Chapter 2541 - 2515: Consulting an Expert

Manbao said, "You have to be alive to leave behind bloodline. If you die, whether it’s adopted children or children your husband has with concubines, they won’t be his own bloodline."

Lady Mei said, "Since Young Master Fang joined our Mei family, he takes on the Mei surname. The children he has count too, and we can raise them ourselves since childhood with the Mei surname, so it’s not much different from our own."

Manbao was dumbfounded; even she, who considered herself open-minded, couldn’t help but admire Lady Mei’s magnanimity. She imagined for a moment that if Bai Shan dared to have a child with a concubine and told her the child would now follow her mother’s Xia surname, she would break his legs, even if she didn’t beat him to death.

Manbao closed her mouth, managing an awkward smile, "You should take care of your health first. When the time comes, I’ll give you a thorough checkup to find ways to cure your illness." If worst comes to worst, there’s still Keke; they could use points to let Keke do a scan.

Lady Mei, however, was not very confident. With tears in her eyes, she asked, "What if it can’t be cured?"

She said, "Father only has me as his child, and there’s already a lot of dissatisfaction in the clan about me bringing in a husband. If I... I won’t face my ancestors even in death."

Manbao: "...How about letting your father have another child?"

She blurted out, "Mr. Mei doesn’t seem very old."

Lady Mei, "My father is already forty-six."

In four years he’ll reach the age of destiny; is that not old?

Manbao replied, "Not old, not old. He can still have children. Let me have a look at Mr. Mei later?"

Lady Mei’s eyes brightened, "Truly?"

Seeing her spirits lift, Manbao, who was just speaking casually, started considering it seriously.

Forty-six is a bit old, but not impossible. Mr. Mei looks rosy-cheeked, with long and strong limbs, not like someone weak. Perhaps she should check him out later?

Manbao was unsure herself. After all, she hadn’t even treated this patient properly and was already considering creating another patient.

Zhou Liru and the head maid brought in the medicine. Manbao felt it, found it still hot, and instructed them to set it aside. She removed the needles from Lady Mei, saying, "These are pain-relieving needles to make the medication less painful once you’ve taken it."

Lady Mei had gone through this twice before and remembered the excruciating pain, so she nodded with a pale face.

Manbao handed her the medicine, then stood with Zhou Liru and the head maid by the bed, watching Lady Mei drink it.

The prescription Manbao and Doctor Tao came up with was already as mild as possible, but Lady Mei still turned pale from pain shortly after taking it, sweat continuously beading on her temples, lips devoid of color.

The head maid trembled as she said, "It’s bleeding..."

Seeing the maid’s fear, Manbao said, "Go to the kitchen and boil some hot water, and bring it in a while."

After she left, Manbao and Zhou Liru kept watch over Lady Mei.

Manbao checked her pulse, which was as expected. Seeing her extreme discomfort, she said, "I’ll give you acupuncture to help it expel and then half a set of pain-relief needles."

This was a new method she developed and wasn’t sure of its effectiveness.

However, Manbao didn’t disclose this uncertainty to her. With her permission, she started the acupuncture.

Mr. Mei paced anxiously outside. Seeing several basins of bloody water brought out, he clasped his hands and prayed, "Amitabha, Great Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, please keep my daughter safe."

Not until the afternoon did Manbao press on her belly to confirm, then administered hemostatic needles and prescribed hemostatic medicine.

Manbao had brought some medicine, but she habitually left a prescription so if they ran out, they could still obtain more at a pharmacy.

Manbao spoke to Lady Mei, who was lying quietly as if lifeless, "I know you’re both in pain and exhausted right now, but I still want to congratulate you. This miscarriage went smoothly. Rest up, and I’ll check on you tomorrow to figure out why your pregnancies always end outside the womb."

Lady Mei seemed to regain a bit of vitality. She looked at Zhou Man, "Can you find out?"

Manbao replied, "I’ll do my best, and I should be able to."

Lady Mei felt somewhat encouraged. She sought renowned doctors after her two miscarriages, but they couldn’t pinpoint the cause.

Plus, she couldn’t allow those doctors to examine her in detail, so the issue had remained unresolved.

Her father said the Imperial Doctor Zhou was a world-renowned miracle doctor and, being a woman, would certainly understand women’s bodies better.

After giving her medical advice, Manbao packed her medical kit and headed out, with Mr. Mei hastily meeting her.

Manbao then spoke to Mr. Mei in another room, discussing more detailed matters, including her post-treatment plans.

Listening carefully, Mr. Mei heaved a sigh of relief, "Thank you, Imperial Doctor Zhou."

Personally escorting Zhou Man to the Guardian of the Nation Temple, he handed over a heavy pouch of money.

When Manbao accepted, she raised an eyebrow and glanced at Mr. Mei, but didn’t refuse, simply accepting it.

Mr. Mei discreetly breathed a sigh of relief, watching Zhou Man leave in the carriage.

In the car, Manbao asked Keke in her head, "Are the results from the scan available?"

Keke answered, "They’re ready."

Only then did Manbao open the money pouch.

Zhou Liru exclaimed, "So much money! Isn’t this around twenty taels?"

Manbao nodded, "It surely is."

She kept the money safely and told Zhou Liru, "If the Mei family offers money again in the next few days, don’t accept it."

Zhou Liru nodded, being quite curious, "Auntie, can her illness really be treated?"

Since Manbao didn’t yet know the exact issue, she couldn’t make any guarantees, merely stating, "I’ll check the medical books back home and think it over. Whether it can be cured still partly depends on destiny."

Zhou Liru nodded, still very curious, "Why do other people’s fetuses develop inside the uterus, but hers outside?"

Manbao said, "It might be blocked or uneven underneath the uterus, preventing the embryo from entering, leading to implantation outside the uterus."

Zhou Liru, hearing this for the first time, was amazed.

Manbao pondered her lessons from Teacher Mo, recalling that she didn’t spend much time on that course and only had a cursory understanding. But she knew that in Teacher Mo’s world, childbirth had been studied to the utmost perfection.

They call the area under the uterus the fallopian tubes, supposedly a channel for transporting eggs. If blocked, conception becomes challenging or can result in ectopic pregnancy.

The former case is manageable, but the latter is very dangerous, with legends of countless ancient women dying unknowingly from it.

Manbao pondered deeply, wondering if Teacher Mo had any treatment methods.

Teacher Mo’s treatment was, "Just conceive outside the body. Who would nowadays want to suffer such ordeals to open fallopian tubes for a child?"

"Oh, your world doesn’t have external pregnancy technology," Teacher Mo thought for a moment and said, "Given your sudden inquiry, I don’t have a good solution readily available now. However, in ancient times, surgery was used to open fallopian tubes, but that doesn’t apply in your era because it requires an additional set of eyes to perform minimally invasive procedures."

Manbao asked, "What about using medication or acupuncture?"

Teacher Mo responded, "I’ll have to look into it; where is her medical case?"

Manbao showed him the medical records she had written, along with the images and data from Keke’s scan.

Indeed, it was a blockage. Teacher Mo pondered. Such a condition isn’t difficult nowadays and hasn’t been an issue for a long time, yet in Zhou Man’s world, various research and diagnostic tools are unavailable, making this condition particularly challenging.