Speaking of which, Zhang Yuan's slogan was quite loud, but how could he stop Concubine Yuan Shu from harming Emperor Tianwu? This was still a difficult task. However, Zhang Yuan also had his own way. At least he knew that whenever Yuehan Palace and Concubine Yun were mentioned, the emperor would have a headache, which meant that Concubine Yun still had an important position in his heart, but someone had used means to make him forget Concubine Yun.
Zhang Yuan thought that if he could return to Emperor Tianwu's side, he would mention Concubine Yun several times every day, and one day the old emperor would remember her. As long as the old emperor remembered Concubine Yun, everything would be easy.
Zhang Yuan was brought to Zhaohe Hall by Fangyi. At this time, Concubine Yuan Shu had already been sent back to Cunshan Palace by Emperor Tianwu. It was not convenient for the Eighth Prince to stay in the palace, so he returned to Prince Sheng's Mansion. Zhang Yuan was supported by Fangyi into the inner hall, and just happened to hear the Queen saying to Emperor Tianwu: "If you really want to favor concubines, you can't just favor Concubine Yuan Shu. Aren't there so many people in the harem? You are the emperor, you have to learn to treat everyone equally."
Today, Emperor Tianwu was able to speak a few words properly. He said to the Queen, "I don't know why I suddenly became so interested in Concubine Yuan Shu. I even think she is good. She is good no matter how I look at her. Really. I feel very uncomfortable telling you this now. She is my beloved concubine! It is not good for me to talk about her with other women behind her back."
"Another woman?" The Queen shrugged. "I am your Queen, and the Queen is your legal wife. How can I be another woman in your mouth? I still say the same thing. Your Majesty should think more about why you ignored such a good concubine in the past twenty years and didn't even want to look at her."
As soon as she mentioned this, Emperor Tianwu felt a headache again. The empress tilted her head and waved at Fang Yi who came in: "Hurry up, help Zhang Yuan over here, the emperor wants to see him!"
When he heard the name Zhang Yuan, Emperor Tianwu's headache was relieved immediately, and he quickly turned his head to look in the direction they were coming from. But when he looked at them, he was stunned again, pointed at Zhang Yuan and asked the Queen: "Who is this? I'm talking about Xiao Yuanzi, Zhang Yuan, the damn eunuch who used to accompany me. What did you bring here?"
The Queen told him: "This is Zhang Yuan. As for why he became like this, the Emperor should ask Concubine Yuan Shu what she did to the Criminal Slave Department to turn a good man into a ghost."
Emperor Tianwu was stunned for a moment, then he looked carefully again, until Zhang Yuan knelt in front of his bed, he suddenly burst into tears, reached out to touch Zhang Yuan's face and said: "It's Xiao Yuanzi! It's really my Xiao Yuanzi! Xiao Yuanzi! How did you become like this? Why are you as thin as a ghost?"
Zhang Yuan couldn't hold back and cried loudly beside Emperor Tianwu's bed, crying and shouting: "Your Majesty, don't you want me anymore? If you don't want me, just say it. Why did you throw me to that kind of place? They beat me every day and make me do heavy work every day. Look at Xiao Yuanzi's hands, they are almost broken."
The Queen twitched her lips, looked at the two for a while, shook her head helplessly, and left with Fangyi. It was not until the two left the hall that Fangyi asked, "Why did you leave like this? Why didn't you stay a little longer? The Emperor summoned you to take care of him."
"He is not here to take care of the sick." The Queen sighed, "He just wants to use me to get the eunuch out. He has been with the eunuch for so many years, and his feelings for him are deeper than anyone else. Well, let him pick up the past and he will probably be able to remember something. I think Zhang Yuan is also holding back a lot of anger. It would be best if he could influence Concubine Yuan Shu to leave the emperor, so that the emperor will not be harmed inexplicably and lose all his relatives."
Emperor Tianwu really didn't recognize his relatives. Not only did he not recognize Zhang Yuan, he even didn't recognize his favorite Ninth Prince. Zhang Yuan lay on the bed and showed Emperor Tianwu his hands, which looked better than his chicken claws, and cried, "I was bullied a lot in the Sinners' Division. They said the emperor didn't want me anymore and wanted to beat me to death."
Emperor Tianwu looked at Zhang Yuan's hands, and his heart ached! He cursed: "Which bastard dared to bully my little Yuanzi? Little Yuanzi! When you were by my side, I couldn't bear to order you around like this. Sometimes when I saw you were tired, I would pour tea for you to drink, just so that you could take a nap. How dare the people in the Criminal Slave Division treat you like this? And! Little Yuanzi, tell me, who sent you to the Criminal Slave Division? They all said it was my idea, even the queen said so, but I can't remember it? How big a mistake must you have made for me to be so cruel? Could it be that you rebelled? Otherwise, I wouldn't be so angry! I remember that last year, in order to prevent me from drinking too much, you secretly smashed more than a dozen jars of good wine. I didn't do anything to you when I found out later. Why am I so angry this time?"
Zhang Yuan wiped away his tears and said grievancefully, "Your Majesty, do you really not remember anything? It was Concubine Yuan Shu who slandered me, saying that I drove her back. She hanged herself in Cunshan Palace, which won your sympathy but also aroused your anger. Your Majesty, because of Concubine Yuan Shu, you were so angry that you sent me to the Criminal Slave Department."
"Because of Concubine Yuan Shu?" Emperor Tianwu tried his best to recall, and his head ached again. He murmured to himself: "I haven't been doing well recently. I always forget things. It seems that I have forgotten everything I did yesterday today..." After thinking about it again, he said: "It's not that I have forgotten everything. I remember the things about Concubine Yuan and Mo'er very clearly. By the way, tomorrow is the first day of the new year. I don't know if I can get better. I must not miss the palace banquet on the first day of the new year. I will also announce the appointment of Concubine Yuan Shu as the imperial concubine at the palace banquet!"
Emperor Tianwu was talking to himself, talking about this and that. He was still asking about Zhang Yuan at the beginning, but later on, he went back to Concubine Yuan Shu. He held Zhang Yuan's hand and said, "Little Yuan, you don't know that Concubine Yuan Shu is a caring person. I am grateful for her company these days. My health is getting worse day by day, and my memory is not good. There is an old saying that if a person can't remember things one day, his life will soon end. You say that you have a bad memory, but in fact, it's just confusion. My mind is confused. How many days do you think I can live?"
Zhang Yuan hated Concubine Yuan Shu so much that he gritted his teeth. He had no kung fu and no skills, otherwise he would definitely rush to Cunshan Palace to kill Concubine Yuan Shu. At worst, he would have to pay with his life, he was not afraid, as long as the old emperor was fine. But now, it has only been a few days since they last saw each other, what has the old emperor become? Zhang Yuan felt aggrieved, he said to Emperor Tianwu: "Your Majesty, please don't say that. How many days can he live? Long live the emperor! Long live, do you understand? Don't be afraid of having a bad memory, we can think about it slowly and recall all the things in the past. Don't be afraid of being sick, if the imperial physician in the palace is not good, we can ask for help from outside the palace, don't we have Princess Yu? What disease can't be cured by her? What are you afraid of?"
Tianwu was stunned, "Princess Yu? Who is Princess Yu?" After saying that, he thought about it for a while, then came to his senses and said, "Oh, Lao Jiu is Prince Yu, and Princess Yu is his wife. I remember that his wife is a good doctor, but Concubine Shu doesn't seem to like her, so I'd better not make Concubine Shu unhappy. Xiaoyuanzi, you don't know that I am now counting on Concubine Yuan Shu to be alive. Only when I see her can I feel good. You don't understand that feeling."
"I don't understand." Zhang Yuan really hated Concubine Yuan Shu. "I only remember that the person your majesty loved most before was Concubine Yun. You have loved Concubine Yun for more than 20 years. How come you suddenly changed your mind? This change is too fast. Your Majesty, can you still remember Concubine Yun of Yuehan Palace?"
Zhang Yuan finally mentioned Concubine Yun, and then he opened his eyes wide to watch the reaction of Emperor Tianwu, expecting and worrying at the same time. He expected that mentioning Concubine Yun would remind him of something, but at the same time he was also worried that Emperor Tianwu's reaction would be too intense and give him a headache.
But this time he was disappointed. When Emperor Tianwu heard about Concubine Yun, he just looked dazed for a while, and asked him: "Concubine Yun? From Yuehan Palace?" Then he shook his head and said, "No, I can't remember it. There are too many women in the palace. I only have Concubine Yuan Shu in my heart now. I don't want to think about other people. Do you understand?" He pointed to his head while saying, "Sometimes I get a headache when I think too much, just like there are bugs biting me. I don't like it, so I just don't think about it." >> ≠ >> ≠,
Zhang Yuan felt lost. He knew that it was not that Emperor Tianwu had really forgotten Concubine Yun, nor that Emperor Tianwu had no reaction when Concubine Yun was mentioned. It was that the old prince chose not to think about it. He knew it would give him a headache, so he didn't even want to think about it and automatically filtered it out.
Zhang Yuan was at a loss for a moment and could only lean on the bed to accompany Tianwu, listening to the old emperor mumbling about this and that, mostly about Concubine Yuan Shu and the Eighth Prince. He didn't like to listen either, so he would interject from time to time. The two of them actually regained some of the feeling they had before.
There were no secrets in the palace, especially when the Eighth Prince was in such a tight state of confinement, the news that Zhang Yuan had returned to Zhaohe Hall soon reached Yuan Shufei's Cunshan Palace. At that time, Yuan Shufei had changed into her pajamas and sat on the bed, and Yuexiu was handing her a bowl of boiled blood swallows. When the lame eunuch Rong Zhen passed on the news, she was so angry that she threw the whole bowl of blood swallows on the ground.
Zhang Yuan's return gave Concubine Yuan Shu a strong sense of crisis. She even felt that the situation was about to collapse and the old emperor could no longer control it. But Rong Zhen said, "Although Zhang Yuan has returned, the emperor still keeps talking about your kindness. Even when Zhang Yuan mentioned Concubine Yun, the emperor did not show any surprise."
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Concubine Yuan Shu became more excited and asked again, "Does the emperor have a headache when he mentions Concubine Yun?"
Rong Zhen shook his head, "No, don't worry, Madam."
"Can I really rest assured?" Concubine Yuan Shu sighed and waved her hand, letting Na Rongzhen retreat. Then she curled up in the bed and muttered to herself, "I am worried!" She raised her head and suddenly said to Yuexiu, "You go out first! I want to take a bath and don't need anyone to wait on me."
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