Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 354 Well-deserved reputation
Qianqing Palace, inner hall.

Before Zhang Luan entered, he heard the woman sobbing.

Zhang Luan was thinking, who is crying in there?

How could such an unlucky thing happen?

Wei Tai led the way inside, and Zhang Luan finally saw the emperor lying on the couch, covered with a quilt in the hot summer. Next to him stood a beautiful woman in palace dress wiping her tears, and next to them stood several palace maids and eunuchs. The whole room was filled with the bitter and pungent smell of medicinal herbs.

"Your Majesty, Master Li and Zhang Honglu are here."

Wei Tai walked to the bed and whispered something.

The emperor then slowly opened his eyes.

Li Zisheng couldn't help but rush forward when he saw this scene, but he didn't dare to go directly to the bed. He stood at a distance, with a nervous look on his face, and asked, "Your Majesty, what are you doing...?"

"Cough cough."

Zhu Jianshen's voice sounded weak, and he smiled bitterly: "Alas, it's all my fault for listening to slanderous words, and actually...Alas!"

The emperor wanted to talk about what he had experienced, but found that he had no energy to do so.

After all, he brought this upon himself.

"Your Majesty, are you okay...?"

Li Zisheng's cheeks were trembling, his voice was choked, and his eyes were filled with tears.

Zhang Luan looked at it and thought to himself, "Li, you are really good at pretending. How come I've never seen you with such a sad expression before? Are you pretending to be a grandson in front of the emperor?"
Zhang Luan was not shy at all. He took a few steps forward and said in a loud voice, "Minister Li, your Majesty is suffering from liver disease. When liver disease develops to a certain stage, you will feel weak and even have severe pain in parts of your body."

"This is……?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jianshen frowned and looked over.

Why is there someone explaining something to me when I'm talking to Li Qing?

Who is this and why is he so familiar?

Wei Tai hurried forward and introduced: "Your Majesty, this is Zhang Luan, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, the father of the Crown Princess."

"Your Majesty, I, Zhang Luan, pay my respects to you."

Zhang Luan then remembered, oh, there is such a thing as courtesy!

He said he was paying his respects, but he didn't lower his body. He just bowed.

Zhu Jianshen nodded and said, "It's rare, it's rare, at this time... those who can come to treat me are all loyal ministers... Come here. Li Qing, you come too."

Perhaps the emperor was not very confident about his father-in-law, so he asked Li Zisheng to come closer. It could also be that he had something to say to Li Zisheng, his favorite minister.

Li Zisheng showed a respectful attitude and said to Zhang Luan, "Zhang Honglu, please quickly diagnose His Majesty. I will be watching from the side. His Majesty's health is the most important thing."

"Yes."

Zhang Luan walked over.

Li Zisheng waved his hand again, meaning for the attendant to bring a stool over.

What kind of doctor would come to diagnose the emperor's pulse without even providing a stool?
But the attendants beside him didn't understand... After all, when Zhang Yuan and other officials from the Imperial Hospital came to diagnose the patient, the emperor didn't ask for stools to sit on. The main reason was that these people didn't need to feel the emperor's pulse, but just roughly looked at the degree of yellowness of the emperor's body and knew that the emperor's condition had worsened.

Wei Tai was more tactful and personally brought a stool over for Zhang Luan.

At this time, Zhu Jianshen was already lying there, and he just struggled to stretch out his arms. The general meaning was, you guys treat me, I will close my eyes and rest first, unless it is something that I have to deal with, I am too lazy to even move.

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After a diagnosis.

Zhang Luan deeply felt that his level of performance was really not high enough.

Although I have become the focus of everyone's attention, the problem is... I really don't know how to use Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment techniques!

He couldn't tell whether it was a wiry pulse or a slippery pulse, and because he was nervous, he almost didn't find the pulse. His heart was pounding, and he was secretly glad that those people from the Imperial Hospital had left first.

Otherwise the truth will be revealed!

Zhang Luan then stood up and whispered, "Your Majesty, please let me take a look at the whites of your eyes and the condition of your neck."

"Ah."

Only then did Zhu Jianshen open his eyes.

Zhang Luan immediately stretched out his hand and moved closer to Zhu Jianshen's eyes.

Wei Tai was shocked and quickly blocked Zhang Luan's hand and asked, "Zhang Honglu, what are you doing?"

Zhang Luan was very curious, and thought, when the people from the Imperial Hospital examined the emperor's illness, especially when they looked at the liver disease and the whites of his eyes, didn't they need to pry open his eyelids?
Zhang Luan replied as a matter of course: "The yellowing of the white of the eye requires not only looking at the area around the eyeball, but also the area under the eyelids, so that the changes can be seen and the lesions will be more clearly presented."

"what?"

Wei Tai was confused and could only look at Zhu Jianshen.

When Zhu Jianshen heard this, he instantly felt that this father-in-law was not simple.

Regardless of whether his medical skills are good or not, his courage is really great.

How dare you pull my eyelids apart and look at the whites of my eyes? You are really...

But on second thought, only mavericks have real abilities. If the father-in-law in front of me is of the same kind as the people in the Imperial Hospital, then why invite him into the palace?
"Don't block Zhang Qing's family from seeing me."

Zhu Jianshen frowned slightly.

Upon hearing this, Wei Tai took two steps back in shame, thinking, I am here to protect your Majesty, why do you treat me like a bad guy?

Li Zisheng saw this scene and couldn't help but chuckle.

You, Wei Tai, actually think that the people I brought are unreliable?

I'm sorry, if he really has no ability, how could I trust him so much?

He is awesome in so many ways!
Zhang Luan put his hand on the lower eyelid of Zhu Jianshen's right eye, then turned it over and took a look.

It would not have been a big deal if it had not been opened, but after it was opened, even Wei Tai and Li Zisheng who were staring at this side were shocked.

"what happened?"

Zhu Jianshen asked.

Zhang Luan didn't say anything, then looked at his left eyelid again.

Zhu Jianshen raised his voice: "I'm asking you questions, why don't you answer them quickly?"

"Your Majesty, please look for yourself. Bring the mirror to your Majesty."

Li Zisheng greeted.

Wei Tai personally went to get the emperor's treasured silver mirror, and Li Zisheng held it and placed it in front of Zhu Jianshen.

Zhu Jianshen opened his eyes and took a look, his heart sank instantly.

The whites of his eyes on both sides of his pupils were already very yellow, and when he saw the golden color under his eyelids, he immediately knew that his disease had developed to a very serious stage.

"Why...why...is this happening?"

Zhu Jianshen also became nervous and asked in a trembling voice.

Zhang Luan replied: "After suffering from liver disease, the yellowing of the eyeball will start from the back to the front, and the part under the eyelid will turn yellow first. And because it is blocked by the eyelid, it is more representative to observe."

Zhang Luan didn't even understand what he said.

But his son told him so clearly.

"How should it be treated?"

Wei Tai asked hurriedly.

Zhang Luan said, "I need to check some other parts... Your Majesty, please stretch out your arm."

Zhu Jianshen no longer dared to be negligent.

He had previously asked people from the Imperial Hospital to treat him, and he felt that they were all a bunch of quacks, and that the great medical masters of the Ming Dynasty were no better than them.

But this time he met Zhang Luan. Although Zhang Luan's diagnostic methods seemed to be no different from those of the imperial doctors, just from Zhang Luan's fearless attitude and calm professional demeanor, even the emperor had to believe that the prince's father-in-law was a very professional medical practitioner.

All the Imperial Medical Bureau should stand aside.

"Help me up." Zhu Jianshen said. "No need."

Zhang Luan stopped him, saying, "Your Majesty, you should rest more. It's best if you don't even get out of bed. When you have time every day, close your eyes and rest your mind, but..."

"But what?"

Li Zisheng asked hurriedly.

Zhang Luan sighed, "As the disease progresses to this point, your majesty will develop some red moles like rashes on his body, and will itch unbearably. In addition, because the toxins in your body are rapidly increasing, your majesty's mind will be in a state of disorder. I'm afraid... your majesty won't be able to rest well in the next period of time."

"what?"

Li Zisheng and Wei Tai were both confused.

They had no way of knowing whether the emperor had rested well or not, because the emperor had not been in the palace recently.

"Ugh!"

Zhu Jianshen frowned and lamented, "As Mr. Zhang said, I could sleep for more than four hours a day before, but now... I can only sleep for about an hour in total. Every day... I feel depressed and it's hard to relax."

Now everyone present was full of admiration for Zhang Luan's abilities.

No one told him the situation, but he was able to make an accurate judgment based on the patient's condition. What kind of ability is this?
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After that, no one in the hall dared to be negligent and cooperated with Zhang Luan to help the emperor diagnose his illness.

Zhu Jianshen probably felt that it was inappropriate to have a concubine around, so he directly ordered: "My beloved concubine, please leave first. I will call you if there is anything else."

"Yes."

The woman serving beside her was Concubine Shao.

As soon as the emperor returned to the palace, she rushed over to take care of him. She thought she was the absolute protagonist today, but who would have thought that the limelight was stolen by the prince's father-in-law.

After she bowed, she left in a hurry.

After a comprehensive medical consultation, when it came time to prescribe medicine, Zhang Luan used the excuse that he needed to think it over carefully, and under the guidance of Wei Tai, he went to the outer hall with Li Zisheng.

Perhaps Zhang Luan was afraid that his words might be heard by the patients inside, so he pointed outside the hall door.

Wei Tai and Li Zisheng were completely following Zhang Luan at this time. They followed him out the door. When they got outside, Wei Tai couldn't help but ask, "Zhang Honglu, has your Majesty's condition... become very serious?"

Li Zisheng originally wanted to ask, but when he heard this, he glanced at Wei Tai.

That contemptuous look clearly said, is there any need to ask this?

If the emperor's illness was not serious, how could it have developed to this extent?

Could you please have some common sense?
Zhang Luan nodded helplessly.

Wei Tai said: "Then you should quickly come up with a solution!"

Zhang Luan said seriously, "Rest and regulate your breathing is the best solution at the moment. The other solution is to ask His Majesty to take medicine."

Special emphasis is placed on the use of medication.

"But……"

Wei Tai looked embarrassed.

Whether the emperor takes medicine is usually up to his own wishes. As a eunuch in the Imperial Household Department, I can't force the emperor to take medicine, right?

Zhang Luan continued, "I will add another prescription. There are currently three prescriptions. Your Majesty must take all of them. But to be honest, your Majesty's condition has deteriorated unusually seriously in the past few days. I won't tell you the specific reason, but I believe you two should know it very well."

This is to follow what his son said. We should push the responsibility onto Deng Chang'en, but we should not mention Deng Chang'en at all in front of others. What we want is to be straightforward and speak honestly. We should be a selfless doctor and tell everything truthfully.

Li Zisheng asked with a straight face: "Then... Zhang Honglu, please tell me clearly, can you cure this disease?"

Wei Tai couldn't help but look back at Li Zisheng, as if questioning: How can you be so pretentious?
It's as if you two don't know each other!
If you two were really not familiar with each other, how could Zhang Luan have presented prescriptions to Your Majesty through you time and again?
Zhang Luan said: "I can only say that I have tried my best, but there are many things that are beyond my control. Your Majesty's liver disease is still worsening, and what we need to do now is to control the disease."

Wei Tai asked anxiously: "Then what should we do?"

Zhang Luan frowned and explained, "Eunuch Wei, didn't the people from the Imperial Hospital diagnose His Majesty before I came? I believe that any doctor would make a rough judgment after seeing His Majesty's current condition. It's not that I can diagnose a different result.

"Oh, by the way, what did the people from the Imperial Hospital say?"

"them……"

Wei Tai obviously didn't want to reveal too many secrets.

Although you, Zhang Luan, are here to speak ill of the Emperor's illness, the situation at the Imperial Hospital is actually not much better.

Moreover, they were even more unreasonable and said a lot of nonsense, which only made His Majesty angry and thought that they were not doing their job...

You are talking about this situation. Can I tell you casually?

Li Zisheng said anxiously: "Eunuch Wei, at this point, what are you still trying to hide? Do you really want me to ask His Majesty himself?"

Wei Tai's eyes were somewhat evasive, and he said hesitantly: "Li... Li Xianshi, please don't make things difficult for us. We... don't have any way to deal with this. Some things are not easy to talk about..."

At this time, Wei Taining would rather continue to turn a deaf and dumb.

I just didn't hear it and I can't say it, what can you do to me?

Li Zisheng glanced at Wei Tai and thought, as expected, after Huai En left, there is no capable person in your Silijian. It is generally recognized that Qin Chang is not good enough, and you, Wei Tai, are even worse than Qin Chang!

I don't know what His Majesty was thinking, letting you take over from Qin Chang and take charge of the Imperial Household Department?
"Zhang Honglu, please prescribe the medicine."

Li Zisheng said to Zhang Luan, "Let your Majesty's condition stabilize first, and we can talk about the rest later."

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After Zhang Luan wrote out a prescription and gave some medical instructions, he left on his own, or rather, he followed the palace servants to the gate of the Qianqing Palace and waited.

This was a special order from Li Zisheng, meaning that Zhang Luan should wait for him, and the two of them should leave the palace together, while he, Li Zisheng, would go in first to explain the situation to the emperor, present the prescription, and take all the credit for himself.

"Li Qing, where is Zhang Luan?"

When Zhu Jianshen saw Li Zisheng come in, he looked around and didn't see Zhang Luan, so he couldn't help but ask.

Li Zisheng said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Honglu has already written a prescription. He will leave first. If there is anything later, you can summon him at any time."

"Cough cough."

Zhu Jianshen coughed a few times and asked, "What did he say about my health?"

Li Zisheng said, "He said that Your Majesty should rest well and take medicine on time... He just wrote another prescription, saying that this prescription is somewhat dangerous. If it weren't for that... he wouldn't have written it."

These words did not come from Zhang Luan at all.

The reason why Li Zisheng said this was because he understood the emperor's mind.

Since you had a prescription, why didn't you prescribe it before?

Do you have to wait until I am terminally ill before you open it?

This is to tell the emperor clearly that this prescription is the type that has serious side effects. It was not prescribed before because it was not "a last resort". But now that you are so sick, we will not care about those things. We will prescribe the medicine for you without any worries.

Zhu Jianshen nodded slightly and said, "It's rare, it's rare!"

Even Li Zisheng didn't know why the emperor expressed such emotion.

"Your Majesty, you should take good care of your body and not overwork yourself with state affairs... After I return, I will ask Zhang Luan to consider it carefully and prescribe medicine for Your Majesty to stabilize Your Majesty's condition."

Li Zisheng said solemnly.

"Ah."

Zhu Jian sighed deeply and said, "Perhaps this is my fate. How is the matter of conferring the title of king on a few princes that I asked you to prepare going?"

"I have made all the preparations and chosen the right time. I am just waiting for Your Majesty to make the final decision." Li Zisheng said.

"Okay, as soon as possible then."

Zhu Jianshen raised his hand slightly, waved it, and said weakly, "I want to take a rest... Li Qing, you go back first, I have something to do... Alas!"

The emperor sighed again, looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Obviously, he himself regretted very much about going into seclusion for cultivation, but he was too stern to admit it and could only express his feelings there.

(End of this chapter)