While the war in the Southern Expedition is progressing steadily, Han Emperor Liu Chengyou, who is far away in Tokyo, has been in a particularly bad mood recently, often with an angry look on his face, which is intimidating. The reason was that Empress Dowager Li was suffering from an illness, which was difficult to treat with medicine for a long time and could not be cured. This made Liu Chengyou worried and increasingly irritable.
"You guys are all known as the Saints of Xinglin. The Queen Mother has been ill for so long, why doesn't she get better and keeps getting worse?" Stepping into Ciming Hall, he turned to several imperial doctors with cold eyebrows and angrily said: "You still made a wrong diagnosis. , applying medicine indiscriminately!”
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty has a body of ten thousand gold. How dare I be careless? You should be more careful when using medicine, but..." An angry emperor is always frightening. The leader of the Imperial Medical Office was so frightened that he knelt down and explained in a trembling voice. road.
"Can you cure it? If you can't cure it, replace it with me! I tell you, if you can't cure the Queen Mother, I will kill you!" It was very rare for Liu Chengyou to directly threaten his ministers.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I'll discuss it later!" The imperial doctor was even more alarmed and said hurriedly.
"Official, my queen is calling you!" The female official in the palace came out of the inner hall and reported carefully.
After hearing the question, Liu Chengyou glanced at the doctor and walked away. The emperor's fierce power dissipated, and several imperial doctors breathed a sigh of relief, but then worry appeared again. One of them couldn't help but look at the old doctor with a gray beard: "Master Zhang, what should I do?"
The old doctor sighed and looked like he had a headache: "We have already diagnosed the Queen Mother's condition, and we are assuming that there will be no mistakes. Why is it not getting better with the medicine? After returning to the office, we will check the medical books and discuss it together! "
A doctor was left in the palace, and when everyone left the palace, one of the younger doctors couldn't help but said: "Are we too careful? The Queen Mother just has a common wind spasm?"
As soon as he said this, he immediately attracted attention, and then there was a dispute.
On Liu Chengyou's side, when he entered the inner hall, his face had changed, and his anger and irritability had all been restrained. In front of the couch, Empress Fu and the emperor's eldest son Liu Xu were both there, looking worried. Empress Dowager Li was lying on the couch, looking really bad.
Seeing Liu Chengyou, she waved to him, and Mrs. Li said to him: "How dare the imperial doctors not try their best? If the disease cannot be cured, you don't have to blame them harshly. This will hurt your reputation!"
Even though she was ill and ill, the Queen Mother's eyes and demeanor were still so gentle and kind, which made people feel at ease. Liu Chengyou shook his head and said, "I don't care so much! They can't cure my mother. If they don't put pressure on me, they can't do their best! My mother should take good care of her health and don't worry about anything else!"
Seeing this, Mrs. Li sighed. At this time, the waitress came in with a bowl of medicinal soup. Li said: "Since the medicine stone is useless, I won't drink it, and don't waste those rare medicinal materials!"
"You still have to take the medicine!" Liu Chengyou glanced at the bowl of medicine and said, "However, the imperial doctor has many people with mixed opinions, and the diagnosis of the disease may be wrong, so it is not easy to take it randomly!"
"Erlang!" Seeing that Liu Chengyou was always in a dangerous mood, Li couldn't help but struggle to hold her body up, and her tone was a little anxious.
Liu Chengyou quickly helped her lie down and comforted her: "Mom, if you are not feeling well, don't worry too much about talking. You should take a good rest. The disease will definitely be cured!"
"Hey! Now the Southern Expedition is urgent. You need to take care of the military affairs. Don't worry too much about the harem. Dafu and the others are taking care of Ciming Hall, so you can rest assured!" said Li.
Seeing the look in her eyes that seemed to drive him away, Liu Chengyou calmed down a little and nodded.
"Erlang, my empress has been in good health these years. She just got sick suddenly, so it will be fine!" Empress Fu personally escorted Liu Chengyou out of the palace. Seeing his gloomy face, she comforted him with a warm voice.
Liu Chengyou came back to his senses and turned to look at her. His elegant and graceful look was a bit tired. Since the Queen Mother fell ill, she has been staying in Ciming Hall and serving her in person. She was almost naked and looked like a model of filial daughter-in-law. .
"Thank you for your hard work!" Liu Chengyou raised his hand and gently stroked Fuhou's face.
"This is what a daughter-in-law should do!" Empress Fu responded calmly. Liu Chengyou couldn't see anything "utilitarian" in his expression.
"I'll leave it to you here! I'm going back to Chongzheng Hall first!" Taking a deep breath, Liu Chengyou turned around and left.
"Walk slowly!"
Standing behind, paying attention to Liu Chengyou who was slowly walking away with his hands behind his back, Da Fu's expression became more serious. In the past, when the Queen Mother was healthy, she didn't have too deep feelings. Now that she suddenly fell ill, some thoughts and ideas emerged uncontrollably.
Although Li Shi was less responsible for palace affairs, as long as she was here, she would always be the number one person in the harem, and the emperor would have to serve her well. The Queen Mother is also the biggest supporter of the emperor's eldest son Liu Xu.
If the Queen Mother is gone...
Of course, these are just some distracting thoughts. Those who should be served must still be served, and we must sincerely hope that the Queen Mother can recover from her illness as soon as possible. Not to mention anything else, Mrs. Li has always been kind to Da Fu, and she has been a strong support for her position as queen.
On Liu Chengyou's side, his thoughts gradually deepened, and naturally the reason was still Li's illness. Sickness has always come like a mountain. Just because she has been healthy and rarely sick for many years, it is really worrying that she is now seriously ill and bedridden.
On the one hand, Liu Chengyou was truly concerned about Li's health, but on the other hand, as the emperor, he had to make some in-depth, rational and even ruthless considerations. If the Queen Mother suddenly died, what impact would it have on the Han Dynasty?
Not to mention anything else, there will inevitably be a storm and turmoil in the palace, and the fight between the concubines will only become more intense. In today's harem of the Han Palace, except for the concubine Zhou who has the attribute of trophy, there is no one left who is not a military noble and has a huge family power.
As for the role of Queen Mother Li to Liu Chengyou, in addition to mediating disputes in the harem, the power of the Li family's relatives also served as a balance to the power of the concubine's relatives.
Today, the war is still going on in the south, and the pace of unifying the world is accelerating. According to the economic etiquette restructured by Liu Chengyou and the court, if anything happens to the Queen Mother, it will definitely affect his military and state affairs. Although Liu Chengyou has never been a formal person, after all, it was reconstructed by him and needs to be maintained and the image needs to be paid attention to.
For Liu Chengyou, both emotionally and rationally, in public and private matters, he hoped that Queen Mother Li would be as blessed as the East China Sea and live as long as the Nanshan Mountains.
Yaohua Hall.
In the large bronze mirror, a mature and charming face was reflected. Concubine Gao sat with her plump breasts straight, and a maid carefully dressed her up.
"Wear light makeup, remove gold and silver, and wear plain clothes!" Although her face was bright and unparalleled, Concubine Gao was cold and serious when she spoke.
After hearing the order, the maid quickly put down the gorgeous makeup in her hand.
"The official went to Ciming Hall again?" The imperial concubine glanced at a female official waiting nearby, and said leisurely, with a bit of coquettishness in her tone.
"Yes! He just left not long ago!" the female officer reported.
"It seems that the Queen Mother's illness affects the hearts of everyone!" The imperial concubine also sighed: "How is the Queen Mother's illness? It's still not getting better?"
"No, the officials got very angry at the imperial doctors and threatened to kill the imperial doctors who treated me if they couldn't cure my empress!"
Hearing this, the imperial concubine couldn't help but frown a little and said: "I have been serving officials for so many years, but I have never seen him behave like this!"
After a pause, he asked again: "The queen is still over there?"
"Yes! It's still the same as before, always waiting on me personally!" said the female officer.
Hearing this, Mrs. Gao showed a slight smile on her face, raised her hand gracefully, and ordered: "Go and call Liu Xi back. We also need to visit Ciming Hall more often. He is also the daughter-in-law of the empress, so as not to be said to be unfilial by others." ah!"
"yes!"
After spending some time, she finally got dressed up. Looking at the beautiful face in the bronze mirror, the imperial concubine couldn't help but reach out and touch it gently. There was a little depression in her eyes.
Among the concubines in the harem, she is the oldest. She is three years older than Liu Chengyou. In two or three years, she will be thirty. Since my time has passed away and my beauty is gone, I can't help but feel a sense of urgency. Of course, she didn't know that at her age, she was attracting Liu Chengyou...
But after Gao Xingzhou died, in the palace, he struggled with Empress Tongfu, and they all lacked some confidence and felt very uncomfortable.
