Changle Floating Life

Chapter 25 The Royal Household

Ye Jianqing went to the pharmacy to look for Gu Su in the afternoon of the next day, and saw that the front and rear doors of the pharmacy were tightly closed, and a note was pasted on the door panel saying "The proprietor has something to do and will be closed for ten days".He couldn't figure it out for a while, so he asked for leave from the shopkeeper in the afternoon and called it a day.Back in Tianshui Lane, I sneaked in from the back wall, only to see Gu Su and Lan Shan in the courtyard who were very busy.

The Dragon Boat Festival has passed, it is long summer, and the sun is scorching hot.There are many medicine plaques in the deserted courtyard, and Gu Su is picking and inspecting the medicinal materials one by one.Lan Shan was sitting on a small bench, with a medicine roller under his feet, rolling it back and forth vigorously.I don't know any herbs in the milling tank, it's a big black lump.

Ye Jianqing asked curiously, "Why did you move the pharmacy to your home?"

Gu Su saw that he was coming, so he patted the scum on his hands and straightened his waist: "You came just in time, I want to prepare some medicine pills for use." Then he went into the room and took a copper medicine pot Give him the small medicine pestle.After Ye Jianqing took it, he also moved a small stool, sat down under an old tree in the courtyard, and began to pound the medicine without any seriousness.Gu Su looked up to see the medicine dregs splashing everywhere, frowned and said, "Are you here to help? With your pounding method, ten catties of medicine can only be mixed with half a catty in the end." Ye Jianqing said guiltily: "Uncle Master wants to make medicine, Why don't you call the guys from the pharmacy, those people are all experts, and they have a salary, so there is no reason not to help."

Gu Su sighed, knelt down to look at him, and said in a low voice, "Gu Tingrang came last night, and he asked me to go to the palace to see a doctor for the queen. I have promised him that I will go to the palace in three days."

Ye Jianqing's hands froze, and the pestle stopped with a "dang".He quickly calculated in his mind, and within a few sips, he had already figured out the key point: "He wants the uncle to extend the queen's life?" Gu Su nodded and said, "Do you think Prince Duan is ready?" Ye Jianqing thought for a while, and said: "It's too hasty. It will always be delayed until after the winter solstice suburban ceremony. It depends on the preparations, the situation on the side of the prince and King Ning, the right time and place, and the lack of people. One must." At this point, his face was also full of anxiety, and he asked: "Didn't the Queen hear that after the Qingming Festival, she will recover? Could it be that she can't even survive the past few months?"

The corner of Gu Su's mouth curled up, he raised his hand to touch the top of Ye Jianqing's head, and said softly: "From today until the ninth night, if I don't come back, you and Lan Shan will hide in Sihai Casino at night .”

Ye Jianqing's heartbeat quickened, and he said nervously: "Uncle, what are you going to do?" Gu Su looked up at the light leaking from the gaps in the leaves, and said calmly: "It's nothing. The good emperor will probably chop off my head. If I still don’t want to die, I have to give up with Gu Ting.”

After he finished speaking, his clothes were suddenly grabbed. Ye Jianqing leaned over and said eagerly: "Master, don't do stupid things. The palace is no different from the outside, even if you have the ability to use it, you can't use it." He had previously said After climbing over the wall and coming in, his face was tanned purple by the sun, but now his face was pale, and he felt an inexplicable sense of fear in his heart.Gu Suding looked at him, and suddenly smiled: "Your uncle is 40 years old, not fourteen, and you can't do stupid things even if you want to." Ye Jianqing saw that his picture couldn't be compared to being 40 years old. His face was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot: "Uncle, listen to me, let's talk about leaving the palace if you have anything to worry about. The palace endures for a while, and the sea and the sky will be brighter when you leave the palace..."

Gu Su has seen him cry, seen him angry, seen him playful, but never seen him nervous, it was very interesting, leaned over and kissed him on the forehead, said: "Okay, uncle knows , go back to the Four Seas Casino to find you."

"Ah..." Ye Jianqing seemed to be pinched by the neck of a duck, and also seemed to have been acupunctured.His dull gaze passed over Gu Su, and he saw Xiao Lanshan in the yard covering his eyes with his hands, turning his head to the other side, muttering: "I didn't see, I didn't see, I'm blind, I'm blind... "

Three days later, in the early morning, a light palace carriage came to pick up Gu Su.

After Ye Jianqing saw this scene on the wall, his heart was agitated and his eyelids twitched all day long.After staying for a few days, he couldn't hold back any longer and went to Prince Duan's mansion to find out the news.

It wasn't the first time he came to Duanwang's mansion, but the last time he was carried out from the imperial prison, his whole body hurt, and he didn't take a good look at it.This time, before I came to the front, I saw Danying Zhuhu, golden nails on the door, colorful clouds and dragons painted on the tiles, and a dragon's head on the eaves.

He went to the door, walked through it again, then turned back and walked through it again.Turning around several times over and over again, I just couldn't muster the courage to go forward.At this moment, the corner door next to it creaked open, and two people came out from inside, one of them was Dali Temple Shaoqing Zuo Fengmian.The two of them met each other unexpectedly, they were both stunned and speechless, but a steward of the palace who saw off the guests had sharp eyes and sharp tongue, said: "Young Master Ye, long time no see. Is this here to look for the prince?"

Ye Jianqing nodded in embarrassment, before the steward had time to speak, Zuo Fengmian said first, "Your Highness is not in the mansion, but he is in the palace now. Mr. Ye, why not go into the mansion and wait." Ye Jianqing bowed to him : "Then I won't bother you, please leave." He had a ghost in his heart, and he walked faster and faster, and finally fled the place as quickly as he walked and ran.

Zuo Fengmian stared at his back, and involuntarily narrowed his eyes.

In the evening, Pei Zhaoye came to Tianshui Lane and asked Ye Jianqing why he came to see him in the afternoon.Ye Jianqing casually found a reason.Sure enough, Pei Zhaoye said: "There are a lot of things these few days, I'm afraid I won't come here often, the queen mother in the palace is in good health."

Ye Jianqing settled down in her heart, and said with joy in her voice: "This is really a gratifying thing. Why did things suddenly turn around again? Did you change the imperial doctor?"

Pei Zhaoye shook his head and said: "The imperial doctor didn't change, but I heard that he changed the prescription. Anyway, it worked. In the past, the mother and the queen couldn't even eat a bowl of rice a day, but they have recovered a lot in the past three or four days. After eating, you can drink the soup, and your complexion is much better."

"Great!" Ye Jianqing beat her chest and stamped her feet.He thought to himself, it seems that the uncle still has two brushes, so he has been worrying for nothing for the past few days!However, Pei Zhaoye made a mistake, grabbed his wrists, and said a little moved: "Is Jianqing so worried about my situation? The queen mother is indeed a safe barrier for me. But if someone wants to use this to make trouble, I will Will never show weakness."

Ye Jianqing faced his sincere face, but the face of another person appeared in his mind, and he kept thinking: If there is trouble, we must wait until the uncle is fished out. !

Besides, in the early morning of that day, after Gu Su entered the palace, there were people accompanying him to monitor him all the way.When they got to the gate of the palace, they had to search their bodies and bags.He frowned and let others touch him from head to toe. The guard found a pack of gold needles and a pack of sorted pills from his sleeve, and held them up in front of him aggressively, "What are you doing with this? Confiscate them all!"

Gu Su looked at the palace supervisor who was accompanying him, and said, "You guys have to take this away, I'll go straight home." The palace supervisor had probably been given detailed instructions when he came, so he put it away first. The guard at the gate pulled aside and muttered a few words, but Gu Su pretended not to hear.After a while, the palace supervisor surnamed Huang came back again, a little embarrassed: "Sir, golden needles are actually available in the hospital, so it doesn't matter if you bring them in or not. If there are prescriptions for the pills, you can also go to the palace to find them." match."

Gu Su thought for a while, and said, "You don't need the golden needles. You must bring the pills with you. This is my ancestral secret recipe. It took a few years to gather the medicines. It can’t be done. If Mr. Huang is worried, he can put it with you and take it out when you need it.”

This hurdle has finally been accommodated.

After Huang Gongjian brought him into the palace, he repeatedly told him the rules of the palace along the way, where he could go and where he couldn't go, what he should see and what he shouldn't see.Gu Su was very annoyed when he heard him yelling all the way, and he regretted so much, he really shouldn't have agreed to this ghostly errand!

All the way to the Queen's Fengyi Palace without any danger.There have been some palace maids and some imperial doctors from the imperial hospital standing outside, waiting for him, the Mongolian doctor.Once the several old men with white beard and hair saw clearly that it was a young boy with a face so tender that water could be squeezed out and a hairless mouth, they all curled their lips in unison.

Huang Gongjian brought Gu Su here, and when the mission was completed, he left in due course.Gu Su stood on the steps with his arms folded, watching coldly.Out of the three imperial physicians, a younger one came out, coughed, cleared his throat and said, "Little gentleman, why don't you go to the side hall to see your mother's past pulse records and regular prescriptions, and then tell me what you think? "

Gu Su said coldly: "I'm sorry! Someone Gu goes to the doctor. He sees the person first and then the doctor. He can't miss anything. I can't see the golden face of the empress, so I don't have any ideas."

"Bold!" Another imperial physician said with a sharp voice: "Your Majesty's bedroom can be entered by a white man like you?"

Gu Su turned his head to leave.There are a few elderly nannies in the Queen's Palace, all of whom are Qi family's confidantes. Because they hate these imperial doctors who can't cure their master's illness all day long, the Xinglin masters invited from the people in previous years were oppressed by these old people I couldn't lift my head up, I couldn't see it for a long time, so I hurried over to persuade him.

When they were helping Gu Su to mediate, he stood on the jade steps admiring the scenery of the inner courtyard of the palace.The palace of Fengyi Palace is already a little dilapidated, and the gold leaf has also fallen off where the gold was pasted on the beams.The garden in front of the palace is sparsely planted, probably because the owner has been sick all year round and cannot go out, and no one has the leisure to tidy them up.In the middle of the courtyard are two luxuriant osmanthus trees, the branches and leaves hug each other, and the clouds cover the sun. "The beauty of things is the osmanthus of ostentation." The imperial palace in Ganjing was built by Bai Yansheng, Emperor Xuanwu of the Dacheng Dynasty. The earliest owner of this Fengyi Palace was Emperor Xuanwu's empress Xie.Looking at the years, this osmanthus tree is probably planted by Empress Xie herself.

Shuanggui was in court, and thinking of the golden autumn season in the near future, when people walk in the sky and the palace is full of fragrance, Gu Su suddenly felt that the sky in Fengyi Palace was not so gloomy and gloomy.

The main hall is decorated with tassel tents, Jinbo Mountain, and screens painted with dragon and phoenix and vermilion lacquer.When Gu Su walked into this ancient palace, he was almost overwhelmed by the medicine that filled the palace.He frowned deeply, looked around, and asked, "Why don't you open the window to let in the sunshine?"

The Imperial Physician Ling Yanao said: "The empress is afraid of light. When she sees the light, she can't sleep well and has nightmares every night. It's long summer now, and the heat is coming when the windows are opened. The empress's lungs are dry and hot, so it is not suitable to see the light. Breathe."

The maids lifted the curtains, Gu Su walked into the inner room, and several people were busy setting up the screen.A maid came from behind the screen and handed Gu Su a piece of red silk thread. "What is this for?"

"Diagnosing the pulse with a silk thread" the imperial physician Ling raised the corners of his eyes, gloating and said, "Have you never seen Mr. Xiao before?"

Gu Su smiled coldly, walked around the screen, and walked straight to the queen's phoenix bed.A group of people in the room turned pale with fright, before they could stop him, they hurriedly chased after his footsteps.He walked to the bed, and the complicated crimson mausoleum tent had been hung up, the jade beaded curtain was rolled up, the golden hook and the emerald mantle hung, and a pale and thin woman lay in the pile of brocade embroidery.The black hair was scattered, making her face look like gold paper, and her cheeks were flushed abnormally.

"I can't see the patient clearly, go and open the windows and doors." He gave an order, and everyone in the Queen's Palace got busy.The three imperial doctors crossed their hands beside him, waiting for him to make a fool of himself.The queen had been in a coma for four or five days, and when she woke up occasionally, she only drank half a bowl of medicine, ate a few mouthfuls of porridge, and fell into a deep sleep again.

Gu Su lifted her eyelids, looked at the whites of her eyes, then at her throat with coating on her tongue, stretched out her hand to check her pulse, then turned around and said, "Please bring the golden needles for acupuncture points and the pills I carry with you." Huang Gongjian It has been explained before that someone has already offered golden needles and pills.At this time, another imperial doctor asked: "Wait! What kind of recipe is your pill made from? How can you give it to your empress? If the acupuncture technique is not accurate, what should I do?"

Gu Su picked up a needle from the needle pouch held by the lady-in-waiting, pointed to a lady on the palace gauze screen more than a dozen steps away, and said: "Everyone, you can clearly see the second needle on the golden step rocker on the girl's head." Is there a bead?" He raised his hand lightly, and the gold needle flew over.The three imperial physicians gathered around to have a look, the bead was not the size of a mung bean, it was so far apart, and the room was dark, yet the golden needle was stuck on it accurately.

Even if some people are dissatisfied, they dare not reveal too much.Gu Su'an stabbed the queen steadily, pressed her own elixir under her tongue, and secretly adjusted her meridians with internal force.After a meal, he looked at the hourglass, took a sip of water, and began to inject the queen.When he got the third needle at Baihui Point, the end of the needle was hollow, and some blood came out, and he put it back in the sleeve calmly.A few more injections were given, the body of the subordinate trembled slightly, continuous coughing sounded, and the maids exclaimed: "The empress has woken up, it's amazing!"

The imperial physician sitting outside drinking tea was dumbfounded, and rushed into the inner hall regardless of his appearance and etiquette.

Gu Su didn't expect the queen to wake up at this moment, he didn't know what to say for a while, he collected all the golden needles and was about to leave, but the sleeve was pulled by the person on the bed, the woman gasped: "You...you... Who is it?"

There is a small pond in the northeast corner of Fengyi Palace, and a water pavilion is built on the pond, and two people stand beside the white jade railing.One is Gu Tingrang, the admiral of the [-]th Regiment Battalion in the capital, and the other is Pei Zhan, the current Ninth Five-Year Taiping Emperor.The two stood by the pool for a long time, only to see a warden running out of the queen's palace, came over and kowtowed, beamingly said: "Your Majesty, great joy, the empress has woken up."

Pei Zhan breathed a sigh of relief, turned to look at Gu Tingrang, and said happily: "You did a good job on this job, and you will be rewarded later." Gu Tingrang quickly knelt down to thank him.Pei Zhan asked the palace supervisor: "Did the gentleman say anything else? When will the Queen's illness be cured?" The palace supervisor replied: "The gentleman surnamed Gu said that he will continue to perform acupuncture for seven days. After three days, the queen can eat, and on the seventh day, she can definitely get out of bed and walk around."

This, this, is nothing less than great news!Pei Zhan was so overjoyed that he couldn't speak well.He repeatedly ordered rich rewards from clothing, playthings to precious medicinal materials to the barefoot doctor. When he looked down and saw Gu Tingrang was still kneeling, he quickly pulled him up and said, "Tingrang, don't worry. It's worth your time last year." Rolling around in the mountain nest in winter, please invite this extraterrestrial expert for me!"

Gu Tingrang could not help being humble, but he was also greatly relieved.At this moment, a man in brocade clothes turned out from the palace not far away, and he looked towards the water pavilion where the two were.Pei Zhan's eyesight was not bad, but suddenly his whole body trembled, and he asked Gu Tingrang with trembling voice: "Is this man really 40 years old? Why does he look younger than the prince?"

Gu Tingrang's heart moved, and he lowered his eyebrows and replied: "People outside the world, absorb the wind and drink the dew, stay away from the hustle and bustle, and have their own way of health preservation."

Pei Zhan was full of disbelief, twirling his slender beard, squinting to see what the worldly expert opened his mouth to say to the people in the queen's palace.He turned his head and saw that Gu Tingrang was also staring at that person, so he asked curiously, "What did he say?"

Gu Tingrang's expression was slightly strange, and he replied: "He said, the sweet-scented osmanthus in the garden is pretty good. Osmanthus grows osmanthus, and tung grows tung."

Suddenly, a gust of old blood rushed to Pei Zhan's throat, his vision was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything, only heard Gu Tingrang's terrified voice beside him: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you, call the imperial doctor, call the imperial doctor!"

After all, Gu Tingrang was born in martial arts. He didn't know that there was another word before this sentence, which was connected together: people are different, the kind of kindness makes sages, and the kind of idiots makes madness.Osmanthus begets osmanthus, and tung tree begets tung.

The author has something to say: The next chapter will step into the Golden Steps of the White Jade Hall