Chapter 163 Sending people 800 miles to Chang'an urgently
Chapter 163 Send someone 800 miles to rush to Chang'an (please subscribe and vote monthly)
"I am going to prescribe Bupleurum to soothe the liver and relieve the illness."
"Okay, hurry up! Hurry up." Li Shimin suppressed his anxiety, patted the imperial physician's shoulder, turned around and walked quickly towards the inner hall.
After a short while, a young eunuch holding a prescription hurriedly left the Yurong Palace and sprinted outside.
"Quick, go get the medicine and boil it for the queen!"
Li Shimin quickly came to the inner hall and looked at the haggard Guanyin Maid who endured the pain and forced a smile.
Her pretty pale face was covered with sweat from the pain. She wanted to speak, but she couldn't help but let out an uncontrollable groan of pain.
Li Shimin held his eldest grandson Wugou's delicate and weak hand with distress, and spoke softly.
"Don't say anything, just rest and recuperate. The imperial doctor has diagnosed your illness and prescribed a prescription to prepare the medicine."
"Well, my concubine, everything will be fine." Seeing Li Shimin's anxious and overwhelmed look, Changsun Wugou forced out a smile.
"Your Majesty, don't worry too much..."
However, just ten words seemed to have exhausted all her strength, and she leaned back on the pillow feebly.
"I know, you will definitely be fine." Li Shimin also tried to make his expression appear normal.
But seeing the woman she loved lying next to her, the huge pain tortured her body and mind.
A strong sense of powerlessness made Li Shimin extremely angry, but he could not express it.
In less than half an hour, the cooked medicine was brought into the palace, and Li Shimin, who had been guarding the edge of the couch, personally gave the medicine to his eldest grandson Wugu.
It wasn't until Changsun Wugou finished his drink and closed his eyes in exhaustion that he relaxed a little.
However, Changsun Wugou's brows were always furrowed, and he occasionally let out soft calls and moans while tossing and turning.
Li Shimin had no other choice but to hold his wife's hand tightly and accompany her all the time.
At first, some eunuchs tried to persuade His Majesty to go back and rest, but they were glared at by Li Shimin's cold eyes, and everyone was silently cowed.
In this way, until early in the morning, the groggy Li Shimin felt the movement of his delicate hands and suddenly opened his eyes.
He saw Changsun Wujia lying on the couch, his familiar and warm eyes staring at him dreamily.
Li Shimin couldn't help but feel happy, he leaned down slightly, smoothed the black hair on her face and asked softly.
"Wake up, are you feeling better?"
Changsun Wugou glanced around and whispered in Li Shimin's ear, "Well, it's better. Thank you for your hard work, husband..."
"Go and rest quickly, I'll be fine."
"Okay, I'll stay with you and go. Someone...is it time for your Majesty to take medicine?"
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Li Shimin left the Yurong Palace with great relief, and saw his sister-in-law, Chai Shao, who was in charge of the defense of Jiucheng Palace, standing outside the palace.
"I see your Majesty."
"Chai Qingping, what's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, there were some woodcutters cutting wood outside the palace today, and I ordered them to be driven away."
"I am worried that they will disturb the Holy Emperor if they are near the palace, so I plan to deploy troops to Tongshan in the east and Fenghuang Mountain in the west."
Li Shimin waved his hand and looked back at Yurong Diandao.
"A few woodcutters are just forced by life. Don't pay too much attention to them. Just drive them away. Remember, you must not hurt those people."
"I understand." Chai Shao, who had already learned about Empress Changsun's sudden illness last night, respectfully agreed.
"Your Majesty, you look so haggard, please take care of yourself."
"Well, Chai Qing is interested. Go and get busy. I really should go and take a rest..."
Li Shimin returned to the Dabao Hall. Less than an hour after he lay down, he was woken up again by Zhao Kun's anxious low voice.
"My queen is in unbearable pain again..."
After hearing this, Li Shimin stood up without hesitation and hurried towards Yurong Hall again.
It was another long and difficult day, and the three imperial doctors who came with us all gathered in the Yurong Hall and took turns to go into battle.
After detailed discussions and repeated discussions for almost an hour, it was not until Li Shimin got angry that he decided on a new prescription and prepared the medicine again.
As for the unbearable pain of the empress, all they could do was to perform acupuncture to slow down and reduce the pain.
A eunuch came closer, looked at Li Shimin's gloomy face, as if a storm was coming, and said in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor sent someone here to inquire about the situation of the empress. Look..."
"Your Majesty, does he know?" Li Shimin, who was physically and mentally haggard, raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Sigh... Go and tell the emperor quickly, just say, the queen is afraid that she has caught a cold, it's nothing serious. Remember?"
"I understand, I will leave."
Seeing the eunuch walking away in a hurry, Li Shimin let out a deep breath. He did not expect that he would encounter such a thing.
Three imperial doctors could not even treat the illness of Guanyin Maid. It is simply unreasonable.
"Your Majesty, would you like me to return to Chang'an and ask Taoist Master Sun to come over?"
Zhao Kun, who was standing aside, saw Li Shimin's troubled brows and suggested in a low voice.
Li Shimin glanced at the three imperial doctors who had remained in the palace and were still discussing the prescriptions quietly.
When the three imperial doctors heard this, their eyes lit up, and the eldest among them saluted in this direction.
"Your Majesty, I think that what General Zhao said is very true. We are ashamed of Taoist Sun's medical achievements. If Taoist Sun can come..."
Listening to the suppressed moans coming from inside, Li Shimin could no longer sit still.
"The three imperial doctors will immediately write down your detailed diagnosis, and also copy down the two prescriptions."
Not long after, Li Shimin handed all these things into Zhao Kun's hands.
"Immediately send someone 800 miles away to Chang'an and tell the prince to ask Sun Daochang to come to Jiucheng Palace as soon as possible. The sooner the better, do you understand?"
"I obey the decree." Zhao Kun agreed solemnly and quickly left the palace.
Not long after, several fast horses galloped out of the Jiucheng Palace and galloped towards Chang'an City, which was nearly four hundred miles away from the Jiucheng Palace.
At nightfall, the messenger, all sweating profusely, finally entered Chang'an City.
Looking at the urgent letter in his hand, Prince Li Chengqian's face turned pale instantly as he was about to lie down to rest, and he stood up suddenly.
"It's said that Chuan Gu's Prince Cult has ordered Master Sun to come to see Gu as soon as possible, and... there's also Taoist Priest Yuan Tiangang, and by the way, there are also a group of medical officers from the Imperial Medical Office."
"Let them come to the East Palace to see Gu now, quickly!"
The messenger from the East Palace began to gallop into the East Palace, running towards Chang'an City in all directions.
In less than an hour, almost all the doctors who could be called had gathered outside the Li Zheng Hall of the East Palace.
No one knew what happened, but they all knew each other's identity.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly called all of himself and others here. Could it be that there was something important going on?
Just when everyone was feeling anxious, asking each other, and whispering, a guard quickly rushed into the hall.
"Your Highness, Taoist Master Sun is not in Chang'an, so I asked the boy in the temple.
It is said that more than half a month ago, Taoist Sun left Chang'an with several capable disciples and went to Jiangnan."