Chapter 103: Life hangs by a thread
The 'door' of the Heart Cultivation Hall opened, and a palace man hurriedly walked out from inside, and scolded in a low voice: "Which slave is bold enough to dare to make a loud noise?" β
Qingqing saw that she had already alarmed the Queen Mother, and she couldn't hide it anymore, so she nodded at me: "Then you wait a while, I'll go and tell the Queen Mother to know." ΡΡΡ.(vii) (ix) x.S.ΡΠΎΠΌ The update is so fast. β
After speaking, she went in gracefully, and after about half a cup of tea, the palace people came out to spread the word: "The Queen Mother ordered you to go in." β
The guards at the gate put down the saber around my neck, and I hurriedly followed the palace people in.
Qingqing and Concubine Ling, as well as a few 'women' who were dressed as rich and noble, waited in the courtyard, and they didn't dare to come out, and they were silent. When they saw me, they were either angry or disdainful, or resentful, and their eyes were like knives, and they hated to devour me alive.
Only Qingqing saw me, and he didn't dare to speak, but silently said the word "careful" to me.
I took a deep breath and walked into the emperor's bedroom, only to feel depressed and nervous, and I couldn't help but be cautious even when I was breathing.
The imperial doctors in the palace all trembled and prostrated on the ground, not daring to raise their heads. The Queen Mother sat in front of the bright yellow 'colored' bed' tent, her face was frosty, and her face was anxious.
I still had lingering palpitations for the Queen Mother, so I saluted and knelt on the ground.
I thought that the Queen Mother would take the opportunity to embarrass me, I was mentally prepared to be angry, the palm, the board, all the criminal responsibilities I gritted my teeth and endured, who made the emperor sick because of saving me? What's more, if he hadn't had the luck to ward off the cold for me last night, he shouldn't have been in a coma with a high fever.
The Queen Mother looked down at me condescendingly, and said coldly: "I heard Zijin Zhaoyi say that you volunteered to treat the emperor." β
I replied, "Qingwu is willing to try her best." β
"Good!" The Queen Mother nodded her head without hesitation, and asked in an unquestioning tone: "I will give you time for three pillars of incense to make the emperor sober up, can you do it?" β
I raised my eyes to look at the emperor who was asleep in the tent, his eyes were closed, and his cheeks were red, which was the appearance of a high-fever coma.
"The coma 'coma' is actually a kind of self-protection and conditioning of one's own physical discomfort, and the root of the cure lies in the treatment of the emperor's inner illness. Qingwen will do her best. β
The Queen Mother nodded, and someone from the palace brought over a wine bottle and placed it on the table next to the dragon's bed. In a corner of the palace, a pillar of incense was burned in a cloisonnΓ© enamel copper tripod.
"Then I'll trust you for the time being, and give you a chance to make meritorious contributions. I will give you the time of the three pillars of incense, if the emperor's illness does not show 'color', you will drink this bottle of wine, if you wake up, I will give you another chance to live. β
My heart trembled, and my heart suddenly felt cold. Looking at the bottle of poisonous wine, he smiled helplessly, knowing that he was ready to send it, and he couldn't flinch at all.
Bowing my head and approaching the front of the dragon's bed, kneeling on the ground, I rolled up my cuffs and took the emperor's hand out from under the brocade quilt. I closed my eyes and pressed my fingertips around his wrist, carefully feeling the subtle beating of his pulse.
"Judging from the pulse, the emperor's fever is not ordinary typhoid fever." I groaned for a moment and said, "This is an old disease, I'm afraid it's the sequelae of some kind of disease." β
The Queen Mother raised her eyes and looked at me and nodded.
I lifted the brocade quilt that the emperor was holding: "Since it is not a wind cold, sweating is even more harmful, and the heat on the emperor's body cannot be discharged, which is easy to make the body temperature rise and the heat will not go down." β
The Queen Mother raised her hand to stop it, but after thinking about it, she put it down. Said eagerly: "Anyone can talk on paper, so hurry up and open a prescription." β
A palace man stepped forward with a pen and paper, I put the tray on my lap, pondered for a while, picked up the pen and book, didn't care about drying the ink, and 'handed over' it to the head of the imperial doctor.
The Imperial Physician took it in his hand and glanced at it cursoryly, with a surprised 'look' on his face: "The 'medicine' prescription prescribed by the Lord of Deyi County is similar to the existence of our Imperial Hospital. β
I already knew in my heart: "If my guess is correct, it should be the same ingredient of the 'medicine', but the dosage is slightly different, yes or no?" β
The imperial doctor lowered his head and looked closely, took out the prescription from his arms and compared it carefully, and only nodded after a while: "Exactly, but the emperor has no 'color' after taking it this time." Even if the dosage is changed, the effect should not be great. β
"There is no problem with the 'medicine' prescription, but this prescription must be combined with silver acupuncture 'acupoints', and the 'medicine' effect can directly reach the lesion, otherwise there will be no effect at all."
I turned to the Queen Mother: "I implore the Queen Mother to send someone to Dali Temple to quickly get the silver needle of Qingwu." β
The Queen Mother looked at me with an inquiring gaze, and her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly: "Where did you get this recipe?" β
I lowered my eyebrows and lowered my eyes: "It is recorded in the medical book that the emperor rewarded Qing Wu that because of the unique and novel method of using 'medicine', Qing Wu was quite impressed. β
The queen mother's gaze eased, no longer delved, waved her hand and ordered the eunuchs below to hurry to Dali Temple and quickly retrieve my silver needle.
The imperial doctor took my prescription and quickly fried the 'medicine' into a bowl and gave it to the emperor. According to my impression, the master pricked the emperor's silver acupuncture point, and wiped his palms, behind his ears, and forehead with the purest sorghum wine.
The idle people were all rejected by the Queen Mother, and even the concubines guarding the 'gate' reluctantly returned to their palaces. Only me and the Queen Mother were left in the Heart Cultivation Palace, as well as two 'squires' guards, vigilantly watching the movements in my hands.
The dormitory is unusually quiet, and you can hear the sound of dripping water under the eaves outside the window. I don't know when the rain stopped, but the sky was still 'overcast' and not clear.
When my last silver needle was slowly twisted into the emperor's spiritual platform, my heartbeat sounded like a drum in the silent palace.
The emperor still closed his eyes tightly, and his eyelashes and hairs did not tremble. I slowly withdrew the silver needle, my hand shaking, not knowing what had gone wrong.
The third pillar of incense in the enamel cloisonnΓ© copper tripod was finally burned out, and after a flash, the incense head finally returned to cold silence.
The Queen Mother smiled coldly, and finally lost her patience: "Drag it out!" Don't die before me, dirty my eyes! β
I took a deep breath and stood up, my wrists clutched tightly, still burning with a scorching heat.
"Qingwu, don't go."
I lowered my head in surprise, his eyes were still closed, but his eyebrows were furrowed, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he had obviously regained consciousness.
The Queen Mother was overjoyed, clasped her hands together, and murmured: "Thank God, Your Majesty, you are finally awake!" β
I also let out a long sigh and slowly retracted the foot that had already stepped into the ghost 'door'.
"The emperor is out of danger, and I believe that the effect of the 'medicine' will gradually play out, and his fever will slowly subside." After I re-called the emperor, I said to the queen mother: "Can you let the palace people bring some ice water?" I gave the emperor a fever relieve. β
The Queen Mother glanced at the emperor's hand holding my wrist, her eyes flashed, and she turned around and ordered.
Her personal palace 'girl' Mai walked in and persuaded in a low voice: "Now that the emperor is fine, you are tired in the middle of the night, just rest for a while, the slave and maid are waiting here." β
The Queen Mother turned to look at me, thinking for a while, it should be expected that I would not dare to be unfavorable to the emperor, so she whispered two words to Wheat, and drove back to Puning Palace, and only me and Wheat.
The emperor still held my hand tightly, and his whole body was tense, as if he was in a nervous state of preparation. I simply sat down at the bed, wrung the handkerchief and handed it to me, and I wiped him carefully.
"What's wrong with Grandpa Guo?" I haven't seen him all the time, so I couldn't help but ask.
"Gonggong Guo is the person who serves the emperor, what can the queen mother do to him? Even if you reward him with a few boards, it's just for show. The palace is full of Guo Gonggong's people, who will really be heavy-handed? β
I'm only half relieved.
"You should be 'worried' about yourself, the two-day deadline is coming soon, if it is dawn tomorrow, the prince of Crazy Stone still can't find out the real murderer, even if the emperor wakes up, he can't save you."
Wheat's words knocked me down to reality. I couldn't help but be a little worried: "Crazy Stone made a military order, what are you betting on?" β
Wheat sneered: "You are idle again, the Marquis of Zhongyong is the pillar of the country, and the prince of Crazy Stone is also a genius, can the Queen Mother really kill his head?" β
Although Wheat's language is sarcastic, with a gun and a stick, it does make sense. I stopped talking, just lowered my head and thought about my thoughts.
It was almost noon when the emperor's body improved, and the fever slowly subsided. But still in a coma.
The palace people boiled the 'medicine' and sent it over, and I gave the emperor an injection for the second time. Two people who looked like imperial doctors stood behind me, staring at the silver needle in my hand, writing and drawing with pen and paper in their hands.
I knew that this must be the meaning of the Queen Mother, and I did not shy away from it, and patiently explained the essentials and skills to the two of them.
The two of them were a little disdainful at first, but gradually lost their looks, and concentrated on learning to imitate, seeing that technique should also be good at acupuncture.
After acupuncture, the 'flush' red 'color' on the emperor's face slowly receded, returned to ruddyness, and his breathing was stable, showing that he had already 'colored'.
The Queen Mother was not at ease, so she came to visit in person, took away the wheat, and the remaining two strange palace people stayed here, monitoring my movements.
I sat sleepily on the foot of the dragon's bed, lying on the edge of the bed, and the sleepiness gradually set in. In a daze, I heard a whisper in my ear: "Silly girl, how can you teach the life-saving acupuncture technique to others at will." β
I raised my head in surprise, and suddenly I was sleepy, on the dragon couch, the emperor had woken up, turned his head and looked at me with a smile, put his index finger on the 'lips', and gently "shh
I turned my head to see that the two palace 'women' saw that I was sleepy and unguarded, and were gathered together, chatting quietly. I was immediately silenced, and only smiled at him, still leaning forward halfway forward, pretending to sleep.
"Silly girl, don't let me heal so quickly, otherwise tomorrow if the mad stone can't find the real murderer, how can I protect you?" He whispered softly, still weak.
I couldn't help but have a sour nose, hazy water vapor in my eyes, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty ......"
"Don't call me the emperor, okay? Call me Chang'an, I Chang'an. He closed his eyes tiredly, and I couldn't see what was going on in his eyes.
"Qingwen." He whispered to me.
I responded softly and glutinously, with a nasal voice.
His hand reached over and grabbed my hand: "It's good that you're here." β
After saying that, he fell asleep again.