Chapter 108: Thirteen Women
After the little emperor left, someone from the palace stepped forward to help Chun Tao up and asked her a little worriedly.
Chun Tao shook her head and motioned for them to get busy, and then said to herself, "It's really old, I haven't knelt for a long time, and I almost can't stand up after kneeling for a while." ”
Wang Zhaojun next to him looked worried, and said, "Auntie, what should I do next?" ”
"What to do?"
Wang Zhaojun was anxious, "The emperor gave me time in the next two months, and in the next ......"
Before he finished speaking, he was stopped by Chun Tao, "Lord Wang still thinks about what to say and what not to say, and some words will kill people if they say it." ”
The threat in these words was too obvious, Wang Zhaojun was angry, but he didn't dare to say a word more.
This looks like just an old palace maid, in fact, she is not only the personal maid of the Empress Dowager, but also the nurse of the former emperor, who dares to despise her?
Even if the little emperor doesn't give her face and dares to let her kneel, how dare others?
"Yes, yes, my aunt is right, I know below." Wang Zhaojun hurriedly made amends, and bent down to follow behind Chun Tao.
The two entered the dormitory together, and at that time, the Empress Dowager, who was already terminally ill, had already sat up, leaning on the back of the carved bed, her eyes were slightly cold, as if she was thinking about something.
Chun Tao hurriedly stepped forward to wait, "Niangniang, why are you up?" ”
When the Empress Dowager heard this, she turned her head and looked at Wang Zhaojun over Chun Tao, and said, "If the mourning family doesn't get up again, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for the imperial doctor to go to the emperor's side to make a business, right?" ”
Although her voice was still weak, her overall spirit was still good, especially the eyes that pierced Wang Zhaojun's mind like two sharp blades, so that he didn't even have the courage to look at each other.
Lying directly on the ground, he said honestly: "Niangniang forgives the sin, the old minister doesn't dare." ”
His voice was trembling, in the past two years, everything in the harem has been in the hands of the Queen Mother, she seems to care about nothing and delegate power to the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother is not a nosy person, and she handles things in a decent manner, and she doesn't like to offend people very much.
The Queen Mother of the West is even worse, and she doesn't even have a name to complete.
So some people didn't take these masters in their eyes, or the empress dowager quietly disposed of a few people, and then gradually erected her majesty, so that no one in the harem dared to fool her.
The imperial doctor ordered Wang Zhaojun to naturally not dare.
"Don't dare?" The Empress Dowager took the tea bowl and fell straight over.
Wang Zhaojun's forehead was hit, and a green bag was instantly raised, and then blood flowed out, but he just snorted, and he didn't even dare to cover it.
"Mourning family, you dare to see it." The more the Empress Dowager spoke, the more excited she became.
Chun Tao next to her hurriedly helped her to calm down and comforted: "Don't be angry, Doctor Wang didn't mean that, he was just forced by the emperor and was a little scared." ”
"What's there to be afraid of? He is the emperor, the mourning family or the empress dowager, even the first emperor is respectful to the mourning family, and has been looking for many years, and now the son of the mourning family has just gone, and the mourning family is going to see the face of this little emperor to live? ”
The Empress Dowager's voice was very loud, Wang Zhaojun was so frightened that he didn't dare to answer at all, at this moment he regretted it very much, why did he come to Cihui Palace first that day.
Which tendon was twitched to get this thing done?
But he didn't dare to say anything at the moment, so he had to lie there obediently, waiting for this ancestor to be in a better mood and let him go.
He had already thought about it, and when he returned to the Tai Hospital, he would resign after arranging things there.
This palace can't stay.
But the Empress Dowager seemed to know what he was thinking, and pointed at him again, "Doctor Wang, how are you going to deal with this matter?" ”
Wang Zhaojun was speechless, what could he do?
One is the Empress Dowager, the most honorable woman in the Celestial Empire, and the other is the most powerful man in the Celestial Empire today, what can he do?
Whoever he chooses, I'm afraid he won't be able to escape a dead word.
"Niang Niang asked you something!" Seeing that he was silent for a while, Chun Tao reminded him loudly.
"Yes, the old minister is at the mercy of the Empress Dowager's arrangement." The blood on his forehead was still dripping, Wang Zhaojun was a little helpless, why didn't the blood finish yet, if only he could faint at this moment.
The subordinates of Cihui Palace have long learned to watch the development of the situation and act, so there is no one inside, and everyone retreats to the outside of the hall and silently does their own thing.
After leaving Cihui Palace, Wang Zhaojun's whole person seemed to age ten years in an instant, and he staggered out of the palace, thinking about his own way out, but in the end, there was only a sigh left.
When he arrived at the gate of the palace, someone suddenly called out to him behind him, and he turned his head to see that it was a little eunuch.
"What did my father-in-law call me?"
This little eunuch is very raw, Wang Zhaojun has been in the hospital for a long time, but he has never seen him at all.
Then he looked him up and down, a little hesitant.
The little eunuch ran out of breath, and finally breathed evenly, and then he spoke: "I said Imperial Doctor, what are you doing running so fast?" There's a dog chasing after you? ”
Wang Zhaojun: "......" did he say which one?
"There is an urgent matter at the official's house, and he has sued for leave." And no matter which palace this eunuch is, Wang Zhaojun doesn't want to offend.
"The miscellaneous family knows, but no matter how big you are today, please stay!"
After the little eunuch finished speaking, he changed his tone again and said, "The chief steward is invited." ”
Pu, Pu Gong?
Wang Zhaojun only heard this name, as if he heard that the emperor wanted to see him.
Immediately, my legs and stomachs began to turn tendons, and some of them couldn't walk.
"Imperial Physician?"
The little eunuch saw that he didn't move for a long time, so he immediately called him again.
"Dare to ask this father-in-law, do you know what is important for the prince to call this official?" Wang Zhaojun really didn't want to go, and always felt that he might not be able to come back if he went.
"This, the miscellaneous family doesn't know, the chief manager instructed, the miscellaneous family just needs to do it, the imperial doctor please!"
The little eunuch was a little unhappy when he saw him grinding and chirping, the chief steward Pu Gonggong was an old man beside the first emperor, and he had been with the emperor since he was in the palace.
These people were also cultivated at that time, and they received a lot of guidance and favor from Dan Gong, and they respected him very much.
Now seeing that this Imperial Physician Ling was unwilling to see the Chief Administrator, his tone was not very good immediately.
"No matter how late it is, the chief steward has to wait for the emperor, and none of us can afford to delay the hour."
These words came out, what else could Wang Zhaojun say, looking back, he saw that there was freedom outside the palace, although it was only temporary, but he really didn't want to face any of the masters in the palace at this moment.
Pu Gonggong met Wang Zhaojun in the small pavilion outside the imperial study.
"There is a doctor of King Lao, the miscellaneous family has been unwell recently, I want to find you to come over and take a look, didn't delay you?"
As soon as the dangong met, he stepped forward cordially, and the smiles on his face were piled up, which made people feel very kind when they saw it.
When Wang Zhaojun heard him say this, he exhaled in his heart, "Where, my father-in-law waits for the emperor all day long, works hard and makes great achievements, and it is an honor to be able to take care of my father-in-law's body." ”
In front of the little eunuch, Wang Zhaojun could still claim to be his own official, but in front of Duke Pu, he didn't dare to hold it up at all.
The two exchanged a few words, Wang Zhaojun asked for a pulse for Duke Pu, it was not a big deal, it was just some small problems, and he wrote a prescription to let people go to the Tai Hospital to get medicine, and Wang Zhaojun was ready to leave.
"It's too good and slow."
"What's the matter with my father-in-law?" Wang Zhaojun couldn't wait to turn into a butterfly and fly away, how could he slow down.
"It's not a big deal." Pu Gonggong got up and said, "I heard that the granddaughter of the imperial physician will be twelve years old after the New Year, and the emperor should also draft next year." ”
After saying this, Pu Gonggong left on his own.
It's not okay to stay in Wang Zhaojun and go, it's not okay not to go, my thoughts are surging, chaotic, and I don't know what to do?
He didn't know what the reason for this incident was specifically told to him, but it was not only because he had taken care of the illness for Pu Gonggong.
Could it be the emperor's order?
The emperor intends to let his granddaughter enter the palace?
Not to mention that the scales in Wang Zhaojun's heart have changed, and what kind of actions will he make in the future.
said that the prince returned to the imperial study and told the emperor about the matter, and at the end he cautiously asked, "Your Majesty, do you really want to draft next year?" ”
According to the ancestral system, no matter how old the emperor is, as long as he ascends the throne, the throne cannot be vacant, but the matter of the little emperor, first, he is really young, and second, he went out to visit not long after he ascended the throne, leaving no time for others at all.
What's more, the regent, the lover of war, can't think of this layer at all, I'm afraid that only Lord Zuo has that thought, but he doesn't dare to mention it.
After all, the current Celestial Empire is in ruins, and stabilizing the national situation is the key.
But I can't stop other people from thinking this way.
The little emperor chuckled, "Can I say no?" ”
"Those old immortals have nothing to do all day long." Dangong scolded and persuaded: "But according to the ancestral system, you should also be drafted." ”
There is not a single woman in the emperor's harem, not to mention the coldness, the eunuchs and guards are all idle.
The most important thing is that Pu Gonggong feels that if the emperor has other women, he will no longer worry about the queen mother.
After all, the identities of the two are really embarrassing.
"Ancestry?"
"Ahh Dan Gong nodded.
"Then according to the ancestral system, how many concubines and beauties do I need to accept?"
Duke Pu thought that the little emperor was interested, but he enthusiastically introduced, "If you go back to the emperor, according to the previous dynasty, you must at least set up one queen, seal the four concubines, accept eight beauties, and the rest can be as you like." ”
"Well, thirteen women."
Pu Gonggong doesn't know what the little emperor means, is he satisfied or dissatisfied?
So he opened his mouth and asked: "Now that only the Empress Dowager can be in charge of the palace, can this matter be handled by her?" ”
Pu Gonggong asked very helplessly, everything in the palace is the queen's business, and no matter how bad it is, there are concubines, so why should the queen mother come forward.
Their little emperor ran out as soon as he ascended the throne, and he ran for more than half a year, thinking that if someone didn't covet this throne, maybe he wouldn't come back!
I'm afraid I'm used to being wild outside.
"I have already told the Empress Dowager in person."
"Huh?" At this speed, how come he, a personal eunuch, doesn't know, when will you meet with the Empress Dowager?