8. Concubine Min
After a fire, the emperor ignored his wife, who was pregnant for seven months, and personally went straight to Yuntai Palace to fight the fire, which spread all over the Sixth Palace. I heard that Concubine Lan was frightened by the fire, and the emperor gave her a special gift to avoid asking for peace every day, and allowed her to recuperate for a few days.
Such an honor and grace also attracted low-ranking concubines to rush to worship them, and they all brought gifts to visit Yuntai Palace. Concubine Lan only used her illness as an excuse, except for the imperial doctor who came to ask for a pulse by order, the rest of the concubines were rejected from the palace.
After asking for the pulse, Concubine Lan took the imperial physician to the apse, and saw from a distance that the windows of Xinuan Pavilion were closed, and she couldn't help frowning.
Cai Wei, the palace maid guarding outside the palace gate, saw her and hurriedly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Niangniang is here." ”
Concubine Lan looked at her and asked, "Are you awake inside?" ”
"It's awake and it's not good......," Cai Wei hesitated, "I guess I was frightened, and I was drenched in cold water, one hot and one cold...... I didn't sleep well last night, and I talked nonsense all night. In the morning, I went to see it, and it seemed that she had a fever. ”
Concubine Lan said, "I'll take a look." After speaking, he walked to the warm pavilion, only to see Ruan Jia lying on the couch with a sad expression, wrapped in a velvet blanket. Tsefu wrung a wet cotton cloth beside her and put it on her forehead.
Ruan Jia was originally groggy, but when she heard the sound of footsteps, she woke up suddenly, sat up and called "sister". When I looked at it again, there was a new face behind Concubine Lan. The man looked to be over fifty years old, wearing a navy blue jacquard silk shirt, standing behind Concubine Lan with his hands down.
Ruan Jia asked vigilantly, "Is this ......?"
Concubine Lan smiled slightly: "This is Lord Xing, the judge of the Tai Hospital. You were 'accidentally' hit by that aconitum poison before, and it was only thanks to Lord Xing's wonderful hand rejuvenation that you were cured. ”
Imperial Doctor Xing waved his hand and said: "Niangniang has a good reputation, and Weichen is only a shallow learner, so he is ashamed." Besides, it was not Weichen's power to save the girl's life that day. If it weren't for Niangniang taking out the holy product in the medicine - Hundred Flowers Life Renewal Pill, even if Weichen was a divine doctor and holy hand, I am afraid he would not be able to return to the sky. ”
Although Ruan Jia didn't know what the Hundred Flowers Life Renewal Pill was, he also understood that this imperial doctor was a trustworthy "own person", so he put his heart at ease and reached out to let him take his pulse. Imperial Physician Xing pondered for a moment and said: "The girl is fine, but she was frightened, and her feelings were not smooth, and the residual poison of the last time was not cleared, and the water, fire, heart and kidney could not be used at the same time, and the liver and kidney were deficient in yin and feverish." The wind, cold and dampness are only on the skin, so you only need to take some medicines to reduce heat and thirst and raise yin qi, sweat and dissipate heat, and then recuperate for a few more days. ”
After Taiyi Xing finished speaking, he wrote down the recipe of "Guizhi and Gegen Soup", and said: "Niangniang only needs to ask someone to follow this recipe to catch the medicine, this recipe is full of ordinary medicines, and the Pueraria Root and Licorice are all used to clear heat and detoxify." If someone asks about it, they say that this is the cure for acne and fever, and it is difficult for them to say anything more. ”
Concubine Lan was grateful, and took out a purse from her sleeve and handed it to him: "It's hard for Lord Xing to think so thoughtfully, it's really hard work." ”
Imperial Physician Xing looked solemn, and gave in: "If it weren't for the grace of Niangniang's admonition back then, Xiao'er would have been imprisoned now." Niangniang's kindness to Weichen's family, Weichen will always remember it in his heart, and he should serve Niangniang's work as a dog and horse. ”
This originally said that when the emperor was still the king of Su, the son of Imperial Physician Xing served in the palace and joined the army. At that time, the two factions of Prince Su and Prince Zhuang were fighting openly and secretly, and there was no shortage of their own internal conspirators in the mansion, intending to plot against them.
Concubine Lan said: "If the son is young and upright, he will almost be used by traitors and go astray." At that time, Hongu only mentioned a little, and he knew how to distinguish between right and wrong, and he must have a future in the future. ”
Imperial Doctor Xing sighed: "The dog is reckless and upright by nature, unwilling to inherit the family education, and bent on abandoning medicine and joining Rong. But where can a heart like his accompany the king? I'm afraid that if you are not careful, you will make a mistake, and from then on, it will be a wrong step, a wrong step...... Fortunately, Niangniang has a discerning eye, so that he will not follow the wrong master and go the wrong way. Niangniang's kindness, Wei Chen is inscribed. Please rest assured that Weichen will do his best to do what he commands, and will never reveal half a word to others. ”
Concubine Lan said again: "Your intentions, this palace understands everything. ”
After teaching Fang Zi to Cai Fu and instructing Ruan Jia how to recuperate, the two of them were going out. As soon as he stepped out of the warm pavilion, he heard the little dezi outside shouting: "Concubine Min stays, I can't help it!" Immediately followed by Cai Wei's eager voice: "Concubine Min, don't do it!" The people who are locked up here have acne rashes, and they are contagious! ”
Concubine Na Min sneered: "Presumptuous! How many of you minions dare to stop this palace? Concubine Lan can go in, why can't she go to this palace? You don't let this palace see it, this palace wants to see it! ”
Concubine Min's surname is Zhang, and her boudoir is Jingjing, and she is the niece of the current Queen Mother. In the past, in order to eliminate the suspicion and suspicion of the first emperor, the current Empress Dowager Zhang was still the queen at the time, so she made the decision to point a lowly woman Chun Yu to Jingzhen as his wife, but his own niece only married into the palace last year as a side concubine. Zhang Jingjing was already young, and she was very favored at home when she was a boudoir, and she was very arrogant. The queen mother thought of her aunt and nephew again, as if she owed her the position of queen, even if she acted arrogantly and domineeringly, she just turned a blind eye and let her go.
Concubine Min was noisy and shouting outside, Xiao Dezi and Cai Wei were about to be outnumbered, so they only heard Imperial Doctor Xing deliberately say loudly: "Although this girl's illness is almost cured, the residual poison after the pox has not been cleared, and it will become a boil at least and a carbuncle at worst." For the sake of the girl's appearance, in addition to the kudzu root soup prescribed by Weichen, you must also remember to apply red jade paste to the affected area every day so as not to leave a scar. ”
Concubine Lan listened carefully and walked with him to the palace gate: "The judge of the Labor Trouble Court is so careful, the palace has written it down." As soon as I walked out of the palace gate, I saw Cai Wei pulling Concubine Min's sleeve, Xiao Dezi and the attendant beside her were scuffling, and she was dragging a palace maid in her right hand. Concubine Lan pretended to be surprised: "Why is Sister Zhang here?" ”
Several people hurriedly let go. Concubine Min fought with others, and happened to wear a goose yellow flowered horse-faced skirt, covered with a water-red smudge and a hundred butterflies wearing a flower silk gown, and the whole person was gorgeous and delicate.
Concubine Min was so angry that she stomped her feet, opened her mouth and scolded: "You slave of Yuntai Palace is too unruly!" Bengong kindly came to see you, but your minions stopped all the way here from the palace gate, and they didn't even pay attention to Bengong! Don't look at who Hongu is! Just rely on them, and dare to do something with this palace? ”
Concubine Lan said calmly: "Sister, take a break, beware of being angry." In fact, they are also for the good of their sister, and they are afraid that their sister will accidentally get a pox, so it is a pity that this good color is a pity. ”
"Pox?" Concubine Min laughed angrily, "I think my sister has something unsightly hidden in this palace, right?" My sister relied on the favor of the emperor's cousin, so she naturally didn't take us people in her eyes, and she didn't go out of the door all day long, but she didn't know that the sisters in the palace wanted to come to my sister's Yuntai Palace to see, what good things are worthy of my sister's nostalgia? ”
Concubine Lan was still expressionless, but her eyes were as cold as ice and snow, and she said: "My sister said that she laughed, my sister is very simple here, and naturally it is not as golden as my sister's Zichen Palace, because I am afraid of staining the eyes of all the sisters." ”
Concubine Min glanced around, and saw that the scenery of the small bridge and flowing water was very demure, and sneered: "Humble is really simple, that is, the emperor's cousin has put his heart into it everywhere, you are cheap and good!" ”
Ordinary palace concubines are extremely cautious in their words, for fear that a mistake or omission of a word will lead to disaster. However, the niece of the Queen Mother does not take today's first favorite concubine in her eyes at all. Seeing that Concubine Lan didn't reply, she wondered again: "Sister, this back garden has always been uninhabited, and there was a fire last night, and I heard that there was a person running out." Isn't it...... Isn't my sister hiding a man in this palace? ”
As soon as the words came out, everyone was shocked, and Xing Yuan said sharply: "Concubine Min is talking nonsense!" This is a great crime to kill the head! ”
Concubine Min covered her mouth and smiled: "You can also control the old lady doctor, will the palace be killed by the emperor's cousin?" That's it, since there is no man hidden, it doesn't hurt to go and take a look at this palace, and you can't kill anyone's head left and right. ”
As she spoke, she was about to go inside again, but Cai Wei hurriedly grabbed her. Concubine Min slapped her backhand at her, and shouted angrily: "You dare to touch this palace again? If you touch it with your left hand, this palace will cut off your left hand; If your right hand touches it, this palace will cut off your right hand! ”
Cai Wei was so frightened that her face was pale, and she quickly let go of her hand and knelt on the bluestone brick with a thud.
Concubine Lan was already furious, her face seemed to be calm, and she said in a deep tone: "The slave of this palace, this palace will discipline itself, and my sister carefully injured her hand." This palace was originally for the good of my sister, and I didn't want my sister to get acne and disfigured herself. However, since my sister insists on doing so, she might as well go in and have a look. Anyway, Xing Yuan's sentence is here, even if he is sick, he will treat his sister in time. ”
When Concubine Min heard her say this, she was suspicious, her steps were stagnant, and she didn't dare to take another step inside.
"What, my sister doesn't want to go in and see it?" Concubine Lan said coldly, "If my sister doesn't want to see it, this matter will be over." However, you and I are both concubines, and this palace has served the emperor for a year before you, and I also ask my sister to be careful when she speaks in the future. There are some unspeakable words, not to mention what will happen if the emperor hears it, even if it reaches your aunt's ears, I am afraid it will not be heard. ”
Concubine Min made such a big fuss, but she didn't get half of the benefits, and she was taught a lesson by Concubine Lan, so she was naturally so angry that she jumped to her feet, and she had to rush in regardless of it. She was about to leave with the maid in a hurry, when her eyes suddenly lit up, and she pointed to the palace maid and said:
"Qiaoling, why don't you go and take a look for the palace, is there a person or a ghost here?"