"How's your hospital doing?" The Queen Mother asked.

"It's very good, although it doesn't make money, but the response is very good," An Dehai said, "There are a lot fewer difficult births in Beijing." ”

"What about the other departments?" The Queen Mother asked eagerly.

"Nothing else has been carried out yet, Niangniang, are you asking about the emperor?"

Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, "The people of the Tai Hospital, I don't mean that I am not at ease, but if there are Western doctors watching together, this is foolproof," although she does not understand medicine, she also knows that the inflammation and other complications caused by smallpox are very fatal, and at this time, the anti-inflammatory drugs of Western medicine may be useful, An Dehai said, "Yes, the slave will go to find a good Western doctor." ”

"Be quiet," said Cixi, "and tell someone to prepare first, so that you don't get in a hurry." ”

"Yes," An Dehai looked up and saw the melancholy on the face of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and comforted: "Niangniang, please rest assured, the slave must have prepared the best Western doctor." ”

"You go and call Gao Xinkui in." The Empress Dowager Cixi quietly leaned into An Dehai's ear, "No matter what you do, you must bring him in, I have something to discuss with him." ”

An Dehai took the order and left, Anqian came up with a flower dress and changed it for the Empress Dowager Cixi, she glanced at the embroidered patterns all over the ground, sighed, got up and changed the clothes on her body, just changed the flower clothes, the Empress Dowager Ci'an came, "Sister, I will be there immediately when I hear your order." ”

"The emperor always has to be watched by someone, I will keep an eye on it myself," Cixi sorted out Caiyue, "The queen's health is not good, even if she is in good health these days, she has no intention of taking care of the affairs of the six palaces, and it is almost the end of the year, and there are many things to deal with." The queen didn't have no thoughts, so you can help take care of the harem. ”

Empress Dowager Ci'an responded, "I'm just afraid that my sister is too tired." ”

"Don't be afraid, the emperor is the only son of the first emperor, it won't be wrong to be cautious in everything, I'll stare at everything. I asked Deling to take care of the emperor's prescription, and I watched the emperor's diet myself, as long as I survived the eighteen days of acne, the next thing would be peaceful. ”

"Did the imperial doctor say that the emperor wanted to ban sexual intercourse?" Empress Dowager Ci'an asked, "The concubines who are serving the sick follow the emperor, and it seems that they are ......."

"The doctor didn't say anything, but I thought I couldn't work too hard." Empress Dowager Cixi said, "You have to be free, remember to mention them, especially the nobles," Empress Dowager Cixi frowned slightly, "It's not that she's bad, it's just that she's favored, I'm afraid that she will forget her advice sometime." ”

"Yes. It's always good to be reminded from time to time, so rest assured. I'll be sure to mention them. ”

"The emperor's body is a major event today, don't take it lightly, let's not mess around, it must be okay to deal with it carefully, these days it's not just us, no one in the palace can relax!"

The Empress Dowager Ci'an retreated without a word. The Empress Dowager Cixi sat and read a book, only to feel upset, her heart was pounding, especially thinking of the bad things she knew, Tang Wufu took a bowl of sweet corn soup and came up. "Moisten your throat."

"Wufu," the Queen Mother called out to Tang Wufu, who was about to retire, "You say, is there any fate in this world?" ”

"Slaves believe in Buddhism, so they naturally believe in this," Tang Wufu said with a smile, "Whoever does something, it is naturally destined to have a blessing in the name and no blessing." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi was unhappy in her heart, and she had to smile reluctantly, Tang Wufu didn't know why the Empress Dowager didn't look happy, but she had to retreat slowly, but then she came in again, "What's the matter?" Empress Dowager Cixi said unhappily.

"An Dehai brought someone in," Tang Wufu said cautiously, "Look? ”

"Call in," the Queen Mother went out of the second room, and when she arrived at the Ming Palace, An Dehai brought a person in eunuch costume in, "Niangniang, I brought someone here." ”

The Queen Mother nodded, waved her hand, An Dehai retreated, and stood outside the hall, "Bozu, my heart is very messy, the emperor's health is not good, it's really, hey!" ”

"Don't worry, the queen mother," the person wearing a little eunuch to serve with his head bowed raised his head, and he was very high-minded, "The emperor's auspicious nature is naturally irrelevant, but political affairs cannot be delayed, why doesn't the queen mother want the emperor to continue to let the queen mother handle political affairs on behalf of the emperor?" ”

"The emperor's body has to survive the eighteen days first, and then recuperate for a hundred days, these more than 100 days, he relied on Li Hongzao to help review and approve the folds, it is not a good thing, national affairs, Li Hongzao can't make his own decisions, so naturally he has to trouble the emperor, and the emperor can't recuperate with peace of mind, and the dragon body is really useless."

"How can I tell the emperor about this now?" The Empress Dowager Cixi shook her head in disappointment, "I think about the emperor getting better soon, how to deal with this political matter, I can't take care of it at all, to put it mildly, as long as the emperor is well, don't care about the flood outside!" ”

"Queen Mother," Gao Xinkui warned in a low voice, "Please be cautious, now at this very moment, the emperor's safety is very important, and the political affairs outside are also important, there are rumors on the market, there are all kinds of things, and now it's just that the emperor has just had a pox, if there are any changes in the future, the shock on the government and the opposition will be terrible, it is a matter of the government, although the mother has withdrawn the curtain and returned to the government, how can she turn a blind eye?" You must know the new policy of foreign affairs, but it is the hard work of the mother. ”

"yes, it's my brainchild."

"Li Hongzao is a square person, but he is not a member of the Westerners, the bias here, the national policy on the excerpt, a slight bias, is a stormy sea, there are already rumors outside, and the saint is uneasy, all because the Beiyang Navy Division fired a cannon in the northeast Longxing land and was stained with blood, causing the dragon vein to be alarmed, so the disaster came."

"These boring people."

"The queen mother can't take it lightly, this dynasty takes water as the virtue, and the Beiyang sailor is in the position of Xuanshui in the north, and there are many people who believe in the theory of feng shui, not only the literati, but also the relatives and nobles of the Eight Banners are convinced."

"Then the battle of the North Sea, isn't it more beneficial to the emperor's dragon body?" The Queen Mother scoffed.

"There are also many people who say this, although these words may not necessarily reach the ears of the emperor, but they can also show that some people, many people, will take the opportunity of the emperor's holy body to cause some trouble."

"Turmoil?" Empress Dowager Cixi frowned slightly, her mood was as gloomy as the snowy sky outside, "Those people? What will it be? ”

"Wei Chen doesn't know, he just has an uncomfortable premonition," Gao Xinkui shook his head and said, "So Wei Chen suggested that the matter of the government should be decided quickly, and now the emperor is sober, if he is confused for a while in the future, if there is anything inappropriate, it will be irreparable." (To be continued.) )