Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 475 Chen Deng: I should have known not to eat sashimi

Seeing that Crown Prince Liu Yong seemed to understand what was going on, Liu Bei unconsciously walked down the stairs and gently touched his hair bun with his hand.

"Aunt, you are now the Son of Heaven, and you are responsible for the lives of millions. You cannot take matters of life and death lightly. Why are you still like when you were the king?" Liu Yong raised his head angrily, showing his neat white teeth, and said angrily.

When they were in Pingyuan, Aweng was often informal and took him to the home of Minister Xun to eat, and he would specially go there when they were having dinner.

Before leaving, he told him to go and play with Xun Yun, Xun Ya, Xun Shen and Xun Xuan the next morning. He just wanted to leave him at the Xun family for a few more days, for fear that he would stay in the mansion and cause trouble.

Liu Yong puffed up his face for a short while before Liu Bei made him laugh.

"Given my father's physical condition, I estimate that he can still hold on for another 20 to 30 years. I will have time to teach you how to be a good emperor..."

Seeing that his little face was filled with worry and anger, Liu Bei couldn't help but pinch his face and smiled gently.

As long as we don't discuss it in private, there won't be a prince for decades in this world, so the father and son will be remembered in history in another way...

Fortunately, the Han Dynasty used Confucian principles of loyalty and filial piety to govern the world, and at this moment there was no struggle for power and profit between the emperor and the prince as in later generations, so there was no need to worry about the decline of moral bottom line.

Liu Bei thought to himself.

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Just as the Han army defeated the Wuhuan in three counties and the news reached Luoyang, the capital, an incident occurred in Luoyang City that concerned the officials.

Xun You, the Left Prime Minister of the Censorate, Guo Jia, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, and Lu Zhi, the Grand Tutor, frowned when they heard the news and rushed to the officials' residences outside the city.

The condition of Chen Deng, the former prefect of Guangling, worsened. Hua Yuanhua and Zhang Zhongjing personally diagnosed and treated him and concluded that Chen Deng had eaten too much raw fish fillets before. Even if he stopped eating them and took decoctions to remove parasites, it could only relieve the symptoms but not eliminate them.

Dozens of worms have entered the patient's stomach and are wandering around the intestines. The situation has reached the point where no medicine can drive out the worms. The only option now is to cut open the patient's intestines and let him drink Ma Fei San. When he loses consciousness, we will open his intestines to clean them, take the worms out of his intestines, sew them up, and apply plaster to stop the bleeding.

Otherwise, Chen Yuanlong would only have three years left to live. By then, the worms would have eaten up his internal organs, and even the best doctors would be powerless to save him.

But this also involves considerable risks. If the wound becomes infected, even if the worms are gone, Hua Tuo will not be able to save Chen Deng.

When many famous doctors in the Imperial Medical Office were arguing but were at a loss as to what to do.

Chen Yuanlong, who was lying on the sickbed, woke up and turned pale as paper when he heard the advice given by Hua Tuo.

Hua Tuo said that cutting the intestines was painless, but that did not mean there would be no pain when one woke up. Moreover, one could not eat meat or drink alcohol, and even rice had to be chewed and swallowed slowly. One would also lie in bed for several months without moving to prevent intestinal bleeding or wound infection.

When Chen Deng heard Hua Tuo tell him the consequences truthfully, he subconsciously clutched his robe tightly, and even his knuckles turned slightly white.

He just liked to eat some raw fish, how could he suffer such a disease...

Back then in Xuzhou, I had listened to the emperor's advice and never ate fish sashimi again for the rest of my life. How come there were still worms in my stomach?
"Doctor Hua, is there really no other treatment other than opening up the intestines?"

"Whenever soldiers in the army are injured, they can drink Ma Fei San to relieve the pain, but Deng can no longer use Ma Fei San. The pain lasts for several months. How can ordinary people endure it? Please find another way for me, doctors."

"If you can give me a second chance, Chen Deng will reward me handsomely!"

Chen Deng sat up from the bed, with a pale face, bowed to Hua Tuo and other doctors, and sighed in his heart, regretting it.

"Your medical skills are no less than Bian Que's. Why don't you go back and look through the classics and search carefully? Maybe there are other treatments."

Upon hearing with his own ears that Chen Yuanlong needed a caesarean section and intestines scraping to cure his illness, Guo Jia immediately felt a chill on his scalp. He was also often unwell, which was why the emperor ordered him to be sent to Luoyang for recuperation.

Chen Deng usually looks stronger than him, but he still suffers from worm disease. He recalls that he often drank raw water from the river in his early years. He was too lazy to light a fire to roast the fish after fishing, so he ate raw food like Chen Deng. Could he have also contracted worm disease?

The more Guo Jia thought about it, the more scared he felt. The pain of having his internal organs eaten by insects was much more painful than being beheaded.

Even if there was a chance of saving him, Guo Jia couldn't help swallowing when he heard the pain of having his intestines cut open.

After enduring the pain for so long, if the wound gets infected and cannot be cured, it would be better to die immediately.

Otherwise, you will endure the severe pain in vain and still die.

"Minister Guo's words make sense. We need to read more classics on how to treat abdominal worms. At this moment, many doctors in the court who are compiling the "Han Ji" have taken out their family's treasures, hoping to leave their names in history. Perhaps in a few months, this matter will have a turnaround."

"I'm prescribing another decoction to ward off worms. It can temporarily relieve Governor Chen's pain. It won't be too late to make a decision after a few months."

Just as everyone was discussing this, Zhang Zhongjing, with his white hair and beard, spoke with a bow and said something, and with just a few words he resolved the worries of everyone present.

After all, he had been the prefect of Changsha for a period of time, and he was better at observing people's words and expressions than Hua Tuo.

At this moment, not only did Chen Deng's eyes lose their luster, his voice also became weak and feeble, even the court ministers present, such as Xun You, Guo Jia, and Lu Zhi, had hidden sorrow between their brows.

The Chen family was the head of the Xuzhou gentry that the emperor valued the most, and Chen Deng was a rare and trusted minister. If Chen Yuanlong unfortunately passed away, it would not only have an impact on the Xuzhou gentry and wealthy families, but would also cause some trouble for the Han family's order to move the tombs.

Today, the powerful families in Guandong are like those sitting on charcoal fire. The slightest disturbance may lead to riots everywhere. The emperor and the ministers in the court are using the military government as pressure, promising benefits, and carefully changing the system of the Former Han Dynasty.

However, Hua Tuo only used a doctor's heart and told Chen Deng frankly. He didn't know that if his words got out, the wealthy families in Xuzhou counties who were close to the Chen family would definitely cause trouble.

Although Chen Gui is one of the Nine Ministers, he is quite old and he might die suddenly one day. Among the Chen family of Xia Pi, only Chen Deng is valued by Your Majesty. He is only forty years old now and can serve in the court for at least another 10 to 20 years.

Therefore, all families tacitly accepted that the Xia Pi Chen family was the head of the Xuzhou clan. As for the Mi family, even though they were also ministers in the court, they were not considered by the Xuzhou gentry and wealthy families because of their background.

Now only the Chen family can help the court suppress the Xuzhou nobles and force them to migrate to Guanzhong or Luoyang.

After Zhang Zhongjing finished speaking, Xun You immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, what you said makes sense. The key to curing a disease is to find a good opportunity. When the time is right, the medicine can cure the disease in an instant."

"Don't worry, Yuanlong. The world is so vast, there must be a good remedy. Besides, you have been abstaining from food for many years, and your symptoms have been alleviated a lot. You can definitely get rid of them with one dose."

"I hope you won't tell anyone about what happened today, to prevent the thieves from causing trouble."

Xun You nodded in praise of Zhang Gong, calmed Chen Deng's emotions, and reminded all the doctors in the Imperial Physician's Office.

(End of this chapter)