There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 462 The Queen’s Worry
a few days later.

To the southwest of Yingzhou City, more than 1000 miles away, is the sacred capital of the Liang Dynasty.

The northwest corner of the city is the imperial city.

Within the imperial city, it is subdivided into Taiwei City, Ziwei City, East Palace, East City, Hanjiacang City, Yuanbi City, etc.

Among them, Ziwei City was the emperor's office and living place, similar to the "Forbidden City" in later generations, and was the center of the imperial city.

The interior of Ziwei City is divided into two parts, north and south.

Enter from the Yingtian Gate in the south of Ziwei City, pass through the Qianyuan Gate, and arrive at the place where the emperor held court meetings - the Wanxiang Shrine. The Wanxiang Shrine, also known as Mingtang, covers a huge area.

On the left and right sides of the Wanxiang Shrine are the yamen and institutions such as Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province. The core of the Daliang court was here, so this place was commonly known as "Da Nei".

After crossing the Wanxiang Shrine and continuing to walk north, passing through Zhulongmen and Dayemen, we came to Zhenguan Hall, which already belongs to the harem. Zhenguan Hall was the emperor's living place.

Continuing to go north, you will find the Huiyou Hall [pronounced the same as "you"], which is the bedroom of the empress, the master of the harem.

Although the queen is the emperor today, she does not live in Zhenguan Hall, but in the Huiyou Hall, the queen's dormitory palace.

To the north of Huiyou Hall is the imperial garden - Tao Guang Garden, and to the north of Tao Guang Garden is the Xuanwu Gate Tower, which is the last large building on the central axis of Ziwei City.

On the left and right sides of Zhenguan Hall and Huiyou Hall are the palace gardens where the concubines of the harem live, such as Xianju Courtyard, Tongming Hall, Lugong Courtyard, Feixiang Hall and so on.

The entire Ziwei City covers an extremely large area. It is said to be dozens of times larger than the Forbidden City of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in later generations. It is the largest palace building complex in history!

……

Huiyou Hall.

In the dormitory, the current empress of the Liang Dynasty was lying ill. The translucent gauze separated the empress from the others, and she could be vaguely seen lying there on her back, motionless.

The Queen stretched one hand out of the gauze curtain and rested her head on a splendid soft cushion. The old doctor, with his face covered with wrinkles and half-squinted eyes, was sitting in front of the dragon to diagnose the Queen's pulse.

Beside the old doctor, several well-dressed female officials stood there. One of them had an excellent appearance and temperament. At first glance, she was not much worse than Princess Lanling.

She is the head of the female officials, Nangong Wan'er, known as the "inner prime minister".

There was silence in the dormitory.

Both the queen and the female officials were waiting for the old doctor's pulse diagnosis results.

After a long time, the old doctor was still as steady as a mountain with half-closed eyes, not even moving. As for the pulse diagnosis results, there was no result.

The queen in the gauze curtain seemed to be impatient with waiting. She turned her head slightly and glanced at Nangong Wan'er.

Nangong Wan'er has been serving the Queen for a long time, and it can be said that master and servant are connected with each other. She instantly understood the Queen's eyes, walked lightly to the old doctor's side, and shouted softly:

"Mr. Luo? Physician Luo?"

Doctor Luo opened his half-closed eyes and seemed to have "woke up". He still felt the Queen's pulse and said in an old and steady voice:

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment. If your Majesty has important matters to deal with, please ignore me."

The queen nodded, looked at Nangong Wan'er and asked, "You just said that my daughter has sent you an urgent memorial from eight hundred miles away? Read it to me."

Youniang refers to Li Youqing, and only those who are close to her call her this.

"According to the decree!" Nangong Wan'er exited the dormitory and came back quickly. She held a memorial in her hand, unfolded it, and read it in a clear voice.

It turned out that this was a memorial written by Li Youqing to ask the court to allocate funds for disaster relief.

A few days ago, the Yellow River burst its banks and floods spread to more than ten states. After Li Youqing received the news that day, he quickly sent a memorial to Shendu asking for food supplies.

This memorial actually arrived yesterday.

But the Queen has been really busy and irritable these past two days, and even suffered from a relapse of her old illness due to anxiety. She took medicine and slept for most of the day yesterday, but she is only slightly better today...

Normally, under such circumstances, the Queen would not personally handle court affairs, but Li Youqing was her most beloved daughter, and she would personally handle all Li Youqing's memorials.

Dealing with the memorial that she loved most about her youngest daughter certainly made the queen happy, but this memorial would not make the queen happy anyway——

Allocate food!

Where is the food in the hands of the imperial court?

A few days ago, with the burning of Hanjiacang City, two-thirds of the entire Daliang Dynasty's grain reserves were burned cleanly.

The Queen is urgently trying to mobilize grain from other warehouses to the capital, otherwise all the officials in the imperial court will not be able to fill their stomachs...

In recent years, the wind in Daliang has been smooth and the harvests have been good year after year. Even if two-thirds of the stored grain is burned to ashes, the remaining stored grain is enough to support the next season's grain harvest.

However, the house leaked and it rained all night, and the boat was late and encountered a strong wind. Misfortunes never come singly. Floods in the Yellow River broke out at this time, with hundreds of thousands of victims!
Not to mention that the food in the disaster-stricken areas was submerged by the water, the extra disaster victims alone immediately put the barely sufficient food stock in a pinch, and the gap was huge!

By the way, coupled with the situation in Youzhou, the Liao Kingdom is about to take action...

Eh!
Multiple problems break out, and if one is not handled well, it can easily lead to a tragic disaster. The powerful Liang Dynasty may decline until it is destroyed by the covetous Liao Kingdom.

The Queen has a headache.

Although she does not abide by women's ethics and does not respect the rules and regulations, she is qualified as an emperor. At least she loves the people.

Therefore, the Queen was overworked and worried, and her aunt also arrived at this time. Various factors caused her old illness to relapse and she became ill.

After Nangong Wan'er finished reading the memorial, the Queen rubbed the center of her brow with her other hand, and then waved it gently, not sure whether she was right or wrong.

Nangong Wan'er knew the Queen's thoughts, took the memorial and exited the palace, and ordered that it be dealt with later.

After returning to the dormitory, Doctor Luo finally took back his hand after checking the pulse for a long time. Doctor Luo stood up, faced the Queen lying on the dragon's bed, bowed his waist and fumbled:
"Your Majesty's pulse is mixed, that... your subordinate..."

"If you have something to say, I will forgive you for your innocence! What is the cause of the disease, and can it be cured?" The Queen's body remained intact, her voice was slightly hoarse, but her majesty remained undiminished.

"Your Majesty has an old illness and is fine on weekdays. However, he has been excessively worried and anxious recently, coupled with the frequent... intercourse... sexual intercourse... coincidentally, the arrival of geranium... eventually led to the relapse of the old illness."

"..."

Dr. Luo waved his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead. Seeing that the Queen was not angry, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "But don't worry, Your Majesty. I only need three doses of medicine to make Your Majesty recover, but the old illness will take time." Conditioning.”

This Imperial Physician Luo was known as the "Miracle Doctor" and had retired to his hometown a long time ago. Today he was quickly invited into the palace to diagnose and treat the Queen. Therefore, he did not know and overturned the results of yesterday's diagnosis, and also told the truth that other imperial physicians did not dare to tell.

The Queen was a little sulky, but when she saw that he vowed to recover with just three doses of medicine, the Queen was immediately overjoyed, hurriedly boiled the medicine, and sent Dr. Luo back to have a good rest...

Soon, the Queen and Nangong Wan'er were the only ones left in the dormitory.

The Queen felt uncomfortable all over after lying down for a long time. She wanted to sit up and rest for a while, but the pain all over her body made her grin and finally gave up.

"If I were a man, I wouldn't be afraid of Tiankui!" The Queen secretly resented, "At such a critical moment, I am unable to handle government affairs because of my physical discomfort. Will the people in the world blame me for being stupid and incompetent?"

"Hey, it would be great if all the women in the world didn't have geraniums! They could be like men and wander around every day without having to worry about this or that..."

"..."

Nangong Wan'er was about to offer words of comfort when someone suddenly came to report that Princess Lanling had sent another memorial.

The queen waved her hand and asked Nangong Wan'er to go out and see the situation.

Soon, Nangong Wan'er returned, holding a few things in her hands, and said with an excited smile: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Princess Lanling sent some good things, which may relieve your Majesty's worries!"

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Ps. Occasionally I see people offering rewards. I'm sorry for not thanking them immediately. I will send out individual chapters at the end of the month.

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