Fenyang Palace, Sangzhi Palace, Mingxin Courtyard in the north.

The imperial physician Master Li walked out of the Mingxin Courtyard with the medicine boy, nodded slightly at Mrs. Yide who was standing at the gate of the courtyard and said, "I just gave the needle to Cui Gongzi, and he has already fallen asleep." ”

Mrs. Yide breathed a sigh of relief, but her brows were still tightly furrowed, and she asked worriedly, "How is his body?" Why do you cough so badly? ”

Master Li stroked his beard and sighed, the wrinkles on his face deepened.

Seeing that Master Li did not answer, Mrs. Yide became even more worried in her heart, "If it is inconvenient to talk here, can Master Li go back to the palace with me to talk in detail?" ”

Back in the side hall of the Sangzhi Palace, as soon as the two of them sat down, Mrs. Yide looked at Master Li with some anxiety.

Master Li was a little embarrassed, hesitated for a moment and said, "Cui Gongzi's physical condition is not very good." ”

Mrs. Yide's body trembled slightly, but she still asked calmly, "What do you mean by that?" ”

"Although Cui Gongzi is young, his body is full of scabies, especially the lung disease is deep, and it is difficult to cure it." Master Li shook his head regretfully and said, "Although the old man can give injections to relieve his cough disease, it is always a symptom rather than a cure. ”

"Is there a way for Lord Li?" Mrs. Yide's eyes were slightly red, and she asked in a trembling voice.

Master Li shook his head, "He's sick... It seems to be caused by taking some kind of drug for a long time, and the poison has penetrated deep into the heart..."He didn't continue, but sighed in his heart.

He has served in the palace for many years, and he has seen a lot of struggles between concubines in the palace, and he has long been surprised by these poisoning and assassination. But I didn't expect to be able to encounter these pickled things in the family when I left the palace, and I encountered two cases in a row.

"Master Li, you are the best imperial doctor in the palace, can you think about it more and see if there is any other way to cure Yu Huai?" Mrs. Yide felt very uncomfortable, and there was a hint of pleading in her voice, "I beg you." ”

"Mrs. Yide, don't say that, the old minister can't afford it." Seeing Mrs. Yide's state like this, Lord Li hurriedly changed his self-proclaimed and replied respectfully.

He couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when he saw that Mrs. Yide's face was full of anxiety and sadness.

"It's... Cui Gongzi's body is too weak, and any tiger and wolf medicine can't afford it. He sighed and stood up, arching his hand apologetically, "Please forgive the old minister for being incompetent." ”

"If Cui Gongzi has another cough, the old man can still come over and give injections to relieve it, but other methods... There really isn't any. ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Yide sat down in her chair with some dejection, and was speechless for a long time.

After a while, she cheered up slightly, and said to the maidservant beside her, "Send Master Li for me." ”

The maidservant answered, and Master Li asked the medicine boy to carry the medicine box, saluted Mrs. Yide, and left.

Meishin-in.

There were a few coughs in the room, and the word guarding the door hurriedly walked in and shouted softly, "Childe, are you awake?" ”

Someone in the bed curtain responded, and Zi'er walked to the side of the bed and lifted the curtain.

The person lying on the bed was Cui Yuhuai, he was wearing a single white shirt, his face was pale, and he was sickly and weak, but he still had a handsome look between his eyebrows and eyes.

Zi'er helped Cui Yuhuai sit up and fed him a few sips of warm water.

After drinking water, Cui Yuhuai coughed violently a few more times. Zi'er patted him on the back as usual, wiping off the water stains on the corners of his mouth and his shirt.

Cui Yuhuai's face flushed a little when he coughed, but his complexion increased a little, and he smiled self-deprecatingly, "I'm not far from being a waster." ”

"Childe said such depressing words again," the word gently scolded him, "How can there be a waste person in the world who is as good as Childe." ”

"Only you will think that your son-in-law is excellent." Cui Yuhuai may have been suffering from cough for a long time, and his voice is a little hoarse.

"That's because others don't know Childe as well as I do," Zi'er didn't look good, but when he smiled, the corners of his eyes were crooked, and he was very gentle and delicate, "Childe's talent and ambition are all understood." ”

Hearing the words, Cui Yuhuai's heart was touched, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

Hearing that Cui Yuhuai was awake, Mrs. Yide hurried over again.

Cui Yuhuai was supported by the words and came to the front hall. Seeing Cui Yuhuai's thin and sick appearance, Mrs. Yide's eyes couldn't help but turn red again.

"Grandmother." Cui Yuhuai smiled at Mrs. Yide.

"Yu Huai, are you feeling better? That scared your grandmother out there. Mrs. Yide asked Cui Yuhuai softly, for fear that her voice would startle him if she was too loud.

"Just took a break, it's much better." Cui Yuhuai said apologetically, "Probably because the journey was a little tiring, so I coughed a few more times, which made my grandmother worried." ”

Looking at Cui Yuhuai's eyes that looked like Ruan and mushroom looking at herself, Mrs. Yide was in a trance, and she was even more sad when she came back to her senses, but she couldn't bear it and didn't show it in front of Cui Yuhuai.

"Sit down." Mrs. Yide asked Cui Yuhuai to sit down and looked at him carefully with concern.

Seeing that Cui Yuhuai was thin and his clothes felt empty on his body, Mrs. Yide's nose couldn't help but sour.

Her grandson doesn't know how much he's suffered over the years.

"You must have been tired all the way from Qinghe to Jinling, so you will stay in the house to rest and take care of your body." Mrs. Yide carefully advised, "Don't worry about food and clothing, even if the people in the Mingxin Courtyard are called, if there is anything you want to eat, you have to make it in the kitchen of the Sangzhi Palace." ”

She glanced at the words and asked, "This little girl is your personal maid, isn't she?" ”

Seeing Cui Yuhuai nodding, she said to the words, "You should be the one who knows your son-in-law's habits best, if you have any needs on weekdays, you can tell the aunt in charge of the Sang Zhidian directly." For example, your son-in-law's daily taboos, favorite incense and spices and often drink tonics, etc., must be made clear, and you must make your son-in-law comfortable here, you know? ”

"Grandmother," Cui Yuhuai said, "it doesn't have to be like this..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Mrs. Yide, "Yuhuai, you will listen to your grandmother for all this." ”

Mrs. Yide paused and said, "Grandmother has not seen you for so many years, and I really miss you so much. The last time I saw you, it was more than ten years ago, you were held in your mother's arms, wrapped in swaddling clothes, and smiling at me in vain..."

As she spoke, her eyes turned red again, and she hurriedly turned her head to secretly wipe her tears.

Cui Yuhuai's face also showed sentimentality, and his pale lips couldn't help but purse up.

"Look at me, what are you talking about," said Mrs. Yide, wiping away her tears and smiling again, "Grandmother is just old, and she likes to think about the past. ”