Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 411 Worry-free Superior

Qianqing Palace.

That night, Zhu Jianshen's condition began to deteriorate. Not only did he fall into a coma, he also developed a low fever and kept talking incoherently.

Zhang Luan went in to check the emperor's pulse several times but couldn't come to any conclusion. Wei Tai asked him to prescribe a new prescription, but he didn't do so and just asked for the medicine to be prescribed according to the old prescription.

"Minister Zhang, you are going to drive me crazy!"

Wei Tai was extremely anxious.

Zhang Luan said with a sullen face: "Eunuch Wei, it's useless for me to do anything at this moment. His Majesty's illness... cannot be controlled by human power."

Wei Tai said anxiously: "You can't control other things, but can't you control His Majesty's fever and delirium? It was so miraculous before, His Majesty woke up after taking a dose of medicine. Why is it now..."

Zhang Luan shook his head, meaning that he could do nothing to help.

This really stunned Wei Tai.

Wei Tai was also thinking.

Don’t you, Zhang Luan, dare to do anything?
Others don't dare to use medicine, but you do, even at the risk of huge risk to make the emperor wake up, and let the emperor see the prince handling state affairs as regent. No matter how you look at it, it seems like you have betrayed the prince.

Why do you want to stand aside and watch this time?
At this time, Li Zisheng came in with Zhang Yuan and Wang Ji from the Imperial Hospital and said, "Eunuch Wei, please let these two doctors come in to see His Majesty. As the saying goes, everyone has their own specialties. Perhaps the symptoms in front of us are not what Lai Zhan is good at."

Wei Tai thought to himself, you say "Laizhan" so smoothly.

You're just afraid that others don't know that you two are in the same group, right?
Wei Tai had no better idea at the moment, so he could only take Wang Ji and Zhang Yuan inside.

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"Laizhan, is there really no other way this time?"

After coming out of the Qianqing Palace, Li Zisheng sat on the steps and breathed in deep gulps of fresh air.

During these days, the emperor ate, drank, defecated and urinated in the same room. Even though there was someone special to clean up the room, it was airtight and the stench was difficult to dissipate. Add to that the natural breath and body odor of the patient, as well as the smell of various Chinese medicines, and it was very uncomfortable to be in there.

Zhang Luan shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Li Zisheng frowned and asked, "How could you not know? Let's put it this way, even if you have no idea about the progression of the disease, there are some things... you should at least try to figure it out, right? Look at the sky, the evolution of the stars... Aren't you the best at calculations? Can't you figure out which day it is?"

Zhang Luan thought about how to answer this question, and after a long while he said, "Then let me ask you a question, Minister Li. If I infer something and say that you will say a few words to me next, but I tell you in advance and you immediately keep silent, then am I wrong in my calculation, or was I right originally but the secret was changed?"

"you……"

Li Zisheng frowned.

It seems that I can't turn around for a while.

Zhang Luan said: "Many secrets of heaven, including earthquakes, will not change anything if I tell them in advance. After all, this is the will of heaven and cannot be reversed by human power."

"I understand."

Li Zisheng suddenly realized, "It's easy to predict the will of heaven, but it's hard to predict the human heart. But the matter of Concubine Wan..."

Zhang Luan shook his head and said, "I was not involved in that matter from beginning to end. All matters related to Concubine Wan's treatment were carried out step by step. Concubine Wan's condition suddenly worsened, and even gods could not save her all of a sudden... All procedures were set, and there were no changes in the middle, so Concubine Wan's fate would not change..."

Li Zisheng thought about it himself, frowning and thinking, and said, "You mean to say that you, who are familiar with the secrets of heaven, are too involved in His Majesty's illness...

"You personally changed His Majesty's fate. His Majesty should have died a few days or months ago, but now he is alive and well. This is equivalent to forcibly extending His Majesty's life for a period of time in the Book of Hell. So it is impossible to predict what His Majesty's final outcome will be."

“That’s basically what it means.”

Zhang Luan was impressed by Li Zisheng's rich imagination and followed his words, saying, "Human power is limited, but the laws of nature cannot be violated. Even if I act against the will of heaven, your majesty's death will only happen in a few days."

"Okay, you're being honest."

Li Zisheng nodded at Zhang Luan and said, "If you still say the date and time now, you might be regarded as a charlatan.

"It is precisely because you, Lai Zhan, have not forgotten your original intention at this time and only seek truth from facts that I believe that you should take the lead in the Ming Dynasty court."

Zhang Luan looked up at Li Zisheng who had just stood up, frowned and asked, "What are you talking about?"

He didn't expect that he was just speaking casually, but Li Zisheng regarded him as a hermit.

Li Zisheng said: "Laizhan, haven't you figured it out yet? Now, no matter if they like you or hate you, no matter if they were your former enemies or friends, they all follow your lead until now?
"You have established good relations with the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince. They have entrusted you with important tasks. Do you want to give up the power you have obtained?"

Zhang Luan stammered, "I...I don't quite...understand what you mean."

"Let's put it this way."

Li Zisheng said, "You should join the cabinet, and after joining, you should quickly sideline the person ahead of you and strive to become the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty within a year."

Zhang Luan said with a sad face: "Minister Li, you are still laughing at this moment? How can I... Zhang be so worthy of this?"

Li Zisheng said, "You don't mean to say that you have no connections, no military power, and even little experience, so many people won't believe you? Then let me tell you, being the Prime Minister requires nothing but absolute trust from above, and you already have it. So I will do my best to help you become the Prime Minister now."

Zhang Luan thought to himself, you guys are using me as a gun!
I became the Prime Minister not for myself, but to preserve your power.

Just as my son said, this group of people can't do anything to the crown prince now. After all, the crown prince has been recognized by Emperor Chenghua and is an ironclad entity. It's useless to reason with the crown prince, so now they can only target me.

"When something serious happens, the Queen Mother will definitely entrust her with funeral and transition matters. I will then find someone to recommend you."

At this point, Li Zisheng suddenly asked, "Laizhan, are you sure it happened in the past few days, right?"

"Ah."

Zhang Luan nodded.

It doesn't matter whether it's true or not. The point is that my son said so. If I don't trust him, who else can I trust? Li Zisheng said, "Then I will leave the palace and find a way to connect you with people. Don't worry, I know a lot of people. They are not just a group of treacherous officials in the eyes of outsiders. Over the years, I have recommended many people with potential to take office. It's time for them to repay me."

"you……"

Zhang Luan was shocked.

Li Zisheng had stayed in the palace for so many days, but now he suddenly said he wanted to leave and go out to contact people for him.

Doesn't that mean that while Liu Ji came with a list of officials to offer his services, now Li Zisheng is to be added to the list?

If the emperor suddenly woke up and knew about this, he might really think that Zhang Luan was planning to usurp the throne.

Li Zisheng said: "Relax, everything is based on the big things that happen, no one will affect you now. You can wait here with peace of mind, I also have to go back to take care of some private matters. During these days in the palace, I always went to visit His Majesty when he woke up to ensure that there would be no accidents.

"But I can't keep in touch with people outside the palace all the time, which is a headache. If something really happens, I can't mobilize the power in my hands, just like I have never had power. This feeling is terrible and cannot be allowed to happen, so I have to leave the palace to make some arrangements."

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Li Zisheng left the palace without saying hello to Wei Tai.

After a long time, Wei Tai found that Li Zisheng was nowhere to be found, so he found Zhang Luan and asked, "Master Li..."

"He said he went out of the palace." Zhang Luan said.

"gone?"

Wei Tai was a little puzzled. The emperor was fine before, and Li Zisheng had been staying in the palace. Now the emperor might die at any time, but Li Zisheng left the palace instead?
Could it be that Li Zisheng had been waiting in the palace for so long just to wait for the emperor to die?
This person has bad intentions!
Zhang Luan said, "He said he hasn't left the palace for a while, and he has to go back to take care of the accumulated official and personal affairs. This is exactly what I thought before. If Eunuch Wei has something to do, he can just send someone to his house to call him... He won't be jumping around at this late hour."

"This one……"

Wei Tai was embarrassed and said, "Minister Zhang, His Majesty's condition has stabilized a little. Would you like to go in and take a look?"

"no need."

Zhang Luan asked, "Your Majesty shouldn't be awake yet?"

Wei Tai said helplessly: "The fever hasn't even subsided... How could it become like this? I don't know if it's good or bad..."

Zhang Luan shook his head and sighed, "Your Majesty, there are too many toxins accumulated in your body, which has affected the normal functioning of your internal organs. I'm afraid that right now... Alas!"

"Ah? Then... that means there is no way?"

Wei Tai was horrified.

Zhang Luan continued to shake his head but did not comment on it.

Wei Tai calmed down for a moment, quickly took out something, and asked in a tone of inquiry: "Minister Zhang, please take a look. This is a prescription written by Liu Wentai of the Imperial Hospital. It is said to have the function of clearing away heat and detoxifying. It may be able to turn the tide at a critical moment. It is a prescription passed down in his family."

"what?"

Zhang Luan thought, it’s already this late, why is Liu Wentai showing off his abilities?

Isn't this courting death?

"Originally, we planned to discuss this with Master Li."

Wei Tai said, "After all, you also know that Liu Wentai had a conflict with Master Li because of some things before. Now that he is gone, I can only discuss it with you, Minister Zhang."

Zhang Luan took the prescription, looked at it, and shook his head, saying, "I don't understand this prescription."

"You...you don't understand?"

Wei Tai opened his eyes wide and looked very surprised. Why did these words... sound so weird?
Zhang Luan nodded and said, "I really don't understand. I know every single herb, but when they are combined together, I don't know what the specific effects are, so it's hard to make a judgment.

"But if Liu Wentai thinks it's really useful, maybe we can give it a try. Doesn't this prescription have a detoxification effect? ​​The toxins in your Majesty's body may be excreted through this... Oh, forget it, I won't make a decision."

"The problem is that you are in charge of the Imperial Medical Bureau now, and matters such as the use of medicine must require your approval first." Wei Tai said hurriedly.

Zhang Luan frowned, "Eunuch Wei, let me put it this way. I have tried my best to treat your majesty's illness, but my abilities are limited and I can't save him... Now there is a prescription that I don't know about. Can I make a decision based on my judgment on whether to use it? Who will be held responsible if something goes wrong?"

Although he said this, he was still filled with resentment in his heart.

Who just said that they should discuss it with Li Zisheng first?

Oh, you’ve never treated me as the most important person in your relationship, and you never gave me priority when things happened. But now you want me to make the decisions?

I don’t want to take the blame!

Wei Tai nodded and said, "Since Minister Zhang is helpless, we have to try anyway. But if something goes wrong, we can't be held responsible, don't you think?"

"This one……"

Zhang Luan thought, what do you mean by "we"?
Wei Tai said, "Minister Zhang, you are in charge of the Imperial Hospital and are also the Minister of State, so you have to make the decisions on many matters... Don't worry, this was done by Liu Wentai, and it has nothing to do with you anyway."

When Zhang Luan heard this, he asked, "Is this the reason why you consulted with Li Zisheng instead of me?"

It sounds nice!

It is true that love is like this. If something goes wrong, Liu Wentai will definitely be blamed.

But if it really works, it must be because of my good leadership of the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Is it so comfortable to be in a high position?
Wei Tai then went in with the prescription. Not long after, Zhang Yuan came out and took people to the Imperial Hospital in a hurry to get the medicine.

Zhang Luan stood there, looking at the backs of the people from the Imperial Hospital as they walked away, muttering quietly: "It's already this late, and they're just thinking of seizing the opportunity to show their performance? Are the people in the Imperial Hospital all mentally ill? No wonder a person like me who fished in troubled waters could become the chief imperial physician, this is too ridiculous..."

(End of this chapter)