Li Wei thought for a while and then said: "Your Majesty, I would like to learn more about the condition of the empress from these imperial doctors. Can you please take a look, Your Majesty?"
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhao Xuan and others, and said coldly: "Okay, I will leave these imperial doctors to you. We will give you the right to act cheaply. You can deal with these people on your own!"
Zhao Xuan and others suddenly felt shocked when they heard this. Zhu Yuanzhang's words put their life and death in Li Wei's hands. From now on, they must obey the orders of this prince-in-law.
Li Wei glanced at the group of imperial doctors and did not refuse. It would be more convenient to hold the life and death of these people in his hands.
With Zhu Yuanzhang's permission, Li Wei took these imperial doctors to the side hall. However, Li Wei did not directly ask these imperial doctors. Instead, he found a secluded Nuan Pavilion and let them come in alone one by one.
Historically, people in the Lao Zhu family were so short-lived, and he always felt that there was a conspiracy. If that was really the case, then these imperial doctors would not be able to escape suspicion, so he had to be more cautious.
"Meet Consort Li!"
Zhao Xuan was the first to come in and bowed respectfully. At the same time, he felt a little uneasy. They were not stupid, so they naturally saw that the prince-in-law didn't trust them and asked such questions.
Li Wei nodded lightly and said softly: "Master Zhao, could you please tell me in detail the entire process of the diagnosis and treatment of the Queen Mother at Tai Hospital."
"Yes." Zhao Xuan responded respectfully, and then started to speak with the cold from Queen Ma.
In fact, the reason why Queen Ma was infected with wind-cold was related to Zhu Xiongying. Zhu Xiongying died of severe illness due to untreated wind-cold. Queen Ma loved this little grandson and took him into the palace after he became seriously ill. Taking care of her personally, Queen Ma's body was already weak. Coupled with fatigue and sadness, she fell ill soon after Zhu Xiongying's death.
After listening to Zhao Xuan's words, Li Wei asked again: "Are there many people in the palace who were infected with cold in the recent period?"
Zhao Xuan thought for a while and said: "The transition between winter and spring is the season when wind and cold are common. Naturally, many people get wind and cold. However, their illness is very mild, and most of them will recover quickly after taking some medicine."
Li Wei suddenly frowned. It seemed that Empress Ma had pneumonia caused by influenza, but influenza was not a serious illness. Everyone else could just take some medicine. Empress Ma had so many imperial doctors to treat her, but the delay became worse and worse. This is somewhat abnormal.
"Who prescribed the medicine that Queen Ma used before?"
"Oh, mainly Dai Sigong, the imperial doctor!"
Zhao Xuan immediately said that although he also respected Dai Sigong's medical ethics, he would not help him hide it at this time.
Li Wei was slightly surprised when he heard Dai Sigong's name. He had seen this person before. The medicine that the old imperial doctor prescribed for him was very effective after he used it. Such a skilled imperial doctor could cure the disease. How about a little cold?
"Well, I understand, you go down first." Li Wei pondered for a moment and said.
"Okay, okay, then I will resign."
Zhao Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and exited the Nuan Pavilion.
Afterwards, Li Wei asked several imperial doctors, and their opinions were roughly the same as Zhao Xuan's. When it came to giving medicine to Queen Ma, they all bluntly said that it was Dai Sigong who prescribed it, for fear of implicating himself.
Li Wei finally asked Dai Sigong specifically. Dai Sigong was very upright in his words and did not shirk responsibility. Subjectively, Li Wei didn't think he was a bad person, but Empress Ma's illness was of great importance, so he was still prepared to investigate.
After getting the prescription from Dai Sigong, Li Wei left the palace and asked Laifu to find someone to copy a few copies and go to various medical clinics in the capital to inquire.
After being verified by doctors from many medical clinics, it was confirmed that there was indeed nothing wrong with the prescription, so Li Wei asked someone to use this prescription to give Queen Ma medicine.
The Taiyuan Hospital had its own medicine storehouse. In the past, the imperial doctors in the palace used to use it directly to treat diseases. However, just in case, Li Wei secretly sent people to grab the medicine from various pharmacies outside the palace and personally supervised the preparation. system.
The anti-inflammatory medicine he brought has expired for a year and must no longer be used. As for penicillin, it takes time to extract it. Queen Ma can't just wait forever. Traditional Chinese medicine must be used.
After making these arrangements, Li Weicai went to the pottery kiln without stopping to pick up some glassware, and then went to the Ordnance Bureau to ask Luti to clear a clean room, prepare the materials, and start preparing penicillin.
Luti curiously looked at these bottles and cans, as well as some moldy food and fruits that Li Wei asked him to prepare in advance, and couldn't help but feel a little expectant.
In the past, Li Wei would make something magical every time he worked with his hands, and he believed this time would be no exception.
"Go and call some skilled craftsmen for me. Let them clean it and put on clean clothes before coming back."
Li Wei ordered softly.
"Okay, okay!" Luti agreed repeatedly and turned around to make arrangements.
After a while, four or five craftsmen changed into clean clothes and followed Lu Ti to Li Wei.
After everyone saluted, Li Wei began to direct them to start working.
It is not difficult to extract penicillin, but it is still troublesome to operate, and the failure rate is high and the yield is low, so more work must be done.
Li Wei asked the craftsmen to grind the prepared rice and potatoes into juice, mix them to make a culture solution, and put them in individual glass bottles. Then they scraped off the green mold on the rotten food and fruits and put them into the bottles for culture. .
The cultivation process takes seven days. There is no good way to do this but to wait.
After doing this, you need to prepare activated carbon. After cleaning the activated charcoal fired at high temperature, it is ground into powder, which is activated carbon.
After these penicillins are cultured, activated carbon is needed for purification.
After sealing the culture solution and charcoal powder, Li Wei specifically told Lu Ti to take care of these things, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Although penicillin can be produced, the current process conditions are still too poor, so it is better not to use it as much as possible.
Queen Ma has been controlled by him with antipyretic drugs in the past few days, and her body has improved slightly. With the addition of Chinese medicine, it is not impossible to cure her.
In the Qianqing Palace, Mao Xiang respectfully reported Li Wei's actions during these days to Zhu Yuanzhang, who nodded slightly after listening.
"How did you go about the investigation we asked you to investigate?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked softly.
Li Wei did not trust these imperial doctors, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who was even more suspicious, naturally had suspicions earlier. After Zhu Xiongying passed away, although he did not blame these imperial doctors on the surface, he secretly ordered Mao Xiang to investigate.
"Back to Your Majesty, my subordinates have carefully investigated and found that there is nothing wrong with the medicine used by the emperor's eldest grandson and the queen."
Mao Xiang replied softly. He investigated more carefully than Li Wei, but still didn't find anything strange.
I’ll update another chapter later in the evening. I’m going to apply for social security in the afternoon. Today is the last day and I can’t make up for it after the Chinese New Year.
(End of chapter)
