Chapter 7: The Queen Mother
As soon as the guards guarding outside saw Liao Luan, they knelt down and let him go, and glanced at Lin Zuiliu who was standing behind with curiosity.
Liao Luan entered the inner hall of Cining Palace unimpeded, and saw the Queen Mother half-leaning on a soft pillow through the gauze curtain that came up from the Western Regions, and drank the medicine one by one under the service of the palace maid.
In between drinking the medicine, you can still hear the cough of the old man, and the shining golden crown on his head has become a burden that has to be abandoned at this time.
When the palace maid saw Liao Luan coming, she knelt down through the curtain and saluted, and said something in the queen mother's ear.
Only then did the Queen Mother cheer up and said, "It's Luan'er, are your things done?" ”
Lin Zuiliu's heart trembled slightly, the Queen Mother's voice was already very weak when she heard it, and she never thought that the first sentence was to care about Liao Luan, and looking at this royal person can be regarded as affectionate and righteous.
Liao Luan pursed his lips slightly, his eyes jumped with sadness, but he said calmly: "I'm worried about my mother, Xiao Wang is fine." ”
"Who's behind you?" The Queen Mother cheered up and said majestically.
Without being reminded, Lin Zuiliu knelt down obediently and said: "The concubine is the Lin family of the Yuanhou Mansion, and I have come to see the Queen Mother, and I wish the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother a healthy body and a blessed life." ”
The Queen Mother seemed to think for a moment before she realized that she was such a person.
"It's you...... But he can talk. The Queen Mother said lukewarmly, "Get up." ”
Through the thin gauze curtain, the Queen Mother twisted a pair of phoenix eyes to look at Lin Zuiliu.
I couldn't see the specific face, but I could know that the figure was emaciated, but fortunately he stood straight, otherwise he would have looked like a malnourished unlucky child wearing a gorgeous crown.
This look is a person who is not favored at home, no wonder he will be pointed out to Liao Luan as a pawn for nine deaths.
"I don't know where the Queen Mother's illness begins?" Lin Zuiliu took the initiative to speak and asked obediently.
Liao Luan glanced at her meaninglessly, and said: "Niangniang went down to Yangzhou with the first emperor in the early years, and the first emperor was assassinated on the way. Later in the day, it became a stubborn disease, so he lingered on the sickbed. ”
"Niangniang will definitely be blessed by heaven and live forever." Lin Zuiliu replied in a snort.
"Mourning is lacking." The Queen Mother didn't answer her words, and she still looked down on this cheap daughter-in-law who didn't come from a background.
If Lin Zuiliu is an acquaintance, in the eyes of the Queen Mother, he should retire.
She didn't, but took two steps forward, and said with a little joy in her voice: "The concubine has no mother since she was young, and now she is familiar with the queen mother, so she has something to say...... I want to go over. ”
"What?" The Queen Mother raised her head coyly, and still gave her two points of thin noodles for Liao Luan's face.
"The concubine has the same medical skills, I wonder if I can be lucky enough to give the Queen Mother a peace pulse?" Lin Zuiliu said with a smile.
"No need to ......" The Queen Mother lowered her eyes cowardly, and was about to interrupt her speech, but was intercepted by the little prince.
"The princess doesn't like to be targeted, although the imperial doctor has superb medical skills, but the teamwork is not necessarily bad. Why don't you tell her to give it a try? Liao Luan's voice was very low but very firm.
A warm current surged in Lin Zuiliu's heart.
It is good that she is now in the palace fox and fake tiger power, but she can't live under the protection of Liao Luan for the rest of her life, and when she leaves Liao Luan, she still needs the recommendation of nobles to survive in this troubled world.
Her highlight is nothing more than medical skills, she really doesn't want to lose the queen mother's thighs.
The Queen Mother thought about it for a while, and asked the palace maid to open the curtain and let Lin Zuiliu in, and at the same time someone moved a chair for Liao Luan to sit on outside.
Lin Zuiliu's nose was full of medicinal smells, and the combination of multiple herbs was almost a little choking, she frowned slightly, and saluted: "How can the Queen Mother take Atractylodes and Angelica together?" ”
"Oh, how do you know?" The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows and said with interest.
Lin Zuiliu slowly squatted down in front of the Queen Mother, and quipped: "It is said that the nose of the concubine is also very smart." The Queen Mother should be careful, this medicine makes people sleep well, although it is not toxic, but it is not a good medicine. ”
"The queen mother forgives her sins, and the slave and maid will go and summon the imperial doctor who dispenses the medicine......" When the palace maid heard this, she panicked and pleaded guilty.
The Queen Mother didn't care, waved her hand, and was a little interested in the girl in front of her.
She looked at her delicate face, although she was too thin and looked very pitiful, but her eyes were amazingly bright, and she also had a sense of independence from the iceberg snow lotus, and she didn't look childish at all.
It's a pity that the background is not good. Finally, she sighed inwardly.
Lin Zuiliu's heart was a little heavy when she put the Queen Mother's wrist back, and as she expected, the Queen Mother had an extremely serious lung disease.
In the ancient feudal dynasties, lung disease was easily said to be tuberculosis, which was also the most difficult to diagnose and treat.
"Niangniang, the things that the concubine needs, please help prepare them, and when the concubine prescribes medicine, it can be relieved for the time being." Lin Zuiliu kept silent and did not mention whether the condition was serious, but bluntly put forward his own conditions.
The Queen Mother opened her eyes slightly, cheered up and said, "Oh? You mean you have a way? ”
"The concubine doesn't dare to hold up, but she will do her best." Lin Zuiliu took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone handed by the palace maid, brushed a few strokes on his lap to write, and sent the pattern and words over together.
"This is ......" The Queen Mother squinted her eyes for a moment, and finally shook her head slightly and said, "The mourning family has never heard of it, and it has never been seen." ”
Where is this something that can be seen in this era?
Lin Zuiliu glanced at the stethoscope he drew on the paper, except for the requirement that both ends must be ground with delicate iron blocks, everything else is simple and convenient.
"Sometimes the pulse is deceiving, Queen Mother," Lin Zuiliu explained with a smile, "but this thing is very useful. ”
"How can the mourners believe you?" The Queen Mother asked lightly.
The concubine looked at the body and smelled it, and realized that the focus of the mother must have been mixed with too much refreshing ingredients in the medicine...... It's just that I don't know if the doctors are all good at it, why are you so simple and don't mention it? Lin Zuiliu did not force himself to defend himself, but said leisurely.
The Queen Mother finally changed color slightly, and the doctor who can find such details at the moment of diagnosis is indeed extraordinary.
"These are harem secrets, and they have nothing to do with you. What prescription do you want to give to the mourning family? She forcibly suppressed her slight expectation and said solemnly.
Lin Zuiliu carried a brush and wrote down the medicinal materials to be used on the paper one by one, as if he had returned to the past.