Yin Ling'er took Concubine Hui's bracelet and walked into the pavilion in the east chamber.

The weather is getting hotter, and the Kunning Palace of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has sent the chilled milk melon early, and the sleeve is leaning on the brocade couch in front of the window to flip through the book, and when he saw Yin Ling'er come in, he asked softly: "What is for you?" ”

Yin Ling'er nodded: "As soon as the slave maid opened her mouth, the concubine gave it to her mother, and she didn't ask the side." As Silver Bell spoke, she opened the box, and a string of wenge beads lay quietly inside.

Huai Sleeve glanced at the box, sighed lightly, and said in a low voice: "Take this to Mr. Sun, Concubine Hui is not suspicious, I hope there is nothing wrong." ”

As soon as Yin Ling'er went out, a little palace maid led Li Dequan in.

When Huai Sleeve saw it, he immediately straightened up from the couch, and asked with a slightly nervous face: "But Long Live Lord coughed again last night?" ”

Li Dequan rarely comes over during the day, unless there is something, since Yinchu went to Shengjing, Kangxi's body has been troubled for a while, fortunately, Sun Daoting is still in the palace, and the two medicines have been effective.

Li Dequan said with a smile: "Please rest assured, I ate the decoction of the old fairy, long live the body of the lord, I am interested today, and I went up to the back mountain to shoot a lot of wild quails, and the long live lord said that the mother is used to eating crispy bone quails, so she asked the servants to send more than a dozen freshly fried ones." ”

Huai Sleeve smiled: "Long live the Lord can go out hunting, it is no problem, the East and West Palace accepted it, and I bothered Anda to run it personally." ”

Li Dequan arched his hand again and continued: "The slave came to ask on behalf of the Lord Wansui, has the eyes of the Twelve Baylors improved in the past few days?" ”

Huai sleeve said: "You go back to the Long Live Lord, the body of the Twelve Baylors is like a day, only the eyes are not able to see, and Mr. Sun will continue to take medicine." ”

When Li Dequan heard this, he bowed and bowed and withdrew. A palace maid has put the crispy quail in the green jade disk and brought it, and only ate most of it in her sleeves, and said to the palace maid: "Wrap out five more quails, and bring a pot of magnolia sweet brew, and the palace will go to the back to see the belly." ”

The palace maid immediately responded to the call to prepare, and the autumn waited for the sleeves to comb the makeup briefly, and the palace maid carried the food box and the imperial wine to the back garden with the sleeves, and specially set up the ** courtyard for the diagnosis of the child.

The eunuch who swept in front of the court saw Huai Sleeve come in, and knelt in front of the court early to ask for peace, and Huai Sleeve walked into the courtyard and swept around, neither Su Mala nor Sun Daoting, so he asked: "What about Aunt Su Ma and Mr. Sun?" ”

The eunuch said: "Aunt Su Ma took leave today, and went to the temporary palace to sweep the spiritual seat for the Empress Dowager, Mr. Sun is in his room, since Aunt Yinling'er sent something, he has locked himself in the room and never came out." ”

Hearing this, Huai Sleeve turned to Qingmei and said, "You carry the food box and wine with the palace to the inside, and the rest of the people are waiting here." ”

Qingmei took the food box and wine jug from the hands of the palace maid, followed behind Huai Sleeve, and only the master and servant walked back along the corridor.

When he came to the door of Sun Daoting's room, Huai Sleeve first listened inside, there was no movement in the house, and he knocked on the door a few times, but there was still no movement, Huai Sleeve was shocked, raised his hand and pushed the door open, but saw Sun Daoting sitting alone on the edge of the bed, a candle was lit on the square table in front of him, and there was still a string of wenge beads on the table that Silver Bell had just sent, but the previous delicate bead string had become a plate of loose beads at this moment.

"Mr. Sun, what are you ......" He walked into the room with his sleeves, and when he walked in, he found that Sun Daoting had red eyes.

Sun Daoting saw that it was a sleeve, and he wanted to salute, but he was held by his sleeve, leaving the quail meat and wine, and after the sleeve made Qingmei also withdraw, he asked: "Mr. Sun, why is this sad?" ”

The two sat down at the square table, and Sun Daoting pushed a porcelain plate containing blackened wood ash that had been roasted by the fire to his sleeve: "Niangniang still remembers that many years ago, Niangniang and Long Live Lord came to the old and decrepit house, and they also brought a talisman at that time. ”

His eyes widened as he stared at the blackened sawdust in front of him and asked, "What do you mean...... There's dragon grass in there? ”

Sun Daoting nodded lightly, and used a slender silver medicine stick to open the charred sawdust, revealing an extremely fine layer of dark red powder at the bottom: "Niangniang, please see, this thing is the dragon kui medicine powder that was pictured on the talisman back then, some of which are like cinnabar, but they will not be refined by the fire." ”

Huai Sleeve carefully looked at the dragon powder precipitated on the porcelain plate for a long time, and asked: "Mr. Fang, why is he sad?" ”

Sun Daoting sighed lightly and said in a deep voice: "When I was a teenager, I once visited the world's famous doctors and strange medicines with my eldest brother, and I heard that there is a strange medicine in Tibet that can transform people's hearts. Now I see things and think about people, and I feel uncomfortable......"

Huai Sleeve had heard Aunt Su Mala say that the Sun family had three brothers, but he only said that the uncle died early, and it turned out that the uncle of the Sun family died like this.

The two were silent for a moment, and then asked: "Since Mr. Sun and his brother traveled thousands of miles to get this medicine, this dragon grass must have miraculous merits, what does Mr. Sun mean by 'transforming people's hearts'?" ”

Sun Daoting listened to Huai Sleeve's question, picked up the sad things of the old days, and patiently explained: "This medicine is different from ordinary medicines, its growth environment needs to be cultivated by animals and trees, and it needs to be cultivated in a cold and damp place all year round.

This medicine ignites, smells can make people hallucinate, the most likely to affect the old feelings in the bottom of people's hearts, so that people do not know what day and night, long-term edification will lead to delusion, and the powerful can cause madness. ”

Huai Sleeve frowned: "Where is this medicine?" It's clearly poisonous! ”

Sun Daoting said with a smile: "There is no strict boundary between poisonous herbs and medicinal herbs, although this dragon kui has such a special poisonous effect, but if it is used properly, it can calm the nerves and help sleep, calm the liver and remove dryness, which is more obvious than the effect of rare medicinal materials such as sesame mushrooms." ”

Huai Sleeve listened to what Sun Daoting said, but his mind was repeatedly thinking about the sudden death of Zen Master Tiezhou inexplicably, and suddenly remembered the perennial scent of sandalwood on Concubine Hui's body, so he asked casually: "Does this dragon grass have a fragrance?" ”

Sun Daoting immediately nodded: "Yes, this dragon grass has its own fragrance, which is very similar to sandalwood, and it is not an expert in the Xiang family, so it is impossible to distinguish it at all." ”

When Huai Sleeve heard this, his face changed slightly, and he asked, "May I ask you, sir, may a woman burn sandalwood during her pregnancy?" ”

Sun Daoting continued: "Sandalwood is warm and calming, and there is no record of prohibition in medicine, but some pregnant women are particularly sensitive to the aroma, and it is easier to use melons and fruits such as tangtang pears to incense. ”

After hearing these words, Huai Sleeve was stunned for a moment and didn't come back to his senses, Sun Daoting saw that Huai Sleeve's face was not good-looking, and couldn't help but ask softly: "What's wrong with Niangniang?" ”

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