prosperous age

Chapter 606 Chapter 605 Last Night

"My lord, the palace is calling urgently."

At this time, Lu Bu quickly walked into the room and whispered in his ear.

"Is there anything wrong?"

Wei Guangde looked at Lu Bu and asked casually.

"No, the messenger only said that you should come over as soon as possible. It seems urgent."

Lu Bu hastily replied.

"Go outside and tell me to wait for me at the gate in the carriage."

Wei Guangde was very anxious when he heard the call from the palace, so naturally he would not neglect, and immediately ordered Lu Bu to preach.

Afterwards, he checked that the manuscript was not misplaced, and then he got up and walked out.

Lu Bu already knew Wei Guangde's habit of placing manuscripts, so he was not worried about making mistakes.

When we arrived at the gate, the carriage had already parked there, and the guards in front of the gate naturally didn't ask too many questions.

Here, the branch school officer is the biggest official, and Wei Guangde's right to speak here is second only to Zhang Juzheng, and he is considered the second in command.

"Go back and put away the manuscript, and send it to the study room."

When Wei Guangde got into the carriage, he ordered Lu Bu to preach, then got into the carriage, the carriage started, and drove towards Prince Yu's mansion.

The carriage arrived at the side gate of Prince Yu's Mansion, Wei Guangde got off the carriage and found that there were twice as many guards standing in front of the Palace today than usual.

"What's going on? Who arranged it?"

Calling the captain of the guard in front of the door, Wei Guangde asked.

"Master Wei, Eunuch Li ordered it."

Wei Guangde rolled his eyes when he heard the words, he knew that he had something to do with Ji Zhao, but this is not possible, there are many people coming and going around the palace, who knows which mansion is the spy.

Such an anomaly in the palace would definitely be discovered immediately.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde immediately ordered to the captain: "The increased manpower retreats inside and remains the same as usual."

"This"

The captain of the guard hesitated a bit, after all, this was Li Fang's order, and they should actually listen to Li Fang's command, rather than the orders of royal lecturers like Wei Guangde.

"Just do it, I'll go in and talk to Eunuch Li about it now."

Wei Guangde said softly, and then saw that the man was still hesitant, and continued to speak: "If Eunuch Li pursues the matter, you can push it on me and say that I ordered you to do this by force."

"Ok."

The captain reluctantly agreed, and when Wei Guangde stepped into the palace, he had already called four guards to follow him in, hiding behind the side door.

After entering the door for a moment, the guard at the door greeted him. After a few words, Wei Guangde followed him into the palace.

Walking through the hall and courtyard, he soon arrived at the gate of a secluded small courtyard.

It is secluded because it is located in the leftmost courtyard in front of the palace, but there are still many servants standing guard at the courtyard gate and around it.

After Wei Guangde went in, he soon saw King Yu and Li Fang in the main room.

At this moment, Wei Guangde was still curious, he only called him and did not see Yin Shizhen and others.

"Your Highness."

Wei Guangde stepped forward to salute King Yu.

"Get up quickly, don't be too polite."

King Yu got up and stretched out his hand to help the road.

Wei Guangde also took advantage of the situation and stood up, and then looked at King Yu and Li Fang with doubts on his face.

"Let Li Fang tell you about the news from the palace."

King Yu hesitated to speak, and then ordered Li Fang to introduce the situation.

"This afternoon, His Majesty suddenly fainted for a short time. Although he quickly regained his sanity, his spirit was very bad, and he was breaking out in cold sweat all the time."

When Li Fang said this, he glanced at King Yu, who was seated above, and then at Wei Guangde, and then continued: "According to what the imperial physician summoned from the mansion said, this is a symptom of erysipelas attack."

Long-term consumption of the elixirs cultivated by Taoists will cause serious poisoning reactions, because those elixirs contain arsenic, mercury, realgar, cinnabar and other ingredients.

Emperor Jiajing took a large amount of various elixirs in his middle age, and the accumulation of erysipelas in his body was actually quite serious.

These have been discovered during the diagnosis and treatment by the imperial doctor a few years ago, but the degree is already very serious, and there is no cure for it, and they dare not even speak out.

Naturally, Li Fang learned of these inside stories from the imperial doctor through some means, and kept them secret from the outside world.

As he got older, he took more pills, and his health deteriorated. Even if he reduced his pills in the past two years, it still didn't help.

Wei Guangde just frowned when he heard the words, the harm of taking the elixir will explode sooner or later, it's just a matter of time.

Only this time, it seems that Yu Wang should have got a more accurate situation, so he called himself over urgently.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde cupped his hands and said to King Yu: "But what did the imperial doctor say?"

"According to the imperial physician's judgment after understanding the situation at that time, the emperor's erysipelas outbreak was extremely violent this time. First he fainted, and then he was covered in cold sweat. This was caused by the leakage of yang energy.

Li Fang replied from the side.

"Then who is the imperial physician, but he is still in the mansion?"

Wei Guangde asked immediately.

"Now, a separate yard has been arranged for him to live in temporarily."

Li Fang hurriedly said, "As for who he is?"

Speaking of this, Li Fang glanced at Yu Wang, who was seated above, and saw that Yu Wang nodded, and then said: "It is Xu Changling, the medical officer of the Imperial Hospital."

"Xu Changling?"

Wei Guangde frowned slightly, he didn't know this person, and he had never heard of him, after all, he was young and strong, so naturally he didn't need to use an imperial physician at all.

"Xu Changling is the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and the son of Xu Shen, the prince's Taibao. He has excellent medical skills."

King Yu explained, he saw that Wei Guangde had never heard of this name before, and immediately said to Li Fang, "Introduce Mr. Xu to Shan Loan."

After Li Fang made a slight bow to King Yu, he turned to Wei Guangde and said, "You know about the Qing Palace in the 21st year of Jiajing, right? Mr. Xu Shenxu was the one who treated the emperor at that time."

"21 years? Renyin palace change"

Wei Guangde reacted immediately.

There were many rumors about that event, but most of them were unreliable, because many of the accounts were so contradictory that it was difficult to get a glimpse of the truth of the night.

Wei Guangde looked at Li Fang, knowing that they must know a lot of things that the outside world didn't know, and maybe even a lot of secrets that were not known to the public.

Sure enough, what Li Fang said next surprised Wei Guangde, and even felt it was ridiculous.

"When the incident broke out that night, the palace maid Yang Jinying and others conspired against him and hanged the emperor with brocade silk. According to the palace servants who accompanied the empress at that time, the emperor was already dead."

"what?"

When Wei Guangde heard Li Fang's words suddenly, his hairs stood on his head.

"Are you sure you're dead?"

Wei Guangde hastily asked.

"It's not about dying, it's about dying."

Li Fang hurriedly explained, and even stole a glance at King Yu.

"Forehead?"

Wei Guangde was at a loss for words for a while, he was a bit confused about the difference between "Qi Jue" and "Qi Jue died".

"At that time, the empress immediately ordered the gate of the palace to be closed, and then invited Xu Shen, a genius doctor from the Imperial Hospital, into the palace to treat His Majesty. After seeing His Majesty's condition, Xu Shen hurriedly prescribed peach kernels, safflower, rhubarb and other serious medicines. Make a sound, remove the purple blood for a few liters, then you can speak, and a few more doses will heal.

I once heard my empress say that the emperor that night was really scary, his whole body was covered in blood, the whole dragon couch was covered in blood, and he thought he would not survive."

Following Li Fang's narration, Wei Guangde roughly restored the situation that night.

In the final analysis, it was an assassination of the emperor launched by the court ladies. After the concubine Duan of Emperor Jiajing was lucky enough to sleep soundly in Yikun Palace, sixteen court ladies including Yang Yuxiang, Su Chuanyao, Yang Jinying, and Xing Cuilian wanted to kill Emperor Jiajing. He strangled his neck and stabbed his neck with hairpins and hairpins.

There must have been blood flowing out at that time. After Emperor Jiajing passed away, these thirteen or fourteen-year-old court ladies thought that they could not be saved when they saw the mess on the bed, so they began to escape.

According to what Wei Guangde thought at the moment, these court ladies did not have a detailed plan beforehand, plus they were panicked and scared, so although Emperor Jiajing's body was stained with blood from being stabbed by hairpins, it was not considered a fatal injury.

However, due to the sudden incident and the attack in his sleep, Emperor Jiajing probably passed out due to fright, but he may not have been strangled to death.

Perhaps it was just because the breathing was weak and could not be smelled, so the palace people mistook it for dying.

However, this Xu Shen was very courageous, he dared to use strong medicine on Emperor Jiajing, and he didn't think that if a dose of medicine didn't save his life, he might die.

The medicine was administered at every hour, and he woke up before the hour. It is estimated that Xu Shen was scared to death during those five or six hours.

"No wonder, this man is so courageous and has superb medical skills. It is reasonable for His Majesty to reward the Minister of Rites and the Crown Prince."

After listening to Li Fang's narration, Wei Guangde probably knew about Xu Shen's medical skills, and naturally he had a certain degree of certainty about his son's medical skills.

Not bad at the time.

Moreover, Xu Shen had diagnosed and treated His Majesty at that time, so he should have a better understanding of the Emperor's body.

There are some things that Xu Shen may not tell others, but his son should be able to say that, based on this, Xu Changling has some basis for inferring that Emperor Jiajing will not live long.

"Your Highness is thinking about the palace?"

Wei Guangde asked in a low voice.

"Earlier we sent someone to go in and contact Mr. Gao, but we were stopped. Now Cheng Guogong Zhu Xizhong and his brother Zhu Xixiao have arrived in Xiyuan and are in charge of guarding the palace."

Li Fang said again in a pretty voice.

"Your Highness, there is no need to worry. Whether it is Elder Xu Ge, Elder Gao Ge, or Duke Cheng's family, they are all loyal to the royal family and will never make mistakes."

Wei Guangde sighed in his heart, because he couldn't get in touch with Gao Gong, so King Yu didn't know what to do, he was asking himself for comfort.

Gao Gong, Gao Gong, you are really a trouble.

Wei Guangde is jealous of Gao Gong's unshakable position in King Yu's heart, but there is nothing he can do about it.

At the very least, no matter what, he can't fall out with Gao Gong. He doesn't have Zhang Juzheng's conditions, he has a teacher who is the chief assistant.

"Well, what should I do now?"

King Yu asked in a daze.

"Your Highness, let's pray for His Majesty, and don't do anything else."

Wei Guangde replied, but then he thought of the imperial physician named Xu Changling, and hastily added: "Xu Changling will also stay in the palace. Before the dust settles, he must not be allowed to leave the palace."

Speaking of this, Wei Guangde suddenly had doubts in his heart, so he asked Li Fang: "Since you can't get in touch with the palace, how did you get this information?"

"It was reported before the palace ban was blocked, and there has been no news since then."

Li Fang's answer was simple.

Wei Guangde wanted to beat his own head, but he didn't even think of such a simple answer.

"Shan Loan, you should stay in the palace tonight, in case there is anything I can discuss with you."

At this time, King Yu suddenly said to Wei Guangde.

It seems that the inability to contact Gao Gong made King Yu feel a little lost.

In fact, in Wei Guangde's view, it's nothing, as long as he is himself.

The current situation is different from the previous years, and there is no King Jing to fight for the throne, so he is a certainty as the emperor.

But since King Yu said so, Wei Guangde naturally couldn't refuse.

Li Fang had already arranged a room for him to send news, Wei Guangde just had his coachman called and asked him to go back and deliver a letter to his family.

Judging from the judgment given by Xu Changling, Emperor Jiajing seems to be a matter of these few days, but it will not delay a lot of things, that is, the school record hall.
Once Emperor Jiajing died, it would inevitably affect the progress of copying books in the school record library, not only because of the national funeral, but also because of the "Yongle Dadian" that Emperor Jiajing wanted.

Wei Guangde felt that his head was a little big, and he thought it would be delayed for another year or a half, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

When leaving, Wei Guangde suddenly remembered what happened in front of the mansion earlier, so he cupped his hands to Li Fang and said: "Eunuch Li, when I entered the palace earlier, I saw that the number of guards outside the mansion doubled."

"Yes, just an order from me."

Li Fang was a little surprised that Wei Guangde would say this, so she replied.

"The situation is special now, and it is best for the palace to remain as usual, so when I came in, I asked the guards at the door to return to their usual appearance."

Wei Guangde then explained the matter to Li Fang, "Now the palace is guarded by Duke Cheng's lineage, and Jinyiwei is in charge inside and outside the capital, and Wang Bengu, the servant just appointed by His Majesty, is in charge of the capital camp. There shouldn't be any trouble. , You don’t have to be all soldiers.

If someone with a heart finds out, maybe what to say about the palace. "

"Been taught a lesson."

Li Fang nodded at Wei Guangde and said.

"Eunuch Li is concerned about chaos, and he is worried that there will be chaos in the city, and someone will take the opportunity to harm His Highness. This is because Eunuch Li is loyal to His Highness."

Wei Guangde put a top hat on Li Fang as soon as he opened his mouth, and said beautiful words as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Li Fang, follow Shandai's instructions. All the staff added before will be withdrawn. It's better to do as usual."

King Yu also spoke at this time.

In the middle of the night, Wei Guangde didn't sleep, but sat at the desk thinking about things.

If Emperor Jiajing went at this time, he would be in trouble. The court and the palace would definitely intensify their efforts to urge the copying of books.

Zhang Juzheng, with Xu Jie around, probably will arrange another errand for him at this time.

After all, copying books in the school record library was for Emperor Jiajing to read, for promotion, not to pass on culture by editing books.

Wei Guangde's moral character is not so noble.

And when King Yu ascended the throne, it was time to re-arrange errands for these latent and old ministers.

But, who will take care of him?

Seeking Yu Wang for an official?
If Wei Guangde can't do it, King Yu may not agree to it. There is a high probability that he will comfort him with good words and let him complete the transcription of "Yongle Dadian", and he will be appointed as an official after the wish is completed.

In ancient times, when filial piety was emphasized, King Yu would definitely satisfy Emperor Jiajing's last wish.

At this time, in the Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan, Emperor Jiajing's body was already drenched in cold sweat, and the imperial doctor's several medicines still did not relieve it.

"Huang Jin, make arrangements and return to Qianqing Palace immediately."

"My lord."

(End of this chapter)