Amazing Pastoral World: Unparalleled Medical Queen

An hourglass in a corner of the palace was leaking sand bit by bit, and a faint scent of ambergris emanated from the incense burner, filling the bedroom.

Everyone was standing in front of the dragon bed. The room was so quiet that even the sound of a needle dropping could be heard clearly, not to mention the Emperor Zheng'an's intermittent breathing.

"Doctor Gao, how is Grandpa Emperor?" Ye Feng suppressed the inexplicable fear and uneasiness that was rising in his heart and asked as calmly as possible.

Doctor Gao turned a deaf ear to him, changed his wrist and continued taking the patient's pulse.

It was not until a quarter of an hour later that he stood up. He first glanced around and saw that they were all people around the emperor. Then he bowed to Ye Feng and answered carefully: "Your Highness, His Majesty's pulse is a little abnormal. On the surface, it seems that he is in a coma due to anger and rage, but in fact, it seems... like the onset of poison after being poisoned."

"What?" Ye Feng was shocked and angry when he heard this.

Eunuch Zheng, who was standing by, turned pale, and Li Fuquan was stunned when he heard the words. Then his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

"Doctor Gao, are you sure? Are you sure it's not because of the emperor's anger?" Ye Feng glanced coldly at Li Fuquan who had lost his composure and asked Gao Quting.

"Your Majesty's symptoms do seem to be a physical reaction caused by anger. However, I have been studying various poisons in recent years. If it was two months ago, I might not be so sure."

"Then why are you so sure now?" Chu Ying asked puzzledly.

"Your Highness, Lord Chu, you don't know. My grandson Gao Yutang has been studying various poisons for the past two years, just like me. Some time ago, he said that he had a great master who taught him many medical skills, including a lot of knowledge about poisons. It was also because of that kid's hard work that he made a lot of progress in poison and medical skills, and even I can't compare to him. When he came back to the capital this time, he discussed poison and medical skills with me and mentioned a chronic poison. I observed your majesty's symptoms, and they all matched the symptoms of poisoning that Yutang and I talked about."

Gao Yutang's poison technique was taught by Lu Ke'er. Ye Feng knew this very well, so he believed in Gao Quting's judgment.

"What kind of poison was the emperor poisoned with?" Ye Feng asked Doctor Gao.

Gao Quting bowed his head and replied, "Your Majesty, you must have been poisoned by a chronic poison. I don't know the specific name of this poison, but I am sure that this poison can gradually invade the human blood, making people increasingly tired and depleting their vitality. Finally, all organs in the body will fail and the person will die. This poison can enter the human body through food or breathing and cause poisoning."

Ye Feng suddenly remembered that the Empress Dowager also died of exhaustion. According to Nanny Gui's confession, the reason was poisoning. He couldn't help but feel moved.

"Zheng Youde, go to the Imperial Hospital and find all the medical records of Concubine Yu."

Zheng Youde was startled when he heard this. He responded quickly and left in a hurry.

Ye Feng turned to Gao Quting and said, "Doctor Gao, do you have any antidote for the poison that Grandpa Huang is suffering from?"

Gao Quting pondered for a while, then spoke cautiously: "Yutang once told me that if the poison has not penetrated deep into the lungs and the poisoning is still in its early stages, it can be cured with medicine. If the poisoning is already serious, acupuncture combined with medicine can be used to cure it. But if the poison has penetrated deep into the bone marrow, then the only person in the world who can cure it may be his master. From your Majesty's symptoms of poisoning, I know that the poison should have been in your Majesty's body for some time. Although it has not yet penetrated deep into the bone marrow, your Majesty is over sixty years old, and this dragon body..."

He paused and didn't continue. Ye Feng understood.

Grandpa Huang is old and weak, and the symptoms after being poisoned must be more serious than those of ordinary young people. Gao Quting took into account Grandpa Huang's age and physical condition, and did not dare to guarantee that he could be cured with common methods.

"Didn't Yutang tell me the name of this poison?" Ye Feng was a little puzzled.

Logically speaking, since Gao Yutang knew the symptoms of this poison and the solution, it is impossible that he did not know its name. But Ye Feng did not know that although Lu Ke'er was proficient in pharmacology and medicine, and could analyze the various toxin components and their harm to the human body, she did not know the names of these poisons in this world.

This was also what Gao Quting was confused about, and naturally he could not give Ye Feng an answer.

Soon, Zheng Youde came back with a thick medical record.

This medical record records in detail all the processes of diagnosis and treatment of Concubine Yu during her illness, including the records of every time she took her pulse, which are still vivid in my mind.

After Imperial Physician Guo died unexpectedly, this medical record was almost destroyed. Fortunately, Emperor Zheng'an sent people to the Imperial Medical Office to protect it in time.

"Start with the records from two years before the Empress Dowager passed away." Ye Feng reminded him.

Doctor Gao was puzzled, but he still turned to that page and began to read it carefully.

After a quarter of an hour, Gao Quting became more and more frightened the more he looked.

In Concubine Yu's medical records, the relevant symptoms recorded were exactly the same as the illness of Emperor Zheng'an at the moment. However, the conclusion after each consultation was: Postpartum body weakness, should strengthen the foundation and nourish the body.

"This..." Doctor Gao's face gradually turned pale. He suddenly realized that he might have glimpsed a shocking secret!

"Doctor Gao, you also see the problem?" Ye Feng did not intend to hide it from him. He was in great pain at the moment. "The Royal Grandmother should have been poisoned by this poison. It's a pity that Doctor Guo, who treated her at the time, concealed the truth and deliberately misdiagnosed her, delaying the treatment, causing the Royal Grandmother to die in regret. The Royal Grandfather was also shocked today because he knew the truth of the year, which caused him to fall into a coma due to the poison."

Gao Quting thought to himself, it is indeed so.

"But how did Grandpa Huang get poisoned?" Ye Feng looked extremely calm at this moment. "I must find the source of the poison as soon as possible, otherwise Grandpa Huang will be in danger. All of Grandpa Huang's food is tested for poison by a dedicated person, and the production process is also supervised by a dedicated person, so it is difficult for anyone to find loopholes. Doctor Gao, can you find out the source of this poison?"

Gao Quting bowed and replied, "Yutang once told me that this poison is colorless, but has a smell. It has a faint earthy smell. If we can't smell it, don't worry. There is something that can detect it."

Ye Feng's eyes lit up: "Oh? What is it?"

"This thing is very common, it is lettuce juice."

After that, Gao Quting asked someone to get a few lettuces from the imperial kitchen, squeeze out the juice, smear the juice on a white paper strip, and then asked someone to walk around the room with the paper strip to check.

"The smell is everywhere. However, this earthy smell is usually not easy to detect. Moreover, if it is mixed with other smells, we can't smell it at all. However, if this white paper stained with lettuce juice comes into contact with the poisonous smell, if the smell reaches a certain concentration, the paper will turn light red."

Ye Feng immediately ordered to apply more white paper strips and asked everyone to carry the white paper strips around to check.

No corner of Emperor Zheng'an's bedroom was spared.