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

The Qilin Hall is the emperor's bedroom, so it is naturally very spacious inside, but there are few people inside, and there are not many decorations, so it appears deserted and lonely in the open space.

Because the doors and windows were closed and the light inside was dim, Brother Heng could barely adapt to the darkness inside when he first entered, and it took a while before he could see the situation inside clearly.

He Ye'er said to Brother Heng, "Master Ji, the emperor is inside."

Brother Heng replied, and then slowly went into the inner room with him.

The water-polished floor tiles on the ground have a hint of gold in the darkness, but it makes people feel cold when they look at it. Enter through a door on the side, and there is a small room inside, where there are Arhat couch, chairs, tea stools, etc. The Duobao Pavilion is empty, nothing is placed there, and there are a few paintings and calligraphy hanging on the wall. Brother Heng glanced at it, and according to his eyesight, he also saw that it was not a very famous master's work...

Although the Qilin Palace supports the solemnity and authority of an emperor's bedroom, the furnishings inside are indeed not very good. It can also be seen that the emperor does not have much power in his hands. Although the queen mother looks good to the emperor, she should also He didn't care about the emperor's daily life, otherwise he wouldn't let the emperor's bedroom be so shabby.

After passing through another door, there is a study room inside, which is slightly better than the room. There is an arhat couch made of golden nanmu, a dragon pattern table case made of iron wood, a lot of books on the bookshelves, hanging calligraphy and paintings, Brother Heng At first glance, you can tell that it was written by the emperor himself, and there is also a picture of a koi carp. Judging by the style, Brother Heng thinks it was drawn by a woman, maybe it was the Queen Mother's painting...

Brother Heng walked very slowly, and He Yeer didn't rush, when he entered another door, the curtain was lifted from the inside, Liu Sheng'er saw Brother Heng, and whispered, "Young Master Ji, you are here. The emperor is on the bed."

When Brother Heng was about to enter the bedroom, Liu Sheng'er gave him another wink, signaling Brother Heng to say a few words outside first.

Brother Heng followed Liu Sheng'er again for a while, and Liu Sheng'er let Brother Heng sit down, but he just stood there and let He Ye'er go out, and then whispered to Brother Heng, "Mr. , Your Majesty loves you very much, these slaves are all aware of it."

Brother Heng's expression was heavy, but he was very calm, and said to Liu Sheng'er, "Elder-in-law, just say what you have to say."

Liu Sheng'er said, "Ever since the incident of Qingquan'er happened in the palace, the emperor has been frightened and refused to go out again, staying in the bedroom all the time. Even if you don't listen, you don't even go to the Empress Dowager's place, you can't eat enough food, and you see that you've lost a lot of weight, we servants are all distressed, and we try to persuade you all the time, but the emperor doesn't listen at all."

Brother Heng was very surprised, and asked Liu Sheng'er, "Hasn't the Empress Dowager come to see the emperor in person?"

Liu Sheng'er leaned closer to Brother Heng's ear and said in a softer voice, "The Empress Dowager is also afraid, and she didn't give Feng Yu a step." After saying this, he stepped back a little and said, "Who can treat this acne? Not afraid. When Qingquan was carried out, the servants in the temple were all frightened. He didn’t tell about his acne, and he was beaten to death and burned when he heard that he was sent out. Speaking of which, he was in this temple before Being on duty is the most important thing. The empress dowager is jealous of this place, so why would she come here?"

Brother Heng hummed, and asked again, "Who let me come into the palace? Listening to my father-in-law, it seems that the emperor didn't mean it."

Liu Sheng'er bowed and looked at Brother Heng sincerely. Brother Heng was sitting there upright, with white jade-like cheeks, and a calm expression, not like a child. Looking at him, Liu Sheng'er felt that He was like a little Bodhisattva, and he suddenly understood what the emperor once said, "When you are with Ji Qing, you always feel that nothing is terrible, and you can get better even when you are depressed."

Liu Sheng'er said, "It's the servant and Master Li who made it up on their own to invite you to the palace. The emperor was frightened. He usually likes you the most. The servants just want you to come to the palace to accompany him. Maybe he will Better."

Brother Heng knew that Master Li that Liu Shenger was talking about should be Li Anlian, Chief Eunuch of the Qilin Palace.

The emperor was still young and had no rights in his hands, so it was rare to have so many eunuchs loyal to him.

Brother Heng asked, "Why didn't you see Eunuch Li?"

Liu Sheng'er said, "Master Li went to the Queen Mother's palace to report back, but he has not come back yet."

Brother Heng asked again, "I came all the way, and there are really few people in the dormitory here. Are many people infected, or what?"

Liu Sheng'er said, "After the Qingquan incident, the few servants who had a lot of contact with him were locked up, and then two more developed acne, and the others were also sent to other places. , Now there are only a few people in this hall, the emperor lost his temper and dismissed them all. The empress dowager said to let people come in again, but the emperor was frightened and did not agree. The empress dowager has not yet arranged for people to come. "

Brother Heng always knew that the emperor was smart, and it became even more obvious when he saw him dismiss everyone in the palace.

He nodded and said, "Well, I see. Then I'll go in and see the emperor."

Liu Sheng'er said, "Master Ji, you are extremely intelligent, you must know how to persuade the emperor."

Liu Shenger led Brother Heng to the inner room, walked around the screen and entered the bedroom. The space inside was not very big. A sandalwood canopy bed was placed against the north wall. There is a large screen behind it, and I think it is a separated clean room. There is a table, a few bamboo sticks, and the wormwood burning in the incense burner, the smell is a bit too strong.

The windows in the room were closed again. Although it didn't look hot, it looked stuffy.

The dragon bed was quite big, but the curtains were lowered, so I couldn't see clearly what was going on inside.

Liu Sheng'er walked to the edge of the bed curtain, bent down and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Ji, Mr. Ji's servant, is here."

Brother Heng also walked over, knelt down on the ground, and saluted, "Chen Jiheng pays homage to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live."

There was no movement in the tent at first, but after a while, there was a voice, "Junqing?"

The emperor's voice was weak, with a weakness that was not usually present.

Brother Heng walked forward on his knees, knelt on the ottoman in front of the bed, picked up a little curtain, the dragon tent had three layers, and the thick dragon tent separated the inside into a closed space.

Brother Heng saw the little emperor hiding in the bed. The little emperor's face was facing inside, and his body was covered with a bright yellow quilt embroidered with auspicious clouds and golden dragons. His hair was untied and scattered on the pillow and mattress.

Brother Heng said softly, "I am here to see you, Your Majesty, I will accompany you."

The emperor turned around slowly, his face was haggard, he was young, his eyes were dark and deep, he looked at Brother Heng quietly, and Brother Heng let him look at him without moving.

The little emperor asked, "Are there a lot of people suffering from acne in the city?"

Brother Heng said, "The court dealt with it in a timely manner, and the situation is probably not as bad as you think, Your Majesty. The Tianhua Niangniang Temple outside the east gate has been set up as a treatment point, and it was found to have acne, and they were all sent there. If you are still not sure it must be acne, I heard from my father that they live in a separate village not far from Tianhua Empress Temple, and are taken care of by people who have recovered from acne before."

The little emperor's spirits improved a little, he let out a sigh, and asked again, "How did you come into the palace?"

"It was Eunuch Liu who was worried about you, the emperor, so he brought a message to the minister, and the minister came in." Brother Heng said, and glanced at Liu Sheng'er who was next to him. Liu Sheng'er saw his sign, and talked to the emperor. bid farewell.

The emperor told Brother Heng to stop kneeling and told him to get up, Brother Heng got up slowly, and then hung up the emperor's bed curtain by half, sat down on the footbed, looked at the emperor, and said , "Your Majesty, I haven't seen you for a long time. You have lost a lot of weight."

The emperor sat up from the bed, leaned against the head of the bed, and said, "I can't eat for a while."

The emperor always acted very calm and calm before, even though he was still young, he still had the majesty of an emperor.But Brother Heng knew that no matter how precocious he was, he was still just a child, and there must be a very fragile side in his heart. Now hearing him say this weakly, Brother Heng felt very fond of him in his heart.

He reached out and grabbed the emperor's hand, with a gentle expression but firm eyes, and said, "Your Majesty, you will be fine, just eat well and take care of the dragon's body."

The emperor pursed his lips, remained silent for a while, and then said, "I also know that I should eat something, but I have a bad appetite and can't eat."

Brother Heng said, "It's so stuffy in this room, how can I have a good appetite, I'm going to open the window, that's good."

The emperor quickly tightened his hand and said, "You must not go, maybe smallpox will come in through the window."

Brother Heng was stunned for a moment, thinking it was funny in his heart, he had never thought that the emperor was so afraid of death before, he always thought that the emperor was not afraid of death.But on the surface, he was still gentle and said, "It will be fine, Your Majesty."

The emperor said, "Junqing, you don't know that if you have acne, you won't get better. You can only wait to die. I remember when the fourth brother died. He was deliberately infected with acne. It turns out A good person, and then his whole body rotted. At that time, the queen mother asked an old eunuch to hold me to see it. Later, the fourth brother was burned, and everything in the palace where he lived was burned. I thought that my Sometimes I would die from acne, but I didn't expect to be infected. This time Qingquan'er was infected with acne, but he didn't say that I drank the water he sent, it must be, maybe the queen mother suspected me She wants me to die like my fourth brother."

The emperor spoke with a trembling voice and trembling hands.

Brother Heng got up from the couch, sat on the edge of the bed, stretched out his arms to hug the emperor, patted his back lightly, and did not speak for a while.

The emperor did not refuse Brother Heng's closeness, he leaned on Brother Heng's shoulder, and the trembling of his body finally stopped.

Brother Heng released the emperor after a while, looked into his eyes and said quietly, "Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven, and you bear the destiny on your body. How can you get infected with acne so easily and die? You should believe it." Own."

Brother Heng knew that this could not be true, but he could only use this to appease the frightened little emperor.

Hearing what he said, the little emperor smiled wryly and said, "I don't believe this."

Brother Heng looked at him brightly, and said, "Your Majesty, do you believe me?"

The little emperor asked, "Junqing, what are you going to do?"

Brother Heng glanced at the bed tent, then straightened up and put down the curtain of the bed tent. He took off his shoes and sat on the bed. The little emperor looked at him suspiciously, and Brother Heng rolled up the bed. On the sleeve of his left hand, he showed the little emperor a pimple mark on his arm.

Brother Heng is small, he practices riding, archery and swordsmanship, his arms are not thin and thin, the acne scars on his upper arms are quite obvious on Bai Shengsheng's arms.

The emperor was unclear about his actions, so, "What's the matter?"

Brother Heng said, "Your Majesty, do you know that there is a folk vaccination to avoid smallpox?"

The emperor nodded, "I've heard that as long as you get acne, you will never get acne again. Have you ever had acne?"

Brother Heng nodded, "In the eighth year of Taiping, I was in Yangzhou, and Yangzhou had smallpox, so I had the smallpox. It was on my arm."

The eighth year of Taiping is the last year of the first emperor's year. Smallpox broke out in the capital earlier than Yangzhou, and many people in the palace were infected. The fourth prince died at that time. Later, the first emperor died because of the fourth prince. It was very sad, he was not in good health, and died of illness that year.

The emperor carefully looked at the mark on Brother Heng's arm, and said, "Junqing, you will be fine in the future, and I am also happy."

Brother Heng looked at him and said, "I come to the palace, I want to accompany you, the emperor, and more importantly, I also want to vaccinate you, can you trust me?"

The emperor was directly shocked by his words.