Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 360: Jinyiwei Qianhu

The next morning, Li Zisheng first met Zhang Luan in his mansion, and then entered the palace with Zhang Luan.

Arrived at the Qianqing Palace.

Unexpectedly, there was nothing special here and it was quiet all around.

Not long after, the eunuch Huang Yue came out of the hall and bowed respectfully to the two of them.

"How is your majesty today?"

Li Zisheng pointed at Zhang Luan and introduced him, "Today, Zhang Taichang is here to examine your majesty."

Huang Yue said, "Please wait for me, I will go in and pass the message."

"please."

After Li Zisheng finished speaking, he could only continue to wait.

"Laizhan, it looks like there shouldn't be any big problems." Li Zisheng saw Zhang Luan looking around and couldn't help but comfort him, "Just relax."

Zhang Luan frowned slightly.

Why am I not relaxed?

It was obviously you, Li Zisheng, who was very nervous today. I was the one who treated the disease, not you. Why do you care so much?
After waiting for a long time, there was still no sign of the people inside. Unexpectedly, Wei Tai, Xiao Jing and other people from the Imperial Household Department appeared at the gate of the Qianqing Palace.

"Eunuch Wei."

Li Zisheng hurried over and bowed.

Wei Tai said: "Your Majesty has just gotten up."

"Just got up?"

Li Zisheng looked at the sky and frowned slightly.

Wei Tai nodded and said, "Your Majesty has had neither appetite nor sleep in the past few days, but after taking the new medicine yesterday, he slept for four hours in one go. Now... after getting up, his appetite has improved a little."

"That's good, that's good!"

When Li Zisheng heard this, his face was full of relief.

He also understood that it was almost impossible to make the emperor recover from his illness.

But as long as the emperor's illness can be delayed, it will be a great merit.

Wei Tai smiled and said, "After His Majesty woke up, he asked if you were in the palace, but now... I will go in and inform His Majesty first."

"please."

Then Wei Tai also entered the hall.

Unexpectedly, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no movement for a long time.

……

……

Li Zisheng was getting a little anxious as he waited outside the Qianqing Palace.

"Laizhan, what's going on?"

Li Zisheng asked with a frown.

Zhang Luan covered his mouth and yawned, and said weakly: "Li Shangshu, you ask me, how should I know?"

But I was thinking in my heart, the one who is really anxious is you!

Li Zisheng continued to look anxious and peeked into the hall from time to time. After waiting for a long time, Wei Tai and Huang Yue did not show up, but he saw Concubine Shao coming out, followed by two palace maids.

"Concubine Chen."

Li Zisheng quickly saluted.

Concubine Shao nodded at Li Zisheng, and then her eyes fell on Zhang Luan.

Li Zisheng introduced: "This is Zhang Taichang."

Concubine Shao nodded: "I have seen it before."

Li Zisheng smiled and said, "That's right, that's right. This time he is here to diagnose your majesty."

"it is good."

Concubine Shao didn't say much. After giving Zhang Luan a deep glance, she left with the palace maid.

As soon as the person left, Li Zisheng was still looking at Concubine Shao's back, when Wei Tai had already come out of the hall.

"His Majesty has summoned you two." Wei Tai said.

Li Zisheng asked, "Your Majesty, is everything alright?"

Wei Tai smiled slightly and said, "Of course it's okay. Just go in and talk."

Li Zisheng was a little curious when he saw Wei Tai's secretive look. What was going on? Why was he waiting to see me laugh?
And also some riddles?

Looking at Zhang Luan again, he found that Zhang Luan was much calmer than him, and seemed to be completely unconcerned about what was happening inside.

Li Zisheng thought to himself, it seems that Lai Zhan is really calm and composed, and he can figure out many things just by counting with his fingers, so nothing is strange to him.

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……

In front of the sickbed.

Zhang Luan examined Zhu Jianshen's pulse seriously, frowning from time to time as if he was in some trouble.

Zhu Jianshen waved his hand and said, "Mr. Zhang, if you have something to say, just speak up."

"Ok?"

Zhang Luan was a little confused.

I haven't said anything, how can Your Majesty let me speak directly?
What are you saying?
Obviously, Zhang Luan had never been a serious doctor and didn't know that being a doctor required facial expression management.

Li Zisheng, who was standing next to him, became a little anxious after seeing this. He thought to himself, you, Zhang Laizhan, are really straightforward. You frown for no reason, as if you are afraid that others can't tell that you have made a bad diagnosis, right?
Zhang Luan said: "Everything... is fine."

The simple words "everything is fine" could not reassure the emperor at all.

Zhu Jianshen asked: "Did I not follow the doctor's advice?"

"This……"

Zhang Luan didn't know how to answer.

Did I take any doctor's orders?
How come I don’t remember it myself?
Zhu Jianshen thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Zhang, let me ask you, if I have had any sexual relations recently, will it affect my condition?"

"Ok?"

Zhang Luan stood there in a daze for a moment.

I thought, did I hear something I shouldn’t have heard?

Respect for family?

You are so sick, and you are still thinking about that kind of thing?

“It will…have some impact!”

Zhang Luan said.

This is what Zhang Yanling had told him before. The key to this disease is not to overwork. To put it bluntly, you just need to rest peacefully and it is best not to do any physical work.

And for men, isn’t the so-called ethical relationship a physically demanding task?

You have liver disease and you don’t know how to be self-disciplined?
Zhu Jianshen didn't seem to mind that Zhang Luan was an outsider. It might also be because as a patient he needed to be extremely honest with the doctor. He smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't use up any energy today. It was all because of my beloved concubine...hmm."

After this was said, the most embarrassed person was not Zhang Luan, but Li Zisheng who was trying to find a crack in the ground to hide in.

Li Zisheng thought to himself, no wonder I was made to wait outside for so long just now, and I even saw Concubine Shao leaving before I came in. So you, the emperor, are doing this on your sickbed now that your condition has improved a little?
Zhang Luan said: "Your Majesty is over-worrying. Generally speaking, it won't have a big impact. It just needs to be controlled."

Zhu Jianshen nodded slightly and said, "Well, OK, I understand. By the way, there is a little yellow color in what I left today. Does it mean that my condition is getting better?"

"Ok?"

Zhang Luan didn't understand for a moment.

Wei Tai next to him quickly explained it.

Zhang Luan then understood that the emperor's stool had been white for some time before, but now it had turned a little yellow, as if he was detoxifying.

Zhang Luan said: "This shows that your Majesty's liver disease has improved to a certain extent. We need to observe for a while to see how it progresses."

"It works!"

Zhu Jianshen smiled with satisfaction and praised Zhang Luan, "The medicine you gave me is really effective. I feel much better today, but... ahem, I will have a good rest and live up to your kindness, Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Luan thought to himself, do I really need to care so much about whether you disappoint me or not?

Besides, your words can easily lead to ambiguity!

Zhang Luan said: "So, this medicine has a miraculous effect on Your Majesty. I will ask someone to deliver the medicine to the palace today." "Okay."

Zhu Jianshen nodded and said, "Someone come."

"His Majesty."

Wei Tai came out.

Zhu Jianshen said, "You arrange for someone to stay at Zhang Qing's house for the next few days, ready to bring medicine to the palace at any time."

"Yes."

Wei Tai looked back and saw Xiao Jing standing there, and immediately suggested, "Your Majesty, let Xiao Jing go."

"Well, okay."

Zhu Jianshen didn't care who went and who didn't.

Zhu Jianshen then asked, "Mr. Zhang, do you have any instructions for my daily diet and daily life?"

"No."

Zhang Luan said, "Your Majesty, you'd better keep your mind clear and not overwork yourself. Rest as much as you can. If there are things that make you happy, you can try them."

Zhu Jianshen smiled and said, "I just remembered that I haven't finished reading the script you sent to the palace. Thank you for your hard work."

Zhang Luan said: "These are what I should do."

Zhu Jianshen asked again: "What should we eat, and what should we not eat?"

"Your Majesty, in terms of diet, Your Majesty should supplement some nutrition... You can eat some non-greasy food appropriately, such as eating only the egg white, less salt, and avoid greasy food. The rest... Your Majesty can do as you wish." Zhang Luan said.

"Ah."

Zhu Jianshen nodded again and asked Wei Tai, "Have you written it all down?"

"I've got that." Wei Tai said.

Zhu Jianshen nodded in satisfaction: "I know this medicine is dangerous, I wonder what hidden dangers it has? For example, will it cause chest pain or other diseases?"

"This……"

Zhang Luan thought about it and felt that his son didn’t seem to tell him this.

He then said, "I don't know much about this, but as long as it is effective for your majesty's condition, you can take it without worry. But...it cannot be taken for a long time."

Zhu Jianshen smiled and said, "Medicine is three parts poison, I know this. This time you have made great contributions, so how about this, I can't promote you right away, so I will give your son the title of Jinyiwei Qianhu, and also... promote you to be a Hanlin reader."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."

Zhang Luan saluted quickly.

Although he also knew that the position of Jinyiwei Qianhu given to his son was not a real vacancy but a nominal position, he would still receive a salary.

As for the Hanlin Attendant Reader, it is a real reward.

Although his official rank was still the third grade of the Minister of Taichang Temple, he was also a Hanlin Tutor, which was a higher position than most people in the Hanlin Academy system. After all, there were only a handful of scholars in the Hanlin Academy, and even the Eastern Palace lecturers such as Xie Qian were currently only tutors or lecturers.

To put it bluntly, those people with the titles of Hanlin Bachelor, Attending Bachelor and Attending Lecturer are nominally the prince's teachers, but they basically cannot teach the prince any knowledge.

On the contrary, people like Liu Jian and Xie Qian, who were at the forefront of educating the prince, were just middle-level officials in the Hanlin Academy.

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……

Zhang Luan received the imperial edict and came out of the Qianqing Palace in a very good mood.

However, he was not in a hurry to leave the palace, because he had to wait for Li Zisheng to come out, and the two would leave the palace together after they reunited.

Not long after, Xiao Jingxian came out from the inner hall. After seeing Zhang Luan, he took a few quick steps forward and saluted him respectfully.

"Eunuch Xiao, you are too polite."

Zhang Luan said with a smile.

Xiao Jing said: "Zhang Taichang is a person trusted by your majesty, and now he is in charge of the important plan of diagnosing your majesty. I am honored to be able to learn from you and receive your teachings."

"Look at what you said."

Zhang Luan smiled and said, "I have just entered the court and I don't know any rules. If Eunuch Xiao has any advice for me, please feel free to tell me. I haven't made many friends since I came to the capital. I would be happy if someone could show me the way. I never argue with anyone."

Xiao Jingsi didn't quite believe it.

After all, in Xiao Jing's eyes, the palace struggle has now become fierce, especially among the eunuchs in charge, where infighting has become the norm.

Although Zhang Luan was not a eunuch, he was a man trusted by the emperor and the prince's father-in-law.

How could such a person stay out of this matter?
Zhang Luan then told Xiao Jing his address.

But Xiao Jing didn't seem to need Zhang Luan to show him the way personally, because Wei Tai would find someone to take him to Zhang Luan's mansion, and he would not go back with Zhang Luan this time.

After Li Zisheng came out, the two of them walked out of the palace arm in arm.

Li Zisheng said with a smile: "Laizhan, you are really great. Why didn't you take out this miraculous medicine earlier? Why did you sit there and watch His Majesty get so sick?"

Zhang Luan said: "This medicine... you also know what it is, how dare I use it casually?"

"Too."

Li Zisheng continued to laugh, and told Zhang Luan roughly what the emperor had said to him before, "His Majesty was very moved, saying that he had a huge prejudice against you before and failed to use you in the right place earlier. If the Imperial Hospital had been handed over to you earlier, how could it have developed to this point?"

Zhang Luan smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, I am too kind. I really don't have that ability."

"Okay, you're still being modest?"

Li Zisheng said, "If the elixir presented by Deng Changen previously gave Your Majesty an illusion, the effect this time is real.

"Your Majesty could hardly rest yesterday, but after taking your medicine, Your Majesty was able to sleep for four hours, and the amount of food he ate also increased significantly. His health has obviously improved."

Zhang Luan asked, "Are you sure it's not a psychological effect on your majesty?"

"Laizhan, why do you say that?"

Li Zisheng was a little confused.

Just now I thought you, Zhang Luan, were being humble, but why is it that you never stop being humble?
Are you so unconfident about yourself?

What he didn't know was that Zhang Luan's mind was a mess.

Because Zhang Luan really couldn't believe that his son could make the emperor, who was already terminally ill, get significantly better with just a random medicine!

This doesn't fit his perception.

Zhang Luan said: "I just want to verify it."

Li Zisheng smiled and said, "You are right. His Majesty now completely trusts you, because the medicine you presented is indeed very effective. Lai Zhan, I think sometimes you should have more confidence. Think about it, you can predict the mysteries of heaven, and there is no one else in the world who can cure His Majesty's illness except you!

"How about you come to my house today and have a couple of drinks with me?"

“No… no.”

Zhang Luan quickly refused and waved his hand, "I...I still have to go back to make medicine."

"Yes, yes, yes. Although your son Yanling is very capable, he still needs your guidance as a father sometimes. I think, after a few days, when you have refined a few more herbs, we can have a good chat."

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Zhang Mansion.

Zhang Luan came back dragging his exhausted body.

Knowing that her husband had returned, Jin took a peach branch and hit Zhang Fu hard several times.

"Put away the useless ones."

Zhang Luan frowned in pain and criticized his wife's behavior.

Jin pursed her lips and said, "You are going to treat the emperor... The disease is so vicious that even the emperor is not afraid of it, let alone our family. Can we not use our strength to drive it away?"

"Humph, you should feel honored to see the True Dragon Emperor." Zhang Luan said, "But my son-in-law will also be a True Dragon in the future. Oh, and my grandson may also be a True Dragon."

Jin rolled her eyes at him and asked, "Why are you back?"

Zhang Luan did not dare to tell his wife about the new house in the south of the city. He said angrily, "I went to discuss something with Yanling... The medicine prescribed by Yanling was indeed effective. The emperor's condition had improved significantly in just one night. Today I was rewarded and promoted again!"

"What's the promotion?"

Jin frowned.

In her impression, it is very difficult for an official to get promoted, but she has never seen her husband get promoted every day.

"None of that matters."

Zhang Luan said seriously, "The point is, my family has just been awarded a position as a captain of the Imperial Guards. I plan to give it to Yanling, not to that kid Heling!"

(End of this chapter)