389, Stealing the "Beam" and Replacing the "Pillar"
389, Stealing the "Beam" and Replacing the "Pillar"
"Bang, bang, bang—"
In the evening of that day, a long and continuous sound of bells came from the direction of the imperial palace.
When the people of Kyoto heard the bell ringing, many of them were stunned at first. Then, after they understood what the bell sounded, they knew that the little emperor in the palace was gone.
It didn't take long for everyone to accept the fact that they had lost another little king.
In fact, as early as when the little emperor ascended the throne, they had already guessed that the little emperor's reign would not last long.
In fact, this is indeed the case.
The death of the little emperor was expected by many people, so even the common people were not too surprised by it.
However, many people were deeply worried. This was the fourth emperor to pass away in the past few years. Could it be that the fate of Great Yan was about to end?
If the dynasty fell, what would happen to ordinary people like them? Where could they hide?
However, this time their worries seemed unnecessary. After the death knell sounded from the palace, the streets of the city seemed peaceful, save for the extra soldiers. Not even the sound of swords and spears was heard. Unlike previous power transitions, this was not the scene of a river of bloodshed in Kyoto.
The tranquility of Kyoto City that day also gave some people peace of mind. Even if the sky fell, there were still tall people holding it up!
Even inside the palace, it was very peaceful.
This transfer of power, apart from Prime Minister Wan being dragged away, did not involve any bloodshed. The very presence of their capable Regent Prince gave them the feeling that this position should be held by the young Regent Prince.
However, the soldiers standing around the palace also told them all that if anyone dared to object, they would be the next to be dragged away.
Originally, the officials in the court had little affection for the young emperor. The emperor was too young and not in power, so they had few opportunities to interact with him, let alone cultivate a relationship between him and his subjects. So, after the young emperor's death, although they felt a sense of sadness, they were not particularly heartbroken.
They were not too surprised that the Regent would take over the throne.
As early as the young emperor ascended the throne, they had already considered that it was only a matter of time before the regent became emperor. The age and power disparity between a young emperor without any power and an adult regent holding military power was enormous, and it was only a matter of time before someone else would take the throne.
Although the officials had various opinions about the regent taking over the throne, as things had come to this point, no one dared to oppose the regent taking power.
After the imperial teacher said that the young emperor was too young and his funeral should not be grand.
That night, these officials came out of the palace and went back to their homes.
“Da da da—”
However, that night Zhao Lang stayed in the palace to handle some matters, and Lu Mingfei left the palace by himself in a carriage.
But no one knew that when he left the palace, he brought someone with him. At that time, he was sitting in the carriage leaving the palace, holding a child wrapped in a small quilt in his arms. It was the little emperor who had "passed away".
The "Son of Heaven" in the pottery coffin is a small man made of wood.
After all, this was just a three-year-old child. He was soft-hearted and wanted to save the child's life, even if it was to repay the child's biological father for taking care of him in the past.
However, it is a fact that the child is still ill. I don’t know if he is lucky enough to survive.
He reached out and touched the child wrapped in the quilt. He felt his hand burning hot, and he became worried. He looked up and said to the guard driving the carriage outside, "Hurry up."
"Yes, sir." Upon hearing this, the guard outside picked up the whip in his hand and hit the horse's butt, and the horse ran faster.
The carriage went straight back to the backyard of the house, and Lu Mingfei got off the carriage holding the child who was wrapped tightly in a quilt, and carried the child into the room that had been cleaned up in advance.
The fireplace in the room must have been burning for a while. After entering, the temperature rose suddenly, and he dared to put the child in his arms on the bed.
After opening the quilt, the child's face was revealed.
Lu Mingfei shouted to the young doctor standing nearby, "Doctor Su, come and take a look at him."
"Sir, please move aside." Seeing their parents bring a child back from outside, Su Yiheng's face showed no surprise or inquiry. In his eyes, the child in front of him was just his patient.
As for the rest, he didn't care and didn't pay attention.
After the adults in their family moved aside, he first took the little patient's pulse and checked the patient's condition. Then he took out a silver needle from the medicine box and gave the little patient a few injections with the needle.
After a few injections, the little patient's breathing became noticeably more stable.
"Sir, this child is already very weak, and he fell into an ice cave in the coldest days of winter, causing the cold air to enter his body. Whether he can survive depends on tonight. If he can survive tonight, he can survive this stage. If he can't..." Su Yiheng did not finish the rest of his words.
But Lu Mingfei also understood, "Okay, I understand." What Su Yiheng said was similar to what the imperial physician in the palace said.
It seems that tonight is crucial.
Looking at the child's red face, he reached out and touched it, feeling a little sad and reluctant. "You have to be strong and get through it, okay?"
"If you make it through, when spring comes, I'll take you out of town to go horseback riding, fishing, and kite flying."
After interrogating the young eunuch in the palace today, he found out that the child asked the young eunuch to accompany him to fly a kite in the middle of winter. The kite fell into the water. When the young eunuch was looking for something to fish the kite out, the child who was standing by could not help but stretched out his hand to grab it, and thus fell into the water.
Otherwise, the child would not have fallen into the water.
After all, this child is just a poor guy who grew up in the backyard and is neither loved by his father nor his mother.
Empress Dowager Jin was originally just a beautiful lady serving the late emperor. Later, she became pregnant and was given the title of Jieyushi because of her status as a mother with a child.
However, the emperor had so many beauties and even more nobles of status and position. It was extremely difficult for a powerless woman to survive in the harem and to compete for favor.
From the moment this child was born, he was nothing more than a tool for his mother to win favor, and later he became a tool for his mother to stabilize her position as the Queen Mother.
Lu Mingfei felt sad when he thought that this child had never felt love or been loved in his short life, and had been nothing more than a tool for his mother to win favor from beginning to end.
If the child can survive, he is willing to raise the child and love the child.
As long as this child can survive.
"Master, please stay here. I'll go and boil the medicine." Su Yiheng looked at the adults, then at the unconscious child on the bed, and said.
"Okay, go ahead." Lu Mingfei responded without turning his head.
After a while, Guard Ma brought in some food and placed it on the table in the room. He said to their master, "Master, please eat something. You haven't eaten anything all day."
"Ask the kitchen to prepare some food and send it to the palace for your master," said Lu Mingfei.
"I have sent someone into the palace to deliver food to the master." Guard Ma replied.
"Yeah." Hearing this, Lu Mingfei nodded, then turned around and sat down at the table to eat.
Just because I was worried about the child lying in bed, the food in my mouth always tasted bland.
After eating something casually to get by with the meal, he asked someone to clear the food on the table.
Not long after, Su Yiheng came over personally with the boiled medicine.
"Give it to me." Lu Mingfei sat on the bed, lifted the sleeping child up and held him in his arms.
"Let me hold the bowl." Su Yiheng said.
Lu Mingfei asked Doctor Su to sit down. He held the child in one hand and picked up the spoon with the other hand. He scooped half a spoonful of medicine, blew on it, and then put the spoon to the child's mouth.
But the child's mouth was tightly closed, with no intention of opening it.
"Open your mouth?" He poked the child's mouth with a spoon a few times, but found that the child did not open his mouth.
How can I feed the medicine without opening my mouth? Lu Mingfei looked at Doctor Su beside him and asked for help with his eyes.
"Sir, you can't feed it like this. Let me do it." Su Yiheng knew at a glance that their master had no experience in feeding medicine to patients. He put the medicine bowl in his hand aside and took the spoon from their master's hand.
Then pinch the child's mouth with one hand and hold the spoon with the other hand to pour the medicine directly into the child's mouth.
"..." Lu Mingfei looked at the rough way Dr. Su fed the medicine.
I only fed the child half a spoonful of medicine, but it still flowed out of his mouth.
"Sir, please lay him down a little." Su Yiheng scooped another half spoonful of medicine.
Hearing this, Lu Mingfei had no choice but to hold the child's body lower to make it easier for Dr. Su to feed the child medicine.
Fortunately, the second spoonful of medicine finally went in a little.
After the second spoonful of medicine was fed in, it was finally a good start. Although some medicine flowed out later, some of it still made it into the child's mouth.
"I've asked someone to clean up the house next door. I'd like to trouble Doctor Su to stay here for the next few days so that it will be more convenient to take care of... Yang'er." Lu Mingfei thought for a while and gave the child a new name, taking his last name. From now on, he will be called Lu Chaoyang.
Chaoyang Chaoyang, tomorrow's sun, everything starts anew.
Of course, the prerequisite is that the child can survive tonight before there will be a tomorrow.
"How about I take care of Young Master Yang in the house tonight, and you can go back to the house and rest." Su Yiheng said when he saw that the adults in their family looked tired.
He also knew that something happened in the imperial city today because their master had entered the palace and had not returned home yet.
"No, I'll just sleep here. He'll still need you to look after him tomorrow, so you should go and rest first." Since Zhao Lang was not at home anyway, Lu Mingfei simply slept in this room with the child he brought back.
Seeing that their Lord Lu had made up his mind, Su Yiheng had no choice but to bow, leave, and go to the tidy room next door to rest.
Today's update.
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