Chapter 229: Terminally Ill
"Mama, what is the reason for the empress dowager's illness this time?" The Queen Mother sat in front of the dresser, her eyes drooping slightly, and asked casually.
Now that she has returned to the capital, Mama Lu naturally has no reason to follow Ah Xiu anymore, but follows the Queen Mother back to the palace.
"I see that this condition is menacing, there is no sign at all, could it be that someone in the palace of the Empress Dowager has done something." Mama Lu stood behind her, slowly combing the Queen Mother's hair, and said very much.
Although they are masters and servants, more often than not, they are more like relatives.
Compared with the Queen Mother, Mama Lu is now more concerned about the Queen Mother's hair.
Although she had lightened her strength a lot, she still combed a lot of hair casually.
She was afraid that the Queen Mother would see the sentimentality, so she quietly hid those strands of hair in her sleeves every time.
Put all the hair that fell out in a sachet, and now there is no small tuft.
"Who can do anything so that no one else can notice it?" The Queen Mother's slender fingers gently brushed the tabletop.
Although the Empress Dowager is the mother of that person, she also lost her care in this palace.
So the feelings for her are more complicated.
The Queen Mother herself couldn't say clearly.
Sometimes I feel that this person deserves it, but many times, I still feel that it is not easy for her.
"This method is all thought of by people, as long as you can think of it, where you can't do it." Mama Lu said softly, but a hint of fierceness quickly flashed in her eyes.
Just like back then, she couldn't believe it. He really poisoned the first emperor.
But if you really want to do it, it's not too strenuous.
She just needs to grasp the preferences of the first emperor, and that's fine.
Once a person has made up his mind to deal with a person, there are some ways to deal with it.
It is said that the person who knows you best is not the person who loves you, but the person who hates you to the bone.
Until now, Mama Lu still remembers very clearly which dessert the first emperor liked the most and which cup he liked to use.
It's not that she hasn't beaten the idea of the Empress Dowager before, in her opinion. This Lu family and the Tang family. Although the culprit is the first emperor, the son does not teach his mother, and she is not a good woman as a mother.
But Ah Wan is in the palace, and he has to be taken care of. Later, the first emperor died. The Queen Mother is also a person who doesn't like to take care of things. Mama Lu has never done anything.
Unexpectedly, there are still people who have come to this point.
It's just that she doesn't quite understand that if the queen mother goes. What's in it for others?
"Also, the top priority now is to ask for a doctor, there is always a way, by the way, does Xue Xingyi have anything to say?" The Queen Mother asked.
After all, Xue Xingyi has been treating the Empress Dowager for several years, and it has been very effective, maybe there are some experiences that others do not have.
"There's no way for him to do it, Xue Xingyi is young after all, according to the slave maid, it's better to invite the more virtuous and respected old lady Xue to come out." Mama Lu said.
Although Xue Xingyi's talent is in everyone's eyes, he is still young and inexperienced after all.
"It's okay, Ming'er will ask people to come to the palace." The Queen Mother nodded.
"If the old lady of the in-laws back then ......" Mama Lu said with a head, and her voice disappeared all of a sudden.
She was quick to speak for a while, and lost her words.
"What you said is right, don't say it's the old lady, it's him......" The Queen Mother muttered, and there was a rapid cough when she said this.
Mama Lu hurriedly smoothed her back, and instructed the little palace maid to prepare warm water and body pills.
"My good lady." Mama Lu took advantage of the fact that there was no one else in the palace, knelt in front of the Queen Mother, and said in a trembling voice: "You have to take care of yourself." ”
"Nurse, don't be too nervous, you just choked on it just now, don't make such a fuss." The Queen Mother pulled out a faint smile and said comfortingly.
"The little lady hasn't married yet, you have to be good, and you still need to check this husband candidate." Mama Lu touched the cold hand of the Queen Mother, and she was very sad in her heart.
As a young lady, she grew up with brocade clothes and jade food, married the man she loved the most at the best age, and then gave birth to two children.
But all the good things came to an abrupt end at that time, the family was ruined, and he was forced to bear the joy of having children.
Until now, the body has decayed to such a state.
As long as Mama Lu thought that she might ask a white-haired person to send a black-haired person, she couldn't stop her tears.
Her young lady, who is obviously such a kind person, why should she go through so much inhuman torture.
"I know, Mama, have you noticed recently, there are any suitable young talents in Beijing, now that the Empress Dowager is seriously ill in bed, the banquet must no longer be organized, but a small range of poetry tasting will not hinder." Because when it comes to Ah Xiu, the Queen Mother's spirit is better again, but her complexion is faintly red.
"There are several good ones, but there are too many things in many people's houses, and the little lady is simple and obsessed with medical skills, so she chooses and chooses, and in the end only a dozen or so people are selected." Mama Lu said, and took out a delicate-looking small book from her arms.
The Queen Mother opened the small notebook, and inside was the information of several men.
From looks to height, to conduct.
"This is the child of the Wang family?" The Queen Mother pointed to a certain person and said.
"Yes, although it's not the eldest son, but I heard that it's also a good one." Mama Lu said.
"This Wang family is not good, that Wang Xiyao is too ambitious, not a safe one, Ah Xiu may not be angry when she marries, and the relationship between the concubines is too complicated!" The Queen Mother shook her head and drew a big cross on the page.
"Yes." Mama Lu also nodded.
"Why is Xue Xingyi also on top?" The Queen Mother pointed to another page and said, "Where are the two generations of them!" ”
"I was confused and forgot to remove it, I thought that Miss Xiao and Xue Xingyi had a relationship, so I thought that it would really be impossible to break up when the time came, and it was not impossible to be together." Mama Lu didn't say anything else, mainly because Xue Xingyi's conditions were also among the best. When I was chosen, I subconsciously wrote about him.
"I used to look at it, all the men in this capital are talented, why now, it's not pleasing to look at." The Queen Mother's finger tapped the avatar on a page: "This son of the Hanlin Shoufu family is a nerd at a young age, and he is a real person, but he is a powerful housewife." ”
The implication is that even this will not work.
"And this. It's good-looking. But I heard that he is only sixteen years old, and he has already received three or four houses, which seems to be uncertain. ”
Read them one by one, delete them one by one. Watching the book get thinner and thinner.
Mama Lu couldn't help but remind: "Now there are only the last two!" ”
The Queen Mother's hand was slightly stunned. But he continued to flip down. The next one is Shen Dongli.
This man is familiar with Ah Xiu, and Ah Xiu is kind to him, and he is also more self-motivated. There is no pressure from the elders at home, and in every way, it is excellent.
However, because there is no housewife in the family, if this Ah Xiu marries, she will start to take care of things in the house, she is happy to practice medicine, will it be too depressing for her.
"Actually, I think this Gu Xiao General is excellent." Mama Lu saw that the Queen Mother was in deep thought, so she turned to the back page with her hand.
On this last page, there is a portrait of Gu Jingling.
He may not be the most handsome and beautiful compared to those who came before him, but even if it is just a painting, you can feel the momentum that is coming.
He was fundamentally different from those before him.
And during the previous time, Mama Lu had seen his attitude towards Ah Xiu......
If General Gu Xiao didn't have any feelings for Ah Xiu, then Mama Lu would never believe it.
"You said Ah Ling." The Queen Mother was slightly surprised when she saw the appearance of the last person.
She didn't expect that Mama Lu would list him on it.
"Nurse, didn't you approve of him at the beginning, after all, this kind of thing is too mysterious, I'd rather believe it than believe it, I don't want to risk Ah Xiu." The Queen Mother groaned.
If she didn't have that relationship, she wouldn't have hesitated too much at all.
"Miss, why don't we find a monk who has attained the Tao and count it, some people are hard, but as long as the match is good, this number of lives will become excellent, if the little lady's birthday can be combined, wouldn't it be wonderful!" Mama Lu said.
If it weren't for the feeling that Ah Xiu was a little more special to Gu Jingling than others, Mama Lu would never say such a thing.
"Then listen to the nurse." The Queen Mother nodded slightly.
The blush on the beautiful face slowly subsided, the whole face was pale, and the whole person suddenly looked ethereal.
"Miss, it's still early at this hour, why don't you take a rest and think about it when you wake up." Mama Lu's eyes couldn't stop feeling distressed.
"Okay, it's a little tired, and the matter of the monk will trouble you." The Queen Mother also knew that she had not been in good health recently, so she didn't force herself.
"Slaves and maids know." Mama Lu helped the Queen Mother to lie on the soft couch, but after a while, she fell asleep.
It's just that she slept very lightly, and her long eyelashes fluttered a few times from time to time.
She hadn't slept well since that incident.
Every now and then, the trace of hatred that had been silent in her heart couldn't help but roll up.
She didn't say anything just now, the symptoms of the Empress Dowager were very similar to a rare Gu technique in southern Hunan.
It's just that she only heard the elders in the family talk about it when she was young, and she hasn't seen the real one.
And she didn't want the Queen Mother to bother with this anymore.
Her biggest wish now is to watch Ah Xiu happily get married, and she hopes that Ah Wan can live a healthy life until she closes her eyes.
These are the two things she can't let go of right now. (To be continued......)
PS: Thanks to cat&mouse, ch77, Mimi and Huahua, the pink of the big black elf, and Mu Zhi, Qiuhua Qingwang, and the reward of the eye hippopotamus~
Yesterday because I was on the train, so I didn't have time to update, and there should be another one today