It was not only Zhang Yaozuo who fell into extreme anxiety due to the inspection of the Xiang army, but Zhao Zongshi was about to collapse. As the saying goes, the ruthless family is the imperial family. In the face of the supreme throne, father-son love, brother-in-law love, and husband-in-law love are no longer important. Father-son killing each other, brother-in-law killing each other, husband-in-law turning against each other, etc., which have long been recorded in history.

Zhao Zongshi was eliminated in the throne pursuit competition, and Zhao Wenyun was almost over. Now Zhao Zongshi still has one hope, that is, his son gives up the throne to him and let him pass the throne to his son after he finishes the throne. This is a relatively successful ending. After all, his son is only thirteen years old now, and there are still five years left before he becomes an adult. As long as his son succeeds to the throne in these five years, he has hope to succeed as the throne.

The key now is, how long can the emperor live? Can the emperor survive for these five years? Zhao Zongshi knew nothing about the situation in the palace. What should he do and how can he know the situation in the emperor?

Zhao Zongshi has been thinking about this for the past two days. That afternoon, the eunuch Zhang Yuan came to visit. This was a regular visit once a month, mainly aimed at the royal family and the kings, to see if there were any difficulties and whether they needed help.

Zhao Zongshi met Zhang Yuan in the guest hall. Zhang Yuan is a middle-aged manager in the palace and is mainly to the outside world. He has visited him almost every month for several years and is very familiar with Zhao Zongshi.

"I'm fine, in good health and in a stable mood. Although my life is a little more dull, I'm used to it. It really makes me busy, but I may not be used to it."

"Does Your Highness have anything else to do?"

Zhao Zongshi shook his head, "There is basically no need, I just have a little concern for the dog. I wonder how he is in the palace?"

"It should be pretty good! I heard that he can already share the worries of the official family. Although he is young, he is a young man. His Highness has given birth to a noble son!"

"He is also lucky. Eunuch Zhang is too rewarding. I don't know how the official family is doing now?" Zhao Zongshi asked very naturally, as if he cared about the emperor very much.

Zhang Yuan shook his head, "The physical condition of the official family is a secret of the inner palace. On the one hand, I really don't know it. On the other hand, even if I know, I cannot disclose it easily. Please forgive me!"

"So that's it, that's because I don't think about it." Zhao Zongshi didn't ask about the situation, and was really disappointed.

Zhang Yuan glanced at him and said, "If Your Highness really cares about the physical condition of the official family, you can ask the imperial physician Zhang Hongji. He has been on duty these months and he knows the physical condition of the emperor very well."

"Haha! I also asked casually. As a prince, I naturally care about my father's physical condition. Thank you for your kindness."

"If there is nothing else, I will say goodbye." Zhang Yuangong bowed, stood up and said goodbye and left.

Zhao Zongshi felt like he was holding a cat in his heart, restless, and thought in his mind that the Imperial Doctor Zhang Hongji. Of course, he knew Zhang Hongji and ranked third among medical officials. When he was in the palace, he often dealt with him.

At dusk, Zhao Zongshi changed into a dress and left the Prince's Mansion through the back door.

Zhang Hongji's home is in Shimei Lane outside the east gate of the imperial city. Of course, as an imperial physician, he not only wants to treat the emperor and concubines, but also uses his spare time to treat the ministers and officials.

He just came back from the palace today and was really tired.

Zhang Hongji was sitting in the study and drinking tea. At this time, his second son Zhang Daoyuan said outside the door: "Father, the Julu King is coming down, and it seems a little uncomfortable. Please help me take a look?"

Zhao Zongshi's arrival was as if Zhang Hongji had expected. He nodded, "I understand. Please wait for your highness to the quiet room, and I will arrive soon."

Zhang Hongji took a few more sips of tea and then calmly headed towards the quiet room.

………

At noon the next day, Zhao Zhen, the emperor who was physically and mentally exhausted, returned to the harem. In recent years, his health has been getting worse and worse, and he has become increasingly unable to do so. He can only come to the imperial study room every morning and then return to the palace.

In the living hall of the harem, the imperial physician Zhang Hongji took Zhao Zhen's pulse as usual. He nodded, "Fortunately, Your Majesty's health is quite stable, so you should pay attention to rest more. The tonic that Weichen prescribed before was still taken normally. The others are to rest early at night, so be careful not to stay up late."

"I slept very early at night, thank you for your hard work."

Zhang Hongji hesitated and said, "In addition, I have something to report to Your Majesty!"

"What's the matter?"

"Last night, the King of Julu came down to see Weichen for treatment."

Zhao Zhen was slightly stunned, "It was him who came to find you in person, instead of sending someone to invite you?"

"It was Your Highness who came to the door on his own initiative and came in contemporaneously."

Zhao Zhen was a little unhappy. Zhao Zong was not at home and stayed honestly. What should he do when he went out in a private outing?"

"Where is he feeling uncomfortable? He has to come to you in person."

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, Julu King, is a bit indescribable. There are some problems with sexual intercourse, and he doesn't want the princess to know."

Zhao Zhen laughed, it turned out that this was the case, which was understandable.

"Can you just see a doctor?"

"In addition, His Highness Julu King is also very concerned about His Majesty's body, and he asked the Wei minister very carefully."

Zhao Zhen's face suddenly became gloomy and he said coldly: "What's the matter?"

"Then he asked His Majesty why he had only been in court for half a day and how long he could last. The minister said that His Majesty was old and not as energetic as he was young, and needed rest and recuperation. This was normal, but how long he could last was not what the minister asked. The minister reminded him to be careful."

Zhao Zhen's face became very ugly and almost broke out. Zhang Hongji knelt down again and said, "Everything that Weichen said is true, I dare not say anything false. His Highness, the King of Julu, gave Weichen 100 taels of gold. Weichen did not dare to accept it, and he had already handed it to the inner treasury."

"You go! I know this."

Zhang Hongji kowtowed and slowly stepped back. Zhao Zhen was furious. He raised the teacup and threw it hard on the ground. With a 'bang!', the teacup was smashed. Zhao Zhen cursed with a blue face: "You hope that I will die sooner, and you can steal the throne from your son. Do you think I don't understand what you think?"

Zhang Hongji returned to the imperial physician's room and found Zhang Daoyuan, the eldest son who was also an imperial physician. Seeing that there was no one around, he whispered to his son: "You can treat Master Zhang in the afternoon, tell him that I have completed his request. It's time for him to fulfill his promise. One thousand taels of gold cannot be missed."

Fan Ning led 20,000 troops to the capital when night fell and entered Beidaying. Generally, troops entering Beijing from other places were stationed here. After the army moved in, the military weapon supervisor immediately distributed weapons for military exercises. This special weapon was no different from normal weapons. It was just that the blade had no edge and the spear head was round and blunt, which was very suitable for military exercises.

The emperor's inspection time was set for two days. Fan Ning did not return to the city and lived in the military camp. At night, the soldiers who had forcibly marched all the way were exhausted and ate some dry food, and then fell asleep.

Although Fanning came on a horse, he couldn't hold on. It was just dark, and he was ready to fall asleep after reading the book for a while.

Just then, Li Han's voice came from outside, "Has the comforter fall asleep? I need to report any emergency."

Fan Ning immediately said: "Please come in!"

Li Han walked in quickly and said anxiously: "Eunuch, something happened in the military camp."

"What's wrong?"

"Some soldiers in Zuodaying suffered severe diarrhea."

"What?"

Fanning stood up and asked anxiously: "How many soldiers have diarrhea?"

"About three thousand people, it's the advance camp!"

The advance camp arrived in the capital yesterday and was responsible for building the camp and arranging military supplies. Fan Ning immediately said: "Let's take a look!"

He followed Li Han quickly to the left camp with several subordinates.

Three thousand advance soldiers were stationed in Zuodaying. Unlike other soldiers, they took some dry food and rested and went to bed. They cooked in the camp. After dinner, they collectively had diarrhea.

The stench was so stinking that Fan Ning came to Cangying with the stench. Several military doctors were randomly checking for food and water.

"What did you find?" Fanning asked.

The head military doctor nodded, "There is a problem with the flour. We checked the remaining dozen bags of flour today and found that the flour was mixed with a lot of croton flour, which was finely ground and mixed with the flour. It was not easy to see that today, the soldiers ate soup cakes made of this flour for dinner."

Fanning was very annoyed. Someone maliciously framed the flour and mixed it with croton flour. Fortunately, the main soldiers came late and did not have supper in the camp, otherwise they would all fall down.

"Can soldiers with diarrhea participate in the acquired martial arts exercise?"

"The diarrhea can be stopped tomorrow, but the spirit and physical strength will definitely be affected. I suggest that these 3,000 people should not play."
Chapter completed!