On the first day of September, in the distant royal capital, the emperor looked at the military newspaper in his hand in the imperial study, feeling very happy.
Good news!
"Good! Great!"
The emperor was so overjoyed that he slapped the table, his whole person seemed to be several years younger all of a sudden, and his face was radiant.
Eunuch Liu on the side hadn't seen the emperor showing his face for a long time, so he deliberately asked jokingly from the side: "Your Majesty, is this good news from Western Xinjiang?"
The emperor smiled and said: "Huairen, Mr. Huai has indeed lived up to my expectations!"
According to Jiebao, after Han Huaijun led 30,000 reinforcements to Feixia Mountain, he joined forces with the Xijiang Army stationed there to fight against the Xiye army, and finally managed to hold Feixia Mountain, causing the enemy to temporarily retreat.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! This is because your Majesty knows a hero with his eyes." Eunuch Liu said again with a smile, making the Emperor feel more relaxed, and he stroked his beard and laughed out loud.
The emperor couldn't help but look down at the victory report again, squinting slightly.
so good!
Let Mr. Han Huai dampen Xiye's spirit first, so that Xiye will know that Dayu is not weak and has no power to fight back. Then Dayu will propose peace talks with Xiye next time, and it will definitely go smoothly!
At this moment, a small servant walked into the imperial study and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, Prince Chu is here."
The King of Chu is the emperor's cousin, and he is an idle clan. On weekdays, he likes to listen to operas, walk birds, and play with some food.
The emperor happened to be in a good mood, so he signaled the little servant to invite him in.
Soon, the hearty laughter of the King of Chu came from outside, and a fat middle-aged man walked into the imperial study with a red lacquered wooden food box, his eyes were narrowed and he looked very kind. He walked up to him, saluted the emperor, and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, I just got a good chef who makes dim sum recently. I specially asked Brother Huang to appreciate it. It is definitely no worse than the royal chef in this palace!"
The king of Chu handed the food box to Eunuch Liu himself.
Eunuch Liu opened the food box and took out two plates of dim sum, one was lotus root powder osmanthus sugar cake, the other was pine nut crème puff pastry. The dim sum was still hot, and the tempting aroma came with the heat. The dim sum was very delicately made.
The King of Chu smiled and said, "Brother, let's try."
The emperor casually twisted a piece of pine nut crème crumb, took a bite, and after biting off the thin outer layer of sugar crust, the inside was soft and sweet, and the aroma of milk and nuts was subtly blended together, which was endless aftertaste.
The emperor praised it and said: "This pine nut milk cake is really good. Sixth brother, your mouth is really more tricky than mine."
"Thank you, brother, for your compliment." King Chu cupped his hands, then remembered something, and said, "Brother, speaking of it, I remember that nephew Wuhuang also likes pine nut milk crisps. Tomorrow, I will bring some more."
The emperor was stunned, thinking about it, and said, "Yes, I remember that when Xiao Wu was young, he liked this pine nut milk cake the most. At that time, he would eat a plate of it every day..."
"Your brother also remembers..." The king of Chu talked casually with the emperor for a while, and then left.
When only the emperor was left in the imperial study, the emperor stared at the pine nut crème fraiche for a long time without saying a word, then suddenly got up and said, "Huiren, let's go with me to the study... take this pine nut crème fraiche."
As soon as Eunuch Liu heard it, he knew that the emperor wanted to bring the pine nut milk pastry to the fifth prince, so he hurriedly responded, "His Royal Highness the fifth prince will definitely be grateful for the emperor's kindness." .
After the emperor took Eunuch Liu and two servants out of the imperial study, they headed towards the upper study.
The temperature in September in Wangdu is just right, the autumn wind is blowing slowly, and there is a touch of cinnamon in the breeze, which makes people feel refreshed.
At this time, it was more than half of the time, and the direction to the study room was quiet. The Taifu had already finished the lesson for the fifth prince, and there was only the fifth prince in the study room. It's tight, the emperor hasn't thought about choosing a new companion for the fifth prince yet.
The Fifth Prince Han Lingfan was sitting behind the desk by the window. There was a torreya chessboard in front of him. He was holding the chess record in one hand and twisting a chess piece in the other, playing chess alone.
When the servant screamed "The emperor is here", Han Lingfan hurriedly stood up to greet him, lifted his robe and knelt down to salute the emperor.
"Get up, Xiao Wu." Seeing that Han Lingfan's thin figure seemed to have lost weight again, the emperor's eyes flickered slightly, and he raised his hand and said.
The chess game on the case had already been half-assembled, thinking that the fifth prince was playing chess here alone just now, without anyone to play chess with, the emperor felt a little soft-hearted, and said, "Sit down." Then he turned to Liu The father-in-law made a gesture.
Eunuch Liu immediately took out the plate of pine nut crème fraiche from the food box. The emperor smiled and said, "Xiao Wu, this pine nut crème fraiche is pretty good. I remember you like it the most. You can try the taste."
After a lapse of one and a half months, the father and son sat together again facing the case.
The fifth prince thanked the emperor, sat down, but smiled wryly in his heart: before he was seven years old, he really liked pine nut crème fraiche, but now he is grown up. Is it in his father's heart that he hopes that their sons will never grow up...
After the father and son each ate a piece of pine nut crème fraiche, the emperor relaxed even more, and casually picked up the black pieces in the chess box and said, "Xiao Wu, I'm here for the next game."
Afterwards, he directly played the half-assembled chess game and made a black stone.
Han Lingfan responded, and followed suit.
For a long time, the upper study room was quiet, only the clear and clear sound of the father and son's moves could be heard... The chess game gradually came to an end, and the black and white pieces refused to give in to each other, each occupying a piece of the world...
The emperor stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Xiao Wu, your chess skills have improved a lot. Now you can play on par with me..." Xiao Wu is indeed smart, whether it is reading, playing chess, or the six arts of a gentleman. Well done.
Han Lingfan sat down and bowed, "Thank you, Father, for your compliment."
During the speech, the emperor gave birth to another son.
Seeing the emperor's smiling face, Han Lingfan's heart skipped a beat. Hearing that the Xijiang army report was sent to the palace today, the emperor's father is in such a good mood, could it be... a good news? !
It must be so! Cousin Jun is capable.
Han Lingfan couldn't help but feel refreshed. Since Xijiang has good news, then...
He hesitated for a moment, but still asked: "I see that the emperor is in a good mood, but what is the happy event?"
The emperor was indeed in a good mood, so he told all the good news he had just received from Xijiang. Han Lingfan beamed with joy, and excitedly said: "Father, that's great. Cousin Jun is so brave and good at fighting, he will definitely be able to recover the lost land." City, beat the Xiye army out of our Dayu territory, and show off our country's prestige!"
The emperor frowned slightly, Xiao Wu was still too naive, Han Huai Jun was able to defend Feixia Mountain because Feixia Mountain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Xiye only sent 80,000 troops. Once Dayu took advantage of the victory to pursue and angered King Xiye, sent If more reinforcements come, Dayu may be in danger.
The emperor took a deep breath, carefully analyzed the pros and cons with Han Lingfan, and then said: "Xiao Wu, as a king, the safety of the country and the chaos of the country depend on one person. To overthrow the tyranny of the previous dynasty and unify the world, but it is difficult to start a business, and it is even more difficult to maintain a business. The way to be a king is to look at the overall situation, seek good luck and avoid evil. He is a sinner through the ages, and he will be stigmatized forever!"
Hearing this, Han Lingfan's brows were tightly furrowed, apparently disapproving, Eunuch Liu on the side looked anxious, the father and son had finally eased up, why should the Fifth Prince order His Highness to make the Emperor angry again...
Eunuch Liu tried his best to wink at Han Lingfan, but Han Lingfan still said: "Father, please listen to my son. Xiye is poor and murderous, and he committed Dayu. Thousands of soldiers in Xijiang vowed to fight to the death! I sacrificed my life for the country, and now our Dayu army’s morale is high and we are trying to defeat the barbarians. At this time, asking for peace will not make those frontier soldiers feel cold, and make the people of the world think that the court is useless, so they beg to surrender to the barbarians?!”
Chilling, useless, begging to surrender... Each of these words was like thousands of needles piercing the emperor's heart, and the emperor's complexion became more and more ugly. In Xiao Wu's heart, he actually thinks of himself as his father in such a way, and dares to scold and disobey himself!
No one dared to preach to him in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty!
Maybe their father and son have already branched to two different forks, drifting away from each other...
I was wrong!
Xiao Wu should not be allowed to get close to Nangong's family, he should teach Xiao Wu himself, now Xiao Wu is stubborn, disrespectful, and is hopeless...
The emperor didn't speak for a while, and the father and son looked at each other for a long time, Han Lingfan didn't flinch, and said sonorously: "Father, it is not the style of a great country in the Central Plains to bow down to the barbarians in order to maintain peace, and to pay tribute to the barbarians in order to protect the throne! Father, please think twice!"
The anger in the emperor's heart became more and more intense, he really indulged Xiao Wu too much!
The emperor gritted his teeth and said angrily: "If Dayu's thousands of miles of land and mountains are handed over to you, sooner or later the land will collapse, the country will perish and the species will be wiped out! In the future, under my nine springs, I will also be ashamed of my ancestors!"
Han Lingfan's face was slightly pale, and the sadness in his eyes could not be concealed. Obviously, the emperor's words hurt him deeply.
He was silent for a long time, thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally he clenched his fists, raised his eyes to look at the emperor, and said solemnly:
"Father, since this is the case, then Father doesn't have to hand over the country to my son. I think that in life, you should do something and not do something. I don't want to go against your heart!"
"you!"
The emperor stood up furiously, his face was blue, purple, white, and changed several times, the veins on his forehead were floating, and his breathing became short of breath...
Eunuch Liu looked wrong, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon body..."
Before he could finish his words, the emperor couldn't catch his breath, clutched his chest, and fell down on the chair behind him, bang, his body hit the desk, and the chess game on the chessboard was messed up, just like this Go to the study...
"emperor!"
"Father!"
Nervous exclamations sounded one after another in the upper study room, and everyone was in a mess. Eunuch Liu and a servant rushed to help the unconscious emperor, and helped his limp body to sit down...
Han Lingfan's face was completely pale, and his heart was even more disturbed. He hurriedly ordered: "Quick! Go and call the imperial doctor!"
A servant hurried away, and Han Lingfan clenched his fists tightly.
The air in the upper study room was heavy, and after a while, Imperial Physicians Wu and Imperial Physician Zhang from the Imperial Hospital came to hear the news, and they immediately checked the emperor's pulse, both of them looked solemn, saying that the emperor had a stroke, and the emperor had suffered a stroke a few years ago. Had a stroke, this time it's a relapse...
After doctor Wu administered the injections to the emperor, he ordered the emperor to be sent back to the bedroom. Han Lingfan naturally went with him, and his heart was almost overwhelmed by guilt. It was all his fault. , then I will be blamed for my death...
The incident of the emperor's stroke spread to every corner of the palace as if he had grown wings. In addition to the imprisoned Chengjun King, Shunjun King Han Lingguan, the young sixth prince, several princesses, concubines, and Some clan relatives came here after hearing the news, and for a while, the emperor's bedroom was in a mess, and many people were buzzing like headless chickens...
Until the empress came out of the emperor's bedroom and said loudly to the chaotic crowd outside: "The emperor urgently needs to rest now, everyone should go back first."
After the others looked at each other in blank dismay, they bowed to the queen and prepared to step back...
At this moment, a young male voice questioned: "Mother, dare to ask why the father suddenly suffered a stroke? It is clear that the father was fine in the morning, and he was full of energy!"
Everyone couldn't help but followed the sound, and saw Han Lingguan, the king of Shunjun, walking up to the queen and staring directly at the queen. Han Lingguan was followed by several clans, which looked menacing.
The queen's complexion changed slightly, and she was a little flustered. Of course, she knew that the emperor fainted in the study room, and Xiao Wu was beside the emperor at that time.
The queen frowned, and raised her voice pretending to be angry: "Han Lingguan, your father, the dragon body, is sick, and you are still making a scene here. You are really unfilial!" She raised her right arm and said angrily, " Come on, don’t throw Shun County King out of this palace!”
Han Lingguan did not show timidity, but stepped forward and took a step closer, saying: "Mother, there is nothing wrong with wanting to inflict crimes! My son is only concerned about why the father suddenly fell ill!"
"Prince Shunjun is right, the empress is too harsh." Han Lingguan walked out from behind a fat middle-aged man, who was the king of Chu, and echoed loudly.
A gleam flashed in Han Lingguan's eyes, he looked at the little servants at the side, and asked forcefully, "How do you servants serve the emperor father? Well, why did the emperor have a stroke?!"
His aggressive voice made several servants tremble in fright, and they all lowered their eyes and dared not speak.
"Second Emperor Brother," Han Lingfan's voice came from behind the queen. He came out of the emperor's bedroom and looked at Han Lingguan with a gloomy expression.
"Xiao Wu!" The queen's complexion changed drastically, and she hurriedly interrupted Han Lingfan.
But for Han Lingguan, this sentence was enough. Instead of forcing Han Lingfan to ask, he directly said to a fourteen or fifteen-year-old servant: "Xiao Huazi, tell me! What's going on?"
The little servant named Xiao Huazi moved his lips, and finally said in a whisper: "Yes... His Royal Highness the fifth prince quarreled with the emperor... and the emperor passed out..."
Although the little servant didn't say clearly that the fifth prince was mad at the emperor, the meaning behind his words was obvious.
There was silence all around for an instant, and there were several gasps in the room, and everyone looked at Han Lingfan in disbelief.
Han Lingguan frowned and looked at Han Lingfan, and asked indignantly, "Fifth Emperor Brother, is this really the case?"
Han Lingfan lowered his head, trembling slightly, and did not defend himself.
At this time, a middle-aged man wearing the imperial master's green brocade robe came over and smoothed things over and said: "Sister-in-law Huang, second nephew, fifth nephew, brother Huang is ill, now is not the time to blame each other, the most urgent thing is to treat the disease first." The dragon body of the good imperial brother is."
Several cabinet ministers have also arrived at this time, and the minister of the Ministry of Industry echoed and said: "What the prince said is true. It's just that the emperor is seriously ill, and this state affairs cannot be delayed. Who should supervise the state?"
Several other cabinet ministers also looked at each other in blank dismay, Gu Mo and Li Heng thought of something, and secretly thought something was wrong.
The Minister of Rites said: "The last time the emperor was ill, it was Prince Gong who oversaw the country, but now King Gong has gone to the western border..."
"Naturally, His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince will oversee the country." Duke En Guo hurriedly suggested, "His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince is the legitimate son, for orthodox..."
"Your Majesty's words are wrong," Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry interrupted En Guogong flatly, "His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince is ill and the emperor is unfilial. How can he supervise the country with a sinful body! Confinement, His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince is young, and I think that only King Shunjun is the most suitable candidate." Then, he looked at Cheng Dongyang, the first assistant on the right, and said, "What do you think, Lord Cheng?"
Cheng Dongyang glanced around the crowd with a serious expression, as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry said, in fact, everyone knows that there is no other candidate for the present king except Shunjun King Han Lingguan.
"My lord," Cheng Dongyang's eyes fell on Han Lingguan, and he bowed deeply, "The emperor's dragon body is sick, but the country cannot be left alone for a day, and I ask the lord to preside over the overall situation for the emperor!"
The room was full of silence again, followed by Ministers of the Ministry of Industry, Ministers of the Ministry of Rites, and several clans also bowed and bowed in unison, responding in unison.
Except for En Guogong, the Queen, Gu Mo and Li Heng, almost everyone else gathered around Han Lingguan, bowing their heads to him.
At a glance, Han Ling stood out from the crowd, full of vigor.
At this moment, the overall situation is settled!
Han Lingguan remained silent for a long time. After a while, he sighed helplessly, bowed humbly and said, "For the sake of my father and Dayu, this king will take over the country temporarily on my father's behalf."
After speaking, his tone became more and more decisive, loud and clear!
But En Guogong, Queen, Gu Mo, Li Heng and others all looked gloomy, but they were all helpless, and couldn't find any reason to oppose Han Ling's observation of Jianguo.
Once Han Lingguan gains power, their life will probably be difficult...
What happened this time was so sudden that the two parties were not well prepared and could not react in time, so that they were at a disadvantage. They could only sit back and watch the situation lean towards Han Lingguan's benefit.
After a stick of incense, everyone left the emperor's bedroom one after another, while the queen, Duke En Guo and fifth prince Han Lingfan went to the queen's Fengluan Palace.
The atmosphere in the hall was very depressing. Duke En Guo calmed down and asked Han Lingfan what had happened carefully. Han Lingfan told them one by one, feeling guilty, and finally said: "Mother, grandfather, all this is my fault... "
"Your Highness, I always feel that something is not quite right..." En Guogong said with a frown, the emperor's stroke happened so suddenly, they had no time to deal with it, but just now, the king of Shunjun seemed to have a plan in his chest, and he walked step by step !
Han Lingfan's face was slumped, and he seemed to be in a daze, and he didn't know where his heart and soul had gone...
Duke En Guo pondered for a moment, and then said: "Empress, could it be that there is someone from Shun County King in the palace who told Shun County King about the Emperor's fainting early on, so that he can prepare for it?"
Seeing Han Lingfan's haggard look, the queen was heartbroken, and said without thinking: "Father, according to my palace, it must be Han Lingguan who deliberately framed Xiao Wu. He wanted to take advantage of Han Lingfu's absence to control the court and plot rebellion." !"
The queen gritted her teeth angrily, her expression agitated.
"Empress Empress, don't worry, the more we have to calm down at this time. We can't make any more mistakes." En Guogong calmly comforted the queen and said, "His Royal Highness the fifth prince is the son of the eldest son, and he is the orthodox son of Dayu. of."
The empress responded, but her face was still as dark as water. The emperor is still unconscious, his condition is unknown, and the situation is not optimistic. How could she calm down.
After En Guogong comforted the queen a few more words, he left in a hurry. He must contact people as soon as possible to find a way to reverse the situation!
"Fan'er..." the queen called Han Lingfan tenderly, trying to persuade him to rest for a while, but Han Lingfan suddenly knelt on the ground.
"The queen mother, the son is unfilial, the father is sick with anger, and the queen mother is worried about the son..."
"Fan'er!" The queen leaned over to save Han Lingfan, trying to comfort him, "It's not your fault, and you didn't want to..."
At this moment, the queen's heart is full of resentment, resentment towards the emperor, if not for the emperor, how could her Fan'er be forced to this point!