Since then, another few days have passed.

Early in the morning, Yan Mansion.

When Yan Shifan came out of his room as usual, and when he passed by the courtyard, he happened to bump into a maid who looked in a hurry.

Yan Shifan recognized at a glance that the maid in front of him was the one who was responsible for decocting medicine for Yan Song.

At this moment, in the hand of this maid, she was also holding a clay pot filled with medicinal residue, and a strong and pungent smell of medicine came from the clay pot.

When the maid saw that she had met Yan Shifan, the panic on her face flashed, and she hurriedly stepped aside and said respectfully: "I've seen Xiao Ge Lao!" ”

Seeing this, Yan Shifan couldn't help frowning slightly, and immediately turned his gaze to the clay pot in the maid's hand, and asked.

"How's my father doing, and what's going on with all these dregs?"

When the maid heard this, the panic on her face was even worse, and after being stunned for a long time, she forcibly squeezed out a smile and responded.

"Little ...... Xiao Ge Lao, Yan Ge Lao's physical condition is very good, and he should be able to recover soon! ”

"As for these medicine residues, they were all left over from not long ago, and they were only disposed of today......

Because the smell of medicine emitted from the clay pot was too pungent, Yan Shifan was not interested in continuing to ask.

In his opinion, this was just the reason why the maid in front of him was lazy and did not dispose of the medicine residue left behind a few days ago, which also explained why the maid was so panicked when she saw her.

After this, I saw Yan Shifan waving his hand impatiently and commanding.

"Okay, okay, you go and pour out the medicine residue, I won't pursue you this time!"

When the maid heard this, a look of gratitude suddenly appeared on her face, and she said in a loud voice.

"Thank you Xiao Ge Lao, thank you Xiao Ge Lao!"

After this, the maid hurried away with the clay pot containing the dregs.

Yan Shifan looked at the back of the maid leaving, shook his head helplessly, and couldn't help but sigh: "This group of guys, they know to be lazy all day long, hmph, don't let me catch it next time!" ”

After Yan Shifan finished speaking, he immediately stepped into the hall, and all kinds of delicacies were already on the table, Yan Shifan couldn't help but wonder when he saw this situation.

"Hey, why hasn't my father come here yet, today is the day of the cabinet meeting, and in normal times, my father should have arrived a long time ago!"

Immediately afterwards, a trace of panic appeared in Yan Shifan's heart for no reason: "Something should have happened to my father, right?" ”

Just as Yan Shifan was about to go to Yan Song's room to see the situation, he heard a sound of footsteps outside the door, and Yan Song appeared in the hall with the support of the maid.

Seeing this, Yan Shifan suddenly had a look of joy on his face, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Father!"

"Hmm."

Facing Yan Shifan's greeting, Yan Song opened his cloudy eyes, and after glancing at Yan Shifan, he lowered his eyes and stopped talking.

It was only at this time that Yan Shifan discovered that Yan Song's state was very wrong.

His face was unusually pale, and his whole person did not have the spirit of the past, and it was no exaggeration to say that it only took a gust of wind to blow the current Yan Song down.

Seeing this, Yan Shifan immediately panicked, hurriedly stepped forward, pushed away the maid who was previously responsible for supporting Yan Song, and then carefully helped Yan Song to his seat.

"Father, are you alright?"

"Father, if you don't go today, the child will go to give you leave now, and go to ask you for a doctor!"

After Yan Shifan finished speaking, he was about to leave, but he didn't know that he had just walked a few steps, but he was stopped by Yan Song's words.

"Come back!"

When Yan Shifan heard this, he paused suddenly, and when he turned around, he suddenly found that Yan Song was barely supporting his body with one hand at the moment, and his eyes were full of unwillingness.

"I, Yan Song, have been the head of the cabinet for more than 20 years, and I have never been absent from a cabinet meeting, and today is no exception!"

Seeing that Yan Song was so stubborn, Yan Shifan immediately knelt on the ground with a 'plop' and sobbed.

"Father, please, child, don't go today, your body will collapse!"

"The child will go to give you leave immediately, yes, the child will go to you right away!"

Yan Shifan said, kowtowing on the ground incessantly, he wanted to persuade Yan Song to change his mind in this way.

Seeing this, Yan Song seemed to have made up his mind, tilted his head to the side, and did not look at Yan Shifan.

Then, I saw Yan Song turn his gaze to the maid who was already frightened on the side, and scolded.

"What are you doing in a daze, why don't you help me out, cough cough!"

Where did the maid see this scene, she was already in a state of confusion, and when she heard Yan Song's reprimand, she subconsciously stepped forward, carefully supported Yan Song, and walked out of the hall.

Before he walked out a few steps, he saw Yan Shifan catch up with him in three steps and two steps, Yan Song couldn't help frowning when he saw this situation, and said.

"Needless to say, I must go today!"

When Yan Shifan heard this, he wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve and asked Yan Song.

"Since you insist on going, father, let the child go with you!"

Yan Song heard Yan Shifan's words, and after thinking for a while, he withdrew his gaze from Yan Shifan's body and said slowly: "Hmm." ”

Seeing this, the maid immediately stepped aside, and after that, she saw Yan Shifan carefully supporting Yan Song and walking towards the place where the sedan chair was parked.

Yan Shifan's pace was extremely slow, and the father and son walked step by step, no one spoke, and time seemed to stand still.

In this process, Yan Shifan could clearly perceive that Yan Song was enduring great pain at this moment, his body was trembling incessantly, and he coughed twice from time to time.

In the past, where it only took a few steps to reach, Yan Shifan supported Yan Song and walked for nearly five minutes!

"Father, slow down, watch your step!"

Yan Shifan said so, and then carefully helped Yan Song to sit in the sedan chair.

And not long after Yan Song just got into the sedan chair, he seemed to be unable to bear it anymore, covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and coughed a few times rather dullly.

Suddenly, I saw that the handkerchief was soaked with red blood, Yan Shifan saw this situation, and immediately panicked, and couldn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help Yan Song up, and shouted with all his strength.

"Quick, come quickly, go and ask for a doctor immediately!"

"Quick, go!"

……

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, Jiajing put on his robe under the waiting of the personal eunuch, and at this moment, he saw Lu Fang, as usual, entering the Qianqing Palace with silent steps.

When Jiajing saw Lu Fang coming, he immediately withdrew his gaze and asked.

"Lu Fang, I plan to formally propose the promotion of the newspaper at the cabinet meeting later, what do you think?"

When Lu Fang heard this, he immediately lowered his head deeply and asked Jiajing tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you mean that in other places in my Ming Dynasty, there are also institutions similar to the Information Agency?" ”

Hearing this, Jiajing nodded, and immediately continued: "Well, since right now, once the newspaper of the imperial court is on sale, it has been widely welcomed!" ”

"Then this means that my previous conjecture is correct, and the next step is to set up more newspapers and information offices across the country."

"At that time, all the organizations in the country will be dominated by the information bureau in Beijing, and after the newspaper is printed in Beijing, the sample will be sent to the information bureau in all parts of the country, and then the newspaper will be printed separately."

"In this way, we will be able to speed up the promotion of the newspaper, and once the newspaper is really promoted, then the day will not be far before I regain the right to speak!"

When Lu Fang heard this, he immediately patted his ass: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

At this moment, from outside the Qianqing Palace, there was a rush of footsteps, and after a while, I saw the guide eunuch hurriedly walking in, with a look of horror on his face that could not be concealed.

After entering the Qianqing Palace, he immediately knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, there is news from the Fang Cai Tai Hospital, saying that Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, is seriously ill!" ”

When Jiajing heard this, his face was full of shock, and after looking the guide eunuch up and down, he immediately said sharply: "What did you just say, Yan Song is seriously ill?" ”

Seeing this, the guide eunuch kept kowtowing on the ground and weeping: "Your Majesty, what the slave said is true! ”

When Jiajing heard this, he was at a loss for a while, so he was stunned in place for a long time, and after that, he saw Jiajing come back to his senses, turn his gaze to Lu Fang, and command in a deep voice.

"Lu Fang, you go to Yan Mansion immediately and see how Yan Song's situation is!"

When Lu Fang heard this, he didn't dare to be the slightest bit sluggish, and immediately responded.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Just when Lu Fang had just walked a few steps, he was stopped by Jiajing: "By the way, tell the Tai Hospital, no matter what method they use, I must save Yan Song!" ”

When Lu Fang heard this, his footsteps slammed suddenly, and then he turned around and responded respectfully.

Soon, Lu Fang and the guide eunuch left the Qianqing Palace one after another, and in the huge palace, only Jiajing was left at this moment.

After this, I saw Jiajing sitting back on the dragon chair in a daze, gently rubbing the carved dragon head on it with his hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

……

In the cabinet, at this moment, I saw Xu Jie put down the finished music in his hand, looked at the vacant position on the side, and wondered.

"It's strange, it's been this hour, why hasn't Yan Song come over yet?"

As soon as Xu Jie's words fell, Gao Gong on the side followed closely and said: "Yes, not only Yan Song didn't come, but even Yan Shifan didn't come to the cabinet!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Juzheng on the side put the brush in his hand back to its original position, and turned to speak.

"Could it be that something is delayed on the way, or is there something on His Majesty's side to discuss with them?"

The conjecture put forward by Zhang Juzheng was quickly unanimously agreed by Xu Jie's high arch, and he saw Xu Jie's chin supporting his chin with one hand, so he thought of it.

"Not long ago, Yan Song just received more than 4 million taels of silver for the treasury, and it is only natural for His Majesty to summon him alone!"

The more Xu Jie thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt, so he simply stopped thinking about it, and refocused his attention on the unprocessed notes in front of him.

Just as everyone was concentrating on the music in their hands, there was a sound of footsteps from outside the cabinet.

When everyone saw this situation, they thought it was Yan Song and Yan Shifan, so they didn't take it to heart.

Xu Jie had even already figured out in his mind what kind of way he would come to Yan Song's words later!

It's just that, to everyone's surprise, the person who came was not Yan Song and Yan Shifan, but Feng Bao, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch.

The moment Feng Bao entered the cabinet, he took the lead and saluted Xu Jie and the others: "I've seen all of you!" ”

Seeing this, Xu Jie thought that Feng Bao was here to convey something for the emperor, and after bowing his head slightly, he immediately asked Feng Bao.

"Gonggong Feng, you came to the cabinet this time, do you have any orders from Your Majesty?"

When Feng Bao heard this, he immediately nodded, turned his gaze to Xu Jie, and said unhurriedly.

"Well, Elder Xu Ge is right, Your Majesty asked me to inform you that today's cabinet meeting has been cancelled."

Hearing this, Xu Jie's face was full of surprise, and he subconsciously spoke.

"What!"

It was not only Xu Jie who was shocked by this, but Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng on the side were also quite surprised when they learned the news, after all, if nothing major happened, Jiajing would not normally be absent from the cabinet meeting.

Not long ago, Jiajing also proposed to the people that he would discuss the promotion of the newspaper at the current cabinet meeting.

For this reason, everyone has made full preparations, but now, Jiajing suddenly sent Feng Bao to say that today's cabinet meeting has been canceled!

The anomaly in this has aroused everyone's vigilance.

After Feng Bao brought the words, he didn't stay too long in the cabinet, and immediately turned around and left, leaving only the three people confused.

After Feng Bao left, Xu Jie began to sort out the currently known situation in his mind: "First of all, Yan Song, Yan Shifan's father and son have not arrived in the cabinet for a long time, and then the emperor suddenly sent Feng Bao to inform the cancellation of today's cabinet meeting, what is the connection?" ”

Just as Xu Jie was still racking his brains to think about the possibilities, Zhang Juzheng on the side seemed to suddenly think of something, and after hesitating for a long time, he turned his gaze to everyone and lowered his voice.

"You say, could it be that something happened to Yan Song's body?"

Zhang Juzheng's words were like a bolt of lightning, eliminating all the confusion in Xu Jie's mind.

After listening to Zhang Juzheng's words, Xu Jie slapped his thigh suddenly, and then said excitedly.

"yes, that way, everything makes sense!"

"Yan Song's body has some conditions, which caused their father and son to fail to reach the cabinet on time."

"And Your Majesty, after learning that Yan Song's body had some conditions, he sent Lu Fang to Yan Mansion to find out the news."

Xu Jie paused for a moment when he said this, and then continued.

"Otherwise, it should be Lu Fang who comes to the cabinet to talk!"

(End of chapter)