Elegy of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 356 The enemy is in Xingqing Palace

In a secret room in the Huaxianhui Building of Xingqing Palace, Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty was sitting on the dragon chair with a gloomy look on his face, wearing nothing on his lower body.

Next to him was an imperial doctor with a foreign-looking face from the Western Regions. He was wearing a red official robe. He could be regarded as a "respectable person" in the Taiyuan Hospital, the kind who ranked high on the list. At this moment, he was placing black leeches one after another on Ji Ge's thighs, on the areas with red spots.

The imperial doctor's movements were very careful, and his facial expression was very tangled, and he even looked like he wanted to cry!

Gao Lishi just waited by the side without saying a word, like a puppet that couldn't speak or move. He lowered his head as if looking at the ground. Everything in front of him had nothing to do with him.

The leeches were squirming on Brother Ji's somewhat dry thighs, looking quite terrifying. However, the medical officers of Tai Hospital did not dare to be careless at all and paid close attention to the changes in the situation.

Soon, the leech was full of blood and naturally fell from Brother Ji's lap. The imperial doctor sighed softly and breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he had turned around in front of the gate of hell.

"Mr. Cao, can my strange disease be cured by this method?"

Brother Ji asked a little tiredly. Under normal circumstances, there seems to be no complete cure for the "strange disease" he has now.

This is the so-called "no medicine can cure the disease".

Brother Ji glanced at Gao Lishi and asked.

"Tell me, it's already this time, I have nothing to worry about!"

Even...the emperor is like this.

The doctor Cao, who came from the ninth surname of Zhaowu in the Western Regions, said very cautiously.

In the Tang Dynasty, especially in Chang'an, although he rarely saw the diseases that saints suffered from now, he was by no means an exception!

He spoke very naturally, and seemed to have developed a survival instinct. Every time, he could do what the emperor wanted to do in the shortest possible time in a relatively smooth manner, so that it would not look too ugly to the outside world.

A humble minister dare not deceive the king, he can only say that he will do his best. However, if you use this method to control the disease and treat it every once in a while, within three to five years, there will be no fear of life. "

Gao Lishi knew it in his heart, and he knew it very well. As long as he understood it in his heart, speaking out was asking for death.

As for the effect, we can only say: the people have faith and the country has hope. If you want to treat the root cause, don’t even think about it.

Gao Lishi nodded with a melancholy look on his face and said, "This is what I want to tell the saint."

Everyone has to pay a price for what they have done.

"You know how to announce Yang Yuyao's death to the outside world, right?"

She is the most beautiful of the three Yang sisters and the most popular among the emperor.

To put it bluntly, Brother Ji played with her on the bed the most, and he also kept a dragon seed.

"Back to the saint, this method of sucking blood with leeches can cure the symptoms, but it is not yet known whether it can cure the root cause.

Some past fragments flashed through Gao Lishi's mind, but his body habitually bowed to Brother Ji without saying a word of defense.

Such a woman would really kill her at will.

After he walked away, Brother Ji sighed softly, called Gao Lishi to his side, and asked in a low voice: "Have you cleared up what you asked Uncle Zheng to investigate?"

"That's all, go and have a rest. From now on, you will live in Xingqing Palace and be available whenever you call me."

Brother Ji said coldly, with no trace of fireworks in his tone, like a ruthless political machine.

But he didn't dare to say this to Brother Ji, which was like shirking responsibility. Because the other party's identity is the emperor. Doctors are like parents, but as the emperor's doctor you can indeed cure diseases, but can you be the emperor's parent?
The emperor is rich all over the world, does he still need you, a medical officer, to pay attention to his health with the heart of a parent?
Anyway, the profession of imperial physician is precarious, so just do your best and don't think too much.

"Then tell me."

"Mrs. Qin did have this disease, and she suddenly went crazy because of this disease, and she strangled herself to death.

One day husband and one hundred days of grace.

Mrs. Qin is like this.

Mrs. Guo is like this.

Gao Lishi nodded slightly and responded: "Please rest assured, saint, Mrs. Guo Guo drank too much and died drunk at home. She happened to be encountered by a slave. It is a pity that Mrs. Guo Guo died in fragrant and jade. The saint will not deprive her of her title, let alone It won’t target people of Yang’s lineage.”

Believe it, it will work. If you don't even believe it, then you have to ask for blessings. If you think it is useful, then it will be useful.

And Madam Guo..."

Gao Lishi tried his best to pick up the good ones and talk about them.

"Go to Madam Guo's Mansion tonight, kill Yang Yuyao, and then bring Yang Xing to Xingqing Palace. I will give him the surname Li, and he will be called Li Xing from now on."

He has tried it on some patients before by using leeches to suck blood to control the disease.

Brother Ji said with a sneer.

"Back to the saint, Mrs. Guo Guo also suffered from this disease, but Yang Xing has not yet. Her skin is smooth."

Back then, Yang Yuyao went in and out of Xingqing Palace as if she were at home. Wear men's clothing, don't wear makeup, and look radiant, naturally beautiful.

It was in sharp contrast to him, an old man in his sixties who had a strange disease.

Doctor Cao bowed respectfully to Brother Ji and bowed down.

Doctor Cao felt as if he had been granted amnesty. He thought that the emperor would still need him for at least the next few years, so he should not be in danger of his life for the time being, so he slowly exited the room. When I came out, I found that the silk underwear inside the official robe was completely soaked with sweat.

Ji Ge stared blankly in the direction outside the door. The lush leaves in the distance were swaying in the wind, full of vitality.

Gao Lishi paused, hesitant, not knowing how to continue.

Brother Ji waved his hand gently and said, obviously he had no intention of letting Dr. Cao leave Xingqing Palace.

Sure enough, the expression on Brother Ji's face relaxed a little, and he nodded slightly and said, "Let's do it. By the way, has Princess Yuzhen returned to Chang'an?"

"is back."

Gao Lishi said softly.

Princess Yuzhen was a little strange. She went to Bianzhou and said she wanted to visit Henan, but she returned to Chang'an soon after going. After returning, he did not come to Xingqing Palace to see the emperor as before.

"She must have gone to Bianzhou to see Quanzhong. Let's do this, let Li Bai go and accompany Yuzhen."

Brother Ji said nonchalantly.

"Sage, Li Bai resigned a month ago. Didn't you scold him in the Qinzhengfu Building?"

Gao Lishi reminded in a low voice.

Brother Ji was stunned when he heard this, and then he remembered that Li Bai seemed to have resigned on his own.

In fact, the reason for Li Bai's resignation was very simple. It was not that he was unhappy as an official, but that he was a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. He was said to be a "master of articles" personally proclaimed by the imperial court, but in fact, he was just writing "flattering poems" for the emperor. It's just a licking dog.

Li Bai relied on his talent and arrogance and asked Ji Ge to "transfer" him to the Sixth Ministry or Yushitai as an official, even if he was sent to the provincial governor.

I guess Brother Ji was not in a good mood at that time, so he refused straight away!
Unexpectedly, Li Bai was not a vegetarian. He actually resigned in front of Brother Ji and left Xingqing Palace directly!

Chic, that is indeed chic enough, but the consequences are also quite serious.

The dignitaries of Chang'an who had previously welcomed Li Bai as a guest now avoided Li Bai like the god of plague. Let alone an invitation, even if Li Bai came to ask for a meeting, those people would avoid him.

The literati who had good relations with Li Bai in the past all automatically cut off contact with him. They who usually had nothing to do suddenly became very "busy". They didn't even have time for a meal, and they didn't want to have any substantive contact with Li Bai.

It was such a painful realization when people left and the tea was cold. Li Bai regretted that he was too impulsive that day and should not have fallen out with the emperor directly.

But now there seems to be no chance of going back.

"Li Bai only has poetic talent, let him be."

Ji Ge curled his lips and said, obviously not interested in the family dog ​​that has lost its function at all, and does not care at all about which neighborhood the other person has become a stray dog.

"Go and call Yuzhen, I want to talk to her."

Brother Ji's tone became softer and he said to Gao Lishi tiredly.

"Sage, wait a moment, I'll go right away." Gao Lishi bowed and left immediately. After he left, Ji Ge sat on the dragon chair with blank eyes, as if he heard the countdown bell of his life.

Although it cannot be that fast, is it possible that it cannot be cured at all?
One year, two years, three to five years...just keep putting it off?

Brother Ji was very scared inside, but he didn't dare to show it, not even in front of Gao Lishi.

The emperor must not show any timidity to the outside world. No matter who he is, he must maintain absolute psychological suppression!
Otherwise, Nu Da will deceive the master!
Mrs. Qin Guo is dead, and the state of death is extremely horrific.

Mrs. Guo Guo also suffered from this disease. Even if she was not killed, she probably wouldn't live long if there was no special medicine to treat her.

So, will one day I die from this disease?
For the first time in his life, Brother Ji felt that death is the greatest justice in the world, and is the god who maintains the last dignity of the weak!

Whether a person is powerful or unknown; whether he is powerful or powerless; whether he is as beautiful as a flower or as ugly as a ghost; whether he is knowledgeable or illiterate.

Death is fair to them all, everyone has to die, and no one can escape death!
Even if you are the emperor, you are bound to die!
"I want to live forever. How can this country of heaven and earth treasures, the Tang Dynasty, which covers thousands of miles, be without me!

If there were no me, what would be the use of such a beautiful country! "

Brother Ji hammered the armrest of the dragon chair bitterly, and a tear fell from the corner of his eye.

He is so unhappy!

He hasn't enjoyed enough, he hasn't had enough fun, there are so many good things in this world, but he has never experienced them.

"Yang's bitch, even if she dies, I won't let you go!"

Brother Ji clenched his fist fiercely with a ferocious expression on his face!

Sitting on the dragon chair, he felt sad for a while, and trembled with anger for a while. After finally calming down, his whole mood became sluggish again.

After a while, Gao Lishi led Princess Yuzhen to the Calyx Xianghui Tower. At this time, Brother Ji already had a smile on his face, without any trace of the entanglement or anger just now.

As soon as they met, he asked Princess Yuzhen to sit next to him and asked with concern: "Is the imperial sister going to Bianzhou to find Quanzhong?"

"Brother Huang, it's true.

I wanted to reminisce about old times, but Quanzhong's mind was on military affairs and he seemed unwilling to say anything more to Concubine, a female classmate. "

Princess Yuzhen said with a resentful look.

"Hahaha, Quan Zhong is such a person. He just knows how to do things but can't talk. Just don't worry about him."

Brother Ji waved his hand and said, very casually.

"By the way, Brother Huang, there is something..."

Princess Yuzhen looked at Brother Ji who looked very bad, hesitated for a long time, and then continued: "Quan Zhong has something he wants me to bring to the saint."

"Say it, don't be formal."

Brother Ji agreed casually.

"Quan Zhong said: Being close to virtuous ministers and staying away from villains is why the early Han Dynasty prospered; being close to villains and staying away from virtuous ministers is why the later Han Dynasty declined.

Just this sentence. "

Princess Yuzhen said with grievance.

"presumptuous!"

Hearing what Princess Yuzhen said, Brother Ji immediately burst into flames and was furious!

"How do I govern the world? Do I need a warrior like him to teach me?

What else can you say about being a close virtuous minister and far away from a villain!
So who among me is the villain?

As for him, Fang Quanzhong is a loyal and virtuous minister, right?
I have made his son the ambassador of the Western Regions. Isn’t that enough to be a good minister? "

Brother Ji pointed at Gao Lishi and yelled.

"Saint, calm down, calm down, don't let your anger break the dragon's body!"

Gao Lishi quickly stepped forward and patted Ji Ge's back to calm his disordered breath.

Brother Ji slowly sat down and said with a gloomy face: "It's not that Fang Quanzhong doesn't think that I'm not a good minister, he thinks that I don't have enough power! Well, I'll satisfy him and give him the right to recruit troops! Fifty thousand soldiers!"

He roared and ordered with a ferocious expression, completely losing the calm demeanor that an emperor should have.

"Sage, don't act out of emotion. Fang Quanzhong just persuaded His Majesty to stay away from the virtuous ministers, and he didn't ask for power. Why should the saint give him the right to recruit troops?"

Gao Lishi quickly knelt down and kowtowed and begged.

If Ji Ge's edict is issued, it will cause a series of chaos!

Princess Yuzhen was also frightened. Fang Youde was indeed not good at talking, but there was no malice in his words.

You can't say that you are so angry with your own brother, right?

"Sage, Quanzhong has never been able to speak, so don't be like him."

Princess Yuzhen begged.

"Fang Quanzhong gave him a purple robe, a goldfish bag and the title of Prime Minister Zuo for his meritorious service."

After a long silence, Brother Ji spit out such an order from his mouth.

Being given the purple robe, the favor of the emperor.

Being given a goldfish bag is also a favor from the emperor.

Prime Minister Zuo already had an honorary title at this time and had no power. This was still the favor of the emperor.

The summary of Brother Ji's meaning is this: Just shut up and enjoy happiness in Bianzhou while you have the honor. Don't point fingers at me just because you have a holy family.

Princess Yuzhen and Gao Lishi on the side quickly thanked them, and the stone hanging in their hearts finally fell.

……

In the study of the Xingyang Zheng family in Chang'an, Zheng Shuqing, the chief minister of Dali Temple, stood on the desk and hung a piece of white silk from the beam as a hanging tool.

Recalling his ups and downs as an official, it is really hard to describe.

But today is probably the end.

"If someone dies, the Zheng family in Xingyang will be safe. In order to compensate the Zheng family, the saint will definitely arrange for Zheng family's children to serve as officials.

Therefore, Zheng’s death is meaningful and valuable. "

He slowly put the rope around his neck, and suddenly put it down with some fear.

"Would it be such a loss to die like this?"

Zheng Shuqing sat on his desk, thinking about ways to protect himself and the Zheng family. He knew the emperor's secret, and the emperor probably didn't have a few more years to live.

Could it be that the emperor wanted to send him, a senior official of Dali Temple, on his way first? The answer is self-evident, because only the dead can keep secrets.

"But I really don't want to die! It's not my fault that the emperor is ill!"

Zheng Shuqing covered his face with his sleeves and burst into tears.

He just cried and laughed crazily, walking up and down on the small stool for who knows how many times.

Until daybreak, I still didn't make up my mind.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the study door, and the nephew's voice came.

"Uncle, someone has been sent from the palace to convey the order!"

Hearing this, Zheng Shuqing suddenly burst into flames like a cat with explosive fur. Subconsciously, he pressed the door bolt with his body to prevent outsiders from coming in. Then he realized that this kind of behavior was meaningless, so he had no choice but to open the door and said to his nephew helplessly: "Take me there. "

(End of this chapter)