Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 24 The Heart of Akagi
Hearing her question, Xia Shengqing also moved her body. Although she didn't improve dramatically, she could clearly feel that the suffocation pain on her chest had eased a little.

"It seems to be better, but the princess gave me medicine?"

Xia Zijin nodded, tucked the quilt up for him, and said: "Now the flood is over. Although the plague is terrible, it is controllable. This princess has a special prescription. As long as it is treated in time, the problem will not be serious."

She casually took out a written prescription and handed it to Xia Shengqing, which contained the dosage and precautions for each medicine in detail, which can be described as detailed.

"Plagues are common diseases. It is also said that the heavens and the seasons are plagues. There are three ways to treat them: tonic, to disperse, and to reduce." Xia Zijin said slowly, "This prescription is to neutralize the medicinal properties of the pure and penetrating herbs. , Dispel the plague virus in the body in the shortest time, and at the same time strengthen the foundation and cultivate the vitality, the mild ones can be cured by taking the medicine for five or six days, and the severe ones can be cured."

Xia Shengqing listened carefully to what she said, a little unbelievable, so saying, he can also live.

"That's why I didn't say it nonsense when I said that I can save you." Xia Zijin blinked at him, feeling that the plague-stricken Xia Shengqing was getting cuter, and couldn't help stretching out his hand to pinch his face.Xia Shengqing coughed a few times, her face became even hotter and redder.

"Princess, the medicine is ready!"

Xiaokui entered the room with a porcelain bowl, the black-brown soup was still steaming, but the smell was a bit unpleasant, because of some special medicinal materials, it smelled a bit earthy.

"You have to drink this special medicine every two hours. It doesn't taste very good, so bear with it." Xia Zijin took the medicine bowl, scooped up a spoonful of dark brown decoction, blew it gently, and fed it to Xia Shengqing's mouth side.

He opened his mouth in a daze, but the originally bitter soup seemed to be sweetened with honey, spreading in his heart.

Ever since Xia Zijin distributed the prescriptions to the governors of the states in the south of the Yangtze River, the whole south of the Yangtze River has been bustling with enthusiasm.

There were so many sick people that the medicinal materials originally brought from Shangjing were used up in less than three days.

Xia Zijin brought five hundred elite soldiers from the Dudu's Mansion with the gold medal of Ming Shengdi, and took these soldiers up the mountain to collect medicine every day, and sometimes even did it by himself, which made hundreds of soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River admire this charming royal princess.

"Everyone, look carefully. The velvet deer grass we want has dark green roots and narrow, serrated leaves. Don't pick a mistake!" Xiao Kui waved a piece of velvet deer grass at the soldiers in the mountains. Wave, said loudly.

All the soldiers took orders in unison, and bent down one by one to search and pick in the bushes inch by inch.

After Xiaokui explained, she trotted to the temporary hood built aside, Xia Zijin was crouching at the table writing something.

"Princess, Xiaokui has already told them, but this velvet deer grass likes warmth, and it's early winter, so I don't know if I can find them all."

Xia Zijin nodded, dried the ink on the paper, and wrote a whole page in neat regular script densely.

"Don't worry about the velvet deer grass. Although it likes to be warm, it is also resistant to cold. It just passed the flood a while ago, and it is enjoying the weather right now."

Xiaokui nodded thoughtfully, and stopped worrying.

"Give this letter to the person at the station for the princess to post back to Shangjing." Xia Zijin folded the written letter and stuffed it into the envelope, and handed it to Xiaokui.

She promised Ming Shengdi to pacify the plague in the south of the Yangtze River, and now is the time to report it. I am afraid that people who don't like her in the court are just waiting to see her jokes, but she will not let those old stubborn Ruyi.

As soon as Xiaokui raised the curtain of the tent, seven or eight small heads were exposed outside, with dark eyes looking into the tent.

Xiaokui was taken aback, looking at the little guys who were only half her height in front of her with their eyeballs rolling, she was also curious.

"Children, this is the princess's tent, go play elsewhere."

The youngest child in the children's group wore sky-high braids, and a red silk braid tied a bow on the braids. He sucked his index finger, his big eyes flickered, and he said softly, "We... we are looking for the princess sister!"

The rest of the children also talked about looking for Xia Zijin together, and they immediately made a fuss.

Xia Zijin heard the movement and opened the curtain to come out. The children saw a woman in blue clothes walking out of the tent. She had slender eyebrows, watery eyes, plump lips, and a small face, just like the fairy in Yaochi in the Jiangnan picture scroll. .

The children were stunned. In their hearts, this princess was a living Bodhisattva who saved their loved ones. Seeing such a beautiful princess now, they thought they were seeing a real fairy.

"Where do these children come from?" Xia Zijin looked at the pair of big round eyes staring at her, and couldn't help feeling a little puzzled.

Xiaokui shook her head and made a mouth movement.

"Sister Princess, we are all children of the residents on Mount Mang. I heard from adults that you have been digging herbs with soldiers on the mountain these days, so we are here!" The oldest boy in the group of children said first, he was about He was only six or seven years old, with a shaved head, and his eyes curved into crescents when he smiled.

Xia Zijin reached out and touched his round head, and couldn't help but love him. These children are the most immature age. They have survived floods and plagues, and they can still smile so flawlessly. They are probably the purest and most sincere part of human nature. up.

"Princess Sister, my father is so sick that he coughed up a lot of blood. After taking the prescription written by Princess Sister, he can get out of bed these days!" A little girl with double braids said Nuo Nuo, pulling There are two braids of her own, with sweet dimples hanging on her cheeks.

"My mother and elder sister are too! Thanks to the princess sister!" The short little boy next to him was jumping high, with a jade lock piece hanging around his neck, which was also very cute.

"My mother is too!"

"So is my dad!"

The children said one by one, with the most sincere smiles on their faces that were more delicate than flowers.

Looking at these children, Xia Zijin suddenly felt that coming to Jiangnan by herself was the right decision.

Here, she saw the confrontation between human nature and disaster, she witnessed the people's efforts to defend their homeland, she also saw death, and tasted parting, but in the face of such a disaster that the earth is crying, everyone's own sorrow and joy are different. It seems insignificant.

At this time, footsteps came from the woods, and a dozen village women with baskets also gathered around the tent. Everyone had cheerful smiles on their faces, simple and sincere.

"Minutes see the princess, the princess is a thousand years old!"

All the village women kowtowed on their knees and shouted loudly in unison, all words were respectful.

Xia Zijin raised her hand to make everyone flattened, and the children bounced and snuggled up to their mother one by one. The scene was very heartwarming and joyous.

"Princess, we are all residents on Mount Mang. I heard that you collect herbs here, and we vulgar peasant women can't help you, but you can still cook!"

The leading woman said that she is the wife of the village head of the village at the foot of Mount Mang. At this moment, every village woman has a big basket in her arm, covered with a clean and white cotton cloth, protruding like a small peak. radians.

"That's right, princess, the guys who collect herbs are working hard, we can't do anything else, we can eat enough!"

The village women lifted the cotton cloth covering the big basket one by one, and the aroma of the food immediately came out. The fragrance of rice and noodles made people feel very comfortable in this winter, even the soldiers who were digging herbs in the mountains were also happy. Smelling the aroma of food against the wind, they wiped the sweat off their heads one by one, and looked here curiously and expectantly.

Xia Zijin only felt that such kindness was very precious. Compared with those high-sounding hypocrites in the imperial court, these illiterate village women made her feel more noble, which was higher than ethics and equal to human nature.

"The princess thanked all the ladies for their kindness on behalf of hundreds of soldiers!" Xia Zijin's eyes were full of enthusiasm.

"The princess is embarrassing us people by saying this. If you hadn't saved our people in the south of the Yangtze River, we old women, I am afraid that our son will have reported to King Yama by now!" the village chief's wife said with a smile , pointing to the ground figuratively while speaking, causing everyone to laugh.

"Madam, I'm just doing my duty as a member of Dalai." Xia Zijin said, turning around and waving to the soldiers in the mountains, "Boys, the common people have brought you food, eat it. Only when you are full can you work hard, let’s take a rest first!”

The village women carried big baskets and went to the mountains to distribute food. When they heard that there was food, the tired and hungry soldiers were also full of joy. One by one, they put down their work and lined up in an orderly manner. to eat.

The glutinous white rice noodles are fragrant and full, and the soldiers and people in the mountains and forests are enjoying themselves for a while, and the laughter echoes.

This is what Xia Shengqing saw when he walked up the mountainside. Xia Zijin stood curled up, and when he saw Xia Shengqing coming, he greeted him with a smile. Seeing his emaciated appearance lying on the bed at the beginning, she still finds it shocking.

"Shengqing, why did you come so early today?"

"The follow-up matters in several states have been explained almost. After noon, I handed over the reconstruction work after the flood with the governor. At this moment, the arrangement has been counted." Xia Shengqing said.

He pulled the loose cloak on Xia Zijin's shoulders for Xia Zijin. After the winter solstice, the weather was getting colder and colder.

Xia Zijin nodded, her eyes were indeed warm, the catastrophe in the south of the Yangtze River was finally over, fortunately, the family and the country were still there, and the mountains and rivers were still there.

"Shengqing, after the disaster victims in this last state are settled, we can go back to Beijing. This princess misses the small kitchen's wings and rice."

She smiled authentically, and her bright eyes were reflected in Xia Shengqing's eyes, and she smiled at each other.

"it is good!"

Suddenly, crystal light as light as goose feathers floated down from the sky, and fell on the vast land of Mount Mount. Xia Zijin raised her head, and a piece of snow-white fell between her eyelashes, cold and soft.

"Snowing."

This piece of land will eventually be covered with heavy snow, and it will return to the land next spring, breaking through the snow and reborn.

(End of this chapter)