The medical concubine is too difficult to tease

Chapter 33 Xiao Rui's Regret
When Xiao Huan walked outside Yongfu Palace, he saw Eunuch Cao standing by the door, and he paused before stepping on the stone steps.

"My lord, Wanan, come down to greet the empress dowager. I heard that my lord is coming, so I plan to have an imperial meal in Yongfu Palace. I am waiting for you now." Eunuch Cao said with a smile as he stepped forward to salute.

"My son and minister send my mother's greetings, and my ministers send his majesty's greetings."

"Get up, it's really rare to have the emperor and Huan'er accompany Ai's family for dinner today, Ah Yan, let's set the meal." The Empress Dowager waved Xiao Huan to get up, and said happily.

Xiao Rui, who was dressed in a brocade dragon robe and hair tied with golden hairpins, looked at being pulled by his mother's side, asking for warmth, his eyes flashed with nostalgia, when he was a child, his mother treated him like this, but I don't know when, the mother became strict with him, Leave the tenderness and pampering to the younger sister and younger brother.

"I heard from my mother that you want to retire?"

After lunch, the mother and son were drinking tea, Xiao Rui asked aloud.

"My brother is ashamed. I have made my mother worry a lot about my brother's marriage these years, and said some nonsense. Please rest assured, my mother, my son will marry the daughter of Li's parents." Xiao Huan stood up and cupped his hands, and said seriously.

"Huh? Didn't you say that you have a favorite lady that day? You told the Ai family that it is okay to accept a wife as a side concubine after marriage, but it is absolutely impossible to withdraw from the marriage." Seeing the child's attitude changed drastically, the queen mother was puzzled. It's rare for Er'er to like someone, after all, she couldn't bear to break up the mandarin ducks.

"...Erchen was just talking nonsense that day, and he didn't really want to withdraw from the marriage." Xiao Huan was a little embarrassed, annoyed that he said too much that day, and now even if her father is the King of Hades, he can't stop him from marrying her determination.

"It's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. If you have someone you like, I will make the decision for you." Xiao Rui put down the tea bowl, looked at his extraordinary younger brother, and felt guilty in his heart. It will delay a lifelong event.

Xiao Huan cupped his hands, "Thank Your Majesty for your kindness, but I have no intention of accepting it."

"My words are valid at any time. If you want to, just tell me."

"My brother, thank you, Your Majesty."

Seeing that the two were talking peacefully, the queen mother was mixed with joy and sorrow. Recently, the emperor came to invite Anqin, and rarely asked about Huan'er's trivial matters. She should be happy. Her daughter Xiao Chunyuan married Dazhao, and Xiao Huan was away all year round. The two brothers hadn't sat down and talked so peacefully for a long time, but she was always uneasy in her heart, her palms and backs were covered with flesh, and she didn't want to see the day when brothers would kill each other.

The Empress Dowager was taking a lunch break, the two brothers were one in front of the other, followed by a group of palace people from a distance, walking on the palace road, Xiao Rui rubbed his forehead that was still aching, and suddenly made a low sound.

"What do you think of Ah Yan?"

Xiao Huan's black eyes tightened, and seeing Xiao Rui turned to look at him, his expression was serious with a trace of exhaustion.

"The eldest prince is of good character, with the heart of a child."

"Well, Ah Yan is hard-working, studious and tireless. He is a good person. He is two years younger than you, and he is married. It will be time for your marriage in the next year." Xiao Rui smiled and brought the topic to Xiao Huan body.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, my brother complied."

"Let's go back." Xiao Rui felt his headache getting worse again, and his eyes were blurred, so he blinked and waved his hands and said.

"Your brother, leave." Xiao Huan clasped his hands, turned around and walked a dozen steps, he heard Eunuch Cao scream, turned his head and saw Xiao Rui leaning on Eunuch Cao with a pained look, and all the palace people beside him panicked.

He strode up to support Xiao Rui, saw that his brows were tense, his eyes were closed, and his body was still twitching slightly, Xiao Huan picked him up and walked quickly to Chengguang Hall.

"Go to the imperial physician, hurry up!"

"Hey!" Eunuch Cao, Fochen swept away and ordered the palace servants to pass on to the imperial physician, and anxiously chased Xiao Huan, who was walking like flying, and entered the Chengguang Palace in an instant.

Putting Xiao Rui down, Xiao Huan took tea and fed him a sip, "Your Majesty?"

Xiao Rui had a splitting headache, his body was numb and weak, he raised his eyelids, his eyeballs moved slightly from side to side, and vaguely saw the face in front of him that seemed extremely familiar yet strange, he opened his mouth, moving his somewhat stiff tongue.

"Ah Huan... are you back?"

Xiao Huan paused, seeing that Xiao Rui seemed a little delirious, stretching out his hand to touch in mid-air, his eyes were unfocused, he frowned, unexpectedly he was so seriously ill.

"Yes, my brother is back."

Xiao Rui touched his arm, held it tightly, and murmured dreamily, "Ah Huan is finally back, but it's a pity that Ah Huan no longer calls me brother, he is blaming me, it's my mistake, it's my selfishness Wrong, Ah Huan..."

"Physician Gao, hurry up, Your Majesty has suddenly passed out!" Eunuch Cao's anxious voice came from outside the door, which brought Xiao Huan back to his senses, stood up and stood aside with a complicated expression.

Gao Yi felt his pulse for a moment, frowned, opened the medicine box, took out the needle bag, and gave Xiao Rui a quick needle, took out the wormwood and put it on his forehead to lightly burn. Seeing that Xiao Rui gradually calmed down, he wrote a prescription to Eunuch Cao. He stopped, but his face was serious.

"Doctor Gao, how is Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty has met the lord and failed to salute in time. I hope the lord will forgive me." Gao Yi got up and saluted before saying with a solemn expression, "Your Majesty's illness has recurred, and the effect of the acupuncture and medicine prescribed by the minister has gradually diminished. For many other diseases, I searched through ancient medical books, forgive me for my incompetence, and have not found the main cause of the disease, so I can only temporarily suppress acupuncture points, but the duration is very short and the effect is very little."

"What is the cause of your majesty's illness?" Even Gao Yi couldn't find out the root cause of the illness. This is such a serious illness, Xiao Huan tightened his eyebrows.

"It's been three years. At first, His Majesty only had a slight headache, which could be relieved by taking a pill and sleeping, but then the headache showed no sign of recovery, but became more severe, accompanied by symptoms such as acid regurgitation, vomiting, body and muscle pain, etc. Acupuncture is needed to relieve it, but this year, there are more symptoms, blurred vision and weakness, I am really shocked." Gao Yi closed the medicine box, saw that the king had fallen asleep, and said slowly.

"It's so heavy? Does the queen mother know?"

Gao Yi bowed his hands and bowed to him, "Your Majesty's illness, I have never told anyone. This is my professional ethics. I told King Huan that it was His Majesty's will."

"...Your Majesty asked Imperial Physician Gao to tell the king only about his illness?" Xiao Huan looked at the sleeping king and murmured.

"Yes, Lord Huan, I have to go back and read the medical books, so I'll leave first." Gao Yi didn't want to know more about the secrets of the royal family, he said softly and left the palace.

Xiao Huan sat down in front of the recliner, looked at the king who was deeply asleep and frowning, and remembered that when he was young, brother would hold him and Yan on his knees and teach them homework, and would mess up his hair , and then smiled and watched him get angry, every time he went out of the palace and brought him some strange things back, which made Ah Yan jealous, but I don’t know when, Brother looked at him differently, gradually alienated, after the death of the father, My elder brother ascended the throne as the king, and he gained the courage and majesty of a king, and he became more and more indifferent to himself.

The red sun hangs above the west mountain, and the rays of light shine through the carved glass window on the soft reclining chair. Xiao Rui moved his eyelids, opened his eyes and rolled his eyes, his blurred vision became clearer, and he turned his head to look at the window, with broad shoulders , Xiao Huan, with his back straight, stood with his back on his back, surrounded by the sun.

"Your Majesty, you are awake." Hearing the noise, Xiao Huan turned around and nodded.

Xiao Rui sat up, shook his dizzy head, "Have you been here all this time?"

"My brother is fine today."

"...Okay, it's getting late, you go back first." Xiao Rui stared at him for a moment, then said in a low voice.

"The younger brother will leave."

In Yongfu Palace, the Empress Dowager waved the palace people back, and sighed worriedly, "The court is busy with political affairs, and the emperor's thoughts are too much. This trend is getting worse. He doesn't want to worry the Ai family. After a long time, it can be seen that he still cares about his brother."

Zheng Yan gently tapped her leg, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty and the prince are brothers and sisters, the empress should be happy."

The queen mother looked nostalgic, "Huan'er was born when the emperor was 17 years old. The two of them can be said to be like fathers and brothers, and they have a very good relationship. Because they are young children, the former king and Ai's family loved Huan'er very much. It caused the emperor to worry too much, seeing the two brothers drifting away day by day, I feel sorry for my family."

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. The Ai family is old and can't take care of so much. Now the Ai family only hopes that Huan'er's marriage will go smoothly, and he will go to Xishu to settle down, live a stable life, and reproduce children. It is also difficult for the Ai family to go underground. I can explain something to the former king."

Just after dinner, Li Ruyun came to the Anran Pavilion with a serious face, and handed the body deed in his arms to Li Ruan.

"Sister, this is Cuiwei's body deed."

Li Ru'an took it, eyes drooping slightly, put down the paper after a while and said, "The official official seal is wrong, this is a fake."

Li Ru'an nodded, "Yes, I compared this body deed with the other maids, and found that the official seal is different. I kept it at the bottom of the box and didn't look at it carefully."

"Cuiwei is from the Lin family. From now on, don't talk to Aunt Jiang about anything you have to do with her. After Aunt Jiang recovers from her illness, find a time to send her away."

"Okay... Cuiwei has been by my side for a few years, and I always thought I was very kind to her, but I never thought she would betray me..." Li Ruyun felt frustrated while being sad.

"She is a member of the Lin family from the beginning to the end, and there is no betrayal." Li Ru'an walked to the desk and sat down, said lightly, and asked after a while, "Is Cuiwei going to the kitchen to make medicine later?"

Li Ruyun nodded, "Well, the medicine takes half an hour, and my aunt goes to bed after drinking the medicine every night."

"it is good."

In the middle of the night, the land was silent. Li Ru'an, dressed in gray, walked out of the Anran Pavilion, easily avoided the patrolling lady Ding, and walked to the door of the big kitchen.

Pushing open the door, the kitchen was spacious and tidy. Li Ru'an lit the fire and walked to a row of stoves to watch carefully. Sure enough, he found a handful of medicinal residues in front of the dry wood pile, took out a handkerchief to wrap the medicinal residues, and returned the same way. Anran Pavilion.

Ephedra, Nepeta, Fangfeng, Su Ye, and Cangzhu, Li Ruan sat in front of the desk and sorted out the medicinal residues one by one. Finally, he picked up a small grass stalk, smelled it, and looked closely at the oil lamp.

The smell is not strong, but when you pinch the grass stalks and smell it closely, Li Ruan frowned, looking at the five selected grass stalks and thinking deeply, the smell is strange and subtle, mixed with other strong Chinese medicine smells, it is almost inaudible, the size of a knuckle The dark grass stalks are very inconspicuous, and if you don't look carefully, you won't notice it at all, but what is its function?Aunt Jiang took it for a few days. She asked carefully and checked her pulse, but she didn't find any signs of poisoning.

(End of this chapter)