The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 72
The inner hall of Qianqing Palace is very quiet. What Zhang Zhou said is too sensational. It involves the grievances of two generations of "immortal masters", one of whom has passed away...

Except for the emperor, no one present is qualified to comment on Zhang Zhou's words.

After a long time, Zhu Youtang asked with a serious look: "Is there any help for me?"

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty really believes in the minister's words?"

Not only did Zhang Zhou have this question, but even the people around him had the same question.

To say that Li Guang's elixir has lead poisoning is just Zhang Zhou's one-sided opinion. Anyway, now that everyone is dead, maybe Zhang Zhou wants to add insult to injury and deliberately belittle Li Guang?
How can it be determined that Zhang Zhou is not "taking credit for being good at medicine but not curing disease"?
"Ugh!"

Zhu Youtang sighed heavily, looking extremely reluctant, but he had to speak earnestly, "I didn't want to admit it, but I had to admit it. In the past two years... my body is not as good as before, and I have become more and more dependent on that pill. , Sometimes I can't sleep or eat because I can't take the elixir."

Zhu Youtang didn't have the nerve to say in front of Zhang Zhou that afterward it was found out that Li Guang couldn't even make alchemy, and the so-called alchemy furnace he found was also very dilapidated, with a pile of black ash on the bottom of the furnace, which was horrible.

With that unbearable strength and such an alchemy furnace, it's no wonder that he can make good alchemy!

Zhang Zhou also realized that the "toxicity" of Li Guang's alchemy was greater than expected.

Maybe something like five stone powder was added.

It's no wonder that Li Guanghui committed suicide quietly after the incident, because he really didn't have any skills, and even he himself was afraid of being punished by God.

Dai Yi hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhang, since you have found out about His Majesty's condition, you should quickly find a way to treat it."

Zhang Zhou shook his head: "I can't cure this kind of poison, or it can only be relieved step by step. Your Majesty should focus on exercising, that is, go out more to bask in the sun, do some exercise, don't sit for long, and eat well. On the one hand, try to avoid using porridge and vegetables, and add more nutritious things, such as eggs, meat, and cheese. Apart from this, I can't think of a better way."

Dai Yi said sadly: "Mr. Zhang, you can explain His Majesty's illness so clearly, even acne can be cured, what else can't be cured?"

Zhu Youtang said calmly: "Don't make things difficult for Bingkuan. With his personality, he will say whatever he has. He said that he can only adjust slowly, and that's probably the only way to go. You can't be harsh on others."

Dai Yi was still somewhat dissatisfied.

But the emperor's words also contained truth. The biggest problem was that Zhang Zhou never said something that was ambiguous and unrealistic when he met the emperor in the past.

If you say the princess will get sick, you will really get sick. If you say there will be a fire in the palace, then a fire will fall from the sky.

If Zhang Zhou deliberately said that the emperor's condition was serious and he could cure it himself, it can be said that he was trying to deceive the emperor and gain benefits.

It is not to say that the disease cannot be cured...

What's the point of alarmist talk to Zhang Zhou?

Zhu Youtang smiled and said: "I was also fortunate to meet you early, so that I won't continue to get stuck on Li Guang. You are my lucky star."

Zhang Zhou stood up, cupped his hands seriously, and said, "Your Majesty is serious. It's not that the minister appeared in time to change everything, but that God gave His Majesty a warning in time. The fire in the Qingning Palace was God telling His Majesty to set things right. Even if there is no minister, Only that fire will make His Majesty wake up in time, I didn't do anything, but gained fame for myself."

Zhang Zhou was telling the truth.

The fire would exist without him.

Li Guang will die.

But when the emperor and the eunuchs listened in, this Zhang Juren was too modest.

Being meritorious but not claiming to be... what kind of tolerance?

Can people not like such a person?

"Bingkuan, some things are right by you. Since I was young, I like to eat rice porridge and green vegetables. I don't like meat, and I don't like to go out to see the sun. I seldom interact with people in the deep palace. Maybe it's because of these things. , I will become ill after being poisoned by the lead pill, maybe I should really listen to you, and I should go out more."

Zhu Youtang's mood became much more cheerful.

Dai Yi beside him also smiled and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, it will be beneficial for you to let this old slave accompany you around the palace."

Zhang Zhou heard from the emperor's words that Zhu Youtang had been excluded and oppressed since he was a child. He may be a patient with deep autism. There is no mention of mental illness these days, so even Zhu Youtang himself didn't know about it. I am sick.

He only married Queen Zhang in his whole life, perhaps not because of his lack of ability, but more because of...

He is afraid of being with people.

In the eyes of autistic people, the narrower the life circle, the better, and the complicated life circle will only make him feel scared, especially the life circle of intimate relationships.

This probably also explains why Zhu Youtang has a feeling of spiritual dependence on Li Guang and then on Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou wanted to say.

Mental illness is not curable.

……

……

Zhu Youtang knew where the root of his illness was, and he was not in a hurry, but calmed down.

The emperor was also afraid that some intractable disease would gradually lead to the point where the disease would follow. When Zhang Zhou told him that as long as he recuperated slowly, his body would gradually return to normal, Zhu Youtang always ate more.

Because Zhang Zhou also confessed.

Eat more and exercise more to improve your body.

Zhang Zhou was still summarizing his "secret recipe for detoxification" here, and a palace maid came in to report on the other side, saying that Mrs. Zhou came later.

"Is it the emperor's grandmother? Help me up!"

Zhu Youtang is a filial grandson, and he is about to get up to meet the Queen Mother of Zhou.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Zhou had already entered, seeing her grandson about to get up, she hurriedly said: "Emperor, there is no need to get up, the emperor's grandmother is here to visit the sick, what do you say when you get up?"

After speaking, the Queen Mother Zhou walked to the bed, sat directly on the seat where Zhang Zhou sat before, and held her grandson's hand with a loving and concerned expression on her face.

"Grandma, grandson can't salute you anymore."

"No, you are a filial child. Two days ago, you kept vigil for the imperial grandmother so that the imperial grandmother could sleep soundly. Today, the imperial grandmother also came to see you."

The Empress Dowager Zhou said, looking to the side, saw Zhang Zhou couldn't help but smiled and nodded, "Is Bingkuan here?"

Zhang Zhou didn't expect it.

Even the Empress Dowager Zhou directly called him by his name.

"Greetings to the Queen Mother." Zhang Zhou hurriedly saluted.

Empress Dowager Zhou said: "No, the previous fire was thanks to him, Your Majesty, you must reward him for the Ai family."

Dai Yi replied with a smile: "Empress Dowager, don't worry, Your Majesty will not treat Mr. Zhang badly. Mr. Zhang is here to treat His Majesty."

"How is the condition?"

The Empress Dowager Zhou had a look of sincere concern on her face.

This grandson is good in everything, and she watched Zhu Youtang grow up, and when he grows up to be an emperor, he is so filial, so the grandmother naturally loves him.

Zhu Youtang said: "No serious problem."

"That's good." The Queen Mother Zhou took the emperor's hand, and the grandparents and grandchildren looked very harmonious.

After a few gossips, the Empress Dowager Zhou said: "Take care of your health. Emperor, the Ai family heard that the rebuilding of the Qingning Palace is in progress. Has there been any progress?"

Zhu Youtang looked up at Dai Yi.

Dai Yi then came out and said: "Return to Your Majesty, to the Empress Dowager, I just heard the news from the Ministry of Industry that the bidding has been completed, and Qing Yunhou and Chang Ning Bo have put a price of 5000 silver on the wood and stone. [-] taels, the bid was successful. The wood and stone will be provided by the two of them."

The Empress Dowager Zhou asked, "Apart from the two of them, who else has bid?"

"Uh..." Dai Yi looked at Zhu Youtang first, obviously he didn't want to say anything.

But after seeing that Zhu Youtang didn't express anything in particular, he hesitated and said: "Only...there are Shouninghou and Jianchangbo, the two of them...the price was 3000 taels...it didn't work out."

"Cough cough cough..."

Zhu Youtang was in a good mood at first.

Hearing that the Zhou family bid more than 6 taels of materials, but the Zhang brothers asked for 10 taels, they felt uncomfortable and coughed.

(End of this chapter)