Everyone left, leaving only the emperor. He no longer asked about An Qingran, but just sat beside the bed and held Queen Yun's hand, his eyes full of tenderness: "Queen, you have to get better soon. Don't you know that the water in the Bixin Lake has turned green again? Now you can go boating. When you get better, we can stay there for a few more days, okay?"
An Qingran felt even more sad when she heard this. She sat aside, with a palace maid grinding ink for her. She was thinking about the prescription. At first she thought that the prescription for replenishing qi and blood that she had learned would come in handy, but now she realized that it was not as simple as replenishing qi and blood. Her body could no longer absorb it.
An Qingran put down her pen, sat there and thought carefully, and finally put down her pen. She had no way to prescribe medicine.
The emperor had been waiting for An Qingran. An Qingran had an idea, so she returned to the queen and took out her silver needle: "My queen, this silver needle can help you relieve the pain..."
She wiped it with wine and warmed it with fire, and then began to insert needles into Hegu, Zusanli, and Sanyinjiao. After the needles were inserted, Queen Yun didn't know whether it was psychological or something else, but her frown relaxed and she said, "I had a terrible headache just now, but after the needles, it doesn't hurt that much anymore."
The emperor was delighted when he heard this: "It seems that you still have some skills."
An Qingran knew in her heart that this was only a temporary pain reliever and would not play any role in the conditioning and repair of her body.
But seeing how happy they were, she couldn't say the following words.
He started inserting needles into Weizhong and Neiguan acupoints. Because of the location of the acupoints, everyone else withdrew and only the Emperor and Shu Guifei were left by the side. Shu Guifei was holding a handkerchief, looking like she was serving the Empress.
After two more injections, Queen Yun was slowly supported by An Qingran and leaned against the bed. This was better than lying down all the time. Queen Yun looked at An Qingran with admiration and love in her eyes: "Child, you have such great abilities, but you usually don't show them off."
Queen Yun felt better after the injection and thought that she might be able to create a miracle, so there was hope in her eyes.
There were some things that An Qingran couldn't say. She smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Madam..."
Concubine Shu also smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you don't know, when I heard rumors about her in the market, I was very nervous. I held on to hope, but I was also afraid that she was just a name. Now it seems that she will not let us down."
"You are thoughtful, and I am very satisfied." said the emperor.
An Qingran continued to insert the needles. After a few more needles, she stopped and looked at Queen Yun's reaction. The color on her face looked better.
"Okay, An Qingran, you stay in this Feng Palace and take good care of the Queen..." the emperor gave the order.
An Qingran accepted the order and was taken away to rest.
Her room was in a side hall of the Feng Palace. After settling the palace maid down, she left.
She walked back and forth in the room. She knew that the queen's illness would not last long. If all the imperial doctors' medicines were withdrawn now, the situation would be even worse. However, her silver needles had scared people, and she didn't know what to do next.
After all, she had never made a house call.
What if she was telling the truth?
Tell yourself that you can’t save the queen?
Just as I was thinking about it, Concubine Shu's voice sounded outside the door: "Qingran, have you rested?"
An Qingran opened the door, and Concubine Shu walked in and sat down on the imperial couch. She looked at An Qingran and smiled, "I didn't expect you to be so capable."
Would you hire me if I didn't have the ability?
An Qingran secretly resented that maybe Concubine Shu really hoped that she had no ability. Who knows what sinister tricks she would come up with when the time comes.
Why did she do this to herself?
Didn't her son give her a night-shining pearl? Didn't she know?
An Qingran's mind was in a mess right now, and she was thinking randomly all the time.
But seeing her praise, she still smiled and said, "Those are just some trivial tricks. It just so happens that the queen is here. I also have something to say. I'm afraid the queen's illness is not very good."
"Not very good? That won't work. You are everyone's hope now. If you can't cure it, I will also be punished. Just like you said, I am your recommender. Also, you have seen some results just now. Your acupuncture is different from that of the imperial doctors. You say it is not very good now, I don't want to hear it, and the emperor won't want to hear it either. If the emperor thinks that you are arrogant and have the ability but don't save the queen, what do you think the emperor will do?" Concubine Shu's face darkened.
An Qingran didn't know what she meant. Did she really want to save the queen? If the queen was still alive, wouldn't she have to compete for her favor? If the queen was gone, wouldn't everyone have a chance to ascend the throne?
Doesn't she want to?
"But the truth is about the Queen's health." An Qingran said helplessly.
"Really? Why don't you go and tell the emperor yourself? You know what will happen if you are accused of refusing to treat the empress? So, if the emperor asks you, you'd better not answer like you did just now, understand?" After saying this, Concubine Shu stood up and said, "If there is anything you don't understand in the palace, or if you need anything, just come to me."
After saying that she left.
An Qingran stood there in a daze for a while. Just as she thought, it was easy to enter the palace but not easy to leave.
But asking her to go find Concubine Shu? I can't do it myself.
But what should she do? She couldn't tell the truth. If the queen died in her hands, the general's mansion would be implicated.
She suddenly thought of her cousin. She was about to write him a letter to see if he had any solution for the situation.
She started to do it as soon as she wrote it down. She sat there and wrote down the queen's condition in detail on paper, but who would send it out for her after she finished writing it?
Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly heard the prince's voice.
God, how could I have forgotten about him?
The prince did not come to see her, but went to the upper room. An Qingran stood in front of the window, waiting quietly.
After waiting for a long time and not seeing him come out, she quietly told the palace maid that she wanted to see the prince and asked her to make arrangements.
The palace maid was easy to talk to.
The imperial doctors had left the courtyard long ago, leaving only a group of palace maids to clean up.
An Qingran knew that people in the palace would send a letter to the general's mansion, and they would definitely be worried if she stayed in the palace.
In fact, some people in the general's mansion were indeed worried about being applauded.
Some people are still confused.
Lian Jinyu carried Mingchen to find An Zhongtao: "General. Qingran hasn't come back yet. Why don't you go to the palace to see how she is doing while treating the queen and when she can come back."
An Zhongtao paced back and forth in the study: "I just came back from the palace, and heard from the imperial doctors that Qingran has stopped the queen's pain, and the emperor wants to keep her there, but she can't come back for a while."
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