bookrandom Chapter 248 The Young Imperial Physician Wang
Chapter 248 The Young Imperial Physician Wang
Within half an hour, Wang Yongsheng, an imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Academy, arrived in haste.
After dismissing everyone, Consort Zhen looked up at the young, handsome, but unfamiliar-looking imperial physician and asked curiously,
"Are you new here?"
Wang Yongsheng quickly bowed and replied:
"I have served in the Imperial Hospital for more than three years, but I have never had the opportunity to enter the inner palace to examine the pulses of the ladies."
"No wonder you look unfamiliar. I wanted to summon a highly skilled imperial physician, but the Imperial Medical Academy sent you instead. Does this mean I am out of favor and even the Imperial Medical Academy looks down on me?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Yongsheng hurriedly knelt down.
"Your Majesty, please calm your anger. My family has been practicing medicine for generations. I have been studying medical books since I was three years old, and I was able to take patients' pulses by the age of thirteen. My great-grandfather's generation has served in the Imperial Hospital. My father resigned three years ago to retire and enjoy his old age. It was only because of this that I was fortunate enough to be recommended by my father and the Emperor specially granted me permission to serve in the Imperial Hospital. Although I have only been in the Imperial Hospital for a short time, I believe that my medical skills are no worse than anyone else's."
He spoke with such confidence that Consort Zhen immediately became interested and pushed the medicine packet on the table away.
"Get up, and help me take a look at the ingredients in this medicine."
Wang Yongsheng stood up from the ground, bent down to the table, picked up the packet of medicine, opened it, and carefully smelled it. His brows suddenly furrowed, and he carefully closed the packet, placed it back on the table, then took two steps back and said with a solemn expression:
"Your Majesty, this packet is just an ordinary medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, but this ordinary medicine contains extraordinary ingredients. May I ask where you obtained this medicine?"
Seeing Wang Yongsheng's face suddenly turn pale, Consort Zhen guessed that there was a lot of knowledge involved in this packet of medicine.
She immediately smiled slightly, stood up, walked to him, and raised her eyebrows to look at him.
"Tell me, what's in this packet of medicine?"
Wang Yongsheng took two steps back again, then knelt down on both knees.
"Your subject dares not say."
She bent down, placed her hand on his chin, and said softly with her eyes half-closed:
"There are only the two of us here. What are you afraid to say? Speak up."
"This……"
After hesitating for a moment, Wang Yongsheng finally stammered:
"There is...there is arsenic..."
"what?"
Consort Zhen's face immediately turned deathly pale with fright. She then covered her forehead with one hand, swaying her body as if she were about to fall.
“Your Majesty, please calm your anger. I do not know where this medicine came from, but I must warn you that it contains an extremely high amount of arsenic. If a person accidentally ingests it, they will die within half an hour.”
These words infuriated Consort Zhen to the point of gritting her teeth.
She never expected that this Cui woman would be so ruthless as to want to kill her.
Or perhaps she instructed Consort Lan?
Did Consort Lan want to kill her?
She was glad she had been careful; otherwise, she would probably be a cold corpse by now.
The thought of that scene sent a chill down her spine.
"Mother, are you okay?"
Seeing that Consort Zhen's expression was unpleasant, Wang Yongsheng quickly inquired about her condition with concern.
"Are you okay?"
Consort Zhen, with one hand supporting her forehead, staggered to a chair and waved to Wang Yongsheng.
"Quickly, I have a headache, please take my pulse..."
Wang Yongsheng hurriedly got up from the ground and rushed to Consort Zhen's side. Consort Zhen nodded with her chin towards the chair opposite her.
"A doctor can't take your pulse standing up, please sit down!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Yongsheng carefully sat down opposite her and placed the pulse pillow on the table in front of her. Consort Zhen cooperated by placing her hand on it, and he placed his fingers on her wrist to begin taking her pulse.
Consort Zhen looked at him with half-closed eyes. This young imperial physician was fair-skinned and had a scholarly air that made people like him.
"Doctor Wang, are you married?"
Wang Yongsheng removed his hand from her wrist and shook his head, replying:
"Your humble servant is not married..."
"You're already in your twenties, why aren't you married yet?"
"I haven't met anyone I like."
At this point, he licked his dry lips and replied in a low voice:
"Your Majesty is not in any serious condition; she just needs a little rest."
"But I feel dizzy, could you help me to bed for a while?"
Wang Yongsheng hurriedly stood up, took two steps back, and replied:
"Your Majesty, I dare not offend you. Please have a maidservant come in to help you!"
Consort Zhen immediately showed her displeasure.
"Am I that scary?"
"No...no..."
"Physician Wang, to tell you the truth, you just examined this medicine, and someone told me it's a fertility aid..."
Wang Yongsheng looked at her with a surprised expression.
"Your Majesty, you must be wary of the person who brings you medicine!"
"I know, but I want to turn the tables on you. Are you willing to help me?"
"How can Your Majesty help me?"
She stood up from her chair, walked slowly to him, placed her hand on his shoulder, and gently massaged his shoulder with her thumb and forefinger.
"Since it's a fertility aid, it should naturally make me pregnant."
As she said this, she could feel Wang Yongsheng trembling, his head bowed low in fear.
"Physician Wang, since you are unmarried, you must have never been with a woman before. Would you like to give it a try?"
Wang Yongsheng knelt on the ground in a panic.
"Your Majesty, spare me! Your Majesty, spare me..."
Consort Zhen frowned slightly and gave a displeased snort.
"I'm not going to eat you, why are you so scared? Stand up..."
"Wei Chen dare not."
"I'm telling you to stand up..."
Hearing the displeasure in her words, Wang Yongsheng hesitated for a moment, then stood up, trembling.
He wasn't sure why Consort Zhen had suddenly said these things to him, nor was he sure what she wanted to do.
All he knew was that three years ago, when he was about to enter the palace, his father repeatedly told him that when he came to the harem to treat the concubines, he must keep his distance from them at the right time. This was because there were countless examples of imperial physicians having affairs with concubines throughout history. Of course, without exception, all of these imperial physicians eventually got caught and met with bad ends.
At that moment, he thought of his father's instructions and his own responsibilities.
He bowed cautiously and replied:
"Your Majesty, this humble subject must return to the Imperial Hospital to report. I shall take my leave now."
"and many more……"
Consort Zhen's lips curled slightly as she stepped forward, grabbed his collar, and gave a vicious snort.
"Believe it or not, if I accuse you of indecent assault right now, not only will your life be in danger, but your entire Wang family will face annihilation."
Wang Yongsheng was quite frightened by Consort Zhen's words. "What exactly does Your Majesty want in order to spare this humble subject?"
Consort Zhen looked at him with half-closed eyes, raised her hand to rest on his chin, and said in a soft, seductive voice:
"I want you to stay in Zhenshu Garden and serve me well."
"This is a matter that could cost you your head; I dare not do it."
"So, do you want to lose your head happily, or have your whole family lose their heads because of you?"
This……
This problem stumped Wang Yongsheng. At that moment, Consort Zhen approached him and gently blew a breath into his ear.
"I can guarantee you won't lose your head, as long as you come to keep me company whenever I need you."
"Wei Chen dare not..."
"Humph!"
She suddenly snorted coldly.
"If you dare say you wouldn't again, I'll call for help right now."
"Your Majesty, please don't."