It was very quiet in Kunning Palace, Zhu Youxiao's face was gloomy, pacing back and forth in the main hall, Wei Zhongxian's eyes kept looking at the flickering candle flame, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Lin Ping'an was relatively calm, he looked at Zhang Yan on the sickbed silently, but he was thinking about the life of this queen in his mind.

There has always been a lot of controversy about the ending of this queen in history, some people say that she committed suicide when the city of Beijing was broken, while some people say that King Chuang respected this queen very much, and did not attack her, but treated her with courtesy, but in any case, the ending of Zhang Yan's life was not good, even miserable.

"Alas, what a thin life since ancient times."

Lin Ping'an sighed in his heart, looked at Zhu Youxiao who was walking back and forth in the hall, and couldn't help but think in his heart:

"What kind of person was this carpenter emperor in history? Is it really an emperor who doesn't understand anything and is extremely mediocre? ”

For this point, Lin Ping'an has always disagreed.

He felt that no one who could be an emperor could be too mediocre, and most of the descendants looked at everything about this emperor from the description of history, and it was not necessarily true and reliable.

For example, Wei Zhongxian, there are also big differences in the views of later generations.

Some people say that he is a dead eunuch who brought disaster to the country and the people, and he is a sinner of the Ming Dynasty.

However, some people do not think so, they feel that it is a great mistake for Emperor Chongzhen to execute Wei Zhongxian, and if Wei Zhongxian is here, Emperor Chongzhen will not end up with a tragic ending of hanging himself in a coal mountain.

Therefore, it is very difficult to correctly judge a historical figure, and if you don't see it with your own eyes, there are very likely to be many subjective assumptions and misjudgments.

Zhu Youxiao and Wei Zhongxian in front of him are both famous people in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and now these two celebrities are standing in front of Lin Ping'an, which makes him feel a little trance.

He even began to suspect that all this in front of him was a dream, and just now, he actually came into contact with the hand of one of the five great queens in history, which made him feel like he was dreaming.

So at this moment, although Lin Ping'an was silent, his eyes were a little dull, like a wooden man standing there.

Yan smiled and looked at Lin Ping'an, and a worry suddenly rose in her heart.

Because the yellow artemisia that Lin Ping'an just mentioned was so ordinary, even she, a person who didn't understand medical skills, felt a little funny.

That thing was everywhere, how could it be used to cure the Queen's malaria?

If so, don't so many doctors know about it?

These all made Yan Xiaoxiao's heart full of doubts, and she secretly said in her heart: "Could it be that this guy doesn't understand anything and is talking nonsense?" ”

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that there was this possibility, where to find Artemisia annua in winter, and it was still on this night,

Isn't he deliberately prevaricating with this excuse?

Yan Xiaoxiao felt that she must have seen through Lin Ping'an's thoughts, and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, she began to think about what she should do when the emperor was angry for a while?

On the other side, the imperial physicians poured into the medicinal herb storehouse and lit countless candles.

Although they all had the name of the medicinal herb library in their hands, they didn't bother to look at it at the moment, so they could only start rummaging through it in a frenzy.

A moment later, a surprised voice came from the medicinal herb storehouse:

"Found it, I found it!"

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and Lu Zheng followed the sound to see a doctor holding a large bundle of plants in his hand, shouting happily.

He immediately jumped over, holding a candle in his hand, examining it under the candlelight before finally relieving himself.

"Sure enough, it's Artemisia annua."

He said in his mouth, "I didn't expect Curry to really have this thing." ”

The hearts of the rest of the people suddenly fell back into their stomachs, although they didn't know if this thing could cure the queen's illness, but as long as they could put this thing in Lin Ping'an's hands, they would have no responsibility.

If the queen really has three long and two short in the end, the emperor can only blame Lin Ping'an.

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but let out a cheer, holding the bundles of yellow artemisia, and hurriedly ran out of the medicinal herb warehouse.

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At this moment, every household in Beijing City lit firecrackers, and fireworks rose in the sky, but in the palace, everyone knew that the queen was critically ill, so the other concubines kept silent, not daring to create a festive atmosphere at this time.

"Your Majesty, why don't you go back to the palace to rest first, the old slave can stay here."

Wei Zhongxian said to Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The queen is like this, how can I sleep." ”

Saying this, he sat next to Zhang Yan again, holding Zhang Yan's hand with one hand, but gently caressing Zhang Yan's face with the other, his eyes were full of distress and love.

Zhang Yan slowly opened her eyes, looked at Zhu Youxiao in front of her, and barely squeezed out a smile, but a tear flowed out.

"Am I going to die?"

She shouted mentally, recalling in her mind the scene when she had just entered the palace, when she was just the daughter of an ordinary family, she never thought that she would enter the palace and become the queen of the Ming Dynasty.

And all this seems to be too short, I didn't expect it to end at the beginning, her eyes showed great reluctance, and she sighed secretly:

"Your Majesty is obsessed with carpentry, Wei Zhongxian's dictatorship is a disaster for the country, the party in the court is constantly fighting, and the Ming Dynasty has been repeatedly committed, and it is a little difficult to keep the foundation left by this ancestor.

Thinking of this, her heart was even more bitter, and tears slipped down her cheeks.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Yan's appearance, and his heart was like a knife, but he was a little helpless, he shouted at Wei Zhongxian with great anxiety:

"Go see if those idiots got their stuff back?"

When the words fell, a noisy footstep sounded outside the hall, and Lu Zheng hurriedly ran in with a bundle of plants in his arms, shouting in his mouth:

"Found it, found it, Artemisia annua finally found it."

After saying this, he ran to Lin Ping'an out of breath and handed the bundle of plants in his hand in front of Lin Ping'an.

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and everyone looked at Lin Ping'an.

Lin Ping'an grabbed the bundle of somewhat dry plants and put it in front of him to observe it carefully, and he nodded and said, "That's right, it's this thing." ”

Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but there was a trace of doubt in their hearts, looking at Lin Ping'an holding the bundle of yellow artemisia in his hand, they couldn't help but wonder in their hearts:

"The things are here, but how are you going to get them, are you letting the queen mother eat like this?"

The bundle of yellow artemisia in Lin Ping'an's hand was already very withered, and it was indeed difficult to extract artemisinin from it, so he groaned slightly, and said to Lu Zheng: "Take me to the pharmacy." ”

After a while, Lin Ping'an followed Lu Zheng to the pharmacy that was responsible for decoction.

"Soak these things for half an hour."

Lin Ping'an said.

Lu Zheng had always been a little strange, and finally couldn't help but ask at this moment: "Could it be that these yellow artemisia can't really be used to treat malaria?" ”

Lin Ping'an nodded and explained, "That's true. ”

Lu Zheng was still a little skeptical, and said:

"I remember that the treatment for malaria was to use safflower, bupleurum, astragalus and other drugs decoction, and then acupuncture treatment, but the time was relatively long, and the effect was not necessarily good, but I didn't expect that this yellow artemisia can also treat malaria."

Lin Ping'an said with a smile: "In fact, the reason why Artemisia annua can treat malaria is because its juice contains a drug called artemisinin, which is the nemesis of malaria. ”

As the two spoke, they took out the soaked yellow artemisia.

"What now?"

Lu Zheng asked.

"Now squeeze out the juice in it vigorously, drip it in a basin, and then boil it into a medicinal juice for the queen to take, and it should be fine."

Lin Ping'an replied.

It's as simple as that?

Lu Zheng still didn't believe it, he beckoned the imperial doctors to squeeze out the juice of the yellow artemisia according to Lin Ping'an's method and store it in a basin.

After a few moments, the juice of a small pot of yellow artemisia was squeezed out.

"Now add safflower, astragalus and bupleurum to boil together."

Lin Ping'an clapped his hands and said with a very relaxed expression.

Although everyone was still a little skeptical, they still started decocting the medicine according to Lin Ping'an's method.

Half an hour later, the medicine was decocted, and Lu Zheng handed a small gourd to Lin Ping'an, and said in his mouth:

"Go and take it to the Queen."

Lin Ping'an smiled, knowing that Lu Zheng was doing this because he was afraid that this medicine would not cure Zhang Yan's illness, so he was implicated, he stretched out his hand to take Xiao Hu, and led everyone to Kunning Palace again.

At this moment, in Kunning Palace, Zhu Youxiao was still sitting there, looking at Queen Zhang Yan.

And Wei Zhongxian can only stand there, there is no way, he can't go if the emperor doesn't go.

"Your Majesty, the medicine is ready, let the queen take it."

Lin Ping'an walked up to Zhu Youxiao and said, handing the medicine to the palace maid on the side.

The little palace maid took the medicine, poured some into a porcelain bowl, and after getting the permission of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, she fed the medicine to the queen spoonful by spoonful.

"After dawn, the queen's condition should be relieved."

Lin Ping'an said.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse nodded, then he stood up, he breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at Lin Ping'an and said:

"If the queen is safe, I will reward you with a great prize."

After saying this, he looked at the rest of the imperial physicians and exclaimed:

"Just stay here."

After saying this, he walked out of Kunning Palace with his feet raised.