My Lady Always Lacks Ambition
Chapter 98 - 100: Recover in Just 3 Days

Chapter 98: Chapter 100: Recover in Just 3 Days

Qin Liuxi twisted the Golden Needle downward into the acupoint, then her right thumb moved forward, twisting and pressing alternately—three advances for one retreat—while reciting a passage of Lord Lao Zi’s Qingjing Heart Sutra from memory, her delivery smooth, as if chanting.

Nanny Zhao gazed at the Old Princess Consort, who initially tensed up due to the needle’s prick causing a sensation of soreness and swelling, yet gradually relaxed as Qin Liuxi’s chanting-like recitation of scripture flowed forth.

Nanny Zhao watched clearly and turned her eyes to Qin Liuxi, marveling at her ability to multitask.

Inserting the needles should have required calm and focus without interruptions, yet Qin Liuxi was also reciting scripture. With such composure at her age, she must have started studying medicine from a young age, no?

Nanny Zhao’s gaze towards Qin Liuxi was now filled with a trace of reverence.

Capable people are respected regardless of their age; when one’s abilities are significant, others will revere and respect them.

Qin Liuxi paid no mind to Nanny Zhao’s expression; after inserting a needle at the Dazhui acupoint, she took several more needles and lifted the undershirt of the Old Princess Consort, performing the same technique on the Baliao Acupoints.

"This... What is the significance of this location?" Nanny Zhao helped her roll up the undershirt of the Princess Consort, revealing near the lower back and buttock area where several Golden Needles were inserted, and couldn’t help asking.

Qin Liuxi manipulated the Golden Needle, advancing three times and retreating once, repeating this nine times, then sparing a moment to reply, "These are the Baliao Acupoints. Normally, this area should be soft, but Her Highness has a hard spot here, which I assume is painful, right? This region primarily affects women’s health. When the Princess was younger, did she have irregular menstruation, feeling cold and apprehensive, even continuous bleeding or unbearable abdominal pain?"

"Indeed, everything you said is exactly right. The Imperial Physician advised us to do moxa therapy when we had a chance. Does this mean all of this was due to cold poison?"

Qin Liuxi explained, "Of course, stagnation and accumulation of cold lead to such consequences. Her Highness suffered from exposure to cold after childbirth. Once stagnation sets in, it blocks blood and qi flow. Naturally causing blockages and hardness, it damages a woman’s womb and causes menstruation irregularities. I believe some doctors also understand this principle."

"They do understand, but as you see, these doctors are mostly men, and Her Highness is a woman, which brings many inconveniences and isn’t as thorough as your examinations," sighed Nanny Zhao.

Though doctors are supposed to treat patients without regard to gender, when it comes to strict male and female propriety, they still have to diagnose through a barrier like using a silk cloth. And for those who are more careful, they place a screen and draw a gauze curtain. Consequently, inspection, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation need to go through a process of translation and rely on what the attendants say.

If it were those young girls from the boudoirs, I’m afraid the doctor might not even see their faces, and would write a prescription merely based on feeling the pulse and asking questions.

The Old Princess Consort exclaimed in pain, and the conversation between the two ceased immediately. Qin Liuxi’s actions slowed, and she asked, "Your Highness, is it unbearable pain?"

"Painful, but also comfortable, warm," sighed the Old Princess Consort. After so many years, it had been a long time since she’d felt such warmth in her body.

"Pain is an indicator of blockage; it’ll get better gradually. Also, the medicine bath will hurt more than this," Qin Liuxi spoke bluntly.

The hand of the Old Princess Consort trembled slightly. Really?

Qin Liuxi smiled, then crouched down and inserted a needle at the Yongquan acupoint on both of the Princess’s feet, then another two needles on each of her wrists.

"Princess, tonight I performed acupuncture using a technique called Mountain Fire Burning on you, which is why you feel warmth during the needling. Of course, to expel the cold poison isn’t just done in one go; this is to help you get used to it in advance. Tomorrow, I will use another acupuncture technique, combine it with a medicine bath, and accompany it with internally taken cold-dissipating formula, formally commencing the expulsion of the cold poison. It will roughly require three days of continuous treatment."

Listening to this, the Old Princess Consort was almost ready to turn around. Could the cold symptoms that had plagued her nearly her entire life be cured in just three days?