Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

The ancients said it well: extreme joy begets sorrow.

Zhengde beat King Ning while drunk in front of everyone, which was a mouthful of the anger in his heart back then.

On the way back to Beijing, he also proudly said to Su Mu: "The day the Emperor Xian's mausoleum collapsed, on the surface it seemed that King Huai conspired to cause trouble, and I calmed it down easily with thunder. However, you and I know very well in my heart that this King Ning originally wanted to fish in troubled waters, and wanted to be a oriole catching cicadas. Later, seeing that the momentum was not good, he withdrew back. However, I have no solid evidence, and the place of succession must The situation was stable and he didn't want to make a big fuss, which allowed him to escape smoothly."

"Through these years, every time I think of King Ning's unscathed, I feel a little bit unwilling. Now I finally give him a little color, haha, it's so satisfying!"

To be honest, Su Mu also disliked King Ning for a long time, and he was very happy to see him holding back.

But after returning to the capital, there was something wrong with Zhengde's body.Walking halfway, I felt a severe tightness in my chest, and I broke out in cold sweats one after another, and my heart flustered violently.

Seeing Zhengde's inappropriateness, Su Mu also panicked.Looking back, it was probably caused by Emperor Zhengde drinking too much wine yesterday.

Su Mu regretted in his heart, he would not have allowed Zhengde to drink if he had known.

As soon as he was flustered, he would send someone to preach to the imperial physician.But Zhengde took a look at him, shook his head unobtrusively, and said in a low voice: "Don't pass on to the imperial physician."

Su Mu: "Your Majesty..."

Zhengde: "I have a hidden disease, and I can't let others know about it. Now, all the vassal kings are in the capital, so we must guard against someone taking the opportunity to cause trouble."

"But Your Majesty."

Zhengde covered his heart with his hands, smiled, and there was sweat on his forehead: "I also know that this disease on my body is a chronic disease, and it is fatal. I just need to rest. But other people don't see it that way, especially those with ulterior motives. Thinking people, if they don’t do it well, they will spread the news that I am terminally ill and dying. You can call the imperial doctor, and there will be a lot of trouble. It’s better to ask Chongxu to come over to serve you. His methods are very useful to me.”

"Yes, after I send His Majesty to the leopard room, please rush to the old fairy." Seeing that Zhengde had fallen ill, Su Mu felt heavy.

However, Zhengde laughed out loud: "What are you doing like this, I just drank too much wine yesterday, and it will be fine after a few days."

After returning to the capital, Su Mu asked Jiang Chongxu to come over.

Chongxu is worthy of being an expert who has practiced the Medicine King's School, after a few injections, he had blood in the palace again, and Zhengde's breathing and heartbeat finally returned to normal.It's just that I can't think about things, and when I use my brain, my heart panics.

Su Mu was still worried, and quietly asked Emperor Chongxu Zhengde's dragon body whether it was tight or not.Chongxu said, in fact, it doesn't matter, this kind of disease can occur at any time, the key is to maintain a peaceful state of mind, and it will be good to take care of it for three or two days.

In this way, Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as he was about to leave, Zhengde called him back: "Su Aiqing, please stay by my side for a few days."

Su Mu looked at Zhengde puzzled, and the emperor smiled wryly: "I am flustered when I read the scriptures now, but I have to deal with political affairs. You are the person I trust the most, and you are also a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and a counselor for me. Military and national affairs are your responsibility. Besides, the grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to the Taimiao will be the day after tomorrow, and this matter is the most important, and you have to arrange it."

Su Mu thought for a while, and this is indeed the truth. Speaking of which, the Imperial Academy is the emperor's secretarial institution, and now he is playing the role of Zhengde's personal second secretary. The emperor can't take care of things now, and it is inconvenient for him to leave.

I had to stay in the leopard room and do things carefully.

In the early morning of the day after tomorrow, it is the grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to the Taimiao, and the head of the little prince will be tributed in front of the spirits of the kings of the Ming Dynasty.This matter is the greatest honor that Zhengde has obtained after succeeding to the throne, so it is natural to show it off greatly.At that time, not only the vassal kings from all walks of life who came to Beijing will be present, but also officials of the third rank and above in Beijing will go to watch the ceremony.

It can be said that it is the biggest political task in the imperial court this year, and it has to be done no matter what.

The problem is that Zhengde can't do anything now, so the country's major affairs fall to Su Mu and Yang Tinghe, the chief assistant of the cabinet who hastily summoned to Xiyuan.

In fact, the cabinet already has a watch house in Xiyuan, and there is a cabinet minister on duty on weekdays.

Lao Yang wasn't on duty for the past few days, but the important ceremony was about to happen, so he naturally had to stay by Zhengde's side.

Speaking of it, Lao Yang was the actual teacher of Emperor Zhengde, and he was often called Master Yang in informal occasions on weekdays.When Liu Jin was in power, because of his disagreement with Yang Ge, he resorted to tricks to demote Yang Tinghe to Nanjing to retire.As soon as he walked halfway, Zhengde found that he hadn't seen Yang Tinghe for several days. He felt strange and asked, "What's wrong with Master Yang? I haven't seen him for several days?" Lao Yang was driven out of the capital.

Zhengde was furious: "You bastard, why did you send my master to Nanjing? Anyone can leave, but Master Yang can't."

So he asked someone to chase him back quickly, and he still entered the cabinet as his cabinet minister.

From this we can see Yang Tinghe's status in the emperor's mind, and as for the relationship between Su Mu and Zhengde, they are both teachers and friends.In the Zhengde dynasty, only these two people are the real confidantes of the emperor at this moment.

Now that Zhengde is not in good health, he called the two of them to accompany him, and by the way, handle the sacrificial ceremony in the early morning of the day after tomorrow.

In order to make it easier for Master Yang and Xueshi Su to do things, Zhengde ordered Shang Baojian to hand over the emperor's Xingxi and a small seal that he carried with him to the two, so that each of them can hold a seal, and the two seals can be combined to exercise power on behalf of the emperor.The order said that once something happens, don't report it, just deal with it as appropriate.

It can be said that from this moment on, Yang Tinghe has become the de facto head of the Ming Empire.Not only can he command the officials, but he can also mobilize all the troops in Beijing.Even Dongchang and Jinyiwei had to obey their orders.

At that time, the two of them didn't think of anything else. Since the emperor reigned, he had been absurd and nonsense, and he didn't care about what he couldn't do.

I feel that it takes only two days to take charge of the state affairs, and when the ceremony is over, the government will naturally be returned to the emperor.

Besides, even with Yuxi in hand, so what.At that time, a word from the emperor will be more effective than any official document or decree.

The two just proceeded carefully. It was strange to say that Yang Tinghe and Su Mu were not always on good terms, but this time they cooperated happily.

But Su Mu didn't know that on this day, Empress Dowager Zhang and Taikang had finished the arrangement and sent Huang Dong to meet King Ning and Qian Ning.

A great storm has been brewed, and the present calm is only the calm before the storm.

The next moment is thunder and lightning.

"Zi Qiao, come and take a look." Yang Tinghe had stayed up all night, his eyes were red.

"Shoufu, what is this?" Su Mu also felt extremely tired.

It was already dawn, and there were still ten hours before the sacrifice to the Taimiao.

Yang Tinghe: "This is the list of officials above the third rank in the capital. You can see if there is no problem, let's use the seal!"

Su Mu took a glance and nodded: "No problem."

At the same time, the two took out the seal they carried with them and stamped it.