I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 456 Yan Song is Seriously Ill
A few days have passed since then.

Early in the morning, Yan Mansion.

When Yan Shifan came out of his room as usual and was passing by the courtyard, he happened to bump into a maid who looked hurriedly.

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

At this moment, in the hands of this maid, she was still holding a clay pot full of medicinal residues, and a strong and pungent smell of medicine came out of the pot.

When the maid saw Yan Shifan, panic flashed across her face, and she hurriedly stepped aside, saying respectfully, "I've met Mr. Xiaoge!"

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

"How's the father's situation, and what's the matter with these medicine residues?"

When the maid heard this, the panic on her face became even worse. After being in a daze for a long time, she forced a smile and responded.

"Little... Elder Xiao Ge, Elder Yan Ge is in good health, and he should be able to recover soon!"

"As for these medicinal residues, they were all left over not long ago, but they were only dealt with today..."

Because the smell of medicine emanating from the clay pot was too pungent, Yan Shifan lost the interest to continue asking.

In his opinion, this was just because the maid in front of him was lazy and didn't dispose of the medicine residue left over a few days ago, which also explained why the maid was so panicked when she saw him.

After that, Yan Shifan waved his hand impatiently and gave orders.

"Okay, okay, go and pour out the medicine dregs, I won't hold you accountable this time!"

When the maid heard the words, a look of gratitude appeared on her face, and she said repeatedly.

"Thank you, Mr. Xiaoge, thank you, Mr. Xiaoge!"

After that, the maid left in a hurry holding the pottery pot containing the medicine dregs.

Yan Shifan looked at the back of the maid who left, shook his head helplessly, and couldn't help but sighed: "These guys know how to be lazy all day long, hum, don't let me catch you next time!"

After Yan Shifan finished speaking, he immediately stepped into the hall. All kinds of delicacies were already set on the table. Seeing this situation, Yan Shifan couldn't help but wondered.

"Hey, why hasn't father come here yet? Today is the day for the cabinet meeting. Normally, father should have arrived long ago!"

Immediately afterwards, a trace of panic emerged in Yan Shifan's heart for no reason: "Could something happen to my father?"

Just as Yan Shifan was about to go to Yan Song's room to check the situation, he heard footsteps outside the door, and Yan Song, supported by a maid, appeared in the hall.

When Yan Shifan saw this, a look of joy appeared on his face, and he hurriedly greeted him.

"Father!"

"Ah."

Faced with Yan Shifan's greetings, Yan Song opened his cloudy eyes, glanced at Yan Shifan, then lowered his eyes and stopped talking.

It wasn't until this time that Yan Shifan realized that Yan Song's state was very wrong.

His face was extremely pale, and his whole body was no longer as energetic as before. It is no exaggeration to say that it only takes a gust of wind to blow the current Yan Song down.

Seeing this situation, Yan Shifan panicked immediately, stepped forward quickly, pushed away the maid who was in charge of supporting Yan Song before, and then carefully helped Yan Song to the seat.

"Father, are you okay?"

"Father, why don't you go today, my son will ask you for leave now and ask for a doctor for you!"

After Yan Shifan finished speaking, he was about to leave, but he was stopped by Yan Song just a few steps away.

"return!"

When Yan Shifan heard the words, he suddenly stopped in his tracks. 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 chief assistant of the cabinet for more than 20 years. I have never missed a cabinet meeting, and today is no exception!"

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

"Father, I beg you, please don't go today, your body will collapse!"

"The boy will ask you for leave immediately, yes, the boy will ask you for leave immediately!"

As Yan Shifan said, he kept kowtow on the ground. He wanted to persuade Yan Song to change his mind in this way.

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

Afterwards, Yan Song turned his gaze to the maid who had already been frightened to the side, and scolded.

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

The maid had never seen such a scene before, and she was already in a state of disarray. Hearing Yan Song's scolding, she subconsciously stepped forward, carefully supported Yan Song, and walked out of the hall.

Before he had gone a few steps, he saw Yan Shifan chasing up in three steps and two steps in parallel. Seeing this situation, Yan Song couldn't help frowning and said.

"Needless to say, I must go today!"

Yan Shifan heard the words, wiped away the tears on his face with his sleeves, and begged Yan Song.

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

Yan Song heard Yan Shifan's words, thought for a moment, then looked away from Yan Shifan, and said slowly: "Yes."

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

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

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

In the past, it only took a few steps to reach the place, Yan Shifan supported Yan Song, and walked abruptly for nearly 5 minutes!
"Father, please slow down and watch your step!"

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

And not long after Yan Song 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.

All of a sudden, the handkerchief was soaked in bright red blood. Seeing this, Yan Shifan panicked immediately, ignoring other things, and quickly stepped forward to support Yan Song, shouting with all his strength.

"Quick, come quickly, call the imperial physician immediately!"

"Quick, go!"

……

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, Jiajing was putting on his gown under the wait of the personal eunuch. At this moment, Lu Fang entered the Qianqing Palace with silent steps as usual.

When Jiajing saw Lu Fang coming, he immediately looked back and asked.

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

When Lu Fang heard this, she lowered her head deeply and tentatively asked Jiajing, "Your Majesty, you mean that in other places in Ming Dynasty, there are also institutions similar to the Information Bureau?"

Jiajing nodded when he heard the words, and immediately continued: "Well, since the imperial court's newspapers are now on sale, they have been widely welcomed!"

"Then this also means that my previous conjecture is correct. Next, we only need to set up more agencies and information bureaus that sell newspapers across the country."

"When the time comes, the organizations across the country will be dominated by the news bureau in the capital. After the newspapers are printed in the capital, the samples will be sent to the news bureaus in all parts of the country, and then the newspapers will be printed separately."

"In this way, the speed of newspaper promotion can be accelerated. Once the newspaper is really promoted, the day when I regain the right to speak will not be far away!"

When Lu Fang heard this, she immediately flattered her: "Your Majesty is wise!"

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps from outside the Qianqing Palace, and after a while, the leading eunuch hurried in, with an unconcealable look of fear on his face.

After entering the Qianqing Palace, he immediately knelt down on the ground and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, just now there is news from the Imperial Hospital that the chief assistant of the cabinet, Yan Song, is seriously ill!"

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

Seeing this situation, the leading eunuch kept kowtow on the ground and cried, "Your Majesty, what the servant said is true!"

Hearing the words, Jiajing was at a loss for a while, and just stood there for a long time in a daze. After that, Jiajing came back to his senses, turned his gaze to Lu Fang, and ordered in a deep voice.

"Lu Fang, go to Yan's mansion immediately and see how Yan Song is doing!"

When Lu Fang heard the words, she didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately responded.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Just when Lu Fang had just walked a few steps, Jiajing stopped him: "By the way, tell the Supreme Hospital that no matter what method they use, I must rescue Yan Song!"

When Lu Fang heard this, her footsteps stopped abruptly, and she turned around immediately, and said respectfully.

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

After that, I saw Jiajing sitting back on the dragon chair feeling lost, rubbing the dragon head carved on it lightly with his hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

……

In the cabinet, at this moment, I saw Xu Jie put down the memorabilia that had been processed in his hand, looked at the vacant position beside him, and said doubtfully.

"Strange, it's already this hour, why hasn't Yan Song come here 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!"

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

"Could it be that something was delayed on the road, or that His Majesty has something to discuss with them?"

The conjecture put forward by Zhang Juzheng was soon unanimously agreed by Xu Jie Gao Gong, who saw Xu Jie supporting his chin with one hand, thinking so.

"Not long ago, Yan Song just received more than 400 million taels of silver for the treasury. 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 on the unprocessed memorials in front of him.

Just when everyone was concentrating on processing the memorial in hand, there was a burst of footsteps from outside the cabinet.

Seeing this situation, everyone thought it was Yan Song and Yan Shifan who came, so they didn't take it seriously.

Xu Jie had even imagined in his mind how he would try to find out Yan Song's words later!

However, to everyone's surprise, it was not Yan Song and Yan Shifan who came, but Feng Bao, the eunuch who was the supervisor of ceremonies.

The moment Feng Bao entered the cabinet, he took the first step and saluted Xu Jie and the others: "I have seen you, my lords!"

Seeing this situation, Xu Jie thought Feng Bao was here to convey something for the emperor, and after a slight nod, he immediately asked Feng Bao.

"Eunuch Feng, do you have any orders from His Majesty when you come to the cabinet this time?"

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

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

Hearing this, Xu Jie's face was full of astonishment, and he subconsciously said.

"what!"

Xu Jie was not the only one who was shocked by this. Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were also quite surprised when they heard the news. After all, if nothing major happened, Jiajing would usually not be absent from cabinet discussions.

And not long ago, Jiajing also proposed to everyone insincerely that they should discuss the promotion of newspapers in this cabinet meeting.

For this reason, everyone has made sufficient preparations, but right now, Jiajing suddenly sent Feng Bao to report that today's cabinet meeting has been cancelled!
The abnormality in this has aroused everyone's vigilance.

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

After Feng Bao left, Xu Jie began to sort out the known situation in his mind: "First of all, Yan Song and Yan Shifan's father and son did not arrive in the cabinet for a long time, and then the emperor suddenly sent Feng Bao to inform the cabinet that today's discussion was cancelled. What is the relationship between them?"

Just as Xu Jie was still racking his brains to think about the possibility, Zhang Juzheng at the side seemed to suddenly think of something. After hesitating for a long time, he turned his gaze to the crowd and said in a low voice.

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

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

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

"Yes, this way, everything makes sense!"

"Something happened to Yan Song's body, which caused their father and son to fail to arrive at the cabinet on time."

"As for His Majesty, after learning about Yan Song's health, he sent Lu Fang to the Yan Mansion to inquire about the news."

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

"Otherwise, it should be Lu Fang who came to the cabinet to speak!"

(End of this chapter)