Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 313 Deliberately making things difficult

On the way Su Chen and Peng Qingqing drove to the imperial palace, the carriage was speeding along Yujie. This street was ten feet wide, and it ran straight from the south gate to the palace gate of the imperial palace. The straight and wide road was lively. In the district, unless there is an emergency military situation, horses are not allowed to gallop.

But this time, because of the eagerness to enter the palace to save people, the Ouchi guards of the Imperial Army rode their horses to open the way in person, and the carriage hurriedly accompanied them to the palace.

Through the window sill, Su Chen found lush leaves falling from the sycamore tree beside the road outside the car window. They were originally suspended in the air, but hadn't landed yet, but were gently swayed by the wind brought by the carriage.

Peng Qingqing leaned close to him, glanced at the buildings and walls on the right side of the road, and explained: "This is the yamen of the six divisions. After passing this area, there are some princely residences in front of it, adjacent to the imperial palace. It is convenient to enter the palace and see you."

Su Chen nodded slightly. Before he came, he had already seen the map of Jinling City. It can be said that the imperial city of the Tang Dynasty was not that big. Unlike the previous Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were six offices, the Imperial College, etc. in the imperial city. They are all placed in the imperial city, and then there is a palace city inside, which is the place where the early dynasty, the emperor and the beauties of the harem lived.

The imperial palace in the Southern Tang Dynasty was just a palace city, and it did not have the characteristics of the imperial city of the previous dynasty. The yamen of the three provinces, six ministries, and nine ministers were all placed in the outer inner square, which was still some distance from the imperial palace, separated by a princely residence, which was rather strange. .

The carriage quickly passed the Hongqiao and came to the gate of the imperial palace, where it entered unimpeded and went straight to the second prince's palace.

When there was only a twenty-foot-long corridor from the living area of ​​the harem, the carriage stopped, and further inside was the harem area. The carriage and others could not enter, so one had to dismount and walk through the long palace wall corridor.

Su Chen and Peng Qingqing got out of the car, followed the eunuch Xuanzhi and the commander of the imperial army, and rushed to the bedroom where the second prince lived.

"Report to the official family, Su Chen brought to—"

Gao Sheng, the eunuch who passed the decree, sang, and reported to the official Li Yu.

"Hurry up and come in." Li Yu said in the hall.

"Here!" After the eunuch reported inside, he sang loudly towards the outside: "Xuan Suchen enters the palace."

After Su Chen heard the words, he and Peng Qingqing entered the second prince's palace one after the other.

After entering, I was a little surprised to see the scene in the hall.

Because there were many women standing in the hall, including imperial concubines, concubines, maids of honor, maids of honor, 30 people Yingying Yanyan, besides, he also saw an old woman in her sixties with half black and half white hair. Dressed in graceful and gorgeous palace robes and neon skirts, with hairpins decorated with double lotus and phoenix patterns, she is very aura. It should be the Zhong family of the Guangmu Queen back then, and now the Queen Mother Zhong.

Standing beside Empress Dowager Zhong, are her two princesses who have not left the cabinet, namely Princess Yongning and Princess Yongjia. One is 16 years old and the other is 12 years old. They are both Li Yu's sisters, not all from the Zhong family.

Seeing Su Chen coming, Zhou Jiamin's eyes showed tenderness and worry. He wanted to speak up, but he didn't dare to move, because apart from some concubines and concubines, Empress Dowager Zhong is the main one here, and the palace really has the right to speak The Queen Mother is definitely one of them!

Now her elder sister Queen Zhou is sick and bedridden, often unconscious, she has let go of court affairs, and has gradually lost the right to speak. She can act like a baby in front of the emperor's brother-in-law Li Yu, but in front of the queen mother, she has to behave and dare not go out at will. sounded.

After Li Yu saw Su Chen coming in, his face was solemn, and he waved his hand at Su Chen and said, "All those etiquettes are omitted, Su Chen, come here and continue to diagnose the second prince, and see why he suddenly got worse. You didn't tell me last night. I have guaranteed that the prince is no longer in danger of his life?"

Su Chen heard Li Yu's tone of questioning and suspicion, as well as some unhappiness mixed in, thinking that when he saw the second prince yesterday, he was already dying, and you have nothing to do, but now it seems to blame him for not giving It means to be cured, this is to rely on him!

"Caomin made a diagnosis and treatment last night, and indeed found His Royal Highness's illness. As long as you follow the prescription prescribed by Caomin, you will see the effect in three days, and you will see the effect in seven days. You are out of danger, and it shouldn't be worse today."

At this time, Concubine Wei stood up and snorted softly: "Who knows if you were so happy last night, deliberately bragging, it is only temporarily effective, to deceive the trust of the officials, if the prince has an accident today, you can shirk your responsibility. What a young genius doctor, According to this palace, he is simply a quack doctor! Empress Dowager, officials, you must not be deceived by him, he is so young, what kind of medical skills does he have?"

Su Chen frowned, and glanced at the concubine Wei. He felt a little unhappy to be so humiliated and doubted, but his status was low, he had no fame or official position, so he couldn't refute casually.

Empress Dowager Zhong looked at Su Chen with her eyes. She did not expect that the genius doctor who treated her grandson Zhongxuan was this young man. He looked less than 20 years old and was said to be the son of the criminal minister Su Mingyuan. Is this reliable?

"Do you really know medical skills?" Queen Mother Zhong asked suspiciously.

Li Yu introduced to Su Chen: "Su Chen, the Queen Mother is asking you something."

It was the first time for Su Chen to see the living Queen Mother, so he glanced twice more, cupped his hands and said, "Back to the Queen Mother, Cao Min learned medical skills from my father since childhood, and since then he has been studying his ancestors' prescriptions and healing principles at home. Some studies, in Runzhou City, a head catcher who was dying was rescued by cutting his abdomen, and a prescription for fighting the smallpox epidemic was also developed.”

The Empress Dowager Zhong was a little unbelievable when she heard the words. If it was true, it meant that this young man had good medical skills.

Concubine Wei snorted, "You're just hitting by mistake, not really seeing a doctor and saving lives."

Su Chen replied: "Usually Cao Min does not see many doctors, that's because Cao Min is not a full-time doctor, but a student of Runzhou Academy, who is going to take the imperial examination, so he didn't see a doctor."

While he was speaking, the two big and small princesses looked at him curiously with their eyes blinking.

They were not very interested in Su Chen's medical skills, but this person's collection of poems and essays, as well as novels, had been introduced into the palace, especially the Romance of the West Chamber and The Peony Pavilion. It was Princess Yongning who was about to leave the cabinet at the age of 16. She was just beginning to love her, so she would naturally be moved by the love story of a gifted scholar and a beautiful woman.

Therefore, these two princesses are Su Chen's fans in private.

They saw that Concubine Wei was targeting Su Chen deliberately, and seemed to be making things difficult on purpose. Although it was not easy to refute directly, Princess Yongning still rescued Su Chen, and said to Empress Dowager Zhong: "Mother, whether you have real skills or not, it's better to let him diagnose it again." Let’s go, otherwise, you won’t be able to find out just by asking.”

Empress Dowager Zhong nodded slightly, and said to Su Chen: "The Ai family loves this little emperor's grandson the most, Su Chen, you continue to diagnose and treat him, and see why his condition worsens. If the emperor's grandson can be cured, the Ai family will have their own way." I'll give you a big reward."

Su Chen cupped his hands and said, "Caomin obey the Queen Mother's edict."

Concubine Jiang and Huang Baoyi gave up an empty space in front of the bed for Su Chen, and asked him to go up and take a pulse diagnosis by himself.

Under the attention of everyone, Su Chen ignored everyone's gaze, sat calmly on the side of the bed, and took his pulse seriously. After a while, his brows frowned involuntarily.

(End of this chapter)