A stream of cold unknown liquid, filtered by the silk handkerchief, was poured into Xiang Zhongqian's thirsty mouth almost every drop. Because he had no time to adjust his swallowing, part of it choked in his lungs. , causing him to cough violently, and his entire upper body bounced up involuntarily, knocking the square silk handkerchief to the ground.
"Cough cough cough..."
This string of strong coughs could be heard outside the door. Mrs. Xiang couldn't bear it. She pushed open the door and rushed in first. She quickly ran to Xiang Zhong's bedside and helped her son, who was holding his chest and coughing. Patting his back gently, tears of distress burst out. He suppressed his anger and asked in a low voice: "Sister! What are you eating for me?"
"Nothing, it's the acrid nectar that has the effect of removing fire and detoxifying. It's a treasure of my family. I don't want to use it on weekdays. Today I specially came to treat it. My sister, don't worry, take a rest and have a good sleep. Listen. You can have a good time in just one day! If you don’t believe it, I will give you food at home!”
After saying that, Mrs. Xiang took off her mask and crown, raised the small gourd medicine bottle in her hand high, and in front of little Mrs. Xiang, drank the last few drops of the medicine and shook it vigorously, and then held it up like this. He shook the empty gourd bottle at the young lady twice, smiled slightly, stretched out his arms, turned around in a circle, showing a "harmless" look, and then walked to the bed and put the bottle in his hand. Picking up the silk handkerchief that fell on the ground, he carefully wrapped the small gourd bottle, along with the mask and crown, and put it back into the secret pocket of his arms. He adjusted his sleeves and made a Look dignified and polite to Madam.
"I hope it's as you said!"
Mrs. Xiang tried her best to suppress her emotions and slowly said these six words one by one. Everyone could hear that this was actually a hypothetical sentence, with the second half omitted: "If this were not the case, you !Wait! Wait!”
Xiang Zhong felt the most miserable at this time. The medicine he had just taken seemed to have the function of making people lose their voices. He felt that he could not use the muscles on his tongue at all and could not speak. Although he was very anxious, he still couldn't speak. I feel a little bit lucky: I can be sure that the medicine has not damaged my brain, and at least I can think normally without losing my mind.
"As long as it doesn't damage my brain, there will always be a way. I'll just endure it and recuperate before thinking about anything else."
Xiang Zhong was doing some ideological work for himself secretly, not wanting Mrs. Xiang to notice anything strange about him, and fearing that she would be too worried, so he cheered up, smiled at his mother and nodded, indicating that it was okay, and then his eyelids trembled, as if he was about to fall asleep. , of course Little Madam Xiang could understand this, she quickly held his head and gently laid it flat, then helped him arrange the pillows and quilt again, and tucked his arms back into the quilt to ensure that he would not get cold.
Seeing Xiang Zhong fall asleep again, Mrs. Xiang felt a little relieved.
"Open the window! The smoke in here will kill someone!"
The servants followed Madam Xiang's instructions, opened the windows for ventilation, and swept and cleaned all the floors in the house. Finally, all the traces left by Madam Xiang's rituals were removed one by one.
"Alas! I don't know why, but this fragrance can obviously cure diseases. It is only good for him, but the effect of Yijia is much worse. I can't care about it! Yi'er, let's go back to the room!"
Mrs. Xiang rolled up her sleeves and went out, leaving behind this nagging, leading Xiang Yi and leaving first.
Xiang Zheng was originally named by Dr. Xiang to be left to take care of his younger brother. He just bowed his head and saluted, watched his mother and younger brother go away, and then returned to his post - he moved a small stool and guarded Xiang Zhong. side of the bed.
The crowd all dispersed one by one. Doctor Xiang personally supported Little Madam Xiang with one hand and held Ning'er with the other, fearing that she would become weak due to excessive worry. He comforted her all the way and coaxed her back to her room.
Xiang Zheng was very responsible. He stared at Xiang Zhong who was sleeping with his eyes tightly closed. He muttered to himself and kept blaming himself: "I had known that my brother was not in good health. It was the end of the year and it was raining and the road was difficult to walk. I should go with him so that I can take care of him along the way. Now that he is so ill, I am afraid that it will be difficult to complete the crowning ceremony that has been prepared for a long time! There is no reason in the first place, so he must rush and complete it with me. The crown ceremony was all due to Mr. Guan Ya's words that day, that the Xiang family should be "both civil and military". If the two brothers were together for the crown ceremony, the Xiang family would set an example among the disciples of various aristocratic families in the Song Dynasty, and it would become a good talk. Alas. ! Now that time is running out, I really don’t know if I can do what my mother said, just wait until the sun comes out!"
Although Xiang Zhong closed his eyes, the sound reception in his ears was not bad. He listened to all Xiang Zheng's heartfelt words. He couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. He was so moved that his eyes filled with tears, which couldn't be wrapped. A large droplet dropped from the corner of his eye. The tears quietly flowed down the face, all the way into the ears. When the hot tears reached this point, they cooled down into cold water droplets, and then filled up the small water pit formed horizontally on the ear, and then went down again, against the neck. , the coolness was finally absorbed by the silk fabric of the silk-cotton pillow on the back of my neck.
"Oh! Are you in pain? Why are you crying? You are also blaming my brother, isn't it? Don't cry, don't cry, it will hurt your body!"
When Xiang Zheng saw these two "streams", he felt even more distressed. He quickly took a hand towel from the hot water basin nearby and wrung it out, wiped Xiang Zhong carefully, and then used the back of one hand to test his forehead. Comparing the temperature with the temperature of his forehead again, it was confirmed that his high fever had gone down. Although it had not reached the same temperature as his, it was no longer the frighteningly hot temperature.
"The medicine given by Mr. Zhao Huai and my mother respectively seems to be useful!"
Whether it is useful or not, in fact, the person who has the most say is Xiang Zhong himself. Although he still maintains a reassuring "sleeping state" on the surface, he can feel that the medicine originally given to him by Mr. Zhao Huai made him escape. I was suffering from high fever, but my whole body was also affected by the side effects of the medicine. My muscles all over the body became weak and my aches continued. The smoke that Mrs. Xiang had just smoked, coupled with the bottle of "Nanxin Nectar" with unknown ingredients. ”, which has caused varying degrees of damage to his respiratory tract and esophagus. Sticky phlegm will continue to pour out, filling his mouth and nose, making him almost suffocated, and his vocal organs are all affected by these Suppressed by the phlegm, I couldn't make any sound.
"How much does she hate me? Is it necessary to take advantage of my illness to kill me at this time? How did I offend her? I really can't think of it. Alas! A woman's heart! It's really... incomprehensible !”
If you can’t say it out loud, just talk to yourself in your heart to keep your brain thinking normally!
Xiang Zhong tried hard to turn his body over to prevent breathing from becoming more difficult in the lying position due to the phlegm. He also tried hard to stick his head out of the edge of the bed, pointed at the basin placed under the head of the bed, coughed hard, and tried to clear it. Phlegm.
