Chapter 255: Emperor Jiajing's Reward, Father-in-law Goes Mad
What is the most noble thing in the world?
emperor.
The more noble something is, the easier it is to break. From ancient times to the present, there are very few emperors who have always been in good health. Therefore, most of the best doctors in the world are in the palace.
The old medical officer stood there blankly, and the imperial doctors gathered around him.
"Doctor Lin, why don't you treat me?"
The old medical officer raised his head and moved his lips, "The prince...is asleep."
He looked at the imperial physician and asked, "Didn't you say that the prince couldn't fall asleep during the day no matter what?"
"Yes!" The imperial physician cursed and swore, "If it is false, I am willing to be poisoned to death by ginseng."
All medicines have both medicinal and toxic properties. Ginseng is no exception. If you are poisoned by ginseng, you will have to chew a few hundred-year-old ginsengs and have a nosebleed of several kilograms.
This oath was poisonous. Doctor Lin believed it. He scratched his white hair and said, "But he fell asleep. From the sound of his snoring, I could tell that he was extremely relaxed. Damn it! Why is that?"
Everyone slowly looked at Jiang Qingzhi.
The prince is a tragedy. He has lacked father's love since childhood. If it were another prince, such as Prince Jing, he would probably say arrogantly: Am I worthless if you don't pay attention to me?
The prince is sensitive and somewhat inferior; this is what Jiang Qingzhi discovered today.
This is the nature of children who lack the company and guidance of their parents.
The most important thing in the prince's growth process is the concepts instilled in him by the people around him.
How can a kid who has been drinking toxic chicken soup since childhood not grow up in a wrong way?
"Long Wilbur."
Jiang Qingzhi turned around, and Doctor Lin bowed, "Excuse me, Lord Chang Wei, is the prince's illness cured?"
"You still have to take care of yourself, but your insomnia will get better." Jiang Qingzhi knew that such a mental illness could not be cured overnight. But he helped the prince to untie the knot in his heart, and he would naturally get better and better from now on.
"I..." Doctor Lin scratched his head, "Excuse me, may I ask, Lord Wei, what kind of disease is this? How can it be cured without any medicine?"
"Yes!"
"Could it be acupuncture? But acupuncture can't produce immediate results!"
"Shut up!" Doctor Lin shouted at everyone, then bowed his hands in a serious manner, "Please give me some advice, Lord Wei."
"This is a heart disease." Jiang Qingzhi fell into deep thought again.
"What do you mean?"
"He is just being mysterious!"
The imperial doctors were dissatisfied, and Doctor Lin scolded: "What nonsense! Heart disease can only be cured with the heart. A good warrior may not have great military achievements, and the same is true for this doctor."
Everyone was puzzled and asked for advice.
"The seven emotions hurt people, the six desires harm people. All diseases start from mental illness. Treating a disease is like fighting. Finding the root of the opponent and eradicating it completely is the highest realm of a doctor... I think it is also the highest realm of using troops!"
Everyone was silent.
He looked at Jiang Qingzhi who was in deep thought with complicated eyes.
Jiang Qingzhi suddenly looked up, "Old Huang!"
No one in the palace dares to call me like that... Huang Jin was full of black lines on his head, "What's the matter?"
Jiang Qingzhi called over a eunuch who was beside the prince and asked, "Do you know Zhang Xiangyu?"
The eunuch nodded, "It's the lady-in-waiting of His Highness."
"Where is she?" Jiang Qingzhi narrowed his eyes, and Huang Jin's heart subconsciously shuddered.
"She's over there..." the eunuch pointed to the far right, "She's teaching someone a lesson!"
"Go and have a look."
Jiang Qingzhi glanced at Huang Jin, who understood what he meant and called a few eunuchs to follow him.
Everyone went down the stairs and went around to the right.
In front of the side hall, dozens of eunuchs and palace maids stood with their hands tied. A palace maid was tied to a bench, her lower garment was stripped off, exposing her buttocks.
Two eunuchs were holding boards and looking at a female official.
"...Bitch, you only know how to flirt with others all day long, and you even dare to contradict me. Today, in front of everyone, I will let you know the difference between superiors and subordinates."
Just as the female official was about to order him to be beaten, someone beside her said, "Eunuch Huang and Chang Wei Bo are here."
The female official turned around and squatted, "Greetings to Eunuch Huang, and to Chief Wilbur."
Huang Jin stopped and Jiang Qingzhi walked over slowly.
"Are you Zhang Xiangyu?"
"Yes." The female official glanced at Huang Jin and said, "Eunuch Huang, this is..."
The palace and the external officials are two different systems. People in the palace, especially those around the nobles, can completely ignore the external officials.
"Take it!"
Jiang Qingzhi turned around and left.
Zhang Xiangyu was startled. Huang Jin glanced at Jiang Qingzhi and shouted, "Catch him!"
Two eunuchs rushed over and grabbed Zhang Xiangyu.
Huang Jin walked to Jiang Qingzhi's side and asked, "Why is this?"
"Old Huang, don't ask about things you shouldn't ask about. I'm doing this for your own good. By the way, I suggest you hand this matter over to the East Factory." Jiang Qingzhi said softly, "Zhang."
Huang Jin looked at him deeply and said, "I appreciate it."
Jiang Qingzhi yawned, "Okay, I'm sleepy too. I'll go home, have lunch and take a nap. Spring is not a good time to study, but the hot summer is just right for sleeping..."
Watching him walk away leisurely, Huang Jin turned around and Zhang Xiangyu shouted, "I am innocent! Eunuch Huang, Chang Wei Bo is an outsider, and I am a close associate of the Crown Prince. He has overstepped his authority!"
"Shut her up and let Rui Jingxian come and take the people away."
When Jiang Qingzhi returned home, the matchmaker was waiting for him. "My uncle! We are about to get married, please don't run around."
"What do you mean?" Jiang Qingzhi was puzzled.
"Someone from the girl's family is coming today."
"Haven't you measured the bedroom?"
"They said they came to take a look." The matchmaker smiled and said, "That family is honest. They said that the uncle has no elders in his family, so at least they came to take a look..."
The matchmaker didn't say the rest, but Jiang Qingzhi knew the general content.
They were simply worried that without the care of the elders, the mansion would raise unruly servants. The bride would marry without knowing her background and would be easily cheated.
So Jiang Qingzhi's plan to take a nap was ruined.
After lunch, several people from the woman's side came, accompanied by Fu Cheng and Dou Jialan, who also went with them to inspect.
"They looked at the decoration and said that you have good taste. They also said that you are both talented in literature and martial arts, and that you and your wife will live in harmony and be envied by everyone..."
Fu Cheng saw the guests off and came back to tell Jiang Qingzhi about the situation.
Jiang Qingzhi yawned, feeling a little sleepy. "How pitiful are the parents in the world."
"That's right." Fu Cheng said with a smile, "If you change someone, I have plenty of ways to make them return empty-handed."
Several women returned to the Li family and told Chang about the situation in the Bo Mansion.
"The servants seem okay, but they are not respectful enough."
"That butler looks strange to me, like a eunuch."
"Oh! It's a eunuch?" Chang was surprised. "How can a minister employ a eunuch as a housekeeper?"
"Your second wife is blessed, sister-in-law." A woman said with a smile, "This shows that His Majesty trusts the second uncle."
"Ah!" Chang felt relieved, but then she smiled bitterly and said, "In the past, we always said that my daughter would stay and go and become an enemy, but now she is about to get married, and I feel empty and anxious."
……
The prince slept until the evening. He woke up slowly and saw a man sitting beside the bed, holding his chin with one hand and nodding his head from time to time. Why does this man look familiar?
The prince's nerves, which had not been relaxed for a long time, were now extremely relaxed, and he felt that everything before his eyes was extremely fresh.
Memories from before came flooding back.
"Father."
The man's head suddenly slid down, and his body fell forward. The prince quickly sat up and pulled him up.
Emperor Jiajing sat up straight and looked around blankly. When he saw the prince, his eyes tightened, "How is my son?"
The prince smiled and said, "I have never slept so comfortably."
"Hmm!" Emperor Jiajing was silent for a while and asked, "Are you hungry?"
"Ok!"
"Then let's eat!"
"Father, you haven't eaten either!"
"I...I have also gone without food for several days."
Emperor Jiajing stood up, stretched out his hand to touch the prince's head, then retracted it, "You eat first, I will go back."
Walking to the door and pushing it open, Emperor Jiajing suddenly thought of something and turned around and said, "Next time... remember to tell me."
"Yes."
When Emperor Jiajing walked out of the prince's bedroom, Huang Jin came up to him and whispered, "Earlier, Lord Changwei asked me to capture Zhang Xiangyu, the prince's female official, and I handed her over to the East Factory."
"Is there any result?" A fierce look flashed in the eyes of the emperor who was a little clumsy before.
"I didn't ask about it." Huang Jin lowered his eyes and thought of Jiang Qingzhi's warning.
Emperor Jiajing turned his eyes and waited for Rui Jingxian to come over quickly.
Huang Jin stepped back until he was sure that he could no longer hear the conversation over there.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Xiangyu is Empress Dowager Zhang's man. This person has been planning for a long time and found an opportunity to get close to the prince. When the prince was still young, she kept telling him that Your Majesty would be suspicious of the prince, so you never get close to him..."
Rui Jingxian looked up and saw that Emperor Jiajing's face was livid. "She has been instilling these things into the prince, so that the prince often has nightmares."
"I am very surprised. The prince has seemed to be well behaved these years, but when he occasionally meets me, he is not friendly and is rather distant and wary. It turns out that this bitch is causing trouble."
Rui Jingxian said: "Zhang Xiangyu also said that she would...she would wait in the underground to watch your Majesty and his son kill each other. That woman is crazy."
"Execution!"
"Yes!"
The emperor's majesty burst out at this moment.
Then, Emperor Jiajing strode down the steps and suddenly stopped, "Huang Jin."
"Your Majesty." Huang Jin stepped forward.
"You should go to Taichang Temple tomorrow." Emperor Jiajing narrowed his eyes.
……
Taichang Temple, Li Huan’s situation has not been good recently.
"You will soon be the father-in-law of the long-time Wei Bo. Many people in our Taichang Temple regard your son-in-law as an enemy. You are the one who will suffer the consequences!"
Qin Yue, a colleague and friend of many years, sighed.
In the duty room, Li Huan said, "Children are all debts, but since this matter is set in stone, let's be hostile if we want to!"
The two chatted for a while, and Li Huan stood up to see Qin Yue out.
Several officials were talking outside, but when they saw them, they all kept silent.
The atmosphere was a little awkward.
Qin Yue sneered. "Li Sicheng has done something unforgivable to make you and others feel hostile to him."
An official coughed dryly, "We are just talking about Long Wilbur."
Li Huan stepped forward and asked, "What has my son-in-law done to you that is worthy of you making trouble here?"
Li Huan is a nice guy, but when a nice guy gets angry, it is most unexpected.
The official laughed dryly and said, "No, we are just chatting."
"Like an old woman." Li Huan sneered.
"Who are you talking about, Li Siqing?" The official had a backer behind him, and he got angry when he heard this. "Your son-in-law has offended the scholars and officials of the world, so why can't we say anything?"
Li Huan asked: "How did he offend the scholars? Tell me the whole story and I will apologize for him!"
The official's lips moved, and Li Huan cursed: "Those who are devoted to the country are denounced as traitors, and those who are devoted to the country are called traitors; those who are devoted to digging into the corners of the Ming Dynasty are praised as gentlemen, dogs, how can you say that about my son-in-law?"
The official was furious and asked, "How dare Li Sicheng say this to all his colleagues in the Taichang Temple?"
The quarrel between the two sides has alarmed many officials, and they all walked out of their duty rooms.
The official sneered and said, "Come on, I am all ears."
Behind this person is a powerful person who is quite popular in the Taichang Temple.
Li Huan walked down the steps and stood in the middle.
Li Huan hesitated for a moment, but then thought of his daughter.
If we allow this group of people to continue criticizing us, our daughter will be labeled as a rebel's wife before she even gets married, and will become notorious.
——Jiang Qingzhi was born a scholar, and was later labeled a traitor to Confucianism by the literati.
Li Huan took a deep breath and said, "Who the hell dares to criticize my son-in-law in the Taichang Temple? I..."
Li Huan looked around.
"I am his mother!"
He raised his fist, "If you don't agree, then let's fight!"
Everyone blinked.
Is this the child-dazzling maniac Li Huan?
"Wow! It's so lively!"
Everyone looked over slowly.
Huang Jin came over with a few eunuchs and said with a smile, "Li Sicheng."
Li Huan's courage had mostly dissipated after the scolding, and he bowed guiltily, "Eunuch Huang."
Huang Jin had been to the Li family for marriage planning, and the two were familiar with each other.
"Your Majesty has ordered!"
Huang Jin had a stern face.
Everyone quickly stood still with their hands folded.
"Li Huan, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, has been an official for many years and has always been incorruptible..."
After a series of compliments, Huang Jin finally said: "...I heard that his daughter is virtuous and virtuous. Now that the wedding date is approaching, I will specially confer the title of Princess of Huating County."
This is... The official's eyes widened, thinking that even if he wanted to confer the title of county lord on Li Huan's daughter, he should go to the Li family! Why did he come to the Taichang Temple?
and many more!
Li Huan's daughter was named county lord?
What the hell!
That is the title of the daughter of a prince!
And Li Huan was just the Minister of Rites!
Even if Li Huan's daughter is going to marry Jiang Qingzhi, the best she can do is to be given a virtuous wife after the marriage!
There was total silence in the Taichang Temple.
(End of this chapter)
