The Prodigal Son's Happy Life - Chapter 125

[Chapter 125 The Charm of The West Chamber]

The Emperor of Chu thought for a moment and decided to let him come up with a charter first.

Although the pro-military review is not as important as Qiu Wei, it is not child’s play either.

Putting down this memorial, he picked up another memorial from the desk and read it carefully.

After a quick glance, his brows furrowed tightly.

This memorial was submitted by the Kyoto Prefecture. It said that a mob in the south of the capital city was causing chaos, beating the police officers, and tearing up the imperial notices.

This kind of thing is not uncommon. The territory of Chu State is so vast that there are always some thieves who do not abide by their duties and instigate civil unrest everywhere.

You can go to a remote place far away from the capital. This will happen when natural disasters occur frequently.

This is the first time in the memory of the capital.

Are they refugees from the Central Plains?

Emperor Chu frowned and continued to look down.

When he finished reading the memorial, the expression on his face became a little strange.

Zhuxuanzhai’s

“The Romance of the West Chamber”, “Nie Xiaoqian”, and “The Legend of the Condor Heroes”.

Zhuxuanzhai, this name.

In the past, he had heard the concubines talk about it in the harem.

It seems to be a bookstore that specializes in printing romance books.

Some time ago, “The Romance of the West Chamber”, which was very popular in the harem and even praised by the Empress Dowager, came from here.

So why did the Ministry of Rites ban these books?

Emperor Chu was confused at first, and then felt a little palpitated.

Just a few books turned hundreds of docile people into a mob that beat police officers and tore up notices.

This is really appalling.

Nowadays, these stories only describe the love between children, but they still have such appeal. Emperor Chu

frowned

and began to understand why the Ministry of Rites listed these books as banned books.

Nowadays, only some adults read these gossip books, just to relieve their boredom when they have nothing to do.

But in the long run, among the young men in the capital, especially those scholar-bureaucrats from superior families, who would be willing to study hard and serve the imperial court.

Emperor Chu thought for a while.

Books must be banned.

But not all of the civilians who participated in the beating of the police officers could be convicted.

Capture a few of the leaders and lock them up for two or three years to serve as a warning to others, and then forget about it.

Just as Emperor Chu was about to ask Liu Cheng to draft it, he saw a young eunuch rushing into Nuan Pavilion in a panic.

“Bold!”

Liu Cheng’s heart skipped a beat when he saw this scene, and he yelled hastily.

However, the young eunuch didn’t say anything, and knelt down on the ground, with a look of mourning on his face, and said plaintively: “Your Majesty, it’s not good, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother.”

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chu’s face suddenly changed, and he stood up in a hurry. He said anxiously: “What’s wrong with the Queen Mother!?”

The young eunuch lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: “The Queen Mother fainted.”

The Queen Mother is old and usually rests. This fainting will most likely never happen again. He couldn’t wake up.

The Emperor of Chu obviously knew this very well. With an anxious look on his face, he shouted loudly: “Imperial doctor, declare the imperial doctor!”

The young eunuch said: “Your Majesty, the imperial doctor has arrived and is treating the Queen Mother. The imperial physician Lord Cheng Huang, please ask your servant to ask your Majesty to come down and see you.”

Emperor Chu’s heart skipped a beat.

When the Imperial Physician Cheng said these words, his meaning could not be clearer, that is, he was invited to see the Queen Mother for the last time!

Thinking of all the past events, Emperor Chu suddenly felt that the sky was about to collapse.

He, who had always kept his expression calm even when the mountain collapsed in front of him, could no longer remain calm at this moment. He hurriedly walked out of the Nuan Pavilion and ordered: “Let everyone from the Imperial Hospital come over. No matter what, we must ensure that the Queen Mother is fine!”

On the side, Liu Cheng quickly followed behind Emperor Chu, saying yes again and again.

Inside Shouan Palace.

A group of palace maids and eunuchs were busy together. When they saw the Emperor of Chu, they knelt down and saluted.

The Emperor of Chu was anxious to see the Queen Mother, so he just waved his hand and hurried into the palace.

In the palace, more than a dozen highly respected imperial doctors were discussing something. When they saw Emperor Chu, they all knelt down.

When Emperor Chu saw them like this, anger appeared on his face. Just as he was about to curse, he heard a weak voice coming from not far away: “But the emperor is here?”

Hearing this familiar voice, Emperor Chu was slightly startled, and then With joy on his face, he walked to the bed, held one of the Queen Mother Zhang’s hands, and said softly: “I am your son.”

The Celestial Empire governs the world with filial piety. Even though he is the emperor, he still calls him “son” when facing the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. minister.

There was some fatigue between Queen Mother Zhang’s eyebrows. She opened her eyes with difficulty and glanced at her son.

Immediately, he closed his eyes with some relief and said: “These imperial doctors are all loyal and good. Without them, the Ai family would have followed the late emperor today. You must reward them well.”

“Yes”

Seeing that the Queen Mother was thinking clearly and speaking fairly fluently, Emperor Chu finally let go of his hanging heart, nodded, and said: “My son, I must reward them well.” After

resting for a moment, the Queen Mother said again: “Okay, Aijia Nothing happens here. You are the emperor and are busy with government affairs. There is no need to stay here at the Ai family. Go and do your work.”

Emperor Chu said, “My son, I will stay with you for a while.” The

Queen Mother smiled and said, “The Ai family is tired. , you need to take a rest, you are the emperor, why don’t you stay here, go ahead.”

Upon seeing this, Emperor Chu had no choice but to say: “I’ll wait for you to rest, and I’ll come see you tomorrow.”

The Queen Mother just nodded lightly, and then Closed his eyes.

Emperor Chu glanced at the Queen Mother and saw that she was in good health, so he felt relieved, stood up, and left slowly.

After walking out of Shou’an Palace, he asked the imperial physician: “How is the Queen Mother’s body?”

When the imperial physician asked the emperor, he did not dare to show any hesitation.

She bowed respectfully and then said: “The Queen Mother, she is in good health. Just now she was suffering from anxiety and her heart was blocked, so she fainted.

I will give the Queen Mother a prescription to relieve her heart and calm her mind. She only needs to rest.” In a few days, you will be back to your original state. “

Anxious fire attacks the heart and blood flow is blocked?

Emperor Chu was startled, and then his expression changed, with an angry look on his face. He looked at the eunuch who had been serving the Queen Mother, and said coldly: “What’s going on?”

The eunuch was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat. Without saying a word, he knelt on the ground. , said in a trembling voice: “Today, the Queen Mother was reading “The Romance of the West Chamber”. After reading it, she sent her slave out of the palace to buy books. When

she arrived at Zhuxuanzhai, she learned that “The Romance of the West Chamber” was listed as a banned book, and there was a notice at the door, slave After reading it, I remembered it in my heart, and reported it truthfully to the empress when she came back.

The empress fainted after hearing this.

“Slave, you deserve to die, you deserve to die.”

Emperor Chu originally wanted to get angry, but when he heard this, he was stunned. , with a strange expression.

He never thought that the Queen Mother fainted because of this incident.

Combined with the previous memorial, he couldn’t believe it.

How could a small book called “The Romance of the West Chamber” have such charm?

It’s not that he has never read the book “The Romance of the West Chamber”.

After just reading a few pages, I felt it was boring and discarded it like worn out shoes.

“The Romance of the West Chamber”, in his opinion, was just a romance book describing the love between children.

How could so many people, especially women, treat it like a sweet spring? Even the

Queen Mother was stunned for a moment.

(End of chapter)