Chapter 87. Deqing’s private visit (Part 2)
As the news of Emperor Deqing's private visit incognito came, there were a lot of confusion among the close relatives in the Zhao Mansion. [No pop-up novel website]
But such busyness was not to leave a "good impression" on Emperor Deqing, but to leave a "safe impression" on Emperor Deqing.
In short, without attracting attention, the Zhao Mansion suddenly became more luxurious, and the servants and maids in the mansion suddenly became more arrogant under the guidance of the stewards. .
Especially the bedroom where Zhao Junchen lives - after coming to this era, because he didn't like luxury, the bedroom and study room where Zhao Junchen often stayed are now quite simple. Apart from daily necessities, other useless things such as gold Silver, jade, or valuable calligraphy and paintings were all put away.
However, at this time, not only were all these valuable objects moved out of the inventory again and put back, but many of the Zhao family's treasures were also placed in conspicuous places.
For example, a two-foot-tall coral tree is rarely seen even in the palace.
"Master, what do you think of this arrangement?"
After cleaning up, Xu Qingyan came to Zhao Junchen, pointed to the bedroom full of gold, silver and jade, and asked Zhao Junchen for his opinion.
Zhao Junchen looked at the bedroom in front of him, which was full of nouveau riche temperament. It was luxurious and dazzling, and he nodded with satisfaction.
It has to be said that with Xu Qingyan's usual taste, having him preside over such an arrangement can be regarded as making the best use of the people.
"Okay, let's do whatever we need to do next. Just treat me as a patient and take good care of me. Act a little panicked and helpless. Don't look too cool. I think your Majesty will be here soon."
While giving instructions, Zhao Junchen held up the mirror and looked at his face, which had become pale through makeup. Hearing that his voice had become hoarse because he had been chewing cinnamon twigs in his mouth, he nodded slightly.
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As Zhao Junchen expected, not long after the decoration of the Zhao Mansion was completed, Emperor Deqing left the palace incognito and rushed towards the Zhao Mansion.
Although it was said to be a private visit incognito, there was actually a huge crowd of followers, both overt and covert. Not only were there many people following him, but anyone who saw it would know that someone important had appeared.
On the way to Zhao Mansion, Zhang De once again played the role of coachman, and Emperor Deqing sat in the carriage, but Emperor Deqing was not the only one in the carriage.
Wen Caining, a leader in medical skills at the imperial hospital and the most trusted physician of Emperor Deqing, was kneeling carefully in front of Emperor Deqing.
At this time, Emperor Deqing frowned in thought, while Wen Caining stood by with fear. As Emperor Deqing's most trusted physician, Wen Caining had more opportunities to contact Emperor Deqing. Emperor Deqing at this time Of course, he could vaguely tell what his mood was like.
"Mr. Wen." Emperor Deqing said suddenly while he was thinking: "Zhao Junchen suddenly fell ill. What do you think? I just saw him a few days ago. He didn't look like he was ill. Why do you say he is ill now?" Just fell ill?"
After Wen Caining hesitated for a moment, he explained: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, 'Disease comes like a mountain falling'. It can be seen that the onset of human disease is most sudden. Without careful observation and excellent medical skills, it is rare to find any warning signs. In fact, People who are often sick rarely get any serious illness, but people who are rarely sick often become extremely troublesome once they get sick. Mr. Zhao suddenly fell ill this time, and the ministers haven’t investigated yet. I can't tell you anything, I just heard some stories about the scene at that time. It is said that after a gust of cold wind blew, I suddenly fainted. It must be that my body was weak for a long time and suffered from the cold. I couldn't suppress it and suddenly broke out."
Emperor Deqing frowned and asked: "Are you saying that Zhao Junchen's vitality has been damaged and he has become ill from overwork?"
Seeing Wen Caining nod, Emperor Deqing sighed softly and said, "This is possible. Zhao Junchen has not had a rest in the past few months since he went to inspect Lu'an Mansion. He is not only in charge of the inner treasury and household department, but also The party dispute between the DPRK and China, the Yizi matter, the Southern Tour matters, and my birthday celebration all probably consumed a lot of his energy."
These words seemed to be of great concern to Zhao Junchen, but after a slight pause, Emperor Deqing changed the subject and said meaningfully to Wen Caining: "So, after you follow me to the Zhao Mansion, you must pay close attention to Zhao Junchen's condition. Investigate carefully and don't neglect him in the slightest. No matter whether he is sick or not, what his symptoms are, and all the details, don't hide it from me."
Wen Caining was a little surprised at first. Since the Zhao Mansion had already sent three imperial doctors, why did Emperor Deqing ask him to accompany him to the Zhao Mansion to investigate. At this time, after hearing Emperor Deqing's instructions, he finally vaguely understood After understanding Emperor Deqing's thoughts, a chill flashed across his expression, but he still nodded in agreement solemnly.
While talking, Zhang De's voice came from outside the carriage.
"Your Majesty, Zhao Mansion has arrived."
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Emperor Deqing's trip to Zhao Mansion incognito this time was quite sudden in the eyes of the uninformed.
After arriving at the Zhao Mansion, Emperor Deqing directly revealed his identity. Taking advantage of the panic of the people in the Zhao Mansion, he asked the palace guards to control the situation. Then, without letting anyone inform him, he asked the servants of the Zhao Mansion to lead the way. He rushed towards Zhao Junchen's bedroom without wasting any time. It would not be an exaggeration to call him a surprise attack.
On the way to Zhao Junchen's bedroom, he vaguely heard the noise coming from the main hall of the Zhao Mansion. Emperor Deqing couldn't help but frown and asked the servant of the Zhao Mansion who was leading the way: "Your master is sick, why is the house still like this?" Noisy?"
The servants of the Zhao family saw the emperor for the first time. They were so frightened that they couldn't even speak clearly. They stuttered and said: "Hui, your Majesty, those people are colleagues from the DPRK who came to visit my master. "
Emperor Deqing smiled half-heartedly and asked again: "Are there many people here? Have your master seen any of them?"
This servant of the Zhao Mansion is not a close confidant of the Zhao Mansion, and what he knows is all falsehood, but he also tells the truth: "Come, there are many people here. I heard from the steward in the mansion that the master has a lot of face, and now he is in court." Nearly half of the ministers came. However, my husband suddenly fell ill. After returning home, he was helped to the bedroom to recuperate. Now I don’t know whether he woke up or not. He was looked after by many doctors, but he didn’t... Didn’t see anyone.”
"Your master's status in the court is not low. Now that he is ill, it is normal for his colleagues to come and visit." Seeing that this servant of the Zhao family did not look like he was lying, Emperor Deqing's expression flashed with a trace of relief: "Say Get up, how is your master's condition? Do you know any news?"
"It seems, it seems that he got sick from overwork, was exhausted, and suffered from some wind and cold. But I can't tell the specific things. The master fell ill, the house was in chaos, and I was distracted. Greeting the guests who come to the house, no, I don’t know more.”
Hearing that Zhao Junchen's condition was similar to Wen Caining's guess, Emperor Deqing also nodded lightly.
Emperor Deqing walked very fast. As he spoke, under the leadership of this servant of the Zhao family, he had arrived outside Zhao Junchen's bedroom. He saw that the atmosphere of panic here was obvious. Outside the bedroom, a group of servants of the Zhao family Running back and forth, boiling medicine, serving, everyone is busy, like headless flies.
Among them, the three imperial doctors sent by Emperor Deqing were gathering together at this time, discussing something with serious faces. Beside the three imperial doctors, there was a petite and charming woman listening quietly. He seemed to be trying to stay calm, but there was still a bit of panic in his eyes, and his eyes were slightly red, as if he had cried just now.
As Emperor Deqing once again revealed his identity, everyone in the Zhao family was in panic again, kneeling down to greet the mountain and shouting, no need to mention it.
After Emperor Deqing said "get up", he didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, he came to the three imperial doctors and asked with concern: "How is Zhao Aiqing's condition? Have you found anything?"
After the three imperial doctors looked at each other, the leader said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, judging from the condition of Mr. Zhao, it should be that he fell ill due to overwork, and his energy and mental energy were not replenished. He was brought on by the wind and cold, so he fell ill. Yes, it’s just..."
Emperor Deqing asked: "Just what?"
"It's just that Mr. Zhao's pulse is quite strange."
Emperor Deqing seemed to have a cold light flashing through his eyes, and his face was slightly condensed: "Zhao Aiqing's pulse condition? Why is it so strange? Could it be that he is just like ordinary people even though he is ill?"
The imperial doctor who answered hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, it's just that Mr. Zhao's pulse is too weak, and may even come and go. This kind of pulse does not seem to be weak due to overwork, but rather..."
After hearing what the imperial physician said, Emperor Deqing seemed to be more relaxed, but his expression became more solemn and concerned: "What's the matter? As an imperial physician, can't you even speak a neat sentence?"
The imperial doctor gritted his teeth and said: "Back to Your Majesty, it stands to reason that due to overwork and excessive loss of energy and mental strength, the pulse should be weaker, but it is not always intermittent. It's just that Mr. Zhao's current pulse seems to be normal." It is a serious illness that is hard to come back from, or it may be due to poor nutrition for many days, and the vitality in the body is weakened. Mr. Zhao's current illness does not seem to be serious, but just a disease caused by overwork. But as a high official of the imperial court, how could Mr. Zhao do this? Inadequate nutrition? So Wei Chen is really surprised."
This imperial doctor had already been bribed by Zhou Shangjing, and he should have explained to Emperor Deqing according to Zhou Shangjing's instructions, but after seeing Wen Caining following Emperor Deqing, and because Zhao Junchen's pulse was indeed strange, he still did not dare to lie after all. .
After hearing the explanation from this imperial doctor, Emperor Deqing was also puzzled.
Indeed, Emperor Deqing could vaguely guess how much Zhao Junchen's family was. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Zhao Junchen's family was one of the best in the capital, so how could he be deficient in nutritional supplements?
Just when Emperor Deqing was wondering, the petite, charming and beautiful woman standing next to the three imperial doctors suddenly let out a soft sob, which attracted Emperor Deqing's attention.
Seeing that his status in the Zhao family was high, Emperor Deqing asked, "Who are you?"
The petite and charming woman sobbed: "I am Fang Ru, the concubine of Zhao Mansion, and I have met Your Majesty."
"Are you Fang Ru? I heard that Junchen has taken great care of you over the years." Emperor Deqing had obviously known about Fang Ru's existence for a long time, and asked: "What exactly is your master's illness? Is it really a tonic?" bad?"
Fang Ru's sobs suddenly became louder, and as her shoulders rose and fell, there was a feeling of pity for me: "The master has been busy with government affairs these days. When reviewing the documents, he often delays it till midnight and cannot rest. My appetite is also quite poor, and my daily food intake is much less than before. Although I tried to dissuade me, the master just refused to listen. He only said that the government's finances are getting richer now, and money is not easy to come by. Nowadays, there are a lot of expenses going in and out, so I have to take good care of it for Your Majesty..."
Having said this, Fang Ru raised her head slightly, her eyes were already red and swollen, but her expression was full of self-blame: "It's all my fault. If I could have persuaded the master more during those times, I wouldn't have... I wouldn't have... …”
As she spoke, Fang Ru couldn't stop crying. She looked like she wanted to cry loudly but was afraid of being rude in front of Emperor Deqing. There was no trace of pretense.
If Zhao Junchen saw such a scene, he would definitely be amazed.
After Fang Ru's performance, even Zhao Junchen himself would probably have self-doubt, "Oh? I was like this some time ago?", let alone Emperor Deqing who didn't know the truth?
After Fang Ru's performance, subconsciously, Emperor Deqing believed more than 90% of Zhao Junchen's illness.
On the other side, after hearing Fang Ru's well-timed explanation, the imperial doctor who had answered before also nodded and said: "Your Majesty, in this case, it can be explained. Sitting for a long time and poor work and rest will indeed cause The loss of appetite can be explained by the lack of supplements for Mr. Zhao."
Emperor Deqing sighed softly and said: "I see, there are indeed too many things going on between the Ministry of Revenue and the inner treasury these days. It is really hard on Zhao Aiqing. In fact, since the treasury is abundant now, why should he..."
While sighing, a burst of noise suddenly came from the bedroom in front of everyone.
Then, an extremely weak but persevering hoarse voice sounded in the bedroom.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is here? Hurry! Help me go to see you..."
It seems that because of the noise outside the room, Zhao Junchen woke up and also let Zhao Junchen know the news of Emperor Deqing's visit.
Hearing the movement in the bedroom, Emperor Deqing turned around and walked towards the bedroom without further delay.
When he opened the door, he saw that Zhao Junchen was pale and looked extremely weak. There seemed to be sweat on his face. At this time, he was insisting on getting up from the bed.
After seeing Emperor Deqing appear, Zhao Junchen looked flattered, frightened, and vaguely guilty: "Your Majesty, are you really here? I failed to greet him. I deserve death. Please punish me." .”
While he was talking, Zhao Junchen was about to stand up, but he seemed to be out of strength and fell back onto the bed, his expression full of anxiety.
Seeing Zhao Junchen like this, the suspicion in Emperor Deqing's heart was reduced again, leaving only the slightest trace. He quickly walked to Zhao Junchen's bedside, pressed Zhao Junchen's shoulder, and said in a broad voice: "Junchen, I'm here to see you. You don't have to be polite. Since you are inconvenient, you don't need to observe the etiquette of a monarch or a minister anymore. , taking good rest is the most important thing.”
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