Qing Palace - Biography of Concubine Wan

Chapter 36 Linglong Heart (2)

No matter how many and beautiful flowers fell, Qingru didn't have the heart to appreciate the beautiful scenery of the fallen flowers. Although she got the Queen Mother's consent, how to start with this matter still gave her a splitting headache, and she couldn't sleep at all that night. No, after waking up early, he sent Mianxiu and Mianyi to report the situation to Shuiyin and Yueling respectively, so that they could feel at ease temporarily.

Qingru leaned on the soft couch with her forehead, three days, she only had three days, what to do, the maid, the folding fan, and the powder from the candlestick, all were weird, but Still unable to find out, Qing Ru patted the side of the couch irritably, got up and called Xiao Fuzi and the two in, and asked them to ask the servants around the concubines who were present at that time, to see if they could find something useful, Zijinzi was left to guard the Chonghua Palace, and she left the palace gate by herself.

Qingru walked on the Jiuqu corridor bridge holding the umbrella given by the queen mother yesterday. She decided to go to Changyin Pavilion again when she had no way to get it. Although it was Xiawei, it was still extremely hot. Sweaty and sweaty, I crossed the imperial garden and came to Fubixiang, which is the only way to go to Changyin Pavilion.

Qingru put away her umbrella and was about to sit down to catch her breath, when a childish voice suddenly sounded behind her: "Who are you?" Looking back, I saw a little boy about four or five years old, carved in pink and jade, dressed neatly She was wearing a small robe and boots, tilted her head and looked at her with innocent and curious eyes, holding a small ball made of bamboo silk and tied with colored silk in her hand.

"Are you talking to me?" Almost at the first sight, Qingru fell in love with this extremely cute child, and she squatted down to look at him.

"There's no one else here except you, so of course I'm asking you!" Despite his small size, his tone was not small, that small figure seemed quite serious.

Qingru held back her smile and said, "I am the nobleman Ru from Chonghua Palace, what about you?"

A child is a child, and when he heard others answer his words, he immediately jumped up happily, answering Qingru's question: "My name is Xuan Ye."

Although I had already guessed a little bit, I was still a little surprised when I heard it: "Third elder brother? Why did you come here alone, where is the nanny?"

After hearing this, Xuan Xuan hurriedly raised his chubby little hand to his lips: "Shh... don't shout, I ran out secretly, brother's office is boring." As he said that, the little head looked around, afraid that someone would watch Like him.

Qingru was amused by his cute appearance, covered her lips and smiled lightly, not wanting to smile, the silk handkerchief wrapped in powder slipped out of her sleeve and fell on the ground, Xuan Ye saw it, he picked it up curiously, Before Qingru could stop him in time, he opened the veil.

Qingru hurriedly took it over and rewrapped it, fearing that the powder inside would be blown away by the wind
"Are you taking medicine? Why? Are you sick?" Seeing the powder, Xuan Ye thought it was some kind of medicine. After thinking for a while, he blinked his big eyes and handed the ball in his hand reluctantly. Go out: "here, here's for you to play with, take medicine while playing, this medicine won't feel so bitter, it was like this when they forced me to take medicine before."

The child's innocence is so cute, Qingru smiled and shook her head and said: "I'm not sick, this is not medicine, you should play with the ball by yourself!" Cheerful, really, why didn't she think of it.

Qingru thought of something and wanted to leave in a hurry, but seeing Xuanye staying here alone was not at ease, so she had to coax him back to elder brother's place before leaving quickly.

Too Hospital

Qing Ru pursed her lips as she looked at the three big characters on the plaque. This was what she was looking for. It was almost noon when she arrived here. Apart from the little eunuch doing chores, there was only one imperial doctor left in the courtyard. Yao was flipping through medical books, not knowing what he was doing.

There are more than a dozen imperial physicians in the imperial hospital, and the official ranks of the imperial physicians are not high. Except for the envoys of the fifth rank, and the judges of the left and right courts of the fifth rank, the other imperial physicians are all of the sixth rank. People who are not highly skilled in medicine are not competent, and the hospital envoy must have the trust of the emperor.

The current envoy is Zhang Ming, an imperial physician who has entered the palace since the time of Huang Taiji, and he is now in his sixties.He was experimenting with a new medicine in the courtyard that day, and he was taken aback when he saw a woman coming in. It seemed that he knew that she was the emperor's prince, and that she was a nobleman. Is it not allowed to enter Taitai Hospital at will?

After thinking about it, this ceremony still has to be done, he bowed his head and cupped his hands to Qing Ru who had already stepped through the door, and said, "My minister, Zhang Ming, has met the noble master, good luck, noble!" Since he didn't know Qing Ru, he didn't know her status. What is the title, it can only be called a nobleman.

Qing Ru nodded slightly, and said no.

Zhang Ming didn't know where she came from, so he reminded him intentionally: "I don't know why the nobleman is here. If there is something important, just send someone to pass it on. How dare you bother the nobleman to go there yourself."

Qing Ru didn't mince words with him, and directly explained her future intentions. When she mentioned the "Chao Huang Jin Ling" granted by the Empress Dowager, Zhang Ming was both surprised and stunned, and understood why she dared to come to the Tai Hospital.

Before Qingru took out something to ask Zhang Ming to identify it, a little eunuch ran in outside, panting and said that Concubine Ning Gui didn't know what she ate and was in severe pain at the moment, and asked him to hurry over and have a look.

Zhang Ming grabbed the medicine box and was about to go, but he saw Qingru getting up in a dilemma again. Just in the middle of the dilemma, someone happened to come in, and he quickly stopped the person: "Qin Guan, come here!" Then he turned his head to Qingru Said: "My lord, this is Qin imperial physician, he is very familiar with medicinal materials, you can ask him if you have anything." After finishing speaking, he hurriedly followed the eunuch and left.

Qingru looked back, and it turned out that the person named Qin Guan was the imperial doctor Qin who had treated him earlier.Qin Guan doesn't look very good now, his eye sockets are sunken and bloodshot, as if he hasn't slept well for a long time.

Qing Ru walked over and opened the brocade handkerchief that had been pinched in her hand, then handed it to Qin Guan and said, "Prince Qin, do you know this?"

Qin Guan took it and took a closer look, and said with certainty: "Hui Rugui, this is the dried seven-star crabapple, a specialty of the Western Regions, which is dried and ground into powder. This medicine is available in the Imperial Pharmacy." together to facilitate the taking of medicines.

"Then what is the function of this Seven Star Begonia?" This is the question that Qing Ru is most concerned about. The things from the Royal Pharmacy will not appear in Changyin Pavilion for no reason, there must be a reason for it.

"The powder made from the Seven Star Begonia is an excellent anesthetic, and it is often used in the palace to anesthetize patients in order to relieve pain." Qin Guan answered truthfully.

"Then can the smell it burns make people stunned?" Qingru remembered that Rixi said that when she first entered, Shu Heng passed out on the ground, and the seven-star crabapple was found on the candlestick, it is very likely It is scattered when burning.

Qin Guan thought about it, but couldn't say with certainty: "If you increase the amount, it should be possible, but no one has ever tried it." I also don't understand why this noble man wants to hold on to the matter of Seven Star Begonia.

Before Qin Guan could think about it, Qing Ru asked again: "Then has anyone used or taken the Seven Star Begonia recently?"

"This..." Qin Guan said with embarrassment: "Weichen has been taking care of the imperial concubine in Chengqian Palace recently, and rarely returns to the imperial hospital, so I don't know much about this.

His answer did not leave Qingru disappointed, because she knew there was another way to know about it, so Qingru approached a few steps with a smile on her face and said, "I remember all the medicines used or received in the imperial pharmacy. They will leave records, please ask Imperial Physician Qin to bring me the book!"

Qin Guan didn't expect that Qingru would know about this matter, and his attitude was still so firm. As an imperial physician, how could he not know the truth that all medicines will be recorded and the reason why he didn't mention it just now is because of her status as a nobleman. I don't have the right to read it at all, and mentioning it will only add to the disappointment, not to mention that it is a big mistake for her to enter the imperial hospital. I really don't know why the envoy wants him to answer her questions. , although this book is not a confidential matter, you have no right to read it, my lord, so I dare you to move it back to the palace, my lord!"

Faced with this order to chase away guests, Qingru was not unhappy at all. Firstly, it was because what Qin Guan said was reasonable, and her grade was indeed not qualified to read this book; Not a bad impression.

But no matter what, she checked the booklet, and immediately took out the golden order hidden in her sleeve and held it in front of Qin Guan, who kept bowing his head, and said, "Princess Qin, look up and see if you can recognize this thing." !"

Qin Guan didn't know what she was referring to, so he looked up according to the words, his face tightened when he saw it clearly, he couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe the big words, and when he came back to his senses, he quickly patted his sleeves and lifted his robe, knelt on his knees and said, "The Empress Dowager is a thousand years old!"

Qing Ru put away the badge, raised her right hand and said: "Prince Qin, please, since you recognize this order, I don't need to say any more. Can you get the book out now?"

This time, Qin Guan had no reason to object, so he immediately led Qingru to the imperial pharmacy, took out the key to unlock it, took out a new book from it, and handed it to Qingru. Couldn't help trembling a little.

May seventeenth...

On the tenth day of June...

[-]th of July...

july sixteenth...

It was a matter of life and death, so she read every page very carefully, for fear of missing something, but in the end she couldn't stand, and she staggered back a few steps.

There is actually... no record of Seven Star Begonia in the book!

How could this be... It couldn't be wrong, a drop of cold sweat slid across her forehead and dripped onto the book, Qing Ru turned it over several times unwillingly, but the result was still frustrating.No!Nothing at all!Qingru threw the book on the ground angrily, why can't there be any traces of the things that are clearly there.

How could Qingru not be annoyed that the clues she found with great difficulty were about to be broken.

(End of this chapter)