Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 420
Under such circumstances, Emperor Wanli was most worried about his favorite concubine Zheng Gui.

He understood that after his own death, his son Zhu Changluo would definitely not be polite to Concubine Zheng, so he wanted to change everything before he died.

"Zhou Aiqing, I want to make Concubine Zheng the queen, are you willing to help me?" Emperor Wanli asked Zhang Qingfeng weakly on the hospital bed.

When facing death, the most trustworthy people around Emperor Wanli are Zheng Guifei and Zhang Qingfeng.

Among the two, one is his favorite concubine, and the other is his most trusted minister.

At this time, there were no other court ladies and eunuchs in front of the sick bed, only Zhang Qingfeng and Zheng Guifei.

Hearing Emperor Wanli's words, Concubine Zheng also looked at him sadly.

Hearing what Emperor Wanli said, Zhang Qingfeng didn't want to give him any hope, because he knew that Emperor Wanli's idea could not be realized.

Although Queen Wang died last year, if she wanted to make Concubine Zheng a queen, Emperor Wanli had to preside over a canonization ceremony in person.

Looking at the current situation of Emperor Wanli, let alone presiding over the grand ceremony, whether he can move is a problem.

The most important thing is that the civil and military officials will never tolerate Emperor Wanli making Concubine Zheng the queen. You Emperor Wanli is so sick that you will return to the west at any time. This is equivalent to a tiger without teeth. Afraid?
Even if you, Emperor Wanli, want to forcibly confer canonization without the recognition of civil and military officials, it will be a joke in the end.

The reason why Emperor Wanli wanted Zhang Qingfeng to help was that he wanted to use the soldiers and horses in Zhang Qingfeng's hands to coerce all civil and military officials to agree to confer Zheng Guifei as empress.

As long as Concubine Zheng became the queen, she would be the queen mother after Zhu Changluo ascended the throne. In this era, the emperor did not dare to be disrespectful to the queen mother, otherwise he would be morally condemned.

If Concubine Zheng becomes the Queen Mother, her old age will be considered guaranteed.

However, Zhang Qingfeng naturally didn't want to offend Prince Zhu Changluo for helping Concubine Zheng.

He said to the Emperor Wanli who was on the sick bed: "Long Live, Your Majesty and His Highness the King of Wu have been separated for several years. If your Majesty is willing, I can ask someone to send you to the Kingdom of Wu to see His Highness the King of Wu..."

Zhang Qingfeng's intention was obvious, he did not agree to allow Emperor Wanli to confer the title of Concubine Zheng.

"You...why?" Emperor Wanli asked excitedly.

He didn't expect that Zhou Qingfeng, who had always been obedient to him, would oppose him at this moment.

Does he think that if I die, I can't cure him?

"Long Live Lord, it's not that I don't want to, but I can't. So what if the empress becomes a queen?"

Zhang Qingfeng said: "If you leave, Long Live Lord, what's the point of my wife living alone in the Forbidden City? Instead of doing that, it's better to go to the Kingdom of Wu. Firstly, mother and son can be reunited. Secondly, His Highness the King of Wu is my biological son after all. I will definitely take good care of my mother in her old age."

After hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Emperor Wanli remained silent for a long time.

After a while, he said helplessly to Concubine Zheng with a hoarse voice: "My concubine, I can't protect you anymore, you go to Wu country."

After that, he said to Zhang Qingfeng: "I ask you to take 2000 million taels of silver and send it to the Kingdom of Wu and hand it over to the King of Wu. Can you do it?"

"Don't worry, Lord Long Live, I will definitely do it." Zhang Qingfeng assured Emperor Wanli.

"Long live my lord, I can't bear to leave you!" Concubine Zheng finally couldn't help but cry bitterly when she heard Emperor Wanli's words as if he were explaining his funeral affairs.

Historically, after the death of Emperor Wanli, Concubine Zheng could only die alone in the cold palace. His son Zhu Changxun had been under the strict supervision of Zhu Changluo's lineage all the time and could not help her at all, so her ending was very miserable.

But now it's different, her son Zhu Changxun has become the King of Wu with his own palace and territory, so she won't be targeted by Zhu Changluo's line after she passes.

Under Zhang Qingfeng's persuasion, Emperor Wanli did not force Concubine Zheng to be canonized as Queen in the end, but issued a decree, ordering the Royal Fleet to escort Concubine Zheng to Wu State to visit Wu Wang Zhu Changxun.

No one said anything about Emperor Wanli's will, because everyone knew that Emperor Wanli was arranging funeral arrangements.

A few days later, Concubine Zheng left Tianjin port by ship. A royal fleet of more than 30 warships escorted Concubine Zheng southward along the Ming Dynasty coastline towards Tiwan Island.

Accompanying Concubine Zheng to leave was a Royal Bank note worth 500 million taels of silver.

In a short period of time, Zhang Qingfeng could only collect so much money. The 2000 million taels of silver mentioned by Emperor Wanli, he planned to see the future situation.

Just one month after Concubine Zheng left, Emperor Wanli finally closed his eyes and let go.

During this month, Emperor Wanli made many arrangements. For example, he canonized Concubine Wang Gong, the mother of Prince Zhu Changluo, as queen, which was supported by all civil and military officials.

In addition, he also replaced some people, such as the eunuch Si Lijian and the eunuch Jian Bingbi.

The reason for doing this is also so that after Zhu Changluo ascends the throne, he can enshrine his own person in charge of the Supervisor of Rituals.

As for the position of Zhang Qingfeng's machine bureau palm print, Emperor Wanli did not move. Apart from being his most trusted minister, Zhang Qingfeng is also the teacher of the emperor's eldest grandson, and he can be regarded as a member of the prince's line.

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In the master bedroom of Qianqing Palace, a group of people were sitting in front of Emperor Wanli's sickbed.

There are the prince Zhu Changluo, the newly appointed queen Wang Yaoyin, several cabinet ministers and several imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau.

In addition, of course, there was Emperor Wanli's most favored eunuch Zhou Qingfeng.

In the room, Emperor Wanli was whispering something to Prince Zhu Changluo, and Zhu Changluo kept nodding in agreement.

Under such circumstances, I don't know when, Emperor Wanli was speechless.

"Long live, long live."

Seeing such a situation, the imperial physician hurried forward to investigate the situation.

"Fortunately, Long Live Master just fell asleep." The imperial doctor said to everyone after checking the situation.

At this time, Emperor Wanli was still breathing and his heart was beating.

What made the imperial doctor feel strange was that Emperor Wanli's pulse seemed to suddenly become much stronger, and he did not look like a dying person at all.

Everyone didn't know, but at this moment, system prompts flashed in Zhang Qingfeng's mind.

[System Prompt]: Found the target...

[System Prompt]: Activate the clone possession, the clone possession is successful...

[System prompt]: The carrier is seriously ill and is being cured..."

In the room, when the imperial doctor said that Emperor Wanli had just fallen asleep, everyone's expression remained unchanged, but their hearts were very strange.

Everyone waited for a while, and the imperial physician once again confirmed that Emperor Wanli really just fell asleep, and then left the room one after another.

Since Emperor Wanli is not going to die soon, it is not a problem for everyone to wait here.

Although everyone left, they did not leave the palace, but stayed in Qianqing Palace.

The next day, the imperial physician reported a piece of good or bad news to everyone. Emperor Wanli did not die, but his condition improved.

(End of this chapter)