Beijing, Ganqing Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen was walking back and forth in anger and panic. His son Zhu Cihuan was sick and he had just gone to see him. But the child actually said to him: "The Bodhisattva Jiulian has appeared. She said that his father is not good to the outside world and will end up with all his sons."

Isn’t this cursing him to lose his son and grandson?! This ‘Nine-Lotus Bodhisattva’ is no other person, but Empress Dowager Li, the mother of Emperor Wanli. Empress Dowager Li believed in Buddhism. After his death, Wanli forged a scripture and officially turned Empress Dowager Li into ‘Nine-Lotus Bodhisattva’. She also placed the bronze statue of Empress Dowager Li on Mount Tai and accepted people’s worship with Bixia Yuanjun.

Coincidentally, Li Guorui, the Marquis of Wuqing, was the grandson of Empress Dowager Li. After Li Guorui received the imperial edict from Chongzhen to assist in the salary, he naturally was unwilling to pay the money. So after he consulted, he had a solution. He took out all the things at home, including beds, ornaments, porcelain, jade, tableware, and whatever he had, and went to the street to set up a stall. Let everyone see that although he was Marquis of Wuqing, he really didn't have that much money and he had to pay back the money with his family.

Chongzhen was angry now. Wasn't he slapped him in the face? So he took Li Guorui's title of Marquis of Wuqing. Li Guorui was also timid and scared to death. Now, Li Guorui had no title, and his family was even more scared, so he obediently took the silver and raised 200,000 taels to Chongzhen, which was considered as following the order.

But what is strange is that shortly after Li Guorui died, his grandmother appeared and cursed Chongzhen for losing his sons and grandsons. This is really angering and frightening. What is angry is that the curse is too cruel; what is panic is that the grandmother of the grandmother stood up for his grandsons, but it was also said that it was as if it had really appeared.

"Transfer to Doctor Li!" Chongzhen ordered loudly.

After he handled several memorials, Doctor Li finally arrived.

"I bow to your Majesty." Dr. Li knelt down and bowed.

After Chongzhen asked Doctor Li to get up, he asked, "Li Qing, what is the condition of the emperor?"

Doctor Li was a little surprised and didn't know what was wrong with the emperor. He reported it yesterday, and the Imperial Hospital also had detailed records, so why should I ask? But he still replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, the fifth prince just felt a cold and I was already below, and there was nothing serious. Take a few doses of medicine and you should be cured."

If Doctor Li can say this, it means that Zhu Cihuan's illness is indeed not worth mentioning. The Doctor's habit is to say it more seriously. If the disease is cured, they will have the credit. If it is not cured, some of them will refuse. The Doctors are of the same grade. Since they were admitted to the Imperial Hospital, they have no longer been simple doctors, but have become officials. They are still very skillful in using this method of competing for credit and scapegoating.

Chongzhen finally felt relieved and ordered: "Li Qing, you must be careful and not let the emperor's condition go back and forth!"

Doctor Li bowed and said, "I must do my best to cure the fifth prince's illness as soon as possible."

After Chongzhen asked Doctor Li to go down, he felt relieved. He finally strengthened his determination to continue to collect money from his honorary relatives and help his salary. This money was easy to come, and a Marquis of Wuqing got 200,000 taels. There were so many nobles and foreign relatives in Beijing, and each family had 100,000 taels, it would be easy to gather millions of taels of military salary.

At night, Zhu Cihuan's bedroom.

Several palace maids were together and arranged carefully. Some made noises outside the door and under the bed, some used white cloth to set ghosts, and some were responsible for extinguishing candles.

They were assigned by the prince's mother to do things. After the matter was completed, they would receive a reward of 1 or 2000 yuan. They had not paid their monthly salary for three months, and their meals would also cost money. If they did not give their monthly salary, how could they live, who were not good-looking palace maids?

Besides, since the prince's mother doesn't care about the prince's life or death, these palace maids have no obligations. Moreover, the prince will die prematurely. Coincidentally, the prince is sick now, and even if he dies, there is a reasonable explanation, and there is no big risk.

As for whom the mother was assigned by her, they didn't care, as long as they could get the money. As for the mother who regretted her afterwards, it was impossible. With so many of them, as long as they were exposed, everyone would die together.

Late at night, the palace maids under the bed and outside the door began to make "whimper" ghost screams, and they also scratched the door from time to time, making a faint sound.

Five-year-old Zhu Cihuan was finally awakened by this strange sound. When he opened his eyes, he saw that ** mother was not by his side, so he sat up and looked for ** mother's whereabouts.

Suddenly, all the candles in the bedroom were extinguished, and the bedroom became pitch black. Before Zhu Cihuan could scream, a white ghost suddenly appeared and made a strange cry.

Last night, **'s mother not only told him the story of "Nine Lotus Bodhisattva", but also told him a lot of ghost stories. This thing that appeared made him think of the ghost stories he heard in an instant, so he screamed in horror and fainted.

The palace maids came out and quickly restored the layout of the palace. They quickly returned to their posts, as if nothing had happened. The mother appeared and helped Zhu Cihuan tidy up the bed and went to bed together.

After a while, the little eunuch who was guarding his post outside the palace came in and asked in a low voice: "Mr., what happened to the palace?"

**The mother replied calmly inside the door: "It's okay, I'm just shocked, you can continue to be on duty."

"Yes." The little eunuch agreed and left the hall.

The next day, when Doctor Li came to take Zhu Cihuan's pulse again, he was frightened to find that the prince's pulse was weak, the high fever did not subside, and the medicine stone was ineffective. Doctor Li did not dare to delay and immediately reported it to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen was also extremely frightened and immediately asked the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital to consult. Originally, if it were only one person, it would be possible to treat the next prescription, but if a group of people came over, no one would be responsible. So no one dared to go downstairs and discussed a tepid prescription with each other, which could not cure the disease or make a bad thing. Overall, it was the same thing, first, let's hold your life, and then ask for more blessings.

Naturally, the fifth son of the emperor, Zhu Cihuan, died two days later. After that, everything in the harem and outside the palace began to spread, saying that the emperor was not good to Xunqi and was punished by "Nine Lotus Bodhisattva".

The most panicked was Emperor Chongzhen. He heard his son say with his own ear that it was the "Nine-Lotus Bodhisattva" who sued him. So he immediately named Li Guorui's son Marquis Wuqing, and returned the 200,000 taels of silver he had come back intact. He also opened a Buddhist temple himself to worship Buddha sincerely, especially to worship his great-grandmother, Empress Dowager Li, "Nine-Lotus Bodhisattva", to reduce his guilt. He still has three sons, so he can't be cursed.

At the same time, the honors and relatives in Beijing began to celebrate, and they finally didn't have to pay the emperor.
Chapter completed!