Song Yi

Chapter 236 Wishful Pillow

The empress is still sitting behind the gauze curtain. Although she has met, it is the harem rule to speak from behind the curtain, and it cannot be broken.

Du Wenhao was faintly disappointed, and handed the jade box to Qing'er, a court lady next to him, stepped forward and bowed to salute: "My humble minister Du Wenhao, see the empress."

The queen was in good spirits, and said with a smile, "Are you finally willing to come to see Bengong?"

"Your Majesty is serious. She said that it was the empress who summoned the minister. Just because of the beauty of the empress, the minister would come here in a hurry even if he didn't wear shoes."

With the flattery in front of him as a foreshadowing, Du Wenhao was more able to let go when speaking in front of the queen.

The queen giggled coquettishly and said, "You glib guy, how dare you say such crazy things to me?"

Du Wenhao's heart trembled, this is the empress, the emperor's wife, don't get carried away and mess up the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers, the emperor knows it, it will lead to death, he hurriedly bowed and said:
"If there is anything wrong with my words from the bottom of my heart, I will treat my minister as a lunatic and talk nonsense, please forgive me! It's all because I was so happy to see my mother that I forgot the etiquette of rank. "

"Happy? What are you happy about?" the queen asked quietly.

Hearing these words, he imagined that he was joking. Could it be because of what he said just now?
Du Wenhao was about to slap himself, he didn't have such a glib tongue before, how could he be so virtuous in front of the queen?It's really an old birthday star who hanged himself, he thinks his life is too long!Hastily bowed and said:
"Weichen sees that the empress is in a good mood, and she must be in good health. Maybe it's because Weichen's prescription has a slight effect, so I'm delighted."

The queen smiled sweetly and said, "You're pretty good at finding ways. Well, I've called you here because of your prescription. I've been suffering from metrorrhagia for so many years, and it's been going on for countless days. Stop it, after using your old hen's prescription, it was clean last night. I am very happy, so I sent someone to call you here, and I want to reward you well. However, these useless scumbags have kept you for a long time If you don’t come, I don’t know if it’s because you are arrogant or they are useless.”

"No, no, I'm a doctor, how can I put on airs? Just now, I went to see a doctor for the empress dowager, and they have been waiting outside the empress dowager's bedroom. The two sisters were punished by the empress because of this. I really feel sorry for you."

"What? Is it distressing for me to punish them? Good! For the sake of being a good person like you, I will try not to punish them in the future."

Qing'er and the little palace maid hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you for your kindness, Madam."

The empress was in a very good mood, so she even raised her hand to let them get up, looked at the jade box again, and asked: "Where are you going to the empress dowager, what good things did she reward? Show me if it will work?"

"Yes!" Du Wenhao hurriedly took back the small jade box from Qing'er, walked to the gauze tent and bowed, "Just this jade box, I haven't had time to look at it yet."

"The empress dowager rewarded it, it must be something rare, bring it in and let me have a look!"

The eunuch on the side stepped forward to take the jade box from Du Wenhao's hand, but the empress got up and kicked him, "Did I call you? There are no things with long eyes!"

The eunuch pleaded guilty, the queen snorted, sat back on the soft couch, turned to look at Du Wenhao, her frosty face immediately turned bright like summer flowers: "You can bring it in, you don't have to be so restrained."

Qing'er hurried forward to lift up the gauze curtain.

"Yes!" Du Wenhao Wenhao agreed, he has never been spoken by the Ministry of Rites, he does not know court etiquette, and he comes from a modern society where men and women are extremely open, without the constraints of feudal ethics, and he is a young man who does not know the heights of the sky and the earth , holding the jade box, stepped into the tent, bowed and lifted the jade box above his head.

The queen was sitting on the warm pavilion, which was already a little taller. The jade box happened to be delivered to her. Immediately, she stretched out her delicate and slender fingers, and lightly pressed the button on the front of the jade box, and there was a soft click. With a sound, the jade box opened a thin crack.

The queen pushed the jade box away, and a faint light came out from the jade box, illuminating the queen's white and fat face.

The queen took a deep breath, and smiled with a bit of jealousy: "It really is a good thing, the empress dowager gave it to you, what great achievements have you made with the empress dowager?"

Du Wenhao was very curious, and took a look with his head, and saw that inside the jade box was a rectangular hollow gold pillow!

This golden pillow is woven with thin gold threads. On the surface of the pillow, a flying dragon and a colorful phoenix are woven with dark patterns of dark gold threads. Winding around, the edges on both sides of the golden pillow are inlaid with shining pearls and agates.

The queen said: "Do you know what the name of this golden pillow is? How did it come about?"

"I don't know."

"This is called Yunlong Xiangfeng Ruyi Pillow! The late Emperor and the Empress Dowager were very affectionate. The late Emperor loved the Empress Dowager alone until his death. He never conferred any concubine. Skilled craftsmen in the world took five years to weave the Ruyi pillow. Unexpectedly, when the Ruyi pillow was woven, the late emperor died. The empress dowager often embraced the pillow and wept bitterly because of the kindness of the late emperor."

Empress Dowager Gao is the daughter of Empress Dowager Cao's sister (Cao is Gao's aunt), and was elected to the palace with Cao when she was young.Song Zongren had no children, so he brought his nephew Zhao Shu (Song Yingzong) into the palace, and later made him his heir.

Song Yingzong reigned for five years and died at the age of 35. He had no concubine for life and was loyal to the queen all his life, which has become an eternal story.

Du Wenhao couldn't help but feel pity when he heard the Queen's talk.

The Queen said: "Now, the Empress Dowager gave you all the Ruyi pillows, which are relics of the former emperor, there must be some intention. But what is it?"

Du Wenhao smiled and said: "The empress dowager suffered from abdominal pain during menstruation for more than ten years, and my minister used acupuncture to relieve the empress dowager's pain. This must be the reason."

The queen said in surprise: "What did you say? You cured the empress dowager's menstrual pain? Really?"

"I don't dare to say it's cured, it's just a temporary pain relief. Wei Chen is really thinking about a way to cure it completely."

The queen raised her eyebrows and said with a smile:

"I know. Since the Empress Dowager suffered from abdominal pain during menstruation, the pain will start to rise. She can't sleep at night and cries all night long. Now that you have relieved her pain, I give you this wishful pillow to tell you. Because of your contribution, she won't have to comfort her pillow in the future.

Of course, I also use this Ruyi pillow to remind you all the time, so that you can diagnose and treat her well, and get rid of the root of this disease, so that she won't be able to sleep on the pillow anymore. "

After the empress's explanation, Du Wenhao suddenly came to a sudden realization, secretly laughed at himself for being passionate, and said with a smile:
"This minister will do his best to cure the disease for the empress dowager, and live up to the empress dowager's kindness."

"That's good!" The queen nodded, closed the jade box, and frowned slightly: "The empress dowager gave you such a precious treasure, although the things I thank you from the palace can't surpass the empress dowager, but they can't be too shabby. What can I give you?"

Du Wenhao hurriedly bowed and said, "I would like to thank my mother for your kindness. Diagnosing my mother is my duty, so I dare not expect extravagant rewards."

The queen's phoenix eyes flashed: "You cured the uterine bleeding for me, and your meritorious service is no worse than that of the empress dowager. Naturally, you will be rewarded."

"The medicine can only stop the bleeding temporarily, it's not a cure. Please give me some time. If I want to break my head, I must come up with a good way to cure the empress's metrorrhagia. It won't be too late to reward me then."

"This is wrong. Now that you have cured this disease for me, I will reward you first. When you cure this disease for me in the future, then I will still reward you. However, if it cannot be cured, I promised that although your crime will not be punished, the reward will be taken back, and your salary will be fined, this is called reward and punishment, how about it, is this fair?"

Du Wenhao laughed and said: "Fair, the idea of ​​the empress could not be more fair, if the illness of the empress cannot be cured, I am willing to fine the salary."

"That's good!" The queen stood up and said, "Wait for a moment, I will personally go and get the treasure that reward you!"

Du Wenhao hurriedly said: "No need, ma'am!"

The queen didn't seem to hear, she turned around and entered the inner hall.

Du Wenhao had no choice but to hug the jade box, back out of the gauze tent, hand the jade box to Qing'er for help, and stand with bowed head, waiting for the queen's reward.

What kind of treasure will this beautiful queen reward herself?
Du Wenhao thought to himself, it must be some kind of rare treasure.

As long as the things that are rewarded by the imperial palace are taken back, they must be offered as offerings. That is a manifestation of the mighty grace of the emperor. Whoever dares to use them indiscriminately, let alone give them away or sell them, and they must not lose them, otherwise it would be a sign of disrespect.

So the treasure given by the palace, in a sense, is actually a burden.

After a while, the empress came out with a rectangular box in her hand. This small box was smaller than the one given by the empress dowager, but much longer. It was inlaid with gold and jade, and it was extremely luxurious.

What is this thing?Is it a sword?
Not likely, in the palace, except for guards with swords who can wear swords on duty, other people cannot have swords.

Could it be a dragon-headed crutch?Or maybe a fishing rod?

A fishing rod is unlikely, but it's a wild idea.

There is a big pond in the imperial garden, there are groups of carp in it, it must be very cool to sit and fish there.

The Empress would not be extremely bored, let me go fishing with her, right?

This possibility is just a thought, basically a daydream.However, in the imperial palace, this kind of daydreaming is unavoidable, after all, there are too many things that make people daydream.

The queen beckoned Du Wenhao to enter the gauze tent, and handed the box to him with her own hands:
"Here, this is for you, go home and see for yourself. Remember! It's a good doctor for Ben Gong, so don't slack off! Go!"

"Thank you, Ma'am, for the reward!"

Du Wenhao hit the ground, then took the small box, thinking, what kind of treasure, don't let this look at home, and you have to look at it by yourself, what the hell is it?
Curious in his heart, holding the long box, he walked backwards to the door, took the long jade box bestowed by the empress dowager from Qing'er, and took Xia Jiupo out of the queen's bedroom.

Xia Jiupo's old face was full of smiles: "Congratulations to Mrs. Du for being rewarded by the Empress Dowager and Empress Empress."

Du Wenhao smiled wryly: "The more rewards, the greater the responsibility! The illnesses of the two ladies are still in the temporary stage. When the roots are cut off, you can rest assured."

"That's right! The so-called treating the symptoms in an emergency and treating the root cause in a slow time, Master Du cured the illnesses of the two empresses almost as close as possible with a gesture of his hands, and the root cause will be cured just around the corner."

"Less flattering, more ideas!"

Du Wenhao glared at her, then returned to Tai Hospital with two long boxes in his arms.

Du Wenhao put the box away, and after discussing with the court envoy Zheng Gu, he decided to hold a meeting in the imperial hospital in the afternoon to consult the Empress Dowager's abdominal pain during menstruation.

After lunch, as usual, Du Wenhao transferred the prescriptions given to the Empress Dowager by the former doctor of the imperial hospital to study one by one. Like last time, he benefited a lot, but he didn't have any pioneering ideas.

In the afternoon, in the conference hall of the imperial hospital, the envoy of Zheng Yuan, the judge of Zuo Yuan, Fu He, and the chief physician of the nine divisions were all present.

Du Wenhao first talked about the situation of the follow-up consultation in the morning. All the imperial doctors heard that after the queen ate the old hen stewed with notoginseng, the dripping symptoms stopped. They were all happy and ashamed, because it was theirs. No ex-doctor can do it.

Hearing that Du Wenhao used acupuncture to relieve pain for the Empress Dowager, and once the dysmenorrhea that had lasted for more than ten years stopped, she was even more surprised and delighted, and ordered to congratulate her.

Du Wenhao said: "Acupuncture and moxibustion can only cure the symptoms. How to cure the Empress Dowager's menstrual abdominal pain, please give me your valuable advice."

When it came to specific opinions, everyone was dumbfounded again. The defeated general, how dare he speak bravely, can't cure the empress dowager's illness, so he is embarrassed to throw this person away.

It's still Zheng Gu, the envoy of the court, who will be the general, let Xia Jiupo, the female department, talk first.

Xia Jiu Po ​​was not modest either, and said:

"The empress dowager's abdominal pain during menstruation was the first to be treated by a lowly position. At that time, the late emperor passed away, and the empress dowager cried all day long for several months, resulting in disordered Qi and blood stagnation in the cells, resulting in dysmenorrhea. The initial symptoms were not severe. It was not serious, and it could be relieved after treatment, but the Empress Dowager mourned the late emperor, and the stagnation of the liver meridian caused the dysmenorrhea to worsen day by day, and later on, the dysmenorrhea broke out, which was unbearable, and acupuncture, moxibustion, massage and decoction had no effect."

"Well, tell me about your argument."

"At the beginning of the disease, the Empress Dowager's menstrual period was normal, the menstrual flow was average, the color was purple with lumps, the pain subsided slightly after the lumps came down, her waist was sore and her back was painful, her ribs were painful, and her vagina was swollen. This is due to blood stasis and Qi stagnation. The disorder of the liver is due to unfavorable meridians. The heat in the palms of the palms is due to heat generated by long-term stasis, and the yin and blood are injured. The vaginal discharge is sticky, the tongue is purplish, and the pulse is thready, all of which are signs of qi stagnation and blood stasis. Therefore, I believe that the evidence of the empress dowager is Qi stagnation and blood stasis."

"How to use it?"

"Soothing the liver and regulating qi, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. What I use is Gexia Zhuyu Decoction. Sanleng and Curcuma to promote Qi and blood; peach kernel, red fire, and sumac to relieve blood stasis and relieve pain; Peony root, Corydalis Corydalis, Citrus Fructus Aurantii, Wuyao soothe the liver and regulate Qi; Angelica nourishes blood and blood; Licorice harmonizes all the herbs.”

Court Envoy Zheng nodded: "Using Fang is stable and stable. There is no problem. Why is it not effective?"

Xia Jiupo showed shame on her face: "I'm stupid in a lowly position, I don't know what's wrong."

(End of this chapter)