I was sold when I opened my eyes! My sick and disabled husband comforts me every night after he wake

Wei Jian'an's eyes flickered slightly, and he chuckled softly.

"Which young master is so fortunate as to marry Miss Lan Zhi?"

Lan Zhi stood tall and replied with grace and poise:

"This has nothing to do with me entering the palace to treat the Empress Dowager's illness. Please forgive me for not being able to tell you the truth."

"Hahaha……"

Wei Jian'an suddenly threw his head back and burst into laughter.

"She has character, which I like. Guards, please have a seat."

May I have a seat?

The Crown Prince offered a seat to a lowly physician.

This is truly a strange thing.

In a short while, two eunuchs brought over a chair and placed it behind Lan Zhi. As Wei Jian'an sat down, he gestured for her to sit down.

"Miss Lan, please have a seat."

Lan Zhi frowned slightly and shook her head in refusal.

"This humble woman is not tired at all, thank you Your Highness."

"Not tired?"

Wei Jian'an seemed a little angry.

"Since she's not tired, she can stand. Someone, convey my order: Doctor Lan is not allowed to sit down if she's not tired."

This……

Lan Zhi gave a bitter smile to herself. This crown prince is really sick. Whether she sits or stands is none of his business.

However, she still bowed slightly and said:

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"you……"

Wei Jian'an's face darkened instantly. Just then, the first doctor who had gone in came out. He took the prescription from the doctor, glanced at it, and then angrily waved his hand away.

"Drag him out and give him twenty lashes."

Upon hearing this, the doctor hurriedly knelt down.

"Your Highness, what wrong have I committed? Why am I being punished?"

"Snapped!"

Wei Jian'an slammed the prescription on the table and then shouted angrily:

"Your prescription is a mess. With your skill level, how dare you call yourself a doctor? How dare you enter the palace to swindle people? If I don't beat you, you won't know your own worth."

The doctor thought he could get away with it by hiding from the Empress, but he didn't expect that Wei Jian'an knew some medicine and could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with his prescription.

"Your Highness, have mercy on me, Your Highness, please have mercy on me!"

"Drag him away..."

Even though the doctor kept begging for mercy, Wei Jian'an waved his hand and ordered his men to beat him with a board. Whether he could withstand the twenty blows was unknown.

After all this commotion, the other three doctors also started sweating. When the nanny prompted them to let the next doctor go in, the three doctors all kowtowed to the ground, none of them daring to go in first.

Seeing this, Wei Jian'an seemed to realize something and immediately snorted.

"I'm giving you a chance now. If you admit your mistakes, you'll get ten fewer strokes of the cane. Otherwise, if you waste my time and can't even write a decent prescription, you'll get ten more strokes. Have you thought it through?"

Upon hearing this, one of the doctors was the first to back down, saying in a trembling voice:

"Your Highness, please spare me! This humble citizen's medical skills are inadequate, and I dare not examine the Empress Dowager's pulse. Please forgive me."

Wei Jian'an immediately waved his hand impatiently, and several guards stepped forward and dragged the doctor away to be flogged.

Seeing this, the other two also said that their medical skills were not good enough and they dared not treat the Empress Dowager, so they went to receive their punishments.

Of the five physicians, only Lan Zhi remains as a female physician.

Wei Jian'an fixed his gaze on her, took a deep breath, and waved to the crowd.

"Go back all!"

His attendants, eunuchs, and palace maids all bowed their heads and retreated. Only then did Wei Jian'an speak again.

"I will be lenient with you because you are a woman. If you are like them and your medical skills are not good enough, and you admit it, I may spare you from being punished."

As he said this, Wei Jian'an's expression was unusually serious, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Lan Zhi stood there stunned. Mo Ning had only told her that the Empress did not want to cure the Empress Dowager's illness, but had not mentioned the Crown Prince's thoughts.

Since she doesn't understand the Crown Prince's thoughts, she naturally doesn't dare to act rashly.

Seeing her standing there silently, Wei Jian'an stood up from his seat and slowly walked to her side.

"You, a woman, dare to enter the palace, so you must have some skills. Your title of 'Goddess Physician' must not be without reason. If you can cure the Empress Dowager's illness, you will receive a reward of ten thousand taels of silver, which will ensure you a comfortable life for the rest of your days. Think it over before you answer me."

Wei Jian'an's words were ambiguous, and she couldn't discern his true thoughts at all.

However, since I'm already here, even if I die, I should at least see the patient!

Thinking of this, she nodded decisively.

"I know medicine, but I need to have seen patients and taken their pulse before I can practice it."

Wei Jian'an nodded with satisfaction.

"Alright, Dr. Lan, please come in."

After Lan Zhi nodded, she stepped into the Empress Dowager's bedroom.

As soon as she stepped into the inner room, a heavy feeling washed over her. The old woman whispered a reminder from behind her.

"The Empress Dowager dislikes noise. Be quiet when you see her later."

Lan Zhi nodded and followed the nanny into the house.

Only when they arrived at a large bed carved from golden nanmu wood did the old woman gesture for her to stop. Then, through the gauze curtain, she whispered to the person on the bed.

"Your Majesty, another physician has arrived."

"Cough cough cough..."

The Empress Dowager coughed a few times, raised her hand impatiently, and said in a hoarse voice:

"It's pointless to look at it; it's a waste of time and money. Don't bother."

"This is a female physician. His Highness the Crown Prince thinks highly of her. Let her take your pulse!"

Upon hearing the words "female physician," the Empress Dowager seemed somewhat surprised. After a moment of silence, she spoke weakly.

"Since she's a female doctor, then take a look. You may all step back."

The old woman gestured for Lan Zhi to step forward, then quietly withdrew.

Lan Zhi cautiously approached the Empress Dowager's bedside, and was about to kneel down when the Empress Dowager stopped her.

"No need to kneel, sit down and let's take your pulse directly!"

The Empress Dowager's voice was devoid of any emotion, inspiring awe in all who heard it.

She sat on a round stool, and the Empress Dowager cooperated by extending her hand. She took out a pulse pillow and placed it under the Empress Dowager's wrist, then placed four fingers on her wrist in turn and began to take her pulse.

The Empress Dowager's pulse was strange. Although it was a bit weak, it didn't seem like that of someone who was seriously ill. Moreover, she didn't have any major health problems.

Just as she hesitated about how to begin, the Empress Dowager suddenly coughed lightly.

"How is it? Can you diagnose what illness I am suffering from?"

Lan Zhi withdrew her hand, stood up from the stool, took a few steps back, knelt down, and replied:

"This humble woman is incompetent and unable to diagnose the Empress Dowager's illness. I beg the Empress Dowager to punish me."

When she finished speaking, the person inside the bed curtains paused for a moment, then spoke softly.

"Help me up."

what?

She looked around and, seeing no one, realized that the Empress Dowager was calling her. She quickly went forward, lifted the gauze curtain, and saw the Empress Dowager lying on the bed, her face pale and her lips bloodless. At first glance, she was indeed very ill.

She carefully helped the Empress Dowager up, placed a cushion behind her, tied the gauze curtains, then stepped back a few paces, bowed her head, and stood in front of the Empress Dowager's bed, waiting quietly for the Empress Dowager to speak.

"What's your name?"

"Lan Zhi".

"Hmm, not a bad name. Where did you learn your medical skills?"

what?

She hesitated for a moment before replying:

“My master is just a country doctor; even if I mention it to the Empress Dowager, she won’t know.”

"That's true. By the way, you just said you couldn't tell what illness I had. What do you mean? Does that mean I'm not sick? Or that I was faking it?"

Upon hearing this, Lan Zhi immediately knelt down again.

"This humble woman dares not. My medical skills are still shallow, and I am unable to diagnose the cause of Your Majesty's illness. I should not have been so presumptuous as to use my meager medical skills to flaunt in the palace. I beg Your Majesty to punish me."

"Cough cough..."