Chapter 849: Rumors among the people?
Emperor Kangxi's forehead was already covered with sweat, but he was completely helpless. After coaxing the Empress Dowager to sleep for a while, he hurriedly summoned all the imperial doctors.
Before they could come up with a solution, they heard that the Queen Mother had woken up.
Emperor Kangxi rushed in again without stopping, rolled up his sleeves and served the Empress Dowager. But from beginning to end, he didn't feed her even a bowl of soup. The Empress Dowager hadn't eaten or drunk anything for two days.
"Go and do your thing. I'm fine. I'll be fine after a short sleep."
The Empress Dowager leaned on the bed, gasped twice, and then pushed Emperor Kangxi.
"My Queen Mother, you are not feeling well right now. How can I..."
"Queen Mother, look what Jiu'er has brought you?"
Before Emperor Kangxi finished speaking, he heard a crisp sound coming from the door. When he turned around, he saw Wenjiu carrying a box into the room.
"Your Majesty? Your servant greets Your Majesty."
Somehow, even Emperor Kangxi felt relieved when he saw the wine being warmed. He simply waved at her, "Come closer."
"yes."
Wenjiu responded, and when he walked up to her, he found that the empress dowager's face looked increasingly ugly.
"Queen Mother, are you feeling unwell?"
"Good boy, you are back? What did you bring me?" The Queen Mother looked a little listless, but she still perked up her spirits to come and warm the wine.
Wen Jiu walked over and took the Queen Mother's hand, then said with a smile: "If the Queen Mother sees this gift from Jiu'er, she will definitely feel better."
"What is it?" The Queen Mother asked in a soft voice with cloudy eyes.
Hearing Wenjiu's words, even Emperor Kangxi looked over. Seeing Wenjiu take out a dusty box, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
But after taking one look at the empress dowager whose expression was becoming increasingly gloomy, he finally stopped talking.
The Empress Dowager has always liked the girl Wenjiu, so why not let her give it a try?
In fact, there was no way to warm the wine, and he didn't know what to do.
"Empress Dowager, look." Wenjiu said, smiling as he opened the box in front of him.
The room was gradually filled with a faint smell of moist earth.
The Queen Mother slowly opened her eyes and leaned against the warm wine to catch her breath: "What... is this?"
"Fourth Young Master, are you bringing back some soil? Or are there any seeds in here?" At this moment, Doctor Liu couldn't help but rush over and take a closer look.
Almost everyone around him stretched their necks to look over here, but because of their status, they didn't dare to ask.
Emperor Kangxi also came over and asked: "What's the secret of this?"
Wen Jiu just smiled, helped the Queen Mother sit up, and explained: “Your Majesty, Queen Mother, this is the soil left by Prince Khorchin many years ago.
It's said that the prince had wanted to send it back to the Queen Mother before, but he always felt that it was not presentable enough, so he never sent it. Now that the Queen Mother misses her homeland, Jiu'er shamelessly brought it back.
As he spoke, he transferred some of the spiritual energy to the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother stared at the handful of soil in a daze and didn't speak for a long time.
Emperor Kangxi frowned at the Empress Dowager's expression and said, "You naughty boy, what are you doing bringing this thing to the Empress Dowager? Why don't you put it away quickly?"
Emperor Kangxi took two steps forward and supported the Empress Dowager. "Madam, may I serve you some soup first?"
The Empress Dowager was already worried about being away from home, and this girl was just bringing up all sorts of issues. She glared at Wenjiu as she spoke.
The Queen Mother shook her head and subconsciously pinched a handful of dirt to her nose and smelled it.
Wenjiu glanced at the empress dowager, took a cup, sprinkled a little soil in it, added tea, and brought it to the empress dowager.
"Your Majesty, Jiu'er knows a recipe that can relieve the stomach discomfort caused by homesickness.
They say that drinking this water, which is infused with soil from my hometown, will instantly make you feel better. Why don't you give it a try?"
"No."
As soon as he finished speaking, the imperial physician beside him was shocked. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying this: "The Empress Dowager's body is precious. Tea with soil added must be difficult to digest. I am afraid that it will hurt the spleen and stomach after using it.
"Fourth Young Master, what you said is just groundless rumors, pure folk rumours! How can you apply it to the Empress Dowager?"
"You're not right, Imperial Physician. This method works for many people. Most of the time, when a young man travels far away, his mother will bring him a small bag of soil. It works for any discomfort caused by the local climate. Just give it a try; it won't harm your body. Imperial Physician Liu, what do you think?"
"Fourth Young Master, what you say makes sense." Imperial Physician Liu met Wenjiu's gaze and nodded in understanding. "This is no mere folk rumor. It truly is an extremely useful remedy, perfectly suited for the Empress Dowager to use right now."
Wenjiu raised his eyebrows and looked at Doctor Liu beside him.
She knew in her heart that Doctor Liu understood her intentions.
Then he looked at the Queen Mother and said, "Queen Mother, are you willing to give it a try?"
The Queen Mother glanced at the cup in front of her and said, "Why not?" Then she took the cup with a smile and drank it all.
"How is it? Is the Empress Dowager feeling better?" Emperor Kangxi felt that this was nonsense.
But Wen Jiu and Doctor Liu spoke so confidently that I felt a sense of anticipation.
The Queen Mother frowned slightly and glanced at the cup: "I don't feel anything."
Wen Jiu watched, then immediately reached out and took a spoonful of porridge from the bowl and placed it before the Queen Mother's mouth: "Queen Mother, please try and see if the soil from your hometown is useful?"
The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously opened her mouth and swallowed the porridge.
The next second, he frowned: "Why is it so salty?"
"Too salty? Your Majesty, would you like to try another bite of this?" There were several bowls of porridge on the table. He exchanged one for the warm wine and brought it to the Empress Dowager with a smile.
She thought it was salty just right, and she had deliberately sprinkled a lot of salt in it.
Perhaps she was really choked, the Queen Mother drank the whole bowl of porridge in one breath.
Even when she was looking at the empty bowl, the Queen Mother couldn't help but be stunned.
"Is this soil really that effective?"
"Is the Empress Dowager feeling better?" Emperor Kangxi was also incredulous. How could someone who had just been eating and spitting out food be feeling better now?
The Queen Mother took a deep breath and said, "I do feel much better now."
"Queen Mother, these shrimps are also good, would you like to try them?"
The Queen Mother saw the shrimp dripping from the warm wine to her lips and subconsciously opened her mouth to take a bite. She couldn't help but nod.
Hearing Wen Jiu talking to her about Korchin, he ate up all the food in front of him without realizing it.
Emperor Kangxi looked at the wine, then at the Empress Dowager, and simply drove out the group of shocked doctors who were already grinning from ear to ear, leaving only Doctor Liu.
After serving the Empress Dowager warm wine and meals, he coaxed her to sleep and then followed Emperor Kangxi out of the house.
"You have made great contributions today. Tell me what reward you want." Emperor Kangxi glanced at Wen Jiu and said.
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