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wangsejabin · 1 year

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Chapter 68

Xiao Dezi was quite articulate, telling the whole story. So was it Jidetang who was trying to get in the way, or was the Grand Duke really in bad shape?

Pan'er's mind was in turmoil at the moment, she wanted to calm down, but it was too painful. "Go and ask Doctor Wang, or maybe Doctor Dong."

"I've asked, but Dr. Wang is with the Empress Dowager, and Dr. Dong is not on duty today." This was the main reason for Xiao Dezi's crying face.

"Master, Jidetang's side is intentionally doing this, they are deliberately using the Grand Duke as an excuse, just to harm you!" Xiao Dezi was probably also anxious and blurted such words out.The whole east wing was silent, all heads bowed, none dared to speak. He dared to say such things, but they did not dare to listen.

If they inadvertently broke into the private affairs between the masters, they would not end up well, no matter whether Su Feng Yi was in trouble today or not. Even Sister Yang, who knew how things were done in the palace, could not help but turn white.

At this time, Pan'er's hoarse voice was the only thing that set the tone: "Order someone to go out of the palace, go out of the palace to invite Dr. Dong. If you can't invite Dr. Dong, it's fine to invite a random doctor."

"But the minions don't have the waist tag to leave the palace, so they can't go out." Xiao Dezi said in despair.

Before the words could leave his mouth, Aunt Qing walked over and smacked him on the side of the head. "If you don't have a solution, then think of a solution, such a little thing makes you panic, aren't you always resourceful? Order someone to go to the Crown Prince and get Eunuch Fu to get Eunuch Zhang ......"

"This servant has an idea." A voice rang out from the doorway of the outer room. It was eunuch Feng. His original surname was Feng and his first name was Hai. Ever since Pan'er started to start, the lackeys in this courtyard had all tensed up, those who could come in served inside, and those like Feng Hai who couldn't come in, stayed outside to keep an eye on the movement.

"What's the method?"

"The lackeys went to find Liu Yuan. It's definitely too late to go and ask the Crown Prince, besides, we don't know where the Crown Prince is, and we don't know how much time will be wasted in one trip.

Liu Yuan used to be the Crown Prince's man and was later sent to manage the warehouse, people like them are deep in the Palace's doorways, so they must have a way to get out of the Palace. If it was before, the slave would have a way, but since he came to serve his master, the exit waistband has been handed over."

"Then go quickly, I'll leave this to you, and bring the Imperial Doctor Wang back in person, so that he can prepare the labor inducing medicine in advance, and tell him about my situation. Little Dezi, take someone to seek the Prince, don't just keep it to yourself, those little eunuchs allocated from the Yuqing Palace, they must have a better idea than you."

"Yes." The two men answered and went down. It had taken all her strength for Pan'er to finish those words, and she closed her eyes and inhaled deeply to ease the pain. Only when she felt a little better did she strain to say to Sister Yang and the others, "Don't panic, as long as you do your best today, I will keep you alive."

That said, these words did not ease the tension of Sister Yang and the others, especially the two midwifery sisters from the palace.

Most of them were aware that this kind of thing was not something that a mere Feng Yi could say, and they were obviously distracted and much more tied up in their work than before.At this point, the two midwives came into play, as they were from outside the palace and did not understand what Sister Yang and the girls were afraid of, but only knew that they could not let anything happen to Su Fengyi.

The two of them pushed Sister Yang and the others out of the way and went up to check on Pan'er's opening under the blanketsThe two of them can only rub Pan'er's back and belly to ease the pain, while the other talks to her to divert her attention.

--The other side of the Eastern Palace, in the Hall of Virtue.The Imperial Doctor had already prescribed the medicine, and the nursemaids had boiled the medicine and brought it to him. After half a day of coaxing, the Grand Duke was finally put to sleep and the room fell into silence. It was precisely this silence that made it particularly difficult to stay awake.

Fu Dong pulled Sister Chen out secretly and asked, "Sister, will this be okay? There are still waiting for the Imperial Doctor over there."

"What's okay or not okay? The Grand Duke is like this now, how can the doctor not watch over him? Some people have pains all day and all night before they give birth, so what's the difference if we let her wait?"

Fu Dong looked hesitant and embarrassed, she had just stopped the doctor and led him to Jide Hall because she was angry for her master, but now she was a bit scared after the job was done.The matter of Su Fengyi being pregnant with twin babies was already taken seriously by the top, especially by the Empress, who even called her to Kunning Palace to talk. If something really happens, even if it's not because they stopped the doctor, the blame will be on them.

And the matter was not at all ordered by the Crown Princess, but was done by them privately.

The more Fu Dong thought about it, the more uneasy she felt, and she couldn't help but look at Sister Chen several times. She was obviously lost in thought, her face twitching nervously, not obviously, but when she looked closely, she could see the slight trembling curve.

Is this Sister Chen's fear? Fu Dong panicked: "Sister!" Sister Chen turned her head to look at her, grabbed her hands and lowered her voice: "You also think she has stolen the limelight from the Crown Princess, don't you? If she really gives birth to a young imperial grandson, there is no telling how she will ride on the Crown Princess' head, I am also helping to ease the Crown Princess' worries." "But ......"

"Look at how poor the eldest son is, he is more than eight months old, but his body is not as strong as those who are 100 days old, he is barely alive, and she is carrying a twin baby, so it is not sure if the baby will be born. Besides, we can't blame ourselves for this.

Compared to a Feng Yi, the Grand Duke is naturally more important. Even if someone really blames us, we are still loyal servants of the master, we are really too worried about the Grand Duke, that's why we ignore that side."Fu Dong couldn't restrain herself from shaking, she thought that Sister Chen just wanted to give that side a hard time, but she never expected that Sister Chen would have such an idea.

If she hadn't had such an idea, Sister Chen wouldn't have gone to such lengths to make such a scene, she was being used as a rafter, and the old woman wanted to die herself, but she had to be dragged into it. But Fu Dong couldn't say a word, things were already like this,

It wasn't in her power to make a difference, she could only stiffen her head and follow Sister Chen down one path into the darkness. Had she known it was like this today she should have begged the Crown Princess to let follow her out instead of staying at home.In the interval between Fu Dong's thoughts, Sister Chen had already walked in.

The young eunuch had said something to the young doctor, who was clearly embarrassed, but had to listen. Fu Dong walked in with her heart in turmoil, and had just stood still when a voice suddenly sounded behind her.

"Sister Chen, Eunuch Liu requests to see you."

Frightened, Fu Dong shivered and turned her head to rebuke, "Keep your noise down!" Sister Chen frowned, "What Eunuch Liu?" The little palace maid showed her aggrieved face, "It's Eunuch Liu Yuan Liu, who is in charge of the treasury."

"What did he come to see me for?" Sister Chen said. She then remembered something, this Liu Yuan seemed to have come from the Yuqing Palace, and it seemed that he had made some mistake and was punished by the Crown Prince to take charge of the treasury.

Sister Chen was not afraid of this man, for such a person was clearly out of his master's heart, but to be associated with the Crown Prince, especially at this moment, made her heart inexplicably uneasy. And she had never had any dealings with Liu Yuan, so what did he want with her?

"Naturally, we have something to discuss with Sister Chen." Before Sister Chen could come up with a charter, the little court lady was suddenly pushed aside and a long-faced eunuch in his thirties came in from behind.

Sister Chen was startled: "What are you, how can you barge into the Grand Duke's room? The Grand Duke is ill now, can you afford to frighten him?" Liu Yuan smiled, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes: "Sister, look at what you said, how could we be so rude as to scare the Grand Duke? The two days in the palace banquet, the noble people happy inevitably drank too much wind will want to order some kind of antidote to the wine soup and so on, our majesty and the empress are careful, specially arranged each place a Imperial doctor. This is not the case, the Taiyuan Hospital is short of staff, and only one doctor has been invited. The Hall of Virtue says that the Grand Duke is sick and needs to be seen first, but Su Fengyi is still waiting to give birth, so we want to ask the doctor to prescribe a prescription for labor medicine first, and then send the doctor over when you are done?"

"You..."

"Yes, yes, I'll prescribe it right away." The young doctor inside hurried over, his forehead still covered in cold sweat, so he knew in his heart that he had been caught up in the battle between his masters. But he was the lowest-ranking Imperial Doctor, so what could he say?

Now that Su Feng Yi's people have come to him, no matter what, he can still get away with the crime.Before coming here, because Xiao Dezi said that Su Feng Yi was about to give birth, the doctor had brought with him the medicine to induce labour, and he took out the prescription and a packet of herbs from his medicine chest.

In order to avoid suspicion, he had wanted to open the packet of medicine to look at it and count the herbs against the prescription, but he was snatched away by Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan gave an arch of his hand to Sister Chen and said, "Since we have the medicine, we will leave Sister alone." With these words, he left.

When he had left the Hall of Virtue, Feng Hai followed him to the side and said, "Brother Liu is still very capable, the servant didn't think of this method."

Liu Yuan glanced at him, it wasn't that he hadn't thought of it, but that he simply couldn't break into the Hall of Virtue."I think that doctor is too young, and Su Fengyi's health is not usually under his care, so we should invite Dr. Dong into the palace. You take my badge and take a few more people out to the palace to invite him, I'll order someone to find the prince and see if we can get Dr. Wang to come. "You're still smart enough to know to beg to come to me!"

Feng Hai rubbed his head with a hearty smile and took the waist plate and went away busily.--. The Prince's mouth held a decent smile as his gaze was placed in the centre of the crowd's attention. The hall was filled with immortal music, the dancers were dancing beautifully, and the crowd was laughing and singing.

Sensing the presence of Fulu behind him again, the prince turned his face slightly sideways in a questioning gesture. He wiped a handful of sweat and spat in his heart, saying what was going on, but he did not dare to hide it from the prince, so he whispered the story in his ear."Third brother is so busy with his day-to-day business. Fu Lu, what did you say to our Crown Prince, tell me?" The Chu Prince, who was cupping his wine bottle, said with a wry smile.

"It's just a small matter," said the prince as he coiled the strings on his wrist, his smile not reaching the bottom of his eyes: "A concubine is about to give birth in the backyard, and the minions below are not fit for the job, so they reported it," he said, and then said to Fulu: "You go to Cining Palace and report the matter to the Empress Dowager, who has always been sympathetic to her juniors and will not fail to lend out Dr. Wang."

"Yes." Fu Lu answered and hurriedly retreated. When he heard of the Wang doctor, King Chu's sword brows twitched: "But that concubine of yours who is carrying twin babies is about to give birth? It doesn't seem to be a month old enough yet, you really know how to pick the day, you're about to give birth on the 15th of August."

"I didn't expect that second brother would be so concerned about the affairs of my backyard, but let me say that it would be better for second brother to be more concerned about the backyard of the Prince of Chu's House. If there are fatalities every three days, I'm afraid that even if father favours second brother, he will still have to reprimand him."

"You-" The Prince of Chu's face showed a hint of sternness.

At that moment, Prince Qi, who had left and returned, intervened between them, "Second and third brothers are very close, what are they talking about, tell me?"The King of Chu often helped the King of Qi to deal with the Crown Prince, but the two of them were at odds with each other, and they had often done things like laughing on the surface but stabbing behind the scenes.

The Prince was also reluctant to cause any trouble, so the King of Qi was naturally left in the lurch. He was able to be the eldest brother, so he had his own merits. He talked to the Prince of Chu as if nothing had happened, and skipped over the matter. The banquet did not end until half past midnight.

Today, there was a foreign envoy, so the women's banquet was not in the same place as the men. When she came out of the Chengrui Pavilion, the Crown Princess asked the people below her if the feast on the Crown Prince's side was over. The servants couldn't tell us what was going on, but the Crown Princess thought that the feast there must not have broken up as early as the one here, so she took the people with her and headed for the Floating Bi Pavilion.

When they reached the outskirts of the pavilion, they could see from afar that the pavilion was still lit up and there was a faint sound of music coming from there. The Crown Princess chose a place to stand and sent someone to ask the Crown Prince for instructions. Not long after, the man came back. "In reply to the Crown Princess' words, His Highness has already left." "Gone?" "Yes, just left not long ago, saying that Su Feng Yi is about to give birth and His Highness has gone back to the East Palace."

The Crown Princess was wondering how she was about to give birth when the month had not yet arrived, when suddenly a person pounced up from behind and knelt in front of her.

It was Fu Dong.

"Crown Princess, help!"

#mtl #yingchong

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masterofrecords · 6 months

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The Ravages of Time episode 5

Well, it's been... a while. Had some questions regarding Tang dynasty administrative division and that made me come back to this episode's translation.

Next one is in the works, but might take a while. There are some things I want to focus more on for Lü Bu's episode and those might end up growing into their own separate post, lol

Episode 5

Thirteen provinces of Eastern Han dynasty

In Eastern Han period, the whole country was divided into 13 provinces: Youzhou, Jizhou, Bingzhou, Yanzhou, Sizhou (under the military rule of the Colonel Director of Retainers), Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Jingzhou, Qingzhou, Yangzhou, Liangzhou, Yizhou, Jiaozhou (apart from Sizhou, all 12 provinces were governed by a provincial governor).

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion [1], thoroughly suppressed by the Emperor Ling of Han [2], the governors were assigned by the imperial court. Since then, provinces gradually became administrative divisions and the governors also became permanent military commanders, sowing the seeds for future power struggles.

Sizhou

In the period depicted in the story, the local government in Sizhou was located in the Luoyang county. Its area of jurisdiction corresponded to present-day south of Hebei, south of Shanxi and the plains of Wei river in Shaanxi. The province was divided into counties: Jingzhao magistrate, Henei county (home of the Sima family), West Fufeng, East Fengyi, Hedong county, Hongnong county, Henan magsitrate.

Reference material: “The Encyclopedia of China – History of China – Western and Eastern Han administrative Division”, “The List of Offices”, “The Book of Han – geography section”

[1] The Yellow Turban Rebellion, also translated as Yellow Scarves Rebellion was a peasant revolt that happened in the late Han dynasty. It started in 184 CE and wasn’t fully suppressed until 205 CE, although the main uprising only lasted until 185 CE. This rebellion is also the opening event of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

While the uprising was caused by the government corruption, diseases, natural disasters and poor crops, it must be noted that it was also a Taoist sect – the leader of the rebellion, Zhang Jue, was widely known as a healer and sorcerer, and he and his brothers originally garnered supporters through their religious beliefs.

A lot of the notable people of the Three Kingdom period (like Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Jian) make an appearance in that period assisting the suppression of the rebellion, and these events set the stage for the later unrest, as many regions assembled their own military forces to fight the uprising and the government’s control of the provinces weakened.

[2] Emperor Ling of Han (Liu Hong) – the emperor during whose reign the Yellow Turban Rebellion happened. A distant cousin of the previous emperor who died without leaving a son, he ascended the throne at the age of 12, and his reign saw a rise in the power of eunuchs who dominated the government. His death kicked off the events shown in the donghua.

Spoilers time!

The soldiers of the Guandong Coalition are made-up, but the first two generals they are assigned to (Han Fu and Gongsun Zao) are real people who served under the Yuan family, although Gongsun Zao turned against Yuan Shao by the end of his life). The third general mentioned, Qiao Mao, also participated in the campaign, though I think he wasn't affiliated with the Yuans.

But this isn't what you're here for. You want to know if Yuan Fang is real or not.

He's not.

As for Sun Shu, well, this one's somewhat real (although as usual, heavily fictionalized). It is known that Sun Jian had daughters, although their names aren't known. One of them later married Liu Bei, but I don't know if that happens to Sun Shu in the manhua... The other two are basically only known by who they married. My bet would be on the one who married Liu Bei though, since she was somewhat known for being fierce and a troublemaker.

I'm also not sure if the move to Chang'an was as secret as is depicted, but this is something that I think was about as dramatic as is shown in the donghua. Dong Zhuo did ransack the imperial mausoleums as well as rich households and he did burn down the city after leaving it. Anyone opposing him - before or during the move - were disposed of, and many civilians died. Even if the banquet scene likely didn't happen, I think it was cool shorthand for the events in Dong Zhuo's court leading up to the move.

#the ravages of time #masterofrecords translates #man i need to make a proper masterpost already had trouble finding episode 4 on my blog

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