Chapter 324 Imperial Hospital

The next morning.

Li Xuan left Jingyang Palace early and headed for the Imperial Hospital.

This Imperial Hospital is not in the West Palace, but in the Taichang Temple.

And the Taichang Temple is in the South Imperial City.

The West Palace where the three children live, as well as the other Taiji Palace and the East Palace, are located in the north of the Imperial City, where all the royal family members live.

The South Imperial City is divided by the avenues of Anfu Gate and Yanxi Gate, and the south is the various functional departments in the Imperial City, such as the General Works Office, the Great Shrine, the Honglu Temple, the Taichang Temple and the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

The Imperial Hospital is set up in the Taichang Temple, which is where Doctor Xue works on weekdays.

After being reminded by Princess Ankang yesterday, Li Xuan also put the matter of inviting Doctor Xue on the agenda.

On this matter, Li Xuan still wanted to try not to inform the two general managers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as much as possible, and wait until things have some results.

Anyway, with the abilities of those two, it won't take long to find out the truth.

But Li Xuan still wanted to buy himself some buffer time.

The fewer people who knew the secret between him and Princess Ankang, the better.

Li Xuan left the West Palace easily, but he had to be careful outside the West Palace.

It was not uncommon to meet a cat in the West Palace, but outside the West Palace, in the empty imperial city, there were only teams of patrolling imperial guards.

In such an environment, a little black cat wandering around was a bit abrupt.

Li Xuan had no choice but to walk as high as possible to minimize the noise he made.

He had the ability to jump directly from Jingyang Palace to the Imperial Hospital.

But first of all, he didn't know the specific location of the Imperial Hospital.

Secondly, jumping directly there would make too much noise, which would definitely disturb the masters of the Imperial Palace.

Li Xuan, who had suffered losses before, had long understood that there were many factions in the palace. Even if Shang Zongguan and Zhao Feng greeted him, there might be some people who would not give the Imperial Household Department face.

In this case, Li Xuan would rather do less than more.

It is always right to keep a low profile.

Li Xuan stopped and observed along the way. Fortunately, he could read and soon found the plaque of the Taichang Temple.

[Taichang Temple]

The Taichang Temple is in charge of the rituals of the ancestral temple, and it seems to have many functions.

After Li Xuan sneaked in, he saw many small departments.

Jingjiao Sheyuan, Taiyueyuan, Guchuyuan, Bingxiyuan, Fenciyuan, Taiyi Hospital...

"Hey, I found it."

Li Xuan looked around and finally found the place with the plaque of the Imperial Hospital.

As soon as he entered the Imperial Hospital, he smelled a strong smell of medicine.

Li Xuan did not rush to find Doctor Xue, but wandered around in the Imperial Hospital first.

There are many doctors busy here, all wearing brightly colored uniforms, which seem to be divided into specific grades of imperial doctors.

Moreover, Li Xuan found that there are many very young doctors in the Imperial Hospital, and some even look like young boys and girls.

"They can't be imperial doctors, right?"

Li Xuan followed curiously, and found that the Imperial Hospital was actually a medical education institution.

There were even several classrooms where students were taking classes.

"I didn't expect that Daxing actually had a medical school."

Li Xuan initially thought that the Imperial Hospital was full of famous doctors with superb medical skills like Doctor Xue.

"I don't know how these young people were selected, and what are their backgrounds?"

Li Xuan couldn't help thinking.

If Fang Muyang had the opportunity to study in the Imperial Hospital when he was a child, I'm afraid his medical skills would be better now.

Li Xuan looked at the carefree boys and girls below, who only needed to study medicine, and couldn't help but sigh silently.

When Fang Muyang was their age, he had already become an orphan, living a hard life on the street, while also taking care of the studies taught by Doctor Xue.

Compared to Fang Muyang, these young men and women in front of them are so happy.

"Forget it, why think about these things."

Li Xuan suddenly lost interest in continuing to wander around the Imperial Hospital, and went straight to find Doctor Xue's trace.

The smell of medicine in the Imperial Hospital was too strong, and Li Xuan couldn't find Doctor Xue's smell.

But fortunately, the Imperial Hospital is not big, and you can always meet Doctor Xue after walking around, unless he goes out to see a doctor, or there is no Imperial Hospital on duty today.

Li Xuan asked Doctor Xue before, he only goes out for free clinics for three days a month, ten days apart, almost once every ten days.

Counting the days, Doctor Xue should not be in the capital for free clinics today.

Speaking of which, our Doctor Xue is also a master who can't sit still.

At that time, Doctor Xue was famous all over the world and had the title of the best doctor in the world. Later, he was recruited by the court and joined the Imperial Hospital.

The court paid a lot of money to recruit Doctor Xue.

Not only did they allow him to read the medical books in the palace at will, but they also agreed to write a medical book for him.

If you do a good job of writing a book, it will be a chance to leave your name in history and be remembered forever.

Doctor Xue was caught by this point at that time.

In this era, writing a book is not just about having a pen and paper, and you can write it at will. The resources behind it are also huge.

Just to verify one's own theory, the manpower and material resources needed for experiments are astronomical.

Even with the support of the Imperial Hospital, Doctor Xue's book has not been completed to this day, which shows the difficulty.

But also because of Doctor Xue's special status, he also has a transcendent status in this Imperial Hospital, and is much freer than others.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to have the opportunity to go out for free consultation every month.

However, Doctor Xue concealed his identity when he went out for free consultation.

Those people who were treated by Doctor Xue in the market did not even know that the doctor who diagnosed their pulse was the world's number one doctor.

Li Xuan looked around in the Imperial Hospital and finally found Doctor Xue in an inconspicuous corner.

This seems to be a place to dry medicinal materials.

Doctor Xue sat alone in the middle of a pile of medicinal materials, sitting on a small bench, with paper and pen at his feet.

Doctor Xue picked up some herbs from time to time, smelled them, and then chewed them.

He swallowed some of them directly, spit out some of them again, and then picked up a pen and paper to carefully record something.

"You are quite serious about your work."

Li Xuan looked at the wall for a while, then jumped down, wagging his tail, walking like a cat, and walked through the herbs, and soon came to Doctor Xue.

At first, Doctor Xue did not notice Li Xuan's arrival, and was still concentrating on tasting the medicine and then recording it.

But he immediately caught a glimpse of a black shadow in his sight, and then he looked up and found Li Xuan's arrival.

"It's you!"

Doctor Xue couldn't help but exclaimed, and immediately looked up and looked around, and found that there was no one nearby, so he felt relieved.

Li Xuan walked forward slowly, took the brush from Doctor Xue with his tail, and took out a new piece of paper and wrote on it:

"You are careful."

Dr. Xue saw it and said unhappily:

"Better safe than sorry."

"Are you here to fulfill your promise?"

Dr. Xue spoke quickly, put away the record he had written before, and then asked Li Xuan.

Li Xuan nodded silently.

"Okay, tell me what you want me to do for you?"

Dr. Xue had expected this day to come.

Otherwise, after all, Li Xuan had said it in advance when he helped Fang Muyang.

"Go to help Princess Ankang with her illness."

Li Xuan wrote on the paper.

Doctor Xue was stunned for a moment after seeing the content on the paper, and then his eyes softened when he looked at Li Xuan.

"Little guy, please forgive me for my incompetence. I can't cure Princess Ankang's illness."

"In fact, Princess Ankang is not sick, but has a congenital physical problem."

"I can't do anything about this. You should change your request."

This is not that Doctor Xue is shirking responsibility, but he really can't do it.

Although Li Xuan said it well at the beginning, he only helped Fang Muyang get rid of Zhao Si to make a friend.

But neither Fang Muyang nor Doctor Xue is a fool.

They can't sleep well if they don't repay this favor.

This is why Fang Muyang refused Li Xuan's help so resolutely.

In Fang Muyang's view, he has long been a dead man, and revenge is only his own business. There is no need to implicate the master.

But in the end, Doctor Xue still chose to shoulder this favor with his disciple.

After all, Doctor Xue also owed his disciple a debt in his heart.

If he hadn't concealed his identity all the time, such a tragedy would not have happened.

Doctor Xue did not expect that his disciple had such a hard time in the past few years, because Fang Muyang was always positive and treated people like a spring breeze in front of him.

Many things fermented worse and worse because you did not say it and I did not mention it.

But what has happened cannot be reversed, and Doctor Xue can only do well in the present.

After listening to Doctor Xue's words, Li Xuan was shocked.

"This Doctor Xue is really a little bit of a door. It turns out that he saw through Princess Ankang's problem back then."

Li Xuan absorbed the cold for Princess Ankang several times, so he naturally knew that this was not a disease, but a special physique.

However, even Doctor Xue, who was the world's number one doctor, could not improve this physique.

But it didn't matter, Li Xuan could do this himself.

However, the more superb Doctor Xue's medical skills were, the more correct his diagnosis was back then.

In other words, Doctor Xue's previous inference that Princess Ankang would not live beyond the age of eighteen should be quite reliable.

Princess Ankang is now twelve years old, and this year is already halfway through. They only have less than five and a half years left.

Five and a half years is not a long time, and this is also the most optimistic estimate.

Even though Princess Ankang's body is getting healthier and healthier now, how can Li Xuan not feel anxious?

"Only if I continue to get stronger can I guarantee Ankang's life."

Li Xuan said in his heart.

He then wrote on the paper:

"I don't need you to cure Princess Ankang, I just need you to go and see her."

"But I need you to take the initiative to mention this matter, just say that you have recently found a turnaround in Princess Ankang's condition."

"You decide the words, whether it is a sudden breakthrough in medical skills or a folk remedy, it's up to you."

Seeing what Li Xuan wrote on the paper, Doctor Xue frowned.

He couldn't figure out why Li Xuan did this.

But this matter was not difficult for him.

It was just an attempt, even if Princess Ankang could not be cured, Emperor Yongyuan would not punish him.

It was just that he was so enthusiastic about treating Princess Ankang, I was afraid that a few people in the palace would say something bad about him.

But this little problem was not a concern for Doctor Xue.

"If you are sure, I can help you with this matter."

Doctor Xue looked at Li Xuan, who nodded, and then wrote on the paper:

"I'll wait for you in Jingyang Palace."

After writing these words, Li Xuan turned around and left.

Doctor Xue looked at Li Xuan's back as he left, but he didn't say anything more, but he felt that Li Xuan's back was a little lonely.

After what happened today, Doctor Xue couldn't help but waver some of his previous guesses.

He originally thought that Li Xuan was following the orders of Princess Ankang.

After all, he had only heard that Princess Ankang was good at taming animals, so he preconceived that it was Princess Ankang who trained well, which made Li Xuan so different.

But now it seems that Doctor Xue thinks that he may have underestimated Li Xuan before.

"This cat is almost catching up with the intelligence of the human race, right?"

At this time, Doctor Xue couldn't help but think of the time when Li Xuan claimed to be an auspicious spirit beast.

At that time, he thought that Li Xuan was flattering himself, but now it seems that what Li Xuan said may be true.

Doctor Xue thought about this, slowly collected the paper that Li Xuan had written on before, and then crumpled it into a ball and threw it on the ground.

Then, Doctor Xue took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and then carefully poured a few drops of transparent liquid from it and dripped it on the paper ball.

The next moment, the paper ball began to corrode rapidly, and white smoke came out soon.

This process did not last too long, and soon the paper balls merged with the dust on the ground, and there was no distinction between you and me.

After dealing with these, Doctor Xue continued his previous work as if nothing had happened.

Tasting medicine, recording...

Repeated like this.

...

Two days later, Doctor Xue arrived as scheduled.

Accompanying him was Zhao Feng, the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After knocking on the door of Jingyang Palace, the two were naturally invited in by Yu'er respectfully.

"Yu'er, today Doctor Xue is here to do a routine checkup for His Highness. Go in and report it."

Zhao Feng ordered.

Yu'er was stunned for a moment and looked at Doctor Xue.

"Routine checkup?"

Yu'er remembered that after Doctor Xue made the diagnosis, he never treated Princess Ankang again, so how could there be a routine checkup?

But Zhao Feng had his reasons for saying this.

Moreover, Princess Ankang had just mentioned asking Doctor Xue to check her again a few days ago, and now Doctor Xue was here.

Yu'er naturally suspected Li Xuan, but she still had a puzzled expression on her face.

That's right, Li Xuan didn't tell Princess Ankang and Yu'er about this matter, just to make their reactions more natural in front of Zhao Feng.

Otherwise, with Zhao Feng's experience, he would immediately see their flaws.

Yu'er's puzzled expression was seen by Zhao Feng, and Zhao Feng's attention also shifted to Doctor Xue.

Doctor Xue suddenly asked to treat Princess Ankang, which was really strange to Zhao Feng.

But if there was a new treatment method as Doctor Xue said, it was understandable that he wanted to try it on Princess Ankang.

To some extent, Doctor Xue and Zhuge Fang, the head of the imperial kitchen, were of the same kind of people. They were far more persistent than ordinary people in their pursuit of their skills.

After a while, Yu'er brought out Princess Ankang, who was also confused.

Princess Ankang saw that in addition to Zhao Feng, there was Doctor Xue, whom she had met many years ago, and she said in surprise:

"Doctor Xue, long time no see."

"Why are you here?"

This greeting made Doctor Xue feel a little embarrassed.

But Doctor Xue immediately laughed and explained:

"I have learned a little about medical skills recently, and I thought of a way that might improve your highness's physique, so I came to try it."

"I hope I didn't disturb your highness."

Princess Ankang waved her hand and said:

"No, no, Doctor Xue is too polite."

"In that case, I have to trouble Doctor Xue again."

"This is my duty, Your Highness, don't be polite."

Doctor Xue was polite, and then asked Princess Ankang:

"I wonder if Your Highness is free now?"

Princess Ankang was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Doctor Xue to be so anxious.

But after thinking about it, she didn't have any reason to refuse, so she nodded and agreed.

Seeing Princess Ankang agreed, Doctor Xue asked Yu'er to push Princess Ankang into the house.

Zhao Feng was about to follow in, but was stopped by Doctor Xue.

"General Manager Zhao, you'd better wait outside."

"Hmm?"

Zhao Feng frowned and asked puzzledly:

"What's wrong, is there something to avoid?"

According to the rules of the palace, the doctor cannot contact anyone alone in the palace no matter who he is treating.

"It's enough to have that little palace maid inside. As for General Manager Zhao, you should stop."

"My newly learned medical skills cannot be passed on to others now."

When Zhao Feng heard this, he glared and thought:

"What does this old man mean?"

"Are you afraid that I will learn his medical skills secretly?"

But before Zhao Feng could ask, Doctor Xue had already walked into the room.

But Zhao Feng also knew that Doctor Xue was just like that. He should not be targeting him, so he couldn't get angry.

Doctor Xue had a special status in the palace. Who dared to guarantee that he would not get sick for the rest of his life?

Even a master like Zhao Feng had to ask Doctor Xue for help sometimes, so he was unwilling to turn against him casually.

Zhao Feng stood outside the door and said unhappily:

"In that case, I will wait for Doctor Xue's good news in the yard."

Doctor Xue turned around and smiled at Zhao Feng, as if he didn't hear the hidden meaning.

Then, Zhao Feng looked around and asked Yu'er, who was about to close the door:

"Where is Xuan?"

"Is he not in Jingyang Palace?"

Yu'er looked into the courtyard and replied:

"If he is not in the courtyard, he should be playing outside."

Hearing this answer, Zhao Feng, who wanted to tease Li Xuan to relieve his boredom, suddenly felt bored and sat down at the stone table in the courtyard, waiting for Doctor Xue to finish his diagnosis.

Yu'er smiled and nodded to Zhao Feng, and then closed the door.

In the room, Princess Ankang and Doctor Xue sat opposite each other, and Doctor Xue put one hand on Princess Ankang's pulse.

Daxing was not so strict that even when seeing a doctor, the doctor was not allowed to touch the princess, and he had to listen to the pulse by hanging a thread.

While Doctor Xue was taking the pulse, he looked up and saw Li Xuan sitting on the beam.

Li Xuan looked at Doctor Xue silently, hoping that he could give a different diagnosis this time.

Doctor Xue nodded to Li Xuan, and then continued to listen attentively to Princess Ankang's pulse.

But gradually, Doctor Xue's brows slowly wrinkled, and his expression was solemn.

Doctor Xue looked at Princess Ankang's complexion again, and after observing, smelling, asking and palpating, he twisted his beard and muttered to himself:

"It doesn't make sense..."

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