Song Yi

Chapter 264 Mutation
Chen Meiren said with a bitter face: "Please forgive me, the Empress Dowager, I am really sick, my heart hurts, and my whole body is weak..."

"Bah!" The glamorous queen spat at Chen Meiren disgustedly, "Weakness? You smashed the broken porcelain pieces in your room just now, right? Since you are weak, you can still smash them like this. Are you angry? Is it aimed at the Empress Dowager or the Palace?"

Chen Meiren kept saying she didn't dare, she prostrated herself on the ground, she just wanted to delay the time and wait for the emperor to save her, she gasped heavily and looked pitiful and uncomfortable.

"Hehe, if you say you're fat, you'll still be panting." The Empress Dowager sneered, "Does the incense pill that Ai's family gave you last time have any effect?"

Chen Mei had a bad idea, these two bad spirits really came for that terrible thing, so she whispered: "If you go back to the Empress Dowager, the effect will be quite good..."

The Empress Dowager let out a long sigh, and said: "However, Aijia sees that your complexion is still not getting better. Is it because you are born with such a short-lived appearance, or is this medicine not effective at all?"

"Yes..., it's really effective. I feel my body is getting lighter and stronger these two days."

"Since this is the case, that's good, just right, it's Shen Shi, it's time to take medicine, come here, and serve Chen Meiren to take medicine!"

When Chen Meiren heard this, her hairs stood on end, and she sat down on the ground, shaking her hands, but couldn't say a word.

Two tall and thick maids stepped forward and stood on both sides of her, staring at her intently.A eunuch came with a black lacquer and gold tray and placed it on the ground in front of her.There were two bowls on the tray, one was filled with a black dipping incense pill, and the other was filled with half a bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus dew.

Seeing that Chen Meiren didn't move, the queen snorted heavily: "What's the matter? Do you need someone to feed you again?"

Chen Meiren murmured: "No, old ancestor, I... I ate something bad today, and I caught a cold. I just took medicine for stomach cold, and I was worried that if I took this pill, I would vomit it out and ruin it." Such a good medicine..."

"Really? Hehe, you can't fool Aijia this time, because Aijia brought Master Du here. He is judged by the left court of the Supreme Hospital, and his medical skills are like gods. If you want to play tricks on medicine, you can't justify it!" The Empress Dowager turned her head to Du Wenhao who was standing beside her and said, "Lord Du, in your opinion, will the medicine for stomach cold and the medicine for beautifying your face be compatible with nausea and vomiting?"

Du Wenhao bowed and said: "No. As far as I know, the Empress has been taking this fragrant pill for more than ten years, during which time she also gave medicine to cure stomach cold, and she has never had nausea."

The queen heard Du Wenhao mentioning that she had taken this pill for more than ten years, and when she thought of the pain of these ten years, her eyes burst into flames, her silver teeth gritted, and she said viciously: "That's right! Aijia took it, There is no such thing as counteracting nausea!"

Chen Meiren's face was pale, and she quickly found an excuse: "Old Ancestor, Empress, I feel very uncomfortable in my stomach. If you go down, you will be nauseated and vomit. I dare not deceive the ancestors and the empress. It must be because I haven’t eaten all day. Please allow me to eat something to fill my stomach first, and then eat. Look at it ?"

The Empress Dowager nodded slowly: "Well, that's fine too. Tell them to bring you some snacks."

After a while, the imperial chef brought a large tray of exquisite dim sum.The Empress Dowager asked Chen Meiren to sit up and eat.

Chen Meiren ate very slowly, she was breaking pieces one by one and chewing slowly, the Empress Dowager did not urge her, but the Queen couldn't help but sneer, Chen Meiren just pretended she didn't hear, and continued to chew slowly Savor it.He kept looking out of the gazebo.

Finally, I saw a few people running towards my bedroom from a distance, sweating profusely, and the one who ran to the front was none other than the emperor's personal eunuch, Eunuch Ning!Followed by his personal maid Xiaoxin.They obviously didn't notice that Chen Meiren and the others were not in the house, but in the gazebo outside.

Chen Meiren was overjoyed and stood up, overturning the half plate of dim sum, waving and shouting: "Eunuch Ning, I am here!"

The Empress Dowager didn't stop her, she sneered slightly.

When Eunuch Ning heard it, he stopped abruptly, put his hands on the awning to take a look, then immediately turned around and waved, leading the eunuchs to run towards this side.

Entering the gazebo, Eunuch Ning panted heavily and bowed, "Emperor Empress Dowager, Empress Empress..., Mistress Beauty, no, it's not good! It's a big deal..., a big deal is not good!"

The Empress Dowager was a little strange. She thought that Eunuch Ning must have come here to announce the decree to save the Sao Fox. She had already figured out a countermeasure. Not pretending, I was taken aback and asked, "What's wrong?"

Eunuch Ning was out of breath and said, "Your Majesty...! Your Majesty..., Your Majesty..."

The empress dowager stood up abruptly: "What happened to the emperor?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty fainted just now!"

"What?" The faces of the Empress Dowager and the others changed color. Chen Meiren was even more frightened by the news, and grabbed his arm: "Where is the emperor?"

"In..., in the Palace of Qinzheng, I blame Sima Guang, the old man..., my lord, he contacted a group of veteran court officials, and knelt down on the steps outside the Hall of Qinzheng to remonstrate with the emperor, saying that if the emperor does not agree to abolish the With the new law, they knelt to death in front of the Hall of Qinzheng... No matter how much the emperor persuaded him, he couldn't do anything. The emperor pretended to send the leader to prison, so that they wouldn't get up and retreat even if he threatened them like this. Some old guys even... ..., and threatened to ram his head to death on the spot, and carry out blood, blood remonstrance! The emperor was so angry that he passed out on the spot... Now the Palace of Qinzheng... is in a mess, empress dowager, empress, beauty empress , Master Du, hurry up and take a look!"

"Your Majesty..." Chen Meiren screamed, rolled her eyes, her body went limp, and she passed out.

The empress dowager didn't care about her life or death. Hearing that the emperor fainted at the Qinzheng Hall, it might not be a lie. With a wave of her sleeve, she led the crowd towards the Qinzheng Hall.

Du Wenhao hesitated for a moment, and followed the Empress Dowager and the others. Both of them were in a coma. Of course, they had to save the emperor first.Chen Meiren doesn't seem to be in any danger at the moment.

Of course, Xiaoxin and Eunuch Ning would not leave Meiren Chen behind, they hurriedly helped her up, pinched her and poured cold water on her, Meiren Chen finally woke up slowly, and immediately got up, screaming towards Qinzheng Dian stumbled and ran.Eunuch Ning, Xiaoxin and others hurriedly followed.

The Empress Dowager came to the Qinzheng Hall, which was already heavily guarded, and there were guards with knives everywhere.Only the empress dowager, empress, Chen Meiren, Du Wenhao, Jiao Gonggong and Ning Gonggong were allowed to enter, and the rest were blocked.

A group of people came to the Qinzheng Hall, and saw dozens of officials kneeling on the steps, all of them were high-ranking officials of the third rank or above in court clothes.I don't know which one is Sima Guang.Most of these ministers had gray hair on the temples, old age, coughing and panting endlessly. They either fell to the ground and cried, or bowed their hands to pray to the sky, or were dumbfounded and didn't know what they were thinking.

Du Wenhao was a little strange. When he was studying history in middle school, his teacher said that Wang Anshi's reform was very innovative and helpful to the prosperity of the country and the army, but it was too hasty and harmed the interests of those with vested interests, so there was a lot of resistance.At that time, I didn't have any concept in the lectures. Now I see these old ministers kneeling and admonishing me, and I realize how powerful the forces opposing the reform were at that time.If the emperor hadn't been supporting Wang Anshi and supporting the reform, get out of class would have ended long ago.

They came to the back hall lounge.There were more than a dozen people standing around the dragon bed, Du Wenhao didn't know any of them, but looking at the color of the court clothes they wore and the patterns on them, he knew that they were all generals above the first rank, all of them looked anxious and frowned.

When the emperor went to court to handle government affairs, there were imperial physicians on duty next to him. Today, the imperial physician with generous veins, Wei Zhan, served the doctor.This old man has white hair and beard, and is very skilled in medicine, but he is very old-fashioned.At the moment, he was sitting beside the dragon bed, taking the pulse of Song Shenzong who was lying on the bed.

Du Wenhao glanced at Wei Zhan, saw that his face was full of sorrow, and his forehead was still a little sweaty, his heart tightened, could it be that the emperor's sudden illness is very critical?

Looking up, I saw Song Shenzong lying on his back on the bed, the brocade quilt embroidered with dragons and phoenixes was covered up to his forehead, his eyes were closed, his face was pale, his hands were outside the brocade quilt, his fists were clenched, and his hair was slightly trembling. trembling.

Seeing this scene, Chen Meiren burst into tears, then quickly stuffed her fists into her mouth, watched with choked tears, wanted to go up to call the emperor, but was afraid of disturbing the imperial physician's diagnosis, so anxious that her delicate body trembled .

The Empress Dowager walked gently to the side of the bed, leaned over to take a look, and asked the imperial physician Wei Zhan in a low voice: "How is your majesty's condition?"

Wei Zhan hurriedly stood up, bowed and said, "Report to the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty..., Your Majesty's illness..., Your Majesty's illness is..., this..., this..."

Seeing him hesitating, the empress dowager guessed that the emperor was seriously ill. She was afraid that spreading the news would cause a coup d'état, so she immediately waved her sleeves and turned around to say to everyone in the hall: "Master Du stay here, and the rest of the people leave the hall. , no one is allowed to come in without the permission of Aijia!"

Lord Hou bowed and agreed, and all retreated, as did all the maids and eunuchs.As Chen Meiren walked out, she choked up and cried tremblingly: "Your Majesty..., Your Majesty, wake up..., Your Majesty...!"

After everyone exited the hall, the Empress Dowager waved Wei Zhan and Du Wenhao aside, stared at Wei Zhan, and asked in a low voice, "Tell me, how is your majesty's condition?"

"This..." Wei Zhan glanced back at Song Shenzong who was not far away on the bed, trembled for some reason, lifted his robe and knelt down and kowtowed in fear and said: "Empress Dowager, lowly position... lowly position is really incompetent , I just checked for a long time, but I couldn't find out why the emperor fainted, I don't know what kind of disease the emperor is..., please forgive me by the empress dowager...!"

"What?" The Empress Dowager was shocked and angry, "You have been busy for a long time, but you can't even see the emperor's illness? Seriously! Hmph!" Turning her head, she said to Du Wenhao: "Master Du, go and give me the medical treatment." The emperor diagnoses and treats and rescues with all his strength!"

"Yes! The humble minister leads the decree!"

Du Wenhao bowed and agreed, walked quickly to the bed, bent over Song Shenzong's eyelids, touched his hands and feet, and pressed them with his hands, pondered for a moment, then sat down on the stool, Raise the wrist to check the pulse.

As soon as his fingers touched him, Du Wenhao withdrew his hand and stared at Song Shenzong's face. After a while, he carefully took Song Shenzong's other hand. This time it took him a cup of tea to check his pulse before slowly putting it down.

The Empress Dowager came over and asked in a low voice: "How is it? Have you found out?"

Du Wenhao took another careful look at Song Shenzong, who had his eyes closed tightly, bowed his head and said: "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty's illness is caused by overwork, phlegm pathogens are accumulated inside, and the heart is rushed, and the heart orifice is closed, resulting in fainting."

Wei Zhan let out a soft ah, tilted his gray-haired head, took a good look at Du Wenhao, his lips moved, hesitant to speak.

The empress dowager didn't notice his strange movements, she nodded and asked, "How should I treat it?"

"First use golden needles to measure the acupoints, and then use Daotan Decoction to promote qi and eliminate phlegm, so as to relieve knots and refresh the mind. It's not a serious problem, but—"

The empress dowager's heart tightened: "But what?"

"Your Majesty is worried and overworked, and his temper has already been severely injured. From now on, we must pay special attention not to get angry or worry! Otherwise, it is easy to get phlegm and clear the orifices, and the disease will occur again. This disease is extremely harmful to the body. Every time it occurs, it will be like a catastrophe. One time, the stomach qi will be defeated. One or two more times, I'm afraid my life will be in danger!"

The Empress Dowager's complexion changed slightly, she glanced at Du Wenhao, thought for a while, nodded and said: "Hurry up and give the emperor a medical treatment. The Ai family will handle other matters!"

Du Wenhao picked up a pen and wrote the recipe.Originally, according to regulations, the prescription given to the emperor had to be decided after consultation and research by the Supreme Hospital’s highest meeting, but last time the emperor had already said that Du Wenhao’s prescription could not be researched by the Imperial Hospital, so it was directly handed over to the servant of the Royal Pharmacy Institute. Fang decoction.

Du Wenhao didn't bring out the consultation box, so he borrowed Wei Zhan's gold needles to give Song Shenzong acupuncture and moxibustion to clear his mind.

At the same time, the Empress Dowager walked out of the hall, came to the front of the hall, and glanced at the ministers kneeling on the steps.

The ministers looked up at the Empress Dowager one after another, and kowtowed to each other.

The Empress Dowager looked at them and was about to speak, but suddenly felt dizzy, her body swayed, and she hurriedly supported the jade railing beside her.The eunuch serving next to him hastily stepped forward to help.

After the empress dowager stood still, she shook off the eunuch's supporting hand, and even let go of the hand holding the jade railing. She stood firmly, raised her head, glanced at the ministers on the steps, and said slowly and loudly: " Gentlemen, you are all veterans of the Great Song Dynasty, you have worked hard and made great achievements, this time for the country and the country, you risked your life to kneel and admonish, and your heart to serve the country with fists and fists is worthy of the sun and the moon!"

"Woooooooo..."

There was a burst of weeping on the steps, as well as the chaotic sound of knocking heads.

The Empress Dowager Cao, as the empress of the late Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, has gone through three dynasties so far. Not only is she senior, but when Song Yingzong succeeded to the throne, she was weak and sick, so the Empress Dowager Cao once listened to the government behind the curtain in the small hall of the East Gate of the Imperial Palace.However, the Cao family never took power, and never made arbitrary claims during the administration, and discussed everything with a group of veteran officials in the court.

The empress dowager took a breath, and then continued: "The preservation and abolition of the new law must be discussed in a long-term way. You must not kneel down to remonstrate with such radical behavior. When the emperor was discussing politics, he suddenly fainted, and Du Wenhao was sentenced by the Imperial Hospital. During the examination by Mr. Du, the emperor was in a hurry and closed his heart. Mr. Du said that the emperor's illness is a chronic disease, and it must not be repeated again, otherwise it will.... You are all important officials of the court. I believe that you are all Cherish the Holy One from the heart. Only when the Holy One is healthy can the court be stable and the common people live and work in peace and contentment!"

At this moment, the sound of crying and kowtowing by the officials in the audience has already rang out.

The Empress Dowager wept and said: "The Ai family knows what the old ministers are admonishing, and they know it well. It's just that the emperor's dragon body can no longer withstand the stimulation. For the sake of Kangtai, the old ministers, please disperse. The Ai family is here to salute all of you..."

After all, the empress dowager bowed tremblingly.

"Empress Dowager..., you can't do this!"

"Ancestor...!"

……

On the steps, the ministers cried and kowtowed loudly, kneeling and crawling, stretching out their skinny palms, crying with snot and saliva flying all over the place.

The Empress Dowager saw that the officials were in chaos, although most of them were shaken in heart, but they had no obvious intention of retreating, and without any hesitation, she smiled sadly: "If all the nobles insist on kneeling and admonishing and never retreat, the emperor will be healthy and healthy." Regardless, Aijia..., Aijia only knelt down and begged...!"

After all, he lifted up his skirt and knelt down slowly.

A group of ministers wailed like crazy, kowtowed like a drum, their foreheads hit the jade steps, and blood spattered.For a moment, snot and saliva flew together, and tears mixed with blood and water.

An old official at the front knelt and climbed up crying, and came to the Empress Dowager on his knees, and stretched out his arms to help each other: "Empress Dowager, get up quickly! I can't bear this big gift from you. You ..., you are going to kill the officials!"

The rest of the officials also kowtowed like pounding garlic, crying and asking the Empress Dowager to stand up in unison.

The Empress Dowager choked on the ground and said: "You are all veterans of the Great Song Dynasty with great achievements. This time, you are laying down your life and kneeling for the country and society. It is only right to be worshiped by the Ai family! If you don't care, the Ai family will accompany you Kneel to the end...!"

The old official was in tears, turned his head tremblingly, opened his arms and said to the dozens of old men in the audience: "My colleagues! Everyone heard what the Empress Dowager said? The emperor's dragon body is important, we can't embarrass the Empress Dowager again , let the emperor recover from his illness with peace of mind, as the old empress dowager said, the new law will be preserved and abolished, and the continuation must be discussed in the long run, I will let it go."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and fell to the ground crying: "Chen Sima Guang, farewell... the empress dowager!" After knocking his head three times, he staggered to his feet, holding his skirt with one hand and holding on to the jade railing with the other, staggering Down the steps and go.

Now, all the veterans were crying and kowtowed to leave, and they stumbled away.

The Empress Dowager knelt until the last old official left her sight, then she stood up unsteadily with the support of Eunuch Jiao, and looked at the direction where all the officials were going away, and then rolled down the muddy old tears.Turning around slowly, with the support of Eunuch Jiao, he walked back to the apse of Qinzheng Hall with difficulty.

In the apse, Du Wenhao was giving Song Shenzong acupuncture and moxibustion, and the surroundings became quiet. Song Shenzong's pale face finally slowly turned red, and his tightly clenched fists were slightly loosened. Finally, with a snort, he woke up slowly. change.Opening his eyes, he murmured: "Where are you dear friends...?"

Eunuch Ning hastily said in a low voice: "The Empress Dowager is here, and she has persuaded all the veterans to go away. You can rest assured, Your Majesty. Mrs. Du of the Tai Hospital has prescribed medicine for you, and the golden needle is on the acupoint. Your illness is very serious. He will recover soon."

Song Shenzong nodded slowly, and slowly turned his head to glance at the Empress Dowager: "Old ancestor..., you have worked hard..."

The Empress Dowager smiled bitterly: "Stop talking, let's rest!"

Only then did Song Shenzong close his eyes, and for a moment, he muttered again: "Beauty...! My little girl..., where are you...?"

Eunuch Ning hastily said to the Empress Dowager in a low voice: "Old Ancestor, the Emperor is calling Mrs. Chen!"

The Empress Dowager sighed and waved her hands: "Let her come in..."

After a while, the heavy mahogany gate was pushed open. Chen Meiren staggered in with her skirt in both hands, and ran past in small steps, crying all the way, and was still a few steps away from the dragon bed. Moved forward, crying: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty...! Your little boy is here..., Your Majesty..., wake up!"

Song Shenzong hummed, opened his eyes slightly, tried to turn his face sideways, and searched everywhere.

Eunuch Ning hurriedly stepped forward, carefully supported Song Shenzong to stand up sideways, and whispered in his ear: "My lord, Chen Niangniang is here, she is right in front of the bed!"

"Beauty...!" Song Shenzong stretched out his trembling hand, "Where are you?"

The Empress Dowager sighed softly again, and whispered to Du Wenhao and Wei Zhan, "You come out with Ai's family!"

The two of them didn't want to be light bulbs here for a long time, and hurriedly followed the empress dowager out of the apse.Turned around and walked out of the apse.

The Empress Dowager asked Wei Zhan to wait at the door, and asked Du Wenhao to follow him until he walked to a corner of the corridor, then stopped without turning around, and asked, "Is the emperor's illness dangerous?"

Du Wenhao hesitated for a moment, bowed and said: "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, judging from the current situation, there is no danger at present, but..., the emperor has been suffering from hidden diseases for many years, and it has been relatively deep. Please rest assured, the Empress Dowager, the emperor's illness is minor. It is sure to be cured, but the emperor must cooperate with the humble minister's treatment, and he must calm down and recuperate, so as not to get angry again."

"Well, the Ai family will ask the emperor to cooperate with you in treating illnesses, Mr. Du, and you will be fully responsible for the emperor's illnesses in the future, without any mistakes!"

"Wei minister leads the order!"

(End of this chapter)