Chapter 2013 Back to the light and back to the light
The family sent Manbao out to get in the car. This was the first time for Lao Zhou's family to encounter this situation, and they were a little anxious, "Is everything okay?"
Mr. Zhuang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It's okay, just like a patient in a pharmacy who has an emergency and needs to see a doctor. Don't worry."
He added: "Didn't Man Bao also stay in the palace for medical treatment when others were taking a rest?"
With this metaphor, Lao Zhoutou and the others felt relieved, "That's good, that's good."
Mr. Bai sighed and said, "She won't be able to see us off tomorrow."
"It's okay, it's okay," Lao Zhoutou said cheerfully, "I just have to come back and see you after the New Year. It's not like I won't see you again."
Qian thinks so too.
Zhou Lijun looked at Madam Liu and asked with some anxiety, "Old Madam, what's wrong?"
Madam Liu patted her hand and said comfortingly: "It's okay, we just need to prepare some white hemp in the house."
Mr. Bai also sighed and asked: "Is there enough in the warehouse? Let's take some on the road, so that it can be easier to deal with if there are strict officials."
"I'm afraid it's not enough," Mrs. Liu said, "Fortunately, today is the 16th and the night market is open. I'll ask someone to buy it."
It's not that it's not enough, it's that there's a lot missing. Everyone in the family is in good health, so whoever has nothing to do has to prepare white hemp.
Only then did Lao Zhoutou and the others react belatedly, "What are you going to do with Baima? Could it be..."
Mrs. Liu and the others didn't speak, they just nodded.
This was also Man Bao's hint before leaving.
The carriage went all the way north, directly into the imperial city, and stopped all the way to the palace gate. Man Bao got out of the car carrying his medicine box, and followed the servant who led the way and hurried towards the palace of the Queen Mother.
When she arrived, many filial sons and grandsons were already kneeling in the Queen Mother's palace. Only the emperor's family was in the inner room. Even Prince Gong was carried here on a chair.
Doctor Liu led Doctor Xiao and others to treat her in front of the bed. When he saw her coming, he nodded, then stood up and made way for her.
Manbao stepped forward to feel his pulse. His pulse was intermittent, and it was obvious that he was in trouble.
She raised her head and glanced at Dr. Xiao and Dr. Liu, then she also put her hands away and stood up to stand aside.
The three of them discussed the pulse and felt that there was nothing they could do. Dr. Liu lowered his voice and said: "The Queen Mother fell asleep in the afternoon and she hasn't explained anything yet. Your Majesty wants the Queen Mother to wake up and explain it, and also take a look."
Let’s leave later.”
Apparently before she came, the emperor already knew that the Queen Mother was dying, and the palace was already preparing for the funeral.
They urgently brought Zhou Manxuan to the palace so that she could perform acupuncture, so that the Queen Mother could wake up and explain the funeral affairs, and also allow her to leave in a dignified manner.
Doctor Liu asked, "Do you have any suitable acupuncture techniques? If not, the Tai Hospital has a set of acupuncture techniques. If you didn't come, we could still perform acupuncture."
That set of acupuncture techniques was prepared by the imperial hospital for all the emperors of the past dynasties. It was very precious, but it also required taking off your clothes. If there was no female imperial doctor like Zhou Man, they would have had to offend the queen mother.
But since there was a female imperial physician, the emperor had to choose someone who would make his mother more comfortable and decent, so Zhou Man of Xiu Mu was called into the palace.
Zhou Man was a little surprised, "How come I haven't seen such acupuncture in the Taiyuan Hospital?"
In the front yard, Dr. Xiao, the current imperial doctor, took one look at her and took out a medical book. He opened it directly to that page and showed it to her, "Not everyone can read this medical book."
Man Bao, who still wanted to start from the beginning, paused and looked at the page he opened.
The acupuncture technique above was very detailed, Man Bao memorized it after going through it once, and it was indeed better than what she was going to use.
However, the principle of acupuncture to wake people up is basically the same, it is just to stimulate the last bit of vitality in the human body.
In fact, in Chinese medicine terms, it is a breath of energy.
Some people die when their Qi is gone, and some people die, but there is still a Qi lingering in their bodies. This set of acupuncture techniques can stimulate every bit of that Qi, and then use medicine to replenish it.
Qi can make a person's breath last longer.
But there are many kinds of medicines, including mild medicines and tiger and wolf medicines.
The two medicines maintain Qi for different periods of time, and naturally, the feelings before death will also be different.
So Doctor Xiao first went to contact the emperor, and after some hints, he came back and said: "Your Majesty thinks that half an hour is enough. The main thing is that the Queen Mother can walk more safely and comfortably."
That is to choose mild medicine. If you use tiger and wolf medicine, people will be very painful before death.
So Doctor Liu picked out a prescription and went to prepare the medicine himself. Man Bao read the acupuncture technique three more times, simulated it in his mind with his eyes closed, and then told Doctor Xiao that it was OK.
So everyone withdrew, leaving only the eldest maid beside the Queen Mother to serve. Man Bao and the eldest maid took off their clothes for the Queen Mother and began to give needles.
This set of acupuncture was relatively complicated and was performed in two steps. Half an hour later, the Queen Mother's pale face gradually turned rosy, and Doctor Liu stood outside the tent with the medicine that had been boiled and cooled.
Man Bao then pulled out the needle, closed the Queen Mother's clothes with the palace maid, and then took out a slender needle to prick it. After a while, the Queen Mother woke up from the pain.
As soon as she woke up, Man Bao pulled out the needle, put away the tent with the palace maid, took the medicine from Doctor Liu and gave it to the Queen Mother to take.
After taking the medicine, the Queen Mother felt much better, her breathing became much smoother, and there was no longer a heavy feeling in her chest.
There was also a little more brilliance in her eyes. She had not recovered at first, but when she saw the emperor leading a large group of children in, she knew that her end was approaching and she had returned to her glory.
The Queen Mother was stunned. Although she felt a little regretful, she had already been prepared.
The emperor and the empress led a large group of children to look at the empress, with forced smiles on their faces, "Are you hungry, mother? What do you want to eat? My son will ask the imperial kitchen to cook it for you."
Man Bao and Dr. Liu and Dr. Xiao retreated to the side. They did not need to go out unless they were talking about confidential matters. They had to wait for injections and medicine to see the situation at any time.
That's why it is said that the imperial physician is the most well-informed person in the palace, except for the maids and eunuchs.
Imperial Physician Liu led a group of imperial physicians to stand close to the wall, watching the filial sons and grandsons surrounding the Queen Mother, without much disturbance in her heart.
The Queen Mother was very upset. She had a lot to say in her heart, but now she looked at her children and grandchildren and didn't know what to say.
Because she has said these words frequently in the past year, and now she would just say them one more time, and the children may not be able to hear them.
So now a thousand words are combined into one sentence, "Emperor, you have to take care of yourself."
The emperor was stunned for a moment, then he held the queen mother's hand and bowed his head and said "yes". The queen mother said to him: "Don't be angry all the time. Being angry will hurt your health. Listen to the queen's advice more."
The emperor should "yes".
The Queen Mother looked at the Queen again and saw that her face was not good-looking. She knew that she must be very tired from guarding her for the past two days, so she sighed: "The Queen should also take care of herself."
She said: "Their father and son have stubborn tempers. You can give them more advice in the future."