Just as Xie Qian was up and down, Queen Zhang walked out of the inner room with a sad look on her face. Zhu Houzhao went up and grabbed her mother's sleeve and asked anxiously: "My mother, what's wrong with the father?"

"It's okay, it's okay, your father will definitely turn bad luck into good luck."

Queen Zhang sobbed and kept wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeves.

Xie Qian didn't know about Emperor Hongzhi's situation, but it seemed that it had improved. Just as he was thinking about what to do next, Empress Zhang came over to show her salute and said sadly: "Mr. Xie, I will rely more on you in the future..."

Xie Qian was stunned. This sounded familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind. He recalled the records in "History of Song Dynasty". On the night of Song Taizu's death, Empress Song saw that she was not her son entering the palace but Taizong came, and said, "My mother and son's fate is entrusted to the official family."

This means receiving the order in the face of danger!

Thinking of this, Xie Qian couldn't help but feel creepy!

If the emperor really had something unexpected, the queen would not intend to win over him as a confidant and use his influence to cultivate power in the cabinet, right?

Xie Qian had planned that if the prince ascended the throne, the elderly Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, who had long been dying for retirement because they had no queen, might retire. He would be led by the cabinet. If Wang Yue and Xiao Jing in the Sili Supervisor heard about Empress Zhang, it would be fine. If Empress Zhang did not listen, Empress Zhang could send Zhang Yuan, Gao Feng and others to replace these two.

As for military power, British Duke Zhang Mao did not dare to launch a mutiny when the emperor died of illness, because supporting other emperors was simply injustice. Zhu Youzhan only had such a son. Besides, the prince was just a little playful and had no big mistakes. Why did he deposed the prince and established another one? Just because he was afraid that Empress Zhang would be tyrannical?

In history, the youngest son ascended the throne, and the empress was in power. There were not many women who truly became a disaster for the country and the people. For example, Empress Zhang, who assisted Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, did not end up being in a bad reputation. Now, there are not only Empress Zhang, but also Empress Dowager Ji, Concubine Wang, Dai and others. Who dares to say that Empress Zhang will definitely control the government and refuse to return to power?

Even if Empress Zhang is in charge of the affairs behind the curtain, you, Zhang Mao, dare to take the blame for the world and make things right?

Zhang Mao was just a duke with a foreign surname, not an imperial surname. Zhang Mao's ancestors were loyal and kind-hearted generations, so Zhang Mao did not want the Zhang family's reputation to be ruined.

Zhang Mao dared not take action, and as for others, he would not dare. Then Empress Zhang would gradually improve the status of the two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling in the military and government affairs, so that they could control the military and government affairs.

Given Xie Qian's understanding of the Zhang brothers, these two are good at flattering, but they don't have much real skills. Giving them a chance, they may not be able to succeed.

Moreover, Zhang Mao and other nobles were not vegetarians, and the Zhang brothers were very restricted and did not dare to do whatever they wanted.

"I dare not, I dare not."

Xie Qian didn't want to stand on the side of the line now. Even if he wanted to stand on the side, he could only stand on the side of the emperor and the prince, and could not get too close to Empress Zhang, so as not to be suspected of defecting to the party of the foreign relatives.

About a quarter of an hour later, the imperial physician came out and said respectfully: "Empress, Prince, Master Xie, Your Majesty has woken up and wants to see you."

"Just wake up."

Xie Qian secretly felt fortunate that if the emperor was gone like this, then things would be very difficult.

Queen Zhang quickly pulled her son and followed Xie Qian to the inner curtain again. When she arrived at the bed, Zhu Youzhang was still breathing heavily: "...I'm fine..."

Zhu Youzing just said these three words.

Fortunately it's okay!

You were almost blocked by a mouthful of phlegm just now. If the queen had not been treated in time, she would have been the young prince ascended the throne.

Xie Qian glanced at Queen Zhang again. This woman seemed to be undesirable. At least she had true feelings with the emperor. No wonder the couple had a better relationship than the folk couple. I think Xie Qian had a wife and a concubine in his family, but Zhu Youzhang could always keep her concubines.

"Your Majesty, you must not have any trouble. I, my concubine and my son... Woo woo, I hope you." Queen Zhang said crying.

"Silly words."

Zhu Youzhang complained to his wife, and he was still weak in his words, "Isn't this Mr. Xie and Liu Shaofu and others... Mr. Xie, please help me draft the edict on my behalf."

"His Majesty……"

Xie Qian really doesn't want to be the first to be a leader.

If only these few people were present and the will was drafted, and it was difficult to explain when Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others came, why did you happen to meet the emperor when you stayed in the cabinet and worked overtime? Not only did you meet the same situation, but you also wrote the will. Is there a secret conspiracy with Queen Zhang?

Xie Qian is good at managing power, so he thinks more complicated than others. In fact, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others believe in Xie Qian's character, and understands that Xie Qian is just a straightforward person and is not so neat in doing things. Occasionally, he hurts people with a sharp mouth, but he does not have much ambitions.

Just as Xie Qian hesitated, he suddenly reported to the eunuch Wang Yue, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal and seal, "Your Majesty, Grand Secretary Li has arrived and is waiting outside the hall."

Hearing this sentence, Xie Qian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Regardless of whether Emperor Hongzhi was about to die, at least someone would come to share the responsibility with him!

Liu Jian is old and has a weak body, and it is understandable that he is not able to arrive in time. Li Dongyang lives on Taipusi Street next to Taiye Lake to the west of the palace. Whether it is from Chengtian Gate or Xi'an Gate, it is extremely fast to enter the palace. It is impossible to say that it is not possible to come early.

You, Li Dongyang, ranked second in the cabinet, and your status is still above me. I don’t need to write a will to do it now, right?

When Zhu Youzhang heard this, he felt a little happy on his face and quickly said, "Mr. Li is here, please, please."

"Yes, your Majesty."

Xiao Jing took the order and turned around and went out.

Although Xie Qian did not mean to compete with Li Dongyang, Zhu Youzhang's attitude towards Li Dongyang was basically the same as he was, and the gratitude he had accumulated before was not so strong now.

When His Majesty died, facing his former husband, he saw that everyone was like a relative and wanted to entrust his son. If there was no brother to believe, he could only find his husband.

After all, he is the person he respects the most.

What Xie Qian feared the most was that he took too much responsibility and caused criticism.

The emperor might have to entrust his son to his death. Xie Qian himself knew that it was just a coincidence that he stayed in the cabinet to work overtime this day, because Liu Jian and Li Dongyang always used various excuses to ask for leave, which led to a large amount of backlog of cabinet memorials, and they had to work overtime to finish the ticket. In addition, Xie Qian didn't care much about his family, and he would stay in Wenyuan Pavilion for at least seven or eight days in the past two years, and he would be hit by him for the highest probability.

But others don't know the inside story.

People who have prejudices against Xie Qian will inevitably think, why does the emperor look for you if he doesn't look for others? Could it be that you used means to deceive the emperor, and even the channels for the palace to contact the outside world were closed by you, so that the emperor finally asked you to discuss it. Do you want to take the opportunity to monopolize the government?

Xie Qian may not be as talented as Liu Jian and Li Dongyang in governing the country, but when he was studying power and strategy, he considered more comprehensively than others, and thought about all aspects of things in advance. Moreover, he was a standard Confucian official, and he always thought about moderation and self-protection, which made him always want to retreat when encountering major events and could not make a quick decision.

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ps: Well, the emperor admitted that since November 1, the emperor has participated in the author salon organized by the China Literature Group. It took seven days to travel to Japan, plus two days to travel to Shanghai, which took a total of nine days. It is impossible to check information outside, so it is not satisfactory whether it is a war or writing about the court!

Let’s do it first. It’s already the sixth day today and I’ll go home for four days. At that time, both the update speed and the quality should be improved!
Chapter completed!