After a few days, the night was as dark as before, except that the moon hanging in the sky turned into a waning moon. It was hiding among the clouds, as if someone was standing in the clouds, pouting at everything in the world.
In the past, Prince Cai's Mansion was bustling with people, and it was still the same tonight. But everyone who came in and out would be a little solemn. Some people's faces also had a bit of sadness, whether it was real or fake.
"In the Kingdom of Shangzhu, Chengjun University held a memorial ceremony for Cai Yuanzhang, Cai Gong, and Zhongshu Province's Senior Counselor, Youcheng Cai Ju'an, Cai Daguan arrived."
The door shouted, and the voice was melodious, like a kite, floating in. In an instant, a young man ran out in a hurry.
"I have met Mr. Cai, a high official in Cai!" The person who came was about thirty years old. He had a good appearance, elegant and handsome appearance. It seemed that he should be an official of Prince Cai's palace.
"Hey, is your Highness okay?" Cai You asked.
"At noon today, two imperial doctors and four Chinese doctors consulted and changed the prescription. After taking the medicine, in the evening, His Highness suddenly complained of hunger. He ate less than half a bowl of ginseng porridge and couldn't eat anymore." The official replied worriedly.
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Then he bent slightly and led the way.
"Mr. Cai, Mr. Cai, please come this way."
"We were at the intersection just now and saw a group of people just dispersing. What happened?"
While walking on the road, Cai You couldn't help but ask.
"When I got back to the officials of Cai, they all knew that Li Gong, the Minister of Internal Affairs, had come to visit the king again under the imperial edict. A group of people gathered around him in a hurry, just like a group of pangolins who wanted to dig a hole in Mount Tai and get in front of Li Gong.
Haha, they were all stopped by the guards."
The subordinate officer looked upright, and in his words he was very disdainful of those who tried every means to flatter Li Fang.
"Mr. Li is here." Cai You said with a sense of loss, as if he regretted not coming a few steps earlier. Otherwise, he could have said hello with a shy face. With his status, as well as the reputation of his father and uncle, Li Fang would be more or less polite.
.In this way, wouldn’t he have one more reason to raise the banner?
What a pity! What a pity!
"Your Highness is infected, as rumored." Cai Jing, who had been silent just now, spoke up.
The subordinate officer raised his head and was just about to say something, but when he saw the light shining from Cai Jing's cloudy eyes, like an armor-piercing arrow shot by a divine arm crossbow, he felt a chill in his heart, and immediately lowered his head and answered honestly.
"The point here is that I am only an official of the royal palace, not a personal servant, so I don't know very well."
"Qin Huizhi, Qin Hui, I heard that you are a graduate of Jiangning University and ranked third in the National Examination B in the 18th year of Tianqi?" Cai Jing's small eyes rolled and he suddenly spoke again.
"Yes."
"The third place in the second subject. This year the Hanlin Academy's Shu Jishi is disbanded. It stands to reason that instead of being divided among the various departments of Shangshu Province, he should be sent to the four capitals for reuse. But he was chosen to be in Prince Cai's Mansion... It's a pity."
Cai Jing's words made Qin Hui's face flash colorfully for a few times, and he forced a smile and said: "Thunder, rain, and dew are all your kindness."
Cai Jing stopped talking. Cai You couldn't help but ask about Li Fang.
"Li Gonglai, are you coming alone or with Superintendent Liang or Superintendent Yu?"
"I came alone. But in the morning, Superintendent Liang was ordered to send twelve taels of Korean ginseng..."
"Superintendent Liang has also been here. Has Superintendent Yu been here?" Cai You asked nervously.
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"Last night, I came to visit His Highness in the Grand Prison on orders from the officials and the Queen's wife."
"Superintendent Yu came last night? What a pity..." Cai You sighed again.
As Jia Xiang, Wu Qiu and other senior members of the Internal Affairs Bureau resigned from their positions in the Internal Affairs Bureau due to physical reasons or age, and after retirement, only Li Fang, Yu Huatian, Liang Shicheng, Li Xiangyao and Wu Baoxiang were left in the Internal Affairs Bureau.
These five most useful supervisors.
Among them, Li Fang’s identity goes without saying.
Yu Huatian is still the intelligence chief around the officials, and Liang Shicheng is Li Fang's deputy.
Li Xiangyao gained the most trust from the Empress, and Wu Baoxiang was not a prominent person, but those who were interested knew that he was Yu Huatian's deputy.
The top three of the five giants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are here, which shows that the official family and the queen mother
Son, I really care about this royal brother very much.
He was led into a room. The door was blocked with thick cotton cloth, and the surrounding windows were covered with brocade. There were four staggered silver and gilt-bronze beasts in the room. They kept spraying blood from their big mouths.
It is fragrant with borneol. The rich aroma cannot cover up the medicinal smell and the sour smell hidden in it.
As soon as he entered the door, the pungent aroma almost made Cai Jing fall into a trap.
He hurriedly took out a handkerchief, covered his nose, and asked dissatisfiedly: "Who made it so fragrant? Aren't you afraid of injuring His Highness?"
Qin Hui quickly replied: "It's His Highness himself. He said that he couldn't smell anything anymore. It was empty. Only with this fragrance could he feel the smell."
Cai Jing's eyes blinked a few times. Cai You next to him seemed to have thought of something, and when he was about to speak, Cai Jing's sideways glance forced him back.
"How is your highness's diet?" Cai Jing asked with a calm tone.
"I only had a few mouthfuls of ginseng soup in the morning and lunch, and less than half a bowl of ginseng porridge at night." Qin Hui said worriedly.
"It's not a good thing if you don't eat well." Cai Jing sighed.
Cai Jing, Cai You and his son followed Qin Hui to the back room. They saw five or six women surrounded by Yingying and Yanyan. Although they were bare-faced and without make-up, they were all beautiful and fragrant and had their own charm. They were surrounding a brocaded bed with sad expressions on their faces.
, making wailing sounds from time to time.
Cai You's eyes couldn't help but light up, and they were squinting around. Cai Jing also glanced at these women, and then said with some dissatisfaction: "Your Highness needs to rest, why are you surrounded by so many people?"
"I want to serve His Highness!"
"What Your Highness likes most about me is that when I am by your side, Your Highness will feel comfortable and his illness will be cured soon."
"We are guarding His Highness day and night and taking good care of him. You, an outsider, can't say anything sarcastic!"
In their words, they didn't take Cai Jing seriously at all. Even Qin Hui, they didn't think highly of him. As soon as he tried to explain Cai Jing's words, he was blocked back.
"How outrageous! Go and invite the princess here! Is this how you take care of His Highness? Your Majesty has a rich body, with an official family, a queen who cares about you, and the concerns of all the people below. It's more important than anything. Do you allow you to act like this?"
Cai Jing scolded unceremoniously.
His eyes were wide open with anger, his hair and beard were spread out, and the aura of having held a high position for decades was fully erupted, so that everyone in the room did not dare to say a word.
Qin Hui lowered his head and replied: "Cai Gong, calm down! The princess suddenly fell ill because of the king. She was so angry that she also fell ill."
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"So it turns out that it's so absurd that the back house has no owner. You, Qin Huizhi, as the Yishan of Prince Cai's Palace, have a heavy responsibility. At this time when the palace is in chaos, you must be more responsible and step forward."
Qin Hui's face turned red at first, and his eyes were full of determination, but then he saw the concubines and maids of the palace looking at him with different emotions, and suddenly remembered that this responsibility was not so easy to bear.
If you stand up for yourself, if His Royal Highness King Cai recovers, it will be a great achievement. If he is not cured, he will be the "culprit!"
His originally straight body, starting from his neck, suddenly softened, as if it had retracted into his chest, and his whole head seemed to hang on his shoulders, like an extinguished lantern hanging outside the gate of a certain mansion in the middle of the night.
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Next came the chest, which suddenly collapsed inwards, the knees were slightly bent, the hands were placed on the chest, and the waist became soft and bent, turning the whole body into a big shrimp.
Seeing Qin Hui deliberately pretending not to understand what he said, Cai Jing snorted coldly, as if he had read through the mind of the junior opposite him.
"Whether you come forward or not, if something happens to His Highness, you, Prince Cai's palace, will be involved. You might as well do your duty and avoid some responsibility."
Qin Hui rolled his eyes and seemed to understand. He raised his head and said in a gentle voice: "You ladies, you ladies have been serving His Highness for a long time. Please go back and rest."
"No, we want to accompany His Highness."
"You are so cruel. Your Highness is so ill and you won't let us stay with you. You have ulterior motives."
Qin Hui was neither angry nor annoyed. When these concubines had a chance to speak, he said:
"Just now Mr. Li from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came, and in a little while, a senior eunuch from the Ministry of Internal Affairs will come to deliver medicine to the officials. If you see this chaos, go back and tell the officials..."
The room was silent for a while, and then the concubines stood up one after another, like chickens and rabbits seeing a golden eagle, and they all left in a panic.