Chapter 29 Twenty-ninth Royal Physician

We stayed on the lake all the time, and no one felt tired of it. We played almost until five or six o'clock in the afternoon, and we didn't rest until it was getting dark.Therefore, I seized an opportunity to ask the queen mother what the "good luck child" just said.Yi had known for a long time that I was the one who loved to ask questions, and Yi herself was the one who loved to explain everything to others, so Yi and the answer were brought out with a smile without hesitation. "Speaking seriously, this is just a very weird belief! This kind of belief means: People must not be too happy. If you are too happy, there will be a god-like person in the dark. Characters will suddenly fall on you when you are not on your guard, causing you all kinds of unhappiness. It can also be said that one thing that makes people feel unhappy is a duty that this god should perform. Because if it is not playing with it, people will have fun, and some people don't know what pain and sorrow are like, so it is working all year round: if you already feel very comfortable and comfortable, the good fortune will be It comes and makes you feel uneasy and uncomfortable right away. Or when you are proud and high-spirited, it will come again and make you happy for a day, and it will be wiped out. Its belly is just pretending It is full of materials that play pranks on others, no matter what kind of thing is going on smoothly and smoothly, it will inevitably make trouble for it a few times, so there is no real smooth and stable thing in the world."

After Yi finished speaking, I secretly doubted again, wondering whether the Queen Mother herself believed in the so-called "good luck child"; but I didn't dare to ask Yi, because I still remember When he was in Fengtian, he was reprimanded for the sake of the great green fox.But the Queen Mother's eyesight is really sharp, Yi had already seen the doubts in my heart, so she added another explanation to me without waiting to ask. "Of course we can't guarantee that there is such a god in the world, we can only say that maybe there is; but there are really many such gods that we can't see with our own eyes, and their existence is often for us. It is undeniable. You may wish to think about it: in your past experience, has there ever been a fact that when everything was going well, all kinds of side effects suddenly appeared, which made you feel very annoying; It is absolutely unavoidable! And the one who frustrates you in the dark is the so-called good luck child!"

However, we played on the lake until dark, and nothing unexpected happened, and the happy smile on the old man's face remained unchanged.It's just that after the sun went down, the temperature of the air gradually decreased, and a slight cold wind blew up on the lake, so the Empress Dowager hurriedly ordered the shore to get up and drive back to the palace immediately.At that time, I secretly guessed that maybe this slight cold wind was just the omen that the little good fortune was starting to play some tricks on us; but that night, there were no unexpected events. Unexpectedly, the next morning, each of us could not help but be amazed by the foresight of the Queen Mother.Because I got up early that day, it was raining heavily, and there was also a strong wind, which made the rain very heavy.The dense raindrops and the accumulated eaves water are constantly peeling and peeling off the yellow tiles of our palaces, gurgling and making very troublesome sounds.At the same time, the thunder rumbled suddenly and suddenly on the top of Longevity Hill, and the lightning flashed in the haze. ——So everyone in the palace was a little scared.My own bedroom is on the corner of Kunming Lake, far away from the palace where the Empress Dowager lives; it just so happens that I don't have the turn to accompany the Empress Dowager this day, and since it is raining so heavily, I don't plan to go there went.Unexpectedly, someone hastily rushed to summon me, and I felt that some kind of terrible event might happen within a few tens of minutes.But look at the present scene!Didn't the entire Summer Palace yesterday look like a fairy mountain on an island full of flowers?There is joy and joy everywhere; but today it has become a mass of dead gray.The heavy rain rushed frantically on the big palaces built on the Longevity Hill, and the sky was dark, and the raindrops hung from the sky, as if weaving a silver curtain.Under the corner eaves of several palaces, the light is extremely insufficient, so the eunuchs are walking under the eaves, and it can be seen that there are only a few black shadows flickering; it is almost like what I saw in those ancient palaces in Fengtian at night. The situation was ordinary—even I, like the rest of the palace, trembled with panic.

Because last night, the Empress Dowager swam too hard in the lake, plus she suffered from the cold, she felt uncomfortable and coughed.When Elder Yi is not feeling well, Yi's temper is always very irritable;——so whenever the Queen Mother is ill, we are very worried, never daring to forget that we are already living under Yi's palm , breathing; as long as Yiqi thinks, it can stop our existence and block our breathing.To tell the truth, I think all of us, men and women, at such a time, cannot help but regard Yi as an old man-eating monster who can easily endanger our lives; at least, me and the other ladies, As well as the eunuchs who often accompany Yi, as well as Guangxu, Longyu, and many other people who are close to Yi, they all think this way!But no matter what, I can always be confident that I am the best person to deal with Yi.Because fundamentally, Yiyuan treated me very preferentially, or because I had received a relatively advanced education, Yi also made an exception and often gave me various special rights that others could never obtain; Pleased to listen to my talk to Iraq.With all these conveniences, sometimes I was able to calm her down and forget all her worries and depressions.For this reason, although I am not on duty today, Yi will come to call me.I obeyed this decree, and of course I could never disobey it, so I hurried to Yi's bedroom in the rain.As soon as I walked in, I had to kowtow to Yi as usual, and Yi taught me to stand up as usual. ... Then, a very special order was issued.

"De Ling, come closer and put your palm on my forehead!" Yi said solemnly: "Try it, do I have a fever?" Yi's attitude at this time was really stern and anxious. I think my wrists couldn't help shaking a little at that time, but I couldn't resist because of fear, so I had the courage to reach out and stroke Yi's noble skin .In fact, firstly, I have never studied medicine, and secondly, because I am still young and have little experience, I do not have any definite knowledge about the height of human body temperature.Even so, my sense of touch is not completely useless. I only need to put my palm on her forehead for four or five seconds, and I know that she is indeed a little hot.

"Yes, Lafayette," I echoed in a low voice, "I do have a fever." As for Yi's cough, I'm not allowed to try it any more, because since I came in, I've heard her coughing non-stop, which made her very annoyed.But I can't get rid of it for a while.At that time, Li Lianying, the chief eunuch, was also beside him. He was obviously concerned about the Queen Mother's health, but he had no choice but to stand beside him with a smile on his face. The Queen Mother turned her head and looked at him. and said impatiently: "Quickly go to the Supreme Hospital and call some people who work there!"

In fact, as soon as Li Lianying knew that Elder Yi was not feeling well, she had sent someone to call in the imperial doctors on her own initiative.At that time, the imperial court also set up a imperial hospital as in previous dynasties, presided over by an envoy, a high-ranking official of the first and second ranks.There are court judges and imperial physicians in the place of the court envoys; their official ranks also have several levels, and those senior ones are hardly below my father.Although they are generally doctors who read medical books and discuss pulse cases, they are quite different from outside doctors because they still have a lot of professional knowledge to serve the emperor!Since they are all very high officials, they naturally have very complete official uniforms: red caps, coral tops (carved), feathers with peacock feathers attached, and a very beautiful court robe.Since I entered the university, I have seen almost all the people of various colors, but these imperial doctors have not had the chance to meet, so I am also anxious to see them, and I want to see how the Queen Mother asks them to treat Yi.I was summoned when I was not on duty at this time, so that I was able to celebrate my prosperity.

Because Li Lianying had already summoned these imperial doctors long ago, the Queen Mother's order was followed. In less than three or four minutes, four masters from the imperial hospital came in one file at a time.The Empress Dowager was leaning on a relatively low throne, still coughing unceasingly, but her posture was still very dignified, and she accepted the visits of the four imperial doctors without moving at all.Originally, for ordinary people to diagnose a disease, the first step is to take a look at the patient's face, but how could these four imperial doctors dare to look straight at the Empress Dowager?They never dared to raise their heads.So how will this disease be diagnosed?I only skipped the step of looking at the complexion, and directly pressed the pulse. At that time, two small square tables had been set up on both sides of the Empress Dowager's throne.The table was covered with a heavy cushion, and after the four imperial doctors respectfully kowtowed nine heads, the Empress Dowager ordered the other two female officials to roll up her two sleeves halfway, so that Yi himself is still sitting upright on the throne in the middle, and rests Yi's left and right arms on the small tables on both sides.So the four imperial doctors walked forward on their knees until they approached the two small tables; at the same time, two female officials covered the Queen Mother's arms with two thin silk handkerchiefs, because like the Queen Mother A noble person, how could he casually let irrelevant people touch Yi's skin!The four imperial doctors divided into two sides, two people on each side, stretched out their hands very carefully, with their fingertips through the silk handkerchief, they pressed the empress dowager's pulse quietly.When it comes to pressing the pulse, this method of diagnosis is really mysterious!They don't use time watches to count the number of pulses, but how can they know the patient's condition with only three fingers?I've always been amazed by it before,—and I still haven't understood it yet.

After a while, the imperial doctors on the left and right switched back to each other quietly, but they never dared to sneak a glance at the queen mother, even though they knew that there should be a procedure to look at the patient's tongue coating, or the queen mother They themselves would not refuse, but they are always very cautious, how dare they ask to see the Queen Mother's tongue rashly?They also tried their best to avoid the Queen Mother's sight, and even when they felt the pulse, they deliberately turned their heads to the side, as if they were very shy. They just knelt quietly like this, pressing their fingers on their wrists covered with silk kerchiefs, spending a total of forty or fifty minutes; because I have been in a foreign country for a long time, I am used to seeing those Western doctors. It takes three or four minutes to press the pulse of a patient, and now seeing them lingering for a long time, it is almost as if they are fast asleep on the arms of the Queen Mother!At that time, the Empress Dowager herself also seemed to be a little impatient, frowning her brows, as if she was about to get angry soon; but Yi's coughing never stopped.The four imperial doctors also paid attention to this, every time they heard the Empress Dowager coughing, they would secretly look at each other, exchanging opinions with each other through their eyes.But the scene at this time is really ugly! ... In the middle is our elderly Empress Dowager, sitting on an apricot-yellow throne, with a short screen standing behind her, shining with an unnatural brilliance; the whole room's layout is all in a very dull color Kneeling on the ground were four well-dressed royal doctors, divided into two groups, kneeling at the Empress Dowager's feet, holding her pulse through a silk handkerchief as if trying to figure out some priceless treasure; , all stared blankly at the side, I think if I took a photo on the spot, it must be quite enough to make people laugh!

I admit to being very impatient, and unconsciously I showed a look of surprise and amusement on my face, so I happened to look at the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother looked at me and smiled silently, and Yi knew very well that I was Never seen such a sudden situation. In the end, the four imperial physicians finished their pulse-tapping work, and at about the same time, they suddenly got up, kowtowed to the Queen Mother as usual, and then tiptoed out of the bedroom.The queen mother did not speak to them directly, but said to me: "De Ling, just go out with them and watch!" Yi's voice was still very urgent, obviously Yi hadn't suppressed Yi's ignorance completely yet!But the reason Yi taught me to go out was not because of this. Judging from Yi's daily actions, it was probably because Yi didn't trust the four imperial doctors very much.So I hurriedly followed the four imperial doctors and walked into a side hall adjacent to the empress dowager's bedroom.Four sets of very small and low tables and chairs had been pre-set there, and there were pens, inkstones and papers placed on the tables; the four imperial physicians each occupied a seat and sat down respectfully.First, each of them silently wrote a set of pulse cases, and after the set of pulse cases were written, they discussed with each other; each expressed their own ideas, and as a result, the four people had four meanings, none of which were the same.Of course it won't work!The four tried their best to make concessions and reached an agreement. At the same time, they destroyed the set of contexts they had written first and replaced them with a set of similar words and sentences.The Empress Dowager's condition was decided after such deliberation and discussion!Next, the four of them have to come up with their own ingenuity to prescribe the medicine.When prescribing the prescription, they seemed to be more serious than taking the pulse case. Everyone was thinking and moaning, like a student in a school who worked hard like a big exam, and it took a full hour to complete.However, they stopped discussing about the medicine, and each prescribed it according to their own ideas, resulting in four different prescriptions.

Later, the Empress Dowager herself told me why those imperial doctors thought so hard about medicine?It turns out that there is still a great relationship among them, so they always try their best to make a perfect red square without making any mistakes.This so-called great relationship is as follows: when one member of the royal family—referring to the empress dowager, emperor, empress, or noble concubine—is ill, two or four imperial doctors must be appointed by the Imperial Hospital as usual. Enter the palace for diagnosis and treatment.As soon as the diagnosis and treatment started, a heavy responsibility was immediately placed on these designated imperial doctors, and they had to be responsible for the cure!If the patient died unfortunately, then these designated imperial doctors would have to be severely reprimanded.Especially for the ruler who is holding great power, for the sake of the future of those imperial doctors who healed him, he must die.It is said that in the early days, any imperial doctor who could not cure the emperor or the empress dowager would have to be beheaded, and even the envoy who presided over the affairs of the imperial hospital had to be implicated. .Although the patient's death had nothing to do with the imperial physicians who treated him, and no matter how reasonable and correct the medicine they used, they could never escape the crime.Of course this is too authoritarian!So it has been gradually improved, and every time a queen dowager or emperor is in heaven, it is no longer heard of any imperial doctor dying for it.However, punishment still needs to be punished, but there is only one form, unless the death of the patient is proved by many parties to be the mistake of the imperial doctor who diagnosed and treated him, then the real punishment will be executed.Usually they are always stripped of their clothes, caps and feathers first, and then put in prison as prisoners who will be exiled; in fact, they will never be exiled.They only need to suffer a few days or dozens of days of false crimes like this, as a punishment for offending the previous dynasty. When the new emperor ascends the throne, he will immediately issue a decree to absolve them of their crimes. , Wearing their top hats, and still taking them into the Tai Hospital, as a hospital or imperial doctor. With all these keys, it's no wonder that the four imperial physicians have to think so hard. Now let's say that after each of them prescribed their own prescriptions, they all respectfully handed them to Li Lianying and asked Li Lianying to forward them to the Queen Mother.They thought it was because they were not used to that kind of fright, and because it was too easy and inconvenient for them to be admitted to the Empress Dowager, so they stopped going to face-to-face interviews.Their task is considered to have come to an end when they finished prescribing these four prescriptions with almost completely different contents; there must be a period of rest in between.While they were resting, Li Lianying held the four prescriptions and went back to the Queen Mother with me to pay the errand.At that time, the Empress Dowager was already busy with the rest of the tasks. First, Yi had sent someone to summon an old eunuch who had a good knowledge of various Chinese medicines, and another eunuch. The eunuch of the book also sent two female officers on duty to take out several books on pharmacy and the functions of medicines, etc., which were hidden in Yi's study room; waited for us to present the prescriptions in, and everything was prepared All right.As soon as the prescriptions were delivered to Yi, Yi hurriedly looked through them one by one; but seeing that Yi suddenly frowned, shook his head, smiled, and groaned, as if he was extremely suspicious of these four prescriptions. "This one is what we dislike the most. Why did you write it down?" The queen mother pointed to the names of each medicine, and criticized very imprecisely: "This one is of little value; this one is very common. We all know it’s used to refresh our minds, so we don’t want to use it! Look at this again, don’t know what it’s for?” The old eunuch, who has a long history of research on various Chinese medicines, poked his head up and followed the queen mother's fingers. Fortunately, his eyesight was not bad, and he could see the words clearly at a glance, and immediately opened a book. This medicine book comes to answer: "This is for cooling blood, return to Lafayette!" "Okay!" The queen mother nodded and replied, "This one is usable, please write it down! Then what does this one mean?" Yi also pointed out the name of another medicine, the old eunuch poked his head up again, saw it clearly, and turned out another medicine book as a proof. "This is the same way to wake up the leader of the people, Queen Mother." The queen mother heard what he said, and then saw that the medicine book was also written in the same way, so she nodded again, waved to the eunuch who was in charge of the scribe, and taught him to write down this medicine again. The prescriptions prescribed by the four imperial physicians to the Empress Dowager generally have twelve medicinal flavors, about half of which are similar to each other, and half of which are different; Read their prescriptions one by one, and ask the old eunuch the nature of each medicine along the way; some of them are known to Yi himself, so there is no need to ask any more; , but not quite sure, or have forgotten, you have to ask the old eunuch. ——Look and ask in this way, choose as much as you want and write down what you want, and when you have picked up twelve items, Yi will not pick any more, so the eunuch who is in charge of the book uses another blank piece of paper, respectfully Respectfully, he copied the twelve medicines picked out by Elder Yi.This results in the fifth prescription.The formula in the fifth sheet is a combination of the strengths (?) of the original four prescriptions. The medicines on the original four prescriptions all have one, two or three or four flavors. So it can also be said that it is a mixed prescription; but this caused the medicines that were not on the same prescription to be mixed in such a random way, whether the nature is suitable, whether there is any conflict, the Queen Mother did not pay attention to it, and did not let the four The imperial doctor took it away for research.However, if something went wrong with this mixed prescription, the four imperial physicians would not be able to escape responsibility. No wonder I was watching from the side, almost screaming out of surprise. "Now the prescription has been written." The queen mother looked at me again and said, "De Ling, I'd better go for you once! When those four stupid medical officers are preparing the medicine for me, you must be very careful. Watch them!" Of course, I had to follow suit, and escorted the four imperial doctors like a superior to another side hall.There are two palaces separated from the Empress Dowager's bedroom.Although the palace is also very tall and clean, but because people rarely come here, the weather is very gloomy and has a bit of mold.Rows of wooden shelves are nailed all over its walls, and on each row of wooden shelves are countless white and blue magnetic altars.Each altar is covered with a cover, and on the outside of the altar, a small square of red paper is used to mark the names of the medicines stored in the altar, so that they can be seized; This species is packed together in a jar.Therefore, there are no less than five or six hundred kinds of medicines hidden in this hall, which are probably complete, and only a few must be used fresh, which are supplied by the pharmacy outside. Now let’s say that after the four imperial physicians took the fifth prescription—the four prescriptions they prescribed had already been torn up by Li Lianying—although they might not agree with each other, how dare they agree with it? What about the Queen Mother's stubbornness?I have to rely on her and match each piece one by one.Although according to my guess, since the four of them are very old doctors, they have been getting along with these medicine circles for a long time and are very familiar with them, but when they are dispensing medicine, they are still as slow as novices. I have to look at it again and again before I dare to take out the medicine.It is said that this is also the reason why they are cautious in handling things and refuse to let things go.After each medicine is taken out, it has to be weighed out with a small balance, and then it is wrapped into small packages with red paper and held by a little eunuch; After all the medicines were packed, they returned to the queen mother's palace with me, the female imperial envoy who watched them intently.At that time, in the apse where water was usually boiled, a small stove had been built, with a silver medicine pot on it, waiting for the medicine to be prepared.On a table near the stove, there was a small jade bowl with a gold backing; it was specially selected from the several tea sets that the Queen Mother herself used frequently.In order to prepare medicine for Elder Yi to drink.On the same table, far away from the jade bowl, there are four other white or blue magnetic cups neatly arranged. After the four imperial physicians came in, they rushed to the small stove together, and took the packets of medicine very solemnly. Under the surveillance of eight eyes—ten including mine, Untie them one by one and put them into the silver pot; at this time, the pot is already half filled with clean water.After the medicine was put in, it was officially boiled; the medicine taken by the Empress Dowager naturally had a special cooking method: while cooking, the four imperial doctors had to wait by the stove until the water in the pot was boiled. When it was about to boil, one of them immediately removed it from the fire, put it on the ground, let it cool down slowly, and let it cool down for about ten minutes, then put it on the stove again, and boiled it until it was about to boil. , and then take it off, if so, three times. Now you have to use a silver filter to filter the medicine residue.The four imperial physicians were still working seriously.The smell of this medicine is not very unpleasant, but when they are filtering, I can't help but want to cover my nose. Because the mesh of the filter is not very fine, after the first filtration, there is still a little medicine residue left in the medicine juice, which of course cannot be sent to the Queen Mother to drink; so they repeated it again and again. Filter it until there is no dregs at all before pouring it into the Empress Dowager's jade bowl, but there is so much medicinal juice! ——and it was specially boiled—they filled the four magnetic cups together, and I couldn't help but wonder who else would drink this medicine? At this moment, everything was ready, so someone went to explain to the queen mother, and after a while, this person withdrew again with the queen mother's order, and ordered the four imperial doctors to go to Yi's private hall together.So I was led by the empress dowager's jade bowl, followed by me, followed by the four imperial doctors, and finally an eunuch holding the four magnetic cups.When they arrived in front of the Queen Mother, the four masters had to kowtow first, and then kneel down.I saw that the jade bowl was handed over to the Empress Dowager, and when I hurriedly turned my head to look, I saw that the four small magnetic cups were already held in the hands of the four imperial physicians; obviously holding them in embarrassment, but everyone was very happy. Enduring with all my might.Then, neatly put the magnetic cup to everyone's lips like a soldier's exercise, raised his neck, and drank it all in one gulp.I was really surprised at that time, I almost burst out laughing, and it was hard to hold back; and I thought that the concoction must be very bitter, and they swallowed it in such a breath, it was really not a training Well-trained do not do.And when I looked closely at their faces, there was almost no expression at all.This kind of courage is really admirable! It is too authoritarian to force a person who is not sick to take medicine with a sick person!And I think it's very dangerous. Could it be that if a good person drinks this cup of medicine for no reason, won't it cause any reverse?But according to what the queen mother later told me: this kind of inhuman regulation was left over hundreds of years ago, and it was not specially created by the queen mother; Add some poison to the medicine in an attempt to assassinate the emperor or queen mother.Teach them to drink it face to face like this first, so they don't have to be afraid anymore.Fortunately, after these doctors quit, they can drink some medicine by themselves to maintain their own health. (There is also a statement here: readers may think that in today's Chinese drugstores, why don't there be poisons that can kill people? Even if they are, they are not easy to buy; Easy to get, Xiang He Ding Hong is one of them.) Although the queen mother is used to it, seeing the four imperial doctors kneel down and drink the medicine so dryly, she almost burst out laughing. "It's not too surprising! They drink it very refreshingly, as if the medicine has no bitterness at all." Holding the jade bowl, Lafayette laughed as if joking: "But I don't believe it, where is the medicine?" Is there any reason not to be bitter?" But even though Elder Yi said so, he just raised the jade bowl and drank the concoction in one gulp.Of course, Yi was very reluctant in her heart, wishing to give up and not drink, but Yi couldn't be too unreasonable; the four master doctors were summoned by Yi himself, and the fifth prescription was also decided by Yi himself. It was chosen, and now the four imperial doctors have solemnly cooked the medicine for Yi, how could Yi not drink it?The four imperial doctors bowed their heads and knelt until the queen mother finished drinking the medicine before ordering them to retreat.At this time, my minister, they must be as happy as if they have relieved a heavy burden.Because in the palace, no one wants to stay for a long time, and it is really a wonderful thing to be able to leave earlier. The Empress Dowager's medicine has been taken, the imperial doctors have withdrawn, the air in the palace seems to be a bit calmer, everyone hopes that there will be no more accidents; but unexpectedly, something happened to me unexpectedly. ... This is all because I don't have a full understanding of all etiquette in the palace.Something similar to this has happened once before, but that time happened to be when I was alone with the Queen Mother, and it was not noticed by others, so I didn't notice it myself, so I made a mistake. This is the second time! ... I still remember that time, it seems that someone sent a few clusters of pink flowers to the queen mother, put them in a very delicate porcelain vase, and asked me to put them in for Yi and present them to the queen mother; Because when he was on duty, he immediately took it in personally.The queen mother was not very happy when she saw her, so she said casually: "Put it over there!" While speaking, Yi pointed at a small table in the corner of the room, implying that he wanted me to put the vase on the table.I followed her first, but she didn't pay much attention to this order, so as soon as I approached the table, I found that it was "unsuitable for flowers"; because behind the table, there was a row of drawing boards. The color of the flower is light yellow, and a bottle of pink flowers is placed there, almost blended together, and those who are more careless will never see it.I immediately suggested to Iraq: "Please take a look! Lafayette, can I put this vase of flowers in another place?" After hearing what I said, Yi immediately showed a very surprised look on his face; I didn't notice it at the time, but I remembered it afterwards, and I knew that Yi should be so surprised! "Why?" Yi asked me back. So I told Yi that the color of the drawing board there was too similar to the color of the flowers, not only would it not be able to bring out the beauty of the flowers, but it would also affect the drawing board; The expression on his face, in fact, Yi didn't even have a smile at that time.But in the end Iraq accepted my opinion. "In that case, you can put it somewhere else as you like!" Of course I was very happy, and hurriedly used my own aesthetic vision to find a suitable place for this vase of flowers; the Empress Dowager looked at it, and seemed to feel that after such a change, the colors in the whole room were indeed much more harmonious .Drinking never praised, but never expressed any dissatisfaction.The incident passed like this. Not long after, this matter was no longer in my mind, and even the Queen Mother would never remember it again; I was simply confused until the end when I realized that if this matter was strictly speaking, I would never give up. No deduction got a crime!How do you know this?It was because of this day—the day when the Empress Dowager invited four imperial physicians to come to see me—that I made the same mistake boldly for the first time, so I was reminded of it. In the evening of that day, the Empress Dowager had already taken a nap for an hour or two after taking the medicine, so the cold and fever had subsided a lot; however, it was still raining outside, and the Empress Dowager was already feeling extremely bored sitting in the palace, adding Yi's cough was still bothering her, and it made her more and more bored. No matter what she saw, she always found it very disgusting. "Sit down like this again, it's really suffocating! We have to go out of the palace and take a stroll under the corridor. It is so magnificent that people in the palace call it the corridor.) Get ready and follow me! Then go and inform the rest of the people!" Because when I was first called into the palace this morning, the Empress Dowager had told me to run my hands over her forehead to test her body temperature; now that she wanted to go out, I automatically asked her to let me try again Yi's body temperature.Yi immediately agreed, but after I tried it, I felt very embarrassed; it turned out that although Yi's cold and fever had subsided a lot in the morning, they had not returned to normal after all. When I put my palm on her forehead, I still felt a little dizzy. Hot, looking at Yi's spirit, he is still not very cheerful.I was originally a very warm-hearted person who cared about Iraq, so I had to try my best to give some advice. "Lafayette, please be patient for a while, is it okay?" I said, "Your cold and fever have not subsided! It is best not to blow the wind; it is certainly more cheerful to go for a walk in the corridor than to sit in the palace. But it is inevitable that you will be exposed to the wind, and it is too hard!" After hearing these few words, Yi was obviously greatly shocked. I was at a loss at the time, and didn't know why these few words of good advice from me shocked her.But Yi was more than shocked!Yibin fixed his eyes firmly on me, showing a very angry and hesitant look; at that time, I didn't feel scared at all, only surprised.Fortunately, after a while, Yi didn't say anything anymore, but retreated to the throne, and said with a forced smile: "Forget it! As you say, let's sit and play cards!" Of course, the situation this time had been seen by the other ladies, and it had been spread out before long; so when I informed the Queen Mother and retreated to our common room to rest, one of them was already in the palace. The female officer, who had been in charge for several years, called me over solemnly, and asked me solemnly like a judge interrogating a prisoner: "Don't you realize that you have committed a great crime?" "I don't know! What crime do you say I committed?" "Lafayette feels depressed, and intends to go down the corridor for a walk, but you block Yi, so that she is still sitting in the palace;" the female officer said here, really a little stern. "Isn't such a deliberate disobedience to the Queen Mother's edict a big crime? Don't be confused anymore! You have to ask, what kind of punishment should you receive for committing such a crime? Then you will know how serious it is! " After I said this, I did feel a little worried; I myself did see the Empress Dowager look at me viciously just now, although Yi has not yet understood the accusation of my crimes, but it is hard to guarantee that Yi will not keep this matter in mind.永远当我是一个有罪的人，只消遇到任何一次相巧的机会，便旧事重提的将我一并处责起来，岂不教我有冤难伸？ “我实在不知道啊！”我带着哀恳的语气，再向那女官问道：“那末就请你告诉我，究竟该受何等的责罚啊？” “杀头！” 啊，这可真要把我吓死了！虽然老佛爷当面是没有给我说过什么话，但是也许伊此刻早有懿旨下去了，到明天早上，说不定我就要给他们抓去杀头了！ “可是你知道我只是一片好心，为伊老人家的寒热还不曾退，所以才劝阻伊的！”我于是就忙着把真情告诉那女官，大有希望伊能可怜我，给我想法子排解排解的意思。“我何尝是存心想违旨呢？” “好罢！你且留心着！如今呢，老佛爷正在宠爱你的当儿，多半是可以不追究的；但是认人敢保得定你能永远的受伊宠信呢？而这一回事又是断不能使伊老人家忘掉的。——到得那时候，我瞧你再有什么聪明的方法，能使你的脑袋留在颈上不掉下来？你不是以为自己是最聪明的吗？” 我本想求伊帮助，却不料反受了伊一套很难堪的奚落，我不由就从害怕化为愤怒了；便决意不顾一切的直接去向太后问个明白，究竟我将受怎样的待遇。当时我也不暇思索，立刻便撇下了那女官，走进太后的寝宫中去，且因愤懑过度，连两颊也胀得通红了。太后瞧我一走进去就现着很诧异的容色，因为伊并不曾差人来召过我；而且依照宫内的规矩，我也绝对不许未经宣召而直入伊的寝宫，现在我竟公然犯了这规矩，伊自然要觉得很诧异了！我也不知道第一句话该怎么说才好，只把双膝跪了下去，低着头，伏在伊的座前。 “德龄，你为什么又回来了？”伊就忙着诘问我。 “太后，我是特地来给老佛爷叩头谢罪的！”我鼓着勇气，答复了伊；但我的勇气到底还有限，说了第一句，便禁不住哭起来了。“奴才此刻才知道不该劝阻太后不上那长廊下去散步；据说这样，我已经是犯了大罪了，说不定就要给你老人家杀头了。所以我急着来谢罪。求你赦了这一遭！” “站起来！”太后方才倒不怒，此刻听我说出了原委，倒有些着怒了。便连珠价的追问我道：“是那一个告诉你的？是李莲英吗？还是那一个女官？” “不是李总管！是xx告诉奴才的！“我忍住了哭，答道：“其余的各位女官，也说伊给我说的是不错的。“ 伊听了，立刻就大怒起来，便打发一个太监出去把七位女官一起唤进了宫来，厉声向伊们说道： “岂有此理！谁敢跟德龄明闹？伊劝我不要到长廊下去散步，自是伊的好意，我怎会不知道？为什么倒要你们把伊议论起来！以为无论谁都不准如此！有那一个再敢提起杀头两个字的话，给我查明白了，少不得就将伊送去杀头！大家都牢记着，再犯了是不能饶恕的！……现在给我出去罢！” 那七个人便一起战战兢兢的退出去了。可是我还不敢十分安心，便又问道： “那末奴才真可不必杀头了吗？老佛爷。” “什么话？当然是没有的事！”太后大笑道：“你现在可以不必再担心了！天赋人以各种知识，我们自然应该让他们尽量的运用，只要适当便行！可是依着皇家的习惯，和通例而论，你方才的行为，确然也可算得是一桩抗旨的罪案，如果当真要处刑，那末你的头也许真的可以吹下来的！”