Zhu Houcon changed his clothes and planned to rush to Shou'an Palace to visit Empress Dowager Zhang who was suddenly ill. Suddenly, he said to Xu Jin with a little guilty conscience: "Xu Qing, why not accompany me for a while."

Xu Jin couldn't help but feel speechless. The Zhang family of the foreign relatives was just slandered. Isn't it uncomfortable to visit Empress Dowager Zhang at this time? But the emperor opened his mouth but couldn't refuse, so he had to agree. So, the king and his minister went to Shou'an Palace with trepidation.

It is said that at the end of the first year of Jiajing, Xu Jin took the opportunity of Qingzhang's capital to collapse the Zhang family of the foreign relative. Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning and Zhang Yanling, Jianchang, were both confiscated. In the end, the Empress Dowager Zhang knelt down in front of the Yangxin Palace to plead for mercy, which saved his two younger brothers' lives. Although Emperor Jiajing exempted the Zhang brothers from the death penalty, he abolished the titles of the two and exiled them to Nanjing to put them under house arrest. Since the fall of the Zhang family, Empress Dowager Zhang was discouraged and moved to Shouning Palace and no longer involved in the matter of the harem. Later, he moved to Shou'an Palace, completely faded out of the public's sight and became an invisible person in the harem.

Usually, although Emperor Jiajing would occasionally go to Shou'an Palace to greet Queen Zhang, the latter were lukewarm and bored. Emperor Jiajing felt embarrassed and bored. After asking for peace, he sat for a moment and found an excuse to escape. He would never stay in Shou'an Palace for more than a quarter of an hour.

This time, Empress Dowager Zhang suddenly fell ill today, which is probably related to the imperial edict issued by Emperor Jiajing today. Zhu Houcong obviously knew it well, so he was guilty and called Xu Jin to walk with him.

Shou'an Palace is in the northwest corner of the imperial city, far from Qianqing Palace. Zhu Hougui and Xu Jin and the king and minister walked through the corridor for nearly ten minutes before they arrived in front of Shou'an Palace. The little eunuch who was leading the way with the palace lanterns in front of him shouted from a distance: "The emperor is here!"

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

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

"My son has met his mother." Zhu Houcong hurriedly saluted to Empress Dowager Jiang, and Xu Jin also saluted: "I will meet the Empress Dowager and the two princesses."

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

Yongfu and Yongchun were obviously very surprised that Xu Jin appeared in the palace at this time, but he didn't bother to ask at this time, just returned the favor with a small blessing.

"Mother, what's the situation of the Empress Dowager now?" Zhu Houcong looked inside with a complicated expression.

Empress Dowager Jiang frowned and said, "It's not clear yet, the imperial physician is still under diagnosis and treatment."

After a moment, an imperial physician walked out of the inner room with a medicine box on his back. It was Li Yanwen (Li Shizhen's father) who was recommended by Xu Jin to work in the Imperial Hospital. The latter was obviously stunned when he saw Xu Jin, but soon returned to normal and bowed: "See the Emperor!"

"What disease does the Empress Dowager have?" Zhu Houcan waved his hand and asked.

Li Yanwen said carefully: "It's phlegm syndrome. The Queen Mother's heart fire is too strong, the liver is stagnant and qi is stagnant, and the phlegm spreads to the throat for a while and has become unconscious. After the injection of needles, he has now woken up. I prescribe another dose of wind-relieving medicine for the Queen Mother to take it, so it can be safe. However... the Queen Mother is old and if she is stimulated again, the condition may be repeated or even worsened."

"It's my duty!" Zhu Houcong said unnaturally. Why did Empress Dowager Zhang feel depressed for a long time? He knew it was nothing more than the affairs of the Zhang family, the matter of the relative of the Zhang family. Today, it suddenly broke out, obviously because he was stimulated by the imperial edict issued by him today.

Zhu Houcan wanted to remove the word "Bensheng" in the title of biological mother, so there were actually two empress dowagers in the palace, not to mention that Zhu Houcan also put the tablet of his biological father, King Xing, Zhu Youze, into the Taimiao to worship.

You should know that Emperor Hongzhi of Xiaozong was the husband of Empress Dowager Zhang, and Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao was the son of Empress Dowager Zhang. Now Zhu Houcong actually wants to put King Xing’s tablet into the Taimiao, and beside his son’s tablet, and beside his husband’s tablet. Can Empress Dowager Zhang not be stimulated?

After the imperial physician Li Yanwen left, Empress Dowager Jiang took the lead in visiting Empress Dowager Zhang. Several honeycomb coal stoves were burning in the room, which was very warm. Empress Dowager Zhang lying on the bed with a thick brocade quilt covered with a high pillow behind her head. The woman in her fifties looked much older at this moment, completely different from a few years ago.

"Does your sister-in-law feel better?" Empress Dowager Jiang asked with concern while sitting beside the bed.

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

Empress Dowager Zhang opened her eyes slightly and glanced at Empress Dowager Jiang, nodding as a response. Zhu Houcong also approached and said, "The Imperial Doctor said that the Empress Dowager's disease is not serious. You will be at ease these days and don't think about it anymore!"

Before Zhu Houguan could finish speaking, Empress Dowager Zhang closed her eyes and turned her face to the side and ignored her. The latter touched her nose with awkward expression, and was secretly annoyed. I came to visit you with kindness. If I don’t appreciate it, I will give up my expression.

Zhu Houcong wanted to turn around and leave immediately, but remembered what Xu Jin said not long ago, people should stand high and look farther away, so why bother about the insignificant things around them? So they took a deep breath and forced the unhappiness in their hearts.

Queen Mother Zhang probably didn't wait for the movement, and subconsciously turned her face and opened her eyes. Seeing that Zhu Hougui was standing by the bed with a calm expression, a hint of surprise flashed across her turbid eyes and said indifferently: "I am old and weak and sick. I am afraid I will die soon. Before I die, I really want to see two unhappy brothers again, beg the emperor for his kindness!"

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

Empress Dowager Zhang ignored Empress Dowager Jiang and stared at Zhu Houguan without blinking.

Zhu Houxiang raised his eyebrows, and Empress Dowager Zhang's attitude made him very upset. He was about to refuse, but when he heard Xu Jin behind him coughing lightly, he thought, the imperial physician just said that Empress Dowager Zhang could not be stimulated anymore. If he died, wouldn't the people in the world even more say that I was mean and merciless?

Speaking of which, in order to plead for his two younger brothers, Empress Dowager Zhang knelt outside the Yangxin Hall without any tricks. Zhu Houcong was forced to avoid the death penalty of the Zhang brothers under pressure. Despite this, many rumors were made. Some people in the market secretly said that Zhu Houcong was mean and ungrateful, because the reason why Zhu Houcong was able to take the throne was that Empress Dowager Zhang made great contributions. Zhu Houcong not only did not repay his kindness, but also confiscated the Zhang family, forcing Empress Dowager Zhang to live in vain.

Just as Zhu Houcon was about to agree to Empress Dowager Zhang's request, the latter's eyes fell on Xu Jin, probably recognized it, and immediately shouted excitedly: "Who asked you to come in, get out!"

Xu Jin couldn't help but say "I'll wipe it" and bowed his hand and turned around and retreated from the inner room. While Empress Dowager Zhang was still angry, she sat up and shouted: "Come on, drive the thief out of Shou'an Palace!"

Zhu Houcan couldn't help but feel angry anymore, and said in a deep voice: "I summoned Xu Qing, who dares to chase him away!"

Empress Dowager Zhang was so angry that she trembled all over and said, "Okay... Cough cough cough!"

Empress Dowager Zhang said three consecutive words "good" and then started coughing violently. Empress Dowager Jiang hurriedly patted Empress Dowager Zhang's back and advised: "Sister-in-law, don't be angry, I'll drive Xu Jin away now. Xu Jin, go quickly!"

Xu Jin outside couldn't help but smile bitterly. His grandmother, he had long expected that he shouldn't have come with that boy Zhu Houcong, so he left Shou'an Palace first in disappointment.

When Zhu Houcong saw Empress Dowager Zhang's face turned purple with cough, he felt a little embarrassed and said in a muffled voice: "Since the Empress Dowager misses his family, I will order someone to take Zhang Heling and Zhang Ling back from Nanjing. However, the Zhang brothers have committed many crimes and are difficult to write. I have pardoned them for death and the imprisonment cannot be lifted again."

Empress Dowager Zhang didn't cough after hearing this. Although she could not lift her imprisonment, it would be better to be able to take her back to Beijing from Nanjing to house arrest.

Let’s talk about how Xu Jin waited for two cups of tea outside Shou'an Palace, and saw Zhu Houguan coming out, and Yongfu and Yongchun also came out.

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

Xu Jin said as if nothing happened: "The lord was worried about the insult of the minister, the lord was humiliated by the minister, and the lord was humiliated by the minister. What is the point of suffering a little grievance?"

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

Xu Jin secretly sweated, not because he was a big heart, but because he was strong inside.

Princess Yongfu glanced at Xu Jin with beautiful eyes, frowned and said softly: "Mr. Xu has blood on her clothes, but is she injured?"

This woman is really meticulous. Just now, that boy Zhu Houcon and Xu Jin chatted with Xu Jin in the imperial study room for so long, but they didn't notice the blood on the hem of Xu Jin's clothes. Princess Yongfu just glanced and found it.

Zhu Houcong saw the blood on Xu Jin's clothes at this time and couldn't help but say shocked: "Xu Qing, are you really injured?"

Xu Jin said indifferently: "I fell off my horse on the way back to Beijing, but it was not a big deal, just a small scratch."

Zhu Houcan's nose was a little sore. No wonder he felt that Xu Jin's walking posture was a little awkward before. He was so careless. Xu Qing was desperate for my affairs. He kept silent when he was injured, and endured silently when he was wronged! What a loyalty, this is loyalty!

"Ye, Xu Qing, why didn't you say it earlier? Come here, please tell me the imperial physician... This place is close to Cining Palace, Yongfu, where are you going?"

"Your Majesty, it's just a minor injury, there's no need to pass it on to the imperial physician!"

"Stop talking nonsense, do you dare to resist the order and refuse to obey it? Let's go!" Zhu Houguan "taken" Xu Jin to Cining Palace without saying anything.

Soon, Li Yanwen rushed over with the medicine box again. He happened to be on duty at the Imperial Hospital tonight.

Xu Jin's injury was indeed not serious, but his knees were broken and two pieces of skin fell off. After cleaning, it was blood-red and blood-red, which looked a bit scary. Yongfu and Yongchun dared not take a closer look.

"Mr. Xu's injury is not serious, but it is best not to get wet within five days." Li Yan reminded after hearing the bandage of Xu Jin.

Xu Jin was still trusting Li Yanwen's medical skills and thanked him with a smile. The latter bowed to the emperor and the two princesses and stepped back.

"Xu Qing, for my business, you are today..." Zhu Houcan pressed Xu Jin's shoulder with emotion.
Chapter completed!