Chapter 334: The Empress Dowager of Cining Palace is critically ill
The news of the queen mother's critical illness was transmitted to Emperor Zongwen at the first time, and he didn't care about discussing state affairs with the ministers of the interior, and Emperor Zongwen, who was a filial son, set up a Cining Palace, and met the queen who hurried over halfway, and Emperor Zongwen didn't care that the queen was still being reprimanded, and the emperor and queen entered Cining Palace together.
Seeing the emperor and queen entering the palace together, the eunuch guarding the door was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly threw up his sleeves and knelt down to receive it.
Emperor Zongwen got off his knees, hurriedly walked inside and asked, "The Queen Mother was fine last night, why did she ...... all of a sudden?"
Seeing Emperor Zongwen's gloomy face with anger, how dare the eunuch hesitate, and trotted behind to wipe his sweat and replied: "If you go back to the emperor, it was fine when the Queen Mother slept yesterday, and she also used half a bowl of rice at night. ”
The eunuch was nervous and trembled, the emperor's filial piety and concern for the queen mother is famous all over the world, if the queen mother really has any accidents, there is no one in this palace who can please her.
"Useless minions, if anything happens to the Queen Mother, you don't have to live. Emperor Zongwen said coldly, a deep chill flashed in his eyes, and the eunuchs and palace maids standing on the side were all so frightened that they bowed their heads and fell to the ground.
Speaking of which, they also feel very wronged, when they went to bed last night, the Queen Mother's body was very good, and the dinner was a little more than usual, so they stepped back and rested early, the Queen Mother was not in good health these days, and she slept very early at night, which was normal, so no one cared.
Leaving the candle flame specially ordered by the Queen Mother, only the Queen Mother's confidant Yu Gonggong left, and he didn't say anything all night, and he didn't expect to say that the Queen Mother was not good this morning, and the entire Cining Palace was frightened and trembling, for fear that one would not be careful and his head would not be protected.
Several imperial doctors in the outer hall sat together to calculate the prescription, and when they saw Emperor Zongwen coming in, they hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.
"How is the Empress Dowager's body?" Emperor Zongwen stopped and asked, his face cloudy.
"The Queen Mother was frightened last time, and she is not well yet, and she is old, and she suddenly encountered a cold, so she ...... "How dare the imperial doctors hide it, 1510 Dao."
It is the spring when the flowers are in full bloom, and the Cining Palace is in the deep palace, so many people take care of a sick queen mother, how can they not be dedicated, besides, she is not a child, how can she be infected with the cold, Emperor Zongwen's eyes darkened, the corners of his lips were slightly pursed, revealing a bit of sharpness, and his eyes shifted from the first imperial doctor to the last imperial doctor, and from the last imperial doctor to the first.
After looking around, the air was cold and sluggish, and several imperial doctors felt cold sweat on their backs, and they couldn't even speak.
"Is the Queen Mother dangerous?" he said coldly.
"The Queen Mother is frail, and she is cold, and the ministers are planning medicine boxes, and they dare not ...... for a while" The doctors can't say that the Queen Mother's illness seems to be dangerous, but in fact it is nothing, just because the Queen Mother is a little older, and the previous illness has not healed, for fear of any accidents.
The imperial doctors did not dare to take responsibility one by one, so they regarded an ordinary cold and serious illness as critically ill, and at this time, they were so coldly stared at by Emperor Zongwen that they were all frightened and vaguely expressed their meaning.
"If you can't cure the Queen Mother, come to see you. Emperor Zongwen threw off his robe and turned around and strode in, throwing down a sentence coldly.
Several imperial doctors were frightened, and two of them fell to the ground on the spot, trembling for a while and unable to get up.
A few young people stood up and helped the old one to sit on the side.
The queen, surrounded by many palace maids and eunuchs, also hurried over.
The imperial physicians sat down and wanted to salute again, but the queen waved her hand to excuse them, and Gu Zi hurriedly led people into the inner hall.
"Imperial Physician Wang, you are the oldest one here, do you see?" Seeing that the emperor and queen were in a hurry, a imperial doctor wiped the cold sweat on his head and asked the eldest imperial doctor, before they were still hesitating whether to take strong medicine, for fear of hurting the queen mother's roots, at this time, thinking that the emperor said that they would not be able to cure their lives, they changed their minds.
The focus of this discussion has shifted from treating the root cause to treating the symptoms, no matter what, as long as the Queen Mother's illness is cured, what will happen later, first pass the current hurdle, at most the Queen Mother will find a way to resign after her illness is cured, and the doctors have this idea one by one.
"Okay, just use the third prescription agreed between you, what do you think?" Doctor Wang gritted his teeth and stomped his feet to make up his mind, he was old anyway, and after treating the queen mother, he would return to his hometown.
This is not a question of who is responsible or not, if it is not cured, it will be dead, and who will dare to grind blindly.
But this is the best way, the Queen Mother heals, and they can survive!
"I second!"
"I second!" several imperial doctors spoke one after another.
The third prescription is the one they have the most controversial before, it seems that the treatment is fast, and even the queen mother can be cured with just a few patches, after all, the queen mother's disease looks dangerous, in fact, it is nothing, but Cining Palace made such a big move, they dare not rush to come.
It's just that this recipe has one of the biggest drawbacks, which is that it hurts the roots!
It is a three-point poison, and the medicine they used in this third prescription has a great tonic effect, seemingly harmless, the elderly are too weak to make up, and some roots will inevitably fall in the future, if the queen mother is sick again, more fierce medicine is needed, a person's body has accumulated too much medicine, there will be recurrence afterwards, and a little illness in the future may even be life-threatening.
But these are the things that the doctors can't do to save their lives now.
A few more people checked the prescription a few more times, and then presented it to them.
Emperor Zongwen hurriedly entered the inner hall, and the eldest princess and the Duchess of Dingguo, who were guarding the queen mother's bed, knelt down and said goodbye.
A eunuch had already picked up the palace tent, revealing the face of the sleeping queen mother inside.
The Queen Mother's face was haggard, the flush on her face was unusual, her lips were chapped, her eyes were closed, she was drowsy and unconscious, which did mean that she was a little critically ill.
"Who served the Empress Dowager to sleep last night?" Emperor Zong Wen stood in front of the bed, his eyes swept over a group of kneeling eunuchs and palace maids, and he sharply made the Duchess of Dingguo, who was secretly observing his color, also bow her head fixedly.
"Your Majesty, last night was a slave ......" Father-in-law Yu, who knelt at the head of the bed, stepped forward and took two steps on his knees, crying: "When the Queen Mother went to sleep last night, she was still fine, and she said a few jokes to the slave and fell asleep, and the slave waited for the Queen Mother to sleep, and then stayed at the door to watch the night, and there was nothing to do all night. ”
Although Father-in-law Yu was crying, his speech was clever, and he explained the truth of the matter in detail.
Emperor Zongwen flashed a trace of fierceness in the corner of his eyes, staring coldly at Gonggong Yu, the hall immediately quieted down, and the air was dull as if the person was out of breath, and then the queen who arrived immediately waved her hand back, signaling the people behind to silence, and then stood at the door of the hall with low eyebrows, looking respectful.
The corners of his lips were slightly hooked, revealing a faint sneer.
I don't know that this old woman who has been pretending to be sick for a long time is making trouble again today.
"Come on, pull this useless slave down and kill him with a rod. After a long time, Emperor Zongwen said coldly.
Father-in-law Yu was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, he was pulled by the two guards who came up, one left and one right, and dragged down mercilessly, and was in a hurry, exclaiming: "The emperor spares his life, the queen mother, the queen mother spares his life!"
At this time, I didn't care about the Queen Mother's care to re-examine how serious the Queen Mother's illness was, and the emperor was going to kill himself without saying a word, which he and the Queen Mother didn't expect before.
screamed and struggled to break free of the two guards, but the guards around the emperor were all skilled, which was something that an old eunuch could escape, and the Duchess of Dingguo, who was kneeling on the side, moved her feet, looked up and wanted to say a few words for the princess of Yu, only to look up and see the queen's cold gaze turned around.
Cold without a trace of warmth, as if shining with cold stars, I couldn't help but tremble with fright, and lowered my head at the moment, pretending not to hear.
The queen and the queen mother have a dispute, they are the most difficult to be a person in the Dingguo Mansion, the two palaces are not in harmony, and the maiden families of the two palaces are the Dingguo Mansion, this is really a difficult thing, a little bit is not very much, it is not a person inside and outside, Dingguo Gong has complained to the Duchess of Dingguo in private I don't know how many times, I just hope that these two will look at the same line of Dingguo Mansion, and each will leave a way for each other.
Of course, compared with the Queen Mother, Dingguo Gong is more determined to be his own sister-in-law, the queen's mother, must talk about blood kinship, the queen is always more close than the queen mother, I just hope that the queen mother can see the same lineage, don't make everyone can't get off the stage, it's too embarrassing, but now it's the queen who is angry......
Now it seems that there is a big gap between the queen and the queen mother, not only the queen mother looks at the queen unpleasantly, but the queen looks at the queen mother is also extremely unpleasant.
"The emperor's ......" Just when the princess was about to be dragged out of the palace gate, there was a slight change on the bed, the queen mother took a big breath, slowly opened her eyes, screamed with difficulty breathing, and supported the edge of the bed with one hand, which actually meant to get up, but when she was seriously ill, her hands were soft, and her body fell heavily on the bed.
The eldest princess, who was kneeling beside the bed, helped her quickly, so that she would not fall and not be able to get up.
"Your Majesty, let that slave go...... Not for his sake. The Queen Mother half lay in the arms of the eldest princess and gasped for breath twice before she spoke in a low and difficult voice.
"Queen Mother. Hearing the sound of the Queen Mother, Emperor Zongwen hurriedly squatted down, stretched over to replace the eldest princess, and helped the Queen Mother: "It is these dead slaves who are not dedicated to making the Queen Mother sick, I must deal with these dead slaves." ”
"Your Majesty, it's a mourning family...... I was greedy for coldness, so I caught ...... Cold...... Don't blame them......" Seeing that Emperor Zongwen was unrelenting, the Queen Mother pulled his sleeve and said urgently, almost stuck in his throat in one breath, not up or down, after speaking, he couldn't breathe, coughed violently, but still didn't let go, and pointed to the direction where Gonggong Yu was pulled out.
This is her henchman, how could she let Emperor Zongwen really dispose of him.
Those words for acting, coupled with her illness, were all premeditated.
"If someone comes, the death penalty can be reluctant, but the living crime cannot be escaped, and the twenty boards will be beaten hard. Emperor Zongwen gently patted the queen mother's back to help her slow down, but her mouth did not relax at all, although she said lightly that the cane was killed, but it was still the twenty boards, although the twenty boards would not die, but an old eunuch would lose his skin if he did not die.
The Queen Mother relieved herself, gasped heavily, a trace of coldness flashed in her dim eyes, but her face was silent, and she weakly took Emperor Zongwen's hand and said: "Your Majesty, the mourning family can enjoy the blessings of these years, and it is also something that the mourning family has asked for in the previous life, the children and grandchildren are full, all under the knees, even if they die, it is a blessing, and the emperor does not have to worry about the mourning family." ”
She was smiling and looked very calm, but there was a trace of sadness at the corners of her lips, and she opened her mouth, as if she wanted to stop her eyes.
"How can the Queen Mother say such a thing, the Queen Mother is in good health, I have just asked the Imperial Doctor, and the Imperial Doctors all said that it is okay, the Queen Mother just needs to recuperate. Emperor Zongwen smiled and reassured.
The imperial physicians presented the prescriptions, he looked at them for a moment, then nodded, and the imperial physicians retreated and went to grab the medicine decoction prescription.
"The emperor is really filial, and Zhu'er is also filial. The queen mother's dim eyes slowly turned from Emperor Zongwen's face to the face of the eldest princess, and then sighed with relief, and suddenly took Emperor Zongwen's hand and said: "If the mourning family is dead, let Zhen'er come back to give me pillar incense, he is far away in Yan Country alone, and the mourning family is always not at ease." ”
It turned out that this fuss was for this, and the queen stood not far away, with a hint of mockery flashing in her eyes.
"Queen Mother, don't worry, I will send a decree to let King Ning return to China in a while, you just need to recuperate. Emperor Zongwen immediately said that in the name of filial piety, his mother's illness would naturally not disobey her will, and immediately announced that he would let people go to Yan Kingdom quickly and bring King Ning back to Qin State to appease the heart of the Empress Dowager.