She smiled and said, "You can use the side hall where you previously saw patients. In addition, His Highness has arranged for a set of dicine cabinets to be set up there. So commonly used dicines will be purchased and placed inside, with the funds coming from the accounts of the Eastern Palace."
The Crown Princess paused and then said, "But as you know, there are a lot of restrictions in the palace, and so dicines cannot enter the harem, so..."
Manbao understood that this was to prevent palace personnel from taking dicines to cause harm. Even if there is a record of incoming and outgoing dicines, if too many people use them, it would still be difficult to trace.
In the palace, unless the master is ill, everyone else, whether palace maids or eunuchs, has to endure. If they beco seriously ill, they are thrown into the quarantine area. If they can’t endure, they are buried; if they make it through, they are transferred back...
Therefore, any dicine that is toxic cannot be placed in the dicine cabinets of this side hall. But even so, for palace personnel who can only rely on endurance when sick, this is a great benevolence.
For Manbao, this is also a great convenience in teaching apprentices. Although the dicines are limited, at least when they enter the palace to learn acupuncture, they can still learn how to prescribe dicines.
Moreover, due to the restrictions, there is a higher demand for flexibility in prescribing.
This is particularly suitable for training Zheng Gu.
Zheng Gu did not know that his ntor had found a good way to practice prescribing for him. He was busy working at Jishi Hall.
His ntor had a day off, but he did not; not only he, but Ms. Doctor Liu also did not have any.
Before they have mastered their skills, they have to work when it’s ti to work, morize dical books when it’s ti to morize them, and morize dicinal materials when needed.
Sanya had again accidentally rembered a few dicinal materials incorrectly and was now hugging her head, trying desperately to stare at the dicinal materials she always got wrong.
Manbao, accompanied by Eunuch Wu, went to inspect the side hall used for dical teaching again, focusing on the newly moved dicine cabinets.
Eunuch Wu smiled and said, "The small beds inside have not been dismantled yet. The dicine cabinets were just moved in. Once they’ve been wiped clean and dried, the dicinal materials can be placed inside when they arrive."
Manbao curiously asked, "Who did you get the list of dicines from?"
After all, many dicines can’t be placed inside.
Eunuch Wu laughed and said, "His Highness asked the Imperial Hospital for the list. Director Xiao, upon hearing that the Crown Prince wanted it for Doctor Zhou Junior’s teaching, imdiately drew up a list, saying these dicines alone would suffice."
Eunuch Wu added with a smile, "Rest assured, the list has been reviewed by the Imperial Hospital. They said there’s nothing toxic among the dicines, unless it’s forcibly fed to a person like feeding a cow. Otherwise, there’s nothing harmful to people’s health."
Manbao opened the list and took a look, seeing that it began with soybeans, red beans, green beans, white beans, hyacinth beans, and other types of beans.
She paused, thinking to herself, these indeed wouldn’t be poisonous. No way soone could die from them unless they swallowed ten plus pounds at once. But that wouldn’t be poison; they’d probably die from being too full.
The remaining dicines were common herbs like licorice root, bupleurum, and polygonatum. She read from start to finish and found even things like tuber fleeceflower weren’t on it due to their mild toxicity.
Manbao handed the list back to Eunuch Wu and nodded, "Alright then, let’s proceed according to this list."
Before entering the palace, her teacher had told her to offer fewer suggestions, especially concerning imports into the palace, because errors were easily made.
Unless absolutely necessary, avoid getting involved.
Eunuch Wu respectfully and happily saw Manbao out of the palace after taking the list.
She said she would bring Ms. Doctor Liu and others into the palace to practice acupuncture, and sure enough, she did so three days later in the afternoon.
This was a suitable ti they had discussed with Eunuch Wu.
The mornings were busy at Jishi Hall and also the busiest ti in the palace. As the primary labor force, the palace personnel had no ti to let them practice acupuncture, so it was scheduled for 1 p.m.
Manbao took them into the palace ahead of ti. Sanya’s skills were not yet adequate, and she could only stand at the pharmacy entrance watching them walk away, her eyes full of reluctance.
Besides Ms. Doctor Liu, Doctor Xiao was also waiting for them in the palace.
Whether it was Ms. Doctor Liu, Doctor Xiao, Zheng Gu, or Zheng Shao, they had all morized the acupoint diagrams. The challenge was accurately locating these acupoints.
What Manbao needed to do was guide them in practice to find each acupoint and understand which acupoints to use for different conditions, and how to perform acupuncture...
Manbao would usually teach everyone in the side hall. After seeing all twenty palace personnel, she would wash her hands and go see the Crown Princess, leaving her three disciples and Doctor Xiao to wrap things up.
The Crown Princess was not experiencing morning sickness, only sleepiness, so she would wake just in ti for Manbao’s visits. Manbao would take her pulse, chat a little, and then leave.
The ti spent was short, just a peaceful pulse consultation. No prescriptions or acupuncture, sotis not even dical advice was needed.
It only took about half an hour, but it reassured the Crown Princess, allowing her to sleep soundly at night. Then, her belly began to grow steadily day by day.
The Crown Prince was pleased every day, and when he returned to find Manbao there, he would nonchalantly lean on the Crown Princess’s belly to listen. Manbao was sure he didn’t hear anything yet, given it hadn’t been four months. If he had heard sothing, there would be a problem.
But the Crown Prince and Princess evidently didn’t care, having their fun together.
Whenever Manbao witnessed this, she would tactfully step back, but the Crown Prince would suddenly call her back and say, "The Emperor agreed to expand the Chongwen Pavilion to accommodate thirty students. I’ve also added Bai Shan’s na. I’m responsible for reorganizing the Imperial Hospital, so you should prepare to move into the palace."
Manbao stared, taking a while to regain her composure, "I-I have to live in the palace? But Bai Shan is going to study at Chongwen Pavilion, why do I have to enter the palace too?"
The Crown Prince emphasized, "To compile dical books!"
He glanced at her and said, "Weren’t you the one who proposed to set up dical offices in each state and prefecture? To educate students, you need textbooks. The dical books in the Imperial Hospital are too varied, and just discussing what to teach students had them in uproar. I rembered you had given Ms. Doctor Liu a dical booklet you wrote, so you all can write it yourselves. Once the dical book is compiled, then enroll students for teaching."
He continued, "Reorganizing the Imperial Hospital is one of the important tasks for the Eastern Palace next, so in compiling you can collaborate with Chongwen Pavilion students to lend a hand."
Overwheld by this news, Manbao was dizzy, taking a while to recover, "This, this... does this an I can’t go to Jishi Hall to see patients anymore?"
The Crown Prince glanced sideways at her and said, "Aren’t there enough people in the palace to practice on?"
But there really aren’t enough different conditions.
Manbao considered grumbling to herself, but she hadn’t fully regained her composure and didn’t dare retort. After a while, she asked, "Is the compiling entirely up to ?"
"No, Director Xiao of the Imperial Hospital will be the chief editor. You have to listen to him," said the Crown Prince. "The compilation of dical books should be discussed with the Imperial doctors. Didn’t you say there are few books outside? You can read any book in Chongwen Pavilion."
Manbao’s spirits lifted imdiately, "Really?"
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