West Garden.

It is very different from the gloomy and bleak dormitory, but the pepper garden is full of joy. The faces of the eunuchs and palace maids were full of heartfelt joy, and there was laughter in and out. Ma Gonggong, who usually has a strict steward brand, just casually scolded a few words, but he himself is still full of spring breeze, how can he calm the people below?

It's not difficult to understand at all, because there are still three days left, and the concubine Niangniang will be canonized as the queen! The so-called one person who has attained the Tao and the chicken dog ascends to heaven, and all the people in this palace will be wiped out! Especially Ma Gonggong, he has always been worried that if the emperor goes, the concubine will become a concubine that no one cares about, and he will either accompany her to guard the cold kiln, or go to the palace to find another way to survive.

Although the concubine Niangniang has been in charge of the harem over the years, he has really fished a lot of oil and water, and he is not afraid of starvation when he leaves the palace. But most of his life has been accustomed to life in the palace, and the thought of facing a completely unfamiliar world after leaving the palace makes Ma Gonggong feel very terrifying.

It's good now, Niangniang becomes the queen, and she will be the queen mother when she turns back. As the queen mother's most trusted eunuch, although he can't compare to the henchmen and eunuchs around the new emperor at that time, he is also one of the top few in the palace, and no one dares to offend the real power. That status is now incomparable.

Thinking about the wonderful prospects, Ma Gonggong was panicked, and his service to the concubine was naturally a hundred times more diligent than usual.

In addition to going to the palace to serve the emperor, she also had to meet with the officials of Honglu Temple, listen to the relevant arrangements of the ceremony, and have to take the time to accept a lot of compliments from the concubines, and she was so busy that she couldn't even take care of eating. Although the concubine is willing, she still has to shout when she is tired......

After the busy work of the day, it was already past noon, the concubine Niangniang sat on the couch tiredly, asked the palace maid to take off her headdress, and said to Ma Gong, who was beating her legs: "It's really tiring to death, this palace is dizzy and di......zzy."

"The old slave has already instructed the imperial dining room to arrange food for the mother immediately." Ma Gonggong hurriedly said softly.

"Forget it, it's not too early or late, it's uncomfortable." The concubine Niangniang propped her elbows on the couch, gently rubbed her temples with her fingers, and said lazily: "Just eat some dessert." ”

"Yes, Niangniang will have a snack first." Ma Gonggong smiled and said, "Go back and tell the old slave to make the dinner room better." ”

Although it is a casual dessert, but after a while, the couch table is filled with delicate small porcelain plates, in which all kinds of exquisite court snacks, each of which is fragrant and attractive, waiting for the concubine to taste.

The concubine Niangniang looked at the dazzling dim sum, and was a little dazzled for a while, and finally it was the red and lovely sandwich dates that were the first to get the favor of the concubine.

Following the gaze of the concubine, the palace maid hurriedly sent the plate of snacks to her. The concubine Niangniang picked up a sandwich jujube with her hand. This is to use tribute and Tian jujube to remove the core, and there are all kinds of delicate fruits hidden inside, but what is inside can only be known by biting open.

While eating a snack elegantly, the concubine Niangniang complained to Ma Gonggong: "The officials of the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites are not like words, and seeing that the palace is easy to talk to, they actually want to cut the use of the ceremony by another piece. ”

"I can't bear that!" Ma Gonggong said angrily: "It's inconvenient for Niangniang to say, the old slave is looking for them, and ask them about the past dynasties, is there such a shabby post-sealing ceremony?" ”

"There's no need to go, this palace is just talking to you." The concubine found that there was cheese in the sandwich dates, which was sweet on the outside and fragrant on the inside, which was very attractive. She usually likes the taste of cheese the most, but she pays attention to her figure and doesn't dare to eat more, she happens to be hungry at the moment, and her heart says that it doesn't hurt to eat more. "King Zhao is right, now that the emperor is like this, the more simple the ceremony is, the more it can be praised by the officials and the common people. When he becomes the queen mother in the future, he will double the compensation for the palace. When the time comes, he will be filial, but others will not be able to say anything......"

"I see, but the old slave is short-sighted...... "Ma Gonggong knew that King Zhao was afraid that he had been preparing for a long time, and he had a lot of dreams at night, but he could only pretend to be confused and said: "The key is that Niangniang is sympathetic to the people of the world, this is called the mother of the world!" ”

Hearing the words 'Muyi World', Wang Guifei felt 36,000 pores all over her body, none of them were uncomfortable, and even her appetite was much better, she ate seven or eight dates in a row, felt a little bloated before realizing that she didn't move any other snacks, took a sip of tea from the teacup, and ordered the palace maid to remove the plate.

The two palace maids put the small plates in the tray and brought out the warm pavilion. Naturally, these snacks will not be brought back to the mother, and according to the rules, they will be enjoyed by the palace maids and eunuchs.

The two palace maids first asked a few aunts in charge, and a few of them picked out a few favorite snacks, and then asked the two to take the rest to the backyard room, put it on the table, and more than a dozen little eunuchs and palace maids came up, chatting happily while eating snacks.

A little eunuch approached the two palace maids, first pretended to look at those dim sums, and then said with a look of pity: "Why are there no sandwich dates?" I remember a few aunts who didn't like to eat......"

"Today's sandwich is cheese, and my mother has eaten seven or eight for the first time, do you still want to eat it?" A palace maid smiled: "It's good to have candied fruit to eat......"

"Yes, too!" The joy on the eunuch's face flashed, and he took a few pieces of candied fruit and quietly left......

As soon as it was dark, dinner was ready. Ma Gonggong invited the concubine to the front for dinner.

Wang Guifei greedily ate a stomach of dates, drank tea again, and felt a little bloated, but she didn't eat at noon, and she couldn't eat it at night, so she helped Ma Gonggong to the table and sat down with a smile.

A series of exquisite imperial meals, filled with a long dining table, now the emperor is seriously ill, almost nothing can be eaten, the imperial dining room in this West Garden, it seems to be specially set up for the concubine Niangniang.

But looking at the table full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, the concubine Niangniang had no appetite, and it wasn't until Gonggong Ma opened a silver cover to reveal the red sea crab inside, that Wang Guifei's eyes lit up.

This is the time to eat crabs, but Beijing is located inland, and there are very few fresh sea crabs. Moreover, the imperial diet has always been safe, and it is even more respectful of seafood that is easy to eat bad stomach. Wang Guifei has been in Beijing for a few years, and it is the first time she has seen crabs at the dining table.

"This is the person from the imperial dining room, who specially sent someone to Tianjin, and quickly transported it back without stopping." Ma Gonggong smiled as if offering a treasure: "The old slave has been specially to see it, and they are all alive......"

"Since it's a piece of mind, let's try it." Wang Guifei couldn't help but feel happy in her heart, knowing that this was the person in the imperial dining room who was trying to curry favor with herself, the future queen.

"Okay!" Ma Gonggong got the order, so he put a big crab on the plate in front of him, picked up the gold tongs and scissors, skillfully unloaded the crab into eight pieces, and sent the white, tender and complete crab meat to Wang Guifei.

Wang Guifei picked up the ivory chopsticks and took a piece of crab meat to her mouth, and the crab meat melted in her mouth and was extremely delicious. Wang Guifei's brows stretched suddenly, and she no longer felt a loss of appetite.

The umami taste of the crab is extremely domineering, and after eating the crab first, the things next to it have no taste at all. What's more, Wang Guifei didn't plan to eat anything else, and under the service of Ma Gonggong, she ate four or five big crab roe in a row before she finished dinner satisfied.

In the middle of the night, something bad happened......

The palace maid on duty at night heard the moaning of the concubine Niangniang, and hurriedly opened the curtain to take a look, only to see that the mother's face was pale, her face was full of beads of sweat, her body was tightly wrapped in the quilt, and she was moaning on the bed with her stomach covered.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?" The palace maid exclaimed: "Imperial Doctor, quickly pass on the Imperial Doctor!" ”

The pepper garden, which was originally quiet, was in chaos. The little eunuch rushed to the hospital like his butt was on fire, and asked the doctor to come over to see his mother.

Because of the emperor's illness, all the imperial doctors were on duty in the Tai Hospital at night, and when they heard that the future queen suddenly fell ill, the Jin Yuan sentenced them to hurriedly take two senior imperial doctors and ran to Jiaoyuan with sweating profusely.

At this time, the illness of the concubine became more and more serious, and she was covered with three quilts, but she still couldn't stop shivering. What is even more difficult is the abdominal pain, which is so unbearable that the whole person is already a little confused......

The Golden Court sentenced and the two imperial doctors to check the pulse of the concubine Niangniang, and after carefully questioning Gonggong Ma, he retreated to the outer hall and said with a stern face: "Niangniang's illness, what do you two think?" ”

"Niangniang, this is a typical typhoid fever and a lack of yin." A physician was sure.

Another imperial doctor had a different opinion: "I heard that Niangniang ate a lot of crab roe at night, it can't be food poisoning, right?" ”

"It should be vomiting and diarrhea, and the mother has no symptoms." A doctor shook his head and said, "It can't be that you have a bad stomach." It should be typhoid fever. ”

"What do you think of the court's verdict?" The second imperial physician looked at the Jinyuan judgment, which respected medical skills in the Tai Hospital, and the Jinyuan judgment was recognized as a national hand.

"I want to see ...... again" Doctor Jin said solemnly: "If Niangniang still has this symptom at dawn, it is undoubtedly typhoid fever." ”

"That's all right." The two imperial physicians respected the authority and both nodded.

"Imperial Physician Wang, you first help Niangniang with acupuncture to relieve the pain." The Golden Court gave an order, and the first imperial physician obeyed the order and went in.

The Golden Court sentenced him and another imperial doctor to sit and wait in the outer hall.

The night was long, and only the intermittent moaning of the princess in the palace could be heard, and the judge of the Golden Court and the imperial doctor had no interest in speaking. They each sat on their chairs and wandered around the world.

If anyone carefully examines the judgment of the Golden Court at this moment, they will find that his expression is extremely struggling, and his eyes are full of fear and hesitation......

The judge of the Golden Academy was in Jiaoyuan in the middle of the night, but his mind returned to the ...... of the Tai Hospital yesterday.

Yesterday after noon, Yang Shiqi arrived at the duty room of the Golden Yuan of the Tai Hospital, these days he has come to learn about the emperor's condition every day, and everyone has long been accustomed to it.

However, the Golden Court found that Yang Shiqi on this day was different from the past, as if he had something to say to himself, but it was difficult to speak.

It was the Golden Court Judge who took the initiative to ask, 'What does the bachelor command, but it doesn't hurt to speak.' ’

If the Golden Court were given another chance to choose, he would definitely not say more......