Chapter 41: The First Ring of the Desperate Scheme

Xu Boyi and Uncle Li looked at each other, knowing that Uncle Li had already succeeded, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed. He turned around and walked excitedly towards the Xinuan Pavilion on the right, and as soon as he pushed open the door of Sanjiao Liulinghua, he happened to see a high-ranking eunuch coming over.

Xu Boyi only felt that this person looked a little familiar, but he couldn't name it, but he was clever and didn't want to think about it, so he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the big eunuch: "The little one greets my father-in-law for the New Year, and I wish my father-in-law an auspicious New Year!" ”

As soon as the big eunuch saw his robe, he knew that this was a miscellaneous eunuch, so he smiled and took out a string of big money from his sleeve and threw it in front of him, saying, "Get up, the emperor is watching the fire, you are a little clever, but don't make a leak." ”

Xu Boyi hurriedly picked up the money, kowtowed to the big eunuch again, and when he got up, he was relieved to see that the big eunuch had already walked away.

When the New Year is celebrated in the palace, of course, the little eunuch also has to pay New Year's greetings to the big eunuch, if it is a eunuch with a function, such as the eunuch who is responsible for purchasing in the inner kitchen, the big eunuch does not give red envelopes, on the contrary, he has to prepare an extremely rich New Year's gift for the big eunuch, otherwise the big eunuch is unhappy, and this fat difference may not belong to him next year.

But ordinary little eunuchs have nothing but a pitiful monthly money, so when they greet the big eunuch for the New Year, the big eunuch has to give a red envelope more or less, which is a bit humane.

In front of the gate of the Qianqing Palace is one; There is a large terrace, on both sides of which there is a huge stone turtle and crane, taking the meaning of turtle and crane to prolong life, symbolizing the inheritance of the country and the mountain from generation to generation. However, the head of the turtle is a dragon's head, because this stone turtle is not an ordinary turtle, but the "tyrant" of the nine sons of the dragon.

At the same time, there is a stone platform on both sides of the terrace, and there is a gilded copper pavilion on the stone platform, which is called "Jiangshan Sheji Pavilion", and the people in the palace call it the golden pavilion. It symbolizes that the country and society are in the hands of the emperor.

Among the dignitaries and nobles summoned by the emperor to the palace to watch the fireworks, Ye Xiaotian was the lowest in terms of grade, so he stood on the outermost side, and there was a golden pavilion on the left hand side. Ye Xiaotian leaned on the edge of the golden pavilion and waited to watch the fireworks.

There are already dozens of flower trees in front of the main hall, and all kinds of flower cannons are tied to the branches of the flower trees. When fireworks are in full bloom, people who watch the fireworks can secretly make a wish.

At the same time, there is a god case in front of dozens of flower trees, and there is a "god pig" on the god case, which is selected by the palace three years in advance. Once selected as the god pig, the Siyuan Bureau will send a special person to raise the god pig, with all concentrate feed, and when it is time to slaughter, the god pig is raised to its fat, belly mopping the ground, at least seven or eight hundred catties.

At this time, the sacred pig used to repay the vows has been slaughtered, and the hair has been removed and offered to the gods. But I saw that the pig's mouth was wide open, with a large hydrangea in its mouth, red silk tied on its four feet, and a knife stuck in its back. It looks mighty.

Ye Xiaotian looked at it curiously, and saw a big eunuch walking up to Emperor Wanli, whispering a few words, then turning around and waving his hand. Dozens of little eunuchs ran over with incense sticks, and everyone watched with their breath, and saw that the little eunuchs had lit gunpowder twists. Turn around and run.

The gunpowder twist was quite long, dragged from the ground to the flower trees, and the line of fire burned "snorting", and suddenly the eyes of the people watching the fireworks lit up, and the fireworks of thousands of trees in the originally dark open space were in full bloom, crackling and bursting into the sky.

These royal fireworks are in the shape of humans, flowers, and animals, with brilliant colors and different images, and the sparks crackle, pop out from all directions, and explode in mid-air.

Ye Xiaotian looked up at the night sky, Rao was not much interested in fireworks, and when he saw such a beautiful picture, he couldn't help but be shocked: "This is really fucking enjoyable, when I marry Yingying and Ning'er, I will also set off fireworks, and I must be more willing to spend money than this stingy emperor......"

Ye Xiaotian was looking up at the fireworks, secretly thinking about it, and suddenly felt a commotion next to him, Ye Xiaotian turned his head to look, and saw that the officials no longer looked at the fireworks, but ran towards the position in the middle of the Danqi, where the emperor should have been standing, but the emperor was gone.

Ye Xiaotian was greatly surprised, and hurriedly ran there, all the officials and relatives did not distinguish between high and low, expensive and cheap, they were all crowding into the crowd, Ye Xiaotian was not lazy when he saw this, and rushed in without thinking about it. He is in a hurry, although it is almost a sure thing to be crowned as a toast now, but the emperor has not yet decreed, what if the emperor dies young and burps to Liang, what should he do?

Ye Xiaotian was wearing the best robes of sea dragon silver needles, and most of those officials were wearing silk clothes, and the leather robes and silk rubbed against each other, crackling and straight static electricity, so that those dignitaries and nobles dodged one after another, and were squeezed in by Ye Xiaotian.

Ye Xiaotian rushed inside to take a look, and saw that Emperor Wanli's eyes were closed, his face was pale, and he was being held on his lap by his companion eunuch, shouting in a panic with a crying voice: "Emperor! Emperor! Wake up, don't scare the slaves! ”

Ye Xiaotian swallowed his saliva and asked nervously, "What's wrong with the emperor?" ”

A white-bearded old man next to him replied: "I don't know, the emperor was looking up at the fireworks, and suddenly the sky was spinning, and he fainted. ”

The old man turned his head as he spoke, and when he met Ye Xiaotian's eyes, the two of them were stunned at the same time. It turned out that this old man was the old Hanlin who was fainted by him last time. Many civil officials said that they were sick and did not come today, but this old Hanlin was too old and had no development in his career, and he was only keen on fame, so he still came.

When the old man saw that it was Ye Xiaotian asking, he immediately snorted coldly and turned his head. Ye Xiaotian pursed his lips, turned his head away, his body moved, and the friction was electrified, and Lao Hanlin made an "ouch" as if he had been stung by a bee, Ye Xiaotian's hands were caged in the fur, but he was fine.

"Quick! Call the Imperial Doctor! ”

A big eunuch shouted in a panic, and at the same time ordered all the officials to get out of the way, so that the little eunuchs could come in and carry the emperor, Ye Xiaotian looked up, and saw a familiar face flashing slightly among the emperor's relatives who were out of the way to the left and right.

Ye Xiaotian was stunned for a moment: "Li Xuancheng? ”

Because Li Xuancheng has been deliberately avoiding him, Ye Xiaotian is not familiar with the senior officials in Beijing, and he can't recognize who is who after seeing it, so he has not seriously looked at the senior officials who are sitting on the top to accompany the king, and he didn't see Uncle Li until this moment.

Seeing Uncle Li Guo's evasive appearance, Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but have a strange feeling in his heart. However, the scene was chaotic, and the little eunuchs rushed in to carry the emperor again, Ye Xiaotian was squeezed out of the way by the others, and he only cared about his feet for a while, so as not to step on the air, so he didn't think much about it.

The emperor suddenly had a strange illness, and the fireworks naturally couldn't be watched, and the ministers stood in front of the Qianqing Palace in a daze waiting for the emperor's news, Ye Xiaotian was wearing a good leather robe, and the effect of keeping out the cold was excellent. Standing in the cold wind, he was not afraid, and the other officials were not as good as his robes to keep out the cold, and most of them were older than him, not as strong as his body, and after a while, they were shivering from the cold, so they had to stomp their feet to keep warm.

Everyone waited for a long time before a big eunuch hurriedly came, saying that His Majesty had woken up, and he was just annoyed in his chest before. He fainted, but now there is no major problem, which reassures the officials. Immediately, a little eunuch was arranged to lead everyone out of the palace.

Whether the emperor is safe or not, whether he has woken up. Everyone didn't have a score in their hearts, but they had already said so, so they had to leave the palace first.

Ye Xiaotian went out of the palace gate, got into his car, and rushed back to the inn. washed and burned his feet on the couch, and Doni, who had been warmed by the quilt, gently hugged him and warmed his body. asked softly: "Brother Xiaotian, are the fireworks in the palace beautiful?" ”

Ye Xiaotian stroked her round buttocks, sighed in response, and said, "I hope the emperor is safe and sound, otherwise our trip to the capital will not be so smooth." ”

The emperor fainted suddenly, and his safety was related to whether Ye Xiaotian's trip to the capital was smooth, Ye Xiaotian was naturally very concerned about this, and asked Li Qiuchi to go out to inquire about the news early the next morning, but Li Qiuchi went out for a morning and didn't hear any news.

The common people only know that yesterday the emperor and the hundred officials enjoyed the big fireworks in the Qianqing Palace last night, and the monarchs and ministers enjoyed together, which was extremely harmonious, unless they knew nothing. The royal family has never been willing to let the people know too many things, and through the rendering of the people, a small thing will often be spread by them.

And the officials will not talk about this matter either, "if the king is not secret, he will lose his country, and if the minister is not secret, he will lose his body", which has always been their motto. Although one of the best weapons of civil officials is to use public opinion, public opinion in their eyes does not include rumors in the market, but comes from the voice of the scholars.

Therefore, some officials have begun to write chapters, and some interpret the emperor's sudden fainting as a traitor in the court, and the heavens warn, which is clearly pointing at Ye Xiaotian, but this kind of cautious and far-sighted borrowing is really not elegant, and only the old Hanlin who was fainted by Ye Xiaotian can think of it, no wonder he entered the Hanlin Academy very early, but he has not made much progress in his life, and the pattern in his chest is really not big.

More officials are taking advantage of this matter to play on the topic, asking the Son of Heaven to respect the ancestors and set up the prince as soon as possible to determine the national capital, which is about to talk about the dispute over the national capital, because the mother of the emperor's eldest son is born in Gong'e, Wanli has never liked it, and after the concubine Zheng has a son, Wanli wants to make him the crown prince.

But the son of the concubine is the third son of the emperor, neither the grandson nor the elder, so it was strongly opposed by the hundred officials who adhered to the tradition, the hundred officials and the emperor called the board, both sides have their own opinions, this "national capital" dispute began in the tenth year of Wanli, intermittently, wartime and peace, has continued until now is still inconclusive.

Now that the emperor fainted mysteriously on the day of the "Breaking Five Festivals", it provided a good reason for these officials who adhered to orthodoxy, and some officials brought up the old matter again, intending to restart the "war of the country". However, at present, the emperor has not yet gone to the court, and they can only write a good book, and they can only read it and sign it jointly, and they cannot be handed it to the palace for the time being.

Ye Xiaotian heard that Li Qiuchi reported that there was no news, and he couldn't help but lose his mind. He was one of the parties last night, and naturally knew that watching the fireworks last night was by no means as harmonious and joyful as the outside world legend, but he really didn't have any connections in Beijing, who could he ask for?

After thinking about it, there are only two people who can inquire, one of them is Lin Shilang, but what is Lin Shilang's identity, he is already a member of the core power circle of the empire, and he just went to see him to inquire about the emperor's physical condition? It's too big and too big, no matter how bad he is, he can't use his relationship like this.

The other person is Tao Xixi, the host and guest of the Ministry of Rites, and the director of the Qing Officials Division. Although Director Tao is not an important minister of the imperial court, he is a Beijing official, and he has his own sources, and the news in the palace may not be able to hide from him, Ye Xiaotian and this Director Tao got along quite well when they were studying etiquette in the Ministry of Rites, and they also feasted each other twice after that. Thinking of this, Ye Xiaotian immediately ordered someone to prepare a car and went to Director Tao to inquire about the news.

At this time, the palace of the concubine was heavily guarded, with one post in five steps and one post in ten steps, even if the eunuchs and palace ladies entered and exited, they had to be strictly checked and registered one by one. Shoufu Shen Shixing and Empress Dowager Li sat in the hall, with a melancholy look on their faces, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

In fact, since he was sent back to the harem last night, Emperor Wanli has not woken up, and the imperial doctor is extremely cautious in treating the emperor, and he does not dare to draw conclusions.

At this time, Uncle Li Xuancheng hurriedly walked into the palace and said to Empress Dowager Li: "Sister, how is the situation of the emperor?" ”

Shen Shixing's brows furrowed slightly, and when Empress Dowager Li saw this, she explained: "The mourning family understands that the matter is important, and it is not publicized. It's just that Xuancheng has learned the Tao since he was a child, and he is slightly good at the small law in the side door, and the mourning family is also a doctor who is in a hurry, thinking that the imperial doctor is helpless, and Xuancheng is an uncle of the country, not an outsider, so I want him to try. ”

Shen Shixing said with relief: "What the Queen Mother said is also reasonable, then please ask Uncle Guo to take a look at it for Your Majesty!" ”

The Queen Mother greeted Li Xuancheng and said, "Third brother, the emperor has not woken up since returning to the palace yesterday, and the imperial doctor is helpless. The emperor is too sick, my sister remembers that you have learned the Tao since you were a child, and you are proficient in some thaumaturgy, maybe there will be a way, so let you take a look. ”

Li Xuancheng said in surprise: "Isn't the emperor awake yet?" Sister, take me there! ”

Empress Dowager Li led Li Xuancheng into the palace, Concubine Niangniang was sitting on the edge of the couch secretly weeping, when she saw the Queen Mother and Uncle Guo coming in, she quickly wiped her tears and got up to greet her, and the Queen Mother didn't have time to be polite to her, so she only said to Li Xuancheng: "Third brother, take a look, what's wrong with the emperor." ”

Li Xuancheng nodded to Concubine Shuniang, rushed over and sat down in front of the couch, pretending to look at it, and then took Wanli's wrist, pretending to be a pulse.

The Queen Mother and Concubine Shu looked at him with earnest faces, and saw that Li Xuan had become the emperor and cut the pulse, and then bent his fingers to calculate, and suddenly said with a surprised and angry face: "Queen Mother, Concubine Shuniang, the emperor is not sick, nor is it poisoned, this is a nightmare magic magic trick!" ”

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(To be continued......) R1292