[Qing Chuan] The Empress Dowager Raising Cubs Daily

As soon as she walked outside the Yonghe Palace, Qiqige heard a burst of intermittent crying.She paused, looked sideways at Concubine Hui: "Is it... Yin Zuo?"

Concubine Hui nodded.

The circles of her eyes were slightly red: "Brother Liu also had a stomachache for a few days before, and it was fine after taking medicine for three or four days, but the pain became extremely severe from the day before yesterday, and even the pain-relieving decoction prescribed by the imperial doctor could not completely stop it." ..."

Where did the prince in the palace suffer such a crime.

Every time Concubine Hui came back to Yonghe Palace, she could hear Yinzuo's moaning in pain. As a mother, she felt the same way, her eyes were slightly red when she thought of it, and even her voice was a little choked up.

Qiqige's face darkened slightly.

Everyone walked through unimpeded, all the way into the top room of the main hall.

Qiqige looked up, and saw Concubine De sitting on the side of the bed with her back to everyone, she held Yinzuo's hands tightly, and at the same time comforted her softly: "Er Niang is here, Yin Zuo is not afraid, Er Niang will always Accompany Yin Zuo with you..."

Yinzuo's hands are thin and small.

I remember that Yinzuo's hands were still fleshy before going out, and they felt particularly good when pinched, but now they are much thinner, with distinct knuckles, and the round and smooth nails are covered with a layer of gray.

Qiqige's eyes followed the little hands up, and finally fell on Yinzuo's face.The chubby double chin has long since disappeared without a trace, not to mention, the flesh on the cheeks has sunken a lot, the fair and rosy skin has become extremely burnt yellow, Yinzuo's eyes are dull, and his mouth is vague and repeating a few words : "It hurts...it hurts..."

Qiqige's heart ached as if it was being torn apart.

She regained her composure and quickly looked at the most important scarlet letter—Qiqige was slightly relieved by the sight of simple appendicitis, and the boulder that was originally stuck in her chest fell to the ground in an instant. Fortunately, it was not purulent, gangrenous or perforated appendicitis.

There is still time.

Although Qiqige breathed a sigh of relief, the imperial doctors in the room were equally worried.They turned around when they heard the noise, and the empress dowager seemed to be a hero who fell from the sky. The imperial doctors couldn't hide their surprise: "My servant, please greet the empress dowager!"

Concubine De woke up.

She stood up abruptly, her eyes full of hope fell on Qiqige.Concubine De's tears rolled down like beads, and she choked up and shouted: "My concubine pays respects to the Empress Dowager... Empress Dowager Empress... Please, please help Yinzuo!"

The imperial doctors sighed day after day, their brows and eyes gradually furrowed, and their avoiding eyes.Changed the decoction countless times, but it didn't have much effect, at most it allowed Yinzuo to sleep for a while.

Not to mention Yinzuo's almost non-stop crying, which scorched Concubine De like a raging fire.Concubine De's heart was pierced by a knife, and what was even more desperate was that she could do nothing about it. She could only watch her youngest son weaken little by little, and the light in his eyes gradually disappeared.

But now the empress dowager is the only hope for Concubine De.

Qiqige helped Concubine De, and said softly: "The Ai family will definitely do their best."

All eyes on the scene were focused on the empress dowager, and the eyes of the imperial doctors were also filled with hope.They looked at the Empress Dowager expectantly, their voices trembling slightly: "The Empress Dowager... Maybe there is a way, is it some ancient aesthetic books that I have never seen before... Is there any other prescription?"

The eyes of the imperial doctors were all red.

As a doctor, who can calmly accept his own powerlessness and watch the patient become weaker and weaker until he is powerless?They have not stopped these days, frantically flipping through various ancient books, trying to find some untried recipes and methods.

Qiqige walked up to Yinzuo.

She shook her head lightly: "...No, no."

Concubine De let out a moan from her throat.

The light in the eyes of the imperial doctors also gradually dissipated, and their faces were gloomy.

The next moment, the Queen Mother's voice sounded again.

Qiqige said softly: "Aijia just has an idea."

Everyone raised their heads abruptly.

Sweat dripped from Qiqige's palms, and she said her plan word by word: "Aijia intends to... have a laparotomy."

There was silence in the Yonghe Palace, and everyone was shocked by the empress dowager's words.It took a long time before an imperial doctor stuttered and said: "Emperor, emperor, empress dowager, laparotomy, laparotomy? This, this, this is unprecedented..."

"In the historical records, it is recorded that Wu Hui gave birth to Lu Zhong, and Lu Zhong gave birth to six sons, who were born by caesarean section... It means that Lu gave birth to six children, all of whom were born by caesarean section. In the collection of historical records, there is also a water abdomen from the right arm. Up and out..."

"But these are women giving birth..."

"It's also difficult for women to give birth, and there is really no other way to do it." Qiqige looked at Yinzuo who was on the bed, "Apart from this, what else can you do...?"

The imperial doctors were all silent.

If there is a way, why would they wait until now?Intestinal carbuncle is regarded as an incurable disease in many medical books, and the imperial doctors tried several methods but were powerless.

All were silent.

In the Yonghe Palace, apart from the sound of breathing, there was only Yin Zuo's uncontrollable broken crying.Then, a voice slowly sounded: "I agree..."

It was Defei who spoke.

The court lady Kidou whispered: "Master! No one has heard of the laparotomy. If, if something happens to Sixth Brother..."

Concubine De looked at Yinzuo for a long time.

She smiled miserably: "So what? Lying down like this is also a dead end. It's better, it's better to fight hard and see if you can fight for a way out."

There is one more sentence Defei never said

She once heard the emperor say that Yinzuo must be kept by the empress dowager's side in order to survive the six-year-old death in peace.

Now, Yinzuo is exactly six years old.

Concubine De inexplicably raised a belief—perhaps she believed in the Empress Dowager, and Yin Zuo could survive!

The imperial doctors were all silent.

Zhou Yuyi, the most experienced doctor, looked around and looked at the tired faces of his colleagues beside him, as well as the trace of hope, hesitation and fear in their eyes. He gritted his teeth and slapped his thigh hard: "My minister, agree!"

After the imperial physician Zhou spoke, some imperial physicians agreed one after another.

Of course, there was also an imperial doctor who proposed to send the paperwork to the emperor, and asked the emperor to make the decision, but Qi Qige flatly refused: "It may be too late to start preparations after the emperor agrees...We don't have much time for intestinal ulcers."

After a pause, she continued: "If you don't want to participate, the Ai family will not blame you. If anything happens to Yin Zuo... the Ai family will bear the responsibility—"

Concubine De interrupted Qiqige's words.

She shook her head: "It's not the empress dowager's responsibility..."

Concubine De looked at Yin Zuo, who had fallen asleep, and shed tears again.She whispered: "Whatever I agree to, it is my responsibility."

Qiqige was slightly moved: "Concubine De..."

She cheered up again: "Then there are still many things to prepare."

It is not easy to perform an operation in this era, and there are still many problems to be solved.

The first step: sterile environment.

Thanks to the discovery of the microscope and the hygienic requirements for vaccination, although it is difficult to achieve a strict sterile environment, the basic requirements can also be met.

The second step: anesthesia.

Qiqige first asked the imperial doctor to continue to give Yinzuo medicine to relieve pain, and make sure that Yinzuo had sufficient nutrition and water intake, and then ordered the imperial doctor to find some adults and children to test the anesthetic dosage: "For example, Mabei powder, drunken grass, Wuxiang and other things, test how much dose is needed to make them unconscious for more than two hours, and then convert according to Yin Zuo's weight, you need a figure as accurate as possible."

After a pause, she explained again: "To find someone, they need to be voluntary, and they will be rewarded with money. Adults must not agree."

Qiqige was a little worried.

If money is available, I'm afraid that some lazy people will send their own children, or children who have been kidnapped and trafficked, which will cause trouble for no reason.

In addition to the sterile environment and anesthesia, the personnel required for the operation are next.It just so happened that research on anatomy had been carried out in the Imperial Hospital before, and many imperial physicians could be regarded as experts proficient in anatomy during the years of research.

Secondly, there are people who suture blood vessels in wounds.

Is the stitching gain delicate?Qiqige thought about it for a while, and asked some bold and careful people to be selected in the sewing room, and asked them to work overtime in the past few days to practice sewing skills on pigskin and pork, and to choose three with the best skills. People enter the operating room together.

In the end, I had to prepare enough glass and candles as mobile lighting equipment, and the gown for the operation time was also simple and neat. By the way, why did I forget the equipment used for the operation?In addition, there are suture threads... Fish intestines, sheep intestines, and pig intestines also have to be re-sterilized and prepared for the maids in the sewing room to start experimenting again.

For several days in a row, everyone in the Forbidden City kept turning.

When Kangxi and his party returned to the Forbidden City in a hurry, they heard that the Empress Dowager led several imperial doctors and needleworkers to perform a laparotomy on the sixth elder brother.

Kangxi suddenly changed color.

As for the princes Yinreng, Yinzhi, Yinzhen and Yinqi, they were also dumbfounded and hurried to Yonghe Palace.

But they were a step late.

The gate of the side hall of Yonghe Palace has been locked tightly. Before the operation is over, Qi Qige prohibits any unrelated people from entering the operating room, so as not to pollute the environment of the operating room.

It's a foregone conclusion.

The first to calm down was the Empress Dowager, she sighed, and simply took Niu Gulu to the Palace of Compassion.The empress dowager led a group of concubines and concubines to bathe and burn incense, and chanted words in the Buddhist hall to bless the empress dowager and the sixth prince.

As for Kangxi, he stayed in Yonghe Palace.

He walked back and forth at the entrance of the side hall several times, and then asked people to bring tables and chairs, and decided to stay there until the empress dowager came out.

The same is true for Prince Yinfeng and others.

Yinzhen stood silently behind Yinreng, raised his eyes and secretly looked at Concubine De.

He clearly knew that it was his own nightmare, but the moment he saw Er Niang, he felt tense all over, and even the courage to approach him disappeared without a trace.

Yinzhen took a peek at Concubine De.

He shook his head, then focused his attention on the side hall, praying secretly.

Don't be like a dream.

The sixth brother must be safe and sound... that will work.

Everyone is waiting quietly.

One cup of tea, two cups of tea, three cups of tea...

There was hardly any sound in the hall, and no one came out.As time passed bit by bit, the hearts of Kangxi, Concubine De and others gradually sank.

Is it—

The setting sun slanted, and the half-hanging sunset brought volcanic clouds all over the sky. The clouds were like blood, staining the palace, trees, the earth and everyone red.

Everyone was restless.

At this moment, the door of the palace opened with a creak, and the orange-red afterglow fell on the visitor, stretching her figure very long.