Chapter 87: The imperial physician was scolded and had no other options, so he could only prescribe...
The imperial physician had no other solution and could only prescribe a dose of pain-relieving medicine. Qi Buchen didn't want to drink it again after drinking it once. Not only was the effect minimal, but the medicine was also difficult to swallow. His body was already suffering, and drinking this medicine would only make it even more bitter.
The pain lasted for five or six days before it finally subsided. Yinzhen came to see her every day after leaving the yamen, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that she was finally feeling better.
It was rare for him to feel so helpless and helpless that he could only watch. In the past few days, he had a small experience of what it meant to be tortured.
Although still a little weak, Qi Buchen finally managed to pull herself together. She figured she was about to enter puberty, and how much she would grow would depend on the next two years. So she discussed this with Yinzhen, "I've read some medical books, both Chinese and Western, and I've also consulted the imperial physician. I think my reaction is probably because I'm not strong enough and don't move enough. I'm thinking of moving more starting today, maybe running, riding a horse, and then asking Qiqiao to teach me some martial arts. What do you think?"
Although most people now expect women to be chaste, the Manchus conquered the world on horseback and did not place as many restrictions on their female relatives. In fact, because the royal family often had to marry into the Mongols, the ladies of high families were quite good at riding and shooting.
Yinzhen accepted it easily, and after a moment's thought, he said, "Okay, I'll pick out a docile little mare for you in the next two days."
"Then I'll use the training ground in front?" Qi Buchen was mainly after this place.
"Of course," Yinzhen nodded. "You can go whenever you want. I'll have Jinbao reschedule the training so that you can have some time."
When Yinzhen was first moved out of the palace, Kangxi assigned him guards, and Jin Bao was the leader of the guards.
Qi Buchen thought for a moment and said: "Let's do it at the end of the afternoon." At this time, lunch was over and the sun was setting, which was just right.
Yinzhen thought and said, "Alright, I have been a little lazy in riding and shooting these days, so it's a good opportunity for me to practice with you." At this time, he also left the government office.
So the matter was settled. Qi Buchen waited for Yinzhen to come back every day and went to the training ground for some exercises together. After coming back and washing up, they read the foreign books they had collected together in the small study. She read a variety of books, but Yinzhen focused on those related to water conservancy.
One day, the book in Yinzhen's hand was suddenly replaced by a military book, and it never changed again.
Qi Buchen couldn't help but be curious and asked, "Why are you interested in this?"
Yinzhen pondered for a moment, but still didn't hide it from her: "Since the beginning of this year, Galdan has been active. Recently, the emperor has repeatedly mobilized troops from Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. It seems that there will be some action."
Yinzhen's guess was correct. In late July, Kangxi issued an edict to tour the border. The eighth prince accompanied him, and the crown prince served as regent.
It was called a tour, but in fact it was an imperial expedition led by the emperor himself.
Qi Buchen packed the gifts for Yinzhen. This time was different from the previous times. The gifts had to be simplified again and again, and the largest amount of items in the end were various medicines.
Yinzhen was somewhat helpless: "That's not necessary, there will be an imperial physician accompanying us."
Qi Buchen only said: "Just in case." Yinzhen would definitely stay with Kangxi when he went out. If something really happened to him, it would definitely be a big deal. At that time, the imperial doctors would definitely focus on Kangxi first and would not have time to take care of him.
"If you all leave, what will happen to the prince's wedding?" Qi Buchen thought of this.
Yinzhen said: "The Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Household Department will handle it, and everything will proceed as usual." Compared with the suppression of Galdan's rebellion, it was obvious that the prince's marriage could not be given priority.
A few days after sending off Kangxi's army, news came from the palace that Concubine Nianhulu fell ill due to the hot summer, and Qi Buchen hurried into the palace to visit her.
While she was in the Imperial Concubine's palace, she was asking about her well-being when a palace maid came to report: "Your Majesty, the young Li Jia from the Eastern Palace has started a rebellion."
Imperial Concubine Nianhulu forced herself to get up and said worriedly, "I am ill now, so it is not convenient for me to go." In fact, if a concubine in the Eastern Palace gave birth to a child, no one would dare to trouble her even if she was well.
"Go to the Empress Dowager's palace and tell her to send someone to guard it. You will also wait in the East Palace."
With this incident, Qi Buchen took his leave early, and also ordered people to pay attention to the progress of Li Jia's delivery so that he could send her a gift.
But what came was not good news. Little Li Jia gave birth to a son, but she died due to complications during childbirth.
The servants were at a loss as to how to deliver the gift.
Qi Buchen was a little frightened while sighing. Little Li Jia was only about twenty years old now. It was a pity that she died like this. But when little Li Jia was giving birth, she had the best medical technology at that time, but she still couldn't be saved. How could it not make people scared.
In the end, the gifts were sent as usual, because the Eastern Palace sent good news everywhere and did not mention the ending of little Li Jia.
Qi Buchen became quite depressed because of this incident, and it was not until the prince's wedding that he managed to cheer up and go to the palace for the banquet.
Weddings in the Qing Dynasty were all held at dusk. Qi Buchen saw his first wife, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and asked, "Is my sister-in-law feeling better?"
In the past two years, the eldest wife has been in poor health and has been ill on and off. Qi Buchen has visited her several times, and each time he found that she looked more haggard. He originally thought that she would not be able to attend the prince's wedding.
The eldest wife smiled with a sense of vulnerability: "Much better, thank you for your concern."
"Sister-in-law, have you met the Crown Princess?" Seeing that she didn't want to say more, Qi Buchen started talking about other things.
The eldest wife, however, half-pressed her lips, and in Qi Buchen's bewildered eyes, said, "The Emperor hasn't issued an edict to confer the title yet, so you can't be called the Crown Princess yet."
Qi Buchen stared. She hadn't thought there was such a thing. She had thought that as long as she got married, she would be the Crown Princess. She lowered her voice and asked, "Then what should I call her?"
The eldest wife thought for a moment and said, "Just call me Second Sister-in-law."
So when he went to the bridal chamber to see the bride, Qi Buchen called her second sister-in-law and the eldest wife called her younger sister-in-law.
Qi Buchen noticed that everyone else was calling her "Second Lady" instead of "Crown Princess." He couldn't help but marvel at the many complicated rules.
Guaerjia seemed not to notice these things, and was kind and gentle to everyone. In Qi Buchen's opinion, this did not seem like a shy bride, but rather like a superior or elder showing her friendliness.
After the prince's wedding, Guaerjia changed her low-key attitude before marriage and appeared frequently on various occasions. When Qi Buchen went to the palace again to visit the imperial concubine whose condition had not improved, he learned that Guaerjia went to serve the empress dowager every morning after marriage, and would come to visit the imperial concubine's palace after the empress dowager had breakfast.
She now has a very good reputation in the harem. I heard that the palace maids privately praise her for having the qualities of a "Queen Yuan".
Sitting in the carriage leaving the palace, Qi Buchen couldn't help but sigh as he listened to Baohuan talking about the latest news she had heard in the palace. Guwaljia treated the harem as a workplace, and her every move was a role model for the workplace. Compared to her, he, who had initially wanted to be a good subordinate and partner, was simply a scumbag.
Baohuan continued in a slightly excited voice, "I heard that there's news coming out of the East Palace that the Second Concubine has said that when the Emperor returns from his tour, he'll ask that Princess Li Jia be made a concubine."
Qi Buchen remembered the elder Li Jia. She had shown off her pregnancy in front of him when she was outside the Great Wall. She gave birth to a son and a daughter for the prince. It was heard that the son left by the younger Li Jia was now being raised by her.
Qi Buchen sighed again, the position of Crown Princess is not something that ordinary people can hold. Not only will you have three more children once you get married, but you also have to seek benefits and positions for your husband's other women. I just want to say that the Guarjia family is awesome!
Although Guaerjia brought many new changes to the harem, it had little to do with Qi Buchen. She was now creating a new image for herself - she liked to grow plants, and was keen on cuttings, grafting, and artificial pollination of different varieties to see if new varieties could grow.
All of this is for the purpose of being able to legitimately come up with methods to increase food production in the future.
Of course, this is destined to be a long process, and it is not even a sign yet.
When Qi Buchen planted flowers, fruits and vegetables on the idle land in the main courtyard, Kangxi finally returned. Before that, the result of the war with Galdan had already been reported back to the capital.
Galdan was defeated, but he also escaped.
Therefore, this rebellion has not been quelled yet, and Qi Buchen knows that there will be three more expeditions against Galdan in the future.
This time, Yinzhen didn't just get tanned, the skin on his face was even sunburned.
Qi Buchen frowned as she applied medicine to him and said, "Is the medicine I brought you useless?" August and September are when the sun is at its strongest, so she had already considered applying sunburn cream.
"I used it." Yinzhen looked much more relaxed as he spread the cool ointment evenly over his face. "But the sweating hasn't stopped."
Qi Buchen sighed and said nothing more. How could he apply sunscreen over and over again during the march and battle? He would be laughed to death by others, and even Kangxi would scold him if he knew.
"Then just stay at home and recuperate for the next few days, and don't go to the government office." Qi Buchen said.
This was also Yinzhen's original plan. He had very high requirements for appearance and didn't want to go out with such a face.
Seeing that his sunburn was getting better day by day, Yinzhen was estimating the time to return to the yamen, but he was suddenly summoned to the palace.
When he came back, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and his whole body was gloomy and exuded coldness. Qi Buchen felt a hint of coolness in this hot summer.
"What happened?" she asked cautiously.
Yinzhen sat on the couch without saying a word, but his chest kept rising and falling, which showed how angry he was.
Qi Buchen looked at Su Peisheng, who was shrinking like a quail, and his voice was so low that it was almost inaudible: "My master was reprimanded by the emperor."
“Boom.”
Yinzhen punched the low table, which scared Qi Buchen. Su Peisheng knelt down at the speed of light, but did not dare to make a sound.
Qi Buchen stroked his chest to calm his pounding heart, and said to the servants in the room, "Everyone go down. Baozhu, bring in a bowl of ice."
After everyone left, Qi Buchen took a fan and sat next to Yinzhen, fanning him silently. When Baozhu brought in the bowl of ice, Yinzhen's chest heaving had subsided.
Qi Buchen handed the bowl over: "Use a little to reduce the dryness."
Yinzhen paused for a moment before taking it. The cool fruit flesh slid down his throat and extended the coolness to his abdomen, and the dryness in his chest seemed to be relieved a little.
Qi Buchen fanned him while waiting for him to finish eating, and said, "Wash your face? Then apply some medicine."
"Yeah." Yinzhen finally spoke. Although it was only one word, it made people feel relieved.
After washing his face, Qi Buchen applied medicine to him and asked, "Do you want to talk to me?"
Yinzhen was speechless for a long time. Just when Qi Buchen thought he would not speak, he spoke: "This time, some of the food and fodder for the front line was transferred from Shandong. One hundred ships were arranged for transportation, but in the end, only seventy ships were deployed. As a result, there was a shortage of ships for transporting food and fodder, and it was delayed in reaching the front line. It almost delayed the event!"
This matter is indeed serious, but what does it have to do with Yinzhen? Qi Buchen thought so and asked this question.
Yinzhen angrily said, "Why do you think we're short of thirty boats? Because the Minister of Works, Xing'an, deemed those thirty boats scrapped and had them dismantled. And he thought those thirty boats were broken because I marked them that way in the memorial I wrote."
Huh? If that's true, then he deserved the scolding.
Unexpectedly, Yinzhen sneered, "How could I not know what I wrote? That annotation was clearly added by someone else. How dare you throw the blame on me? It turns out that I usually act too kind!"
I'm afraid the word "kindness" has nothing to do with you, right?
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Author's words: Yinzhen: Look at my kind smile
Passerby: The Fourth Prince has a fake smile on his face, who does he want to punish now?
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