Chapter 111 The Palace
Li Ming once visited the Forbidden City in Beijing and visited the Qing Forbidden City in Chenyang, so he thought he had seen the greatest building in the world. However, when he approached the palace, he realized how shallow and ignorant he had been before.
Li Ming, who followed King Kang into the palace early in the morning in the cool and pleasant autumn wind, turned around the tall archway in front of him and climbed the tall outer wall of the imperial city. He was immediately stunned by the tall and vast buildings in front of him.
Most of the palaces in the Ming and Qing dynasties were topped with golden glazed tiles, so the entire palace looked magnificent, but the palace in front of me was very different from the Forbidden City that Li Ming remembered. This palace all uses green tiles as the roof, making the entire palace look extremely solemn, solemn and steady, but at the same time it also has a graceful and luxurious feeling. Looking around, the entire palace was immersed in the reflection of the morning glow and the faint morning mist. It was impossible to see at first glance, and the pavilions that appeared faintly in the distance, the mountains, rivers, flowers and trees seemed to make people feel more relaxed and happy, and they were like entering a fairyland. The sound of silk, bamboo, bells and chimes floating from where they floated from time to time, making people unable to help but want to stop and listen carefully.
The main characteristics of the buildings in the imperial city in front of us are that they are tall and mighty. Although the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City is tall, they are not even comparable to the general buildings in the imperial palace in front of us. Most of the palaces here are mainly multi-story wooden buildings, and the least one is as high as three floors. The tallest palace that Li Ming could see is actually as high as ten floors. I really don’t understand what they built such a tall building in this era without elevators.
"The green clouds are coming into the high place of the Li Palace, and the fairy music is floating everywhere." Li Ming, who was deeply attracted by the scenery in front of him, couldn't help but recite these two popular Tang poems gently. What an appropriate scene! He never thought that he would have the opportunity to stand in the palace where the real emperor lived. What a strange feeling! Looking at the imperial city that faintly emerged in the light fog in the distance, Li Ming couldn't help but get confused.
King Kang Li Song, who had been waiting next to him for a long time, could no longer help him. Looking at Li Ming's demented expression, he couldn't help but cover his mouth and smiled. He turned a wink at Lin Long next to Li Ming and said softly: "I used to think that Li Ming would not lose his composure under any circumstances, but I didn't expect that he was scared by the palace. Look at his current appearance, does he look like a local bun and enter the city?" After saying that, he could no longer hold it back and laughed.
Immersed in the dreamy mood, Li Ming was frightened by the sudden sharp laughter and reacted. He quickly turned his head to look, but found King Kang who was so happy that he couldn't lift his waist and Lin Long who held back his smile.
Li Ming's face turned red, and he couldn't help but blame his disobedience. However, he could understand why the two of them were like this now. Originally, even if a country bumpkin who had never seen the world came here, he would not be as disobedience as Li Ming. But how could they understand Li Ming's current feelings and feelings? Without understanding the accumulation and precipitation of China's five thousand years of history like Li Ming, he would not have the same feeling and obsession as Li Ming. Only he could enjoy this strange feeling. Therefore, Li Ming, who had woken up, was not concerned about the ridicule of King Kang. He just smiled slightly at Lin Long and made an invitation gesture to King Kang.
Kang Wangqiang stopped smiling, reached out to hold the shoulder of the little yellow door next to him, and smiled as he walked, "Li Ming, I have never seen anyone show such an expression before. You don't know how rich the expression on your face just now, it's like haha, I'm like picking up millions of gold and marrying beauties all over the world, haha, it's so funny, isn't it just a palace, worthy of your likeness? However, the two lines of poetry you just recited were really a stroke of magic, very good and very appropriate. It seems that you are indeed both civil and military." After saying that, there was a spark in the eyes of Li Ming.
Li Ming hurriedly turned his head and pretended to appreciate the scenery of the palace, trying his best not to look at King Kang's eyes. This look almost made Li Ming's whole body full of goose bumps, and that feeling was so uncomfortable.
With the yellow gates leading the way, Li Ming and Lin Long walked around the outer wall of the imperial city for nearly an hour before walking down the wall in front of a tall city tower. In front of him, unique and elegant courtyards appeared in front of Li Ming.
According to King Kang's explanation, they walked around the city walls so as to prevent the spies of the other two princes. The defense of the walls of the palace was guarded by 20,000 elite soldiers of the Imperial Guards, and no one was allowed to go to the city except for the relevant personnel. The Imperial Guards were the imperial guards controlled by the emperor themselves, and all officials were appointed by the emperor themselves. Therefore, the princes had no chance to infiltrate their confidants and spies in the Imperial Guards. In the palace, there were not only the Imperial Guards responsible for the defense, but also the more than 10,000 yellow gates under the Yellow Gate. Many people in the Yellow Gate have been bribed by other princes. Therefore, walking on the walls of all Imperial Guards can prevent the leakage of news of Li Ming's trip to the Palace to the greatest extent.
Walking down the city wall and entering the quiet and elegant back garden, there is another different architectural style in front of Li Ming. There is no towering palace like Li Ming just saw. There are only small bridges, flowing water, winding corridors, strange rockery, birds and flowers, making Li Ming feel like he has come to the quiet and elegant Suzhou gardens with winding paths.
I sat in the Santai soft sedan chair and walked for about an hour surrounded by some small yellow doors. I don’t know how many small bridges and corridors I passed through, and the winding paths of the Bihu Lake. Finally, several yellow doors stopped in front of a obviously heavily guarded courtyard.
In front of the tall bronze lion in front of the door were more than thirty guards from the fully armed cheetah battalion. When King Kang walked out of the sedan chair, the guards bowed to King Kang together. Someone had already run up the long steps and opened the heavy door to welcome King Kang's arrival.
Walking into the courtyard, the guards of the Cheetah Battalion and the Huangmensi were everywhere, and they could be easily separated from their clothes. Seeing Li Ming paying great attention to this, King Kang explained as he walked: "Originally, the defense of the harem was all the responsibility of the Huangmensi. The soldiers of the Imperial Army were absolutely not allowed to enter the harem. However, the situation in the imperial city this time was very subtle, and the power of the Huangmensi was in the hands of several Huangmensi general managers. The attitude of these general managers
It is very unclear. Since my father Huang was seriously ill, they have not only strengthened the defense of the inner palace, but also perfunctorily tried and won over the temptation and appeal of our princes. In order to prevent the inner palace from getting out of control, I used my privileges to force the guards of the Cheetah Camp into the inner palace, so I don’t have to be afraid of anything they are doing. Humph, these guys who are neither male nor female, know that their father handed over the imperial city to me, but ignored my orders. One day I will make them look good!"
While listening to King Kang's complaint, a sharp voice suddenly appeared in everyone's ears: "Prince Kang, why did you come so early today? Who are these two people? How did they come in? Prince, although the emperor has handed over the defense of the imperial city to you, you can't bring irrelevant people into the inner palace so openly! Come on, arrest these two people and arrest them in the Heaven Prison for careful questioning." With the voice, an old yellow gate in a big red robe and holding a whisk appeared in front of everyone, and with his orders, more than fifty yellow gates holding long swords and armor suddenly appeared behind him, and leaned towards Li Ming and Lin Long.
King Kang frowned, his face suddenly covered with frost. He shouted sharply: "You dare! Whoever touches them, I will ask for his head immediately!"
Hearing him say this, the yellow gates that were huddled up all showed a embarrassed look, standing there in a dilemma, and a few bold and brave people looked at the old yellow gate secretly, wanting to get his instructions.
The old Huangmen's face suddenly filled with anger. He said unhappily: "Prince, it's very difficult for you to do this. Lao Nu has been deeply favored by the emperor and dare not neglect his duties at all. Now you say that two unknown people have brought them into the inner palace without retrieving our Huangmen in advance. Moreover, one of them is obviously a martial arts master. What do you mean? Does the prince want to openly turn against us?" At the last sentence, the sharp voice was already shocking Li Ming's ear drums buzzing.
King Kang's face changed, he stomped his feet hard, suppressed the anger in his heart and calmed his face a little, and said to the old Huangmen coldly: "Eunuch Yang, I did not notify you in advance, so you misunderstood. However, they are not irrelevant people. You also know that the pustules in the Imperial Hospital are helpless in the condition of his father and have no effective method. Therefore, I specially invited the famous doctor god Mr. Li Ming from Lin Bincheng to treat the emperor. The gentleman was Mr. Li Ming's assistant and bodyguard. They were just invited back by me yesterday, so I didn't have time to notify you in advance, so please don't mind."
"Li Ming?" A little bit of surprise appeared on the old Huangmen's face: "Zhongyong Hou Li Ming? Isn't he already dead? Prince, are you lying to the emperor?"
King Kang sneered and said, "Just, is Lord Zhou lying with me? Eunuch Yang, the reason and process of this matter are not something you can know. In short, I brought Li Ming here to treat the emperor today. If you don't want to mislead the matter, don't make things difficult for me. Do you think I will bring people to be unfavorable to my father?"
Eunuch Yang hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand and ordered his subordinates: "Okay, you go down first, don't go far, listen to my orders at any time." Then, he turned around and said to King Kang: "Since the prince brought Zhongyong Hou, I won't stop him. Let me lead the way and lead the princes and the other ones to the emperor's bedroom."
King Kang sneered and said nothing. He just reached out to hold Li Ming and followed Eunuch Yang to the depths of the courtyard. Along the way, whether it was the cracks between the rockery and the dense treetops, there would be slight breathing sounds from time to time. Although Li Ming's internal strength was still weak, he could still hear it clearly.
Entering the emperor's bedroom, Eunuch Yang recycled and drove away the palace maids who served inside, slowly lifted the curtains on the dragon collapse. Emperor Rende, who had ruled the Tang Empire for decades, appeared in front of Li Ming.
The emperor in front of him was too far from the majestic Nine Five Lords in Li Ming's impression. The emperor lying on the sickbed was now unconscious. His pale face, haggard expression, and short breathing all indicate that this person in charge of the world was about to reach the end of his life.
Li Ming slowly sat down in front of the sickbed, reached out to grab the emperor's wrist, and put three fingers on his pulse. Li Ming's pulse diagnosis was from Zhang Hong, a famous doctor in Yangcheng, Ming. Although he lacked practice, he was also taught by famous masters. Later, he was taught by the Saint Hand King on Biquan Island. The skills and experience of the Saint Hand King were beyond the reach of Zhang Hongyuan, so after Li Ming was taught by the Saint Hand King, he had good achievements in traditional Chinese medicine and pulse diagnosis after training in their "internship base" in Linbincheng. Therefore, as soon as he took the emperor's pulse, his face sank.
Li Ming's medical skills are not as simple as being taught by the King of Saints. Of course, when he first arrived in this space, he was only using his half-handed Western medicine skills to be in Mengren. However, after arriving at Biquan Island, he still devoted himself to the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine for a period of time. With his intelligence and talent, his current medical skills can be said to be a small achievement. Therefore, based on the emperor's pulse, based on the comparison of traditional Chinese and Western medicine theories he mastered, based on the medical history of King Kang Li Song, and based on the swollen and unconscious symptoms of the emperor on the bed, it is not difficult for him to judge that the emperor in front of him is very likely to have heart failure.
When he was treating Kang Wang at the Kang Wang Mansion, he had already discovered that Kang Wang had a serious heart disease. At that time, he wondered whether Kang Wang's heart disease was familial. Now it seems that his original guess was very correct. The emperor in front of him had caused swelling throughout his body due to severe heart failure. The poison caused by swelling and insufficient blood supply throughout the body had basically lost its function. If he did not drain and diuresis in time, he would not have lived for a few days.
Li Ming slowly stood up from the sickbed and walked towards the desk not far away. On the desk, there was already a diligent little yellow door ready with pens and ink and rice paper, waiting for Li Ming to give the medicine.
Li Ming was used to using Western medicine. In this case, if his medicine box was in front of him, a few simple tablets of furure and a few tablets of potassium chloride could save the emperor from the brink of death. But now, he has to consider using Chinese herbal medicine instead of these two simple chemical drugs.
Fortunately, there are many Chinese herbal medicines used for diuresis. Li Ming and Zhang Hong have been memorizing many prescriptions. He can still use herbs such as Four-leaf clover, Chuanmutong, and Cheqianzi. After knowing how to do it, the right medicine will be much simpler. This is also a major advantage of Li Ming in using Western medicine to diagnose diseases. As for the subsequent replenishment of potassium ions, he could eat more beans and drink more tea after waking up.
Li Ming, who lacks easy chemicals, can only do this first. As for whether he is fully confident, it is impossible to guarantee that he can do anything, but now there is nothing else to let him do experiments on the emperor. Fortunately, others don’t know his background. After all, he has done too many things that people of this era cannot do.
But don't think that Li Ming would sit honestly in front of the desk and write the prescription. His brushwork is not good enough. If he really writes it himself, his handwriting alone will make people suspect him. Fortunately, he still has support. Otherwise, why would he call Lin Long to come and do what? Under Li Ming's instructions, Lin Long sat in front of the desk very cooperatively, while Li Ming walked back and forth in the city with his hands behind his back, and casually recited his own integrated prescription.
Soon, Xiao Huangmen took the prescription written by Lin Long to the Imperial Hospital to get the medicine, and Li Ming still had to stay to observe the emperor's reaction after taking the medicine. Next to him, several popular imperial physicians were standing in the corner of the palace, observing Li Ming with both jealousy, resentful and a little gloating. In their hearts, they probably wouldn't hope that the emperor would get better.
After several yellow gates and palace maids were pried together, they finally had to pour the decoction into the emperor. Li Ming sat blankly on the brocade stool next to the sickbed, hoping that the prescription he prescribed would work. After all, the emperor who lies in front of him was the emperor who held the power of life and death.
It seems that the effect of Chinese herbal medicine is still very effective. As the emperor kept urinating, the swelling on his body gradually became a little bit. In order to prevent the emperor from dehydrating and deficiency of potassium, Li Ming specially ran to the beautiful back garden and ordered the guards to cut down a hundred-year-old camphor tree and set fire to the garden. With a burst of smoke, the century-old ancient tree turned into a pile of ashes.
Li Ming used the method he remembered to add water to the ashes and extract and evaporate them repeatedly, which actually made him propose a lot of potassium carbonate crystals. Now he was happy. He didn't expect that chemical drugs could be made in this place without any chemical experimental equipment, which really made him a little elated.
He was busy all day, and it was not until the evening that the emperor's breathing and pulse gradually improved. Although he was still unconscious, he had hope of awakening, which made King Kang and Eunuch Yang present admire Li Ming's medical skills. The imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital who came to hear the news were a little angry. It was unheard of that. If Li Ming had not been because of his high medical skills, he would have been very lucky.
Of course, everyone present did not sleep this night. Who can guarantee that nothing will happen when they sleep? Especially Li Ming did not dare to close his eyes. He sat in front of the sickbed and did not dare to blink. He always observed the emperor's movements. It was not until dawn that he stood up and prepared to sleep for a while under the concern of King Kang and Lin Long.
Chapter completed!