Riding the Pheonix Chapter 500: Sick

At the end of June, the emperor fell ill.

His headache became more and more serious. He often had pain and could not function for several days.

At this time, Concubine Pei would stay with him and take care of him day and night.

The emperor often dictated the memorials sent from outside, and the imperial concubine wrote annotations on them.

If you can't even listen, you can only ask Wan Dabao to be sent to the previous court and ask the Political Affairs Hall to handle it on its own.

The prince and King Xin visited him every day to pay his respects, inquire about his pulse, and taste the medicinal soup. They were all filial.

At noon, the sun was scorching hot outside, and even the wind was carrying heat.

The emperor was frightened by his dream and reached out to fumble around the bed: "Ah Rong!"

Concubine Pei quickly entered the inner room after hearing his call: "Your Majesty!"

The emperor looked relieved when he saw her coming in: "You're here, it's good that you're here..."

Concubine Pei helped him up and touched his back: "I'm wet with sweat. I have to change my clothes quickly."

She called the palace attendants, helped the emperor change his underwear with her own hands, gave him water, and asked him to lie down again.

"Your Majesty, are you dreaming?" Concubine Pei leaned on the bedside, fanning her head.

In fact, it wasn't hot in the room, and the ice basin placed in the corner gave off a slight coolness.

But the emperor felt that it was very comfortable, maybe because of the little wind that made him feel less bored, or maybe the person fanning was Concubine Pei.

He held Concubine Pei's hand and said, "Yes, I had a dream. In the dream, I was still a little prince, running behind my eldest brother. My eldest brother said that he had to do something and couldn't take me with him, so he called I played with A Jing. At that time, A Jing was still very young and could only hold my sleeve and call me brother. The wet nurse corrected him with a smile and told him to call me uncle... In the blink of an eye, A Jing was older and wanted to get married. Now, I watched him put on his wedding clothes..."

The emperor's voice sounded like sleepwalking. At first, he still remembered calling himself "I", but then he became me, as if he was in a dream.

Concubine Pei's hand trembled.

The A Jing in the emperor's mouth is Jiang Jing, the emperor's eldest grandson, the eldest son of Prince Sihuai, and her...husband.

When King Yongxi got married, she was the one he married.

The emperor's eyes cleared up and he gave her a weak smile: "This dream is so real, I almost thought it was reality. I have not ascended the throne at all, and you are not with me..."

"You have slept too much and are suffering from nightmares." Concubine Pei's voice was gentle, "The imperial doctor said that if you take this medicine for two days, you should be fine. By then, everything will be fine. ”

"No, Ah Rong." The emperor leaned on the bedside, feeling weak, "I feel that I may not be able to survive, so I dream about big brother and the others more and more..."

"Your Majesty!" The imperial concubine stopped him, "You are all delusional. When you are sick, you feel that everything is not well. When you are cured, you will be a hundred times more energetic. Otherwise, I will read a paragraph to you. It’s a story, right? Just take it as a pastime to relieve your fatigue."

The emperor didn't want to go against her will, so he agreed: "Okay."

The imperial concubine asked the palace servants to take out some newly published words in the market, picked one that looked festive, and slowly read it to him.

The emperor listened to the gentle voice of the imperial concubine and read the passage in the book where the girl said her name to a flower, and his thoughts flew away.

What should he do if he really can't hold it anymore? The Crown Prince and King Xin... would not make it easy for the imperial concubine if they were gone. It’s better to keep it with you for peace of mind...

And that kid... Every time I see him, he always thinks of his father and ancestors, which makes him uneasy even in his dreams. If you let him live...

The emperor fell asleep.

Concubine Pei quietly closed the storybook, stood up and went to the incense burner, put out the soothing incense, carefully crushed the ashes, and cleaned them up.

In the official office of Zhengshitang, Guo Xu opened his chest, flipping through documents and blowing a cattail leaf fan while sweating profusely.

"Eat melons, come and eat melons." A voice came from outside, but it was the clerk who was sent to buy melons who came back.

The officials outside were "coaxed" to run very fast and went to get the melons.

"Uncle Six, your melon." His nephew took the melon for him with a wink.

The skin is thin and the flesh is red. It looks like it was just picked up from the well.

Guo Xu took a bite, and the red juice flowed down his hand. A cool air slid down his throat, and the heat disappeared.

The uncle and nephew sat and ate melon for a while. A clerk came in with a large stack of documents and put them on his desk.

"Master, this is yours."

Guo Xu nodded, waved for him to step back, then wiped off the juice on his hand, picked it up and turned it over.

"It was sent from the palace, but the Holy Emperor did not approve it." He threw the memorial back on the table.

The nephew asked: "Uncle Six, is this bad, Your Majesty?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Xu's cattail leaf fan knocked him on the forehead: "How is the Holy Father? Can you tell me? Be careful of trouble coming from your mouth."

"Oh..."

After a while, it was Guo Xu himself who said: "Your Majesty's health is getting worse and worse! I have only been back for more than three months, and I have fallen ill twice."

The nephew nodded: "This time it will take four or five days."

"This is not a good sign!" Guo Xu leaned back in his chair and stared upward, "If this continues, I'm afraid there will be trouble."

The nephew was puzzled: "What's the chaos? Isn't everything peaceful now?"

Guo Xu was too lazy to explain to him and slapped him again: "Eat your melon!"

"Oh." The nephew took the remaining melon and ate it outside.

Guo Xu shook his cattail leaf fan, but he was thinking.

If the emperor is like this, the prince and King Xin will definitely not be able to sit still.

But now is not a good time to change the situation!

If we don’t get rid of the prince and King Xin, that person will have no chance...

"Uncle Six, Uncle Six!" The nephew ran in from outside again. ~IndoMTL.com~ What’s all the fuss about? "Guo Xu was very unhappy when his train of thought was interrupted.

The nephew said: "There is news from the palace. The Holy Sage said that he dreamed of the late emperor and wanted to perform a ritual ceremony!"

Guo Xu was stunned for a moment: "What kind of ritual is this old man doing?"

Don't think that the emperor can be willful. Throughout the year, he only has a few chances to go out. If there are more, he will be impeached.

It costs money to go out! Spending money will touch the treasury! The treasury was used to ask for approval from the Political Affairs Hall!

Things like ancestor worship are subject to regulations. What the **** is doing this? Looking for a chance to go out?

Guo Xu threw down his cattail leaf fan, folded his clothes, and planned to go find Prime Minister Lu Qian.

The nephew was smart and said: "Uncle Sixth, Prime Minister Lu has already entered the palace."

Guo Xu was stunned again, touched his chin and said, "Why do you think this is not right?"

The emperor wants to do something, and they should be angry at the political hall before replying. Why did you enter the palace without saying a word?

"Where are the other prime ministers?"

"Wait a moment, I'm going to inquire."

The nephew went quickly.

After a while, he ran back panting: "Uncle Six! I met other officials in front of Prime Minister Lu's door, and they were all asking about the old Prime Minister."

In other words, other prime ministers don’t know that Prime Minister Lu suddenly entered the palace?

Guo Xu breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s not just that you are excluded.

He took a few sips of tea and said, "It seems that there is something going on with Prime Minister Lu that we don't know about!"

He entered the palace without communicating with them. He probably knew the inside story and planned to persuade the emperor first.

Guo Xu thought about it for a while and decided to ask his nephew to invite someone from Prime Minister Lu's side to have tea.