[Red Mansions] Guide to "The Empress of the Wise"

In the flower hall, when Tu Geng walked in, he saw Wang Shuo sitting at the table in a daze, and couldn't help being surprised.One must know that for His Majesty's holy birthday, Wang Shuo has been very busy recently, so why is he in a daze today.

"What's wrong?" Tu Geng asked concerned.

Wang Shuo handed over a letter, which was the news of the empress' empress' minor illness.

Tu Geng smiled and said: "Don't worry, the holy birthday is coming soon, the Taiyuan Hospital is not for nothing." Just for the sake of auspiciousness, the Taiyuan Hospital will do its best.The Empress is very kind to Tu Geng, and Tu Geng always treats her as his elder.Although the words of consolation to Wang Shuo were spoken out, he still couldn't help asking Wang Shuo to order some food and medicinal materials to send in. Thanks to Tu Geng's kindness, there is no place in the palace where medicinal materials can be delivered casually.

Wang Shuo responded with a smile, and said, "I heard from my master that my mother liked flowers and plants when she was in the boudoir. It so happened that there are a few peonies in my garden. They are rare in color, dignified in appearance, and they are the king of flowers. They are suitable for giving to my mother."

Tu Geng responded with a smile.

"Actually speaking, what we give is not as good as Kanglehou An. As long as Kanglehou is filial in front of the empress, there is no reason for the empress to be unkind." The queen empress only has Princess Anping as her own child, but Her Royal Highness Princess Anping's life is hard and difficult to give birth. And die, leaving only a single seedling of Kangle Hou, you can see from the title the empress asked for for him, and he will be healthy and happy all his life.The empress is the mother of the world, and the princes and grandchildren are all her children and grandchildren, but after all, there is only one biological child. Although the words are ugly, they are the truth.

Tu Geng is not a man who sticks to the "concubine's orthodoxy" and will not be arrogant to think that his concubine's wife will definitely raise the concubine's son and concubine daughter as her own. He did not refute Wang Shuo's rebellious words, but agreed: "Mr. My son Shengshou is going to get married soon, seeing Princess Anping's bloodline flourishing, the princess will not lose sacrifices in the future, so the empress can rest assured."

Back then when Princess Anping had a difficult childbirth, His Majesty and Empress angered the son-in-law and left her son-in-law unused. The son-in-law was quite acquainted and wrote a letter to pass on the title, and went to the Zhuangzi to take care of herself, so that the empress's anger dissipated and she directly changed the ancestral title of the son-in-law's family. Name, given to Kanglehou.Princess Anping's son-in-law died in such depression, so marrying the princess is also a terrible job.There are rumors that the son-in-law did something wrong, there are those who compiled the story of Hong Kong / Queen’s House, and there are also those who say the son-in-law is innocent. The truth is unknown. Anyway, Wang Shuo does not believe that the son-in-law is innocent, and the empress is not crazy. How could Ai Wu and Wu vent their anger before it was too late.

Alas, when it comes to this topic, I can't help but think of Princess Fuhui and Wang Shouzhong. Wang Shuo doesn't like his parents' feelings very well, but when a loving couple walks away from each other, he still feels a bit sad. Said: "Sure enough, men don't have a good thing. The wife will remarry within a year after her death. How many people can't even wait for a year. When a woman dies, her husband will be a widow for the rest of her life, and the court has to set up a chastity memorial archway, hmph! "

Tu Geng was dumbfounded. Didn't the previous sentence refer to the marriage of Kang Lehou's son?How did the topic jump so fast, and what does it have to do with him?Of course, Tu Geng knew very well the purpose of not reasoning with Wang Shuo who was angry, so he said in a good temper, "It was only the previous dynasty who did such an inhumane thing. Didn't the first emperor and His Majesty encourage widows to remarry? The widow herself gave a subsidy for one or two sons." , and ordered the clan not to object, this is also the achievements of the local officials."

"Hypocrisy! When the labor force is insufficient during the war, you can say 'Who says women are inferior to men', 'Men fight at the border, women weave at home', and when the world is peaceful, we will talk about the rules. Criticize Confucianism during the war for looking down on women, it is peaceful We must govern the country with Confucianism!" Wang Shuo sarcastically pushed the ledger and news summary on the table, stood up and was about to have a long discussion with Tu Geng.

Tu Geng hurriedly took a step back, and said with an apologetic smile: "Yes, yes, yes, what the princess said is right, everything is right. But don't you think this has nothing to do with what we just talked about? You are getting more and more angry now."

"Now I dislike my bad temper. I don't know who said that I am different and have a real temperament." Wang Shuo said angrily.

"Okay, okay, I can't be provoked, I can hide, I'll go to see my mother, and go to the palace in the afternoon." Tu Geng saw that the situation was not right, confessed, and quickly slipped away.

Seeing Geng Yuan leave, Wang Shuo lost all anger, and couldn't help laughing out loud, saying, "Am I so scary?"

"Master, you are indeed so scary." Suzaku was waiting outside the door, seeing the master had left, she hurried in to tidy up, tidied up Wang Shuo's messed up documents, and persuaded softly: "Master, your temper has been getting worse recently. It's getting worse and worse, and I'm still a little moody, why don't you ask the imperial doctor to go to the house and prescribe some medicine to reduce fire and dryness."

Wang Shuo pointed to a large stack of things on the table, and said, "There are so many things to do, so I don't want to be too tired and crazy. Yes, please invite some imperial doctor, the holy birthday is coming, there is no taboo, just wait until I finish this job gone."

After Wang Shuo and Tu Geng lost their temper, they also realized that they were wrong. Isn't this what she despised most in the past, "making trouble for no reason" and "being arrogant"?Don't you just rely on Tu Geng's good temper?Wang Shuo deeply reflected on himself, and ordered the kitchen to make Tu Geng's favorite snacks, and waited for noon to deliver them to Princess Fuhui's house in person, and eat with him. With Princess Fuhui around, the two of them would not be embarrassed.

Waiting for the snacks to be boxed, before Wang Shuo had changed his clothes and had no time to go out, the servants from the palace came to inform Geng and Wang Shuo to enter the palace, and the empress was seriously ill!

Wang Shuo sent people to look for Tu Geng, but Tu Geng came back by himself, and the servants also went to Princess Fuhui's mansion to deliver the order. Tu Geng came back and hurriedly changed his clothes, and the husband and wife chased him off together, and rushed to the palace.

When Tu Geng and Wang Shuo arrived, the emperor was furious: "The empress is always healthy, what serious illness can she have! You have always maintained superb medical skills, why can't you cure your illness with medicine? What's the use of raising you!"

It seemed that every time a nobleman fell ill, the emperor used this line. Wang Shuo simply sympathized with those imperial physicians.

The head of the Supreme Hospital bowed his head and said: "My lady's pulse condition is indeed a general wind and cold. The ministers are also carefully checking the pulse and considering the medication, but I don't know what went wrong, and the lady's illness is getting worse and worse."

"Father, it's just these quack doctors who make mistakes. Even a small cold can't be cured. Why don't you recruit an expert from the people. There is an enshrined person in the son's house. Let's introduce it to the queen mother." The voice belonged to the eldest prince, but he positive.

At this time, the servant informed: "His Royal Highness the King of Zhongshan is asking for an audience with the princess."

The emperor waved his hand to let the couple come in. When Tu Geng entered the door, his eyes were red and his face was anxious. After a hasty greeting, he asked like a cannonball: "Your Majesty, how is your majesty? What did the imperial doctor say? The medicine is ready." What kind of rare medicinal materials are needed, all the treasures of the world are in the palace, what disease can last so long."

The emperor saw that Wang Shuo was in a hurry, even though he was even more anxious, he had no choice but to say softly, "Don't worry, good boy, go and see your aunt, I'm outside."

Tu Geng hastily performed a non-standard salute and trotted into the inner hall, which was very inconsistent with the etiquette norms in the palace.

The fourth prince avoided the emperor's gaze, and rolled his eyes carefully, hum, this is Tu Geng, the emperor treated him more kindly than the prince, and he yelled at them just now, Tu Geng became a loving father as soon as he came.

The fourth prince turned sideways and unfortunately saw that the second prince had the same expression as him. The brothers who fought endlessly on weekdays suddenly felt a sense of sympathy for each other. Before they could be moved for a second, they realized the identity of the other party and recovered a picture Smiling mask of hypocrisy.

Tu Geng and Wang Shuo walked into the inner room, the queen was sleeping behind the curtain, Wang Shuo looked at Tu Geng comfortingly, lifted the curtain and went in.

Wang Shuo looked at the empress's face flushed, the lady next to her was an old acquaintance of Wang Shuo's, named Baopu, who had taken care of Wang Shuo.Baopu explained the queen's symptoms: "My lady is sore all over, her nose is stuffy and runny, and she has a cough with phlegm. The imperial doctor said that she has prescribed "Scallion Soup" and "Jing Fang Bai Du San" for her to take in."

Wang Shuo took a look at Baopu, put his right hand on the empress's forehead gently, touched his own forehead with his left hand, and said, "Why do I feel that your empress is a little hot?"

"Back to the princess, the imperial doctor said that this is normal. After taking the medicine, there will be a slight fever. In addition, the empress is suffering from the cold, so the layout of this hall is a bit hot." Baopu explained.

Wang Shuo looked at the closed doors and windows in the hall, and the explanation made sense.There are earth dragons in the queen's palace, and the charcoal pots were lit when there were earth dragons. It was already spring in early March, and Wang Shuo felt waves of heat rushing towards him when he came in.In such a hot environment, there was no trace of sweat on the empress's forehead. Wang Shuo didn't know whether it was the original symptom or the maids were too diligent.

Wang Shuo nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work. When your mother recovers from her illness, you will be rewarded."

"If you can't be rewarded by the concubine, it's what slaves should do." Hugging Pu Fu, he stretched out his hand to tuck the quilt for the empress.

Wang Shuo went out of the curtain to describe the Queen's condition to Tu Geng, frowning all the time, she felt that the Queen's condition was a bit strange, others only thought that Wang Shuo was worried about the Queen's condition, but Tu Geng knew her very well, and his eyes signaled her to go home.

Wang Shuo said: "Your Majesty is suffering from illness. I will stay and take care of you. The prince is a male guest. It is not convenient for you to be in the palace. You should go back first. Bring the peonies we prepared for your Majesty into the palace and see some bright colors. Your Majesty will be in a good mood." .”

As soon as Tu Geng was about to decline, the emperor strode in and said, "Girl Gao Min is right. Boy Geng, it's useless for you to stay here. Go back first."

"I……"

"Hey, you go back and bring some things for your daughter-in-law, and then go to live in your former palace. You happen to help me watch some government affairs, and the queen is sick. I don't have the mood to worry about such trivial matters!" The emperor waved his sleeves. , said impatiently.

"Your Majesty!" Tu Geng called out helplessly, signaling to the emperor with his eyes that the real prince was standing behind him.

The emperor said nonchalantly: "Why, you are not willing anymore, can you resist the edict and respect it?"

"Yes, I obey the order." Tu Geng winked so that his eyes twitched, the emperor thought he couldn't see what he could do, so he had to thank His Majesty for trusting him, and he retired and went back to the house to pack his things.