The emperor broke off, the hall was silent, and only the queen rushed over when she saw the emperor: "Your Majesty, this cheap maid of the Jiang family, what she brought is □□!" "And the messenger came and told him about the black urine.

The emperor's brows couldn't help frowning, and he looked at Taohua and said, "What's going on?" ”

Taohua put down the vase in her hand and explained the situation briefly: "...... The Queen Mother did not have such a situation, quinine still has to be used, if it is not used, there is no medicine to treat. The patient at Huimin Pharmacy also needed to know when black urine appeared. The folk girl wanted to see it. ”

When the emperor saw her like this, he was still holding the prepared medicinal soup in one hand, and he couldn't help but move slightly, waved his hand and said, "In this case, you still feed the queen mother to take medicine." ”

The queen almost jumped up: "Your Majesty! ”

The emperor looked at her coldly: "If you don't use this medicine, can you have other medicinal uses?" Or can the Yu family still recommend a miracle doctor to diagnose and treat the Queen Mother? ”

The queen couldn't answer. If there is, how can it be Taohua's turn to be here? Even the envoy of the Tai Hospital was called, but he was still helpless.

"In this case, the queen is going to stop the medicine for the queen mother and leave it alone?"

Of course, this is even worse. Seeing that the Queen Mother is so seriously ill, it is likely that there will be three long and two short, and the queen can't afford to be the master of stopping the medicine.

"But, if something happens to the Queen Mother......"

"Then the queen will come up with a perfect idea." The emperor said coldly, "Shouxian Palace is in charge of the queen, and there must be a way to ensure the recovery of the queen mother." ”

The queen had a fart idea, let alone guarantee that the queen mother recovered, her mouth moved, and she could only lean down: "The concubine is also worried about the queen mother's ......"

Only then did the emperor ease up: "I know that the queen is filial to the queen mother, and so do I." When this is critical, we can only hold on to a glimmer of hope, Jiang, let's use medicine. ”

At this time, the water was going to be cold, Taohua had to adjust some hot water and pour it into the queen mother, so she told the palace people to pay attention to the queen mother's situation, and then asked the emperor to go to the Huimin Pharmacy to have a look.

The queen suddenly stopped doing it again: "It's important to save the queen mother, what are those two slaves and maids, don't go!" ”

This time, even the emperor looked a little disagreeable. Taohua had to catch the little waiter who came to report the news, and after asking carefully, he wrote down a piece of paper in detail about the precautions, and asked him to take it back to the Huimin Pharmacy to handle it as usual.

Black urine fever is a complication of Yan zhòng, but now if this person stops quinine, he is bound to die. Taohua could only grit her teeth and instructed the little attendant to find out the time of black urine, if the person had black urine before taking the new medicine, then it proved that the disease was not caused by quinine, and he could still take the medicine. In addition, it is necessary to make a large amount of alkaline liquid for him to drink, which may alleviate the symptoms.

The little chamberlain listened to them one by one, and finally asked in a low voice: "Miss Jiang, if there is black urine after the medicine, what should I do?" ”

Taohua was a little choked up when she heard his voice, and her eyes were also red, and she couldn't help but be a little surprised, but she could only tell the truth: "This kind of falciparum malaria, in addition to yellow artemisia water, there is only one way to cinchona powder." If black urine appears after taking the medicine, it proves that the person is not suitable for cinchona powder, and there is no cure. At present, there is black urine, the situation is very bad, and the only hope is that this person is strong and can survive. ”

The little chamberlain nodded, and ran away with red circles under his eyes. Here the emperor stayed for a while before going to the court.

The palace had been cleaned up, the debris and blood on the ground had disappeared, but the atmosphere was heavier than before. Even the concubines who were not on duty heard about this and came over one after another.

As soon as Lu Ying entered the palace gate, she couldn't help but look at Taohua worriedly. But at this time, no one could speak, and Taohua could only nod to her from afar.

This day seems to be particularly long, and the Queen Mother is still the same as before. Because it is vivax malaria, the exact effect of the drug will not be known until the day after tomorrow, which is particularly torturous.

It's easy to go from day to night, and this night Zhao Chongyi brought a few low-ranking concubines to serve the sick. Zhao Chongyi is young and beautiful, but she is the queen's party, and her eyes are naturally not so friendly when she looks at Taohua, and Taohua doesn't bother to pay attention to her, it's just that everyone is at peace.

stayed up all night like this, and in the early morning of the second day, the queen mother woke up, seemed to be in good spirits, and drank a bowl of soup and then drank another bowl of porridge.

"The Queen Mother must be good!" Wang Chongyuan, who rushed over to ask for peace, was immediately overjoyed when he saw this.

Zhao Chongyi said: "The imperial doctor said that the queen mother has vivax malaria, and if she has a fever, it will be tomorrow, and she will not know what is going on until tomorrow when she looks at the situation." Sister Wang, don't worry. ”

Wang Chongyuan was just a palace man waiting for the emperor, because of his loyalty, he was later registered as the emperor's eldest concubine, and then became the crown prince Liangyuan, and when the emperor ascended the throne, he named her a Chongyuan. This is the end of the nine concubines, which can not only allow Wang Chongyuan to gain a foothold in the palace, but also not make people feel that he is too high. And because Wang Chongyuan has neither the emperor's favor nor a family background, she is a very harmless person, so the queen has never touched her.

But everyone knows that Wang Chongyuan is the most loyal to the emperor, and now that the emperor is raising Taohua, Wang Chongyuan naturally follows to praise Taohua, so Zhao Chongyi has this remark, which is also a little sarcastic.

Wang Chongyuan didn't care at all, but looked serious: "No matter today or tomorrow, as long as the Queen Mother is safe, she has been sick for several days, how can people not worry about it." ”

This is really instructive, it is simply impeccable, and no one can admit it. Zhao Chongyi couldn't get angry, so he could only sneer, and then moved his gaze to Taohua: "Jiang, did you say that the Queen Mother will be safe tomorrow?" ”

"We'll see tomorrow." Taohua was considering a prescription for kidney nourishment, and replied without raising her head.

Zhao Chongyi was about to say more, but Qingyu over there had already hurriedly said, "Miss Jiang, come and take a look!" ”

The Queen Mother had just finished a small solution, and Qingyu saw that the urine in the toilet was dark yellow, and she couldn't help but be anxious: "Can this still use that medicine?" She is looking forward to using it, after all, if this medicine can't be used, it means that there is no medicine available.

The queen hurriedly came over, and after just taking a look, she felt nauseous, and quickly turned her eyes away and said sharply: "Jiang Shi, what's going on!" ”

"The Queen Mother only had a fever yesterday, and it is normal for her urine to be yellow." Taohua knew at a glance that Qingyu was too nervous, "This is not black urine." ”

"Do you really have to wait until you have black urine to find an accident?" The queen was annoyed when she heard her say this lightly, as if she had a bamboo in her chest, "Those two people from Huimin Pharmacy, I'm afraid this will already be killed by you, right?" If it's the Queen Mother—"

As soon as he said this, he heard someone outside report that the emperor had arrived, and then the emperor walked in quickly, with a little joy on his face: "Jiang's, the pharmacy just came to report, those two people have no fever today, and the one who originally had black urine is much better." In this way, this cinchona powder is really effective, and the Queen Mother should be cured, right? ”

Speaking of which, the queen can be so arrogant in the harem, and it is naturally not unrelated to the queen mother, so the emperor has no children so far, and the two aunts and nephews have to share the responsibility at least half. Under such circumstances, the emperor can still be really happy that the queen mother's illness has a cure, and Taohua feels that he is really a very benevolent and kind person.

Wang Chongyuan immediately responded: "Then neither of them has a fever?" Amitabha, it can be seen that this medicine is effective, and the Queen Mother will definitely be cured. ”

The queen's face suddenly became embarrassed. Everyone knew that she didn't like Taohua, and she didn't find all kinds of excuses to reprimand her in the past few days, but as soon as she said that the person in Huimin Pharmacy was killed, the emperor personally said that the person had improved, which was really embarrassing.

"It depends on the situation of the Queen Mother tomorrow." Taohua was not too happy, "Those two people are young and strong, so they will recover quickly after taking medicine, and the Queen Mother is weak, even if she recovers this time, she will have to recuperate well in the future." ”

With such a play, the queen finally closed her mouth, and of course Zhao Chongyi, Wu Cairen, and the like stopped making a sound, and Taohua's ears were quiet.

On this day, the Queen Mother had two meals and no diarrhea, which was significantly better than in the previous days. Although Taohua cautiously did not draw conclusions, Qingyu and the other palace people couldn't help but show joy.

The Queen Mother slept well this night, and the next morning, Qingyu went to probe the Queen Mother's forehead on time, only to feel that the tentacles were slightly warm, because the quilt was thick, there was a slight layer of fine sweat, but there was no fever.

These days, the Queen Mother starts to heat up at this point every other day and never misses it. At this time, Qingyu tried that the temperature on the queen mother's forehead was normal, and she was so happy that her heart was pounding, and she was afraid that she would remember the wrong time, so she dragged the tea time and tried again, but it was still slightly warm like that, and it was definitely not the hot appearance of the previous days.

She was trying, but the Queen Mother opened her eyes slightly and said, "What time is it?" ”

At this time, the Queen Mother was in a high fever and faint, and sometimes she had to babble, how could she say something clearly? Qingyu was surprised and delighted, her eyes were about to turn red, and she endured and said, "It's the beginning of Chen, what does the Queen Mother think?" ”

"It's just the beginning of the morning-" the Queen Mother moved, "I'm a little hungry in my belly." Qingyu, call the small kitchen to boil osmanthus sugar porridge. ”

How many days has the Queen Mother not said that she wanted to eat something, Qingyu was so happy that she burst into tears, and hurriedly called the Xiaogong people to pass the word, and turned her head to invite Taohua to diagnose the pulse.

On this day, the Queen Mother only had a slight low-grade fever in the afternoon, and after drinking some water, the temperature dropped again. And she had an appetite, and she had eaten three meals a day. Taohua carefully examined her, and the enlargement of the liver and spleen has been significantly reduced, which shows that the condition is indeed improving, and quinine can be stopped after another day.

Although the Queen Mother is not young, she is well maintained in the palace, and this time there was no complications due to a serious illness, but because the malaria parasite destroyed a large number of red blood cells, it was inevitable that she would be anemic. However, this is not yet the process of severe anemia, and taking blood-tonifying drugs in the later stage will naturally recover.

These days, there is no one in the capital who is not talking about the queen mother's condition, and the ladies of the Yu family are the first to rush into the palace, and when they see the queen mother leaning on the bedside and drinking the decoction to replenish the body, they all suddenly showed an expression as if they were the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, and the good words were smashed as if they didn't want money. This one said that the Queen Mother was blessed by the Bodhisattva, and the other said that the Queen Mother was blessed with profound blessings and turned danger into a disaster, in short, all of them selectively ignored Taohua, the doctor.

Momoka didn't bother to look at their faces from the side. And these days are really stressful, she is also tired, ready to pack up her things and say goodbye to the emperor, at least let her go home and sleep. Besides, the family must be thinking about it too.

Who knew that the things were packed, but she couldn't find the small palace person that the emperor pointed out to her, and she was about to ask someone, when an internal supervisor came to announce the decree and asked her to go to Wenguang Palace.

Wenguang Hall is the place where the emperor meets the ministers after the next court, similar to the upper study or something, what do you tell her to do there?

From Shouxian Palace to Wenguang Palace, it is really not close, Taohua has not been able to stay up these days, and it is easy to walk over one foot deep and one foot shallow, and when he enters the door, he sees that there are many ministers in the hall, and he doesn't care about looking at it, so he hurriedly salutes the emperor first.

"No courtesy." The emperor smiled, obviously in a good mood, "Jiang, you first made a meritorious contribution to curing the epidemic, and now you have cured the queen mother's illness." I originally sealed you with a court sentence, but you are a woman after all, and you are not suitable to be an official, and now that the epidemic has cleared, I have to take back this court sentence. But I want another reward for you, what reward do you want? ”

A few of the officials next to him moved their lips. Although the epidemic is effective, you can't want what you want? However, thinking that this woman had just cured the Queen Mother's illness, and her position as a court judge had been withdrawn, they couldn't say anything.

Taohua didn't want this official position judged by the court. The court sentenced that she was going to enter the palace on duty, and if she really entered the palace, she was not tossed by the queen, so she was not stupid.

This was not the era in which she had lived, and in which a woman's honor had only two sources: her father and her husband. If you want to put this honor on yourself, you will have to work ten times and a hundred times harder, and bear ten times more pressure.

Momoka didn't mean to take on this kind of pressure. She has this ability, but she doesn't feel the need for it, especially when Jiang Xi is a good father. And what the emperor said just now actually implied that the emperor couldn't give her personal honor, such as the official position judged by the court or something, but she could ask for something else.

"The emperor's reward, the people's daughter deserves it." Taohua had quickly made up her mind in a moment, "The matter of curing the epidemic is properly commanded by King Anjun, and there are a group of imperial doctors working together, even in the people's daughter's family, there are also fathers and uncles and grandfathers to help, and it is definitely not the work of the people's daughters alone." That is, the cinchona powder used to heal the Queen Mother today is also obtained from the hands of maritime merchants when the father of the family was looking for Nanyang medicinal materials everywhere in order to revise the "Compendium of Herbal Medicine". ”

"Oh?" The emperor's eyes lit up slightly, "What is the "Compendium of Herbal Medicine" you just said, is it a medical book?" How come I've never heard of it? "This Jiang is really transparent.

"Back to the emperor, "Compendium of Herbal Medicine" is a medicine book compiled by the father of the people's daughter. Although there are many ancient prescriptions in the medical books of the predecessors, there is no book that can completely record the form and efficacy of herbal medicines. And because many medical books have been circulated since ancient times, many of them are false, and some of them are even completely wrong. Inspired by this, my father was determined to compile a book dedicated to herbal medicine, one to fix the errors of his predecessors, and the other to facilitate future generations to learn and consult. ”

Some experienced Lang Zhong has also done the compilation of medical books, but it is rare for Taohua to speak so loudly and directly point to the "fallacy" of his predecessors. Immediately, someone in the hall snorted softly: "Miss Jiang has a big tone, I don't know how many mistakes there are in the predecessors, and it is worth compiling a special book to correct it." Maybe I will talk about it on the spot, and let me wait for a long time? ”

Taohua heard this voice and opened her mouth without the emperor's permission, so she guessed that this was probably Yu Ge Lao. He immediately replied: "In the books of the predecessors, there are many people who have been bewitched by the alchemy of Fangshi, and there are many fallacies, and they must not be wrong. ”

The tone of these words is even bigger, and he actually said that there are many fallacies, which is not only equivalent to directly pushing back Yu Ge Lao, but also praising and deprecating the medical books of the past dynasties. Not only did the faces of the officials in the palace change, but even the emperor became interested: "There are so many fallacies? ”

He didn't want to ask. The custom is here, he can give the Jiang family's daughter an official at the critical moment of epidemic control, which is convenient for her to command the upper and lower levels, but when the matter is over, this official position has to be withdrawn. Speaking of which, this is suspected of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, so as soon as Taohua mentioned Jiang Xi, he planned to take the opportunity to reward Jiang Xi, and Jiang Xi's status was high, so he would naturally be able to seal his wife and son, and Taohua would also get benefits.

So the "Compendium of Herbal Medicine" or something, the emperor just used it as an excuse, thinking that the Jiang family has practiced medicine for generations, and there will be nothing wrong with the compiled things, and it is unprecedented to describe herbal medicine in detail, and Jiang Xi has contributed to the treatment of the epidemic, so there is no problem in rewarding it. Who knew that Taohua was quite angry, and the emperor couldn't help but be interested, and wanted to ask one or two.

Taohua was not afraid, and said loudly: "Fangshi alchemy is mostly made of metal, so among all kinds of medical books, there are many ways to take it, and at least ninety percent of them are fallacies. For example, taking gold pulp, the 36 water method of "Huainan" is to turn gold into pulp to take it. "Hug Puzi" also said that if you alchemy with bitter wine a hundred times, you will become soft, and you will become an earth immortal. In "Don't Record", it is said that you can become a god after a long time. This is all a fallacy.

Most of these sayings come from the legends of the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty. What is served with gold and silver, and what is served with jade and dansha, it is said that it will be holy. Don't you know that man is flesh and blood, and depends on food and drink for nourishment, how can he allow such a heavy thing to remain in the stomach for a long time? Not only is it useless, but it will cost you your life to survive. If it is used as a serious prescription, I don't know how many people will be harmed. ”

Yu Ge Lao snorted from his nose: "Books such as "Hug Puzi" and "Huainan" are known to be said by Fang Shi, and they will not believe it. This is not proof. ”

Taohua smiled and said, "What about the so-called home remedies?" For example, if there is a way to turn a woman into a man, when she is pregnant for three months, she puts an iron axe under the bed, so that the womb will be a male fetus. Do people believe this kind of method? ”

This is a more difficult answer to answer. Because the so-called folk party of giving birth to a man and seeking a child is simply endless, and there are many women who believe in and respect it, and they are quite deceived.

Yu Ge Lao didn't speak, and there was a person next to him: "Since it is said to be a home remedy, it is not enough to believe it." ”

Taohua smiled again and said: "I don't believe this, I don't believe that, so what is the belief in medicine?" ”

After a while, I heard another person: "There is "Shennong's Materia Medica" first, and then "Tang Materia Medica", so why bother compiling a new book, it's just picking up people's teeth." ”

This person spoke in a quiet voice, and his confidence was not very strong, as if he wanted to support Yu Ge Lao, but he was also a little unsure whether his ass was in the right place.

Taohua still replied calmly: "As this adult said, since there is already "Shennong's Materia Medica", why should there be "Tang Materia Medica"? It can be seen that with the change of dynasties, new discoveries have been made about the medicinal properties and uses of various herbal medicines, which should naturally be compiled into the book in time for future generations to see. Not only that, but there is also a "Commentary on the Materia Medica" between the two books. The Shennong Materia Medica contains 365 kinds of herbs, the Commentary on the Collected Classics contains 730 kinds, and the Tang Materia Medica contains 844 kinds, and some errors in the Commentary on the Collected Classics have also been corrected, which shows that it is indeed necessary to compile a new book. And under her influence, Jiang Xi used a cataloguing and classification method that was unprecedented.

The Emperor raised his hand to cover his lips with a slight smile and coughed. This Jiang family girl is really sharp-toothed and sharp-mouthed, attacking the shield of the son with the spear of the son, and she is speechless. Speaking of which, she is completely different from Xia's, but if Xia's can be half as tough as her, maybe it won't cause depression to become sick that day, giving people an opportunity......

Thinking of the Xia family, the emperor's smile faded, and when he saw that the people in the hall were silent, he said: "In this case, Xuan Jiang Xi, let him bring the "Compendium of Herbal Medicine" to me to see." ”

The emperor specially announced that he would enter the palace, which was an honor, and even Jiang Jun had never had it. The door received an edict from the inner supervisor, and the whole family was alarmed. Cao was so excited that he couldn't even speak, and took out a few sets of clothes at once, and he couldn't make up his mind on Jiang Xi. Jiang Xi still knew that he couldn't delay, so he took a new set of clothes and put them on, so he took the "Herbal Compendium" and went to the palace.

The "Compendium of Herbal Medicine" recorded a total of 2,000 kinds of medicines, as well as 8,000 prescriptions that had been screened, for a total of 20 volumes. Although the characters written by Taohua are small, there is also an illustrated book in it, so it is packed with a full box, and Jiang Xi feels difficult to carry it in.

These officials in the palace also knew that the "Tang Materia Medica" had a total of twenty volumes, and there were a lot of contents, but they had never read the books, and they always had no intuitive impression.

Even the emperor was a little surprised: "There are so many? I took a copy and flipped through it, and when I saw the handwriting, I couldn't help laughing, "It turned out that it was copied by my daughter, Jiang Xi, there is a woman like this, it can be seen that you teach properly." ”

Jiang Xi faced the saint for the first time, and he didn't dare to raise his head, but said honestly: "Back to the emperor, when it comes to pulse diagnosis and medicine, the grass people are really inferior to the little girl, and they dare not say that they can teach." Only on top of the medicinal properties of herbs, grass people have a little experience. ”

The Emperor laughed: "Okay, you are honest. It's just that why did you remember to write this "Compendium of Herbal Medicine"? ”

Jiang Xi heard the emperor laughing, and his heart relaxed a little, and this relaxation, the thoughts in his heart suddenly rushed out: "My father saw the sin of the first emperor back then, so the family didn't dare to do the business of hanging pots again. However, the family has practiced medicine for generations, and it is a pity to abandon it, so the grass people have raised the idea of compiling this book, which is not against the will of the first emperor, but also slightly beneficial to the people. ”