A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 258 Rejection of the King

Qingming is early, Grain Full is late, and Guyu is the right time to plant cotton.

During the Grain Rain season, farmers in the southern border of Xiyue Kingdom began to busy themselves with planting cotton and wheat. Sanxiu was invited by Mu Ye, the owner of a tea shop in the neighboring county and his old friend of several decades, to go to the tea shop with Xiuming to taste the new tea. Si Yao did not like to join in the fun so she stayed in the medicine shop by herself.

As a master, Sanxiu is proud of his apprentice Si Yao's current medical skills. Since she was able to see patients independently, she has never made any mistakes and has been praised by patients. With fame comes criticism, and it is nothing more than a few nosy people attacking a girl who is an unmarried girl practicing medicine in public. But Sanxiu always protects his apprentice, Leng Ying in the past and Si Yao now. He will drive anyone who wants to preach and instruct women on practicing medicine in the medicine store out of the medicine store. After several tough times, no one dares to offend Mr. Sanxiu anymore. After all, everyone will get sick, and only doctors can save lives when they are seriously ill.

Before noon that day, not long after the rain stopped and the sky cleared up, a mother and son came to Sanxiu Pharmacy for medical treatment. The woman supported her son and went to the clinic with the help of the pharmacist. But she saw from afar that only Mr. Sanxiu's closed disciple Miss Si Yao was sitting in the clinic, and a hint of worry immediately appeared on her face.

"Your master and master are not here?" The woman hesitated for a moment before stopping and asking the medicine boy beside her.

"The owner of the manor and the great master are out for something, don't worry, ma'am. Our Miss Yao is also the owner's direct disciple. Her medical skills are obvious to everyone." The medicine boy thought that the woman was worried about Si Yao's medical skills, so he hurriedly explained.

"Miss Si Yao's medical skills have been spreading by word of mouth recently. I have also heard about it, but..."

The woman was not worried because of this. Since Mr. Sanxiu was confident in letting Miss Siyao see patients alone, why would she not trust him? However, she had always been a woman of virtue and naturally believed that no matter how good Miss Siyao's medical skills were, she was still a girl. Although Xiyue Country did not explicitly prohibit women from studying medicine, men and women had been separated since ancient times, and the world was harsh on women, so she was also worried about Miss Siyao's reputation.

"Ouch...Mom, my stomach hurts so much, please let me in!" Before the woman could finish her hesitant words, her son beside her had already bent over in pain, his greasy face was red and covered with sweat, and he kept groaning in pain.

Seeing her son in unbearable pain, the woman knew she couldn't say anything. She had come here with great difficulty and she couldn't let her son go back in pain again.

In the clinic, Si Yao put down the medical book in her hand when she saw a patient coming in. Xiaolu, who was leaning against the door of the medicine hall and chatting with Guo Ying, hurried back to Si Yao when she heard the voice.

"Miss Si Yao, my son has had abdominal pain for two days." The woman helped her son to sit in front of Si Yao and said with a frown.

"How's your diet lately? Are your bowel movements normal?" Si Yao looked at the young, slightly fat man in front of her with a red, acne-covered face. She guessed that he had a heat syndrome and asked while taking his pulse.

"At first, he just had a poor appetite, but these past two days, he has no appetite, doesn't feel hungry, and can only drink cold tea and cold drinks." The patient was in so much pain that he had no strength to speak, so the woman next to him had to speak for him. When it came to bowel movements, she seemed to pause with some concern, but seeing that her son was in so much pain that he couldn't afford to delay, she quickly added, "Both bowel movements and bowel movements are not smooth, especially bowel movements, which have not been relieved for four or five days. Not only bowel movements and bowel movements, but he has also been very tired these days, restless and unable to sleep at night, fidgety during the day, and can't concentrate on reading. He has to take the provincial examination this autumn, and if he delays any further, he will be really worried to death!"

As soon as the woman finished speaking, she saw Si Yao stand up and try to put his hand on her son's abdomen. Her face immediately changed in shock, and she turned her face away in embarrassment.

“Ouch, ouch, it hurts…”

Si Yao just pressed lightly, and the patient hurriedly pushed her hand away, screaming in pain.

"Xiaolu, help the person in and take off his upper clothes." Si Yao was able to confirm that the patient was suffering from a heat syndrome, and the abdominal pain was also caused by the intestinal obstruction that prevented the excrement from being discharged, so she instructed Xiaolu.

Xiaolu nodded and slowly helped the patient into a small room next door. Siyao took the silver needle bag and was about to follow in when she was stopped by the patient's mother:

"Miss Siyao, what are you going to do?"

"Your son's abdominal pain is caused by intestinal heat. He is in unbearable pain now. I will give him acupuncture first." Si Yao said lightly, but saw that the woman still had no intention of letting her go. She felt puzzled. Why did she stop her from treating her son when he was in so much pain?

"Miss Si Yao, since you know the cause of the disease, why don't you prescribe some medicine for us and we can go back by ourselves..."

"Madam just said anxiously that your son will take the provincial examination in the fall. Why are you not in a hurry to treat his illness? Your son has intestinal obstruction and is suffering from abdominal pain. If he delays and gets a perforation of the intestine, not only will he miss the provincial examination, his life may also be in danger." Before the woman could finish her words, Si Yao interrupted her impatiently in a cold voice. She didn't want the patient to miss the treatment time in her hands.

"But Miss Siyao, as a girl, you...after all, men and women should not be allowed to touch each other." The woman glanced at her son, whose shirt had been taken off by Xiaolu in the hut, and said to Siyao with embarrassment.

"Madam, in this clinic, there are only doctors and patients. There is no such thing as physical contact between men and women." Si Yao said helplessly, then he broke free from the woman's hand and entered the small room.

When the woman saw Si Yao's frank expression, she felt guilty, so she did not say anything to stop him and hurriedly followed him in.

With Xiaolu's assistance, Si Yao first inserted the needle into the Zhangmen point on the patient's lower abdomen, and then into the Zhigou and Zhaohai points on the hands and feet. Finally, when he was about to move to the navel, Si Yao glanced at the woman who was staring at him nervously, sighed secretly, and then asked Xiaolu to find the Guanyuan point under the navel and inserted the needle himself.

"Acupuncture is for emergency treatment, and you have to take medicine when you go back. Your son may often stay up late to study, and I'm worried that he will get anxious and get irritated due to the hometown experiment, which will give the heat evil a chance to take advantage. I have to comfort him and calm him down when I go back." After giving the acupuncture, Si Yao asked Xiaolu to stay inside, and she walked out, wrote a prescription and handed it to Rong Fan in the pharmacy, then raised her eyes and gave instructions to the woman in front of her.

"Alas, Miss Si Yao, you don't know, this provincial examination is very important. Those who pass the exam will be named Juren, and only those who pass the exam can take the subsequent metropolitan examination. Haven't they studied hard for more than ten years just for this fame? How can they remain calm when the provincial examination is approaching?" But the woman not only did not listen to Si Yao's words, but instead disagreed.

When Si Yao saw the anxiety on the woman's face, she realized that the patient's anxiety was probably related to his mother, so she didn't say anything more.

About an incense stick of time later, the effect of acupuncture was immediate. As soon as Si Yao took the silver needle, the patient covered his stomach and looked for the room.

"That woman is the widow of the Liu family in Mucheng. She has been a widow for decades and has been taking care of her son. She hopes her son will be successful and become the top scorer in the imperial examination." The medicine boy who had sent the mother and son out of the medicine shop and returned started chatting with Xiaolu and others in the clinic.

"Oh, the Liu family under the crooked willow in the south of the city? I heard that his ancestor was a Jinshi, but unfortunately his father didn't even pass the exam to become a scholar, and died of depression."

"No wonder Madam Liu has such high expectations for her son."

"What's the point of having high expectations? Look at what she has done to her son... Even if he passes the exam, he won't be able to enter the palace if his face is not clean..."

Si Yao had never been interested in gossip, so she just focused on her own thing. Seeing that it was almost noon and there would be no patients, she said a few words to Xiaolu and planned to go back to the study to write medical records.

"Miss Si Yao."

Si Yao had just returned to the second floor of the backyard when she was surprised to see Yu Cheng, who was beside Yan Zong, appear in front of her.

"General Yu Cheng, why are you here?" Si Yao's expression returned to its calm state, but he couldn't help but get nervous. He was Yan Zong's man, and his sudden appearance in the medicine shop must have been under Yan Zong's order.

"Miss Si Yao, this is the gem that His Highness recently got from the Emperor. His Highness said that this piece of cut agate is very suitable for Miss Si Yao, so he asked me to deliver it to you at full speed." Yu Cheng presented the box containing the cut agate to Si Yao and relayed the words of the prince.

"If it is a gem, it must be valuable. Si Yao does not want to accept gifts without merit. General Yu Cheng, you should take it back." However, Si Yao did not take the thing from Yu Cheng's hand. She just said coldly and was about to leave but was stopped by the other party.

"Miss Si Yao really doesn't understand His Highness's thoughts?"

"Si Yao thanks the prince for his kindness, but I am unworthy and cannot afford it." Si Yao lowered her cold eyes and spoke coldly.

"Miss Si Yao, what do you mean? Don't you have any…"

"No."

Si Yao raised her eyes and looked at Yu Cheng, the determination in her eyes was like a basin of cold water poured down.

Yu Cheng looked at Si Yao with a cold expression and couldn't help but feel worried for His Highness, but he was also secretly glad that His Highness had not seen the ruthlessness on Miss Si Yao's face with his own eyes, otherwise he would have been heartbroken.

"This gift is from His Highness to Miss Si Yao. Yu Cheng is only responsible for completing the task assigned by His Highness. As for whether the girl accepts it or not, it is not within the scope of my duties." Since he was not welcomed, Yu Cheng naturally did not stay any longer. After speaking hurriedly, he put the box in his hand on the fence and turned to leave.

Looking at Yu Cheng's disappearing figure, Si Yao sighed. She turned her head to look at the exquisite box on the fence and couldn't help frowning.