Zhu Houxi changed a set of clothes and planned to rush to Shou'an Palace to visit the Empress Dowager Zhang, who suddenly fell ill, and suddenly said to Xu Jin with a little weakness: "Xu Qing, why don't you accompany me on a trip." ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be speechless, his cousin Zhang's family was down by himself, isn't it uncomfortable to visit Empress Dowager Zhang at this time? But the emperor opened Chrysostom but couldn't refuse, so he could only agree. So, the two monarchs and ministers went to Shou'an Palace with their own apprehensions.

It is said that at the end of the first year of Jiajing, Xu Jin took the opportunity of the order to clear the land of the Jingshi and collapsed his relatives Zhang's family, and Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, and Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, were raided. Although Emperor Jiajing exempted the Zhang brothers from capital crimes, he also abolished their titles and exiled them to Nanjing under house arrest. Since the fall of the Zhang family, Empress Dowager Zhang was disheartened, moved to Shouning Palace and no longer cared about the affairs of the harem, and then moved to Shou'an Palace, completely faded out of the public eye, and became an invisible person in the harem.

Usually, although Emperor Jiajing occasionally goes to Shou'an Palace to greet Zhang Dahou, but the latter is lukewarm, and Emperor Jiajing also feels embarrassed and boring, and after saying goodbye, he sits for a while and then finds an excuse to slip away, and the time spent in Shou'an Palace never exceeds a quarter of an hour.

And this time, Empress Dowager Zhang suddenly fell ill today, which is estimated to be related to the decree promulgated by Emperor Jiajing today, and Zhu Houxi's kid obviously knew it, so he called Xu Jin to accompany him with a weak heart.

Shou'an Palace is in the northwest corner of the imperial city, far away from the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houxi and Xu Jin Junchen walked through the corridor and walked through the courtyard for nearly ten minutes, and then came to the front of Shou'an Palace, and the little eunuch who led the way in front of the palace lamp roared from afar: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

"See the emperor!" The palace maids and eunuchs in Shou'an Palace knelt down and saluted.

Zhu Houxi took Xu Jin straight into the Shou'an Palace, and saw that the two princesses, Empress Dowager Jiang, Yongfu and Yongchun, had already arrived first.

"The son has seen the queen mother." Zhu Houxi hurriedly saluted the Empress Dowager Jiang, and Xu Jin also saluted: "The ministers see the Empress Dowager and the two princesses." ”

"The emperor is here!" Empress Dowager Jiang nodded, and glanced at Xu Jin in surprise, but she didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

Yongfu and Yongchun were obviously very surprised that Xu Jin appeared in the palace at this time, but they didn't want to ask at this time, they just returned the courtesy.

"Queen Mother, how is the Queen Mother doing now?" Zhu Houxi looked inside with a complicated expression.

Empress Dowager Jiang frowned and said, "It's not clear, the imperial doctor is still in the process of diagnosis and treatment." ”

After a while, a imperial doctor came out of the room with a medicine box on his back, and it was Li Yanwen (Li Shizhen's father) who was recommended by Xu Jin to serve in the Tai Hospital, the latter was obviously stunned when he saw Xu Jin, but he quickly returned to normal, and saluted: "See the emperor!" ”

"What disease does the Queen Mother have?" Zhu Houxi waved his hand and asked.

Li Yanwen said cautiously: "It's phlegm, the queen mother's heart is too hot, her liver is stagnant, and she has phlegm in her throat for a while and has caused a coma. The minister prescribes another dose of medicine to calm the wind and calm the nerves for the queen mother to take, and she can be safe. But...... The Queen Mother is old, and if she is stimulated again, I am afraid that her condition will recur or even worsen. ”

"There's a doctor of Lao!" Zhu Houxi's expression was unnatural and said, why the Empress Dowager Zhang has been depressed for a long time He knows it is nothing more than because of the affairs of his relatives Zhang's family, and today's sudden outbreak is obviously stimulated by the decree he promulgated today.

Zhu Houxi wants to remove the word "Bunsheng" in the name of his biological mother, and there will really be two queen mothers in the palace, not to mention that Zhu Houyu will put the tablet of his biological father Xingwang Zhu Youqi into the temple for worship.

You must know that Emperor Xiaozong Hongzhi is the husband of the Empress Dowager Zhang, and Wuzong Zhu Houzhao is the son of the Empress Dowager Zhang.

After the imperial physician Li Yanwen left, Empress Dowager Jiang took the lead in visiting Empress Dowager Zhang. There were several honeycomb coal stoves burning in the room, very warm, I saw the Empress Dowager Zhang lying on her back on the bed, covered with a thick brocade quilt, and the pillow behind her head was very high, and the woman in her fifties looked much older at the moment, compared with a few years ago.

"Sister-in-law, is she feeling better?" Empress Dowager Jiang sat on the edge of the bed and asked with concern.

Xiaozong and King Xing were brothers, so Empress Dowager Jiang called Empress Dowager Zhang her sister-in-law.

Empress Dowager Zhang opened her eyes slightly, glanced at Empress Dowager Jiang, and nodded slightly in response. Zhu Houxi's kid also stepped forward and said: "The imperial doctor said that the queen mother's illness is not a big problem, and she will be relieved these days, don't think about it anymore!" ”

Empress Dowager Zhang closed her eyes without waiting for Zhu Houxi to finish speaking, turned her face to the side and ignored it, the latter touched her nose with an embarrassed expression, and was secretly annoyed in her heart, I came to visit you with good intentions, and if you don't appreciate it, you have to throw me off.

Zhu Houxi, this kid, wanted to turn around and leave immediately, but remembered what Xu Jin said not long ago, people should stand high and see farther, why should they always worry about the trivial things around them, so he took a deep breath and forcibly eliminated the unhappiness in his heart.

Empress Dowager Zhang estimated that she didn't wait for the movement, she subconsciously turned her face and opened her eyes, and saw Zhu Houxi standing calmly on the side of the bed, her cloudy eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of surprise, and said lightly: "There is the concern of Emperor Lao, I am old, and I am weak and sickly, I am afraid that I will die soon, and I want to see the two angry brothers again before I die, and I beg the emperor for permission!" ”

Empress Dowager Jiang frowned and said, "Sister-in-law, don't say that, you will live a hundred years." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang ignored Empress Dowager Jiang, but stared at Zhu Houxi without blinking.

Zhu Houxi raised his eyebrows, Empress Dowager Zhang's attitude made him very unhappy, and he was about to refuse, but he heard Xu Jin behind him cough lightly, so he thought about it, the imperial doctor just said that Empress Dowager Zhang can no longer be stimulated, if he dies because of this, then wouldn't the people of the world even more mean and unkind?

It is said that in order to intercede for her two younger brothers, Empress Dowager Zhang did not hesitate to enlarge her tricks and knelt down outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, and Zhu Houxi was forced to exempt the Zhang brothers from the death penalty due to pressure, but despite this, there were still a lot of rumors. Some people in the market said behind their backs that Zhu Houyu was mean and unkind, because the reason why Zhu Houyu was able to sit on the throne was due to Zhang Dahou's contributions, and Zhu Houyu not only did not repay the favor when he sat on the throne, but also copied Zhang's family, forcing the Empress Dowager Zhang to live behind closed doors.

Just as Zhu Houxi was about to agree to Empress Dowager Zhang's request, the latter's eyes fell on Xu Jin, who probably recognized it, and immediately scolded excitedly: "Who let you in, get out!" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but secretly say I wipe, and turned around and withdrew from the inner room with a bow, and the Empress Dowager Zhang was still angry, so she sat up and shouted: "Come on, drive that thief out of Shou'an Palace!" ”

Zhu Houxi's anger couldn't be suppressed anymore, and he said in a deep voice: "Xu Qing was summoned by me, who dares to pick it up!" ”

Empress Dowager Zhang was so angry that she trembled and said, "Okay...... Ahem, ahem! ”

Empress Dowager Zhang said three "good" words in a row and coughed violently, and Empress Dowager Jiang hurriedly patted Empress Dowager Zhang's back and persuaded: "Sister-in-law, don't be angry, don't be angry, I'll drive Xu Jin away, Xu Jin, you go quickly!" ”

Xu Jin outside couldn't help but smile bitterly, his grandmother's had expected that he shouldn't come with Zhu Houxi's kid, so he left Shou'an Palace first.

Zhu Houxi saw that the Empress Dowager Zhang's face was purple, but he couldn't bear it anymore, and said in a sullen voice: "Since the Empress Dowager misses her family, then I will order someone to take Zhang Heling and Zhang Ling back from Nanjing." However, the Zhang brothers have committed many crimes, and I have pardoned them for their capital crimes, and the punishment of imprisonment cannot be lifted again. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang didn't cough when she heard this, although she couldn't be released from prison, it would be better if she could be brought back to the capital from Nanjing for house arrest.

Let's say that Xu Jin waited for two teas outside Shou'an Palace, and saw Zhu Houxi coming out of it, and Yongfu and Yongchun also came out.

"Xu Qing, I shouldn't have asked you to come to Shou'an Palace together, but I made you feel wronged." Zhu Houxi said apologetically.

Xu Jin said casually: "The lord is worried about the humiliation of the minister, the lord humiliates the minister's death, and the minister is wronged." ”

Princess Yongchun stuck out her tongue and smiled: "Xu Jin, your heart is so big, this princess was embarrassed for you just now." ”

Xu Jin is secretly sweating, not because he has a big heart, but because he has a strong heart.

Princess Yongfu glanced at Xu Jin with beautiful eyes, frowned and said lightly: "Lord Xu has blood on his clothes, but he is injured?" ”

This woman is really meticulous, just now Zhu Houxi's kid and Xu Jin chatted for so long in the imperial study, and they didn't notice the blood stains on the hem of Xu Jin's clothes, and Princess Yongfu just glanced at it and found it.

Zhu Houxi saw the blood stains on Xu Jin's clothes at this time, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Xu Qing, am I really injured?" ”

Xu Jin said nonchalantly: "I fell off my horse on the way back to Beijing, but it was no big deal, just a small abrasion." ”

Zhu Houxi's nose was a little pantothenic, no wonder he felt that Xu Jin's walking posture was a little awkward before, he was really careless, Xu Qing was so careless, he was silent when he was injured, and he endured it silently when he was wronged! What kind of loyalty, this is called loyalty!

"Well, Xu Qing, why didn't you say it earlier, come here, and pass on the imperial doctor quickly...... This place is close to Cining Palace, Yongfu, go to you. ”

"Your Majesty, it's just a minor injury, you don't need to pass on the imperial doctor!"

"Less nonsense, do you dare to resist and disobey? Let's go! Zhu Houxi couldn't help but say, and "detained" Xu Jin to Cining Palace.

Soon, Li Yanwen came with a medicine box on his back, and he happened to be on duty at the Tai Hospital tonight.

Xu Jin's injuries were indeed not serious, but both knees were broken, and two pieces of skin fell off, and after cleaning, they were blood-red and blood-red, which looked a little scary, and Yongfu and Yongchun didn't dare to take a closer look.

"Lord Xu's injury is fine, but it's best not to get wet for five days." Li Yanwen told Xu Jin after bandaging it.

Xu Jin still trusted Li Yanwen's medical skills, smiled and thanked him, and the latter bowed to the emperor and the two princesses and retreated.

"Xu Qing, for my sake, you ...... today" Zhu Houxi pressed Xu Jin's shoulder movingly.

Xu Jin smiled bitterly: "If the emperor doesn't want to go, can you get a meal for the ministers first, the ministers are about to starve to death." ”