The Concubine of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 424 The Queen Has a Premonition

All the servants in the Qianqing Palace were withdrawn. Xiaoman and Cangzi felt a little uneasy, but they glanced at Aunt Chen and Fushun and saw that they did not show any strange expressions. They even bowed and sent the emperor and empress off in front of the concubine's bed. Only then did they feel relieved.

The servants assigned by the Queen were delivered quickly. They were all from the Imperial Household Department. There were four eunuchs and four palace maids, exactly eight people.

Aunt Chen was not afraid either, she thanked her immediately and arranged things for everyone. In Zhenshunzhai, the remaining three servants also followed her lead.

At first, everyone in the palace thought that Qin Rou only had a minor illness, so when they heard that she was sick, they didn't care much. At most, they asked, "Is she sick?"
But I didn't think it was a serious illness. How could a healthy person suddenly become seriously ill and endanger his life? So I just thought it would take a day or two to get better.

The queen specially assigned servants to Zhenshunzhai to help the servants in Zhenshunzhai serve Concubine Nara. They even said some sour words to dislike her. Everyone has been sick before. As concubines, everyone has been through this. How could she be more precious? The queen also specially assigned four palace maids and four eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a total of eight servants, to serve in Zhenshunzhai.

Although it is only a temporary service, it is still a great favor.

However, Qinrou's illness was not so easy to cure. Before the evening of that day, she had a fever again. Aunt Chen quickly asked Fushun to ask the Queen for help, and then went to the Imperial Medical Bureau to ask for the imperial physician.

The Queen was also shocked. The Imperial Physician said the condition would recur, but she never expected that it would recur.

Fortunately, the Imperial Physician Wang had not left the palace yet. He was not originally on duty today, but another Imperial Physician had something to do at home, so the Imperial Physician of Prince Yang took over his shift, so he was on duty today.

Anyway, that's the reason given.

Imperial Physician Wang was not in a hurry to do so. As the head of the imperial physicians and in such a position, he would not openly have any involvement with the concubines in the harem unless the imperial edict clearly stated so. Even if he guessed the emperor's intention, he could not do so.

Fu Shun was experienced and had been taught by Aunt Chen. When he went to the Imperial Medical Bureau to ask for the imperial physician, he only brought back two imperial physicians on duty to treat the concubine!
However, the imperial doctors did not dare to use strong medicines. Sure enough, after a while, Li Dequan came to the Imperial Medical Bureau in person and said that the imperial doctors were too young and that Wang, the imperial physician, had excellent medical skills. The emperor issued an edict, ordering him to take charge of Chengqian Palace.

The imperial edict was issued, and the imperial physician Wang respectfully responded. He took the pulse during his daytime shift, and found that Concubine Nara's illness was a bit tricky. The imperial physician Wang was not in a hurry to go back, and sure enough, he was needed again.

Otherwise, if he went back to the palace, the emperor would issue an imperial decree, and he would have to rush back from the palace in the freezing snow. As expected, he was really foresighted.

Although Kangxi did not go to Chengqian Palace or Zhenshunzhai in person that night, he pointed the imperial physician Wang over there, saying that he was in charge, but who could fail to understand his actual meaning?

But it was not so easy for Qinrou to recover. She had a high fever, which kept coming back. At first, Kangxi just asked Wang Yuyi to work harder and not to be busy on duty these days. He should wait for orders at any time in the palace. But on the third day, Kangxi could not help but get angry. "What? This high fever has a brain and can cling to people. It just stays in Chengqian Palace and won't leave? It just clings to someone and won't let him go?"

Kangxi's sharp eyes swept over the kneeling servants and doctors. The emperor was suspicious. The high fever had receded and reappeared. Kangxi sat in such a position and had seen the darkness of human nature. It was hard for him not to have bad associations!

Could it be that someone had reached out to Chengqian Palace and wanted to make her have a persistent fever? To the point of death?
When Kangxi thought of this, it was hard not to be furious. The Queen also felt something was wrong! When she heard that the Emperor was coming, she also rushed over. The Queen estimated that three days, three days would be the end of the Emperor's patience.

The servants kneeling below, including the imperial physician, were all under suspicion. Imperial Physician Wang also had this suspicion. He had also seen people with persistent high fevers, but with such symptoms in the palace and in the backyard, Imperial Physician Wang also suspected that someone had tampered with something.
This is to drag everyone to death. Wang Yuyi secretly hated that even though the emperor might not kill them at their status, if the emperor wanted to deal with someone, he would have plenty of ways to make you live a life worse than death!
"Your Majesty, the concubine's pulse has always been stable, but this time, the disease came on violently and rapidly, and it is possible that the fever will not subside completely in a short time. We, the servants, indeed discussed the prescription based on the concubine's pulse, and did not ask anyone else to pick the herbs or boil them. The water, the medicine stove, and even the firewood for boiling the medicine were all personally checked by us before we gave the medicine to the concubine." said the royal physician.

Even if there is a problem, it will not be caused by these imperial doctors. They can guarantee that there is no problem with the medicinal materials. As for other things, they did not find anything!
"Are you trying to tell me that you are incompetent?" Kangxi raised his voice, full of threats. "If I have a high fever someday and the fever doesn't subside, are you going to use this excuse to fool me?"

Kangxi's eyes fell on several people with a sinister look, as if if anyone showed a slight flaw, he wouldn't mind chopping a few people off immediately, staining them with bright red blood to reflect the emperor's authority.

"I deserve to die. I dare not." The imperial doctors were all frightened and would never admit it. If the emperor had such an impression, what would be the future of their family and themselves. The glory of others belongs to others, and only the glory that falls on oneself is one's own.

They care about their family and themselves.

"What's wrong?" Qin Rou just felt that it was so noisy, right beside her ear, right in front of the bed. She had difficulty opening her eyes, but she still opened them. The light was dazzling, and Qin Rou took a while to calm down, then she saw the emperor who was surging with anger, the queen beside him, and the servants who were kneeling on the ground.

Qin Rou must be aware of Kangxi's suspicion, the Queen's suspicion, and the suspicion of other people. If she were in their shoes, she would also have such suspicions.

High fever, what kind of serious illness? All the medical experts in the world gathered in the Imperial Hospital, but they couldn't even cure a high fever. It's hard not to doubt whether they really put their heart into it.
Kangxi turned around and saw that she was really seriously ill, her face was red, her lips were pale, her eyebrows were tightly knitted, but she was unhappy and even had difficulty opening her eyes.

Kangxi turned around. He was furious, his eyes full of hostility, but he had already restrained himself. He still remembered to keep it a secret from the patient, lest the patient lose his temper. Kangxi said:

"It's okay. We servants have to beat him to avoid any trouble." Kangxi answered evasively. Qinrou supported herself on the bed with her hands. She wanted to get up, but she just didn't have the strength.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am so weak that I cannot get up. I cannot bow and greet you!" Qin Rou said these few short words with a weak voice.

"It's okay, what's the big deal? Just take care of yourself." The Queen didn't need this kind of comfort. Besides, the Queen knew what was going on. The Queen had a premonition! If this continued, Concubine Nara's high fever would probably take away this famous concubine in the palace. The Queen didn't care about the dead!
This is the Queen's tolerance.