Taohua didn't pay attention to what Jiang Meihua's mother and daughter were talking about behind, she had already taken out a handkerchief to cover her mouth and nose, and said to the agarwood who led the way while walking inside: "Let Jieyu Niangniang and Mrs. not come in." "Tuberculosis can be transmitted through droplets, Jiang Meihua and Xiaoxiao have not taken any protective measures, so it is better not to come in.

Listening to the small houses of Yuju, because there are crazy plantains outside the window to block the daylight, and I dare not open the window to see the wind, the light in the house is extremely dark, Taohua has to get used to it a little bit, so that she can see the people inside: "Lu Ying!" ”

"Ahem-peach, peach-ahem-peach-peach?" The person who was leaning on the head of the bed and coughing kept looking up, a round face had been thinned into a pointed chin, and a pair of almond eyes were extraordinarily large, "You, why are you- cough ......"

Cherry, who was feeding water by the bedside, was also stunned, and only after a while did she cry out happily: "Miss Jiang! ”

"What's going on?" Taohua raised her feet and walked into the house, but was stopped by Cherry, "Miss Jiang, don't come in, Baolin is she-"

"Don't worry, didn't I do the protection?" Momoka pointed to the handkerchief on her face, "Let me take the pulse." ”

Lu Ying lost so much weight that she was almost a handful of bones. She used to be a tall and toned girl, with a full moon-like face, and two sweet dimples in a smile, so now that she is slimmed, it is particularly surprising to look at this change. Facing Taohua, she smiled reluctantly: "I can see you again, I am also blind." It's my mother, she's out there—can you help me take care of her......"

"Don't speak." Taohua had already put her hand on her wrist, and after only a moment's diagnosis, she frowned, "Who prescribes medicine for your pulse on weekdays?" ”

Lu Ying smiled miserably: "The Tai Hospital has already changed three Tai doctors, and the prescriptions are all the same." I know I can't be cured, Momoka, you-"

"Take off your clothes, I'll listen to your back!" Taohua interrupted her without hesitation, "Don't speak, take it off quickly!" ”

Lu Ying didn't know why, but she was used to listening to Taohua's words, so she obediently took off her coat, sat on the bed as Taohua said, and took a deep breath, but after only two breaths, she coughed again.

Cherry looked at Taohua with tears in her eyes: "Miss Jiang, can you at least let Baolin not cough so badly, Baolin can't sleep well for several days." She has also lost a lot of weight, Lu Ying can't sleep peacefully at night, and she, a waiter, naturally can't sleep well.

Taohua's face was so gloomy that she could scrape off a layer of frost: "Bring me the prescription you opened in front of me!" "On the one hand, on the other hand

"Miss Jiang, the imperial doctor said that you can't see the wind!" Cherry was startled and was about to stop it, but Lu Ying waved her hand to get the prescription: "Listen to Taohua." ”

"Don't talk, open your mouth!" Taohua picked up the spoon in the medicine bowl next to her, pressed Lu Ying's tongue and looked at it carefully for a while, and asked in a deep voice, "Do you have chest pain?" ”

Lu Ying nodded. Taohua asked: "Did you have chest pain at the beginning, or did it hurt when you coughed badly?" Does it hurt when I don't cough? When I let you take a deep breath, does it hurt? ”

Lu Ying hesitated and said, "It doesn't seem to hurt when you don't cough, but when you cough, it ......."

"Do you have phlegm or blood?"

Cherry had already taken the prescription and ran back, and when she heard this, she hurriedly said, "I didn't cough up blood!" There is also less phlegm. Because of this, she kept persuading Lu Ying to insist, saying that as long as she didn't cough up blood, she must not have been cured. In fact, she was not sure in her own heart, but at this time, after listening to Taohua's question, she couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope.

"How did you get up in the first place?"

Cherry thought for a while: "It was the day of the Dragon Boat Festival to watch the race, originally I had a little cold on the first day and night, and then the wind blew on the bank of the Qujiang River, and I coughed when I returned to the palace." ”

"Do you feel as if there is phlegm in your throat, and you can't cough it up or swallow it?"

"Yes." Lu Ying nodded, "It's so uncomfortable." ”

Taohua snatched the prescription with one hand and looked at it, and slapped it on the small table at the head of the bed with a bang, "Bastard!" Who's prescribing this! You're not tuberculosis at all, it's plum kernel qi! When Lu Ying took a deep breath, there was not even obvious inflammation in her lungs.

Tuberculosis and tuberculosis are also available. Plum nuclear gas people, pharyngitis also. Lu Yingde's diagnosis is clearly pharyngitis, it may have been caused by a cold and wind at first, but he was treated by tuberculosis, and three imperial doctors in a row prescribed the same prescription, what does it mean!

"Lu Baolin is not tuberculosis?" A deep voice came from the door, Cherry was startled, and quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty—"

Taohua looked back in amazement, only to see Jiang Meihua and Xiaoshi both kneeling on the ground, only one person standing with his hands in the middle of the two open doors, and the bright yellow clothes on his body reflected the sunlight, which seemed to illuminate the whole room.

"Your Majesty, cough-" Lu Ying wanted to get out of bed, but the emperor took a few steps and held her down, turned his head and asked Taohua: "You just said that Lu Baolin is not tuberculosis?" ”

"Yes." Taohua didn't expect the emperor to come in person, and was startled at first, but soon came to his senses, "Back to the emperor, Lu Baolin is not tuberculosis, her cough is not only caused by plum nuclear gas." ”

I don't know if it's because of the dark light in the room, the emperor's face looks very gloomy, and of course no one dares to look at his face carefully: "Why do several imperial doctors say that it is tuberculosis?" And in addition to coughing, Lu Baolin also has emaciation, hot flashes and chest pain? "These are common symptoms of tuberculosis.

Taohua immediately replied: "Lu Baolin only coughed at first, but the prescription prescribed by Tai Hospital was not right at all, and it was a prescription for the treatment of tuberculosis with yin and yang deficiency. The emperor must know that the balance of yin and yang in the human body is better, and it is not appropriate to be weak and solid, and it is not appropriate to be too prosperous. The plum nuclear gas obtained by Lu Baolin should have been mainly to channel and dispel adversity, but the prescription prescribed was a nourishing effect, which was the opposite, not only not beneficial to the original disease, but harmful. ”

She took the prescription in one hand: "Your Majesty, please see, deer horn gum is used in these three prescriptions, which is a warm and tonic thing, but it is not suitable for those who are really hot and inside." Lu Baolin is the inner sheng, and it is harmful to take it. It is precisely because of the use of these warm medicines that the lungs are hot and cause coughing. Coughing badly at night, people can't sleep peacefully, and naturally lose weight. Coughing too much, the chest cavity vibrates, and the pain is natural. As for hot flashes, it is also caused by severe cough, which seems to be tuberculosis, but it is not at all. ”

The emperor's voice was cold: "Then according to you, what kind of medicine should be used?" ”

"If you prescribe the right medicine when you commit the first offense, you will be cured with three doses of Banxia Magnolia Soup. Now that I have coughed for too long, it has hurt my lungs, so I have to use black plum soup to recuperate for a few more days. However, Lu Baolin's body is strong, as long as the right medicine is used, the disease is not complicated, and it can be cured in a month at most. "Lu Ying is not seriously ill at all, she was all cheated by quacks!

"You can prescribe it immediately." The emperor's voice softened a little, and he looked down at Taohua, "What are you doing with the mask on your face?" ”

Taohua pulled it off a little embarrassed: "I thought that Lu Baolin was suffering from tuberculosis, and this disease was caused by coughing up droplets, so wearing a veil is also a way to protect yourself." ”

"Why do the doctors only think about protecting themselves?" Although the emperor said words of condemnation, his tone was gentle.

"If a doctor can protect himself while treating the sick, he will be able to save more people." Momoka replied confidently.

The emperor seemed to laugh: "Sharp teeth, no wonder you can refute Cheng Enbo." Let's open it. As he spoke, he nodded to Jiang Meihua, who was kneeling at the door, "Get up." Your sister is indeed a good doctor and has cured Lu Baolin, and you recommend it. ”

Jiang Meihua hung her head and said softly: "The concubine doesn't dare to take credit." Lu Baolin was so young, but he was mistakenly treated by the imperial doctors, and he was made like this, not only the emperor was worried, but the concubine couldn't bear to look at it. Now that the disease can be cured, the concubine is relieved. ”

Taohua had already sat down at the table and was about to write a prescription, and when she heard this, she suddenly turned her head to stare at Jiang Meihua. No wonder the emperor came in person at this time, and it was Jiang Meihua who recommended her to treat Lu Ying?

In fact, when Jiang Meihua broke the news that Lu Ying was seriously ill, Taohua knew that this was the bait released by Jiang Meihua, which was nothing more than to let her enter the palace. If the last time she entered the palace was simply to diagnose Jiang Meihua's pulse, then this time Taohua had already guessed that Jiang Meihua had other purposes, but she really didn't expect that Jiang Meihua would directly "recommend" her to the emperor!

Jiang Meihua was still standing with her head down, looking from the emperor's position, there was a flower stand blocking her body, only half of her side face was exposed, but she had a somewhat touching demeanor.

It's a pity that the emperor didn't pay attention to her now, but reached out and brushed the lock of hair that hung down from Lu Ying's cheek, and sighed: "In this way, it is not appropriate to use the Korean ginseng that I asked someone to send." ”

Tao Hua withdrew her gaze from Jiang Meihua and replied, "Korean ginseng is really not suitable for taking now, but this is a good thing, and it is better to keep it than nothing." ”

The emperor laughed, and saw that Eunuch Du outside was already watching the hour, so he got up and said, "I will go to the Empress Dowager's palace, you are so good to give birth and raise, and let people get medicine when the prescription is opened." Saying that, he turned around and signaled, Eunuch Du hurriedly pushed a small chamberlain in, "This is the slave's apprentice, so stay and serve Baolin, Baolin has anything to tell him." ”

Eunuch Du's apprentice is naturally trusted by the emperor, and in Tingyuju, it is convenient for Lu Ying to ask for anything, and he doesn't have to worry about someone making trouble halfway.

Lu Ying wanted to get up and thank her, but the emperor held her down with one hand to prevent her from getting up, and left by herself. As soon as he left, Cherry burst into tears: "Paulin, Paulin, you're all right!" ”

Tuberculosis is almost a terminal disease in this era, although Cherry has always tried her best to comfort Lu Ying, in fact, she is also very scared in her heart, and now Taohua said that this is just plum kernel gas, and she was so happy that she didn't know what to do. After thinking for a while, he turned his head and kowtowed to Jiang Meihua again: "Thank you Jieyu Niangniang." Baolin can't go down to the ground now, and the slave will kowtow to you on her behalf. ”

Jiang Meihua smiled reservedly: "Hurry up." They are all sisters, how can I see death and not save it? Besides, it's all the credit of my third sister. It's just that since the third sister can diagnose Mei nuclear qi in the first diagnosis, why did the three doctors change and say that they all said that they were tuberculosis? ”

That's a good question. Cherry was silent. She may have been just a slave maid who didn't care about major things in the past, but within a few months of entering the palace, she was much more mature. It is possible for the Tai Doctor to misdiagnose, but if the three Tai Doctors misdiagnose it together, and the prescription is almost the same, it is very problematic. In other words, the latter two imperial doctors are both based on the diagnosis results of the first imperial doctor, and maintain a high degree of consistency.

At best, this is just a way for the doctors to protect themselves. At worst, this is someone who must put the hat of tuberculosis on Lu Ying's head, so as to use this as an excuse to move her into the cold palace, and then fend for herself in the cold palace.

Lu Ying's face also turned white. Taohua finished writing the recipe in a few strokes, stood up and said, "Don't think about it anymore, you should relax your mind now and recuperate." The lungs are delicate, although you don't have tuberculosis, but the cough is also damaged these days, you have to take care of it, don't think too much. ”

Since the emperor left people to listen to the rain house, there is no need to worry about the follow-up qiē, and Jiang Meihua should not stay in the rain house for a long time, so as not to attract attention, so he said goodbye to Lu Ying and turned back to the Yuhui Pavilion.

Taohua was silent all the way, and when she returned to Yuhui Pavilion, there were no palace people in the room except for agarwood and sandalwood, and she spoke: "Big sister, do you remember that the first emperor once said in person that the second room of the Jiang family is not worthy of practicing medicine?" ”

Jiang Meihua had already expected this question, and smiled slightly: "Didn't the third sister also treat people outside?" She counted them one by one with her fingers, "The young lady of the Jiang family—oh, now I'm going to call Mrs. Jiang—her happy pulse was diagnosed by the third sister, right?" A few days ago, the third sister also went to Cui's house, and the second aunt begged her sister to go and see the eldest girl Cui, right? And in Xingjiao Temple, the third sister also checked the pulse of the concubine of Chengenbo Mansion-"

"That's not medicine!" Taohua said coldly, "Practicing medicine is not only to diagnose the pulse, but also to prescribe prescriptions. Not to mention the farce in the Xingjiao Temple, the big sister should also know about it! ”

Jiang Meihua said with a smile: "Practicing medicine is not only about diagnosing the pulse and prescribing prescriptions, but also about receiving consultation fees." The third sister is just doing a favor to her old acquaintance when she listens to Yuju, how can she be considered practicing medicine? ”

"Of course, it's okay to diagnose Lu Ying, but what does the eldest sister mean by recommending me to the emperor?"

"What can I mean?" Jiang Meihua said with a smile, "Didn't my sister originally want to help Lu Baolin?" My sister is doing good, I am making a name for my sister, and I also let the emperor know my sister's ability, isn't this a good thing? ”

Momoka stared at her for a moment, then withdrew her gaze. Jiang Meihua took advantage of her to sell well in front of the emperor, and this fact cannot be changed now, and she doesn't have to bother anymore.

Taohua didn't speak, Jiang Meihua smiled more gently: "Sister, don't worry, I'm also doing this for the good of the third uncle." When something happened to my uncle and grandfather, it also caused the third uncle to have no future, if my sister can show her face in front of the emperor, and the emperor comes forward, maybe the third uncle will have a future again. "This cousin's temper is really not easy to handle, it seems that she can't be allowed to enter the palace, if she really gets the holy favor, it's not something she can suppress, it's better to save Lu Baolin today, and it is more beneficial to herself to make a contribution in front of the emperor.

Taohua didn't say anything anymore, just waited for Xiao Shi to say a few private words to Jiang Meihua, and left the palace as soon as the hour came.

As soon as she returned to Jiang's mansion, Taohua went straight to the old lady Jiang and told her about today's affairs in the palace: "Uncle Grandfather, I fully understand that Jieyu Niangniang wants to make contributions in front of the emperor, in fact, she knows that I am an old acquaintance with Lu Baolin, as long as I hear that Lu Baolin is seriously ill, I will definitely go to treat her, and she doesn't have to go to the emperor to recommend it clearly." Her actions today are already very quick success, I don't ask her if she has thought about the assertion that Erfang got in front of the emperor before, only that she has asked me if I can cure Lu Baolin's illness? What if I can't cure Lu Baolin? ”

Old lady Jiang was silent. What should I do if I can't cure it? As a imperial doctor, he knows too well what the results of not being able to cure the nobles in the palace are. Jiang Meihua didn't even bother to ask Taohua's meaning and recommended it directly in front of the emperor, she not only gambled on herself, but also gambled on Taohua's fate. To put it more harshly, if Lu Baolin dies, Jiang Meihua just recommends it improperly, at most it is a demotion, but Taohua may be angered by the emperor, if someone mentions the words of the first emperor again, saying that Taohua violated the will of the first emperor and privately treated the palace concubine, then let alone Taohua, even the entire second room may lose his life.

"Uncle and grandfather, why did Jieyu Niangniang enter the palace back then?" Momoka really thinks it's strange. The requirements for draft girls in this dynasty are not as strict as those in the Qing Dynasty, as long as there are women of appropriate age, they must participate in the election, and they are not allowed to choose their own relatives if they do not participate. If you don't want to enter the palace, you only need to apply for exemption from the election, and then enter the palace to go through the motions. Unless the emperor has to choose this woman to enter the palace, the queen mother or empress will reject the application.

Of course, this kind of thing will not be put on the surface, and if the emperor has expressed interest in a certain daughter, the family will not have to work with the emperor, and insist on applying for their daughter to be exempted. However, with the position of the Jiang family, the emperor obviously does not have to ask Jiang Meihua to enter the palace, that is to say, if the Jiang family itself is unwilling, Jiang Meihua can be exempted.

"Your uncle, he doesn't listen to me." Old Lady Jiang finally let out a long sigh. To be honest, what Taohua is saying now is really not what her identity should say, questioning her uncle and grandfather as a niece and granddaughter - yes, although Taohua's tone is soft, this does not change the essence of these words - Yan Zòng pointed out that this is a bit of a suspicion of disobedience. However, Mrs. Jiang still answered.

This answer was simply expected by Taohua, but what she wanted to know was another thing: "The emperor has been on the throne for many years, and there are many concubines in the palace who have miscarriages, so it can be seen that the queen is powerful, what is the benefit of sending a woman into the palace?" "If you don't see the Marquis of Jinghai, you won't let your daughter enter the palace, and only if the Lu family wants to climb and want to go crazy, they will try their best to send their daughter in, as for what will happen to their daughter after entering the palace, they don't care.

The situation of the Jiang family is slightly different. Although Jiang Zhu is enthusiastic about his career, Jiang Meihua is the eldest daughter after all, and the Xiao family and the Yu family obviously love her very much, if these two people are reluctant, even if Jiang Zhu doesn't listen to his wife, he has to listen to his mother.

Sending a woman to the palace, of course, is to be favored, and the result of being favored is to have children. Obviously, Jiang Meihua is also going on this road, but if she has a brain, she should see the lessons of the concubines who had miscarriages in front of her, and she should know how difficult this road is. What is it that makes her feel that she can walk this path? If you want to talk about beauty, she didn't have Cheng Dù, who was glamorous, and if she wanted to be shrewd, she didn't be able to keep her children. Is it because I am not shrewd enough that I have the wrong self-confidence? Taohua always felt that something was wrong.

Old lady Jiang was silent again, and after a long time, she said, "Your uncle's grandmother is also surnamed Yu." ”

Just because they're of the same race? But I didn't see the Yu family carrying Jiang Zhu?

"It's all in the past, and it's useless to talk about it now." Old lady Jiang let out a long sigh, "What are you planning to do now, do you want to go back to Wuxi?" "Once you return to Wuxi, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, even if Jiang Meihua wants to use her, she will not be able to reach her.

Now it was Taohua's turn to hesitate: "I have to wait for Lu Baolin to get better...... Now she is really worried about Lu Ying, although she also knows that she can't help much, but she always has to watch her recover before she can go at ease.

Old lady Jiang sighed again: "If you cure Lu Baolin, the emperor will definitely be happy, but the queen will ......" He originally wanted to leave his niece and granddaughter in the capital and find her a good family, but if Taohua was really hated by the queen, it would not be a good thing.

Taohua hesitated for a while, and finally made up her mind: "When Lu Baolin is ready, we will go back to Wuxi immediately." Originally, she wanted to see if there was a way to get the jade carved narcissus back from the Jinghai Hou Mansion, but now it seems that she can only give up.

After Taohua left, Mrs. Jiang sat on the chair for a long time, finally stood up and walked to the back room. There was a dark compartment on the wall of the room, which opened to reveal two tablets. Old lady Jiang looked at the tablet for a while and smiled bitterly: "Second brother, I hurt you at the beginning, and now I want to hurt Sister Tao?" I'm a big brother, I'm incompetent. ”

Taohua didn't know that Mrs. Jiang still had the tablets of her grandfather and grandmother in the house, and when she returned to the room, she ordered Mint to quietly start packing up. Lu Ying's illness is not difficult to treat, but it needs to be recuperated after a long cough, and it won't take more than a month. When the time comes, she must leave the capital quickly.

Mint said as she cleaned up: "The slave will go and talk to Sister Baiguo in a while, and there is still daylily." As he spoke, he looked in the direction of Cao's house, "The master is in the house." ”

"She finally got it?" Taohua held back the fire in her stomach today, and finally heard a good news when she came back.

"Mrs. has been diligent these days, and she has been shushing the old man for warmth." Seeing that there was no one in the house, Mint whispered, "The master was cold and uncaring for people a few days ago, and when he came back today, his wife said that he had made new clothes and invited the master to the house." ”

Momoka sighed: "Thank God. But if she has this benefit, it's enough...... "Finally, I don't have to think about what to do if my father is not considerate for the rest of his life."

"Girl—" Kikyo got up from outside, "Sanqi sent a letter. ”

"Is it a letter from Wuxi?" Taohua asked casually, stretched out her hand to take it, but saw that the words on the envelope were not the handwriting of the Song account room.

"Girl, what is in the letter?" Mint was beside him, and when he saw Taohua's face complicated when he saw the letter, he hurriedly asked.

"It was written by King Anjun." Taohua frowned slightly, "He asked me to meet outside in a few days to discuss a business." ”