Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1356

Luoyang Palace Taiye Pool.

In the Ninghua Palace of Xizhou on the Three Islands of Penglai, the emperor who was galloping recklessly stopped suddenly.

At the age of fourteen, she was newly recruited into the palace by her aunt Xiao Huangguifei. This was the first time she was lucky.
already unbearable,

The emperor pressed down like a golden mountain and a jade pillar,

She couldn't help but lay down on the couch.

Concubine Xiao Huang saw the emperor fell down, with a grim expression on her face, and even her eyes became dull, thinking that the saint was satisfied and let go.

"saint."

keep calling softly,

But after a while, the niece was so pressed that her face was flushed and she almost gritted her silver teeth, but she still didn't respond.

Xiao hurriedly called the emperor again.

But even calling several times, the emperor did not respond at all.

Concubine Xiao Huang lowered her head, her scalp became numb when she looked closely at it, the emperor's expression was still ferocious, and his eyes were still rigid.

even.

What was even more frightening was that one corner of the emperor's mouth was visibly crooked, and his saliva even dripped into a thin line, dripping onto Xiao Cairen's body below him.

"saint!"

Concubine Xiao's voice was trembling, full of panic.

The poor Xiao Cairen was almost out of breath, but he didn't dare to overthrow the emperor.

It's like pouring ice water over your head.

The emperor didn't respond to Concubine Xiao's call.

After a few more sounds, the noble concubine Xiao Huang finally helped the emperor away under the pleadings of her niece, but the emperor lay on the couch with his face and nose covered, and he did not even turn over by himself.

Xiao quickly turned the emperor over again.

The emperor's face began to turn purple.

In her anxious call, her eyes finally responded, and she tried her best to turn around, but she still didn't respond.

The emperor's mouth was even more crooked, and the saliva flowed out uncontrollably.

The emperor's right hand was curled up like a chicken paw.

Xiao Cairen screamed in fright.

At this time, although Concubine Xiao Huanggui was also extremely frightened, she was better than her niece who had just entered the palace at the age of 14.

"Come on! Come on!"

"Quickly pass on the royal doctor from Shangyao Bureau!"

"quick!"

The Taiye Pond in the northwest of Luoyang Palace was originally a garden in the harem, and the three Penglai islands above it were even more beautifully built. The emperor sometimes came here to go boating and swimming, and occasionally stopped on the island to rest.

This is a fairy-like place.

But at this time, it was already a mess.

Just now the sage in the palace was lucky to be concubine Xiao, his concubine, his aunt and his nephew, the palace servants and servants were all waiting outside, not daring to disturb them, and the eunuchs and the emperor's guards were even outside the gate of the palace.

When screams of terror came out from the hall, Gao Hu, the Minister of Internal Affairs and envoy of Xuanhui Academy, rushed in immediately.

Then he too felt a chill down his spine.

As the chief executive of the inner court who is most favored by the emperor today, Gao Hu is not only the emperor's close servant, he even leads the inner court departments for the emperor, and begins to exercise some powers conferred by the emperor. The internal ministers of the court, the planners of the transshipment department, and the governors of the Privy Council can all sit on an equal footing.

All of this was given to him by the emperor, all his status and power came from the emperor, and he relied on the emperor more than anyone else.

But when he saw the emperor's appearance, he knew it was over.

The emperor was so embarrassed at this time.

In the palace, Cairen Xiao was crying in fear, he didn't even have enough clothes to put on and Concubine Xiao Huang, the most favored concubine in the harem, only put on a gauze dress and forgot to cover it up.

As for the Son of Heaven, he was lying on the Persian carpet beside the couch. Concubine Xiao Huang tried to help the Son of Heaven to sit up just now, but she accidentally failed to support him, causing the Emperor to roll off the couch, and Er Xiao, who had a heavy dragon body, could not be lifted back onto the couch.

What was even more embarrassing was the emperor's expression.

Wind attack!

Gao Hu understood right away, and it seemed that the situation was very serious. The emperor seemed to be paralyzed. He couldn't speak, he couldn't move his body, he couldn't even move his hands. It seemed that only his eyes could barely move.

Gao Hu's mind quickly changed, while thinking, he hurriedly carried the emperor back to the couch, and then covered him with a brocade quilt.

Then he grabbed the second concubine's dress from one side of the screen and stuffed it onto the two weeping beauties.

The Shangyao Bureau is an institution under the imperial palace, which is responsible for the emperor's medical treatment. Generally, the imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Office under the Taichang Temple work part-time.

There are two officers of Shangyao Bureau, five-rank Feng Yu, both of whom are the most experienced old imperial physicians, and there is always one person on duty in front of the imperial court.

He was on the island at this time, and he arrived immediately upon hearing the news. With just one glance, he basically concluded that the emperor had suffered a stroke.

Then after quickly observing the pulse, he became more certain.

The old Feng Yu with a gray beard and a childlike face with crane hair glanced around the hall, seeing the second concubine in messy dress, the wine pot on the table in the hall, and the mixed obscene smell in the air, he immediately understood I made a rough idea.

But he quickly opened his medicine box and began to make silver piercings for the emperor.

"The saint just drank stag blood wine?"

Xiao Cairen was completely terrified. The 14-year-old girl was lucky enough to enter the palace for the first time. This kind of thing happened. , her mind is blank now, she can do nothing but cry.

Concubine Xiao Huang was also crying, but fortunately she was still able to answer Lao Fengyu's questions.

"The sage was in a good mood today. When he came to the island, he encountered a herd of deer on the island. The sage shot and killed two of them, and then..."

The incident is actually not complicated. The emperor's headaches have eased recently, and the success of the southern expedition to Piaoyue has been reported frequently. In addition, the two khans Buzhen and Mishe in the Western Regions were eliminated by the emperor. The emperor is quite proud.

The imperial concubine Xiao also did as the emperor wished, and recruited into the palace the niece who was favored by the emperor when she came to visit her last time. For a trip on the island, the emperor originally wanted to invite Concubine Xiao's aunt, Princess Li Ke, the former King of Wu, and the now conferred Xiao family to have a threesome together.

As a result, Xiao Chongrong felt conflicted with the emperor's special hobby, saying that he was not feeling well today.The emperor was in a good mood, and he didn't blame her, so he took the younger concubine Xiao Huanggui and Xiao Cairen to the island.

When he went to the island, he met a group of sika deer raised on the island. The emperor wanted to show his prowess in front of the young Xiao Cairen, so he raised his bow and shot two deer.

When the deer breeders cleaned up the deer, they cut off the deer fur and took a lot of blood from the deer fur. This is a good thing that is known as a great tonic, and of course it must be dedicated to the emperor.

In the past, the emperor also had the habit of using deer blood and wine to boost his majesty, and he did not refuse today.

This deer's blood wine is stronger than ordinary deer blood wine. The emperor drank two cups in a row, and then really showed his power. People are also lucky.

It's just that the emperor has a wind disease, so he is not suitable for drinking deer blood wine, let alone deer fur wine. In the past, even if the emperor drank it, he only drank a small cup, but today the emperor drank it in order to show his power. two cups.

Then there is tragedy.

Fresh deer blood, paired with the already extremely strong Laojiao tribute wine, and then the emperor even joined the second concubine Yu, after all, she is also in her 40s, and has cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, even the emperor has had it before small stroke.

This blood vessel burst at once.

cerebral hemorrhage.

The emperor was lucky that he didn't die.

But the old Fengyu didn't dare to say that the emperor would be able to save his life. While giving urgent injections, he asked people to call another Fengyu from the Shangyao Bureau and part-time imperial doctors from the Imperial Medical Office for consultation. Go and call the officials of Shangshi Bureau to come over.

The Shangshi Bureau is also part of the palace supervisor and is in charge of the emperor's medicinal food. The deer blood wine the emperor drank today should be prepared by their own hands.

Soon a large group of people from Shangyao, Shangshi, and Imperial Medical Office surrounded the hall.

But after seeing the emperor's condition, he felt bad.

The white-haired old Fengyu with the best medical skills also looked very ugly, because the emperor's symptoms were getting worse.

Generally speaking, the most dangerous time for a stroke is the moment when it occurs. Many people die within this hour after a stroke, but it does not mean that they will be fine if they survive this hour.

Because it will get worse later on.

Explained by modern medicine, cerebral hemorrhage is afraid of continuous bleeding, and other blood vessels burst after blockage. Of course, even if the cerebral hemorrhage stops, the cerebral edema after the cerebral hemorrhage will take away absolutely within a few days after the stroke. most patients.

Gao Hu has already let the second concubine go to a side hall.

He immediately ordered people to block Penglai Xizhou, and then sent his confidantes to summon several eunuchs with more status in the palace.

They are another envoy from the Southern Academy who is in charge of the Xuanwei Academy with him, two envoys from the Privy Council, and the lieutenant of the Qianniu Army.

Out of keen political intuition, Gao Hu did not immediately send someone to notify the prime minister of the Zhengshitang, or the inner minister of the Imperial Academy, or the governors of the Western Mansion.

A corner of the hall.

Several great eunuchs who gave purple robes were all sad, as if they were mourning their wives.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the status of eunuchs was actually not high, and they even inherited the Sui system, and even the chiefs of the two provinces, the palace and the ministers, used to be civil servants.

The status of eunuchs is low, and the holy ancestor even stipulated that the rank of eunuchs should not exceed the fourth rank.

That is to say, under normal circumstances, eunuchs would never have the opportunity to wear purple robes, let alone participate in government affairs and interfere with the country.

But under the rule of the current emperor, the rules set by the holy ancestor have changed.

The emperor not only sent eunuchs to serve as city envoys in various cities, but also sent eunuchs to various coin casting supervisors to supervise casting, and eunuchs were also used to supervise or consulate in Guanshi, a frontier fortress in the interior.

Even in the past few years, as the emperor's authority has continued to rise, the emperor has also begun to set up military observation institutes and military supervisory institutes in various armies.

Of course, the power of the eunuchs reached the highest level. It was the Xuanhui Yuan newly established by the emperor in the inner court, the lieutenant of the guards in the [-]th Army of the Beiya, and even the Privy Council envoys in the Privy Council.

From the court to the place, the emperor placed the lowly eunuchs who were just the emperor's servants everywhere.

Just like Gao Hu, the envoy of the Xuanhui Academy, as the chief steward of the inner court, even has the power to approve vermilion on behalf of him. Even if the emperor Fengxuan's symptoms are not serious, the memorials presented to the emperor are still sent to the Xuanhui Academy first. Too high to protect the hand.

Therefore, the memorials submitted to the emperor and all the edicts issued by the emperor had to go through the Xuanhui Yuan, which gave the Xuanhui Yuan great power.

The imperial court was originally operated through the form of memorials and imperial edicts. Officials of the local government and the capital reported the affairs to the corresponding temples first, and then transferred them to the Zhongshu Province Zhongshu Sheren after the summary was collected. Later, after the division of power, military affairs were reported to the Privy Council, and financial and tax matters were reported to the Transit Department.

The prime ministers, planners, and rulers of these three yamen discuss the disposal plan of the affairs, or discuss the disposal plan of the ministerial affairs, and finally issue a ticket, and then submit it to the emperor for a decision by the emperor, and then return it to the Central Committee after passing it. The imperial edict is drafted, or the internal system is drafted by the Imperial Academy, and then reported to the provincial government. Under normal circumstances, because the prime minister of the political affairs hall includes senior officials under the sect, as long as the emperor approves the draft edict, the imperial edict can be directly drafted and handed over to the minister. Each temple or place implements it.

But now, another link has been added, the Xuanhui Academy.

Take pork out of the refrigerator and start with, it will be stained with oil, not to mention the key power of the power center of the imperial court.

Because Xuanhuiyuan connected the previous and the next and had the power to approve Zhu Hong on behalf of the emperor, it came from behind to overtake the inner chancellor of the Imperial Academy and became the real emperor's number one confidant.

At the beginning, the emperor used the Imperial Academy to divide the decision-making power of the prime minister of the Zhengshitang, and then set up the Privy Council to divide the military power, and then promoted the transfer envoy to be a planner, and cut off the financial power.

But the emperor was still worried, and created another Xuanhui Academy.

Even the Twelve Army of the Imperial Guards of Beiya Tianzi had to set up lieutenants of the guards on the commanders of the Zhonglang Generals, and eunuchs commanded the Imperial Army.

All these make the power of the eunuchs reach the peak, which is something Wu De and Zhen Guan dare not even think about.

The envoys of the Xuanhui Academy have been able to sit on an equal footing with the governors, and are no longer just royal slaves serving the emperor, but have become an important part of the empire.

Now, the emperor has suffered a stroke and is paralyzed, what should they do?
As the old saying goes, it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.

If it was the case in the Wu De Zhen Guan Dynasty, anyway, the eunuch was just a slave of the emperor, and he hadn't tasted any power, so naturally he would not have any ambitions.

But the problem is that now Gao Hu and the others have deeply experienced the incomparably wonderful taste of that kind of power, so now who is willing to lose all this?

With the emperor in this state, the possibility of getting better is very slim, and it is very likely that he will die.

The problem is that if the emperor dies, then the eunuchs who are attached to the emperor may be thrown into the dust again.

"What shall we do now?"

After a long silence, someone finally spoke first.

Guo Liangzhen, the envoy of Xuanhui South Academy, is Gao Hu's deputy, he is also in charge of Xuanwei Academy, and he is also Gao Hu's trusted ally. When he asked this question, it actually showed that he had the same thoughts as Gao Hu. Naturally, the Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall and the ruling Council of the Privy Council should be notified as soon as possible.

But they didn't, they were all thinking about how to plan more benefits for themselves, or how to keep their current power.

Empress Wei was imprisoned in the Shangyang Palace in the west of the city, and the country did not have a prince. In this case, Gao Hu and the others had to plan carefully.

(End of this chapter)