The gate of Chengqian Palace was ajar, Zhu Yunwen pushed it open and looked in the direction of the palace.
The door of the palace was closed, the windows were closed, the lights were on inside, but there was no sound of weaving.
The cold wind howled by, blowing the clothes.
Zhu Yunwen quickly ran over and opened the door. The smell of coal smoke penetrated his nose. Looking inside, he saw neat rows of looms. The palace maids were either lying on the gauze or lying on the ground. on the ground.
"Your Majesty, what's going on?"
Shuangxi and others rushed over and couldn't help but be surprised when they saw the scene in front of them.
"Luo Yan'er!"
Zhu Yunwen walked through the loom and walked to the table inside. Luo Yan'er was sitting in the chair, her delicate body leaning unnaturally to one side. If it weren't for the support of the chair, she might have fallen to the ground.
"Hold your breath and open all the doors and windows, quick!"
Zhu Yunwen gave a stern order, then picked up Luo Yan'er and walked out.
Shuangxi and others opened all the doors and windows.
The whistling north swept into the palace. There were dozens of braziers on the ground. The charcoal that had been burnt to gray-white gradually turned into a fire color when blown by the wind.
"Carry everyone out and put them in the air outlet! Shuangxi, immediately notify the Queen, Concubine Ning, and Concubine Xian to bring people to Chengqian Palace, and ask people from Taiyuan Hospital to come over quickly."
Zhu Yunwen put Luo Yan'er on the ground, then took off his coat and covered Luo Yan'er. He stretched out his hand to feel Luo Yan'er's breathing. Fortunately, he did not lose his ability to breathe.
While the palace maids and eunuchs were busy carrying the people out, they scattered them in the courtyard.
Ma Enhui had gone to bed when she suddenly heard that something had happened in Chengqian Palace. She quickly got up and led people there. Concubine Ning and Concubine Xian had also arrived.
"Your Majesty, what happened?"
Ma Enhui looked at the maids in Chengqian Palace worriedly. Some of them were already awake, but they were looking weakly and breathing hard. Some of the maids were feeling unwell and kept vomiting.
What's more serious is that some palace maids haven't woken up yet. Even if someone shouts softly from the side, they only respond in a vague manner and can't even open their eyes.
Zhu Yunwen ordered people to carry Luo Yan'er to Jingren Palace for rest, and then said to Ma Enhui and others: "It's coal poison. The temperature dropped tonight and there was a strong wind. Chengqian Palace added a lot of braziers, and the smoke was too heavy. In addition, the house is tightly closed and there are many people, so the smoke cannot escape outwards, leading to poisoning."
Regarding the carbon monoxide problem, Zhu Yunwen could not explain more.
Many people think that the ancients were unaware of carbon monoxide poisoning, but this is not the case.
Yes, the ancients could not write the chemical formula CO, but they knew about carbon monoxide poisoning.
For example, Song Ci of the Southern Song Dynasty clearly recorded carbon monoxide poisoning in his book "The Collection of Cleansing Wrongs":
"Those who have been poisoned by coal and have stinky odors due to leaking fire gas from earthen pits will be fumigated and die unconsciously. Their corpses will be soft and uninjured, similar to those who lie down at night with nightmares and cannot wake up."
Ma Enhui looked at the palace maids lying in the courtyard, full of heartache, and urged: "Where is the imperial doctor? Why hasn't the imperial doctor arrived yet?"
Zhu Yunwen shook his head and sighed.
Imperial physician?
There is probably nothing the imperial doctor can do if he comes. There is no pure oxygen in this world. If you cannot breathe oxygen, you cannot improve the blood oxygen content. I don’t have the resources to inject glucose solution intravenously, so what can I do to save him?
Yes, there is no glucose solution, but there is still sugar water!
Although sugar water may not have much effect on carbon monoxide poisoning, it can at least produce fluid and moisturize the lungs. I heard that it can also improve the hypoxic environment of the brain, but I don’t know if this is true.
No matter, drinking sugar water won't kill anyone anyway.
"Double Happiness, I will order the Food Supervisor to prepare a pot of sugar water immediately. Use my white sugar. Please hurry and send it all over."
Zhu Yunwen quickly ordered.
Ma Enhui leaned over and looked at a pale palace maid. She had vomited several times and her eyes were full of tears.
Zhu Yunwen came over and said softly: "Don't worry, you are fine, you will recover in a few days."
Dai Yuanli, the envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital, rushed over panting. Zhu Yunwen hurriedly stepped forward, glared at Shuangxi, and scolded: "Envoy Dai Yuanli is already seventy years old. Why don't you send someone to carry him into the palace? If he is exhausted, you and me How to handle myself?"
Shuangxi and others quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.
Dai Yuanli scratched his beard, calmed himself down, and said to Zhu Yunwen: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your care. I will not be in the way, and I will allow you to go to the rescue first."
Dai Yuanli can be said to be a miracle doctor in the Ming Dynasty. It is common for diseases to be cured by medicine.
Before Zhu Yuanzhang's great success, he planned to convict all the medical officers of the Tai Hospital due to ineffective diagnosis and treatment, but did not pursue the case against Dai Yuanli and gave him "consolation".
Zhu Yunwen is very curious whether traditional Chinese medicine can treat carbon monoxide poisoning.
Dai Yuanli checked several palace maids without saying anything, then went to check the unconscious palace maid. He took out a silver needle from the medicine box, heated it on the candlelight, then pierced the palace maid's temple and took one. Stab into people.
After a few injections, the palace maid woke up leisurely, her eyes were blurred, and she had symptoms of vomiting.
"It's coal poison. Please ask the emperor to arrange for the food supervisor to squeeze some white radish juice and give it to everyone to drink. It can relieve the symptoms. If you rest for a few days, there should be no serious problems."
Dai Yuanli said easily.
"White radish?"
Zhu Yunwen frowned, this was new.
There are specialties in medicine, and people practice medicine all their lives. As a medical idiot, it's better not to give random orders.
"Your Majesty, Luo Cairen is awake." Concubine Xian hurriedly came over and reported that Dai Yuanli had arrived. She quickly said, "Envoy Dai Yuanli, please go to Jingren Palace and see Luo Cairen."
Seeing that everyone in Chengqian Palace was fine, Dai Yuanli readily agreed.
Luo Yan'er looked pale and covered her chest from time to time. She had headaches one after another. She was a little nauseous and wanted to vomit, but felt that she couldn't vomit. She was feeling uncomfortable. When she saw Zhu Yunwen and Ma Enhui coming, she wanted to get out of bed to salute, but Ma Enhui quickly stopped her. stop.
"Sit down, Ambassador Dai..."
Ma Enhui comforted Luo Yan'er while looking at Dai Yuanli.
Dai Yuanli touched his hand and felt Luo Yan'er's pulse. Then he withdrew his hand, stood up and said to Zhu Yunwen: "Luo Cairen's three pulses of Cun Guan Chi are weak. It is because of the deficiency of Qi and blood, and the coal poison has entered the body, causing the body to become more fragile." If you are weak, you should rest and cultivate yourself, and don't work too hard day and night. I will prescribe one prescription, decoct it and take it for more than a month, and it should get better."
"Then we have the envoy to wear the envoy. Double happiness. Send the envoy to the envoy in a sedan chair. Don't neglect it!"
Zhu Yunwen ordered.
Shuangxi quickly agreed, but Dai Yuanli wanted to refuse, but couldn't, so he had to agree and then left the palace.
Luo Yan'er looked at Zhu Yunwen and Ma Enhui weakly, and apologized: "Your Majesty, Queen, Yan'er is incompetent. He failed to manage the Chengqian Palace well, and caused everyone to be poisoned by coal, which delayed the production of medical gauze..."
Ma Enhui frowned and said with a bit of anger: "It doesn't matter if the production is stopped for a few days. As long as you are not in trouble and others are not in trouble, it is a good thing. Speaking of which, you should thank the emperor. If the emperor hadn't gone to Chengqian Palace at night , wait till dawn, I can’t believe the consequences.”
"Yan'er takes over the Qian palace and thanks the emperor for saving his life."
Luo Yan'er struggled to salute.
"Don't blame yourself, this matter is not your fault. Take good care of yourself, I still need you to look after Chengqian Palace."
Zhu Yunwen comforted her with a few words, leaving Concubine Xian to take care of Luo Yan'er, and then went to Chengqian Palace with Ma Enhui. At this time, the palace maids had evacuated, and looking at the brazier still burning in the Chengqian Palace, Zhu Yunwen fell into deep thought.
Brazier, stove, coal stove.
Zhu Yunwen sat down, warmed his hands with the remaining fire of the brazier, and said softly to Ma Enhui beside him: "Queen, do you know? This poisoning will change the Ming Dynasty."
