"The prescription is heavy?"
Imperial Physician Wu couldn't believe it. Imperial Physician Wu is best at prescribing safe prescriptions. He never seeks meritorious deeds but seeks innocence. This prescription is even more cautious. If Nan Gongyue said that the medicine was used lightly, Imperial Physician Wu might still feel that it was useless. Wrong, but the prescription is heavy...
"I have checked the Ping An pulse for the empress dowager, and the empress dowager's body is cold. Although she looks healthy, her foundation is not very good." Nangong Yue looked at the prescription and said, "Once you have a heat stroke, you must not let someone like your empress dowager. You can't use cool and cold medicines, but you should use warm medicines to slowly remove the heat... This prescription is really good for medicine, and it can cure most people's diseases, but it's not suitable for empresses .”
Physician Wu also knew that the Empress Dowager's physique was cold, so the prescription was two points lighter than the one used in the past. But it didn't take into account that the heat caused the Empress Dowager's early illness to break out at the same time.
"Miss Wanxin, please also remove a few ice basins from the Empress Dowager's room, leaving only one basin."
In order to lower the temperature in the room, the imperial physicians specially ordered people to put a few more basins of ice, and asked all the waiters to retreat, leaving only the palace maid Wanxin. At this time, after Nangong Yue's order, Wanxin hurriedly went out and called a few servants in, and moved the ice basin out.
Nangong Yue nodded slightly to Imperial Physician Wu, and said, "I'll do acupuncture for your empress first."
Several imperial physicians backed away one after another. Nangong Yue took out the golden needle and inserted it carefully. Because the acupoints were selected on the top of her head, she did not dare to be negligent in the slightest, and she was already sweating profusely in just a moment. After about a cup of tea, Nangong Yue breathed out and called Wanxin to relieve the empress dowager. Open the clothes and continue to stitch.
The screen blocked the eyes of all the imperial doctors, they waited anxiously, always feeling that the time for the acupuncture seemed to be a bit long.
Finally, Nangong Yue walked out from behind the screen, asked Wan Xin for pens and ink, wrote a new prescription and handed it to Imperial Physician Wu and said, "I am sorry to trouble you, Imperial Physician Wu, this prescription is still safe."
Physician Wu took the prescription, glanced at it, and felt that the prescription was a bit strange, and looked at it carefully for a while, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, and looked at Nangong Yue in disbelief.
Nangong Yue nodded slightly at him, and said: "I also ask Wu Taiyi to follow the prescription to grab the medicine and decoct the medicine. I will report the condition of the empress dowager to the emperor."
Physician Wu couldn't help but slightly exerted force on the hand holding the prescription, but replied calmly on his face: "Yes, Shizifei." He had no doubts in Nangongyue's medical skills, so he didn't give the prescription to anyone else, and just took the prescription directly. He asked his little drug boy to grab the medicine according to the prescription.
As soon as Nangong Yue walked out of the inner room, the empress and Yun Cheng who were waiting outside immediately stood up anxiously, and Yun Cheng couldn't wait to ask: "Girl Yue, how is the empress?"
Nangong Yue smiled, and said with a relaxed face: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please rest assured. The Empress Dowager just suffered from heatstroke, and Yue'er has already had acupuncture and prescribed a prescription. Will wake up. Just a little conditioning later."
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, and then he sat back on the chair as if he had lost his strength, and said with a long breath: "It's good that the queen mother is fine, it's fine..."
The empress and Yun Cheng were also relieved, and then the empress thought about it and said: "Your majesty, I see that the heat will not subside for a while. After all, the empress mother is old, so there must be no difference."
"The empress is right." The emperor said with lingering fear, "I immediately ordered that we go to the palace together to escape the summer heat....Empress, you can also make arrangements in the palace. We will set off when the empress is safe."
The queen responded gently, and Yuncheng asked Nangong Yue: "Then can I go in and see the queen now?"
Nangong Yue nodded and said, "Of course."
When Yuncheng heard the words, he didn't bother to say a word to the emperor, so he hurried into the inner room, and the empress also followed in under the emperor's signal.
Only then did Nangong Yue restrain the smile on her face, and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, can you speak further?"
The emperor couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words, he knew that Nangong Yue had always done things safely, and now she waited until Yuncheng and the queen were gone to say such a thing, it must be of great importance.
The emperor nodded, took Nangong Yue to Dongnang Pavilion, and sent everyone away, leaving only Eunuch Liu, and then asked: "Yue girl, if you have something to say, just say it. Could it be that the Queen Mother Sickness..." At this point, he dared not think about it anymore.
"The empress dowager is indeed hot." Nangong Yue paused and said, "It's just... when Yue'er was checking the empress's pulse, she found that she seemed to be suffering from some kind of chronic poison."
"Poisoned?!" The emperor turned pale with shock, and blurted out, "Yue girl, you said the queen mother..."
"Your majesty, please rest assured that the empress dowager has not been poisoned for a long time. Yue'er has just given her an injection, and she is not in danger now." Nangong Yue said after a few words of comfort, "The heat this time is too hot Only when the fire is hot, will the toxicity break out in advance."
In fact, there was nothing wrong with the prescription prescribed by the imperial hospital to relieve summer heat, the only fault was that the imperial doctors did not diagnose that the queen mother had been poisoned, so the medicine was not suitable for the symptoms. And her prescription added a few medicines to suppress the toxicity while relieving the summer heat, so that the efficacy of the medicine could be more fully exerted.
The emperor's face was ashen, and he didn't speak for a long time.
Nangong Yue has been waiting quietly, and after a long time, the emperor said: "Do you know what kind of poison it is?"
Nangong Yue said truthfully: "There are thousands of poisons in the world, Yue'er doesn't know. Yue'er's current prescription is for the Empress Dowager's pulse condition, it doesn't matter whether she knows the type of poison or not."
The emperor confirmed again and again: "Is the Queen Mother really safe from life?"
"This is the case at the moment." Nangong Yue added, "But if we can't find the root cause of the poisoning and continue to ingest this poison in the future, I'm afraid..."
In the palace, all the things that the Empress Dowager entered were tested for poison by special personnel, but even so, they were actually caught.
The emperor felt a chill from the bottom of his heart, suppressing his anger forcibly, and asked in a deep voice, "Who else knows about this?"
Nangong Yue replied: "Wu Taiyi should be able to guess one or two of Yue'er's prescriptions after seeing Yue'er's prescription, other than that, only the emperor knows."
Knowing that she was doing things safely, the emperor nodded and waved her back.
When Nangong Yue returned to the empress dowager's dormitory, most of the imperial physicians had been sent out, only Wu imperial physician remained. Not long after, the emperor also came in and sat in front of the empress dowager's couch, his face full of worry.
After the medicine was cooked, the emperor fed it to the queen mother and drank it himself.
After waiting for another two hours, the queen mother finally woke up, her face gradually turned rosy, Yuncheng cried and laughed, holding the queen mother's hand, talking incoherently.
Nangong Yue checked the empress dowager's pulse again, and after confirming that there was no serious problem, she prescribed a new prescription and handed it to Tai doctor Wu.
At this time, the sky was dark and the palace gate was about to be closed, so Nangong Yue asked the emperor to resign.
The emperor originally wanted to keep her with the empress dowager for a few more days, but after all, she was a married woman with an imperial order, and she was not a medical woman. It was inconvenient to stay in the palace all the time, and the empress dowager's condition had obviously improved, so he nodded.
Nangong Yue left Changle Palace and hurried towards the palace gate in a chariot.
Her Zhulun cart was parked in front of the palace gate.
Nangong Yue rubbed her forehead tiredly, and from a distance, she saw a figure get off the Zhulun carriage and greet her.
It's Xiao Yi!
After Nangong Yue realized that she might have to stay in the palace for a long time, she asked Baihe to come over and tell Xiao Yi to let him go back first. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yi hadn't left yet. He had been waiting for him for at least four hours.
Nangong Yue hurriedly motioned to put down the chariot, and just as she got off the chariot, Xiao Yi had already come to her, with a pair of peach blossom eyes that almost made her indulge in petting, took her hand, and said with a smile: "Let's go home .”
All the exhaustion seemed to be swept away at this moment, and a bright smile appeared on Nangong Yue's face.
The two got on the Zhulun carriage together, Xiao Yi poured her a book of herbal tea to relieve the heat, watched her drink it, and then ordered to set off.
Nangong Yue didn't hypocritically blame Xiao Yi for waiting for her for so long and not going back. It was a very happy thing to be remembered by others. She leaned on Xiao Yi's shoulder contentedly, let him feed him a few candied fruit, and then quietly told about the Queen Mother's condition.
Xiao Yi didn't expect that the queen mother would be poisoned at all. He thought that the queen mother was just seriously ill and the emperor refused to let Nangong Yue back. Unexpectedly, the matter was much more serious than he expected.
Of course, it is impossible for the Queen Mother to be poisoned for no reason.
The Empress Dowager has never been involved in politics, and has always lived in her own Changle Palace, so how could someone intentionally come to poison her. Or what good is poisoning her
Nangong Yue continued: "The queen mother's poisoning should not be long, about a month or two. Although I don't know what the poison is, judging from the pulse condition, it should take a year or two to react. It's just poisoning." I am afraid that the empress dowager is very old, no matter how well maintained her body is, it is impossible to compare her body with that of an adult, and this will appear in advance because of the heat. If there is no heat, I am afraid that her body will only be It will gradually decline, and no one will even suspect it until it dies... "
In the past few years, the Empress Dowager has treated her like her own granddaughter. Although it is to enable her to treat the emperor more wholeheartedly, she still has this feeling to some extent. Seeing that she almost lost her life due to poisoning, Nangong Yue couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.
"Stinky girl, don't think about it." Xiao Yi put his arms around her and comforted her, "After I send you back later, I will go to Xiaobai's place. The Queen Mother's poisoning will definitely affect the court situation, so I will discuss it with Xiaobai What to do next."
Nangong Yue nodded.
There is no small matter in the royal family, no matter what happens if you are not careful, it may be involved in a wide range of things. The emperor is pure filial piety, and the poisoning of the queen mother will definitely arouse the king's anger. No matter how the situation will develop, they have to be prepared first.
After returning to Zhennan Prince's Mansion, Xiao Yi sent Nangong Yue to Fufengyuan all the way before leaving in a hurry.
Didn't come back until two hours later.
At this time, Nangong Yue had finished washing, and was leaning on the beauty's couch with her black hair loose, reading a book absent-mindedly. Hearing the sound of the door opening, she looked up to see Xiao Yi, obviously relieved, got up and said: "A Yi, you're back... I asked them to come over for supper." While speaking, she called Lily to come in and talk carefully. ordered.
Xiao Yi happily watched her work for himself, although he had already used some from Guan Yubai's place, it would be okay to eat more.
After Bai He led the order to go out, Xiao Yi took her back to sit on the beauty couch, and said bluntly: "Xiao Bai said that it may be related to the establishment of the crown prince."
Nangong Yue's eyes widened, "Stand... Prince?"
"If the Empress Dowager dies, she must observe the funeral, and during the mourning period, naturally she cannot do the work of establishing the crown prince."
Nangong Yue suddenly realized that the Queen Mother was poisoned for about a month or two. At that time, the government and the people speculated that the emperor would appoint the fifth prince as the crown prince. If everything goes well, the Queen Mother will "die from poisoning" in about a year. At that time, it was also the end of the one-year inspection period given by the emperor to the fifth prince...
Three years of filial piety are required when the mother dies.
If the empress dowager dies, although the emperor can replace the moon with the day and only keep it for thirty-six days, but with the emperor's filial piety, it is very likely that he will really keep it for three years. At that time, I am afraid that the establishment of the crown prince will be delayed infinitely.
Nangong Yue was chilled for a while, and stared blankly at Xiao Yi.
"It should be like this." Xiao Yi nodded, affirmed her guess and said, "Based on me and Xiaobai's inference, it should be one of the three adult princes, but who it is is a matter of time. … Before I left, the emperor ordered someone to announce Xiaobai's entry into the palace."
Ever since Guan Yubai helped Ling enter the capital, the emperor seemed to want to deliberately ignore this person at first, and would never take the initiative to summon him. But in the past few years, Guan Yubai has unknowingly entered the emperor's field of vision, making the emperor very accustomed to asking him for advice when encountering difficulties.
Now that I think about it, it was also because of the Queen Mother's poisoning.
This night seems to have been extremely long, and when the next morning came, the emperor suddenly mentioned in the court hall that this year's midsummer was extremely hot, and even the queen mother fell ill due to the heat, so he decided to take the queen mother to Yinglan The palace escapes the summer heat, and departs three days later.
This sudden decree caused an uproar in the whole court.
The Yinglan Palace was left over from the previous dynasty. The emperor of the previous dynasty would bring princes and ministers, royal guards, even harem concubines, princes and princesses, and nearly ten thousand people to this palace to escape the summer heat every June, and would not return to the capital until around the autumnal equinox.
Since Dayu established the dynasty, the first emperor would occasionally go to the Yinglan Palace, but now since he ascended the throne, he has never been there again. How could he suddenly think of going to escape the summer heat
Some well-informed people knew that the Queen Mother had fainted from heatstroke the day before, and they secretly felt that the emperor was pure filial piety.
The emperor appointed a list of escorts, except for some noble families, the three adult princes and several princesses all accompanied them, leaving only the fifth prince in the capital to supervise the country.
As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the hall.
Only the prince can do the job of supervising the country!
The emperor didn't care what they were speculating in their hearts, he ordered everything, and after the Ministry of Rites prepared the travel matters, he withdrew from the court.
And not long after the dynasty was dispersed, the news that the emperor was planning to go to Yinglan Palace to escape the summer and the five princes supervised the country spread throughout the capital in a short period of time.
Not long after, Nan Gongyue of Zhennan Palace also received the imperial decree, ordering Xiao Yi and her companions to drive to Yinglan Palace.
Although the emperor had indeed planned to go to the palace to escape the summer heat yesterday after learning that the queen mother had suffered from heatstroke, Nangong Yue thought that he would change his mind after knowing the truth, but unexpectedly, he left even more hastily.
And the five princes were left to supervise the country...
If the empress dowager's poison is really as speculated by Guan Yubai, because a certain prince wants to make the prince fail to succeed, then for the emperor, the fifth prince is probably the least suspicious candidate at present.
Nangong Yue shook her head, and decided to discuss with Xiao Yi after he came back.
This sudden order to drive along made the Zhennan Prince's Mansion into a mess. Although Yinglan Palace is only a day away from the king's capital, it is necessary to prepare some travel necessities before leaving the palace.
Nangong Yue ordered Baihe and Baihui to be responsible for packing the luggage, and entered the palace by herself.
For several days in a row, Nangong Yuechen entered the palace and returned to the mansion at Youshi. Under her careful care, the Empress Dowager's complexion gradually improved, until the day of departure, she was able to get up and walk around.
On that day, when the genius was bright, Xiao Yi had already left the palace. He would first enter the palace and set off from the Meridian Gate with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs. Nangong Yue, on the other hand, will go to the west city gate with the female relatives of other mansions to greet the holy driver, and then join the convoy.
Except for Xiao Yi, Nangong Yue never told anyone about the queen mother's poisoning. The maids just took it as usual to go to the palace to escape the summer heat and packed up several carts of things. Even so, An Niang was still worried. Checked carefully several times.
Lily smiled and comforted her, "Anniang, the summer resort is only a day away from the capital, so even if there is something really missing, I'll just come back and get it!"
It's okay if she doesn't say it, but Anniang is even more worried after talking about it, how can she come back to get it in time.
Baihui glared at Lily secretly, and Lily stuck out her tongue, not daring to speak casually.
The time was almost up soon, and An Niang was afraid that it would be late, so she began to urge Nangong Yue to go out... When a group of chariots and horses arrived at the West City Gate, it was just Chen's time. At this time, the emperor's driving should have just set off from the Meridian Gate, and there is more than enough time.
After a while, the motorcades of the Fu family brothers and sisters and the Yuan family brothers and sisters also arrived, but Yong Yang and Yun Cheng were not there. Like Xiao Yi, they went to the palace to accompany the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager.
A few people chatted for a while on the side of the official road, and saw the flags embroidered with nine-clawed golden dragons waving, and the cars and horses rumbling.
After everyone got off the carriages and greeted the holy driver, they followed the driver. It took nearly two hours for all the convoys to leave the west city gate.
Yinglan Palace is located in the northwest of the capital, only one day's journey away from the capital. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, the scenery is beautiful and suitable for summer vacation.
It was evening when she arrived at Yinglan Palace. When she got off the Zhulun carriage, Nangong Yue felt a cool breeze blowing towards her face. The temperature here was obviously much cooler than that in the royal capital. It was worthy of being the summer resort left by the former royal family.
Nangong Yue quickly entered the palace under the guidance of the palace staff.
The area of this palace is several times larger than that of the imperial palace. The villa can be roughly divided into two parts: the palace area and the garden area. The palace area is centered on the main palace where the emperor lives, surrounded by many palaces and courtyards for the royal family The minister lives.
This garden scenic area is even bigger. It can be said that there are mountains and waters, and there are all pavilions and pavilions.
This time, Xiao Yi and Nan Gongyue were arranged to live in Jingyue Zhai, which is a courtyard closer to the main palace, which can be regarded as the emperor's emphasis on Xiao Yi, the son of Zhennan Prince.
As soon as they entered the Jingyue Zhai, the servants quickly settled down, cleaned and tidied up... Nangong Yue took a bath and changed clothes happily, and Xiao Yi came back when she was still drying her hair.
When the servants saw that the master was coming, they immediately went to help him prepare hot water for bathing. Baihui and Lily also retreated tactfully.
Nangong Yue brushed her slightly messy black hair. Her hair was black and thick and singing, like seaweed, and when it fell down, it made her very petite.
"Stinky girl!" Xiao Yi sat down beside her, holding a small basket in his hand, "What do you think this is?"
He couldn't wait to open the basket and send it to Nangong Yue.
In the basket, there were clusters of red and longan-sized fruits. They were obviously chilled, and a clammy air rushed over them.
Nangong Yue picked up one and played with it, looking at the mottled cracks on the shell of the fruit, said with a smile: "Lychee?"
Of course, Nangong Yue has eaten lychees, but most of them are dried lychees. Lychees are abundant in the south, and the fruit period is short and they cannot be stored. It is difficult to eat fresh lychees in the northern capital.
Nangong Yue smiled and said again: "The emperor rewarded you?" Probably only the emperor and those wealthy businessmen who spent a lot of money would order people to send lychees from the south in a hurry.
Xiao Yi nodded, this morning he still felt that it was really unlucky to be called by the emperor to accompany him, but for the sake of this basket of lychees, it was barely worth it.
"Smelly girl, this is a lychee that just came from the south, and it's still fresh!" Xiao Yi also took out one, and said courteously, "I'll peel it for you!"
The lychee used as a tribute is naturally a good variety, the shell is thin and crisp, and when you tear it open a little, you can see the creamy flesh, and the white juice overflows.
Xiao Yi thoughtfully brought it to Nangong Yue's lips, and after she took a bite, he couldn't wait to ask: "Is it delicious?"
The chilled lychees are sweet, juicy, full-bodied, and naturally delicious.
"Yeah." Nangong Yue nodded vigorously, with the corners of her mouth slightly hooked, the sweetness of lychee overflowed her face, and a brilliant smile bloomed. His whole heart, of course, is extremely sweet!
Xiao Yi seemed to have tasted the sweet taste, and smiled, and said: "Smelly girl, I will send someone to go to the south to buy some later, so that you can enjoy yourself!" Another lychee.
Nangong Yue looked at him with a smile, her eyes sparkling, she also picked up one and carefully peeled it off, and handed it to his lips.
Xiao Yi's eyes lit up, and he took a bite out of joy.
Fingertips brushed against his lips, Nangong Yue blushed, and quickly withdrew her hand.
Her face was full of embarrassment, and she was even more charming, Xiao Yi was dumbfounded, leaned over and kissed her lips lightly...
Boom.
At this time, there was a knock on the door, followed by Lily's voice: "Concubine Shizi, Miss Fu Liu is here to look for you."
Xiao Yi looked annoyed, he must, must, immediately warn Xiao Hezi to take care of his little sister who is running around all day!
Nangong Yue's cheeks were bright red, and she couldn't help laughing "Puchi--" when she saw this, and then buried her head on his shoulder, and the laughter gradually rose.
Seeing her smiling happily, Xiao Yi didn't feel annoyed anymore, and patted her on the back lightly, lest she lose her breath from laughing.
After a while, Nangong Yue pushed him away, and glared at him pretending to be annoyed, Xiao Yi's heart couldn't help but tremble with the rolling eyes, as if a feather was gently scratching at the tip of his heart.
Until Nangong Yue called Bai He to come in and tie up her hair for her, he still looked at her cheerfully, unwilling to take his eyes away.
Nangong Yue and Fu Yunfu went to greet the queen together, and when they came back, it was already very late at night, and the night in Yinglan Palace was much cooler than that of the king. After dinner, Nangong Yue opened the window and let the cold The wind blew into the room, and she sat by the window playing the piano for Xiao Yi to listen to. The corners of her lips curled up, and she was in a very good mood.
At the same time, at Lianxi Nunnery far away in the royal capital, this night was equally peaceful and peaceful, with moonlight filling the courtyard outside the window.
Bai Muxiao was dressed in a white dress, and her long black and thick hair was only tied with a white ribbon. She had just bathed and changed under the service of Bihen, and there was still a little moisture on her body at the moment.
"Girl, you have been kneeling all day, should you rest earlier?" Bihen said softly.
Originally, the third concubine specially asked the queen for a decree so that Bai Muxiao could also drive to Yinglan Palace. But Bai Muxiao didn't want to accept the love of the third imperial concubine, and in addition, today the Baifu was going to make a life sacrifice for the deceased Elder Bai in the nunnery, so as his daughter, Bai Muxiao couldn't leave, so she decided to I have to wait a few days to go again.
On this day, Bai Muxiao worked really hard, almost knelt for a whole day.
She couldn't hide the tiredness between her brows and eyes, rubbed the center of her brows, glanced out of the window, and said: "It's getting late, it's time to rest."
Bai Muxiao got up and walked to the side of the couch. After lying down, she closed her eyes.
But Bihen blew out the candle, and she was about to exit the inner room, but after walking a few steps, she suddenly smelled a sweet and greasy fragrance, which seemed to be nothing, and then a sense of dizziness came up. Her body shook, she lost consciousness in an instant, and fell softly to the ground.
The room fell into a strange tranquility, and not long after, a black figure pushed open the window from the outside, then jumped into the room in a ghostly manner, and walked lightly to Bai Muxiao's couch forward…