The family sent Man Bao out to get in the car. It was the first time for the old Zhou family to encounter such a situation. They were a little anxious, "Are you okay?"
Mr. Zhuang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's like a patient in a pharmacy who has an emergency and needs to find a doctor. Don't worry, old man."
He said again: "Didn't Man Bao stay in the palace to see a doctor when others were resting?"
With such a metaphor, Lao Zhou and the others felt relieved, "That's good, that's good."
Master Bai sighed, "It's just that she won't be able to see us off tomorrow."
"It's okay, it's okay," old Zhou Tou said cheerfully, "Just come back after the new year, and it's not like we won't be able to see each other again."
Qian also thinks so.
However, Zhou Lijun looked at Mrs. Liu, and asked a little nervously, "Old lady, what's wrong?"
Mrs. Liu patted her hand to comfort her: "It's okay, but the mansion has to prepare some white hemp."
Master Bai also sighed, and asked, "Is there enough in the warehouse? Let's take some on the road, too. If there are strict officials, it's easy to deal with."
"I'm afraid it's not enough," Mrs. Liu said, "Fortunately, today is the 16th, and the night market cloth shop is also open, so I'll send someone to buy it."
It's not that it's not enough, it's that there is a lot of lack. The family members are all in good health, so whoever has white hemp is ready for nothing.
Old Zhou Tou and the others reacted belatedly, "What are you going to do with Baima, could it be..."
Mrs. Liu and the others didn't speak, they just nodded.
This is also Man Bao's hint before leaving.
The carriage went all the way north, directly into the imperial city, and stopped at the gate of the palace. Man Bao got out of the car with his medicine box in his hand, and quickly rushed towards the queen mother's palace with the servant who led the way.
When she arrived, there were already many filial sons and grandsons kneeling in the Empress Dowager's palace, only the emperor's family was in the inner room, and even Prince Gong was carried here with a chair.
Imperial Physician Liu led Imperial Physician Xiao and others to treat her in front of the bed. When she saw her coming, she nodded and got up to make room for her.
Man Bao stepped forward to feel his pulse, and the pulse was intermittent, obviously not working anymore.
She looked up at Imperial Physician Xiao and Imperial Physician Liu, then put her hands away and got up to stand aside.
The three of them discussed the pulse condition, and they all felt that there was nothing they could do. Doctor Liu lowered his voice and said, "The queen mother fell asleep in the afternoon, and she hasn't explained anything yet. Your Majesty wants the queen mother to wake up and explain, and take a look." The children and grandchildren will leave later."
Obviously before she came, the emperor already knew that the queen mother was going to die, and the palace was already preparing for the funeral.
They urgently announced Zhou Man into the palace to let her give acupuncture, let the queen mother wake up and explain her funeral, and let her leave decently by the way.
Physician Liu asked, "Do you have a suitable acupuncture method? If not, the imperial hospital has a set of acupuncture methods. Originally, if you didn't come, we could also perform acupuncture."
That set of acupuncture was prepared by the imperial hospital for the emperors of all dynasties. It is very precious, but they also need to take off their clothes. Originally, if there is no female imperial doctor Zhou Man, they can only offend the queen mother.
But since there is a female imperial physician, the emperor must of course choose someone who will make his mother more comfortable and decent, so Xiumu's Zhou Man was called into the palace.
Zhou Man was a little surprised, "Why haven't I seen such an acupuncture method in Taiyuan Hospital?"
In the front yard, the present imperial physician Xiao imperial physician took a look at her, took out a medical book, and directly opened to that page for her to read, "Not everyone can read this medical book."
Man Bao, who still wanted to turn the page from the beginning, looked at the page he had turned honestly.
The acupuncture method above is very detailed, and Man Bao memorized it after going through it once, and it is indeed better than what she wants to use.
But the principle of acupuncture that can wake people up is roughly the same, but it is to stimulate the last bit of vitality in the human body.
In fact, according to Chinese medicine, it is a burst of qi.
Some people die without Qi, and some people die, but there is still a lingering qi in the body, and this set of acupuncture can stimulate the qi that is not left at all, and it can be supplemented with medicine. Breathing can make this breath last longer.
It's just that there are many kinds of medicines, there are mild medicines, and there are tiger and wolf medicines.
The maintenance time of the two medicines is different, so naturally, the feeling before death will be different.
So Imperial Physician Xiao went to contact the emperor first, and after some hints, he came back and said: "Your Majesty thinks about half an hour is enough. I mainly want the Queen Mother to go safely and comfortably."
That is to choose mild medicine. If you use the medicine of tiger and wolf, people will be very painful before dying.
So Imperial Physician Liu picked out a prescription and went to make the medicine himself, while Man Bao read the acupuncture method three times, simulated it in his mind with his eyes closed, and then told Imperial Physician Xiao that it was okay.
So everyone withdrew, leaving only the maids around the queen mother to serve. Man Bao and the maids took off the clothes of the queen mother and began to give needles.
This set of acupuncture is relatively complicated, and it is performed twice. After half an hour, the Queen Mother's pale face gradually turned rosy, and Imperial Physician Liu also stood outside the tent with the boiled and cooled medicine.
Only then did Man Bao pull out the needle, and together with the maid, he closed the Queen Mother's clothes, and then took out a long and thin needle to pierce it in. After a while, the Queen Mother woke up from the pain.
As soon as she woke up, Man Bao pulled out the needle, put away the tent together with the court lady, took the medicine from Imperial Physician Liu and gave it to the Queen Mother.
After taking the medicine, the Empress Dowager felt much better, her breathing became much smoother, and her chest no longer felt heavy.
There was also some brilliance in her eyes. She hadn't recovered from it at first, but when she saw the emperor leading a large group of children in, she knew that her time was approaching, and she had recovered.
The queen mother was stunned. Although she felt a little regretful, she was already prepared.
The emperor and the empress led a large group of children to look at the empress, with a forced smile on their faces, "Is the empress hungry? What do you want to eat? My son will ask the imperial dining room to make it for you."
Man Bao and Imperial Physician Liu retreated to the side. They didn't need to go out if they didn't talk about confidential matters.
That's why it is said that the imperial physician is the most well-informed person in the palace except for the maids and eunuchs.
Imperial Physician Liu led a group of imperial physicians to stand close to the wall, watching the filial sons and grandsons circle around the Queen Mother, and there was not much disturbance in their hearts.
The empress dowager's heart was very turbulent, she had a lot to say in her heart, but now she looked at the children and grandchildren and didn't know what to say.
Because she has said these words a lot in the past year, and if she wants to say them now, she will just say them again, and the children may not be able to listen to them.
So at this moment, thousands of words merged into one sentence, "Emperor, you have to take care of your health."
The emperor was taken aback for a moment, then he shook the queen mother's hand and bowed his head in response to "Yes", the queen mother said to him, "Don't always be angry, it will hurt you, listen to the queen's advice."
The emperor should "yes".
The Empress Dowager looked at the Empress again, and seeing that her face was not good-looking, she knew that she must be quite tired after guarding her for the past two days, so she sighed: "The Empress should also take care of her health."
She said: "Their father and son have stubborn tempers, you should persuade them more in the future."