The Prime Minister Seduced Me to have Babies!-Chapter 346: He Is Not Ill

The old man was already very old, his hair completely white and sparsely scattered with only a few strands left.

Besides the deep wrinkles crisscrossing his face, there were patches of age spots.

His mouth had deeply sunken in, and there were probably not many teeth left.

The old man suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Yun Jiao.

The Family Head hurriedly squeezed forward, "Father, this is the divine doctor invited by the Magistrate to treat your illness."

The old man blinked his eyes, seemingly understanding.

A servant placed a chair by the bedside, and Yun Jiao first asked everyone about the usual symptoms the old man experienced.

Everyone spoke at once, and Yun Jiao summarized: The old man was weak, couldn’t get out of bed, and couldn’t eat much besides taking medicine each day.

Other than that, there were no other symptoms.

Yun Jiao then carefully examined the old man’s complexion before sitting down to take his pulse.

The old man’s pulse was very slow, falling below the critical threshold.

The pulse was also weak.

Yun Jiao felt it carefully for a long time before releasing her hand.

The old man’s sons and grandchildren all looked at her, "How is my father?"

"How is Grandpa?"

Yun Jiao thought for a moment, "The old man is not sick."

"Huh?!" No one in the room expected Yun Jiao to reach such a conclusion.

The eldest grandson, who was older than the Family Head and already in his sixties, first questioned, "If Grandpa isn’t sick, why can’t he eat or get out of bed?"

Yun Jiao raised her hand, "I haven’t finished speaking."

"Although the old man isn’t sick, his bodily functions have already deteriorated."

Everyone looked at Yun Jiao intently, clearly not understanding the meaning of her words.

Yun Jiao explained in simple terms: "Put it this way, for example, a person’s heart. When young, the body’s functions are good, the heart beats strongly, but as people age, the heart also ages, and beats weakly."

"It’s not just the heart; all of the old man’s organs are weakened."

With this explanation, people approximately understood: the old man’s lifespan was nearing its end.

As the saying goes, illnesses can be treated but not fate.

When one’s lifespan has reached its limits, it’s inevitable.

Yun Jiao continued, "However, the old man’s inability to eat or get out of bed isn’t due to this reason." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

The Family Head immediately perked up, "Then why?"

Yun Jiao glanced at the bowl of medicine on the table and pointed to it, saying to everyone, "The old man’s been taking medicine for a long time, hasn’t he?"

The Family Head replied, "Ever since my father caught a chill more than half a year ago, he’s been taking medicine daily without interruption."

"The cold was cured long ago, but since then, his body weakened, so he continued to take tonic medication, yet my father’s condition worsens day by day until now."

Yun Jiao shook her head, "The old man simply has taken too much medicine."

"With three doses of medicine a day, the old man’s stomach, already weak, struggles to digest food after digesting the tonics."

"Moreover, as the saying goes, ’medicine is three parts poison,’ the tonics rely on the liver to detoxify. The old man’s liver is overburdened daily, how could his body possibly recover this way?"

Everyone listened to Yun Jiao’s words and thought about them, and the Family Head respectfully clasped his hands, "The descendants were ignorant, thinking that giving tonics was good for the old man, never realizing it would instead burden my father."

"I wonder if Doctor Gu has a way to save my father’s life."

Yun Jiao smiled, "Actually it’s simple, starting from today, stop taking any medicine."