Chapter 45: Hanhailangan Baizhangbing

The first snow in early winter stopped and lasted for a few days. The quiet cold night covered the ground one after another, and the moonlight was more clear. There is a thick layer of snow on the undulating glazed golden roof in the middle of the Taisho Palace, as if the whole world has turned into a plain white. Baixue covered everything, and everything quietly bred in the snow, no one noticed it, and no way to detect it.
The night is deep, but Qing Chen has not yet fallen asleep. She holds the scroll in one hand and leaned against the head of the bed to study carefully. She wears a fox fur on her body. The soft color of the fox fur can compete with the white snow outdoors, reflecting her snowy skin like jade and faintly shining .
The day before Ye Tianling sent this fox fur, Qing Chen read the book for a while, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to caress, then remembered Ye Tianling's solid embrace, like warm care, wrapped around him in layers. Make people feel at ease from the bottom of their hearts. Now standing in the Tai Chi Hall every day, when everyone sees his tall and steady figure, they feel that everything is not difficult, there is always hope, she can wait and can bear it, unknowingly, his shadow is already like that It is deeply engraved in the bottom of my heart, becoming more and more intense with the time.
There are several medical books on the table. Within a few days, the number of patients in Yige City increased again, and this sudden epidemic, like a scourge, ruthlessly swallowed people's lives and intensified. Suffering from the limited conditions, many methods Qing Chen knew were of no use, so he had to study in detail in the medical books, hoping to make new discoveries.
In the blink of an eye, it was the third shift before she turned off the lights and fell asleep. In a daze, she suddenly heard someone outside the window whispered: "Princess, princess..." The voice was light, vaguely like Baguio.
She got out of bed and opened the door. Seeing Baguio wearing only a single robe, shivering in the snow, when she saw her coming out, she threw herself down and bowed down: "Princess, you save our sister, please... Please……"
Qing Chen hurriedly pulled her up and whispered: "What are you doing, dare to come to Zhiyuan Palace privately late at night?"
Baguio knelt in the snow but just kowtow: "We have no choice but to ask the princess."
Seeing her doing this, Qing Chen knew that something must have happened, and while helping her, he said solemnly: "Don't startle others, come into the house."
Baguio Fang followed her up, Qing Chen shuddered when she saw her, and looked for a piece of clothing to put on her: "What happened?"
Baguio's eyes were bloodshot, and her expression was anxious: "The queen mother...the queen mother suddenly got a headache tonight, and now I don't know the personnel."
Qing Chen was shocked in his heart: "Confused! If you don't hurry to declare a doctor, why come to me instead?"
Baguio choked up and said: "I dare not... Dan Qiong... she also has a high fever..."
Qing Chen glanced up suddenly, ignoring any further investigation: "What!" She grabbed Baguio, "Who else?"
Baguio was so scared that he only shook his head, and Qing Chen said coldly, "What are the symptoms?"
Baguio cried: "Headache... fever... coughing... all groggy..."
Listening to her words, Qing Chen felt a chill in her heart. This was exactly the same as the symptoms of the plague in Yige City. He immediately grabbed the cloak and said, "Go, go and see."
When he arrived at Yanxi Palace, Ziyuan, who was on duty with Baguio tonight, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and went around the front hall of the palace. Seeing that Baguio had brought Qing Chen, as if seeing a savior, he cried, "The princess save us."
Qing Chen saw that Ziyuan was daring to conceal it with Baguio, feeling strange, but before he had time to delve into it, he said to them: "Keep at the door."
She entered the queen dowager's palace alone, Baguio and Ziyuan couldn't do anything, they only shook hands and wept. After a while, Qing Chen came out, her complexion hidden under the dim eaves, and Baguio asked urgently: "The princess..."
Qing Chen waved her hand: "Take me to see Dan Qiong. Ziyuan stays here, no one, including you, is allowed to enter the palace."
Dan Qiong and Baguio shared the same room with a bed of brocade covered on their bodies. People were comatose, and their faces were flushed abnormally because of a high fever. Before Qing Chen entered the room, she covered her mouth and nose with a silk paw. At this moment, she took her pulse and her expression became more solemn. Soon out of the house, she walked quickly to the Queen Mother's palace without a word. Baguio followed behind and trot all the way, but did not dare to call her. Qing Chen lowered his head to think, and when he stepped out of the chaotic corridor, Fang raised his eyes and asked, "When is this?"
Baguio replied: "It's today."
Qing Chen stopped coldly and looked at her directly: "Did Dan Qiong go out of the palace?"
Baguio fell on her knees and knelt and cried: "Don't dare to lie to the princess, Ziyuan Hangxin has only her mother in her family. She sneaked out at noon and gave some medicine. Dan Qiong was young and greedy, so I followed her while I didn't know. Go, who knows it will be like this when you come back."
He just kowtows while sobbing.
Qing Chen said quietly: "You really don't want your life! Did I charge for nothing a few days ago? I left the palace with the plague in, even if I can hide everyone from everyone, Dan Qiong may not be able to survive. Not to mention how big this is. Who can hide it!"
Baguio's face was pale when she heard this, and she was so horrified that she cried: "Please help the princess..."
Qing Chen frowned and said: "What's the use of crying when you get up? You and Ziyuan are dead before they are infected. Who else knows if she is out of the palace?"
Baguio shook his head: "No one knows that there is a locked palace gate behind Jianning's palace that is unguarded. The lock of the gate has been broken for years, and they all went quietly from there when they wanted to go out privately."
Qing Chen knew that the plague was fierce, and was extremely anxious, so he calmly said: "You go to the imperial hospital right now and report that the queen mother is uncomfortable, and the imperial doctor will come over. If the imperial doctor asks after seeing it, he will never admit that someone has been out. Gong, it is said that Dan Qiong has been with the Queen Mother and Ziyuan is with you. As long as no one sees it, no one can find it out. At most a crime of inadequate care can be cured, which is much lighter than what you committed. ."
Baguio was frightened, and said: "This... if this is found out, it would be a serious crime to deceive the king."
Qing Chen's eyes sank: "No one knows the crime of deceiving the emperor. No one knows. Remember and Ziyuan said that there can be no two, life and death are on this." In the night, the light of Yanxi Palace reflected. A dark shadow was cast in the snow, and the lights were heavy and looming.
Listening to her calm tone, Baguio's mind became clearer, and kowtowed: "The princess took such a risk for us, and we will not be able to report it in the next life."
Qing Chen sighed: "I don't know if I can escape this catastrophe. It's too early to say this. I can't cure this disease, and I haven't got a prescription for it. How it depends on good luck." Baguio knows the matter. Seriously, kowtowed and hurried away.
Qing Chen quietly returned to the Zhiyuan Hall, and soon someone from the Imperial Hospital came to report to the Emperor of Heaven that the Queen Mother was seriously ill.
Don't wait for it to be disturbed in the middle of the night, it must be very bad. The Emperor of Heaven immediately got up to drive Yanxi Palace when he heard the news. Who knew that when he arrived at Yanxi Palace, he was stopped by the imperial hospital. Sun Shi stepped forward and shouted: "Bold! How dare you stop the holy driver, so let's go!"
For the empress dowager’s illness, the doctor on duty at pulse diagnosis, He Ruyi, had long suspected that he was on the epidemic. Although he had reported it, he said that he didn’t dare to put the emperor in danger and said on his knees: "Your Majesty’s dragon body is important. I dare not invite your majesty to enter the palace."
However, the Emperor of Heaven was still calm, and said solemnly: "He Ruyi, you tell me why you can't go in!"
He Ruyi said: "The empress dowager's pulse is vain, high fever is not awake...It is a matter of great importance, the minister dare not say anything, but please take care of the dragon body first."
Seeing that the Emperor of Heaven became angry, Qing Chen was an eminent disciple of Song Defang. Although his medical skills were good, he was a pedantic and incomprehensible person in the imperial hospital. He earned the nickname "He Yumu". Qing Chen was afraid that he would inadvertently offend the Emperor, so he stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, He Ruyi is also responsible for blocking the holy driver. If you let me go in and have a look, please make your decision."
At this time, Sun Shi also heard that the matter was not simple, and he dared not put the Emperor in danger, so he followed to persuade him: "Your Majesty calms down, you might as well let Feng Xiuyi go and take a look first."
The Emperor of Heaven had some trust in Qing Chen's medical skills. After thinking about it, he was finally ready to play. Qing Chen followed He Ruyi into the bedroom. She knew the Queen Mother’s symptoms a long time ago. After the second consultation, he asked He Ruyi,
I’m afraid it’s really the disease, what do you think?

He Ruyi shook his head and said: "The princess also believes that it is the disease, and I am afraid that it is correct. This disease is very serious. I have to persuade the emperor not to come forward anyway. If it is scattered in the palace, the consequences will be disastrous."
Qing Chen said: "Now the first fear is to block the source of the disease first, otherwise it will be difficult not to spread."
He Ruyi said: "It shouldn't be too late, I'll go to play your majesty, please make your decision."
Qing Chen thought that this was the only way to seal Yanxi Palace and isolate the people in the palace, but how easy is it? Waiting to persuade He Ruyi to euphemistically tell the emperor that He Ruyi has already entered the Ruichun Pavilion. Qing Chen followed him in and presented the Queen Mother’s illness to the Emperor of Heaven. The Emperor also knew a little about the medical theory, and his face became heavier as he heard, and asked: "What do you say in the Royal Hospital?"
He Ruyi bowed and replied: "The empress dowager's disease is consistent with the epidemics in Beijing and Li. The ministers dare to ask your Majesty to temporarily seal Yanxi Palace."
As soon as the words fell, the Emperor of Heaven was really unhappy and said: "Bold! Yanxi Palace is the queen dowager's palace, how can you say that you can seal it?"
He Ruyi immediately knelt down and said: "According to the truth, please consider your majesty. The Yanxi Palace is not sealed, and the lives of everyone in the palace are in danger."
The Emperor of Heaven shouted: "Nonsense! The palace has been cautiously guarding against it. How can epidemic diseases be introduced?"
He Ruyi kowtowed again and said: "The minister does not know how the disease enters the palace, but the empress dowager's disease is so severe that it must not be careless."
The Emperor of Heaven said angrily: "He Ruyi, you can't cure the Queen Mother’s disease, so you want to push the disease up. I must go and see for yourself! If there is a problem, how many heads do you have?" Sun Shi and others rushed to persuade, but no one dared to stop him with the body of the Emperor of Heaven. On the contrary, Qing Chen caught up with one step and knelt in the snow and said: "Please stay!" Sun Shi and others knelt down.
The Emperor was stopped by her and said, "Qing Chen, you are bold enough to stop me from driving! My mother is ill and cannot afford to visit, but the world has no reason!"
Qing Chen bowed his head slightly: "Qing Chen would rather disobey your Majesty, and will never allow your Majesty to enter the palace. Your Majesty is not only the son of the empress dowager, but also the emperor of the people. How can he abandon the world for his own selfishness?"
The Emperor of Heaven did not expect Qing Chen to be so blunt, but she was reasonable in what she said, and it was difficult to refute it for a while. After walking two steps back and forth in the snow, she was upset: "Okay, you all know medicine and medicine. What is good!"
Qing Chen said: "Please, your Majesty immediately decree to seal the palace so that the epidemic cannot disperse. Qing Chen is willing to stay in Yanxi Palace at her own request, first to serve the queen mother, and second to seek prescriptions for medicine, in order to resolve the plague."
Although the Emperor of Heaven is extremely anxious about the Queen Mother's situation, he is not confused. The Yu Hospital and Qing Chen have the same conclusions. How dangerous is the epidemic entering the palace, how can you be careless? After calming down, he asked, "Are you sure?"
Qing Chen lowered her eyes and said: "Just do her best." The moment she helped Baguio and the others to conceal it, she was already determined to do so. The queen mother is Ye Tianling's closest person in this palace, so why doesn't she blame Ziyuan and Dan Qiong for being reckless in her heart? But even if you say it, what's the point besides paying a few more lives?
At this time, Ziyuan, who was serving next to the Queen Mother, hurried over and knelt down and replied: "Your Majesty, Dan Qiong, the court lady who had been serving the Queen Mother in the afternoon, suddenly fainted, as if... it seemed to have a fever."
Everyone was shocked at the same time, only Qing Chen still stared at Bai Xue in front of him. This is what she just took the opportunity to order Ziyuan to report. This may make the Emperor determined to block the Yanxi Palace, and once it is checked, it can be said that Dan Qiong is waiting for the Queen Mother to contract the disease, and will not be involved in the cause of the matter. Ziyuan and Baguio.
He Ruyi hurriedly asked Ziyuan: "But the lady of the palace who has been with the Queen Mother just now? Does it have the same symptoms as the Queen Mother?"
Ziyuan nodded: "Yes, Dan Qiong and I have been waiting next to the Queen Mother. Symptoms... The symptom slaves dare not decide."
There are many maids in the Yanxi Palace, and He Ruyi can't remember them one by one. Dan Qiong and Baguio sisters are very similar in appearance, so He Ruyi is only waiting for Dan Qiong.
Taking this opportunity, Qing Chen once again bowed deeply to the Emperor of Heaven: "Please come down to seal the palace!"
He Ruyi also knelt down in the snow and bowed his head and said: "Please descend to the palace to seal it."
There was a man kneeling next to him, and the Emperor of Heaven stood facing the direction of Yanxi Palace for a while, and finally slowly said: "Tell me to ban Yanxi Palace." At that moment, Qing Chen saw a very sad expression on the face of the Emperor. She leaned in the snow, all over her body was cold, the ice and snow slowly turned into snow water with the body's temperature, soaking the robe, and piercing the skin.