Abrupt

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Abrupt

It was just getting dark, and lights were already lit inside and outside the Forbidden City.

In the Qianqing Palace, Xia Yuan met the imperial doctor in the outer hall, Queen Zhang, Xiaolizi who had been away for a long time, and Emperor Hongzhi who was lying on the mountain.

On the way here, he imagined many scenarios, such as Emperor Hongzhi sitting behind the royal desk in Nuan Pavilion to review memorials. After seeing Zhu Houzhao, he closed the palace door with a sullen voice, and then took out a prepared stick from his sleeve. Bamboo strips.

For example, Emperor Hongzhi was standing outside the palace waiting for his elder son with his hands behind his back. As soon as Zhu Houzhao came over, he ordered his left and right to push him down.

for example

There are too many examples, but none of them include the scene in front of me. A middle-aged man with a gloomy face is leaning on the couch, his eye sockets are sunken, and his entire face is so thin that he is unrecognizable. .

This scene was so sudden that he couldn't react, and no one could react.

When we left half a year ago, everything was fine, but when we came back, we were like this. People couldn't help but think about the worst possible outcome.

Emperor Hongzhi, who was seriously ill, had dim eyesight. When he saw someone coming in, he turned his neck to look hard, but couldn't see clearly who it was, but he knew who it was. He moved his lips as if to say something. What to adapt to, it took a while before the sound came out,

"Come, come closer, I still can't see you clearly."

Xia Yuan did not move, he was still confused at this time, and Zhu Houzhao just looked at his father lying on the couch with a blank expression.

Seeing that the two of them were motionless, Zhu Youtang raised his arm as if to wave, but such a simple movement as moving his arm may have made him feel tired. He put it down halfway and said, "Come closer, you guys." Why are you looking at me like this? You've been away for half a year and you don't recognize me anymore?"

Emperor Hongzhi had a smile on his face, but anyone could see that he looked very weak.

The two of them still didn't move, until Xiao Jing bowed over and boldly shook Zhu Houzhao's arm, called "Your Highness" softly, and then pushed Xia Yuan's back, then the two of them seemed to have come to their senses and moved toward him. Move sideways.

Xia Yuan's steps were still steady, but a little shaky, while Zhu Houzhao staggered as he walked, and finally almost fell over and fell to the edge of the cave.

When they got closer, Zhu Youtang saw their faces clearly. He looked at Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on the edge of the cave, and said, "Slow down, you are so reckless. Are you afraid that I will beat you?"

As he said that, he smiled again, with sadness and lightness in his smile, "It's good to be back. Once I'm back, I'll let go of my heart. Why should I hit you? Besides, even if I want to hit you, I can't do it now." "

"Father."

Zhu Houzhao spoke for the first time since entering the palace. He just looked at the haggard look of Emperor Hongzhi at close range. The father and son choked up as soon as they shouted out, and their eye circles immediately turned red.

As he got closer, Emperor Hongzhi also saw Zhu Houzhao's reaction. He saw the lump in his throat, the sadness on his face and the red eyes. Such a scene made him feel uncomfortable in his heart and on his face. A bit of relief and sadness emerged.

Fortunately, he was born into an emperor's family. Since ancient times, family ties in the emperor's family have been weak. Although his son is a bit ridiculous and mischievous, he has a rare act of pure filial piety.

As for the sadness, he had a premonition that his end was coming, and it was difficult to cure him with medicine or stone.

From falling ill more than a month ago to now, he has taken many medicines back and forth, but his condition has not improved at all, but has only worsened. He knows very well what this means.

"I'm still lying here peacefully, but you're so sad. Besides, I just suffered from the cold, and I'm not ready to die yet."

As soon as the word death came out of his mouth, Zhu Houzhao burst into tears. In an instant, his eyes were filled with tears and his face was covered with tears. He seemed to have only realized what happened now.

This gloomy and bleak look has been closely linked to the word death.

"Don't want it."

Emperor Hongzhi wanted to say not to cry, but he swallowed back half of his words. After taking a few breaths, he said: "I have talked a lot with your mother and Xiurong these days. Now that I have hoped to have you back, I want to explain to you."

Please listen carefully to some words."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't hear anything, he just kept weeping. Seeing this, Emperor Hongzhi didn't rush to speak. He held his hands on the bed and tried to move up. Xiao Jing and Queen Zhang who were next to him hurried over to help him.

He held the queen's arm and sat up a little straighter, and then said to the flute, "Go bring the soup and medicine."

Xiao Jing hurriedly responded, turned around and walked out of the palace with red eyes, picked up the medicine jar from the stove, poured a bowl of amber-colored soup with the cooperation of several imperial doctors, and then carefully brought it in.

It was a bowl of ginseng and aconite soup. The effect of ginseng was that Emperor Hongzhi often drank ginseng soup to refresh himself. Even if it had any effect, it was already minimal.

The main effect is aconite. Aconite has the effect of stimulating nerves, raising blood pressure, and can make people excited. Stewing it with ginseng into a medicinal soup cannot cure diseases, and is mostly used to kill people.

After drinking most of the bowl of soup, Emperor Hongzhi seemed to have regained his energy and said, "Okay, don't cry anymore. You have to listen carefully to what I say."

Zhu Houzhao still buried his head in tears. Zhu Youtang smiled, stretched out his hand and touched Zhu Houzhao's head, "I remember when you were young, I often touched your head like this, as if in the blink of an eye, my prince

He is already an adult."

"Since you are an adult, you must not act recklessly in the future. A prince should act like a prince, and a prince should behave like a prince. Like this time, you sneaked out to go out with the army and abandoned your safety.

Putting oneself in danger is the opposite of being a king.

I won’t punish you this time, but remember not to do it again and be more prudent, you know?”

"." Zhu Houzhao was choked with sobs and couldn't speak. He just nodded blindly. These days, he had been thinking about how he could avoid being beaten after returning to Beijing. Now his wish has come true. Not only are there no more beatings, but there are no scoldings anymore.

But he was not happy at all. He wished that his father could stand up and beat him severely with a bamboo stick, whether he was hung up or tied up, no matter how hard he was beaten.

, but I just ask you not to lie on the couch like this, with a look that he cannot accept.

Zhu Youtang took a few deep breaths and said, "I have been in power for many years, but I have nothing to teach you. If one day I pass away without governance, I don't want you to be able to do much, as long as you are successful enough, you."

At this point, he looked at Zhu Houzhao's face full of tears. He didn't know if the other party had listened to his words. He moved his lips and finally sighed slightly, "That's it. Your Majesty, please go out first. I will talk about these later."

I’m telling you again, wipe away your tears before you go out, and don’t let anyone see you crying like this.”

As he said that, he looked at the people in the palace and said, "You all should go out, Ju Zheng stays."
Chapter completed!