Chapter 239 Both Fainted
After Xiao Jingheng called a few times,
Song Zhao finally managed to wake up.
Her brows were slightly furrowed, her eyes were blurry, her palm was against her forehead, and she looked uncomfortable.
Xiao Jingheng asked her anxiously, "Zhao'er, how do you feel?"
Song Zhaoxu tried to reply, "I feel a little dizzy, maybe it's because I didn't get enough rest last night."
Xiao Jingheng said, "Jiang Deshun, go ask the imperial physician to come and check on Concubine Yi."
The queen also said with concern: "Since you are not feeling well, please move to the side hall of this palace and rest for a while."
Song Zhao nodded in thanks, and Xiao Jingheng helped her get up.
But before Fang stood up and took a step, Song Zhao felt as if his feet were filled with lead. They were so heavy and numb that he couldn't even stand steadily.
She leaned over and fell into Xiao Jingheng's arms, looking so weak that she couldn't take care of herself.
"Your Majesty...My legs and feet are very numb..."
Xiao Jingheng did not force her, and helped her sit down again, and asked the palace servant to bring her a cup of hot tea.
Huipin saw Song Zhao's forehead covered with sweat and said:
"Is it because the floor heating in the Queen's palace is too warm? I see Sister Song's forehead is sweating from the heat. Why don't you open the window to ventilate, maybe Sister will feel better?"
Xiao Jingheng held Song Zhao's hand the whole time. He could feel that Song Zhao's palm was cold.
Therefore, the superficial sweat on Song Zhao's body at this moment should be spontaneous sweat, not caused by external heat.
He shook his head and said, "It's cold outside. Concubine Yi already has a cold. She shouldn't let the evil wind invade her body."
Song Zhao felt dizzy and his limbs were numb, and there was no sign of improvement for a long time.
Everyone could only stay by her side, waiting for the imperial physician to come and see what was going on.
During this period, the Queen Mother also came.
She was close to Song Zhao, and would have attended the ceremony of Song Zhao's consort today.
But the Queen Mother had to worship Buddha for an hour every morning after getting up, so she arrived a little late.
As soon as she came in, she saw Song Zhao leaning in Xiao Jingheng's arms with an ugly look on his face.
So he asked, “What’s going on?”
When everyone saw the Queen Mother coming, they all, led by the Queen, paid their respects to her.
Song Zhao also wanted to get up, but after trying to support himself with his hands on the chair handles, he still couldn't use his limbs, so he had to give up.
"Queen Mother, your concubine..."
"If you feel uncomfortable, just sit down." The Queen Mother walked to Song Zhao, took off the handkerchief from her waist and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"Where do you feel uncomfortable? After giving birth, a woman's body is weak and frail, and you have been busy these days trying to get the title of consort. Are you tired?"
Song Zhao said softly, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your concern. It's my own fault that I'm not doing well enough, and it's you who are worried about me."
The Queen Mother said: "You have worked hard to give birth to a son for the Emperor, and it is only natural that everyone cares about you. You..."
As she was speaking, an inexplicable feeling of dizziness suddenly came over the Queen Mother's head.
She felt dizzy, her hands and feet quickly became numb and she lost strength. She was staggering and couldn't even stand steadily.
Fortunately, Qingzhu had been serving her closely and quickly supported her arm, preventing her from falling to the ground.
"Mother?"
"Her Majesty the Queen Mother!"
Everyone gathered around her again, surrounding the Queen Mother and sitting next to Song Zhao.
Song Zhao asked with both confusion and concern: "What happened to the Queen Mother?"
The Queen Mother's face instantly turned pale, sweat began to break out on her forehead, and her hands couldn't stop shaking.
It seems that her condition is similar to Song Zhao's, but her symptoms are slightly more serious than Song Zhao's.
As Empress Dowager Song Zhaohe became weak and fainted, this matter became obviously abrupt.
A barely perceptible gloom also crept up on the queen's face.
Just when he was getting anxious, Jiang Deshun came over with the imperial physician.
The person who came was Doctor Guo, who had just been promoted by Xiao Jingheng to be the chief judge of the Imperial Hospital.
He did not dare to delay for a moment, and without even going through the formalities, he began to take the pulse of the Queen Mother and Song Zhao.
After carefully studying the pulses of the two men, Judge Guo hurriedly said:
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager and Concubine Yi are suffering from palpitations due to the incompatibility of the drugs."
"The drugs are mutually exclusive?" Xiao Jingheng didn't understand. "How do they counteract each other? What is the cure for this disease?"
Judge Guo asked Qingzhu and Yunshan in detail what medicines the Queen Mother and Song Zhao had taken recently.
After Song Zhaocai gave birth, she used mostly medicines to warm the qi and blood, nourish the yin and protect the uterus.
The Queen Mother used longevity-prolonging tonics all year round.
The medicine they used was the same only in one ingredient.
That is Ma Huang Bi Feng San, which is used to treat colds.
Judge Guo roughly understood the reason for the two people's sudden palpitations, so he asked again:
"I wonder if the Queen Mother and Concubine Yi have had any drinks today?"
The Queen Mother's strength was weakened, but one could still hear her displeasure from her tone.
"What are you asking? Why are Ai Jia and Concubine Yi drinking wine in broad daylight?"
Judge Guo explained: "The reason why I asked this question is because the ephedra used in the Mahuang Bifeng Powder taken by the Empress Dowager and Concubine Yi was refined together with Tianchuangzi.
Although this medicine is effective, you should avoid drinking alcohol while taking it, otherwise it will cause palpitations. Even if you don’t drink alcohol, just smelling the alcohol will have an effect, but the symptoms are not serious.”
His words had been made very clear.
Since neither the Queen Mother nor Song Zhao drank alcohol, and both of them suddenly suffered from palpitations in the main hall of Kunning Palace, it means that there must be an imperceptible smell of alcohol in the main hall.
Xiao Jingheng's eyes froze, and he subconsciously raised his eyebrows to look at the queen.
But before he could open his mouth to ask anything, he saw Li Changzai, holding a hot water bottle, hurriedly walking out of the crowd and said timidly:
"This... Could it be that I poured mugwort wine into the hot water bottle, which caused the Queen Mother and Concubine Yi to feel so uncomfortable?"
As soon as she came forward, the Queen Mother and Song Zhao's discomfort became more severe.
Judge Guo hurriedly took the hot water bottle from her hand, walked away and opened the sealed lid, and saw that it was filled with extremely mellow white wine, but the smell was completely covered by the mugwort, so it was not easily detected.
He hurriedly said, "Open the window first to ventilate the room, and then take the hot water bottle outside."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Deshun immediately ordered the palace servants to do as he was told.
Everyone present also turned their eyes to Li Changzai at the same time.
She was frightened to death and shook her head in horror.
"It was an unintentional mistake of mine. I didn't know this thing would have such a side effect..."
As he spoke, he pulled Rong Yue who was standing beside him and said stumblingly:
"A while ago, my hands and feet felt cold, and Tong Changzai accompanied me to see the imperial physician. The imperial physician said that it was because of the winter cold that invaded my body and the coldness of my uterus.
This symptom makes it difficult to get pregnant, so I asked the imperial physician for a way to regulate my body. The imperial physician taught me to use moxa leaves and wine to warm up a hot water bottle, and put it on my lower abdomen from time to time. The hot wine and moxa leaves warm the uterus, which is most effective in removing the dampness. If the emperor doesn't believe it, you can ask Tong Changzai!"
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