Chunniang was startled and turned to her daughter and said, "Bao'er, there is something really wrong with them."
She had felt strange when she saw so many servants coming over with things.
They were here to see a patient, not for a blind date. Before they even met the patient, they were already dressing up the girl.
Yingbao was also scratching her head.
She had never encountered such a situation in her previous life, and there was no such plot in the book.
"Why don't we go ask Grandpa Li."
No matter how cruel the Xiao family is, they can't even sell out an old man as old as Doctor Li.
When Chunniang heard this, she quickly took her daughter out.
As soon as I stepped out of the door, I saw Xiao Mo walking towards me.
Chunniang was startled and quickly protected her daughter behind her, looking at the young man in brocade robe with vigilance.
Xiao Mo nodded slightly at her and said, "Sister Jiang, I'm going to take Yingbao to see the nobleman. Please pack her up and we'll leave right away."
Chunniang frowned, glanced at the next room, and asked, "Mr. Xiao, what's going on next door?"
Xiao Mo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "My grandfather wanted to take her to meet a very distinguished nobleman, so he gave her some clothes and jewelry, and there was no other meaning."
Although Chunniang was hesitant, she couldn't find any reason to refute, so she had to go and pack her daughter's things for going out.
In fact, Yingbao didn't need to clean up at all. She was wearing an ivory summer cloth dress made by her mother, a green cloth skirt underneath, and two small buns on her head, looking fresh and clean.
But the medicine box is very heavy and needs someone to help carry it.
Chunniang originally wanted to carry the medicine box for her daughter and go with her to see patients, but was stopped by Xiao Mo.
"Mrs. Jiang, your residence is not open to ordinary people. I will take the medicine box. You just wait here."
As he said that, he picked up the medicine box and led Yingbao out.
Chunniang had no choice but to watch her daughter and Mr. Xiao walk out of the courtyard, while she and Chen Zhao couldn't even get out of the courtyard.
On this trip, Yingbao and Doctor Li rode in a carriage.
Li Qing, the second grandson of Doctor Li, was not allowed to go with him either.
The carriage soon arrived in front of the imperial city. Yingbao and Doctor Li got off the carriage, followed Xiao Mo across the Zhou Bridge, and came to the gate of the imperial city.
The guard at the gate confirmed the person's identity before letting him in.
After entering the imperial city, the three of them boarded an open carriage from the palace.
The carriage was driven by a eunuch, who took them all the way to the gate of Yingxianyuan.
The eunuch said respectfully, "Mr. Xiao, please get out of the car."
Xiao Mo got off the carriage, nodded to the eunuch, took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and threw it to him.
The eunuch bowed to express his gratitude, then drove away happily.
After the message was passed, Ying Bao and Doctor Li followed Xiao Mo and walked into the Yingxian Gate under the guidance of a eunuch.
Yingxianyuan is very large, with three tall palaces and dozens of houses built inside.
The Changsheng Hall in the middle is the bedroom where the queen lives and where she meets court officials and ladies of honor.
After standing at the steps of the palace and waiting for a long time, a palace servant finally came out to announce the summons.
Xiao Mo straightened his robe and stepped onto the stairs, followed closely by Doctor Li and Ying Bao.
"Your servant Xiao Mo pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen!"
Xiao Mo bowed deeply to the queen.
Doctor Li and Ying Bao also clasped their fists and saluted.
The queen sat on the dragon-patterned chair, holding the handle with one hand, while looking at the people below. She stared at Ying Bao for a long time before asking, "Mo'er, is the doctor you found for the little girl below?"
Xiao Mo hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I was the one who found them. My brother, Xiao Chengjun, was cured by them, so I dared to recommend them to help Your Majesty."
The queen hummed calmly and asked, "What's the child's name? How old is he this year?"
Yingbao immediately stepped forward, clasped his fists and replied, "My name is Jiang Yingbao, I am six years old this year, and I have been studying medicine for three years."
In her previous life, she had learned the etiquette of meeting dignitaries in the dance class. Now, observing Xiao Mo's behavior, she followed suit.
"She studied medicine at the age of three and could see patients at the age of six." The queen chuckled and waved her hand: "Forget it, take her to the Qing Palace. I want to see if she really lives up to her reputation."
Just like that, Yingbao, Doctor Li, and Xiao Mo got on an open carriage, and after leaving the gate of the imperial city, they turned a corner and arrived at the gate of the East Palace.
This palace complex is called Qing Palace and was the residence of Dai King Murong Xian.
When the gatekeeper saw that the person was led by Li Li, the eunuch in charge of the queen, he quickly let them in.
After this delay, it was already noon when Yingbao and the others arrived at the door of King Dai's bedroom.
Yingbao's stomach growled with hunger and she complained in her heart.
No wonder the King of Dai had been ill for a long time. Even a doctor like me had to go through many checkpoints and spend most of the day to see him. I don’t know how the King of Dai could have persisted until the doctor arrived.
Wiping the sweat from her forehead, Yingbao quietly put a piece of melon into her mouth while no one was paying attention, and then chewed it slowly.
There was no way. She was thirsty and hungry. If she didn't eat something, she might not have the strength to walk.
I was still a child, and after walking in the palace for so long, my feet were covered with blisters.
After the final communication, Yingbao and Doctor Li finally entered the bedroom of King Dai.
There were already several doctors standing in the hall, the youngest was in his thirties, the oldest was around seventy, all of them had miserable expressions on their faces.
Among them was a white-haired old man, whom Yingbao seemed to have seen somewhere.
Suddenly I remembered, this is Wen Shu’s grandfather, Mr. Wen. I didn’t expect he was here too.
But his hair had turned completely white, and his face looked much older than a few years ago.
Wen Jingyan also looked at Yingbao and nodded to her.
"Grandpa Wen." Yingbao walked over and asked in a low voice, "You are here too. What's the matter with that patient?"
Wen Jingyan shook his head and said softly, "It's hard to explain in a few words. I'll tell you later."
Yingbao wanted to ask something else, but someone called her over.
Helplessly, she had to walk into the inner hall, where she saw a huge carved wooden bed in the middle of the hall.
A gauze curtain was hung on the carved wooden bed, and the door curtain was pulled up high. A thin young man was lying on the bed.
Doctor Li was sitting on a low stool in front of the bed, taking his pulse.
After taking the pulse, he frowned and turned back to signal Yingbao to come over and take the pulse.
Yingbao followed the instructions and walked over, looking at the young man carefully.
He looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old, and was terribly thin, with sunken cheeks.
Moreover, his face was pale, and the color of his lips was almost the same as his face, without a trace of blood.
This is a sign of near death.
Yingbao was a little nervous.
No wonder Xiao Mo said that if he couldn’t cure the nobleman, he couldn’t save her either. It turned out to be true.
If she had known that the patient was the queen's son, she would never have come.
If this young man were to go, it would be estimated that no one present would be able to walk out of this gate alive.
Ying Bao gritted her teeth and whispered to Xiao Mo who was standing next to her: "Bring me my medicine box."
Xiao Mo said nothing, went out to get the medicine box and put it on the ground.
This medicine box is very heavy, even heavier than Doctor Li’s, and I don’t know what’s inside.
Yingbao opened the medicine box with her back to Xiao Mo, reached in and fumbled around for a while, and took out a small porcelain bottle the size of a palm.
"This is a special medicine. Can I give it to King Dai to try?" Ying Bao asked Xiao Mo.
Xiao Mo: "We need to inform Director Yao of the Imperial Hospital first."
"What about Mr. Yao?" Yingbao asked.
She was very anxious, fearing that the young man would not be able to hold on and die, and then she would be dragged out and killed along with everyone else.
Xiao Mo: "I'll go call him." Then he walked out of the inner hall.