Chapter Twenty-Four: Seeing People's Hearts Over Time
Doctor Wen's medicine arrived soon, and the little beans were fried and let me sleep. When I woke up the next day, the attack was even worse. Doctor Wen reported it: Dumping Guiji fell into the water and was frightened, infected with wind and cold induced by illness, and needed to recuperate. The queen sent Liu Lianhai beside her to visit, and she regretted that I was sick at the wrong time. I struggled to remember that Xie En was unable to do so, so Liu Lianhai hurriedly got up and replied.
The queen pointed to Imperial Doctor Wen to continue to treat me, and at the same time ordered Zhao Meiren and Zhang Jieyu to move out of Yonghe Palace to let me recuperate. I sent Ruyi to Kunning Palace in person to thank me and start a life of living alone in Yonghe Palace.
As soon as the news of falling into the water and getting sick came out, everyone in the palace laughed at me behind my back, thinking that although I was as beautiful as a flower, I was weak and a useless embroidered pillow.
The first days were good, and the concubines below Concubine Li also came to visit and greet in person, and Concubine Li also sent a palace maid to visit, which was very lively. A month later, my illness still did not show any improvement, still lingering on the sickbed, Imperial Physician Wen's medical skills have always been praised by the palace concubines, and he also treated him diligently, but my illness is still good and bad. Imperial Physician Wen had no choice but to report to me that I was weak and weak, and I didn't dare to abuse the medicine of the tiger and wolf, and I needed to recuperate slowly. This kind of recuperation is that there is no expiration date. As soon as the news was released, the number of people who came to visit gradually decreased, and in the end, except for Zhao Meiren, who occasionally came over, it was Fan Yiren Lin Kexin and Wen Taiyi who often came. Everyone knows that a concubine who has been ill for a long time, even if she looks like a fairy, will not be able to see the holy face, let alone be favored! Fortunately, I had already expected this result, although I lamented that the people in the palace tended to be inflammatory, but I was also happy, and I stayed in the palace all day reading and embroidering, and slowly "conditioned" my body.
Although I live alone in the deep palace, the outside affairs still can't be hidden from me, and they are passed on through Fan Yiren and Lin Kexin. It's just that they are afraid that they will hinder my recovery, so they only say a word and a half. But with these words, I also understand the general idea.
Among the new palace concubines, Fan Yi is the most favored, and after half a month of sleeping, he was named from the fourth grade of Guiyi, and was given the name "Yi". Despite this, Fan Yiren has only been in the palace for a month, which is not enough to compete with Concubine Li, so it is okay to endure everything. It's just that the concubines are constantly fighting and jealous, and people are gradually forgetting about me, a sick nobleman, in the fight.
The days passed very leisurely, but I felt that something was wrong. Su Xiaojin and his apprentice Xiao Douzi became more and more restless, and gradually did not take me seriously, and I supported them to do something that should not move their feet, and all the errands and tasks fell on the little inner prisoner Xiao Guozi and another rough inner prisoner. As soon as Su Xiaojin and Xiaodouzi took the lead, some palace maids under them were also restless, relying on my inability to discipline me during my illness, so I always had to give birth to something, and gradually quarreled with Qiushui and Azhu.
One morning, I was sitting under the window of the Xinuan Pavilion drinking the fruit juice made by Ruyi, Su Xiaojin and Xiaodouzi invited An to come in, "plopped" in front of the couch, crying and shouting: "The slave can no longer serve the little master!" ”
I was startled and immediately ordered them to get up and speak. Su Xiaojin and Xiaodouzi stood in front of me, crying and saying that Wen Zhaoyi asked them to serve by name. I glanced at him, and he immediately lowered his head and wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve. My eyes were sharp, and I saw that there were no tears at all on the sleeves he wiped the corners of his eyes, and I knew that he was cheating, so I couldn't pierce him, so I only said lightly: "I know." This is a good place to go, and it is your creation. Pack up your things and go over at noon. Serve the master with heart. "I was so disgusted that I didn't look at them anymore, but drank the juice slowly. After drinking a bowl of juice, I thought about it, called all the people in the room, and knelt on the ground.
I said kindly, "I've been sick for more than two months. These days, my spirit is still not good, and I am afraid that this disease will have to drag on. I have so many servants in the palace, and I really don't need so many people to serve me. To be honest, it's annoying to have so many people walking around in front of you. Therefore I am looking for you to come in today, because I have something to ask you: I want to send a few of my servants out and let them go to other concubines