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THE PRINCE OF HERBS

1389 AD, Ming Dynasty, China "Guardsmen! Take him to his exile in Yunnan, right now!" "Fu Huang!..." "Shut up! Oh... how can my own son stab me from behind... Not only other people I can't trust, and now I can't even trust my own son either!... It's far more painful..." *** "Tomorrow morning," Xie Wang said slowly. "Tomorrow morning... you will see dozens of dead bodies lying all over the streets in Yunnan." Xie Wang looked straight to Zhu Su, his eyes as sharp as a knife, "This is a war. The battle between me, Yuan Prince, and you Ming Prince. A battle to determine who is the most suitable to be the next ruler of Yunnan!" *** "Your Highness... Bad news, Your Highness!" Wu Qi was breathless as he answered, "All streets in Yunnan... are full of dead bodies..." Zhu Su stunned. It can't be, Witchcrafts of Xie Wang is the hell real?!? He just walked not any longer, yet he had found a dead body was lying face down on the street. The farther he walked, the more corpses he found. And finally, he arrived at the town square, where people had been crowded together. *** "I am Zhu Su, the fifth son of Hongwu Emperor, I promise to smash the Witchcrafts of Xie Wang, and get you all free from the outbreak!" Zhu Su sharpened his voice. "The promise from a leader is not a children's game. Bear it in mind!" A man in early forties, who seemed to be the leader of rebels, held his spear up, shouted, "Fine! We appreciate your determination, Ming Prince, so keep your promise! If you fail to keep it up, then I'll make sure that Ming honor, as well as yours, will be ruined!" *** A biographical novel of Prince Zhu Su, the fifth prince of the Hongwu Emperor who was the founder of Ming Dynasty, who devoted himself for medical science and humanity. But before he could fulfil his devotion, he was forced to go through royal disputes, conflicts, power struggles, punishments, rebellions, and even death threats. Could he overcome those problems and reached his noble dream? Find out in this novel. This is a work of biographical novel about a real historical figure. Some characters, plot premise, and certain sections of the story are based on historical events and figures, but there are some parts which are pure fiction. Some of names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner; any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. This novel is an original work of myself, not a translated work. Last but not least; I hope you enjoy this story. And thank you very much for your appreciation and support! Have a nice day!

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RETURNING TO THE OLD LIFESTYLE 2

"Dad, she thinks you are kidding her!" Zhu Youdun laughed. "I can imagine, your face when sticking out your tongue must be very funny!"

Zhu Su soon understood. He was also laughing right now. "Ah yes! They don't know Chinese medicine, they don't know that physicians examine patients by observing their tongues. Thence they think I am joking with them. Wow, I must have looked really funny just now!"

They kept laughing, until Gao Qing passed by and cleared his throat. Their laughter stopped as they saw Gao Qing's sharp gaze.

"Uh-huh... well... let's get serious again..." Zhu Su stopped his laughter, returned to his serious expression. He took the girl's wrist, feeling her pulse.

"It'd be better if you take her pulse from earlier, Dad?" Zhu Youdun muttered.

"But Physician Li said, we'd better use Observation when examining children, such as observing the color of fingers and tongue." Zhu Su gasped. He was astonished. "Jeez... The shape of her pulse with the phenomenon of her finger venule shows different results! What should I do?..."

"What do you mean, Dad?" Zhu Youdun was perplexed as he did not understand with Zhu Su's worries.

"You know, we form our diagnosis from the combined results of the Four Examinations on patients?"

Zhu Youdun nodded.

"What I usually see is the patients with the results of all four examinations will lead to the same diagnosis. This time is different. Her finger venule shows that she doesn't get Heat Syndrome * , while her pulse is a rapid pulse, indicating Heat Syndrome."

"So, one leads to Excess while another leads to Deficiency?"

"I can't confirm the other parts because of the language problem. Hmm, what should I do?..."

"Ahem!"

Zhu Su and Zhu Youdun looked up. Gao Qing was standing right next to their desk.

"Sir Gao! Please do me a favor, I can't understand Shan and it burdens me a lot!" Could not bear his worry anymore, Zhu Su shouted miserably.

With rigid expression, Gao Qing stared at the girl for quite a long time.

"This girl has Weakness of Spleen and Stomach which generates Phlegm * from Inwards. Give her Ping Wei San (Powder for Harmonizing Stomach)." Gao Qing concluded, his voice sounded full of confidence.

"Are you sure?! You dare make diagnosis just from Observation?!" Zhu Su shouted in disbelief.

Gao Qing snorted. "If you don't believe me, then just let her go without treatment!"

Zhu Su blinked. Hesitating, he took a paper and a writing brush, then wrote down the herbal concoction and gave it to Hu Nayin to stew.

"You are so awesome! You can make diagnosis correctly just by using Observation!" Zhu Su said in amazement incessantly, even until the time their work had been over and they were sitting on the hill at this time, staring at the twilight sky. "Even Physician Li is less brilliant than you!"

"Who is Physician Li?"

"Well... He is the royal physician for Zhou Fan Wang Guo."

Gao Qing smiled in disdain.

"So can you tell me, the way you diagnose patients only from observations?" Because Zhu Su found, Gao Qing rarely - even almost never - got results from Inquiry. He only uses the Observation and Taking Pulse and he could diagnose the disease of all his patients correctly.

Gao Qing looked at Zhu Su thoroughly. "Why can I make the correct diagnosis only with a limited examination? First, because of language limitations. Inquiry must be removed here. So from four, only three are left. Then you can't do Tongue Observation either - you know the reason for sure. So the way we can use to diagnose is less. But should we give up? Certainly not. It can't be just because we hit a problem, then we give up. Hence I am determined, I must maximize my ability to the level I master completely the ability of Observation and Palpation. I am not satisfied easily, always seek a way to improve my skill, until I reach the point that I have surpassed even the royal physicians for sure."

Zhu Su nid-nodded. "That is the first reason. How about the second?"

"Because your skill in examination has many flaws, that's why you fail to diagnose patients!"

"Really? In which part?"

"For example, the first girl. You said her pulse showed Excess Syndrome yet her finger venule didn't look like that."

"True."

"Tell me, what was the shape of that girl's pulse?"

"It was rapid pulse, indicating Heat Syndrome."

"For children, rapid pulse is normal. Don't you know that theory?"

Zhu Su gawked. "My goodness! Gosh, I forget it! For us the rate of normal pulse is four beats per breaths, while for children, six beats per breath is a normal pulse! But... speak honestly, I've never used palpation to examine children..."

"I tell you. This is the most basic knowledge of Yi. Yet you don't even master the basics."

"Well... I'm only interested in Yi. But I don't master it after all... You're right... I still have a lot to learn."

"But you have the courage to publish a medical book?"

"I said before, it's not me who compile it, but a physician from my palace."

"But you come up with the idea? It is the same, anyway?"

Zhu Su shook his head. "It's different. Triggering an idea is easy, realizing it is difficult. So I make almost no contribution there."

"You are wrong. Triggering a brilliant idea is a very difficult matter."

Zhu Su stared deeply into Gao Qing's eyes. These words were beyond his expectation.

"Brilliant ideas are the same as blessings of wealth and power. It is a kind of gift that not everyone can get it as they want. To finish something only needs perseverance and hard work, everyone can do it. So, don't underestimate yourself, Boy. You still don't push yourself harder to study medicine. Push yourself harder, and I'm not surprised if later you will become more brilliant than your royal physician."

Zhu Su laughed. "Physician Li is a genius physician chosen from thousands of candidates..."

"You think I make wrong prediction?" Gao Qing raised his eyebrows. "Do you want to see that my words will come true?"

"Huh?..."

"Have you ever wanted to publish a medical book with your own name as the author?"

"Ah... that... I've never thought about that..."

"Then, from now on, think deeply about that." The twilight beginning to disappear into the mountain glowed on Gao Qing's face. "Think about it deeply. If you really have a great passion for Yi, don't be half-hearted. Exert all your mind and your every effort to master it. And the last but most important. Don't leave your brilliant ideas to others and let him get the appreciation. That is shameful. Since it is our own ideas, then we must complete it by ourselves till the end."

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* Heat Syndrome = a Syndrome caused by Heat or Fire, overeating spicy food or food with hot energies, or excessive Yang in the body. (http://www.shen-nong.com)

* Phlegm = Phlegm is a pathological accumulation of fluids which derives either from Qi deficiency, Qi stagnation or both as it is Qi that transforms, transports, and excretes fluids. Therefore, both Qi deficiency and Qi stagnation may lead to the accumulation of fluids and to Phlegm. (https://giovanni-maciocia.com)