Chapter 289: 289 cure

Chapter 289: 289 cure

Chapter 289 Chapter 289 Treatment

"Princess, the county master's fever has gone away!"

The wet nurse cried out in surprise, her tense neck and shoulders suddenly relaxed a lot.

Because Gu Zhiyan had been burning, the wet nurse and another maid took turns staying on duty last night and didn't sleep much at all. At this moment, there was a deep green shadow under the eye sockets.

Shen Wan also let out a long sigh of relief, and finally felt a little relieved.

"The yang energy is still moving, don't touch the golden needle." Chu Qianchen warned the wet nurse and stood up. The next sentence was to Shen Wan, "Let's go out first."

Chu Qianchen knew in his heart that Gu Zhiyan's illness was not under control yet, so this was a temporary suppression to let her get rid of her fever first. After all, high fever convulsions may lead to intellectual impairment in children, just like the third princess.

Shen Wan took another deep look at Gu Zhiyan on the beauty's couch, and then walked out of the blue gauze cabinet with Chu Qianchen. Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Mu Guogong followed, leaving only the wet nurse and the eldest maid. Take care of Gu Zhiyan who still has five golden needles stuck in his body.

When everyone returned to the Nuan Pavilion, Chu Qianchen called "aunt" as soon as he sat down. He wanted to ask about his condition in detail, but saw Shen Wan calmly taking a purse from Aunt Rong's hand and then handing it over to her. In the hands of Chu Qianchen.

"Sister Chen, look at this..." Shen Wan looked into her eyes and said.

Chu Qianchen took out half a crumpled talisman paper from his purse.

To her, the talisman looked very familiar.

This is the talisman of Wuwei Guan.

Previously, she had checked Gu Zhiyan's pulse after learning that the talisman Chu Qianhuang asked for had controlled Gu Zhiyan's dementia. At that time, there was nothing wrong with Gu Zhiyan's pulse.

Later, she also asked Jiang Yuan to go to Wuwei Temple, but there was nothing surprising about the talisman he got.

Chu Qianchen held the half piece of talisman paper in his hand through a frosty white handkerchief. He looked at it carefully first, and soon discovered that the talisman paper should not only be crumpled, but should be wrinkled by someone. soaked in liquid and then dried.

Chu Qianchen's eyes flashed, and he put the half piece of talisman paper to his nose and smelled it.

Spells for internal use are usually written in smoke ink, and pine smoke ink is often preferred. Each store's pine smoke ink has its own formula. For example, Wuweiguan's pine smoke ink is a top-grade Xuanyu pine smoke ink. It is different from the pine smoke ink used by ordinary people. Some special materials are often added to the pine smoke ink in Taoist temples. , for example, the pine smoke ink on this talisman paper is added with cinnabar, musk, borneol, pearls, etc.

There are Taoist doctors in Taoism, and Sun Simiao, the King of Medicine, is a Taoist doctor with extensive medical knowledge. Chu Qianchen doesn't know much about Taoist doctors, but he only speculates that the reason why the talisman paper can cure diseases is actually related to the talisman ink used.

However, the half piece of talisman paper in her hand should not be in the category of "Taoist medicine".

Chu Qianchen sniffed again, and there was a smell on the talisman paper that didn't belong to paper and talisman ink. If it was there, it seemed like it was not there. What exactly was this smell?

She closed her eyes and savored it for a while, but she couldn't tell what kind of smell it was.

Assuming that this smell belongs to "medicine", then it should be this medicine that has an effect on Gu Zhiyan's illness, and it is also this medicine that makes her condition become more severe now.

It's possible.

Many medicinal materials, including aconite, centipede and so on, are toxic, so doctors must think carefully when prescribing medicine, or learn from the experience of their predecessors. These medicinal materials can be medicines that can cure diseases and save lives, but they can also be poisonous enough to kill people.

"Get a bowl of water and a pair of scissors." Chu Qianchen ordered.

So, Mrs. Mu Guogong ordered the maid to do it, but she hesitated to say anything.

Chu Qianchen could see what his grandmother wanted to ask, so he said bluntly: "This talisman should have been soaked in a highly concentrated concoction."

Shen Wan was not surprised. She pursed her lower lip, with a look of sadness in her eyes and a gloomy look on her face.

Shen stared blankly at the half piece of talisman paper, remembering something, and her pupils shrank slightly.

Soon, the maid came back with a glass of water, which was served in a white porcelain cup, and she also brought back an extra pot of water.

Chu Qianchen picked up the scissors, carefully cut the talisman paper, and divided it into two parts. One part had the words written in talisman ink, and the other part was the blank talisman paper. She soaked the latter in the glass of water.

The others were puzzled, but no one questioned it. They all knew that Chu Qianchen had his own reasons for doing this.

The room was as dead as a cemetery, but it was Shen who broke the silence first: "Awan, was this talisman given by Chu Qianhuang?"

Shen's voice was hard. She remembered that Chu Qianhuang asked Gu Zhiyan for talisman water, so she had to make this guess.

Mrs. Mu Guogong's expression changed when she heard this, and she looked at Shen Wan in disbelief.

Shen Wan showed a smile that was uglier than crying, and said in a hoarse voice: "She gave it to me."

Shen's face turned pale, thinking that Chu Qianchen said just now that the talisman paper was dipped in medicinal juice, she couldn't help but feel tight in her heart.

Chu Qianhuang was the daughter she raised with her own hands. She knew that this child had selfish motives and a crooked temperament. Not only was she short-sighted, she would do anything to achieve her goals. She could even use her compatriot brother Chu Yunyi to instigate him to risk his own life. .

But even so, Shen still held a glimmer of hope in her heart, hoping that this child was not that bad...

Shen Wan took two deep breaths in succession. Starting from the recurrence of the disease caused by Gu Zhiyan's stimulation in August, when she used the talisman water that Chu Qianhuang asked for, her absence disorder began to improve, but maybe it was because of the stimulation. I was frightened, so I still had nightmares and fever every once in a while.

As she said that, Shen Wan showed a little shame and looked at Mrs. Mu Guogong, "At that time, there was a lot of chaos in the county prince's palace. Those people were making trouble, and I didn't dare to come back..."

Mrs. Mu Guogong patted Shen Yuan's hand lovingly, which meant that she knew the difficulties of her daughter and son-in-law, so she didn't need to worry about it. After all, no one in this world can live as he pleases. Even the emperor will be severely restricted by rules, etiquette, and laws.

Aunt Rong handed tea to Shen Wan. Shen Wan drank two sips of warm tea to moisten her throat before continuing: "After that, Chu Qianhuang would send talismans to the prince's palace every once in a while, saying that it was her Deliberately go to Wuwei to contemplate.”

"Every time Qiniang uses Fu Shui, her condition will be much better. In fact, in the past few months, I have asked some famous doctors in Beijing to see Qiniang, and they all said there is nothing wrong with her."

It was precisely because of this that Shen Wan continued to use those talismans for Gu Zhiyan with confidence.

"But since last month, Qiniang's condition has not been right. She has more nightmares at night, and she wakes up many times a night. After waking up from the nightmare, people will become manic, and then she will have a fever again. "

"Both the doctors and imperial physicians said that the child had an external infection of wind or evil, and the prescriptions they prescribed for reducing fever were almost the same. At first, these prescriptions were effective and could reduce fever, but gradually, the decoctions had no effect, and only The talisman water given by Chu Qianhuang can relieve Qiniang's fever and give her a good night's sleep."

"But this time, Qiniang's fever was even worse than before. The high fever refused to go away. Last night, she had panic attacks for the first time. Her limbs were twitching violently..."

When talking about what happened yesterday, Shen Wan's body couldn't stop shaking, her red eye circles began to fill with tears again, and her voice was choked with sobs.

Everyone can feel her heartache and powerlessness as a mother.

Shen: "!!"

Shen's right hand suddenly clenched into a fist, her nails dug into her palm, and her face turned even paler.

She was not stupid. Even if Shen Wan didn't explicitly point out what Chu Qianhuang had done, she naturally understood it and already guessed the truth that was about to come out.

Chu Qianhuang actually took advantage of Gu Zhiyan's absence disorder, and she cruelly attacked her little cousin who had been close to her since childhood.

Shen's disappointment in Chu Qianhuang could not be greater, and her heart seemed to have been stabbed with countless holes by thousands of arrows.

"What on earth does she want to do..." Shen murmured to herself in a trembling voice.

Mrs. Mu Guogong also frowned, and the wrinkles between her brows became much deeper. She looked several years older.

She also felt that Chu Qianhuang must have an agenda. Just like the eldest daughter said before that Chu Qianhuang instigated Chu Yunyi to rescue him in order to preserve the title of the Yongding Marquis Mansion, Chu Qianhuang wanted to preserve the honor of the Marquis Mansion.

So, what exactly does Chu Qianhuang intend to get from the Prince's Mansion this time? !

Facing the complicated looks in her mother's and eldest sister's eyes, Shen Wan said frankly without any concealment: "She said that she wanted to send the third princess to Nanhao and asked the prince to help her join the procession."

When Shen Wan said the last sentence, she spoke very slowly.

"..." Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Mu Guogong were also surprised.

They never imagined that Chu Qianhuang would do such a thing in order to go to Hao Kingdom, and Shen Yuan thought about it all night but couldn't figure out why Chu Qianhuang was so persistent in going to Hao Kingdom.

Chu Qianhuang clearly knew that Gu Zhiyan had been in poor health since she was a child. Since Gu Zhiyan was born, Chu Qianhuang loved her cousin very much and often played with her. Gu Zhiyan had always liked her cousin.

After so many years of love, Chu Qianhuang actually abandoned them all just to go to Hao Country.

Shen felt a dull pain in her chest, as if she had been run over by a carriage. She held the hand hidden in her sleeve tighter and then slowly let go.

The child she raised since childhood was not only crooked, but also a heartless evil spirit!

Shen was exhausted and leaned back on the chair behind her.

Shen Wan was also exhausted and looked even more haggard, and continued: "Yesterday, Chu Qianhuang went to the Prince's Mansion to find me, and gave me this talisman, asking me to consider her request carefully, and then left. ”

"Yesterday Qiniang had a severe fever, and then she had convulsions. I was afraid that she...had no other choice, so I tore the talisman paper in half, soaked half of it in water and let Qiniang drink it. I deliberately kept this half."

"After the effect of this half piece of talisman paper wore off, Qiniang started to have a fever again."

After saying that, Shen Wan staggered back two steps, sat down, panted heavily, and looked in the direction of the blue gauze cabinet. Thousands of words seemed to be written on her beautiful face.

Neither Mrs. Mu Guogong nor her daughter noticed that Chu Qianchen's lips moved, silently reciting "Hao Guo".

There was no surprise on her face. She had long guessed that Chu Qianhuang seemed to want to go to Nanhao. For this reason, she was extremely persistent in the position of the princess's companion. She even tricked Chu Yunyi into going to rescue her, all for this reason.

What Chu Qianchen didn't expect was that Chu Qianhuang would start with Gu Zhiyan...

In other words, from the moment Chu Qianhuang was deprived of the princess's companionship on the ninth day of October, she started to take action.

Chu Qianchen lowered her eyes and looked at the talisman paper soaked in the clear water. The water light reflected in her eyes, making her eyes look extremely deep.

After a brief pause, Shen Wan continued: "Qiniang's symptoms are getting worse and worse, and I really can't stand it anymore. I'm afraid that next time she...she..."

Shen Wan was almost speechless. She pressed the corner of her eyes with a handkerchief, then raised her face and said firmly: "Although I lived a messy life, first I was stupid enough to let Qiniang be kidnapped, and then I let Chu Qianhuang There is an opportunity to take advantage of..."

Shen Wan also reflected on it. If she hadn't looked forward and backward, if she had been willing to listen to Chu Qianchen from the beginning, Gu Zhiyan might not have become like this.

It is said that quack doctors mislead people, but an incompetent mother like her has harmed her daughter!

Thinking of Gu Zhiyan, Shen Wan straightened her back again, "Mom, eldest sister, I have made mistakes one step after another, but I am also a daughter raised by the Shen family, and I can't make any more mistakes."

"I will not compromise with Chu Qianhuang, nor will I be threatened casually." "I have thought about it, and I have decided to divorce."

Shen Wan's voice was hoarse at first, but gradually became clearer and more powerful, and by the time she said the last sentence, it was ringing.

"..." Mrs. Mu Guogong lost her temper and hit the fruit plate on the coffee table with her elbow.

Several fist-sized oranges fell to the ground on the fruit plate and rolled along the smooth mirror-like ground.

Mrs. Mu Guogong hesitated to speak, but finally turned into a long and heavy sigh, feeling even more sad.

She understood that Shen Wan was not impulsive.

Once she and Prince Jing are reconciled, no matter who she interacts with, it will not affect Prince Jing.

Those in the Prince's Palace couldn't go to the Emperor and Empress to report her because of her.

Although the decision had been made, Shen Wan did not feel that the dust had settled at all. Her heart was heavy and her thoughts could not help but turn to her husband.

Thinking of the time when they first met at Prince Shun's Mansion eleven years ago, he deliberately dropped a basket of flowers from the second floor of the Water Pavilion, shocking her;

Remembering that the first time they spoke was at Yunting Pavilion, Prince Rui and his sister invited her to play pot with Princess Bao and Princess Bao who were traveling with them;

Thinking that when he formally came to the Duke's Mansion to propose marriage to his parents, she actually hid behind the screen and watched secretly;

Thinking of the wedding day, when he and she walked forward holding the same red caltrop, she swore in her heart that she would hold his hand and grow old together with him;

…

They had been married for nine years, and during these nine years there were countless memories, sweet and bitter, joys and sorrows, and those memories swallowed her up like a tsunami and strong winds.

After her daughter's accident last year, she really hated him.

However, after being married for so many years, she knew very well how he treated her. Her mother also persuaded her, saying that the Mei family was a ridiculous thing before his marriage. He did not hide it before the two families got married, and made it clear. Let her not trap herself because of his past, so as not to hurt her loved ones and make her enemies happy.

So, she tried to forgive and let go, as long as her daughter could get better.

But now, Shen Wan can no longer hold on.

For the sake of their daughter, they had no choice but to divorce.

In life, you have to make choices after all.

Chu Qianchen didn't pay attention to what else they said after that, and looked at the cup of water soaked in the talisman with burning eyes.

The tip of her nose moved, and she used scissors to take out the blank talisman paper soaked in it. Then she picked up the white porcelain cup and sniffed it again.

Without the interference of pine smoke ink and talisman paper, the smell emanating from the clear water is much cleaner and clearer. There is a very faint smell of herbs in the clear water.

interesting.

Chu Qianchen curled his lips with interest.

"Sister Chen..." Shen was about to ask her when she saw Chu Qianchen lowering his head to the rim of the cup and taking a sip of the contents of the cup.

Mrs. Mu Guogong: “…”

Shen: “…”

Shen Wan: "..."

The three Shens were all stunned, not only shocked, but frightened.

"Sister Chen!" Shen called her again, with a completely different tone from the previous one.

Although they still didn't know what concoction Chu Qianhuang had soaked in this talisman, but looking at Gu Zhiyan's current condition, they knew it was definitely not a good thing. Shen was afraid that Chu Qianchen would have problems after eating it.

Mrs. Mu Guogong and Shen Wan's hearts were also in their throats.

Chu Qianchen raised his head and reassured Shen, "Mom, it's okay."

"This is not a drop of throat-sealing poison. Such a small amount will not hinder it."

Chu Qianchen's eyes were sparkling, and his every move exuded a sense of calmness and confidence.

What she said was well-founded. Judging from Gu Zhiyan's symptoms in the past two months, even if this talisman water is a poison, it is also a chronic poison, and it requires a certain dose to be effective, so Chu Qian Huang spent more than a month making Gu Zhiyan rely on the effectiveness of the talisman paper.

The three Shens looked at each other and felt that what Chu Qianchen said was reasonable.

However, before they could breathe a sigh of relief, Chu Qianchen raised the cup again. This time, she raised her head slightly and drank it all in one gulp.

Shen: "!!"

Shen felt as if her throat was being strangled, unable to speak.

Mrs. Mu Guogong also has a complex expression. This child is smart, bold, careful, and able to bear temper. She has many qualities that a successful person should have. If she were a boy, the Chu family would definitely rise in this generation.

Chu Qianchen turned the empty cup in his hand leisurely and contentedly, and his thoughts also followed.

She is certainly not willful or impulsive.

She smelled it at first, and then took a sip, but she couldn't tell what it was. The "medicine" Chu Qianhuang used to soak the talisman paper was different from any other herb she knew.

This made her curious and competitive.

Chu Qianchen smiled brightly at Shen and the others, "In ancient times, Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs."

"..." Amber looked at Chu Qianchen with difficulty, remembering the time she overheard the prince saying that the princess was adventurous.

The prince really understands the princess! Amber sighed with emotion in her heart.

Mrs. Shen felt that she was about to be frightened by Chu Qianchen. Her chest rose and fell rapidly several times, and finally she broke out and lectured Chu Qianchen:

"You kid, you usually train your two younger brothers in the same way. You also say that Brother Yi is brave, but you don't know how to set an example yourself!"

"You are too reckless. Aren't you afraid that the three of us will worry?"

"Qiniang is still lying inside. If you fall down too, how do you want your aunt to face you..."

“…”

Mrs. Shen scolded Chu Qianchen vigorously, but neither Mrs. Mu Guogong nor Shen Wan dared to persuade him.

To be honest, Mrs. Mu Guogong thinks this is not bad. Ever since the eldest daughter recognized her as her biological daughter, the relationship between mother and daughter has always been a bit too polite. Especially the eldest daughter felt sorry for her granddaughter and was very obedient to her and did not dare to say a harsh word.

Now seeing Chu Qianchen lowering his head after being scolded by Mrs. Shen, Mrs. Mu Guogong found it interesting.

When Duke Mu, who had just left court, came in, he happened to see the eldest daughter training her granddaughter, and he was slightly surprised.

Shen Wan called "Dad", and then Shen noticed Duke Mu and closed her mouth with a little embarrassment on her face.

Following Mu Guogong came in a man less than thirty years old, wearing a seven-stitched jade-beaded leather bow and a scarlet gauze robe. He was Gu Jin, the prince of Jingjun.

In just a few breaths, the atmosphere in the room changed several times. Everyone's eyes were on Gu Jin, and the atmosphere was slightly tense.

"..." Shen Wan's face looked a little unhappy and she looked away, not wanting to look at him.

"Awan!" Gu Jin eagerly took a step forward, and Shen Wan subconsciously stood up and took two steps back.

Gu Jinjunyi had a look of confusion on his face and said hurriedly: "Awan, don't move, listen to me."

"I have just resigned my title to the Emperor."

The shocking words he threw out were like thunder in the sky, which shocked Shen Wan, Shen Shi and Mrs. Mu Guogong. Amber and Rong Nanny were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped.

"..." Shen Wan looked at Gu Jin in disbelief, and saw Mu Guogong next to him nodding slightly, as if to say, what Gu Jin said was true.

Gu Jin took two steps forward again, but this time, Shen Wan forgot to move.

Gu Jin continued: "Awan, I don't want to reconcile."

"I don't want this title anymore. Whoever wants it can take it."

"After we resign, we will separate and the three of us will move in together."

Gu Jin spoke faster and more firmly, staring at Shen Wan with burning eyes, as if he was afraid that Shen Wan would run away at the next moment.

"We don't want to make peace, okay?"

Shen Wan: "..."

Shen Wan blinked slowly, then blinked again.

Surprise, joy, sadness, grievance... all mixed together.

She had been feeling heavy in her heart, but now she seemed to have found an outlet.

She suddenly moved, took two steps forward, hugged Gu Jin's waist, and cried uncontrollably.

In the past two days, she seemed to have cried all the times she had not cried in the past many years. She was aggrieved and relieved at the same time. This contradictory emotion was difficult to describe.

(End of chapter)