Chapter 404: Li Xiu wants to heal
"Xiu Ning, don't worry too much. Your Majesty may be just a minor illness, it's not a problem!" On the shaking carriage, Li Xiu comforted Princess Pingyang, who looked nervous. As the months get bigger, her lower abdomen becomes noticeable, and her whole body becomes much more rounded, looking more feminine.
"But the news from the palace was so urgent, and it was said that the imperial doctors in the palace had gone to the emperor's place for consultation, and even asked Master Sun from our mansion to go with him. How could this be a minor illness?" Princess Pingyang said with a panic expression, holding Li Xiu's hand tightly with both hands, and her palms were covered in sweat.
"Your Majesty has always been healthy, but he is in a bad mood during this period, so there may be some minor problems. Moreover, Your Majesty is responsible for the safety of the world, and even a minor illness cannot be ignored, so he is so attached to such importance." Li Xiu explained again at this time. In fact, he did not believe what he said, because he knew that Li Yuan was not only sick, but also was never sick. Only in this way can his goal be achieved, but these words cannot be told to Princess Pingyang.
"I hope this is the case!" Princess Pingyang replied casually, but her eyes couldn't help but look out the window, and her eyes were full of worry and anxiety.
In a short while, the carriage walked along Zhuque Street into Tai Chi Palace, and then followed the corridor in the palace to the Ganlu Hall. Li Xiu jumped out of the carriage first, then helped Pingyang get out of the carriage, and then saw Pingyang walking hurriedly into the hall. As a result, before entering the hall, he smelled a strong smell of Chinese medicine coming out of the hall.
As the two entered the hall, they saw a palace maid in the hall boiling medicine, and several other imperial doctors were whispering something. Princess Pingyang immediately stepped forward and asked the imperial doctors: "What disease does the father have? Is it serious?"
"This..." When several imperial doctors saw Princess Pingyang coming in, they immediately bowed and bowed, but when they heard her inquiry, the few people looked at each other, as if they were unwilling to speak first.
"What's wrong with my father?" Princess Pingyang couldn't help but angrily when she saw this. These imperial doctors' medical skills were generally good, but after staying in the imperial hospital for a long time, they were all very slippery. They hid back when they encountered problems, for fear of taking the responsibility for the first time.
Seeing Princess Pingyang getting angry, these imperial doctors were also shocked. At that moment, the oldest imperial doctor finally bit the bullet and said, "Princess, Your Majesty suddenly fainted last night. After we came to treat it, we thought that Your Majesty had deficiency of both qi and blood, and did not care about her body. As a result, the coma was caused. However, after we prescribed medicine for Your Majesty, Your Majesty kept gritting her teeth and could not take medicine no matter what. Moreover, Your Majesty's pulse was very chaotic, so we were helpless in this."
"My subordinates have indeed tried their best, but Your Majesty's symptoms are special. We have tried our best to do so but it will not work. Now that Taoist Master Sun is treating Your Majesty." At this time, another white-haired old imperial doctor also spoke.
Sun Simiao entered the palace one earlier than Li Xiu and the others. After all, when the news just arrived at the other courtyard, Sun Simiao was immediately invited into the palace by someone sent by Li Shimin. Princess Pingyang was pregnant after all, and the carriage couldn't get faster, so she came a little later.
When Princess Pingyang heard that her father was still unconscious, she immediately showed a panic expression. She no longer paid attention to these imperial doctors and walked towards the inner hall. Li Xiu was worried about her body and hurriedly chased after her. Then the two walked through several corridors and finally came to Li Yuan's bedroom. As soon as she entered, she saw Sun Simiao standing in front of the bed to apply a needle to Li Yuan.
Seeing this, Princess Pingyang's footsteps stopped suddenly because she knew that she would never be disturbed when applying the injection. Li Xiu also helped her stand aside. What surprised him was that in addition to Li Yuan and Sun Simiao, there was another woman in the room, Li Shimin's wife Changsun. She saw that her face was still a bit sick. It was probably that the illness had not been fully recovered some time ago, but she still came to visit Li Yuan and do her duty as a daughter-in-law.
"Meet the third sister!" When Changsun saw Princess Pingyang coming in, he also moved his lotus steps to Princess Pingyang to salute.
"No need to be polite, what did Taoist Master Sun say?" Princess Pingyang hated Li Shimin very much at this time, but she did not hate his wife and children. She felt very pleased to see Changsun coming to visit him earlier.
"Master Sun's view is similar to that of the imperial doctors outside, but apart from those external factors, the father's depression during this period is also a kind of heart disease. As a result, internal and external affairs have led to the situation of his father's situation so bad!" Changsun replied softly at this time.
Li Xiu next to him sighed in his heart when he heard this. Changsun's words further confirmed his guess. If nothing unexpected happens, Li Yuan should have deliberately ruined his body and forced Li Shimin to give him some freedom. After all, Li Shimin still needs Li Yuan to stabilize the court now. If Li Yuan has any accidents, even if Li Shimin is covered in mouth, he may not be able to explain it clearly, and in the end he will even have to bear the bad reputation of killing his father.
"Hmph, my father is locked in this small nectar hall every day, how can he not feel depressed? His heart disease was originally locked up!" Princess Pingyang couldn't help but snorted coldly when she heard this. If Li Shimin was here, she would probably slap the other party a few times. After all, as a son, she forced her father to be sick. How could Princess Pingyang not be angry?
"This..." Faced with Princess Pingyang's anger, Changsun couldn't help but smile bitterly. Although Li Shimin's actions were indeed a bit unfilial and even unfaithful, as the saying goes, husband and wife are one, no matter what Li Shimin does, she will only support her behind her back. Therefore, even if Princess Pingyang scolds her now, she will never say anything.
"Xiu Ning, don't be too angry. It's important to treat Your Majesty. Also, you should pay attention to your body!" Li Xiu comforted softly at this time. He really didn't want to comment on the broken matter between Li Shimin and Li Yuan and his father and son.
Just as he was talking, Sun Simiao suddenly saw that Sun Simiao finally took back the silver needle on Li Yuan's body and then called Li Yuan a vein. This made Princess Pingyang and Changsun both show nervous expressions, but Li Xiu seemed very calm and looked at Li Yuan on the hospital bed with a calm face.
After a while, Sun Simiao frowned and withdrew his fingers. Princess Pingyang immediately stepped forward and asked, "Master Sun, how is my father's condition?"
"Your Majesty's illness is very strange. You can't feed the medicine just now, so I can only use acupuncture to rescue you. I have already taken your majesty the pulse and found that your majesty's pulse has stabilized. Although the condition is serious, it is still stable. As long as you wake up and pay attention to some living habits and take good care of it, you can still recover from health in the future!" Sun Simiao also stroked his beard and said with a puzzled expression on his face. Because in his experience, even after he was acupuncture, Li Yuan should have some reaction even if he was not completely awake?
"This...what should I do?" Hearing that Sun Simiao could not control Li Yuan's condition, Princess Pingyang suddenly panicked, and tears suddenly burst out. Even Li Xiu, who was holding her next to her, felt her body trembling slightly.
Compared to Princess Pingyang, Changsun also had a pale face all of a sudden. She was not an ordinary woman. As Changsun Wuji's sister, she was usually trusted and favored by Li Shimin, so she also knew very well about the situation in the court. If something happened to Li Yuan at this time, no matter what the reason was, Li Shimin would have to take the blame for this matter. At that time, the historical books would definitely be called a father-killing person. In this way, no matter how great the achievements Li Shimin made after becoming emperor, it would be difficult to clean up the crime.
Li Xiu felt the fear that appeared on Princess Pingyang, and he couldn't help but sigh inwardly, turned his head and haha, the maid who was following with him held Princess Pingyang in the helmet. Then he strode to Li Yuan's hospital bed, then stretched out his hand and flipped Li Yuan's eyelids, and pretended to touch Li Yuan's forehead. Finally, he even lay on Li Yuan's chest and listened to his heartbeat.
Princess Pingyang, Changsun and others were also attracted by Li Xiu's actions. Finally, Li Xiu suddenly turned around, and then said to Princess Pingyang and the others in a low voice: "Xiu Ning, I may have a solution to your majesty's illness..."
"Really, husband, do you really have a way to cure your father?" Before Li Xiu finished speaking, Princess Pingyang walked forward in surprise and walked a few steps. Although she knew that Li Xiu did not understand real medical skills, he knew many strange medical theories. It was precisely because of these medical theories that Sun Simiao had been staying at his home and was unwilling to leave. So sometimes, Li Xiu might have a way to cure the disease that others could not cure.
"Xiu Ning, you misunderstood. I just have a way to wake up my father. As for treating my father, I still need to be recuperated slowly." Li Xiu explained with a smile at this time.
"That's great. Please give me a wonderful move to you!" When Sun Simiao heard that Li Xiu had a solution, his eyes lit up. He had learned a lot of Li Xiu's wonderful medical theories during this period, which also gave him a deeper understanding of medicine and greatly improved his medical skills. So every time Li Xiu showed some new things, he was very excited.
"This... I can't ask anyone to treat the disease, so princess, you probably have to go out for a while, but Master Sun, your medicine box is to be kept, and I need to use some things." Li Xiu hesitated for a moment and spoke again.
"Can't show it to others? But..." This was the first time Sun Simiao met Li Xiu that he was unwilling to teach him. It was both unexpected and a pity at the moment. However, in this era, many teachers in many industries like to hide their skills in teaching students, so Li Xiu was understandable to do so.
"Husband, I will never disturb you. Can you just sit there quietly?" Princess Pingyang said anxiously when she heard that Li Xiu didn't even let her stay. She didn't believe in Li Xiu, but just wanted to watch her father awaken.
"Xiu Ning, some treatment methods are too incredible, and they may even be a little bloody. You are still pregnant and it is really not suitable to see these things, so it is better to wait outside?" Li Xiu said firmly at this time. He could agree to Princess Pingyang for other things, but this matter was not possible.
"Then... well!" Seeing Li Xiu's attitude, Princess Pingyang finally agreed with some disappointment. At this time, Changsun also stepped forward to support her, and then the two left with the maids beside her. Sun Simiao also left his medical box for Li Xiu as he said. Then the palace maids and eunuchs in the room were also driven out by Li Xiu. This was not in line with the rules of the palace at all, because there were people around Li Yuan who had to serve him at all times, but how could he care about any irregularities at this time?
After everyone left the bedroom, Li Xiu closed the bedroom door himself, and then came to Li Yuan's hospital bed, looked at Li Xiu lying with his eyes closed on the hospital bed, then suddenly smiled, reached out to open Sun Simiao's medicine box, took out a thick and short moxa velvet from it, and lit it.
The so-called moxa velvet is actually a topical drug made of mugwort, which is mainly used in acupuncture. Many people in later generations thought that acupuncture was actually acupuncture, which is actually incomplete. The word acupuncture should actually be separated. Acupuncture is a common acupuncture in later generations. Moxibustion refers to bringing the lit moxa stick close to the acupuncture point of the human body and using high temperature and moxa stick medicines to the human body. Therefore, a doctor who knows how to acupuncture must have silver needles and moxa sticks in his medicine box.
Li Xiu lit the mugwort, but did not put it on Li Yuan, but placed it on a small plate on the table. Soon the whole room was filled with the fragrance of mugwort. Then he took out the silver needles that Sun Simiao had sorted out and placed them on the table to mess them up so that they seemed to have been used.
After doing all this, Li Xiu came to Li Yuan's bed and whispered with a smile: "Your Majesty, there are no other people in the room. Should you wake up?"
Li Xiu was almost certain that Li Yuan must have woken up long ago, but he had been pretending to be unconscious. In addition, he was also certain that Li Yuan asked Pei Ji to help him leave the palace before. This sentence was not only for Pei Ji, but also for Li Xiu. At that time, he had a way to leave the palace, that was to pretend to be sick, and it was not right to pretend to be sick, because Li Yuan was deliberately indulging himself. As the saying goes, "Wine is to penetrate the intestine poison, and color is to scrape the bones and steel knife." In addition to Li Yuan's age, if he was not sick, then would there be a ghost?
In addition, whether it is the imperial physician or Sun Simiao, it is said that although Li Yuan's illness is serious, it is not incurable. The key is that Li Yuan has been in a coma, but coma can actually be pretended. Especially Li Xiu believes in Sun Simiao's medical skills, so after hearing Sun Simiao's previous words and combined with his own judgment, Li Xiu was almost certain that Li Yuan was awake.
However, to Li Xiu's surprise, Li Yuan on the hospital bed did not react to his words. He said helplessly several times, but Li Yuan was still unmoved, which made Li Xiu a little angry. He immediately passed the plate lit with moxa velvet and threatened: "Your Majesty, if you don't wake up again, don't blame me for being rude!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!