The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 369
At night, Rong Yue went back to the palace, settled down and rested Yinti, and it was Haishi.

There was a night breeze knocking on the Ling window, Lian Xin took a bowl of donkey-hide gelatin, longan and eight treasures soup and walked in lightly, and placed the soup beside Rong Yue, then closed the Ling window tightly, and said with a little hesitation: "Girl Xi Cui, she said that the mother was afraid of the cold and asked her to close the window tightly, so she had to assert that there was a leak to let in fresh air! The hot air in the hall is gone, so she will be on the job!"

After a busy day, Rong Yue was worried about Yinti's affairs, seeing Lian Xin chattering endlessly, she immediately became angry and said: "If you think it's inappropriate, find a reason to beat me up and shout here in this palace. what?"

Lian Xin's stern expression immediately softened, and she turned into a servant. She picked up the soup and offered it to Rong Yue, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is only taking care of the elder brother for dinner today, and she didn't even have a bite. This soup is just out of the oven. , it’s warm and heart-warming, it’s the best tonic in winter. Madam, how about some?”

Rong Yue stirred the soup slowly with a spoon, seeing that the soup was thick, she felt even more irritable, so she pushed the soup bowl in Lian Xin's hand to the ground.

Lian Xin was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and bowed, flinching and said: "Your Majesty, calm down!"

Rong Yue got up angrily, lifted the bottom of the flowerpot high, and kicked the fragments away: "You naughty boy! It depends on the owner to beat the dog, don't you know which palace Yinti is raising now?"

Seeing that Rong Yue was bored because of that matter, Lian Xin let out a sigh of relief to ease her nervousness.She stood up slowly, supported Rong Yue, and said with a smirk in her ear: "What's your anger with him, my lord? It's not often said in the market, 'Children are only seven years old, life and death depend on their fate', what they say is that children are difficult to raise, and they can't live past seven years old. , how do you know if you can raise them to adulthood?"

"What stupid words are you talking about?" Rong Yue was startled, and hurriedly cut off Lian Xin's words: "He is the prince, do you want to die?"

Lian Xin had a gloomy look on her face, and said in a low voice: "He is a prince, but also a child. It's hard to say, how is life and death different from those cats and dogs outside the palace? Now Empress Xiaozhao has passed away. , the empress position in the middle palace was once again vacant, the emperor valued the empress, and ordered the empress to take care of the affairs of the sixth palace, and she might be named empress someday. Didn't the empress Renxiao go away for three years before the emperor chose Niu Hulu as empress?"

Lian Xin carefully looked at Rong Yue's expression, seeing that she was thinking for a while, she went on to say: "If the crown prince passes away at that time, you will be the empress of thousands of honors, and the elder brother will naturally be the eldest son with great blessings, and the east palace will be empty. Why don't you worry about the day when elder brother will not become the crown prince?"

Rong Yue was silent for a moment, and a sneer suddenly appeared on his face: "Just because of his kicks on Yinti's chest, his violent temperament can be seen. Even if he treats his elder brother like this, if he rules the world in the future, he still doesn't know what to do." How to tyrannize and inhumane things."

She smiled so that the corners of her mouth were a little sore, so she put away her smile and said dully: "The emperor doesn't care whether there are things born by a mother or not. Leave it to me, take good care of him!"

She put more strength on Lian Xin's hand, and said in a solemn voice: "I especially remember that in the past, his biological mother, Empress Renxiao, together with the lowly maidservant Yunshan, found a disease outside the palace and entered the palace, injuring two of them. The life of the emperor's heir caused trouble to his upper body and killed his own son. Bengong thought, Chengrui, Chengxiang and Chenghu died pitifully. The lives of so many children were lost in the hands of the prince's biological mother. Now his biological mother Let's go, this evil debt is worthy of the mother's debt!"

"Your Majesty means..." Lian Xin's eyes flashed with a dark star, which quickly disappeared, "But if the wind disease occurs again, it will definitely attract people's suspicion."

Rong Yue smiled lightly, glanced at her and sighed: "Idiot! Repeating old tricks is not trivial, the important thing is to understand the truth and know how to innovate. A few days ago, my mother's family wrote that a village near Beijing and the outer suburbs had a pox epidemic ①, the non-immune disease spread to Beijing, the emperor ordered the village to be sealed off, and an imperial physician was sought to treat it.”

She froze slightly, straightened her body, and her voice was instantly as cold as ice outside the window: "How can it be cured? The smallpox disease is so fierce that it can easily kill people. If everyone in the village is trapped in one place, even one of them may survive." No. Tomorrow you find a suitable person, find the things used by the person suffering from acne to enter the palace, and always think of a way to greet our prince well."

Lian Xin shuddered all over, and said timidly: "Your Majesty, the crown prince is raised in Qianqing Palace and lives with the Emperor. If he suffers from pox, most of them will infect the Emperor. This."

Rong Yue caressed the phoenix hairpin on her forehead in disapproval, and the pearls under the hairpin were like silver bells blowing by the wind, making a cold and crisp sound of jade and stone hitting each other: "The emperor had smallpox when he was young, and he is invulnerable to that disease. How can it infect yourself? You just let it go, I have my own plan."

Rong Yue's voice was scattered in the empty bedroom, only Lian Xin's Nuo Nuo answered her.

An incomparably sinister smile flashed across her face, and against the backdrop of the candlelight, she became even more evil, making her look full of eerieness.

Lian Xin looked at her, feeling chills, and immediately shivered.

One afternoon two days later, Lian Xin entered the room with a face of secrecy, dismissed the servants who were waiting beside Rong Yue, and whispered: "Your Majesty, the matter is settled."

Rong Yue lazily leaned on the warm seat, flipping through the ledger in her hand, without looking up, she asked, "What did you find?"

Lian Xin said: "The village is rich in mushrooms, most of them are the ones that the prince likes to eat, the servants ordered people to rush out of the imperial dining room to buy the vacancy, and played a pretense with the imperial eunuch, taking advantage of his unpreparedness, mixed those mushrooms into the On the dining car dedicated to the prince’s ingredients.”

Rong Yue frowned slightly, and asked: "Mushrooms are like cooking and exposed to heat, but they still have symptoms? Don't work hard, and you will end up with a thankless end."

Lian Xin smiled lightly, leaned closer to Rong Yue's ear and said: "I have inquired about the prince's diet, there will be golden needles in cold salad tomorrow at noon. The fungus can be eaten after being washed and mixed with salt and vinegar. Why do you need to overdo it? And the disease is no worse than poison. Even if the fathers-in-law of the imperial court use silver needles to detect it, there is no difference. Moreover, the father-in-law who passed the meal before the imperial court has to try the dishes one by one. By then, the prince will not be the only one who will be infected with the pox? There is a pox epidemic in the palace, after the sickness is over, the prince will not arouse suspicion."

Rong Yue put down the ledger, raised her eyebrows and glanced at Lian Xin approvingly: "You are so thoughtful, I have underestimated you."

As he spoke, he took Lian Xin's hand and got up slowly, and walked towards the courtyard: "The sun is just right outside the house, so let's 'wait for the good news' when I walk with you. Besides, go to the Shang's study to replace the old man. My elder brother asked for leave, saying that he was beaten by the crown prince, and he was unwell and needed to recuperate for a few days. There is no need to let the naughty boy get over his illness and give us Yinti."

　Remarks ①: Pox, commonly known as smallpox.Mainly symptoms of severe toxemia (chills, high fever, fatigue, headache, soreness in limbs and back, convulsions and coma when body temperature rises sharply), macules, papules, herpes, pustules appear in batches on the skin in sequence, and finally Scabs, scabs, leaving acne scars.Smallpox was ferocious and developed rapidly, and the fatality rate was as high as 15% within 20 to 30 days after infection among unimmunized people.Three to five days after the onset, rashes appeared on the forehead, cheeks, wrists, arms, trunk, and lower limbs of the patient.It started as a red macule, then turned into papules, 3 to 5 days later, the papules turned into herpes, and then the herpes turned into pustular rash.Two to three days after the formation of impetigo, the scab gradually dries up and forms a thick scab. After about one month, the scab begins to fall off, leaving scars, commonly known as "spots".

　　Remark ②: Smallpox, another name for smallpox

　　
　
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