Late at night on April 17, Emperor Tongzhi suddenly developed a high fever and kept talking nonsense in his sleep. Queen Alute was so frightened that she didn't know how to deal with it.
At around three o'clock in the morning, the two queen mothers, Ci'an and Cixi, all rushed to Yudetang. They were frightened to death when they saw the little emperor. Cixi had never liked this daughter-in-law, so she slapped Arut in the face. .
"Is this how you take care of His Majesty? What use do you do to me, you cheap maid?" Cixi cursed fiercely.
Arut never expected that she would be beaten and subconsciously said, "Mother... the child was also brought in from the Qing Dynasty Gate. Please give the child some dignity!"
"You..." Cixi was speechless by this sentence, and raised her hand to hit again. At this time, Ci'an, who was sitting next to Emperor Tongzhi, was furious, "That's enough! When is this? Your Majesty has a fever, what does it matter to your wife?" ? If you want to spread evil fire, throw it at the Japanese army!"
Cixi had no choice but to press down her raised hand again. His eyes were vicious as if he wanted to eat his daughter-in-law alive.
"Physician Wang... what did you say? What happened to His Majesty?" Ci'an asked the physician who was kneeling on the ground to diagnose his pulse.
"Returning to the words of the Queen Mother Lafayette... Your Majesty is suffering from cold and overwork. The cold air has penetrated into the bone marrow and forced out the yang energy in the body, which is why you have symptoms of fever..."
"The Ai family doesn't want you to memorize medical books, but what they want is for you to treat your illness quickly..."
"Yes, yes... I will prescribe more medicine now..."
"Asshole, Your Majesty is so sleepy that he can't even wake up. How can you add more medicine to the soup? Is there no other way?"
The imperial doctor was actually at his wits' end. He had just used acupuncture and applied cold towels, but the fever still didn't go away and His Majesty was still unconscious.
"How about... how about we try a Western method... wipe it with alcohol..."
"Hmph! You loser... Er Mao, go to the embassy area immediately and ask for the foreign doctor!" In fact, without Ci'an's instructions, Er Mao had already gone to fight the French people.
After a while, a military doctor was sent from the Chinese Embassy. When he saw Emperor Tongzhi's condition, he asked him to give first aid without saying a word!
He wiped his body with high-quality alcohol and infused glucose water to replenish his strength. It was a pity that there was no penicillin in this era, otherwise the little emperor would have to use it.
The Queen Mother of the two palaces saw the needle trying to pierce the blood vessel on the back of the little emperor's hand. She wanted to stop it at that time, but Er Mao stopped the Queen Mother and said, "Queen Mother... This is not dangerous. This is the most common first aid method among the Chinese!"
"There are blood transfusions on the battlefield, and infusions for diseases...it contains glucose water to replenish Your Majesty's physical strength and prevent...prevent dehydration!"
"Alcohol wiping will lower the body temperature. I believe it won't take a few hours for His Majesty to wake up... Only by then can we take medicine to cure it completely!"
Several Chinese military doctors also said, "In the Chinese community, even the head of state's family members treat illnesses this way. Infusion therapy is very safe and there won't be any accidents!"
Seeing the little emperor who kept talking nonsense, the Queen Mother had no choice but to shut up!
"You chief eunuchs, please listen carefully. Your Majesty's fever and coma are not allowed to be publicized to the outside world. If outsiders find out, be careful!"
"These Chinese military doctors should stay in the palace for the time being. Your Majesty is not allowed to go out!"
"Before dawn, if Your Majesty wakes up and can see the ministers, everything will be fine for us! This is just a little cold... If His Majesty is still unconscious when he arrives at the morning meeting..."
"Huangtian Bodhisattva! How come the rumors are flying all over the sky if you don't know what the capital master is!"
Everyone knew how powerful it was, so they all raised their spirits carefully and didn't even dare to make a sound, for fear of offending the Queen Mother and dragging her out and beating her to death!
As time passed by, the Queen Mothers of the two palaces and Arut were sitting on the edge of the bed, watching the Chinese military doctors perform first aid step by step. They could count the drops of liquid in the infusion bottle.
Outside were the eunuchs and palace maids kneeling and waiting to be served. Their knees were numb and they didn’t dare to move!
But no one can bear to kneel down for several hours. A young palace maid couldn't bear the pain and moved her knees a little. As a result, her knees were bleeding, so her body tilted to one side and her head hit the door frame with a bang.
"Who! Damn beast... drag him out and beat him to death!" Cixi was like a tiger ready to eat people.
The little palace maid was so frightened that she didn't even know how to beg for mercy. She let the two eunuchs drag her out. At this time, Arut said, "Mother... Your Majesty is still unconscious. If you don't harm other people's lives, it's considered a release." Let’s accumulate blessings for Your Majesty! After all, human life is more important than heaven..."
"The Ai family doesn't care whether he lives or not... If my son does anything good, what does it have to do with me if everyone in the world is dead?"
Cixi's hair on her temples was a little loose, and she looked as ferocious as a crazy woman!
Ci'an closed his eyes and rested his forehead with his hands, "Okay sister... let's calm down your anger! It's enough for me to pull him down and give him twenty slaps for making a mistake..."
"Letting her live is a way of doing something good for His Majesty..."
"Okay, okay... You are so determined to be good people that you don't care about His Majesty's safety? Just stay here... I'll kneel down and pray in the Buddhist hall... wuwuwu!" After saying this, Cixi started to cry.
But at this moment, Zai Chun, who was suddenly unconscious, moved the corner of his mouth, "Water... water..."
"Wake up... Your Majesty, wake up... Amitabha! Wake up..."
At 5:30 in the morning, Emperor Tongzhi, who had been unconscious in the middle of the night, finally recovered from his high fever and opened his eyes under the rescue of Chinese military doctors.
"Hahaha...rewards...there are many rewards...give them all the box of golden melon seeds in the Ai family's house..." Cixi was so impressed now that a box of golden melon seeds weighed several kilograms, and she rewarded them all. To the medics and nurses.
The doctor who had been busy all night wiped his sweat and said, "The fever has gone away temporarily, but the disease is not cured yet. It's just passed the critical period... I still need to recuperate later. It would be great if our Dr. Huang Xi was here. His medical skills are comparable." We are much better..."
As soon as Dr. Huang was mentioned, everyone stopped talking, and Cixi's face darkened again. She knew very well that Dr. Huang would never treat the court again in this life, because the previous conflict was too big.
"You should go down and rest first. When His Majesty's condition becomes worse, I will call you again..."
The Chinese group packed up their medical supplies and exited Yudetang. The young eunuch led them to rest in an empty room in the House of Internal Affairs next door.
When there was no one along the way, the military doctor secretly underestimated the people around him, "Something's wrong! Emperor Tongzhi... doesn't seem to have a cold?"
"I can't tell what the situation is... let's observe it for a while!"
After these doctors were arranged, Zai Chun could already drink some decoction. Looking at the tape on the back of his hand, he knew that it was Chinese Western medicine that saved him.
"Ahem, cough, cough...convening a meeting with the Military Aircraft Department...I must hold on, I absolutely cannot fail at this time!"
