Chapter 232: Illness (3)
He Xi's soft words seemed to be a good medicine, which calmed Tuobalin's heart, and Tuoba Lin nodded solemnly: "Mother, I know, whether my father likes me or not, whether he will come to see me from time to time, I just need to be myself." β
He Xi was full of relief and took Tuoba Lin in her arms, but her eyes were heavy, as if she wanted Ruyi to call the nurse of the eldest prince over, but before she could speak, she saw Ruyi coming in in a hurry.
Before He Xi could ask, he heard Ruyi say urgently: "Little master, something is wrong, something happened to Concubine Shuniang." β
He Xi's eyes sank and said, "What happened?" β
Ruyi said with a worried face: "In the morning, the slave maid was drying the quilt outside the palace, and I saw the pothos running out in a hurry, I asked curiously, and the pothos said-say-"
He Xi said a little anxiously: "What did you say?" Say it quickly. β
Ruyi's breath was uneven and said: "Say, Concubine Shuniang had seen her well yesterday, but today she has a fever again, or even worse, and she is already unconscious." β
He Xi did it suddenly, she looked down and saw Lin'er, who was a little frightened, and asked Ruyi to bring the nurse over.
When the nurse came in, He Xi ordered: "You take the eldest prince, no matter what happens, you are not allowed to run out, do you hear?" β
The nurse mother obviously also heard the noise next door, and knew that something had happened to Concubine Xu, so she hurriedly leaned over and said, "Slave and maid, remember the words of the little master, you can rest assured, little master." β
He Xi looked at her coldly, and did not immediately hand over Lin'er to the nurse, but said coldly: "You people, with the eldest prince, but be cautious, if I hear anything that I shouldn't hear, rumors will spread everywhere in this palace, I don't care who you are, you will all send out of the palace." β
The nurse's body was so weak that she almost fell to the ground, obviously she didn't say anything less, she was busy: "The slave knows." β
He Xi had no time to dispose of them now, so he could only give Lin'er to them first, and then followed Ruyi out.
In the Ice Spring Palace, there were already many people waiting over there, and the emperor and empress, together with Concubine Hui and a few people with low ranks, also came over.
He Xi gently leaned over and saluted in turn, the emperor and queen were fine, as if they were very concerned about Concubine Xu Shu's fetus, and said that it was Concubine Hui, and when she saw He Xi coming, she said lazily: "Yo, I said that this Xi nobleman is really calm, he lives next door, such a big thing, he can wait until this time to come." β
The queen glanced at the two of them coldly, she and Concubine Hui were both pregnant, and they ate more, and the Tao was originally sharp and angular, not so distinct, she fiddled with the gold armor on her fingers and asked, "Indeed, the noble Xi is calm this time." β
She said that this time, it was an allusion to what happened last time, and sure enough, she saw Tuoba Chen's brows furrowed tightly and looked at He Xi.
He Xi curled up his fingers and said: "The concubine really doesn't know what the queen mother means, but the concubine thinks that the last time it happened, it was the concubine who was gullible and caused trouble for herself. β
Seeing her frank expression, Tuoba Chen's suspicions diminished a lot, but he didn't want Lan Xin to say: "Xicai is really very ruthless, for the sake of his reputation, he doesn't even care about the imperial heir." β
He Xi turned his head and said: "Let's not talk about Concubine Niangniang's side, the palace maid and eunuch are twice as many as in my palace, if something really happens, there is also a doctor on the side to diagnose and treat, what can I help?" Or is it that Concubine Hui is here, but what did you help Zhang Luo? β
Lan Xin was choked by her words, and almost couldn't find a reply, the coquettish look on her face gradually turned into anger, but in an instant, there was a confident look.
She raised her voice and said, "Some people say this on their lips, but no one can say what they are doing behind the scenes." β
He Xi only felt that Lan Xin was a little strange today, and the queen was just quiet, not stopping or helping, as if it was a quiet daffodil, He Xi was too lazy to talk to Lan Xin, so he said, "Your Majesty, how is Concubine Shu's condition?" β
The emperor was obviously a little tired of Lan Xin's aggressiveness, and his emotions for He Xi were a little lighter, but he said in a deep voice: "The imperial doctor is looking inside, wait and see." β
As he was talking, a doctor immediately came out of it, saw He Xi, was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Shu Niangniang has woken up, butββ"
The queen was obviously a little anxious, leaned forward and asked, "What is it?" β
The imperial doctor looked very bright, not looking for a common one, but saw his eyes drift in the direction of He Xi and said: "It's just that the concubine is unstable, and the concubine was not in good health before, in short, it is extremely critical." β
The queen seemed to have finally seen the abnormality of the imperial doctor, and said, "Imperial doctor, but there is something wrong with the noble Xi, why are you staring at her?" β
The doctor hurriedly said: "The minister did find some abnormalities, Concubine Shu's condition is a disease of cold and heat, although she is now pregnant for four or five months, it is true that she must be careful with medicine, but she didn't say that she can't use medicine, but I heard that yesterday Guiren Xi asked the people around Concubine Shufei to wipe her body with wine?" β
He looked at He Xi. He Xi faintly felt that something was wrong, so he said: "Indeed, it's just that Imperial Doctor Wei said yesterday that Concubine Shu can't use medicine, she can only use sweating methods, when I came, I saw Concubine Shu's face was red, and I remembered the home remedies, so I let Luluo try it." β
She said in a clear manner, but the imperial doctor shook his head disappringingly and said, "Noble Xi, you almost hurt Concubine Shuniang." β
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, especially Tuoba Chen: "How can you say this? I have indeed heard that there is such a method among the people, but I have never heard that there is anything wrong with this method, what's the matter? Could it be that Concubine Shu is seriously ill and has nothing to do with this method? β
The imperial physician nodded and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, although the method is also right, but I am afraid that it will not be right to use it on the body of the lady concubine, the slave also said before, this disease originates from cold and heat, naturally there is an evil fire in the body and nowhere to vent, the method of the imperial physician Wei is to let the evil fire come out, but the method of the Xi nobles is to let the evil fire suppress it, but the symptom is not the root cause, which led to the menacing illness of the lady concubine today." β
Lan Xin said in a timely manner: "I really let the palace be accurate, I said Noble Xi, you are smart this time, if it weren't for the imperial doctor here, I'm afraid we would all think that you are sincerely good to Concubine Shu." β
He Xi also felt cold for a while, she had never heard of what the imperial doctor said, she quickly knelt down on the ground and said: "The concubine only saw that the concubine was depressed and uncomfortable yesterday, so she came up with an ideaββ"
As he was talking, he heard Fuqing walk outside and say in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Imperial Doctor Lu is here." β
Tuoba Chen frowned slightly: "Why is he here?" But it's okay to come, let him come in and show Concubine Shu. β
Fuqing took Lu Chuan into the inner hall, and as soon as he entered the hall, Lu Chuan saw He Xi kneeling on the ground, he glanced at her quietly, and just saluted to the few people above.
Cai said: "Today, according to the usual practice, the minister went to ask Concubine Hui for pulse, but he didn't want Niangniang to be in the palace, and after inquiring, he learned that Concubine Shu was sick and came here, and the slave was also concerned about His Majesty's heir, so he came on his own initiative, and asked His Majesty to atone for his sins." β
Tuoba Chen waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's all here." β
Concubine Hui's face was a little unpleasant, and she glanced at Lu Chuan coldly and said, "I haven't seen you so concerned about the affairs of the palace on weekdays, but at this time, Baba came here." β
Lu Chuan didn't make a fuss, but said in a deep voice: "The slave just cares about Niangniang's body, and he diagnoses the pulse on weekdays, and he is safe and sound, so naturally there is no urgency." β
Concubine Hui knew that she could use such a reason, but she couldn't say anything about him, so she turned her face to the queen and said, "Sister, you see, so many people are gathered here, making a commotion, it's better to deal with it quickly and disperse." β
Lan Ruo nodded and looked at Tuoba Chen and said, "Your Majesty, look at this matter, although Guiren Xi may be unintentional, but this matter, after all, has something to do with her, we-"
Tuoba Chen took a deep look at He Xi, remembered something, and asked, "Lu Chuan, this is the disease of heat and cold with sake, and wiping the body with sake, but it will suppress the fire?" β
Tuoba Chen's words were very skillful, he didn't say why He Xi was suspected, he just asked the right and wrong of the matter, in order to be the truth of this matter.
But as soon as these words came out, the imperial doctor on the side had weak legs, and almost knelt on the ground, he secretly glanced at Concubine Hui who was sitting on the top with some concern, and was glared at by Concubine Hui's eyes, so he withdrew his gaze.
After Lu Chuan heard the emperor's question, he said: "This use of wine to dissipate heat can be regarded as a folk earthwork, and there is nothing wrong with facing this cold and heat disease." β
He Xi suddenly crossed a glimmer of light in her heart, she knelt on the ground, and asked loudly: "But don't say that the cold and heat are caused by the internal invasion of the evil fire, using wine to reduce the heat will only suppress the evil fire?" β
Asked about such a thing, Lu Chuan inevitably became serious, he frowned and said, "Who said such ridiculous things to the little master?" It's good to have an evil fire invasion, but there are many ways to put out the fire, and what you are talking about is one of them, so how can you suppress it? β
Seeing that he was sure, He Xi bowed deeply to Tuoba Chen and said: "Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Lu is the holy hand of medicine, Imperial Physician Lu said so, thinking about the previous conclusion, there must be someone who wants to deliberately wronged the concubineββ"
As he spoke, He Xi choked up at the right time, and a line of tears flowed down, full of sorrow, as if he remembered something sad.