The Lucky Farmgirl

Chapter 1710 - 1685: Look at My Disciple

She only parted the collar a little, revealing the neck. What could she see?

Seeing her pointing at a position through her clothes, she simply pulled open her inner garment directly. Seeing her frightened and about to cry, she comforted her while examining, "It’s okay, we are all girls here."

"Yes, yes, Imperial Doctor Zhou is a big sister. The big sister is checking to see where you’re uncomfortable. Mother’s here too."

Manbao quickly felt the lump and asked, "Is it here?"

Miss Zhao winced with pain and nodded tearfully, "Yes, it hurts a lot."

Manbao asked, "How long has it been?"

Miss Zhao whispered, "A few days."

Manbao smiled and asked, "How many days exactly?"

The nanny beside her immediately said, "It’s been four days."

Manbao felt around, asking if it hurt while questioning, "When did you first feel the pain?"

Miss Zhao hesitated to answer. Manbao asked a second time, and she finally said, "Just two days after the Double Ninth Festival."

The lady of the heir could not help but feel faint upon hearing this, "It’s been nearly a month! Why didn’t you tell Mother?"

The nanny was also shocked, not expecting it to have been so long. She was so frightened that she immediately knelt down.

Miss Zhao wiped her tears and said, "At first, it didn’t hurt much, just a little bit, so I didn’t pay attention..."

It was also four days ago when she felt pain from the clothes rubbing against her. It hurt even more when pressed, which scared her a lot. After all, she was only seven years old. The little girl has been taking medicine these days and thought at one point that she was going to die.

The lady of the heir was suddenly furious and turned her head to angrily scold the nanny, "How could you serve like this and only notice it now..."

The nanny trembled with fear and couldn’t say a word.

The little girl was also frightened and immediately started hiccupping from crying. Manbao, seeing this, gave a slightly disapproving look at the lady of the heir and then comforted her, "It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s not a big deal. What have you been eating lately?"

The little girl answered while trembling and crying, "I took medicine."

Before Manbao could speak, the nanny immediately took the prescription from her bosom and handed it over.

Manbao wasn’t asking about that, but still took the prescription. While opening it, she asked, "I meant what meals you’ve been eating, any snacks or such?"

How could the little girl remember any of that?

It was the nanny kneeling on the floor who quietly said, "Miss hasn’t had much of an appetite because of the medicine. Yesterday morning, she just had a small bowl of silky chicken porridge, some lamb soup for lunch, and a small bowl of noodles for dinner..."

Manbao asked, "What was in the lamb soup?"

"Nothing special, just common ingredients like ginger, angelica."

Manbao: "...And the noodles?"

"The noodles were cooked in broth from the kitchen. Since Miss wasn’t feeling well, only some greens and an egg were added."

Manbao simply placed her hand on Miss Zhao’s pulse and inquired about her diet before yesterday. The nanny shared everything she remembered, and Miss Zhao gradually stopped crying, occasionally adding a word or two, "I also had roe deer meat, which my father hunted during autumn hunting..."

"I also ate kumquats. I heard they were tributes from the south, and His Majesty rewarded some to my grandfather. I got a small plate..."

"The pastries made with longan at home are also very delicious."

Of course, the little girl didn’t just eat such heaty and tonic foods. She also ate things like cubilose porridge and pigeon porridge.

Among the State Duke Zhao’s grandchildren, there were only three girls, and only Miss Zhao was of legitimate birth. Her two cousins were born of concubines and were still young, so she was the apple of the family’s eye.

When State Duke Zhao got good things in the palace, her two brothers got a share, and she naturally got a bit more than her brothers.

After listening, Manbao reached out to feel her other side and asked, "And here, does it hurt?"

By now, Miss Zhao had gotten used to it and felt much better, so she shook her head, "No, it doesn’t hurt."

Manbao withdrew her hand and said to the two adults and the child, "It’s nothing, she just ate too much tonic food, which caused her blood to become hot and precipitated early puberty."

The lady of the heir asked, "Is this a good thing?"

Manbao was speechless inside, couldn’t help but glance at the lady of the heir, then shook her head, "It’s not a good thing, it’s a bad thing!"

She pointed to the flowerbed outside the window, "The gardener was impatient with the slow-growing flowers, so he fertilized them vigorously and even tried pulling them higher. Do you think this is good?"

The lady of the heir: ...

The nanny: ...

Only the innocent Miss Zhao, who still understood nothing, said naively, "It’s not good, the flowers will die."

The lady of the heir was startled and immediately covered her daughter’s mouth, "Stop that nonsense, let the wind blow it away. What are you saying?"

In Zhou Man’s metaphor, that flower was she!

Miss Zhao looked at her mother with confusion. The lady of the heir softened and quickly asked, "Imperial Doctor Zhou, what should we do then?"

"It’s okay, I’ll prescribe her some medicines to cool the blood. Luckily, you consulted a doctor; otherwise, in addition to early puberty, she would probably develop heat rashes in the future." Manbao walked to the table to write the prescription and noticed the nanny still kneeling, so she smiled and said, "Could you please bring me a set of writing tools?"

Ms. Doctor Liu, who was about to take paper and ink from the medicine box, paused her hand and closed the box.

The three people in the room didn’t notice. The lady of the heir looked at the nanny and said sternly, "Go quickly!"

The nanny immediately got up and brought over a set of writing tools from the small study.

Ms. Doctor Liu went up to pour water and grind ink. Manbao spread the paper and said to them, "Avoid hot foods recently, including onions, ginger, and garlic, eat more greens. If you want meat, eat a small amount of pork or chicken."

The lady of the heir nodded repeatedly, and Manbao continued, "I’ll prescribe four days’ worth of medicine, two doses a day, not large doses. The lump in her chest needs to dissipate slowly. I’ll also give her a few acupuncture sessions. In four days, when I’m off duty, I’ll come to check again."

The lady of the heir twisted the handkerchief in her hands and asked, "Isn’t it better to have acupuncture daily?"

Manbao laughed, "Of course, it’s better. Acupuncture can help clear stasis and reduce internal heat, also slightly relieving pain, which is much better."

"Then can Imperial Doctor Zhou come daily to check on her?"

Manbao said, "I need a decree from the empress to leave the palace."

The lady of the heir looked disappointed. Asking the empress required her mother-in-law’s effort.

Manbao paused, then pointed at Ms. Doctor Liu beside her and said, "This is my apprentice. She’s been learning from me for quite a while now. The acupuncture that Miss Zhao needs is the most basic kind. If the lady of the heir trusts her, I can have her visit daily for the acupuncture."

Manbao and Ms. Doctor Liu both looked at the lady of the heir intently.