The two imperial doctors both had ghosts in their hearts, and they sat opposite each other for a long time, and they were silent for a while, but Wei Jien couldn't help it first, and said tentatively: "Xu is...... Measles? ”

"Measles can cause a high fever," Mr. Wang said, "but it's ......."

Speaking of this, he shook his head and said, "The rash from measles is much more even, and the particles are not so large, and the color is not right - the rash of measles is bright red, not this purple. ”

"Yes, too."

Wei Jien nodded and stopped talking.

Wang Shouzheng glanced at him, pondered for a moment, and said, "Perhaps...... Rubella? ”

"It's even less so," said Wegjin, "and the rash from rubella is smaller and more even." ”

"Yes, too."

"Yes" passed, Wang Shou was just like Wei Jien, closed his mouth and stopped talking.

These two are very experienced doctors, and the rash born by the little emperor, in fact, they have a rough idea in their hearts, but no one is willing to say the terrible name first, so with the "elimination method", you exclude one, I exclude one, and the last one is the illness of the Holy Bow.

It was Wei Jien's turn: "It doesn't seem to be like chickenpox...... either"

"Well, the rash of chickenpox has the smallest particles, but the rice grains are up and down, and the color is ...... It is reddish in color. ”

"Yes......"

It was Wang Shouzheng's turn: "Old Wei, look, is it possible...... Throat rash? ”

A laryngeal rash, known as scarlet fever, is one of the aforementioned types of rashes. One of the most serious.

Laryngeal rash. Is that the terrible name?

"Chills. Fever," said Wegien, "these are all like, but the shape and color of the rash are not like them!" The laryngeal rash is a small red dot the size of a pin's cap, densely packed into patches. It's almost impossible to talk about 'granules', and, Lao Wang, you know, the reason why a laryngeal rash is called a laryngeal rash ......"

At this, Wei Jien's throat was dry, and he couldn't help coughing.

"You are right," said Wang Shouzheng, "the throat rash is called a throat rash because the throat is red, swollen and ulcerated -- but the emperor does not have this symptom." ”

Hey. Measles, rubella, chickenpox, throat rash - that's not ...... Are they all ruled out?

However, Wang Shouzheng and Wei Jien. In each other's eyes, they saw fear.

Because, there is an even more terrible disease, which is not mentioned.

Now that all of the above symptoms have been ruled out, this last possibility remains.

Wei Jien whispered, "Please ask for another pulse?" ”

Wang Shouzheng was silent for a moment and nodded: "Okay." ”

As soon as they saw the little emperor, Wang Shouzheng and Wei Jien, they couldn't help but sink in their hearts, and secretly glanced at each other, and each other's hearts were bright: they didn't even need to take the pulse, they were sure that it was that kind of disease.

Because during the time when the two imperial doctors retired to discuss the condition, the little emperor's symptoms developed more obviously, and plaques appeared on his head and neck.

The Taiji Hall invited the pulse, and then went straight to the Zhongcui Palace.

Wang Shouzheng and Wei Jien knelt in front of Ci'an, although it was difficult to speak, but they couldn't help but say that Wang Shouzheng was sentenced by the left court, and he had to say this.

"After returning to the queen mother, the queen mother," Wang Shouzheng's voice was extremely difficult, "The emperor's illness is ...... Smallpox. ”

Ci'an thought she had misheard.

"You say...... What the? ”

"Back to ...... Queen Mother," Wang Shouzheng's voice trembled, "The emperor's illness is...... Smallpox. ”

I heard you right.

Ci'an's heart seemed to be grabbed by a giant hand, and his whole body, from the inside to the outside, suddenly tightened, and even his pupils dilated.

After a while, the giant hand loosened slightly, and Ci'an's whole person almost collapsed on the throne.

However, after all, she is the queen mother and queen mother who have experienced strong winds and waves, and after relieving her spirits, a person's name instinctively jumped out of her mind.

She said in a trembling voice, "Passed on...... Prince Xuan...... Enter the palace. ”

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The palace gate has been keyed, the sky is getting late, some people have already held the lamps, and at this time the foreign ministers have entered the palace, but it is the only thing - it is possible to do this only when the monarch is dying or dying. Therefore, in front of the eunuch who delivered the decree, Guan Zhuofan did not hide his surprise.

The one who came to deliver the decree was Meng Jingzhong, the chief eunuch of Zhongcui Palace, and he and Xi'er were the two people who Guan Zhuofan had worked hard to win over in the palace in the past six months.

After passing the Yi decree, Meng Jingzhong took two steps, called a thousand children, asked for peace, stood up, lowered his voice, and said: "Tell the prince, long live the lord's illness, the doctor has diagnosed it, yes...... Smallpox. ”

Guan Zhuofan's gaze, Huo's jump.

"Alas, when I left the palace, the master was already crying into tears......"

Guan Zhuofan nodded and said, "Let's enter the palace, Lao Meng, you have a heart-come here, give Lao Meng two hundred taels of silver!" ”

Meng Jingzhong was overjoyed.

The "standard" for a eunuch of his status is eight to ten taels of silver, and some relatives and nobles are more generous, but generally it will not exceed twenty taels.

However, at this time, he didn't dare to smile, Meng Jingzhong sighed and said, "Thank you for the prince's reward - the slave waits for the prince to enter the palace." ”

The place of the audience is still in the Yangxin Palace, but it is not in the East Warm Pavilion, but in the West Warm Pavilion where the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces rested before going to court.

Entering the Xinuan Pavilion, at a glance, Guan Zhuofan knew that Ci'an had indeed cried, his eyes were swollen, and there were still tear stains on his face.

Seeing Guan Zhuofan, Ci'an pinched his handkerchief, covered his mouth, and wanted to make a sound again, but Guan Zhuofan took the first step, knelt down, and said loudly: "The minister bows to the queen mother!" Hello to the emperor! ”

Knock on the joy?

Ci'an was stunned for a moment, then forgot to cry, his thoughts turned and turned, and he suddenly woke up, and couldn't help but say "oops": "God! How did I forget this stubble! Good thing you reminded, good thing you reminded! ”

"Smallpox" is also called "smallpox", such a thing, some people, will never come out; Therefore, "smallpox" is extremely dangerous, but this pass has passed, but it can be safed for life, so from another point of view, it can be regarded as a "good thing" and "happy event".

The rules in the palace for hundreds of years, but where "smallpox" occurs, how to treat it, but on the surface, it should be done as a "happy event", which is the meaning of asking for a lip service and washing away bad luck.

"Also," Guan Zhuofan said, "to worship the pox god Niangniang......"

"Huh? Yes! Yes, yes, yes! Look at me, I'm at a loss, I've forgotten everything, but don't ...... Collided with the pox god Niangniang! Good thing you reminded, good thing you reminded! ”

After a pause, "Hurry up, let's do something!" ”

Then, one by one, the decree was propagated: change into "flower clothes", "hanging red", and worship the pox god Niangniang.

The entire Forbidden City, from the back court to the front court, was greatly lively.

All the lanterns were replaced with the big red palace lanterns; The Palace of Nourishing the Heart, as well as the Qianqing Palace, which is nominally the Son of Heaven's sleep, has a scarlet carpet inside and outside; The deacons in the palace turned out the "flower clothes" that were only worn during the "big wedding" and the "full birthday" of the emperor and the queen mother, and changed them all from top to bottom.

In addition, he hurriedly cut out a lot of red silk one foot square -- the so-called "hanging red" is to hang this piece of red silk on his chest.

This is a very strange scene: people are bitter, frowning, silent, rushing in and out, "wearing red and hanging colors" -- there is no more strange "happy event" in the world.

The statue of the pox god Niangniang was moved directly into the Ming Hall of the Heart Cultivation Palace, the incense was lit, and the center of the country's political nerves was full of mist.

Guan Zhuofan proposed to Ci'an that the emperor should immediately notify the relatives and military planes, and ask them to enter the palace to "knock on joy" for the emperor.

Although Ci'an is loyal, he also understands what Guan Zhuofan means: the emperor is seriously ill, and it is a matter of national capital, and he must "make people know about it", and it cannot make people think that the two of them monopolize the news and do something in it.

"Needless to say," Ci'an asked, "Dear noble, who should be called?" ”

Guan Zhuofan pondered for a moment and said, "A few princes, plus the two county kings, King Alcohol and King Zhong. ”

That is to say, in addition to Prince Gong, Prince Rui, and Prince Horqin Boyan Namo, Prince Zhuang Yiren, Prince Yi Zaidun, Prince Zheng Chengzhi, Prince Li Shiduo, and Prince Yu Benge, these princes who don't care about anything and have no serious envoys on their bodies are also called.

As for the two county kings, King Alcohol and King Zhong, Ci'an understood what Guan Zhuofan meant: they were the emperor's uncles, and in the clan, the blood relationship with the emperor was the closest.

Guan Zhuofan's intention to summon relatives and military planes into the palace, Ci'an did not guess wrong, but she did not guess everything.

The eunuchs in the worship room went out one by one.

Ci'an looked at Guan Zhuofan's expression, and lowered his voice slightly:

"The emperor 'see you', do you want to tell ...... 'her' about this?"

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(Small preview: two shifts tomorrow, one shift at 10 a.m., two shifts at 5 p.m.)

*(To be continued.) )