"But Queen Mother, Concubine Hui's position is not outstanding. If we ask Dean Qin to check her pulse, it might attract attention, right?" Bi Qiao said hesitantly.
Bi Qiao's concerns were not without reason. Qin Lu was the head of the Imperial Hospital, not an ordinary imperial physician. He was usually responsible for checking the pulse of the Queen Mother and Zhong Zhiheng. Even Concubine Zhao and Concubine Shu were not qualified. What's more, he was just a noble lady.
"As long as the emperor has no objection, how can others dare to interfere?" The queen mother said slowly, putting down the bowl and taking the handkerchief handed to her by Bi Qiao to gently wipe her mouth. She continued, "The emperor is not young anymore, and we can't always look back and forth."
"Yes. I've made note of it." Bi Qiao bowed hurriedly.
"Your Majesty, Court Master Qin is here." A palace maid came in and bowed to report.
"Please ask him to come in," said the Queen Mother.
"Yes, I obey your command." The palace servant bowed and retreated hurriedly.
"Your humble servant greets the Queen Mother. May you be well and at peace." Qin Lu came in, walked to the Queen Mother, and knelt down to pay his respects.
"Get up," the Queen Mother said slowly, placing her hands on the small table. She let Bi Qiao come over and roll up her sleeves, then covered her wrists with a thin silk handkerchief.
"Yes. Thank you, Queen Mother." Qin Lu got up from the ground, walked to the bed, took out the pulse pillow from the medicine box, and placed it on the small table.
"In previous years, the emperor always got irritated as soon as winter came. How is the emperor's health this year?" The empress dowager placed her hand on the pulse pillow and looked at Qin Lu.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is in good health," Qin Lu said slowly, placing his fingers on the silk handkerchief while looking at the Queen Mother. "Although Your Majesty is over fifty years old, he is still as vigorous as a young man. Please rest assured, Your Majesty."
"That's good," the Queen Mother curled her lips slightly and nodded, saying, "In that case, let's remove the gunpowder from now on, and give the Emperor a good warming nourishment from now on."
"Yes, I obey your command," Qin Lu hurriedly bowed and put away his hand. He took two steps back and bowed to the Queen Mother and asked, "Excuse me, Queen Mother, is it possible to sleep well recently?"
The Queen Mother held the tea bowl and drank tea without saying anything. Instead, Bi Qiao was busy saying, "In the past year, the Queen Mother has always slept less and must take tranquilizers before going to bed. However, she can only sleep for less than two hours and cannot sleep during the day."
"Queen Dowager, please allow me to presume to interfere. At your age, you cannot stay up all day and night like this," Qin Lu frowned slightly and bowed to the Queen Dowager. "Sedatives can indeed help you sleep, but medicine is poisonous. Taking them for a long time will also damage your body. I know that your Majesty is working hard, but you must not work so hard anymore."
"I understand what you said, but how can I really not worry about it?" The Queen Mother pursed her lips helplessly and waved to Qin Lu, "Okay, no need to say more, you can go down first."
"Yes, I'll take my leave." Qin Lu bowed and took his leave hurriedly.
Bi Qiao escorted Qin Lu to the door, and the two of them stopped at the corner in tacit understanding. Bi Qiao looked around, then said to Qin Lu in a slow voice, "Head of the Court, please take care of Concubine Hui from now on."
Qin Lu was startled, and looked at Bi Qiao, lowering his voice: "What? Is the eldest prince's body completely ruined and there is no possibility of him returning to the capital?"
Bi Qiao nodded and sighed softly, "If not for this, why would the Queen Mother allow Concubine Hui to enter the palace? There is nothing we can do about it."
"What a pity," Qin Lu sighed and shook his head, "It's really pitiful that such a talented person as the eldest prince ended up like this."
"That can't be helped," Bi Qiao also sighed, looking around, then leaned in front of Qin Lu and whispered, "The Queen Mother has been working hard on the eldest prince these years, but the Emperor has never changed his mind about the eldest prince. Although under the pressure of the Xu family in the early years, the eldest prince was finally made the crown prince, but since then, His Majesty has become more and more unfriendly to the eldest prince. After so many years, the Queen Mother has finally realized that His Majesty will abolish the eldest prince sooner or later. Although the Queen Mother is unwilling, she also knows that the eldest prince is destined to lose. But the Queen Mother never thought that His Majesty would be so cruel and demote the eldest prince to Ningguta?"
Qin Lu's eyes suddenly widened, and his gray beard trembled: "Why? Did the Queen Mother know that His Majesty wanted to depose the Crown Prince?"
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