Chapter 68 - 63 Huai De
At the same time, northeast of Chang’an City, Anxing Square, Duke Yan Mansion.
Originally, the courtyard was filled with vibrant floral patches that had been forcibly cleared, covered with soil, and piled high with mountains of herbal medicine.
On the bluestone ground, stoves were everywhere, with Sand Pots boiling medicinal decoctions placed atop them.
The scent of medicine persistently lingered over the Duke Yan Mansion. Under the direction of the doctors, the servants meticulously monitored the brewing time of each medicine pot, constantly removing the decoctions and replacing them with new herbs.
"...Duke Yan had once been the National Guardian General, a Martial Arts Grandmaster in the realm of Body Refinement, famed for his formidable vital energy.
However, just as the moon has its phases, Duke Yan had accumulated many old wounds over the years, both visible and hidden. These led to his vitality depleting faster and more fiercely in his old age than that of other elders..."
Inside the courtyard, Director Doctor Qiu Quan from the Pharmacy Bureau was quietly discussing with his brother, Medical Officer Qiu Jing from the Imperial Medical Bureau, "Abdominal distension, tongue inflammation, facial yellowness, and palpitations are merely superficial symptoms. The real cause is the rapid consumption of yin blood, leading to spleen deficiency and blood stasis."
"The complete dissipation of true yin?"
Qiu Jing said firmly, "For this past half month, we have been treating him with methods for rapid yin blood consumption, but Duke Yan’s blood condition has not recovered, the heat toxins continue to recur, and the deficiency fire has yet to be restored to its origin. Should we try a blood-activating agent? Only by removing stagnation can new [blood] be generated..."
Yan Yundang had been born seventy years ago, in the Second Year of Tianjian. As a youth, he joined the army, repeatedly fighting the Turkic to the north. He earned significant military achievements and was titled Duke Yan.
Due to old age, Yan Yundang was unable to suppress the various injuries sustained from fighting enemies and alien creatures. This led to a severe loss of his vital energy, causing him to fall from the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm—a level akin to that of a Candle Cloud Realm cultivator—to an irreversible state. Despite this, the Emperor still held great concern and sympathy for Yan Yundang and dispatched Director Doctor Qiu Quan from the Pharmacy Bureau and Medical Officer Qiu Jing from the Imperial Medical Bureau to Duke Yan’s mansion for his treatment.
Furthermore, in an urgent move at court, the Emperor promoted Yan Lin, Duke Yan’s eldest legitimate son, to Right Jinwu General, signaling that the imperial favor towards the Yan Family remained undiminished.