Hou Kun

Chapter 50
All the errands in Yanxi Palace these two days were in high spirits.

The door of the verandah was open, and several court ladies were sitting around waiting to light the lamps.The northwest wind blew for a day, and the whistle tiles on the corner eaves whimpered, as if they had been wronged but did not dare to cry.The clouds were heavy and the twilight was dim. It was not yet five o'clock, and the room was already dark.On the top of the corner eaves, a thick layer of snow has accumulated, and occasionally a corner is lifted by the wind. Snow foam dances on the ridge of the roof, and jumps over the raised corner of the top of the mountain. Mottled bright yellow and emerald green glazed tiles are exposed under the gap.

Cuizhi drew up the cotton curtain and entered the door, put down the paste in his hands, folded his hands and breathed, stomped his feet and rushed inside, "Who is on duty in front today? Just now, someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to deliver medicine, and saw that the door pair was blown skewed by the wind." No one answered, I hurriedly agreed, climbed up to straighten it, and some of the Changxin papers were about to blow their corners, so I hurried to paste them again." Cuizhi was the most serious on duty. .She came in, and the people around the brazier made room for her.

"Master has been ill these few days, and the corners of Long Live's mouth are blistered. Who is so reckless, and runs around while on duty? Thanks to me, I got it. Be careful. Don't give yourself up at this time." I feel uncomfortable." Cui Zhi did not forget to ask again.In the past few days, these words have been said many times, but things still go wrong.

Shunzi was warming her hands around the brazier, her face was glowing red from the charcoal fire, she hurriedly responded, "Please trouble Aunt Cuizhi, I was on duty, Aunt Rong just called to deliver a letter to the queen master, I will When I came back from Jingren Palace, I came in to have a barbecue because I was frozen into lumps of ice. Isn’t there Xiao Anzi outside?”

Rongzi is the aunt in charge of Yanxi Palace, and Cuizhi is the second-class aunt. Rongzi is too busy to take care of it these days, so Cuizhi takes care of the outside affairs.

Cuizhi gasped, covered her ears with her hands that were a little hot from the heat, and spat, "Aren't you here then? As long as there is an errand, I won't be here! See if the reward is released, she will run faster than anyone else." Hurry! And wait, remember everything, I can't take care of this process, and when the empress is safe, I will settle accounts with you one by one!"

Shunzi kindly brought her a cup of tea and said, "Auntie has a sip of hot tea, it's warm. Hey, who's to say it's not, and I thought that this year's master's favor is the most prosperous, so we can get more favors by following along. I rubbed a silver coin of two liang at the concubine's place! This year, I was so busy that I didn't even catch a silver ingot. Auntie, look at my eyes, for a few days and nights Didn't sleep well."

Shuangxi, the court lady who served the hot water, was listlessly rubbing her braids on the tassels, "It's all boiled, so don't complain...don't mention the rewards, I just sent you to our palace, and the jealous eyes outside It's also popular, but now... don't expect anything else, as long as I can eat the pot tonight, this Chinese New Year, I didn't even eat a dumpling. When I was at home, the whole family reunited and made dumplings. It’s called New Year’s Taste, alas, now I just want the taste of dumplings.”

After entering the palace, he would not be able to return home for at least eight or nine years after leaving the palace.It is also human nature to be homesick during the Chinese New Year, that is, if you can’t go back, that dumpling is just a thought.Her words aroused everyone's concerns, and she was silent for a while.Shunzi's house was long gone, the eunuch entered the palace, and he didn't expect to go out in this life, and he was impatient for others to mention this. At this moment, he laughed and taunted Shuangxi, "You, don't count on it, tonight It’s probably better to drink porridge. The master is not good, you are just thinking about drinking and eating meat, and you are heartless.”

Shuangxi got annoyed, and wanted to scratch Shunzi, when someone came to lift the curtain outside, "It's time to light the lamp, hurry up, master Long Live is coming soon! Heideng sprained his feet by then, look at your heads pay!"

A group of people hurriedly went to get the style. The maids held long poles in their hands and carried a row of glazed lanterns, one by one, and hung them on the iron hooks.The lanterns that were lit up for the second time were brilliantly connected with the other palaces. The shadows of the lanterns on the ground and the lanterns in the hallway formed an orange fire dragon, encircling the East Sixth Palace.

As soon as the eunuchs clapped their hands outside, the emperor's escort arrived.Everyone hurried to the dripping place under the corridor to pick it up.The emperor hurriedly walked directly into the bedroom.

This is the third trip here today.

The imperial concubine's small face was twisted, her originally small face was pointed, the color of the water disappeared, and it was wrinkled dryly, showing a yellowish color.

The emperor was even more anxious.It's been three days, and there is no improvement at all, but the person is becoming more and more listless.

"Where's the imperial doctor?! Didn't you say that you'll be fine in three days?" When the emperor arrived at the conservatory, he saw the queen rushing over.

Naturally, the imperial physicians were all there, waiting tremblingly for the higher-ups to ask questions.

Doctor Chen just took the lead and kowtowed to the ground, the words were said by himself, but he was not sure, it was hard to say whether the fate was still in his hands at the moment.

Fu Lun came here with the emperor, and he was also waiting outside to watch the excitement.How could he let go of such a big matter.Serving with the master is the duty.Hearing the emperor's angry voice now, I knew who would be unlucky today.The imperial concubine has been in a bad condition, and the imperial physician bears the brunt of it.

During the Chinese New Year this year, even I am cautious and dare not be careless.In case the master asks what he wants, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs fails to provide it in time, he will also be implicated.He stood with his hands clasped under the dripping water on the porch outside the window, a little apprehensive, thought about his errands, and felt that there was nothing wrong, so he turned his ears and listened intently to the movement inside.

Suddenly it occurred to her that if the imperial concubine could not escape this catastrophe, she would have to prepare for her funeral.Fulun raised his mind while beating a small drum in his heart.

There are also ready-made coffins in the warehouse, which were originally prepared for the noble old concubine.It was a high-quality aged golden nanmu coffin. It had been prepared ten years ago, and it was painted once a year. It has been painted more than a dozen times. The old concubine is still alive and well.If it doesn't work, let the imperial concubine use this coffin first. Anyway, this time the imperial concubine took the fetus with her, the emperor must be very sad.At the old concubine's place, let's touch another pair of boards.She doesn't need to complain, it's her luck and fate, so it's possible that she still wants to grab the coffin boards from others.

Inside, only doctor Chen was kowtowing, repeatedly claiming that he was incompetent, and the emperor kept yelling angrily. After listening for a while, the corners of Fu Lun's mouth slightly raised, and he pinched the emerald jade ring on his thumb, full of interest.

Seeing that the empress was about to become stiff, killing all the imperial physicians would not be able to make the imperial concubine get better and have a baby. The emperor's temper was too impatient.

She said softly, "Master, don't be angry, your dragon body is important. During the New Year's Eve, beating and killing people is not good for the noble concubine and the children. The slave thinks that they will not dare to be unsatisfied when they diagnose the concubine's happy news. .I'm afraid there is something strange, let them calm down and think about something carefully."

The emperor woke up when he heard that it was not good for the child.Pregnancy is a happy event, but beheading is unheard of, it's a bad idea.Furthermore, it is easy to kill people, if you really kill these people, where can you find someone to treat his imperial concubine?
The queen turned her head and looked at Imperial Physician Chen, who was kneeling on the ground, feeling powerless for a while, "Tell me, what's going on? Is it a lack of people or a lack of medicine? After three days of talking, it will be effective. What went wrong? I carefully thought about the answer At this time, you are still so secretive and hesitant, do you still want the heads on your shoulders?"

(End of this chapter)