In the evening, Zhang Yanling felt a little unwell and had no appetite. She asked Xing'er and the others to bring warm water early and wanted to take a bath and go to bed early. She took off half of her clothes and came to report that the prince came to visit on the orders of the emperor and queen.
Lord Hou.
"Prince?" Zhang Yanling was confused for a moment, and the word "Zhengde" suddenly popped up. Isn't the prince of the Hongzhi Dynasty his sister's only son Zhu Houzhao? The future Emperor of Zhengde. That cannot be ignored, although in terms of seniority,
He is his uncle.
Zhang Yanling quickly got dressed and went to the front hall of the house. He saw a lot of armed guards walking around behind the front hall. The servants at home were not allowed to approach, and the housekeeper Ma Quan stood at the back door from a distance and poked his head.
, saw Zhang Yanling coming over and said, "Master Hou, the prince is anxiously waiting."
Zhang Yanling waved her hand and stepped into the hall. She saw a teenage boy in brocade clothes sitting on a chair and moving impatiently. There were three or four people in chamberlain uniforms standing next to him.
One of them was a short, fat eunuch with a fair complexion. He seemed to be in his forties or fifties. He was holding a folding fan to fan the young man on the chair.
"My minister, Zhang Yanling, has met His Highness the Crown Prince. It is really inappropriate to make the Crown Prince wait. I hope His Highness the Crown Prince will atone for his sins." Zhang Yanling quickly stepped forward to salute.
The young man on the chair was Zhu Houzhao, who was just thirteen years old this year. Seeing Zhang Yanling's arrival, Zhu Houzhao stood up and waved his hands hurriedly: "Uncle, there is no need to salute. You are injured, how can you be like this? Quick, Liu Jin, help uncle up."
The fat white chamberlain hurriedly agreed, came forward to hold Zhang Yanling's arm, and said with a smile: "Oh, Mr. Hou, please get up quickly, you are in trouble. I heard that Mr. Hou has a broken head, wouldn't knocking him again just add to the injury?"
"
Zhang Yanling trembled slightly when she heard the word "Liu Jin". It turned out that this eunuch was the famous Liu Jin. She should have met him before, but her memory may have been lost again.
Zhang Yanling took advantage of the opportunity to stand up, thanked him and sat down. He looked up at Zhu Houzhao's face and saw a face that was still childlike but looked mature and steady. It was not very handsome, but it had an aura of wealth and majesty.
Zhu Houzhao was also looking at Zhang Yanling and saw that his head was covered with a bandage and blue cloth, so he smiled and asked, "Uncle looks very energetic. He should be recovering well from his injury."
Zhang Yanling said hurriedly: "Thank you for your concern, Prince. The injury is recovering well."
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "That's good. I heard the news the day before yesterday that my uncle was seriously injured and was in a coma. It was said that he could not be saved. My mother cried very sadly. Now my uncle is fine, which is really lucky. In the afternoon, my mother went to bed
He asked me to come visit my uncle. No, he also brought a lot of supplements and medicines."
Zhu Houzhao pointed to the ground. There were several boxes and cages placed on the open space in the hall. Zhang Yanling saw them when he entered the door. They turned out to be some medicinal supplements.
"Thank you, Your Majesty and the Empress, for being concerned and making them worry. Yanling is really uneasy. It's all my fault that I should have argued with others, slipped and fell, and almost lost my life," Zhang Yanling said.
Liu Jin laughed and asked with his drake voice: "Master Hou is really righteous. I heard that Master Hou withdrew the lawsuit in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice this morning, saying that he slipped and fell and had nothing to do with the young father-in-law of the Zhu family. Hahaha, Zhu Lin
That kid is lucky. The Marquis actually spared him. Mr. Min from the Punishment Department and the others have been working in vain for a while, hahaha."
Zhang Yanling's heart moved. It turned out that even Liu Jin knew about this matter. Liu Jin was really sensitive. Listening to his words, it seemed that he had seen through his intentions.
"Eunuch Liu was joking. It's not that I spared him. It was indeed me who made a mistake and fell. If Zhu Lin harmed me, how could I spare him? But no matter what, I can't ignore my conscience and let Zhu Lin be wronged, right?
Huh?" Zhang Yanling said with a smile.
Liu Jin laughed, nodded and smiled silently.
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "I heard that too. My uncle and Zhu Lin had a quarrel over a woman. What kind of woman is it that makes my uncle and the young master of the Zhu family fight over her so much that they want to fight?"
Zhang Yanling smiled bitterly and said: "I feel ashamed to say that I am just a vulgar fan. In fact, it's not that the woman is so good-looking. It's just that Zhu Lin and I both drank. I am also a person who wants to save face. If he quarrels with me, let alone a
A woman is a sow, and I will not let her go."
Zhu Houzhao burst into laughter and said: "Uncle is really a sweet-tempered person. No wonder some people say that Mr. Zhang Xiaohou is not easy to mess with. If he gets angry, he can't eat and walk around. It seems that uncle's injury is no longer harmful. Queen Mother taught me to send a message to you,
I want you to take good care of your injury and stop running around outside. You can’t drink alcohol or go out to play around until your injury is healed. She said that if you don’t listen, don’t go to the palace to see her in the future.”
Zhang Yanling said hurriedly: "Prince, please tell the queen that I will obey her instructions."
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said with a smile: "My mother cares more about you than me."
This sentence seemed unintentional, but it shocked Zhang Yanling's heart. Zhu Houzhao had a sense of complaint in his words. This emotion must be changed. If he becomes emperor in the future, if he harbors such resentment, it will easily cause bad things.
The consequences. No wonder I felt that he had a slight sense of isolation from me when I saw him. Maybe this was one of the reasons. But don’t underestimate this emotion. As a teenager, his mother didn’t care much about him.
It will amplify in his heart and form a knot. Others can easily ignore this, but it may become a hidden danger in the future.
"I am the youngest of the brothers and sisters of the Zhang family. As the saying goes, the eldest sister is like the mother. Although the queen is not the eldest sister of the Zhang family, she is now the queen whose mother honors the world, so she is naturally the eldest. After the death of your maternal grandparents, she will naturally have to take responsibility
Teach us, lest we embarrass the Zhang family and make a fool of ourselves. To embarrass the Zhang family is to embarrass the Queen, and even more to the Emperor. I am naughty, so the Queen will naturally have to worry about it. For a smart and astute person like the prince, the Queen will be embarrassed.
Instead, I don’t have to worry about it anymore. Hey, I feel ashamed to say that my uncle is not as good as you." Zhang Yanling sighed.
After all, Zhu Houzhao was a young man. As soon as he put on his tall hat, he felt much more at ease, with a smile on his face. Liu Jin laughed and said: "Master Hou is very eloquent, but one thing is right. His Royal Highness is indeed someone I have seen."
He is the most intelligent and astute person. In the future, he will definitely be a sage king comparable to Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han."
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "That's natural."
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said with a smile: "I don't like to be the emperor of Qin and the emperor of Han Dynasty. What I admire most is Emperor Hongwu, the ancestor of our dynasty, and secondly, I like Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of Tang Dynasty. Being on the battlefield, invincible in the world, and full of martial virtue, that's what I want
The person who became.”
Liu Jin bowed and smiled: "Your Highness, don't worry, you will definitely become such a person."
Zhang Yanling thought after hearing this: "History is right. Zhu Houzhao was very interested in marching and fighting. He is indeed such a person."
Zhu Houzhao stood up and said: "Since my uncle is in good health, I feel relieved. I will go back and report to my mother and father. They will definitely be happy. It's getting late, Liu Jin, should we go back to the palace?"
Liu Jin nodded and said: "It's time to return to the palace. The Queen has only given one hour to leave the palace. You really can't delay for too long, lest... the Queen be anxious."
Zhu Houzhao frowned and said nothing. Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "The main reason is that it is getting dark and the prince's safety is important. When I recover from my injury, I will ask the Queen's permission to take the prince out of the palace for two days. Let's go hunting in Xishan, okay?
?”
Zhu Houzhao's eyes sparkled and he said happily: "It's a promise, don't break it."
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "A gentleman's words are hard to follow, but I will do what I say."
Liu Jin laughed and said: "I'm afraid that the emperor and the empress won't allow it, and they say it will delay the banquet study."
Zhu Houzhao frowned when he heard this and his eyes dimmed.
Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm interceding for the prince. If she doesn't agree, I will torture her for three to five days and make her very annoyed, and then she will agree. Prince, don't worry, I can't do this, so what else?"
say what?"
Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly. Then he walked out. Zhang Yanling walked out of the door and watched a group of palace guards leaving Zhu Houzhao and others before turning back.
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Before it got dark, Zhang Yanling went to bed. He felt uncomfortable all over. In such a hot midsummer weather, he actually felt chilly. The wound on his head was itchy, and his body felt as uncomfortable as lead. So he went early early
Go to bed and rest, hoping to feel relieved when you wake up.
However, in the middle of the night, when Tao'er, who was on night duty, entered the room to check, she was shocked to find that Mr. Hou was hot all over and his face was red. He was already in a coma and could not wake up.
The frightened Tao'er quickly woke up the others. Xing'er went to the front yard and called the housekeeper Ma Quan, Huang Si and others to check. Everyone was horrified.
"Housekeeper Ma, why don't you go and invite Divine Doctor Li quickly?"
When he was at a loss, he could only wipe Zhang Yanling's body with water to cool down.
Half an hour later, Dr. Li arrived with disheveled hair. He was dragged out of bed by Ma Quan and Huang Si and stuffed into the carriage without even putting on his clothes.
When Doctor Li saw Zhang Yanling's condition, he thought something was not right. Looking at Zhang Yanling's condition, it seemed to be a sign of wound inflammation and infection. This is the most troublesome and terrifying thing. In this day and age, many traumas are not actually fatal, but wound infection is.
The biggest killer. Many people die because wound infection forms gangrene and toxins infect the blood and internal organs. There is no cure.
When the bandage on the wound on Zhang Yanling's head was removed, Doctor Li's heart went cold. Facts proved his suspicion. The originally dry wound had suppurated, the powder on it had softened, and the entire wound had become infected.
"How did this happen? It was obviously fine when I came to change the dressing early yesterday morning, so why did it happen like this? Resting and resting is not like this." Divine Doctor Li frowned.
"The Marquis had a busy day yesterday. He went out to the lobby of the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice in the morning and came back in the afternoon to calculate the accounts. In the evening, the prince came to visit the Marquis and said some words. Before going to bed, he did say that he had no strength and felt a little unwell. I said.
I asked the doctor to come and take a look. The Marquis said that maybe he was too tired and would be fine after a night's rest, so he went to bed. Who would have thought...who would have thought that this would be like this?" Tao'er was so anxious that she almost cried.