After a few days, the emperor patrolled the three seas, full of interest, and the purple light pavilion, praised Emperor Gaozong, effectively imitated the Qianlong Dynasty painted heroes on the purple light pavilion, but the army has not yet returned north, so it is not on the agenda.

This night the emperor was a rare rest in the palace of Concubine Hui, when he got up on the second day, he coughed slightly, Concubine Hui hurriedly called someone to serve pear soup, the emperor shook his head, he didn't like to eat sweet things, Concubine Hui asked with concern: "Do you want to pass on the imperial doctor?" ”

"It's just a cough, it's fine," the emperor wiped his face, "it's itchy on my back, you can show me." ”

Concubine Hui unbuttoned the emperor's bedclothes, and saw a few rashes like red beans on her left shoulder blade, bright red and dazzling, Concubine Hui was a little surprised, and couldn't help but sigh, "Why does this grow this?" ”

"What's going on?"

Concubine Hui didn't dare to talk nonsense, "The concubine asks the emperor to see it for himself." ”

put the big floor-to-ceiling mirror behind the emperor, the emperor saw the rash on the shoulder blade, and wanted to scratch it with his hands, but was stopped by Concubine Hui, "I don't know what it is, it's not good to scratch it, let's call the imperial doctor." ”

The emperor nodded, and after a while, the imperial physician Li Deli arrived, first looked at the rash on his back, and then took the pulse, Concubine Hui hurriedly asked, "What is it?" Does it matter? ”

The emperor frowned slightly, glanced at Concubine Hui, Concubine Hui knew that she was speechless, lowered her head and stopped talking, "It doesn't matter if it's itchy, Weichen prescribes a prescription to clear heat and detoxify, try it while eating, and it's okay if it's gone." ”

"What do you mean by eating and trying," Emperor Tongzhi was a little dissatisfied, "If it can't be eliminated at that time!" ”

Because Li Deli often sees the emperor and knows his temper, he quickly knelt down and said, "The minister must let the red spots disappear." Your Majesty, please rest assured! After taking this medicine, Chen Ming'er will bring someone else to ask the emperor for a pulse. ”

Li Deli's posture was calm, and the emperor believed a little. "Go down."

After taking a few doses of medicine in this way, sure enough, the red rash shrunk a lot, and it seemed to have the meaning of scabbing, and the emperor felt that he was in good health, and it seemed that he was moving the people to play in the Old Summer Palace, so he took a few concubines to Sanhai to play. When I arrived in Sanhai, the cold wind blew, and I returned to the Heart Cultivation Palace, but on the second day, I had a fever again.

So Li Deli was passed on again, "Although the situation is fierce, it is only a matter of one or two days," Li Deli said indifferently, "The emperor is suffering from a cold, and the weather is not good these days, 'bitter cold turns into dry fire'." Therefore, the emperor did not hesitate, and if this medicine is taken while it is hot, the fever can be reduced immediately. ”

"How so? Not so fast, right? ”

"As long as it's a cold, the minister's prescription will definitely work."

That is to say, if it doesn't work, it must not be a cold, which seems to be almost nonsense. In fact, the intention is beyond words, but the emperor doesn't think it's just.

Out of the Heart Cultivation Palace. Li Deli's originally calm posture disappeared all of a sudden, his face was pale, thinking about something in his heart, his face was full of dense sweat, and he felt that the sky was dark, and his body was about to fall. He hurriedly held on to the palace wall, and in a trance, he seemed to hear someone shouting to him, "Imperial Doctor Li?" Li Deli raised his head and saw Tang Wufu, the head of Shoukang Palace, standing in front of him with two little eunuchs, "The Empress Dowager asked the emperor's pulse." Please go to Shoukang Palace. ”

When she arrived at Shoukang Palace, the Queen Mother sat on the kang and fiddled with a pot of peony bonsai made of gemstones, "How is the emperor's body?" Has the fever subsided? ”

Li Deli was originally standing, but when he heard the Queen Mother's question, his body trembled, but he didn't speak, and the Queen Mother didn't see Li Deli speak, and raised her head, "What's the matter?" ”

Li Deli knelt down and trembled on the ground, the queen mother straightened up, and Deling, who had originally lowered her head, slowly raised her head and looked at Li Deli on the ground, "What's going on?" ”

"If you go back to the queen mother, the emperor, the emperor is probably happy."

"What's the joy?" The Queen Mother was a little puzzled, "What is it?" ”

"It's smallpox."

The queen mother stood up, and the pot of jewel peony flowers fell in response to the sound and fell to the corner of the kang table, and the leaves and petals shattered to the ground.

Cixi only felt that her eyes were black, and Deling hurriedly stepped forward to hug the Queen Mother, who exhaled a few deep breaths and asked Li Deli, "Is it decided?" ”

"Nine times out of ten."

"Then call the Tai Hospital to consult together," the Empress Dowager Cixi sat down slowly, her whole body weak, "Go quickly, immediately!" ”

Li Deli kowtowed, and the Queen Mother grabbed Deling's hand hard, "Hurry up, go to the Heart Cultivation Hall immediately!" ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi arrived at the Yangxin Palace, and when she saw the Empress Dowager coming, the emperor struggled to get up and say goodbye, but was stopped by Cixi, "Since you are sick, don't be polite, let's do this." ”

"The mother of the labor emperor really shouldn't be."

"There's nothing that shouldn't be," the Empress Dowager Cixi said with a smile, "Li Deli, I'm afraid he's too cautious, so I'm here to see you," and the Imperial Doctor arrives in a while, "Let them all take a look, so as not to be mistaken." ”

The queen mother walked out of the Xinuan Pavilion, left the place to the imperial doctors, and sat on the kang in the west room waiting for the news, but she was frightened, so fortunately she walked out, standing outside the gate of the palace of the heart nourishing hall, walking back and forth anxiously, she saw that none of the concubines in the harem were there, and frowned at Chen Shengwen who was waiting, "What about the queen?" Why are they not there, how do these people serve the emperor! Tell them all to come! ”

After a while, the concubines and concubines of the palace arrived, even the concubines of Ci'an Li arrived, and a bunch of people stood in the dark, and the queen mother did not speak, looking up at the cornices at the corner of the hall, and after a while, the doctors of the Tai Hospital all came out and knelt down in front of the queen mother, "The queen mother, the emperor is indeed happy." ”

The queen screamed out, and the faces of the concubines turned white all of a sudden, and Ci'an was dumbfounded, "What do you say?" How can you be happy? ”

"This, please forgive the mother, Weichen doesn't know how."

"I'll just ask you, does it matter?" The Empress Dowager Cixi stared at the imperial doctor on the ground and asked word by word.

"It doesn't matter, as long as the pox comes out, it doesn't matter."

It is said that this is the fetal poison, some people do not come out for life, and after it has come out, it will no longer come out, which is a major difficulty until nearly middle age. Everything should be thought of from the good, the difficulty is coming, it is worrying, but after this difficulty, you can meet such a pass again for life, it is also a good thing, so ask for a mouth, smallpox should be treated as a happy event.

So the Empress Dowager Cixi immediately sent out a decree to change into "flower clothes" and worship the pox god Niangniang.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter," the Empress Dowager Cixi twisted the handkerchief vigorously, and her hanging heart fell for a large part, "You have to take good medicine and work hard for some days!" (To be continued.) )