, then Hua Tuo, who lived more than a thousand years ago, is Li Shizhen's role model.

After reading it, Li Shizhen bowed slightly to Emperor Jiajing and said, "Your Majesty, please sit here. I will help you check your joints."

Emperor Jiajing nodded, listened to Li Shizhen's words, and sat on a chair beside him.

Then Li Shizhen opened the box he had brought with him and took out a small wooden hammer from it.

Emperor Jiajing looked at the wooden hammer that Li Shizhen took out and couldn't help asking, "What is this?"

Li Shizhen immediately explained: "This is a wooden hammer I made. It can be used to determine the patient's nerve reaction by gently tapping the patient's knee joint."

Emperor Jiajing found Li Shizhen's words interesting. In the past, no imperial physician had ever examined his body in this way.

Emperor Jiajing hummed, "Okay, you can try. But I am not a patient."

When Li Shizhen heard Emperor Jiajing emphasize this sentence, he felt terrified and couldn't help but want to complain.

Over the years, he had defeated at least eighty Japanese pirates in groups, if not a hundred. It could be said that no one in the entire Ming Dynasty knew more about the internal structure of the human body than he did.

Therefore, Li Shizhen already had a vague answer to whether it was possible to cultivate a human body into an immortal.

"Your Majesty is right. I made a mistake in my words. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Li Shizhen also apologized to Emperor Jiajing in a very practical manner, without any special arrogance.

After all, as the saying goes, reality is different from fiction.

Emperor Jiajing was the most powerful and influential emperor in the world. Even a great doctor like Li Shizhen was nothing compared to him.

Therefore, it is almost impossible for a capable person to look down on others with arrogance, as portrayed in novels and storybooks.

Unless he has a mental problem, the whole family doesn't want to live anymore.

Otherwise, no matter how arrogant and capable a person is, he still has to remain humble and low-key in front of such a supreme figure as the emperor.

Otherwise, the lesson of the Fang clan will not be far away. Emperor Jiajing did not continue to speak, he just glanced at Li Shizhen indifferently.

Li Shizhen also bowed slightly and thanked Emperor Jiajing for not pursuing the matter.

At the same time, he squatted in front of Emperor Jiajing and carefully tapped Emperor Jiajing's knee joints with a small wooden hammer.

Every time Li Shizhen tapped, he would ask, "Your Majesty, do you feel anything?"

Emperor Jiajing said: "Not bad."

However, Li Shizhen saw the problem from Emperor Jiajing's reaction and the changes in his legs.

Emperor Jiajing's nerve reactions were not particularly sensitive, so he needed to continue to exert some strength.

So, in the next blow, Li Shizhen also used a little force to hammer Emperor Jiajing on the knee.

When the hammer hit him, Emperor Jiajing's legs kicked forward uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but look at Li Shizhen in surprise, "Is this what you call a neural reaction? Interesting."

Emperor Jiajing still has the leisure to pay attention to this at the moment, which shows that he has a strong heart.

Li Shizhen replied: "That's right. This reaction is to verify the reaction of nerves in the human body."

Emperor Jiajing hummed, "Not bad, it seems that you have come up with something new in these years. It's much better than those people who just eat and do nothing in the Imperial Hospital."

Li Shizhen immediately replied: "It is all thanks to your Majesty's blessing, otherwise I would not have achieved what I have today."

Emperor Jiajing also nodded slightly, and at this time he also asked Li Shizhen some gossip.

"How is the compilation of the Ming Pharmacopoeia going? It has been quite a few years since Prince Yu mentioned this to me, right?"

Li Shizhen replied: "Your Majesty is wise. It has been almost ten years. I have compiled about 70% of it and it is expected to be finalized and published within the next two years."

Emperor Jiajing was pleased and said, "This is also a great event. I will have the treasury allocate 10,000 taels of silver to you. You should make up the remaining 20% ​​or 30% as soon as possible. I will then personally nominate you and grant you the title of Medicine Saint."

Upon hearing this, Li Shizhen also bowed excitedly, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Emperor Jiajing looked at the excited Li Shizhen and felt a little proud in his heart.

"What's my situation?"

Emperor Jiajing suddenly asked Li Shizhen this question again.

Li Shizhen originally didn't know how to respond, and now being asked so suddenly by Emperor Jiajing, he almost blurted out some fatal words that shouldn't have been said at this time.

Li Shizhen said: "Your Majesty's dragon body is different from that of ordinary people. I have no idea yet. If Your Majesty can allow me to collect a little bit of Your Majesty's dragon blood and bring it back for testing, I may be able to find out Your Majesty's condition."

Li Shizhen was now at a loss, although he knew clearly that Emperor Jiajing's current condition was a sign of severe lead and mercury poisoning.

But this cannot be said openly, otherwise it would be a taboo and might even cost one’s life.

Therefore, Li Shizhen could only continue to find reasons and excuses, and then think carefully about what other ways could be used to alleviate Emperor Jiajing's current problems.

Emperor Jiajing frowned slightly, and it was obvious that he was somewhat dissatisfied with Li Shizhen's answer.

But he couldn't express his dissatisfaction openly now, otherwise Li Shizhen would be scared away, and things might become really troublesome in the future.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing also nodded in agreement, "Okay."

After hearing these words, Li Shizhen felt as if he had walked through the gates of hell.

Li Shizhen bowed again and said, "Your Majesty, please open your sleeves so that I can draw blood from you."

Huang Jin listened to what Li Shizhen said and looked at Emperor Jiajing again. Seeing that Emperor Jiajing had no real objection, he carefully stepped forward and helped Emperor Jiajing roll up the sleeve of one of his arms.

Upon seeing this, Li Shizhen immediately opened the small box he had brought with him and took out the items he had prepared for acupuncture and blood drawing.

Then, as Emperor Jiajing tilted his head, not knowing whether he was trying to hold on or was worried, a hollow silver needle was inserted into the vein at the joint of his arm, and a stream of dark red venous blood was guided into a sealed glass container.

After finishing all this, Li Shizhen bowed slightly to Emperor Jiajing and said, "I have finished it. Your Majesty, please hold this place for about a cup of tea."

It was also the first time for Emperor Jiajing to have his blood drawn. This feeling was a new one for him. He healed the small needle hole on his arm that had just been pierced by a silver needle.

At the same time, he turned to Li Shizhen and said, "Is this enough?"

Li Shizhen said, "That's enough. With your majesty's dragon blood, I can analyze more things, and then I can prescribe medicine for your majesty to ensure your majesty's dragon body is safe."

Emperor Jiajing said, "Okay, whatever you say. Remember, don't tell anyone about my affairs, or you know the consequences."

Li Shizhen was also shocked. He bowed to Emperor Jiajing again and said, "I will keep my mouth shut and will not say a word today."

Then Emperor Jiajing waved his hand and said to Huang Jin: "You go out first. I want to talk to Li Shizhen."

Huang Jin was slightly stunned after hearing this. This was the first time that Emperor Jiajing made such a request, which made Huang Jin a little surprised.

Huang Jin said nervously: "Emperor..."

Emperor Jiajing glanced at Huang Jin again and said, "It's okay. You go out and guard first."

Huang Jin glanced at Emperor Jiajing, then at Li Shizhen who was also nervous and at a loss, and finally went out obediently.

After Huang Jin left, Emperor Jiajing's eyes became sharp.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Li Shizhen in front of him seriously and said, "Tell me, with my current health, how long can I last?"

Li Shizhen's face changed drastically when he heard this. He knelt on the ground with a plop, "Long live His Majesty!"

Emperor Jiajing snorted and said, "What's the point of saying 'Long live the emperor'? Speak now, I will pardon you."

But Li Shizhen was still trembling with fear and dared not speak out directly. After all, these words were too fatal.

But Emperor Jiajing still stared at Li Shizhen, as if he wanted to see through his heart.

Li Shizhen finally couldn't stand the pressure from Emperor Jiajing's gaze anymore, and he said with difficulty: "Given your Majesty's current condition, the best scenario is three to five years."

Emperor Jiajing asked: "What if it is not good?"

Li Shizhen hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Half a year or a year."

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