PNB Chapter 310 Good News
Chapter 310 Good News
Su Mowan and Murong Jing were exchanging glances in silence when they heard Wei Mama's voice coming from outside.
"Your Highness, this old servant will go in and check on Consort Su."
Upon hearing Wei Mama's voice, Su Mowan, who had intended to sit up, quickly abandoned the idea and pulled the blanket up to her chin.
Seeing that she had almost finished moving, Murong Jing said to the outside, "Come in."
Su Mowan thought for a moment, then closed her eyes and entered a state of semi-sleep.
The moment she closed her eyes, the bedroom door creaked open, followed by the soft footsteps of Granny Wei.
This time, Granny Wei tiptoed in. When she got to the bedside, she first called out "Your Highness" softly, and then turned to look at the bed.
Then I saw Su Mowan with her eyes and brows tightly closed.
Seeing that the person had fallen asleep, Granny Wei whispered to Murong Jing, "Your Highness, when did Consort Su fall asleep?"
"soon."
"The Empress received the news and immediately sent this old servant back, along with Imperial Physician Gu. Imperial Physician Gu should be arriving soon. What do you think of this..."
Murong Jing said, "Just let him in."
"Yes, this old servant will go out to greet you right away."
After responding, Granny Wei hurriedly went out.
Su Mowan opened her eyes after hearing footsteps outside and looked at Murong Jing, asking, "Should I continue pretending to be asleep or what?"
Murong Jing also looked over and said, "Do whatever you want."
Su Mowan thought for a moment and said, "I think I'll continue sleeping. It would be bad if I couldn't answer the questions Doctor Gu asked."
Murong Jing moved closer and said, "Alright."
Then he reached out and pulled down the middle and outermost layers of the bed curtains, so that only a vague outline could be seen.
Murong Jing stayed by the bedside. After about four or five minutes, Su Mowan heard the footsteps of Granny Wei and another person outside.
It must be Physician Gu.
So Su Mowan consciously reached out her hand, and Murong Jing, seeing this, reached out his palm and took her hand in his.
Murong Jing was holding Su Mowan's right hand, and Su Mowan could feel the thin calluses on his index finger and thumb.
A knock sounded on the door, and Murong Jing said calmly, "Come in."
Granny Wei opened the door and stepped in first, followed by Physician Gu carrying his medicine box.
At this moment, Physician Gu's face was rather solemn, unlike the relaxed expression Su Mo had when they first met that evening.
After all, the last time was to check if the fetus was stable, but this time the fetus is gone, so Physician Gu felt he had to take extra care of the baby.
Granny Wei led Physician Gu to the bedside. Physician Gu greeted Murong Jing, and then Granny Wei pulled over a chair for Physician Gu to sit on.
Seeing that the patient's hand was being held by His Highness Prince Qin, Physician Gu immediately opened his medicine box and took out a particularly thin piece of gauze.
Murong Jing knew to place Su Mowan's hand flat with her palm facing up.
Physician Gu covered the area with a thin veil and then proceeded with his professional pulse diagnosis. This time it was quick, just a moment, before he withdrew his hand and concluded, "Consort Su's pulse is very steady, indicating that her emotions are not fluctuating much. However, she is somewhat deficient in qi and blood and has a bit of liver fire. I will prescribe a formula to replenish qi and blood, nourish yin, and clear heat."
Hearing this with her eyes closed, Su Mowan couldn't help but want to laugh. If the imperial physician had heard her say that her emotions were not fluctuating much, he would have given her away.
As for what Physician Gu said about her being deficient in qi and blood, that should be correct. However, she disagreed with the final claim of excessive liver fire.
How could she possibly have liver fire? She eats well and sleeps soundly every day.
Granny Wei seemed a little dissatisfied with Physician Gu for finishing so quickly, feeling it was a bit perfunctory, so she said, "Physician Gu, did you make a proper assessment? How could you be so quick? Take a closer look; we can't be careless about Consort Su's health."
Physician Gu said helplessly, "Granny Wei, whether you see me once or ten times, the result will be the same."
Granny Wei chuckled and said, "Then I'll take it as I've said too much. I'll see Physician Gu out."
The maid prepared writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone and waited in the flower hall. Granny Wei led Physician Gu there and began to wait for the prescription.
Murong Jing, who was inside the room, thought for a moment and said, "I'm going out for a bit."
Su Mowan had already opened her eyes and sat up. Hearing what he said, she didn't ask him what he was going to do, and said, "Okay, go ahead."
In the flower hall, Imperial Physician Gu quickly wrote a full page of prescriptions and handed them to Granny Wei when Prince Qin arrived.
So Physician Gu quickly stood up and asked, "Does Your Highness have any further instructions?"
Murong Jing glanced at the maid and Granny Wei, signaling them to leave. Granny Wei and the maid immediately left the flower hall.
Murong Jing then looked at Physician Gu and asked, "When a woman has her period, she experiences lower abdominal pain. Is this a very serious illness?"
Physician Gu hadn't expected that His Highness the Prince of Qin would send everyone away just to ask about this, so he immediately asked, "Do you have symptoms of coldness in your lower back, abdomen, hands, and feet?"
"Have."
Physician Gu concluded, "These symptoms are likely caused by uterine coldness. Insufficient kidney yang, exposure to cold, and consumption of cold or raw foods can all lead to uterine coldness. This can be treated gradually. I will prescribe a remedy now. However, I must remind Your Highness to avoid exposing the patient to cold or raw foods, otherwise these symptoms will worsen."
Murong Jing's eyes darkened.
What happens if it gets serious?
Physician Gu hesitated for a moment, then said carefully, "At best, it will affect the body, making the patient increasingly uncomfortable during menstruation; at worst, it will affect fertility, making it difficult to conceive."
Murong Jing frowned slightly, and after a while said, "Write down the prescription first."
"Yes."
Physician Gu suddenly realized that the pulse he had just examined matched the condition of uterine cold. He had originally thought it was just due to the miscarriage, but now, after hearing what Prince Qin said, he realized that there was another problem.
This time, Imperial Physician Gu finished writing on only half a sheet of paper before handing the prescription to Prince Qin and instructing him, "The weather is cold now, Your Highness, please be careful not to let anyone catch a cold."
Murong Jing gave a faint "hmm" and told Granny Wei to send the imperial physician away. After Granny Wei returned, he gave her the prescriptions he had obtained later.
Granny Wei didn't know what her master and Physician Gu had discussed, and she was illiterate. She took the prescription and sent someone to get the medicine.
Murong Jing instructed a maid to call Feng Yue and Prince Jin in. The maid obeyed and left. A short while later, Feng Yue returned with Prince Jin.
Although the flower hall was sheltered from the wind, it was still quite cold because there were no doors or windows to close.
Prince Jin rubbed his hands together. "Third brother, are we leaving first thing tomorrow morning?"
Murong Jing said, "Yes, don't oversleep."
The Prince of Jin felt a little embarrassed after being told that. Although he appeared to be an extremely dissolute young man, he was not actually that kind of person.
But it wasn't a good time to explain, so he just laughed and said, "Of course, I definitely won't have slept with you. I'll take a carriage here early tomorrow morning and wait for you outside the mansion."
Murong Jing glanced at him: "We have to leave before dawn, so make sure you leave at the right time."
"..."
His Highness Prince Jin decided that he could get up at the crack of dawn, but the problem was that the palace gates wouldn't be open yet!
Then he'll just have to stay away from the palace tonight. Anyway, he doesn't have anything important to take with him, so it doesn't matter whether he goes back or not.
Murong Jing could tell what he was thinking just by looking at his expression, and said, "Bring plenty of warm clothes."
The Prince of Jin nodded: "I know."
It seems I have no choice but to go back to the palace first, and then sneak out again when it gets dark!
After confirming the details, Prince Jin took his leave. Murong Jing called Feng Yue in and instructed him, "Go to Luohua Pavilion in the west of the city and have Yu Lin come to see me. Tell him that I will be setting off for Yanxue Border early tomorrow morning."
Feng Yue acknowledged and walked out. But he was wondering to himself, why didn't his master have Yinshuang deliver the message? Yinshuang was going to Luohua Pavilion!
So Feng Yue reluctantly headed west of the city.
Su Mowan was thinking about what excuse she should use to go to Jiangnan tomorrow, since she had just lost her child and should be in bed for ten days to half a month.
Just as he was frowning in thought, Murong Jing went back into the house.
So Su Mowan simply asked him, "What reason can I give for coming with you tomorrow?"
Murong Jing reached the bedside and said, "I said I'd take you out for a walk to clear your head."
Su Mowan blinked, implying that she had already spoken to Emperor Mo Yao?
Emperor Moyao didn't say anything? That's a miracle.
Seeing her sit up, Murong Jing remembered what Physician Gu had just said and said, "Physician Gu said that you should not eat cold food or catch a cold, and you should lie down."
Su Mowan thought about it and realized that she hardly ate any cold food, but she often caught a chill. Back in the northern border region, the weather was much colder than in the capital.
So she obediently lay down.
Murong Jing moved to the table, picked up the letters on it, and began to read them. Su Mowan could tell from his expression that it was news about Yanxue again.
Murong Jing read it for a while, tore the letter in half, threw it into the fireplace, and then moved to the bedside.
Seeing the apparent joy on his face, Su Mowan blinked and asked, "What good news makes you so happy?"
Murong Jing looked at her and said, "Yanxue amassed 300,000 troops on the border a few days ago, and they secretly arrived at the foot of Phoenix Mountain the day before yesterday. War is about to break out."
So Murong Jing is happy that he can deal with Yanxue soon?
Su Mowan didn't know much about Yanxue before, so she asked, "What is Yanxue's military strength like? Does it have any fierce generals?"
Seeing her interest, Murong Jing explained in detail: "Yanxue and Yunmo are separated by a river. In two days, the river will freeze over, and Yanxue will definitely take the opportunity to send troops. Yanxue does have a good general, but Yanxue's military strength is not to be feared."
Crossing the river while it's frozen over?
Su Mowan asked, "How wide is the river?"
"More than ten zhang."
Murong Jing seemed to understand what she meant.
Su Mowan assessed the distance and asked, "Have you figured out how to deal with this?"
Su Mowan meant that she would do something to Yanxue while they were crossing the river.
Instead of answering, Murong Jing asked, "What's your idea?"