Song Nan nodded and said, "Yes, the minister is back, how does the emperor's body feel?" ”

Zhengde waved his hand with difficulty and said, "Don't talk about it...... Don't talk about my body, my limit has arrived, and I know it in my heart. Has Zhu Chenhao's matter subsided? ”

Song Nan said: "Fortunately, I have not dishonored the emperor's order, and I have quelled the rebellion of the rebel king, and the news was sent back to the capital a few days ago." ”

Zhengde nodded slowly and sighed: "Thank you for your hard work, they ...... I didn't even tell me the news, but Chenhao ...... What's going on? ”

Song Nan said: "Zhu Chenhao was afraid of crime and took poison, and the corpse arrived with the army. ”

Zhengde sighed slightly and said, "Hey...... Chenhao: What's the matter, he's dead...... I'm going to die too, and I don't know what we'll say when we meet in the underworld. ”

Song Nan said: "Your Majesty, don't think about it too much, the minister will go to the emperor to find a famous doctor and ask for immortal medicine, and he will cure the emperor's illness." ”

Zhengde coughed twice and gasped: "Don't comfort me, I know very well in my heart, although I have not spoken for so many days, I have heard the words and actions of the people around me, although I am sometimes unconscious, but more often I am awake." ”

Song Nan said in a low voice: "The emperor is an open-minded person, and the minister understands the emperor's intentions. ”

Zhengde said slowly: "I was waiting for you to come back, and when I was lying on the bed without saying a word, I knew the true faces of many people, and I was thinking, the only person in this court who can help me arrange the future is you Song Nan." ”

Song Nan said: "The emperor is favored, and the ministers are very afraid. ”

Zhengde said: "There is no need to be hypocritical between you and me, I said that I regarded you as a friend, but I have never said this to a second person in my life." ”

Zhengde slowly stretched out his hand, Song Nan knew what he meant, stretched out his hand and shook it tightly, Zhengde sighed and said: "I know that you will definitely rush back, my thoughts can only be understood by you Song Nan." When Zhang Yong came to see me that day, I pretended that I couldn't speak, but while Zhang Yong was crying by the bedside, I secretly stuffed my jade pendant into his hand, if he wasn't stupid, he would definitely understand that I wanted him to find you. ”

Song Nan said yes in his mouth, but he thought in his heart: "It's just that Zhang Yong didn't understand what you meant at all, you stuffed him with a jade pendant, and he thought that you rewarded him, thinking that after all, he had served you for more than ten years, and the monarch and ministers accompanied him to keep a souvenir." If he hadn't been frightened and fled the capital when he found out about the edict, your hard work would have been in vain. ”

Song Nan is so shrewd, Zhang Yong in Anqing City once took out a jade pendant that day to say that the emperor was dying and did not forget the feelings of the monarch and ministers, and he also stuffed a jade pendant into his hand in a coma, Song Nan heard this, and his heart was like a mirror.

Although Zhengde is dying, he is very sober. The jade pendant was not given to Zhang Yong, but hinted that Zhang Yong hurried to find him. Zhang Yong's mind is big, the style of this jade pendant is the same as the one given to Song Nan when Zhengde and Song Nan met for the first time when Song Nan covered and returned to the palace; It was two pieces of jade carved from a piece of jade, and Zhang Yong didn't see it. When Song Nan took out the piece of jade on his body and compared it, Zhang Yongcai suddenly realized.

Although Zhengde was lying on the bed and dying, his brain was clear, since he was seriously ill, he knew that his time was running out, and the people around him had been replaced, he could no longer control the situation, and the only person who could stop the Queen Mother and the outer court from controlling the situation was Song Nan. Because of this, he simply did not say anything, and found an opportunity to instruct Zhang Yong to quickly order Song Nan to return to Beijing. Fortunately, although Zhang Yong did not understand his meaning, another incident that happened forced Zhang Yong to escape from the capital to find Song Nan, which did not make his hard work in vain.

And it was precisely because Song Nan understood the deep meaning of Zhengde and understood that Zhengde was still sane and sober, so he insisted on taking people back to Beijing immediately regardless of the generals' obstruction. In fact, everyone knows the danger of returning to Beijing at this time, and Song Nan dares to do this, firstly, because he does not want to live up to Zhengde's expectations, and secondly, because since Zhengde is sane, he has Zhengde's instructions after returning to Beijing, and he has the emperor's order to rely on when he acts. Otherwise, he will either follow the wishes of Yang Ting and the Empress Dowager and recognize the new emperor's candidate, or he will have to bear the reputation of rebellion and use force against them.

But even so, Zhengde's situation still surprised Song Nan, he didn't expect that Zhengde had already arrived at this step, just now Zhengde was actually really unconscious, if he returned to Beijing a day or two late, maybe Zhengde would have died. Because of this, Song Nan had to be ruthless, and gave Zhengde two pills of Dragon and Tiger Rejuvenation Pills that he found from Ma Yongcheng that day, although this move may accelerate Zhengde's death, but Zhengde's body will definitely stimulate the vitality after taking this medicine.

"It's good for you to come back, you have also seen my situation, as soon as I fell, some people regarded me as a dying and useless person, and moved me from the Qianqing Palace here; I know their thoughts, they wish I had died sooner, I know that they have decided on the new emperor, and my life is actually an obstacle for them. Zhengde's tone was angry, and there was a fierce light in his eyes, Zhengde only showed the majesty of the supreme son of heaven when the throne was threatened, the last time Song Nan saw him like this, it was when Zhengde ordered to kill the king of Ningxia Qing after the rebellion of King Anhua, even if he was a dying person at this time, when it came to this kind of thing, he was still as fierce as a tiger and wolf.

Song Nan said slowly: "The emperor is angry, the ministers will not allow them to do this, in fact, Yang Ting and their actions have been suspected of great rebellion, Zhang Yong found out that they secretly forged an edict, I don't know if the emperor knows about it?" ”

Zhengde was puzzled: "Edict? I've never issued any edicts. ”

Song Nan took out the manuscript of the edict from his bosom and spread it in front of Zhengde's eyes and said: "This is a copy of the edict copied by the minister, please take a look at it." ”

Zhengde glanced at it a few times, and his chicken-like fingers grabbed the edict, rubbed it vigorously, and whirred in his mouth. Song Nan hurriedly stretched out his hand to smooth his back and comforted: "The emperor must not be too excited. ”

Zhengde sighed and said, "Although you didn't mention the other person except Yang Tinghe, I know that the one who can do this must be the Queen Mother's involvement, and the Queen Mother ...... Is that to his own son? Could it be that I even hated my own mother and betrayed me? My heart aches like a knife. She moved me here and took away the people around me, I don't really blame her, she came to visit me several times a day, crying for me, I know that she actually loves me, but how can she hide from me to forge a will? Shouldn't such a matter be discussed with me when I am sober? I don't know what to say. ”

Song Nan said softly: "Maybe the Queen Mother has her own considerations, and besides, this qiē may be instigated by Yang Tinghe." After all, the Queen Mother is a woman, and it is possible that she is not thoughtful in major matters, Yang Tinghe and others are the driving forces behind the scenes, and the emperor should not blame the Queen Mother. ”

Zhengde looked at Song Nan and nodded: "If you say this from the bottom of your heart, I will be more relieved of you, she is my mother after all, if you say something that does not allow her, I will be very disappointed in you." ”

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On the Fengtian Palace, Wu Miao, the left imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate, was arguing with everyone in the cabinet, around the absence of Song Nan, Zhang Lun, Yang Yiqing and others from this court meeting, and whether the emperor's edict should be postponed to announce the topic, Wu Miao argued with reason, and more than a dozen courtiers stood on Wu Miao's side to speak. On the other hand, the scholars Liang Chu and Fei Hong and more officials of the outer court insisted on announcing the edict immediately, and the two sides were at a stalemate.

Yang Tinghe was silent with a cold face, he knew that this Wu Miao suddenly jumped out to stir up the situation, it must be the instruction of Yang Yiqing and Zhang Lun, Zhang Lun and Yang Yiqing received the news of the discussion in the upper hall, but they disappeared for a long time, and it was very likely that they already knew the news of Song Nan's return to the capital, that is, they deliberately delayed time and wanted to delay the matter. And the current situation must not be delayed, Song Nan has returned to Beijing, and there are all variables, in case this person plays any tricks and disturbs the good situation, it is not what Yang Tinghe thinks in his heart. The opportunity for the outer court is this time, if you can't take the lead in the selection of the new emperor, the outer court will never be able to dominate the government outside the city, and you will never want to overthrow Song Nan.

"Everyone, don't quarrel, in front of the Queen Mother, what kind of noisy and noisy thing is you? It is better to ask the Queen Mother to decide, and listen to the Queen Mother's will, and no one else needs to argue. Yang Tinghe decided to bring out the Empress Dowager to solve the matter, and as soon as the Empress Dowager spoke, no one had the right to speak.