Late at night.

The housekeeper kept knocking on the door outside the room, "My lord, my lord." ”

Wu Fu was woken up by the concubine, "My lord, the housekeeper is calling you." Wu Fu shook his head, feeling a headache, it was already April, but the weather was still warm and cold, he stayed in the study until midnight last night, but now he woke up and felt a headache.

"What's wrong?" He shouted in a nasal voice.

"My lord, someone from the palace said that His Majesty announced that you would meet you immediately."

Wu Fu was suddenly startled, and hurriedly sat up, the quilt slipped down, the cold wind blew, and he couldn't help sneezing. He didn't care about wearing clothes, so he ran barefoot to open the door, and the concubine behind him hurriedly covered her body with the quilt.

"What time is it?"

"It's three o'clock in the middle of the night!"

At this time, the palace came to summon, what important things happened, and the emperor couldn't wait for dawn? "Where's someone from the palace?"

"Waiting in the living room."

"Let him wait for me, and I'll get dressed and come." Wu Fu shook his heavy head, returned to the house, and said to the concubine, "Quickly dress me." ”

The concubine reluctantly got up, changed him into an official robe, and combed his hair for him. After putting on his socks and hurriedly putting on his boots, he pulled over a large coat and went out of the room.

In the living room, a eunuch had been waiting for a long time.

When Wu Fu saw it, he was shocked, and the person who came was actually Wang Chengen, the first eunuch in the palace.

"Princess, why are you here?"

"It's too late to say more, Shousuke will follow me into the palace and talk about it on the way in detail."

The streets of the capital in the middle of the night were silent, dark and faint, and there was not even a trace of moonlight. There were lanterns hanging on the carriage, and the coachman was in a hurry.

"Princess, what happened?"

On the streets of the inner city, the patrol officers of the Five Cities Terracotta Division were passing by with lanterns, and their carriage was stopped. The coachman showed the sign of the palace, and after the patrolman saw it, he registered, but still lifted the curtain of the carriage and took the lantern and shone it in front of the two.

"Please show your ID card!"

After the adjustment of the Terracotta Division of the Five Cities, the management of public security in the capital was stricter, and all the household registrations of the Beijing Division were registered by census, and all the people had their household registration books issued at home, and everyone who had reached the age of 16 had also obtained an identity card.

Each person's ID card is similar to a soldier's waist badge, with a name, gender, age, physiognomy, characteristics, and home address.

Usually go out. It is required to carry an identification tag on hand in case it is checked at any time.

Especially in the middle of the night, the patrol officer must check when he encounters pedestrians.

Wang Chengen took out his palace waist card, "I am Wang Chengen, this is Mr. Shoufu Wu, our family is ordered to invite Shoufu to enter the palace to face the saint." ”

Although the names were reported, the patrol captain still checked the waist cards of the two very carefully before letting them go.

Along the way, their carriage was stopped by six patrols for inspection.

Finally. The carriage entered the palace.

The Forbidden City was guarded by palace guards who were guarding the pro-army, and there were also guards accompanying the pro-army guards.

As soon as he entered the Forbidden City, Wu Fu found that tonight was unusual. Under normal circumstances, the palace doors are locked after dark. Forbidden inside and out. But now, the emperor announced his entry into the palace in the middle of the night, and the palace was brightly lit. There were teams of guards everywhere.

Something big must have happened, and a chill hit my heart.

On the road just now, Wang Chengen didn't say anything to him. It is only said that His Majesty has returned from hunting in Xishan, and now there is an urgent matter to announce his appearance.

"Niangniang, Mr. Wu is here." Wang Chengen shouted.

In the Qianqing Palace, a voice came out, "Please come in, old gentleman." ”

Wu Fu heard that this was not the emperor's voice, but the voice of the Empress Dowager Zhou. He couldn't help but wonder even more, why the emperor announced his entry into the palace in the middle of the night, but now it turned out that the queen mother was here.

Entering the hall, Wu Fu found that there were already many people in the hall.

Empress Dowager Zhou, Empress Dowager Zhang, and two other princes, as well as a number of eunuchs, and several generals who guarded the pro-army.

Wu Fu turned his eyes around and found out where the emperor was.

The young emperor was lying on the dragon bed, and several imperial doctors stood on the side. Empress Dowager Zhou sat on the edge of the bed, holding one of the emperor's hands.

The emperor's face was pale, especially with his eyes closed, his legs stretched out of the quilt, and his boots on. Wu Fu saw carefully that the soles of his boots were still stained with mud, and even had a dark red color.

There were several basins beside the bed, some of which contained hot water, and one of which contained a garment.

The garment was covered with dark red stains and smelled of blood.

"Queen Mother." Wu Fu was a little confused about the situation, what was going on.

Getting closer, Wu Fu found that the young Empress Dowager Zhou had just cried, her eyes were red and swollen, and she was especially tear-stained at this time.

"Your Majesty, this is?"

"Your Majesty blew up when he was manipulating the artillery." Imperial Doctor Wang of Tai Hospital had already left his post to enjoy his old age at home, but he was still urgently invited over tonight. He wore a pair of white gloves on his hands, which were covered in blood.

"Didn't Your Majesty go hunting in Xishan, how could you manipulate artillery?"

"In fact, His Majesty took the dragoon company to the West Mountain to practice operations, and later exercised infantry and cavalry artillery to fight together, Your Majesty wanted to personally control a mountain grenade, I don't know which step went wrong, the shell exploded, and Your Majesty was injured." One of the guard officers said with his head bowed.

"What are you all doing, your Majesty's guards and pro-army, you should protect Your Majesty, what did you do?" Wu Fu shouted angrily. "Why is no one stopping Your Majesty, why is no one admonishing Your Majesty?"

The officers of the guard all bowed their heads, and when the emperor suddenly wanted to manipulate the mountain grenade himself, they all persuaded them, but he ordered them to retreat with the authority of the emperor, what could they do.

It's just that no one thought that the artillery, which had always been reliable, turned out to be blown up. In fact, this is not the first time that the Emperor has manipulated the Mountain Pomegranate, and even the more complex Emperor Changganon has successfully manipulated it many times. Even the emperor shot on horseback many times, as well as threw palm mines.

The Emperor has done more dangerous things, but not a single one has happened. As a result, this time the manipulation of this mountain grenade suddenly had an accident.

Wu Fu didn't have the time to hold these guards accountable at this time, and he turned his head to look at Imperial Doctor Wang.

"How's it going?"

Imperial Doctor Wang and Wu Fu walked to the side and said softly, "The situation is not good. ”

Although the imperial doctor Wang has rich experience, many of the imperial doctors in the Tai Hospital are his disciples and grandchildren. But the emperor was too badly injured. It was a shrapnel that exploded into the Emperor's body, several of which went straight into his chest.

Imperial Doctor Wang took his best disciples to operate for a long time, took out all the iron bullets, and finally stitched up all the wounds.

However, the emperor lost too much blood and injured his internal organs.

Until now, the emperor has been in a coma, and he has not woken up until now. With the experience of the imperial physician, it is unlikely that the emperor will wake up. The chance of waking up is less than 1 in 1,000. And the emperor was not only injured in the chest, but also injured his legs, even if he could barely wake up, the emperor's two legs would definitely not be saved.

Wu Fu was horrified when he heard that there was a 1 in 1,000 chance of waking up. The emperor is only thirteen, and it has only been half a year since he succeeded to the throne.

He walked back to the edge of the dragon bed, looked at the unconscious emperor, and sighed in his heart. It's really ignorant and fearless, but it ended up like this.

The Queen Mother held the emperor's hand and kept crying softly.

"Queen Mother." Wu Fu called.

"Your Majesty will definitely wake up, and it will be fine." Empress Dowager Zhou sobbed softly, refusing to let go of the emperor's hand at all.

Wu Fu stepped aside. Find Wang Chengen.

"Have you sent someone to inform the king?" Wu Fu asked.

"I was about to send someone to Tongzhou Xuanjun Wang to return to Beijing." Wang Chengen replied.

Wu Fu thought for a moment, "Princess, the county king is now presiding over the overall situation of the imperial captives in Tongzhou, if you rush to recall the county king at this time." I'm afraid that the front-line army will be unstable. In my opinion, it is better not to inform the king of the county for the time being, and we will wait for His Majesty to wake up before making a decision. How is it? ”

"I'm afraid that's not right, right?" Wang Chengen hesitated.

Wu Fu's eyes glared, "I'm not discussing with you, the king of the county is out of Beijing, and now only the old man in the capital is the minister who cares about his life, and now His Majesty is unconscious, my words are the words of the Son of Heaven." ”

"Yes, we understand." Wang Chengen nodded.

"Next, immediately invite all the elders, as well as the six departments and nine kings to enter the palace to see you."

As she was talking, the Queen Mother over there exclaimed, "Your Majesty is awake, Your Majesty is awake, Imperial Doctor Wang, look, Your Majesty is awake." ”

Imperial Physician Wang hurriedly went over and reached out to check the pulse in the emperor's hand.

"Imperial Physician Wang, how is it?"

"Niangniang, Your Majesty is returning to the light, what needs to be explained, while Your Majesty wakes up in a while, hurry up and ask." Doctor Wang is also straightforward. At this time, if you hide it again, it will be useless.

After a while, the emperor opened his eyes.

"Your Majesty." The Queen Mother cried and shouted.

Zhu Cihong's eyes blinked for a while before he regained his senses.

"The Queen Mother."

"Your Majesty, why are you going to do such a dangerous thing, you are leaving, how can you live alone if you leave your mother."

Zhu Cihong coughed a few times, "What about the imperial doctor, how is my health?" ”

The old imperial doctor Wang came over, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, you have injured your internal organs, which is very serious, please forgive the old minister's poor medical skills and inability to rejuvenate." ”

"Am I going to die?" Zhu Cihong muttered.

He was stunned, and then let out a long sigh.

"Wang Chengen!"

"The old slave is here!"

"Shousuke!"

Wu Fu also stepped forward and knelt down.

"The minister is here."

"Brother Huang."

"Brother Huang!"

Wang Chengen said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the county king is still presiding over the imperial military affairs in Tongzhou. ”

"Oh, I forgot."

Zhu Cihong paused and continued, "I'm going to see the emperor, listen, write down the edict for me. ”

"My edict, I don't bother to say all those nonsense here, you go back and add it yourself. I made an edict here, and after my death, the third brother of the emperor, Zhu Cijiong, succeeded to the throne. ”

"Zhu Ciye, the king of Liaodong County, was the king of Han and Zhenjiang, Liaodong. Here appoint the Han King Zhu Cihong as the minister of life, after my death, assist the new monarch to lead the state affairs, and after the third brother of the emperor becomes an adult, please ask the Han king to take the country of the domain, and Yongzhen Liaodong for the Ming Dynasty! ”

"Your Majesty, the king of Liaodong County is just your majesty's brother-in-law, not a descendant of Taizu, and it is against the ancestral system to seal the king of Han." Wu Fu heard that the emperor was going to crown Liu Jun as the prince when he was dying, and he couldn't help it anymore.

Zhu Cihong didn't pay attention to Wu Fu's objection at all, "Although I am young, I also know that the Ming Dynasty has been in turmoil in the hands of the first emperor, and it is difficult both internally and externally. The imperial brother has the grace of reinvention for the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately I have to take the first step and cannot see the day when the Ming Dynasty is prosperous, and I hope that the imperial brother can assist the imperial brother like me, and the Ming Dynasty is prosperous. ”

"Third brother!"

Empress Dowager Zhou pushed Zhu Cijiong, the king of Ding, to the emperor.

Dingwang Zhu Cijiong and Emperor Zhu Cihong are compatriots of the same mother, both of whom are descendants of the Empress Dowager of Zhou, and are the third son of Chongzhen. Just ten years old this year, Chongzhen gave birth to many sons, but only three sons survived, that is, the current emperor and his compatriots, King Ding, and Concubine Tian's Yongwang Zhu Cizhao.

Emperor Zhu Cihong has only been in business for half a year, and he has not yet come to get married, and he has no son. At this time, when he was dying, the most suitable person to succeed to the throne was naturally only the brother of his compatriot.

Zhu Cihong held the hand of King Ding, who was still a little ignorant, and shook it vigorously, "Third brother, my brother has to go first, I can't take care of you and my mother, you have to remember to take care of my mother for me in the future, and when you succeed to the throne, remember to listen to the words of the emperor's brother King Han." In this big future, we have to rely on the King of Han to help Fu Bi govern. I'm not a good emperor, you must remember, don't follow me. ”

Zhu Cijiong kept nodding at his brother, "I will definitely listen to the emperor's words." ”

Wu Fu was depressed when he listened to it, and he wanted to tell the emperor that he must not trust Liu Jun so easily. Liu Jun is not a descendant of the Zhu family at all, and if he trusts him so much, there will be no good results in turning back.

But in front of so many people, he couldn't say it at all.

Wu Fu watched the emperor's voice become smaller and quieter, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, is there only one person who is the king of Han as the new monarch's auxiliary minister?" ”

The emperor didn't seem to hear the words, he pointed his finger at Wang Chengen a few times, and spit out a few words in his mouth, "Take the national seal!" ”

Wang Chengen took the state seal and brought the edict that had just been drafted to the emperor.

The Emperor seemed to look at it, but it didn't seem to look at it at all, and then nodded, "Stamp." ”

When Wu Fu saw that Wang Chengen was going to seal it, he was anxious, and hurriedly leaned into the emperor's ear, "Your Majesty, is there only one auxiliary minister who is the king of Han?" ”

The emperor did not reply.

The imperial physician stepped forward and stretched out his hand to probe the emperor's pulse.

"Your Majesty is in a big deal!" The old royal physician announced the mourning in a deep and mournful tone.

"Your Majesty!" Emperor Zhou cried bitterly and threw himself on his son's body and wept.

Wu Fu stood there stunned, looking at the edict in Wang Chengen's hand that had been stamped with the national seal. There are only three things on this edict, first, the third brother of the emperor will make the king Zhu Cijiong the new emperor, second, Liu Jun will be the king of Han, and third, Liu Jun will be the minister of Gu Ming to assist the new emperor to lead state affairs, until the new emperor becomes an adult, and then go to the fief of Jinzhou in Liaodong to seal the country.

And then there was no more, there was no more, and the new emperor actually had only one auxiliary minister. He, the auxiliary minister of the Longwu Dynasty, the first assistant, was not appointed as the new emperor's minister. (To be continued.) )