Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 459
The empress dowager's illness was inexplicable.

After the queen's death, the empress dowager fell ill. First, she coughed intermittently and was afraid of the cold.I changed a few imperial physicians and took a lot of medicine, but it still didn't improve.

During the day, the Empress Dowager was still in good spirits copying scriptures and chanting Buddhism.At night, the whole person is in a trance, feverish and talking nonsense.

Before Chen Xiaohu left Beijing, he went to the palace to ask to see the Empress Dowager, but the Empress Dowager just fell asleep, and the nuns beside the Empress Dowager didn't dare to disturb her, so she didn't see her.That day the emperor and the little princess were both there, and the princess didn't have a deep impression of her aunt Lu Yange. After hearing Chen Xiaohu say that she was going to Lingnan to pick up the eldest princess, she just said hello to her aunt.

The emperor purposely talked to Chen Xiaohu for a long time, with only one meaning, telling Chen Xiaohu to find the princess and take her back to Beijing.

Lu Yange didn't expect that when he left the palace, the Empress Dowager was still fine, how could the Empress Dowager be so seriously ill after she left the palace for less than half a year?
Subconsciously, Lu Yange first thought of Chen Luxing.

Is it possible that Chen Luxing knew the cause of the Queen's death and took action against the Empress Dowager?

Lu Yange grabbed Chen Xiaohu's wrist: "Yes, the emperor?"

Chen Xiaohu's eyes swept over the slender and tender fingers on his wrist, and then he looked away: "Princess be careful."

It was only then that Lu Yange noticed his gaffe, quickly withdrew his hand, sat upright, coughed lightly, and asked, "What did the imperial doctor say?"

"At the beginning, Doctor Wang said that the Empress Dowager had a disease of wind-heat. Originally, the Empress Dowager was not in good health. After taking two sets of medicine for wind-heat, a total of [-] packs, her illness became more and more serious. Later Doctor Zhang and Doctor Min were replaced again, and both said that the Empress Dowager stayed in the small Buddhist hall for a long time, and her body was cold, which was a symptom of wind-cold."

Chen Xiaohu lowered his head, with a wry smile at the corner of his mouth, "Your Majesty was furious when he found out, saying that the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital are all idiots, who can't tell the difference between wind, cold, and heat. It is for nothing that the empress dowager has suffered so much. Order All consultations with imperial physicians must ask them to check the symptoms of the empress dowager clearly."

Lu Yange knew it without asking, but he didn't check it out.If the investigation is clear and the Empress Dowager's illness is treated in time, Chen Xiaohu will not appear here.

Seeing that Lu Yange didn't make a sound, Chen Xiaohu looked up at Lu Yange quickly, then lowered his head and continued: "Actually, the diagnosis of Imperial Physician Zhang and Imperial Physician Min should be correct. The Empress Dowager recovered after taking the medicine. But it didn't take long. The Empress Dowager became hot again. During the day, the Empress Dowager had nothing to do, and she ate normally, but at night, she started to have a fever intermittently, two or three times a night. After dawn, the Empress Dowager went back to alright."

Lu Yange pondered for a long time, but couldn't figure out what kind of disease it was.

What disease occurs during the day and at night?

"Before I came, Mrs. Shen also entered the palace. The old lady said..."

Speaking of this, Chen Xiaohu hesitated for a while before continuing, "The old lady said that the empress dowager may be thinking about the late emperor and asked the emperor to go to Dongyang County to burn incense and paper for the ancestors. Maybe the empress dowager will recover from illness .”

Lu Yange didn't say a word after hearing this, she is not an atheist, but her past life and present life were miraculous.

In this matter, she would rather believe what she has than believe what she has not.

After thinking for a long time, Lu Yange asked, "Then what does the emperor say?"

"Your Majesty heard that of course he wanted to go, but the courtiers refused to let him. They said yes, and said that a country cannot live without a king. It is better to let the emperor marry a wife. The queen is the order of the phoenix. Maybe it will be rushed. The empress dowager's illness Enough."

"It's really all about the selection of the queen. Even the empress dowager's illness can be dragged on to the selection of the queen." Lu Yange sneered and asked, "Brother Xiaohu, do you know who the candidate for the queen is?"

"Brother Xiaohu", Chen Xiaohu's lips trembled slightly.Monarchs and ministers are different, he hasn't heard Brother Xiaohu for many years.In order not to lose his dignity in front of Lu Xingge, Chen Xiaohu could only clenched his fists secretly to resist the throbbing in his heart.

"I've heard from Brother Shen about this. According to Brother Shen, there are three candidates for the empress. One is the daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, who is the same age as Your Majesty. The other is the grand-niece of the Prime Minister, who is a year younger than Your Majesty. Years old. Also, there is the daughter of Third Brother Shen's family."

Chen Xiaohu and Lu Yange are cousins, and they are not actually related to the Shen family.But because of Lu Yange, Chen Xiaohu has been using the Shen family as his uncle's house all these years, and he and the Shen family brothers are also calling each other big brother and third brother.

"Ah."

Hearing that the Shen family's daughters were all there, Lu Yange laughed angrily.

These people, for the position of a queen, simply do everything they can.

Come to think of it, the Shen family was just selected for the Empress Dowager to see.Who said that the current emperor is the grandson of the empress dowager, and the Shen family is the empress dowager's natal family.Even she, the princess, is the niece of the Shen family.

The Shen family's sons were not prosperous, Shen Zhenghai and Shen Zhenghe had only two brothers to watch over and help each other, and the Shen family brothers only had five sons and one daughter.Although the two families don't live together, they live in a courtyard with a door open in the middle of the courtyard, they move around frequently, and the relationship is seldom close.

It can't be said that the Shen family lived with flowers and brocade fire cooking oil when they were born as the empress dowager, but among the royal family's in-laws, the Gongsun family has declined, and Chen Quan's uncle's family is not worth mentioning. Only the Shen family has connections and abilities.

Now, everyone has dragged the Shen family onto the big boat. For the sake of the Shen family's face, the Empress Dowager might be able to contribute to the flames and allow the emperor to choose a queen as soon as possible.

As for whether the girls of the Shen family are destined to be queens, it depends on what the emperor thinks.

If the girl from the Shen family who ran with her really became the queen, the big ship of the Shen family would capsize as soon as the empress dowager left.

Of course, it's best for the girl from the Shen family to be an escort honestly, even if she enters the palace to be a noble concubine, it's better than sitting in the queen's position to attract people's attention.

Lu Yange: "What did the elder brother say?"

Chen Xiaohu sat up straight: "The elder brother said that the life of the Shen family is already very good, and there is no need to add icing on the cake. Therefore, the eldest sister-in-law and the third sister-in-law went to the palace to meet the empress dowager, and they have already engaged the little niece and told the in-laws Well, wait another six or seven years, and get married when the little niece turns eighteen."

Poor little niece of the Shen family, she is still a child.If it wasn't for those courtiers, the Shen family wouldn't be in such a hurry to arrange a marriage for her, no matter how many years they would have to choose.

Lu Yange: "Whose family will it be?"

Chen Xiaohu: "He is the natal nephew of Mrs. Zhen Guogong's wife. I heard that he is very smart. He has already passed the examination of a scholar, and the future can be expected."

Brother Shen said that the future can be expected. It can be seen that the Shen family is still satisfied with this niece and son-in-law.

(End of this chapter)