On February 10, the 16th year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, the south bank of the Taiye Pond in Xiyuan.

The snow was falling in the dark sky, and in a palace house in the leopard room, the waiter knelt in front of the couch, held the tray steadily, and said softly: "Emperor, it's time to take medicine." ”

Cao Zhengchun, who was waiting on the side, helped Zhu Houzhao up and asked him to lean on the couch, and then presented the medicine bowl.

Zhu Houzhao didn't take the medicine bowl, his face was gloomy, and he said, "How is Concubine Shu?" ”

A trace of uneasiness appeared in Cao Zhengchun's eyes, and he replied: "If you go back to the emperor, the concubine is still in a coma. ”

Hearing this, a touch of blood suddenly appeared on Zhu Houzhao's pale face, and he turned his hand and knocked down the medicine bowl, and the hot decoction was sprinkled on Cao Zhengchun and the kneeling attendant, and the skin of the two of them touching the decoction turned red instantly.

But the two of them did not cry out in pain, but quickly fell to the ground, as did the other people who served in the temple.

Now that he is seriously ill, such ups and downs are beyond the capacity of Zhu Houzhao's current body, and because of his anger, he is dizzy, so he has to support the couch with one hand, cover his mouth with the other, and cough heavily.

When he coughed, his internal organs were torn, and his brows furrowed in pain.

Everyone knelt silently, and for a while, there was only Zhu Houzhao's cough in the hall.

Cao Zhengchun knelt on the ground, hearing that the emperor was coughing uncomfortably, and his heart was anxious. He pressed his face against the spotless floor tiles, and said nervously: "Emperor, please calm your anger, don't hurt the dragon's body." ”

Zhu Houzhao leaned on the couch, endured the pain, and said in a suppressed voice: "Get up, cough, cough, these mediocre talents in the Tai Hospital, if they can't cure me, it's okay, if the concubine and the prince have three long and two short, I will want them to be buried together."

After getting the order, Cao Zhengchun hurriedly got up to smooth Zhu Houzhao, seeing his withered face, Cao Zhengchun felt sad and said: "Yang Ge Lao didn't know what to think, he didn't let the emperor change the imperial doctor, and the emperor's illness was delayed until now." ”

In the past few days, Zhengde's illness has become more and more serious, he has followed and served, and he can't understand it anymore, but if Zhengde goes, with his past actions, he will definitely not be able to save his life.

Zhu Houzhao's face turned even paler, and he asked with a strong spirit: "When did I speak, when did those civil officials hear it, cough cough, Yang Tinghe's reaction is not strange." By the way, Cao Daban, cough, cough, Liu Xi's dog slave can be recruited? ”

Cao Zhengchun bowed and replied: "Back to the emperor's words, Liu Xi's mouth is really hard, and he never confessed why he murdered the concubine, but he insulted the concubine in prison. ”

"Hehe, my palace has become a sieve, and someone dares to attack my concubine and imperial heir! Since he didn't recruit him, he gave him Ling Chi, Cao Zhengchun, you come to draw up an edict. Zhu Houzhao's eyes were full of murderous intent, and he almost gritted his teeth and said this sentence.

He reigned for sixteen years and no one gave birth to a son and a half daughter, and it was easy to have a Jiang Yuyan, but he was poisoned by Liu Xi during childbirth, resulting in a blood collapse.

If it weren't for Cao Zhengchun saying that Jiang Yuyan had deep internal strength and protected the prince's heart in time, I was afraid that his mother would die and his son would die. He didn't care why Jiang Yuyan had martial arts, since she gave birth to a dragon heir for Da Ming, it was a great merit.

Now his health is not as good as day by day, and I don't know how long he can last. The queen mother and the queen died of illness one after another, and the eldest son of the emperor was still in infancy.

Therefore, he hated Liu Xi, the slave he valued a lot in the past.

"Liu Xi, the superintendent of the East Investigation Factory, plotted to kill the emperor's heir, conspired to rebel, wore brocade clothes and guarded Ling Chi, and the nine clans were cut off as one!" The words are murderous, and on weekdays, civil officials will often disagree with him, but in this matter, no one will touch Zhu Houzhao's moldy head.

Moreover, Liu Xi acted openly and domineeringly on weekdays, and in order to eliminate dissidents, there were many complaints from the government and the opposition, and the excerpts of impeachment could be piled up into a small mountain. How could those civil officials oppose him if they wished he had a more tragic end?

Liu Xi plotted to kill the emperor's heir, Qian Ning colluded with King Ning, Jiang Bin's border army was transferred out of the capital, and the factory guards were so turbulent that they were no different from losing their left and right arms.

Closing his eyes slightly, Zhu Houzhao said in a deep voice: "Cao Zhengchun, from today onwards, you will be the factory supervisor of the Dongji Factory." Ahem, after a while, you go to the palace and take the concubine and the prince to the leopard room for placement. ”

Hearing this, Cao Zhengchun's rich old face was full of joy, and he hurriedly prostrated on the ground and said loudly: "Slave and maid thank the emperor for his holy grace, and go and do it immediately." ”

Zhu Houzhao really didn't believe the guards in the palace, and now Jiang Yuyan didn't have the slightest power to protect herself, counting on those slaves and maids, I was afraid that she would get the news of their deaths soon.

His own falling into the water and Jiang Yuyan's coma made Zhu Houzhao's sense of security drop sharply, and at the end of last year, the waiter who was serving beside him was found by him to be working in his own food.

The national players of the Tai Hospital have treated the wind and cold caused by falling into the water into tuberculosis, and since February, they have coughed up blood a lot, and their bodies have become more and more deformed.

Every time the servant brought the decoction, in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, it was like a life-urging talisman! Emperor Zhengde, who was lying in the leopard room, one of the most luxurious palaces in the world, had a sense of precariousness in his heart.

Zhu Houzhao's face was ruthless, since this is the case, these people who dare to calculate him, one counts as one, don't even think about escaping!

Seeing that Cao Zhengchun had retreated, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand to the attendant on the side and ordered, "You go, invite Gu Daban to me." The chamberlain replied and withdrew.

He wants to reopen the West Factory!