Chapter 654: Hot Springs 2 (1/2)

As expected, the imperial residence in Shangjing wasn’t far at all. They had departed in the morning, and they arrived in the middle of the afternoon.

The attendants of the imperial residence had already received notification some time ago. They were aware that the emperor would bring the rest of the imperial family and officials from the spring hunt over to rest, so they had already arranged rooms for everyone on the list.

Their dwellings were distributed according to their ranks.

Marquis Anyuan was a second-ranked title, so the temporary courtyard they were assigned to would obviously be fitting of that title.

The neighbouring courtyards were for Lord Yang and Marquis Dingyuan.

Once Chu Lian had settled down, Wenqing immediately set off to get the imperial physician.

Chu Lian laid down on the bed, leaving only her left wrist free and uncovered. Physician Li gently grabbed her wrist and put two fingers on her pulse, spending quite some time to measure it.

Physician Li thought for a bit, then took the pulse on Chu Lian’s right wrist as well.

Physician Li’s brows drew together as she finally put down Chu Lian’s wrist and sunk into deep thought.

Wenqing became impatient from looking at the physician’s expression. She asked, “Physician Li, how is our young madam?”

After much deliberation, Physician Li found the pulse too light to make a decisive diagnosis, so she gave a safer answer instead. “Honoured Lady has been overly anxious over the past two days, and along with the shock she’s received, she has a lack of both qi and blood now. There isn’t any sickness in her body; all she needs is more nutrition to recover.”

Chu Lian felt silly now. So she was only feeling weak because of low blood sugar…

Relief washed over Wenqing and Wenlan as they heard Physician Li’s words.

A sliver of a smile finally appeared on Wenqing’s face. “Sorry for troubling you, Physician Li.”

Physician Li waved her hand in protest. “This is part of my duty. Honoured Lady, since you’ve come to Shangjing, perhaps you could consider going for a soak in the imperial residence’s hot springs?”

Chu Lian nodded with a smile, then had Wenqing see Physician Li out.

The fact that Chu Lian had sent for the imperial physician naturally couldn’t be kept away from He Changdi. He Changdi once again strove to get some time away from his duties with the emperor, and rushed to the courtyard Chu Lian was at.

Physician Li had already returned to the area where the other imperial physicians were resting.

The physician who had come along for the spring hunt this time was the Imperial Physician Institute’s Imperial Physician Sun.

Imperial Physician Sun was in his fifties, and his family had all come from medical backgrounds. Currently, other than the director of the institute, he possessed the highest official position and status in the Imperial Physician Institute.

He had great medical expertise and had ample experience. Although he wasn’t a match for the legendary Great Doctor Miao, he was still a well-known physician.

The field that Imperial Physician Sun specialised in wasn’t pediatrics, nor external or internal injuries. It was gynecology.

He possessed the lauded title of the Godly Gynecologist.

Physician Li was a female physician of great skill in the palace. She had also received pointers from Imperial Physician Sun.

Once she met up with Imperial Physician Sun, she described Chu Lian’s pulse in detail to him.