Chapter 105 Working Hard
A dim lamp was lit in the palace. People didn't even dare to light more oil lamps. Compared with the brightly lit hall in the past, the secret guards were not used to it.
He struggled to collect his thoughts, "Your Majesty, Xuanyuan Yi has separated from the exile group for unknown reasons. We have split into two groups. One group will continue to pursue the exile group, and the other will go to intercept and kill Xuanyuan Yi."
"The team sent to kill Xuanyuan Yi has been completely killed. Our team has also been surrounded and hunted. Now Xuanyuan Yi and his group are nowhere to be found."
The secret guards lowered their heads, their losses were more than heavy.
Shun Kangdi's eyes wanted to kill: "What did you say?"
He was so angry that he reached out and pushed the dishes on the table to the ground.
"Waste, all of you are waste. What's the point of me raising you?"
Emperor Shunkang couldn't catch his breath and fell straight down.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" The young eunuch who was serving was so frightened when he saw Emperor Shunkang lying on the debris that his legs went weak and he knelt down.
"Quick, call the imperial physician!"
The Qianqing Palace soon became a mess, and the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau was also called in.
Ever since the Imperial Medical Bureau was robbed, the imperial physicians have become smarter and carry the silver needles and important pills they need with them to prevent theft.
When the imperial physician saw Emperor Shunkang bleeding from his head, he immediately took out a hemostatic pill from his armpit and fed it to him.
The palace maids and eunuchs standing nearby were all stunned.
Hey, are you sure the medicine you gave me is okay?
Can it be given to the emperor?
Will there be any problems if I eat it?
Why does this pill taste so weird?
Then he took out a tightly wrapped silver needle from under his shoe sole and began to give acupuncture to Emperor Shunkang.
When the young palace maids and eunuchs saw the imperial physician's fierce operation, they realized that they could also hide their private money in their armpits and on the soles of their shoes in the future. They still didn't believe that the thief could find it.
The more they thought about it, the more feasible this idea seemed to them, but they seemed to have no money to hide now.
The head of the Imperial Hospital used silver needles to prick Emperor Shunkang's entire body. He stroked his goatee and sighed, "Alas, the Emperor is too weak. He needs to eat something good to replenish his body."
The little palace maids and eunuchs lowered their heads lower and lower, and no one spoke.
The head of the Imperial Hospital looked at them and offered a suggestion: "You don't have to eat all kinds of meat and fish. You can also go to the rat holes and catch a few rats. Even a mosquito is meat, no matter how small it is. It's more nutritious than eating boiled vegetables every day, right?"
After saying that, he carefully placed his silver needle on the sole of his shoe.
But then again, it seems like he hasn't changed his shoes since the palace was robbed.
When Shun Kangdi woke up again, he finally drank a mouthful of broth. Although it tasted a bit strange, it was at least better than boiled cabbage.
He was already hungry before he fell into a coma, and the bowl of broth was soon empty.
He ate up all the meat scraps at the bottom of the bowl before putting down his chopsticks with a feeling of being unsatisfied.
Then he asked leisurely: "Where did the meat come from? Is there any more?"
He no longer dared to ask people to send things to the palace. He would only go out of the palace to satisfy his cravings when he was particularly hungry.
Where is the meat in the entire palace now?
Could it be that his mother couldn't bear to see him eating boiled water and boiled vegetables every day and sent them to him?
Or was it sent to him by one of the concubines in the harem to nourish his body?
"Your Majesty, you are eating rat meat. Your body is too weak and you must eat meat to replenish it. I dug several rat holes to get it for you. How is it? Isn't it delicious?"
Emperor Shunkang asked in disbelief, "What kind of meat are you talking about?"
The young eunuch's originally happy face immediately dimmed, and he said tremblingly: "Rat...rat meat!"
“Ugh…Ugh…”
"My Emperor, please don't vomit!"
Emperor Shunkang vomited violently, even the boiled cabbage he had eaten earlier was vomited out, and his wound was torn open!
How could he, as the emperor of the Xuanyuan Dynasty, eat rat meat? It was rat meat!
Even when he was a prince, although he was not favored, he had never eaten rat meat!
"vomit……"
Emperor Shunkang lay there for the whole day. He really couldn't understand how the emperor of the Xuanyuan Dynasty could live like this.
No, this can't go on any longer.
Emperor Shunkang thought that if he continued like this, he would really become a laughing stock among all the countries.
I must find a way to improve my living conditions and prepare for moving to the palace.
The most important thing now is to get money!
Instead of thinking about catching the thief and getting back the stolen property, it is better to think about getting through the difficult situation as soon as possible.
Emperor Shunkang began to think about which officials in the court could be copied, and soon he set his sights on the Grand Tutor's Mansion.
First of all, the Tai Shi Mansion and the Xia Family are related by marriage and have a close relationship. Secondly, the Tai Shi is a veteran of two dynasties and has a rich family background. If he confiscates their wealth, he can fill his own small treasury.
Before Emperor Shunkang could realize his idea, news of the old Grand Tutor's death reached the palace.
The young eunuch who was waiting on him bowed to Emperor Shunkang who was lying on the bed and said in a shrill voice: "Your Majesty, the Grand Tutor's Office has sent someone to the palace to report that the old Grand Tutor has passed away."
Emperor Shunkang sat up straight away, a look of disbelief on his face.
"When did it happen?"
"I heard that he passed away at midnight last night. Now the entire Grand Tutor's Mansion has been draped with white cloth."
"Why is it so sudden?"
Why didn't you wait until he finished ransacking the house before dying?
Emperor Shunkang's face was so dark that water seemed to be dripping out of it. He was so annoyed. One problem after another arose.
The young eunuch frowned and sighed, "The old Grand Tutor died half a month ago. You forgot. He even submitted a petition to resign, but you rejected it. This really proves the old saying: what is meant to come will come. This is his fate."
"I also heard that the old Grand Tutor's greatest wish before his death was to return to Jiangnan, to his roots. Now the entire Grand Tutor's Mansion is preparing to submit their resignations and carry the coffin back to Jiangnan."
Emperor Shunkang has always been extremely suspicious. He always felt that the death of the old Grand Tutor at this critical juncture and the collective return of the entire Grand Tutor's Mansion to Jiangnan were too strange, which made him suspicious.
"Are you sure he's dead?"
The young eunuch's eyes were complicated. "Your Majesty, when you were unconscious, the Imperial Hospital sent a doctor to check on you. You were truly dead. Your face had turned purple, and there were faint signs of corpse spots. It couldn't be fake."
He knew that Emperor Shunkang was very suspicious, but he didn't expect it to be this serious.
The old Grand Tutor served two emperors throughout his life, worked hard and devoted himself to the entire Xuanyuan Dynasty. Now that he is dead, he is still under suspicion.
If this is the fate of a figure like the old Grand Tutor, then what good fate will these lowly servants have?
The young eunuch felt sorry for the old Grand Tutor and was even more worried about his own future.
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