New Dream of Red Mansions

Xiyan counted the time in her heart, walked slowly, and then came to the side of several eunuchs. Before they could say hello to her, there was a sound from the east gate.The waiting eunuchs' eyes lit up, and they all held their things firmly and stepped forward.

If they go back to work sooner, they can sleep a little longer, otherwise they will have to get up at Yinzheng hour, and they are afraid that they will fall asleep when they are on errands tomorrow.

With everyone thinking this way, their feet moved faster, and they had no time to talk to "Little Anzi".

Xiyan followed everyone's footsteps to the gate and lined up. She stepped into the third from the bottom and waited with her neck curled up.

The few people who were eager to enter the palace didn't pay attention to her, and the guards who checked were not strict. They just asked the little eunuchs to take out their ID badges for inspection and open the basket. They glanced at them and waved them into the palace.

Xiyan handed the ID badge to the guard, her palms were sweating, and seeing the guard flip through the ID badge twice, she couldn't help but feel aroused.

The guard turned over the basket, returned the ID badge to Xiyan, waved and said, "Go in quickly."

Xiyan hurriedly put away the ID card, and went in with her head slightly lowered. After walking five or six steps, the people behind caught up and was about to ask Xiao Anzi why he was so quiet today. Another little eunuch next to Eunuch Wei, Xiao Lizi A few steps forward, grabbed Xiao Anzi, and shouted in a low voice: "What did you do? Your father-in-law clearly told you to come back during the second shift, but you delayed until this time. Did you go to the south gate again?" It’s useless to tell you earlier, what’s the use even if you find them? Now we are rootless people, even if they recognize you, they just want to get something from you, let’s die as soon as possible .”

Xiao Lizi reprimanded "him" in a low voice, and at the same time dragged "him" to walk quickly into the palace.

The footsteps of the people behind stopped, and they looked at each other, and they all sighed, feeling a little sad in their hearts. How many of them did it voluntarily when they fell to this point?

Seeing that "Little Anzi" in front just lowered his head and said nothing, he thought he understood.

Little Lizi's palms were also sweating, and he pulled Xiyan to a secluded place, and then stopped, with some fear in his eyes, but now he smiled slightly: "Miss, come with me, Gonggong is waiting for you .”

Xiyan nodded, "Just call me Xiao Anzi."

Xiao Lizi didn't refuse, and immediately called out "Xiao Anzi".

Xi Yan whispered: "Let's go quickly."

Xiao Lizi led Xiyan to Kunning Palace quickly.

Wei Gonggong was in a hurry, and when he saw the two of them coming, he scolded: "Why are you here now? Why don't you go to the side hall to serve?"

Xiao Lizi responded, turned around and went to the side hall.

Eunuch Wei said to Xiyan, "Xiao Anzi will follow me into the palace to serve you."

Xiyan hurriedly followed.

In Kunning Palace, there are two maids guarding the door, but there is no maid and eunuch waiting inside. The empress is sitting by the bed, looking at the child on the bed with great worry, seeing Eunuch Wei coming in with a person behind him, her eyes widened. Liang, looked at her longingly.

Xiyan raised her head and glanced at the queen, her eyes turned to the child on the bed, her heart skipped a beat, the fifth prince's face had turned sallow, she had no time to salute the queen, she just nodded slightly at her, stepped forward and grabbed the fifth prince's wrist take the pulse.

Although she couldn't get the pulse of the imperial physician, she could still see that the fifth prince was just dying.Xiyan, who has always liked children, couldn't help but feel a little guilty when she saw the fifth prince, who was only four or five years old, lying lifelessly on the bed.Without thinking deeply about her emotions, she hurriedly took out the life-saving medicine from her bosom, and said to the queen, "Go and pour three spoonfuls of water."

The queen got up quickly, and Eunuch Wei stopped her, and quickly passed it to Xiyan. Xiyan took it in her hand and looked at it, and saw that the bracelet on her left hand had not changed, so she dissolved the medicine in the water. Prying open the Fifth Prince's mouth and pouring it down, not a single drop was left.

The queen stared at Xiyan closely, and asked, "What kind of medicine is this?" In fact, she wanted to ask why it was only a quarter.

Xiyan lowered her eyes, "This is the medicine that Mr. Fang He gave to my younger brother when he was leaving."

The queen knew about Mr. Fanghe, and hope was rekindled in her heart, which was already on the verge of despair.She didn't ask where the remaining three quarters went.Since Wang You's health is still very good up to now, it means that he has already taken the medicine, and I'm afraid that the rest will be left to take later. I feel a little grateful to the Xiyan sister and brother.

The queen watched over the fifth prince, and Xiyan kept paying attention to the fifth prince's pulse. She knew that the medicine would not be so fast, but the fifth prince's pulse did not continue to weaken, nor did his condition worsen.

Only when her subordinate's pulse started to get stronger, Xi Yan breathed a sigh of relief, but she knew that this medicine only saved the fifth prince's life and improved his condition, it was impossible to cure the fifth prince's illness.Too little medicine!

Xiyan said in a low voice: "Empress, I need to see the prescription and pulse case prescribed by the imperial physician."

The queen signaled Eunuch Wei to fetch it.

Only now did Xiyan have time to explain, "The fifth prince's illness has stabilized, and the next step is to take care of it slowly. The fifth prince's body is too weak, so the medicine should not be too aggressive, so..." So the fifth prince still has diarrhea, diarrhea and diarrhea To this extent, every pull is a kind of torture. Even though the frequency has been greatly reduced now, it is still a kind of torture for the Fifth Prince.

Xiyan patted the child's head, wondering how they were so cruel to torment such a small child.

Although the queen had tears in her eyes, she said firmly, "I have asked Biqing to make the medicine, and it will be fine after a while."

Xi Yan nodded.

Eunuch Wei brought the pulse records and prescriptions recorded by the imperial physician, and Xiyan looked at the prescriptions according to the pulse records.

She knew that these recorded things could be investigated, so those people would not leave anything to do with it, but she still watched carefully.

Looking at it, I felt a little puzzled. The imperial physician's pulse case was correct, and the prescription prescribed was even more correct. It is said that even if the fifth prince did not get better after taking the medicine, it could stop for a while. How could it only take half a day? So weak?

Biqing brought the medicine and carefully fed the fifth prince with a spoon. Xiyan got up quickly and accidentally touched the bowl with her left hand. Xiyan could see clearly that a black line was drawn in the bracelet at that moment.

Xiyan hurriedly stopped her, took the medicine and smelled it again and again, in fact, she was just watching the reaction of the bracelet in her hand, how could she smell what was added in it?

Xiyan lowered her face and said, "There is something wrong with this medicine."

Biqing was initially surprised when she saw Xiao Anzi sitting in front of the fifth prince's bed, but now she was even more shocked when she heard the voice of "Little Anzi". Qing just felt the cold sweat on her back, she didn't dare to think about it, she knelt on the ground with a "plop", and said: "Madam, the medicine was taken from the imperial hospital by the servant girl and the imperial physician together, and the medicine package has not passed through anyone else's since then." Hands, boiling medicine, putting water and watching the fire are all handled by slaves, and they never leave the stove for half a step!"

The queen's face was livid, Biqing had been with her since the palace, if even Biqing couldn't trust her, who else could she trust?

Seeing that Biqing was in a hurry, and there was no guilty conscience in her eyes, Xiyan murmured, "There must be something wrong with the medicine, but the prescription is fine. I can't tell what's in the medicine, so I can only ask the imperial physician to come over."

The queen said in a deep voice: "Please come over to the doctor Shang.

Xiyan got up and stood behind Eunuch Wei with her head bowed.

Several imperial physicians were waiting in the side hall, and Imperial Physician Shang was the attending imperial physician. When he heard about the Empress Xuan, his heart skipped a beat, and he exchanged a glance with several colleagues, all trembling with fear.With the fifth prince's body, I'm afraid he can't bear it now.

He sighed in his heart, wondering if he would survive tonight.The remaining few imperial physicians were all a little sad, and watched as Imperial Physician Shang walked steadily towards the main hall.Some young people couldn't help but feel grief and indignation. Why should they be involved in the struggle in the palace and let them die?

Doctor Shang bowed his head and stood in front of the queen, and the queen pointed to the bowl of medicine and said, "You don't have to be so hypocritical if you want to poison the fifth prince! Say, who ordered you?"

Biqing knelt on the ground, although the empress is now speaking harshly, but she knows that half of her crisis is over, and the empress is still willing to believe her in her heart.

However, Imperial Physician Shang was startled, and quickly knelt down and said, "I dare not!"

"You don't dare, so how do you explain this medicine?" The queen looked at him, her eyes almost burst into flames, her son was drinking this kind of medicine all the time under her nose, how could it make her feel painless and angry? ? "You wrote the prescription, and you grabbed the medicine. From the beginning to the end, only you and Biqing handled it. Biqing said that she never left the medicine jar. It wasn't you, could it be Biqing?"

Miss Biqing is the Queen's Empress's personal maid, and the Queen will naturally trust her more than him.

Doctor Shang only felt his heart beating in his throat, he forced himself to calm down and said: "Madam, I want to take a look at the medicine."

The empress and empress motioned to Eunuch Wei.

Eunuch Wei hurriedly gave the medicine to Shang Tai Physician.

Doctor Shang sniffed it, frowned slightly, touched it with his hand and tasted it carefully with his tongue, his complexion suddenly changed, he put the medicine on the ground, and kowtowed repeatedly, "Mother, the medicine is too much for Pulsatilla, although Psyllium is also It is used to treat dysentery, but because the main ingredient in my prescription is black plum leaves, and the addition of pulsatilla to it weakens the medicinal properties of each other, so..." It is better not to take this medicine.

If ordinary people take this kind of medicine, they will have abdominal pain for a few days at most due to the imbalance of the properties of the medicine, but if people who are already suffering from dysentery take it, they will have abdominal cramps, which not only does not have the effect of stopping diarrhea, but also worsens the pain. Not necessarily one or two points.

Doctor Shang looked at the fifth prince on the bed, and felt that there was really no way out.

The queen was furious and kicked over the bowl of medicine, "Didn't you say that the medicine is okay? Didn't you say that you have been watching it? How did the pulsatilla be added?"

Imperial Physician Shang lowered his head and looked at Biqing, Biqing's face was also pale, and she didn't know which link had a problem.

Xiyan has been paying attention to their expressions, and seeing their blank expressions, she quickly goes through the process of decocting medicine that Shang Taiyi and Biqing said in her mind.

The medicine was seized by Imperial Physician Shang himself, and before it was used as the medicine, Pulsatilla would not be able to get in, so if the medicine he caught was fine, then the medicine Biqing got should also be fine.

Biqing said that she would carry the medicine with her, and that she personally watched the people pour the water, and even cleaned the medicine jars by herself, and she has been standing in front of the medicine jars ever since.Wait, Xiyan felt like she had overlooked something.

Xiyan frowned and thought about the process just now. When she thought of the medicine pot, her heart suddenly moved. She seemed to remember where she saw it. The medicine pot can also be manipulated.

Xiyan walked to Eunuch Wei's side, and said in a low voice, "Let Doctor Shang check the medicine jar."

At this moment, the imperial doctor was sweating profusely thinking about what was wrong, and he didn't notice the little eunuch at all, and Biqing had been paying attention to Xiyan all the time, seeing her walking to Eunuch Wei, her heart burned hope.

But she knew that since this person was pretending to be Xiao Anzi, she didn't want people to know, so she didn't look at Xiyan, lest the imperial physician find out the difference.

Eunuch Wei whispered a few words to the Queen, and the Queen nodded.

Eunuch Wei went out to bring the pot of boiled medicine. The Queen nodded and signaled to give it to the Imperial Physician Shang, "Take a look and see if there is any problem with this."

Doubt flashed in the eyes of Taiyi Shang, he looked at the medicine jar over and over, and finally took a look at the queen, gritted his teeth, smashed the medicine jar, picked up a piece and licked it, and was shocked in his heart, "This, ma'am, this medicine jar It seems to have been carefully steamed with the juice of Pulsatilla vulgaris."

How long does it take to steam the medicinal properties until it seeps into the medicine pot?

The thought flashed by, and I thought to myself, what if the prescription he prescribed was not Wumei Aiye's prescription, but Psyllid's?When the time comes to boil the medicine with this pot, the properties of the medicine will be enhanced, and the fifth prince is weak, so I really don't know if he can survive it.But what if he opened the prescription of honeysuckle?

Doctor Shang drew inferences in his heart, and felt that it was wrong. If he was more cautious and prescribed a prescription based on honeysuckle, wouldn't it mean that this medicine jar would be useless?

What doctor Shang could think of, how could the clever queen and Xiyan not think of it?There was no need for Xiyan to remind, the queen directly said in a deep voice: "Go and find all the medicine jars in Kunning Palace, and then ask someone to go to the warehouse to get a medicine jar, and say that the maid accidentally broke the medicine jar."

Eunuch Wei went away in response.

Xiyan was standing in the corner, she walked quietly to the queen, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the fifth prince's medicine has already worked, so it's the fifth prince that matters at this time."

The queen's heart tightened, she glanced at Shang Taiyi, and said: "You go and see the fifth prince, if there is another accident this time, I will let your grandson and my son be buried."

Imperial Physician Shang raised his head with a "huh", and bitterly climbed forward to grab the Fifth Prince's hand.

He is the chief imperial physician who treats the fifth prince, why doesn't he know the fifth prince's condition, he doesn't think the fifth prince can survive tonight.

But this is indeed his dereliction of duty, someone actually came up with such a method, if not for the reminder from the Empress, I am afraid that he would not know that medicine pots can do such tricks.

It's just his grandson, his grandson is only three years old!

Imperial Physician Shang grabbed the Fifth Prince's hand with trembling hands, but when he felt the Fifth Prince's pulse, he couldn't help but widen his eyes... This, this is, Imperial Physician Shang looked at the Queen in shock.

The queen looked at him coldly.

Doctor Shang quickly lowered his head, calmly felt the fifth prince's pulse, switched his left and right hands, and said, "Go back to your mother, the fifth prince's condition has improved. The next official will prescribe another prescription."

The corner of the queen's eye glanced at Xiyan, and said, "Tell me about the fifth prince's pulse."

Imperial Physician Shang was taken aback for a moment, and froze for a moment, not daring to turn around to look at the person behind him. At this moment, he finally knew why the Fifth Prince's condition had improved.

Is this person sent in by Pingyang Marquis Mansion, or is it from the Empress?Or is that person from the palace?

Doctor Shang's heart turned sharply, but he didn't dare to neglect, and told the fifth prince's pulse case in detail.

Xiyan's eyes lit up, she has this prescription, or Mr. Fanghe has left such a prescription.

Xi Yan nodded slightly to the queen.

The queen said: "You go out and wait."

Doctor Shang didn't dare to raise his head, he took three straight steps back, then turned and left, and stood guard outside the gate.

Xiyan wrote a prescription and handed it to the queen.

The queen handed it to Biqing, "You copy it again."

Biqing didn't dare to ask more questions, so she immediately took a pen and copied it.

The queen burned the prescription she wrote in front of Xiyan. From the beginning to the end, Xiyan didn't say a word. They all knew that although the door was closed, it didn't mean that people outside couldn't hear them. say.

The Queen handed the prescription to Tai Physician Shang, "How about this prescription?"

Doctor Shang's eyes became brighter the more he looked, and he called out "Yes", and wanted to ask who prescribed it, but he didn't dare.

The queen said: "You are the one who prescribed this prescription, please write it down."

Doctor Shang was taken aback.

The queen looked at him with a sneer, she was not afraid that the doctor Shang would tell others about it, the matter of the fifth prince was enough to kill him, it was already a great favor for her not to pursue him.

Imperial Physician Shang obviously thought of this too, he didn't refuse, just took a pen to copy it after being silent for a moment, Biqing then took the paper she wrote and burned it.

"This time, let's watch together. Biqing, you go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning in person, and ask the aunt who stayed behind to bring back two pots of medicine that have been accumulated over the years." She didn't believe that that person could also give the pot of medicine that had been in the Empress Dowager's palace for a long time. Changed.

Eunuch Wei brought back the medicine jars and smashed the little plums. Doctor Shang stepped forward to check them one by one, his face became paler the more he looked at them, and most of the medicine jars brought over had been tampered with.

A cold light flashed in the empress's eyes, but her heart was constantly chilling. She couldn't help but want to question the emperor. Is this the result of his desire to check and balance?Their Xia family is dedicated to being the king, and they never do anything corrupt or perverting the law. Yun Tian even stays at home in order to dispel his suspicions. What is he dissatisfied with?His son is now a victim under his check and balance!

On the one hand, she couldn't help but hate herself. If she hadn't conceded every step of the way by thinking about the one-night husband and wife Baiyeen, how could it be humiliated to this point?

The queen suppressed her anger and waved them down to boil the medicine.

When there were only three people left in the hall, Eunuch Wei glanced at the queen and Xiyan, and hurriedly brought hot water and went up to help the fifth prince clean up. The queen stepped forward to help, and Xiyan inevitably had to help.

Xiyan held the fifth prince in her arms, and seeing the empress cleaning up the fifth prince's filth without hesitation, her eyes fell on her left hand involuntarily.

The queen changed the fifth prince's pants, then carried him to the bed, touched his head lovingly, and thanked Xiyan: "Thank you very much, if it wasn't for you, Xiao Wu would be..."

Xiyan shook her head, "This is what I should do." After thinking about it, she finally took off the bracelet in her hand, opened the hidden buckle, washed the blood inside, took the Fifth Prince's hand and punctured a drop of blood, Putting the bracelet on the fifth prince's hand, he said: "This bracelet is also left to me by Mr. Fanghe, and now I give it to the fifth prince." Then he told the queen how to use the bracelet.

The queen was surprised, and said: "This, how can this be done? It's so precious..."

Xiyan just insisted on putting the bracelet on the fifth prince's hand, the queen's mouth was slightly closed, she didn't refuse after all, she had already done so, it would be hypocritical for her to refuse again.I secretly wrote down this affection in my heart.

Biqing brought the medicine, the queen took it, and fed it to the fifth prince herself. The imperial doctor Shang checked it again, and confirmed that the fifth prince's condition was gradually improving, and now he was considered out of danger.

Seeing that it was almost dawn outside, Xiyan got up and said, "Ma'am, I have to leave first."

The queen nodded and asked Eunuch Wei to take her out.

Xiyan hesitated for a moment, and finally said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, now that Master Hou is not in Beijing, you should be more patient. We will talk about everything when Master Hou returns."

The queen was silent.

Xiyan sighed: "I can understand your empress's feelings, but now His Royal Highness is in the East Palace, and the third prince is with Empress Li. Now we are in a weak position and we have to temporarily avoid the limelight until Lord Hou returns. What will your empress do then?" , I think the Marquis will not stop it."

"How do you know Yuntian won't stop him? He's Lord Pingyang."

Xiyan smiled confidently: "But in the heart of Lord Marquis, there are family members first, and then the Marquis Mansion. The title and power are nothing but illusions. What can be more important than family?"

The queen's eyes were slightly wet, she turned her head away, and smiled after a long time: "You know him well."

Xiyan's face turned red, but she nodded firmly and said, "If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't have nodded at the beginning."

The queen was surprised, and took a careful look at Xi Yan, and saw that although her face was reddish, she looked back at her frankly, and sighed: "My younger brother is very lucky."

Eunuch Wei behind him lowered his head, as if he didn't hear anything.The queen came back to her senses, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I know what to do."

"Your Majesty should also care about His Highness the Crown Prince, and tell him not to worry and keep himself safe."

The queen couldn't help becoming anxious when she heard this. Her son knew that he might not be able to sit still in the East Palace at this time, right?

Xiyan stopped talking, nodded to the queen, and left behind Eunuch Wei.

Only then did the queen find Biqing, and said, "You bring a bowl of bird's nest porridge for the prince's snacks, and just say that the fifth prince is fine, and let him take care of himself."

Biqing nodded.

At this time, Eunuch Wei, Xiao Lizi and Xiyan, who were rushing to the east gate of the palace, were blocked on the small road. Eunuch Wei knew something was going to happen when he saw Concubine Qu from a distance, and said in a low voice: "Girl, we have to go back."

Without saying a word, Xiao Lizi said: "Eunuch, Concubine Xiande will also come over later."