Han Shizu

Chapter 696 The Empress Dowager's Illness
While the Southern Expedition was progressing steadily, Han Emperor Liu Chengyou, who was far away in Tokyo, was in a particularly bad mood recently, often showing angry looks, which was intimidating.The reason was that the Empress Dowager Li was ill, and the medicine was difficult to cure for a long time, and the cure was not cured. This made Liu Chengyou worried and became irritable.

"You dry people, everyone is known as the master of Xinglin. The queen mother has been ill for so long, why doesn't she get better, and keeps recurring!" Stepping into the hall of compassion, he turned his eyebrows coldly at several imperial doctors, and angrily said: "It's still your diagnosis that was wrong. , Medication indiscriminately!"

"Your Majesty, your majesty has a body of ten thousand pieces of gold. How dare the ministers be careless, and be more careful with the medicines, but..." The angry emperor is always scary, and the leader of the imperial medical office was so frightened that he fell to his knees and explained in a trembling voice.

"Can you cure it? If you can't, replace it with me! Let me tell you, if you can't cure the Queen Mother, I will kill you!" It was very rare for Liu Chengyou to directly threaten his subordinates like this.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will discuss it later!" The imperial doctor Ling was even more panicked, and hurriedly said.

"Officials, my mother is calling you!" The female officer in the hall came out from the inner hall and reported carefully.

After hearing this, he glanced at the imperial physician, and Liu Chengyou left in a huff.The emperor's aura dissipated, and several imperial physicians breathed a sigh of relief, but then worries reappeared, and one of them couldn't help but look at the gray-bearded old imperial physician anxiously: "Master Zhang, what should we do?"

The old doctor sighed, showing a headache: "We have already diagnosed the Queen Mother's illness, so we should assume that there is no mistake, why the medication did not improve. After returning to the office, we will look up the medical books and discuss it together! "

A doctor was left in the hall, and when the group left the hall, one of the younger imperial physicians couldn't help but said: "Is it because we are too careful, the empress dowager is just a general wind convulsion?"

As soon as this remark fell, it immediately attracted attention, and then there was a dispute.

On Liu Chengyou's side, when he entered the inner hall, he had already changed his face, and his anger and violent temper were all restrained inside.In front of the couch, Empress Fu and the eldest son of the emperor Liu Xu were all there, with worried faces on their faces. The Empress Dowager Li was lying on the couch, her complexion was indeed not good.

Seeing Liu Chengyou, he waved to him, and Li said to him: "How dare the imperial doctors not try their best? You don't have to criticize them if you can't cure the disease, it will hurt your reputation!"

Even though the illness was against harmony, the Empress Dowager's eyes and demeanor were still so gentle and kind, which made people feel at ease.Liu Chengyou shook his head and said, "Don't care so much! They can't cure mother, if they don't exert pressure, how can they do their best! Mother should take good care of her illness and leave the rest alone!"

Seeing this, Li Shi sighed.At this time, the waitress came in with a bowl of medicinal soup, and Li Shi said: "Since the medicinal stone is useless, I won't drink it, and don't waste those rare medicinal materials!"

"You still have to take the medicine!" Liu Chengyou glanced at the bowl of medicine, and said, "However, there are many people who work as an imperial physician, and even if the diagnosis of the disease is wrong, it is not easy to take it indiscriminately!"

"Erlang!" Seeing that Liu Chengyou was always in a dangerous mood, Li couldn't help but strenuously propped up his body, and his tone became a little anxious.

Liu Chengyou hurriedly helped her to lie down, and comforted her: "Mom, you are not feeling well, so don't worry about talking too much, you should take a good rest, and the illness will be cured!"

"Hey! Now that the Nanzheng is urgent, you need to take care of the military affairs. Don't worry about the harem. You can rest assured that there are big talismans to take care of you in the Hall of Ciming!" said Li.

Looking at her eyes, as if she was driving him away, Liu Chengyou also calmed down a few times, and nodded.

"Erlang, Your Majesty has been in good health all these years, but she suddenly contracted an illness, so there must be nothing serious!" Empress Fu personally sent Liu Chengyou out of the palace, seeing his gloomy face, she comforted him in a gentle voice.

Liu Chengyou came back to his senses and turned his head to look at her. Dafu was a little more tired from her elegant demeanor and grace. Since the Queen Mother fell ill, she has been staying in the Ciming Hall and serving her personally, almost without taking off her clothes. She is a perfect example of a filial daughter-in-law .

"You've worked hard!" Liu Chengyou raised his hand and caressed the face behind the talisman.

"This is what you should do for your daughter-in-law!" Fu Hou replied calmly, from his demeanor, Liu Chengyou couldn't see any "utilitarian" color.

"Here, I'll leave it to you! I'll go back to Chongzheng Palace first!" Taking a deep breath, Liu Chengyou turned around and left.

"Walk slowly!"

Standing behind, paying attention to Liu Chengyou who was walking away slowly with his hands behind his back, the expression of Dafu became more serious.In the past, when the queen mother was healthy, she didn't feel too deeply, but now she suddenly fell ill, and some considerations and ideas came up unstoppably.

Although Li's seldom handles palace affairs, as long as she is around, she will always be No.1 in the harem, and the emperor has to take good care of her.And the queen mother is the biggest backer of the eldest son of the emperor, Liu Xu.

If the Queen Mother is gone
Of course, this is just some distracting thoughts.Those who should be served, still have to be served, and sincerely hope that the Queen Mother can recover from her illness as soon as possible.Not to mention other things, Mrs. Li has always been kind to Dafu, and she is also a strong support for her queen position.

On Liu Chengyou's side, his thoughts gradually became deeper, and the reason was naturally Li Shi's illness.Illness always comes like a mountain, just because she has been healthy for many years and has rarely been ill. Now that she is seriously ill, she is bedridden, which is really worrying.

On the one hand, Liu Chengyou really cared about Li's body, but on the other hand, as the emperor, he had to make some in-depth, rational and even ruthless considerations.If the Empress Dowager dies suddenly, what impact will it have on the Han Dynasty?

Not to mention anything else, only in the palace, I'm afraid there will be a storm and turmoil, and the struggle between the concubines will only become more intense.In today's harem of the Han Palace, except for Concubine Shu Zhou, who has the attribute of spoils, there is no one left who is not from a military noble family, and the family is powerful.

As for the role of the Empress Dowager Li to Liu Chengyou, in addition to mediating disputes in the harem, the power of the Li family is also a kind of balance to the power of the concubine and relatives.

Today, the south is still fighting, and the pace of unifying the world is accelerating. According to the economic and etiquette system restructured by Liu Chengyou and the court, if something happens to the queen mother, it will definitely affect his military and state affairs.Although Liu Chengyou has never been a person who sticks to etiquette, after all, it is his reconstruction, which needs to be maintained and the image needs to be paid attention to.

For Liu Chengyou, in terms of emotion and reason, public and private, it is hoped that the Empress Dowager Li will be as blessed as the East China Sea and live longer than Nanshan.

Yaohua Palace.

A mature and charming face was reflected in the large bronze mirror. Concubine Gao was sitting with her full chest upright, and a maid carefully dressed her up.

"Use light makeup, remove gold and silver, and wear plain clothes!" Although her face was unparalleled, but when she spoke, Gao Guifei was cold and serious.

Hearing the order, the maid hurriedly put down the gorgeous makeup in her hand.

"Is the official family going to the Ciming Hall again?" The noble concubine said leisurely, glancing at a female official waiting beside her, with a bit of coquettish tone in her tone.

"Yes! I just left not long ago!" the female officer reported.

"It seems that the Empress Dowager's illness has affected the hearts of everyone!" The noble concubine also sighed, "How is the Empress Dowager's illness? Has it improved yet?"

"No, the officials were so angry at the imperial physicians, and threatened that if they could not cure the empress, they would kill the imperial physicians!"

Hearing this, the imperial concubine couldn't help but frowned a little, and said: "I have served the official family for so many years, but I have never seen him behave like this!"

After a pause, he asked again, "Is the queen still there?"

"Yes! It's still the same as before, and I have been serving you personally!" said the female officer.

Hearing this, Mrs. Gao showed a little smile on her face, raised her hand gracefully, and ordered: "Go and call Liu Xi back, we also need to visit the Ciming Hall more often, and we are also the daughter-in-law of the empress, so as not to be called unfilial by others." what!"

"Yes!"

After spending some time, she finally finished her makeup. Looking at the delicate and jade face in the bronze mirror, the imperial concubine couldn't help but stretched out her hand to gently stroke it. There was a little depression in her eyes.

Among the concubines in the harem, she is the oldest. She is three years older than Liu Chengyou, and in two or three years, she will be thirty.Feeling that my youth is gone and my beauty is gone, I inevitably feel a sense of urgency.Of course, she didn't know that at her age, she was attracting Liu Chengyou.
But after Gao Xingzhou died, in the palace, he had to contend with the queen of the talisman, and he lacked some confidence, which was very uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)