In February of the seventh year of Da Mingqi (1627), the coldness of the capital gradually weakened, and the grass on the ground began to spit out new green shoots. From a distance, it was densely dense and connected, making people feel as if they were walking into the green land of summer. Kneeling down and looking carefully, the grass showed two or three sharp leaves, slightly yellowish, far from covering the gray-black floating soil.
In the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, there is a rare laughter. Emperor Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the apocalypse, has just completed a pair of wooden sculptures.
"Madame Fengsheng, can this little carved wooden figure resemble you?" Zhu Youxiao's woodworking skills are really superb. The small nose of Mrs. Fengsheng Ke Yingyue on the small wooden sculpture is lifelike.
"Ah? Your Majesty, really looks like a slave and maid, too much! Zhongxian, look at it, does it look like?" Ke Yingyue was as cheerful as a girl who had just embraced the spring, and desperately moved the small wooden sculpture to Wei Zhongxian's Stuck in front of you.
"Like, really like." Wei Zhongxian's eyes were fixed on Zhu Youxiao's hand, "Your Majesty, the old slave has served your Majesty for more than ten years. There is no credit and hard work, right? Why don't you have the old slave's share?"
"Don't worry, Zhongxian." Zhu Youxiao took out another woodcarving figure from his generous sleeves and handed it to Wei Zhongxian, "Look, this is not yours?"
"Let me see." Ke Yingyue snatched it over and grabbed the wood carving. She wanted to see it first. "Like, more like a servant girl. Look, this chin is smooth and clean, it doesn't look like a beard at all."
Wei Zhongxian was embarrassed, but Zhu Youxiao bent over with a smile and choked up tears. "Madam Fengsheng... really can talk, so... how can such a small person have a beard?"
"Anyway, the maidservant feels alike. The nose, the eyes, and the raised forehead..." Ke Yingyue insisted on her discovery. Seeing Zhu Youxiao happy, she was also happy in her heart, "Your Majesty, Chunhe Today Jingming, the sun is shining, why don't we go boating in Xiwan?"
"Xiwan? Well, I have nothing to do today, and I haven't been out of the palace for a long time. I work hard and get ready." Zhu Youxiao has been busy with these two small wooden sculptures for days, and has just completed the work recently and got Wei Zhongxian. I am very happy with the compliment of the guest Yingyue, and there is no new idea yet, so I will just play it for a day.
Wang Tigan prepared enough wine, food, stove and so on. The four people shared a small boat and rowed in Xiwan. The little eunuchs followed far behind in a big boat.
Guest Yingyue raised the stove, warming up the wine and cooking, Wei Zhongxian opened a small table and a few small stools. After a while, the wine was warm and the food was hot, and the three of them drank together, while Wang Tiqian was shaking oars for the three of them.
"Mrs. Fengsheng, Zhongxian, you have stayed outside the palace. This February, the sun is shining again, why is the weather so cold?" Zhu Youxiao felt a cold wind digging into his clothes, and he tightened his body tightly. Cotton robe.
"His Majesty, this is the style of Guotai People's Security! Your Majesty, I'm overjoyed!" Wei Zhongxian rolled his eyes and thought of a brilliant idea.
"Zhongxian, what does this wind have to do with Guotai Min'an? Isn't it to make me happy?" Zhu Youxiao didn't take it seriously, boating on the water, the breeze seemed extremely cold, and he moved his body to the fire. Moved.
"Look, your majesty, it's cold now, the worms in the soil can be frozen to death. Without the damage of the worms, the crops will grow well. If the people have food, isn't it just to live and work in peace and to live in peace?" Wei Zhongxian saw Zhu Youxiao not. Too much care, so he smiled in a jealousy.
"It really makes sense. The slave and maidservant is outside the palace, and I have heard stories like this. It is said that there will be a good harvest after the cold." Ke Yingyue added a handful of MSG to Wei Zhongxian's words.
"Hehe, too." Zhu Youxiao felt somewhat reasonable, "but the wind is still a bit cold."
"Your Majesty, take a drink at the bar! The wine can keep out the cold, so you feel warmer." Wei Zhongxian filled the cup with Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao took it and took it dry, and slapped his tongue again and again: "Good wine, this wine is like a fire, and the body warms up all at once."
"Then your Majesty, drink more." Ke Yingyue also filled Zhu Youxiao with a glass, fixedly looking at Zhu Youxiao, the smile on his face was even more gorgeous than Xiwan in May.
Zhu Youxiao drank it, he was already drunk in Ke Yingyue's soft eyes. Every time Ke Yingyue offered this maternal smile, he had been lacking maternal love since he was a child, and he couldn't help himself and was deeply trapped in his childhood memories.
"Your Majesty, how does the jade liquid in this palace compare to the breast milk of a servant girl?" Ke Yingyue added fuel to the fire.
"Niangniang's milk is the real Qiongzhiyuye, is it comparable to this water and wine?" Zhu Youxiao gently pulled the guest Yingyue, "Niangniang, I am going to have a bite now."
"Don't make trouble, Your Majesty, it's broad daylight now!" Ke Yingyue grumbled, but he didn't stop Zhu Youxiao's mischief.
Zhu Youxiao took a few mouthfuls and found that there was no breast milk, and his tongue left Cong Ke Yingyue's chest angrily.
Ke Yingyue's face returned to her mother's kindness again: "The last time the servants and maids brought in from outside the palace, are your Majesty still satisfied?" She stroked Zhu Youxiao's face.
"Well, they are very good at serving me." Zhu Youxiao enjoyed Ke Yingyue's touch very much. He tilted his head and leaned on Ke Yingyue's fragrant shoulder.
"Then your Majesty should get close to them so that they can give birth to princes for your Majesty as soon as possible." Ke Yingyue glanced at Wei Zhongxian, "Your Majesty, this woman must also be temperate, and her body is important. For her woman, Your Majesty is still for the time being. It’s better not to see."
"Madame Fengsheng is talking about the queen again, right?" Zhu Youxiao picked up the wine glass and poured the wine into the mouth of guest Yingyue. "The queen is the mother of the country, she is also very virtuous and has a clear sense of affairs, but..."
Both Ke Yingyue and Wei Zhongxian knew that Zhu Youxiao was talking about the infertility of Queen Zhang Yan, and they couldn't help being secretly happy.
At this time, Zhu Youxiao hugged the guest Yingyue, and the boat tilted.
The small boat just reached the corner under the bridge, when a gust of wind blew and was blocked by the bridge pier, it changed its direction and increased its strength. The boat leaned more violently in the direction of Zhu Youxiao's body.
Zhu Youxiao was caught off guard. In desperation, he let go of the guest Yingyue, but he slipped off the side of the boat and rolled into the water.
The three were shocked, Wang Tiqian immediately jumped into the water with his clothes, and pulled Zhu Youxiao's head out of the water. Both their cotton clothes were stained with water, and their weight increased several times. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't hold up Zhu Youxiao as a whole.
Wei Zhongxian yelled at the young eunuchs behind him anxiously: "Come here, are you all dead?"
The little eunuchs rowed together before moving the big boat over, and with all hands and hands, Zhu Youxiao finally dragged Zhu Youxiao onto the big boat.
After staying in the biting cold water until now, Zhu Youxiao was too cold to speak, his lips were purplish, his face was pale, his head drooped and his eyes rolled straight.
"Quickly, change your clothes for your Majesty." It was Ke Yingyue who was the first to react. The clothes on Zhu Youxiao's body were soaked, and he was absorbing the residual heat on his body. He must take off his wet clothes as soon as possible.
The little eunuchs were in a hurry again, changing clothes for Zhu Youxiao, and completely stripped Zhu Youxiao. But there are no clean clothes on the big and small boats. Who would have thought that drowning would happen after a boat rafting
Wei Zhongxian took off his cotton-padded clothes and trousers. Regardless of whether it fits or not, he wraps up Zhu Youxiao first.
The temperature was too low, and with a cold sweat, Wei Zhongxian soon felt chills. He stared at a young eunuch, who obediently took off his cotton coat and let it go to Wei Zhongxian.
The emperor fell into the water and was already delirious, and no one had any interest in playing. On the one hand, Wei Zhongxian ordered the young eunuch to take Zhu Youxiao back to the Palace of the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time sent the young eunuch to the eunuch.
After the imperial physician's full treatment, Zhu Youxiao fully recovered his mind, but his body was weakened day by day.
The imperial assembly has been completely terminated, and the important officials of the imperial court take turns to visit the palace of the Qing Dynasty to visit Zhu Youxiao. The attention of the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party was on Zhu Youxiao, so Zhu Youjian's activities in Shaanxi did not attract anyone's attention.
The imperial physicians ran out of various medicines, but Zhu Youxiao's body did not improve, and sometimes fell into a coma during the day.
Empress Zhang Yan scolded the imperial doctor, but was still not relieved, and pointed to Wei Zhongxian's nose to curse again. This time Wei Zhongxian, who was in the wrong, did not dare to talk back to Zhang Yan.
However, Wei Zhongxian urged Zhang Yan to return to Kunning Palace because Zhang Yan was too angry and affected the emperor's rest. At the same time, he arranged for personal eunuchs to wait in Qianqing Palace day and night, so that outsiders were not allowed to disturb Zhu Youxiao's rest.
In May, Huo Weihua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, used five grains to distill a liquid, named "Lingluyin", and dedicated it to Zhu Youxiao. Zhu Youxiao took a sip and felt refreshed: "It really is Linglu, sweet and delicious." Since then, Huo Weihua has offered Zhu Youxiao a "Linglu Drink" every day.
Although Zhu Youxiao's mental condition has improved, his abdomen is severely swollen. The imperial physicians were helpless. Some said they were bedridden and indigestion; some said it was a side effect of "Lingluyin". Huo Weihua was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped supplying "Linglu Drink".
However, Zhu Youxiao's abdominal swelling has not disappeared, and the number of lethargy is increasing.
Queen Zhang Yan washes her face with tears all day long. Although Wei Zhongxian repeatedly used both soft and hard to make her stay in Kunning Palace, she still went to Qianqing Palace to see Zhu Youxiao from time to time.
In July, Zhang Yan came to the Palace of the Qing Dynasty again, and the imperial physician Li Sheng happened to come to Zhu Youxiao for diagnosis and treatment. He first paid homage to Zhang Yan, then sat down in front of Zhu Youxiao's bed, closed his eyes and gave Zhu Youxiao a pulse.
Zhu Youxiao suddenly opened his eyes: "Li Qing, what is my body like?"
Li Sheng hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty is healthy, but he is weaker because of the cold." Then he let out an unknown sigh.
Zhang Yan was suspicious, and stared at Li Sheng with her talking eyes. Li Sheng bowed his head and said nothing, but picked up a pen, wrote a medicine list, and handed it to the little eunuch for the medicine.
Zhang Yan grabbed the medicine list and found that there were only five words on it: Grab the medicine according to the original list. She was even more suspicious: "Doctor Li, you have worked hard! My palace happens to be here today, so let's send the doctor to you!"
"Don't dare to have Queen Lao." Li Sheng finished speaking without looking back, and left the bedroom of Zhu Youxiao.
Zhang Yan hurriedly followed. Seeing that there was no one around, her brows frowned and Feng's eyes widened: "Li Sheng, how is the emperor's body?"
Li Sheng has never seen Zhang Yan angry. Even if he personally told Zhang Yan that she had lost her fertility, she just cried silently. Now seeing Zhang Yanfeng's eyes wide open, both majestic and angry, he was so scared that he "plopped" and knelt down at Zhang Yan's feet, and kept knocking with his head: "Queen forgive me! Queen forgive me!"