Chapter 39 The Queen is happy
The old doctor had also fallen off the brocade cushion. His body was so limp that he could not even kneel. Instead, he prostrated himself on the ground like a puddle of mud, saying, "I wish I would die, I wish I would die..."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the words "a million deaths", he was struck by lightning.

His eyes seemed to have lost their luster all of a sudden, his body was swaying, and he stammered, wanting to say something, but something was stuck in his throat.

At this moment, everyone in the hall was so frightened that they fell to the ground, not daring to breathe.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said coldly: "Why... can't he be saved? Can he be saved? I... I don't believe it... No, no, why did God treat me like this..."

Zhu Gang was also frightened. In an instant, the thought of losing his mother flashed through his mind. What's more... his mother died because he gave her the wrong medicine. He was dazed, as if a huge rock was pressing down on his heart, suffocating him.

Doctor Liu kowtowed, his head hitting the floor tiles hard, causing blood to drip from his head. He said in fear: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... This... This... The Queen is pregnant... It's a pregnant pulse..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the hall fell into deathly silence again.

Zhu Yuanzhang's miserable face began to regain color visibly.

Those eunuchs kneeling on the ground suddenly felt as if they had survived a disaster.

Even Empress Ma could not help being moved. She had been lamenting her fate and felt drowsy, but now she found that her body felt much lighter.

The reaction of Doctor Liu and the old doctor was because they had made a wrong diagnosis before and prescribed the wrong medicine. They also added a lot of blood-activating herbs, such as saffron, to the prescription.

In fact, this is understandable. Swelling of hands and feet must be due to poor blood circulation, so promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis is a natural thing. However, this thing is poison to pregnant women and can cause miscarriage.

What they felt was naturally a pregnant pulse, which should have been a happy thing, but for them it was a disaster.

Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised, then suddenly asked angrily: "Pregnant pulse... Pregnant pulse... Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

“Your Majesty…Your Majesty…” Doctor Liu burst into tears: “Your Majesty deserves death. At first…it was a misdiagnosis, but…but, this is not your fault…”

He tried desperately to defend himself: "From the pulse, the Madam is less than 40 days pregnant. From a medical point of view, the pulse is not obvious at all in such a short pregnancy. Even if a Daluo Jinxian came, he...he might not be able to diagnose a pregnancy pulse."

This makes sense, because it is impossible to feel the pulse during a pregnancy of about one and a half months. Moreover, this time, Empress Ma's symptoms are indeed very different from those during normal pregnancy. Besides, Empress Ma is at this age...

However, under normal circumstances, this excuse would be useful.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was a man of his time. He said, "Since even the Golden Immortal couldn't feel this pulse, then I want to ask you, how did the King of Jin and his friends know that this was a happy pulse?"

While Zhu Yuanzhang was speaking, he subconsciously glanced in the direction of Jin Wang Zhu Gang from the corner of his eye.

What surprised Zhu Yuanzhang was that Zhu Gang, who had looked confused and sad just now, suddenly changed into a different appearance.

Zhu Gang was seen holding his hands, with one foot on the ground and the other foot on the tiptoe, his legs crossed, leaning against the wall, with a nonchalant look, his head slightly drooping, his eyes squinting at Zhu Yuanzhang, and slowly speaking in a calm and bubbly voice: "Father, I have something to say. These imperial doctors are not as good as me and Qianqiu. If they can be even a fraction of what we are, they are considered to have some ability."

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw his cocky look, he wished he could poke out his own eyes.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about Zhu Gang, and instead gnashed his teeth and said, "So, if it weren't for the King of Jin offering the medicine, you quacks would have killed people, right?"

Doctor Liu was already frightened out of his wits and continued to kowtow: "Your Majesty...Your Majesty will die, die...but...but in this world, there is actually someone who can diagnose pregnancy in such a short period of time, it is really...it is really unbelievable..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious: "You deserve to die! You still want to deny it. Come on, capture them all."

Zhu Gang was stunned, and immediately put down his hands, saying: "Father, didn't you say that you can't insult doctors and cooks?" Zhu Yuanzhang scolded: "Doctor, get out of here!"

"Oh." Zhu Gang was so frightened that he rushed out of the hall in a flash.

Zhu Yuanzhang shouted from behind: "Come back."

Zhu Gang paused for a moment, then hurriedly and cautiously turned back: "Father, is there anything else you want me to do?"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him and said, "Let me ask you, was that prescription really written by Deng Qianqiu?"

Zhu Gang said: "Yes, yes... Of course, I also made great efforts. I ground the ink for him."

In the past, if his son had actually ground ink for others, Zhu Yuanzhang would have slapped him in the face.

But now, he was indifferent to it, and asked: "Is that medicine used to preserve the pregnancy?"

Zhu Gang said, "Yes. But... Mother took medicine from the Imperial Hospital before. The medicine... is very harmful to Mother. If she can't be saved, it's not our fault."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, and could not help but feel worried. He then said, "Fortunately, I listened to you at the beginning. Otherwise, not only would the fetus in your belly be in danger, but I'm afraid even your mother's life would be lost."

Zhu Gang said: "Father, isn't it because I and Deng Qianqiu are reliable..."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Come on, come on, stop talking nonsense. I want to ask you, the imperial physician said that the pulse has not yet appeared, how did Deng Qianqiu know that she was pregnant?"

Zhu Gang was proud: "This is very easy, just use the Queen Mother's urine..."

"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Gang.

Zhu Gang swallowed his saliva, a little timid, and said: "This urine was stolen by me. Deng Qianqiu injected this urine into the frog's body, and then observed it for a while to know whether it was pregnant. Qianqiu said, and I am not bragging, this method is very effective and there is no possibility of miscalculation."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, he had a headache after listening to this.

Empress Ma was now in a good mood. Seeing that the father and son were still mumbling, she could not help but say, "Well, Your Majesty, Tang'er, why are you talking about this now? Just know that it was Deng Qianqiu who saved my life and the child's life this time."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, as if he was thinking about something. He seemed to be recalling the young man in his mind. For a moment, many doubts arose in his heart.

That guy gave birth to such an amazing child?

Looking up, he saw Zhu Gang looking very happy. Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, get out, get out, don't disturb your mother's rest."

Zhu Gang said: "Father, you have made such a great contribution..."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I have my own thoughts, get out of here."

Zhu Gang said: "Oh."

Then, he walked away contentedly, but this time, he no longer walked briskly, but walked with a swagger and broad strides, with the majesty of a vassal king.

(End of this chapter)