The news of Emperor Yunqing's serious illness did not reach outside the palace in the end. The queen ordered the gate of the palace to be closed, and no one was allowed to leave the palace to pass the news. Even the place where the prince and the second prince lived, he sent heavy troops to guard. The queen can trust her two sons, but she can't trust the people around them.
The queen, who was usually not in charge, showed her courage at this critical moment. When she married the emperor, the emperor's crown prince was in jeopardy, but she still followed the emperor with no regrets. She has suffered with the emperor for many years. At this age, she is still the most trusted woman in the emperor's heart, which shows her means and heart.
Since the Imperial Physician entered the Great Moon Palace, he never had the chance to come out again. If you need any medicine, the people around the queen will escort the imperial doctor in person, and the entire imperial hospital is also blocked.
An hour later, Emperor Yunqing woke up. He saw the empress sitting by the bed weeping and wanted to sit up, but he couldn't exert any strength on his body: "Empress, what's the matter with you?"
"Your Majesty, are you alright?" The Queen saw Emperor Yunqing wake up, with a happy expression on her face, and quickly waved to the imperial doctor to check the emperor's pulse.
Only then did Emperor Yunqing notice that something was wrong, but at the moment his mind was chaotic, and he even stammered when he spoke: "Queen, why are there so many people around me?"
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen will give you a pulse."
"You step back, I'm fine, I don't need to diagnose the pulse." Emperor Yunqing didn't like people saying that he had a physical problem, so he wanted to scold people in anger, but the words were intermittent, "I, I don't need to diagnose the pulse, all of you imperial physicians. , give me back!"
Seeing that Emperor Yunqing's expression was distorted, and even his voice was a little vague, the queen felt that something was wrong, she gently held the emperor's hand: "Your Majesty, let the imperial doctor show you how good it is, just It's to make your concubine feel at ease, okay?"
When Emperor Yunqing saw the Queen's tearful appearance, the anger in his heart was gradually suppressed. After the two were married for so many years, the number of times the queen shed tears in front of him was rare. He glanced at the imperial doctor standing beside the queen, who he and the queen trusted very much, so Emperor Yunqing did not speak again.
Seeing that his attitude softened, the queen turned her head and gave the imperial doctor a look.
The imperial doctor cautiously stepped forward and bowed to Emperor Yunqing before placing his hand on his wrist. Then he pinched his arm carefully and observed his pupils. After reading it, the imperial doctor turned his head and gave the queen a wink, then said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, your current physical condition needs to rest."
"Retreat and recuperate, I know that I can recuperate all day long," Emperor Yunqing scolded, "I am the emperor, how can I recuperate?"
The Empress did not expect that Emperor Yunqing lost his temper inexplicably, soothed him in a soft voice. After he fell asleep, the Empress covered the quilt for him, and went outside to the other side, the imperial doctor who checked the pulse of Emperor Yunqing said, "What's wrong with Your Majesty's body?"
"Go back to the Empress, the minister is incompetent," the imperial doctor knelt in front of the Empress, "Your Majesty is overworked, and his body may be suspected of having a stroke."
"What did you say?" The Queen couldn't bear such a blow, and shook her body, "Maybe it can be cured?"
"Wei Chen can only use acupuncture and moxibustion to clear the acupuncture points for His Majesty. If His Majesty cooperates, it is possible to get up, sit, sit, and walk." "
The room became quiet, and the queen looked at the swaying palace lanterns outside the window and nodded slowly: "Bengong understands."
"Someone! Somebody!"
At this moment, the Empress suddenly heard Emperor Yunqing's roar. She turned around and hurried into the house. Seeing His Majesty's face was pale and his eyes were red, she grabbed his hand, "Your Majesty, what's the matter with you?"
"Someone is spying on me outside, go and kill me!" Emperor Yunqing pointed to the tree shadow outside, "Queen, send someone to take a look."
The queen wanted to say that it was just the shadow of a tree, but seeing his crazy appearance, she could only nod her head and say, "I'll go now."
The guards couldn't, and in the end they had to cut down the tree to convince the emperor that the gangster had been captured. But Emperor Yunqing didn't sleep well that night, he woke up from time to time, talking about the concubine, Cheng Anbo, etc., with a panic on his face.
The queen's palm felt a little cold. She knew who the concubine and Cheng Anbo were talking about, but it was because she knew that she felt the chill in her heart constantly.
The concubine of the eldest princess took great care of His Majesty back then. His Majesty was calculated by the Second Prince that when the prey was insufficient during the autumn hunting, the concubine secretly gave him his prey. His Majesty was ostracized in the court, and the consort supported His Majesty. As for Rong Xia's father, Cheng Anbo, he was His Majesty's companion when he was young, and he accompanied and helped His Majesty when he was in the most difficult time.
Later, Cheng Anbo died young, and his eldest son was gone. In the huge Cheng Anbo mansion, only Rong Xia was left. She always thought that His Majesty was nostalgic, so she took special care of Rong Xia.
But if the truth of the matter is like this, why is His Majesty's face full of horror when he mentions these two people? Your Majesty... what exactly did you do to these two
The queen sat by the dragon's bed all night, until it was almost dawn, she stood up with a stiff body, and looked at the little morning light that came in by the window, "Come on, go and invite the prince."
"Yes."
After a stick of incense, Emperor Yunqing woke up. He looked at the dim light outside, thinking that it was time for him to go to court. There was a big court meeting today. Then he still couldn't move, and he didn't even feel the slightest bit of consciousness.
"Queen, what's wrong with me?"
The queen lifted the curtain, walked to the bed and sat down, gently putting her hand on the back of his palm, "Your Majesty, you are not feeling well, why don't you go to court today?"
"What's wrong with me, Wang De?" The emperor's expression was not very good, and he didn't seem to believe the queen anymore.
"Your Majesty, the servant is here." Wang De walked in from outside, looking haggard, as if he hadn't slept all night.
"You come and tell me, what's wrong with me?"
Wang De knelt in front of the Empress, his forehead touched the cold ground, but he didn't dare to say a word.
"Damn, you don't even listen to what I have to say, what's the use of asking you?" When Emperor Yunqing saw him like this, he was immediately furious, "come here!"
"Your Majesty," the Queen interrupted him, stroking his chest gently, "The imperial doctor said, you shouldn't be angry now."
Emperor Yunqing stared at the queen: "Then tell me, why can't my body move?"
The queen looked at this aloof man, and became so embarrassed overnight, her eyes were sore, she turned her back and dared not let the emperor see her tears.
"Zhen..." Emperor Yunqing gradually regained his senses. He looked at his shoulders shaking and didn't dare to look at his queen, "Did I have a stroke?"
"Your Majesty..." The Queen wiped away the tears from her eyes, "The imperial doctor said that as long as you take a good rest, you will be fine."
Emperor Yunqing closed his eyes, and after a while, he tried to calm himself down: "Let someone tell Rongxia, Zhou Bing'an, Zhang Qihuai, and Zhao Weishen to enter the palace."
Rong Xia was the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhou Bing'an was the minister of the Ministry of Works, Zhang Qihuai was the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Zhao Weishen was the minister of the Ministry of War. These people were all trusted by Emperor Yunqing.
The queen hurriedly responded.
The eunuchs who went to Xuan had just left when the prince came in. He still didn't know what was going on in the palace. After the East Palace was heavily surrounded, he felt uneasy until he saw the emperor and the queen. Barely relieved.
"Prince, Your Majesty is not feeling well today. You are temporarily helping His Majesty to supervise the country." The Queen did not mention how seriously ill Emperor Yunqing was. "If you don't understand anything, you can come and ask His Majesty for advice."
"Father, what's the matter with you?" The crown prince did not look excited when he heard the supervisor, but looked at Emperor Yunqing with concern, "It's because the son is not filial, but he doesn't know that the father is unwell." His eyes reddened as he watched Looking at the emperor lying on the bed, he felt extremely guilty.
"I have nothing to do, but the imperial doctor said that I need to rest." The emperor spoke very slowly, he wanted to make his words sound clearer, "I have summoned several important officials in the court, after you have taken custody of the country, you must take good care of them. An adult discussing state affairs should not be reckless."
"Imperial Father, my son is not half as good as you, how can you manage the country?" The prince shook his head again and again, "Get better soon."
If the prince usually said this, the emperor would only think that he was weak and incompetent, but at this time, he saw this son very pleasing to the eye, because this son trusted him wholeheartedly, and he didn't even care about supervising the country. When he was happy, he instructed the prince a few more words, which were things he didn't want to say to the prince before.
When Wang De came in, saying that several adults had arrived, the emperor asked the empress and the prince to help him sit up, and then had him arrange his appearance, barely maintaining the majesty of the emperor, and then let Wang De announce these things. personal.
The mornings in April and May were not too cold, but getting up from the quilt in a hurry, and even putting on the clothes in a hurry, the adults were not too comfortable. And seeing the three-step sentry in the palace, the five-step and one post, the guards all slung their knives on their waists and put their hands on the hilts of the swords, so they guessed that something was going to happen in the palace.
Rong Xia, the youngest of the four, walked at the end, and the other three asked him a few questions, but under the surveillance of countless pairs of eyes around, they couldn't turn around and speak, so they could only bite the bullet and come outside the Da Yue Palace.
The guards of Dayue Palace were even stricter. The four of them stood side by side under the eyes of the guards. Zhou Bing'an turned to look at Rong Xia, who knew that Rong Xia didn't even raise his eyelids. The old minister felt ashamed.
"Master Zhou, Master Rong, Master Zhao, Master Zhang, the emperor has an invitation." Wang De came out, saluted the four, and made a gesture of invitation.
"It's work." Seeing Wang De's serious expression, even the corners of his mouth pursed tightly, Zhou Bing'an secretly complained in his heart.
When the four of them entered the door, they smelled a strong smell of medicine in the room. The eunuch and the maid knelt down the whole room, the prince and the queen stood beside the dragon bed, and the emperor… was still sitting. Although they looked fine, the slightly unnatural expression, cloudy eyes and slightly slanted mouth made them secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
Your Majesty, this is not very good.
Jingting Palace.
Ban Hua woke up from her sleep, turned around and saw that it was still dark outside, and fell back into the bed. But for some unknown reason, she tossed and turned on the bed and couldn't fall asleep until it was getting dark and light, and then she fell asleep in a daze.
"Aww."
"Aww."
Ban Hua opened her eyes, looked at the old man sitting beside the bed, and rushed into her arms at once: "Grandma, why are you here?"
"I'll come and see you," the eldest princess caressed the top of her head lovingly and said with a smile, "Grandma is happy today."
In the arms of the eldest princess, Ban Nuan asked curiously, "What are you happy about?"
The eldest princess smiled without saying a word, just patted her back gently, as if coaxing a little baby. Ban Hua felt that her grandmother's arms were soft and fragrant, and she was drowsy and wanted to fall asleep.
"I went back with your grandfather."
In a daze, she heard her grandmother say so.
Strange, didn't grandfather go west long ago, how did grandma go back with grandfather
Go west
Ban Hua suddenly opened her eyes, the sky was bright outside, she sat up from the bed, and rubbed her brows with a wry smile. She was really thinking about it every day and dreaming at night. Yesterday at the Chengguo Gongfu, she heard the old father mentioning her grandmother, and she dreamed of her old man's house.
"Master, are you awake?"
Ban Hua clapped her hands when she heard the voice of the maid.
The maids heard the high-five and came in with their washing utensils. When Ban Hua was rinsing his mouth, Ruyi whispered: "County Lord, someone came to the palace just now, please go to court."
Ban Hua spat out the water in his mouth, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief and said, "Isn't my father still observing filial piety?"
"The slaves don't know either," Ruyi shook her head, "but Madam said, when you wake up, go to the main courtyard."
"I see." Ban Hua nodded. After changing clothes and combing her hair, she took the maid to the main courtyard. She got up late, Yin Shi and Ban Heng were already sitting at the table. Seeing her coming in, Yin Shi did not let her salute, and just let her sit down.
"I'm afraid something big has happened in the palace." Yin Shi took a sip of tea and said to the two children, "The two of you have been staying at home peacefully for the past two days and not going out. Let's see how things develop first."
"What happened?" Ban Hua glanced around, but didn't see his father's figure, "I just heard Ruyi say that someone from the palace announced that my father will go to court?"
"Well," Yin Shi nodded, and then said, "Just now, the Minister of Military Affairs sent someone to spread the news, saying that the palace is not very good, let us pay attention."
The Minister of War, Zhao Weishen, received the favor of the old man of the Ban family in his early years. Although the two families have not had much contact on the surface, he would still send someone to secretly spread the news when there was a big incident in private, so that the Ban family would not know anything and provoke them. The door-to-door disaster is coming.
However, although they are all surnamed Zhao, Zhao Weishen has nothing to do with the assassinated Zhao Jia family.
Ban Heng and Ban Hua nodded obediently when they heard the words, and Yin Shi smiled when they saw it: "It's not that you will be restrained all of a sudden, but it's not too much to be careful. If it's just Zhao Shangshu's family spreading the news, I'm afraid it hasn't happened yet. Serious. However, before Zhao Shangshu, someone sent news."
"Who is it?" What Ban Hua thought in his mind was that they had a good relationship with their family, except for some dudes who were less informed than them, and some people whose ancestors were military generals, but most of these people were not too high-ranking. , even if you have the heart to pass news to them, there is no news to pass.
"Your fiance, Rong Junpo," Yin Shi took out a note and put it in front of Ban Hua, "Look at it."
The words on the note were scribbled, with only six words in total, as if they were written in a hurry.
There is something in the palace, be careful.
Ban Hua took the note and glanced at it, and put the note on a candle that was still burning. She didn't say anything until the burning paper turned to ashes, "Mother, we should not know anything now. ."
Yin Shi smiled: "You're right, we didn't know anything."
Ban Heng looked at Yin Shi, then at Ban Hua, confused.
Sometimes I know, sometimes I don't know, and sometimes I have to be cautious. What does this mean
Yeah, what does this mean
Ban Huai, who was dug out of his bed, stood in the hall in a daze, and the familiar dudes were still standing beside him. But these dudes, even if they go to court on weekdays, they may not be able to come fully. Why is everyone here today
The other dudes were even more surprised than Ban Huai. Ban Huai didn't like to come to the court on weekdays. Now that he has filial piety on his body, there is even more reason for him not to come to the court. Why did he come today? But now it was in the courtroom, so it was not easy for them to ask. Ban Huai compared the meaning of asking him to come, and didn't say anything.
The other dudes suddenly realized that it was His Majesty's intention.
Half an hour later, His Majesty has not appeared, and the courtiers are a little puzzled. This is half an hour later than the usual time for the start of the court meeting. Why hasn't His Majesty come out yet
While everyone was guessing, Rong Xia and the other four appeared. All four of them had solemn expressions.
"His Royal Highness is here!"
Everyone saw that the prince was wearing a crown of embroidered dragons and a crown of five dragons. He walked in with the eunuch. This eunuch courtiers know, is the eunuch chief Wang De next to His Majesty.
"My father has my life, and I will be in solitary custody." The prince walked up to the hall. He didn't sit on the dragon chair, but sat on the sub-seat below the dragon chair. "My father is unwell, and I need to rest for a few days. So In the near future, I will ask you adults."
His Majesty is unwell, and even to the point of asking the prince to supervise the country? !
"The ministers and others see His Royal Highness the Prince, the Prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand thousand years old."
Well, anyway, they are courtiers. It doesn't make any difference whether they help the emperor or the prince. As long as the prince has a normal mind and doesn't go crazy for no reason, they can bear it.
The only thing that makes people feel subtle is that at this critical juncture, the four people summoned by His Majesty are all people who have nothing to do with Yan Dang or Shi Dang. It can be seen that Yan Hui and Shi Chonghai have lost their status in His Majesty's heart. Otherwise, why is it so important that His Majesty only summoned Cheng Amber and others
The prince's personality is relatively mild, and his foundation is unstable, so speaking and doing things in the courtroom will inevitably be greatly reduced. Fortunately, Yan Dang and Shi Dang were hit hard before, and their influence in the DPRK and China has not been as great as before. In addition, Rong Xia and others are very busy, this conference can be regarded as a successful conclusion, and the prince even won the praise of many officials. .
As soon as the court meeting was over, the crown prince rushed back to the Dayue Palace to report what happened in the court hall today. The ministers all reported those important events, and they all told Emperor Yunqing in 1510, and even many of the memorials were read to Emperor Yunqing. once again.
Emperor Yunqing was very useful to his respectful attitude, and the dissatisfaction that had arisen against the prince gradually disappeared.
It's just that this good mood disappeared without a trace after hearing the servants say that the second prince had a conflict with the guards who guarded him. Emperor Yunqing said coldly, "Don't worry about him, let him make trouble."
"Father," the prince hesitated, "the second brother is just reckless. As long as someone explains it to him, he will definitely understand."
"Explain?" Emperor Yunqing said dissatisfiedly, "He's already twenty, and he still doesn't have a brain. Do you really want to be mad at me to be reconciled?"
"But… "
"You don't need to help him talk anymore," Emperor Yunqing's expression froze half of his face with anger, "From my point of view, half of the problems in my body are caused by his anger!"
The prince opened his mouth and looked at Emperor Yunqing's angry face. He didn't dare to stimulate him any more, so he had to continue reading the memorial to divert Emperor Yunqing's attention.
"Lord Rong," Lord Zhou walked out of the palace gate with Rong Xia and whispered to him, "I'm afraid Your Majesty's health is not very good."
Rong Xia sighed and said, "Your Majesty is the son of God. With the blessing of God, there will be no serious trouble."
Master Zhou knew that he was talking, so he smiled: "This old man is also looking forward to it."
Rong Xia turned to look at Lord Zhou, and said seriously, "Your Majesty's body will be fine."
Lord Zhou was stunned for a moment, then looked away, "Master Rong is right."
"Master Zhou, Jun Po." Ban Huai saw the two of them, and patted the horse under him and let him catch up as soon as possible. Rong Xia looked back to see him, and hurriedly restrained the reins to prevent the horse from moving forward. After Ban Huai approached, he trailed Ban Huai by half a horse, "Uncle."
Ban Huai yawned and was forced to get up early in the morning. His spirits were not much better, "How's your majesty?"
Lord Zhou glanced at Rong Xia and said nothing.
Rong Xia whispered: "Your Majesty has a stroke and needs to rest."
Stroke
Ban Huai was secretly surprised that this problem was very difficult to cure. No wonder the crown prince is allowed to supervise the country, how can an emperor with a stroke sit high in the temple
Zhou Bing'an next to him was even more surprised than Ban Huai. He didn't expect Rong Xia to tell Ban Huai about it. Isn't he afraid that Ban Huai couldn't hide his words and would cause him trouble
When they split up, Zhou Bing'an saw that Rong Xia followed Ban Huai in the same direction, and suddenly realized that Rong Xia really treated Ban Huai as his father-in-law. That Fule County Master really has such a great charm, to let Rong Xia do such a thing
He looked up at the sun hanging in the sky and shook his head secretly. It was still spring thunder last night, and today the sun is shining brightly. The weather is really unpredictable.
It is rare for Ban Huai to take the initiative to invite Rong Xia as a guest. This is the treatment that Rong Xia and Ban Hua will hardly get after they are engaged. So when Ban Huai invited him to come, he agreed without hesitation.
His future father-in-law said that men should be thick-skinned when pursuing a woman they like, so he is learning from his father-in-law.
"I've seen Master, I've seen Cheng Amber." The concierge of the Ban family saw the two of them. The one who saluted and the one who led the horse was attentive and enthusiastic. A few servants surrounded the two of them and gave them away. After entering the door, he bowed and walked away.
This is also a major characteristic of the servants of the class, that is, they are very enthusiastic towards the host and guests. This enthusiasm gives people a feeling that all the servants are looking forward to his arrival.
Rong Xia has been to many people as a guest, and there are very few who are as attentive and courteous as Ban's concierge.
"Go, go inside and talk." Ban Huai patted Rong Xia on the shoulder and took Rong Xia directly to the second door. However, before the two entered the door, someone had already reported to the Yinshi, so that the Yinshi could be prepared.
"Who?" Ban Hua was sitting in the Yin's yard listening to the book, when he heard someone coming to report, "Who do you think is here too?"
"Uncle Rong."
"He," Ban Hua sat back softly again, and said to the female storyteller, "Since it's Uncle Rong, it's fine, you can continue."
Yin Shi glanced at her when she heard the words: "It's becoming more and more unruly. When Uncle Rong comes in, you are still listening to people, what does it look like?"
"He's different from other people," Ban Hua ate a piece of fruit with a silver spoon and wiped the corner of his mouth, "Some scholars in the world are sour scholars who can't make sense, but some scholars are generous and not stick to vulgarity. What's the matter, he..." Speaking of which, she blinked, "Probably someone who is informal."
"He doesn't care about the details, it's because he has a big heart," Yin Shi waved his hand and told the storyteller to step back, "but that doesn't mean our family can't be ignorant of etiquette."
After all, Yin Shi still doesn't know enough about Rong Xia's nature, so she pays more attention to her actions than Ban Hua.
Ban Hua wanted to say that their family and Rong Xia didn't have to be polite here, but she swallowed her words in the face of her mother's beautiful eyes.
What my mother said was not without reason.