Although she had heard the hidden meaning in the Queen Mother's words, Rong Si's face remained expressionless. She still lowered her head and listened respectfully to the Queen Mother's instructions.
After all, if the other party really wanted her to die, she would have no choice but to go.
The imperial society is so unreasonable.
Seeing that Rong Si's body was a little stiff but she was still sitting there obediently, the Queen Mother couldn't help but nodded in her heart.
The emperor did have chickenpox, she did not lie.
God knows, when she heard that Douxiang had died, her body was covered with red spots. Later, the emperor fell ill with a fever and some red spots also appeared on his body. It is very likely that he had contracted smallpox.
She, who had been in poor health for the past two days, almost fainted from suffocation. Finally, she ordered the best doctor in the Imperial Hospital, Zhong Yuanpan, to take the prince's pulse carefully. Only then did she find out that it was indeed chickenpox, not smallpox. Suddenly, she felt that the big stone in her heart had finally fallen.
But chickenpox also needs to be treated well and needs someone to take good care of it. Recently, the smallpox rumor in the palace was spread by someone unknown. She still hasn't figured out whether Mu Yichen, that idiot, is really stupid or just pretending to be stupid. This is just the opportunity to test whether he is really willing to do it!
What's more, Prince Jing will return to Shangjing in two days. Over the years, this son, with whom she is not very close, has been making small moves in private. He is probably still resentful of her for sending him to the queen when he was young in exchange for his brother's position as the crown prince.
She really felt sorry for her son, which was why she had been letting him stay in the capital to fight against the emperor. She was reluctant to forcibly send him back to his fiefdom. But now, her softness had brought out his bad habits, and she just took this opportunity to give him a warning.
The most important thing is Rong Si.
She knew her situation. When Tianpu left, he took away almost all her energy and spirit. She didn't have much time left to live. She was not that worried about her two sons because they were like her and would not let herself suffer any harm.
Only Rong Si.
She and Tianpu could not be together, and she knew that she felt sorry for him.
So before she died, she wanted to see Rong Si and Yuan Xiu kissing each other. This would be another kind of perfection, and she would feel at peace even after death.
No matter what, the position of queen will belong to Rong Si, and it will definitely be hers, and no one can take it away from her.
But if the emperor really cannot recover this time, Rong Si must accompany him to death. The two of them are destined to be inseparable, and even Lian Xuan cannot separate them.
Thinking about what she had learned about Rong Si and Mu Lianxuan in Suzhou, Murong Wan narrowed her eyes and turned her gaze to the other trembling concubines, "No one wants to ask for such a grace, that's the best. I have a booklet here, which records the diseases that all the concubines present have had since childhood. There are a total of seven people who had chickenpox when they were young and finally recovered. In addition to Xue Changzai who was pulled out because of "grace", there are also Du Yingying, Lu Changzai, Qi Guiren, Anpin, Huifei and..."
As she spoke, Murong Wan suddenly paused, "… Concubine Rong."
Almost every time Murong Wan said a name, a woman shivered and her face turned pale. Du Da Ying, who had just entered the palace not long ago because of the Hundred Flowers Banquet, had her legs shaking like a sieve and tears as big as beans rolled out of her eyes one by one. If she hadn't been supported by a nobleman beside her, she would have fallen to the ground on the spot. But with the lesson learned from Xue Changzai, she didn't even dare to cry out loud. But she couldn't control her tears and soon the ground in front of her was wet.
But Murong Wan acted as if she saw nothing and continued, "The emperor is resting in the Yangxin Palace now. I will grant you a favor and allow the six of you to live in together. There will be some palace maids and eunuchs who had chickenpox when they were young who will go in with you to take care of you, but you must not ask them to help take care of the emperor. You must do it yourself, understand? Also, after entering the Yangxin Palace, you must listen to Concubine Rong's instructions in everything. For the time being, all other matters in the harem will be handed over to Concubine Yu. If other concubines have any problems, don't come to me. Go directly to Concubine Yu, understand?"
"yes."
A group of people responded.
In fact, even they did not expect that the Empress Dowager, who had always loved Rong Si, would actually send Concubine Rong to take care of the emperor who might have contracted smallpox at this time, and instead left Concubine Yu to manage the harem. Could it be that because Rong Tianpu was dead, the Empress Dowager did not care about the daughter of this national general
As for the other concubines whose names were called, they had already looked at the ground with despair, and even Rong Si had a solemn expression.
When the empress dowager said she was tired and asked everyone to leave, the group of people respectfully saw her off. After several concubines knelt down, their legs were so weak that they could not get up. It was only a few close friends beside them who helped them up with sympathy.
But everyone knows that if the emperor really can't survive this time, they will not have a good ending either. Now the emperor has only two brothers, Prince Jing and Prince Rui. Prince Rui is a fool and cannot inherit the throne, but if Prince Jing inherits, the better ones will return to their family and live out their days with a secluded mind. The worse ones may be granted by Prince Jing to accompany the emperor. No matter what, they will not end up well.
For a moment, all the women present felt a little sad. They didn't want to fight with each other, but supported each other as they walked out.
And when they walked out of the Empress Dowager's palace, they saw Concubine Xue lying on the ground outside the palace gate with her lower body beaten to a bloody mess, her life or death unknown. They turned their faces away and dared not look closely.
Rong Si frowned as she looked at the unconscious Concubine Xue, and immediately asked the palace maids to carry her back to the imperial physician for treatment.
When Concubine Rong spoke, several young palace maids who were kneeling and shivering in the crowd immediately came forward and carried their master back.
It was also at this time that Rong Si noticed that Shao Qingwei did not come out with them.
At this moment, Rong Si's brows couldn't help but frown even more tightly. According to her understanding, there seems to be no cure for smallpox, it can only be prevented, and modern people should almost never get smallpox, right
While thinking about these things, a white shadow suddenly appeared in front of Rong Si. When she looked up, she saw Xue Yuqiu standing in front of her with a cold face. Then he took out a white jade box from his sleeve and stuffed it into Rong Si's hand without saying a word.
"I'm giving you this pill from my grandmother's home in Longyou. It uses 49 white cattle lice, 49 mung beans, and 4.9 fen of cinnabar. Grind them into powder, and make them into pills the size of small beans with refined honey. You can take them with mung bean soup. It's said to prevent smallpox. You can take a few pills when you go to take care of the emperor."
After she finished speaking, seeing Rong Si looking at her in surprise, Xue Yuqiu blushed slightly, "If... if the emperor really got smallpox, we are grasshoppers tied to the same rope, and it's just a matter of who dies sooner or later. Don't look at me like that. If you are really worried, you can find someone to test for poison. I'm leaving first, you... take care of yourself."
After saying this, Xue Yuqiu gave her a complicated look, then turned and left.
Rong Si squeezed the jade box in her hand and then laughed twice.
He took another look at the Queen Mother's bedroom behind him, and took Lian Qiu and Fudong back to his own Ningcui Palace.
At the same time, Murong Wan looked at Shao Qingwei who was kneeling in front of her and laughed, "Have you ever read in an ancient book how to treat smallpox? So you volunteered to take care of the emperor?"
"Yes." Shao Qingwei said with her head down.
"What book?"
"I don't remember it either, I just know it seems to be called something."
"Really?" Murong Wan laughed again, "What's your name?"
"My name is Shao Qingwei, and my father is Shao Kang, the Marble Junior Official."
"So you are Shao Qingwei?"
Murong Wan had heard of Shao Qingwei's name more than once. She heard that her son liked this woman very much and even deliberately favored Rong Si for her and made enemies for her in the palace in order to protect this woman.
At that time, Murong Wan just thought that the emperor was just in a whim, but because of that woman, the emperor and Rong Si had more opportunities to spend time together. She didn't deal with her, but who knew that this woman would come up to her directly today and say that she could cure smallpox. Haha.
"Raise your head and let me see." Murong Wan continued.
Hearing this, Shao Qingwei raised her head slightly.
How dare such a beauty compare with her Si Er? She doesn't even have half the grace of the Jade Concubine.
"Since you said you could cure smallpox, Hibiscus."
"Yes, Queen Mother."
"Give her a pen and paper, and ask her to write down the treatment method first, so that the people in the Imperial Hospital can study it."
"Empress Dowager..." Shao Qingwei said in surprise.
I heard that the Queen Mother has always favored Rong Si. If her method is really effective, she will then put the blame on Rong Si, and then what will she do
Seeing Shao Qingwei getting anxious, Murong Wan smiled and said, "Why? Are you afraid that I will steal your things?"
"I dare not."
"I don't dare to write that."
Upon hearing this, Shao Qingwei was shocked and immediately lowered her head.
What a tactless thing!
After Murong Wan lowered her head, the smile on her face disappeared.
It would be fine if this prescription was real, but if it was fake, since this woman loves saving lives so much, why not send her out of the palace to save those seriously ill patients.
Murong Wan felt cold and lonely in her heart.
Rong Si had just returned to the palace and packed her things. She saw Chun, Xia, Qiu and Dong all wiping their tears and pulling her arms, crying so hard that they couldn't speak.
They all felt that their queen would definitely go to her death this time. Smallpox was no minor disease. It was said that a person who was sick could be infected immediately if they touched him. Not to mention that the queen had to live under the same roof with the emperor. Even if she was lucky enough to get infected, she might go blind or even be disfigured. No matter which situation, they didn't want their queen to encounter!
The more I think about it, the sadder Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter become.
Rong Si saw that they were crying as if she had passed away. She reached out and touched the little girls' heads, "Didn't the Queen Mother say that the emperor just had chickenpox? Did you forget that I had chickenpox when I was a child? It's okay. I'll go take care of the emperor for a while and be back soon. You guys should take good care of Ningcui Palace, okay? And take good care of my cat. Don't feed it all the time. Look at what it has grown into now, like a big winter melon."
“Empress, wow…” Nian Xia was the youngest and burst into tears.
Everyone said it was smallpox, but the Empress Dowager insisted it was chickenpox. Maybe she was lying, but they didn't dare to criticize the Empress Dowager. They could only cry. Rong Si left Ningcui Palace and went to Yangxin Palace while crying.
On the other side, the imperial doctors of the Imperial Medical Bureau looked at the prescriptions passed from Shao Qingwei's hands, and saw what she wrote about coriander soup, licorice and three beans drink, etc. They all frowned and stroked their beards. Then they told the empress dowager that these prescriptions seemed to be used to treat chickenpox. Some of them were indeed very good, even they had not thought of them.
chicken pox
The Queen Mother read the doctors' replies, was stunned for a moment, then sneered. Was this woman making a fool of her
If the emperor really got smallpox, he would die according to her prescriptions.
How come this woman can't tell the difference between chickenpox and smallpox
Murong Wan slammed the table.
It was not until later that Rong Si saw the prescriptions written by Shao Qingwei. She thought that it seemed that some dialects in modern times did call chickenpox "guo (shui)hua", and Shao Qingwei was most likely just casually listening to her neighbor say it was guohua, and then she came back and casually searched on Baidu, bought a few packets of isatis root to drink, and thought that the ancient smallpox and the modern guohua belonged to the same disease, so she came to take credit confidently without verifying it first.
After all, smallpox seems to have long been eradicated in modern times, and the so-called smallpox basically means chickenpox.
In fact, it all comes down to Shao Qingwei's vanity as she feels she comes from the modern era.
However, when Rong Si saw these prescriptions, Shao Qingwei was no longer in the palace. It was said that she went to the empress dowager's bedroom and disappeared. No one knew where she went.
And when they met again, Rong Si finally understood what the immortality of the time-traveling woman meant.
However, Rong Si no longer cared about Shao Qingwei and the Queen Mother at this time. She felt overwhelmed looking at the five concubines in front of her who were crying without a break. She told them to stop crying, but these women couldn't stop crying for a while, and then they felt sad again after sobbing for a while, and started a new round of crying.
The five-person ensemble played in unison, with ups and downs in rhythm.
Rong Si sighed and walked out.
As they walked, they arrived at the palace where Mu Yuanzheng was living at the moment, and then they heard the sound of a porcelain bowl falling to the ground.
"Get out, get out, get out! If you are so afraid of me, get out now! I told you to get out, but you didn't understand! Your hands were shaking as you fed me some medicine, but it spilled all over me. Were you feeding me the medicine, or my clothes? Get out, all of you! Let two smart people come in!"
Upon hearing Mu Yuanxiu's manic voice, Rong Si immediately frowned.
So energetic? It seems that it is not smallpox
As soon as she pushed open the door of the palace, she saw that it was frighteningly dark inside. Not only that, because the air was not circulating, the smell was a bit strange and unpleasant, which made Rong Si frown immediately.
Because patients with chickenpox could not be exposed to the wind, Rong Si pushed the door open, walked in, and then closed the door of the hall casually.
Looking ahead, two young eunuchs were kneeling on the ground, trembling. Above them, Mu Yuanxiu saw something thrown at them. One of the young eunuchs had his forehead cut by the flying porcelain bowl, but he could only kneel there and dared not move.
If you get infected with smallpox, you will die, but if you offend the emperor, he can immediately kill you. The eunuchs can still tell the difference.
As soon as he saw Rong Si, a flash of astonishment clearly appeared in Mu Yuanxiu's eyes, and then he heard Rong Si give orders.
"Okay, you two go out first. The one with the broken forehead goes down to bandage it first, and the other one goes to boil medicine. By the way, call a little palace maid to come in and clean up here. Your Majesty, I'm here, go down."
After hearing Rong Si's instructions, the two young eunuchs still did not dare to move.
"I told you to get off, but you didn't hear me!" Mu Yuanxiu seemed very angry.
"Yes Yes!"
The young eunuchs ran out in a hurry.
The entire hall fell silent in an instant. Rong Si looked at Mu Yuanxiu who was sitting on the bed. His cheeks were unnaturally red due to the fever, his lips were chapped, and there were several red, shiny blisters on his face and neck. Was it really chickenpox
Seeing Rong Si didn't say anything, Mu Yuanxiu frowned, "Why are you here?"
"I had chickenpox when I was a child, but I recovered from it, so the Queen Mother asked me to come and take care of you."
"Take care of me? Aren't you here to make fun of me?"
Because he was locked up in this dark palace for two consecutive days, the only people who came to see him were eunuchs and palace maids instead of imperial doctors. He could not see anyone, could not take a bath, and could not even see the sunlight. It was like being in prison. No, at least in prison he could see the wind.
Such an environment inevitably brought out the bad and violent temper in Mu Yuanxiu.
"Whatever you think." Rong Si didn't care. She took two steps forward and cleaned up the things on the ground.
After a while, the little eunuch who had run out earlier immediately ran back in with a bowl of medicine.
Rong Si took it, walked to Mu Yuanxiu's side, scooped a spoonful, and said, "Drink the medicine."
"Aren't you afraid of me?"
"Why should I be afraid of the emperor? I am the emperor's concubine. No matter what you look like, I will protect you and take good care of you." Rong Si said with a wry smile.
"I know you are not sincere. You have never liked me. Zhen is not a fool who can feel it." Mu Yuanxiu leaned back and smiled. "I know you are not as stupid and ignorant as you seem. You know that I deliberately pamper you for Qing Guiren, so you will not leave me every night. You also know that I am afraid of the power of the general's mansion behind you, so you have always been willful in the palace, never wronged yourself, and do whatever you want. But do you know? I hate you the most for being so willful and willful, you can ignore everything and pay no attention to anything. The Queen Mother pampers you and depends on you, Rong Tianpu also follows your temper, and after entering the palace, if anyone offends you, you can immediately fight back, never swallow your anger, and never need to swallow your anger..."
Hearing him say this, the smile on Rong Si's face gradually faded.
"My mother clearly knew that I had chickenpox, so why did she send you here? Did she really want you to be the queen?" Mu Yuanxiu laughed again, "Rong Tianpu is dead, and Rong Feizhou is not yet a big shot. Even if I really help you to become the queen, you will be able to sit firmly..."
Before Mu Yuanxiu could finish his words, Rong Si seized the opportunity, stuffed the medicine spoon into the other's mouth, raised her hand, and sent the medicine in.
"Drink medicine, so much nonsense."
Rong Si curled her lips.
So what if you know
Do you believe me if I say that you will willingly make me the queen in the future
Although she thought so in her heart, Rong Si still had an expressionless face.
"Rong Si, do you know...?"
"Another bite."
"Ahem, can't you be gentler? Are you a woman? I am your husband, have you forgotten..."
"There's one more."
"If you continue like this, I will report to my mother and demote you."
“The last bite.”
"Ahem, Rong Si!"
"It's over!"
Rong Si turned the medicine bowl upside down and said, "Drink it all. You performed well. Keep it up tonight."
Having said that, Rong Si prepared to go out.
"Rong Si..."
"I don't know what you said, and I don't want to know. It doesn't matter whether I become the queen or not. I don't swallow my anger, just because I don't want to. You don't need to worry about my brother. He said he would protect me and he will protect me. So I'm sorry that I will continue to maintain this willful behavior that you hate the most."
Rong Si glanced at him.
Mu Yuanxiu felt that he had been controlled too strictly by the late emperor and the empress dowager since he was a child, and was commonly known as a child without a childhood. When he grew up and became the emperor, he had to think twice before doing anything and was wary of this and that. So he got angry when he saw Rong Si not considering anything and not caring about anything.
To put it bluntly, he envied her and was jealous of her, but he couldn't do anything about her, so he could only keep her around as an eyesore.
Hey, I also like the way you can't stand me but can't get rid of me, and will sleep with me in the future.