Winter goes to spring, another year.
This new year, the prince's family has been very aggrieved. The prince was closed for a month, and it was not until the end of the year that the ban was lifted. This is not the end. King Jin's leg injury is not good for one day, and the crown prince has to bow his head one day to be a man.
King Qi was recalled to Beijing, and another good show was made. King Qi has always been reckless. He heard that King Jin had his leg broken by the crown prince. What can you say? The prince himself was full of grievances, and if he was a little more sensible, he would not make things so embarrassing, but if King Qi was sensible, he would not do this.
King Qi was finally stopped, and the things he finally calmed down caused another wave of waves because of his actions, which did not gradually fade until the new year. But the haze has always existed and never subsided.
Time passed by slowly, and more than a month passed in a blink of an eye. The Prince's family kept holding a sigh of relief, but it was only because he was short of breath that he could not speak well. Only after this time passed, King Jin's leg injury healed. After that, the liquidation must be liquidated one by one.
The idea is good, but the reality is cruel, and what happened next caused another heavy blow to the prince.
King Jin's leg was healed, but there was a problem. King Jin was actually lame? !
The lameness is not severe, but the legs are a little long and short, and it is not obvious when standing, and it is impossible to walk.
This was like a thunderbolt from the blue, not only made Concubine Xu and King Jin feel that the sky was falling, but also made the prince dizzy and unable to react.
lame
If before, the crown prince's line would have been so miserable that King Jin could be as miserable as possible, but now? Let's stop joking. If anyone wants Jin King to be well at this time, it must belong to the Crown Prince and Queen Xiao.
Originally, I was full of grievances and felt that I had been detained with a dung pot on my body. This is good, the dung pot is completely buckled on my body and can't be removed!
Concubine Xu Gui was heartbroken and cried like a dead mother. Emperor Xi didn't look good for a few days in a row, and a little thing could make him furious. Above the court hall, the harem seemed to be cloudy all of a sudden, and the palace servants, eunuchs, courtiers, all huddled their necks.
King Jin was hit hard, and he stayed behind closed doors in the palace of King Jin. Although Concubine Xu was heartbroken, she knew that it was useless to be sad at the moment, so she sent all the imperial physicians from the imperial hospital to the King Jin for diagnosis and treatment.
The results of diagnosis and treatment are very unsatisfactory.
As I said before, the injury of the leg bone depends on luck. If you are lucky, you will recover naturally. If you are unlucky, it is not uncommon for you to be lame. Now that everyone is lame, how can they be cured? Is it possible to break the leg bone of King Jin again and reconnect it
Don't say that this is unreliable, and no imperial doctor has this ability. In particular, the news that King Jin was lame came out. The imperial doctor who showed King Jin his leg injury that day was pulled down by Emperor Xi and chopped up. Who would dare to get involved with King Jin's leg injury? .
The prince was unlucky this time. He was repeatedly angered by Emperor Xi, and it was useless to explain it.
This matter made the situation in Beijing delicate. No one dared to ask the King of Jin to return to the fief at such a sensitive period. The prince's family could only continue to bow their heads.
Of course, apart from things, it is inevitable that there will be doubts. Why is it so unfortunate that King Jin's leg is lame? Is there something tricky in it
In order to understand the confusion and to show an attitude, the prince and his family searched for doctors with superb medical skills to see the legs of the King of Jin. On the other side, Emperor Xi did not pull it down, and even issued an edict, whoever healed King Jin's leg would be rewarded with a thousand taels and admitted to the Tai Hospital.
It is a pity that the 'famous doctor' who can cure King Jin's leg has never appeared. However, there have been so-called famous doctors on and off, but the result is either a person who is famous for fishing for fame, or someone who comes to mix the bounty. A person like this will be thrown out in front of the gate of the Prince of Jin's house every three or five minutes.
Of course, all of this is superficial. Secretly, the King of Jin did the same thing, and the prince's lineage gradually felt some clues. If nothing else, a few families had always shown a preference for the prince before, but suddenly they changed their attitude.
Why did they change their attitude? This has to be thought-provoking, but there is no evidence that the King Jin family has privately made courtiers.
The prince's lineage is now like a fly in his mouth, unable to swallow it or spit it out, and can only hold on like a stagnant in his throat.
Time has entered July.
The past few months have been a nightmare for the prince. He is not a person who can hold his breath, and it is not easy to endure it until now.
On the surface, the prince has been in a state of forbearance, but behind his back there is something strange. The prince is getting more and more irritable now, and if he is in a bad mood, he will get angry. Of course, this kind of face will not be exposed outside, but almost everyone in the East Palace has recently avoided the prince, for fear that this increasingly violent prince will be whipped.
Fengqi Palace
All the palace servants retired, and there were only Empress Xiao and the Crown Prince in the palace.
"Empress mother, my son doesn't want to endure it any longer. King Jin is so shameless that he dares to say that no matter what kind of famous doctor we find, in the end his legs will not heal, he just pretended!"
"Zhao'er, the queen mother can understand your feelings, but the more we get to the back, the more we have to bear it. Your impatience will not help, and now we are fighting for patience. You must change your temper, Now there are rumors everywhere in the palace that you have a cruel character, and you whip the eunuchs of the palace at every turn, and the day before yesterday, you even beat Taishi Bai... You child, your mother's heart is broken..."
Empress Xiao sat on the phoenix seat, full of exhaustion. She used to have long black hair, but now her temples have a few frosty whites.
The prince paced in the hall like a trapped beast, the whip in his hand was tight and loose, and his eyes were bloodshot, like a fierce beast.
"He owes a beating, teaches Gu every day, and makes Gu endure every day... endure... I endure..."
He muttered nervously, and the whip in his hand slapped the red carpet on the golden brick floor. In just a few clicks, a good Persian floor mat was pumped and devastated.
Empress Xiao looked at her heartbroken from the side. She knew that her son was impatient and unstable, and he had suffered a lot of humiliation in the past six months. His Majesty never said anything in his mouth, but his eyes became more and more terrifying day by day, and he looked at Zhao'er full of disgust.
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't relieve her. By now, Empress Xiao was no longer confident to say that she knew Emperor Xi very well. This man who was married to her when he was a teenager has become extremely terrifying now. His temper is sometimes cloudy and sunny, and he doesn't know if it has something to do with his body or because he knows that he doesn't have much time.
Queen Xiao thought, maybe both of them are related, but there is nothing she can do. She has no energy to care about Emperor Xi, and even her own son can't take care of it, not to mention that there is a troublesome King Jin on the side.
"Zhao'er, don't do this, the queen mother will definitely find a way to deal with King Jin."
"The mother, think quickly, think quickly, think quickly... Kill him, kill him, kill him... Gu doesn't want to see him anymore, he still limps around in front of Gu every day, squatting in front of the father. Wandering around... Guzhen wants him to die, let him die... "
The prince's eyes were stagnant, and he kept repeating in his mouth, and suddenly his eyes burst into a strange brilliance.
"Empress mother, you said that if we kill him, is he the next emperor of course?"
The prince's voice was extremely low, and a nervous smile appeared on his face, which looked both gloomy and weird. The voice swirled in the quiet hall, adding a bit of infiltration.
Empress Xiao couldn't help shivering, and a voice came out of her throat, "Who? Who are you talking about?"
"Who are you talking about?" the crown prince suddenly shouted, and then turned to muttering, "Yes, this method is very good. If you kill him, Gu will be the emperor for granted..."
Empress Xiao was shocked and rushed forward, hugging the prince, "Zhao'er, wake up, this kind of thinking is outrageous, he is your father..."
The prince's eyes slowly focused, and his demeanor returned to normal. He patted Empress Xiao's hand and said softly: "Mother, do you think he treats me as a son? Yes? Knowing that King Jin did it on purpose, he just let it go, and continued to develop like this, King Jin. Our power will become bigger and bigger, and our chances of winning will become smaller and smaller. It is better to solve it early. He has not many days, and it is nothing to do it early, just as the last thing to do for our son... "
"is this OK… "
Hearing this, Empress Xiao looked blank, muttered in her mouth, her hands unconsciously clenched, clenched and loosened.
"Yes, mother."
Seeing that Queen Xiao's attitude was shaken, the prince seemed to grab the last straw, "Look at the mother, now Gu is still the prince, and if he dies, Gu is the natural successor. If he suddenly changes his mind, the Gu is abolished. , and the King of Jin has been established instead, and it will be too late by then."
The prince's last words slammed into Empress Xiao's heart. She should have sneered, but now she no longer has such confidence.
Emperor Xi's temper is so weird now that people can't figure out the routine. He shows that he values King Jin so much... If King Jin's legs are okay, will he abolish Zhao'er... Or is this just him and the bastard with the surname Xu The idea that people and that bastard came up with together to make fun of her and Zhao'er...
Empress Xiao looked at her son's excited face and red eyes.
Zhao Er is too depressed...
Recently, there have been rumors and rumors in the palace that the prince is brutal.
The loss of the prince's virtue has always been the most taboo and most feared thing for Queen Xiao. The Daxi Dynasty has always established a direct line and established a prince. As long as a prince is established, there is no reason to take it out. Even Emperor Xi can't abolish the prince at will. However, it is a good attack method.
This is also the reason why Queen Xiao has repeatedly asked the prince to be patient. The prince can't be wrong, and a little mistake will be magnified infinitely. Take the opportunity.
However, the fact that King Jin was injured has repeatedly smeared the prince's bad reputation. In addition, Zhao'er can't hold his breath, and Queen Xiao can already feel that the voice of the prince's immorality is getting louder... Now It's a censor's impeachment. If you continue, Queen Xiao believes that more people will jump out, regardless of whether there is someone behind this...
Can you bear it
Will you continue to endure
For some reason, when she heard her son's words, Empress Xiao felt an inexplicable joy in her heart!
But she has always been cautious and thoughtful. Even though she already had the answer in her heart, she still said: "You ask the mother to think about it. Before the mother thinks about it, you must not act rashly, be honest, and don't cause trouble again..."
The prince looked at Empress Xiao's face and nodded slowly.
The rumors that the prince was violent and wantonly beat the eunuchs of the palace, naturally, Xu Guifei and the King of Jin were involved in the rumors.
I also blame the prince for being so unsatisfactory. If there is no handle for people to catch it, it will be fine. If you bring it to your door, others will naturally make good use of it.
Now Concubine Xu Gui and King Jin are very proud, seeing that their chances of victory are getting bigger and bigger, and that stupid prince is still digging his own grave, he deserves to be exhausted by Queen Xiao, but he has a son who is not up to his expectations.
Chen Qi had a bad premonition in his heart when the prince asked Taiyi Zhou's family to leave.
It's a pity that his goals are too obvious to contact Zhou Taiyi. Fortunately, Imperial Physician Zhou had no secrets, so he was not afraid of not knowing what the prince was thinking.
Being taken into a dark room again, Imperial Physician Zhou was no longer surprised at this time. He thought that Chen Qi and Yang Hui were going to do something else, but when he saw that Fang Zheng's old face full of tiger dominance, he didn't know what to do. Know that things are not that simple.
Sure enough, after listening to what the Duke of Jingguo said, Zhou Taiyi was already dumbfounded.
If it wasn't for being watched by Emperor Xi all the time these days, and acting as a habit, he would really show his guilt.
"If the time is too short to react in time, you can show your true colors, so that you will not violate the peace, as long as you don't say what you shouldn't say..."
The words that the man with the ordinary face said suddenly lingered in Taiyi Zhou's mind.
He quickly raised his eyebrows, glared at each other, and scolded: "Prince Yasukuni, you are Prince Yasukuni, who was proclaimed by His Majesty. You know this kind of thinking is enough to kill your nine clans!"
Zhou Taiyi's face was too frightened, his heart was too shaken to calm down, the skin on his face began to tremble, and his hazel lips couldn't even escape the fingers that were pointing straight away, but he stood calmly. It's just that the panicked color can no longer be concealed.
"Doctor Zhou, this old man won't tell you nonsense. Your whole family is in the hands of this old man. Don't change your mind. If you don't do it, you have to do it!"
"you-"
"Actually, you can think about it in a different way. His Royal Highness succeeded to the throne, and your credit will be the greatest in the future. It is no longer a matter of prosperity and wealth."
"No, no..."
"Doctor Zhou, don't rush to reject the old man, think about it. Don't hurt yourself and your family."
Zhou Imperial Physician suddenly widened his eyes, spit out a mouthful of blood, and fainted with anger.
Prince Yasukuni gave him a sighing look and shook his head, "Why be so stubborn? Didn't you already betrayed once? Why not betray again..."
After a long pause, he raised his voice: "Come here, send Imperial Physician Zhou back."
King Jin and the others are all unaware of what happened in the dark.
As far as they are concerned, they have the advantage at this time, and as long as everything is ready, they can cure the leg injury at any time. When the prince lost his virtue, he could take advantage of the situation to abolish the prince and replace the prince of Jin.
Now this matter is not urgent, it is better to drive the prince crazy. King Jin is very interested in watching the play at this time.
It's just that they forgot one thing. You have your own calculations, and others have their own calculations. Who can win the game depends on who has the ability on both sides, not to mention there are many variables in it.
Everything that happened on Zhou Taiyi's side was transmitted back to Jingzhou at an extremely fast speed.
King Jing locked himself in the study, pondered for a night, and sent the order back to Beijing.
After receiving the order, Imperial Physician Zhou stayed up all night and went to Zichen Hall the next day to ask to see Emperor Xi.
"What did you say?"
The emperor was furious, and the corpse floated for thousands of miles.
The anger of Emperor Xi this time was the most severe one that Zhou Taiyi had ever seen. But he had to close his eyes and grit his teeth to continue the play.
"Since that time, I have been feeling guilty and restless every day, and I have always kept in mind that I have received His Majesty's favor. This time I can no longer be confused, and even if the whole family is lost, I will never back down."
"Okay, very good..." Emperor Xi rubbed the small blue-and-white porcelain vase on the case, neither happy nor angry, his face was indistinguishable, but extremely gloomy. "I remember that your whole family has long since died. The funeral was handled by Zheng Haiquan. Why was someone pinched and threatened?"
Zheng Haiquan, who listened to the whole process, immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "The old slave has seen the corpse, although it was burnt beyond recognition, but it is indeed a man, a woman, an old man and a young man, the other old slaves really don't know. ."
Zhou Imperial Physician's face was gloomy, like a mourning examination, and his tears and snot had already covered his face.
"The old minister doesn't understand why, but what they showed to the minister this time was indeed the old minister's family..."
"Hmph, the three caves of the cunning rabbit, even my people have been deceived..."
The whispers at the top made Zheng Haiquan and Imperial Physician Zhou lie silent and didn't dare to say more.
"He gave you this thing?"
Zhou imperial doctor raised his head and glanced at the porcelain vase, then lowered his head, "Yes."
"What can I say to you, let you use this thing to harm me?"
"This-"
"If you have anything to say, I won't want your head."
Zhou Taiyi hesitated again and again, but still decided to say: "The minister once rebuked Duke Jingguo for being rebellious, and Duke Jingguo may have said a few words in order to win over the minister... He said, he said that His Majesty is old and confused now, and regards King Jin's changes as nothing and blindly. They are pressing the prince step by step. In order not to have extra troubles, it is better to be earlier or earlier... He also said that this kind of thinking is not only for them, but if the king of Jin sits in the position of the prince, he also does the same, and even moves It will be faster... He also said that the King of Jin was extremely shameless.
There was a silence in the first place, so quiet that people felt panic in their hearts.
Suddenly, Emperor Xi laughed a few times.
"It's a good idea, and the explanation can make sense. I'm a rebel, and I have to find a high-sounding reason... Okay, haha, my good sons..."
There were footsteps moving towards the inner hall, and Imperial Physician Zhou crouched down below, not daring to look up. It was not until Zheng Haiquan, who was on the side, got up and followed, that Imperial Physician Zhou knew that His Majesty had left.
No one shouted, and he didn't dare to get up. He could only kneel on the cold and hard ground, waiting for fate to come.
Zhou Taiyi had been kneeling for an unknown time, and his mind was in a turmoil. He didn't hear footsteps until he couldn't hold on anymore.
"Doctor Zhou is getting up soon, His Majesty called you in." Zheng Haiquan said softly, and helped Imperial Doctor Zhou up. Seeing that the old man was so old, he was tossed to death several times because of His Majesty's affairs, Zheng Haiquan was also full of sympathy for him.
But it is only limited to sympathy, because he is not much better than him!
Imperial Physician Zhou entered the inner hall for a long time before coming out. After coming out, he couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.
Finally escaped this disaster!
But when he thought of what he was about to face, Imperial Physician Zhou couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Time passed by like flowing water without causing any waves.
Everything was the same as usual, and it seemed to be different.
The prince has been very quiet recently, just as his violent behavior was like a mirror in the early days, and the King of Jin is still resting in the mansion as usual, and only the people who have the heart know what is going on in private.
On this day, Emperor Xi fainted, and the court and the opposition shook.
Zheng Haiquan instructed people to carry Emperor Xi back to the Zichen Hall with a dragon chariot, but after a while, Queen Xiao and the prince arrived.
By the time Concubine Xu Gui and King Jin came to hear the wind, the imperial doctor had already diagnosed and treated, and Empress Xiao sat beside the dragon bed, weeping endlessly and showing grief on her face.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you—"
With such a howl, Concubine Xu began to cry beside the dragon's bed, her voice soft and poignant, her face like pear blossoms with rain.
Empress Xiao glanced at her in disgust, resisting the urge to feel sick, "Why are you crying, Your Majesty hasn't done anything yet!"
"My concubine is also too worried about Your Majesty..."
The King of Jin stood beside him with anxiety on his face, "Where's the imperial physician? Empress Empress, what does the imperial physician say?"
"Diagnosed by the imperial physician, your father and emperor liked to take medicinal pills in the early years. The erysipelas has not been cleared, and it has accumulated in the body. This time it broke out, and the situation is not good."
"Why didn't the emperor wake up?"
"The imperial doctor said that fainting means the dragon's body is too weak..."
King Jin wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Queen Xiao waving.
"Your Majesty needs to rest at this time. One of you is crying here, and the other is asking endless questions. How can Your Majesty rest?! Let's all retire."
Concubine Xu Gui glanced at King Jin before the two turned around and left.
Returning to Chunluan Palace, King Jin said, "This king always thinks that the royal father's illness is wrong this time. Does the mother and concubine know of any imperial doctors who have come to see him?"
Concubine Xu knitted her eyebrows, "It's still the same doctor Zhou. The queen said that His Majesty has always trusted the doctor Zhou, and the doctor Zhou has nursed the dragon body for your father and emperor for a long time, so there is no replacement."
Jin Wang Jun frowned and walked back and forth in the hall for a few steps before saying: "This cannot be the case, how can the father's dragon's body be diagnosed and treated by an imperial physician, mother and concubine, let your subordinates investigate, and the other We need to find a trustworthy imperial physician and Zhou imperial physician to diagnose and treat the emperor together."
"The mother-in-law naturally knows, but if there is really something tricky, the queen will not easily agree."
"Let's try it out first."
Emperor Xi had never woken up, and Empress Xiao was always respectful, serving soup and medicine every day, not daring to sleep every night, and losing weight in a few days.
Concubine Xu took the opportunity to serve for two days, but was also stopped by the queen. She said that her husband was seriously ill, and it would be difficult to serve as a wife for a few days. Even if she served for a lifetime, she would be willing.
Hate Xu Guifei to the point of itching her teeth.
But she couldn't say anything. To put it bluntly, Empress Xiao was the mistress of this harem. And she, even as a noble concubine, is at best a noble concubine in ordinary people's homes.
When Emperor Xi was awake, she was able to stand up to the empress by her favor. She was nothing when Emperor Xi was absent, and she couldn't resist the order given by Empress Xiao.
In the past few days, there have been low-level concubines who came to the Zichen Palace to greet him, and they wept bitterly when they came. In fact, the hearts of all the women in the harem are the same at this time. Whether they are favored or not, they do not want Emperor Xi to have an accident. When His Majesty was there, they were the emperor's concubines. When His Majesty died, they became concubines, and even those concubines who had not given birth did not know what to do with themselves.
The mournful cries of the women filled the Zichen Palace day by day. After a few days, Empress Xiao became annoyed and ordered them to stay in the palace where they lived to burn incense and pray for His Majesty, and not go out if there was nothing to do.
This also includes Concubine Xu, but Concubine Xu has always been disobedient, and it is almost the same as what the Queen said or not. As long as the queen said a few more words, she would kneel and cry to Emperor Xi.
Although Emperor Xi was down, Zheng Haiquan was still there, especially now that the Zichen Palace is attracting attention, and Empress Xiao did not dare to be too conspicuous, so she could only allow Concubine Xu to disgust herself every day.
Due to Emperor Xi's coma, the meeting had been suspended for many days.
It is not a problem to always stop like this, after all, government affairs cannot be delayed.
Therefore, it is only natural that the prince should supervise the country.
The prince was led by Emperor Xi to learn to manage the government for many years, and there were two prime ministers on the left and right to assist in government affairs. The Daxi Dynasty was still running in an orderly manner as before.
At this moment, the crown prince has calmed down and sits firmly on Mount Tai.
On the contrary, King Jin couldn't sit still.
He naturally suspected that the father was in a coma and there was something tricky about it, but the Zichen Palace was now controlled by the queen, even if Xu Guifei was not weak in the harem, she couldn't get involved in the half-break. No one knows what the dragon body of Emperor Xi is like.
Now that the crown prince is in charge of the country, Emperor Ruoxi really had an emergency during this period, and everything the imperial concubine's family had done before was useless. At this time, King Jin and Concubine Xu naturally couldn't keep quiet. The situation at this time was no different from not long ago, but there was an obvious difference. The difference was that it was urgent to change King Jin now.
The King of Jin must not be beaten passively. The harem and the previous dynasty worked together, and all kinds of rumors spread within a few days.
There are rumors that His Majesty fainted this time, the Empress was in control of the Zichen Palace, and there was only one imperial doctor who treated His Majesty. It is said that the Queen insists on not allowing other imperial physicians to diagnose and treat...
Inside and outside the words are all about Empress Xiao, but isn't the empress just referring to the prince? It's just that they didn't point to their noses and say the wolf's ambition!
The source of the rumors cannot be traced. Empress Xiao has been strict with her several times, but she has not stopped this wave of rumors. On the contrary, because she killed a few court eunuchs who had nothing to do with broken mouths, the rumors spread even more, and even spread outside the palace.
Empress Xiao knew who did this, but she could only secretly hate it and pretended nothing happened. Like this kind of thing, no matter if she will make the trouble more fierce, she will feel guilty if she manages it. No matter what someone says, it is clearly that someone has dug a hole and is waiting for her to jump.
The purpose was clear to her.
For a while, Empress Xiao and the Crown Prince stood on the cusp of the limelight.
There began to be impeachment by the imperial censors in the court. These censors had a bad face, and they had to impeach anything they found. Now they can find a reason. Even if the prince is currently in power, he should impeach the prince to the point where his veins explode. Don't get angry with anger.
The other party's intention was already very obvious, that is, he was suspicious of Emperor Xi's coma.
Of course, the Queen and the Crown Prince did not have no success. When Concubine Xu again proposed to find a few more imperial doctors, the Queen readily agreed.