[Red Chamber] The imperial examination life of the great master

The news that Emperor Jianming fainted and the crown prince was grounded quickly spread throughout the capital.

For a while, the atmosphere in the capital was stagnant and tense, and everyone felt insecure.

The prince's faction and the seventh prince's faction can be said to be feng shui in turn.

The faction of the Seventh Princes who had died down at the beginning regained their arrogance. Taking advantage of the opportunity when Emperor Jianming was unable to handle state affairs, the Seventh Princes placed their own people in many important positions.

The Prince's faction dared not speak out.

"Master Zhang, are we going to sit idly by?" Yan Cheng, the new Minister of Rites, asked angrily.

Today, in the court hall, the Seventh Prince reprimanded him in front of civil and military officials for not being strict in his management and ineffective in governing, which made him lose face severely in front of everyone. Yan Cheng is different from Xu Chengsong, he has a bad temper , his face turned purple with anger.

"Master Yan, be safe and don't be impatient." Zhang Heng poured the tea from the teacup into the teacup lightly, and the hot air blurred his brows and eyes. He chuckled and said, "My lord should know that His Royal Highness is my nephew. The official and he shared weal and woe, how could it be possible to sit idly by? It's just—"

He paused, took a sip of tea, and said lightly: "The time has not yet come."

Yan Cheng and the others looked at each other in blank dismay.

Yan Cheng asked: "Since Mr. Zhang said so, when is the time?"

Zhang Heng smiled, and looked towards the palace, "My lords will know when the time comes."

Everyone is helpless, they all know how strict Zhang Heng's mouth is, if he doesn't want to say, no one can dig out a word from his mouth, even if he puts a knife on his neck, it will be futile.

"In this case, Master Zhang should also give us advice, what should we do next?" Yan Cheng asked.

Zhang Heng tapped the table with his fingertips, "Master Yan, all we have to do is do nothing."

"Do nothing?" Lu Su, the household servant, asked, "Are we going to let them do whatever they want?"

"Yes." Zhang Heng nodded and said, "I just want them to act recklessly. Only in this way can that person really think that we have no power to fight back! Temporary forbearance is not cowardice, but paralysis of the enemy."

Everyone is thoughtful.

Yan Cheng nodded, his face looked much better, "I believe in Mr. Zhang. Since Mr. Zhang said so, I will follow through. I just hope that Mr. Zhang and His Royal Highness don't let us down."

"Yes, we all trust Mr. Zhang and His Highness." The others ordered and echoed.

These people are betting on their fortunes and futures, and they can't afford to lose!

"Don't worry, everyone!" Zhang Heng put his hands together, "I will definitely not disappoint you all."

"No!"

"No!"

Holding a vermilion pen in his hand, Tu Lu quickly rejected the memorials of the prince's school one by one on the memorial. His face was filled with the triumph of the winner, and the corners of his lips curled up, full of arrogance.

Feng Dao didn't seem to notice it at all.

He meekly ordered the young eunuchs to send the approved memorial to the Imperial Academy, "Your Highness has worked hard, why don't you take a break?"

"Okay." Tu Lu nodded with a smile.

Feng Dao personally took the ginseng tea handed over by the little eunuch and sent it to Tu Lu.

Tu Lu took it with a smile, and said meaningfully: "Eunuch Feng has been working hard these days, not only taking care of the father, but also helping my palace with state affairs."

"Where, His Highness is really flattering the old slave." Feng Dao said with a flattering smile, "These are things that a slave should do."

"Hey, Eunuch Feng, don't be modest." Tu Lu smiled and drank ginseng tea, and put the teacup on the table casually, "At this time, it should be time for the father to drink medicine. Look at the royal father."

"Yes." Feng Dao said respectfully.

Chaohua Palace.

The heavily guarded Chaohua Palace was filled with a medicinal smell mixed with bitter and sweet.

I didn't think there was anything wrong with this smell at first, but after smelling it for a long time, it made people feel nauseous.

"Cough, cough, cough." Emperor Jianming covered his lips with a handkerchief, and coughed heavily. He coughed so heartbreakingly, as if he was about to cough up all his liver and gallbladder. His pale face was sickly red.

"Your Majesty, I've taken the medicine." Imperial Physician Lin made the medicine himself, without daring to fake it.

As soon as Emperor Jianming smelled it, he just felt sick. He frowned, held his nose and poured the medicine into his stomach, but he didn't feel any good on his body.

"Father, how do you feel these days?" Tu Lu showed concern. If he didn't know his true nature, everyone would be fooled by his appearance. He really regarded him as a filial son.

Emperor Jianming said vaguely, "It's better."

"Really? That's good." Tu Lu said with a smile.

Doctor Lin looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, as if he didn't know the falsehood between the two father and son.

After Tu Lu left, Emperor Jianming turned cold. He ordered Imperial Physician Lin to come forward and support him on the pillow, then squinted his eyes and asked, "Emperor Lin, I...ask you, I drank all the medicine. ...It's been seven days, why is there no curative effect at all?"

He was coughing while talking, his cough was piercing, his eyes fixed on Mrs. Lin, as if he wanted to see through Mrs. Lin's inner thoughts.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this prescription is the purpose of several people from our Imperial Medical Office. I dare to guarantee that there is no problem with this prescription." Imperial Physician Lin quickly knelt down on the ground, trembling. Said with his body.

Emperor Jianming stared straight at Imperial Physician Lin.

After a long silence, he said: "Get up and talk."

"Since there is no problem with this prescription, why hasn't it recovered after so many days?" Emperor Jianming asked eagerly. He felt that his body had not improved, but was even weaker. He could barely support his body before, but now Even getting up requires help from others.

Now, he has no time to manage those government affairs.

Imperial Physician Lin hesitated to speak, with hesitation on his face.

Emperor Jianming seemed to have thought of something, his face darkened, "If you have anything to say, just say it, I promise you to be innocent! If you dare to hide it, I will punish your nine clans!"

"Yes! Yes!" Imperial Physician Lin responded quickly.

His lips twitched, "There is no problem with the prescription, the only possibility is that there is something wrong with the primer."

Medicine introduction? !

Emperor Jianming's pupils contracted, he gripped the bed sheet tightly, his face turned blue and then black, and he asked angrily, "Do you know what you're talking about?"

Doctor Lin's body was shaking like chaff, his forehead and back were almost wet with cold sweat.

"I don't dare to say for sure, but, but this is the only possibility."

"Impossible!" Emperor Jianming smashed the medicine bowl on the side of the bed on the ground in a rage. The white porcelain medicine bowl smashed to pieces on the ground, and the black-brown medicine juice splashed all over the floor, staining the gauze curtain hanging from the floor.

Doctor Lin was so frightened that his body trembled, his lips were blue and white, as if he had suffered a serious illness.

"Your Majesty." Outside, Feng Dao heard the sound and shouted.

"Don't come in!" Emperor Jianming shouted.

He lowered his voice and said gloomily, "Come here."

Doctor Lin stepped forward on her knees.

Emperor Jianming stared at him, his eyes changed, and no one knew what he was thinking. At this time, his eyes were like a wolf, and he stretched out his hand to grab Doctor Lin's collar, and the veins on the back of his thin hands bulged, " I order you to take the prince's blood for a try!"

"Yes! Yes!" Imperial Physician Lin nodded repeatedly, "I will definitely do it!"

"Also." Emperor Jianming squeezed out a word from between his teeth, and he said sinisterly: "Only you and I are allowed to know about this matter, if a third person finds out, beware of your family's life!"

"Yes!" Imperial Physician Lin nodded emphatically.

He was so scared that his face turned pale, and his whole body was almost instantly haggard for a few years.

Emperor Jianming let go, he glanced at Imperial Physician Lin coldly, and flicked his hands.

Doctor Lin stepped back tactfully.

When he got out of the palace gate, he was suddenly shivered by the cold wind.

"Doctor Lin, what happened just now?" Feng Dao came forward with a smile and asked, looking suspiciously at Doctor Lin.

Doctor Lin put on a bitter face, spread his hands helplessly, and glanced into the hall, "Your Majesty, I think the effect of the medicine is too slow."

"So that's what happened." Feng Dao heaved a sigh of relief, and he said with a smile, "Since Your Majesty thinks the effect of the medicine is too slow, Mr. Lin should think of a way to make His Majesty 'cure' earlier."

When he said this, he looked at Doctor Lin meaningfully.

Doctor Lin nodded with a wry smile.

I thought to myself, isn't he just trying to make the medicine work faster.