coobybook Chapter 202 Burning Knife
Chapter 202 Burning Knife
Linglong sat at her desk every day, shaking her head as she read “The sky and the earth are dark and yellow, the universe is vast and boundless”, which made her head feel overwhelmed.
The eunuch serving beside her saw that Linglong was studying hard, so he used a bamboo dragonfly and a bamboo whistle to lure Linglong out of the window to play.
A hundred hooks and a hundred hits.
Linglong lay outside the window, quietly took the new toy from the little eunuch, and returned to the desk to play with it while reciting the lessons.
Xin often listened to Linglong's intermittent reciting voice in the next room, but didn't pay much attention to it.
She was already very satisfied that Linglong could do this.
But in the evening, Linglong, who hadn't gone out to play all day, actually developed a fever.
There was an ice towel on Linglong's head and her little face was red from the fever.
Xin often looked at Linglong who was sleeping very uneasily beside the bed and couldn't help crying.
Soon, Hua Fei's angry voice was heard at the door.
"You little dog slave, you dare to stop me!"
The two guards with swords at the gate of Concubine Qi's palace stretched out their hands to stop Concubine Hua all the way from the gate to the gate of the west wing where Concubine Xin lived.
It turned out that it was Concubine Qi who brought the news to Yikun Palace.
Concubine Qi saw Linglong falling ill and the imperial physician couldn't come no matter how long he waited, so she became anxious.
Concubine Qi made up her mind and simply had the palace gate opened. She shouted to the Yikun Palace across the street, "Xiao Huanzi, go tell Concubine Hua that Linglong has a fever."
In less than a cup of tea, Concubine Hua rushed over from the opposite side.
The guards standing guard at the gate of Yikun Palace were Hua Fei's men, so naturally they did not stop Hua Fei.
"Empress Hua, your servants are also following the orders of the Empress."
One of the guards wearing a yellow jacket bowed and said to Concubine Hua.
"Humph, it's the Queen's order. I, with the authority of the Six Palaces, order you two to withdraw. Why don't you obey?"
Concubine Hua was stopped by two guards at the door of the west hall of Changchun Palace. They looked at each other, not knowing what to do. They didn't know whether the princess had contracted an epidemic or not. If it was true, they really didn't dare to let Concubine Hua in.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Xin Chang ran out crying, "Your Majesty Hua Fei, you are here! Please go and see Linglong, please save Linglong!"
Xin Chang was crying her heart out, not caring about her image as a concubine. Hearing that Hua Fei was standing at the door and couldn't come in, she rushed out directly, squeezed through the two guards, and threw herself under Hua Fei's skirt.
Hua Fei didn't care about Xin Chang's crying and rushed in while the two guards were at a loss.
As soon as she entered the west wing hall, Concubine Hua looked at the little person lying on the bed in the inner room, and her heart ached.
When Concubine Hua's armor came out, she was in a hurry and didn't wear it at all. Now, when she touched Linglong's forehead with her hand, it was so hot that it could boil an egg.
"Where is the imperial physician? Have you gone to invite him?" Concubine Hua asked with her head tilted.
"I had already invited the imperial physician a long time ago, but who knew he hadn't arrived yet." Concubine Qi supported Concubine Xin and walked into the palace together.
"Go and invite Zhou Ninghai, take the badge of the Yikun Palace and invite all the doctors from the Imperial Hospital to come to me!"
Before Concubine Hua could finish her order to Zhou Ninghai, Zhou Ninghai had already turned around and ran out.
"Songzhi, go to the ice cellar and get some ice." Concubine Hua turned to Songzhi and instructed.
There is nothing that Yikun Palace refuses to give when asked for something. The imperial physician who had been invited for such a long time still hadn't arrived. It might be that the power of Concubine Qi and Concubine Xin was too weak, and the people who were sent out were stopped at some point.
"Is there any liquor in the palace?" Hua Fei turned to ask Xin Changzai and Qi Fei.
After Concubine Hua came, Xin Changzai's mood gradually calmed down. Before Xin Changzai could answer, Concubine Qi said, "Yes, yes, Cuiguo, go and get the two bottles of Shaodaozi in this palace."
Concubine Hua: Does Concubine Qi usually drink Shaodaozi?
Seeing that her master was anxious, Cuiguo had no choice but to hurry to get it. As for what her master had exposed, it was not a good idea for her to remind him in public.
Since the emperor stopped coming to Changchun Palace, Concubine Qi would occasionally drink a cup or two of Shaodaozi after a late-night meeting to relieve her boredom. Shaodaozi is strong, and after two cups, Concubine Qi would no longer have any worries.
Of course, ever since Concubine Hua gave her a set of mahjong, she never drank alone again.
If Linglong hadn't been busy today, she would have forgotten about the two bottles of wine.
Soon, Cuiguo ran in with a burning knife in her hand.
"Wet a dry towel with liquor and use it to wipe Linglong's body." Concubine Hua didn't know any medicine, and now that the imperial physician wasn't here, she could only try her best to do something to lower Linglong's temperature.
Hua Fei remembered that her brother had said that when the army was fighting, if there was a shortage of medicinal materials, they would use the strong liquor that the soldiers drank to rub the bodies of the soldiers with fever to reduce the fever. Hua Fei had never tried this method in the palace.
But now I have to try.
The palace maid and wet nurse were helping Linglong wipe her body. Concubine Hua looked anxious and did it herself.
Lanzhi couldn't help but want to call out to Concubine Hua, wondering what would happen if Linglong really got the epidemic.
Before Lanzhi could finish her words, she was blocked by a look from Concubine Hua.
Seeing that rubbing the body with liquor seemed to have some effect, Linglong's frown relaxed. Xin Changzai also calmed down, took the handkerchief from the palace maid, and wiped Linglong's body herself.
Soon after, Songzhi also entered the hall with ice cubes.
He broke the ice into pieces, wrapped it in a cloth, and gently placed it on Linglong's forehead. Perhaps feeling the coolness, Linglong gradually fell asleep and her breathing became even.
Just when everyone in the hall felt relieved, they saw Zhou Ninghai limping into the hall with Wei Lin.
"Your humble servant... Wei Lin... pays homage... pays homage... to all your majesties." Wei Lin panted heavily.
It’s not that he didn’t run fast, it’s that Eunuch Zhou ran too fast.
At the beginning, I could still keep up with his pace, but later, Eunuch Zhou ran faster and faster, and he didn't look like an eunuch with disabled legs and feet at all.
He really couldn't keep up, and just when he was about to stop to catch his breath, Zhou Ninghai suddenly turned around, pinched his armpits, and hurried forward.
Wei Lin felt as if there were Hot Wheels under his feet.
"Quickly, forget about all these formalities and go see how the princess is doing."
Concubine Hua was originally very dissatisfied with the negligence of the Imperial Hospital staff, but when she saw Wei Lin was carried over by Zhou Ninghai even in casual clothes, she knew there were various reasons behind it, so the most urgent priority was to see Linglong first.
"Yes." Wei Lin tried his best to calm his breath and knelt beside the bed to check Linglong's pulse.
Concubine Hua, Concubine Qi and Concubine Xin were all watching quietly.
Xin Changzai tightly grasped the handkerchief, her heart hanging in the air.
When Wei Lin withdrew his hand and stood up, Concubine Hua asked, "How is it?"
"Your Majesty, the princess has indeed contracted an epidemic, and the symptoms seem to be somewhat different from those contracted by others."
"Ah!" Xin Changzai couldn't catch her breath and fainted after listening to this.
Fortunately, Concubine Qi was quick-witted and supported Concubine Xin who was about to collapse to the ground.