Queen Sun

Chapter 9
When Ruoshui and the three children were in Bie Zhuang happy all day long, the lives of the imperial doctors in the palace were like walking on eggshells.In the past, the emperor called for questions more and more frequently, and later, there was the figure of the uncle of the country who often appeared around, and there were concubines and foreign ministers who couldn't guard against side attacks.

Finally one day, when Li Shimin once again summoned Shangguan Ping, a physician from the Imperial Medical Office, in the Palace of Ganlu, Shangguan Ping knelt down before the emperor asked questions.

Li Shimin frowned, and said angrily, "Is the queen's body still not improving?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being incompetent. I deserve death. However, I have thought of an idea." Shangguan Ping did not dare to look up at the wrath of the emperor, but the last hope of his colleagues might be on him.

"Wan Shi, if the queen can't get better, what's the use of you dying ten thousand times." After the emperor was furious, he calmed down a little bit, and tapped his fingers heavily on the table, "Tell me, have you thought of any good prescription?" ?”

Hearing the emperor's tone softened a little, Shangguan Ping straightened his body, still knelt and replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I still remember that at the beginning of this dynasty, Your Majesty led his troops back to the north to meet Liu Wuzhou's enemy soldiers in the southern Shanxi area. , I heard that His Majesty was seriously injured at the time, but with the help of a genius doctor, he recovered and continued to go north to recover the lost ground..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the emperor: "Yes, why did I forget about Sun Simiao? As long as I find him, the queen's body will be restored to normal, but this person does not like to be an official, and his whereabouts are always uncertain , and now I don’t know where to find it.”

Shangguanping hurriedly replied respectfully: "I heard that Miracle Physician Sun recently went to practice medicine in Chang'an area, and saved a woman who had died of dystocia and put her child in a coffin back to life. My minister Someone has been sent overnight to inquire about his whereabouts."

Li Shimin was overjoyed immediately: "Quick, if you find it, send someone to invite him to the other village immediately, and there is no need to let him go back to the palace to see me first."

Shangguanping heaved a sigh of relief, but still retreated in fear, knowing in his heart that if the empress does not return to the palace for a day, it will be difficult for His Majesty's moodiness to end.

After three full days, the miracle doctor, surrounded by a large group of imperial doctors, finally arrived at the Biezhuang in the western suburbs.Ruoshui didn't know that the person who came was the famous medicine king Sun Simiao, so he thought it was just a new imperial doctor, so he lay sick on the bed as usual.

Across several curtains, Sun Simiao cautiously placed his fingers on the queen's wrist to diagnose the pulse as he did with every patient. After a while, he stood up and walked out without saying a word.

Shangguanping, who was standing by the side, quickly stopped him and asked, "Master Sun, how is the empress's condition? You haven't prescribed any medicine yet?"

Sun Simiao stopped in his tracks and said lightly, "The Empress is not sick at all, so of course there is no need for any prescription."

"Not sick?" Shangguan Ping and his colleagues around him froze in place, "If not sick, why is the empress so weak that she can't get out of bed?"

After a while of silence in the room, the queen's calm voice came from inside: "Except for the doctor who took the pulse of the palace just now, everyone else should step back."

Everyone was at a loss, but they all retreated according to the will.

Sun Simiao was still standing a few steps away from the bed, only to see a pair of white and jade hands lift up the curtain, and a woman with a strangely pale complexion got off the bed and looked towards him, although he had already understood the nobleness of the other party. Identity, but at this moment he couldn't connect this face with the identity of the queen, because of those eyes that were too indifferent and ethereal.

Ruoshui covered up the surprise in his heart. Looking at the middle-aged doctor in front of him, he didn't look like an imperial doctor. He was dressed in coarse clothes, and there was no overly respectful nervousness on his face. , I have to deal with it carefully.

"May I ask the doctor's surname, what's his name? Where did he learn from?" Ruoshui asked, after all, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you make progress every step of the way.

Sun Simiao slightly bent his waist, as a gesture of courtesy: "Cao Min's surname is Sun, and his name is Simiao. He was born in the countryside and traveled around to practice medicine. He has no teacher."

After he finished speaking, he saw a strange light flashing in the eyes of the empress who was stunned by the table, she seemed to be completely different from the refined appearance just now, and it made him look down on life, death and wealth for half his life. Feeling terrified.

Ruoshui tried his best to suppress the ecstasy in his heart and the scream that was about to burst out of his throat. This is a genuine miracle doctor. It turns out that Sun Simiao really saw the doctor for his eldest grandson, but, "Doctor Sun, don't you know how to ask a doctor with a thread?" Unconsciously Oh, I actually used the honorific title.

Sun Simiao was startled at first, but was quickly distracted by an unfamiliar word: "Hangsi consultation? Madam, I don't think I have this ability. Besides, the most important thing in practicing medicine is to have courage. But the heart desire is small, the wisdom desires the roundness, and the action desires the direction, I have never practiced such a vain technique."

Ruoshui laughed and said, "Mr. is indeed a doctor, not a fairy."

"Then can you tell the old man why you are pretending to be sick when you are not sick?"

Ruoshui pondered for a long time, then sighed and said, "Sir is a genius doctor, how can you not see that this Gong is suffering from a heart disease rather than a physical illness?"

Sun Simiao looked at the most honorable woman in the Tang Dynasty who turned her body slightly, with an unknown smile on her lips. After concentrating on it, she said: "This old man can only heal people's diseases, such as those with weak Qi and blood, and tired limbs. It is not difficult to treat, but it should take a while to rest."

Ruoshui praised this genius doctor fiercely in his heart, and a happy smile appeared on his face: "Mr. is indeed a person who is indifferent to fame and wealth. Ruoshui thank you in advance."

Sun Simiao stroked his beard, and recalled in his mind the husband of the woman in front of him. Back then, he was a vigorous, courageous and resourceful talent. Now, none of the ninety-five supreme beings in the hall seemed to be suitable for this man who was as changeable as water. A woman, a queen who has no desires and no desires, may be the luck of Datang, but the misfortune of only one person.

Sure enough, Shangguanping had no choice but to face the undisguised anger of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme alone: ​​"Retreat, rest! Then when will my queen return to the palace? Quack doctor, a group of quack doctors, where is Sun Simiao? Let him come to see me." Li Shimin shouted reprimanded.

Shangguanping hesitated for a long time before replying: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Sun Simiao was sent away by the empress, and the empress said..."

The look on his face that wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it made the emperor's anger rise again, and he said sharply: "Say it soon!"

"Yes, Your Majesty said, life and death are up to fate, and I advise the emperor not to embarrass Sun Simiao." After finishing speaking, he sneaked a glance above his eyes, and happened to see the glint of sternness in the emperor's eyes, and couldn't help but make himself shiver.

When he turned around, Shangguan Ping, whose knees were already hurting from his knees, could only vaguely see the emperor's sleeves shaking violently.

(End of this chapter)