Chapter 212 Yingtai Sunset (13-2)

When we arrived at Dongcheng No. 1 Girls' Primary School, the headmaster was very nervous when he heard that the envoy and "Second Young Master Yuan" were coming together.He rushed out to greet him, and asked the school officer to ring the bell to summon the staff to greet him, but Fu Zengxiang stopped him. "Don't alarm everyone!" He said, "I just invite Zhou Di to come and see me." "It's in class, I'll send someone to notify her." "No! No! Just to see her, how to teach students. Please lead the way, let's take a look outside her classroom."

"Yes!" The 60-year-old principal led the way with his waist bent. Going out through a corner door and entering another courtyard, they immediately heard the melodious sound of the piano. When they approached and looked in through the window, they saw a slender figure sitting behind the organ, playing the piano and singing at the same time. The voice of the bite is very accurate.Yuan Kewen knew the melody quite well, and he could hear it very quickly. What he sang was: "For more than four thousand years, the female world has been underworld, and the great power suddenly opened up a new one. Binbin's literary education enlightens Hongyu, and it brings together a group of phoenixes. A group of young ladies from all over the world gathered together, Hong Fu Da Hua Jun. Painting Di Keer, Burning Qiu Xunzi, incomparably deep pottery. In the twentieth century, the sky is changing, who can inspire Kunwei? One person can wake up a hundred people, because of the respect of the teacher. The big horse in the world is responsible for women. Qianjun, peaches and plums today, and Lanzhi when he is, treasure a century-old body."

As soon as the singing ended, the bell rang. Zhou Di got up, only to find someone outside the window, and shouted in surprise and joy: "Teacher!" Then he bowed respectfully. "You finish class first, please come to the principal's office." "Yes!" Only then did Zhou Di realize that there was a young man behind Fu Zengxiang. He couldn't see his face clearly at a glance.Just when I changed my mind, I could only see the back if I wanted to see it. So after class, he took the singing book and walked to the principal's office. When he was about to reach the door, he suddenly felt timid, as if he felt something was wrong.I slowed down my pace and thought about it for a while, and finally remembered that the chalk dust in one hand seemed embarrassing.

Therefore, she turned around and went to the teachers' lounge first, washed her hands and looked at herself in the mirror. Her sideburns were a little hairy and her powder was uneven, so she took out the powder box and small toothbrush she carried with her, and groomed herself consciously. Now that he could see people, Fang dusted off his clothes again, and went to the principal's office to see the teacher. As soon as he entered the room, Yuan Kewen stood up first, took a step back, stood with hands down, and bowed his head slightly.Zhou Di came from a family and was well versed in etiquette. Seeing that he was so respectful, as if he was welcoming an elder, he couldn't help being very surprised.

"Taoru," Fu Zengxiang introduced to her, "This is Yuan Gongbao's second young master." Zhou Di was both surprised and delighted, his eyes lit up immediately.I have heard for a long time that Yuan Kewen is a famous young man, Ding Huikang, the son of Ding Richang, and Wu Baochu, the son of Wu Changqing, another noble son without the slightest vulgarity. While she was still smiling reservedly, Yuan Kewen had already bowed and shouted, "Teacher Zhou!" "Young Master Han Yun, don't dare to be that!" Zhou Di returned the gift calmly and calmly.

"Taoru," Fu Zengxiang said again, "Yuan Gongbao wants to invite you to be a teacher, and I have already agreed for you. Yuan Gongbao originally wanted to come to invite you in person, but I don't think that is necessary. Brother Bao Cen is the representative, and it is the same. " "Teacher," Zhou Di was a little apprehensive, "I'm afraid I'm not up to the task." "It's not that you won't be incompetent." Fu Zengxiang said again: "Your principal has already agreed to let you go to the Yuan family's library until the winter vacation. Brother Bao Cen has brought Guan Shu."

So Yuan Kewen picked up the worship box at hand and said: "Kewen is ordered by his parents to respect Yuxuan!" "You don't allow me to think about it!" Zhou Wei looked at Fu Zengxiang with a look of embarrassment on his face, "Teacher, I am really terrified." "Go ahead!" Fu Zengxiang said: "You can graduate because of the benefit of Yuan Gongbao's study in Beiyang, so you can accept Guan Shu!" "The teacher said so, and I have nothing to say." Zhou Di turned around and took the worship box with both hands, and said to Yuan Kewen, "Mr. Han Yun, I'd rather be respectful than obedient."

"Heavy words, serious words!" At this moment, Yuan Kewen felt that Zhou Toxiu was favored by others, so he said to Fu Zengxiang: "Uncle Yuan, my mother has something to say, and the family school is not like a formal school. It seems that there is no need to set a deadline. If Teacher Zhou’s daily life is inconvenient, it’s better to go to the library early, so that my sister-in-law can enjoy the spring breeze early. As for the official start of classes, it’s better to postpone it until the beginning of the new year.” "Daoru, what do you think?" Fu Zengxiang didn't know that Yuan Kewen was pretending to pass on his mother's life, so he persuaded her, "Since Mrs. Gong Bao has such a kind intention, I think you should follow it!

The living and eating in Yuan's mansion are much more comfortable after all. " "Yes! I obey the teacher's orders." "Then, Mr. Zhou, please set a date so that we can send someone over to wait on the resettlement." "Here," Zhou Tie replied, "I want to see the Lingtang first and then make a decision!" "Yes!" Yuan Kewen asked, "Send a car to pick you up tomorrow?" "No, no need!" Zhou Di asked the teacher again: "I want to ask the teacher to take me to see Mrs. Gongbao." "That's impossible! I have to go back to Tianjin early tomorrow morning." Fu Zengxiang replied, "Actually, it's the same when Brother Bao Cen comes to pick him up."

Zhou Di nodded, and said: "It's presumptuous to mention it, I don't know yet, who am I discussing with?" "It's my two concubine mothers and two sister-in-laws." Yuan Kewen said: "Maybe my wife will also ask the teacher for advice." Zhou To was quite surprised, "So there are two concubines!" She said, "It's so embarrassing to be in the teacher's seat." "That doesn't matter." Fu Zengxiang said: "My two concubines, I'm afraid they are not as old as you." "Yes." Yuan Kewen replied: "One is the sixth concubine, eighteen years old this year; the other is the seventh concubine who is younger, only sixteen years old." He asked casually, "What is the age of Teacher Zhou?"

Zhou Di blushed, and immediately replied seriously: "I am twenty this year." "That's a year older than me." It turned out that he was only nineteen years old!I don't know if you are married yet?Before I finished thinking about it, I immediately remembered that he once said that "my wife should also ask for advice", and then blamed myself, the words were still in my ears, why can't I remember?And then he became vigilant again, he was not like this usually, why did he look fascinated at this moment? Thinking of this, I noticed that my face was hot, afraid that others would have noticed it!Anxious in my heart, I became more and more coy and uneasy.Fu Zengxiang was very surprised by what he saw, but he didn't have time to think about it. He just thought it was time to leave. When he stood up, Yuan Kewen rushed to the front and said, "It's time to say goodbye! How about sending a car to pick up Teacher Zhou tomorrow afternoon?" "There is no class tomorrow afternoon." "Okay! It's a deal." Yuan Kewen bowed to the principal again, and resigned with Fu Zengxiang. The headmaster naturally wanted to send it off, and when Zhou Di also wanted to send it off, Fu Zengxiang stopped her and said, "Just stay." "The teacher is here, why don't you send it off?" At that time, the sky changed suddenly and the north wind blew heavily. The hem of Yuan Kewen's thin velvet robe was fluttering, revealing a pair of white spun silk trousers underneath.Zhou Yu really wanted to ask: "Are you cold?" But then he blamed himself: "Blowing up a pool of spring water, what are you doing?" ※ ※ ※ As soon as Yuan Shikai arrived in Xiyuan, Zhang Jing, a trusted military officer, came to secretly report: Maybe it was because of the cold yesterday, the Empress Dowager Cixi's condition suddenly changed, and she was so depressed that she hadn't woken up until dawn.This is the news from the palace of Yiluan, absolutely reliable. Sure enough, at around seven o'clock, the eunuch from the Neizuo Office came to pass the decree: All "rises" and "withdrawals".If the Military Aircraft Department has a major matter that must be decided immediately, it will be written and submitted. "Isn't it very effective for Lu Yongbin to ask for pulse? Why did it happen again and again?" Zhang Zhidong said with a worried expression, "Isn't this matter related to the details, so I have to ask." If you want to ask, you can only ask the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Zeng Chong, Kui Jun, Ji Lu, and Jing Feng were all invited to talk.As far as Jilu knows, Empress Dowager Cixi has always been self-willed and self-confident. She considers her body to be extremely healthy, and regards "river fish disease" as a minor illness that is not worth worrying about. Raw and cold, go hand in hand.This time the attack is very fierce, I am afraid that I will lie on the bed for a while. "Did you call for a doctor?" Zhang Zhidong asked. "It's Lu Yongbin's pulse." Ji Lu said, "The prescription hasn't changed much from before. I'm decocting the medicine right now. Let's see what to say after taking it." "The emperor's illness is not good either!" Chang Chuan said to Zeng Chong, who took care of Yingtai, "It's probably because of the cold." "What's wrong?" Yuan Shikai asked. "It's hard to say. Even the doctor on the first shift can't tell." Zeng Chong replied with great difficulty: "Anyway, he doesn't look quite right." "Didn't it mean that the medicine for the first shift was ineffective? Why didn't you change it?" Zhang Zhidong said again: "At the beginning, there were three shifts, and it was said that there would be one shift every two months. If it was the beginning of August, then we should have changed shifts." ?" Zeng Chong didn't answer, and the other three ministers pretended not to have heard of it, and no one answered. The situation froze a bit, and finally Shi Xu said, "You have to hear about the Empress Dowager first when changing shifts. I mentioned earlier that some people say that the Empress Dowager has always been in poor health, so don't bother her, so..." He didn't say any more. Who is "someone"?Zhang Zhidong was asking in his heart, but remained silent.This time it was Yuan Shikai who broke the silence: "Do you want to invite King Qing back?" he asked. "I also have to ask the Empress Dowager for orders." Shi Xu said, "King Qing's trip is not a different kind of errand." Yuan Shikai also realized that Yikuang was going to inspect and accept the "Wannian Jidi" to enshrine Buddha statues. This mission was extremely important. If he said that he was going to be brought back, it would definitely make Empress Dowager Cixi angry, so he quickly retracted his words: "Yes! Yes! It must not be overdone.” "Let me invite you first!" Zhang Zhidong said, "At this moment, I can only calm down, but it's too much work for you, so please contact me at any time." Then, he bowed his hands to the four ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, expressing his deepest entreaties. As soon as they left, Zaifeng asked: "Should we also stay behind? If we live here, we have to send someone home to pick up the bedding as soon as possible." Everyone thought his words were ridiculous. What's the big deal about "going home to get the bedding" that's worth mentioning?Shixu has always been a bit dependent on the young people, so he bluntly touched them back: "My lord, don't worry about this, I won't freeze you anyway!" "The inside is important, and the outside perception cannot be ignored. If it is not necessary, you don't need to live here." Zhang Zhidong said: "Otherwise, when the news spreads, people will panic." "Yes, yes!" Yuan Shikai immediately seconded: "I see, let's talk about it in the afternoon!" So the five ministers of the military aircraft stood by and waited. At noon, the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to pass on Yi's decree: "The clan Jueluo orphans and the soldiers of the Eight Banners and Green Step battalions will be rewarded with half a month's money and food." Instructing Mingfa to inform Du branch Shangshu Zaize to negotiate, how much money and food will be needed for the half-month bonus, and where will it come from?At this time, there was another Yi decree: "The money and food distributed by Jia En for half a month will be distributed by the internal gang." This is the Empress Dowager Cixi using her private house to benefit the orphans and widows of the Eight Banners. The purpose is to pray for blessings and eliminate disasters. Not good. Soon Su La came to report that Zai Ze had returned home.Fortunately, the money has already been settled, and it doesn't matter whether Zai Ze comes or not. After completing the edict, there is no need to let the sick Empress Dowager Cixi look over it, and ask the cabinet directly for Mingfa. It was more than three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Zhidong was asking how the palace was going.If the Empress Dowager Cixi's condition has been relieved, she might as well disperse the value.Nazhi Zengchong hurried over and said: "The emperor himself felt very bad, so he sent me to him and asked me what to do? I had no choice but to ask the prince and Zhongtang for instructions. " As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Zhidong immediately asked, "What's wrong?" "The emperor said that he was short of breath, as if his time was approaching." "what do you say?" "I think it's a little dangerous." "Then call a doctor immediately!" "Yes! I'm here to ask for instructions, how can I find them?" Shixu first understood what he said, and immediately said: "It was the first shift to ask for pulse. If you change to the second or third shift, you have to play the Empress Dowager Ming first. I'm afraid there will be too little time." "Then play Empress Dowager Ming." Zaifeng said: "Delays are not to be delayed." "Since we can't delay, let's call the doctor first!" Zhang Zhidong made a decision: "I'll write a play later and send it to Cilan." "This is the best!" Zeng Chong asked again: "Should the whole class be called?" "As long as it is beneficial to the disease, you might as well call them all." "It's better to have one more person!" Saying this, Zeng Chong left in a hurry. Once back at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Zengchong asked someone to send a car to pick them up separately.Du Zhongjun, who lived in the Binsheng store on Yangmeizhu Xiejie Street, had just finished dinner when he heard that the emperor was seriously ill and left without even washing his face.When he arrived at the front gate, he saw a eunuch riding a horse coming to remind him. Du Zhongjun became more and more worried, and at the same time he was quite confused. He hadn't seen the emperor for more than two months. Heavy? When I arrived at the Neifu Office, I saw Zhou Jingtao from the second class, who had just received a pulse, and only said: "The condition is very serious!" Du Zhongjun wanted to ask again, but Zeng Chong was already urging him repeatedly. So he hurried to Yingtai bedroom.The emperor sat on the kang in the outer room, resting his chin on his left hand and placing his right hand on the kang table, with a sad face and no words. Du Zhongjun didn't bother to ask any questions, he knelt on the mat and cut his pulse, the pulse was throbbing and thin, the energy in his heart was insufficient, and his liver seemed to be sick. "How is it?" The emperor opened his mouth, the smell was very strong, and he said in a crying voice: "The medicine from the first shift is useless at all! Ask them, and they don't have a decisive word. How can you save me? ?” "I haven't had a pulse for two months." Du Zhongjun asked: "How is the emperor's bowel movement?" "I haven't had a major solution for nine days! I have a lot of phlegm and shortness of breath, and my heart feels empty." "The emperor's disease is full of excess and deficiency, and the heart is timid. Ginseng should be used; phlegm and constipation should be treated with Citrus aurantium, but it is difficult to handle. Wait for the minister to go down and carefully consider it." "You must prescribe the prescription carefully!" The emperor's cry appeared again: "I am satisfied with taking your medicine, but I changed my shift later, and I don't know who's idea, so I sent you to the third shift. You must always take care of yourself." Save me!" "Yes!" Du Zhongjun said with a sour heart, lowered his head, "I will definitely do my best." Exit Yingtai and go to Zhilu in Zhangjing, the military aircraft, to prescribe prescriptions, where the four ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are all sitting and waiting.It took Du Zhongjun a long time to finish the work.When Jilu saw the pulse case, he couldn't help being surprised. "You said 'real and false, I'm afraid there will be a sudden escape', won't the emperor be afraid of this way of writing?" "The emperor's illness must be dangerous within four days. After I entered Beijing, I was ashamed that I couldn't cure the emperor. When I got sick, I couldn't see it. How could I explain myself?" Du Zhongjun was suddenly angry and excited. Said: "You told me not to write like this, it's all right! But in the future, something extraordinary will happen, I have to declare in advance that I can't be responsible." "He's right." Kui Jun interjected, "We can't be responsible either. Why don't we ask our superiors to see what they say." "They" means that the minister of military aircraft is still waiting.After Du Zhongjun explained what he said earlier, King Chun took a look at Zhang Zhidong and said, "It's good that we know, don't write it!" Du Zhongjun nodded, without saying a word, went back to the original place and opened Zhang Fangzi again, and deleted the eight words "real, real, false, and false, for fear of sudden release" in the pulse case. It was already the second watch when we returned to Binsheng's store. Du Zhongjun had to go to bed early because he still had to enter the palace early the next morning, but his mind was so full of thoughts that he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.After an hour like this, he suddenly heard the sound of the door, and asked in surprise: "Who?" "Master, it's me!" It was his servant, Du Sheng, who turned on the light, went to the bed and opened the curtain and said, "The shopkeeper said, there is something very important, I want to see the master!" Du Zhongjun was startled and suspicious, but there was no reason why he didn't see him, so he said, "Okay! let him in. " When he put on his clothes and got up, the treasurer Zhao of Binsheng store had already stepped in, and asked An to apologize first: "It's so late, it's really wrong to startle you from the kang all the time! However, I can't help it." He took two steps and said in a low voice: "There is a eunuch who is an acquaintance, no matter what I say, he will not leave if he wants to see Mr. Du. Please, Mr. Du, just meet him?" "This is impossible!" Du Zhongjun's tone was very serious: "Unless he is on business to deliver a message, I can't meet him in private! Besides, it's late at night, and besides..." He felt that there was no need to say more, so he swallowed his words. Shopkeeper Zhao hesitated to speak, and finally retreated, but soon knocked on the door again. Du Zhongjun saw clearly through the crack of the door that he was the only one, so he opened the door to let him in. "Master Du," the shopkeeper said with a helpless expression, "He wants me to ask you an old question." "What words?" "He said, Mr. Du went to the palace to ask for his pulse. Did he say that if the Lord Long Live is within four days, he must be in danger?" Upon hearing this, Du Zhongjun's expression changed suddenly, "Who is this eunuch?" He asked: "Who asked him to ask this question?" "This eunuch," Shopkeeper Zhao said in a very low voice, but with a serious expression, "is under Chief Cui Er." Du Zhongjun also knew that Cui Yugui's power now surpassed that of Li Lianying, and he originally wanted to be reprimanded by others in the future, but now he couldn't help being discouraged. "Master Du," Shopkeeper Zhao said again, "You told me, and I told him, I will take care of him not to gossip around. I know this person very well, and I am sure." Du Zhongjun bit his lip and thought for a while before making a decision. To tell the truth, the words of "four days" must not be admitted. "The emperor's illness is very serious, and it's a bit dangerous." He said: "However, I never said that within four days, there must be danger. A doctor can decide whether a person lives or dies. The truth is that they can only live for a few days. It's just talk. No one has such a great ability!" "Yes! I'll tell him what Master Du said." Du Zhongjun nodded, and when he was about to leave the room, he suddenly shouted: "Shopkeeper Zhao, you sent him away, please come back again, I have something to ask you." Shopkeeper Zhao agreed and left, about the time of a cup of tea. He went back and forth, holding a pot of tea in one hand and two roasted sweet potatoes in the other, and said very politely: "Master Du is probably hungry. Cushion hunger." "Thank you, I'm not hungry." Du Zhongjun asked, "Is he gone?" "gone." "Did you say anything?" "Let me thank Master Du." "This person," Du Zhongjun asked, "is he in the Empress Dowager's palace?" "It's also in the Empress Dowager's Palace." "How do you call it 'also counted'?" "He's running errands. But Chief Cui Er trusts him and often assigns him to do important things." "Then, Cui Yugui asked him to come if he came today." Du Zhongjun asked: "Did he ever tell you why Cui Yugui asked this question?" "No. He won't tell me." "Didn't you say you knew him very well?" "Yes. Familiarity is familiarity. If there is any discrepancy, he will not talk nonsense. I came here to chat for a while. It is nothing more than a joke in the palace." "A joke in the palace?" Du Zhongjun said, "Tell me something!" "Yes!" Shopkeeper Zhao was pouring tea for him, thinking at the same time, halfway through the pour, he suddenly asked, "Master Du is familiar with Dr. Chen from Jiangsu, right?" "You mean Chen Lianfang?" Du Zhongjun shook his head: "Not familiar, not familiar!" "Then, Dr. Chen hit a big snag in front of the emperor, did you hear about it?" "I don't know! I haven't heard of it. I only heard people say that the emperor didn't appreciate him very much. What happened to him?" Du Zhongjun said: "We are very careful in the palace. Dare to walk around, don't dare to say a word. Maybe you don't know as much as you do." "That's the truth. We small businessmen should never think of going to the palace to see and see for the rest of our lives. However, eunuchs and the masters of the House of Internal Affairs know a lot, and they are tired of hearing about things in the palace. This spring, a Suzhou Mr. Cao, who was also recommended by Chen Futai, listened to me one day, and asked for leave the next day. Before leaving, he gave me a big bow and said that I saved his life. This Mr. Cao is very clever. " Hearing this, Du Zhongjun was very concerned.He knew that before he arrived in Beijing, Jiangsu governor Chen Qitai had recommended a famous doctor, Cao Zhihan. Not long after he arrived in Beijing, he asked for leave to return home, and then said he was sick and resigned.Chen Qitai asked many people to tell him that he was promised a monthly subsidy of two thousand silver for "public expenses", but Cao Zhihan was unmoved, which is a bit unreasonable.Now after listening to shopkeeper Zhao's words, I know that there is something inside, and the long-standing doubts can be broken. So he hurriedly asked: "Shopkeeper Zhao, what did you say to make him ask for leave and return to Suzhou immediately, and you think you saved his life?" "I also heard it by accident. One day, an eunuch told me, 'Doctor Cao's medical skills are good, the emperor is willing to take his medicine, and it is effective. However, Doctor Cao is about to be unlucky!' I felt strange, How can the medicine be good, the emperor's medicine is effective, but it will be unlucky? The eunuch smiled and refused to explain the reason, but said, "his pulse is well cut, and he will be sent to wait on the emperor's side, and he will not let him go." If you leave the palace, you will be in bad luck at that time! No one cares about sleeping and eating, and you are not allowed to walk around. He will starve to death.'” Hearing this, Du Zhongjun's hair was terrified, he couldn't help but shuddered, and forced himself to laugh: "I see! You really saved his life." "To be honest, Mr. Du." Shopkeeper Zhao said calmly: "When you moved to my Binsheng shop, I heard that there was a round every two months. I didn't tell you this. Let's talk about your four months' room and board money first. Now, it doesn't matter!" "Why?" Du Zhongjun hurriedly asked: "Why do you think I'm okay?" "Didn't you always say that the emperor's illness is dangerous? The emperor is dangerous, but the doctor who treats the emperor is not dangerous!" Du Zhongjun suddenly realized.There are mixed feelings in my heart, and I really regret this trip.Shopkeeper Zhao saw that there was something wrong with him, so he stood up and said goodbye, but Du Zhongjun didn't let him go, "Talk, talk!" He said, "You didn't tell me how Dr. Chen got into trouble." So shopkeeper Zhao sat down to talk about Chen Lianfang again.It is said that he asked for pulse on the first day, but he was blamed. When he asked for pulse the next day, the emperor issued his prescription with twelve words written on it: "The tricks of famous doctors, but that's all, it's a pity!" "I heard from the eunuchs that the emperor himself often read medical books. As the saying goes, 'long-term illness becomes a doctor', the emperor also knows the way of medicine. One day he wrote a list of his illness, and when Dr. Chen prescribed the medicine, the emperor sent him Called to go, take the list I made to match the pulse case, it is completely different. Immediately, I gave Dr. Chen a dog-blood sprinkler. However, it is not as big as the nail hit this afternoon! This afternoon, the emperor threw Dr. Chen’s prescription On his face, he also said, 'My illness is all in your hands, and I can't spare you even if I die!'” After hearing this piece of news, Du Zhongjun didn't care about it. After all, Chen Lianfang offended the Tai Hospital.When the six imperial physicians asked for the pulse, the palace handed over two hundred prescriptions prescribed for the emperor to the imperial hospital. Those who know medicine can point out the fallacy.Not only dry ginger and aconite, which are hot in nature, but also antelope and gypsum, which are cold in nature, rhubarb and citrus aurantium are used for attacking, and ginseng and purple river carnation are used for a while.Thanks to the emperor's choice to take these two hundred doses of medicine, if he had taken all of them, he would have died long ago. These words, those who see the opportunity are just wrong, Chen Lianfang once planned to make a bitter discussion, but later listened to people's persuasion, and gave up his original intention.But occasionally he complained, and the people from the Tai Hospital must have heard it, and said something bad about him in front of the emperor, which made him hit a wall. "Master Du," Shopkeeper Zhao asked, "I'm a little puzzled. Dr. Chen is also a famous doctor. Could it be that he can't even see the emperor's illness?" "That will never happen." "Since it's not possible, why do you always run into trouble? Could it be stage fright, once you see the emperor, scare him back?" "No way." Du Zhongjun replied: "Probably he also knows that there are only disadvantages and no benefits to asking the emperor for pulse. He deliberately did this in order to hope that the emperor can go home without looking for him." "Yes!" Shopkeeper Zhao nodded deeply: "Probably he will be home soon!" Du Zhongjun understood what he meant, Long Yu was the honored guest, and the doctors recommended by each province would naturally return to their hometowns.There will never be punishment, but the order to seek medical treatment results in turning the "Jin Shang" who should be cured into a "Daxing Emperor". Very bad. Therefore, after tossing and turning at night, I still can't fall asleep, and when it is four o'clock, the passengers who get up early and rush on the road are noisy, which is even more annoying.Du Zhongjun simply didn't sleep, washed his breakfast, sat neatly dressed and waited for someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pick him up. ※ ※ ※ "How is the emperor?" Knowing that it was unnecessary, Du Zhongjun still asked. "It's still the same." Ji Lu replied, "If it suddenly gets better, it's not good!" This remark is incomprehensible at first, but after careful thought, he is saying that "becoming better at once" must be "reflection of light", and it has entered the time of "great gradualness". "The emperor can't get up today..." Before Jilu finished speaking, he stopped himself and looked out of the window. Du Zhongjun also looked out, only to see Shixu coming in a hurry, holding a piece of paper in his hand. Look." Zengchong stood close, took Zhu Yu and looked at it and said: "The people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs will never dare. Now that Zhu Yu has it, just tell them the truth." "That's right! Not only must we tell them, but we must also conduct a thorough investigation. This matter is so important that we cannot ignore it at all." At this time, Zhu Yu was in the hands of Jilu. Du Zhongjun looked over his head and saw clearly. It read: "The emperor is seriously ill, and he is not allowed to enter with pills privately. If anyone enters, there will be no changes, but the person who enters the medicine is ask!" "Yes!" Jilu returned Zhu Yu to Shixu, looked up at him, and made a suggestion: "Zhongtang, I think the emperor's palace will send additional guards to guard it." "Not good! Not good! It doesn't look good." Shixu said: "You just send more capable and reliable people, and keep an eye out!" In fact, it was nearly noon, and Yingtai began to send a decree to ask for pulse. Lu Yongbin and Shi Huan treated Empress Dowager Cixi in the Hall of Yiluan, so Du Zhongjun and Zhou Jingtao made up a temporary team, but when asking for pulse, they still came in individually. Du Zhongjun was first, Zhou Jingtao was there rear. Qingmai is still in the room on the left, and it is still on the kang bed by the window, but it was able to sit up and sit up the day before, but it is sleeping on the kang this day, standing next to a eunuch in his thirties, thin cotton A blue Ning silk vest was put on over the robe, and his expression was very calm, without any worries. The emperor fell asleep at first, and the eunuch raised his voice slightly and said, "Dr. Du came to ask for the pulse of Long Live." So the emperor turned over with great difficulty. Du Zhongjun knelt down and saluted. He took a book and rolled it up to stabilize his wrist, and began to check his pulse. The pulse condition is even worse, fast and thin, and the heartbeat is fast, but it is already exhausted.The other hand is inside the kang bed, so it is inconvenient to diagnose and press, so there is no need to diagnose it again. "Has the emperor understood?" Du Zhongjun asked the eunuch. "No." "What food came in?" "I don't want to enter anything, I just want to drink water." "Did you sleep well at night?" "Can you sleep?" The eunuch's tone seemed to think his question was funny. There is no need to ask any more, Du Zhongjun kowtowed, got up and left.Together with Zhou Jingtao, they returned silently to the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. "How is it?" Kui Jun came up to him and asked. "There is no turning point!" Du Zhongjun replied bluntly. "Master Zhou, what do you think?" "It's hard!" Zhou Jingtao shook his head greatly. "Then please write a prescription." Prescriptions are difficult to open, but they must be opened.Du Zhongjun told Zhou Jingtao what the Minister of Military Aircraft said the day before: "If you write the book according to the facts, you must take it back and change it. The writing is too light, and the relationship is too heavy. I can't afford it. What's your opinion?" "I'm not afraid of trouble. I'd rather get it back from the military plane and get it changed. As for my brother, since Wang Chun took care of me yesterday, I don't need to make any more trouble myself. Just take a prescription and put it in a slightly more emphatic tone." "That's right, that's right! It's brilliant." Du Zhongjun fully accepted his suggestion, prepared the prescription, and sent it to the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. At this moment, Lv Yongbin and Shi Huan had returned from the Hall of Yiluan asking for their pulse, and the three ministers of the House of Internal Affairs went up to greet them, as if deliberately avoiding idlers, they hugged Lv Yongbin and Shi Huan aside, and the conversation was not loud , Du Zhongjun couldn't hear what they said clearly, but he could guess that they must be asking about the Empress Dowager Cixi's illness, and he could also deduce that the illness is difficult from the point of the long-term conversation. ※ ※ ※ Due to the worsening illness of the two palaces, the ministers of military affairs were all preoccupied, and Yuan Shikai was particularly depressed.He has encountered countless turmoil in his life, but no matter how difficult it is, there is always a way to get it out, except this time he is helpless. This is because there are too many taboos.It is a taboo to say that the Empress Dowager Cixi's illness is serious, and it is even more taboo to ask about the illnesses of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor! Another taboo is the boundary between Manchu and Han.After the coup of 1898, the mutual suspicion became more and more serious. Once the new official system came out, many vacancies of high officials and senior officials were cut out of nowhere, which made the struggle for power and interests even more intense.The current trend is that relatives and nobles exclude the clan, the clan rejects the Eight Banners, and the Eight Banners reject the Han people.The world is not only the world of Aixinjueluo, but even the world of Xuanzong's family.If the emperor dies, who will belong to the big position is the housework of the close relatives and nobles, and has nothing to do with the Han people, and even has nothing to do with the distant clan.Therefore, among the military ministers, Lu Chuanlin was indifferent to this, Zhang Zhidong was the most taboo, and deliberately avoided talking about it, so Yuan Shikai had nothing to talk about. There are only one and a half people to talk about, one is Qing Wang Yikuang, and the other half is Shixu.But talking with half a generation later, naturally they can't talk too deeply, they only have the same opinion, no matter what, they must invite Yikuang back to Beijing as soon as possible. There are two ways to do this, one is to ask the King of Jin to write a letter to inform Yikuang as a military plan, and the other is to send a private letter to Yikuang, as if he returned to Beijing to return to his command.When Yuan Shikai was considering which method to adopt in the small study, the servant came to report and Qu Tinggui asked to see him. It is conceivable that there must be news from the palace, and Yuan Shikai ordered: "Come here, please." Naturally, all the servants avoided him from a distance, Qu Tinggui was still worried, looked out the window again and again to make sure there was no ear behind the wall, Fang Shi said: "Gongbao, I think the emperor may be poisoned!" Yuan Shikai was taken aback, looked at him for a long time, and then asked, "What did you see?" "I went to Yingtai to ask for pulse in the afternoon. The emperor was rolling all over the bed, and when he saw it, he yelled, 'I have a terrible stomachache!' The symptoms of the emperor include heartbeat, dark complexion, neurasthenia, yellow tongue coating, constipation, and being unable to sleep at night. These are all the same as before, why do you suddenly have such a stomachache! According to the pathology, there will be no such situation." "So, according to your opinion, what kind of poison is it?" "I don't know! There are many poisons and strange medicines left over from the Ming Dynasty in the "Shou Pharmacy" in the palace and the paint storehouse of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. No one can figure it out." When I asked, what did the emperor eat? Take the rest to test. I had to say, "take a rubber bag and fill it with hot water and apply it on the stomach to relieve pain." In the emperor's palace, no one cares at all." "Ah!" Yuan Shikai sighed: "The emperor has been treated like this, I really can't be reconciled to him." "The emperor's illness is not important at first, but recuperation is very important! Whoever is known as the emperor is worse than a poor family. The illness is reduced by one point, and two points are added secretly, so that it is getting worse and worse. Chinese medicine says that the emperor It's only been a few days, and we doctors of western medicine can't agree with this. The emperor's illness is a chronic disease, and western medicine can always find a way to make him live a few more days. But as it is today, our western medicine can't do anything. I'm here to report to Ming Gongbao , I won’t be able to enter the palace to ask for pulse tomorrow.” "I know." Yuan Shikai said with a solemn expression: "We, as subjects, do our best! We have done our best, and you have a clear conscience. You don't have to be sad!" When Qu Tinggui resigned, Yuan Shikai recalled what he had said, and could not but suspect that the emperor had been poisoned.But if you think about it carefully, there is no doubt, since Du Zhongjun has already made a conclusion, "There must be danger within four days", so why do you need to poison?Who is the poisoner? He was thinking that it would never be Li Lianying.The emperor called Li Lianying "Ada", and regarded him as a Manchu minister who taught "Mandarin language" and riding and shooting. If he wanted to preserve his wealth, he would rather have the emperor alive. Like Gengzi before, a veritable manager above Cui Yugui.Moreover, the Empress Dowager Cixi also knew very well that Li Lianying had been protecting the emperor for the past few years, even if there were extraordinary actions, she would not hand over this task to Li Lianying. When my thoughts turned here, I naturally thought of Cui Yugui.Things are clearly there, it's not Yang Jimo!However, it is hard to say whether he did it himself or at the instigation of Empress Dowager Cixi. If you think about it a little deeper, you can be sure that it will not be the Empress Dowager Cixi's instigation.Because of Du Zhongjun's words, it is inevitable that someone will play on Ciwei.Now that the emperor's time limit has come, why bother to do such a thing that will make his conscience uneasy until death?At the same time, he thought, why did the Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly have such a Zhu Yu that "it is not allowed to enter with pills privately" and "there is no change, but only the person who enters the medicine should ask"?It seems that someone has been involved in the plan of "donating medicine", which is absolutely unacceptable to Empress Dowager Cixi, so there is such a strict order. But here comes the question again!Back to the first question, why can't this person wait for four days and insist on killing the emperor? This doubt weighed on Yuan Shikai's head, making him unable to sleep peacefully until Choumo Yinchu, when he was supposed to get up and go to court, suddenly woke up with a start, and realized that the Empress Dowager Cixi herself thought that the emperor must have died before her. And the attendants on the left and right must have been warned by the doctor that the Empress Dowager Cixi is in danger, and she may die before the emperor! Thinking of this, Yuan Shikai broke out in a cold sweat, because he was in the same situation as Cui Yugui, and he was the one who would be killed by the emperor.Maybe the Empress Dowager Cixi is dying at this moment, and the palace is in chaos.Sure enough, it was time for him to seriously consider what he should do. So, he coughed, and when Fifth Aunt woke up too startled and wanted to call the girl who was sleeping in the back room to come in to serve her, he couldn't wait to say: "First ask someone to bring the phone book!" The so-called "telephone book" is a record of calls made in the palace.Li Lianying, Cui Yugui, Xiao Dezhang, and the respect room and memorial office all have telephones installed. If there is a "big incident" in the palace, or the two palaces are in danger, the inherent news comes that the illness has changed slightly. People will also be notified.He was eager to read the records, just to understand the condition of the two palaces. Judging from the records, there is only a phone call from the memorial office, saying that no papers have been sent out. It can be seen that the Empress Dowager Cixi has reached the point where she cannot review the memorials. At this time Yuan Shikai was a little more at ease, so he still went to court as usual.Arriving at Xiyuan Junji Zhilu, I saw that King Jin Zaifeng and Shixu had just arrived, so before we exchanged greetings, we first asked about the condition of the two palaces. "I'm afraid the emperor will fail!" Shi Xu said without hesitation in front of Zaifeng: "The empress dowager is also very dangerous. Today, I have to say, I'm afraid it's time to resolve the big doubts and make big plans. " "How is the Queen Mother?" "I can't tell. Anyway, the stomach is extremely weak, and I can't bear anything. If I get up dozens of times a night, a good person will be tossed out of shape, let alone an old lady in her seventies!" While talking, Su La lifted the curtain outside and announced, "Zhang Zhongtang is here!" Zhang Zhongtang was in high spirits, but when he looked closely, he seemed to be on fire. After entering the door, he cupped his hands, sat down and said, "I read "Art Code" all night yesterday, and the more I read, the more confused I become!" Everyone didn't know what "Art Code" was, and Zaifeng didn't even hear these three words clearly, so he asked bluntly, "Xiang Tao, what did you say you watched all night?" Zhang Zhidong saw that everyone was troubled, so he had no choice but to explain clearly: "It's the "Art Dictionary" in "Book Collection". I only read the medical department, but I still haven't figured it out." He still didn't quite understand what he said, but everyone who listened understood it. He probably wanted to know about the condition of the two palaces, to see if it was necessary, and if there were any prescriptions available.Therefore, Yuan Shikai said: "According to Shi Zhongtang, the situation is very bad, and it's time to make preparations. Zhongtang sees it, what should we do?" "When Zixuan comes, let's discuss together." Lu Chuanlin asked for leave that day, Shixu said: "There's no need to wait, Zixuan is also having a stomachache today, so send someone to notify him that he can't come to work." "I think I'll invite Qing Mansion back!" Zhang Zhidong said, "It's his master after all." "So am I!" Yuan Shikai nodded. Zaifeng was still hesitating, but Shixu came up with an idea: "Let's go to the Yiluan Hall and say hello in the bedroom. By the way, find out what the empress dowager wants, what do you guys think?" "That's okay, but I have to send someone in to ask first." "I'll say hello when I get there." So the group of four arrived in Zhonghai, and when they entered the Xunmen Gate, it was the Yiluan Hall. The residence of the Empress Dowager Cixi was in the Fuchang Hall in the north. When they arrived here, Su La had already entered and informed them. Come out, say hello one by one, and ask why you are here. "Come to pay respects to the Empress Dowager!" Zhang Zhidong asked, "Do you think it's better to come?" "Afraid of difficulty!" "How about now?" Zhang Zhidong asked again: "How is your spirit?" "It's always better in the morning." Li Lianying said immediately, "My lord must have something to say with all the adults? I'll ask Da Gege to come to the bed to act." "No!" Zaifeng had another opinion: "You ask Da Gege to discuss it with the queen. We mean, we want to invite King Qing back, and see if it's appropriate." "The queen went to serve the emperor, she is not here." This is great news, the emperor and the empress can't speak ten words a year, they usually look at each other and avoid each other, but now they say they are going to serve the decoction, it's no wonder! Of course, no one was willing to reveal their own feelings, but Li Lianying spoke again: "I see that the matter of inviting King Qing to return to the capital can be decided by the prince and the adults." He said: "If you must request an order, it is still It's got to be played by Da Ge Ge." "Let's ask Da Gege to act on his behalf!" Shi Xu's representative replied. So, Li Lianying bowed her waist, turned around and left.After a long time, Fang Shi came back and replied: "Lafayette said, 'Okay! Hurry up.'" He glanced at King Chun, as if he wanted to say something, but finally remained silent. "That's good!" Zhang Zhidong said, "Send a special messenger down immediately." "Hurry up," Yuan Shikai said, "you can send a telegram!" "Ah, ah, not bad!" Just as everyone was about to turn around and leave, Li Lianying pulled Shixu and said, "Shizhongtang, please take a step slowly, I have something to tell you." "Say it!" "These two days are critical." Li Lianying waited for everyone else to leave before she lowered her voice and said, "Cui Yugui suddenly wants to take a few days' leave, saying that he has returned to the queen. Since the queen agrees, no one can stop him. However, the situation is different now, if something happens, I can’t take care of it alone. I want to ask Shi Zhongtang to send someone to tell Cui Yugui that the holiday can be canceled if it can be sold!” "There is such a thing, I don't know." Shixu asked: "Did he report the day off?" "The day before yesterday." "Okay! I'll send someone to talk to him." Shixu asked again: "What's wrong with the illness above?" "You mean Lafayette?" "Yes!" Shixu also said in a very low voice: "You only tell me! What's going on, everyone should be prepared." "It can't be done! That side and this side," Li Lianying pointed to the outside and then to the inside: "It's all a day or two!" Shixu was silent for a long while, and finally asked: "Why did the queen go to Yingtai suddenly?" "The empress has to go and watch over her!" Li Lianying said, "It's a couple's one! It's also right to send it off to the end." Li Lianying's voice was very strange, as if trying to cover up her sobs, so her voice was completely changed.Shixu suddenly shivered, turned around and left.