Chapter 001 Wedge
In the warm spring in March, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, and the courtyard of Kunning Palace is deep and pink; the colorful butterfly wings are still cold, and the goose yellow and tender willow silk is with the wind.
The wind is still cold.
Through the sparse treetops, the scorching sun cast mottled shadows under the eaves, like a gorgeous carved set. A sparrow passed by in shock, as if sliding through the surface of the sun, causing golden ripples.
Except for the birds fluttering their wings, they are silent.
Several little maids stood under the eaves and held their breath.
Through the carved window lattice, I faintly heard that there was broken porcelain in it. It must have been the Empress Dowager who dropped the medicine bowl again.
Then, there was the heartbreaking cough of the Empress Dowager and the puff of the doctor kneeling on the ground.
The little maids are even more afraid. They are newcomers today.
For a moment, the silver-red felt curtain was raised, and an older maid came out and told the little maid: "Go and tell Aunt Cheng, and then fry a dose of medicine for the Empress Dowager..."
A little maid with a round face was more clever. She answered yes and went immediately.
The Empress Dowager has been ill for seven or eight months and has been coughing. It is ineffective to invite famous doctors all over the world. She is in a bad mood. If the maids make mistakes, they will be punished immediately. In the past half a year, the maids of Kunning Palace have changed batch after batch.
In the past, it was beautiful and bad to come to Kunning Palace to work. Now everyone is talking about it for fear of being selected.
These little maids of honor think they are unlucky.
In the Kunning Palace, the mahogany inlaid snail flower bird Luohan**, and the woman lying in clothes described the haggard, and her face was purple due to a violent cough.
She clenched the hand of her son sitting by her bed in a dragon robe: "... drag these quack doctors out to plead guilty! I'm sorry... I don't want them to treat me..."
Before he finished speaking, he coughed again.
She is so painful that anyone can feel it.
The emperor's face showed deep sorrow.
There were three imperial doctors kneeling underneath, sticking their heads to the ground, and cold sweating from the forehead.
"Mother, try another dose of medicine?" The emperor begged, "If..."
"Don't eat... Don't eat!" The Empress Dowager roared, and then coughed again.
The emperor didn't dare to say much and gently patted his mother on the back.
"I ate it for more than half a month. It's good today, and it will be sent again tomorrow. My family has been cured by this group of mediocre doctors! Let them treat the animals and let them all get out of here!" The cough stopped a little, and the Empress Dowager cursed.
No matter how calculating and angry a woman was in the past, she coughed for eight months and grinded out the Empress Dowager's patience.
Coughing is a painful thing. I have an uneasy diet and can't sleep at night.
The Empress Dowager was tortured like withered, her cheekbones protruded high, and she no longer saw the richness and grace of the past.
The emperor sympathizes with him, and his thick eyebrows are locked.
How many doctors have you changed for the Empress Dowager's illness?
Unfortunately, it has not been effective.
He was cured once two months ago. The Empress Dowager was so happy that she asked the emperor to give the title to the imperial doctor.
It's just less than half a month, and the Empress Dowager relapsed again, and her cough was stronger than before. She slept for two days and two nights without dripping water.
The newly appointed uncle was stripped of his title and driven out of the capital.
Therefore, the imperial doctors, who were originally eager to try, all refused to learn well and refused to treat the empress dowager.
The emperor also sent people to find several famous magic doctors from the people, which was still ineffective.
Cough in August...
Even a strong man can't stand it, let alone the originally delicate empress dowager?
But what's the use of punishing the imperial doctor? They also did their best.
"You all go down!" The emperor said to several imperial doctors. The emperor of the world has just turned 20 years old this year. He is at a vigorous age, but his voice is a little dusk.
The Empress Dowager's illness made the emperor toss hard enough.
Several imperial doctors hurriedly got up, saluted the emperor and the empress dowager, and withdrew from Kunning Palace.
Two of the imperial doctors' backs were soaked, and the other leg kept shivering. The three of them didn't dare to inhale until they left Kunning Palace.
In March, when it's cloudy, the chill is surging.
The spring is cold, and the goose yellow and light willows are also rustling.
The three imperial doctors said goodbye and went home separately.
One of the imperial doctors is Qin Weiti, who is the point of the imperial hospital.
He went out of the palace gate and was about to get into the carriage when he saw someone coming from afar. Looking carefully, it turned out to be Gu Yantao, a scholar of Dongge University, one of the emperor's favorite ministers. He entered the cabinet at the age of 42. He is the youngest cabinet elder with a bright future.
Every one in the court flattered him.
Qin Wei Sizhi is the point of Tai Hospital, a small five-grade official. Seeing Gu Yantao, he naturally wanted to go up and salute.
"...Is the Empress Dowager getting better?" Gu Yantao asked Qin Weish with a smile.
The Empress Dowager was ill in July and August, and others may faintly hear some news, but Gu Yantao, as a close minister, was clear.
Qin Weity sighed: "The old minister is not good at learning, and he can't relieve the illness of the Empress Dowager. He deserves to die!"
"Qin Ti, don't underestimate yourself. Who doesn't know that you are the saint of Xinglin?" Gu Yantao comforted him, "Everything in the world is about fate. Qin Didian and the Empress Dowager didn't have that much medical relationship.
Qin Wei smiled bitterly.
This Xinglin Shengshou can't cure the Empress Dowager's cough, and she will even lose her life.
The two exchanged a few more words and said goodbye to each other.
When Gu Yantao heard that the emperor was serving in front of the Empress Dowager's bed, he also followed Qin Weishi out of the palace and went back home.
Returning to the Duke of Chengguo, Gu Yantao went straight back to his yard and discussed with his wife Ning: "Write a letter to Yanling Mansion and let the old man go back to Beijing to see the illness of the Empress Dowager?" If the doctor is cured, our family's wealth will be on another level.
Yanling Mansion, also known as Changzhou Mansion, is far away in Jiangsu.
Gu Shifei, the old man of the Gu family, was also mentioned by the Tai Hospital in his early years. Because he cured the evil disease of the late emperor, he was awarded the title of Duke of the State. However, later, he was gradually displeased by the former emperor. The old man resigned himself and took his third son's family back to his hometown in Yanling Mansion to take care of him.
It has been more than six years since this journey.
The old man of the Gu family's medical skills are mediocre, but he is lucky. Otherwise, how could he be sealed as the Duke of the State?
If it hadn't been for the last resort, Gu Yantao would not have thought of his father who didn't help his career.
Mrs. Gu Ning disagreed: "... How about the old man's medical skills? We are the most clear about our children. How many doctors can't cure the Empress Dowager, and what can the old man do? Didn't you make him come back to lose face? Besides, the old man has been indifferent all his life. Last month, someone from Yanling said that the old man was teaching the third daughter Jinzhi to study and entertain himself and enjoy his old age. Why bother him?
The third brother of the Gu family was called Gu Yanzhen. Six years ago, he followed the old man of the Gu family back to his hometown.
Gu Yanzhen's eldest daughter is called Gu Jinzhi.
Mrs. Gu Ning is good at everything, but she is high-level and unwilling to drill.
Gu Yantao disdained and didn't bother to discuss with the Ning family again. He went to the study and wrote a letter to the third brother and his wife who served their father in his hometown.
He asked someone to send it to Yanling Mansion in Jiangsu Province.
A month later, it is the season of beautiful flowers and weeping willows in the south of the Yangtze River in April.
Song, the third wife of the Gu family, received a letter from Gu Yantao, the uncle of the capital. After a few glances, she was not interested in putting it aside. She got up and changed her new clothes. She took her daughter Gu Jinzhi and son Gu Xuanzhi to visit her mother-in-law.
Today is the birthday of her mother-in-law.