Over the next two days, the capital seemed calm on the surface, but undercurrents were surging as both sides were working hard behind the scenes.

Even the Wucheng Bingmasi, Shuntianfu and Jinyiwei took action, arresting all the idle scoundrels and small vendors who dared to approach the homes of the ministers and their favorites, without any distinction, and throwing them into prison.

At noon on March 14, Shao Fang led a long and dusty convoy into Beijing.

As soon as he entered Chongwen Gate, he ordered the captain accompanying him to settle the miracle doctors, and he himself rode towards the palace to report to Lord Gao.

Riding his horse at full speed on Tian Street, Shao couldn't help but feel excited. He had been marginalized for a long time. However, once the Prime Minister had something to do, those scholars would only cause trouble. He would eventually understand that he could still be relied on.

Sure enough, Lord Gao was very happy to hear the news. He praised Shao Fang highly and asked him to go back and have a good rest. He told him to bring the doctors to wait outside Donghua Gate early the next morning and he would personally lead them into the palace to treat the emperor.

Zhang Juzheng, who was on duty in the room just across the wall, heard the laughter of Gao Gelao next door. He couldn't help but feel upset. He whispered to his trusted servant Yao Kuang, "How are the preparations in the three provinces going?"

"Master Zeng just sent someone to report that Cao Daye is a little hesitant. This guy suffered a great loss last time and is afraid of being alone again. He said that he can follow the boss, but he doesn't want to be the first to do something."

"Tell him to rest assured that we will attack him in unison." Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice.

"Also, Li Yihe said that Liu Fenyong agreed to submit a report, but he could not directly attack Gao Gelao, otherwise he would not be able to face his fellow villagers in the future, so he could only make insinuations."

"As soon as they went into battle, they all had diarrhea." Zhang Juzheng sneered and said, "That's enough."

"Then let's arrange for Liu Fenyong to report first?" Yao Kuang asked.

"No." Zhang Juzheng stroked his beautiful beard and said calmly, "The first one to fire was Hu Ju, and he will be in court tomorrow."

"Him?" Yao Kuang couldn't help but gasp. His husband was truly unfathomable. He even had such a killer move hidden!

Hu Ji, the deputy director of the Engineering Department, Gao Gong's student, and a senior member of the Paw Patrol. After Han Ji's promotion, it should have been his turn to be the deputy director of the Personnel Department, but Gao Gong promoted Luo Zun instead. It's obvious that Chief Hu has some resentment, but it's not to the point where he is immediately used as a tool.

It was obvious that Mr. Zhang had already put a lot of effort into him, and his failure to be selected as the head of the six departments was just a prelude...

At dusk that day, an imperial decree was issued from the palace, ordering all the miracle doctors to come to the palace to see the patients the next day.

At the same time, the impeachment letter from Section Chief Hu was also sent to the Ministry of Public Security.

~~

The next morning, Zhao Hao personally carried a huge medicine box and served as a medicine boy for the two miracle doctors.

The three of them arrived at Donghua Gate and saw that Master Shao had brought 18 doctors with him, and their momentum overwhelmed the three of them.

The two sides used to be brothers, but now they serve different masters. This made Shao Fang feel embarrassed. He looked up at the sky, pretending not to see Master Zhao.

Zhao Hao walked up to him as if nothing had happened and greeted him warmly: "Long time no see, Brother Chu Xiu. It's been more than a year, right? I missed you so much."

"Ha, Mr. Zhao is a very busy man..." Shao Daxia forced a smile and said, "I am also very busy, so I can't always meet you."

"We're lucky to meet each other this time, so we must have a good drink and reminisce about the past." Zhao Hao was so enthusiastic that he seemed to have forgotten that he couldn't drink at the moment.

"Haha, let's do it another day..." Shao Fang said awkwardly, "Let's wait until the emperor recovers from his illness before we talk about it."

"It's not just about reminiscing about the past. I'm afraid that Mr. Gao has some misunderstandings about me, so I have to ask you to mediate on my behalf." Zhao Hao lowered his voice and whispered in his ear, "I still understand the principle that the arm cannot bend the thigh."

"Hey, you!" Shao Fang waved her finger at Zhao Hao, pretending to be relieved and said, "Shouldn't we have already made this attitude? Why make it so awkward?"

"My father-in-law has already taught me a lesson, brother, please go easy on me. I was wrong, isn't that right?" Zhao Hao's face was filled with shame as he faithfully carried out his idol's plan.

"Okay, okay, I'll help you persuade Yuan Weng." Shao Fang was so happy that he started bragging about Boyi again.

In fact, one of the important reasons why Gao Gong treated him coldly was that he boasted to Boyi that he and Zhao Hao were close friends and he could guarantee that Zhao Hao would give up half of his shipping share. However, he failed to do so last year, so he naturally lost the trust of Gao Gong.

Now that Zhao Hao finally gave in, Shao Fang was happier than ever to have invited so many miracle doctors, because his boasts finally came true and he could regain the trust of Lord Gao!

After Zhao Hao and Shao Fang separated, Wan Mizhai and Li Shizhen also greeted the group of doctors.

Li Shizhen told Zhao Hao that these doctors were indeed famous doctors with a long history. Moreover, they also founded a folk medical organization called "Zhairen Medical Association" in the capital in the second year of Longqing under the organization of Xu Chunfu, to exchange medical skills and learn from others. At first, 46 famous doctors from home and abroad joined, and of course they and Li Lunming were also invited... Unfortunately, Zhao Hao was one step late.

"If you can get them all into Jiangnan Hospital, you can completely change the medicine of the Ming Dynasty." Wan Mizhai also said, stroking his beard.

"It all depends on the charm of the two miracle doctors." Zhao Hao said with a smile.

"If we lose to them, nothing I say will be of any use." Li Shizhen felt competitive.

At this time, the palace bell rang and the palace gate slowly opened. Everyone fell silent and followed the eunuch who came out to greet them into the Forbidden City.

When they arrived outside Huiji Gate, the young eunuch asked everyone to wait for a moment and went in to report. Then Lord Gao came out of the cabinet and personally led a group of genius doctors to the back garden.

As for Zhang Xianggong, he was watching the prince studying in Wenhua Hall. Actually, it should be Gao Ge Lao's turn to take over today, but Gao Gong asked him to take over, so could he say no?

As a special favor from the emperor to the state elders, Gao Gong was given a sedan chair to sit in. The doctors could only follow behind him on foot, walking back and forth in the corridors behind the high walls of the deep palace.

After walking for a long time, Mr. Zhao's arms were sore, they finally arrived at Xuanwu Gate, the north gate of the palace.

Gao Gong then glanced at the doctors and ordered in a deep voice, "Whatever you see and hear later, keep it to yourself and do not spread it outside, otherwise you will be severely punished! Do you remember?!"

"Yes..." The doctors hurriedly agreed. Although all miracle doctors were men of character, they could not stand up in front of the powerful prime minister in the Forbidden City that had contained the majesty of the royal family for two hundred years.

~~

After passing through Xuanwu Gate and crossing the moat, you can go directly into Beishang Gate.

According to the ritual system, "the emperor should live in a five-layer city." From the inside to the outside, there are: the first layer of the palace city, the second layer of the inner imperial city, the third layer of the outer imperial city, the fourth layer of the inner capital city, and the fifth layer of the outer capital city.

Beishangmen is actually the gate of the inner imperial city, belonging to the north gate of the second city. In addition to Beishangmen, there is Wansuimen, the main gate of Houyuan. The two gates and the surrounding palace walls form an urn city, connecting Houyuan with the capital city, making it convenient for the emperor to enter and exit.

The so-called Houyuan is actually the Beihai Park of later generations. On the Wansui Mountain in the middle, there is an old crooked tree, which was very famous in another time and space...

Zhao Hao was sighing when he suddenly froze. Not only him, but all the doctors were also stunned. Who could have thought that there was a Qinghe County in the palace?

"Ahem." Lord Gao coughed unhappily, and everyone quickly lowered their heads to look at the road, not daring to look around.

In Qinghe County, for the sake of the royal family's reputation, the signboard of Ximen Mansion has been covered. But those who understand will understand...

The doctors were led to the outside of Jujing Pavilion. Gao Gong first invited Meng Chong to go in and report to the two palaces. Soon, the imperial edict came from inside, granting the doctors royal snacks and a piece of tribute silk.

After the doctors expressed their gratitude, Meng Chong whispered to them that the emperor was currently in a coma and they should move more gently. They should line up and go in, and come out after checking the emperor's pulse one by one, and not delay too long.

Zhao Hao was not a doctor, so naturally he could not get in. He was very helpless about this. When the emperor was awake, he could see him by just reporting to him. Now that the emperor was ill, he could not see him even if he wanted to...

But he soon regained his balance, because Gao Gong was also unable to get in and was waiting under the grape trellis outside the pavilion like him.

When the emperor was not sick, Master Gao always had a seat in front of the emperor.

Thinking that it had been almost a month since February 22nd and he had not had the chance to see the emperor in person, Gao Gong became worried and restless.

He looked at Zhao Hao coldly, as if he was going to use this boy as a punching bag.

Fortunately, Shao Fang whispered something to him in time, and Gao Ge Lao's expression eased a little. He snorted and stopped looking at Zhao Hao.

After a while, the first doctor came out. Gao Gong hurried to meet him and wanted to ask what was going on. However, he was worried that his opponent would hear him, so he said to Meng Chong, "Please find a quiet room for the doctors to discuss this matter."

"Okay, okay." Meng Chong readily agreed and personally led Gao Gong and his doctor to the ward room behind Jujing Pavilion.

Since there were few people on Zhao Hao's side, he was sent to the ear room... There was nothing to be dissatisfied about, because the chief minister and the second chief minister of the cabinet had lived in this small ear room, sleeping in the same bed but having different dreams.

When Wan Mizhai and Li Shizhen came out, it was more than an hour later. They held a wooden box and followed Zhao Hao into the side room.

After closing the door, Zhao Hao couldn't wait to ask, "How is it?"

Li Shizhen didn't have time to talk. He took out a microscope, glass slides and other instruments from the large medicine box and began to test the pus and blood taken from the emperor's wound.

"Very bad." Wan Mi Zhai replied solemnly, "Worse than I imagined."

He told Zhao Hao that although they still had to wait for the test results, judging from the symptoms, "urinary retention", "red scrofula", "scurvy", and "swelling and rupture" were all the symptoms of syphilis.

So it can be basically confirmed that the emperor did have syphilis.

In fact, generally speaking, even without treatment, patients with this disease can survive for about two years.

But the emperor's illness was so severe and his symptoms were so serious that according to Wan Mi Zhai's experience, the emperor's sores had already developed to the late stage and he might not survive for more than a few months...

p.s. I will post it first and then revise it, and then go to sleep. I will try to finish that chapter tomorrow, oh no, today.