Ganlin Palace, the emperor's bedroom.
Gao An knelt by the bed, and carefully wiped the cold sweat from Zhu Yunxuan's forehead with his eyes tightly closed, while Imperial Physician Fang injected needles into his stomach with great care, not daring to make the slightest mistake.
Half an hour later, the old doctor checked Zhu Yunxuan's pulse again, and finally heaved a sigh of relief. He reported in a low voice to Liang Zhen, who was standing aside with his eyebrows tightly knit and solemn, "Your Majesty's pulse has stabilized, and the fetus in the womb should be stable." It's safe."
"How is Your Majesty?"
"Let's rest on the couch, don't move your fetus anymore, and the next official will prescribe some medicine, and you will be fine after a period of recuperation."
Liang Zhen glanced at Zhu Yunxuan who was drenched in cold sweat on the bed, as if he had been fished out of the water, nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Go down first."
The old doctor withdrew, Liang Zhen stepped forward, took the handkerchief from Gao An's hand, and wanted to wipe Zhu Yunxuan's sweat with his own hands, but Zhu Yunxuan turned his head to avoid it, Liang Zhen paused for a moment with his raised hand, and took it away. Back: "...Your Majesty is angry again, don't take it out on the child in your womb. If you beat him, you will be the one who suffers, and you will be the one who lies here in agony in the end."
Zhu Yunxuan closed his eyes and remained silent, Liang Zhen sighed softly, and said again: "You don't want to see me, I just won't come these days, but you have to rest well, the imperial doctor makes you lie down, even if you have trouble with me , and don’t make things difficult for yourself, this child is connected with your bones and blood, his life is your life, please take care of yourself, Your Majesty.”
Seeing that Zhu Yunxuan was still refusing to make a sound, Liang Zhen could only say in silence for a moment, "...the minister will step back first, Your Majesty may rest."
Liang Zhen went to the side hall, and Imperial Physician Fang was prescribing a prescription. When he saw him coming in, he stopped writing and stood up. Liang Zhen waved his hand: "Sit down and continue writing."
After the imperial physician finished prescribing the medicine, Liang Zhen asked him: "You didn't explain carefully just now, how is the child doing? Is there any hidden illness?"
Imperial Physician Fang thought carefully and said: "I can't see it now, we have to wait until after the baby is born. Fortunately, His Majesty's pulse has stabilized now. As long as there is no severe abdominal pain in the future, there should be no big problem. It's just the same thing. , can't go through it again, if this child... is gone, His Majesty's life will be in danger."
Seeing that Liang Zhen's brows were furrowed tightly, Imperial Physician Fang knelt down and begged him: "Please be considerate of Your Majesty, please don't provoke him anymore..."
Liang Zhen closed his eyes: "This king knows."
In the dormitory, Gao An took the freshly brewed medicine and fed it into Zhu Yunxuan's mouth spoon by spoon. Zhu Yunxuan frowned and raised his hand, Gao An's hand was unsteady, and the medicine bowl fell to the ground in a mess.
"Your Majesty..."
"Call someone to clean it up." Zhu Yunxuan ordered in a hoarse voice.
Gao An knelt down on the ground with red eyes, and persuaded: "Your Majesty, no matter what, you have to drink this medicine, for your own holy body..."
Zhu Yunxuan opened the corners of his mouth and smiled wryly: "What's there to drink, without me, it would suit many people's wishes."
"Your Majesty, don't say that, you are the Son of Heaven, even if it's for the sake of the world, you must take care of the holy body..."
"In this world, it doesn't matter if I'm there or not?" Zhu Yunxuan shook his head slightly, "I'm just a big joke."
Gao An cried and climbed up to Zhu Yunxuan, and kowtowed a few times: "Your Majesty, I beg you, at any rate... think about the Duke of the State, if something happens to you, what will he do? Don't you want to see him? Whether you just deliver the decree or write a letter to him, invite him to Beijing, maybe you will be happy when you see him?"
Mentioning Zhu Yunjing, Zhu Yunxuan's expression finally softened a little: "Brother... I don't dare to let him see me now..."
"My lord sees you like this, maybe he will love you so much, why do you bother to hold on alone!"
Zhu Yunxuan still shook his head: "No, it's too dangerous here... How could I implicate my brother, no..."
"Your Majesty, how do you know that Duke Ding doesn't want to see you? With Duke Ding around, he won't be in danger. Maybe... Maybe he and Duke Ding can help you and give you advice?"
Zhu Yunxuan was slightly stunned. Gao An knew that he was moved by his words, and kowtowed again: "Your Majesty, just listen to the persuasion from the servants. The Duke and the others are the only people you can rely on right now. Why do you reject them too?" Thousands of miles away?"
Zhu Yunxuan hesitated, and slowly clenched his fists. Suddenly, there was another cramping pain in his abdomen. He groaned and curled up in pain. Gao An panicked when he saw this, and hurriedly went to the imperial physician again. Zhu Yunxuan shouted Stop him: "Don't go..."
"His Majesty!"
Zhu Yunxuan gritted her teeth tightly, cold sweat dripped down in big drops! He changed his mind when the words came to his lips: "You call Imperial Physician Fang, I have something to ask...ask him."
Physician Fang hurried over again, Gao An helped Zhu Yunxuan to sit on the head of the bed, and after a long delay, he asked in a hoarse voice, "I'm going to beat this thing in my stomach, is there a way?"
Hearing this, Gao An shouted out first: "Your Majesty can't do it!"
Physician Fang was also taken aback: "Your Majesty, it's impossible... A man is conceived against the sky. Once he becomes pregnant, he can't be aborted, otherwise he will die twice. There has never been an exception, absolutely impossible!"
Zhu Yunxuan's pale face didn't have any waves: "The methods are all thought up by people. Before my dynasty, it was a fantasy for a man to have children. Since a famous doctor could develop the prescription for this child, I just want to give birth to a child." Is it so difficult if the child is beaten?"
The imperial doctor hurriedly said: "The fetus lives by sucking essence and blood in the womb, and is connected with the blood circulation of the father's body. It has to wait until the fruit is ripe before it can be separated from the father's body. Forcibly destroying it is like digging out the heart veins of a person. Impossible!"
Zhu Yunxuan frowned slightly: "I don't want to hear anything absolutely impossible. If I ask you to think of a way, you can go and think of it for me. If you can't think of it, you can read ancient books. I don't believe that this medicine will be so overbearing. There is no way to do it." No."
"Your Majesty, why bother to do this, even if you get lucky, your body will definitely suffer great damage, you..."
"Enough," Zhu Yunxuan interrupted the old doctor's persuasion impatiently, "You go back and find a way for me, and you listen to me, don't tell King Zhao about this matter, I'm still the emperor after all, King Zhao I can do what I can do, for the sake of your wealth and life, you will give me a good life."
The old doctor had no choice but to bite the bullet and respond: "... I dare not."
Gao An also wanted to persuade: "Your Majesty, think twice, just in case... What if there is really an eventuality?"
Zhu Yunxuan closed her eyes indifferently: "I'm tired, you all step back."
The emperor was ill again, and he didn't go to court for half a month, and the officials talked a lot. Liang Zhen would sometimes go to Ganlin Palace, but he would just take a look at Zhu Yunxuan from a distance, and ask Gao An and Imperial Physician Fang to ask about Zhu Yunxuan's condition. Go to bother him and annoy him.
Once when he heard the sound of something falling outside, he couldn't help but rushed into the hall. Zhu Yunxuan was scolding Imperial Physician Fang who was lying on the ground and dared not raise his head. When he saw him coming in, he immediately turned cold. He retreated first, and persuaded Zhu Yunxuan in a low voice: "Your Majesty, why should you do this? Your health is important, so why get angry over some trivial matters?"
Zhu Yunxuan sneered and ignored him, Liang Zhen stood there for a long time before he had to leave.
Half a month later, Zhu Yunxuan issued an imperial decree to deal with all the nobles of the clan and court officials involved in the case of enclosing the land. The clan came into the palace privately to intercede for King Xian, but Liang Zhen sent people to block them out, and they didn't even see Zhu Yunxuan's face.
As for Zeng Huai, his whole family was sentenced to exile, which was the heaviest sentence among the officials involved in the case. Many people complained about Zeng Huai's complaints and wrote letters, thinking that the offender was his nephew and he should not be implicated. Zhu Yunxuan suppressed Seeing that the pile of pleading memorials were not approved, the official in charge of the trial came to ask for instructions, and he just said: "The imperial decree has been issued, so let's judge it like this."
"But… "
"Although it was Zeng Jin who did the work, it was under the banner of the chief minister of the court, so that people's resentment boiled over. Zeng Huai said he didn't know, but who can prove that he is my teacher, so I can't favor him. "
What he didn't say was that it was Zeng Huai, who was in prison, who sent him a book of blood, begging Zhu Yunxuan to deal with him severely, so that he could take this opportunity to take care of King Xian and others, and clear the court.
Even at the end, his teacher was still looking towards him and thinking of him. Liang Zhen was not the only one who could help him, but Liang Zhen never understood and was too self-righteous to see the strengths of others.
After the turmoil of the enclosure case subsided, Zhu Yunxuan finally appeared in the court, and the first thing he did was to bring up the diversion of the Yellow River again, without giving the ministers a chance to argue, and directly ordered the household department to call the bank first Tens of millions of liang went to the river, as the early payment for the relocation of the people, and promoted Zhou Jian, a doctor of the Ministry of Industry, to Zuo Shilang, and the prime minister for the diversion of the Yellow River.
After retiring from the imperial court, Zhou Jian came out behind Liang Zhen and thanked him. Liang Zhen said coldly: "Your Majesty is the one who promoted and reused you. You don't have to thank me. , It is useless to ask the king to protect you, now that His Majesty values you, you should do your job well, and don't let His Majesty trust you."
Zhou Jian hurriedly replied: "Your official must know."
Liang Zhen stopped and looked at the rising sun in the distance, but his heart was not relaxed and joyful. When he recalled the early morning, sitting on the throne and looking at Zhu Yunxuan who was becoming more and more indifferent and alienated, he always felt that , The thread that has been dragged between them seems to be broken.
That might not be his illusion.