Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 172

From the Yuting Pavilion to the shore, there are about ten stone steps on both sides, leading to a big house on a high place.

The main house protrudes outwards, the houses on both sides recede, and there are verandahs on all sides, hung with yellow wood-colored Xiang curtains.

There are three hanging flower gate towers and five huts, all of which are inlaid with large red and yellow glazed panes.

Everyone climbed up the stone steps on one side and entered the house, only to realize that there is a lot of heaven and earth inside.

The arrangement of the first few rooms here is different from that of other places, and the partitions cannot be distinguished.

It turns out that the four sides are carved with exquisitely carved wooden boards, just like the verandah outside the courtyard, engraved with allusions of various celebrities.

Different door curtains are hung on both sides of the board, one side is thick and tight silk cloth, and the other side is light and thin gauze, all tied with beaded silk ribbons.

With such a design, the room is well ventilated in summer, and it is really not afraid of the heat.

Going further inside, the entire wall is dazzled by the multicolored pins and gold inlaid treasures.

There is a place for storing books, a place for setting tripods, a place for placing pens and inkstones, and a place for placing vases for flowers.

There are also various playthings such as pianos, swords, hanging bottles, table screens, etc., all hanging on the wall, which look very exquisite.

Chen Wenxin liked it very much, but Mrs. Zheng didn't allow her to watch it any more, and told her to sit down and rest. It might be okay to watch it after drinking the medicine.

She sat down in front of the crabapple-style round table with purple lacquer painted with golden landscape patterns in the hall, and everyone found their seats to sit down, and then someone came to pass the message, and Lu Zong asked to see him.

Ever since the incident of Xiao Duzi being poisoned in Yikun Palace, Lu Zong has been extra careful and took care of Chen Wenxin's medicine himself.

Not only did he choose the medicine and decoct it himself, but he brought it to Chen Wenxin himself and watched her drink it.

It is embarrassing that the judgment of the left court of a majestic imperial hospital has been reduced to this point.

Lu Zong didn't seem to care, he was happy to stay in Nianxin Garden, rather than being scolded by the emperor from time to time in the palace.

What, you said he will easily fall out of favor if he is not with the emperor?
Please, the emperor has never favored Lu Zong before!

He deserves to be scolded.

What is he afraid of? He is a person who relies on medical skills to make a living, and he doesn't rely on his face!
Chen Wenxin ordered Lu Zong to come in, and said to Zheng Shi and Zeng Shi: "Princess Lu and I have a good personal relationship, but his appearance is a bit ugly. Mother and sister-in-law should be mentally prepared for a while, don't be scared."

Unless it is disabled or deformed, can any normal person look scary?
Both Zheng Shi and Zeng Shi were a little curious about what this famous Lu Tai doctor looked like.

After a while, a middle-aged man who lowered his head slightly and carefully held a medicine jar in both hands came over.

I saw that his limbs were healthy, but his face was black and red, revealing an indescribable weirdness.

If you don't look at the skin color, just talk about the facial features or the appearance of a normal person.

Except for Chen Xihai and his wife, Chen Wenyi and Chen Wenxin, everyone stood up to say hello to Lu Zong.

Although Zheng Shi and Zeng Shi are women, they are very well-bred, and they didn't show any surprise when they saw Lu Zong's appearance.

Lu Zong glanced at everyone in the hall, and secretly groaned in his heart.

The whole family of the Chen family was so good-looking, even the two young masters who hadn't grown up had good looks.

Why on earth did he come here to humiliate himself?

He slandered in his heart that he still had to salute Chen Wenxin.

Chen Wenxin first said: "There is no need for Imperial Physician Lu to be too polite, it is inconvenient for you to still hold a medicine jar in your hand."

The concubine Qin is still sympathetic to those who are inferior as always.

Lu Zong couldn't help but feel very relieved, he bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Madam."

Lu Zong greeted Chen Xihai and his wife again, "I have met Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Chen."

Then he said hello to Chen Wenyi and Chen Wenren and his wife, and then put the medicine jar on the table, watching Bai Lu pour the medicine into the bowl with his own hands.

Chen Xihai got up and cupped his hands to Lu Zong: "Your Lao, Imperial Physician Lu has taken good care of the little girl, taking good care of her, and even taking care of such trivial matters as delivering medicine."

Lu Zong hurriedly returned the gift, "Don't dare. This is the duty of a subordinate official, and there is an imperial decree from the emperor, so I dare not neglect."

Chen Wenxin said: "Since Imperial Physician Lu is here, please take a pulse for my father and see if his symptoms are serious."

Lu Zongdao: "Master Chen, please come to the partition wall."

There are too many people in this room, and the sound of heartbeat and breathing will cause the doctor to mishear the pulse.

He had no choice but to let Chen Xihai go to the next room alone so that he could feel his pulse at ease.

Mrs. Zheng helped Chen Xihai to the partition wall, where Chen Wenxin drank the bowl of bitter medicine bit by bit with a spoon, frowning tightly.

Chen Wenyi patted her hand, "Is this how you drink the medicine?"

The more bitter the medicine, the more you have to drink it up in a bowl, and the slower you drink it, the more bitter it will be.

Chen Wenxin didn't know this truth, but in front of his family, he lost his courage.

"It's too bitter to drink."

She pursed her lips and looked at Chen Wenyi.

"Second brother is going to find me delicious candied fruit, so I want to drink medicine."

Lu Zong, who was taking Chen Xihai's pulse in the partition, shouted in time, "Miss Qin, this good medicine tastes bitter, and it will be slightly worse if you eat candied fruit."

This Lu Zong is really lingering, yesterday he wanted to prick her with golden needles, but today he forbids her to drink medicine or candied fruit.

I have never heard of any medicine that is not allowed to eat candied fruit!
"Hey, listen to the doctor."

Chen Wenyi ignored her pitiful eyes.

This time even Chen Wenxin didn't stand by her side, imitating his second brother's words: "Third sister, I am not afraid of hardship when taking medicine. Be good, listen to the imperial physician."

Chen Wenli also looked at her and blinked, making her blush.

This was in front of her two younger brothers, so she had to show some prestige as a big sister.

Thinking of this, she picked up the medicine bowl and gulped down her throat.

Chen Wenxin trembled when he heard the gurgling sound in her throat.

In fact, he just lied to his third sister. He was also afraid of suffering when he took the medicine, so he had to drink it with candied fruit in his mouth.

The medicine bowl covered most of her face, and when she finally finished drinking the medicine and put down the bowl frowning, she saw Chen Wenyi holding a brown paper bag in one hand.

Inside are a few pieces of golden candied kumquats, small balls wrapped in fine white sugar sand.

He lowered his voice and said, "Don't let Lu Zong see it."

She quickly picked up one and put it in her mouth, the bitter taste in her mouth was quickly overwhelmed by the sweet and sour taste of kumquats.

Lu Zong came out from the cubicle at this time, Chen Wenxin quickly chewed the kumquat a few times, and swallowed it.

This movement was still seen by Lu Zong, he frowned and asked, "What are you munching on, Your Majesty?"

"It's medicine dregs."

Chen Wenxin and Chen Wenxin said in unison.

Mrs. Zheng also walked out with Chen Xihai's support, and Chen Wenxin hurriedly asked, "Doctor Lu, how is my father's condition?"

Lu Zong cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Chen's disease is an emotional imbalance, an imbalance of qi, blood, yin and yang in the lungs and organs. Liver qi stagnation, liver fire and liver wind go down..."

Lu Zong said a lot of words that she didn't understand, but she still didn't understand what Chen Xihai's illness was.

"Physician Lu only said, does it matter? How can I treat it now?"

Chen Wenxin looked at Zheng Shi and Chen Xihai, their faces were as usual, it didn't matter if they thought about it.

Lu Zong twitched his beard, pretending to be deep and said: "It's not so important, Mr. Chen has passed his forty years, and it's not unusual to have this disease. The most important thing is to keep your emotions comfortable and open-minded."

"Furthermore, you should avoid fat, sweet, thick flavors, and spicy drinks in terms of diet. The next official will prescribe some medicines such as chrysanthemum, crocodile, Gastrodia elata and Prunella vulgaris, and you should take them on time."

She thought about it carefully, and what Lu Zong described was probably a disease similar to modern high blood pressure.

Chen Xihai is forty and three years old this year, and he is already considered middle-aged and elderly in this era.

She remembered that she had read the statistics, the average life expectancy of people in the Qing Dynasty was 37, because of the poor medical conditions.

But Chen Xihai was different, he was a dignified third-rank official of the imperial court, and an imperial physician could diagnose the pulse and prescribe medicine.

Even if you have high blood pressure, it won't be a big deal.

She said to Chen Xihai: "Father should follow the doctor's orders, and mother should always persuade father to be cheerful."

Zheng said with a smile: "Now that you are in front of me, why is your father worried? This disease will naturally heal."

Strangely, Mrs. Zheng said that Chen Xihai had a heart disease, and it was indeed a heart disease.

As long as you're not overly emotional, you're probably fine.

"If your empress has no other orders, I will leave first."

The family enjoyed themselves happily, and Lu Zong saluted and said goodbye very knowingly.

Hearing the sound of footsteps outside Yu Pavilion one after another, it turned out that the small table led the palace people to carry all her daily necessities.

The little table quickly came up, hit Qian'er and said: "Please master Jin An, please all adults and wives, please young master well."

Everyone knew that Xiao Zhuo was Chen Wenxin's confidant, seeing that he was so polite, they all smiled and asked him to excuse him.

The little table got up and said, "Master, should I bring in the gift you prepared for your family first?"

Not to mention the small table, she almost forgot.

"Lift it up."

The little eunuchs came in one file at a time, each holding a tray covered with red silk, on which was a gift prepared by Chen Wenxin for his family.

The little eunuch holding the gift list was about to sing aloud, but Chen Wenxin stopped him with a look.

This is her gift to the family, not a reward.

She didn't want the eunuch to sing the salute, and then her family would kneel down and kowtow to her one by one to thank her.

She glanced at Bai Lu, and Bai Lu said knowingly to the eunuchs: "Put it on the table, there is no need to sing the ceremony."

The purple lacquer and begonia-style round table painted with golden landscape patterns in front of it was so huge that it almost couldn't hold so many gifts.

Bai Lu first picked up a tray, on which was something like a scroll, I don't know if it was a word or a picture.

"The emperor said it was an authentic work by Huai Su, and I couldn't understand it, so I sent my father to see it."

Chen Xihai's eyes lit up, he likes these antique calligraphy and paintings the most, especially cursive script.

Both Huai Sushi and Zhang Xu are masters of cursive script, and they are known as insolent and arrogant.

Bai Lu and Bai Shuang stepped forward to unfold the calligraphy and painting. Chen Xihai looked at it carefully for a long time before saying, "This is indeed the authentic handwriting of Huai Su. You see, the brush strokes are continuous and pulsating, and they are not far from the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Law."

When everyone looked at it, they felt that the handwriting was ever-changing and wild.

Chen Wenren said: "There are books in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Huai Su's brushwork is fast, like a whirlwind in a sudden rain, flying and turning around. It can change at will, but it has the law."

"When I saw you today, what I said was true."

Chen Xihai couldn't put it down, wishing to see every stroke of the scroll in his mind and remember it firmly.

Chen Wenxin also gave Zheng and Zeng a head mask. A set of head masks includes heart-picking, hairpin, temple cover, small insertion and distraction.

If you wear it as a set, it will be extraordinarily gorgeous and noble.

Zheng's is a phoenix pattern inlaid with gold gems, and Zeng's is a butterfly chasing flowers inlaid with gold gems.

Each of them is very suitable for their age and temperament, the Zheng family is graceful, and the Zeng family is delicate and charming.

Women always find it hard to control themselves when it comes to jewelry, let alone a young bride like Zeng Shi?

She couldn't help but took out the flower-wrapped butterfly in the middle from a set of gold-embedded gem-inlaid butterfly flower heads.

The gold silk wraps around the flower, smart and delicate.

The two wings of the butterfly are spread out, and the golden background is inlaid with round brilliant gemstones of various colors, red and blue alternately, which are dazzling.

Before she married into the Chen family, she was conferred the title of imperial order of the fourth rank, and on the day she got married, she had the honor of a phoenix crown and Xiapei, enviing so many women in the world.

The glorious phoenix crowns at that time were not as exquisite as the set of gold inlaid jewels and butterflies chasing flowers.

(End of this chapter)