There is a Ding Boshan incense burner on the big case of the dragon lotus pattern, and the incense burner is inserted with sandalwood that can calm the mind, but no matter how ethereal the light smoke is, it can't calm people's anxious hearts.

Mama Mao knelt in front of the Buddha, her lips closed and chanted "Amitabha".

In the back room of Ballantine's Hall, there were many people sitting or standing, holding their breath and keeping their eyes on the faces of the bloodless old lady and the imperial doctor Hu who was checking her pulse.

Of course, there are also people who don't care about themselves, and even gloat, just sitting on the sidelines and looking at the nails dyed with the juice of the newly drawn impatiens, such as Wan Niang.

After waiting for a long time, Imperial Doctor Hu finally removed his fingers from the old lady's veins across a layer of silk.

Mama Mao immediately stepped forward and stuffed the old lady's arm back into the quilt first. Then he wiped his red eyes away, lowered his voice and said, "Doctor Hu, the old lady's illness ......"

She glanced at the old lady lying on the bed, her face was pale, her eyes were closed, and her lips were a little darker, and her face looked like death.

couldn't help but feel heartache, and his voice couldn't help but tremble, "It's okay, right?"

Imperial Physician Hu was invited by Hua Junyi to hand a sign to the palace, and Jiao Niang personally served him a cup of tea, only to see that Imperial Physician Hu was frowning and had been hesitating for a long time, and said: "I have stabilized the old lady's condition for the time being, but——"

As soon as he arrived, he first used the golden needle to control the old lady's acupoint, but fortunately, it was timely and temporarily saved her lifeline.

Sighing, he looked at everyone and said, "The situation is not optimistic. ”

When everyone heard this, they were shocked.

Mama Mao's face turned pale in an instant, and she almost couldn't stand on her feet.

Ji Shi was faintly angry, "Mama Mao, how did you take care of the old lady, why did you suddenly become so seriously ill?"

Mama Mao blamed herself, and she was even more unspeakable when she was accused by Ji, biting her lip, and only saying that she was not good.

Seeing this, Bai Zhi spoke for her, "Actually, I don't blame Mama Mao, the old lady has been saying that she is uncomfortable for the past few days, and she has invited a doctor, and she is not good after taking medicine." Mama Mao also persuaded the old lady, saying that she would hand a sign to the palace and ask the doctor to take a look, but the old lady didn't want to trouble the doctor, so she didn't let it. Who knew that since the first noon of today, the old lady vomited and had diarrhea, and not only did not get better after drinking the medicine, but it became more serious, and before the medicine was finished, the person fainted. ”

"Then why didn't anyone come to inform me before?" Ji wiped his tears, "In case the old lady has a bad day, how should I explain to him when the uncle comes back?"

Tao Jin's family comforted: "How can Mrs. take all the responsibility on herself, the old lady is old, and it is common for people to be born, old, sick and dead." Madame still sees that the old lady still has a breath, hurry up and prepare for the future, it is too late to even wear a shroud. ”

Before she could finish speaking, Mama Mao raised her eyes and glared angrily, and scolded: "Bastard mother-in-law with a rotten tongue, are you trying to curse the old lady?"

Mama Mao is a person who even respects Huajintang, how can the Ji family offend her for the sake of the Tao Jin family, and reprimanded a few words of the Tao Jin family, and then said to Mama Mao gently: "She is also open-mouthed for a while, Mama don't be angry with her." But the words are not rough, in case there are three long and two short, Mama look, do you have to prepare in advance?"

Mama Mao looked at her, didn't answer, and said to Imperial Doctor Hu pleadingly: "Imperial Doctor, you must save our old lady." ”

"Mama rest assured, as a doctor, based on treating diseases and saving people, I will do my best. Imperial Physician Hu pondered for a moment, "Let me think about it again, think about it." ”

After asking the old lady what she had eaten and used, after checking them one by one, she asked people to bring pen and ink, and wrote a prescription first, Hua Junyi called a small servant to hurry up and grab the medicine according to the prescription.

After grabbing the medicine back and boiling it and taking it, only Jiao Niang and Mama Mao were left in Bailing Hall, and the rest had been sent away by Mama Mao. Anyway, if they stay here, it will be useless for the old lady's condition.

Soon after taking the medicine, the old lady began to vomit, gulping in large gulps, mixed with black blood, which was shocking.

When the vomiting was over, the old lady was still unconscious, showing no signs of waking up.

As early as when Imperial Physician Hu checked the old lady's food, Jiao Niang had doubts in her heart, and when she saw what the old lady spit out, she was shocked, so she asked: "Imperial Physician Hu, tell me the truth, what happened to my grandmother's illness? Is she poisoned?"

"Poisoned?" Mama Mao first looked at Jiao Niang in disbelief, and then looked at Imperial Doctor Hu.

Imperial Doctor Hu didn't want to talk much, he was a doctor, he only wanted to save people, and he didn't want to get involved in other people's affairs, so he would get into trouble.

But he had already seen the clues, and he couldn't hide it, so he said: "The old lady's illness is indeed caused by poisoning, but it is not completely certain below." After examining the old lady's previous food, no poisonous substances were found. ”

Jiao Niang asked Mama Mao: "Grandmother has checked all the things that Doctor Hu ate today?"

Mama Mao replied: "All of them have been checked, even the leftovers that were thrown away yesterday have also been checked by the doctor." ”

"Since it's not from the meal, how did grandmother get poisoned?"

Mama Mao lowered her head and asked deeply, and her eyes suddenly lit up, "Could that be a problem with refreshments, the old lady has to drink a cup of almond syrup every day, with some snacks." I was just thinking about three meals and forgot about it. ”

After speaking, he instructed the little maid to bring refreshments.

Imperial Physician Hu broke the snack and smelled it, poured another cup of almond syrup, took a sip, swirled in his tongue, spit it out again, and drank another glass of water to rinse his mouth, "Almond syrup has been made of hands and feet." ”

Jiao Niang plucked the silver hairpin and put it into the almond dew, but she didn't see it black, so Imperial Doctor Hu wiped her mouth and said, "It's not poison, it's bitter almonds." Although bitter almonds also have medicinal effects, they cannot be eaten too much, and eating too much will become poison. Although this thing is slightly bitter, it can't be tasted because of the honey added. ”

Mama Mao's voice trembled slightly, and she affirmed: "Impossible, I crushed the almonds and sent them to the small kitchen." ”

The old lady is stubborn, so there is a small kitchen in the courtyard, which is only responsible for her own food.

As soon as the words fell, I saw Mama Mao's pupils dilating rapidly, looking at Jiao Niang.

Jiao Niang was stunned for a long time, and then asked, "Imperial Doctor, then my grandmother-" Her heart seemed to collapse on a string, trying her best to calm herself, "Is there any salvation?"

It is said that she and the old lady don't have much affection, but if she has a case, where will Brother An go.

Imperial Doctor Hu frowned, "I'll use medicine to induce vomiting for her first, drain some toxins as much as possible, and then consider a prescription to remove the toxin and stabilize it, but this poison has been accumulating over time for some time, and the old lady's body is weak——"

Speaking of which, pause for a moment and look at Jiao Niang and Mama Mao, "You have to be mentally prepared, after all, you are already old." ”

Doctor Hu left, Jiao Niang sent him to the door, and asked Shui Xiang to give a reward, and he repeatedly shirked before accepting it.

He was serving in the court, and he had a heart of nine twists and eighteen bends, and he understood that such a large reward was not collected in vain, "Does the girl have any other orders?"

It's really not hard to talk to smart people at all, and Jiao Niang couldn't help but look at it twice.

Fang Dao: "Imperial Doctor Hu, if you go to the front yard and ask for a while, can you not tell me about your grandmother's poisoning?"

Imperial Doctor Hu was slightly surprised at first, but when she remembered that when Ji was there, the attitude of the people around the old lady towards her became clear, and the contradiction between this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law seemed to be not small.

He also looked at Jiao Niang twice, and secretly praised in his heart, I don't know which girl from the Hua family is so stable at such a young age.

He bowed his head and smiled faintly, "I'm just here to diagnose a patient, don't worry, girl, what you shouldn't say, you won't say it in Xia." ”