641: Chapter 652: Becoming a Disciple 641: Chapter 652: Becoming a Disciple Upon entering, the Empress Dowager had been sitting calmly, not scolding Lady Xu nor speaking in favor of Gu Youyou.
Now, upon hearing Gu Youyou ntion how she almost died, the Empress Dowager uttered an “oh” and asked further, “Doctor Gu, is there such great risk to you when treating yourself?”
Gu Youyou replied to the Empress Dowager, “My illness was life-threatening, and thus the dicine was naturally extrely dangerous.
If successful, I would survive; if not, death was all that awaited .
However, Your Highness need not worry, your ailnt is in the leg and not life-threatening.
If the treatnt works well, you may be able to stand up and even walk a few steps after one month; if not, at least the pain will be lessened.
But complete recovery is impossible.
Whether to treat or not is ultimately up to Your Highness.”
“Hmm, Doctor Gu speaks the truth,” the Empress Dowager nodded and said, “Indeed, you are a bit braver than those Imperial Physicians in the Imperial dical Bureau.
They simply dared not treat , claiming that my leg was incurable.
You’ve put it well; I have co to terms with this leg issue a long ti ago.
Proceed with your thods.
Whether it can be cured or not, I won’t bla you.
You don’t have to take Lady Xu’s words to heart.”
Lady Xu had not expected the Empress and Empress Dowager to highly regard a civilian doctor, which made her tremble with fury.
It was bad enough she couldn’t compete with these won for favor, but now she had been reprimanded by an insignificant dical maid today.
The Empress laughed, “Youyou really does resemble Minister Lin in temperant—bold enough to speak the truth without fear of offending others.
I rember the Emperor once said that he admires Minister Lin for such traits, daring to say what others wouldn’t, daring to do what others couldn’t.”
Upon ntioning the Emperor, the Empress Dowager’s face bead with a smile, and she looked upon Gu Youyou even more favorably, “Exactly, Lin Xingyi is quite good, no wonder the Emperor favors him.
He even praised him for being outspoken and a true gentleman.”
Feeling snubbed, Lady Xu couldn’t say anything more about the dical maid given the curiosity of others, as it might displease the Empress and Empress Dowager.
As the Empress Dowager was seeking treatnt, they all excused themselves.
Just as discussed the day before, Gu Youyou started by giving the Empress Dowager a leg massage.
The palace’s dical maidens were called over to learn from Gu Youyou.
The massage was not difficult; it was simply to smooth out the ridians in the legs, which had not walked for two years—one could learn it after just being taught.
Watching Gu Youyou perform acupuncture on the Empress Dowager, the dical maid bravely made an audacious request during the break.
“Doctor Gu, I find your set of acupuncture techniques truly exquisite.
Cui Xilan takes the liberty of making a presumptuous request.”
Gu Youyou put away the needles and said, “Could it be that Miss Cui wishes to learn this set of acupuncture from ?”
Cui Xilan showed a look of surprise and hurriedly said, “Xilan knows that this request is overstepping bounds.
If it’s inconvenient, Doctor Gu, please pretend I never asked.”
Gu Youyou smiled and responded, “There’s nothing inconvenient about it.
Since you wish to learn, I shall do my best to teach you.
Miss Cui’s aunt is a doctor in my dical hall; I hold a great deal of respect for Doctor Cui’s character.”
Cui Xilan was beside herself with joy, having never expected Gu Youyou would agree to teach her these techniques.
One must understand that dical skills are among the most difficult to master within the techniques of various families.
Each doctor has their own thods, typically passed down from master to disciple, from father to son, and they are not casually shared.
“Master!
Please accept your disciple’s bow,” Cui Xilan then bowed on the spot to Gu Youyou.
Seeing that Cui Xilan was more than ten years her senior, Gu Youyou was reluctant to take her on as a disciple.
She hurriedly helped her up, saying, “Miss Cui, what are you doing?
It’s rely a set of acupuncture techniques; I cannot accept you as my disciple.”
“You won’t accept as your disciple?
Yet you’ll pass on the acupuncture techniques to ?”
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