"How could this old servant dare to be careless? But Physician Zhou is still young and cannot compare to Physician Jiang, the head of the Imperial Medical Academy. So as soon as I saw that His Majesty had rested, I hurriedly came to you on my own to take Physician Jiang back to the palace. I apologize to you now."
As Zhang Zhongwei spoke, he was about to kneel down on the ground.
He was the chief eunuch by the old emperor's side. From the crown prince and the first-rank prime ministers to all the other civil and military officials, everyone treated him with utmost respect.
Besides, he was using the pretext of treating the old emperor. If he made Zhang Zhongwei kneel down, she, the Prince of An, wouldn't get away with it.
Lu Xiaoyun quickly stepped forward to help him up, saying, "Eunuch Zhang, you're too kind. You've been a senior servant of the Emperor for a long time. For the sake of the Emperor's health, I, as his son, should be thanking you. How could I possibly blame you? Besides, I'm much better now, and I was originally planning to have Physician Jiang and the others return to the Imperial Hospital for their duties today. Eunuch Zhang's presence has saved me that trouble."
Zhang Zhongwei straightened up: "Your Majesty cannot do without this old servant. In that case, this old servant will return to the palace now."
Lu Xiaoyun took a box from Yuan Xiu and handed it to Zhang Zhongwei: "A few days ago, when I was injured, the Prefect of Jingzhao, Li Quan, and several other ministers gave me a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum and several hundred-year-old ginseng roots. I would like to trouble Eunuch Zhang to take them to my father."
"Oh dear, these are gifts from several officials for Your Highness Prince An..."
Lu Xiaoyun interrupted, "No matter what, nothing is more important than my father's health. Please ask Eunuch Zhang to deliver this to me."
Zhang Zhongwei hesitated for a moment before reaching out to take it: "Alright, then this old servant will be going now."
Anyway, he wouldn't dare give this to the Emperor. Well, he'll just casually mention it to the Emperor later; it'll all end up in his own pocket anyway.
"Alright, take care, Eunuch Zhang." With that, he took a heavy purse from Jiang Chuan and stuffed it into Zhang Zhongwei's hand.
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