The prince was having dinner at the Spring Festival, just as he picked up the chopsticks, someone came.
Fu Lu went out, came back in a hurry, and said a few words in the prince's ear with a solemn face.
Pan'er saw the prince's expression suddenly changed.
He stood up hastily, and was about to walk out the door, only to remember that Pan'er paused.
"Stay here, don't go anywhere, something happened to Yingtai, go and have a look."
"Okay." Pan'er nodded, she could see that the matter must not be as light as the prince said, something must have happened.
When the crown prince arrives, the Han Yuan Hall will be no different from ordinary ones, but if you look closely at the servants guarding the gate of the hall, you can see some clues.
When the crown prince entered the hall, Wang Jinnian came out from behind the curtain with a pale face, with a mournful face.
"Prince, please go in and have a look. What should you do now? The servant didn't dare to inform anyone, so he handed you the letter. It is estimated that this matter will not be kept secret for long. You have to make a quick decision."
The crown prince opened the curtain and walked in. Emperor Cheng'an on the couch seemed to have been resettled, lying flat on the dragon couch. He was still covered with a silk quilt, except that his face was extremely ashen, and his breathing was almost undetectable, almost no different from being in a deep sleep.
Beside the dragon couch, two naked women were tied up and thrown in a corner. Because their mouths were blocked, they couldn't make any sound, but they could see that when they saw the prince, their eyes were begging, as if they wanted to ask the prince to forgive him.
"I'm afraid your majesty is in trouble. The slave didn't respond to how he called. At that time, if the imperial doctor was called, the matter would not be concealed. At that time, your majesty's face will not be protected..." Wang Jinnian said in a rambling manner. All the time.
"Is the person still angry?"
Wang Jinnian was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized: "There is more, there is more, but..."
However, there is only one breath left. Wang Jinnian has been in the palace for many years, and he has seen many kinds of dead people and the appearance of various people before death, so this point can still be clearly distinguished.
"Go and invite the imperial physician, and invite the imperial physician Wang. Then, invite the queen mother." The prince ordered.
Wang Jinnian seemed to find it difficult to understand what the prince was doing, and seemed to want to say something, but he quickly realized that the prince was giving orders to others.
Seeing that Fulu went down to run an errand, the crown prince took a look at Wang Jinnian: "Wang Daban, sometimes people are too smart, so it's not necessarily a good thing."
After finishing speaking, the prince left the inner hall, as if planning to go out to arrange something.
But Wang Jinnian was startled and broke out in cold sweat.
Yes, because he is smart, and because he wants to sell the prince well, so he alone notified the prince in advance. I just want the prince to make preparations in advance, so as not to be known by others to take the lead, or to cause trouble.
This credit alone is enough for him to have no worries for the rest of his life.
But if this is not an accident, but a bureau, if the crown prince really listens, he wants to kick his father to ascend the throne in a panic, and ignores the fact that Emperor Cheng'an is still alive. The point is that this is treason.
If this matter is discovered or used by other people, the prince will be completely put in an unbearable situation. At that time, it is obviously a good thing and a bad thing is done. Let alone the prince's accession to the throne, his life may be lost, and he doesn't have to What do you think about your old age, just wipe your neck and die.
Because of this cognition, Wang Jinnian followed the prince's orders, and he did whatever he said, without any intention of resisting.
Empress Fu also came soon.
Sure enough, the thinking of the superior is different from that of the slaves below.
Why can the inferiors only be the inferiors? Not only because of the natural constraints of blood identity, but also because of the environment in which they grew up and where they lived, they couldn't reach that height, restricting their vision and overall view.
What Empress Fu meant was the same as the crown prince. She not only called the imperial physician to examine Emperor Cheng'an's pulse, she also ordered people to invite concubines such as Gao Guifei and Zhou Xianfei, and sent people to report to the Queen Mother in the Forbidden City.
The whole night, the lights of Han Yuan Hall were not extinguished.
Everyone is guarding here..., including King Qi, King Yan, King Yue and other princes, as well as their mother and concubine. Empress Fu and the prince were also guarding here. It seemed that everything was calm, and everyone seemed to be worried about the safety of Emperor Cheng'an. In fact, everything that should be moved was moving in private.
Before dawn, the Empress Dowager arrived in a hurry.
Afraid of leaking the news, she didn't dare to take the phoenix chariot, but took an ordinary car, escorted by several guards.
Dressed in ordinary clothes, she just stood still in the palace and said to Empress Fu and the crown prince: "You have done a good job. Especially the crown prince, who knows how to advance and retreat. It is Da Zhou's blessing to have you as the crown prince."
These words are too 'heavy', the Empress Dowager has never said such weighty words in front of people.
The meaning in these words couldn't be more obvious. The queen mother has seen everything done by Queen Fu and the prince, and she is very satisfied with it.
He didn't show his shortcomings in a hurry for success, and he didn't cover up his gains and losses. Instead, he was open and let everyone know. This is the measure and momentum of being orthodox.
If you are orthodox, but imitate those petty ways, that would be ridiculous.
The empress dowager's words made everyone except empress Fu and the prince's eyes flash.
Especially Concubine Gao and King Qi couldn't help but wonder if the Queen Mother knew about their private actions, so they were a little restless, so I won't go into details here.
"The emperor is really disgraceful. Ai's family doesn't speak well on the surface. He is afraid of hurting his face, but he often hints that he should be temperate and take care of the dragon body. Now something like this has happened. What about the imperial physician, how is the emperor now? "
Physician Wang stepped up, and respectfully told the general situation of Emperor Cheng'an.
It roughly means that the life is saved for the time being, but it is unknown whether it will be saved in the future. And because Emperor Cheng'an's disease is not decent, it is a stroke, which is also a type of stroke. Generally, people who suffer from this kind of disease, even if they wake up, may still have slurred speech and uncontrollable facial expressions. What's more, they will collapse on the bed and have to be waited on by others when eating and drinking.
It's not difficult to have people wait on you. There are the most things in the Forbidden City, needless to say, the most servants.
But a majestic emperor might not be able to speak or control his saliva in the future, and he couldn't even get up from the bed, and he couldn't even move. How would he handle government affairs in the future
The queen mother fell silent, and everyone was silent.
After a while, the Empress Dowager said: "Let's talk about it when the emperor wakes up. The government affairs are first managed by the cabinet, and the crown prince supervises the country. All matters must wait for the emperor to wake up before we can discuss future affairs."
"The Ai family knows that you have been watching all night, and you are all very tired. The Ai family is watching over here. You all go to rest. No matter how young you are, you can't stand such hardship. After all, this disease does not last for a while. There can be a definite number."
After the queen mother said so, everyone could only salute one by one, and then retreated in a single file.
Concubine Gao was retained by the queen mother, who said she had something to say to her.
"Your imperial grandmother has been fighting in the palace for a long time. Regardless of her age, people understand. Since she said that and let you supervise the country, it means that she is on the side of the East Palace. Don't worry too much. Go to your big business, here the queen mother is watching."
Because the place was inappropriate, Empress Fu's words were extremely short and concise, and the prince also saw that Empress Fu had no intention of leaving. After all, she is the empress, even if the empress dowager tells her to go and rest, she must take care of herself.
The more this kind of time, the more you can't go wrong.
"My son knows. Queen Mother, you should also pay attention to your health."
Empress Fu nodded with a smile: "Go now."
After watching the prince leave, Empress Fu turned back and walked into the hall. As soon as she walked outside the door, she heard Concubine Gao crying and explaining something inside.
Empress Fu deliberately stood outside, and after a while, Concubine Gao, who was wiping her tears with her head down, came out from inside.
The two looked at each other without saying anything, a stern look flashed in Concubine Gao's eyes, and she left with her head down.
The Queen Mother was a little surprised when she saw Empress Fu came back.
"You child! Well, since you have the heart, stick to the emperor. After all, it's a husband and wife. He's just... a little confused, and his ears are a little soft, but his heart is not bad."
Obviously, these comforting words were too superficial, Empress Fu just lowered her head and did not speak.
The fact that Emperor Cheng'an fell ill and fell into a coma was known to everyone, and at the same time the prince was also busy.
Every day I go out early and come back late, Pan'er can't help me, I can only pay more attention to the meals, and when he comes back, I will spend more time staring at him.
On the tenth day after the incident, Emperor Cheng'an finally woke up with the efforts of the imperial physicians.
Just like Wang Taiyi said, Emperor Cheng'an's condition is not good, even extremely serious, not only can't speak, but also can't move, the only thing that can move is probably the eyes.
Obviously, Emperor Cheng'an couldn't deal with the government affairs like this. Even if he could move someday, he could only do his best to maintain the dragon's body, and he couldn't do anything else.
The country cannot be without a king for a day. The crown prince ascended the throne as Emperor Cheng'an and became the Supreme Emperor. The courtiers wrote a letter, the empress dowager agreed, and the cabinet led the ministers to discuss it, which was officially put on the agenda.
Obviously this is unstoppable, so even if Concubine Gao and King Qi are anxious like ants on a hot pot, it will not help.
The matter was passed smoothly. Not only the cabinet ministers attached their seals to the bill, but the Empress Dowager also used a gold seal on the bill. The enthronement ceremony was handed over to the Ministry of Rites, and the time was set in half a month.
This time is naturally extremely short, but the matter is urgent and everything is kept simple, and now that Emperor Cheng'an is seriously ill, the prince has no intention of doing this.
On this day, the prince came to pay his respects to the Hanyuan Hall as usual, and happened to meet King Qi who had just come out of it.
King Qi looked at the prince with an unconcealed look of anxiety, like a trapped beast, and there was nothing else to do except fight the trapped beast.
"Tell me honestly, did your father do this to you?"
The crown prince glanced at him, and said calmly: "Brother be careful, if something happened to the emperor, the first one to report it was the queen mother, who did not hide anything from Concubine Gao. Doing this still makes you suspicious, so I have nothing to say. "
"You can hide the truth from the world, and you can hide it from me? You are the one who gave the father the wishful life-prolonging ointment. If you hadn't been behind the scenes, my mother and concubine would not have presented beauty to the father, and now I won't be punished." The queen mother is grounded, all this is because of you!" King Qi said excitedly.
"Brother, did you make a mistake? In fact, let Gu say that the current situation should be blamed on Big Brother. If you and the King of Chu did not plot against Gu, the King of Chu would not die, and if the King of Chu did not die, Concubine Zhou Xian It won't target you and Concubine Gao, if Concubine Zhou Xian didn't target Concubine Gao, Concubine Gao would not be afraid of falling out of favor to present beauties to Imperial Father, and Imperial Father would not have become like this if there were no two beauties."
The prince purposely lowered his voice to say these words, almost speaking close to King Qi, but his expression was very peaceful, so peaceful that he didn't have any emotions.
"That's why Gu said before that a villain doesn't know the destiny and is not afraid, and he will be punished by God if he insults an adult and insults a sage. Why you have fallen into such a situation, you should ask yourself, not Gu."
"you-"
King Qi clenched his fist and hit the prince.
The prince took a step back at the right time, and then guards rushed up and restrained King Qi.
"His Royal Highness Qi is so concerned about his father's condition that he becomes so anxious that he speaks and does nothing. He is not to blame for this. Send His Royal Highness Qi back soon."
"yes."
It was only a matter of turning around, and the news that King Qi Wuzhou attacked the prince in front of the Hanyuan Palace spread all over the place.
No matter how angry King Qi was, no matter how much Concubine Gao complained, it was useless. They used this method a lot in the past, but now that they were revenged on themselves, they realized the sourness and aggrievedness in it.
Before the prince ascends the throne, he must first return to the Forbidden City.
In addition, the weather is getting colder now, Xiyuan is no longer suitable for living, including Emperor Cheng'an, they have to move back.
After a few days of turmoil, they finally returned to their places.
Because the crown prince has not yet ascended the throne, all the female relatives of the East Palace still live in the East Palace.
On the day of the day, the sun rose before dawn.
In the absence of the crown prince, before the enthronement ceremony, one had to burn incense and fast for three days, or even fifteen days according to the rules, but it was urgent and could only be brief. …
It stands to reason that there is nothing wrong, but she is inexplicably excited, so she got up early and waited to hear the movement outside.
Just as the first tinge of whiteness appeared in the east, there was the faint sound of bells and drums beeping.
This movement was so powerful that it resounded throughout the Forbidden City and even the entire inner city, and even the outer city could be vaguely heard, making people know that this was the new emperor's accession to the throne.
The East Palace can hear it, and the Qianqing Palace can naturally hear it too.
Empress Fu stood in front of the dragon couch, dressed in the standard empress costume. Emperor Cheng'an was also awakened from his sleep. He tried his best to distinguish, and after he understood what was going on, he began to struggle.
It seemed like he wanted to stop it, he seemed to want to oppose it, but it was all to no avail. Apart from yelling, he couldn't control the saliva dripping from the corner of his mouth.
It's extremely disrespectful, extremely ugly, and people can't help but sigh that even if they were born as 95-year-olds, they are so powerless in the face of serious diseases.
Empress Fu also sighed, she picked up a bright yellow handkerchief, and wiped the corners of Emperor Cheng'an's mouth.
"Look at you, why is it like this now. I forgot to tell you, today is a good day for Cong'er to ascend the throne. Look at this movement, I'm afraid the whole capital can hear it."
"As for you, you have become ill like this, and you will be your supreme emperor in the future. I know that you feel sorry for Concubine Zhou Xian who lost her son, and you like Concubine Gao's delicacy and arrogance. Don't worry, I will let them stay with you. Wait for Cong'er's enthronement As soon as the matter is over, I will let him decree that Concubine Gao Gui and Concubine Zhou Xian will be named Concubine Gao Gui and Concubine Zhou Xian, and let them stay by your side forever."
"Are you happy?"
"I know you must be happy."
"Bengong is also very happy, because Bengong and his son can finally get rid of you."