On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Chapter 2322 Pregnancy-Preserving Drugs

Mr. Wu drank half a cup of fruit tea.

The tea soup slid down my throat, its sweetness carrying a hint of bitterness, without a trace of bitterness. As it slid into my stomach, a warm feeling spread instantly.

My dizzy head suddenly cleared up, the tightness in my chest completely disappeared, and even the soreness in my body lessened considerably.

A thought struck her, and she couldn't help but drink the remaining half cup in one gulp. After finishing, she let out a long breath, raised her hand to rub her temples, and felt light all over, even her vision became much clearer.

When she put down her teacup, she looked up and saw Yan Ruyu looking at her, her eyebrows curved, a half-smile on her face, her eyes clear and bright, with a hint of understanding.

Ms. Wu was taken aback and suddenly realized that this was not an ordinary fruit tea at all, but a conditioning tea specifically for her condition. Otherwise, how could her discomfort have subsided so much in just a short time after drinking it?

She looked at Yan Ruyu, her face showing a mixture of embarrassment and surprise.

“This tea…” Mrs. Wu murmured, somewhat embarrassed.

Seeing this, Princess Mingzhao finally couldn't help but speak up: "My lady is a renowned physician, her medical skills are superb. It's a rare opportunity for ordinary people to get her to treat them."

Not to mention the He family, even in the entire Chongzhou, there are few who can match my wife's medical skills.

That fruit tea was just something Madam casually prepared; if she were truly going to treat you, your health would have been restored long ago.

Upon hearing this, both Madam Wu and the old woman were stunned, their eyes widening as they looked at Yan Ruyu with shock in their eyes.

Yan Ruyu coughed lightly, looked up at Princess Mingzhao, and her eyes showed a hint of helplessness—this was a bit too much.

Princess Mingzhao received her gaze, stopped speaking, but the corners of her mouth slightly turned up.

The old woman came to her senses and looked at Wu's face, immediately noticing the difference.

Just moments ago, Wu's face was pale, but now it had a hint of pink, her lips had a touch of color, and even her eyes were bright. She was no longer the listless woman she had been just moments before.

The old woman quickly stepped forward, took Wu's hand, and bowed repeatedly to Yan Ruyu: "Madam is truly a master healer!"

No wonder this tea is so effective! Ming'er, quick, ask Madam to take your pulse and check your pregnancy. Having a skilled doctor here is better than anything else!

Madam Wu quickly bowed to Yan Ruyu: "Madam, I was blind to your greatness just now, please forgive me."

"Please, madam, take my pulse, examine my pregnancy, and see what's wrong with my body."

Seeing this, Yan Ruyu nodded and held out her hand, saying, "Give me your hand."

Wu quickly placed her wrist on the table, and Yan Ruyu lightly placed her fingertips on her pulse point, her eyes narrowing as she carefully examined her pulse, feeling the rise and fall of the pulse with her fingertips.

The thin, slippery pulse also contains a hint of sluggishness, a sign of unstable fetal development.

In addition to her deficiency of qi and blood and disharmony of the spleen and stomach, if she continues to be treated like this by the He family, she may not even be able to give birth, let alone reach full term.

She took his pulse for a moment, then withdrew her hand: "Let me ask you, you just said that the He family has a rule that if you hire them to protect your pregnancy, you can't change doctors halfway through. What do you mean by that?"

Upon hearing this, Madam Wu's tone carried a hint of helplessness: "Madam, you don't understand. It's not that I don't trust you, but the He family has its own rules in Chongzhou."

Princess Mingzhao raised an eyebrow: "What rules?"

Madam Wu sighed: "If we decide to have their doctor, we can't switch to another doctor during the pregnancy. Otherwise, they won't take any responsibility for any problems that arise later."

This rule is common knowledge in Chongzhou.

Yan Ruyu frowned: "There are such rules?"

Madam Wu nodded: "Actually, this can't be blamed on the He family. It's said that someone went to see the eldest son of the He family for treatment, but halfway through, they switched to a quack doctor. As a result, the person died, and the quack doctor disappeared without a trace. But the He family is still around, so..."

"After that, the He family established this rule."

The He family is a renowned medical family in Chongzhou, having operated for generations. People from both inside and outside the city frequent the He family's pharmacy.

Even the governor frequently consulted doctors from the He family, which is why the He family enjoyed extremely high prestige in Chongzhou.

Yan Ruyu nodded slowly: "Doctors are not gods. It is common for them to be unable to cure patients, and it is also common to encounter unreasonable patients."

"However, it would be too domineering to set a rule that forbids changing doctors based on this."

Madam Wu paused for a moment, then said, "Especially when it comes to protecting the pregnancy and childbirth, most women in Chongzhou go to the He family's doctors."

However, they had a strict rule: once you get pregnancy-preserving medicine from them and book a doctor to help you with the pregnancy, you can only use their doctors from the time you get pregnant until you give birth; you can't see any other doctor.

If this rule is violated, the He family will not care about any subsequent problems, whether it's instability in the pregnancy or issues during childbirth, saying it's their own fault.

Even worse, when family members went to He's pharmacy afterward, they would refuse to see a doctor or even sell medicine.

"I had no choice but to endure the discomfort and only dared to drink the medicine prescribed by the He family."

Huo Changhe, who was standing to the side, could no longer bear it and said, "What kind of rule is this? The purpose of practicing medicine is to save lives and heal the wounded. How can you have such an overbearing attitude? Do you mean that medicine can be sold to us by force?"

Yan Ruyu said solemnly to Madam Wu, "Since you have been taking the He family's pregnancy-preserving medicine, bring me the rest of the medicine so I can take a look."

Upon hearing this, Madam Wu glanced at the maid, who immediately turned around and presented a medicine packet.

Yan Ruyu unfolded the medicine packet, wanting to examine it carefully.

This packet of medicine looked no different from ordinary pregnancy-preserving medicine, but when she took a light sniff, she could detect a very faint, unusual fragrance hidden in the medicine's aroma, which was not the smell that ordinary pregnancy-preserving herbs should have.

He picked up a bit of powder with his fingertips, gently rubbed it between his fingertips, and his gaze suddenly sharpened.

The texture of this medicine, and the strange fragrance it had, were exactly the same as the pregnancy-preserving medicine that Zhao Yong's wife had been using in the village a few days ago!

That day, Zhao Yong's wife had a difficult childbirth due to her advanced pregnancy, and both mother and child almost died.

Zhao Yong's wife was relatively healthy; although she had a difficult childbirth, she managed to survive. But Wu's situation was different.

Ms. Wu's husband died unexpectedly while she was pregnant. Overwhelmed with grief, she was already deficient in qi and blood, and her spleen and stomach were not in harmony. Her body was so weak that she reacted so strongly to the things mixed in the medicine. She was dizzy and short of breath all day long, and her fetal qi was unstable.

If Wu's body were like Zhao Yong's wife's, she would probably have had a normal pregnancy without any problems until full term delivery, when she would have suffered from a large fetus and difficult labor.

Yan Ruyu's heart trembled. The He family had actually tainted the pregnancy-preserving medicine with something, using such methods to make the fetus grow too large and cause the pregnant woman to have a difficult childbirth!

What a ruthless means!

They actually used the guise of protecting the pregnancy to harm others.

Taking advantage of their medical practice, the He family held the lives of pregnant women in Chongqing in their hands. What was their purpose in doing this?

Yan Ruyu lowered her eyes, a chill surging within them.

The old woman noticed that Yan Ruyu's expression was off and came closer: "Madam, is there something wrong with this medicine?"