Shenjing, the hottest season of the year is July, push open the temple door, a hot air is coming, the heat wave is rolling, the sun is like a fireball, scorching the earth, the air is dry and dull.

In the Qianqing Palace, Li Dongbi, the courtyard of the Tai Hospital, walked out.

At this time, Wen Fangyan, the head of the cabinet, walked up quickly, he grabbed Li Dongbi's arm, and asked in a low voice: "Li Yuanzheng, you have to give me a true letter, what is going on with Your Majesty?" ”

Li Dongbi was embarrassed, and hesitated for a while before he pondered and said, "I can't see clearly!" ”

Wen Fangyan's voice trembled, "Look, I can't see ..... clearly"

Li Dongbi smiled bitterly, looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "I have to go to the internal official prison to check the ancient books." ”

Wen Fangyan froze in place.

In the dormitory, the sallow Emperor Tianyou was lying on the bed, and Queen Wang took the towel in Dai Quan's hand and carefully wiped the sweat beads on Emperor Tianyou's forehead.

Outside the hall, the harem concubines led by Concubine Zhen all came, and a room full of people stood there.

The crown prince Zhu Wucheng walked in with the trembling queen mother in his arms, and personally helped her sit down on the soft collapse in the hall.

The queen walked out.

Empress Dowager Zhang: "How is it?" ”

Queen Wang: "The imperial doctor said that for common diseases, take a few doses of medicine and recuperate." ”

At this moment, the voice of Emperor Tianyou came from the hall.

Dai Quan hurriedly walked out, bowed down and said, "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty invites you, the Queen Mother and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go in, and the rest of you please go back first!" ”

"Yes."

Zhen Guifei and the others kowtowed heavily on the ground.

"Queen Mother!"

Emperor Tianyou struggled to sit up, but Empress Dowager Zhang hurriedly held his hand, "Emperor, you lie down, don't move." Take care of yourself....."

As he spoke, tears rolled down his face.

And the queen also began to weep.

Emperor Tianyou squeezed out a smile, "The son is not filial, which makes the queen mother worried." ”

The crown prince Zhu Wucheng hurriedly said: "Grandmother Huang, don't worry, Li Yuanzheng's prescription grandson has read it, no problem, just recuperate for a while." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang sat down silently.

Emperor Tianyou turned his gaze to Zhu Wucheng again, "During this period of time, you have come to supervise the country, and you should use more dim sum in the war in the north..... Dai Quan. ”

Dai Quan: "The old slave is here." ”

Emperor Tianyou: "Tell Shoufu that during my recuperation, the crown prince was in charge of the country, and they discussed and decided with the prince on all matters. ”

Zhu Wucheng hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Father, the son is still young, and he has never handled such a big thing, so I am afraid I can't ..... it."

Emperor Tianyou waved his hand, "I was younger than you back then, and I experienced the incident of Wara's southward detention as soon as I became in power, and I was really panicked at that time, but in the end, I still jumped over with the assistance of the cabinet and the military.

It's better to say it a thousand times, than to do it once. After going through this, you will be able to stabilize your hands and feet in everything in the future, and learn more from Shousuke. ”

Zhu Wucheng kowtowed heavily, "The son of the emperor thanks his father for his guidance, and he will work hard to learn from the first assistant and live up to his father's instructions!" ”

At this time, Wang An walked to the door and reported: "Your Majesty, Emperor Zhu Dakang asks for an audience!" ”

Emperor Tianyou didn't speak, and looked at the crown prince Zhu Wucheng, "Listen to the opinions of the Duke of Qi and the Ministry of War on the matter of the war, don't take the words of the civil officials too seriously, and once the advice they give does not match the judgment in your heart, then stick to your own judgment, even if it may be wrong, understand?" ”

Zhu Wucheng immediately understood, and immediately replied, "Yes." ”

"Let's get out."

Zhu Wucheng kowtowed, stood up, and retreated silently.

At the moment when he turned around, the voice of Emperor Tianyou came from his ears, "Let him in!" ”

Zhu Wucheng was stunned at first, his hands slowly clenched into fists, and he strode out.

Wen Fangyan walked out of Wenyuan Pavilion with a heavy heart, his heart was in a mess, with his many years of experience in dealing with people, he knew that Li Dongbi definitely noticed something, the emperor's sudden illness was definitely not simple, there must be something in this, could it be that the emperor's illness was man-made?

This thought flashed through his mind, and suddenly he remembered that he might be able to go there and get an answer to the doubts in his heart.

At this moment, Dai Quan's voice came from the side, "Shousuke, wait a minute, Your Majesty has a message!" ”

...........

Zhongshun Palace, the back garden, a gust of wind passed through the pavilion, blowing up the clothes of the palace maid who was fanning King Zhongshun, and the body was cool.

Zhu Houjiong, the king of Zhongshun, was dressed in thin silk and rested on a bamboo chair with his eyes closed.

Since Zhu Zaimo died at the gate of the palace for no apparent reason, Zhu Houjiong has never stepped out of the gate of the palace, and this matter is like a boulder weighing heavily on his heart.

At this moment, the prince Zhu Zaiyan strode over from outside the moon gate.

"All of you go down!"

The palace maids hurriedly retreated.

"Father, I have inquired clearly, the emperor fainted in the upper study early in the morning, and he has just woken up."

"How is the matter of the Beijing Palace?"

Zhu Houjiong didn't talk, and suddenly asked about King Shui Rong of Beijing.

Zhu Zaiyan was stunned for a moment and replied, "There is no news yet." ”

Zhu Houjiong sighed slightly and stood up.

Zhu Zaiyan: "Father, rest assured, as long as you stare at Hou Xiaokang, you will definitely be able to grasp the handle of water solubility." ”

Zhu Houjiong smiled, "Handle? What do you want to do when you get the handle of water soluble?! ”

Zhu Zaiyan was a little impatient, "Father can't be ..... because of some trivial things"

"A trifle?"

Zhu Houjiong looked at Zhu Zaijiong, "That's your younger brother, my own brother." ”

Zhu Zaiji's eyes flashed, but he didn't say anything, just looked at Zhu Houjiong in a daze.

After a while, Zhu Houjiong sighed again, "What you said is right, you can't lose a big one because of a small one." Let's talk about things in the palace. ”

"There's something strange about the emperor's illness."

“.....”

Zhu Zaiyan thought for a while, "I suspect that the emperor is pretending to be sick." ”

Zhu Houjiong was stunned for a moment, somewhat understood what he meant, and nodded.

"But..."

Zhu Zaiyan continued: "We can find a way to pull the prince into the water." ”

Zhu Houjiong: "Pull the prince into the water?" How to pull? ”

Zhu Zaiyan smiled slightly, "The emperor just let the crown prince supervise the country, and in a blink of an eye, he saw the emperor's grandson Zhu Dakang, hehe, their father and son are both cautious, and the father can look at this matter from the position of the prince....."

Zhu Houjiong raised his eyes to look at the cloudless clear sky outside the pavilion, and said to himself: "The most ruthless emperor's family!" ”

...........

Outside the city of Shenjing, Xuanzhen Temple.

Jia Jing, as in the past, sat cross-legged on the futon, closed his eyes and silently recited the scriptures, while Huang Jin, the young eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, stood quietly behind him.

I don't know how long it took, Jia Jing slowly opened his eyes and sighed, "I said it a long time ago, this medicine can't be broken." ”

Huang Jin bowed and said, "There is no need for real people to say this again, Your Majesty is still waiting." ”

As he spoke, his eyes looked at the wooden box under the altar, knowing that the emperor's elixir had been refined.

Jia Jing stood up from the futon, walked to the altar, opened the box, took out a bright red pill from it and stuffed it into his mouth, suddenly, turned around, stared at Huang Jin tightly, and said word by word: "Your Majesty has been eating this pill for more than ten years, and you can know whether someone has tampered with it just by the fragrance of the medicine." ”

Thinkers

Huang Jin was stunned for a moment, and immediately said loudly: "Don't worry, the miscellaneous family will personally send the pill to His Majesty intact, and there will be no mistakes." ”

Jia Jing was silent, his eyes moved to the window, and he said, "It doesn't matter! ”