Fate of the Stupid Son Chapter 950

The old gentleman understood what she meant and wanted Xu Liang to go and shout for someone, Song Yin stood up, “I’ll go.”

It was better for him to go, and the old gentleman nodded his head.

Song Yin went out in stride.

Zhu House.

After dinner Zhu Zhihong wanted to go to the study to attend to official business, but was pulled by his wife, “Master, I don’t know why, but I’ve been very unsettled in my heart these past few days, do you think, is something wrong with our Wen’er?”

Zhu Wen was a filial child, even if he went out on a trip he would not not come back for New Year’s Eve, she did not think much about it before New Year’s Eve, but after New Year’s Eve when she was free she felt that something was not right.

Zhu Zhihong had a lot of things to deal with and didn’t have the heart to talk to her about them, “You are just worrying blindly, what can happen to Wen’er? I have things to do, I’m going to the study first.”

“Master ……”

Zhu Zhihong had just walked to the door of the study when the housekeeper hurried over, “Master, Mr. Song Yin Song is here, he said that old sir asked you to come over.”

At this hour?

Zhu Zhihong turned on his heels and took three steps forward and two steps back, “Prepare the carriage.”

When he saw Song Yin, he opened his mouth to ask a question, but swallowed his words, nodded towards Song Yin, and quickly stepped into his own carriage.

Song Yin rode alongside the carriage and soon returned to the Xu residence.

“Sir.”

Zhu Zhihong almost trotted to the old gentleman’s house. He had thought a lot on the way, and what he thought about most was that the old gentleman was not feeling well.

Only after shouting did he see that Song Wangyue was also there and froze, “When did Miss Song come out?”

“An hour ago, I had something important to tell Lord Zhu.”

Zhu Zhihong looked at the old man.

“Sit down.”

Zhu Zhihong sat down at the bottom of the old gentleman.

“Something has happened to the Emperor!”

A word exploded and Zhu Zhihong almost jumped up.

He steadied his mind, “Miss Song please also speak more clearly, what has happened to the Emperor?”

“I’m not sure exactly, I only know that all the eunuch doctors from the Imperial Hospital have been called away and have not left the palace by now.”

Zhu Zhihong’s first thought was to go into the palace now! He was just about to get up when he thought that the palace door was already closed, and sat back down again in dismay.

The old gentleman spoke up, “People in the capital are now on edge, if news of the Emperor’s bad fortune spreads again, I am afraid there will be chaos, as the head of the six ministries, your cabinet should take precautions.”

Zhu Zhihong’s mind was in turmoil and he subconsciously asked, “Sir, what should I do?”

Only after asking did he feel that something was wrong, as Mr. Zhu had never been involved in politics.

“You should inform the six ministers and discuss the follow-up. If the emperor is fine, consider it a false alarm; if he is not, who should be put in charge of the court affairs.”

“What sir says is ……”

Zhu Zhihong stood up, “I will go and inform them personally.”

“And don’t be too hasty, there is no news from the palace yet, perhaps things aren’t that bad.”

Hopefully so, there were too many things happening these days, Zhu Zhihong really did not want anything to happen to the Emperor.

This night, Zhu Zhihong and the six ministers did not sleep, and they set off from home half an hour before the court was due to start, to wait at the palace gate.

When the time came for the court to begin, the palace gates slowly opened.

The hearts of several people who had been lifting all night fell back a little, the emperor should be fine.

But before their hearts could settle, they saw Eunuch Huang come out from inside with a haggard face, looking at the civil and military officials, “His Majesty is not well, so the court is suspended today!

The civil and military officials were in an uproar.

Zhu Zhihong stepped forward and stopped Eunuch Huang who wanted to turn around and go in, “Eunuch, can we go in and see the Emperor?”

“This ……”

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice also stepped forward, “Yes, Eunuch Huang, can we go in and see the Emperor?”

The other five ministries’ Shang Shu also stepped forward.

The six ministries were the pillars of the court, and when the emperor fell, the running of state affairs would still depend on them.

“You will wait for a moment while the miscellaneous ministers go and ask Her Highness Consort Xian for instructions.”

Eunuch Huang turned and went into the palace and soon came out again, “A few of you will follow me in.”

Seven people followed Eunuch Huang into the Emperor’s bedchamber.

Even though they had prepared their hearts, they were still shocked when they saw the Emperor.

“Courtier, what illness has the Emperor, His Majesty, contracted?”

The Minister of the Ministry asked with a trembling voice.

The courtier was literally white-haired, the night had passed and the Emperor’s illness had not improved in the slightest, and several of the older eunuchs could not bear the pressure so much and had fainted.

“His Majesty is having a stroke.”

The disease of stroke was known to them all, and once they had it people would be like the Emperor, with their mouths and eyes slanted and unconscious. But after the doctor’s consultation and treatment, they would all get better, so how could the Emperor be so serious?

“Then, then, then when will the emperor get better?”

The courtier had not slept all night and had not even drunk any water since last night, not to mention eating, he was exhausted and his voice was hoarse, even the shaking of his head was much slower, “I don’t know.”

Don’t know?

The seven people looked at each other.

There were so many things going on in the court now, if the emperor remained so unaware, how should the court affairs be handled?

The six ministers looked to Zhu Zhihong.

Zhu Zhihong faintly shook his head.

Even if they proposed it now, the emperor would not be able to reply.

Several people withdrew their eyes and left the palace in pairs.

Outside the palace gate, the civil and military officials had not yet dispersed, and when they saw them coming out, they came forward to ask questions.

The emperor is so seriously ill, it is impossible to conceal it, but also can not tell the civil and military officials the truth, Zhu Zhihong spoke, “the emperor has a headache, the doctors are treating, you do not need to worry, all go home and wait for news.”

If it was really a headache, why did Eunuch Huang just say that the emperor was ill?

But no one spoke out their doubts and went in twos and threes to their carriages.

Zhu Zhihong and the Sixth Minister also each got into their own carriages and instructed the coachman to return to his house, only to change into ordinary clothes after returning to his house, change carriages again and go to a famous teahouse in the capital.

They had agreed last night that if they had anything to discuss today, they would come to this teahouse.

The seven of them entered a large elegant room on the first floor of the teahouse one after another, and the servant who came with them was guarding the door.

Because of the smallpox incident, there were very few customers in the teahouse these days, and the seven or eight underlings standing outside the elegant room did not attract much attention from the others.

Zhu Zhihong spoke first, “I’m afraid His Majesty won’t be well for a while.”

It’s not just a matter of not being well for a while, it’s a matter of not waking up.

The six ministers nodded in agreement.

The minister of the ministry was full of gloom, “We can’t be left without someone to deal with the affairs of the court, but we can’t put in a report in the current situation of the emperor.”

“Yes. ……”

The Minister of Household agreed, once smallpox broke out in the capital, the number of people who needed to be resettled would not be small and the cost would naturally be high, the money would need to come from the Ministry of Household, without the Emperor’s approval, he did not dare to move.

The Minister of the Ministry of Finance spoke up deliberately, “Given the current situation, the most urgent task is to have the Fourth Prince come to oversee the country ……”

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