After another two or three days, Chen Jianjun's stomach and intestines were well regulated, and his hands, feet and eyelids basically stopped shaking. It's just that the rash on my body hasn't completely subsided, and although my temper is better, I still have to be irritable from time to time.

The queen came to visit every day, but Chen Jianjun was not willing to see her every day. But today, Chen Jianjun felt relaxed and in a good mood, so he summoned the queen in, gave her a seat next to the bed, and sat down and talked for a while.

But what can the queen and Chen Jianjun have to say? It's nothing more than how well you sleep, how well you eat, and how to take care of the dragon's body, Chen Jianjun was impatient when he heard it, so he asked the queen to go back to the palace to rest. The queen said that she was very willing to accompany the emperor to serve the sick, the emperor insisted that there was a doctor to watch, he didn't want to have a lot of people in the house, the queen stood up and told the imperial doctor Lin who was on duty, and then quit the Dongnuan Pavilion.

The queen came out of the Dongnuan Pavilion, and Zhang Weizhao, who was catching up to take over from Imperial Doctor Lin, came from the corridor from afar. The queen was not busy leaving, and stood on the porch and waited. Zhang Weizhao walked a few steps over to greet the queen, and the queen praised Zhang Weizhao very kindly before leaving with her attendants.

Zhang Weizhao sent the queen out of the porch, and stood there watching the queen's Luan drive leave.

Every time the queen talked to her, her attitude was always very gentle, but Zhang Weizhao always felt a chill in her back.

The queen is wearing a mask that is too heavy, and all her intentions and emotions are hidden. Zhang Weizhao knew that the hidden under the mask was not kindness, so he always stayed away from the queen.

When he entered the Dongnuan Pavilion and gave Chen Jianjun a salute, Zhang Weizhao came up for a routine inspection. Chen Jianjun frowned and said, "You're late!" ”

Zhang Weizhao said: "I just met the queen mother outside the door. The queen mother gave me a few words, so I came in late. ”

Chen Jianjun snorted coldly and gave up.

Zhang Weizhao checked Chen Jianjun's pulse, opened his eyelids and looked at it, and pressed the special stethoscope on his chest and back to listen, asked the eunuch on duty about the urine and urine, and said while taking out a notebook to record: "Your Majesty is recovering well, and if you continue like this, you can go out to walk around the courtyard tomorrow in the morning and evening when it is cool." ”

Chen Jianjun raised his hand to look at it in front of him, and asked Zhang Weizhao as he looked at it: "My hands and feet won't shake anymore, right?" ”

"As long as Your Majesty no longer takes poison pills containing mercury and arsenic, there will be no more seizures."

Chen Jianjun got angry, and began to slap the bed again, saying, "Who made me take the poison pill!" Who said that you would help me cultivate, and I ran out of the palace by myself halfway through my cultivation!? "In the past few days, he has developed the habit of patting the bed.

In the past, when he was angry like this, he was either skillfully resolved by Zhang Weizhao, or he was blocked back by her sharp teeth.

But this time, Zhang Weizhao just packed up the paper and pen with a blank face, and prepared to go out and order the palace people who were guarding the pantry to boil medicine.

Chen saw that Jun was anxious and said, "Come back!" ”

Zhang Weizhao stopped.

Chen Jianjun said: "You are still worried about the death of Tian Yusheng, aren't you?" I've never seen anyone more temperamental than you! It's been so long, and I haven't blamed you, but you still remember the grudge. ”

Zhang Weizhao finally spoke: "That's a human life, I can't forget it in a blink of an eye." ”

Chen Jianjun said: "In this world, people die all the time, and you can't be pregnant?" ”

"There are people dying all the time in this world, but no one is calling out to me, dying in front of my eyes." Zhang Weizhao said and turned around and went out.

It is disrespectful to turn around and go out while the Emperor is still talking to you. But Chen Jianjun didn't care about being angry at this time, but was occupied by uneasiness.

In fact, he is not afraid of Zhang Weizhao talking back to him, what he is afraid of is Zhang Weizhao's departure. No longer look at him, no longer pay attention to him, his safety and joy have nothing to do with her. No matter how powerful and rich he is, he can't buy her sincere concern.

After feeling this concern, he has no interest in those flattery, flattery, and thoughtfulness.

So as soon as Zhang Weizhao came back in, he coughed lightly and said, "Actually, that time ......."

As a result, there were two little eunuchs behind Zhang Weizhao who came in with two basins of cold water. Chen Jianjun said something at the beginning and didn't say any more.

Because it was the weather in mid-July, it was still quite hot at noon, but Chen Jianjun was weak and couldn't stand the ice basin, so Zhang Weizhao asked people to bring freshly drawn well water and put it in the house to cool off.

Seeing that the little eunuch put down the basin and went out, and only Chen Jianjun and Zhang Weizhao were left in the house, Chen Jianjun said: "Actually, that time it was a stiff conversation. Your idea is reasonable, Lu Zhensheng's misconduct is indeed unworthy of being a scholar of the Ministry of Rites. But he is a member of the imperial court, how can he say that he will take it? After all, you have to plan well before you can start to investigate. This time, when I recovered from my illness, I found a suitable person and replaced him, so as to properly investigate his illegal acts. Are you satisfied? ”

Zhang Weizhao shook his head and said: "It's not just Lu Zhensheng who is tyrannical and lawless, the whole world is too unfair to women. If nothing else, does Your Majesty know that there is a children's tower on the eastern outskirts of the city? Whoever gives birth to a child who doesn't want it can be thrown under the tower and left to fend for itself. The people under the tower who were ruthlessly abandoned by their parents were all baby girls. For many years, I don't know how many infants' souls have accumulated there? ”

When Chen Jianjun heard this, he muttered: "Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the custom of drowning female infants has been retained in both the north and the south, the market and the countryside. Even among the great families, there are occasional bad habits. During the reign of the first emperor, he once decreed that female infanticide was prohibited, so as not to lead to inequality between men and women and cause unrest among the displaced people. Some scholars also wrote in their family motto that their children and grandchildren, male and female, must be raised as adults, and drowning is not allowed. ”

Zhang Weizhao said: "This kind of fluttering instruction will not touch the roots, how can it be suppressed? If someone kills someone with a knife in the street, the government will sentence him to death. He killed his own baby, but no one thought there was anything wrong with it. Not to mention babies, the same is true for grown children. I heard a story a few days ago about a family that gave birth to three daughters before giving birth to a son. As a result, the son accidentally drowned, and the husband and wife beat their three daughters to death, saying Kill you little bitches, why didn't you die, but my son? He didn't stop until he broke his second daughter's leg. The next day, the fourteen-year-old eldest sister secretly fled from home with her two younger sisters. The two younger sisters are ten years old and the other is only eight years old. The ten-year-old still has a broken leg. The couple didn't look for it, they only scolded at home, and after scolding, they said that it was okay, and they would chew the rest and keep it for having a son. ”

Chen Jianjun was also embarrassed when he heard this, and sighed: "There are parents who are so ruthless. ”

Zhang Weizhao said: "These girls are so young and outcast, what kind of good life can they have?" There is a high probability that you will either be a prostitute or a beggar. ”

Chen Jianjun asked, "Where did you hear these stories?" ”

"Listen to the gossip on the streets, there are so many stories like this." Zhang Weizhao replied.

"In this way," Chen Jianjun thought and said, "In a few days, I will discuss with the household department, and order the local officials to cooperate with the gentry to build a nursery within a radius of 100 miles, and if there are poor families who cannot afford to feed their children, they can send them to the nursery, so that many children can avoid the pain of drowning and abandonment." ”

Zhang Weizhao's eyes were shining, and he sincerely thanked Chen Jianjun: "Your Majesty's benevolence and benevolence will definitely move the gods and make the people of the world respect!" He said with a deep salute.

Chen Jianjun has been choking with Zhang Weizhao for many days, and today the two of them actually said such a contract, they couldn't help but be very complacent, and laughed at Zhang Weizhao's praise.

"But, Your Majesty," Zhang Weizhao continued, "relying only on charity relief still treats the symptoms but not the root cause." ”

"How?"

"Where are these girls going when they grow up? If they can be allowed to stand on their own as women, and if they can be taught a skill, and they can support themselves by labor, they will be given a lot of life. ”

"Since ancient times, men have been the head of the family, and every family has the support of men. How can a lonely woman become a family of her own? When the baby girls in the nursery grew up, the local officials and gentry were asked to choose people to marry them. Chen Jianjun didn't understand.

Hearing Chen Jianjun say this, Zhang Weizhao wanted to argue with him again, but at this time, he heard a little eunuch report outside the door: "Your Majesty, the prince asks to see." ”

Chen Youcong came to report to Chen Jianjun on the military situation in Ganzhou. A few days ago, the little Mongolian prince invaded the border, and he didn't have many people and horses, so the people and people of the Dayan court didn't take it seriously at first. However, this Mongolian cavalry was very brave, sacked several towns in a row, and approached the city of Ganzhou, and is now holding on to the defenders of Ganzhou. The grain, grass and reinforcements have not yet arrived, but the city of Ganzhou is almost exhausted. Chen Youcong wanted to propose to Chen Jianjun that troops be transferred from neighboring Liangzhou to gallop to Ganzhou to help, and then the follow-up reinforcements would be divided into two routes to aid Ganzhou and Liangzhou at the same time.

When Fang was talking to Zhang Weizhao just now, Chen Jianjun frowned for a while, smiled for a while, and the expression on his face was very vivid. At this time, he heard that the prince was coming, but he quickly restrained these emotions.

He said to Zhang Weizhao: "You go down to rest first." ”

Zhang Weizhao gave a salute and withdrew. Walking to the porch, I saw that the prince was walking seven or eight paces away from here. Zhang Weizhao saluted the prince from afar, and the prince silently bowed his hand, and then walked away.

What made Chen Youcong even more depressed was that when he explained his intentions, Chen Jianjun did not agree with his suggestion, thinking that transferring the defenders of Liangzhou would allow other Mongolian tribes to take advantage of the situation and make Dayan suffer from the enemy in many places. He insisted that the defenders of Ganzhou should be held on until reinforcements arrived.

Chen Youcong couldn't convince Chen Jianjun, so he had to stay silent and retreat.