Chapter 148 Vomiting Blood
The Imperial Master has an unknown origin and has committed many evil deeds.
At least half of the chaos in the court today is caused by him.
Keeping such a person around would only bring disaster.
What's more, instead of waiting for the national teacher to make a move, it is better to strike first.
Yan Jing couldn't help but laugh. "That's right. The situation is different, so we naturally have to adapt to the situation. It's more appropriate to follow the rules of this world."
Jun Qiulan also smiled, he knew what Yan Jing meant.
After all, Yan Jing used to live in a society ruled by law, so when he encountered bad people, all the methods he could think of had to be legal and reasonable.
But his ancient world was different. Countless people died because of him. Killing such a person could be considered as doing justice for the heavens.
If they don't take action, they will be in trouble in the future, and they may even lose their lives because of a little kindness.
Yan Jing: "Then when are you going to take action?"
Jun Qiulan thought for a moment and said, "Let's wait until everything is arranged before we start."
If we act now, I'm afraid the capital will be in chaos again.
Yan Jing also pondered: "I think we can first kill this imperial teacher and stir up more trouble in the capital."
Jun Qiulan: "Then aren't we in greater danger?"
The current status of the imperial teacher is probably more important than that of his own son in the eyes of the emperor.
He had just returned when the imperial teacher died.
In addition, on their way back to Beijing, they encountered several assassination attempts, all of which were resolved with the truth.
Even if the warriors who followed them were responsible for cleaning up the battlefield, it was inevitable that someone would want to investigate the cause of the killer's death?
Especially the emperor. Although the emperor's attitude towards him is ambiguous now, Jun Qiulan knows in his heart that the emperor is actually the most dangerous.
And precisely because they cannot fully understand the emperor's thoughts, they are also troubled.
The emperor couldn't just kill him like the imperial teacher did.
Yan Jing: "Then let's arrange the time first."
At the very least, we have to make arrangements for General Huo's family.
Jun Qiulan nodded, "I think so too."
Yan Jing has no time in the next few days, and the progress of the crew cannot be delayed again and again. Even though he is a director with plenty of money, he cannot keep delaying.
Especially for some already famous actors, they may have other announcements later, which will waste their time, which means delaying their ability to make money.
So Yan Jing could only come over at night.
However, the news that Jun Qiulan, the newly appointed Prince Rui, had a male favorite of unknown origin had long spread throughout the capital.
Many of them had inquired about it openly or secretly, and some even knew that Jun Qiulan liked Nanfeng and sent people to him.
This also caused Jun Qiulan to be troubled by the jealous director Yan Jing.
Even though he only used his hands, it was still too frequent for Jun Qiulan, an ancient man.
Even if he didn't reply, he could only whisper to Yan Jing after it was over, asking him to be restrained.
One drop of rice is equal to ten drops of blood.
Yan Jing would always nod and then continue working in the evening.
Having said that he wanted to see what was happening in the court, Jun Qiulan also had to go to court every day.
On the surface, his condition was stable and safe.
It’s probably because of the emperor’s attitude.
Although the emperor's previous plan to appoint Jun Qiulan as regent was rejected by court officials and rejected by Jun Qiulan, the emperor had already had such an idea.
The emperor is old and his health is unstable. What if he leaves behind an imperial edict and finally appoints Jun Qiulan as regent?
So the court was probably divided into two factions.
One faction is still directly hostile to Jun Qiulan, while the other faction is already trying to win him over in various ways.
Jun Qiulan has a very stable mentality and analyzes what he hears and sees with Yan Jing every day.
For example: The emperor did not appoint a crown prince. Logically speaking, the nine princes should still have a chance.
The surface situation looks similar. The relatives of the nine princes are fighting openly and secretly.
But in fact, the princes' relatives have already formed an alliance.
This is normal.
The emperor is old and frail, and the position of crown prince has not been decided yet, so we have to consider which princes are more likely to be the successor.
Analyze which prince is more favored, which prince's mother comes from which noble family, whether she is the legitimate daughter or illegitimate daughter of a certain official, and other factors.
At the same time, we must also analyze the emperor's attitude.
Jun Qiulan tried his best to act like a bystander, but still felt a headache.
No wonder the emperor wanted to call him back.
In this situation, the emperor's personal experience is limited. If he cannot clean up the court before his death, no matter which prince ascends the throne, it will be a bloody storm.
Even though this emperor was not very smart and was confused due to his old age, he could still foresee this outcome.
Perhaps the emperor was taking the "magic pill" and seemed to be in good health, so he was not so anxious about Jun Qiulan's performance.
During the morning court session, the emperor called on Jun Qiulan several times to answer questions and express his opinions, but Jun Qiulan always adopted a conciliatory attitude.
Later, two more memorials were sent to Jun Qiulan's palace, but they were returned intact by Jun Qiulan.
Despite his attitude, the emperor was not angry at all, and even occasionally rewarded him with some good things.
This situation once again confused all the court officials.
Jun Qiulan remained motionless and took Yan Jing to stay overnight again. Before he could rest, he heard the eunuch announce that the emperor had sent two handsome young men to accompany Jun Qiulan to relieve his boredom.
Jun Qiulan: "..."
He looked at Yan Jing, then took several steps back and said, "Let's take a break tonight."
Yan Jing couldn't help laughing: "Am I some kind of monster?"
Jun Qiulan thought, isn’t this wolf-like and tiger-like state a disaster?
He gave instructions to the outsiders, "Just send them away. If something like this happens again in the future, don't spread the word. Let them go back to where they came from."
The eunuch seemed to be in a dilemma, then handed over a letter, "This is a letter that one of the young masters asked me to give to you."
Jun Qiulan was surprised, but still opened the letter.
After reading it, he raised his eyebrows slightly, turned sideways and whispered to Yan Jing, "One of us."
To be precise, he should be the son of General Huo's old friend.
As mentioned before, the families of these two young masters are interested in joining them.
Looking at the situation, the emperor can send their son to Jun Qiulan as a male concubine. Instead of running away, is he waiting to use their family as cannon fodder in the future?
Jun Qiulan raised his hand and ordered, "Place the two young masters in the backyard. It's late today, so summon them again tomorrow."
Despite the letter, Jun Qiulan couldn't completely trust the people entering the city.
The eunuch hurried off to do his work.
Jun Qiulan lay back on the bed, looking exhausted.
Fortunately, he was one of our own. Otherwise, it would not be appropriate for the emperor to send someone over and send him back again and again.
Yan Jing hugged her, and Jun Qiulan quickly ran away.
"I said I'd take a break today."
Yan Jing laughed muffledly, "What do you think of me now? A sex-hungry ghost?"
Jun Qiulan whispered softly: "It's almost done."
Yan Jing fell down laughing again.
After laughing and joking for a while, Yan Jing finally pulled the person back into his arms.
"By the way, what did Grandpa Yan say?"
Yan Jing: "Grandpa still wants to take Third Grandpa over for a health check and reunite with us."
There are not many other grandfathers of the same generation as my grandfather left, and they are now scattered in places far away from the capital.
Due to limited conditions, we are not able to bring everyone back for reunion for the time being.
But as for Third Uncle, we need to consider it as soon as possible.
During this period, they had gone to Yan's twice in a row, and it was impossible for the spies not to have noticed.
So after they left, the Yan family in the capital also had to evacuate.
Otherwise there will still be danger.
Third Master Yan is old and cannot travel, so it is better for him to go with Uncle Yan and be taken away by Jun Qiulan first.
There is no need to take it to the border town. There are other branches of the Yan family in the prefectures you pass through on your way back to the border town.
By then, Third Master Yan's health will have been checked out. If he is in good condition, he can go to other branches of the Yan family and continue his life.
It also saved them from the bumpy journey.
If we were to keep all the Yan family members in the modern era, with Grandpa Yan's ability, it would be possible to settle them all down.
However, Grandpa Yan knew very well that for "ancient people" like them, it was difficult to leave their homeland.
Going to another world not only means starting over, but also means being buried in a foreign land in the future.
This was a bit sad and cruel for ancient people.
Grandpa Yan is old now. Now that he has confirmed the situation of the Yan family and knows that his clansmen have never blamed him, his heart knot has been untied a lot.
While we can still reunite with everyone, seeing each other is enough, there is no need to ask for more.
Jun Qiulan: "Then let's go to Yan's and talk about it tomorrow."
"Okay." Yan Jing asked again, "Is there still no news from the General's Mansion?"
Jun Qiulan pursed her lips and shook her head.
That day he handed the letter to the young eunuch and asked him to deliver the message. This was considered aboveboard and he was not worried about anyone seeing the letter. It was just an ordinary family letter.
But he never received a reply, which made Jun Qiulan a little confused.
"Wait another three days. If there's still no news, I'll have to find a way to come in person."
Ever since the war in the border town began, Old Madam Huo has been taking her grandchildren to the Buddhist temple to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures, praying for Huo Lan to have a safe and victorious life. At the same time, the Huo Mansion has not been receiving any visitors from outside.
What Jun Qiulan was worried about now was not anything else, but that Madam Huo and the others were secretly restricted in their movements by the emperor.
This made it impossible for Mrs. Huo to reply to them.
Yan Jing also felt that it was about time.
There is no need to continue to interfere in the situation in the court.
Leaving earlier will also be safer.
On the second day, the news that Jin Guojiu died at the hands of Rongdi "finally" reached the capital.
It caused an uproar.
Before, the eldest prince had the highest voice.
After all, he is the oldest and currently appears to be relatively intelligent. He is the emperor's first son and is doted on quite a bit.
However, the eldest prince's greatest support in the future, his uncle, had already "died heroically".
Jun Qiulan watched the old emperor perform quietly in the court.
The old emperor had obviously known about it for a long time, but now he showed extreme anger in the court.
I have to say, he is also an actor.
Jun Qiulan sighed that he was inferior to him.
It was at this time that the angry emperor suddenly vomited blood and fainted in the court.
There was chaos again in the morning court.
The emperor was carried back to the bedroom. The imperial doctors were in a panic. The emperor did not wake up, and the imperial doctors all looked unhappy, even a little frightened.
At this time, the miraculous doctor and national teacher finally arrived.
Jun Qiulan secretly observed that the several important officials who stayed in the bedroom all had a hidden respect for this miracle doctor, and even had a bit of flattery towards him.
Jun Qiulan frowned.
Could it be possible that this imperial teacher has cast a spell?
These ministers all came from good backgrounds, at least they were much more "noble" than the imperial tutor who came from the countryside. According to their nature, the divisions among different levels were clearer than anything else.
Today’s attitude towards the national teacher is also unclear.
Could it be because of that 'magic pill'?
So stupid.
No one knew what kind of elixir he fed the emperor, but after a while, the emperor really slowly opened his eyes.
It's just that the condition is not very good.
The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was the Imperial Master, and he felt much more at ease.
"Thank you, Imperial Master."
The Imperial Master acted modestly: "It is the duty of a minister to share your majesty's worries."
The emperor took two breaths and asked, "Where is Prince Rui?"
Jun Qiulan stepped forward and said, "I am here."
"I have been unwell for the past two days, and I have handed over all court affairs to Prince Rui. All departments must cooperate and not delay court affairs. Anyone who violates this will be killed."
His cloudy yet red eyes were frightening.
Those who could follow him to the bedroom had to be in high positions. The emperor gave an oral order as soon as he woke up, and they did not dare to refute it at this time.
If the emperor were to be angered to death, all nine clans would be wiped out.
The important officials who knelt on the ground in the bedroom could only kowtow to receive the order.
Is Jun Qiulan now in a difficult situation?
He wanted to refuse, but then he thought, this was the last moment.
If we can make some arrangements, we should do so. At the very least, we should see if we can do something for the people.
Once the order is passed down, we can stop it again... Thanks to the inconvenience of communication in this era.
He received the imperial edict.
All the memorials were moved to the emperor's bedroom, and Jun Qiulan was reviewing the memorials with the cabinet next door.
Back then, Su Changxun suggested abolishing the positions of left and right prime ministers and reorganizing the cabinet. Although he missed the mark and was demoted and exiled, the cabinet system had already taken shape.
After so many years of evolution, it has become mature and everyone’s division of labor is clear.
However, Jun Qiulan didn’t want to see the memorials they submitted.
He had no idea how much trouble there was in the cabinet now, so he could only read all the memorials himself.
Very busy.
Even at noon, he only took the opportunity to go to the bathroom to return to the modern world to say hello to Yan Jing and his mother. He did not dare to stay any longer and hurried back to the palace.
He was busy until evening before he finally figured out the current situation.
He put aside the affairs of state, but was ready to deal directly with the problems of people's livelihood.
Although the emperor gave him full authority, the orders he issued still had to be submitted to the emperor for review.
Before leaving the palace, Jun Qiulan took the memorial he had approved to see the emperor, but the imperial teacher was no longer there.
The emperor didn't even look at it, "Qiulan, just handle it yourself."
As he spoke, he sighed, "You can be considered as one of my disciples. I knew from the beginning that you are much smarter and more capable than me. I am relieved to entrust the government to you."
Jun Qiulan was silent, not knowing what the old emperor was up to.
The emperor continued, "My health is not as good as before. I don't know how much time I have left. I hope Qiu Lan will seriously consider the matter of regent. The court is in chaos now. Apart from you, I don't know who else to hand over the responsibility to. After all, you are a member of the royal family. Please don't ruin the foundation of our ancestors."
Jun Qiulan seemed to think for a long time before he said, "I will consider it carefully."
The old emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Go down, I'm tired."
Jun Qiulan looked at the old emperor and felt sad in his heart. He wanted to say that if he wanted to get better, he should stop taking those pills and stop trusting the imperial teacher.
But after hesitating, he still said nothing.
The emperor had been taking the elixir for more than a year. Yan Jing took the elixir back and examined it. The poisoning had almost penetrated into his bone marrow.
According to current medical conditions, even if the pills are stopped, that would be the end of it.
As soon as Jun Qiulan walked out of the emperor's bedroom and his carriage left the palace, he met the imperial teacher.
No, to be precise, the national teacher should be waiting for him deliberately.
The Imperial Master got directly into Jun Qiulan's carriage.
"What do you think about what I said last time, Your Majesty?"
Jun Qiulan closed his eyes and said, "Master, there's no need to talk nonsense."
He already held the truth in his hands, and his bow was loaded.
State Master: "This state master can help you ascend to the throne, and can also make you healthy and live a long life."
Jun Qiulan opened his eyes and sneered, "Then why don't you, the Imperial Master, come to the palace now and cure His Majesty's illness?"
The Imperial Master's heart ached. Why was this man so stubborn?
In the court today, all the officials who have taken the elixir respect him and want to win him over.
He didn't express his opinion.
The main reason is that the emperor is still alive and the princes are still young. It is not the right time to rashly take sides.
However, he was also shocked when he heard the news about Jun Qiulan and the news intercepted from the emperor.
After much thought, it is better to follow such a young and strong emperor.
Jun Qiulan was unsure of this man's attitude and background, so he tried to probe: "Where did the Imperial Preceptor practice medicine before entering the palace? Where is his hometown?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he clearly felt that the Imperial Master's expression froze for a moment.
Jun Qiulan knew in his heart that there was indeed something fishy about this man's background.
It’s not the best time to kill him yet. I don’t want to waste time talking to him, or even stay in the same space with him, for fear that this person is poisonous.
"Seven days from now, I'll meet you at the teahouse we met last time. I also need to be honest with you, Mr. State Master. What do you think?"
The Imperial Master was silent for a moment, a trace of resentment flashing in his eyes, "See you at the teahouse in seven days."
After sending the Imperial Master away, Jun Qiulan opened the window to ventilate the room. The aura of this person was strange.
After returning to the mansion, Jun Qiulan took Yan Jing over and summoned the two people sent by the emperor.
After the conversation, Jun Qiulan felt relieved.
They cannot leave with Jun Qiulan for the time being, but they can stay in the capital and serve as an insider for future great undertakings.
That's fine.
Jun Qiulan now has no one available in the court, so it is very convenient for him to find out some information.
The two were temporarily placed in the palace, and they would be sent away first when they left in a few days.
Just after finishing talking about this matter, Jun Qiulan was about to talk to Yan Jing about the memorial he saw today, when another eunuch came to report that someone was sent from the General's Mansion.
Jun Qiulan and Yan Jing looked at each other and called the people from the general's mansion in.
It was just a servant who came and brought an invitation.
Jun Qiulan remained calm and didn't even look at the invitation. "Did the old lady give any instructions?"
"In three days, it will be the old lady's birthday. There's still fighting going on at the border this year, so we didn't want to host a banquet. But His Majesty said the general had made invaluable contributions in defending the border and fighting the Rong and Di peoples, so he specially granted a few tables for a banquet. After careful consideration, the old lady has decided to invite only a few close friends for a simple meal. I hope Your Majesty will honor you with your presence."
"I understand. Go back and tell my wife that my younger sister received General Huo's kindness in the border town, so I will prepare a generous gift and pay her a visit."
Only after everyone had left did Jun Qiulan look at the invitation.
The invitation was fine and standard, but the five words on it were obviously written by another person.
Jun Qiulan understood that there were a total of five members of the Huo family who were to be taken away this time.
Yan Jing: "Can you arrange for it to come over?"
He was referring to the modern side.
Jun Qiulan: "With my mother, my younger sister, and Madam Huo taking care of us, there shouldn't be any problems."
Yan Jing: "For example, send them all to our place first and let grandpa take care of them?"
After all, theirs is a private courtyard house, spacious and secluded.
If everyone stays in the courtyard house, it will be inconvenient for them to go out, and they are also familiar with the shape of the house.
It just so happened that they were also going to take my third uncle and eldest uncle over.
It would be better to send them all at once.
Jun Qiulan hesitated, "Wouldn't that be too much of a bother? And it seems like it would be too much trouble for Grandpa Yan."
Moreover, when he thought about it carefully, it was not so appropriate.
The Yan family’s courtyard is large, and there are many nannies and staff members inside.
Is it true that they won't be exposed if they bring so many ancient people with them?
If the nanny, the cook, the family doctor, or anyone else noticed something and spread it around, we would be in trouble.
Forget about the fact that they have signed the agreement. Now that the news has gotten out, are they going to be held legally responsible?
Isn’t that troublesome too?
Yan Jing was also thinking about this problem: "There are still three days left, don't worry, I will go back and discuss it with grandpa to see if there is any adjustment."
Although Jun Qiulan's residential area is a good-quality residential area in Fengcheng, it is still a high-rise building after all.
With so many people walking around in the house, wouldn’t the neighbors downstairs be curious if they heard them?
When there are more people, there will be more things to do. What if there is some trouble?
Jun Qiulan smiled and sighed: "Then I should have bought both the upstairs and downstairs at the beginning."
Yan Jing couldn't help laughing: "Let's not talk about this anymore. We'll see how to arrange it when the time comes. This concerns their own lives, they should know what's going on."
Jun Qiulan nodded.
In the following three days, Jun Qiulan also went to the palace early in the morning every day to review memorials.
Probably because he put aside all the issues concerning the court and only dealt with some issues concerning people's livelihood. The people in the cabinet could not figure out the emperor's attitude and temporarily gave him face.
There was no difficulty, so the decree was issued.
Jun Qiulan also breathed a sigh of relief.
He did this not to work for the cabinet, but to do something for the people.
If there is chaos in the future, the people will suffer.
Jun Qiulan sighed, and after finishing his work, he prepared a generous gift and took Yan Jing to General Huo's mansion.
Even though it was the old lady's birthday banquet, and it was a banquet bestowed by the emperor, it was still rather deserted.
After all, the Huo family is a family of pure officials and they don’t interact much with court officials, so not many people came today.
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