My Dragon Baby and Billionaire Husband

Chapter 432: Seeking for a Whole Month at the Dragon King Temple

Old Madam Hua didn’t believe it either. Her entire body was swollen and causing her great discomfort. Despite various hospital examinations, no cause could be found. How could this young girl diagnose the cause after just taking her pulse for two minutes?

"Young Doctor, why don’t you take my pulse again?"

"That won’t be necessary, Old Madam."

"Then tell me, what is the cause of my illness?"

Si Mingjing didn’t immediately announce the cause. Instead, she asked Old Madam Hua about her symptoms in great detail.

The other doctor, however, was losing patience. He felt she had been making empty boasts, and now that she wasn’t disclosing the cause, it seemed she was merely trying to save face. "Doctor," he challenged, "didn’t you say you had already diagnosed the cause? Why don’t you say it?"

Si Mingjing glanced sideways at him.

That doctor was the youngest in the entire medical team, a student of some medical expert, brimming with youthful arrogance. He let out a sarcastic snort. "Can’t say it now?"

Si Mingjing’s eyes revealed wisdom. Calmly and confidently, she announced, "It is Overflowing Phlegm-Fluid."

"What?"

The young male doctor didn’t understand. He was unfamiliar with traditional Chinese medicine and its terminology.

Si Mingjing, beginning to reveal her profound skill, explained gently, "Old Madam Hua has facial and limb edema, feels cold, and lacks strength—typical symptoms of Overflowing Phlegm-Fluid. This condition is caused by emotional imbalance and a deficiency of yang energy. This results in the spleen failing to transport and transform substances, the kidneys failing to regulate fluid passage, vital energy becoming obstructed, and water-dampness becoming trapped internally, thus leading to the swelling. If we replenish vital energy, strengthen the spleen, warm the yang energy, and promote diuresis, we can treat both the symptoms and the root cause."

The young male doctor’s neck stiffened. He still didn’t understand and felt that Si Mingjing was being deliberately obscure, as he lacked the knowledge to counter her.

However, an older medical expert, after pondering, said, "Although I’m not well-versed in traditional Chinese medicine, I’ve read a book or two in my leisure over the years. I remember a passage in the classic ’Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Coffer’: ’When ingested water circulates and reaches the four limbs, sweating should occur. If it does not, and the body feels heavy and aches, this is termed Overflowing Phlegm-Fluid.’"

Si Mingjing nodded. "That’s correct, just as you say. Old Madam Hua, please pardon my boldness, but may I ask if your condition started after the passing of your second son? Over the years, whenever you found it difficult to let go of thoughts about your son, did your body begin to swell?"

"How did you know?"

Old Madam Hua was surprised. This was something she had never told anyone, not even her eldest daughter.

She mourned her deceased son but didn’t want to voice her grief to save others from worrying. No one else could have known.

Si Mingjing said, "I guessed. On my way here, I heard from Butler Zhou that the Second Young Master died young. For a mother, the pain of an elder burying one younger—’the white-haired sending off the black-haired’—is unbearable. This led to your emotional imbalance, which is one of the causes of your illness.

Secondly, you have lived Undersea all year round, without exposure to sunlight. With age, you’ve become averse to cold and your limbs often feel cold—this is the chief symptom of yang energy deficiency.

Yang energy is like the sun in nature. If there is insufficient yang energy, the body’s internal environment becomes cold. Compounded by spleen deficiency, the body cannot transform dampness. This is the second cause of your illness.

Old Madam Hua, if you wish to fully recover, first, you must learn to let go. Second, you should spend more time in the sunlight on the sea surface. Along with the prescription I’ll provide, we will replenish vital energy and strengthen the spleen to address the root cause, and warm the yang energy and promote diuresis to treat the symptoms. Only then can you completely cure this periodic swelling."

Old Madam Hua put a hand to her chest, her voice strained, "How is it possible to let go of an elder burying one younger? My son was so outstanding..."

She felt she might never be able to let go in this lifetime. If letting go was necessary to heal, then she probably wouldn’t be cured in this lifetime.

Lu Jinyi, standing to the side, listened to Si Mingjing’s words with a slight frown. So his prospective mother-in-law’s illness was related to the death of the Hua Family’s Second Young Master? It’s not that she couldn’t let go, but... This relates to a secret of the Dragon Clan! The Second Young Master of the Hua Family... he was my brother, my own brother, just reborn into a different family. To help Old Madam Hua find peace is actually very simple.

For his future mother-in-law, and also for Little Xiangru to accumulate more good deeds, Lu Jinyi made up his mind.

He tapped Si Mingjing on the shoulder, signaling her to move.

After Si Mingjing stood up, Lu Jinyi leaned close to Old Madam Hua and whispered a secret of the Dragon Clan.

Old Madam Hua looked incredulous, her wrinkled face suddenly seeming to glow with a youthful light. "Xiaolu, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course, it’s true! I’m still hoping to marry into your family and become your live-in son-in-law. How could I joke about this? My future mother-in-law, please set your heart at ease. Once you’re at ease, your illness will improve. Once you’re better, Jinse will be happy. And when she’s happy, I’m happy."

Hua Jinse, standing nearby, coughed pointedly and shot Lu Jinyi a fierce glare.

"Excellent, excellent!" Old Madam Hua suddenly cried with joy. "How did I never think of that? How did I never think of it?"

Originally, when her son was to be reincarnated into her womb, he had asked for her consent beforehand. He had said he was an immortal being who merely needed to be reborn through another’s womb! Since he could be reborn into her womb, then naturally, after his untimely death, he could continue to be reborn through someone else’s womb! As long as her son could live on, it didn’t matter whose son he became!

Hua Jinse didn’t know what Lu Jinyi had said to her mother to make her so happy.

She asked, "What did you tell my mother?"

Lu Jinyi stood up and said with a flippant air, "I told our future mother-in-law to immediately welcome me into your home as your husband, to bring her some joy. Perhaps with her happiness, her illness will improve, don’t you think?"

Hua Jinse kicked Lu Jinyi hard. "Who wants to marry you? Stop daydreaming!"

Lu Jinyi looked down, his gaze intensely fixed on her. "Don’t you want our mother to recover soon?"

Of course, she did!

But Hua Jinse remained silent.

Lu Jinyi knew when to stop. He turned to Si Mingjing and said, "Sister Mingjing, please prescribe the medicine for my mother-in-law. She’ll be able to find peace now."

Si Mingjing sat down, took out paper and pen from her medical kit, wrote a prescription, and handed it to Hua Jinse.

The prescription read: Shengma Rhizome 5g, Poria 50g, Codonopsis Root 15g, White Cardamom Peel 15g, Bupleurum Root 5g, Honey-Prepared Astragalus Root 15g, White Atractylodes Rhizome 20g, Cinnamon Twig 15g, White Mustard Seed 3g, Alisma Rhizome 15g, Areca Peel 15g. Three doses; to be decocted in water and taken orally.

Si Mingjing said, "Miss Hua, have your mother take these three doses first. I will return in three days to review her condition and adjust the prescription if necessary. For the next few days, I suggest Old Madam Hua gets more sun exposure on the sea surface."

Hua Jinse took the prescription, hesitating. Should she trust this person Lu Jinyi had brought?

Si Mingjing added, "My name is Si Mingjing. If your mother experiences any adverse effects after taking this medicine, you can find me at the Bai Family residence."

"Si Mingjing?" Hua Jinse was momentarily stunned. "Which Si Mingjing?"

That name... she had heard it spoken of frequently recently, a name as renowned as thunder striking the ear. Could it be...?