NFBE Chapter 167 The Queen Mother is Sick and Difficult to Take Medicine
Chapter 167 The Queen Mother is Sick and Difficult to Take Medicine
Chapter 167 The Queen Mother is ill and has difficulty taking medicine
The hottest news in the capital lately was the return of Princess Heshuo to her family's home. Because of this, Yuqing Palace, Yikun Palace, and the Guo Luoluo household all became hot news hubs. However, after the first day, the Guo Luoluo household went from being a hot spot to a neglected one. Not only was there virtually no information to be gained, but even those who came to inquire about it didn't know as much as those who did.
This also let everyone know that the relationship between the Guo Luoluo family and the Yiku Palace in the capital has indeed faded. If you want to have contact with the two princes and empresses in the palace in the future, it is best to establish a good relationship with the Guo Luoluo Sanguanbao in Shengjing. As for others, they will not recognize them.
Yinreng has been busy these two days. Due to the special nature of the place where Kejing is marrying, the emperor decided to let him lead some civil officials to welcome her ten miles away, and Min Beile Yin'er will be responsible for taking care of the princess's mansion.
This is the first time that Princess Kejing's mansion in Beijing has been put into use. In the second year after Kejing got married, Buerhe and Concubine Yi were trying to get Kejing to come back to visit her parents. However, due to Kejing's pregnancy and the death of the former prince Galdan Dorji (her father-in-law), the visit was delayed until this year. Kejing's eldest son was already nine years old, and she finally came back to visit her parents.
Early in the morning, Buerhe rushed to Ciren Palace, which was also a request from Nanny Naren. The reason was that the Queen Mother had been feeling unwell for the past two days. The imperial physician examined her and said it was due to excessive heart fire. She said that drinking two more doses of bitter medicine would cure it. However, the Queen Mother, whether it was because of her age or she was really just a child, kept complaining about feeling uncomfortable, but refused to drink a single sip of the bitter medicine.
At first, Nanny Naren was also worried about her master. In order to make the Queen Mother drink the bitter medicine, she secretly added a lot of cane sugar to it and gave her a lot of candied fruits. Now the medicine was no longer bitter and the Queen Mother drank it, but it didn't work. It neutralized the effect of the medicine.
Because of this, the Empress Dowager's condition was delayed for two more days, and the imperial physician prescribed a higher dose of medicine, which tasted even more bitter. As a last resort, Nanny Naren had to send for Burhe to come and help. She couldn't just wait for Princess Kejing to return and attend to the Empress Dowager's illness, could she? Wouldn't rumors spread that the Empress Dowager disliked Princess Kejing, or that she was a jinx to the Empress Dowager? Either way, it wouldn't work.
Yesterday, Bu Erhe visited Ciren Palace three times in one day. He said a lot of nice things and made a lot of jokes to amuse the old lady. He finally persuaded her to take the medicine. According to the imperial physician, if she took the medicine for one more day today, she would be cured. By then, her tongue would not hurt, her eyes would not feel swollen, and all the symptoms would disappear.
As soon as Buerhe and his men entered Ciren Palace, Nanny Naren was already waiting at the door. "My Lady, the Master is refusing to take medicine again this morning. Not only that, he even refused to have breakfast, saying he's tired of porridge. He's also chased the servants out and won't let us in."
Buerhe smiled slightly: "Don't panic, Ma'am. I'm here now, aren't I? Is the medicine soup for this morning ready?"
The maid behind Nanny Naren was carrying a food box: "In reply to the Crown Princess, it's ready."
Seeing that everything was ready, Buerhe took the lead and said, "Okay, let's go in and pay our respects to the Queen Mother."
As soon as Buerhe pushed the door and entered the inner room, he found that the Empress Dowager, who was described by Nanny Naren as sitting on the couch, secretly angry and ignoring everyone, was secretly eating snacks. When she saw someone coming in, the old lady moved quickly, put down the cakes in her hand, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, sat up straight, and turned her back to show that she was angry.
If she hadn't experienced everything she had just witnessed, Buerhe would have truly believed the Queen Mother was in a rage. Seeing this, Buerhe took the food box and the bowl of medicine she had brought with her, then said to Naren and the other maids, "Alright, I'll be all right here. You all should leave. I'll call you if anything happens."
After receiving a signal from Burhe, Nanny Naren knew that the Crown Princess had something to say to the master and it was not convenient for many people to be present, so she agreed without hesitation and quickly left the room with the others.
Hearing the door creak shut, the Queen Mother stirred slightly, but still didn't turn around. Buerhe didn't care. Instead, he wanted to put the food box on the table, picked up the bowl of medicine, and slowly walked to the Queen Mother. "Madam, you haven't taken your medicine yet. Let's take care of this first, shall we?"
The Queen Mother listened carefully and realized that there really were only Bull and one other person in the room. Then she turned around angrily, but her lips were still tightly pursed, with an expression that said, "I'm very angry."
Buerhe almost laughed out loud when he saw this. It was not because he was disrespectful to the Queen Mother, but because the Queen Mother had just secretly eaten some snacks and wiped her mouth in a hurry, so there were still some snack crumbs on her mouth.
Buerhe placed the medicine on the small coffee table in front of the empress dowager, then took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the residue from the corner of the empress dowager's mouth. The empress dowager's originally puzzled expression changed instantly after seeing what was on the handkerchief. She was so embarrassed that she didn't know where to hide.
Bull and the Queen Mother never had the slightest intention of mocking her, which quickly calmed her down despite her initial embarrassment. The Queen Mother said, "I didn't cheat, I just happened to see you."
Buerhe suppressed his laughter, but kept a serious face. "Yes, the Royal Madam is right. My granddaughter-in-law is here to serve her the medicine. Look, the medicine is just right now. Let's drink it first, then we can talk."
The grandson's wife gave face and had no intention of exposing the truth. The empress dowager was too embarrassed to make excuses to refuse this time, so she had to watch Burhe bring the bowl of medicine over and drink it all in one gulp.
After drinking the medicine, the Queen Mother's face instantly wrinkled into a ball, which showed that the medicine was really hard to drink. Buerhe reached out and patted the Queen Mother on the back: "It's okay, it's okay, the Queen Mother will finish this bowl and we won't drink anymore."
The Queen Mother's originally painful expression immediately turned into surprise: "Really?"
Buerhe nodded. "However, let's change the recipe and use food supplements next. Starting today, the small kitchen in Ciren Palace will make snow pear soup. You can't refuse to drink it when the time comes."
The Queen Mother nodded repeatedly: "Drink, I will drink, as long as I don't drink the bitter medicine."
Buerhe did not talk about the medicine anymore, but instead talked about why the Queen Mother did not eat this morning.
The Queen Mother's expression began to look unhappy again: "Ever since I fell ill, the imperial physician said that I should eat a light diet, so Naren has been cooking porridge for me all day long. From that day until now, I have been eating porridge for every meal. Even though the porridge has many different kinds, it is still porridge. You know, what I hate most is eating porridge."
This is true, Buerhe nodded. Even someone like him who doesn't mind drinking porridge can't stand drinking porridge every day, let alone the Empress Dowager.
Buerhe: "Okay, let's not have porridge today. My granddaughter-in-law brought you a bowl of wontons in clear soup today. The filling is just simple mutton. I asked the imperial physician, and he agreed before bringing it here."
When the Queen Mother heard that it wasn't porridge, even though she didn't like wontons with clear soup, she happily accepted it. While serving the Queen Mother, Buerhe also asked her to make a cake together. According to Buerhe, this cake was only made by them today, and if it was done, it could be used for lunch today, instead of porridge.
With the cake as an introduction and the threat of drinking porridge, the Queen Mother was 100% in favor of her activities today, especially since Buerhe also said that if it was done well, she could take Kejing with her when she came back, which would be a sweet interaction between the grandparents and grandchildren.