In the main hall of Shouxian Palace, there was a moment of silence. Except for the Cao family, who was still completely out of condition, the Queen Mother's face was completely gloomy, and the rest of the palace people were even more silent.

"So, healers are going to kill too?" After a long time, the Queen Mother said coldly, "Don't they all say that doctors have parents' hearts, and those who practice medicine should only save people, how can they still kill people?" ”

Her voice echoed through the dead silence of the hall, an indescribably eerie and oppressive. Although Cao didn't understand anything, he still couldn't help but shiver.

Taohua raised her head instead, and smiled slightly: "So the Tai Hospital selects the Tai Doctor, and the first priority is medical ethics." The parents of the healer have the heart, but the parents also hate their children and want them to die, let alone the healer? There are also people with outstanding medical skills, and the reason why they dare not rashly let them enter the Tai Hospital is because of prudence. The son of a daughter, if he doesn't sit in the hall, the palace is full of nobles, how can he be dangerous? Even if it is just impulsive, but if it misses, it will become a thousand years of hatred, and even if it repents afterwards, it is too late to regret it. ”

The queen muttered in her throat: "Alarmist...... "Of course, this is not how the hospital selects the imperial doctor, and most of the people who don't use folk doctors are still afraid that they are not skilled in medicine, or they don't understand the rules, and they will bring in messy things outside." If we talk about medical ethics or something, then some concubines in the palace have a minor illness that has become a major illness, or some palace people are sick but cannot be treated, what is going on?

The Queen Mother closed her lips. Although she is well maintained, after all, she is already old, and in the past few months, she has been anxious about Yu Sirui's affairs, and she has also suffered from malaria, and her body has suffered a loss, so her cheeks, which originally looked plump, have lost some weight, revealing two sharp nasolabial folds at the corners of her mouth, which looks particularly gloomy when she sinks her face: "In this way, it can be seen that the emperor is thoughtful." ”

These words are almost squeezed out of the teeth. She couldn't hear Taohua's words very clearly, this was clearly a threat: if she was unhappy, there was a way to kill someone!

The Queen Mother had a momentary impulse to ask someone to drag Taohua out and beat her to death, but this thought only moved slightly, and she suppressed it. Every word of Taohua's words is to praise the imperial doctor for his virtue, the emperor is safe, and not half a word is against the rules, even if she is the queen mother, she can't drag people out like this......

"You're right...... Queen Mother finally lowered her eyelids and said lightly, "The people in the Tai Hospital are still dedicated in the end." ”

Momoka moved slightly. Maybe the charcoal basin in Shouxian Palace was burning too strongly, her back was already soaked with sweat, and her underwear was all stuck to her body, which was extremely uncomfortable: "What the Queen Mother said is true." In fact, most doctors are willing to do their best to diagnose and treat patients, but some diseases are beyond their ability, and they must not do it, but they can't. ”

The Queen Mother stared coldly at the ground and did not speak. There was a deathly silence in the hall again.

The queen looked left and right, and the words had already reached her lips and she swallowed them back. Even if she was stupid, she also heard the meaning of Taohua's words, and knew that the Queen Mother would never risk Yu Sirui's death to marry Taohua into Chengenbo's mansion.

"The Queen Mother is here today." The emperor's voice came from outside the hall, and he entered the door leisurely in a azure robe, followed by Eunuch Du, holding two vases in his hands, "It seems that I have come unfortunately." ”

Taohua pulled the stunned Cao Shi by the hand, knelt down together, and breathed a sigh of relief in a place where the Queen Mother couldn't see. The Queen Mother looked at her sitting firmly and steadily, in fact, only she knew that if she hadn't clenched her fists tightly in her sleeves, she would probably have trembled involuntarily. This is not the world of her previous life, where her life and death can be completely determined by some people.

The appearance of the emperor broke the silence in the hall, and the queen mother raised her eyelids, and her face had changed to a smile: "Why is the emperor here?" ”

"Get up." The emperor waved his hand to the two people on the ground casually, and then motioned to Eunuch Du to put down the two vases carefully, "Today, I saw that the flower room sent wax plums to the study, and I thought that this pair of bottles of flowers should be good, so I sent them to the queen mother." ”

This couplet bead vase is the queen mother's favorite kiln celadon, the ice cracks on the top are clear and beautiful, a touch of cyan is like ice like jade, long neck and thin waist, and it looks good to use any flower. Although the Queen Mother was full of anger, her face couldn't help but ease when she saw the pair of bottles, and she waved her hand and asked the palace people to take it: "The emperor is bothered." ”

The emperor smiled: "The queen mother likes it, it is the creation of this pair of bottles." As he spoke, he glanced at Cao casually, "This is—"

"It's Jiang's mother." The Queen Mother had suppressed the anger in her heart at this moment, and regained her usual graceful appearance, only the two deep nasolabial folds at the corners of her mouth exposed her heart.

"Oh-" The emperor waved his hand to the Cao clan who had re-saluted, "The queen mother announced that the Jiang clan is coming, but why is she uncomfortable?" Saying that, the emperor glanced at Taohua without waiting for the Queen Mother to answer, "Since the last time she was infected with the epidemic, the Queen Mother's body has been a little weak. ”

The Queen Mother's lips suddenly pursed into a line. That's right, the emperor rewarded her not long ago for Jiang's meritorious service in curing the epidemic, which also includes Jiang's curing her, if she disposes of Jiang's at this time, what good reputation can she have? The Queen Mother is not like the Emperor of the previous dynasty, who added such a mean word to her nickname after her death.

"Yes." Taohua stepped forward, diagnosed the pulse of the queen mother's hands, looked at the tongue coating and eyelids, and asked the people in the personal palace, and then said, "Although the queen mother's epidemic is good, malaria is very damaging to sperm and blood." After all, the Queen Mother has an age, although it is appropriate to recuperate, but it is much slower to recover. The prescription used now is not wrong, but in addition to medicine and food supplements, the Queen Mother should also go to the garden from time to time to walk around and bask in the sun, which is very beneficial to the body. "When the Queen Mother recovered from her illness, it was already late autumn, and the palace people were afraid that she would be weak and cold, so they couldn't even let the doors and windows let in a little wind, let alone go out and walk around, so in the past few months, she has not taken a step out of the palace gate at all.

The Queen Mother was angry, and she didn't listen to what Taohua said. Since the emperor had already come, she couldn't do anything to Taohua on the spot, so she had to ask someone to bring Yu Sirui's prescription again, so that Taohua could add and subtract some from it, and then asked the palace people to send Taohua and Cao's out.

The queen held her breath, so far she couldn't help it, and seeing that Taohua had withdrawn, but the emperor hadn't left yet, she said with a smile: "The emperor is not busy today?" ”

The emperor also looked back at her with the same smile: "It's almost the end of the year, how busy the queen is, how busy I am." But there is a happy event today, no matter how busy you are, you have to come over to tell the queen mother. ”

The Queen Mother really didn't think that there would be any happy events this year, so she reluctantly said: "Oh? What is the happy event, come and hear about it? ”

The emperor smiled slightly: "The imperial doctor went to the Chunhua Palace to ask for a safe pulse, and diagnosed the happy pulse for more than two months. ”

Chunhua Hall lives in Zhao Chongyi, and it lives alone, and there are no other low-ranking concubines, so when it is said that Chunhua Hall has a happy pulse, it is undoubtedly Zhao Chongyi.

The queen's face turned white. The Queen Mother was also stunned, and then smiled: "It's really a great event!" In a hurry for the end of the year, this is actually a double happiness. Queen, reward! ”

The queen mother reminded her of this, and the queen came to her senses and smiled reluctantly: "It should be rewarded, it should be rewarded!" Go, sue the Internal Affairs Office, double the share of the Chunhua Palace, and serve me well, if Zhao Chongyi has any mistakes, they are the only ones who ask! ”

The Queen Mother frowned when she heard this. How could anyone just diagnose the happy pulse, and say anything missing, as if he was cursing: "Qingyu, go to the library to pick a pair of jade Ruyi and send it to Chunhua Hall to ask for good luck." Then send the white jade to Guanyin, if she can win the man in one fell swoop, she has made a great contribution. ”

The emperor smiled and said, "That's what the queen mother said. I thought, why don't I mention Zhao Chongyi's position again? ”

The Queen Mother chuckled in her heart, and said with a smile: "This is about to be the New Year, Zhao Chongyi's month is shallow, I don't think it is appropriate to change for the time being, otherwise I am afraid that I will be tired of her." Why don't you wait until the end of the New Year and her fetus is stable? ”

"The Queen Mother is right." The emperor was as good as a stream, "Then wait until the end of the New Year." ”

Although he came here in person to report the good news, the emperor couldn't stay in the queen mother's palace for too long, and said a few words to tell the queen mother to take a closer look, and then got up and left.

As soon as he left, the queen was anxious: "Queen Mother, what can I do!" ”

The smile on the Queen Mother's face was all gone, and she said coldly: "What to do?" ”

"The kid!" The queen is really in a hurry. Zhao Chongyi is no better than those low-ranking concubines, she can raise her children by herself. And the emperor wants to give her a position, then she will be promoted from the ninth concubine to the fourth concubine, if she gives birth to a child, her status will be even more valuable.

"What are you anxious about!" The queen mother doesn't look down on the queen. I think she still had a stable appearance when she first entered the palace, and her stomach has not moved for ten years, and her confidence has been wiped out, as long as there is a wind and grass, she can jump up immediately.

However, Zhao Chongyi's birth, even the Queen Mother felt that it was tricky: "Be honest, don't act rashly." Your mother will enter the palace during the Chinese New Year, and let her pass a message and discuss with your father before making a decision. "The Zhao family is the in-laws of the Yu family, and they are one, but if Zhao Chongyi gives birth to a son, the Zhao family will naturally support their grandson, and the Yu family will have to stand behind when the time comes......

Where can the queen wait for the New Year, but the queen mother has already spoken, and she can only go back to Fengyi Palace in a huff, and as soon as she enters the palace, she drops the hand stove in her hand, which is so frightened that the whole palace dare not come out.

Eunuch Li didn't expect to be like this today, so he hooked his shoulders and shrunk his back to hide aside, just afraid that the queen would think of him. However, there were not many people in this hall, and no matter how small he was, the queen still saw it at a glance, and immediately became annoyed: "Didn't you say that this method is foolproof!" ”

Eunuch Li didn't say anything foolproof at all, but at this time, did he dare to argue with the queen? had to plop down and kneel: "It's the slave and the maid who are stupid...... It's just that the Jiang family doesn't have to worry about it now, and it's still Zhao Chongyi......"

It's okay not to mention Zhao Chongyi, but when she mentions the queen, she is even more annoyed, and casually grabbed a few red plum bottles in the glaze and threw them over: "You still have the face to say!" Chunhua Hall is pregnant, you don't know! "The imperial doctor in the palace has a hand in diagnosing the happy pulse, which can generally be detected in more than a month, and the safe pulse is a request every ten days, and Zhao Chongyi can hide the fetus for more than two months before revealing the news.

Eunuch Li only kowtowed. I have seen a lot of this kind of thing in the palace, but he didn't find out that it was his dereliction of duty, not to mention that today the two things are the same, and he doesn't even dare to say anything about pleading for mercy.

The queen lost her temper, but it didn't help, and when she saw Eunuch Li's forehead bruised, she felt even more disgusted: "Get out!" ”

Eunuch Li was gray, and the queen was angry for a long time, and she had to find something from her private treasury to reward Zhao Chongyi. No matter how ignorant she is, she knows that Zhao Chongyi's father is now Yu Ge's arm, and things on her face must always be done beautifully.

When the news of Zhao Chongyi's pregnancy caused an uproar in the harem, Taohua and Cao's had already left the palace. There was already fine snow in the sky, Jiang Xi personally drove the carriage to pick it up, and saw that the two of them seemed to be safe and sound, so he breathed a sigh of relief: "Get in the car quickly." ”

Cao is still confused, and he doesn't understand what the Queen Mother is going to do when she summons her into the palace. Jiang Xizi didn't ask her, and asked Taohua directly: "What is the Queen Mother going to do?" ”

Taohua felt that the underwear soaked in cold sweat was coldly attached to her back, and it seemed that she could keep it cold to her heart: "The Queen Mother wants me to enter the Chengenbo Mansion." ”

Jiang Xi's face changed suddenly: "You have already made an order?" ”

Taohua sneered: "No." The Queen Mother probably thinks that her face is too ugly, and she wants to make it more beautiful, and even her wife has summoned the palace today, thinking that she wanted to say goodbye. ”

Only then did Cao Shi understand: "Forcibly say kiss? That, isn't that Cheng Enbo already ...... "Even if she stays at home, she knows that Cheng Enbo is already a waste!" Even if you marry and become a wife, you will be a widow for the rest of your life.

Jiang Xi was furious: "Why didn't the surnamed Yu die at the beginning!" ”

To be honest, Taohua regrets it a little bit now. knew that the Queen Mother would take revenge like this, and she should have let Yu Sirui die in the first place. Sometimes what you save is not the Yellow Sparrow, it is likely to be the wolf of Dongguo.

It's just that it's useless to say anything now, Taohua sighed: "I said that a doctor can give birth to people and kill people, and the Queen Mother doesn't dare to risk Yu Sirui's life." ”

Just now in the palace, the Cao family didn't know why the Queen Mother suddenly changed her face, but now that she understood it, she was immediately afraid: "Although the Queen Mother doesn't mention this matter, she must hold a grudge in her heart, what can I do?" ”

Jiang Xi clenched his fists: "What else does she want!" Is it possible to raid the house and kill people at will? ”

Cao Shi panicked: "That's the Queen Mother!" "Don't say anything else, as long as people know that Taohua has offended the Queen Mother, what good life will they have in the future?

Jiang Xi said coldly: "I don't want to be an official, and I don't expect her to add an official to me." Besides, there is also the emperor. ”

"But the emperor is also the son of the queen mother......" The Cao family couldn't help but think of the family matter discussed with the Liu family, if this matter spreads, the Liu family is afraid and refuses to marry Jiang Yanhua, what should I do? Thinking about it like this, she blamed Taohua a little bit: "Sister Tao is too rigid, even if she doesn't want to, she has to be tactful......"

Jiang Xi glared at her: "How can this be tactful?" If the Queen Mother is allowed to propose marriage openly, should you not? ”

The Cao family really didn't have the courage to do it, so he had to keep silent.

Taohua waved her hand a little tiredly: "That's it, let's go home first." "It's just that even if she entered the palace in a hurry today, Shen Shu should have gotten the news at this time, why didn't she see anyone here?

The group returned to Jiang's mansion in silence, and Jiang Xi went to Baicaozhai to discuss the matter with Mrs. Jiang. Cao hurriedly returned to his room, immediately called Jiang Yanhua, and told him about today's affairs in the palace: "...... How good is that? What if the Liu family regrets it? ”

Jiang Yanhua was also a little stunned: "How could the Queen Mother, how could she come up with such a method!" Cheng Enbo is a ......."

"What's the use of talking about this now!" Cao sighed, "Sister Tao is too rigid, she even said that a doctor can save people or kill people, how can she not annoy the Queen Mother?" Even if the emperor - then you have to listen to the queen mother, what can I do? ”

Jiang Yanhua didn't know what to do, and couldn't help but say irritably: "If it doesn't work, it won't work, that's also my life!" As he spoke, tears had already flowed, which made Cao's heart distressed, and the mother and daughter hugged and cried for a while, before they slowly calmed down.

Cao Shi cried, his mind was clearer, and he said: "According to what your sister said, the Queen Mother doesn't want to let outsiders talk about it, even if she hates our family, it won't be anything for a while." You have to take the lead to settle this family matter, and even if there is something at that time, the Liu family will not regret it. As he spoke, he couldn't help crying, "My son, to say something unlucky, even if the family suffers at that time, you are the one who marries, and it will not affect you." ”

Jiang Yanhua wiped her tears and said: "I didn't necessarily come to this end, although the Queen Mother is powerful, our family is not guilty, and it doesn't matter if you want to come." Although he said this, he also felt in his heart that this family matter had to be settled as soon as possible, "I just don't know what's going on over there?" ”

The so-called Cao Cao Cao arrived, Cao was thinking about asking Xiao Xiao's, Xiao Xiao's had already come, and he smiled when he entered the door: "It's a cold day, let my younger brothers and sisters also go to the palace for this trip, what is it for?" ”

When it comes to Jiang Yanhua's interests, Cao's learned to lie without a teacher: "It's the Queen Mother who is not very comfortable, so she asked Sister Tao to diagnose her pulse." I'm just piggybacking on the past to open my eyes. I think it was the Queen Mother who thought it was not good to always ask Sister Tao to go, so she asked me to accompany her. ”

This is also reasonable, but Xiao Shi had already seen Cao's red eyes, and he didn't believe it in his heart. However, the Cao family didn't know what to say and what not to say on weekdays, but today it was unusually tight, and Ren Xiaoshi didn't ask anything, so he had to change the topic and said: "My brother and sister are blessed, so they can be called by the Queen Mother herself." Sister Yan is also blessed, the Liu family has a combination of eight characters, saying that Sister Yan is Wangfu, the two of them are compatible, urging me to ask, when will I invite a matchmaker to come to the door? ”

This is simply a sleepy pillow, Cao's was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "I'll discuss it with our master." ”

Xiao Shi smiled and said, "It's better to hurry up." The meaning of the Liu family was set first. If the younger siblings are willing to stay with Sister Yan for two more years, it is okay, but this parent has decided in advance, and the Liu family can prepare slowly. "The eight characters can be hidden from Jiang Xi quietly, this is not possible. It's just that I don't know what Jiang Xi is thinking, a Hanlin is in front of him, and he actually has to pick and choose.

If it was in the past, the Cao family wanted to keep their daughter for a few more years, after all, Jiang Yanhua was only thirteen this year, and she would not be able to do it until the year after next. According to today's rules, girls are married when they are fifteen, not as many as in the previous dynasty, and there are many people who marry in thirteen or fourteen. But now that she thinks of the Queen Mother's possible revenge, she can't wait for her daughter to marry off immediately.

Jiang Yanhua avoided going to the inner room as early as when Xiaoxiao mentioned Liu's family, but he heard the words from the outside clearly, and when Xiaoxiao left, he came out and said, "Daddy doesn't know about the eight characters yet." ”

As soon as Cao Shi finished being happy, he suddenly became sad again: "Yes......" Now go and tell Jiang Xi, isn't it a leak of the stuffing? Just thinking of his daughter's future, Cao's became brave again: "Don't be afraid, my mother will tell your father." ”

Jiang Xi was talking to Mrs. Jiang about the palace in Baicaozhai: "Uncle, this matter is ...... Will it affect the family? "There is also an advantage that he is not in the official career, that is, the Yu family can't find his trouble for a while, but Jiang Jun and Jiang Zhu are different.

Old lady Jiang was silent for a long time before she said slowly: "Actually, there is no such thing, and the Queen Mother may not let our family go in the future." He got up, and did not call him a servant, but dug out an old medicine box from under the box.

"This is—" Jiang Xi saw a hollow pattern carved in the lower corner of the medicine box, "This is my father's medicine box?" "Because Jiang Fanghui has a hui character in his name, and the hui character pattern has a good intention of wealth and longevity, so Jiang Fanghui's things are all liked by the Li family to get this pattern, and the medicine box is no exception.

"I thought-" This medicine box has been used by Jiang Fanghui since he began to study medicine, but on the day of Concubine Xian's death, Jiang Fanghui went directly to prison, and Jiang Xi never saw this medicine box again, I thought it was lost in prison, but I didn't expect it to be here with Mrs. Jiang.

Old lady Jiang smiled bitterly and opened the medicine box, which was neatly arranged with the pulse pillow, gold needles and other things, as if the owner of the medicine box was about to lift it out to practice medicine. More than ten years have passed, and the gold needles are still shiny, apparently wiped by someone every day.

"Uncle-" Jiang Xi's hand trembled slightly, "Why-" Why have you never shown him this medicine box?

"Your grandfather made this medicine kit. When your father and I reached the age of fifteen, the first time we went out with your grandfather, we had our own medicine kit. Old lady Jiang also stretched out her hand to stroke the smooth edges and corners of the medicine box, as if touching her younger brother's young shoulder, "When this medicine box was brought back, it was turned over. ”

"Flip over?" Jiang Xi frowned keenly, "Who is it?" What are they looking for? ”

Old lady Jiang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I only know that even the mezzanine of the medicine box has been turned over." "Although he had sorted out everything inside, he found no traces.

"That uncle, you just said that the Queen Mother-"

Old lady Jiang was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "Concubine Xian was killed by the Yu family. He couldn't say that the medicine was less than the change, so he could only say it vaguely.

"It's the Queen Mother-" Jiang Xi was a little puzzled, "She should kill the four princes......"

Old lady Jiang sighed: "Concubine Xian is dead, the Dingbei Hou Mansion is far away in the northwest, the fourth prince is a young child, and there is no mother to protect him in the palace, is there still a way to live?" Otherwise, the emperor would not have sent him to the northwest. "And when he was only eight years old, as soon as he could withstand the bumps on the road, he hurriedly sent people over, not afraid that once he died, the fourth prince would have no way to live?