[Qing wear + Red Mansions] Guide to the Prince's Pampering Wife

Kangxi is sick!

This is what the little eunuch on the road told Yin Zuo: "Yesterday afternoon, the emperor had symptoms. He felt hot for a while and then felt cold for a while. When he got hot, he only wore single clothes and walked barefoot in the palace. It is useless to light three or five pots of charcoal fire, and cover two or three layers of quilts."

Yin Zuo was surprised: "Swing!"

Playing pendulum is a common name in the folk, that is, malaria.Malaria is a very dangerous and stubborn disease, highly contagious, once the mortality rate is very high, doctors are often helpless.

However, malaria is generally transmitted through mosquito bites, so it occurs frequently in summer and rarely in winter. Kangxi suffered from this disease in winter, which has to be said to be unlucky.

Yin Zuo and the little eunuch hurried to Qianqing Palace. The envoy of the Imperial Hospital, two court judges, and several imperial physicians who are good at treating epidemic diseases were all there. They were discussing countermeasures, but looking at each one's faces, it was obvious that the results were limited.

Seeing Yin Zuo, the imperial physicians' eyes lit up: "Six Baylor!"

Yin Zuo nodded: "How is Khan Ama's illness?"

The hospital envoy sighed: "The emperor started to get sick yesterday afternoon, with chills, fever, and profuse sweating all over his body. He took several medicines, but it got worse and worse."

Yin Zuo frowned: "You don't have anything to do?"

The court envoy shook his head: "I've tried all the methods I can think of. The imperial physician Chen even found an ancient prescription from "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber", but it's useless. The emperor's illness is getting worse from time to time. I'm waiting... helpless!"

He sighed for a long time, tried his best to suppress his fear and asked Yinzuo: "Master Baylor has excellent medical skills, I don't know if there is a countermeasure?"

Yin Zuo said: "Let me see Khan Ama first."

The envoy nodded again and again: "Yes! Yes! Please."

Yinzuo went to see Kangxi, and only then did he know that he was so ill that he didn't even have a rest, and he was still reviewing papers in the imperial study.

When Yinzuo entered the imperial study, he saw that not only Kangxi was there, but also the prince and elder brother, as well as Suo'etu and Nalan Mingzhu. Kangxi was talking to them with a booklet.

Yinzuo's eyebrows frowned so much that it could kill mosquitoes: "Khan Ama, why do you worry about your body when you are not comfortable? It's time to rest!"

"I'm fine," Kangxi was sick and haggard, his eyes were dark blue and black, and he obviously didn't even have the strength to sit upright, so he just waved his hands on the couch, and said lightly, "National affairs are the most important."

Yin Zuo snorted softly, it's all right, he is a doctor, and he knows the symptoms of malaria very well.

Suffering from malaria, the patient will alternately be cold and hot. When it is cold, there will be muscle aches, lip twitches, and chills. When it is hot, it will continue to have a high fever, and the body temperature can even reach as high as [-] degrees. In addition, there will be convulsions, vomiting, and headaches. , Symptoms of profuse sweating.This wave usually lasts for several hours, and people will be exhausted from torment. Many patients will fall asleep directly from exhaustion, and lose weight after a few days.

Kangxi's physique is good, but it's rare to be able to stay up without sleep. He still comes to handle government affairs, does he really think he is a man of iron?

Yinzuo looked at Kangxi steadily.

Kangxi: "... Most of the government affairs are handed over to the prince, only some important ones, the prince can't make up his mind, so I just ask about it."

Yinzuo looked at the prince for proof, and saw the prince nodding before letting Kangxi go: "At most half an hour."

"Half an hour is enough!" Kangxi quickly agreed, heaved a sigh of relief, and joked with a smile, "Fortunately, there are fewer mosquitoes in winter, and the disease is not easy to infect. In summer, even if I want to see my lovers, I can't." gone."

Yinzuo: "..."

You are so sunny!

He said: "You take a break, I will give you a pulse."

He didn't bring a medicine box when he came. Fortunately, there was no shortage of imperial physicians outside. Yinzuo borrowed a pulse pillow to diagnose Kangxi's pulse.

In the imperial study room, a needle drop could be heard for a while, and everyone watched Yin Zuo's pulse quietly, and the air was extremely tense and sticky for a while.

Everyone knows the dangers of malaria, how many people suffer from this disease every year?The imperial doctor of Kangxi's illness is already at his wit's end, if Liu Baylor can't do anything... then he can only post a list and offer a reward.

But that was just a last resort, the imperial physicians and Liu Bei Le were the best doctors in the world, if they couldn't cure the emperor's illness, there might be some high-ranking people among the people.

Everyone's heart is raised high.Kangxi's mentality is okay, not because he is not afraid of death, but because he has confidence in Yinzuo.

Since Yinzuo studied medicine, he has solved many diseases that others could not cure, including malaria.

Fortunately, Yinzuo didn't know that Kangxi valued him so much, otherwise the pressure would be severe!There are still countless diseases that cannot be cured in future generations. How can he dare to admit that there is no disease that cannot be cured?

Those are gods, not humans!

What's more, even if the disease is solved in later generations, it may not be able to be solved in the Qing Dynasty due to lack of medicine and equipment.

Fortunately, this malaria Yinzuo can really be cured. He took Kangxi's pulse carefully, and he had the confidence in his heart. He withdrew his hand and said, "It can be cured with traditional methods, but it will take longer, and you will suffer for a few more days." .Western medicine is faster, it can be relieved in a few days at most, and it can be fully recovered in three to five days, which one do you choose?"

As soon as this remark came out, Kangxi was fine, but the prince, Nalan Mingzhu and Suo'etu were really relieved.

It's good if it can be cured!It's good if it can be cured!

As for what method?It doesn't matter anymore!

Kangxi is not the former Kangxi who knew only a little about Western medicine. Since Yinzuo made achievements, he has also made up some lessons, and he has a lot of trust in Yinzuo and Western medicine, so he said without hesitation: "Let's use Western medicine. .”

After all, fast!

Yin Zuo nodded: "Okay, I have already asked someone to pick it up, and I guess it will be here soon, just wait a moment."

Kangxi nodded, and asked Yinzuo with great interest: "I never heard that you developed a medicine to treat malaria."

Nalan Mingzhu and Suo'etu also pricked up their ears curiously.

"It has been there for a long time, but it was not developed by my son," Yin Zuo said, "it was brought from the West by the master who taught my son Western medicine. When they first arrived in the capital, they wanted to offer you the medicine."

Kangxi remembered that at that time he was not interested in western medicine, but he was entangled by Yin Zuo and Bai Jin, so he invited some western doctors back from Xiangshanao.He should have met those people, but at that time he had no time to fight with Galdan, so he didn't.

After those people arrived in the capital, they also asked to meet once, and after being rejected, they quickly devoted themselves to teaching Yinzuo.Later, Kangxi met them, but he had already forgotten about the medicine, and Mr. Xiyang had already given the medicine to Yin Zuo, so naturally he would not mention it again, so that until now, Kangxi did not know that they brought the medicine for malaria. medicine.

But even if he knew, he might not have believed it back then.

Kangxi had no regrets, he just asked Yin Zuo: "Is this medicine really effective for my illness?"

Yinzuo nodded: "Seriously! The gentlemen said that Xiyang has used this medicine to save many people, and his son has also used it for people in Qiliu. The effect is excellent, and it is harmless to the human body. You can use it with confidence."

Yinzuo has never been slanderous in medical matters, and since he said so, Kangxi believed it.However, she couldn't help raising her eyebrows: "Since you have this medicine, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

It should be known that malaria is also a frequent infectious disease, and countless people die of this disease every summer. If this medicine is really effective, it is unknown how many lives it would save.

Yin Zuo sighed for a long time: "If I could save the people, I would have taken it out a long time ago, but although the medicine is very effective, the quantity is extremely limited. When the gentlemen came, they only brought more than a catty, and they could not save many people at all. This The medicine is called Cinchona Cream, which is extracted from a plant called Cinchona tree, but we don’t have this kind of plant in Qing Dynasty, so we can’t make it ourselves!”

Kangxi couldn't help but be disappointed when he heard the words: "It really doesn't exist? The Qing Dynasty has a vast land and abundant resources, maybe there are. Tell me what the tree looks like, and I will send someone to look for it."

Yinzuo spoke in detail, and then said: "The fourth brother, the fifth brother and the fourth sister have been asking people to look for novel species in various parts of the Qing Dynasty these years, and they have been paying attention, but they have not found any traces of the cinchona tree."

Kangxi sighed, quite regretful.Baoshan is in front of them, but they don't have a key. This kind of feeling is really bad.

Yin Zuo understood his mood very well, and he was similar at the beginning.Over the years, he has been researching cinchona frost and malaria while asking people to look for cinchona trees, trying to use the medicinal materials available in the Qing Dynasty to overcome this disease, but there has been no result.

"Khan Ama doesn't have to be too sorry. Before Nalan's guard went on an envoy, his son gave him a booklet, and there was a cinchona tree in it. He knew it was important, and he would definitely look for it vigorously, and maybe he could bring it back."

When Nalan Xingde was mentioned, Nalan Mingzhu's ears pricked up even higher, and Suo'etu glanced at him and pulled the corners of his mouth into a sarcastic smile.

Kangxi didn't pay attention to their eyebrows and eye lawsuits, but only heard Yinzuo mentioning Nalan Xingde, and he also thought of those people who were sent to the West: "It's been two or three years, should Rong Ruo come back?"

"If it goes well, I'll be back soon." Yin Zuo said.

If it doesn't go well, it's uncertain. It may come back in three to five years, it may come back in two or 30 years, or it may never come back.

This topic is a bit heavy, everyone looked at each other, the Queen Mother rushed in, and when she saw Kangxi, she had tears in her eyes: "Why did you become so sick? You didn't tell Ai's family when you were so sick, you are going to goug me out heart!"

Although the two are not biological mother and son, they have been together for so many years, and they always have feelings.

As soon as the queen mother cried, the prince and Yinzuo hurriedly comforted him, and Kangxi also went forward, and then was beaten twice by the queen mother, even though Kangxi was sick, he did not dare to use force.

The three of Yinzuo explained in a hurry, and it was very difficult for the old queen to know that Kangxi's disease can be cured.

The Empress Dowager felt relieved, wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, and then gave Kangxi another thump: "Why didn't the existing medicine be used sooner, why should we wait until now?"

Kangxi: "...It's my son's fault, so I'll use medicine."

The Empress Dowager Shi Shiran was sitting, as if she was about to stare at Kangxi taking medicine.

It was at this time that the people Yinzuo sent to get the medicine came. The palace servants waited for Kangxi to use the medicine, but the effect would not be seen for a while. Kangxi said to the Queen Mother: "You have to take a nap at noon every day. You shouldn't take a nap for your son. Delay. My son has already taken the medicine, so you can go back to the palace and rest in peace."

The prince and Yinzuo also persuaded, and promised to tell her immediately if something happened, the queen mother reluctantly agreed to return to the palace.Before leaving, he glared at Kangxi: "Take your medicine on time!"

Kangxi: "..." He's not a child anymore.

But he could only keep responding, and the queen mother went back to the palace.

Suo'etu and Nalan Mingzhu went to work, Yinzuo and the prince stayed, the prince was going to handle political affairs for Kangxi, and Yinzuo stayed with Kangxi to see how his condition was.

The effect of this Kinney Cream was really good, and Kangxi's symptoms were much relieved in the middle of the afternoon.The fever and chills disappeared the next day, and he recovered completely within a few days.

Kangxi was very pleasantly surprised by this. He had known for a long time that Western medicine had miraculous effects in surgery, but he did not expect that internal medicine could also be of such use.

For this reason, he specially met Mr. Xiyang from Yinzuo, and rewarded him with many things.I also look forward to how many surprises Nalan Xingde and his party can bring back.

In the last month of the 32nd year of Kangxi, Nalan Xingde did not come back.

In the first quarter of the 33rd year of Kangxi, Nalan Xingde still did not come back.

However, Kangxi was busy with government affairs, and seemed to have forgotten the short period of time when he was suffering from malaria, and he also forgot about Nalan Xingde.

At this time, in May of the 33rd year of Kangxi, Nalan Xingde came back!

The fleet docked in Ningbo on the eighth day of May, and then the envoys returned to Beijing in a carriage.

The carriages and horses were heavy, and Nalan Xingde and his party were not walking fast, but his book arrived in the capital first.

The booklet was stacked thickly, but Kangxi carefully read every word, and then couldn't help laughing.There are so many words in Gein's book, and there is no nonsense except to pay respects to Kangxi. Most of the pages are about what he brought back from the West.

Nalan Xingde knew exactly what Kangxi wanted to see, and the results he handed in did make Kangxi happy.

What a thick book!

The result was much better than Kangxi had imagined. He happily walked around the imperial study twice, and then called the little eunuch: "Go and call Xiao Liu...call all the princes over."

When Yinzuo was seeing a doctor, he was found by a happy little eunuch, who urged him to go to the Qing Palace.Seeing that he was in a hurry, Yinzuo only ignored the patients who were in a hurry, and asked people to come back tomorrow for the rest.Then he followed to Qianqing Palace, and on the way he joked: "Every time I see you, I panic, last time it was all right, what's wrong this time, is it possible to pick up money?"

"Oh, my lord, what's so good about picking up money, the emperor is looking for you!"

Yinzuo said "Oh": "So that's Khan Ama picking up money?"

Little eunuch: "..."

The little eunuch knew that Yinzuo was teasing him, but he didn't know why Kangxi was happy. He only knew that it was because of Nalan Xingde's notebook, but he didn't know what was written in it.

But Yin Zuo understood it as soon as he heard it, and was overjoyed immediately: "Nalan's guard is back? Let's go, let's go!"

As he spoke, he quickened his pace, and in a short while threw the little eunuch away.

The little eunuch who hasn't reacted yet: ...it's agreed to leave soon.

When Yin Zuo arrived at the imperial study room, he saw all the fourteen students from the prince down to the Shang study room. The prince was originally helping Kangxi with government affairs in the Qianqing Palace, and the others were also studying in the Shang study room at the south gate of the Qianqing Palace. Xu Zuo is fast, and now he is standing in a row waiting.

As soon as Yin Zuo entered, he got a dark stare. He couldn't help feeling guilty, and felt a little embarrassed. He greeted Kangxi and stood in his place. He looked around quietly, and he was relieved when he found that the elder brother hadn't come yet. .

Anyway, not the latest.

Big brother didn't go to the western suburbs today, but he wasn't in the palace either, so he came the latest, but only a little later than Yinzuo.

When everyone had arrived, Kangxi said slowly: "The people who went on an embassy to the West have returned..."

As soon as these words came out, several people became energetic. One was the elder brother, he was the one who could do this at the beginning.The second is the prince, as the prince, and I heard Yinzuo talk about the cinchona tree, he and Kangxi are in the same mood; the third elder brother is not interested in this, and the newspaper has nothing to do with Xiyang, at most it will be reported when the time comes The fifth elder brother and Yinzuo were looking forward to it, even though they knew that Nalan Xingde was back on the way, but now seeing Kangxi very satisfied, Yinzuo was also looking forward to it.

I wonder what Nalan Xingde brought back?

Brother Nine really wanted to ask if he had brought back some Western goods that could be sold, but he looked at this and then that, but he didn't dare to ask.

Kangxi looked at the group of sons below. The oldest one had already married and established a business, and had children of his own. The youngest was Xiaoluotou, who was looking up at him with a confused expression on his face.

He couldn't help but twitched his mouth, and asked Liang Jiugong to show them the excerpt.

This brochure was sent to the prince. It stands to reason that they should wait for the prince to finish reading it, and then read it when it is their turn. But Shisi had no such awareness, so he ran over to join in the fun, and Yinzuo pretended to stop him, and then logically joined Let's watch together with the prince.

As soon as they moved, the others couldn't stand the itching in their hearts. Seeing that Kangxi had no intention of dissatisfaction, they rushed to the prince's side one after another.

Yinzuo looked at the long list, many things on it were very familiar to later generations, but very rare today.

With a sharp eye, he saw several crops with strange names, and now he didn't know what they were, but he happily pointed them out to the fifth elder brother.

The fifth elder brother couldn't help being happy when he saw it, and pointed to something next to him and said to Yinzuo: "There are also glass manufacturing techniques."

Yinzuo nodded. He had already collected glass bottles in his laboratory. He was not very interested in this now, and only looked at the medical part behind.

He saw the cinchona tree!

Although he thought it might be possible, but when he saw it, Yinzuo was still very surprised, and he looked at Kangxi with a smile on his face.Cinchona tree was already pleasantly surprised, and he was even more excited when he saw a series of medical works in the back. Yinzuo pulled the eight princes and said: "I only know English, and these books written in French and Spanish can only be translated by you." gone."

The eighth brother nodded. He has learned several languages, including French and Spanish.

Brother Jiu looked at precious stones. Nalan Xingde and his party did well in the West, and they got a lot of treasures from others, and they wrote them down on the list and brought them back.I saw red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue and purple gemstones on the list. Brother Jiu was full of stars, and he was already thinking about what to make of these gemstones and what price to set.

It was so lively here, even Thirteen and Fourteen, who didn't know anything, turned their heads up and spun around the brothers' legs, and the elder brother who stood alone looked at it very itchy in his heart.

He is also very interested in this. The previous improvement of the Liannu relied on the missionaries' knowledge of physics and binoculars. He also wanted to know whether the technology brought back by the mission could be used in the military.

I heard that Western firearms are better than those of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty has always had Western missionaries to help improve firearms, but these missionaries did not have access to core technology when they were in their own country, so the artillery they produced was always not powerful enough. It is also very easy to go wrong.

I wonder if Nalan Xingde brought back artillery technology this time?

The elder brother wanted to take a look very much, but the book was in the hands of the prince, so he was not willing to go to the prince's side.I just stood aside curiously.But it was so lively, he couldn't help pricking up his ears to listen, then glanced over there, then poked his head to look, and if he couldn't see it, he moved a little, and finally moved to the side of the prince.

The prince only felt a tall figure looming over him, and when he looked up, he was stunned for a moment, but he didn't say anything, and continued to read the booklet.

Kangxi saw that they had almost seen them, so he knocked on the table to signal silence, and everyone stood up. Only then did the elder brother realize that he was so close to the prince, so he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and then took a step forward while no one noticed. Go back to your original position and pretend nothing happened.

Kangxi glanced over him lightly, then looked at his sons who had stood up again, and said: "You have also read this book, Rong Ruo has gained a lot from this trip, and he has made great contributions to the country. He has gone through hardships and returned from a foreign country. It means to send the prince to greet him as a show of respect, who do you want to see?"

It is customary for princes to greet meritorious ministers on behalf of the emperor, and it should be based on the theory of Nalan Xingde's merits, and the princes have no objection.Kangxi then pointed to San Age and Yin Zuo together.

The two agreed naturally.

A few more days later, Yin Zuo and San Age welcomed the delegation back to the country at Shili Pavilion outside the city.

Facing the warm yellow sun in the evening, a group of people appeared at the end of the official road, they got closer and closer, and it turned out to be Nalan Xingde and his party.

Nalan Xingde also saw Yin Zuo and the others, and immediately ran over with a whip, and got off his horse when he got to him, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "Slave Nalan Xingde, I have seen the third elder brother, and the sixth beile!"

Yin Zuo took a step back from the third elder brother, let him help Nalan Xingde up, and then said with a smile: "After a few years, Master Nalan is not the same as before."

In the past, Nalan Xingde was haunted by intractable melancholy and sickly, so even though he was a guard with a knife and his physical skills were not bad, he always made people think he was a frail scholar.

But now Nalan Xingde is darker and stronger.His temperament was also quite different from before, with a sharp and sharp aura that returned from the bloodbath.

Hearing this comment, Nalan Xingde smiled slightly, looked at the team not far away that was trying to rush this way, and said: "This road is full of dangers. We have seen storms, pirates, and plagues. We have gone to 6000 people, and only 4000 people came back." More than [-]."

After experiencing real storms and seeing so many deaths, people will naturally change.

I don't know if this change is good or bad.

Yin Zuo also sighed: "Khan Ama will take care of their parents and family."

Nalan Xingde nodded.

It's all worth it!

He originally decided to go to the west only to escape from the capital, but after he actually went there, he realized that the trip was of great significance.It's worth it no matter the price.

He looked at the capital not far away: It's time for Daqing to see the world!