Chapter 64: Fang Congzhe and Concubine Zheng
When Cui Wensheng heard this, his pupils widened, his eyes were terrified, and he hurriedly said: "This, I'm afraid this slave can't do it!" ”
When Concubine Zheng heard this, she snorted coldly and glared at Cui Wensheng angrily and said, "Cui Wensheng, how did you promise Concubine Ben just now?" Did you forget about it for a while? ”
Cui Wensheng hurriedly opened his mouth to explain: "This, I'm afraid this is ......"
Concubine Zheng directly interrupted Cui Wensheng's words and said, "Don't be afraid of this, afraid of that!" Aren't you afraid that Concubine Ben will go and explain to the emperor now that he is in poor health, and it is all your medicine! ”
Cui Wensheng was so frightened that beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead when he heard this, but he still said unwillingly: "But this is all ......"
Concubine Zheng snatched Cui Wensheng's words again and said, "What is it?" Do you want to say that it's all the concubine who asked you to do it! Hum! What evidence do you have to prove that this is what Concubine Ben told you to do? Do you guess the emperor will believe in this concubine or will he believe you? Hum! ”
When Cui Wensheng heard this, the beads of sweat on his forehead crackled downward, and in the end, Cui Wensheng, who had no way out, said unwillingly: "The mother slave knows that she is wrong!" The minion did everything according to the mother's orders! ”
A smile appeared on Concubine Zheng's face when she heard this, and she said, "That's good!" You can rest assured that after the matter is completed, the concubine will not treat you badly! You go down and get ready! ”
After Cui Wensheng left, Concubine Zheng looked at the cloudy sky outside and muttered: "Chang Xun, what your father didn't give you, your mother will give it to you, and your mother will definitely let you sit on the throne!" You must fight for the future! ”
Zhu Hao, who was tossing and turning in his palace, would never have thought that just a few minutes had completely reversed his father's life and death, and his CIA was unaware of it.
In the Qianqing Palace, because of the emperor's awakening, all the palace maids and chamberlains breathed a sigh of relief, the sadness on their faces gradually dissipated, and the eyebrows were full of joy, but in order not to disturb the emperor's rest, these people moved very lightly, so that there was still silence in the Qianqing Palace.
At ten o'clock in the middle of the night, Cui Wensheng, the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen, held a porcelain vase, walked gently in front of Zhu Changluo, and quietly woke up Zhu Changluo, who had just fallen asleep.
Zhu Changluo struggled to open his worried eyes, looked at Cui Wensheng who was kneeling under the dragon couch, and asked suspiciously: "Wensheng, wake me up so late, is there something big happening in the court?" ”
Cui Wensheng hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said with a little trepidation: "Your Majesty, the slave is the eunuch in charge of the imperial pharmacy, seeing that Your Majesty is ill, the slave empathizes, and the five are burned, after careful analysis by the slave, coupled with the slave's research on medical Taoism over the years, the slave has come to a conclusion about His Majesty's illness this time."
Your Majesty's illness this time is because of the hard work in state affairs, resulting in imbalance of qi and blood, the accumulation of toxins in the body can not be released, resulting in the blockage of the meridians and the disease, the slave to His Majesty to offer a medicine, called "Tongli Medicine", this medicine has a miraculous effect on detoxification, Your Majesty takes it, will be able to eliminate all the blockages in the body, and the dragon body will be restored in a few days! ”
Zhu Changluo listened to what Cui Wensheng said, and Zhu Changluo was less precautionary against the people around him, so he smiled and said to Cui Wensheng: "It's rare for you to have such filial piety, if this medicine really has the miraculous effect you said, I will definitely be rewarded!" As he spoke, he instructed the attendant who was keeping vigil beside him: "Someone will help me up, and I will try Wensheng's magic medicine now!" ”
With Zhu Changluo's orders, the vigil attendants were busy, Zhu Changluo took the "Tongli Medicine" offered by Cui Wensheng, and after a while, Zhu Changluo felt bloated, and hurriedly got up to congratulate, so frightened that the waiters also hurriedly drove away.
After a while, Zhu Changluo returned to the room, patted Cui Wensheng on the shoulder and said: "Wensheng, this medicine is really a miracle medicine, I feel that my body is a lot lighter, you have set up a ...... this time" Zhu Changluo did not finish speaking, and went to Gongfang again.
After a while, Zhu Changluo walked out of Gongfang again, and just about to say something, he rushed into Gongfang again, and so back and forth, there were more than 30 times back and forth this night!
It wasn't until the early morning of the next day that Zhu Changluo lay on the bed weakly, his face was pale and bloodless, his body looked empty, and he didn't even have the strength to speak.
Zhu Hao only got the news the next day, that is, on the 24th day of September in the first year of Taichang, Zhu Hao got the news for the first time out of anger, almost demolished his room, half an hour after getting the news, Zhu Hao frantically smashed a piece of utensils in his room, in order to vent the anger in his heart, scared Wei Xiaobao, who came to report the news, knelt on the ground and did not dare to move, half an hour later, Zhu Hao seemed to be tired, and finally stopped the movement in his hand, Then he looked at the cloudy sky and said hatefully: "This Cui Wensheng should be killed!" Those who killed their fathers deserve to die! This prince will not let go of any of them in the future! ”
Saying that, Zhu Hao took a deep breath, and said to Wei Xiaobao in a softened tone: "Xiaobao, you hurry back to the Qianqing Palace now to keep an eye on it, if your father has any more circumstances, report it as soon as possible!" At the same time, you help the prince pay attention to it, the first assistant of the cabinet is Congzhe and Li Kezhuo of Honglu Temple, if these two people enter the palace to see the driver, report to me as soon as possible, and delay them to see their father as much as possible! ”
Although Wei Xiaobao was curious about why his master arranged it this way, he still nodded honestly and took the order.
The reason why Zhu Hao ordered this is because it is clearly recorded in the history books that his father died of the red pill, and the person who offered the red pill was the first assistant of the cabinet, Fang Congzhe, and Li Kezhuo, the Honglu Temple Cheng who was introduced, Zhu Hao had to guard against this, his father's situation was no longer suitable for taking any medicine, and he could only recuperate and maybe there was a glimmer of life.
After Wei Xiaobao left, Zhu Hao paced back and forth in the room alone, trying to calm himself down, but unfortunately Zhu Hao tried his best and couldn't calm his heart, after all, this matter is related to the life and death of his father, how can he be calm.
In the Qianqing Palace, in a corner where no one was around, Cui Wensheng, the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen, knelt on the ground and cried to Concubine Zheng: "Niangniang, the slaves are all doing according to your orders, and now that Your Majesty is like this, the slaves must be in danger of their lives!" Please also ask the mother to save the minions! ”
Concubine Zheng looked at Cui Wensheng, who was kneeling on the ground, with disdain, and snorted coldly: "What are you panicking about? The medicine you offered is just 'rhubarb', it does have the effect of Tongli, no matter who asks, it can only be said that the emperor is not remedied, there is no problem with the medicine you don't offer, you put your heart in your stomach, everything is taken care of by the concubine, no one will do anything to you! Saying that, Concubine Zheng seemed to remember something, so she continued to instruct Cui Wensheng: "By the way, you find someone to leave the palace and quietly inform Fang Shoufu to meet Concubine Ben in the old place!" Don't let outsiders know! Do you understand? ”
When Cui Wensheng heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him: "Slave Xie Niangniang's blessing, slave will do it!" Please rest assured! With that, Cui Wensheng left.
Looking at Cui Wensheng's distant back, Concubine Zheng muttered: "I have no courage, I can't use it, for the sake of you serving Concubine Ben for many years, Concubine Ben will save your life, but Concubine Ben never wants to see you in this palace again!" Hum! ”
Cui Wensheng, who was in a hurry to go out of the palace to deliver a message for Concubine Zheng, never thought that Concubine Zheng had sentenced him to exile at this moment, if Cui Wensheng knew about this situation, I don't know if he was still willing to deliver a message for Concubine Zheng at this moment! Probably not!
On the afternoon of September 24 in the first year of Taichang, in the corner tower of the noon gate of the palace, a noble lady was talking to a man wearing a first-class court dress.
This pair of men and women is Zheng Guifei in the Wanli period, and now Concubine Zheng, and the head of the court with the power of the world, the two looked at each other for a long time, and finally it was Concubine Zheng who took the lead in speaking: "Congzhe, you must help me this time, as long as Chang Xun can successfully ascend the throne, I will let him hire you as the emperor!" ”
Fang Congzhe listened to Concubine Zheng's words, was silent for a long time, and muttered: "Congzhe...... It's been a long time since Niangniang called Weichen like that, Niangniang, you have gone too far this time, I'm afraid the minister won't be able to help you! ”
Concubine Zheng seemed to have expected that Fang Congzhe would reject her, so she reached out and took Fang Congzhe's hand and looked at Fang Congzhe affectionately: "Congzhe, have you forgotten our past?" If you don't help Yingying this time, Yingying will hate you for the rest of her life! ”
This soft voice brought Fang Congzhe into endless memories, that year at the gate of Zheng's mansion, a pair of young men and women said goodbye in the rain, and the man promised to the woman: "Yingying, you can rest assured that I will be able to pass the imperial examination this time, and when I am admitted, I will have the qualification to be an official, so that your father will not object to us being together, you can rest assured that my Congzhe swore to the sky that Zheng Ying would not marry in this life!" Yingying, you must wait for me! Saying that, the man slowly left with three steps and a look under the woman's beautiful smile.
A few months later, the imperial examination was released, and the man really entered high school, ranked second and was elected as a Shujishi, and was awarded the Hanlin Academy for editing, just when the man returned to his hometown, he heard that his beloved girl had entered the palace to serve the emperor and had been named Concubine De. The man kept shouting to the sky why, the disheartened man resigned and went home, and made up his mind not to step into the official career again, but fifteen years later, the woman suddenly found him and let him go out, in order to be able to see his own longing for Yingying, he did not hesitate at all and agreed to the woman, with the help of the woman in the harem, his career rose like a rocket, and in just a few years he became the head of the cabinet of the ruling and opposition parties, but this is not what he wants, all he asks for is Yingying.
This memory made Fang Congzhe unable to calm down for a long time, and the man in this memory was naturally Fang Congzhe himself, and the woman named Yingying was the concubine Zheng who was standing in front of him at this moment, no longer graceful, but extremely noble.