At midnight that day, the energy in Li Qingzhi's body was completely restored.
He did not delay and went to the east wing and knocked on the door.
Because Li Qingzhi said that acupuncture would be performed in the early morning, and because Qi An was still in danger, Concubine Liu slept in her clothes that night, and the two palace maids lit lamps and took turns to watch over Qi An.
In fact, Imperial Concubine Liu couldn't sleep at all. The child whom she had raised for a year and a half and whom she had treated as her own son was suffering beside her... How could she sleep
After lying there in a daze for a while, she was awakened by a nightmare.
Just as she was staring at the baby, Concubine Liu heard a knock on the door. She quickly asked the maid who was still awake to light a few more lamps, and went out to open the door herself.
As soon as the door opened, Li Qingzhi came in along with the cold air outside.
"I'm here to see the child, give him some medicine, and give him acupuncture," Li Qingzhi said, "You don't have to go out, just sit behind the screen and don't disturb me."
Originally, there was nothing in this room except a kang, but after Concubine Liu decided to move in, a lot of furniture was added here, and a screen was placed next to the bed to prevent people from seeing the bed as soon as they entered the room.
It was winter, and it was not good to let the two women go outside in the cold wind and freeze. Li Qingzhi didn't want to really give the child an injection, so he let them stay behind the screen.
Li Qingzhi used all his energy on the child, fed him some sugar water, and applied ointment...
In addition to the ointment, Concubine Liu also had people bring out the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician for Qi An to drink.
This medicine is actually precious medicinal herbs such as ginseng that can save lives. Li Qingzhi felt that the amount prescribed by the imperial physician was a bit too much, so he only took a little ginseng from it and asked Concubine Liu to boil it together with rice grains, and boiled out rice oil to feed the child.
"I'll go and make it right away." Concubine Liu said.
"Okay. The next time I come, it should be around dawn." Li Qingzhi said.
After leaving Concubine Liu's place, Li Qingzhi did not rush back to sleep. He went to the kitchen first.
Next to the kitchen is Zhang Zao and his room, and they heat the kang from the kitchen.
There happened to be a fire, so Li Qingzhi boiled water, stirred the flour and poured it in, then beat in an egg, chopped some cabbage, and cooked himself a big pot of cabbage and egg noodle soup.
There was some bacon in the kitchen that hadn't been eaten last night, so he took it out and ate it.
Zhang from next door heard the noise and woke up to go to the toilet. He went into the kitchen and took a look. He saw Li Qingzhi eating and was shocked.
His husband is an extraordinary person! He ate so much at night and even had a snack in the middle of the night!
Li Qingzhi went back to sleep only after he had eaten and drunk his fill. When he woke up after two hours of sleep, he found that his energy had been restored.
It was about five o'clock in the morning. He got up again and went to the east wing and knocked on the door.
After Li Qingzhi came in the middle of the night, Concubine Liu and the servants cooked ginseng porridge on a small stove and fed the child some rice oil.
She was old and her body couldn't bear it. After feeding, she lay there in a daze for a while, and then she was awakened by a knock on the door.
It was still dark outside, and Li Qingzhi came to give the child an injection again.
Although Qi An looked a little better, he was still not out of danger and might not survive.