high official

Chapter 1052
Xiyuan.

Different from the gloomy dormitory, the pepper garden is full of joy.The faces of the eunuchs and maids were all filled with joy from the heart, and they came and went with laughter.Usually, Eunuch Ma, the stern management brand under the imperial court, just scolded a few words casually, but he himself is full of joy, how can he calm down the people below?

This is not difficult to understand, because there are still three days before the imperial concubine will be canonized as a queen!The so-called one person achieves Taoism and ascends to heaven, everyone in the palace will be stained with it!Especially Eunuch Ma, who had always been worried that if the emperor left, the noble concubine would become a concubine who was ignored, and he would either accompany her to guard the cold kiln, or leave the palace to find another way out.

Although the imperial concubine and empress have been in charge of the harem these years, he has made a lot of money, and he is not afraid of going hungry when he leaves the palace.However, he has been used to life in the palace for most of his life, and Eunuch Ma felt terrified at the thought of facing a completely strange world after leaving the palace.

This is great, when the empress becomes the queen, she will be the queen mother when she turns back.As the empress dowager's most trusted eunuch, Eunuch Ma will not be able to compare with the confidant eunuchs around the new emperor, but he will also be among the top few in the palace, and no one dares to offend the real power faction.That status is now incomparable.

Thinking about the wonderful prospect, Eunuch Ma became flustered all over, and he was naturally a hundred times more attentive to the concubine and empress than usual.

In the past few days, the imperial concubine is also extremely busy. In addition to going to the palace to serve the emperor, she also has to meet the officials of Honglu Temple, listen to the relevant arrangements for the empress ceremony, and also have to find time to accept a lot of compliments from concubines. She is so busy that she can't even eat. I don't care about eating.Although the imperial concubine is happy, she still has to shout when she is tired...

The busy work of the day was over, it was already past noon, the imperial concubine sat on the couch tiredly, asked the maid to take off her headdress, and said to Ma Gonggong who was beating her legs: "I am so exhausted, I am dizzy and dizzy!" ..."

"The old slave has ordered the imperial dining room to arrange meals for the empress right away." Eunuch Ma hurriedly said softly.

"Forget it, it's not too early or too late, it's uncomfortable to eat." The imperial concubine rested her elbows on the couch, rubbed her temples lightly with her fingers, and lazily said: "Just eat some dessert."

"It's okay, Madam, have a snack first." Eunuch Ma said with a flattering smile, "I will turn around and tell the imperial dining room to make the dinner better."

Although it was just a casual dessert, after a while, the couch was filled with exquisite small porcelain plates, which contained all kinds of exquisite palace desserts, each of which was attractive in color and aroma, waiting for the imperial concubine to taste it.

The imperial concubine looked at the exquisite dim sum, and was a little dazzled for a while, but in the end it was the red and lovely sandwich dates, which won the favor of the imperial concubine first.

Following the eyes of the imperial concubine, the maid hurriedly brought the plate of dim sum to her.The imperial concubine picked up a sandwich date casually.This is a tribute Hetian jujube with pits removed. There are various exquisite fruits hidden in it, but what is inside can only be known by biting open.

The imperial concubine and empress complained to Eunuch Ma while eating snacks gracefully: "The officials at the Honglu Temple in the Ministry of Rites are outrageous. Seeing that this Palace is easy to talk, they even want to cut the cost of the grand ceremony by another piece."

"That's unbearable!" Eunuch Ma said angrily, "Madam, it's not convenient to say, this old slave will go to them and ask them, is there such a shabby empress ceremony in all dynasties?"

"You don't need to go, I'm just talking to you." The imperial concubine found out that there was cheese in the stuffed dates, which tasted sweet on the outside and fragrant on the inside, very attractive.She usually likes the taste of cheese the most, but she just pays attention to her figure and dare not eat more. Now she happens to be hungry, so she thought it would be okay to eat more. "King Zhao is right. Now that the emperor is like this, the simpler the ceremony, the better it will be praised by the officials and the common people. When he becomes the empress dowager in the future, he will double the compensation for the palace. At that time, he will be filial, but others will I can't say anything..."

"It turns out that this is the case, but the old slave is short-sighted..." Ma Gonggong knew that Zhao Wang was afraid that he had been preparing for a long time and had many nights and dreams, but he could only pretend to be confused and said: "The key is that the empress is sympathetic to the people of the world. Yitianxia!"

Hearing the words 'Mother Yi Tianxia', Concubine Wang Guifei felt that there were [-] pores all over her body, and none of them felt uncomfortable. My other snacks did not move at all, I took a sip of tea from the teacup, and ordered the maid to remove the plate.

The two maids put small plates on the tray and brought out the warm pavilion.Naturally, these snacks will not be brought back to the empress, according to the rules, they will be eaten by the maids and eunuchs in the palace.

The two maids first asked the aunts who were in charge, and they picked out some favorite snacks, and then asked the two to take the rest to the backyard room and put them on the table, surrounded by a dozen young eunuchs and maids. Come up, happily chatting while eating snacks.

A young eunuch approached the two maids, first pretending to take a look at the dim sum, and then said regretfully, "Why are there no jujube sandwiches? I remember some aunts don't like to eat..."

"It's cheese today, and my mother ate seven or eight for the first time. Do you want to eat more?" A court lady said with a smile: "It would be nice to have candied fruit..."

"Yes, yes!" The eunuch's face flashed with joy, and he took a few pieces of candied fruit and left quietly.

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As soon as it was dark, dinner was ready.Eunuch Ma invites the imperial concubine to have a meal in front.

Concubine Wang Guifei gluttonously ate jujubes and drank tea, feeling a little bloated, but she didn't eat at noon, and she couldn't eat at night, so she helped Eunuch Ma to sit down at the dining table with a sleepy look.

A long dining table was filled with exquisite imperial meals. Now the emperor is seriously ill and can hardly eat anything. The imperial dining room in the West Garden seems to be specially set up for imperial concubines and empresses.

But looking at the table full of delicacies from mountains and seas, the imperial concubine did not have any appetite. It was not until Eunuch Ma lifted a silver cover to reveal the red sea crab inside that Wang Guifei's eyes lit up.

This season is the season to eat crabs, but Beijing City is located inland, and there are almost no fresh sea crabs.Moreover, imperial cuisine has always been safe, and seafood that is easy to eat is kept at a respectful distance.Concubine Wang Guifei has been in Beijing for several years, but this is the first time she has seen crabs on the dining table.

"This is someone from the Imperial Dining Room, who specially sent people to Tianjin, and they brought it back without stopping." Eunuch Ma said with a smile as if offering a treasure: "This old slave went to see it specially, and they are all alive and kicking..."

"Since it's a wish, let's try it." Wang Guifei couldn't help but feel happy, knowing that the people in the imperial dining room were trying their best to please her future queen.

"Okay!" Eunuch Ma got the order, and put a large crab on the plate in front of him, picked up small gold pliers and scissors, skillfully chopped the crab into eight pieces, and sent the tender and complete crab meat to the table. In front of Wang Guifei.

Only then did Wang Guifei pick up the ivory chopsticks, put a piece of crab meat into her mouth, the crab meat melted in the mouth, it was extremely delicious.Wang Guifei's brows relaxed all of a sudden, and she no longer felt loss of appetite.

The umami taste of crab is extremely overbearing. After eating the crab first, the other things have no taste at all.What's more, Concubine Wang Guifei didn't plan to eat anything else. Under the service of Eunuch Ma, she ate four or five big crabs one after another before finishing the dinner to her heart's content.

Unexpectedly, something bad happened in the middle of the night...

The maid on duty at night heard the groaning of the imperial concubine, and hurriedly opened the curtain to take a look, only to see that the empress was pale, her face was covered with beads of sweat, her body was tightly wrapped in a quilt, and she was clutching her stomach and moaning on the bed.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" The palace maid exclaimed, "Prince Physician, quickly send the message to the Physician!"

The originally peaceful pepper garden suddenly became a mess.The little eunuch rushed to the imperial hospital like his butt was on fire, and asked the imperial doctor to come quickly to see the empress.

Because of the emperor's illness, all the imperial physicians were on duty overnight at the imperial hospital. Hearing that the future empress had a sudden illness, the judge of the Golden Court hurriedly brought two senior imperial physicians and ran to Jiaoyuan sweating profusely.

At this time, the imperial concubine's illness became more and more severe. She was covered with three quilts, but she still couldn't help shivering.What was even more difficult was the abdominal pain, which was so unbearable that the whole person was already a little confused...

The Golden Court Judge and two imperial physicians checked the pulse of the imperial concubine and empress, and after questioning Eunuch Ma carefully, they retreated to the outer hall and said with a stern expression, "What do you two think about your empress' illness?"

"Your Majesty, this is a typical typhoid and shaoyin syndrome." An imperial doctor said with certainty.

Another imperial doctor had a different opinion and said, "I heard that your mother ate a lot of crab roe at night, so it can't be food poisoning, right?"

"It should be vomiting and diarrhea, and my mother has no symptoms at all." An imperial physician shook his head and said: "It can't be that the stomach has been damaged by eating. It should be typhoid fever."

"What do you think of the court judgment?" The No. 2 imperial doctor looked at the Jinyuan judge. In the imperial hospital, medical skills are the most respected, and the Jinyuan judge is recognized as a national player.

"Let's take another look..." Imperial Physician Jin said solemnly, "If your mother still has this symptom at dawn, it must be typhoid fever."

"It's quite appropriate." The two imperial physicians respected the authority and nodded.

"Physician Wang, first give your mother acupuncture and moxibustion to relieve the pain." The judge of the Golden Court gave orders, and the No. 1 imperial physician obeyed.

The judge of the Golden Court and another imperial physician sat and waited in the outer hall.

It was a long night, only the intermittent groans of the noble concubine in the palace could be heard, and the court judge and the imperial physician had no interest in talking.Then they sat on their chairs and wandered into the sky.

If anyone carefully looks at the Jin Yuan's sentence at this moment, he will find that he is struggling, his eyes are full of fear and hesitation...

The judge of the Golden Court was in the pepper garden in the middle of the night, but his mind returned to the Tai Hospital yesterday...

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At noon yesterday, Yang Shiqi arrived at the duty room judged by the Golden Court of the Supreme Hospital. These days, he came here every day to learn about the emperor's condition, and everyone has long been accustomed to it.

However, the Golden Court judge found that Yang Shiqi was different today, as if he had something to say to him, but it was hard to say it.

It was still the judge of the Golden Court who took the initiative to ask, "What orders does the bachelor have, but it doesn't matter." '

If Jinyuan was given another chance to choose, he would definitely not say that much...

(End of this chapter)