Manbao pocketed the money and followed the Su Family's steward to the State Duke Pi's residence to needle Su Jian again. After checking his pulse, she left him a prescription—the same one she and Doctor Ding had written at the racecourse. She said, "Right now this purging-heat-through-the-bowels prescription fits his symptoms best, so let him take this first."
Manbao calculated the time from the onset of his illness until now, nodded, and said, "I see he's not in as much pain as before, so he should be improving. Keep taking the medicine and doing the acupuncture. But his diet needs to stay light these days—less greasy meat, and it's best if he doesn't touch wine at all."
The State Duke Pi's Madam hurriedly agreed and personally escorted Manbao to the courtyard, asking, "Imperial Doctor Zhou, I heard you once gave my son some medical advice at the racecourse."
