Manbao continued to act as a tool for strengthening the relationship between Changyu and Wei Yu. When she went out of the palace to attend class, she handed sothing to Wei Yu, and seeing his uncontrollable smile, she shook her head and left.
She said to Teacher Mo, "It feels like the disease of the heart is quite treatable. Are they better now?"
Teacher Mo replied, "This is adolescence, not even considered adolescent affection yet. If it continues to deepen, that’s good, but it’s highly likely to break off midway. However, this is indeed an improvent; at least they are willing to face their feelings and issues now."
Teacher Mo didn’t think there was a need for Zhou Man to be more involved. He said, "The rest depends on their own developnt. Just pay attention to the female patient’s emotions and make sure they don’t deteriorate."
Manbao agreed.
Teacher Mo was more curious about another patient’s condition. "The other patient nad Li Yunfeng, you haven’t updated her pulse case records for five days."
Manbao said, "Director Xiao prescribed a course of dicine for her to be taken for ten days. A pulse check every ten days and change of dicine once. He’ll only visit again in five days."
Teacher Mo frowned as he preferred to observe a patient’s developnt daily.
He asked, "Can’t you take over this patient? I recently found so information and would like to confirm it more. It would be better if you could adjust her dication after taking over."
Manbao thought for a mont and shook her head, "I can’t, even if I had access to the case, I wouldn’t dare to prescribe dicine unless the Empress Dowager or the patient personally ca to request ."
She said, "The patient doesn’t trust , and even my colleagues might not feel assured handing this case to ."
Teacher Mo had heard her ntion her past grievances with this patient and, with a sigh, said, "Then forget it. I’ve sent the information to your email. You can print it out and study it later and we can discuss it. As for the rest, we can discuss it again when we encounter similar cases in the future."
Manbao agreed, though she couldn’t intervene in the treatnt, she could still keep an eye on Li Yunfeng’s pulse case.
Zhou Man is a sixth-grade imperial doctor, so Li Yunfeng’s pulse case data wasn’t very confidential.
Manbao used her break ti to discuss so dical conditions with Teacher Mo. When the ti was almost up, she exited the system, took her books, and went to class.
There’s no need for daily acupuncture for the Empress Dowager now, it’s mostly about alleviating her pain, and even the dication prescribed by Director Xiao is subconsciously not as bitter anymore.
So Manbao now has quite a bit of free ti, attending classes regularly, revising dical books, occasionally visiting Mingda and Changyu, and sotis being sent to the palace to see this or that noble, not particularly busy.
But people in the palace thought she was very busy, especially upon knowing she recited scriptures for blessings every night after returning to her room.
Even the Empress couldn’t help but ask her when she ca to take her pulse for peace, "Do you have enough ti every day?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, do you have any orders?"
The Empress just laughed, "No orders for you, just seeing you busy every day, thought you are still young, don’t overwork your body at such a young age."
Manbao said, "I won’t. I get four hours of sleep every day, and I take a nap for two or three quarters of an hour at noon."
Nanny Shang added with a tease, "Afraid those two or three quarters of an hour just settle in, what use is that?"
"It’s quite useful," Manbao said. "There’s a type of body breathing technique that can quickly relax the mind, allowing the body to relax with natural breathing. Even if it’s just a quarter of an hour, you’ll feel refreshed."
The Empress was surprised, "Is there such a thod?"
Manbao nodded, withdrew her hand from the Empress’s pulse, indicating that the Empress had been a bit over-fatigued lately, then explained the thod. "Your Majesty, so dical classics believe that to live long, one must slow down their breathing, from the inside out, whether it’s the heart or the other organs, everything should rise and fall naturally. When your body is fully relaxed, able to breathe slowly like a stone, your body reaches its best recovery period."
"Overworking harms the vital essence, the breathing thod can restore essence and energy, though slow, it is the healthiest and most effective thod."
Manbao learned this because she has been too busy these past two years, always on her feet, never feeling enough sleep, and she’s still very afraid she won’t grow taller.
So while revisiting dical classics, she discovered so health theories. After discussing with Teacher Mo, he taught her this breathing thod, and told her, "In recent tis, wise beings have pursued longevity, and this thod is most widely used. It’s just that in our world, there are too many temptations. Although proven effective, few persist to the end, relying on genetic modification for the current lifespan..."
Teacher Mo didn’t say more but focused on teaching Manbao this breathing thod and emphasized, "Actually, this breathing thod is inherited from ancient tis, rely improved by us in modern tis. We traced its history and believe it dates back to before your world civilization. I checked the dical classics you excerpted to , and indeed, it was before your world civilization, clearly, humans had long discovered this."
Manbao encouraged the Empress, "Your Majesty, please try it. You have a respiratory ailnt, so this breathing thod should be even more beneficial for you. Hmm, you can also teach it to Mingda later."
Because Manbao was using it for sleep, she hadn’t thought of using it to treat illnesses, but speaking of it now made her realize it too could be for treating illnesses.
The Empress, seeing her sudden revelation look, laughed and said, "Then we shall learn it."
In fact, she didn’t take this thod to heart, and neither did Manbao.
After all, it was indeed her thod for napping. As she overused her brain, sotis even in rest, her mind remained highly active. Though her eyes were closed, she was still very ntally alert, and the rest period passed in a flash, reopening her eyes, she had to continue work and study.
By the latter half of the afternoon, she would feel sowhat drowsy, so she learned this breathing thod. Initially very difficult, but later she could empty her mind, slowly imrsing herself into nothingness as soon as she closed her eyes until Keke called her again to wake her up.
So, in her view, this breathing thod was a way for her organs and body, her brain, to rest, a thod for her to grow taller.
Seeing the Empress didn’t take it seriously, she didn’t teach it too seriously either.
At night, the Empress ntioned it to the Emperor before going to sleep, then laughed, "Sounds sowhat similar to the breathing techniques of your martial practitioners."
The Emperor laughed, "Similar how? With such slow breathing, they couldn’t stand a chance in battle, not to ntion even lying down."
"Then is it a good thod for sleeping?"
The Emperor laughed, "Isn’t it, you’ll know after trying?"
Then both the Emperor and Empress tried but failed. After lying down for two quarters of an hour, they couldn’t figure it out. Their minds were very alert, so the Emperor opened his eyes and simply sat up, "Forget it, I’d rather continue reading the morandums."
The Empress laughed aloud. She also couldn’t fall asleep, so she routinely took a book to read.
Only Manbao, after coming out from the classroom, yawned, hugged her quilt, turned over, slowly relaxed her breathing, and fell asleep with her mouth slightly open in a short while.
Keke was already accustod to the host’s instant sleep, and not surprised at all.
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