Chapter 3482 Extra Kochu 8

The emperor was most worried about the world, the crown prince. He ordered again and again, and finally let him go, and said softly: "Please come in with your mother, I will talk to her."

Seeing that the emperor's aura was weak, the prince couldn't help but glance at Gu Zhong, and stepped back to find his mother.

When the queen came in, the emperor was already unable to speak, Gu Zhong glanced at the hands they held together, and quietly stepped aside.

The emperor put his hand on the empress's hand, and said in a barely audible way: "Zi Tong, you have worked hard in this life..."

The queen's eyes blurred, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, held his hand and said softly: "It's not hard, in the next life, I will still be willing to be with Erlang."

The emperor smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled, and replied: "Okay..."

The two stopped talking, and just held hands and looked at each other. At some point, the emperor's eyes closed slightly, and his hand fell softly into the queen's palm.

The queen shook her hands and pushed him, calling softly: "Your Majesty..."

The emperor didn't respond to her, nor did he move.

Gu Zhong hurriedly stepped forward to test the emperor's breath, and knelt down after a while, "Your Majesty, your majesty... collapsed!"

The queen lowered her head and cried for a while, managed to clear up her emotions, got up, took Gu Zhong's hand and walked out, and announced to everyone: "Your Majesty, you are dead—"

Zhou Man's heart hurt, he knelt down with everyone, crying immediately resounded in the hall, even the restrained old Mr. Tang cried out.

Zhou Man and Xiao Yuan were leading the people from the imperial hospital inside, and after confirming that the emperor had really passed away, they assisted the prince and other princes to collect the funeral together.

Gu Zhong is also the head servant of the Tai Chi Hall, in charge of various affairs.

Only when the crown prince ascended the throne and the late emperor went to the funeral, Gu Zhong could breathe a sigh of relief.

He didn't miss it too much. The first emperor went out for the funeral, and he handed over the affairs of the Tai Chi Hall to Eunuch Wu.

But how could Eunuch Wu dare to accept it directly?

He went to find the new emperor.

The prince who just became the emperor has experienced all kinds of busy business and personal affairs after the death of his father. This is the time when he misses his father the most, so he didn't directly agree, but said: "He is always by the father's side. Although the father He has gone, but he has worked hard, let him continue to lead the position of chief executive, and you will assist him."

Eunuch Wu responded in a low voice.

Gu Zhong didn't want to continue to be the chief executive, although he was powerful and could continue to accumulate wealth, but once he was an emperor and a courtier, he didn't have a deep relationship with the prince, and he was far inferior to the first emperor in front of him.

What's more, the prince's temper...

But Gu Zhong didn't dare to insist on leaving at this time, he knew the prince well, if he resigned again, he was afraid that the prince would be angry.

Gu Zhong was worried, but he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he said politely to Eunuch Wu: "In this Taiji Hall, it is said that it is the chief servant, but in fact it is still around His Majesty. We people only need to listen to His Majesty's orders. Just do it."

"But the person His Majesty is most accustomed to using is Mr. Wu. From now on, we will have to work harder for Mr. Wu in front of the imperial court."

"Master Gu is too polite," Eunuch Wu said with a smile on his face, "We are newcomers to our family. How can Master Gu be familiar with the Tai Chi Palace? Your Majesty has already spoken. From now on, I will definitely help you. If you have anything to say, just ask .”

Gu Zhong smiled, and both of them smiled brightly, only they knew that their hearts were not at peace.

Gu Zhong has been with the new emperor for a while. Although he is still respected, the Tai Chi Hall and even the entire palace have begun to stand in line. Are they on his side or on the side of Eunuch Wu...

This is not something they can decide. There cannot be two tigers on one mountain, let alone two tigers with overlapping hunting areas.

Although the food in this mountain is not what Gu Zhong wants to eat now.

After thinking about it, he could only go to Zhou Man.

Zhou Man was also very busy, the new emperor ascended the throne, Xiao Yuanzheng felt that his merits and virtues had been consummated, and there was something wrong with the previous emperor who had not discovered it. He felt guilty, so he wrote a letter to beg for the bones not long after.

The new emperor persuaded him to stay twice as usual, and agreed with a swipe of a pen after he submitted the letter for the third time, so Zhou Man was promoted to the order of the Imperial Medical Administration and the director of the Imperial Hospital, and his career field increased again.

Of course, the workload has also increased a lot.

For the future plans of the Imperial Medical Office, many of them were unwilling by Xiao Yuanzheng before, and he was unwilling to make drastic changes. After Zhou Man took over, he simply sorted out these things slowly and planned to implement them step by step.

So there are more things to do.

When he gets busy, Zhou Man tends to forget himself. When he was stopped by Gu Cai on the way out of the palace, he subconsciously evaded to the side, trying to walk around the obstacle.

Gu Cai hastily raised his voice, "Master Zhou, Master Zhou..."

Zhou Man came back to his senses, and only then did he see the person standing in front of him, "Master Gu? Are you here to get medicine? Master Gu no longer needs to take medicine, just pay more attention to daily maintenance."

"No, it's godfather who wants to treat your lord to a meal," Gu Cai said with a smile: "Godfather knows that your lord is very busy now, so he doesn't dare to take up too much of your time, and godfather wants to rest in Chongwen tomorrow. Please have a light meal in the restaurant, do you have time for lunch?"

Zhou Man was stunned for a moment and then said: "He wants to treat guests in the palace? I'm a foreign minister..."

It is a big taboo for foreign ministers and internal servants to have close contacts. Even if the two have a good relationship, they seldom interact with each other publicly.

Gu Cai said with a smile: "Lord Zhou, don't worry, godfather has passed this matter to the public, everyone knows that when godfather came out of Dali Temple, it was Master Zhou who saw godfather, that's why godfather recovered so quickly .”

He said with a smile: "Godfather specially asked His Majesty to allow him to set up a banquet in the palace to entertain you. The Chongwen Hall was chosen by His Majesty."

Chongwen Hall is the territory of the prince. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, Ying Nu has also been named the prince, but the East Palace is still the domain of the new emperor. After all, he has only been from the prince to the emperor for a short time.

When Zhou Man heard this, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to Chongwen Museum for dinner tomorrow afternoon."

Gu Cai responded happily and asked, "Is there anything you particularly want to eat, sir?"

Now she still has to keep the country's filial piety, what can she eat?

After thinking for a while, she said, "Tofu, I like tofu, so I want more tofu of all kinds."

If you can’t eat meat, then eat tofu, which tastes the most like meat.

Thinking of this, Zhou Man was hungry, she rubbed her belly, nodded with Gu Cai and said: "It's getting late, I'm going out of the palace, you should go back and report to your life."

Gu Cai agreed, and was happy to go back to find Gu Zhong, but met Gu Ji on the way.

Gu Cai hurriedly stopped, bowed his head and stood aside to avoid it.

Gu Ji is now the chief official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the fourth rank, only under Gu Zhong and Eunuch Wu, he is also one of the best figures in the palace.

Seeing him, Gu Ji walked over purposely, and asked with a smile, "Junior brother, are you coming from the gate of the palace? Are you leaving the palace again today?"

Gu Cai lowered his head and said: "No, I just went to the Chongwen Museum to deliver a message for my godfather."

Gu Ji nodded, "I vaguely saw Mr. Zhou going towards the gate of the palace just now, why, didn't you see it?"

Gu Cai was clumsy and said dryly: "I see."

But there are no more words.

See you tomorrow