Chapter 607 606 Entering the Palace
In the Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan, Emperor Jiajing's body had been wet with cold sweat, and even after several doses of medicine from the imperial doctor, there was still no relief.
"Huang Jin."
Emperor Jiajing suddenly shouted.
Huang Jin hurriedly came to the emperor holding a set of regular clothes, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, your clothes are wet, please change."
"Okay, let's ask someone to come in and wait on you. We'll make other arrangements and return to Qianqing Palace right away."
"Your Majesty."
Hearing that Emperor Jiajing said he would return to Qianqing Palace at this time, Huang Jin couldn't help but feel sad and choked up.
When the eunuch chamberlain in Yongshou Palace was summoned by Huang Jin and began to prepare nervously for moving, Wei Guangde had already figured it out.
I still couldn't do anything well. If I couldn't do it, I kept working in the school record office and spent more than a year copying the "Yongle Dadian". Afterwards, I would be rewarded based on my merits. No matter what, I should be qualified to join the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of Personnel and become a minister. That's it.
Thinking of this, Wei Guangde suddenly felt something in his heart. He thought of King Yu, or King Yu's child Zhu Yijun.
If Emperor Jiajing really couldn't survive, would he see his son and grandson at the last moment?
After all, Wei Guangde knew that the emperor had always insisted on not meeting them because he wanted to save his son's life. He even did not attend when King Jing declared his vassal status.
Tonight, or tomorrow.
Thinking of this, Wei Guangde perked up and immediately stood up and walked to the door, opened the door and shouted to the other side: "Here comes someone."
Soon, a waiter hurried over to the courtyard gate and stood outside the house, bowing and waiting for Wei Guangde's instructions.
"Now go and ask Eunuch Li to come to my place."
Wei Guangde said to the chamberlain.
"Eunuch Li? Mr. Wei, it's already so late."
"Go if you are told. You can't afford to delay important things."
Wei Guangde just said to the chamberlain indifferently. The moment the chamberlain turned around, Wei Guangde added: "If Eunuch Li has already rested and invited him over, tell him that I have something important to do with him."
"yes."
What else could the waiter say, so he had to go to Li Fang in a hurry.
Wei Guangde returned to the house and sat down. After waiting for a long time, there was a sound of footsteps in the yard.
Soon, the ajar door was pushed open, and Li Fang was already standing outside the door and said with a smile: "My Lord Wei, you really know how to choose the right time. You called me right after I fell asleep."
As he spoke, Li Fang entered the room.
Wei Guangde stood up and went over to greet them. He waved to the servants who came outside to keep them away, and closed the door behind him.
Li Fang was a little confused by Wei Guangde's series of actions, but he realized that Wei Guangde probably had something to say to him.
Without expressing any emotion, he just followed Wei Guangde and sat down in the room, waiting for his answer.
After all, if you call him here in the middle of the night, you will definitely have nothing to chat with him.
"The palace is still like that, no way to contact you?"
Wei Guangde asked first.
Li Fang shook her head, "I haven't been able to contact you since the afternoon. I can't get in or get out."
"Has His Highness fallen asleep?"
Wei Guangde asked again.
"He fell asleep a moment before me. He should be asleep now."
Li Fang frowned slightly before answering.
Inquiring into Prince Yu's daily life was something that normally shouldn't be answered, but he still said it.
"When you go back later, go see His Highness and ask him not to sleep so heavily. Also, please ask Eunuch Li to wake up the concierge and double the number of patrol guards tonight."
Wei Guangde quickly said to Li Fang.
Hearing Wei Guangde's words, Li Fang sat up straight in an instant, "Shandai, but found something wrong?"
"no."
Knowing that Li Fang was thinking wrongly, Wei Guangde said decisively, "According to what was said in the afternoon, His Majesty's situation is not optimistic."
After saying this, Wei Guangde paused for a moment and then said: "Didn't Divine Doctor Xu say that it will only happen in the past two days, so tonight and tomorrow, the palace must be alert.
If there is really something wrong with His Majesty, someone will definitely come overnight to take His Highness into the palace. "
"That's not possible. Even if His Highness returns to the palace, there must be proper ceremonies. You cannot just follow others into the palace."
Li Fang's eyes widened instantly and she said hurriedly.
Although King Yu is the only son today, he is not the prince after all, and he does not live in the palace, but in the palace of the ten princes. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a vassal king, but he has not become a vassal.
Although everyone knows that he will not become a vassal, his status is only the vassal king.
If His Majesty is really dead and the prince enters the palace, it means he has inherited a great treasure. He cannot enter through the main entrance, so he can only go through Dong'an Gate, and he must walk, because he is not the emperor yet, and the color of his clothes cannot be normal clothes.
These cannot be wrong, otherwise in the future someone will use these to make trouble.
"We are not going to argue about this, that is something to talk about later. What I think is that if His Majesty is really dying, he will definitely see His Highness before he dies.
After all, people are going to die, so why are they afraid of "two dragons not meeting each other"? He is the one who is going to die anyway.
There is also the Crown Prince. Feng Bao is in charge of me now. If you think he is unreliable, if not, then you will stay with me and serve him until His Majesty succeeds. "
"You said His Majesty might meet His Highness and my little brother first?"
Li Fang had not thought of this beforehand.
In his understanding, Emperor Jiajing probably didn't like Prince Yu very much.
"I support His Highness every year when he goes to the Aoshan Lantern Festival. Do you know why?"
Wei Guangde said casually.
"Your Highness likes it, why do you object?"
Li Fang said in confusion.
"Because His Majesty will be on the tower."
Wei Guangde only said lightly, "It's not that he doesn't want to see His Highness, it's that he doesn't dare.
But the deadline is approaching, and he doesn't care much anymore. Anyway, the two dragons must die when they meet, and he is about to die, so naturally he will not be able to harm His Highness. "
In fact, Huang Jin and Chen Ju who were serving the emperor knew what Emperor Jiajing was thinking, but no one dared to talk nonsense.
"I will take my brother with me when the time comes."
Li Fang thought quickly and said.
If Wei Guangde hadn't reminded him, it would have been Feng Baocai who took his brother with him.
Li Fang didn't have any prejudice against Feng Bao. Feng Bao was very well-behaved when he arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion. He didn't show any sign of the power of Eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch in charge of etiquette, and he was extremely polite to him.
However, since it was about the little brother meeting His Majesty, Li Fang still planned to follow him.
In any case, Feng Bao had only been in Prince Yu's Mansion for four years, and after all, he was not as reassured as the old man who followed Prince Yu.
"that's it."
The room was quiet for a while before Wei Guangde finally spoke.
"Okay, then I will go out immediately to arrange for the guards and concierge, and His Highness."
Speaking of this, Li Fang hesitated.
"It's best to tell His Highness. After all, I can't tell you exactly what His Majesty's condition is right now. If it's really a serious illness, I'm afraid His Highness won't be able to see you for the last time and blame you and me."
Wei Guangde had no choice but to explain.
As an official of the royal palace, Wei Guangde felt that this was what he should do, that is, think of things that His Highness could not think of and improve his words and deeds for him.
If this really delayed King Yu from entering the palace to see Emperor Jiajing for the last time, and when King Yu knew about it later, although he might not blame Wei Guangde, it might not be a good thing for Li Fang.
Wei Guangde thinks Li Fang is a nice person and can get along with her.
The most important thing is that Wei Guangde still has some vague memories. It seems that Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng are in the same group, but no one mentioned Li Fang.
If that day comes, Wei Guangde's little life may not be easy.
In the inner court, there was Feng Bao, who had served the little emperor since childhood, and in the outer court, there was Zhang Juzheng, a powerful minister. The Ming court was still a mess.
If he could get along with Li Fang, at least with King Yu, he wouldn't be afraid of anything else.
Even though Prince Yu was usually strict with Li Fang and respected civil servants like them, Wei Guangde knew very well that if anyone in such a large palace could compete with Gao Gong for the number one position in Prince Yu's heart, it would be Li Fang. Father-in-law.
"What Shandai said is that I didn't think well."
After listening to Wei Guangde's words, Li Fang also realized that now was not the time to feel sorry for King Yu.
If that were the case, it would be right for King Yu not to sleep tonight.
"I was sent to the palace by His Majesty, isn't that what I did?"
Wei Guangde just said it seemingly casually, unconsciously swaying his sleeves as he spoke to make himself look more chic.
Li Fang's eyes showed admiration for a moment, and then she cupped her hands to Wei Guangde and quickly walked out of the house.
After Wei Guangde sat down, he thought for a while and felt that there were no omissions. Then he called the waiter outside to prepare water for him. He wanted to wash up and rest.
He told King Yu and Li Fang not to sleep so deeply, but he didn't have those worries.
King Yu may see his father for the last time, but Li Fang wants to secure his favor in the court. He doesn't have to do that. If he does his job well and satisfies King Yu, his career will be smooth.
Wei Guangde didn't care about what happened next and slept until the next day.
No one came to see him in the middle of the night, which meant that nothing serious happened. After Wei Guangde woke up, he sat on the bed and thought for a while, then got up and dressed, and asked the maid to prepare water.
At home, there are ladies and maids to help him get up, but in Prince Yu's Mansion, forget it, there are only some eunuchs, and Wei Guangde doesn't like having them around him to help him get dressed.
After washing, Wei Guangde asked the waiter to prepare breakfast for him, and he took a punch in the courtyard.
"Okay, he is indeed a master."
Wei Guangde's fighting skills were on the rise, and his long boxing set was also vigorous, and Li Fang's voice came to his ears.
Wei Guangde withdrew his fist and smiled at Li Fang, "The tricks circulated in the army made Eunuch Li laugh."
"I think Shandai's boxing set is as smooth as the clouds. He must have been practicing for a long time."
At this time, King Yu's figure also appeared in front of the small courtyard, "When I heard you woke up, I said come over and take a look, but I didn't expect to see you practicing boxing.
It's all Li Fang's fault. What a nonsense. "
"I have met His Highness."
King Yu appeared, and Wei Guangde hurriedly bowed and saluted.
"No formalities, no restraints."
Normally King Yu wouldn't get up at this time, but he appeared here so early today. It seems that he was affected by Wei Guangde's words last night and didn't get a good rest.
To be honest, after hearing Wei Guangde's words and about to see his father, King Yu felt very complicated.
Especially I learned from Wei Guangde that every year during the Aoshan Lantern Festival, Emperor Jiajing would watch him from a distance on the tower.
At that moment, King Yu felt as if he had knocked over a five-flavor bottle, and only he could understand the taste.
Last night was uneventful, and it was hard for King Yu to describe his feelings.
In the house, Wei Guangde and King Yu were having breakfast. In this situation, Li Fang could only stand aside and serve. No matter how much he was liked by King Yu, he was just a slave.
"Speaking of news, let Li Fang speak."
Wei Guangde asked if there was any news from the palace yesterday, and King Yu said to Li Fang.
"I still couldn't contact the palace last night, but the Flying Squirrel sent a message. Around midnight, a large number of Jinyi captains were dispatched near Xiyuan Gate and Xihua Gate. I don't know what happened, and they couldn't get close."
Although they could not contact the palace, the spies hidden outside the palace also sent the observed information back to Prince Yu's Mansion.
"Xiyuan, Xihua Gate."
Wei Guangde calmed down for a moment and said hurriedly: "I'm afraid your Majesty will return to Qianqing Palace."
When Wei Guangde said this, he was keenly aware of a momentary look of sadness on King Yu's face.
He understood that King Yu thought the same thing when he learned the news.
When Emperor Jiajing returned to Qianqing Palace, the only answer was that the emperor's time had come and he had to return there.
At this moment, a young chamberlain suddenly hurried into the courtyard outside the door. He walked to them and prostrated himself and said, "I'm telling you, Your Majesty, someone is here in the palace."
"Please quickly."
King Yu said hurriedly, then stood up and walked out of the house, Wei Guangde and Li Fang hurriedly followed.
Soon, they saw the eunuch Chen Hong appearing in front of them at the entrance of the courtyard.
After bowing respectfully to King Yu, Chen Hong stood up straight and said loudly: "Your Majesty, King Xuanyu and his son have come to the palace to see you."
"According to the order."
King Yu replied with a slightly trembling voice.
"Your Highness, please invite me here right away. We will enter the palace immediately."
Chen Hong's wrinkled old face was now full of smiles, and he said respectfully.
"good."
King Yu knew it was urgent and hurriedly asked Li Fang to take Zhu Yijun. He walked directly to the gate of the mansion and at the same time ordered other servants around him to prepare the carriage.
"Your Highness, I have brought two carriages with you, so there is no need to prepare them."
Hearing this, Chen Hong said hurriedly.
When they arrived in front of the mansion, Li Fang hadn't brought Zhu Yijun over yet. Wei Guangde looked outside and saw two palace carriages, but there were no palace guards around. There were only two chamberlains driving the carriages, and he frowned immediately.
But then, Wei Guangde stepped forward, called the guard captain in front of the mansion and said, "Gather your people immediately and call two teams of guards over."
The captain of the guard was stunned for a moment, then nodded and obeyed the order.
Called six guards from the gatehouse, and sent someone to the side yard to call for others.
When Li Fang hurriedly appeared with Zhu Yijun in her arms, there were more than ten guards at the front and rear of the two carriages, all wearing armor and fully armed, holding reins in their hands.
Feng Bao also hurriedly followed Li Fang all the way, "Eunuch Li, I see you are tired, let me hold you for a while."
Both eunuchs wanted to hug Zhu Yijun, but King Yu just waved his hand and said: "You take Yijun to the carriage behind."
When the people arrived, King Yu and Chen Hong got into the carriage in front.
"Shaloan, come up."
King Yu said to Wei Guangde at this time.
"this"
Wei Guangde was a little hesitant. He was an official of the palace, but there was no emperor's will. Can he follow him into the palace?