Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 371 The Coaxing Concubine
Li Shimin clutched his chest, his face was pale, his forehead was dripping with cold sweat, he didn't speak or move, it seemed that the pain was too much for him to move, he just kept a posture, waiting for the pain to pass!

He has had this kind of illness for a long time, but the time of each attack is short, and he can pass it after a while.Li Shimin is also a very strong person, as long as the illness is not beyond the point where it needs to be treated, he will not tell others.

Of course, this situation is also related to his identity. As the emperor, who has seized power by force to ascend the throne, what he fears most is showing his weak side. He is deeply afraid that others will know that he is not in good health, and that someone will want Use this to make a fuss, threaten the court, and bring chaos to the country!
If a minister in the imperial court knew that he was sick, they might have some thoughts, and if the ministries of the Fanbang vassal states knew that he was sick, it would be even more fatal. Those so-called vassals, who professed their ministers to Li Shimin today, may have tomorrow. Maybe he forced Li Zhi with a knife!
When Li Shimin first came to the throne, the Turkic soldiers took advantage of the power change in the Tang Dynasty to lead troops southward and fought all the way to Chang'an.This kind of lesson learned from the past has to be guarded against.So as long as he can survive, Li Shimin will never make his illness public, so as not to cause panic in the country and prying eyes of Fanbang.

Shi Zhongchen rushed forward, supported Li Shimin, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, your illness has been onset for a shorter period of time, and it is getting worse and worse. You can't hide it anymore. You should see the imperial physician quickly!"

Li Shimin closed his eyes and endured it for a long time, feeling less pain, then opened his eyes, panting and said: "It's getting harder and harder, it seems that I really need someone to show me."

After a pause, Li Shimin said again: "Don't ask anyone else, let Wang Pingan show it to me. His mouth is strict, and he will definitely not reveal my condition!"

Shi Zhongchen quickly agreed, saying: "This old slave will send someone to look for Wang Ping'an!" As he spoke, he was about to run out of the hall and send the little eunuch to look for someone.

But Li Shimin said: "Confused, how can I find Wang Ping'an at this time. He is now wandering the streets outside the city. Firstly, it is difficult to find him. Second, I found him to say something. If he is sent to the palace after dark, doesn't it mean that there is something urgent?" , it will inevitably cause others to speculate!"

"That old slave..." Shi Zhongchen didn't know what to do, and looked at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin said: "Tomorrow all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will go out to watch the people race. Before I go, let Wang Pingan stay alone, so there will be no trouble!"

Shi Zhongchen groaned, slapped himself across the face, and said, "This old slave is in a hurry. Your Majesty, but tonight..."

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Go to rest early, and you won't get sick again!" He pointed to the memorial on the ground and signaled Shi Zhongchen to pack it up.He stood up slowly by himself, walked towards the apse, and said: "Go and find two beauties, let them relieve my fatigue!"

Shi Zhongchen agreed, but thought in his heart: "If you find a beauty to relieve your fatigue, wouldn't the more you relieve your fatigue, the more tired you will become!" Not daring to talk back, he went out of the palace first, and ordered the little eunuch to find two concubines who usually had a low eyebrow and a firm mouth. The concubine is here.Only then did he return to the main hall and tidy up the memorials.

Li Shimin came to the apse and sat quietly on the bed alone. He suffered from chest pain, but he didn't panic, and he didn't believe that he would die from this disease.There is no other reason. He has had too many diseases in his life, but none of them killed him.

He can hide it from others, but he can't hide it from those around him.For example, the late Empress Changsun knew that the emperor often had illnesses that would not heal for years.Moreover, Empress Changsun also carried poison with her. If anything happened to Li Shimin, she would go with him.It can be seen how serious Li Shimin's illness was at that time. Fortunately, Sun Simiao cured him.

The more things he experienced, the stronger he would become, so even if Li Shimin was worried occasionally, he didn't think that this disease would really kill him!
Sitting on the bed, waiting for a while, I heard the sound of footsteps outside. The footsteps came to the entrance of the hall, and the sound became heavier. It seemed to remind myself that someone was coming outside!

Li Shimin hummed for a long time, and Shi Zhongchen's voice immediately sounded outside, saying: "Your Majesty, the beauties have arrived, do you want to come in separately, or let them come in together?"

"I don't like making noise!" Li Shimin slowly lay down on the bed, posing in a big shape.

Shi Zhongchen agreed outside, and then stopped talking.After a while, there were soft footsteps outside, and a concubine walked in, holding a basin and a towel in her hands.

Entering the hall, the concubine came to the bed lightly, soaked the towel and wrung it dry, knelt down on the bed, wiped Li Shimin's face and hands, took off his shoes and socks, and wanted to wash his feet. After moving it lightly, he found that the emperor's feet were not moving, so he hurriedly changed the washing to wiping, and wiped Li Shimin's feet with a wet towel.

After wiping, the concubine said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this concubine just finished bathing, and she used rose dew..."

Li Shimin pulled her casually and said: "Then let me smell your rose water!" After a while, a "strange" voice sounded in the room.

Shi Zhongchen hid outside the hall and listened attentively. After a while, he whispered: "The emperor is not a dragon and a tiger tonight. It seems that he is tired from dealing with state affairs during the day!" Concubine.

The concubine's face showed a slight anxiety, as if she was afraid that the emperor would release all the "little left" energy to the concubine inside, and when she went in later, she would get nothing!
Shi Zhongchen's face darkened, and he reprimanded in a low voice: "What are you thinking? Let me tell you clearly, after you go in later, you are not allowed to talk to the emperor. If the emperor is tired, you have to come out immediately, and you are not allowed to stay inside. After arguing with the emperor, don't even think about seeing the emperor again, our family will never forgive you!"

He is the chief steward of the palace. Although he is an eunuch and belongs to the family slaves, and the concubines belong to the emperor's concubine, everyone is afraid of him. There was a concubine who contradicted Shi Zhongchen before, but Shi Zhongchen found him For this reason, he was directly beaten to death with sticks, but the emperor ignored the matter. From then on, no concubine dared to talk back to him!
The concubine was very obedient and said: "Thank you, Chief Manager, for reminding me, otherwise I would have to make a mistake!" As she spoke, the concubine took out something from her bosom, quietly stuffed it to Shi Zhongchen, and said, "Chairman, next time Can I go in first?"

Shi Zhongchen pinched the things in his hands, snorted, and said, "Let's talk about it next time!" Obviously he was not satisfied with the concubine's gift.

The concubine bit her lip, remained silent for a long while, and said softly: "It's cold, sir, you should wear more clothes, especially when you are on duty at night, be careful of the cold... I have a hand stove, I wanted to give it to you a long time ago." Give it to the chief manager, but I haven't been able to find a chance!"

Shi Zhongchen had already turned around, but after hearing what she said, he turned back and said: "You have been in the palace for many years, but you can do more things than other palace people, very good!" After a pause, he said: " Next time, next time our family will call you!"

The concubine was overjoyed and quickly saluted Shi Zhongchen.But Shi Zhongchen said: "In the future, you will be favored by the emperor, don't just put on airs at our family!"

The concubine hurriedly said: "How dare... I never thought about it, how could it be possible to put on airs to you!"

Shi Zhongchen snorted twice, and said: "Before he was favored, everyone said that." He waved his hand, asking the concubine to stop talking.

After waiting outside for a long time, the concubine inside came out, her face flushed.Shi Zhongchen glanced at her expression, was startled, and thought: "I'm afraid something is wrong!"

In the past, after being favored by the concubine, the expression on her face was quite happy when she came out. There are countless concubines in the palace, to be favored by the emperor once is simply a great joy, there is no reason to be unhappy.But when the concubine came out, there was no joy on her face, but a terrified expression, and she didn't hear the emperor reprimand her loudly, so it was deduced that the emperor must be unwell!

Shi Zhongchen asked: "What happened to the emperor?"

The concubine who came out lowered her head and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty... let me come out after halfway done!"

Shi Zhongchen said: "It must be that you are not serving well, go down!" He waved his hand impatiently.Then he said to the concubine who was waiting: "After you go in, you have to be a little discerning. If the emperor falls asleep, come out quickly. Don't dawdle in there. If you dare to dawdle, be careful when we go in and drag you out!"

The concubine agreed, and walked lightly into the apse.

Shi Zhongchen called the little eunuch and sent the concubine back to his residence, while he was still standing outside the palace, waiting for the concubine to come out!
But the concubine didn't come out when the left waited, and the concubine who waited right still didn't come out, and there was no sound coming from the hall, which showed that the emperor was not working.Shi Zhongchen finally became anxious, cursing in his heart, it must be that concubine wanted to be favored and give birth to a dragon son, so she waited inside and refused to come out, thinking that the emperor could cultivate her body!
Annoyed in his heart, he blamed this concubine for being ignorant, so he entered the back hall lightly, thinking: "See how I will deal with you!" After entering the main hall, there was only a small candle burning beside the bed in the hall, the candle light was weak .Looking through the light, I saw Li Shimin lying on the bed, snoring softly, as if he was asleep, while the concubine was sitting in front of the bed, humming a little song very softly, listening to the meaning of the song It turned out to be the kind of mother who puts the child to sleep!

Shi Zhongchen was taken aback, how dare he hum this kind of ditty to the emperor, coaxing the emperor like a child?Are you dying!He took off his shoes, walked quickly to the bed with bare feet, and was about to pull the concubine out, but saw the concubine suddenly shush at him, signaling him to keep quiet!
Shi Zhongchen stopped immediately and looked at the concubine. He was anxious just now, so he didn't see her movements clearly. Now that he came close, he naturally saw her.I saw Li Shimin lying sideways on the bed, and the concubine patted his shoulder lightly, very gently!

Shi Zhongchen didn't dare to speak out, and waited quietly.The concubine patted the emperor for a while, then carefully stood up and smiled at Shi Zhongchen.Shi Zhongchen hurriedly smiled back at her, very satisfied in his heart, this concubine is very good at serving people, although her behavior is not very respectful, but she can let the emperor sleep peacefully, just because of this, it is worthy of praise!

The two walked out of the back hall lightly, and when they came to the front hall, Shi Zhongchen said: "When you went in, what did you see, did the emperor say anything to you?"

The concubine shook her head and said: "The emperor didn't say anything, but judging by his appearance, he seems to be very uncomfortable, lying still and not moving, his body is still covered with sweat!"

Shi Zhongchen nodded: "That must be sweating!" He said: "And then?"

The concubine said: "I didn't dare to disturb the emperor, I just covered him with a quilt, but seeing the emperor tossing and turning and couldn't fall asleep, I remembered the song my mother hummed when I was a child when I was coaxing me to sleep, so I sang it for the emperor. Come in, sir!"

Shi Zhongchen frowned slightly, intending to scold the concubine for not allowing the concubine to hum any more songs to the emperor. Although this is not disrespectful, singing nursery rhymes to the emperor to lull him to sleep is always a bit unreasonable!
After thinking about it, I felt that as long as the emperor could fall asleep peacefully, he would sing as soon as he sang it. It didn't matter. The emperor didn't lose his temper. As an eunuch, he shouldn't be reprimanded!
He said: "You are not allowed to tell others about tonight's matter. Well, our family will often arrange you to serve the emperor in the future, so go down!" As he spoke, he took out something from his arms, which was The concubine gave it to him just now, and he stuffed it back to the concubine, and said with a smile: "If there is a chance, our family will definitely say something nice for you in front of the emperor, and let your status be mentioned!"

The concubine was overjoyed, and very obediently, she squatted down at Shi Zhongchen again!Shi Zhongchen called the little eunuch and sent her away from Ganlu Palace.

Looking at the concubine's back, Shi Zhongchen was very satisfied. It would be great if there were more women like this in the palace!This woman is not bad, unlike other concubines who are eager to be favored by the emperor when they see the emperor, and can do nothing but take off their clothes!

And how good this woman is, she understands the truth, what's the use of being anxious?No matter how anxious she is, and no matter how beautiful she is, she has never seen the emperor favor anyone!But she knows how to serve people, and how good it is to serve the emperor so that the emperor is comfortable. As long as the emperor is comfortable, she will let her come more. A one-and-a-half daughter, wouldn't she have something to rely on for the rest of her life? This is what a smart person should do!
outside the palace.

Holding the torch high, Wang Pingan followed behind Li Zhi, yelling, he was originally a steady person, but due to the heated scene tonight, he couldn't bear it anymore, he became excited and started yelling too!
But Li Zhi's voice was almost hoarse. He kept saying hello to the people around him, and when the people got excited, they would yell "Prince Qiansui." , Long live God Khan!If the common people flattered him, he had to flatter his father!

If he doesn't take pictures, once some "careful people" "unintentionally" talk about tonight's events when they see the father, the people will shout that the prince is a thousand years old, but he accepts it calmly, without thinking about the father at all. ... This caring person doesn't need to be prompted by others, he knows who it will be, and there is no one else except Li Ke!
The crowd paraded all the way, walked to Zhuque Street, went all the way to Mingde Gate, and then dispersed!

Wang Pingan accompanied Li Zhi and turned back to the East Palace, talking and laughing all the way until they reached the gate of the East Palace, and then they said goodbye and broke up.

Before leaving, Li Zhi said: "No illness, you must not be late for the morning court tomorrow, maybe Father will take us to watch the meeting at the top of the city, without you, there will be no fun!"

Wang Pingan said with a smile: "The minister will definitely come on time!"

(End of this chapter)