After Zhu Yuanzhang fully took over the government, Li Qing became an emotionless repeater, unable to take any time off.
He had to work overtime in the morning, noon, afternoon, and even at night until midnight. Lao Zhu was not even allowed to go home, and he had to stay in the imperial study room for food and accommodation.
What’s even more annoying is that there is no extra money!
On the fifteenth day of Zhu Biao's absence, I miss him!
Li Qing's throat was filled with smoke, and finally he got angry because of exhaustion. That night, he couldn't stand it any longer and said angrily:
"Your Majesty, let me have a rest. There is no one like you. Among the Hanlin Academy, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Sixth Section, there is no one who has read poetry and books. Anyone can do this job. You don't need to catch me. ah!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said displeased: "You are a little ignorant now. I am asking you to get involved in government affairs to train you. From now on, you and Biao'er will be of the same mind..."
Barabara...
"Stop painting, stop painting..." Li Qing shook his head in pain, "I can't eat it, I can't eat it at all."
As soon as the words came out, he was stunned. How could he say what was in his heart?
Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang became angry and said, "Li Qing, you bastard."
"Changlang~"
The three-foot green peak came out of its sheath, and Lao Zhu didn't care about his head or buttocks, he just went up to say hello.
Good guy, are you really playing?
Li Qing was so angry that he got up and ran out, shouting as he ran: "The little stick will take the big stick and leave!"
Lao Zhu was already angry because of exhaustion, but he didn't catch up with Li Qing. He was so angry that he twitched his beard and shouted: "You bastard, you traitor, come back here for me."
"No return, no return."
Li Qing didn't care about the idea of "if you let me die, I have to die", Lao Zhu was obviously angry, he wouldn't stick his head out and let Lao Zhu chop him.
If it falls off, it won't grow back.
"You bastard...!" Lao Zhu was so angry that he said, "If you fucking run away again, I will chop you up right now."
Li Qing had no choice but to stop, with a look of death on his face, "That's all, everyone is destined to die. It may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather. This can relieve the emperor's anger and I will never regret it!"
He looked up to the sky and lamented: "It's a pity that I failed to live up to the emperor's cultivation. I haven't had time to be loyal to the country, and I haven't shown my ambition..."
"Dang Rang~" Zhu Yuanzhang threw away his sword and said with a stern face, "We won't kill you, just come here."
Seeing Lao Zhu's slap that was about to rise and fall back, Li Qing understood that if this happened in the past, he would have to have a hard time.
Li Qingqian smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I want to pay my respects!"
"Leave the palace?" Zhu Yuanzhang became even more angry. The palace door had been locked for a long time. Why do you have such a big face?
"you dare?"
Li Qing was annoyed: "Your Majesty, you have gone too far!"
"Did we go too far?" Zhu Yuanzhang scolded, "It's you who went too far. At this point, no one is allowed to leave the palace."
"Do you care about this?" Li Qing was dumbfounded.
As the saying goes: You can control heaven and earth, but you can’t control people’s shit and farts!
You, Lao Zhu, are too domineering. Isn’t the emperor great?
"Of course we have to take care of it." Zhu Yuanzhang glared, "This is a rule we have set. You are crazy to want to go back to sleep with a woman, aren't you? Don't even look at the time!
Once the palace door is locked, it cannot be opened even if the sky falls! "
"..." Li Qing said amusedly, "What I mean is..."
Before he finished speaking, a guard in golden clothes suddenly rushed in from outside. When he saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he immediately knelt down and said, 'Bang Bang Bang...! 'Kowtow.
"Liu Qiang?" Li Qing was stunned, then stepped forward and said, "Didn't you go to Xi'an with the Crown Prince?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, and then became furious: "How the hell did you get in?"
This time he finally found a way to vent his anger. He picked up the sword on the ground and was about to kill someone.
"Your Majesty, please wait." Li Qing stopped Lao Zhu, and an extremely ominous thought came to him, and he asked urgently: "Where is Your Highness?"
Liu Qiang slowly raised his head, his forehead was already blood red, his face was full of fear, he was so anxious that he could not open his mouth to make a sound, his face was red from holding back.
Li Qing stretched out his hand and tapped him twice. Liu Qiang exhaled a breath and said with a cry, "Your Majesty, come out, something big has happened."
"Big deal?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly understood and said in a trembling voice, "It's Biao'er... What happened to Biao'er?"
"His Royal Highness, he, he..."
"You should tell me!" Li Qing said anxiously, "What happened to His Highness?"
Liu Qiang cried: "Your Highness... he passed away."
Li Qing was shocked, and Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes darkened, and he fell backwards.
"Your Majesty..." Li Qing, with quick eyes and quick hands, supported him and pinched his middle.
After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang faintly opened his eyes and murmured: "Impossible, Biao'er is less than forty, how is it possible..."
Li Qing supported the lost Zhu Yuanzhang, turned around and said to Liu Qiang, "Where is the prince now?"
"I've been carried into the palace." Liu Qiang said harshly, "I'll be here in a moment."
Li Qing held on to his last glimmer of hope and asked, "Is the prince fainting from illness, or is he really...?"
"Sir..." Liu Qiang Ning choked, "How dare you speak nonsense in such a humble position?"
Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes and fainted completely.
Li Qing looked gloomy, holding on to the old Zhu tightly, and quietly gave him a burst of energy to protect his heart.
"Sir, what should we do now?" Seeing that the emperor was unconscious, Liu Qiang became more relaxed and his mind became more alert. "Where will the prince be carried to in a while? How to arrange it?"
Li Qing felt very tired, but he couldn't make the decision on this kind of thing, so he had to wake Zhu Yuanzhang up as soon as possible and let him make a decision.
"Huh~ Let's go to the Qianqing Palace first!" Li Qing picked up Lao Zhu and said to the young eunuchs behind him, "You two will follow me to the Qianqing Palace."
The little eunuch's face was filled with resistance. At this juncture, if even one movement failed to meet the standards, he might lose his head. He said with a cry:
"Sir, Lord Marquis, slaves are just to serve others. Please show mercy..."
"Stop talking nonsense, since you serve people, why can't you serve the emperor?" Li Qing said coldly, "Follow me."
With that said, he headed towards Qianqing Palace.
The little eunuchs looked at each other, analyzed the pros and cons, and followed Li Qing dejectedly.
They understood that if they went, they would not necessarily die. If they did not go, no matter what the emperor did, they would not be able to survive afterwards.
Qianqing Palace.
Li Qing placed Lao Zhu on the bed and quickly took out the needle box for acupuncture.
Several young eunuchs brought hot water, prepared towels, and prepared hot tea. After everything was ready, they stood in the corner in fear, shivering.
A young eunuch said with a cry, "Master Hou, do you want to inform the concubines in the harem?"
"Yes, yes, you can't hide such a big thing!" The other eunuchs nodded hurriedly, wanting to take the opportunity to escape.
"Be patient and don't talk nonsense!" Li Qing said solemnly.
Two quarters of an hour later, Zhu Biao was carried in. At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also woke up.
"Your Majesty." Li Qing held him down and whispered softly, "You can't fall again."
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and nodded slightly, "We understand, we all understand."
He wrapped himself tightly in the quilt and stayed warm for a while before getting up and getting out of bed, "Carry the prince to the bed."
Several young eunuchs did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly stepped forward, carefully lifted Zhu Biao to the bed, covered him with a quilt, and then stepped back a little further, grabbing the ground with their heads, crying sadly.
The cry is not noisy, but can be heard just right.
The royal guards who carried the prince in also knelt on the ground with grief on their faces.
Zhu Biao was lying quietly on the bed, his face was peaceful, as if he was asleep, but there was no blood at all, his lips were white, and his whole body was cold, because he was restrained by ice cubes before.
Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the edge of the bed and stared longingly. After a long time, he gently took his son's hand and put it in his palm.
His son's hands were so cold that they felt cold to his heart. He came forward to breathe and rubbed them gently, but his son's hands were always cold.
He unbuttoned his robe and put his son's hand on his chest to cover it, but it couldn't get warm.
"Go home, Biao'er is home..."
Zhu Yuanzhang murmured softly, just like a child in a common family who was frightened and his parents called out the child's soul.
He just sat there, covering his hands, mumbling...
Very long time……
I don’t know when it was bright.
The morning light poured in through the doors and windows, illuminating the main hall and shining on Zhu Yuanzhang's haggard body.
His hair was very dazzling when reflected by the sun. It was no longer gray, but snow-white, and there was no black hair to be found.
After covering it all night, my son's hand still didn't warm up.
He put his son's hand back into the quilt, tucked the corner of the quilt, straightened the messy hair on his son's forehead, and slowly said: "How did Biao'er die? What did he say before he died?
Let’s start talking about it from the moment we leave Beijing. Tell us everything in detail! "
Liu Qiang was shaken and said in a hoarse voice: "Back to the emperor, since leaving Beijing, His Highness has been in a good mood and has not shown any physical symptoms.
As he got further and further away from Beijing, His Highness smiled more and more, and his diet and sleep were normal.
At noon five days ago, the sun was just right. After his meal, His Highness looked at the green wheat fields on both sides of the road with great interest. He stared at them for a long time, then abandoned his sedan chair and rode on horseback. "
Liu Qiang took a breath and continued: "His Royal Highness was riding too fast at that time, and the honor guard could not keep up. The minister was afraid of losing something, so he took more than a hundred subordinates and chased after him.
The ministers followed him all the time. His Highness was a good rider and the horse was obedient. The journey was uneventful. It was not until more than half an hour later that the horse got tired and His Highness reined it in and stopped.
Then, His Highness sighed with emotion and got off his horse. The ministers and others stepped forward in shock, but...but His Highness was already...The second prince was also there at the time, and I never said anything false. "
"What did Biao'er say at that time?" Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice, "You can say whatever Biao'er said at that time. No matter what you said, we will not punish you."
"I obey." Liu Qiang calmed down and imitated Zhu Biao's tone that day:
"Happy!
After decades of depression, today is the happiest moment! "
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Qinghong wishes everyone a happy New Year. In the new year, everyone: all the best, good health, all your wishes come true, a brilliant career, peace and joy every year!
