The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 100 Can You Guess I Can Guess What Are You Guessing?
Imperial Palace, Renshou Palace.

Before the gate of the palace, Dai Yi was about to go in and communicate, giving Zhang Zhou his final instructions.

"...Don't talk too much when you see the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager is probably concerned about the recent situation of the Qingning Palace's reconstruction, and then asks about His Majesty's bow..."

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "It's just asking what to answer, how many mistakes are made?"

"Uh... yeah."

Dai Yi was very helpless. This Mr. Zhang still likes to be so straightforward when speaking. You can see others being straightforward, but facing this old lady... I am afraid that this straightforward character will easily cause bad things.

After Dai Yi went in and came out, he looked a little embarrassed: "Mr. Zhang, please."

"Is Eunuch Dai not together?" Zhang Zhou asked.

Dai Yi shook his head and said, "Our family can just wait outside."

"How dare you let Eunuch Dai wait outside?"

Even though Zhang Zhou said that, he also knew that Dai Yi could not change what the Empress Dowager meant, so he followed the little eunuch inside.

Zhang Zhou is also very clear about his purpose of coming here.

The Empress Dowager Zhou seemed to be looking for him to interpret her dreams, or to talk about the current situation in the palace, but most of them still mentioned the emperor's concubine.

How could it be possible for Dai Yi to listen to such matters?
After entering inside, Zhang Zhou found that there were many servants standing in the hall, the maids and eunuchs stood on both sides, there were as many as a dozen of them, and the Empress Dowager Zhou looked at him with a careful and admiring smile.

Beside the Empress Dowager Zhou is her trusted eunuch Jiang Lu.

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After a brief greeting, Zhang Zhou was qualified to take a seat.

The Empress Dowager Zhou glanced to both sides first, and finally set her eyes on Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou understood in seconds.

The Empress Dowager Zhou is reminding him, don't think that Dai Yi is not here, you can say something nonsense, it is impossible for Aijia to meet a man outside the palace like you alone, you better know what to say and what not to say.

Take care of yourself.

"I heard that you, Bingkuan, have been teaching the prince recently, and you have taught the prince well. It seems that you are not only good at studying Xuankong, but you can also do your duty as a teacher."

"The empress dowager praises it."

Empress Dowager Zhou said: "The Ai family also heard that recently you have given His Majesty a medical prescription, mainly for the Dragon Heir of the Ming Dynasty. How effective is it?"

Zhang Zhoudao: "One fashion can't see the effect."

"Oh."

Empress Dowager Zhou nodded, "How do you feel about Aijia's health?"

Zhang Zhou said with a flattering smile: "The empress dowager is in good health, and her complexion is also very good. It seems that she has been eating and sleeping well recently. Even if there are occasional dreams, it should not disturb the empress dowager's tranquility." .”

"Ha ha."

Three or two sentences, one question and one answer, very compliant.

The people next to him didn't understand, they just took it as a polite greeting.

But the Queen Mother Zhou understood what Zhang Zhou meant.

Now let’s get to the point, saying that you will not disturb your peace even if you occasionally have a dream, just to remind you that you made up that dream, of course I know if others don’t know, and I can also understand your purpose of telling the emperor about this dream.

"If you have time, I should really ask you to come and treat Aijia."

Empress Dowager Zhou seemed to be lamenting her insomnia and dreaminess.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager is fine, she doesn't need diagnosis and treatment, or if she is depressed, she will occasionally dream too much, as long as she takes care of her carefully and takes the medicine according to the prescription."

This is to say that your illness is not in your body, but in your heart.

It's heart disease.

The matter of taking medicine according to the prescription means—look here, look here, come on, it’s time to seek medical advice, please ask questions!
"Well." The Queen Mother Zhou said, "Then how do you think the emperor's illness should be treated?"

The Queen Mother Zhou saw that Zhang Zhou was a smart man.

Just change the subject, don't talk about your illness, talk about Zhu Youtang's illness.

The meaning is also obvious—since you know the root cause of Aijia’s heart disease, you should treat the emperor instead of me, an old woman, in the matter of the emperor’s concubine giving birth.

The following should be the doctor-patient answering time.

Zhang Zhou talked eloquently: "I believe that your majesty's illness is an internal disease, but it needs to be treated externally."

"Oh? What is internal disease treated externally?"

Empress Dowager Zhou suddenly became interested.

This brings up an important issue.

The root of the emperor's illness, and the old lady's heart disease, all lie in the emperor's weak heirs.

Is it the emperor's problem or the queen's problem?
Also, will it be resolved if the emperor donates his concubines to enrich the harem?

Then there is a key... How can the emperor agree to accept the concubine?
Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty's illness is a disease outside the body, but the cause is inside. This is related to your Majesty's past experience, as well as your own five senses. It is not only a physical illness, but also an inner illness. If the internal illness is not cured, And if you rush to donate the medicine, your majesty will not be cured no matter what."

It means that the emperor's failure to accept concubines is an internal disease.

If you don't cure the emperor's heart disease, but just rush to mention the concubine, because of the emperor's "intimacy phobia", you think of accepting a strange woman, and using her to spread branches and leaves for the royal family, he is I would never agree with it, even if I was asked to mention it, it would be useless.

After a little thought by the Queen Mother Zhou, she grasped the key point.

She asked: "The internal disease, how to treat it?"

This is to ask Zhang Zhou, since you know the root of the emperor's illness, which is the psychological rejection of strange women, how can you change this situation?

Zhang Zhoudao: "Empress Dowager, didn't I tell you that internal diseases need to be treated externally. I also suggested that Your Majesty go out more, to see the customs and customs outside, to appreciate the scenery along the way, to see the sunshine, and to be open-minded. , when you have nostalgia for the scenery, the internal disease will naturally heal without medicine!"

"Really? Hahaha... makes sense, makes sense."

The Empress Dowager Zhou seemed to be enlightened all over, with a bit of surprise on her face and a very happy smile.

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There were more than a dozen people standing next to them, all of them heard Zhang Zhou's words, but none of them understood.

When Queen Mother Zhou laughed, everyone was confused.

What are internal diseases treated externally, and what are cured without medicine? What are you talking about?Charade?After all, they are all talking about treating the emperor's illness. What kind of riddle can there be?

This Mr. Zhang can even predict the sky fire, maybe it is because he is unpredictable, so we can't understand what he said?
But Zhang Zhou's last remark about curing diseases was telling the Queen Mother not to think about treating the emperor's illness.

Think about it, first find a woman, let the emperor meet outside first, get in touch with slowly, let the emperor break the fear of strangers in his heart, wait for the emperor to become very interested in this woman, from strange to familiar, then what? Heart disease does not need to be treated, the emperor himself will ask for a concubine on his own initiative.

It's just a matter of order.

In the end, should I mention the concubine first, or find a concubine for the emperor first.

To get the emperor out of the shadow of heart disease, the only way is to let him go to the society and meet women by himself, and others will be ineffective.

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Queen Mother Zhou can be said to be an old fox...

Only those who have thought hard about the matter of the emperor accepting the concubine for many years, thought of various ways, racked their brains, and cared about the emperor very much, would understand the meaning of Zhang Zhou's words.

This is also based on the fact that she is old and mature.

If it were someone else, even old eunuchs like Jiang Lu, who had worked in the palace for many years, would not be able to grasp the essence of these healing remarks.

This also reflects the wisdom of the Queen Mother Zhou.

She didn't let Dai Yi listen inside, because apart from her and Zhang Zhou, the only person who could understand the hints of their conversation was Dai Yi.

Ask Dai Yi to wait outside, and turn around to find someone to tell Dai Yi... If someone tells it through the mouth of others, Dai Yi will not be able to figure it out even if he is beaten to death. The two are talking about curing the disease, but they are talking about the matter of giving the emperor a concubine. superior.

But Dai Yi really didn't understand the purpose of the Queen Mother Zhou looking for Zhang Zhou?
On this issue, in fact, except for the group of people from Kunning Palace, almost everyone in the palace had the same opinion, but no one dared to express it.

The Empress Dowager Zhou said with a smile: "No wonder His Majesty has been admiring you in front of the Ai family. You speak so sweetly, and in just a few words, you explain your Majesty's illness so clearly. It seems that you are the only one who can diagnose your Majesty! Even the Ai family I like you very much."

After saying this, the surrounding eunuchs and maids were also thinking about it.

With so many people in the Tai Hospital, they are not as good as a scholar from outside the palace who can treat diseases?Even if he is a Taoist, I haven't heard that he can make alchemy.

"Does the Empress Dowager have anything else to ask about treatment?" Zhang Zhou asked for instructions.

Empress Dowager Zhou said: "I leave it to you to treat illnesses. There is one more thing I want to ask you, how is Qingning Palace built?"

Zhang Zhoudao: "Construction is being stepped up right now. I went to see it before, and the ground has been repaired. It is estimated that it will be completed by the end of the year, and it will be ready for occupancy at the beginning of the year."

"That's why you should pay more attention." The Queen Mother Zhou said, "Your Majesty also mentioned that you have to prepare for the exam. I hope you will be a Jinshi in the coming year. The Ai family here also congratulates you on high school. When you enter the court, you often want to see me See the Ai family. There are still a few nephews from the same family at the Ai family, who are useless, you should raise and cultivate them more."

Come again?

Zhang Zhou wanted to say, now that I am a sweet potato, do I want to send my children to me?
It seems that the British father Zhang is not the only one looking at Sun Chenglong.

The Empress Dowager Zhou said to Jiang Lu who was on the side: "Send Zhang Qing's house out, and if there is anything to do later, let Changning Bo go and see more, and we will make friends with each other in the future, and don't lose our friendship."

"Yes." Jiang Lu took the order, thinking he was going to talk about something.

Jiang Lu didn't even figure it out when he only talked about a cure and sent Zhang Zhou out of the house.

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When Jiang Lu came back, the Empress Dowager Zhou was still holding a calendar booklet.

"The Empress Dowager..."

The Empress Dowager Zhou sighed: "It's a pity, when the emperor celebrated his birthday last month, the emperor spared his wife's congratulations."

Jiang Lu didn't understand the situation for a while.

"However, the Ai family has been a little bored recently, and always wants to meet outsiders. It stands to reason that the time for the autumn report is coming soon, right?"

"Yes, in a few days."

In China, spring prayers and autumn announcements are all important sacrificial activities, which can be regarded as a festival, representing the royal family's hope for a good weather in the world, and the rituals of reaping the fields are all evolved from this.

The autumn harvest is bumper, so naturally we want to thank God for his feedback and pray for a bumper harvest in the coming year.

The Empress Dowager Zhou said with a smile: "Then let His Majesty arrange it, let the wives enter the palace, Aijia will meet them, and gossip about the family."

"This……"

Jiang Lu was surprised.

The Empress Dowager Zhou didn't like to have any contact with the wives outside, and the wives rarely met the Empress Dowager when they entered the palace, and they basically went to the Empress and the Empress Dowager.

Why did the Empress Dowager Zhou uncharacteristically let her into the palace this time?

"According to Aijia's instructions, just go and talk to the emperor, let's forget about it today, and talk about it in the next two days, lest His Majesty think that Aijia is too deliberate!"

The Empress Dowager Zhou obviously had her own plan for Zhang Zhou's treatment remarks.

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the other side.

Dai Yi had ordered others to send Zhang Zhou to Qingning Palace, while he secretly found a young eunuch serving in Renshou Palace to inquire about the conversation inside.

"Yin Gong, that Zhang Xianshi talked with the empress about the prince's schoolwork and the treatment of His Majesty. Zhang Xianshi said something about internal diseases and external treatment, and asked His Majesty to go out more. Then he asked about rebuilding Qingning. The progress of the palace, and congratulations to Zhang Xianshi for high school as soon as possible... There is nothing else."

"Gone?"

Dai Yi was taken aback.

The Empress Dowager Zhou wanted the emperor to accept a concubine, so she had to put it on the surface. Since the Empress Dowager Zhou knew that Zhang Zhou was in favor now, wouldn't she let Zhang Zhou persuade the emperor to accept a concubine?
Being so easy-going and low-key is obviously not in line with the old lady's style.

(End of this chapter)