Evening Shaohua in the Red House

Capital City, Rongguo Mansion.

It was September, the autumn wind was bleak, and the leaves were falling. The usually bustling Rongguo Mansion had a gloomy atmosphere recently. The white lanterns in front of the gate were whirling in the wind. Talking and laughing loudly like in the past.

An oppressive atmosphere enveloped Jia's mansion, the maids and servants who came and went held their breaths for fear of offending the master.

The west courtyard behind Mrs. Wang's main house is the courtyard of the eldest son, Jia Zhu and his wife. Unfortunately, Jia Zhu died of illness last month. The funeral was held yesterday, and the coffin has been sent to the Tiekan Temple.

Now in the upper room of Xikua Courtyard, the atmosphere in the room is dignified, maids and women are gathered around the bed, watching the unconscious woman on Babu's bed with tears.

This woman looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, her body was plain, she didn't have enough makeup, her appearance was extremely beautiful, but her face was pale and bloodless, she was the eldest mistress of Jia's mansion, Jia Zhu's wife Li Wan.

Mrs. Wang was sitting by the bed wiping her tears with a handkerchief. She had originally blamed Li Wan and Jia Lan for the death of her eldest son, Jia Zhu. I didn't even ask about it, and I never thought that such an accident would happen.

Now seeing Li Wan lying on the bed with weak breath, going out too much and coming in too little, it seems that he will not be able to hold on, thinking of this daughter-in-law who has been virtuous and courteous since entering the door, and the mother-in-law who serves him on weekdays is also very filial, I can't help feeling dissatisfied After leaving for seven or eight minutes, she said with tears: "Zhu'er has already gone, Lang Ge'er is still so young, why don't you just leave him so cruelly, you mother--"

A group of maids and women surrounded the bed, and when they heard the words, they all shed tears and sobbed softly.

I was in a hurry, and suddenly heard a message from the woman outside, "The old lady is here!"

Mrs. Wang didn't expect to alarm Mother Jia, she hurriedly got up and said, "It's not that you can't make noise, who alarmed the old lady?"

Before the words fell, I saw Jia Mu helping Sister Feng's hand and coming in, leaning on a cane tremblingly: "I, an old woman, still keep such a big thing from me. If Feng girl hadn't told me, I would have been kept in the dark. Pearl If something happens to my daughter-in-law, let me see which one of you I will spare!"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly wiped away her tears, and stepped forward to support Jia Mu, "Take care of yourself, old lady, I ordered you to go down, lest you startle the old lady."

Mother Jia went to the bed, and seeing Li Wan's pale face, she couldn't help shedding tears: "Didn't you be fine yesterday? Why did you end up here? Zhu'er has already gone. If something happens to Zhu'er-in-law, ,

How can I explain to Pearl—"

Mrs. Wang stopped her tears with great difficulty, and shed tears again when Jia Mu mentioned Jia Zhu.

Sister Feng hurriedly persuaded: "Old lady, take care of your health. The elder sister-in-law is auspicious and has her own natural appearance. There will be nothing wrong. Please ask the doctor to take a look first."

When Jia Mu heard the words, she stopped crying and said, "That's right, I'm confused, but have you ever invited a doctor?"

Everyone hurriedly said that they had already sent people to invite them.

Jia Mu said: "Which doctor are you inviting? When will you arrive?"

A daughter-in-law hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the old lady, I have already sent someone to invite the imperial physician Wang Junxiao from the imperial hospital, and it must be here soon."

Just as I was talking, a daughter-in-law suddenly came in and replied: "From Lin Zhixiao's family, several sister-in-laws of Lai everyone have come to see grandma."

Before Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang spoke, Sister Feng frowned and said, "Stupid things, who has the time to greet them at this moment, let them go back first, don't make noise here, but the disturbing sister-in-law will not be quiet."

After hearing this, Mrs. Jia Muwang also said: "Very well, spread the word and don't let people make noise."

The daughter-in-law agreed and turned around to pass on the message.

As soon as the daughter-in-law went out, she heard the mother-in-law outside the door shouting: "The imperial doctor is here!"

There was a sudden silence in the room, Mother Jia wiped away her tears and said in a loud voice, "Come in, please!"

The girls hurriedly put down the curtains, and Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng and others also avoided the inner room. Du Jiamu was old and didn't shy away from these things, she sat by the bed and waited.

After a while, the old woman brought in an old doctor with white beard and hair. When she saw Jia's mother, she tremblingly prepared to salute, "I have seen the old lady..."

Mother Jia hurriedly stopped, "These hypocrisy will be avoided, please ask Imperial Physician Wang to take a look at my granddaughter-in-law first."

A woman had moved the embroidered pier a long time ago, and the doctor Wang sat down after pleading guilty and took out the pulse pillow.

So the daughters-in-law opened the curtains, put Li Wan's hands on the pulse pillow, and pulled the cuffs to expose their wrists.

The imperial doctor Wang stretched out his hand to press the pulse on his right hand, adjusted his breath to the count, concentrated on the examination for half a moment, and changed his left hand, and it was the same; Open the curtain and let the lower officials take a look at Grandma's face."

The two women hurriedly stepped forward to uncover the curtain and hook it with copper hooks.

Doctor Wang carefully inspected Li Wan's complexion, and then asked about the situation before the onset, his expression was slightly concentrated, he frowned and thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Take two taels of roasted licorice, one or two halves of dried ginger, and one raw aconite. After the strong fire is boiled, after the slow fire is fried for a stick of incense, three bowls of water are boiled into one bowl, and the fried rice is ready

Serve here immediately. "

The mother-in-law at the side wrote it down, and hurried out to make the medicine according to the prescription.

Imperial Physician Wang took out the gold needle from the medicine box again, pierced it into Shenmen, Neiguan and other acupoints on Li Wan's wrist, and twisted it slowly.

Seeing the dignified expression of Doctor Wang, everyone raised their hearts, but they didn't dare to make a sound, they all held their breath and concentrated, for fear of disturbing Doctor Wang's injection.

After a cup of tea, Imperial Physician Wang stopped, and Mother Jia hurriedly asked, "Principal Physician, how is my granddaughter-in-law? Does it matter?"

Mrs. Wang and the others in the green gauze cupboard also involuntarily tightened their veils and listened attentively.

Doctor Wang wiped the sweat from his forehead, sighed and said: "Old lady, Grandma is so anxious that she vomits blood. If so, it doesn't matter. But these days, the grief is too much, and the heart is stagnant. Weakness of qi and blood loss, blockage of heart and blood, combined with severe injuries, loss of mind and spirit, several attacks, severe loss of vitality, this symptom is really dangerous."

When Jia Mu heard this, she panicked and said anxiously, "Is there nothing we can do?"

Imperial Physician Wang sighed and said: "The lower official has already given golden needles, and then Sini Decoction to restore Yang to save Ni, if Grandma can wake up within a stick of incense, then there will be no serious problems."

Imperial Physician Wang didn't say anything else, and everyone understood what he meant. Mother Jia was silent, and after a long time wiped away the tears from her eyes, she said, "The old lady understands, do your best to obey the destiny, and ask the imperial physician to treat you as best you can."

Imperial Physician Wang nodded and said: "Old Madam, please rest assured, I will do my best."

After a while, the mother-in-law brought the medicine, and the daughter-in-law hurriedly held the backrest and led the pillow over, helped Li Wan to sit up, and each of them took the fine porcelain spoon and carefully fed the medicine.

After Li Wan finished drinking the medicine, Imperial Physician Wang twirled the golden needles left in place again and took them off one by one.

Everyone held their breath, and after a while, the person on the bed coughed twice and slowly opened his eyes.

Everyone was surprised and delighted, "Grandma has woken up!"

Jia Mu was overjoyed, and immediately clasped her hands together and recited the sound of Buddha, "Bodhisattva bless you, you can be regarded as awakened."

Li Wan looked at the people in front of him, looked around the room again, his eyes were a little confused, and was about to speak, when he suddenly coughed again, the woman beside him hurried over with a spittoon, Li Wan coughed for a while, but then vomited with a "wow" A large pool of dark red blood came out, and then he fell limply on the bed.

Everyone was startled, but Wang Taiyi's expression was happy, he checked the pulse again, and said with a sigh of relief: "Now the last blood stasis in the chest has been spit out, and there is no serious problem, just take the medicine for a period of time to recuperate."

The two women hurried forward to serve

Waiter, carefully wiped away the blood around her mouth, poured hot tea over, and fed her to drink.

Mother Jia stepped forward and asked, "Daughter-in-law Zhu, how do you feel? Are you feeling better?"

Unexpectedly, Li Wan just stared at her blankly, with a confused look on her face, then covered her head and groaned, and said in a weak voice, "My head hurts, where am I?"

Seeing this scene, Mother Jia raised her heart again after letting go, and said anxiously: "Doctor Wang, this..."

Doctor Wang stepped forward with a frown, checked the pulse carefully, and said with a sigh of relief: "It's okay, but the qi and blood are reversed for a while, and the mind is a little confused. After taking the medicine, rest for a night and it will be fine."

After saying that, he applied the back needle again, Li Wan gradually calmed down, and after a while, he closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully.

Only then did Jia's mother feel relieved, and said, "Physician Wang is indeed a master of Xinglin, please trouble me."

Doctor Wang clapped his hands and bowed back, "I don't dare to do it, the old lady has too much reputation, this is the job of the next official, where is the pen and ink, I will prescribe another prescription."

Jia Mu hurriedly invited to the outside room, and ordered people to send pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

Doctor Wang wrote a prescription and instructed: "Now that the blood stasis in Grandma's heart has dissipated, she will be ordered to prescribe a prescription. You should not work hard while taking the medicine, and you should relax your mind. Take it for seven days, and then calm down for a period of time. , shall be healed."

Mother Jia agreed, thanked her again, and ordered someone to send Doctor Wang out.

Mrs. Wang supported Sister Feng's hand and came out from the inner room. She walked to the bed and took a look. Seeing that Li Wan's complexion was much rosier than before, she felt relieved.

Jia Mu sat for a while and ordered people to take care of Li Wan. Fang turned to Sister Feng and said, "Bring all the girls and women who serve Zhu's daughter-in-law to the main hall."

Sister Feng's heart skipped a beat, she glanced at the panic-stricken girls and women in the room, and agreed in a low voice.

Everyone in the room went out, and after a long time, the person on the bed opened his eyes, staring blankly at the white silk curtain embroidered with light ink landscapes on the top of the bed, dazed for a while, she gradually recovered, and looked down He glanced at the carved lacquer bed of the hundred sons and grandchildren under him, then touched the lotus-colored brocade quilt embroidered with folded branches of flowers, and turned his head to look into the room.

Through the thin gauze curtain, the indoor scene can be seen at a glance.

A little girl in a light blue silk jacket was lying on the side of the bed, about twelve or thirteen years old, with an oval face and a very pretty face, she was dozing off little by little with her head propped up.

To the north of the Babu bed is a dressing table carved with lacquer and inlaid with mother-of-pearl. On the dressing table are dowry mirror boxes and other things.

Rengao's four seasons flowers rosewood carved lacquer four screens, behind the screens is a begonia-style clothes hanger.

There is a carved lacquer and inlaid mother-of-pearl huanghuali book case in the southwest by the window. "Picture of a Lady with Flowers", under the painting is a couch for a noble concubine and a small table with plum blossoms.

There is another tall table in the southeast corner, on which there is an exquisite and small gold-plated incense burner, with green smoke and dark fragrance curling up.

Everything in front of him was both strange and familiar. Thinking of the memories he had received in his mind just now, Li Wan smiled wryly, lightly pressed his throbbing head, and slowly closed his eyes.