A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 203 Si Yao's First Visit

It was the anniversary of the death of his eldest disciple Leng Ying. Sanxiu brought a bottle of green plum wine and came to the highest peak outside Mucheng accompanied by his disciple Xiuming. However, Sanxiu's mood was much calmer today, not as sad as in previous years. Perhaps it was because he had Si Yao as his disciple, which made up for his regret for his eldest disciple Ying Er, and he began to learn to let it go slowly.

Seeing that his master was in a calm state of mind, Xiuming felt much more relieved. He thought that if his senior sister was still alive, she would hope that his master could let go of the pain of the past and live a good life.

In the study room of Sanxiu Pharmacy, Si Yao put down the medical book in her hand and looked out the window, lost in thought. She heard from her senior brother two days ago that today was the anniversary of the death of the senior sister, and the pharmacy was closed because the master was out. Although she had never met the senior sister, from the memories of her by senior brother Xiu Ming, she knew that the senior sister was a warm person. Unfortunately, fate played tricks on her. The senior sister was willing to enter the cage for love, but in the end she did not have a good end. Si Yao knew that she was not qualified to judge the senior sister's choice, but the senior sister's experience always warned her.

"Sister Si Yao, Second Brother Niu brought his mother to seek medical treatment, but the manor is closed today, and the owner and the master are not here..." At this time, Guo Ying suddenly rushed into the study with an anxious look.

"What happened to his mother?" Si Yao asked hurriedly.

"It seems like he has a fever... and then his whole body feels cold..." Guo Ying naturally couldn't explain the patient's specific symptoms clearly.

Without waiting for Guo Ying to continue, Si Yao stood up and walked towards the front yard. Although the pharmacy was closed, as a doctor, he could not refuse patients who came to him, especially since the patient today was Aunt Niu from a nearby village.

Master and senior brothers are not around. Although Si Yao has only studied medicine for less than a year, he is still somewhat confident in treating minor illnesses except for difficult and complicated ones.

When Si Yao arrived at the front yard of the medicine shop, a young man was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, holding his mother who was sitting next to him and shivering with cold. But the old woman was still cold even though she had put on several layers of thick clothes. It was indeed icy and snowy outside, but inside the house, Xiaolu had two pots of charcoal fire.

"What's wrong with Aunt Niu?" Si Yao went straight to the old woman and checked on her.

"Miss Si Yao, my mother started to have a fever the night before yesterday. I thought she just caught a cold and didn't take it seriously. But last night my mother started to feel back pain and fatigue all over her body. Her head was even hotter, but she is very afraid of cold. You see, she has worn several more layers of clothes than usual, but she is still very cold." The young man was dazed at first when he saw Si Yao, but soon lowered his eyes and said anxiously.

"It's not wind-cold, it's heat evil lurking in the kidney meridian." Si Yao listened to what the young man said, and saw that the old woman's tongue was bright red without coating, and her pulse was rapid. She had both heat symptoms and yin deficiency symptoms. Thinking of what his master had said before about true and false cold and heat and deficiency and excess, he concluded that it was a real symptom with weak symptoms.

According to the old woman's symptoms, Si Yao handed the prescription to Xiao Lu. After taking a dose of medicine, Aunt Niu's mood improved, so the mother and son of the Niu family thanked Si Yao repeatedly and took the remaining doses of medicine back home. The mother and son of the Niu family were villagers from a village near the medicine store. When the medicine store was busy on weekdays, Aunt Niu would occasionally come to help take care of the patients. Knowing that the Niu family was poor and only the mother and son depended on each other, and seeing that Aunt Niu was kind and generous, the mother and son came to see the doctor without charging a penny.

After Sanxiu came back, he checked Siyao's diagnosis and treatment conclusion for Aunt Niu and the prescription she wrote, and nodded with relief, but also pointed out the only shortcoming: "Aunt Niu also has back pain, it would be better if Eucommia ulmoides is added."

"But Eucommia ulmoides is a warming tonic, and Aunt Niu is a heat evil, I'm worried..."

"Although Eucommia ulmoides is a warming tonic, it can strengthen the bones and muscles and treat liver and kidney deficiency. Most of the herbs you used before are heat-clearing and cooling herbs. After removing the heat evil, you also need to replenish the back part in time. Otherwise, wouldn't the weak internal organs give the external evil another chance to invade? Cooling herbs are the vanguard, and Eucommia ulmoides is the rear supply."

"Thank you for your timely correction, Master. I will go and give the Eucommia ulmoides to Aunt Niu right away." Master's words enlightened Si Yao and made him reflect on his own rash thoughts. After bowing to the master, he wanted to go to the medicine hall, but was stopped by Sanxiu in time.

"You are still young and impatient. How can you go to the patient's home to add more medicine after prescribing the medicine?" Sanxiu looked at his apprentice's anxious expression, smiled and shook his head, and continued to comfort him: "The missed medicine is a small matter, you can make up for it in the future follow-up visit. You have studied medicine for less than a year and can diagnose and treat accurately by yourself. I am very pleased."

"That's all thanks to Master's teachings, but I still didn't think it through..." Although praised by Master, Si Yao was still worried about the flaws in the prescription.

"Humans are not gods, so how can they think of everything comprehensively? You are still young and inexperienced. But you were able to diagnose the real and false symptoms the first time and prescribe the right medicine. This is comparable to most doctors out there." Seeing that his apprentice began to blame himself again, Sanxiu frowned for a rare time and said seriously.

Seeing that her master was unhappy, Si Yao stopped talking and just nodded silently. She was not a person who liked to dwell on trivial matters, but she tried her best not to leave any regrets, so she wanted to do her best in everything.

In the capital of Xiyue Kingdom, the solemn and ethereal sound of bells and drums could still be heard from the hilltops outside Shangjing City. In the peaceful Yiying Temple, Emperor Yan was alone in the candlelit temple hall, staring blankly at the spirit tablet of Concubine Leng behind the eternal lamp, with a trace of loneliness in his eyes.

"My son couldn't make it back this year, so I will stay with you for a while longer." Emperor Yan lit three incense sticks. The original majesty on his face gradually softened, and even his tone became exceptionally gentle.

"Ying'er, I'm old now, and I'll have to go see you soon. I don't know if you're angry with me anymore. You won't refuse to see me until now, right?" Emperor Yan looked at the spirit tablet in front of him, his eyes moistened, and he continued to sigh.

There were imperial guards wearing yellow and blue armor guarding everywhere outside the palace. The leader of the imperial guards, Fan Chong, and Concubine Leng's maid, E Li, were waiting outside. When Emperor Yan walked out of the temple, everyone knelt down and saluted.

"Has Princess Zong come today?" Emperor Yan took two steps and turned back to ask Eli.

"Perhaps Princess Zong doesn't know that today is the anniversary of the queen's death." Eli shook her head and then explained carefully.

Emperor Yan said nothing, his face darkened and he turned away.

"Princess, today is the anniversary of Concubine Leng's death. You should go to Yiying Temple to pay your respects." In Prince Zong's mansion, when Buna, the maidservant beside Nanrong Liangling, learned from the housekeeper that today was the anniversary of Prince Zong's biological mother's death, she wanted to persuade the princess to take this opportunity to behave herself. Even if she didn't have to ask for Prince Zong's forgiveness, she had to pretend to do something for Emperor Yan.

"What does it have to do with me? Anyway, the prince hates me to the core, so why should I do these boring things?" Nan Rong Liang Ling sneered and continued to stroke the black cat in his arms with a cold smile.

Now she has long lost interest in Yan Zong and is too lazy to please him. As Prince Zong himself said, their marriage is nothing more than a political ploy and the two of them are just two chess pieces on the chessboard.

Since he was going to be a ruthless pawn, why should she provoke him?