Chapter 25 Arrogance
Zhu Houzhao's injuries have become the focus of attention of all civil and military officials in the capital.
But in fact, Zhu Houzhao had no chance of life at this time. She was so frightened that she fainted for a while and woke up quietly. At this time, except for the imperial physician, there was only Zhang Yuan around, and Xiao Taozi and others were not seen.
"Your Majesty, are you awake?"
When Zhang Yuan saw Zhu Houzhao open his eyes, he seemed very excited and tried his best to show that he was a hero who saved the emperor... He also knew that if he was serious, Zhu Houzhao would probably pursue the assassination of the Korean beauty he had found.
Zhu Houzhao sat up, shook her head first, and looked depressed, and asked in a daze: "Where is this?"
Doctor Song said on the side: "Your Majesty, you are in the bedroom, this place is a leopard room."
Zhu Houzhao then saw the surrounding environment clearly and said in annoyance: "Just... those women actually dared to attack me just now, which was really wild."
The Imperial Doctor Song was confused and had no idea what Zhu Houzhao was saying. Zhang Yuan lowered his eyebrows and said with a look of his eyes: "Your Majesty, you have sent someone to capture those female assassins now."
"What female assassin has nothing to do with them."
Zhu Houzhao waved her hand first, then subconsciously touched her body, and found that her clothes had changed. She frowned and asked, "How did I come here?"
Zhang Yuan almost cried and said, "Your Majesty was attacked by a female assassin. The old slave rushed in to the death and rescued His Majesty from the hands of those female assassins. The old slave was also injured. Your Majesty, you almost had an accident in the sea of fire."
"It's on fire? Yes, I remember it. It seems that someone knocked over the candlestick. At that time, I was so fumigated by the fireworks that I could only turn over and go into the bathtub to hide. Later, I fainted for some reason..."
Zhu Houzhao tried her best to recall more things, but her mind was in chaos.
Zhang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, how did those female assassins fall? Do you ask for the execution?"
"Um!?"
Although Zhu Houzhao insisted that those North Korean women were not assassins, when he thought of escaping from death, he immediately realized that he could not let this situation happen again. The best way was to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
Zhang Yuan tried his best to clear his relationship: "Your Majesty, you must not forgive those women from foreign countries. I think these barbarians intend to assassinate Your Majesty. I have sent someone to encircle the same hall. As long as your Majesty gives you an order, those Korean envoys will be questioned together."
Zhu Houzhao tried to get out of bed, and Doctor Song persuaded him: "Your Majesty, please rest more. Your dragon body is damaged and maintenance is best. Walking too early is not conducive to recovery."
Zhu Houzhao's legs drooped on the edge of the bed, and said after a few clicks, "I am not a tyrant. The women were disrespectful to me before... I blamed me for not revealing my identity at that time, so I was so cruel to convict them of death."
"Let's do this, imprison these women, turn around and let me identify them carefully to see who attacked me. Hiss... It's really strong!"
Neither Zhang Yuan nor Song's imperial physician could understand Zhu Houzhao, and could not understand that the most noble "victim" of the Ming Dynasty was thinking about how to retaliate, but how to carry out the unfinished "big event" and continue the unreliable and ridiculous game.
Zhu Houzhao is extremely tolerant in treating women, and has a persistence that he will never give up until he achieves his goal. He still wants to do something like this. The more he is frustrated, the more novel and fun it feels.
Zhu Houzhao was fantasizing about it for a while, then looked up at Zhang Yuan: "Don't stick here, I'm fine, what about the little guy? I have to arrange it, today's program can't end here."
"ah!?"
Zhang Yuan didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao would just pretend that nothing happened, but he actually woke up and had to arrange the program again shortly after he woke up.
Zhang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, you...the dragon body is the most important thing."
Zhu Houzhao patted her chest: "I have a strong body, as if I have something to do? Doctor Song, is my health seriously injured now?"
Doctor Song originally wanted to say that Zhu Houzhao was very weak and advised him to rest more, but after hearing this, how could he dare to sing the opposite tune? He immediately said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty is naturally not a big deal, but..."
“But how?”
Zhu Houzhao's face instantly calmed down.
Doctor Song wanted to tactfully persuade him to recuperate for a few days, but when Zhu Houzhao was scared, he didn't dare to continue to say the words according to the original meaning. Qiqi Aiai said: "But Your Majesty should also pay attention to diet and rest and conditioning..."
Zhu Houzhao said annoyedly: "You quack doctors, you will not be responsible when you really want to use you. I am not sick at all. Come on, I want to wash up and change my clothes, and I will go to see Concubine Li later."
"His Majesty……"
Zhang Yuan said bitterly, "During the time when you were assassinated, news has spread from the leopard room. Now the capital has announced martial law. All the lords and lords have also arrived at the leopard room and want to ask about His Majesty's injuries."
Zhu Houzhao frowned: "I'm not seriously injured, who leaked the news?"
Zhang Yuan originally wanted to say it was a little twister, but thinking that the traces of frame-up were too obvious, he now learned to be smart and said tactfully: "There are so many people and eyes. After His Majesty fell into a coma, the leopard room was in chaos. Maybe someone took the opportunity to leak the news... The old slave was not good at doing things and failed to suppress the news."
Zhu Houzhao was extremely angry and stood up suddenly. She almost staggered to the ground because of dizziness. Fortunately, Zhang Yuan came forward to support her in time and was fine.
After a while, Zhu Houzhao found a sense of balance. She threw Zhang Yuan away and walked back and forth on the ground with barefoot. After a while, she said, "Go out and say hello to those people quickly, and said that I just fainted because of a trivial matter and woke up soon. It was fine. I remember that I don't need to say anything about the assassination, I don't want to hear gossip outside!"
Zhang Yuanwei said: "But Your Majesty, the people outside may... have already known it."
Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "There is nothing they don't know? I said it's okay if it's okay! Don't you understand what I said?"
Zhang Yuan originally wanted to say that Shen Xi and others came to the leopard room to face the saint without authorization, and even guessed it by themselves, etc. Anyway, they would say whatever they were unfavorable, in order to revenge Shen Xi's disrespect for him, but now Zhu Houzhao is angry, he can't continue to say it.
Physician Song said: "Your Majesty, control your anger, control your anger!"
Zhu Houzhao shook her sleeves and looked very angry, but he did not scold Zhang Yuan anymore and said with a stern face: "Even if they heard something, they were heard from him. As long as they go out and tell them that my assassination was purely false, I believe that those ministers and nobles will not have any doubts. Let's stop this..."
At the end, Zhu Houzhao seemed to be a little dizzy again and sat down with her head on her back.
Zhang Yuan wanted to go forward to help him, but Zhu Houzhao looked at him coldly and shook his hands repeatedly: "Why don't you go quickly?"
"Hey!"
Zhang Yuan did not dare to disobey and left in a hurry.
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When Zhang Yuan came out to deliver the message, the ministers and nobles no longer waited in the front yard of the Leopard Room, but gathered at the door of the Leopard Room.
Zhang Yuan appeared in front of the door, Xie Qian, Zhang Mao, Chen Xi, He Jian and others were all there. They were discussing how to put pressure on Zhang Yuan to seek a meeting with the saint after entering. When they saw the victim appear, they immediately met him.
Xie Qian hurriedly said, "Eunuch Zhang, how is Your Majesty's injury?"
Zhang Yuan looked at the ministers and lords present, glanced at Chen Xi again, and said arrogantly: "Your Majesty is fine. There is nothing wrong with you at the moment. You can go back."
He Jian asked: "Why is Your Majesty injured? I heard that it was the woman who was tributed by the North Korean delegation to assassinate?"
"Yes, yes, what's going on?" someone next to him agreed.
Zhang Yuan said: "In the palace... can you guess the affairs of the leopard room at will? Regarding today's affairs, we can only say that the rumors spread outside are all rumors. Your Majesty is in good health now. As for the things around us... we won't say much about it. In short, you'll go back first."
The more Zhang Yuan refused to say anything, the less people present were interested in leaving.
These people came to confirm Zhu Houzhao's injuries. It can be said that they would not give up until they saw the emperor.
Now Zhang Yuan came out and said something plausible, which made them feel even worse. If it was a good thing, there was no need to hide it so deliberately, then something must have happened.
Relying on his close relationship with Zhang Yuan, Xie Qian stepped forward and asked, "We should let the minister know how your majesty is, right? Can you pass on the news on your behalf and let me wait in to meet the saint?"
Zhang Yuan shouted fiercely: "Shangshu Xie, you are a banner of the court. Others look at you and use you as an example! The younger generation does not understand the rules and trespasses in forbidden areas, and even likes to sue forensic complaints and hold chicken feathers as command arrows. Can a person like you who are mature and polite will make such low-level mistakes? Your Majesty said he would not see you, that is, he would not see you. Why do we have to repeat it many times?"
Zhang Yuan said this entirely because he was too angry that night.
He felt that it was perfectly OK to say this in his own identity, but he never thought of a problem. Even if he was as arrogant as Liu Jin at the time, he would not dare to scold Xie Qian in front of so many people.
As for what Zhang Yuan said, it was actually just criticizing Chen Xi, but others didn't know the trick and didn't know why he was so angry.
Xie Qian was stunned. He didn't expect that Zhang Yuan would talk to him like this. He was embarrassed and angry for a moment, and he was speechless.
Chen Xi did not stand in the first row, and even went forward because he knew that he could not ask the truth from Zhang Yuan. However, after seeing Zhang Yuan, he knew that Zhu Houzhao would not have any major issues. Otherwise, Zhang Yuan would have panicked and asked Xie Qian for help, instead of being so arrogant and choking.
Zhang Mao said: "What Eunuch Zhang said is, then we will go back now and wait for His Majesty to pass on him at the right time."
Although Zhang Mao was trying to smooth things over and wanted to ease the tense atmosphere on the spot, it was obvious that his words did not have much credibility.
Xie Qian's face turned red, but in the end he still didn't turn against Zhang Yuan. He waved his hand and said, "Please go back. I stayed here and talked to Eunuch Zhang. There should be no problem here... Your Majesty has the protection of God, so naturally it will turn bad luck into good luck."
If Xie Qian is there, the civil servants and nobles present will find their way.
Since Xie Qian stayed and wanted to talk to Zhang Yuan alone, others speculated that he would ask the details clearly. Perhaps there were many things Zhang Yuan didn't want to make too much noise.
He Jian said: "The situation today is a bit special. Don't hurry back to your house, and wait for news at their respective yamen... Please."
Chapter completed!