The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 1050 - 129: Absorbing Like a Sponge

Chapter 1050: Chapter 129: Absorbing Like a Sponge

Manbao rubbed his chin thoughtfully. After the last imperial doctor had finished taking the pulse and checked again, he nodded slightly.

The princes still had bandages on their arms and hurriedly asked, "How is it?"

"The pulse is a bit better, but we still need to observe for a few more days," Manbao looked toward Imperial Doctor Zheng and the others.

Imperial Doctor Zheng and the others quickly nodded, "Exactly."

Manbao, having successfully completed his task, was very pleased. As he stood up to take his leave, he suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, he didn’t injure his brain, did he?"

Imperial Doctor Zheng and the others turned their gaze toward the prince and Du Yu.

The prince sneered at Du Yu.

After a moment of silence, Du Yu said, "He shouldn’t have."

Manbao breathed a sigh of relief, "That’s good. Then let’s wait until tomorrow. If all goes well, he should wake up before dusk tomorrow. If he wakes up, that’s half the battle won."

Imperial Doctor Zheng and the others nodded repeatedly.

The Old Madam, who had only brought her daughter-in-law, asked anxiously upon hearing this, "Waking up only settles half? Shouldn’t he be fine then?"

Manbao coughed lightly before speaking, "His wounds are significant, and there’s a risk of infection, so we need to see how things develop."

Imperial Doctor Zheng quickly explained, "Young Master has internal bleeding. Fortunately, Doctor Zhou Junior acted swiftly to open his abdomen and stop the bleeding, saving his life. However, how well the wound heals is still up to fate."

Oh, the will of heaven...

Manbao couldn’t help but glance at Imperial Doctor Zheng and said to the Old Madam, "Wounds are most susceptible to infection, so from now on, apart from the imperial doctors and one or two caretakers, no one else should come and go. By the way, do you have an empty room here? It would be best to clean out a new room and move him there; this bed is too dirty."

The three imperial doctors nodded repeatedly.

The beautiful woman frowned and said, "But isn’t it highly risky to move a patient? What if he bleeds again..."

The three imperial doctors: ...

Manbao said, "Dirt is more dangerous than moving. Since he was brought back, the filth on him and the filth everyone brought in, can you control the movement of people and also control these dirty things?"

The Old Madam thought for a moment then said, "Let’s follow Doctor Zhou Junior and the imperial doctors’ advice, letting them clean out the side room. No need to place anything inside, just clean it thoroughly and then move Sanlang there."

Everyone agreed.

The imperial doctors could guide the moving process, and their experience was much richer than Manbao’s. They knew where to change clothes, how to change, how to move, what medicine to prescribe next, what medicine to apply...

Manbao eagerly followed behind them to learn, and she had to review every prescription they wrote before handing it to the servants.

The imperial doctors didn’t know Manbao’s background and thought she was checking their prescriptions. When she occasionally pointed to some medicines and asked them why they prescribed them that way, they thought she was testing them, so they explained in detail.

Manbao carefully memorized them, feeling that their prescription methods for specific symptoms were even better than Teacher Mo’s. She planned to write down these prescriptions and annotate them when she returned, then study them with Teacher Mo.

Bai Shan only listened halfway because he didn’t understand most of it.

Although he had learned some medical principles from Manbao’s influence, he couldn’t grasp the more profound knowledge. He stood next to the prince and overheard him mocking the Du brothers.

He stepped back slightly and perked up his ears to listen to the stories.

Manbao had completely dissected the treatment plans for tonight and was about to leave when Imperial Doctor Zheng hurriedly asked her to stay. "Isn’t Doctor Zhou Junior on duty tonight?"

Manbao glanced outside at Bai Shan and shook her head. "Forget it, it’s not convenient. I’d better go home. I’ll come back early tomorrow morning."

"But what if the fever spikes..."

"If it gets really bad, just send someone to call me. We live in the same district, so I can travel at night," Manbao replied. "However, when it comes to reducing fever, I’m afraid I’m no match for you."

Imperial Doctor Zheng said, "Doctor Zhou Junior is being too modest. I have heard from Doctor Ji that you are exceptionally skilled in acupuncture, including a technique for reducing fever..."

"Are you interested in learning it?" Manbao asked.

Imperial Doctor Zheng’s face stiffened slightly, and he said somewhat sheepishly, "...I do want to learn, but..."

"I’ll teach you," Manbao said with a smile. "You just mentioned that the second plan about enriching the blood to reduce fever is recorded in a book at your home, it’s a modified prescription, and it also records..."

After a pause, Imperial Doctor Zheng said, "I can lend the book to Doctor Zhou Junior to read for a while."

Manbao was overjoyed, feeling that today’s gains were truly substantial.

She smiled warmly and said goodbye to Imperial Doctor Zheng, then turned to the other two imperial doctors. "Let’s all exchange medical techniques in the future."

The three doctors forced smiles and nodded, all thinking the same thing: no wonder she, at such a young age, possesses such medical skill. Bold and meticulous is one thing, but having a thick skin must be another.

Who would think of exchanging medical techniques upon a first meeting?

They had worked with Imperial Doctor Zheng for many years, and their usual exchanges were brief; each doctor had their own specialty cases and treatments. If they taught them to others, how could they establish themselves in the Imperial Hospital?

If it wasn’t for this girl who couldn’t enter the Imperial Hospital, not only would they have refused the offer, but even the closely connected Imperial Doctor Zheng might not have agreed.

Although they could learn something from Manbao.

But they knew their own talents, and they could see they were no match for Manbao.

The same knowledge is not just absorbed by learning, nor is it limited to what one learns.

Recalling Doctor Zhou Junior opening an abdomen, finding a bleed, and skillfully suturing, they could only imagine how many rabbits or sheep she must have dissected secretly.

The two imperial doctors shuddered, then looked simultaneously at Imperial Doctor Zheng. "Imperial Doctor Zheng, it seems that the medical kit Doctor Zhou Junior is using belongs to Imperial Doctor Fan."

Imperial Doctor Zheng then said, "When she was in Yizhou, she exchanged medical techniques with Imperial Doctor Fan. I heard from family members that Imperial Doctor Fan took a great liking to her."

The imperial doctors sighed. "Imperial Doctor Fan is a famous wound doctor. We didn’t realize it until his transfer, but now we see that there’s no one in the Imperial Hospital who inherited his techniques."

Before, everyone looked down on wound doctors, thinking they just cut things, a lower practice. But now, it seems wound doctors have an advantage in treating urgent bleeding injuries.

"Although blood was supplied to Young Master Bai, the most important thing is that his own body stabilizes by generating blood," Imperial Doctor Zheng was the first to come back to his senses, looked at the prescriptions he wrote, and picked one. "Let’s use this second prescription."

The two imperial doctors also came back to their senses, looked it over, and nodded in agreement. "Good, let’s do that."

Manbao found Bai Shan and said, "Let’s go home."

Old Madam also hurriedly asked them to stay, but Manbao refused, "Everyone at the residence should know where we live by now. If the fever becomes too severe and the doctors can’t handle it, just come and get me. I’ll be back early tomorrow morning."

Seeing that she was young and a girl, Old Madam worried her family would also be concerned and told a nearby maid, "Send Doctor Zhou Junior and Young Master Bai out, have the steward personally escort them back, and prepare a generous gift."

Earlier, when changing clothes, she had secretly looked at the bandaged wound on her son’s stomach. After asking the attendants, she learned that her son had nearly stepped halfway through death’s door—that’s why the Crown Prince had slashed Imperial Doctor Ji.