Six palaces without concubines in the Red Chamber

0040 The Little Princess Gets Sick in Lijingxuan, Lin Daiyu Plays in the Little Garden

The atmosphere in Lijingxuan [1] was quiet, the maids and eunuchs were performing their duties, waiting outside the nanmu door carved with brocade, all of them lowered their eyebrows and looked pleasing to the eye, like frightened quails.

"Stand here dejectedly, good people call you bad luck. Get out of here! You will be upset when you see it!"

The emperor just walked to the door when he heard Concubine Shu swearing.Along with the scolding, there was also the sound of broken dishes.The emperor frowned and rubbed his fingers on the wrench.

Most of the time, the emperor pays attention to being stable and stable, and does not show his joys and sorrows.But the people who followed the emperor had this ability, they didn't even need to look at him, they could tell he was unhappy just by feeling.Li Shunxiang looked at him quietly, and immediately coughed as if he was choking.

Without waiting for the emperor to speak, he immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The slave will be punished with death."

The movement inside the nanmu door dissipated without a trace in an instant.Concubine Huang Shu personally came to open the door to welcome the emperor, her eyes were red, and she looked very pitiful: "Please be safe, Your Majesty."

The emperor was not in the mood to see how pitiful she was, so he waved her casually to wake her up, and walked in.Going around a green hanging screen of maple leaf vegetables and fruits, I saw the nanny sitting on a round stool, holding Princess Rongshou and rocking back and forth, and the imperial doctor was kneeling to ask for pulse, his face was normal, and he couldn't tell too much emotion.

"emperor……"

The imperial doctor and the nanny gestured to salute, but the emperor raised his hand to signal to stop: "Take care of the princess well."

He sat down at the east end of the kang by the large glass window. Concubine Shu washed her hands and served him tea with her own hands.He didn't care about drinking tea right now, he picked it up and put it back.

"What exactly is the disease?"

Concubine Shu heard the words, tears fell silently, she wiped her tears with a handkerchief, choked up and said: "I woke up in the morning and made zongzi together, and said that I wanted to ask my father to come and taste it. I didn't expect it to happen soon. It's not good, Tianjuan said it was cold in the quilt in June, and after a while, he was very hot, and urged people to take ice to say it was hot. It was not good to take ice, so I asked someone to cook Huoxiang Jieshu drink for her After eating, I vomited after eating half a cup. I passed out and couldn’t respond to any screams.”

The more she talked, the more miserable she became, and she couldn't stand up. She fell to her knees and cried, "What's wrong with Ruo Zhangjiao? What's the point of me being alive? Yue Xing takes my life, and she'll be free from illness and disaster."

The emperor sat sternly and did not speak, Concubine Shu's sorrow and joy were all written on her face, and her sadness was also on the tip of her tongue.This is her way of venting. If she can feel better this way, he will not care about the current rules.But he can't.He is the emperor, this little thing made him mess up, how can he control the ministers and workers in the court?So no matter how uncomfortable he was, he had to endure it, at least outsiders would see him as calm.

The imperial physician withdrew his hand, kowtowed to the emperor, and said in a low voice: "Return to the emperor, Hui Concubine Shu, Princess Rongshou is weak in nature, and in this hot summer, it is inevitable to suffer from heat stroke. The method of strengthening the foundation and nourishing the vitality is the method of nourishing yin and strengthening the body." Recipe, decoct two doses of warm, tonic and calming heat-dissipating prescriptions, eat them, adjust slowly, and you will recover on your own."

This is the bad thing about the imperial physician in the palace. You ask him seriously, but he drops your book bag with you.Except for the sentence about taking medicine, I couldn't understand half a word.For the sake of safety and security, most of the medicines prescribed are mild and nourishing.I'm afraid that the dose of medicine will be heavy, and it will be good or bad if I take it again.

But fortunately, useful information can also be extracted from these words. The imperial physician did not rush to prescribe the medicine, which showed that Princess Rongshou's life was safe, which is the most gratifying.

Concubine Shu also realized this meaning, although her heart calmed down a little, she was still restless and anxious.I took the baby from the nanny and hugged her in my arms, looking at her pale face, I felt my heart was broken.

"It's nothing serious, why don't you wake up?" Concubine Shu cried with her face close to hers: "Good boy, mother's heart will be crushed by you."

She carried the child to the emperor, her voice was hoarse, and it was really sad to hear: "Emperor, look at her, look at the daughter I gave birth to you. You are the son of heaven, and you are blessed by gods and Buddhas. Please also Hu Yi Hu Zhang Jiao... she is still so small..."

The emperor made her cry so upset that she felt sorry for her daughter, so she held back and didn't scold her.Seeing her babbling and crying endlessly, she said that others are unlucky, but now she doesn't mention her own size.

After all, it was the daughter who had been raised for three years. The emperor was worried about the only baby in the palace.Lunch was used at Lijingxuan, and I didn't buy much, so I put down my chopsticks after two casual bites.Li Shunxiang went back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to get the booklet. He sat by the glass window and watched while guarding Princess Rongshou.

When the sun was setting, the nurse's happy voice came out: "The princess is awake."

The emperor put down the booklet and immediately went inside. Princess Rongshou asked the nanny to hold her, curled up in her arms in a daze, her eyes were shining with water, but her eyes were not very lively, staring straight at the landing in front of the bed. Shade lamp trance.

Afraid of scaring the child, he tried his best to lower his voice and called, "Zhangjiao, what are you looking at?"

The emperor did not show up for three consecutive days, and Daiyu lived comfortably for a few days.If the emperor doesn't bother her, she will have leisure time.Seeing the lotus leaves blooming well in the Cining Garden, I really want to fold two pieces to play.

"There is a small boat there, which can accommodate two or three people. If the county lord likes it, he might as well ask a boat lady to puncture the boat. The county lord can fold lotus leaves and enjoy them while sitting, wouldn't it be good?"

Daiyu found it interesting after hearing this.After lunch and a nap, he got up, changed his clothes and went to the Garden of Compassion.Nothing happened in the afternoon, even the maids and eunuchs hid in the shade to rest.It was very quiet in the garden, there was no other sound except cicadas calling.

Daiyu was afraid of bugs, so when she heard cicadas screaming, she wanted to retreat: "Let's go back, it's not a joke to land on your body later, it's really scary to death."

"Don't worry, the county magistrate, there is insect repellent powder in the sachet, keep it safe and avoid you." Lan Ling urged her: "What's the point of seeing the world bored in the Qiuhong Palace? I've already walked to the lake. Wouldn't it disappoint the scenery to get on the boat and go for a walk?"

She pointed at Lan Ling, suddenly realized: "I said why do you need me to come? You wanted to come to play, but you are using my excuses, don't you?" Before Lan Ling could speak, half of his face was hidden behind the fan. Laughing: "If it's not for this, it's because of the money from the boat lady, that's why it's so hard."

She was teasing Lan Ling, it was all a joke.Lan Liu listened amusedly and couldn't help laughing out loud.

Seeing this, Daiyu was even more alarmed, and spread her hands towards Lanling: "You still don't want to share with us?"

Lan Ling asked, "What's the share?"

"Of course it's your profit." Raising a fan, he counted all the people who came to serve him, "This is called seeing a share."

Lan Ling also liked to joke, and with a sad face, he took out a copper coin from Kangxian Yongming[3] from his purse and gave it to her, sighing: "It's just such a Qian County Lord who still thinks about it, so I'm not lucky, I don't have a fortune. Now The money is in the hands of the county magistrate, if the rest of the people want to get a share, don't ask me, just ask the county magistrate for money."

Lan Liu posted it up to play tricks on her: "The county lord got the money, don't forget about us."

What is enough for one money?The emperor was also curious.

He came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and there have been many things happening recently.The court had to deal with the drought, and the inner court had to visit Princess Rongshou every day.I finally got the dream to go to Linxi Pavilion for a break, entered the Garden of Compassion, and was standing under the shade of plantains to enjoy the cool, when a group of people approached from a distance.The most eye-catching one is wearing a light blue skirt and a long tea-white gown, making her figure even more graceful and slender, looking like a bunch of green onions that can drip water.

Hiding in the shade of the plantain without making a sound, just listening to the gossip in the boudoir, I can feel as comfortable as eating an ice bowl in the dog days, and I can't hide the cozy smile on my lips.

He raised his ears and looked out vaguely from the shade.But seeing Daiyu holding up the coin and laughing, she said, "I went back and begged for a duck feather to make a jade swallow [3]. Whoever wins, I will naturally reward him."

Lan Liu became more obedient: "I don't want anything else, as long as the county lord makes me a sachet, I don't ask for anything."

It's just a sachet, you can get it when you have nothing to do, so Daiyu naturally obeys her.He responded with all his mouth, and suddenly remembered the sachet he had made the day before the Dragon Boat Festival.I was thinking of asking someone to send it out, but I haven't seen it in the past two days, so I almost forgot.After mentioning this, she remembered it.

"Lanling, I made a sachet with the pattern of 'Successful Peace' embroidered on a blue satin background a while ago, why haven't you seen it in the past two days, where did you keep it?"

Unexpectedly, Lan Ling was more puzzled than she was, and asked with a blank face: "Sachet? When did the county master make it?"

Lan Liu also said: "You didn't put it away? I haven't seen it since the day of Dragon Boat Festival, I just thought it was you who put it away."

Qiu Hongdian was the only two people who could seriously serve in the warm pavilion. Could it be that a sachet could disappear out of thin air?The people in Qiuhong Palace were all sent by the imperial court, or the empress dowager of Shoukang Palace called to serve them.They are all people who have seen the storm, and no one is blind enough to steal a sachet!

Lan Ling said: "After a while, I'll look for it when I go back, maybe it's somewhere in the corner."

Daiyu nodded, and deliberately explained: "Whether it's broken or what, we have to find it." If it's the other one, it's fine, this sachet was specially made for Lin Jue by her.The embroidery work of the girl's family is thrown out, and if people know about it and spread a few more rumors, it really doesn't count.

I can’t go on talking about this, and it’s not good to think about it elsewhere.Unable to hide any longer, the emperor came out from behind the plantain and stood in front of the plantain leaf without a sound.He was dressed in an azurite uniform, which was tall and elegant, making his face as white as suet jade, so handsome that he couldn't bear it.

Daiyu suddenly saw the emperor as soon as she raised her head, she just thought she was dreaming, and she could meet him even if she took a stroll in the garden.

She stood there in a daze and forgot to say hello, but the emperor was happy to see the result, and even faintly happy.But he didn't show it on the bright side, he raised his head and still kept his identity and face, but he couldn't help showing a sense of complacency when he spoke: "Is it so good-looking?"

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Lijingxuan [1]: the apse of Chuxiu Palace.

Prosperous Market [2]: reward money, red envelope.

Kangxian Yongming [3]: It is now on the copper coins of Emperor Kangxian's era.I made it up randomly, don't believe it if you don't have this copper coin.

Yuyan [3]: Shuttlecock.Copper coins are needed to make shuttlecocks.