Qing Jialu

Outside the West Garden, a large group of people knelt down.Most of the officials in Beijing, under the leadership of Zhang Xu and Zhang Cifu, gathered here.Jin Yiwei quickly reported the news to Yuxi Palace. After hearing this, Eunuch Chen was shocked.

On the contrary, after the emperor learned about it, his expression was cold, as if he had already guessed it.He asked Jin Yiwei: "Mr. Cheng Ge and Mr. Han Ge are here?"

"The two elders did not participate."

Xiao Yi nodded, "Understood."

When Jin Yiwei retreated, Eunuch Chen bowed and came to His Majesty, "Your Majesty, Shen Ge is not in Xiyuan now, why don't I go to the cabinet and invite Cheng Ge?"

"You can't get out." Xiao Yi sneered, "Elder Cheng can't come in either."

"They are... forcing the palace!" Eunuch Chen realized the seriousness of the matter, and his face turned pale with fright, "Isn't it just a case of fraud? Why did it come to this?"

"Now, not only because of the imperial examination fraud case, they want to force me to drive Shen Jia away. They want to destroy the New Deal."

Eunuch Chen was not as politically sensitive as Xiao Yi and Shen Jia. Only then did he realize that the imperial examination case was just a cover, and the real purpose of the conservatives was to drive Shen Jia away and undermine the New Deal.

"It's terrible." Eunuch Chen wiped the sweat from his brow, "Your Majesty, almost all the Beijing officials are here, and they all want to sabotage the reform?"

"No, the conservatives don't have that much appeal." Xiao Yi analyzed, "Among the people gathered outside, there are those who want to sabotage the New Deal, some who are dissatisfied with my protection of Shen Jia, some who are worried that I will be controlled by Shen Jia, and some Specifically targeting Shen Jia, wanting him to die."

Eunuch Chen's head is getting dizzy. With so many ways, how can he tell who is traitor and who is loyal?

However, Xiao Yi concealed one thing. There is another kind of person who wants to seek power and usurp the throne.

All the officials who knelt outside Xiyuan invited them, and their slogans were: Qingjun side.They asked His Majesty to depose Shen Jia and hand him over to the three divisions for a joint trial.Among the several types of people analyzed by Xiao Yi, Shen Jia is the only thread that can connect them.

Therefore, when Zhang Xu incited all the officials and uttered the words "Qing Jun's side", he immediately hit the hearts of the officials in Beijing.That's why so many people followed him and blocked the gate of Xiyuan.

Yuxi Palace sent eunuchs one after another to persuade all the officials to disperse with good words.They said that His Majesty was ill and could not see all his ministers.

But Zhang Xu had already figured out a countermeasure, and he said loudly: "The ministers have not seen any imperial doctors coming in and out of Xiyuan, and they have not seen a pulse report. How can your Majesty's condition be trusted?"

"That's right, that's right!" An official who already hated eunuchs echoed, "Since the winter of last year, His Majesty has ignored court affairs, ignored government affairs, and all the memorials of ministers and others have been approved by the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Are you borrowing your Majesty's advice?" fame, suppression of dissidents, monopolization of power?"

"Your Majesty was bewitched by you eunuchs and Shen Jia, and you didn't see the courtiers. Are you proud?" A white-haired official said angrily to the eunuch, "The eunuch is in power, and Liang will die!"

"Is it because the emperor doesn't want to see all the officials, or are you preventing the emperor from seeing all the officials?" The officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate also stood up and said angrily, "I will never retreat if I don't see your majesty for a day!"

The internal officer who sent the message was scolded bloody, and fled in desperation.

Since Du Huan was imprisoned, Shen Jia moved out of Yuxi Palace and stayed at home alone to avoid suspicion.Although he was impatient, he couldn't go out to inquire about the news. Shen Jia didn't know what happened at the gate of Xiyuan until Mr. Cheng Ge sent someone to send a message.

After Shen Jia disguised herself, she followed Cheng's family slave to the master's study.As soon as he entered the door, he asked: "Master, what's the situation at Xiyuan?"

"No one retreated." Old Cheng Ge frowned deeply, and his temple hair turned gray again.

Shen Jia heard the words and said angrily: "The Beijing officials gather in Xiyuan, are they going to force the palace?"

"Even though some people went there because they were worried about His Majesty, they have been messing around with Zhang Xu, and they have become a threat to force the palace." Cheng Ge asked, "You often go to Xiyuan to accompany Your Majesty, has Your Majesty said anything?"

Shen Jia thought about it carefully, "By the way, Your Majesty said that Zhang Cifu colluded with King Kui."

"Really?" Cheng Ge was slightly startled, if it was true as Shen Jia said, this was indeed an important clue.

"Jin Yiwei found out, there should be no mistake." Shen Jia replied.

Old Cheng Ge has gone through three dynasties, but he didn't realize that Zhang Xu had such wolfish ambitions.He stroked his beard, "King Kui... If King Kui wants to usurp the throne, why wait until today?"

"Your Majesty also said that King Kui would not rebel." Shen Jia said, "Your Majesty also said that King Kui did not act according to common sense, and he will take revenge. Students guess that he is probably targeting me."

"Sure enough, it's King Kui's style." Cheng Ge sneered, "I think His Majesty has already planned a plan, and we just need to wait for Zhang Xu to fall into the trap."

Seeing this, Shen Jia was slightly relieved, but he was worried about Xiao Yi's body, and sighed, "I don't know when this farce will end."

"That depends on your majesty's health." Cheng Ge suddenly said seriously, "Changqing, tell me the truth, how is your majesty's condition?"

Shen Jia was taken aback when he heard the words, he didn't know how much Mr. Cheng Ge knew, so he could only vaguely say: "It's better now."

"Now?" Cheng Ge used to play with words, "What about after that?"

"In the future... Who can tell in the future?"

"Changqing, I won't play around with you. I know you hired a private doctor to treat your majesty..." Mr. Cheng Ge paused slightly when he said this, "to be precise, it's detoxification. His majesty had a poisoning outbreak in the northwest before. I'll be right there."

Cheng Ge was originally an aide in the Qin Palace, Xiao Yu's real illness could not be hidden from him.

Cheng Ge continued: "At that time, the palace invited countless doctors, but few of them were able to diagnose the cause of the disease. Finally, someone found out that it was poison, but how to detoxify it was at a loss. Let the imperial doctor diagnose. I don’t know how your Majesty’s condition is now, can the doctor you find detoxify?”

Shen Jia saw that the master made such a frank statement, so he told the truth, "Your Majesty's poison has spread from his legs to his hands."

"It's so serious." Cheng Ge finally understood why His Majesty didn't personally review the memorial.

"The famous doctor I invited is still testing the medicine. He said that if he can find out the formula of the cold poison, he can formulate the antidote."

"Hurry up." Cheng Ge said anxiously, "Less than ten years."

"What is less than ten years?" Shen Jia was at a loss.

"Don't you know?" Old Cheng Ge looked at Shen Jia strangely, "If the antidote cannot be formulated, His Majesty will not live for ten years."

This news was like pouring a basin of cold water on Shen Jia's head in summer, drenching him to the core.Shen Jia's mind went blank, and four words rang in her ears repeatedly: less than ten years.

How come, how come?Why did Xiao Yi hide it from him, and why didn't Dr. Fan tell him?No wonder Xiao Yi was in a hurry to train King Su, no wonder he kept saying ominous words about life and death.

Shen Jia didn't understand until now, and suddenly shed tears.The teardrops were like broken pearls, sliding down the face drop by drop and falling to the ground.

"Changqing?" Cheng Ge was a little puzzled seeing Shen Jia crying so sadly.He had never seen Shen Jia shed tears before, could it be that the friendship between Shen Jia and His Majesty is so deep?

"I...I'm fine." Shen Jia forced herself to stop her tears, and begged the master, "Please don't tell Your Majesty, I know about it."

"...Okay." Cheng Ge agreed after a moment of contemplation, and he took a deep look at Shen Jia.

The author says:

Pass by and cast a starfish.