nucmednet Chapter 180 Didn't make it.
Chapter 180 Didn't make it.
Seeing his contentment with mediocrity, the regent hesitated repeatedly, and seeing no trace of the cleverness he had shown in his childhood, before reluctantly agreeing.
Qianyan and Huaisheng's family had a very relaxed and happy New Year.
After the New Year, we celebrated Huai Sheng's 29th birthday, packed our things, and happily prepared to return to Yedu.
At the end of February, just as they were packing up to leave, a large group of soldiers suddenly surrounded the Cui residence.
The Regent and the Crown Prince rode up on horseback, and Qianyan stood solemnly in front of the mansion gate.
Huai Sheng ordered someone to quickly send a message to the people in the various departments, as well as the secret guards that Qian Yan had trained over the years, instructing them to stand by.
"What does the Regent mean by this?"
"Yao'er~ Uncle doesn't mean any harm. It's just that the palace wants to invite Huaisheng to go there."
"The palace? Why would the palace invite my wife? It's completely unrelated."
The Regent dismounted, approached Qianyan, and whispered:
"It's true, Her Majesty the Empress is dying!"
Qianyan listened briefly and replied in a low voice:
"The Empress is critically ill, and there are plenty of imperial physicians in the palace. What does it have to do with my wife!"
"That's because my nephew's wife is capable!"
Do you remember the story that spread like wildfire in Beijing a few years ago about how Grand Secretary Wang had managed to hire a miracle doctor?
The Empress has not been doing well these past two years; you've probably heard about it.
Things got even worse at the end of last year.
On the second day of the second lunar month, when the dragon raises its head, I had a verbal dispute with the two goddesses from Xihu and Ximengyuan, who had previously been there.
He collapsed in a fit of anger and had been visiting many famous doctors in recent days.
The Empress Dowager then thought of the rumors from that year and wondered if Wang Ge Lao's family could invite the divine physician back.
Wang Gelao said that his family knew nothing about the miracle doctor and had not encountered one in recent years.
However, we have a prescription from a renowned doctor at home, and we occasionally follow it to regulate our health.
In short: The Wang family was at least reasonable; they didn't mention that Huai Sheng's surname was Mu.
"The Empress Dowager told him to bring the prescription over so that the imperial physician could take a look."
Your aunt and a group of noblewomen took turns attending to your illness in the palace during those days.
Huai Sheng wrote a medical record for your aunt before, and your aunt treasured it and read it many times.
Your aunt recognized Huaisheng's handwriting the moment she saw the prescription.
"It could also be due to similar handwriting."
"Your wife's handwriting is so..."
It's unique, don't you know that?
Don't worry, as long as she goes to the palace to see the Empress.
The Empress has woken up, and no one cares where you go~
"No, I must go with them. Only after meeting the Emperor and the Empress Dowager and saying this will I feel at ease."
Furthermore, if these soldiers are withdrawn, people who don't know the situation might think that my Cui family is about to be wiped out again.
How can you talk like that, child! That's outrageous!
If you want to go to the palace, so be it~
But don't forget, I'm your uncle!
Qianyan went in and spoke to Huaisheng, and both of them knew they couldn't avoid it.
Huai Sheng ordered the people from the Heavenly Department to return and secretly send the two children and their wet nurse back to Yedu.
They then sent someone to Laiyang to bring Doctor Gao to Yedu.
Upon arriving at the palace, Qianyan first led Huaisheng to pay respects to the Emperor and Empress Dowager, kowtowing and reporting:
"Your Majesty and Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, my wife is merely a country doctor."
Her Majesty the Empress is blessed with good fortune. Regardless of the outcome of the treatment, I humbly request Your Majesty to allow this humble subject to take her home.
My wife and I are extremely grateful!
"Whatever it is, I grant it!"
"Thank you for your great favor, Your Majesty!"
Huaisheng was then taken to the Empress's residence, and Qianyan could only have people wait for news at the palace gate.
I need to go back and arrange for the two children to return to Yedu first.
When Huaisheng arrived at Yongshou Palace, he smelled a strong aroma of ginseng and lingzhi as soon as he reached the bedroom.
These are all rare, thousand-year-old treasures, used to sustain life.
Two imperial physicians knelt outside by the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed), carefully considering a prescription.
The aunt beside the Empress lifted the curtain and let Huaisheng in.
Two maids lifted the curtain. The empress did not appear dead, but her sunken cheeks suggested she was dying.
Huai Sheng knelt on the footboard of the phoenix bed and carefully took his pulse.
The Empress is well-maintained; she does have some old ailments, but not to the point of this.
Huai Sheng took the pulse for a long time and examined the patient closely for a long time, but still couldn't get a good feel for it.
I spent half an hour taking his pulse when suddenly a flash of inspiration struck me:
Could it be depression? She doesn't want to live anymore!
He went outside to find a table and wrote down the pulse diagnosis.
He then took the medical record and exchanged it with the two imperial physicians.
The two imperial physicians dared not give it to her, so Huai Sheng could only look helplessly at the aunt who had brought her there.
"It's alright~ I'll trouble you two gentlemen to take a look at this doctor."
Huaisheng reviewed the medical records from February onwards:
He had been doing well until the afternoon of the second day of the second lunar month, when he collapsed due to a sudden attack of internal heat.
But gradually, he could no longer take the medicine, and the imperial physician was unable to finish his explanation.
Huai Sheng thought helplessly:
What doctor could possibly say? They couldn't very well say that the Empress was perfectly healthy and was just about to die.
Saying that implies that one is about to die.
After thinking for a moment, Huai Sheng asked the aunt who had brought her there to talk to her aside.
"May I ask, Aunt, why did Her Majesty faint that day?"
"Dr. Mu, don't ask questions you shouldn't ask!"
"Hey~ Thanks for the guidance, Auntie~"
Huai Sheng thought to himself: How am I supposed to proceed? I can't even prescribe any medicine.
Seeing her condition, the two imperial physicians felt a sense of sympathy for her.
The three of them deliberated and deliberated, and the prescriptions they came up with were all similar, but the key problem was that they couldn't get the medicine into the patient's body.
Before they knew it, night had fallen. The three of them felt sorry for each other, but were at a loss for what to do.
Another aunt came and arranged dinner for the three of them.
The other two didn't dare to eat, but Huai Sheng didn't care and went to eat.
Huai Sheng was starving; he missed lunch because of the delay.
Just as they finished eating and returned to the outer room of the palace, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor arrived.
Several people immediately knelt on the ground, and Huaisheng followed the other two adults in performing the kneeling ceremony.
The emperor and empress dowager entered the bedroom, and Huaisheng followed them in, standing by the door to observe the empress.
The entire bedroom was immediately filled with the emperor's unique ambergris.
When the emperor reached the bedside, the empress's brow twitched almost imperceptibly.
Before the emperor could speak, another report came from outside:
"Consort Shu and Consort Yan have arrived!"
Two beautiful women in exotic palace attire arrived, and a wonderful, exotic fragrance wafted over.
The two beauties knelt down as soon as they entered and crawled to the doorway.
Both of them were dressed in slightly worn, simple palace attire, with their waterfall-like black hair cascading down to their waists.
Her figure was as slender as a willow, and her exquisitely made-up face was filled with regret, her beautiful eyes brimming with tears.
Huaisheng: Wow~ She's so pitiful to look at!
"Your Majesty, is Her Majesty the Empress feeling any better?"
Huai Sheng: This voice also has an exotic feel to it; it makes your bones go weak.
Sure enough, the emperor immediately abandoned the empress and came over to extend his hands to the two beauties.
Huai Sheng stared at the Empress on the bed:
Not only did her eyebrows twitch, but her fingers also moved slightly!
"You two silly little fools~"
The ground is still cold, get up quickly!
"Your Majesty, I dare not!"
Despite saying he dared not, he still placed his hand in the emperor's.
When they stood up, neither of them could stand steadily; one leaned weakly against the door frame, while the other stumbled into the emperor's arms.
They immediately blushed and took two steps back, their eyes fixed on the emperor.
It's getting late, we should head back soon.
Go back and prepare. I will visit you after seeing my mother off.
"As you command!"
The two beauties bowed and then withdrew.