Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 397 A mess
After the emperor fell asleep, several people had to leave the inner hall of the Qianqing Palace and go to the outer hall to wait.

Li Zisheng asked, "What does this mean? Laizhan, what do you think?"

Zhang Luan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

You are the bosses now and I should listen to you. Why are you asking for my opinion?
Wei Tai said: "Everyone, if His Majesty is alright, please go back first."

"Eunuch Wei, what do you mean by this?"

Li Zisheng said angrily, "You asked us to enter the palace last night, and now you want us to go back? Don't you want Zhang Taichang to leave as well? He has to watch over you at all times and treat your majesty.

"As you have seen just now, Lai Zhan's method of treating illness is different from others, and his assessment of Your Majesty's condition is more accurate."

Wei Tai smiled bitterly and said, "Master Li, I'm not asking you to get out of here. I'm just saying that His Majesty is fine right now."

"How do you know it's okay?"

Li Zisheng also became angry.

At this time, Dai Yi, who had just been promoted to the position of the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, came over and said, "Everyone, stop arguing. Last night, His Majesty woke up and said he wanted to summon Li Xianshi to the palace. At that time, he only said to come and take a look."

Li Zisheng sneered and asked, "Eunuch Wei, it turned out that you didn't ask me to come here, but His Majesty asked me to enter the palace to wait for the emperor... Now you want to drive me away?"

Wei Tai said helplessly: "Master Li, what are you thinking about? Do you think I want to exclude you from the list of ministers of state?"

The two people started arguing openly.

This confused the people around.

Can we discuss matters like guarding one's life or entrusting one's son to someone else so blatantly?
Li Zisheng said, "Laizhan, tell me, has His Majesty's condition really improved? Can we let our guard down?"

Zhang Luan said: "Your Majesty's condition... I think... cannot be viewed objectively..."

"look!"

Li Zisheng seemed to have found a backer, and asked Wei Tai, "Your Majesty's condition is far from being safe, why should you let us go?"

Wei Tai frowned and asked, "But Master Li, what can you do here? You can't cure diseases."

"I……"

Li Zisheng suddenly felt that he was indeed in the wrong, but he was determined not to leave at this moment.

Wei Tai said, "Your Majesty has not even summoned the ministers and the six ministries and seven officials. What's the point of Li Xianshi staying here? If you don't want to leave, you can wait somewhere else in the palace first."

"No."

Li Zisheng said decisively, "I will stay in the Qianqing Palace and wait for your majesty's summons at any time. Otherwise, I will be worried! Besides, if something big happens in the palace, especially if it involves the secrets of heaven, I can still make some calculations here."

"Then what did you figure out?" Wei Tai questioned.

"not yet."

Li Zisheng said, "It will be soon! Also, His Majesty wants to summon Luo Xiang and Zhu Ji, why don't you send them there quickly?"

Dai Yi replied: "I have sent someone there."

Li Zisheng snorted coldly: "No one has the right to order me now, unless His Majesty personally drives me away... I was summoned by His Majesty. Without His Majesty's order, I think you are harboring evil intentions!"

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Li Zisheng was determined to stay in the palace today.

He doesn't care about sleeping or eating. He can even sit on the ground. He doesn't care even if others dislike him.

Everyone could only return to waiting for the emperor to wake up.

The outer hall of the Qianqing Palace was very quiet. Only Wei Tai and Zhang Luan would go in from time to time to take a look. Later on, even people from the Imperial Hospital, such as Zhang Yuan and Wang Ji, were not qualified to enter. As for giving acupuncture to the emperor, all of them were stopped.

It seems that Li Zisheng has achieved his goal, but everyone in the palace actually stands on Wei Tai's side. After all, Wei Tai is the Prime Minister.

Whether it was the palace maids or eunuchs, even the people in the Imperial Medical Bureau, they all followed Wei Tai's lead.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Li Zisheng pulled Zhang Luan out of the hall and asked unhappily, "Laizhan, what's wrong with you? Why don't you quickly show off your status as the future father-in-law of the emperor and suppress these people?"

Zhang Luan smiled bitterly and said, "Minister Li, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand?"

Not to mention the future father-in-law of the emperor, even if I am the current father-in-law of the emperor, do I have the ability to suppress you bigwigs who rank high in front of the emperor?

At this time, Zhang Luan set his gaze to the colonnade under the Qianqing Gate in front of him, and saw several people standing there. They were the Crown Prince Zhu Youtang, Tan Ji, Jiang Cong and others. He even saw his daughter Zhang Yu coming with two palace maids in the distance. It seemed that the Crown Prince and his wife were ready to waste time together.

"have a look……"

Li Zisheng said angrily, "Even your son-in-law and daughter are more conscious than you. You don't need to reason now. You represent the crown prince, so you have to be tough. If Wei Tai refuses to listen to you, you can make trouble for him. I don't believe he dares to do anything wrong."

What he meant was that when the prince was not in the palace, you would speak and act on his behalf, and use the prince's authority to completely suppress Wei Tai.

After all, the legitimate heir of the Zhu family is the prince, and we will all be his subjects in the future. Who dares to confront the prince, who is in charge, now?

Isn't that just waiting to be punished later?

Zhang Luan asked, "Minister Li, shouldn't this be done by you?"

"I do think so."

Li Zisheng said, "You saw what happened just now. Will Wei Tai listen to me? He even wants to drive me away... If something happens to His Majesty, whoever is not here will suffer!

"I have worked so hard to get here... I am already shamelessly holding on by being able to stay here. I really can't do anything else."

Zhang Luan said with a sad face: "But... I don't know anything."

Li Zisheng gritted his teeth and said, "You can do it. If you can't, who can? It's you! I've thought about it. Next, you go and tell Wei Tai to let the prince come to the palace. The prince is a famous filial son... This should be okay, right? Father and son are getting together, how dare Wei Tai stop them? This way, you don't have to do anything else."

Zhang Luan asked, "Your Majesty has not summoned the Crown Prince yet. Didn't you hear what Your Majesty said before?"

"Your Majesty doesn't even know what two plus two equals. You don't really expect Your Majesty to keep a clear mind, do you? If someone pushes for a change of crown prince now, won't everything be over?" Li Zisheng almost wanted to hit someone.

He felt that Zhang Luan was just a hammer. No matter how hard he hit him, it was useless and he was just a lump of wood.

Zhang Luan said quietly, "Your Majesty is not in a clear mind. Doesn't this just prove that even if someone wants to change the crown prince, they won't be able to do so? Can Your Majesty still tell who is who?"

"Your Majesty can't tell people apart?"

Li Zisheng was surprised and said, "Your Majesty clearly knew the person earlier, and he has a relatively clear memory of the past events. Although the matter of Concubine Wan is a bit weird, when it comes to Luo Xiang and Zhu Ji, there is no deviation at all."

Zhang Luan shook his head, "It's just an illusion. If I really saw him, I might not be able to recognize him. We still need to observe what your majesty remembers and what he doesn't remember at this moment.

"Minister Li, you have to be patient. Since you want to stay here, let's be friendly. After all, no one is talking about changing the crown prince now."

Li Zisheng thought about it carefully, and suddenly felt that Zhang Luan's words made some sense. He frowned and said, "Laizhan, I really don't understand your temper. You have calmed down now, like a man who has accomplished great things. But why can't you go one step further?"

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The two returned to the hall.

They waited until noon, but the emperor didn't wake up. Everyone was very sleepy. After all, most people hadn't slept all night and it was already noon.

The weather was hot and everyone felt sleepy at noon.

Zhu Ji and Luo Xiang had been waiting outside for a long time, but they were not allowed to enter because Wei Tai disliked these two people. Although the emperor had told them this himself, Wei Tai was also worried that these two people would snatch his voice, so he simply let them wait outside.

"Have you got anything to eat?"

Zhang Luan finally couldn't help but break the silence.

Li Zisheng frowned and asked, "You still have the mood to eat now?"

Wei Tai said, "Zhang Taichang is right. After all, we have been busy since last night and everyone is hungry. Come on, prepare some simple meals and send them outside. It is better not to eat in the palace."

Just as he sent someone to pass on the message, the eunuch came out from the back hall and said excitedly: "My Lords, His Majesty has woken up. He said he wants to see Eunuch Wei and Zhang Taichang."

"what?"

Li Zisheng patted his buttocks and stood up, asking, "Didn't you say to summon me? Or does Your Majesty not know that I am here?"

Wei Tai simply pulled him back, meaning, what are you doing here?
Since the emperor didn't say he wanted to see you, just stand back quietly.

Then Wei Tai and Zhang Luan entered the inner hall.

Zhu Jianshen was still lying there at this time. He looked up at the two of them and said, "Mr. Zhang, am I terminally ill?"

Zhang Luan replied, "Your Majesty, no."

"But why do I feel so heavy?"

Zhu Jianshen said, "My mind is very confused. Sometimes I am clear-headed, and sometimes I can't remember anything. I told them that I wanted to see Wan Shi, but they said that Wan Shi had left. Where did she go?"

Zhang Luan said helplessly: "Concubine Wan has died of illness at the beginning of the year."

Zhu Jianshen suddenly burst into tears, his voice was sad: "My life and the life of Concubine Wan are closely related, how could she die before me? Call Concubine Chen."

Wei Tai hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Shao is now a noble concubine."

"Then send her to see him."

It seemed that the emperor finally wanted to see his relatives.

Wei Tai looked at Zhang Luan, meaning that I was going out to pass on the message, and it would be inappropriate for you to stay here.

Zhu Jianshen said, "Didn't you hear my order? Go quickly... to Mr. Zhang's house. I have something to ask you. Tell me clearly, how many days do I have left to live?"

Zhang Luan said, "I have no idea. I will do my best to diagnose your majesty."

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When Zhang Luan came out of the inner hall, Li Zisheng quickly pulled him and asked, "Why did you come out?"

Zhang Luan sighed and shook his head slightly, meaning that there was nothing he could do.

But at this moment, Concubine Shao, who was summoned to the palace, stepped in. After hearing the news, Wei Tai hurried out to lead the way: "Your Highness, please come this way."

"What's this called?"

Li Zisheng started to get anxious when he saw this scene.

The emperor is seriously ill and may even entrust his son to the care of others before his death, but he asks Concubine Shao to come. Doesn't it clearly show that he intends to make Prince Xing the heir?

Zhang Luan asked, "Minister Li, why are you so nervous?"

Li Zisheng frowned and said, "You have never had it, so you naturally cannot understand what I am doing today. When you are like me, you will understand how I feel today!"

"Oh."

Zhang Luan just responded casually.

Everyone continued to wait outside.

Just when Li Zisheng was worried about the change of crown prince in the inner palace, Wei Tai suddenly came out and said, "Everyone, His Majesty invites you to come in. Also, summon the chief minister of the cabinet, Wan An, and the Minister of Personnel, Li Yu, to the palace. Summon the Duke of Baoguo and the Duke of Ying to see the emperor."

Now everyone could understand that the emperor was preparing to entrust his son to someone else before his death.

As for who is being entrusted, no one knows now, but judging from the situation, it is a big deal.

(End of this chapter)