Different from the melancholy palace, the Jiao Garden was filled with joy. The faces of the eunuchs and maids were all filled with joy from the bottom of their hearts, and there was laughter and laughter in and out. The usually strict steward Ma Eunuch was just casual.
He scolded a few words, but he himself was so happy, how could he calm the people below him?
This is not difficult to understand at all, because in three days, the imperial concubine will be canonized as the queen! As the saying goes, if one person can ascend to heaven, everyone in the palace will be honored! Especially Eunuch Ma, who has always been worried that the emperor will
If she goes away and the imperial concubine becomes a concubine that no one cares about, he will either accompany her to guard the cold kiln, or leave the palace to find another way of life.
Although the imperial concubine has been in charge of the harem these years, he has really made a lot of money, and he is not afraid of going hungry when he leaves the palace. But he has been used to life in the palace for most of his life, and when he thinks of having to face a completely unfamiliar world after leaving the palace,
Eunuch Ma felt very scared.
Now it's great. When the empress becomes the empress, she will become the queen mother. As the empress dowager's most trusted eunuch, Eunuch Ma will not be as good as the confidant eunuchs around the new emperor, but he will be among the top eunuchs in the palace, and no one dares to offend him.
The real power faction. Their status is incomparable now.
Thinking about the wonderful prospect, Eunuch Ma became very anxious, and naturally served the imperial concubine a hundred times more diligently than usual.
In the past few days, the imperial concubine has been extremely busy. In addition to going to the palace to serve the emperor, she also has to meet with officials from Honglu Temple and hear the relevant arrangements for the ceremony. She also has to find time to accept the compliments and flattery of a lot of concubines. She is so busy that she can't even eat.
I don't care about eating. Although the imperial concubine is very happy, she still has to cry when she is tired...
After finishing the day's work, it was already past noon. The imperial concubine sat tiredly on the couch and asked the palace maid to take off her headdress. She said to Ma Gonggong, who was beating her legs: "I am really exhausted. I am dizzy.
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"The old slave has already ordered the imperial kitchen to prepare meals for the empress immediately." Eunuch Ma said hurriedly and softly.
"Forget it, it's neither too early nor too late. It's uncomfortable to eat." The imperial concubine rested her elbows on the couch, gently rubbed her temples with her fingers, and said lazily, "Just have some dessert."
"That's alright. Your Majesty, let's have some snacks first." Eunuch Ma said with a flattering smile, "I'll go back and tell the royal kitchen to make dinner better."
Although we were just casually eating some desserts, within a short while, the couch table was filled with exquisite small porcelain plates, which contained a variety of exquisite palace snacks, each of which was attractive in color and fragrance, waiting for the imperial concubine to taste.
The imperial concubine looked at the dazzling array of snacks and was a bit dazzled for a moment. In the end, it was the red and lovely sandwich dates that won the imperial concubine’s favor first.
Following the gaze of the imperial concubine, the palace maid hurriedly brought the plate of snacks to her. The imperial concubine casually picked up a sandwich date. This was made from the tribute Hotan dates, which contained various exquisite fruits, but inside
What, you will only know if you bite it open.
While the imperial concubine was eating snacks elegantly, she complained to Eunuch Ma: "The officials at Honglu Temple in the Ministry of Rites are so shameless. Seeing that I am easy to talk to, they actually want to cut the cost of the ceremony by another piece."
"That can't be tolerated!" Eunuch Ma said angrily: "It's not convenient for the queen to say that I will go to them and ask them if there has ever been such a shabby empress seal ceremony in all dynasties."
"There's no need to go, I'm just talking to you." The imperial concubine discovered that the stuffed dates actually contained cheese. The taste was sweet on the outside and fragrant on the inside, which was very tempting. She usually liked the taste of cheese the most, but she just paid attention to her figure.
I dare to eat more, but I happen to be hungry at the moment, so I thought it would be okay to eat a few more. "King Zhao is right. With the emperor like this, the simpler the ceremony, the more likely it will be praised by officials and people. I will wait for the future queen mother.
When the time comes, he will double his compensation to me. When the time comes, he will be filial, but others will not be able to say anything..."
"I see, this old slave is short-sighted..." Ma Eunuch knew clearly that King Zhao was afraid that the preparation would take a long time and the nights would be long, but he could only pretend to be confused and said: "The key is that the empress cares about the people of the world. This is called motherhood."
Yi Tianxia!"
Hearing the words "Mother Yi Tianxia", Wang Guifei felt uncomfortable in all the 36,000 pores in her body. Her appetite also improved a lot. She ate seven or eight dates in a row and felt a little bloated before she realized,
He didn't touch the other snacks at all. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, then ordered the palace maid to remove the plate.
The two maids put the small plates on the trays and brought them out of the snack pavilion. Naturally, these snacks would not be brought back to the empress. According to the rules, they would be enjoyed by the maids and eunuchs in the palace.
The two palace maids first asked several aunts in charge, and they chose a few snacks they liked. Then they asked them to take the rest to the backyard room and put them on the table. A dozen little eunuchs and palace maids gathered around.
Come up and chat happily while eating snacks.
A young eunuch came close to the two palace maids. He pretended to take a look at the snacks, and then said with a regretful look on his face: "Why are there no sandwich dates? I remember that some aunts don't like to eat them..."
"Today's sandwich is cheese. My wife has eaten seven or eight of them for the first time. Do you still want to eat some?" A palace maid smiled and said: "It would be nice to have candied fruit..."
"Yes, yes!" The eunuch's face flashed with joy, he took a few pieces of candied fruit and left quietly...
As soon as it got dark, dinner was ready. Mr. Ma invited the imperial concubine and his wife to eat in front.
Wang Guifei greedily ate a lot of dates and drank tea. She felt a little bloated, but she didn't eat at noon and couldn't eat at night, so she helped Eunuch Ma to sit down at the dining table with a look of sadness.
Courses of exquisite imperial meals were filled with long dining tables. Now that the emperor was seriously ill and could hardly eat anything, the imperial dining room in the West Garden seemed to be specially designed for the imperial concubine.
But looking at the table full of delicacies, the imperial concubine had no appetite. It was not until Eunuch Ma opened a silver cover, revealing the red sea crab inside, that the imperial concubine's eyes lit up.
This is the season for eating crabs, but Beijing is located inland, so there are almost no fresh sea crabs. Moreover, the royal cuisine has always been safe, and they stay away from seafood that is easy to eat. How many times has Wang Guifei been in Beijing?
This is the first time I saw crabs on the dining table.
"This is from the imperial kitchen. They specially sent people to Tianjin and worked hard to transport it back." Ma Gonggong smiled as if he was presenting a treasure: "I went to see it specially, and they are all jumping up and down..."
"Since it's our heart's content, let's have a taste." Wang Guifei couldn't help but feel happy, knowing that the people in the imperial dining room were trying their best to please her future queen.
"Okay!" Eunuch Ma ordered, and put a big crab on the plate in front of him. He picked up the small gold tongs and scissors, skillfully cut the crab into eight pieces, and delivered the white, tender and complete crab meat.
In front of the royal concubine.
Concubine Wang then picked up the ivory chopsticks, picked up a piece of crab meat and brought it to her mouth. The crab meat melted in her mouth and was extremely delicious. Concubine Wang suddenly relaxed her brows and no longer felt the loss of appetite.
Crabs are extremely delicious. If you eat the crabs first, the other things will have no taste at all. Besides, Wang Guifei didn't plan to eat anything else. Under Ma's father-in-law's service, she ate four or five big crab roes one after another.
Dinner ended with satisfaction.
Who knew something bad would happen in the middle of the night...
The palace maid on night duty heard the imperial concubine's moans and quickly opened the curtains to take a look. She saw that the imperial concubine was pale and covered with sweat. She was tightly wrapped in a quilt and moaning on the bed, clutching her stomach.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" The palace maid screamed: "Imperial Physician, call the Imperial Physician quickly!"
The originally peaceful pepper garden suddenly became a mess. The little eunuch rushed to the imperial hospital as if his butt was on fire, asking the imperial doctor to come quickly to treat the empress.
Because of the emperor's illness, all the imperial doctors were on duty at the imperial hospital. When they heard that the future queen was suddenly ill, the Jinyuan judge hurriedly took two senior imperial doctors and ran to Jiaoyuan, sweating profusely.
At this time, the imperial concubine's illness became more severe. Even though she was covered with three quilts, she was still shivering. What was even worse was the abdominal pain, which was so unbearable that she was already a little confused...
The Jinyuan judge and two imperial doctors diagnosed the imperial concubine's pulse, and after questioning Ma's father-in-law carefully, they retreated to the outer hall and asked with a serious face: "What do you two think about my concubine's illness?"
"Your Majesty, this is a typical Shaoyin syndrome caused by typhoid fever." An imperial doctor said with certainty.
Another imperial doctor had a different view and said: "I heard that the empress ate a lot of crabs at night. Could it be food poisoning?"
"It should be vomiting and diarrhea. The empress has no symptoms at all." A previous imperial doctor shook his head and said: "It can't be a bad stomach. It should be typhoid fever."
"What do you think of the court judge?" The second imperial doctor looked at Jin Yuanjian. Medical skills were respected in the imperial hospital, and Jin Yuanjian was recognized as a national expert.
"We need to check again..." Imperial Physician Jin said solemnly: "If you still have the same symptoms at dawn, it will undoubtedly be typhoid fever."
"This is very appropriate." The two imperial doctors respected the authority and nodded.
"Physician Wang, please give me some acupuncture first to relieve the pain." The judge of Jinyuan ordered, and the first imperial physician followed the order.
The judge of Jinyuan and another imperial doctor sat in the outer hall and waited.
It was a long night, and all I could hear was the intermittent moans of the royal concubine in the palace. The judge and the imperial doctor had no interest in talking, so they each sat on their chairs and wandered away.
If anyone carefully looks at the Jin Yuan judge at this moment, he will find that his expression is extremely struggling, and his eyes are full of fear and hesitation...
The Jinyuan sentenced people in Jiaoyuan late at night, but my mind returned to the Taiyuan Hospital yesterday...
Yesterday at noon, Yang Shiqi arrived at the check-in room of the Jinyuan of Taiyuan Hospital. He has been here every day to learn about the emperor's condition, and everyone has long been accustomed to it.
However, the judge of the Jinyuan found that Yang Shiqi was different that day. He seemed to have something to say to himself but was unable to say it.
It was Judge Jin who took the initiative to ask, "What are the bachelor's orders, but there is no harm in telling them."
If Jin Yuanjing is given another chance to choose, he will definitely not say this again...