Chapter 606 605 The Last Night
“Master, the palace is calling urgently.”
At this time, Lu Bu quickly walked into the room and whispered in his ear.
"Did you say something?"
Wei Guangde looked at Lu Bu and asked casually.
"No, the messenger just asked you to go there as soon as possible. It seems to be in a hurry."
Lu Bu replied hurriedly.
"Go outside and ask my carriage to wait for me at the gate."
Wei Guangde heard that the palace was calling in a hurry, so naturally he would not neglect it, and immediately ordered Lu Bo to preach.
Afterwards, he checked that the manuscript was not in the wrong place, then got up and walked out.
Lu Bu was already very aware of Wei Guangde's habit of placing manuscripts, so he was not worried about making mistakes.
When we arrived at the gate, the carriage was already parked there, so naturally the guard in front of the gate wouldn't ask too many questions.
Here, the branch officer is the biggest official, and Wei Guangde's right to speak here is only second to Zhang Juzheng, and he is considered the second in command. The officers all shout "Sir" when they see him.
"Go back and put the manuscripts away, and send them to the library if they are due."
When Wei Guangde got on the carriage, he ordered Lu Sermon, then got into the car, started the carriage, and headed towards Prince Yu's Mansion Drive away.
When 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 Prince's Mansion today than usual.
"What's going on? Who arranged it?"
Calling the captain of the guard in front of the door, Wei Guangde asked.
"Sir, Mr. Wei, it was Eunuch Li who gave the order."
Wei Guangde rolled his eyes when he heard this, knowing that he was inseparable from Jizhao, but this was not possible. There were people around the palace. Many people came and went, and I didn't know which house they were spies from.
Such anomalies in the palace will definitely be discovered immediately.
Thinking of this, Wei Guangde immediately ordered the captain: "The extra manpower will retreat inside and remain as usual."
"This"
That The captain of the guard was a little hesitant. After all, this was Li Fang's order. In fact, they should listen to Li Fang's command rather than the orders of palace officials like Wei Guangde.
"As you are told, I will go in and talk to Eunuch Li about this now."
Wei Guangde said softly, then seeing that the man was still hesitant, he continued to speak: "If Eunuch Li pursues the case, you can push it on me and say that I forcibly ordered you to do this."
"Okay. "
The captain reluctantly agreed. When Wei Guangde stepped into the palace, he had already asked four guards to follow him and hide behind the side door.
Just a moment after entering the door, the doorman came to greet him. After a few words, Wei Guangde followed him into the palace.
Going through the hall and courtyard, we soon arrived at the door of a secluded courtyard.
It is quiet because it is located in the leftmost courtyard in front of the palace, but there are many servants guarding the courtyard gate and surrounding areas.
After Wei Guangde entered, he quickly saw King Yu and Li Fang in the main room.
At this moment, Wei Guangde was still curious, but he only called him but did not see Yin Shizhen and others.
"Your Highness."
Wei Guangde stepped forward and saluted King Yu.
"Shandai, get up quickly, no need to be polite."
King Yu stood up and stretched out his hand to support him.
Wei Guangde also took advantage of the situation and stood up, and then looked at King Yu and Li Fang with a puzzled look.
“Let Li Fang tell you the news coming out of the palace.”
King Yu hesitated, and then ordered Li Fang to introduce the situation.
"Today afternoon, His Majesty suddenly fainted for a short time. Although he quickly regained consciousness, he was still in a very bad state of mind. He was breaking out in cold sweats all the time."
Li Fang said this, glanced at King Yu who was sitting in the seat, and then looked at After looking at Wei Guangde, he continued: : "According to the imperial doctor summoned from the mansion, this is a symptom of an erysipelas attack."
Long-term use of elixirs cultivated by Taoist priests will cause severe poisoning reactions, because those elixirs contain arsenic, mercury, Realgar, cinnabar and other ingredients.
Emperor Jiajing began to take a large amount of various elixirs in his middle age, and the accumulation of erysipelas in his body was actually quite serious.
These were discovered by the imperial doctors during their diagnosis and treatment a few years ago, but the severity was so serious that there was no cure, and even they did not dare to speak out.
Naturally, Li Fang learned these inside stories from the imperial doctor through some means, and they have been kept secret from the outside world.
As he got older, he took more elixirs, and his health deteriorated. Even though he had reduced the amount of elixirs he took in the past two years, it still didn't help.
Wei Guangde just frowned when he heard this. The dangers of taking pills will break out sooner or later. It is only a matter of time.
Only this time, it seemed that King Yu had obtained a more accurate situation, so he urgently summoned himself.
Thinking of this, Wei Guangde raised his hands and said to King Yu: "But what did the imperial doctor say?"
"According to the imperial doctor's understanding of the situation, the emperor's erysipelas outbreak was extremely violent. He fainted first, and then broke out in cold sweat. This was caused by the leakage of yang energy. I'm afraid"
Li Fang was standing aside. replied.
"Who is the imperial doctor? Is he still in the mansion?"
Wei Guangde asked immediately.
"Here, we arranged a separate yard for him to live temporarily."
Li Fang hurriedly said, "As for who he is?"
After saying this, Li Fang glanced at King Yu who was sitting in the seat, and when King Yu nodded, he said: "It's Xu Changling, the medical officer of the Imperial Hospital."
"Xu Changling?"
Wei Guangde frowned slightly. He didn't know this person and had never heard of him. After all, he was young and strong, so naturally he didn't need an imperial doctor at all.
"Xu Changling is the son of Xu Shen, the former Minister of Rites and the Crown Prince's Taibao. He has excellent medical skills."
King Yu explained that he could see that Wei Guangde had never heard of this name before, and then said to Li Fang: "Introduce Mr. Xu to Shandai."
Li Fang bowed slightly to King Yu. Behind him, he turned to face Wei Guangde said: "You know what happened in the Qing Palace in the 21st year of Jiajing. The person who diagnosed and treated the emperor at that time was Mr. Xu Shenxu."
"Twenty-one years? Renyin Palace Change"< br>
Wei Guangde reacted immediately.
There are many outside rumors about that incident, but most of them are unreliable because many of the statements are contradictory to each other, making it difficult for people to get a glimpse of the truth that night.
Wei Guangde looked at Li Fang and knew that they must know many things that the outside world didn't know, and they might even have ignored many unknown secrets. Even though King Yu was still young at that time, it was unclear whether Li Fang was in the palace or not.
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 to kill the emperor by hanging them with brocade and silk. According to the palace people who followed the empress in at the time, the emperor had already died.”
"Huh?"
Wei Guangde suddenly stood on his back when he heard Li Fang's words.
"Are you sure you are dead?"
Wei Guangde asked hurriedly. "It's not that he died of qi, he just died of qi."
Li Fang hurriedly explained, and even glanced at King Yu secretly.
“Um?”
Wei Guangde was speechless for a moment, and he didn't understand the difference between "Qi Jue" and "Qi Jue Death".
“At that time, the empress immediately ordered the palace gates to be sealed, and she invited Xu Shen, a miracle doctor from Tai Hospital, to enter the palace to diagnose and treat His Majesty. After seeing His Majesty’s condition, Xu Shen quickly prepared peach kernels, safflower, rhubarb and other powerful medicines. I took the medicine at Chenshi, and suddenly he made a sound. After a few liters of purple blood was removed, I was able to speak. He recovered after a few more doses.
I once heard the emperor say that the emperor was really scary that night. He was covered in blood and the whole dragon bed was covered with blood. 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 palace maids. After Emperor Jiajing came to visit Concubine Duan of Yikun Palace and fell asleep, sixteen palace maids including Yang Yuxiang, Suchuan Yao, Yang Jinying, and Xing Cuilian wanted to kill Jiajing. The emperor then strangled his neck with yellow silk and pierced his neck with hairpins and hairpins.
There must have been blood flowing out at that time. After Emperor Jiajing died, these 13- and 14-year-old palace maids thought they could not be saved when they saw the mess on the bed, so they started to escape.
According to what Wei Guangde thought at this time, these palace maids did not have detailed planning beforehand, and they were panicked and frightened. Therefore, although Emperor Jiajing's body was stained with blood due to being stabbed by the hairpin, it was not considered a fatal injury. .
Because the incident happened suddenly and he was attacked in his sleep, Emperor Jiajing probably fainted from fright, but it was not necessarily true that he was strangled to death.
Perhaps it was just because the breath was weak and could not be heard that the palace people mistakenly thought it was breathless.
However, this Xu Shen was very courageous. He actually dared to use strong medicine on Emperor Jiajing, without thinking that if a dose of medicine failed to save him, he would probably die.
He took the medicine at Chenshi and woke up at no time. It is estimated that those five or six hours frightened Xu Shen half to death, and the seconds seemed like years.
"No wonder, this man is so courageous and has superb medical skills. It is reasonable for your Majesty to reward the Minister of Rites and the Crown Prince."
After listening to Li Fang's account, Wei Guangde probably knew about this Xu Shen His medical skills, and he naturally has a certain degree of confidence in his son's medical skills.
It wasn’t bad at the time.
Moreover, Xu Shen had treated His Majesty at that time and 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 tell them. From 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.
“We sent people earlier to contact Mr. Gao, but were stopped. Now Cheng Guo Gong Zhu Xizhong and his brother Zhu Xixiao have arrived in Xiyuan and are responsible for the duties of palace guards.”< br>
Li Fang said something cute again.
"Your Highness, there is no need to worry. No matter Mr. Xu Ge, Mr. Gao Ge, or the Cheng Guogong family, they are all loyal to the royal family and will never make any mistakes."
Wei Guangde sighed in his heart, or because Gao Gong couldn't be contacted, so King Yu felt unsure, so he came to seek comfort from himself.
Gao Gong, Gao Gong, you are really troublesome.
Wei Guangde was jealous of Gao Gong's unshakable position in King Yu's heart, but there was nothing he could do about it.
At the very least, no matter what, he couldn't fall out with Gao Gongming. He didn't have Zhang Juzheng's conditions and had a teacher who was the first assistant.
"Well, what should I do now?"
Wang Yu asked in a daze.
"Your Highness, please 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 hurriedly added: "Xu Changling also wants to Stay in the palace, where there is no dust Before settling down, he must not be allowed to leave the palace."
At this point, Wei Guangde suddenly had doubts, so he asked Li Fang: "How did he get this information since he couldn't get in touch with the palace. Know? ”
"The news came out before the palace was banned, but no news came out after that."
Li Fang's answer was simple.
Wei Guangde wanted to beat his head because he didn't even think of such a simple answer.
"Shandai, please stay in the palace tonight. If anything happens, I can discuss it with you."
At this time, King Yu suddenly said to Wei Guangde.
It seemed that the inability to contact Gao Gong made King Yu feel a little confused.
Actually, from Wei Guangde's point of view, it doesn't matter, as long as you do your best.
The current situation is different from that of previous years, and there is no King Jing to compete for the throne. His status as emperor is certain.
But since King Yu said so, Wei Guangde naturally couldn't refuse.
Li Fang had already arranged a room for him to receive news. Wei Guangde just asked his coachman to go back and deliver a message home.
Judging from the judgment given by Xu Changling, Emperor Jiajing seems to have happened in the past few days, but it will not delay many things, that is, the school registration office.
Once Emperor Jiajing dies, it will inevitably affect the school registration. The progress of copying books in the library was not only due to the national mourning, but also the "Yongle Dadian" requested by Emperor Jiajing.
Wei Guangde felt that his head was a little big, and he thought he could delay it for another year and a half, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.
When leaving, Wei Guangde suddenly remembered what happened in front of the palace before, 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 palace had doubled. ”
“Yes, it’s just my order.”
Li Fang was a little surprised that Wei Guangde would say this, so she replied.
"The current situation is special. It is best for the palace to keep things as usual, so when I came in, I asked the guards at the door to return to their usual appearance."
Wei Guangde then told Li Fang the matter. , "Now the imperial palace is guarded by Cheng Guogong's lineage, both inside and outside the capital. The Jinyi Guards are in charge, and there is also Wang Bengu, the minister who was just appointed by His Majesty, in charge of the leadership. There should be no trouble, and there is no need to fight with everyone.
If someone is interested, they may say something to the palace. "
“Educated.”
Li Fang nodded to Wei Guangde.
"Eunuch Li is concerned about causing chaos. He is worried that there will be chaos in the city and someone will take the opportunity to do harm to His Highness. This is because Eunuch Li is loyal to Your Highness."
Wei Guangde opened his mouth and supported Li Fang. High hat, beautiful words come right out of your mouth.
"Li Fang, do as Shandai said. All the manpower added before will be withdrawn. Just do as usual."
Wang Yu also said at this time.
Late at night, Wei Guangde did not sleep, but sat at his desk thinking about something.
If Emperor Jiajing goes at this time, he will be in trouble. The court and the palace will definitely intensify their efforts to copy books.
Zhang Juzheng, with Xu Jie here, will probably arrange other errands for him at this time.
After all, the purpose of copying books in the school library was for Emperor Jiajing to see, for promotion, not to pass on culture by revising books.
Wei Guangde’s moral character is not that noble.
When King Yu ascended the throne, it was time to arrange errands for these old ministers.
But, who will take care of him?
Looking for an official position from King Yu?
If Wei Guangde can't do it, King Yu may not agree. There is a high probability that he will comfort him and let him complete the copying work of "Yongle Dadian" and grant him an official title 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 had been wet with cold sweat, and there was still no relief after several doses of medicine from the imperial doctor.
"Huang Jin, please arrange to return to Qianqing Palace immediately."
"Your Majesty."
(End of this chapter)
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