prosperous age

Chapter 609 Chapter 608
Wei Guangde had nothing to do on the throne, so he began to live with a large number of eunuchs standing outside the palace gate.

Observing their postures, I want to see if there is such a martial arts master among these people.

It has been said in many novels that the masters are among the people, and the masters are also in the palace, especially the eunuchs.

The Sunflower Collection and the Evil Sword Manual are all for the eunuchs to practice.

But after observing for a long time, Wei Guangde couldn't see anything.

Deliberately went over to ask, but felt that this was very abrupt.

He beckoned, and called the two servants who were driving next to him and asked in a low voice, "Are those people insiders?"

The two servants nodded in unison.

"Are they good at kung fu?"

Wei Guangde asked again.

"Excellent? I don't know."

A taller servant replied in a low voice.

This lord came in the same car with King Yu, even if he didn't know him, he knew that he would soon be a big man in the court. Didn't you see that Chen Hong and Eunuch Chen were very polite to him?

"I don't know? It's the kind that can fly over walls."

Wei Guangde asked in a low voice, but soon he found that the eyes of the two servants were straight.

As a matter of fact, Wei Guangde asked Yu Dayou about whether there are martial arts masters in the world. This person's stick technique is quite powerful, and he has been taught by a famous teacher.

However, Yu Dayou's kung fu is very good, but he has never traveled in the rivers and lakes, and has always been in the officialdom, so he can't answer Wei Guangde's questions.

But he said to Wei Guangde, "Shaolin Temple's martial arts are just like that, and none of those monks can beat me."

"Should not, never heard of it, have you heard of it?"

When the tall waiter was talking, he turned his head and asked the waiter next to him, but he could only shake his head.

"If it's really possible to go around like the adults said, why lock the door in the palace?"

The servant said to Wei Guangde with a sneer.

Wei Guangde lost his mind when he didn't ask anything from the servant.

While he was bored, Wei Guangde saw a group of people coming out of the palace gate in the distance, Li Fang and Feng Bao walked in the front, and among them was the eldest son Zhu Yijun.

It seems that the child is very happy now, and he is bouncing around when he walks.

And behind them, there were six or seven servants holding trays.

It's far away, so I can't see clearly what's inside, but the emperor will reward Zhu Yijun for sure, and there are quite a lot of things in terms of posture.

Hey, the child is still too innocent, these things will be yours sooner or later, so why not be happy.

Wei Guangde sighed in his heart, but with a smile on his face, he got off the carriage and greeted him.

"Little brother, why are you so happy?"

From afar, Wei Guangde asked aloud.

After all, Zhu Yijun was young, and he was still not very coherent in speaking, but with Li Fang and Feng Bao around, he soon knew the ins and outs.

"Oh my little brother, you are really good at making your grandpa like you so much in just a short while."

Wei Guangde joked that Zhu Yijun was having fun in Wei Guangde's arms.

At this time, Wei Guangde also saw a looming figure appearing in the palace gate.

There are two ways, one is very familiar, that is King Yu, and the other seems to be Chen Hong.

When the person walked to the palace gate, Wei Guangde confirmed that it was the two of them.

"The prince is also out."

They were not far from the palace gate, and they planned to go to the carriage behind, but after Wei Guangde's words fell, Li Fang and Feng Bao both turned around and looked at the palace gate behind them.

As he got closer, Wei Guangde noticed that although King Yu still looked normal, his eyes were a little red, obviously crying.

Thinking of his previous advice to King Yu, Wei Guangde thought that King Yu was holding Emperor Jiajing's thigh and crying for a long time.

But it looks like he's doing pretty well.

I was secretly happy in my heart, but Wei Guangde tried hard to control his facial expression and didn't show it.

"Your Highness."

Wei Guangde called out in a low voice.

"Get in the car, let's go back to the palace."

King Yu just said to Wei Guangde, and walked to the previous carriage first.

It was still the same as before, Wei Guangde followed King Yu into the front carriage, and the others got into the rear carriage, but Chen Hong did not follow, but bowed under the carriage to see King Yu off.

Li Fang wanted to come over at first, but was called back by King Yu waving his hand.

"It's been one or two days, father, he said he knows his body."

The carriage moved forward slowly, King Yu said to Wei Guangde in a slightly sad voice.

"My condolences, Your Majesty, His Majesty's body has already been poisoned by those pills."

Wei Guangde had no choice but to comfort him, which meant to tell Yu Wang, don't imitate your labor, I know that many of you Zhu family are addicted to alchemy and want to live forever.

Undoubtedly, King Yu's grandfather, who was also the labor and capital of Emperor Jiajing, probably died of eating pills.

Emperor Jiajing was superstitious about alchemy, but in fact his father's influence was also in it.

"What should I do now?"

Not knowing if he understood or not, King Yu just asked.

Well, at this moment, King Yu is really lost, he doesn't know what to do, he just listens to others and does what he is called.

This may be the state of all those who are about to lose their father.

He thought that the people who were regarded as the pillars of the family were about to fall down. Whether he could support the family, King Yu was a little uncertain.

"No need to do anything, the Ministry of Rites will prepare properly."

Wei Guangde just said lightly.

After His Majesty's health deteriorated, the Ministry of Rites actually started preparations, and also contacted the Ministry of Industry to discuss matters concerning the mausoleum.

These were all carried out under the guidance of the cabinet, and Emperor Jiajing turned a blind eye.

Yu Wang nodded silently, and then did not speak again.

After the carriage left the palace and returned to King Yu's mansion, he got off the carriage and King Yu walked in. When Li Fang came from behind the carriage and was about to enter, Wei Guang pulled his sleeves.

"Have someone prepare the black hat and green robe."

Wei Guangde just said something in a low voice.

"okay."

Afterwards, Feng Bao waited for the eldest son Zhu Yijun to get off the carriage, and ordered the guards to come over to collect the rewards from the emperor.

In their fuss, Wei Guangde and Li Fang walked into Prince Yu's Mansion.

King Yu went directly to the backyard. It is said that he locked himself in a room and did not allow others to enter or leave, even Li Fang could not go there.

Wei Guangde has no intention of going to the school record hall now, a delay of one or two days is actually nothing to him.

Overtime is over.

When he was about to go back to the yard, he saw Yin Shizhen coming towards him.

"What about Your Highness?"

"Go back to the back."

Wei Guangde replied.

"Entering the palace today, did your majesty leave an imperial edict?"

Hearing the imperial edict, Wei Guangde was stunned for a moment, thinking about King Yu's situation at that time, it seems
Not good either.

It is said that there should be a scroll for the edict, but if there is a scroll, King Yu can't carry it with him.

Of course, a piece of yellow silk is also acceptable, but Wei Guangde doesn't feel like it.

If it was true, King Yu would have shown it to him when he was in the carriage.

Shaking his head at Yin Shizhen, "In the current situation, it doesn't really make much sense whether His Majesty keeps the imperial edict or not.

He took away the seal, probably more because he was worried that You Xiaoxiao forged the imperial edict and caused chaos. "

Wei Guangde analyzed.

Yin Shizhen nodded his head, as he recognized Wei Guangde's words.

Without King Jing, King Yu now has no brothers, and no one can deprive him of his inheritance unless there is an edict from the emperor.

Emperor Jiajing was so stupid that he would appoint someone else as emperor. It's not that he has no sons, he has grandsons.

In Xiyuan, in Yongshou Palace, under the service of Huang Jin, Zhang Hong, Chen Ju and others, Emperor Jiajing reluctantly changed out of his uniform and was still lying on the dragon couch in Taoist robes.

At this moment, Chen Hong came in, saluted Emperor Jiajing who was on the couch, and said softly, "My lord, Your Highness has left the palace and returned home."

Although Chen Hong didn't leave with King Yu, he also sent them all the way to the gate of the palace. After showing the emperor's golden sword, the guards of the imperial city dared to let them go, and then hurried all the way back to Qianqing Palace to return their orders.

"Understood, I'm tired, I want to sleep for a while, you go down."

Emperor Jiajing spoke slowly, and gave instructions to the eunuchs in front of the couch.

After speaking, he slowly closed his eyes.

What he wants to explain has already been explained, so he can feel at ease.

After Huang Jin and the others looked at each other for a few times, they slowly exited the bedroom. At this moment, no one realized the meaning of the emperor's words.

"Dinner is ready, dinner is ready, bang bang bang."

Someone knocked on the wood and made a sound. In the depths of the cell, a figure curled up in a haystack moved, then slowly got up and walked towards the cell door.

The man was emaciated, perhaps because he had been locked up in this big prison for a long time, so his hair was disheveled and his face was covered with dirt.

When a beam of light from the skylight shone on his face, one could see the resolute expression he was still trying to maintain.

The person who was supposed to be in a state of embarrassment looked very tall at the moment.

Walking to the prison door, he shortly took the food box handed in by the jailer from the small door below the prison door, turned around and sat down in front of the bunch of hay, opened the box lid, took out his chopsticks, and began to eat.

When Wei Guangde saw Li Fang again, he saw that his brows were frowning.

"Your Highness still hasn't eaten?"

Wei Guangde asked.

Li Fang shook her head, "Your Highness said he didn't want to eat it, so he took it back."

Yin Shizhen became anxious when he heard this, and got up to find King Yu.

"Brother Zhengfu, brother Zhengfu."

Wei Guangde hurriedly stopped him from behind him, "His Highness is in a state of mind right now, let him be quiet."

"How can you do without eating? Even if that day comes, the imperial court still has a lot of things for His Highness to do."

Yin Shizhen still said unwillingly.

"We all know that, but what else can we do? Your Highness doesn't want to eat it, so why not force-feed it?"

Wei Guangde had no choice but to speak, then turned to Li Fang and asked, "Are you ready for what I said in front of the palace?"

Li Fang nodded, "The black-winged good crown, green cloth gown, and black horn belt are all ready."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Wei Guangde said lightly, "I've finished my work too, just wait."

"Should we send someone to the Hanlin Academy to invite Mr. Chen back, and the School Records Hall?"

Li Fang asked hesitantly.

"My lord, it's time for lunch."

Huang Jin walked lightly to the dragon couch and called softly.

"My lord, it's time for lunch. My lord"

Several times in a row, Emperor Jiajing on the dragon couch did not respond.

Huang Jin leaned over and took a closer look. The emperor was lying there peacefully, without any movement, and there was a bad feeling in his heart.

He stretched out his hand to breathe lightly, and then withdrew his hand, his face was already shocked.

"Doctor, ask the doctor to come in."

Huang Jin hurried to the door of the bedroom and called the imperial doctor, and Chen Hong, Zhang Hong and others who were waiting outside the door also trotted into the palace.

Following the imperial doctor's breathing and pulse, he turned to Huang Jin and said, "Eunuch Huang, Your Majesty is dead."

"what"

Before Huang Jin could make a sound, Zhang Hong behind him was already screaming.

"Zhang Jing, Zhang Jing"

"Shut up and don't move."

Huang Jin was already mentally prepared, and immediately reprimanded loudly.

"Chen Ju, you go to the cabinet and ask Mr. Xu Ge to come over."

"Yes."

"Chen Hong, you lead people to guard the gate of the Qianqing Palace. No one is allowed to enter or leave until Elder Xu Ge arrives."

"Yes, Eunuch Huang."

Chen Ju and Chen Hong quickly left the dormitory, and everyone else stood still and did not dare to move.

Xu Jie was also old, but Emperor Jiajing gave him a sedan chair in the palace, so he came here at a fast speed.

Although Chen Ju didn't say much, Xu Jie also saw some clues from the expression on Chen Ju's face, but he was always watched by Chen Ju, so he couldn't say anything to others.

After entering Qianqing Palace and seeing the scene inside, Xu Jie actually knew it in his heart.

Emperor Jiajing was lying on the dragon couch, the imperial doctor was kneeling on one side, and the other eunuchs were also standing on one side, no one went to serve the emperor on the couch.

"His Majesty is dead."

Arriving in front of Huang Jin, before Xu Jie could speak, he heard Huang Jin's voice.

"Establish a will and ask the cabinet ministers to enter the palace to preside over the funeral."

Xu Jie was prepared, so he didn't panic, but spoke.

"Everything is decided by the old man."

The death of the emperor is an important matter for the court, and the inner court can only cooperate. This is to supervise whether the whole process exceeds the system, that is, the standard cannot be lowered.

"Eunuch Huang, please send someone to the school record office, and ask Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Shaoqing to come over. He is from Taichang Temple. I have something to discuss with him."

Taichang Temple is in charge of the sacrificial rites and music, and the Ministry of Rites presides over the emperor's funeral is actually carried out through Taichang Temple.

At this time, Xu Jie wanted to see the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple first. Although it was a little wrong, Huang Jin didn't say anything.

Soon, Zhang Juzheng was called to Qianqing Palace.

This is actually the first time he set foot here, and he had no chance to come here before.

"I'm in a mess right now. Your majesty's last edict was drafted by you. I'll take a look."

After entering, Xu Jie said to Zhang Juzheng.

For Zhang Juzheng, drafting the edict on behalf of him is undoubtedly a pie that fell from the sky, and this honor is not something that just one person can have.

Zhang Juzheng agreed to Xu Jie's words without thinking much at all, and then went to the side to ponder carefully, and asked Xu Jie in a low voice if he didn't understand.

They were in a room next to Emperor Jiajing's dormitory, and began to discuss matters concerning Emperor Jiajing's edict, and Huang Jin stayed by Emperor Jiajing's side at this time, and didn't bother too much.

It was a matter of the imperial court, and he, the admiral of the inner court, shouldn't interfere in it, although he felt that it was inappropriate.

"What? Uncle was called to the palace by Mr. Xu Ge?"

At this time, the servant who went to the school record office had already returned, and whispered to Li Fang and Wei Guangde the news they heard in the school record room.

"What is Mr. Zhang doing in the palace?"

Li Fang was a little puzzled.

"Xu Ge is always his teacher, maybe he was asked to help out with ideas. Didn't Yan Song bypass Yan Shifan to help him deal with the memorials?"

Chen Yiqin shook his head and said.

Wei Guangde just frowned, feeling vaguely inappropriate, but he couldn't tell.

(End of this chapter)