Chapter 83
Xi Rong didn't think for long before giving Lin Qingyu an answer. He agreed to Lin Qingyu's three conditions, ordered someone to deliver the token of the Tianji Camp to the general's mansion, and appointed Gu Fuzhou as the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards in the name of Prince Regent, responsible for the safety of the imperial palace in the capital.
"This is a bit too easy to agree to." Gu Fuzhou knocked on the table with the Tianji Camp token in his hand, "This doesn't seem like Xi Rong's style."
Lin Qingyu agreed: "He must have a backup plan."
When he put forward those three conditions that day, he didn't expect Xi Rong to agree. With Xi Rong's ambition, how could he tolerate the wolves surrounding him and the obstacles at every turn after Xiao Jie ascended the throne? The only reason Xi Rong was willing to agree now was because he and Xiao Jie were not yet firmly established and temporarily needed the support of him and Gu Fuzhou. When the time is right, if he really wants to cross the river and destroy the bridge, he will always find a way.
"Didn't you also have a backup plan - 'If Xiao Jie and Xi Rong don't obey, just replace them', those were your original words."
Lin Qingyu looked at the token that could mobilize all the elite assassins of the Tianji Camp: "The emperor only has a few sons. If we get rid of Xiao Cheng and replace him with Xiao Jie, there will only be one left."
Gu Fuzhou tapped the token of the Tianji Camp to a rhythm and said sleepily, "It's absurd for a fool to be the emperor."
"I don't want to do anything outrageous. I hope Xi Rong will be more obedient and not force me to replace them - stop knocking." Lin Qingyu could no longer bear it. "You are so nagging that you have to play something?"
Gu Fuzhou stopped what he was doing and pretended to be wronged: "We are already in love, why is Doctor Lin still so fierce?"
Lin Qingyu said with a smile: "It's true that you are naughty, why am I being mean to you?"
"Then I'll naturally find something to play with when I'm bored." Gu Fuzhou said nonchalantly, "You won't accompany me, and you'll spend all day playing with medical skills and politics. Why don't you take some time to play with my feelings, Doctor Lin? Speaking of this, I'm envious of those two love-brained people far away in the North."
During this period of time, Lin Qingyu was busy dealing with various parties and really had no time to play with Mr. Jiang's feelings. Gu Fuzhou no longer needed to attend the morning court and rarely went into the palace. Instead, he ran to the palace every day, and sometimes stayed overnight in the Imperial Hospital when he was too busy. Gu Fuzhou had been alone on the upper and lower bunks for a long time, so it was inevitable that he would have some complaints.
Lin Qingyu asked: "Why, do you also want to be a love-brained person?"
Gu Fuzhou shrugged: "You don't like being in love, so why should I be in love? I want to be the mature guy that Dr. Lin likes."
Lin Qingyu teased: "I don't like salted fish, but I haven't seen you become diligent."
"I can only say that even though I am such a nobody, I can still be liked by Dayu's most beautiful lady. This is my ability." Gu Fuzhou not only did not feel ashamed, but was proud of it. "You already like me, isn't it too late to regret it now?"
Lin Qingyu sighed softly: "I miscalculated."
Gu Fuzhou smiled and said, "Don't be like that. Although I'm a nobody, I support you in your career. Go ahead and do it boldly. If anything goes wrong, come to me and I'll help you clean up the mess."
Lin Qingyu said: "If nothing happened, can't I come to you? Didn't you say you were bored? If that's the case, I have a lot of things to do for you."
"Forget it." Gu Fuzhou waved his hands while lying on the table. "Unless it's for you, I'd rather stay at home and get moldy than do any real work."
Lin Qingyu raised his hand and touched the shallow scar on Gu Fuzhou's forehead: "You have to do things for me, so I can have time to play with your feelings."
Gu Fuzhou raised his eyebrows: "Really or not, then write a written statement."
Lin Qingyu laughed: "How do you want me to stand?"
Gu Fuzhou brought out a piece of paper and a pen: "Just write that after you finish your work, you will stay with me at home for a day. A day is twelve hours, and one hour less is not a day."
A few days later, civil and military officials discovered that the palace guards had been quietly replaced. Most of these guards were unfamiliar faces. They patrolled the palace in shifts day and night, guarding the eight palace gates, the twelve east and west palaces, and the six bureaus and twenty-four departments. Some curious people made some inquiries and found out that this new group of imperial guards were selected and formed by General Gu himself, and that each of them was loyal to General Gu.
At the same time, Xue Ying, the old eunuch who had served the emperor for many years, suddenly wanted to retire and return home for unknown reasons. When he left, the eunuchs and maids in the emperor's bedroom were replaced. Currently, Eunuch Lai Fu of Fengyi Palace is in charge.
The Queen took care of the Emperor by the dragon bed all day long. When other concubines and princesses wanted to come and take care of him, she sent them back to the harem on the grounds that the Emperor needed to rest and should not see anyone. In the former and harems, the only people who could see the emperor were the imperial physician Lin from the Imperial Medical Bureau, apart from those from Fengyi Palace.
Everyone knew that things were going to change in the palace.
On this day, General Gu, who had not attended court for a long time, appeared at the Ministry of Revenue with his wife. The then Minister of Revenue, Marquis Nan'an, personally received him. Among the civil officials, Gu Fuzhou stood out in his military uniform, and even had a sword on his waist.
Gu Fuzhou asked the others to leave for the time being, leaving only Marquis Nan'an. Nan'an Hou said anxiously, "I wonder what General Gu has come to the Ministry of Revenue for?"
Marquis Nan'an has been in officialdom for many years and has never participated in party struggles. He only serves the emperor, who is his only supporter. Now that the emperor is seriously ill and his support is crumbling, he is even more cautious than usual in his dealings with others. Whether it is the Crown Prince or Prince Ning, no matter who the new emperor is, he can maintain his own glory.
Gu Fuzhou looked at the man he used to call "father" walking on thin ice, and wanted to laugh a little: "My Lord, have you not seen my wife? Why don't you say hello to him?"
Marquis Nan'an's face froze. As a first-rank marquis, he had to greet an imperial physician, not to mention that this imperial physician was once his male wife.
Lin Qingyu said: "General, just talk about business."
"Okay." Gu Fuzhou said, "This general has something he doesn't understand, so he came to ask the Marquis of Nan'an for advice."
Nan'an Hou said, "General, please speak."
Gu Fuzhou felt too tired to talk, so he took the initiative to hand over the right to speak to Lin Qingyu: "Madam."
Lin Qingyu said, "Concubine Chen was deposed, the emperor and the prince were both seriously ill, and Prince Ning has been regent for a long time. The general is quite curious, under such circumstances, why no one among the civil servants stood up and expressed their views."
Marquis Nan'an's heart skipped a beat. Lin Qingyu's meaning was very clear. He had long anticipated that this incident would fall on him. Previously, Lin Qingyu threatened him with the smuggling of salt and asked him to ask for a title for the Fourth Prince. He thought that the Fourth Prince only wanted the title of a prince. Now it seems that Lin Qingyu had already set up the chess game at that time and lured him into the trap.
Nan'an Marquis said coldly: "The Prime Minister is the head of the civil service. Prime Minister Cui has not expressed his opinion yet, so how can I speak?"
Lin Qingyu disagreed: "This is easy to handle. You can go and tell Prime Minister Cui, and then submit a joint petition."
Gu Fuzhou said: "Madam is right."
Nan'an Hou looked embarrassed: "This...what does the general want us to submit?"
Gu Fuzhou seemed to casually grasp the hilt of his sword and said, "My Lord is a smart man, so he doesn't need my frank words."
Nan'an Hou wiped his sweat and said bravely, "Although Concubine Chen made a big mistake, it did not implicate the Crown Prince. The Emperor does not seem to have any intention of deposing the Crown Prince. If we ask the Emperor to depose and enthronize the Crown Prince just because the Crown Prince is ill and Prince Ning is the regent, wouldn't we be people who curry favor with the powerful and act according to the situation?"
Lin Qingyu said, "My Lord, you are joking. How can this be considered as currying favor with the powerful and changing one's stance according to the situation? The general just wants you to go with the flow."
Gu Fuzhou nodded: "Madam, you are absolutely right."
Nan'an Hou was stunned: "Go with the flow? But..."
"When the Marquis asked for the title for the Prince, he boarded the Prince's ship. At that time, the Fourth Prince had no political achievements and no loyalty, but the Marquis was able to help him. The Prince has always remembered this favor. Now that the Prince has political achievements and has the support of the people, the Marquis is sure to get off the ship now, instead of helping him and becoming the helmsman."
Marquis Nan'an seemed to be persuaded, and a trace of hesitation appeared in his eyes.
Lin Qingyu added: "As long as the Marquis can win the hearts of the people for the Prince and make many civil officials serve the Prince, the Prince can reward the Marquis with the position of Prime Minister, not to mention the Minister of Revenue."
Just when Nan'an Marquis was hesitating to accept the offer, Gu Fuzhou's words made him make up his mind: "Just think of it as for the glory of the Lu family and for your child who is less than a year old."
Nan'an Hou took a deep breath and said, "I will take care of the civil officials for the prince."
Not long after, a memorial written by Marquis Nan'an and jointly submitted by several officials was delivered to the emperor's bedroom. Lin Qingyu handed the memorial to the Queen: "Your Majesty, please take a look and see if there is anything wrong."
After the queen reviewed it, she said, "There is nothing wrong with it."
"Then wake up the Emperor."
After many days, Lin Qingyu once again gave acupuncture to the unconscious emperor. The emperor woke up with difficulty and looked towards the bed with cloudy eyes: "Queen..."
"Your Majesty," the queen said softly, "You are awake."
The emperor moved his fingers, his voice hoarse as gravel: "Where is the imperial physician?"
Lin Qingyu said, "I am here."
There was a strong scent of unknown incense burning in the bedroom. The emperor looked at Lin Qingyu, and his expression gradually became dull.
"I asked Your Majesty to come back because I have something I want Your Majesty to do." Lin Qingyu's voice was very soft, as if he was talking to a child, "Your Majesty, can you do it for me?"
The emperor nodded woodenly.
Lin Qingyu smiled slightly: "So obedient." He raised his eyes to signal, and Lai Fu beside him immediately brought a square table and placed it in front of the bed. The queen helped the emperor sit up and handed the imperial pen to him.
After everything was ready, Lai Fu presented the imperial seal, and the empress held the emperor's hand and stamped it on the edict. After doing this, the emperor fell asleep again. The Queen indifferently covered him with the quilt and said to herself, "Your Majesty, please don't blame me. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself. Even if you have the slightest affection for Li'er, I would not do this. Your Majesty has so many princes and princesses, but I only have Li'er. I only want to reunite with Li'er and her son, why don't you want to? No matter how stupid Li'er is, she is still your own flesh and blood, why..."
As the queen spoke, she choked up.
Lin Qingyu put away the imperial edict and said, "Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince is still waiting for you in Jinyang Garden."
The Queen wiped away her tears expressionlessly and said, "The Emperor once said that Jinyang Garden is warm in winter and cool in summer, with a pleasant climate, and is a good place to recuperate, so he let Li'er grow up there. In my opinion, after the Third Prince Xiao Cheng moves out of the East Palace, he can also go to Jinyang Garden for recuperation. If there is nothing wrong... don't come back."
Lin Qingyu nodded slightly: "Okay."
The author has something to say: Ancient and modern drama:
Classmate Jiang and the beautiful lady agreed to meet in a shopping mall. There were many people in the mall, so they were not afraid even if they encountered a scammer.
Jiang took the subway to the mall (sorry, a seventeen-year-old high school student can't drive), and waited for a long time but still didn't see the beauty.
He sent a message to a stranger: Where are the people?
Stranger: Your wife can’t come in.
Student Jiang:?
Stranger: He doesn’t have a health code. = =
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