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Chapter 107: No Medical Skills

Zhu Yu helped Lu Qing back to the bedroom and put her on the bed. After all the hard work, she was sweating profusely.

Lu Qing lay on the bed and said to Zhu Yu in a weak voice, "Thank you for your hard work, Madam..."

Zhu Yu felt somewhat helpless. He looked at him carefully and shook his head. "I'm fine, but it's mainly you. It's easy to fool the people in the mansion, but what if the doctor comes later? Can you fool him?"

"How do you know if it works if you don't try?" Lu Qing answered very easily.

Zhu Yu saw that he looked normal and was lying in bed in a healthy state. She could only hope that the medical doctor who would be sent over later would be mediocre and easier to fool.

Although, given the national strength of Dajin, the qualifications of the chief physician who can serve in the Shang Pharmacy must be mediocre...

But since Lu Qing was so calm, Zhu Yu didn't say anything else and sat at the table outside the screen waiting.

After about an incense stick of time, Fu Wen came in with a doctor in a blue-gray robe.

When Zhu Yu heard the noise, he quickly picked up the round fan beside him and covered his face, leaving only his eyes exposed.

The Dajin people did not encourage women to show their faces in public. Many ladies in the inner palace had to wear veils or cover their faces with round fans when they had to meet outsiders.

When the tailor came to measure her that day, she covered her face with a veil.

The doctor who came looked to be around fifty years old and was obviously very experienced. When he entered the bedroom and saw Zhu Yu, he knew that this was Princess Xiaoyao and hurriedly greeted her. Zhu Yu returned the greeting calmly, but a layer of sweat had already seeped out of the palm of her hand holding the fan handle.

Normally, it doesn't matter if he's really sick or pretending to be sick, but today, Lu Qing clearly wants to use this trick to avoid Lu Zhang's wedding banquet. If the chief physician finds out and reports it to Emperor Jin, then it will be a big deal.

However, when she followed the physician, walked around the screen, and saw Lu Qing lying on the bed, she was really shocked.

The person who was fine and looked normal just now was now pale and covered in cold sweat. He was hunched over in pain, holding his stomach, looking like he was in great pain.

The doctor was also shocked when he saw this. He probably thought it was just a minor problem that he had eaten something inappropriate on the way here, and he didn't expect it to be so serious. He didn't care about etiquette and hurried forward, sat down beside the bed, reached out and pulled one of Lu Qing's arms, put his hand on the wrist, frowned and took Lu Qing's pulse.

The more he took Lu Qing's pulse, the more the doctor frowned. After feeling the pulse of both hands, he asked Lu Qing to stick out his tongue, checked his hands and eyelids, and finally shook his head in confusion.

"Your Highness's pulse is truly a bit chaotic. My medical skills are limited, and I can't tell what the problem is..." He wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Has Your Highness been anywhere, or eaten anything?"

"The prince went to the morning court, and was later summoned by the emperor to discuss matters. When he returned in the evening, he also had dinner with his wife. The meals were all prepared by the chef in the mansion.

"The prince has not stayed anywhere else today, nor has he eaten outside," Fu Wen replied.

"This..." The doctor's expression became increasingly awkward. He had originally worried about Lu Qing's sudden illness, which looked so serious. He wondered if he had been poisoned. But now this gentleman had been staying in the palace during the day, and when he returned home he ate meals cooked by his own chef. What could he say?
The emperor poisoned Prince Xiaoyao? He didn't even dare to think about it, unless he didn't want the head on his neck anymore.

As for the cook of Prince Xiaoyao's mansion, and the princess who ate at the same table with Prince Xiaoyao and was safe and sound... they were all people from the mansion. When he didn't understand the situation, he naturally didn't dare to speak carelessly, for fear of bringing disaster upon himself.

In the end, the poor physician had no other choice but to prescribe some detoxification prescriptions based on Lu Qing's pulse, and asked Fu Wen to prepare them for King Xiaoyao to take first to see if it could relieve the symptoms. If it could, he would prescribe some tonic medicine and take good care of himself for a while, and he should be fine.

But if there is no improvement, I'm afraid I'll have to ask the more experienced imperial physician from the Shang Pharmacy to help with the diagnosis and treatment.

Zhu Yu thanked the doctor, and Fu Wen politely sent him out.

After the doctor was sent away, Zhu Yu hurried back to the room, walked around the screen, and saw Lu Qing, who looked half-dead just now, now seemed to be fine, leaning against the bed, looking at him with a smile.

"Madam, please help me pour a cup of tea. I am very thirsty." He said to Zhu Yu with a pitiful expression on his face.

If his face wasn't still a little pale, Zhu Yu would have felt that everything that had just happened was just a dream.

She turned to the table, poured some water, and brought it to the bed. She sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Lu Qing carefully: "How did you do that?"

"Want to learn? Become my disciple and I will teach you." Lu Qing reached out to take the teacup.

Zhu Yu stood up and took a step back: "I don't think the prince is thirsty yet, why don't we wait for Fu Wen to get the medicine back and drink it together!"

Lu Qing was disobeyed by Zhu Yu, but she didn't show any anger at all. Instead, she seemed quite satisfied with her reaction. She sat up a little and waved at her: "Madam, please give me the water. We can discuss everything else."

Zhu Yu had no real intention of making him thirsty, but just wanted to tease Lu Qing. So he sat back on the bed and handed the teacup to him. He also observed Lu Qing's complexion and found that it seemed to have improved a little.

"If I hadn't been guarding in the room just now, looking at your expression just now, I would have thought that you were really poisoned by someone." As she spoke, she looked at Lu Qing carefully. After he finished drinking a cup of tea, she moved forward, reached out to pry open Lu Qing's eyelids, and got close to look at Lu Qing's pupils.

Lu Qing didn't move, just let Zhu Yu get close to look into his eyes, and he just stood there motionless, looking at her quietly.

Zhu Yu's initial attention was all on his pupils, and he didn't pay attention to anything else. After he was sure that his pupils were of normal size and not dilated, and his eyelids were of normal color, he let go of his hand and immediately noticed Lu Qing's focused gaze on him.

She felt a little uncomfortable for no reason, her earlobes felt a little hot, and she quickly moved back.

It was not her fault. If anyone had to blame someone, it was Lu Qing's handsome face, especially his eyes, which were black and deep. When he stared at her, she felt an inexplicable tremor in her heart and a strange throbbing sensation.

This is purely an instinctive reaction when a person faces beautiful things!
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