Oops...Is there someone making trouble in Nanjing?
Those scholar-bureaucrats in Nanjing who were waiting to take the imperial examination finally saw through the true face of Prince Zhu, and wanted to cause trouble on New Year's Eve?
Several generals present who followed Zhu Cixiang to inspect the new army camp of Xiaolingwei all thought of making trouble with their sons at the same time - after thinking about it, they were the only ones in Nanjing who could make trouble. Maybe these scholars heard that Prince Zhu was going to impose excessive taxes soon, so they stepped forward to fight against the prince... But they definitely wouldn't succeed. What they did was just sending it to people's doorsteps. Confiscated and distributed!
"What's going on?" Zhu Cixiang turned his gaze back to Huang Xiaobao and asked sharply, "Is someone plotting something evil?"
While he was asking questions, he was thinking that it would be best if the people who were plotting evil this time were big landowners, so that more land could be confiscated!
Huang Xiaobao nodded, then shook his head, which made Zhu Cixi confused. Just when he was about to ask more questions, the eunuch Xiaobao finally told him everything.
"Your Majesty, it's your Majesty who is in trouble! This morning when Your Majesty and Wei Xuanshi were walking by the pond in the garden of the palace, they accidentally fell into the water..."
ah!
The emperor fell into the water! ? Still in the back garden of Xipu... This is something strange!
Who did it?
All the eyes of a bunch of people were cast on Zhu Cixiang, the filial son of the Ming Dynasty!
Zhu Cixiang was also a little confused. He didn't let anyone plot to kill Emperor Chongzhen! Although he has wanted to be the emperor for a while, he is a filial son, but he has never thought about killing his father to seize the throne. If he is going to do this, will he have to worry about his son's rebellion every day in the future? He would not set such a precedent!
And Zuo Liangyu, the old lunatic, hasn't figured it out yet. Who knows if he will lead his troops to cause trouble?
Zhu Cixiang took a breath and asked Huang Xiaobao: "How is your Majesty? Have you fished it out?"
Huang Xiaobao shook his head, "I didn't catch it..."
ah! Didn't catch it? How can this be? Everyone just watched him drown? Is Emperor Chongzhen so annoying?
"Father, my father died!?" Zhu Cixiang's voice trembled as he spoke.
Are you going to be the emperor now? Being an emperor is good, but the way Chongzhen died is too suspicious. Even jumping into the Yangtze River can't clean him up... Zhu Cihong said in his heart: No, history must be changed. We can't say that Chongzhen fell into the water. When he died, it must be said that he died of being addicted to women. This is the standard way of death for a faint king.
"It didn't collapse..." Huang Xiaobao said, "Master, have you forgotten? Your Majesty knows how to swim and climbed up by himself!"
By the way, Emperor Chongzhen can swim! His brother, Emperor Tianqi, suffered the disadvantage of not being able to swim. He fell into the water while taking a boat ride in the pond inside the palace and almost drowned. Although he was fished out, his lungs were injured and the root of the disease was left. Two years later He died of illness.
So Emperor Chongzhen learned his lesson and learned to swim, and his water skills were pretty good! Zhu Cixiang himself was ordered to learn to swim, and it was Qiu Zhizhong, the current eunuch guarding Xiaoling, who taught him.
"Is your father okay?" Zhu Cixiang breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay..."
"Something's wrong!" Huang Xiaobao shook his head, "Master, it's winter now! The water is getting cold. Your Majesty fell into the cold water, caught the cold, and is bedridden!"
Bedridden? How can it be? Zhu Cihong thought to himself: Emperor Chongzhen is in such good health, how can he be cured if he falls into cold water? Could it be that his recent obsession with women has gone too far? This is not possible!
Zhu Cixiang frowned and said to Wu Sanfu: "Sanfu, you will be the one to host the rewards and banquet later!"
Today is New Year's Eve. Although Zhu Cihong has a dark heart, he is not stingy - 997 and 996 are the same thing, and he will always give him enough money. So after today's review, there will be year-end red envelopes and a banquet as planned.
But Emperor Chongzhen made a mistake and fell into the water... Really, he was about to retire and become the emperor, why was he so careless? I don’t know if I can get over this hurdle? What should I do if I can’t make it? There are so many concubines in the harem, most of them are newly admitted, and they all become widows?
When Zhu Cixiang, who wanted his father to live a financially free retirement life as soon as possible, hurried back to Xipu Palace, the atmosphere here was really tense.
Tian Shuchen, the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor, and Chen Shifang, the admiral of the East Factory, have already entered the Xipu Palace with a large number of guards and troops - this is the order Zhu Cixiang sent on horseback to give before leaving the Xiaoling Guards!
Now I am not afraid of anything else. I am afraid that someone will use the incident of Chongzhen to fall into the water to cause trouble and seize the door and the palace. It is not easy to handle!
So he prepared for the worst and ordered his bodyguards to dispatch to protect Emperor Chongzhen. This guard army was adapted from the guard camp and the pure army. It is jointly controlled by the imperial eunuch, the admiral eunuch of the East Factory and the foreman guard. However, the Jingjun among the bodyguards were not all Tian Shuchen's old subordinates, but also included young and strong eunuchs from the Jingjun in Nandu and Zhongdu. The Jingjun, who was originally the most unpromising eunuch in the Ming Dynasty's eunuch system, turned against Zhu Cixiang and became the most promising eunuch, so he was also the most reliable eunuch.
Since Xipu was under the control of the bodyguards, Zhu Cixiang had nothing to worry about and rode straight into the palace until he reached Emperor Chongzhen's palace.
When he arrived outside the palace, he saw a "miraculous doctor who overcomes difficulties" walking around - Dr. Zeng was also a hero in overcoming difficulties! Now he is the head of the Taiyuan Hospital, and he has also been awarded the military rank of commanding the general affairs of the Marshal's Mansion.
Seeing him circling in the yard, Zhu Cixiang was also a little panicked. He quickly got off the horse and went up and asked, "Zeng Siyan, is my father dying?"
Dr. Zeng was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Zhu Cihong with a very surprised look. He came to his senses after a while, "Master Qiansui... Your Majesty, he won't let me go to see him."
Not allowed to see?
"Where are the other doctors?"
Divine Doctor Zeng shook his head: "I won't even look at him... Master Qiantose, what do you think about this matter? If he doesn't look at him when he's sick, what should we do?"
Zhu Cixiang frowned: "You didn't even look at him, how did you know he was sick?"
"I heard from the maid who was serving you that the emperor choked on the ice water after he fell into the water, and caught a cold again. Now he can't stop coughing..."
"Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh..."
Say cough, cough to!
Zhu Cixiang frowned even more tightly, and instead of going to greet his father, he glanced at Chen Shifang.
After receiving the order, the admiral of Dongchang immediately led two armed young eunuchs into Emperor Chongzhen's palace. After a while, he hurriedly came out and nodded to Zhu Cihong.
At this time, the coughing sound became louder, and the cough was so full of breath!
Zhu Cixi burst into tears and cried, "Father, you can't die! My son must be filial to you!"
