Tyrant Reborn

Pursing my lips, I stepped forward to help the trembling old man who was about to salute me. It was only a few days since I didn't see him, but even in these few days, it made people feel that everything was wrong. .

Take the person in front of him as an example, he is not as energetic as before. At this moment, his brows and eyes are sickly pale, his hair is also a little gray, his cheeks are sunken, showing his old age, and at this moment, I suddenly felt the fact that this loyal old man was old.

Zhang Tingyu looked at me and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty..."

"Stop talking about those nonsense." I interrupted him with a wave of my hand, "I know you have suffered these days." After finishing speaking, I sighed and stepped forward to help him into the room myself.Then I noticed a young man kneeling behind him, probably the Wang Jian that Zhuo Wenjing said, I looked at him twice more, Wang Jian looked at me with a burning gaze, but there was a bit of displeasure deep in his eyes aloof.

I raised my eyebrows and turned to look at Zhang Tingyu and said, "Before, you recommended a doctor Wang for me, and it must be him."

Zhang Tingyu coughed twice and said, "Your Majesty Minghui, although the imperial doctor Wang is young, he has excellent medical skills. I hope that when the old minister is gone, he can relieve the emperor's worries."

After hearing this, I said calmly: "I see that your apprentice is very dissatisfied with me, and I'm afraid I won't be able to reuse you."

After hearing my words, Zhang Tingyu's already pale cheeks turned blue, and then he hurriedly got up and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me, Wang Jian has a weird temper, which is why the old minister didn't let him go to see a doctor in each palace. It offended the emperor and the empresses of the palaces, but Wang Jian was born with a straightforward nature, so please forgive him for his sincerity."

Looking at Zhang Tingyu, I frowned, stepped forward to help him up again, and then sighed softly: "He is still so weird in this harem, now I will forgive him for your sake, if he falls into trouble in the future In other people's hands, then I can't save the near fire with far water, and I'm afraid it will hurt your reputation, old imperial doctor."

After hearing what I said, Wang Jian hurriedly said: "The emperor forgives the crime, the humble minister was rude just now."

I glanced at him lightly and said: "Your heart is arrogant, it needs to be tempered." After that, I didn't look at him again, but helped Zhang Tingyu to sit on the soft chair, and said: "I see that your health is not very good, Don't say anything more, just take a good rest."

"I'm old and weak, and I can't stand the wind and rain." Zhang Tingyu said with a pale smile.

I nodded, thought for a while and said hesitantly: "Now that the new year has just arrived, and the empress is only five months old, I am very worried."

After listening to my words, Zhang Tingyu coughed twice, and I told Wang Jian, who was kneeling on the ground, to go and make tea for him.

After Wang Jian left, Zhang Tingyu looked at me with a sickly red cheek and said, "Your Majesty, to be honest, the old minister, the queen's integrity is critical, and she needs someone who can take care of her with care. To be in the same rank as others is to be regarded as a noble person, if the emperor uses him highly, he will definitely be loyal."

I heard what he said: "I know what you mean, but I don't trust him."

Zhang Tingyu coughed twice again and said, "It's just that the old minister was ill at the wrong time and couldn't keep recuperating for the queen."

I shook my head and said: "I know the reason from Yuan Bao. The mother just took the opportunity to get angry and punish you for telling the truth. After all, she is still venting her anger for the child Rufei back then."

Zhang Tingyu said: "The old minister dare not."

"What are you afraid of? You've probably heard that the queen mother is very dissatisfied with me recently. I have abandoned the government for a long time. Now, although I grab some slowly, how many people really stand on the sidelines?" The ones around me are really uncertain... It's not that I don't want to move the harem, but if there is no reason, later generations say that I am obsessed with beauty, that's all. I don't want him to bear what he shouldn't bear."

After hearing what I said, Zhang Tingyu said: "Your Majesty, it is better to be still than to move. Your Majesty waits patiently. There will always be a chance to catch those disorderly officials and thieves in one go."

After hearing what he said, I smiled and said: "Zhang Tingyu, you are the person who knows the most about my thoughts in the entire harem, and you also understand what I have done these days, and you are more clear about my thoughts, so I naturally trust you ...I will not hide these words from you. You have been in this palace for so many years, and you have served your father. You know better than me how your father treated Concubine Liu. Now the situation has become Zhenhe Wenjing. I'm not angry, and Rufei is provoking you, and you fell ill again, I am very worried about Wen Jing's situation."

When Zhang Tingyu heard what I said, she fell silent and said: "Your Majesty, although the Emperor did not care much about government affairs in the past, and the court was controlled by traitors for a while, the Emperor is the Emperor after all, and the Queen Mother and Concubine Ru always have to take a step back, and the Emperor Don't worry too much about the empress, even though the empress has a dragon on her body, she still has the ability to protect herself."

"I've never been afraid of bright spears, but I'm afraid of hidden arrows." After hearing what he said, I said, "Even back then, I couldn't take care of Concubine Liu, otherwise..." Otherwise, where did the third brother get poisoned.

Naturally, I would not say this, and Zhang Tingyu knew it in his heart.

When he was silent, I said: "Forget it, don't mention this, what are your plans?"

"The old minister wants to resign and go home." Zhang Tingyu said unambiguously this time: "When you are old, you always want to return to your hometown. Besides, the old minister can't help the emperor here, so it's better to go back."

I didn't threaten him this time, but just said lightly: "That's what I mean too, Zhang Tingyu, you are a smart person, and I know it's hard to keep a secret in my heart, but let him bury some words for the rest of his life. I'm here today , just to tell you this, tonight, you can go out of the palace directly, I will ask Yuan Bao to send you away in person, remember to leave this capital, and for three generations in the future, don’t come to the capital again to be a doctor.”

"Old minister, thank the emperor for his grace." Zhang Tingyu looked at me and knelt down excitedly.

I watched him get up and said lightly: "Get up."

In fact, the best way to keep a secret forever is to make people stop talking, but looking at this person in front of me, seeing his appearance, I thought to myself, let me die, after all, loyal people are hard to find.

Then, Zhang Tingyu and I talked about something else. I don’t make an evaluation of Wang Jian, the successor recommended by Zhang Tingyu. After all, there is no contact, and no one can guarantee anything. .

Later I got up and left. Before leaving, Zhang Tingyu bowed to me again. That afternoon, Zhang Tingyu was secretly sent out of the palace. It is said that he bought some fields in his hometown in the south of the Yangtze River. In other words, the three generations never entered the capital again, nor did they work as doctors again. Of course, these are all things for later.

At this time, I was returning from the Imperial Hospital, and the sedan chair was walking towards the Jiaotai Hall. When I went, I saw the figures of Xiaotao and Xiaoqing beside Xue Ruyu beside the bluestone, so I paused and let Pei Xiu stepped forward and asked them why they were here.

The answer I got was that I came to visit Zhuo Wenjing under Xue Ruyu's order. After hearing this, I sneered in my heart. Xue Ruyu's superficial skills are too good. If it was the past, she would treat Zhuo Wenjing as if she hadn't seen it. Yes, these days it's the norm, and people even ask to see Zhuo Wenjing.Thinking of this, I waved my hand and continued to move forward.

Going to the Jiaotai Hall, Zhuo Wenjing was feeding the Vermillion Bird in the backyard, and what he threw out were glutinous rice cakes made by the Imperial Dining Room.After seeing me coming, he played with the pastry in his hand, looked at me and smiled slightly: "The old doctor is all right."

I shook my head and took the pastry from his hand and continued to feed the bird: "It's okay, but I'm afraid I can't continue to serve you." The queen mother wants his life, and it's not easy for me to keep him. Let's see his fate in the future .

After hearing this, Zhuo Wenjing sighed and said nothing more.

I looked at the cheerful birds singing in front of me and said, "Is this pastry given by Rufei?"

Zhuo Wenjing hummed lightly and said: "Although it is a waste, but I really don't like these things. It's cheaper for this bird."

I laughed and said: "If you like something, just tell Yuan Bao, and let him come to serve you these days."

He said hello softly.

I looked back at him, left the pastry on the ground, and just kept looking at him, trying to say something, but in the end I didn’t say anything, while Zhuo Wenjing kept smiling quietly at me...as if he understood everything, and I don't know anything in a trance.In the end, I stepped forward to hold him in my arms, and called out his name in a low voice, and Zhuo Wenjing also responded.

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Because there is nothing to do one month after the new year, and because I am dissatisfied with my mother, I don’t bother to go to see her face that hates me. During this period, Xue Xun handed over the booklet, saying that it is after the new year that I will leave customs and go to the northwest. Take a walk in the desert.I looked at his notebook for a long time, and finally took a pen to approve a bright red mark.

In fact, I have long heard that Xue Xun was ill years ago. Zhuo Wenjing sent someone to see him, but he didn't mention it to me, and I didn't want to tell him about Xue Xun.So let it go.

Thinking of this, I sighed. To me and to Xue Xun, life is not what I want, probably so.Zhezi agreed, but I suppressed it and decided to let him leave after the Lantern Festival.

On a cold spring day, the palace was extremely cold, but on the fifteenth day, the weather was really good and the sun was warm. That night, I feasted on all the officials in the imperial garden to enjoy the moon. Although it was a bit arty, it was also very interesting.

The ministers naturally congratulated me on my recovery. I listened to their congratulations and just pursed my lips and smiled lightly. Xue Xunshi, I paused, he seemed to be seriously ill, the whole person, his cheeks were thin, his body was thin, and his winter clothes looked a little too loose.

Thinking of his previous request, I sighed, then lowered my eyes, and as soon as I slid my finger over the wine glass, Zhuo Wenjing said in a low voice: "The imperial doctor said that the emperor should not drink too much now."

After hearing what he said, I coughed twice and said, "I haven't tasted the old taste for a long time, but I miss it a little."

Zhuo Wenjing took a look at me and said: "Your Majesty, then bear with me for the sake of my humble minister." He said this with a normal expression, but the tips of his ears were red, and under the lights, he looked extraordinarily attractive.

I smiled twice and said: "Okay." If it is for him and the unborn child, I can bear three points.

The queen mother, Rufei and others were at the bead curtain behind us, and Shen Yun was at the queen mother's place. I just didn't know it, and said this to Zhuo Wenjing in detail.Occasionally, they looked at each other and smiled.

After drinking for three rounds, the queen mother said she was tired, she got up and left with Shen Yun, Xue Ruyu followed, the officials looked at me and then at the queen mother, with different expressions.

I sneered three points and continued to have a feast with the officials.

After staying like this for another quarter of an hour, I saw that Zhuo Wenjing looked a little ugly, so I ordered Yuan Bao to send him back. Zhuo Wenjing did not shirk, and left with a salute.

After he left, the third brother came forward to toast me a glass of wine and said some congratulatory words. I nodded casually, picked up the glass and drank it with my head up. With Zhuo Wenjing present, I naturally had to bear it, but he If I leave, then I have to take the opportunity to drink a few sips, at worst I will just sleep alone tonight.

Thinking of this, I was very excited, and had a few drinks with a few veterans from my father's time, talking to each other, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.During this period, Xue Xun had been drinking quietly, and Yan Yi was by his side, and sometimes turned his eyebrows at me coldly, and I pretended not to know.

After another half a stick of incense, I felt that some wine was too much, so I got up and said something to let them enjoy themselves, and then I left.

When I returned to the harem, it was already late, I sat on the golden throne, half-closed my eyes, although I didn't want to disturb Zhuo Wenjing at this moment, but I was still worried, so I changed the original way back to Panlong Hall.

Just such a change, just after passing the Qingshi bridge, I felt a black shadow flashing in front of my eyes, so I was stunned and asked to stop the sedan chair.Peixiu hurriedly stepped forward to support me, I pointed to the bushes in front of me and said, "Who is there?"

"Long live, there is no one there." Peixiu supported me and said, "It's a forest."

I squinted my eyes, and then said: "Search for me." Although I was a little drunk, the shadow really flashed by, and I couldn't believe that I was dazzled.