Just after noon, it became cloudy again.
Youzhu came out of the back hall of Furong Palace holding a large feather satin cloak, and said with a smile: "I left this one behind when I was washing those big sweater clothes a few days ago!
I saw that the snow would not be very heavy today, so I took advantage of the situation and washed this one too.
Although the empress doesn’t wear it often, she has to wash it clean and leave it alone. "
Fur clothes cannot be soaked in water. The best way is to wash them with snow.
Therefore, every year when it snows, the palace people will hang out the master's woolen sweater clothes. After being soaked in snow, they will rub them repeatedly with the snow.
This not only removes stains and dust on it, but also has a certain insect-proof effect.
Xue Hengzhao was standing on the steps holding a piece of chestnut cake. He broke it into pieces and threw it on the ground to feed the foraging birds.
Hearing what Youzhu said, she went over and took the bamboo pole to support her clothes.
"I can do it myself, it's just this one thing anyway." Youzhu refused to let Xue Hengzhao help, "You can go on your own."
Xue Hengzhao didn't force anything, and no one in the palace ever bothered her to work.
Even the Concubine Fu didn't ask her for ordinary things.
As soon as Youzhu put on his clothes, a little palace maid came over in a hurry and said to Xue Hengzhao: "Sister Hengzhao, the empress asked you to come over quickly!"
"What's wrong?" Xue Hengzhao asked.
"It should be about the fifth prince's concubine," the little palace maid said, "I heard that she was going to give birth before dawn, but she hasn't been born yet."
Before Xue Hengzhao could say anything, Youzhu pulled her and hurried forward.
Concubine Fu looked anxious, and Wei Zhong and others were there, obviously discussing what to do.
"I can't leave the palace, so I can only send someone over," Concubine Fu said, "Nanny Qi, go! You are Lao Wu's nanny, and you were there to take care of me when I gave birth to him.
Let’s go to a young one, Heng Zhao Yatou. You can read and write, and you don’t panic when things happen. "
Nanny Qi and Xue Hengzhao both agreed below.
Concubine Fu said: "Wei Zhong, you go talk to Concubine Ying and Concubine Xian, and hurry up. Now that the Queen is ill, the affairs in the palace are under the control of these two people. They must have asked for instructions, don't let others find fault."
Wei Zhong also quickly agreed to go.
At this time, Danyue said: "Empress, I remember that the Empress has Purple Gold Baoning Pills, which are specially used to deal with difficult labor. I will go and ask for them now."
"Yes, yes, thank you for remembering that this medicine is only available from the Empress." Concubine Fu said, "Go ahead! But remember, don't panic. The Empress is currently unwell. , don’t disturb me.”
Danyue hurried away.
About a quarter of an hour later, Wei Zhong came back after asking for instructions and said, "Both empresses agreed, and they also said that they would send an imperial doctor to the Fifth Prince's Mansion."
"Okay," Concubine Fu said, "Aunt Qi, Heng Zhao, you two have finished cleaning up, right? When Dan Yue asks for it, you can leave the palace quickly."
After a while, Danyue ran back panting, wrapping a pill in a handkerchief: "Dujuan... sister Dujuan said, this medicine... you can only take one pill of this medicine.
Use warm water for diarrhea and use three slices of ginseng as medicine. "
Xue Hengzhao took the medicine from her hand.
Concubine Fu warned again: "Be careful when you get there. If both adults and children are safe, that would be the best.
If not, try to save Lan Ning's life.
You don’t have to wait for the doctor, go ahead! So that Lan Ning can take this medicine. "
So Xue Hengzhao and Grandma Qi left the palace, and the carriage from the Fifth Prince's Mansion was waiting outside the palace gate.
At this time, snow was already falling from the sky. The snow was coming so fiercely that in a short time, the ground was completely white.
The carriage rushed all the way back to the Fifth Prince's Mansion. Xue Hengzhao helped Nanny Qi go in. Someone had already come out from the second door to greet her.
At this time, the snow was so dense that it was hard to open one's eyes, and the wind was so strong that it turned the sky and the earth into chaos.
After finally entering the house, the servants brought a brazier and asked the two of them to warm themselves up.
Aunt Qi didn't care and said hurriedly: "We brought Zijin Baoning Pills from the palace, give them to the fifth prince and concubine quickly!"
With that said, he asked Xue Hengzhao to take out the medicine quickly.
Xue Hengzhao touched his body again and again and said, "Oh no, I don't know where the medicine fell."
"How...how could this be missing?!" Grandma Qi stamped her feet anxiously, "Look for it quickly! Look for it quickly!"
"Don't fall into the snow when you came in just now," the servant in the mansion said, "I'll have someone look for you right now."
"Let's look for him on the carriage too!" Xue Hengzhao said, "We were in such a hurry along the way, maybe we fell into the carriage."
Not mentioning the call for people to find medicine over there, Nanny Qi asked the person accompanying her: "How is the fifth prince's concubine doing now?"
"Oh! I don't have the energy to give birth anymore, and the baby hasn't even shown its head yet!" Accompanying them were two women from the house.
"We're almost warm now, let's go over and have a look!" said Aunt Qi, "Just go through it from here, right?"
"You two come with us." The two women led Xue Hengzhao and Nanny Qi to the backyard where the fifth princess gave birth.
Before he could enter the door, he saw the maid coming out with a basin of blood and pouring it backwards.
Afraid of Lan Ning's coldness, several carbon basins were placed in the room. The hot air mixed with the smell of blood made people feel uncomfortable.
But how can the people here care about this? They were all so busy.
When they arrived at the inner room, Xue Hengzhao and Nanny Qi came forward to say hello. They saw Lan Ning's face was pale, her hair was wet and stuck to her cheeks, and she looked indescribably embarrassed and weak.
Mrs. Lan's wife and grandma were both there, feeding Lan Ning soup and porridge.
"Having a baby is very exhausting, so it's right to eat something." Nanny Qi said, "Bring another pillow to raise the fifth princess's head. It's too tiring to hold on like this all the time.
Get some more plant ashes and spread more. This is a good thing and can prevent mothers from getting puerperal disease. "
"Hey, go quickly." Mrs. Lan's wife relaxed a little because someone came from the palace, and sent the people around her to do as Grandma Qi said.
"The palace will send an imperial doctor over soon," said Nanny Qi. "This is the princess's first child, so it will naturally be slower.
I think that when our mother-in-law gave birth to the fifth prince, she gave birth to him for a day and a night! "
"Aunt Qi, now that you are here, I am not so panicked." Madam Lan said, "We went to Dr. Sun's house to invite her, knowing that he would not be on duty today.
But their family members said that Dr. Sun accidentally fell down last night and dislocated his arm, making him unable to see a doctor.
So I sent someone to tell the empress, knowing that she would definitely find a solution in the palace. "
Besides, the palace sent Dr. Zhou to the fifth prince's house.
Because the snow was falling heavily, Doctor Zhou asked a young eunuch who knew the way to lead the horse. He lay on the horse's back and held the medicine box.
After leaving the palace, I walked down a street and was stopped by someone.
"May I ask who the imperial physician is? But are you going to the fifth prince's house?"
The young eunuch and Doctor Zhou both thought they were people sent by the Fifth Prince's Mansion to take care of him, so they hurriedly agreed.
But the man said: "Our master is just ahead, please take a step to speak."
(End of chapter)
