The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

The lord delivering the letter was Ji Mian, another bodyguard beside the emperor. Seeing that Ji Heng was in a daze, he was not in a hurry to read the letter, and he didn't know whether he was in a daze or was used to speaking bluntly, so he said, "My lord, The emperor is in a bad situation recently."

Ji Heng looked at him, he was too tired these days, physically and mentally tired, so his throat was slightly inflamed and his voice was hoarse, "Is the emperor sick?"

Ji Mian said, "It's not that the emperor is ill, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is ill. When I set off from the capital, His Highness the Crown Prince had been ill for seven or eight days, and the situation was very bad. The Emperor was very worried and accompanied him day and night, and the situation was not very good. .”

Ji Heng was stunned for a moment, and then quickly opened the letter to read. The letter was written by the emperor himself, and the eagerness was beyond words. There was nothing much to say in it, only that his son Yang Qi'er was seriously ill and his condition was very bad. He was guarding him alone. , panicked in his heart, hoping that Ji Heng could go back quickly.

Ji Heng stared at the letter for a long time, and then said to Ji Mian, "I see, I'm going back to Beijing now."

From Yuhang to Beijing, take the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal all the way, the road will be safer, so Ji Heng asked Fu Yang to arrange the departure, and only said that he would leave the next day, then he went to meet Wang Bingzhi and recruited the shipbuilder The supervisors of the factory and the firearms factory came to talk, and the matter was almost explained, and they were ready to leave.

On the boat, Imperial Physician Weng and Yang Qinzhi lived next to Ji Heng, and when the environment became a little more stable, Imperial Physician Weng began to cook medicine for Ji Heng to recuperate his body, fearing that when Ji Heng returned to Beijing, the emperor would blame himself for his poor health , and Yang Qinzhi has all kinds of literati and elegant things to do, so he often comes to accompany Ji Heng to pass the time. Ji Heng is worried about his beloved son in Beijing, and he is very anxious. He was able to sleep well after taking a large dose of sedative medicine, but after taking the medicine, he became dizzy and nauseated, and there was a menstrual tide, so the whole journey was very difficult.

When I returned to the capital, it was already the end of July.

Ji Heng disembarked from the Tongzhou pier, and the emperor's guards came to greet him, along with Liu Sheng, the most important eunuch by the emperor's side.

Tongzhou Wharf was very busy, but all the ships were controlled, and the waterway was opened to allow Ji Heng's boat to enter the wharf. The guards separated the crowd of onlookers on the wharf, and many people whispered behind them.

"Whose ship is this, why is there such a big battle?"

"I don't know, but this is the Forbidden Army in Beijing. Could it be that the emperor is traveling?"

"How could it be that the emperor is traveling, and the emperor is in the palace? Besides, the emperor's trip must be bigger than this. Could it be the Duke's Mansion, or some vassal king who has entered the capital?"

"How could it be the Duke's Mansion? It wasn't the family members of the Duke of Qin who came back to Beijing and wanted to be the first to enter the pier to dock. Didn't they all be driven aside to wait. It doesn't look like a feudal king. It is the emperor's guard of honor, not the vassal's. Moreover, when the vassal enters the capital, the emperor will send the forbidden army to greet him? Besides, the crown prince is ill and has not recovered yet. It is said that the emperor will not even go to court in the early morning. Which vassal will return to Beijing? If the emperor sends someone to welcome him like this, doesn't he think that the throne is too stable and waiting to be cut down?"

Someone who inquired about the news came over and whispered, "It is Mr. Ji, the governor of the five southeastern provinces, who has returned to Beijing."

Everyone was silent for a while, and then looked at each other, knowing it, and someone whispered, "The emperor came to greet him like this, because Lord Ji made great achievements in fighting pirates and pirates in the five southeastern provinces, or, what... ..."

Someone else laughed, "I'm afraid it's both."

Ji Heng just tidied up a little and walked out of the boat. He had lost a lot of weight these days, but he was on the journey, and there was no Mrs. Xu to take care of him, so he didn't have any clothes to lose weight, so the clothes on his body were all worn out. It looks wide, and it looks empty when worn on the body. When it is blown by the river wind, it seems to be floating away.

Liu Sheng had already boarded the boat and picked him up at the bow. Seeing Ji Heng's thinness, he was very surprised. While bowing to him, he said, "My lord, why are you so thin?"

Doctor Weng was right behind Ji Heng, and immediately lowered his head as if he didn't exist, thinking that when he entered the palace to face the Holy Spirit, he might inevitably be punished.

Ji Heng smiled at him, and after exchanging a few pleasantries, he said, "It's just that I'm tired from the journey, it's fine."

Then he asked, "How are the emperor and the prince?"

Liu Sheng said with a sad face, "His Royal Highness's illness is under control, but he has not recovered. Your Majesty... Your Majesty has been with His Royal Highness every day. It has been ten years since he went to court, and he has not had a good rest. The situation is very serious. Not good. But it’s good if you come back, my lord, you can go and persuade the emperor.”

Ji Heng took a deep breath and said, "That's it, let's go into the palace."

Because of the emperor's resentment for letting Xu Qilang be killed, Ji Heng could no longer think about this kind of thing.

Ji Heng got off the boat, and Yang Qinzhi got off the boat. Ji Heng asked Bian Wu and Lang Shang to escort Yang Qinzhi back to Ji's mansion, and asked Xu to arrange a yard for Yang Qinzhi to live in.

When Liu Sheng heard about it, he said, "My lord, Mrs. Ji has been living in the palace to take care of His Royal Highness, and she hasn't left the palace for more than ten days."

Ji Heng hummed, then looked at Yang Qinzhi, Yang Qinzhi was not so troublesome, and said, "Junqing, you can do your own thing, I'm a big man, I can't settle down yet."

Ji Heng said, "This is not going to work. If I don't settle you down, I'm sorry for you, and I'm sorry for Brother Xu."

Then he directly asked a few servants who followed him to the southeast to come forward, some of them knew that Ji Heng was in another courtyard in the south of the city, so he asked them all to serve Yang Qinzhi in that other courtyard, and they must serve him well.

These servants took over this task, and a few servants were brought over by the guards from behind the crowd, they were the steward and two long followers of Jifu.

They came forward to salute Ji Heng, and Ji Heng said, "I want to enter the palace first."

Then he explained to them again how to arrange Yang Qinzhi, so that he must be the guest of honor. After this, he said goodbye to Yang Qinzhi, and instead of taking the carriage, he went directly to ride a fast horse and headed for the capital.

The emperor wanted to meet Ji Heng by himself, but he couldn't leave because he was guarding Yang Qi'er.

From the original white and fat child, Yang Qi'er's complexion has become sallow, and she has lost a lot of weight.

When Ji Heng arrived at the entrance of the Qilin Hall, only the female official rushed in to report to the emperor, "Your Majesty, Lord Ji has arrived."

The emperor was feeding his son medicine, Xu hugged Yang Qier to prevent him from touching the rash on his back, the emperor coaxed and teased Yang Qier to drink medicine, but Yang Qier refused to open his mouth to drink, so the emperor had to pinch his mouth and forcefully drink it Going on, Yang Qi'er mostly swallowed half and spit half like this.

Hearing that Ji Heng had arrived at the gate of the palace, the emperor paused, put the bowl back on the tray held by the maid next to him, and got up straight away. He wanted to walk more steadily, but his steps were still too fast. Yes, Ji Heng has already entered the hall, the two bumped into each other at the entrance of the main hall, and both of them saw each other, Ji Heng looked at the emperor in surprise and distress, he didn't care about other etiquette, he just said in surprise, "Your Majesty , you...how did you lose so much weight?"

The emperor wanted to say something but his throat was a little choked, and he hugged Ji Heng as soon as he stepped forward, he choked up and said, "You're back, just come back."

Suddenly, Ji Heng's eyes became hot and his nose became sour. He whispered, "I'm back."

Because there were many palace people around, although they didn't dare to look up, but hugging in front of so many people, Ji Heng still felt that it was inappropriate, so he withdrew from the emperor's arms and said, "Your Majesty, where is the Crown Prince?"

The emperor had already grabbed his hand, holding him firmly, and led him to the west room, "Qi'er is on the bed, and Madam is also here."

Ji Heng entered the west room, and saw Mrs. Xu sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a child in her arms, gently rocking and coaxing her.

Mrs. Xu nodded to Ji Heng, didn't say anything, just lowered her head and said to Yang Qier, "My dear Qier, let's see who came back to see you."

Ji Heng looked at the child in her arms, and saw that it was a thin, sallow child, and he was completely different from the white, tender and cute child when he left.

The heartache hit Ji Heng overwhelmingly, his eyes were wet in an instant, he had already stepped forward, and he didn't dare to take the child in Xu's hands, he just half-kneeled on the foot of the bed, looked down at his son, softly Said, "Qi'er..."

The emperor let all the servants in the room go out, and then stepped forward to coax his son, "Qi'er, good boy, open your eyes and see, it's your mother who is back."

Yang Qi'er took a lot of effort to open his eyes, and looked at Ji Heng blankly, Ji Heng burst into tears, and hugged Yang Qi'er from Xu's arms, Xu quickly said, "Be careful At one point, he had a rash on his back, which hurt when he touched it."

After hearing this, Ji Heng was shocked again, his heart ached unbearably, he lowered his head and kissed Yang Qi'er's forehead which also had a little red rash, "Good baby."

Yang Qi'er looked at him with difficulty, but couldn't make a sound.

After a while, Yang Qi'er fell asleep, and the emperor asked the female officer who took care of him to hug him and put him to sleep.Ji Heng also followed the emperor to the east room, and Ji Heng didn't care to tidy himself up, so he asked directly, "What's the matter with Qi'er's illness?"

The emperor told him the whole process of Yang Qier's illness, and finally said, "I don't know if there is something evil in the Bixi Palace. He also went to the Bixi Palace last time, and he was also sick when he came back. But Jean is in the Bixi Palace. It’s useless even if it’s done.”

Ji Heng didn't believe this at all, so he said, "I'll wash up, please come to the imperial physicians who are treating Qi'er."

As he said that, he hurriedly said, "Physician Weng is back, but he has gone home, so people should hurry and invite him into the palace to see Qi'er."

While the emperor sent someone to pass it on, he also asked the palace servants to wait on Ji Heng to wash and tidy up. Ji Heng took a bath and tidied up, changed his clothes, and when his hair was half dry, several imperial physicians had already arrived.

Except for the imperial physician who was always on duty in the ear room, all the other imperial physicians who had treated Yang Qi'er had arrived.Of course, those imperial physicians who were exiled did not come.

Ji Heng simply pulled his hair, and sat directly on the chair. The emperor sat on the top seat, and Ji Heng sat first on his left, but the emperor didn't speak, and Ji Heng decided everything.

Ji Heng began to ask these imperial doctors carefully about Yang Qier's condition.

Ji Heng didn't listen to their texts, as long as they were easy to understand, anyone who wanted to read them would be interrupted, which made these imperial doctors even more uneasy, so they had to talk about Yang Qi'er's condition in detail.

The descriptions of Yang Qier's condition in these imperial physicians are divided into two categories. The first category is believed to be caused by fire poison in the body, and the other category is considered to be a disease such as acne, but this kind of acne has never occurred before. Yang Qier is first case.

Apart from these two categories, Sun Bai, who is most valued these days, is hesitant to speak. Ji Heng saw that he had something else to say, but it was hard to say, so he sent away all the other imperial physicians, leaving only Sun Bai. Cypress down.

Afterwards, all the female officials in the palace were even dismissed, and Ji Heng asked Sun Bai again, "Physician Sun, do you have anything to say?"

Doctor Sun had a different judgment. He felt that if His Royal Highness had a serious fire and poison, several doses of medicine given to him would be useless, and if it was an acne-like disease, but it had not been transmitted to others, so he boldly proposed that the crown prince His Highness was poisoned. He had guessed this a few days ago, but he didn't find out, so he dared not report it.

When he said this, he bowed his head respectfully, but his body was slightly turned towards the emperor.

Ji Heng instantly understood what this imperial doctor Sun meant. He was afraid that the prince he guessed would be poisoned. Because the emperor valued the prince too much, it would eventually cause a bloody storm, so he didn't dare to say it before.

The emperor's face sank when he heard this, but fortunately he endured not speaking, and Ji Heng's expression was also very heavy, and finally asked, "If His Highness is really poisoned, what kind of poison do you think it will be?"