Chapter 15 Hunting and Hunting Under the Long Wind
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Long before Emperor Xuande's class returned to Beijing, Xuanwu and Du Ziheng were selected by the shadow guards, changed horses and did not change people, and were sent back to the capital in an expedited manner of 800 miles.
The imperial doctors brought in the army can only do some relief treatment for their injuries, after all, there is a shortage of doctors and medicines in the army, and there is really only a limit to what can be done about the two of them with a poisonous sword injury.
When I arrived at the palace, Huoxiang, who had already received the news from the flying pigeon, had already prepared everything.
Xuanwu and Du Ziheng were injured and infected, and coupled with the bumps along the way, they only had one breath left.
Fortunately, there is still a breath of air.
Huoxiang's medical skills at this time have caught up with her grandfather's time, almost to the point of life and death, flesh and bones.
With such trauma, as long as there is a breath of air, she will definitely revive them.
Xuanwu felt like he was dying.
He had been half-asleep all night, burned dazed, but his consciousness was still there.
The raindrops outside the house ticked and fell all night, he also listened to it all night, it was dawn, and finally fell asleep, a palace maid came in to help wash, touched his hot forehead, was slightly stunned, and immediately called someone to come in to wipe him to cool down, and kept coming in with a basin of water to go out to change the water.
Everyone knows that these two adults lying in the Tai Hospital, in order to save the emperor's injuries during the emperor's northern tour, were specially treated by the doctor girl, and they were not allowed to be contemptuous.
The palace maid took the water and looked at Lord Xuanwu who was covered by brocade, and his bluish face, which had lost too much blood before, showed a sickly flush due to high fever, and she was a little worried: if he closed his eyes and went like this, the emperor would be furious, and he was afraid that the people who were waiting would not be able to get out of it.
She soaked the handkerchief in water, wrung it out, and gently put it on Xuanwu's head to cool him down.
Xuanwu made a few hoarse tones from the bottom of his throat, the palace maid couldn't hear clearly, but guessed that he wanted to drink water, tried the warm water on the table, the heat and cold were just right, and fed him a little bit with a silver spoon into his mouth.
And Xuanwu in his sleep seemed to return to the time when he marched in the desert, the noon sun dried every grain of sand to the blanch, and the scorching heat and thirst swept in, and the feeling of dehydration all over his body was as rough and desolate as if he was about to be sunburned into a sea of sand.
He thought that he and his men and horses would die in the scorching midday sun.
He can pull out mountains and rivers with strength, march and fight, and he is a good hand. He is never timid, even in the face of opponents who are stronger than him, he can hold on to the end and wait for life.
But this time, he can't win against the sky, and people can't win against the sky.
Just when people are sleepy and tired, an oasis suddenly appears in front of them, like a mirage, but it is really right in front of them.
The spring is bubbling and the water is gurgling. When I look at it, I feel full of relish.
The clear stream is like a dream, and the gold is bright.
His men and horses were saved, he was saved.
When Huoxiang walked into the room, she happened to hear Xuanwu in a daze, muttering a word.
The voice was so low that neither Huoxiang nor the palace maid could hear it clearly, but Huoxiang still waved her hand and asked the palace maid to retreat.
In case Lord Xuanwu is talking about military information, it will not be good for these palace people to hear it.
She sat on the edge of the bed and continued to feed Xuanwu water with a silver spoon.
She is a doctor, so she doesn't need to pay attention to the rules of men and women.
She had just gone to see Du Ziheng, and her fever had begun to subside and she was out of danger.
Seeing that Xuanwu still had a high fever that did not go away, he couldn't help but be a little worried.
Xuanwu in his sleep called again. This time, Huoxiang heard it clearly, and she was shocked.
She covered Xuanwu's mouth with a silver spoon, turned around and looked at no one on the left and right, before she was relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.
She looked at the person in her sleep, her eyes were closed, her brows were furrowed, but there was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, like this blurted out name, hidden in his heart for a long time, just calling it, and feeling happy.
Huoxiang is a little pitiful Xuanwu, this name, how many times has he called it in private, a thousand times or ten thousand times? Knowing that there would be no response, he hid it deep in his heart.
His wife had been dead for several years, but she had never remarried.
I heard that a while ago, the talented and good-looking lady of the Ministry of Industry admired his outstanding martial arts and outstanding character, and was willing to marry him to fill the house, but he was politely refused.
I thought that what he said to the outside world was that he had people in his heart, and he couldn't love other people anymore, so he had to live up to it...... is reading the excuse of his deceased wife, and now it seems that there is really someone in his heart.
Did he look forward to hearing a little news from her every morning when he entered the palace, and then recall her smile when he met in the evening, calling her name over and over again?
Is he lonely? Looking at this man who only smiled in his sleep, Huoxiang suddenly felt that he might not be alone, in his heart, there was a person for him to recall, whether it was in the plains, canyons or mountains, moonlit nights and stars, he could silently think of her in his heart, which was much stronger than the taste that many people did not know in their lives.
When the love is strong, the love becomes thinner. If he hadn't heard it by chance on this day, he was afraid that no one would ever know about his lovesickness.
This silent man turned out to be so affectionate.
Loving someone is all about passion, not reason.
He just used reason to restrain his heart from being seen.
Because he knew that even if she saw it, she would not be able to respond to him.
Huoxiang fed Xuanwu a pill made of sixteen herbs such as cold water stone, antelope horn, wood incense, agarwood, ginseng, cimicifuga, and licorice, and turned to leave.
That elixir can clear away heat and detoxify, suppress spasmodic wind, and open the body to calm shock. After eating, he regained his will, and he would not say a word in his sleep, in a state of confusion, and no one would hear him call that name like her.
The moment Huoxiang stepped out of the door, she thought wistfully that she had one more secret that she needed to keep, and there were really too many secrets in this Forbidden City.
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On the Thousand Autumn Festival of the Empress Dowager in the fifth year of Xuande, the main seat of each palace concubine will present a dish made by the Empress Dowager to celebrate the Empress Dowager's 50th birthday.
Concubine Hui, Concubine Shu, Concubine Xian, Concubine Li, and even several Queen Mothers made by Zhaoyi tasted one or two bites, only the Snow Ear Bird's Nest Porridge made by the Queen Mother herself, and the Queen Mother did not move a single chopstick.
"Let's take it, what season and hour is this, and you still eat such things." The Queen Mother looked at the snow-eared bird's nest porridge with a look of disgust.
Everyone looked at each other, this snow fungus bird's nest porridge strengthens the spleen and lungs, moisturizes the skin and nourishes the skin, it is perfect for eating in autumn and winter, and the queen also specially explained, saying that it is better for women and the elderly to eat bird's nest in the morning.
But this bird's nest porridge, from morning to noon, the Queen Mother didn't move a bite, but it was out of season at this time.
Since the queen entered the middle palace, the queen mother has been treating her coldly, not only holding the prince to her own knees, so that the queen and the prince can not see each other a few times a month, but also often praise the virtuous virtue of the Hu family, and call him to live in Qingning Palace for a long time.
This time, he refused to even eat the food served by the queen, which was clearly not to give the queen face.
Hu Shanxiang, who was sitting at the head of the Queen Mother, helped to turn around: "This bird's nest porridge was brought to the queen mother early in the morning, but the people below were not careful and did not give it to you." I'll cook you again another day. โ
The Queen Mother looked at Hu Shanxiang with kind eyes, "The mourning family wants you to cook, and the mourning family loves to eat the things you cook." โ
The queen mother saw that the emperor favored the queen, before when she was still a concubine, she raised the official position of her father and brother more than the family of Queen Hu at that time, and the favor has become heavier in recent years, in March last year, the queen's father, Sun Zhong, who was the governor of the Chinese military at that time, was named the uncle of Huichang in the name of promoting sincerity and loyalty, Yiyun Wuchen, and also received the lack of Ronglu doctor, a thousand stones, and the descendants were hereditary, and the coupons were given to his great-grandfather and grandfather Kaoji, and his great-grandfather and grandmother were all Mrs. - Mrs. Feng his mother, wife and wife.
Such a favor is unparalleled in the DPRK and China for a while.
Although he persuaded hard, Sun Zhong also insisted on his resignation, and the emperor was not the same, and then let him join the Taishi British Gong Zhang Fu, Peng Chengbo Zhang Quan and the Governor Zhang Sheng, and only participate in the early dynasty on the first and fifteenth days of the new year.
The British Duke is the elder of the four dynasties, Peng Chengbo is the brother of the Queen Mother, and the Governor Zhang Sheng is the brother of the Queen Mother.
The emperor respects the queen's family so much, and the queen mother will suppress the queen more and more, otherwise, if this goes on for a long time, the queen will gradually forget her duty and become frivolous, won't there be a suspicion that her relatives will be big?
The emperor was bewitched by beauty and messed up the court, but the queen mother would never allow such a situation to occur.
Only when she presses the queen, the people in the harem will not only look at the queen, so that the queen is dominant, and the wind only blows to one side, blowing the three palaces and six courtyards tilt.
Seeing the concubines looking at the queen with sympathy, secret joy, and even schadenfreude, the queen mother's smile became more and more kind, "I'm happy today, don't talk about these things, queen, which dish are you serving to the mourning family?" Why didn't the mourning family see it? โ
Sun Qingyang stood up and said with a smile: "It's the queen mother who just said that the snow ear bird's nest is out of season, it is the concubine's carelessness, and she didn't let people explain, please ask the queen mother to eat it early in the morning, it's good, I got up early in the morning but I couldn't even catch up with the evening set." โ
In her words, she seemed to be completely unaware of the Queen Mother's exclusion and suppression of her, just as if it was a misunderstanding.
"Yo - it's all to blame for the minions for not being careful, and they don't know how to remind the mourning family, this is what the queen did." The Queen Mother sighed regretfully, "It's a pity, the mourning family is full at this time, and they can't even taste a bite." โ
After speaking, she said to the palace maid standing beside her: "This is a good day for the mourning family, I won't punish you, next time do things carefully, don't be so slow, even if the queen is a benevolent, don't worry about you, the mourning family can't be spared." These things, the mourning family has tasted, very good, and all of them are rewarded. The queen did, although the mourning family did not taste it, but it looks good, the taste must not be bad, just like the queen, thirty years old is still as beautiful as a peony flower, but unfortunately, the mourning family has no mouth, and even missed the time, only to taste it another day. You're all withdrawn, let's go to the theater and have fun. โ
The palace maid knelt down to thank her, and then withdrew the food as she said.