Lu Qingtang took the chopsticks with one hand, opened the Queen Mother's mouth with the other, let her bite the chopsticks, and then used a towel to clean the foam from the corners of her mouth. He then turned her sideways to let the vomit flow out from the corners of her mouth to prevent her from choking her respiratory tract.
Soon, the Queen Mother stopped twitching and passed out. Lu Qingtang dismissed the palace people in the room so that the Queen Mother could be quiet.
She stood aside, quietly waiting for the Queen Mother to wake up.
For the first time, she felt the powerlessness of having space. No matter how good the medicine is, no matter how powerful the medical skills are, it cannot change the torture caused by the disease.
Alzheimer's disease has caused epilepsy, which is a symptom of moderate dementia. Her death is one step closer, but Lu Qingtang is powerless.
She could only watch the Queen Mother being tortured bit by bit until she died.
After a while, the Queen Mother woke up, nestled in the quilt and cried softly. She was conscious when she had the epileptic seizure. She was shaking uncontrollably in front of everyone. She felt ashamed.
Lu Qingtang gently stroked her back, and suddenly felt a little sad in his mind.
She had an idea, but she felt that the Queen Mother should not be awake at this time, and she should be in a daze. This way, she won't feel ashamed of how miserable she looks when she's having epilepsy.
Alzheimer's disease not only tortures the elderly physically, but also psychologically.
They were obviously in pain and were confused day and night, but sometimes they were sober. They knew what they did was embarrassing, but they just couldn't control themselves.
The Queen Mother was tired of crying and fell asleep again. Mo Zeshen was watching over her at night. He didn't close his eyes for almost the whole night, and his eyes were swollen the next day.
Lu Qingtang knew that he had cried. He, a grown man, cried in front of his grandmother, but he couldn't let anyone know, so Lu Qingtang didn't say anything. She prepared ice cubes for his eyes and eye drops so that he would not be discovered when he walked out of Longqing Palace.
Mo Zeshen lay in Lu Qingtang's arms, resting his head on her lap and letting Lu Qingtang put eye drops on him.
"Okay, get up." Lu Qingtang said, putting the eye drops in the cabinet aside.
However, Mo Zeshen still maintained his previous actions. I don't know if it was because of the eye drops or because his eyes were swollen, but he was so affectionate.
He looked at her and said softly: "You have worked hard during this period. When Grandma Huang... waits for her to recover, I will take you out to relax."
He was choked up as he spoke, probably knowing that the Queen Mother's time was running out.
Lu Qingtang nodded and reached out to touch his face, "Okay, you said you wanted to take me to the Medical Gods Conference, so you won't be able to default on your debt then."
"Of course I don't know how. I will do what I say." Mo Zeshen said, putting his arms around her neck, raising his head and kissing her.
Lu Qingtang touched the spot he kissed with his hand and said with a smile: "Go to the Yamen quickly. It's not good to be late."
Mo Zeshen then sat up, turned around and put on his shoes and said, "Don't be too tired. Don't do it yourself if you can control the palace people. I see that you have lost weight recently. If you want to eat, go to the imperial kitchen to get it." , don’t wrong yourself.”
"I know, you are really long-winded." Lu Qingtang said, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, feeling warm in his heart.
After hearing this, Mo Zeshen immediately turned to look at her, "Hey, you dislike me? Then I'll leave?"
Lu Qingtang rolled her eyes at him and looked at him with curved lips, "Let's go quickly!"
"You will regret it!" Mo Zeshen pretended to be angry, turned around and walked out of the side hall.
Looking at his tired figure, Lu Qingtang also felt distressed. He had been tired recently and had to find ways to comfort himself.
He was under pressure both physically and mentally, and he didn't know how many people were targeting him in the court. There were some things that he could not tell him, so Lu Qingtang stopped talking.
Two or three months passed, and the weather began to turn cold. At this time, the Queen Mother could no longer speak.
She stayed in bed all day, looking up at the embroidery on the curtains, fascinated. Just like a newborn baby, if you give it something to eat, it will eat it; if you give it something to drink, it will drink it. I don’t know whether I’m hungry or cold, I don’t know whether it’s warm or cold, and I don’t know what I’m doing.
She would defecate on the bed, could not laugh or cry, and looked dozens of years older than she had been two or three months ago.
But occasionally, when Mo Bao and Mo Mo came to her bedroom to see her, she would turn to look at them. He babbled some words that others couldn't understand, and even laughed.
Whenever Lu Qingtang saw the Queen Mother smiling, she felt that her hard work was not in vain. At least she was still conscious and knew what happiness was.
The high fever she had some time ago caused her lungs to become infected, so apart from being in a daze, she spent the rest of the time coughing.
Fortunately, Lu Qingtang had space, so that the Queen Mother's condition could improve, at least she would not be harmed by pneumonia.
She ordered the maids to clean the Queen Mother and change her diapers three times a day. She was afraid that the Queen Mother would be abused, so she ordered someone to supervise these maids.
"Come, Queen Mother, let's have another bite, shall we?" Mammy fed the Queen Mother with a smile on her face.
The Queen Mother seemed to be full and refused to eat any more. Suddenly the corners of her mouth raised and she smiled very happily.
Grandma turned around and found that it was Lu Qingtang holding Mo Yue in his arms, accompanied by two little guys, Mo Mo and Mo Bao.
She quickly put down the bowl to salute Lu Qingtang, but Su Mu immediately stepped forward to stop her. Lu Qingtang smiled again, "Mommy, please feed the Queen Mother quickly. We are here to see the Queen Mother."
She said and walked forward with Mo Yue in her arms, but saw that there was not much left in the bowl.
Mammy picked up the rice bowl, scooped another spoonful of rice and handed it to the Queen Mother's mouth, but the Queen Mother turned her head away. She was saying words that others couldn't understand, as if she wanted to express something.
Lu Qingtang winked at Mo Bao, and the little guy immediately picked up a stool and put it in front of the bed. He stood on the stool with one hand holding the bed, and then said to the Queen Mother: "Tainai, your stomach doesn't hurt after eating!"
His milky words made everyone in the room laugh, including the Queen Mother, who immediately nodded her head. Seeing this, the nanny took the opportunity to feed the Queen Mother all the rice in the bowl.
After eating, the two babies began to talk and dance around the Queen Mother, making the Queen Mother clap again and again.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Lu Qingtang urged the baby to stop making trouble so that the Queen Mother could rest for a while. Grandma also began to coax the Queen Mother to take a nap. The Queen Mother lay down obediently. She looked at the two babies, and the corners of her eyes suddenly became moist.
She murmured, "Qi'er, my Qi'er."
With that said, she fell asleep.
Who is Qi'er?
Lu Qingtang couldn't help but look at the nanny beside him. The nanny put down the curtain and followed her out of the dormitory.
