Song Yi

Chapter 227
Grandma Huang, your old saying has reached this point, what else can I choose?

Du Wenhao smiled and bowed and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Sister Fairy. I think I will be able to serve Sister Fairy all the time in the future, and my greatest wish will come true. I am so happy!"

The Empress Dowager smiled: "What kind of title is this fairy sister, people should not talk nonsense. There is no need to make people laugh."

"Yes, this minister knows how to measure. It's just that this doctor is for the empress in the harem, and this minister is a man, this..."

"Don't worry, the Ai family also knows that you are a big man who is responsible for treating the concubines in the harem, and there may be something wrong with it. Therefore, the Ai family will let the imperial physician Cheng Xia Jiupo of the Imperial Hospital's women's department be your assistant. During the medical examination, let her come forward and report the results to you. Xia Jiupo is a person who mourns her family. She is more than loyal, but not capable, and her brain is not very enlightened. You should give her more advice in everything."

"Yes! Thank you, Sister Fairy, for your understanding."

"The concubines also have some inexplicable illnesses besides the obsession with life and death. The Ai family is worried that Wang Anshi is behind the scenes. You have to find out the truth of this matter for the Ai family and maintain the peace of the harem!"

"Yes, I would like to obey Yi's order!"

The Empress Dowager smiled and looked at Du Wenhao for a moment, then slowly nodded and clapped her hands, an old eunuch came in from outside the room, staggering, holding a whisk, and standing bowed.The Empress Dowager asked him to send Du Wenhao out.

Du Wenhao glanced at the old eunuch, but he was an acquaintance. Last time Wei Linger, the daughter of Siduhou Wei An, fell ill and was hospitalized in Wuweitang, the empress dowager sent the old eunuch to visit Wei Linger, Du Wenhao's family was given a lot of silk and satin.I remember that the old eunuch's surname was Jiao.

Following Eunuch Jiao out of the palace, Du Wenhao let out a sigh of relief, not knowing whether this incident was a blessing or a disaster.

When they got home, Pang Yuqin and the others felt relieved. When asked what had happened, Du Wenhao only said that the Empress Dowager wanted to promote him as a judge of the Tai Hospital.

Pang Yuqin and others were very happy when they heard this.Only Lin Qingdai was careful, and found that Du Wenhao was in a daze, so she asked him in private, but this matter was of great importance, Du Wenhao really didn't dare to talk nonsense, just smiled and said it was okay.

Not long after the pharmacy opened the next day, two fast horses came galloping. The two palace eunuchs got off their horses and hurried inside. They met Du Wenhao and said, "The imperial decree will arrive immediately! Mr. Du, please bring your wife to set up The incense table is ready to receive the imperial decree!"

The Du family panicked immediately, they didn't expect the imperial decree to come so fast, but fortunately Pang Yuqin was careful, and had already ordered the incense table to be prepared, and Du Wenhao and the two changed into new clothes, it was too late to take a bath, and ordered the servants to open At the main entrance of Tianshui Lane, Du Wenhao brought Pang Yuqin outside the gate, bowed and waited quietly.Lin Qingdai and others avoided hatchbacks.

Not long after, more than a dozen palace guards, guarding a four-person sedan chair, came in flickeringly. Two young eunuchs waited on both sides, and stopped at the main entrance. The young eunuchs raised the curtain and tremblingly helped an old man The eunuch comes out.

The old eunuch is also a little too old, his face is full of creases and he can't even tell where his eyes are. Holding a golden scroll in his arms, with the support of the little eunuch, he wandered over and said in a sharp voice: "Du Wenhao and Madam Woolen cloth?"

Du Wenhao recognized at a glance that this father-in-law was the old eunuch Jiao Gonggong who the empress dowager sent him to send him out of the palace yesterday. He hurried forward and bowed to salute: "We are here, we have met Jiao Gonggong!"

Pang Yuqin also stepped forward hurriedly, standing half a foot behind her husband's side, bowing her head in blessing.

"Well, has the incense case been set up?"

"Report to Eunuch, it has been laid down."

"Then go in and receive the order!"

Du Wenhao and his wife led Eunuch Jiao to the main hall, where the incense table was already set up.Eunuch Jiao stood in the midst of the wobble, and said, "Professor Du Wenhao of the Imperial Medical Bureau, Mrs. Pang, kneel down to receive the order!"

Du Wenhao and Pang Yuqin hurriedly pulled up their robes and knelt down.

Eunuch Jiao unfolded the golden sunflower ebony shaft in his arms, shook his head and chanted in a high-pitched voice:
"By God's blessing, the emperor's edict said: Today, the empress dowager and others are seriously ill, and the doctors are tied up. My heart seems to be on fire, and I will waste my sleep and food. Mrs. Pang Yuqin, virtuous and virtuous, Zuofu Shiren. Immediately after the book, Du Wenhao was promoted to be the judge of Yulintai Hospital, and given a purple goldfish bag, and served as a doctor in the harem. She was named the sixth-rank wife of Pangshi Yuqin. Reward 100 taels of gold, [-] dendrobium of pearls, [-] pieces of neon clothes, and [-] pieces of brocade. Thank you for your gratitude!"

Du Wenhao and Pang Yuqin shouted long live three times. After thanking them, they got up and respectfully accepted the imperial edict.

Eunuch Jiao smiled and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Du for his promotion! Mr. Du has never been a professor in the Imperial Medical Bureau, and he was directly promoted to the sixth-rank Imperial Hospital. It can be said that he is on the rise, which shows the greatness of the emperor's grace."

Du Wenhao hastily smiled and humbly said a few words, took out a stack of handouts from his arms, and handed them over with both hands:

"Eunuch Jiao worked hard to issue the decree. This is 1000 taels of silver. It's a little meaning. In the future, please take care of him inside and outside the palace."

Eunuch Jiao's squinted eyes opened immediately.

Eunuchs don't like female sex, and they can't be officials, so they like yellow and white things more than ordinary people. Most eunuchs usually reward ten taels, not more than a hundred taels, but Du Wenhao gave away 1000 taels Giving Baiyin to him, Eunuch Jiao was so overjoyed that his hands trembled, he took Jiaozi and swiped it, smiled openly, put it into his arms, and cupped his hands to Du Wenhao, saying:
"It is said that Mr. Du is a loyal and righteous man. When we meet today, he loves our family so much. It's true! Our family is honored for nothing. If you have any errands in the future, just tell our family."

"It is necessary to trouble the father-in-law."

Du Wenhao made up his mind, this Eunuch Jiao is someone close to the Empress Dowager, he was also the one who visited Wei Linger on behalf of the Empress Dowager last time, this time he was ordered to issue an order, so it must be the Empress Dowager's closeness, see for yourself It looks like I'm afraid I will have to hang out in the harem in the future, and it's easy to have such a person to take care of me.So Du Wenhao decided to pay a lot of money to win him over as his eyes and ears.

"It's easy to say!" Eunuch Jiao looked around, leaned over and lowered his voice, "The Empress Dowager attaches great importance to Lord Du, and the good days of Lord Du are yet to come! Hehehe"

"Hey, then I have to rely on my father-in-law to help me a lot."

"It's easy to talk about my family in the future!" The two looked at each other meaningfully and smiled.

After sending off Eunuch Jiao, the Du family immediately became lively, and Lin Qingdai and others came to congratulate him.Pang Yuqin ordered a big banquet tonight and distributed invitations to celebrate her husband's promotion to a sixth-rank imperial court judge, and to congratulate herself as a sixth-rank wife.

That night, the Du family was decorated with lanterns and festoons, Kaifeng Shaoyin Zhuang plotted together, Du Wenhao's father-in-law, Kaifeng Tuiguan Pang Jinghui, as well as the imperial envoy, court judge, and imperial physicians of various departments, as well as the front of the hall who had asked Du Wenhao for diagnosis. Wei An, Marquis of Sidu Yu, Sir Wailang Wen, member of the Ministry of Rites, and Sir Xue Hexue, Minister of Censors, etc., all came to congratulate him in person.Even General Gao Jinweigao, who controls food, grass and military supplies of the Ministry of War, sent someone to send congratulatory gifts.

The official rank of these people is either equal to or lower than that of Du Wenhao, but Du Wenhao has a purple goldfish bag that can only be gifted to the third rank, so except for Pang Jinghui, the father-in-law, the rest of them all meet with the courtesy of an official , really flattered Du Wenhao.

Du Wenhao, as a judge of the Imperial Hospital, has a special mansion in the Imperial Hospital. However, Du Wenhao doesn't want to move to the Imperial Hospital, he prefers to live in his own home relaxed and refreshing.

The next day, Du Wenhao took him to Tai Hospital to report.The envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital brought money and did not accept it, and other colleagues hosted a banquet.

Originally, Du Wenhao was already well-known in the capital, and this time he was ordered to treat the concubines in the harem. Only those with brains know that Du Wenhao has been promoted from a professor of the Imperial Medical Bureau, a low-level sesame official, to the top six. The judgment of the Pintai Hospital, and the imperial gift of a purple-clothed goldfish bag, can be said to be on the rise. Even the envoy (director) of the fifth-rank Taiyuan Hospital deliberately curry favor with others, let alone others.

The fact that the money is not accepted is the chief physician of the Pediatric Department of the Imperial Hospital. He is the happiest. The master has become a high-ranking official. The so-called shade under the big tree will make his life easier in the future.

Xia Jiu Po, the Imperial Physician of the Women's Department of the Imperial Hospital, is an old woman in her 50s. She has received a secret decree from the Empress Dowager to assist Du Wenhao in finding out the cause of the illness of the concubines in the harem.Therefore, he deliberately flattered Du Wenhao.Du Wenhao ate very heartily at this welcome banquet.

Although he was full of wine and food, Du Wenhao's head was empty. He had no idea how to investigate the illnesses of the concubines in the harem. That afternoon, he called Xia Jiupo alone to discuss.

Du Wenhao said: "Lord Xia, you must know the imperial edict of the empress dowager. You and I want to fulfill the important task of the empress dowager. I would like to hear your opinion on how we should act."

It was the first time that Du Wenhao said the word "Benguan" and felt a little awkward. However, it has been more than half a year since I came to the Song Dynasty. I heard that officials said so. It's not like being an official, there is no official authority, and the people below will not be afraid of you, and it is difficult to enforce orders and prohibit them.So the necessary official appearances still have to be put on.

Xia Jiupo respectfully replied: "Reporting to Mrs. Du, I have examined all the ladies in the palace. At first glance, the condition is not complicated, and the medicine has also achieved results. However, it has relapsed repeatedly. I can't figure it out, but I heard that Mr. Du's medical skills are like gods, so I hope that Mr. Du will clear up the fog."

"Tell me about the results of the examination."

"Yes!" Xia Jiupo said in detail how she diagnosed the diseases of the concubines in the harem, including the empress dowager's illness.

After Du Wenhao heard this, he also felt that there was nothing special about this condition, and he was still at a loss as to why it recurred repeatedly.He said: "Tomorrow morning, you will follow me into the palace, and follow-up consultations for all the empresses one by one."

"Yes! The humble post obeys."

The next day, Du Wenhao brought Xia Jiupo to the harem.

The guards of the harem had already received the imperial edict from the Empress Dowager. Du Wenhao and Xia Jiupo could enter and leave the harem at will, so they were allowed to go after checking their badges.

Du Wenhao was not in a hurry to see a doctor, so he asked the eunuch in the palace, and learned that Eunuch Jiao was not on duty that day, so he asked the little eunuch to lead the way to the empress dowager's bedroom to meet with Eunuch Jiao for advice.

(End of this chapter)