Chapter 14 second quarter

Seeing that the emperor was tired, Su asked for a rest by the way.This secret conversation had to end.Sushun originally planned that within a day or two, the emperor would make such an arrangement.Let's talk again - there are obviously many important things that should be done, as well as doubts that the emperor can't resolve, such as Prince Gong, what is the emperor's attitude towards him?It must be clarified. But on the next day—July 16th, the emperor still had a good appetite for breakfast. In the afternoon, he suddenly fainted. He carried the emperor back to Dongnuang Pavilion with eight feet and placed him on the imperial couch.

Jing Shou is a person who can't make up his mind. King Chun is young, and when he experienced this kind of scene for the first time, he was more flustered than anyone else, so the East Nuan Pavilion was in chaos and almost did nothing.As soon as Sushun arrived, everyone's hearts settled down.He also didn't have time to ask in detail, the first order was to summon the imperial doctor, and the second order was to report to the queen and ask the elder brother to come to attend to the illness immediately.The eunuchs promised to run away and notify separately. At that time the imperial doctor had received the news, Mrs. Luan rushed here with Li Deli and Yang Chun out of breath, saluted in a hurry, and came to the imperial couch together, Mrs. Luan took the pulse.But he himself was panting, his hands were shaking, and the emperor's pulse was weak, so he put two fingers on the emperor's wrist, and he was still at a loss for a long time.

The three imperial ministers all stood behind him nervously, waiting for the result, Sushun was the first to get impatient, and asked in a low voice: "What's the matter?" Mrs. Luan didn't know how to answer, but Li Deli said, "Naturally, it's exhaustion." "Then follow the treatment method of collapse, and save it quickly! We can't waste any more time!" At this moment, Mrs. Luan felt her pulse accurately, "It's a collapse!" He said with a worried expression, "It's not too late. Bring the ginseng soup first!" The ginseng soup was ready-made, and the little eunuch immediately went to get it. Li Deli and Yang Chun personally pried open the emperor's teeth and poured it spoonful by spoonful with a golden spoon.Although there is no immediate recovery, but the ginseng soup can still be poured, which is very good.

At this time, Luan Tai had already prescribed a prescription, "Tongmai Sini Decoction" used ginseng and aconite. After opening it, I personally gave it to Sushun and said, "Please take a look at Zhongtang." "Don't read it. Go cook the medicine!" Sushun waited for him to hand in the prescription, and asked again: "How is the situation?" Mrs. Luan replied with great difficulty: "I'm afraid it will be very embarrassing!" "You have to try your best to find a way! Estimate what medicine you need to use, and tell me as soon as possible that there is no one here. I will send someone to Beijing overnight to get it done."

"If you go back to Zhongtang," Mrs. Luan replied, "I have used all kinds of prescriptions for the emperor's disease. This is the original disease, and it all depends on..." "Stop talking!" Sushun reprimanded displeasedly, "Who does it all depend on? Don't you rely on you to be doctors when you are sick? You don't need to waste your time here, you should discuss it with your colleagues!" Mrs. Luan hit a snag and dared not argue.After discussing with Li Deli and Yang Chun for a while, they were unable to do anything. Only by seeing the effect of "Tongmai Sini Decoction" can we decide on a further solution.

At this moment, Zhang Wenliang hugged his elder brother and rushed towards him like flying.The three imperial ministers came out of the house to greet him one after another, but they did not know what to say to the elder brother after they received him.The elder brother didn't know what happened, he just felt that he was running all the way first, and then he saw all the people with different expressions than usual, he couldn't help being scared, and cried out with a "wow". Zhang Wenliang quickly covered his mouth and coaxed him, "Don't cry, don't cry! Play here for a while, and then we'll go back."

"Hug the elder brother away first!" Sushun told Zhang Wenliang, "Don't go too far! The emperor might want to find elder brother anytime! " Zhang Wenliang promised to take the elder brother to the back of the hall to play, but when it was getting dark, there was still no movement. At that time, the news had spread widely, and inside and outside the palace, princes and ministers, civil and military officials, all expressed surprise and anxiety, hoping to know the details of the emperor's fainting situation, but Sushun had already ordered the news to be blocked, even in Yanbo Zhishuang Hall. In the court room outside, the princes who were waiting to greet them, including the "Old Fifth Lord", Prince Dun, and Prince Rui Renshou, etc., did not get a single word of news, which made them anxious and worried. Angry, I feel that Sushun's control is too much and too terrible!

The only exception is the queen, Sushun keeps reporting her news.After taking the "Tongmai Sini Decoction", the emperor has already returned to Su, but there is really not much difference between waking up and coma.The emperor's pulse was weak and his breath was dying. Not only could he not speak, he could not even obey. His mind was dissipated, and he could only breathe.Mrs. Luan warned that the emperor needs to be absolutely quiet at this time, and it must not cause sadness and anger, so all relatives are not suitable to see. He had to listen to the imperial doctor's words, but Sushun had to be on guard that the emperor would die at any time, and if he just ignored it without a last word, it would be a waste of money.But as long as the emperor can say a word, it must be beneficial to himself, it is only passed down by word of mouth, and must be seen and heard by all, so he wants to keep King Chun and Jing Shou as witnesses.Jing Shou didn't have so many thoughts, but King Chun had somewhat the same thoughts as Sushun, knowing that this moment was of great importance, and he had to pay close attention to what the emperor had to say?So the three of them stood guard in front of the imperial couch, not daring to leave even one step, forgetting all the people outside who were waiting for news.

Finally, Jing Shou remembered, "Sixth Brother!" He quietly tugged on Sushun's sleeve: "Big Brother should be sleeping at this time, let Zhang Wenliang send him back first!" "That's right!" Sushun immediately called someone to notify: "Send Eldest Brother back to the Queen's Palace." Eldest brother fell asleep a long time ago, and Zhang Wenliang carried him to the Queen's Palace. It was already dark at that time, but the princes in the court room outside the Yanbo Zhishuang Palace, and the military dog ​​ministers who were waiting in the military aircraft Zhilu, Seeing that there was no news at this time, and when he concluded that the emperor was dying, he was even more afraid to leave.

Finally, the emperor was able to turn his eyes sideways and speak, "I can't do it!" He turned his face to look at Sushun and said in a very low voice, "You find someone! Elder brother, Zongling, Junji, all kings! " "Yes!" Sushun knelt down and replied, "Your Majesty, please rest assured, let the imperial doctor take the pulse first." As he spoke, he gestured outward. Mrs. Luan, Li Deli and Yang Chun who were standing at the door hurried forward to kneel down. Mrs. Luan checked the pulse, kowtowed and said: "The six pulses are peaceful, the emperor is very happy!"

"Should we enter something?" Sushun asked. "As long as the emperor likes it, anything can enter." "I'm a bit hungry." The emperor's expression seemed much refreshed again, "Is there any duck porridge?" "I have already prepared it for the Long Live God!" Chen Shengwen, the head of the respect room, knelt and said, "There is also the bird's nest porridge with rock sugar from the empress, and the milk roll from the concubine Li..." "Is the milk roll too tired?" Sushun asked Mrs. Luan. "It's okay! It's okay! As long as the emperor likes it." "Then pass the meal!" Sushun ordered. When the dining table was set, it was still the abbot before the food. Sushun personally helped the emperor up with the eunuchs, but when he looked at the dining table, he shook his head, not wanting to eat anything.The imperial ministers and the imperial doctor tried hard to persuade them, and managed to drink a few mouthfuls of bird's nest porridge, but the sweet soup made from rose hawthorn marinated seeds and honey seemed to be able to cure the thirst in the emperor's mouth, and he drank a lot. Just sitting together like this made the emperor tired again, and he fell asleep with his eyes closed, panting with his mouth open.The people to be summoned at this time, except for the elder brother who is said to be awakened from his sleep, who is very unhappy, crying and making noises, and trying to comfort him, the rest have arrived.But looking at the situation at this time, the emperor didn't have the energy to deal with it, so Sushun asked King Chun to explain the situation to everyone, and on the other hand, he found Mrs. Luan a quiet place to discuss secretly. "Look, how long can the emperor wait like this?" Sushun said bluntly, "You don't have to be afraid of taboos if you tell the truth." "I can guarantee it tonight, it must be fine." "But how did it become like this?" Sushun worried, "There are so many important things that have to be ordered by the emperor. At least people must have the spirit to say a few words!" "This..." Luan Tai said slowly, "Maybe there is a way." "As long as there is a way. You should find a way!" So Mrs. Luan wrote another prescription, and went to the imperial pharmacy to check the medicine, put it into the medicine pot, fried a small bowl thickly, and Sushun personally brought it to the imperial couch for the emperor to take. Sure enough, the medicine was very effective, and the sluggish and stiff emperor, with radiance in his eyes, gestured to the left and right, helped him up, sat on the bed, and ordered Sushun to summon the prince and military ministers to come in. Headed by Prince Hui Mianyu, one by one quietly entered the East Nuan Pavilion, arranged shifts, and kowtowed to say hello, but the only one who spoke was Prince Hui, who was ordered not to bow down, and said in an expressionless voice: "Your Majesty, please rest easy !" "Fifth uncle!" the emperor said with difficulty, "I'm afraid it will only be these two days." Before the sentence was finished, the people kneeling on the ground already cried out.Two glistening teardrops also fell on the emperor's withered face, and the groaning sound became more and more one after another, and Su Shun sternly shouted: "When is this, and you still make the emperor sad?" This drink, the sound of squeaking, slowly stopped. Zhu Su took a step forward on his knees, kowtowed and said, "Please make a big plan early to reassure people's hearts. Once people's hearts are at ease, the holy worry will be lenient. If you take care of yourself slowly, you will surely recover." .” The emperor nodded, and said word by word: "The clan's major plan should be decided early. Although there is no system of establishing a crown prince in this dynasty, the situation is different now. Eldest brother can be established as the crown prince first." This is an inevitable trend. Prince Hui repeated it on behalf of all the people who took the order, expressing the imperial edict: "Yes! Eldest brother is the crown prince." "Brother is still young, you must do your best to help. Now, I will appoint a few people to be responsible for the prime minister." It was the most critical moment, all the princes and ministers of military aircraft were all focused and listened attentively, fearing that they might have misheard a word. "Zaiyuan, Duanhua." The emperor stopped after reading this, and did not make another sound for a long time. Everyone was guessing that the next name the emperor would read was probably Yixin!Even Sushun thought that the emperor's hesitation might be a temporary change of mind, and he was considering the name of Prince Gong. However, they all guessed wrong, and the emperor continued to announce the list, which was: "Jing Shou, Su Shun, Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, Du Han, Jiao Youying." This time, Sushun's party was overjoyed.But naturally it was inconvenient to show various colors. Zaiyuan looked at Duanhua and Sushun, kowtowed his head, and stammered: "The ministers are entrusted with their kindness, and I am afraid that their talents are not enough to take on the heavy responsibility. We can only do our best to help, If there is any disagreement, heaven and earth will perish, please rest assured, Your Majesty." Although these words were inappropriate, they were finally explained. The emperor nodded and asked again: "Where's big brother?" Not long after the elder brother was hugged by Zhang Wenliang, Zhang Wenliang put him down on the ground according to the order, and said half coaxing and half threatening: "The emperor called, go obediently! Remember, you have to learn You look like an adult, understand the rules, what the emperor says, what to do, don't cry, if you cry, Zhang Wenliang will be unlucky, maybe he will be locked up, and tomorrow he won't be able to play with big brother." The elder brother in robes heard what Zhang Wenliang said, and he responded, but when he lifted the curtain, he saw people kneeling all over the room. behind. "Master, little ancestor!" Zhang Wenliang was sweating profusely, "Go in! Don't be afraid!" Fortunately, Jing Shou showed up in time, and the sixth son-in-law was familiar with him. The elder brother was a little more courageous, and asked him to hold hands until he knelt down in front of the imperial couch, and called out, "Ama!" Seeing that his son was only six years old and had to take on a dilapidated country, the emperor had mixed feelings. He felt sorry for his ancestors and his descendants. Only now did he realize how cruel and merciless the limit of life and death is!It's hard to let go of everything, but you have to let go, there is nothing more tragic than this in the world.Just like this, there was a sharp pain in my heart, and I was sweating coldly again, and I couldn't stop panting. The elder brother panicked, "Ama, Ama!" shouted and threw himself on the imperial couch and grabbed the emperor's hand. This was a great comfort to the emperor, that small, warm hand seemed to have a wonderful force pouring into his body, his breathing stopped, his heart became calm, and it was no longer like that The fear is completely ignored, and there is nothing to rely on.He smiled and stretched out his skinny hand, touched the big brother's face, looked at Zai Yuan and said, "I hand him over to you!" "Yes!" Zaiyuan replied solemnly: "Brother was born with pure filial piety, so he must be the lord of life." "Teach well. Li Hongzao alone is not enough." The emperor bowed his head and said to the elder brother: "You also recognize the eight ministers entrusted by me. Give them a bow!" On behalf of Gu Ming, Zaiyuan resigned from the eight ministers, but the emperor refused.The emperor was tired of this pushback, so the "Old Fifth Master" spoke to dissuade him, and Gu ordered the eight ministers to stand in a row, facing the elder brother.While bowing, kneeling down to return the salute, so that the emperor has entrusted Gu face to face. In addition to the form, there is the most important procedure.Sushun ordered people to bring some cases and prepared Dan Hao, and asked the emperor to write Zhu Yu himself, so as to be cautious.But at this time, the emperor could no longer write, and the hand holding the pen kept shaking. He couldn't write a word for a long time, so he could only throw the pen in vain and say: "Write to express the purpose!" This "writing to express the purpose" should be the "clearly issued an edict" written by the Minister of Military Aircraft after accepting the order, but time is running out, and there is no time to deal with it according to the prescribed formula. It should be concise, so as not to harm the meaning of the word and give rise to different interpretations.Therefore, Du Han purely thought that the emperor was acting as a ghostwriter, so he simply wrote two "manual orders" and handed them over to Mu Yin, the most senior military minister. Once again, he was very satisfied, and then put him on the table next to the emperor, and personally held a golden candlestick in the shape of a crane, reflecting the emperor to read the two documents. "Read it to everyone!" "Yes." Sushun put down the candlestick, handed the two written instructions to Mu Yin, and then returned to work and knelt down to listen. Holding the imperial edict, Mu Yin stood facing south, and read aloud: "The eldest son of the emperor, Zaichun, is the crown prince. Special edict." Then he read the second way: "The eldest son of the emperor, Zaichun, is now the crown prince, and Zaiyuan was appointed as the crown prince. , Duanhua, Jingshou, Sushun, Mu Yin, Kuangyuan, Duhan, and Jiao Youying devoted themselves to assisting the prime minister and supporting all government affairs. Special order." The words "praise and support all government affairs" were added by Du Han himself, but since the emperor approved it, it was just from the mouth of the emperor, and no one dared to speak.It's just that people with a calmer mind are already wary. This group of "loyal ministers" who have taken care of their fate have shown signs of seizing power from the very beginning. After this important event, the emperor, who was reluctantly holding on, lost his energy all of a sudden, bowed his head, his eyes seemed to be closed, so the old fifth grandfather said: "The emperor rests!" Everyone knelt down and quit. Except for the eight ministers of Gu Ming, none of them felt heavy hearted. It is not a good sign that the ministers of Gu Ming do not have Prince Gong!I'm afraid there will be troubles in the court from now on.Of course, there are also some people who are afraid that Sushun's power will become more and more powerful, and his arrogance will become higher and higher, and it will be more difficult to get along with from then on, while some people are just afraid that for the sake of King Gong's injustice, with his status and talent, he should say nothing He was excluded from the ranks of Minister Gu Ming. However, at this time, he calmly made up his mind, and the only one who wanted to fight Sushun was Concubine Yi, who was accompanied by a lonely lamp in the deep palace. She can always get accurate reports on everything in Dongnuange.It is not news that Eldest Elder Brother was established as the Crown Prince, and Minister Gu Ming did not have the name of Prince Gong. Although it was expected, it still couldn't help but shock her!After the matter became clear, the cause and effect had to be re-evaluated.The emperor's final fate is like this, which means that he will not understand Prince Gong until his death. Why are the brothers and sisters so suspicious and twisted into such a knot that can't be untied even if they die?Naturally, this is Sushun's attempt to sow discord! Thinking of this, Concubine Yi felt shuddering.It is said that Sushun is domineering and vicious, but only today did he discover that he still has an extremely sinister side.This made her quickly think of the situation in the past few days. Sushun's promotion of the empress everywhere has clearly shown that he will only respect one empress dowager in the future, and he will use that loyal and honest empress dowager to catch the young and ignorant emperor , The more annoyed she was, the calmer she became. She didn't even say a word about what was going on in her heart to Xiao Anzi. She just looked at the fading short candle on the table and thought about it silently, over and over again until it was dusk. A day's activities in the palace all started before dawn. The eunuchs and maids came and went quietly, busy with their duties.Although Concubine Yi didn't sleep all night, she felt strangely excited and didn't want to sleep anymore, so she opened the door and asked someone to fetch water to wash off her morning makeup. "Master got up early!" Little Anzi knelt down to get up, and then bowed his hands in greeting, "Master is overjoyed!" "What joy?" "Eldest elder brother can be crowned as the crown prince," Xiao Anzi dropped a sentence: "The master will be the mother of the country!" "Hmph!" Concubine Yi sneered back. As soon as he heard her sneer, Xiao Anzi's back would feel chills for no reason.He didn't dare to say anything, he just helped the maid to wash and wash, and when he saw Concubine Yi's yellow face, blood-stained lips, and well-made bed in the mirror, he asked in surprise, "Master, you haven't slept all night?" "What's the matter?" Concubine Yi turned to look at him and asked. Xiao Anzi knelt down and replied: "Master, please take care of yourself! Elder Brother is still young, so he has to rely on Master to make decisions for him. The whole world of the Qing Dynasty is in Master's hands." 'Duh! Concubine Yi shouted, "What do you know?"Stop talking nonsense! " Unexpectedly, Xiao Anzi ran into another hurdle, and he really didn't understand this thorn. Thinking about it for himself, what he said was not wrong, and Concubine Yi's temper was unreasonable.Thinking of this in my heart, I couldn't help but have a look of grievance on my face. Concubine Yi naturally understood what was going on in his heart, but it was inconvenient to give any explanation at this time. Instead, because of Xiao Anzi's words, it aroused vigilance and felt that she must warn. So she lowered her face and said loudly: "Xiao Anzi! Tell everyone here, who wants to talk nonsense behind everyone's back these days, talking about the elder brother becoming the crown prince and what will happen to me in the future? If you let me know these words, I have nothing else to do, and I will immediately upload them to the respect room, and I will smash my two legs before I say it. I can tell you one more thing," she said in a voice as cold as ice and as sharp as a knife. He also said, "Even including you, it's the same." Xiao Anzi was so frightened that he couldn't even feel the grievance. He only heard this passage. The situation was serious, and there was no discount for it. He quickly agreed, stood up and said to the four or five maids in the room: "You can I heard what the master said! Be careful, be careful!" After finishing speaking, he hurried out and solemnly conveyed Concubine Yi's warning to every eunuch and court lady. Therefore, all the palaces were whispering about the emperor's illness and how about Su Zhongtang?Only Concubine Yi was very quiet.Naturally, the silence was very dull. After the breakfast was announced, the empress sent someone to inform them that they would immediately gather in the palace. Empress Bo, who went to visit the emperor, would not meet her foreign ministers. Therefore, they could only listen to the eunuch's report when the emperor was ill, and could not visit at leisure.This morning, the empress specially asked Chen Shengwen to make an arrangement with the six-eyed son-in-law, all the ministers in front of the imperial court avoided, and it might be the last time for the concubine to see the emperor. But the emperor didn't know that the concubine came to inspect him. He has not woken up. I don't know if he is fast asleep or in a coma?A person is so thin that only a handful of bones are left. If you talk about the height of the food, or the six palaces of powder, it will be empty in a blink of an eye!The empress and those concubines didn't know whether it was for the emperor or for themselves, they were crying like rain, but they didn't dare to cry out loud, they could only hide their mouths, trying to swallow their own tears. So the eunuch Chen Shengwen, the leader of the respect room, persuaded the concubine to stop crying, saying that the emperor's spirit is not fading, and he was afraid that he would be sad if he noticed everyone's grief in the dimness, which would be very unsuitable for the sick body.Then Prince Consort Jingshou came to invite the queen back to the palace again.Never leaving the place of sadness, the tears could not be stopped no matter what, the queen had no choice but to obey, led the concubines, and exited the East Nuan Pavilion.