When Huigu arrived at Jiafu Hall, she recognized at a glance the Queen Mother Guo and Queen Mao who were present, except for a few young ladies. Under the guidance of the waiter, she saluted the Queen Mother, the Empress, and all the royal relatives one by one.
When Hui Gu bowed and saluted Princess Cao Ling of Dongxiang, she was keenly aware of the frosty indifference in her eyes.
When Queen Guo saw that the ceremony had been completed, she immediately spoke:
"Mrs. Xiahou, without further ado, please treat His Majesty immediately."
Hui Gu didn't say much, she just bowed respectfully, said yes, and took out the medicine box she carried with her. She first ordered the doctors in the palace to extinguish the soothing medicinal incense in the incense burner, then took out the soothing medicinal incense she carried, lit it and burned it.
Not long after, the sleeping emperor Cao Rui smelled a cold and fragrant fragrance, and immediately woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Empress Dowager Guo, Empress Mao, Guo Guifei and other concubines who were visiting beside the imperial couch, as well as his sister Cao Ling, Princess of Dongxiang.
In addition, he also noticed Li Huigu.
Of course Cao Rui recognized Li Huigu. A few years ago, less than four years after he ascended the throne, the empress dowager Wu Xuanbian was seriously ill. It was he who sent Xia Houxuan to Langyayan, Qingzhou to invite famous doctors, and then he invited Li Hui, Hua Tuo's disciple. Aunt.
Not only that, Xia Houxuan later refused his offer of marriage to Princess Dongxiang for Li Huigu. What a coincidence, my sister Cao Ling happened to be in the palace today. Cao Rui thought to himself, this is really not the end of enemies.
When Li Huigu saw that the emperor had woken up, she bowed down and bowed to the emperor:
"My maid, Li Huigu, comes to pay homage to Your Majesty."
After listening to Li Huigu's words, Cao Rui put away his misty thoughts, just nodded and said:
"No need to be polite, please ask Mrs. Changlinghou to give me acupuncture and medicine immediately."
Hearing this, Li Huigu nodded, stood up, and took out the needle bag from the medicine box. She saw that there were a total of 4728 gold needles of different sizes and lengths in the needle bag. This was Master Shishu's. Fan A learned the acupuncture technique from his master Hua Tuo and taught it to himself. This acupuncture technique is based on the number of the twenty-eight constellations, which can be divided into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter, Qinglong, Suzaku, Xuanwu and White Tiger. The changes in the four images are unique in their ingenuity.
Hui Gu first took out a golden needle that represented the "Xingri Horse" in the Southern Suzaku Qisu. After saying "I have trespassed", she used a clean and neat technique to pierce the golden needle into the emperor's "Daling Point". "On top of that, Huigu took out two more golden needles, the "Tail Fire Tiger" and the "Wing Fire Snake", and inserted them into Cao Rui's "Laogong Point" and "Waiguan Point" to remove the inner fire. above the big hole.
Cao Rui originally felt depressed and hot in his heart, but after being pricked by Huigu's three golden needles, he felt warm all over his body and a hint of coolness in his heart. It was really comfortable.
In this way, Huigu used the golden needles in her hand to apply the needles to the major points on Cao Rui's head and neck, arms, legs and feet one by one. Then she washed the golden needles in the gold basin that the medical officer had prepared long ago, and placed the needles one by one. He took it back into the needle bag.
At this moment, Cao Rui felt comfortable all over his body, and under the influence of the medicinal fragrance, he gradually fell into a deep sleep.
Huigu wrote another prescription and gave it to Queen Mao. She asked Queen Mao:
"I also ask Her Majesty the Queen to order the imperial physician to prepare medicine according to this recipe. Stew one medicine twice and divide the medicine into four parts. Your Majesty is ordered to take two doses of medicine every day. The remaining two medicines are ordered to be used by Your Majesty to wash your hair and face in the morning and evening. , then bathe your feet, and take this medicine for seven days. I believe your majesty should be fine again, but remember not to let your majesty feel happy or sad again, otherwise it may affect the efficacy of the medicine."
Queen Mao listened to Huigu's words and asked twice in detail before she nodded. She copied the medicine into two copies, one for the Queen Mother to keep and one for herself to keep. Then the imperial doctor came and ordered the imperial doctor to boil the medicine.
After giving the emperor acupuncture, Huigu felt very tired. Empress Dowager Guo knew that Huigu was pregnant with Liujia and was unstable, so she ordered the imperial doctor to check her pulse, and then asked Huigu to take a nap in her Yongshou Palace for a while. Only then did they arrange for a chamberlain to escort Huigu out of the palace and back to her home.
While Huigu was resting, Princess Cao Ling of Dongxiang was also accompanying Queen Mother Guo in the Yongshou Palace. She and Emperor Cao Rui were both born from the same mother as the late Queen Wen Zhaozhen, so she, like the emperor, always treated Queen Guo It's just superficial respect, but in fact there is no real feeling. Therefore, she came to Yongshou Palace today with other plans.
In fact, her purpose was none other than Huigu in the palace. Cao Ling was originally an innocent and kind-hearted girl when she was young, but after her mother died tragically, her temperament became much more surly. Later, she fell in love with her cousin Xia Houxuan, who became famous at a young age, but... But love cannot be achieved. Normally, when ordinary people encounter this, the worst thing they can do is find a lover, but Cao Ling's character is no longer as pure and kind as she was when she was a child. Therefore, when she saw Li Huigu today, she felt jealousy and nameless hatred in her heart. meaning.
Cao Ling has been very smart since she was a child, so naturally she has made clever arrangements for today's plan.
She remembered that Qiu Zhaoyi, the mother of her cousin Cao Lin, King of the East China Sea, who is now Princess Qiu, and a chief named Wang Yi in the Forbidden Army's Wuwei camp, had some close ties with each other, so Wang Yi often met Help Concubine Qiu with some things.
She remembered that in Xiahou Xuan's mansion back then, his father, Xiahou Boren's most beloved concubine, Bi Han, was forced to death by Wang Yi's leaders. She thought it was too tragic back then, but she doesn't think so today.
Yesterday afternoon, she just found out that Li Huigu was coming to the palace today to diagnose the emperor's brother. Originally, she had no deep hatred for Li Huigu, and she had no chance to vent her hatred.
But a few days ago, the palace happened to receive a dozen ferocious playful dogs as tribute. These playful dogs are a specialty of the Sushen Kingdom in the north. They are extremely ferocious when not tamed, but once tamed, they will become well-behaved and docile excellent dogs. hound.
A few days ago, those playful dogs had just been taken in by General Cao Shuang, and they were not yet tamed. Now these playful dogs are locked in the kennels south of the imperial city.
In addition, Cao Ling heard the news that Li Huigu was pregnant, and a terrible thought came into her mind.
She first went to visit Concubine Qiu, won over a small chamberlain beside Concubine Qiu, and obtained the copybooks that Concubine Qiu used to practice calligraphy. She picked some words from them, pieced them together into a letter, and sent The man was delivered to Wang Yi, who is now the centurion of the Wuwei Camp. Not only that, she also ordered the bribed little chamberlain to take leave and follow her all day the next day and obey her orders.
Concubine Qiu has long since lost power, so the leave of absence of a minor servant in her palace will not have much impact.
The letter to Wang Yi said that Concubine Qiu wanted to get a playful dog and would send a chamberlain who was good at dog training to pick up the dog from the palace road near the kennel in the imperial city this afternoon. Given the relationship between Wang Yi and Concubine Qiu's family, it is not a big deal to give a Xi dog as a gift. Although the Xi dog has not yet been tamed, the letter also stated that Concubine Qiu has a servant who is good at training dogs. I believe Wang Yi will give it to her by then. Will not refuse.
Cao Ling's plan was to have the little chamberlain rush to the kennel in advance when Huigu was on her way out of the palace. After he picked up the dog, he would wait on the only way out of the palace. Once he saw the When Li Huigu approached, she asked the waiter to let go of the untamed playful dog!
When she thought of Li Huigu's frightened face, Cao Ling couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in her heart.
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In the Changling Marquis Mansion, Xia Houxuan always felt a little uneasy today. He wanted to practice calligraphy to relieve his boredom, but today he couldn't even hold the pen firmly.
After Xiahou Xuan turned around, he finally decided to go to the foot of the imperial city and wait for Huigu in person at the Yunlong Gate in the inner city. He knew that Hui Gu must have left the palace and returned home through this door.
He had made up his mind, and immediately took Baique with him. He took two soldiers from Changling Marquis's Xuanjia Guards and galloped towards the Yunlong Gate outside the inner palace.
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"Mr. Changling, although my wife is fine, she was frightened and fell to the ground... The fetus in her belly may not be safe..."
"Why is this happening! What happened!?"
At this moment, Xia Houxuan, who heard the news outside the palace gate and rushed all the way to the Imperial Medical Office, felt very painful in his heart when he looked at his pale wife lying on the bed, pressing her belly.
In the Imperial Physician's Office, the eunuch standing next to him was bending over and shivering, and was responsible for escorting Gu Hui out of the palace, and said with trembling voice:
"Originally, everything was fine along the way, but for some reason...for some reason, when we arrived at the main road near Lingyuntai in the south of the imperial city, a dog jumped out of nowhere...it was supposed to be locked up in the canine There was a playing dog in the house called Shen Shen. The playing dog was tall and mighty. Mrs. Changlinghou suddenly saw this vicious dog and was greatly frightened. Therefore...therefore she may have had fetal motility. .....”
After Xia Houxuan heard this, he was furious. He said in a cold voice:
"Where is the hipster now?"
After hearing Xiahou Xuan's fierce and domineering questioning, the chamberlain subconsciously shuddered. He trembled like chaff and said:
"Right... not far outside the door, and that, and that... the little butler who accidentally got away from the playful dog..."
Before the servant finished speaking, Xia Houxuan flew out of the gate of the Imperial Medical Office like a gust of white wind.
In an instant, a short hissing sound was heard from outside the house, as well as the sound of falling to his knees with a thump. Immediately afterwards, the voice of the servant outside the house was heard crying and begging for mercy:
"Mr. Marquis of Changling...Mr. Marquis, I have realized my mistake. This...this, this is all what Princess Dongxiang ordered me to do. Princess Dongxiang is a relative of the emperor and the golden... ....The golden branches and jade leaves are too small to offend..."
Xia Houxuan looked coldly at the young chamberlain who was crying and hissing, put the precious sword stained with the blood of the playful dog on his neck, and asked coldly:
"How did you release the playful dogs in the palace?!"
The little waiter was sitting next to the decapitated corpse covered in blood. He was so frightened that he didn't dare to tell a lie. He continued like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube:
"It's Wu... Wuwei camp, centurion, king... Wang Yi's subordinate..."
As soon as Xia Houxuan heard the word "Wang Yi", the fierce light in his eyes suddenly became brighter. He held the precious sword in his hand tightly, rubbed it twice on the playful dog, wiped the blood on the sword clean, and sheathed the sword with a clunk. He continued to say coldly:
"Wait for me here. If you dare to move even half a step, be careful of my ruthless sword!"
After saying that, Xia Houxuan arrived at the Imperial Medical Office. He leaned down and grabbed Huigu's hands and said:
"Huigu, if anything happens, just tell the two Xuanjia guards here that your husband will come back as soon as he leaves. We will go home later!"
Hui Gu felt sad at the moment. She nodded with tears in her eyes and said in a trembling voice:
"Husband, be careful in everything, don't act on impulse..."
Xia Houxuan smiled warmly, nodded, then turned around and left the Imperial Medical Office. He picked up the little chamberlain with his left hand and walked towards the Imperial City Military Guard Camp.
