Chapter 21: The Most Poisonous

"Emperor Mu Zongyi abandoned the world and left," Guan Zhuofan's tone was very heavy, "The subjects of Bohai are all longing for it, and they are all mourning. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Muzon...... Emperor Yi? Who's that?

"The minister dares to ask the Queen Mother to cherish herself," Guan Zhuofan continued, "Don't mourn and ruin ......"

The man's voice suddenly became indistinct, as if it had come from some distant place.

"What are you kidding?" Cixi's face was no longer bloody, "Although the two of us are ...... But what's the matter...... You can't joke about that kind of thing......"

Guan Zhuofan stopped talking.

After a long while, Cixi finally determined: Guan Zhuofan was not joking.

She didn't seem to feel any grief, just felt-

Heaven is not heaven, earth is not earth, and the man in front of him is not that ...... Guan Zhuofan.

"Emperor Mu Zongyi?"

Cixi's voice sounded quite calm.

"Yes."

"Mu, Yi...... Well, the temple name is 'Mu', and the nickname is 'Yi'...... Mu and Yi ...... Is there anything special about these two words? ”

"This ......"

Guan Zhuofan glanced at Cixi worriedly, and saw Cixi's face, although it was miserable and white, but there was no other expression, so he said slowly: "Back to the Queen Mother, the word 'Mu' originally means 'He', that is, crops, and by extension, it is the appearance of Gongsu and Shengmei. ”

"Hmm."

"The word 'Mu' also has the meaning of pure and clear, and the Book of Zhou says, 'Zhide Buyi says Mu'. In addition, the word 'Mu' also means 'harmony' -- the 'harmony' of 'harmony', which has the meaning of mellow and gentle. ”

"Hmm."

"As for 'Yi'—"

After a pause, Guan Zhuofan continued: "The Analects says, 'Perseverance, strong and able to decide. "Sayings" said, "Yi, there is a decision." ’……”

At this moment, Cixi's body shook and fell straight forward.

Guan Zhuofan rose up, took an arrow step, stretched out his right hand, and supported Cixi.

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother!"

After a while, Cixi slowly sat up straight.

Guan Zhuofan's hand was still on her arm, and he didn't dare to let go.

This man's hand is still as strong and powerful as before, but after that, I probably can't rely on it anymore......

"I'm fine," Cixi's voice was soft, "it's just distracted......"

"Queen Mother...... Ten thousand mourning! ”

Cixi didn't talk about this, and after a while, "Well, what you just said, what kind of virtue, righteousness, strength, and break, I didn't hear it very clearly, you...... Say it again? ”

"Queen Mother!"

"That'...... Forget it, let's talk about it later......"

As the silence shifted, Cixi asked softly, "When is it?" ”

"The seventh day of August."

"What...... Sickness? ”

"Smallpox."

Cixi's body shook suddenly.

"Smallpox?"

"Yes, smallpox."

It turned out to be smallpox......

This...... It's different again.

Cixi breathed a sigh of relief, her face was a little bloody, and her spirit seemed to perk.

Perhaps, things are not what I thought they were?

"This is the old way of Shunzhiye......"

After a pause, Cixi smiled sadly, "Tongzhi, Tongzhi, Tongzhi...... However, what is wrong with the same, but with the same ...... Smallpox? ”

Guan Zhuofan opened his mouth, and when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed back.

"I'm all right, you...... Sit back. ”

Guan Zhuofan hesitated, but let go of his hand and sat back.

"Lord Shunzhi at that time," Cixi hung her head slightly, and continued, her voice a little erratic, "We just entered the customs, and everyone is full of 'raw bodies', I don't know...... How many relatives are there...... They were all contaminated with smallpox, all because of smallpox...... Lord Shunzhi is like this, Prince Yutong is like this, and Prince Ruizhong is like this......"

Prince Yutong is Duoduo, and Prince Ruizhong is Dolgon.

After a pause, "But, at that time, everyone was 'born' after all, how many years has it been?" Why can't you escape......"

Guan Zhuofan coughed lightly and said: "Back to the Empress Dowager, when I was about a month old, the 'smallpox' on Emperor Mu Zongyi's body had actually been basically cured, and what was really fatal was, yes, uh, it was another ...... that Emperor Mu Zongyi suffered from Evil poison. ”

"What?!" Cixi raised her head suddenly, her eyes widened, "He was poisoned?!" ”

"The Queen Mother misunderstood--it's not 'poisoning,' it's 'evil poison.'"

"'Evil Poison'?" Cixi was stunned, "What's that?" ”

Guan Zhuofan did not speak.

"You say."

Guan Zhuofan still didn't speak.

"Isn't it...... Can't find out? ”

"No, Doctor...... The jury has been made. ”

"Then say...... What is it? ”

Guan Zhuofan took a deep breath and said, "It's ...... 'bayberry'." ”

Cixi thought she had misheard, "What? ”

Guan Zhuofan took a deep breath again, "Back to the Queen Mother, it's 'Yangmei'." ”

Cixi was at a loss.

How can it be?

"You...... You're not kidding, are you? ”

This is the second time Cixi accused Guan Zhuofan of "joking".

Guan Zhuofan smiled bitterly, "What kind of thing is this?" Chen An dares to laugh at it? ”

"But how is that possible? How old is the Emperor? How is it possible to get on such a thing? ……”

"Emperor Mu Zongyi's Spring and Autumn Period, although he is not yet in the age of Zhixue," Guan Zhuofan said, "However, in fact, it has come to the time of lust and Mu Shaoai-"

After a slight pause, "Originally, the minister and the queen mother thought that it was a palace person in the palace who was not clean, and this, 'passed' to Emperor Mu Zongyi, so-"

After another pause, "The Queen Mother quietly passed down the decree and sent a few cautious and old-fashioned Jingqi grandmothers to examine the palace maids of the Taiji Hall and Changchun Palace one by one, and if any of them are not virgins, they must be sent to the imperial doctor to carefully examine her to see if she is infected with ...... 'bayberry'?" ”

"Huh? Ah......h

"However, not all the palace people who are deacons in Taiji Hall and Changchun Palace are yellow flower girls who have not left the cabinet, and there are also married and childbearing, such as the kitchen lady who works in the small kitchen - this group of people also needs to have a physical examination."

"Hmmm......"

"In addition, after the Queen Mother of Our Lady lived in Tianjin, the palace people who were transferred from the Taiji Hall and Changchun Palace to other places on errands must also be investigated, and none of them can be left behind."

"Huh? Hmmm......"

"Also, Xi'er of Zhongcui Palace is also on the list of 'physical examinations'."

"Xi'er?" Cixi was slightly stunned, "Why is that?" ”

"At the end of last year, the Empress Dowager had already left Tianjin," Guan Zhuofan said, "Emperor Mu Zongyi was slightly ill, it was just a small external feeling, and it should have been neat in three or five days, but I don't know why, it has been delayed." ”

After a pause, "The Queen Mother was in a hurry, and sent Xi'er to take care of the general director of the Taiji Palace, and even moved the cover rolls, which can be regarded as the temporary head of the Taiji Hall and Changchun Palace on the spot, so that after the New Year, Emperor Mu Zongyi's cold was completely cured." ”

"Ah, I see, Xi'er can be regarded as a ...... who has served Emperor Muzong closely"

Unconsciously, Cixi also began to use the title of "Muzong".

"Yes."

"That'...... Did you find out something? ”

Guan Zhuofan shook his head slightly and said: "There are many mild or serious gynecological diseases, but none of them are 'bayberry'. ”

Cixi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is there a ...... It should have been a yellow flower virgin, but it has ...... Broken? ”

"This, there really is one - the name is Lu'er, I don't know if the Queen Mother has any impression?"

"Lu'er ......"

Cixi pondered for a while, remembered, this palace maid, although her appearance is not outstanding, but she is a foxy child, Cixi saw her for the first time, she was not happy, not long after, found a painless reason, rewarded her a few boards, a few days later, it was sent to the Xin Zheku.

Pulled down, this Lu'er, in Changchun Palace, did not stay for a few days.

The punishment of Lu'er was before she went to Tianjin; Lu'er went to Xinzheku to report, but it was after she went to Tianjin, so she was also included in the "physical examination".

"Is there such a person," Cixi nodded, "she?" ”

"Lu'er said," Guan Zhuofan said, "she has never had an affair with the guards, Sulla, or any other man, her body—"

After a pause, "It's the eunuch of the 'opposite food'...... Broken. ”

Yes?

"Eunuch? This, this, how can it be? ……”

"Back to the Queen Mother," Guan Zhuofan said, "that eunuch uses ...... Uh, pound the pestle. ”

Pounding the medicine pestle?

Cixi's face, "brushed", turned red.

"This person's surname is Su, and he is also from Xin Zheku," Guan Zhuofan's expression was as usual, "I also grabbed it and asked, the words of the two people are the same as each other; Moreover, Lu'er and him did 'opposite food', which was also after going to Xinzhiku. ”

After a pause, "The most important thing is that although Lu'er is broken, there is nothing unclean on her body - not even gynecological diseases. Therefore, Emperor Mu Zongyi's 'evil poison' should be none of her business. ”

"That's weird......"

In the bedroom, there was silence again.

Guan Zhuofan was about to say the most important part, Cixi spoke again, and her tone was hesitant: "'Yangmei'? It won't be ...... Misdiagnosis, right? ”

"Back to the Queen Mother," Guan Zhuofan said, "'Yangmei' is not a strange and incurable disease, there is no reason for misdiagnosis, and the left court of the Tai Hospital sentenced Wang Shouzheng and the right court sentenced Wei Jien, both of which were judged in this way." ”

Cixi let out a soft "um".

"The minister has entered the Hajj this time," Guan Zhuofan said, "and brought all the cases of Emperor Mu Zongyi, from the holy bow to the dragon riding the guest, so that the Queen Mother can read them one by one." ”

"Oh......"

"Also," Guan Zhuofan said, "The Empress Dowager Mingjian, there are some words that cannot be said too clearly in the pulse case, so the minister instructed Wang Shouzheng and Wei Jien to fold another letter in secret, and the minister will play the Queen Mother on behalf of the Holy Mother, and explain why they diagnosed Emperor Mu Zongyi's 'evil poison' as 'bayberry', and say it more clearly and clearly, and when the time comes, the Queen Mother can go to the palace with the pulse case." ”

"Hmmm......"

After a moment of silence, Cixi said, "However, Emperor Mu Zongyi's Yang ...... Uh, 'evil poison' - how did it come about? This, no better than smallpox, can not always be ...... For no reason, right? ”

Okay, Guan Zhuofan secretly took a breath: Next, I will be the most poisonous and bad me.

*(To be continued.) )