Li Weizheng sent someone to announce that Zhao Qian had entered the palace to pay an audience. At this time, Zhao Qian had already left the capital and was on his way to Xianyang.
He heard that there lived in a deep mountain in Xianyang a man who was over fifty years old and had great experience in the world. Before that, he sent someone to ask the old gentleman to come out. Unexpectedly, the expert was unwilling to leave the mountain because of his old age, so he had to follow Uncle Liu's example and visit the thatched cottage three times.
Zhao Qian only took Baofu, a personal eunuch, with him. The master and servant, one person and one horse, quickly headed towards Xianyang.
After walking for nearly two hours, it suddenly started to rain. The master and servant had to go to a dilapidated earth temple on the roadside to take shelter from the rain.
Baofu looked at the rain and said worriedly: "I'm afraid it will be harder to walk on the road if it rains. My lord, why don't we go back."
"There's no way to turn around. Is this the only amount of sincerity I have? If you don't want to go, just get out." Zhao Qian's tone was almost cold.
Baofu immediately fell silent. He was worried about his prince's health. He was obviously very sick and weak. After such a bumpy road and the weather was bad, he would lie down again and be unable to move for several days.
The clouds in the sky did not disperse, but after another heavy rain, the rain became much lighter. Taking advantage of the light rain, Zhao Qian got on his horse again and continued heading west.
The old gentleman lived in the Saga Mountains. He inquired along the way. In a blink of an eye, it was already dark, the light rain continued, and the barking of dogs came up and down. After searching for a long time, he finally found the thatched house shrouded in the night.
The two people's trouser legs were covered with yellow mud, and their shoes were filled with mud and they could no longer walk. Finally, when they arrived at the place, Zhao Qian asked Baofu to go up and knock on the door.
At this time, the capital city was also bathed in a steady drizzle. Not long after Li Wei fell asleep, Fangqin came through the curtain to report: "Empress, the princess has a fever."
When Li Wei heard that he could no longer sleep peacefully, he put on his clothes and sat up, and asked hurriedly: "Is there any doctor Xuan?"
"Already invited."
Li Wei said he wanted to take a look. Qingxiang, who was guarding outside, had already lit the lamp, and Li Wei hurriedly pulled on a short jacket and put it on. Shujia and Li Xing now live in the same room, in a room on the right side of the dormitory.
Li Wei came to this room. Li Xing was sitting on the bedside, looking at the Ninth Princess on the bed with a worried look. He looked up and saw his sister coming, and then got up.
Li Wei walked over and first reached out to touch Shujia's face. Her face was flushed and her neck was extremely hot. Shujia had her eyes closed, as if she was sleeping soundly, but when she got closer, she felt that she was out of breath, and it seemed that she was seriously ill. He is obviously fine one day, but he is sick no matter how sick he is.
The nannies and maids serving in front of Shujia did not dare to say a word, but Li Wei did not blame anyone. He only blamed himself for not taking good care of Shujia and discovering her abnormality early.
A quarter of an hour later, the doctor on duty arrived. Li Wei sat beside the bed and asked the doctor to check Shujia's pulse without moving away.
Doctor Zhang looked at it carefully and finally came to the conclusion: "To the Queen Mother, the ninth princess is suffering from the internal invasion of wind evil. Now she can take a few doses of dispersing medicine and it will be fine."
Li Wei felt a little relieved, nodded and said: "Okay, you go get the medicine and fry it."
Li Wei gave the order, and that night she stayed in front of Shujia, fully clothed, and asked Li Xing to sleep in another room. By the time dawn came, the heat on Shujia's body had not completely subsided. Traditional Chinese medicine takes effect slowly, so Li Wei has no choice but to comfort himself.
She had other things to deal with, so she entrusted Shujia to the care of people around her.
When the harem concubines came to Chongqing Palace to greet her, Li Wei's face was also gloomy and unhappy. Instead, Concubine Jinggui asked: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Ninth Princess is sick? What kind of disease is it? Is it serious?"
When Li Wei heard about it, he looked up at Concubine Jing and said, "Oh, Concubine Jing is quite sensitive to information."
There was a slight embarrassment on Princess Jinggui's face, and she quickly said: "I also heard someone from Chongqing Palace say in a trance, does the ninth princess' illness matter?"
Li Wei said: "Thank you for your concern, Princess. She is taking medicine, so it doesn't seem to be a big deal."
Concubine Jinggui smiled and said: "That's good, that's good."
Immediately afterwards, Concubine Ning talked about the Dragon Boat Festival ceremony, and Li Wei said: "Let's follow the example of previous years."
The Zhao family respected Taoism, and the late emperor even more respected Taoism. Fifteen years after the reign of Emperor Xikang, his health began to deteriorate, so a Xuanling Taoist priest was invited to the palace to prepare elixirs for the late emperor to prolong his life. The late emperor only lived to be thirty-nine years old, and his death in his prime was actually closely related to his indiscriminate use of elixirs in the last two years. As soon as the late emperor left, Zhao Qian ordered Xuan Ling to be killed as soon as he took power.
But the annual Dragon Boat Festival is a grand sacrificial activity, praying for blessings for all the people in the world, and praying for good weather and abundant harvests this year.
Concubine Dun stayed behind to visit Shujia in the bedroom.
"How are Xiaoliu these days?"
Princess Dun replied: "I have a slight cough."
Li Wei thought for a while and then said: "Since Xiao Liu is not good, then you shouldn't go to the wedding this time, so as not to go back and forth, and you still have him in your heart."
Princess Dun hesitated: "Is this appropriate?"
"If there's anything wrong, just tell me that I asked you to stay. You stay and take care of Xiaoliu, and help me check on Shujia by the way."
Princess Dun had no choice but to agree.
"Your Majesty, the Regent would like to see you." A eunuch reported outside the curtain.
When Li Wei heard about it, he said hurriedly: "He came just in time. Please wait in the study first. I'll be there right away."
Princess Dun knew that Li Wei had something to do and it was inconvenient to stay for a long time, so she said, "I will come to visit the Ninth Princess tomorrow."
Li Wei said: "Take good care of Xiaoliu."
After giving the instructions, Li Wei went to change his clothes and see Zhao Qian.
The first thing Zhao Qian asked when he saw Li Wei was: "Where is the Ninth Princess' disease?"
"Yes, by the way, did the prince leave the capital yesterday?"
Zhao Qian nodded and said: "Yes, I went to Xianyang. I heard that the Queen Mother summoned ministers to the palace, so I came over as soon as I came to court. What can I do for the Queen Mother?"
"I..." Li Wei did not mention the matter of impeaching him first, but said: "I want to discuss the Dragon Boat Festival with you. It's your turn to host this year, it's time to get ready."
Zhao Qian said: "The ceremony will be over after a while, what a big deal." He glanced at Li Wei again, then asked: "Has Du Yu come to see you?"
Li Wei did not deny it, and Zhao Qian then asked: "What else does he want you to come out to decide?"
"I'm here to file a complaint against you. My lord, your recent actions have been a bit big. Are you planning to go beyond the cabinet and make your own decisions on everything?"
Zhao Qian's eyes sharpened and he looked straight at Li Wei. He understood everything in his heart.
"I just want to do something practical for our nephew and don't want to leave a mess to him. You support me, right?"
(End of chapter)