Ashes

"Okay, Sahalian's hard work these years has paid off." Dorgon replied.

"Smart Yingzi, similar to you, I think he is suitable." Huang Taiji said in a vague way.

"Actually, you have wanted to promote him for a long time, but you have never had a chance. This time, Yuetuo left suddenly, leaving such a big vacancy, and he happened to be the top."

"He is the most qualified to succeed."

"Then..." Dorgon tentatively asked, "Who do you want to hand over the Ministry of War to?"

Huang Taiji had expected that he would raise this question: "You are not the first to ask me about the Ministry of War."

"Then who do you have in mind?"

"What do you think? You are in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and you are in charge of the promotion and promotion of all officials. You should be very clear about their ability and character."

"Then I will mention one person—Duo Duo."

Huang Taiji smiled unsurprisingly: "Could it be that Duoduo is too young and a bit impetuous?"

"When did you start judging people by their age?"

"Duo Duo did a good job with me this time. I want to reward him well. But the matter of leading the army... Although Yue Tuo has been a little dissatisfied with me over the years, I still entrust him with important tasks, because he has a stable personality and handles things well." He has brains. Although Duduo has some talents, he always does things according to his temperament.

"Dodo hasn't messed around in the past few years."

"It's a good word, but it's far from enough." Huang Taiji always commented on Duoduo without joy or anger, and didn't even have the slightest intention of letting him lead the army.

Dorgon's eyes gradually turned cold, and there was nothing to refute.He was right, Duoduo did not meet Huang Taiji's requirements.

The sudden silence made the atmosphere awkward.

Huang Taiji's smile was not natural either: "Are you angry?"

"The position of the Ministry of War is of great importance. You have your own considerations. Why am I angry?" He said so, but with a stinky face, no matter how he looked, he was not very happy.

"Duplicate guy. I'm not unaware of your control and teaching of Duduo. You have put a lot of thought into him, and you have high hopes for him. I understand that."

"But he's still not good enough in your eyes, is he?"

He blindly protected Duoduo, which made Huang Taiji feel very uncomfortable. If it was changed to other occasions, would he protect himself like this?

Thinking about it, Huang Taiji felt his head was heavy: "Dorgon, my head hurts."

Dorgon's face changed slightly, but he suspected that he was pretending to be sick, so he just looked at him sideways, motionless.

Huang Taiji smiled wryly: "You won't just ignore me because of Duoduo, right?"

Dorgon moved his feet, but he only took a small step, and then stopped again, feeling something blocked in his heart.

"Forget it." Huang Taiji waved his hand, "Go down."

"Don't you have a headache?"

"I lied to you."

Displeasure, suspicion, worry, several emotions appeared alternately on Dorgon's face, he stood where he was and neither walked nor approached.

However, Huang Taiji seemed a little anxious, urging Dorgon to leave: "Go, if you just came to tell me about Duoduo, then go."

This kind of words, no different from an expulsion order, pierced Dorgon's body like a thorn, and Dorgon showed a bit of sullen expression, and turned to leave.

Looking at the back of Dorgon leaving without saying a word, Huang Taiji sighed deeply, and his headache got worse.

Obviously just sitting, but it seems to be standing on the top of a high mountain looking down, and the bottom of the feet is empty, soft and unreliable, dizziness and nausea sweeping over.It was clear that the surrounding area was quiet and there was no sound for a long time, but it was as if a gust of wind was whistling past my ears, roaring endlessly.

This symptom has been going on for several days, and there is no warning every time it occurs, or it comes suddenly when sitting or standing.

Huang Taiji closed his eyes, resting his head on one hand, with a pained expression.

When he was in unbearable pain, someone suddenly approached him with a nervous voice: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

Did Dorgon go and return?Sure enough, he still missed himself.

Huang Taiji was pleasantly surprised, and suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were blurred, he blinked to look hard, and things gradually became clear.

That anxious face was not Dorgon, but Jierhalang.

Severe tinnitus, making the sounds heard are not real.

Huang Taiji's mood fell from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley, and the smile he showed just now disappeared.

"My lord, what's wrong with you? Is it a headache?"

Huang Taiji tried his best to get up, but as soon as he took a step, his headache intensified violently, as if it was about to burst, he swayed a few times, and fell back to his seat all of a sudden.

"Be careful!" Ji Erhalang hurriedly stepped forward to support him, "Don't move around, hold my hand, and go to bed and lie down!"

Huang Taiji was struggling, and with Jierhalang's support, he moved towards the bed with great effort, for fear that if he didn't make a sound, his feet would be weak and he would fall down.

Jierhalang hurriedly settled Huang Taiji on the bed, asked someone to call the doctor in a panic, brought him a cup of tea and asked him if he wanted tea, and saw that his head was sweating profusely, carefully wiped it off for him.

After lying on the bed for a while, Huang Taiji felt better, the pain was not so severe, and the tinnitus also stopped.

"Why are you here, and no one is notified."

"I yelled several times outside the door, but I didn't see any response from you. I was afraid that something would happen to you, so I came in by myself. Fortunately, I came, otherwise no one would know if you passed out in the room. From now on, don't stay alone in the study Now, I must let Andari be by my side to take care of me, and if I feel uncomfortable, I can tell the doctor in time."

Huang Taiji smiled lightly: "What are you looking for?"

"It's nothing. Didn't you say that your body was not right yesterday? I couldn't let it go, so I came to take a look. I thought you were fine, so I went back, but I didn't expect you to be so sick, so I stayed. Come with you."

It should be a happy thing for someone to care about it, but Huang Taiji couldn't be happy anyway, instead he sighed softly.

At this moment, several doctors came, and without any delay, they gave Huang Taiji a diagnosis immediately.

It seems that Huang Taiji will not agree to let Duoduo lead the army, but it doesn't matter. Although a lot of help is missing, Dorgon will never pin his hopes on one thing.

It was night, and Dorgon hadn't slept yet.Under the solitary lamp, he sat alone without sleep, thinking quietly.

It is not too surprising that Huang Taiji is unwilling to give the Ministry of War to Duoduo. In fact, he should have understood long ago that in his heart, he cannot be the most important.

But the calm heart was beating wildly for no reason, and the thoughts in the mind were chaotic, and it was extremely difficult to calm down again.

What makes me feel irritable?Dorgon turned over and over to find the reason.Without any basis, that kind of anxiety enveloped him, making him inexplicably agitated.

Dorgon simply got up and paced back and forth in the room, but the more he did this, the more he felt uneasy.

While feeling depressed, there was a light knock on the door.

Dundari entered the room and announced: "My lord, someone from the palace has sent a message saying that the emperor is not feeling well, please go and take care of him."

Dorgon frowned, and he said he had a headache when he talked during the day, why did it happen again this time?Most likely he was empty and bored at night, so he made up a lie and asked himself to be with him.

Don't keep good things for me, only think of me when I'm lonely, what does he think of me, Dorgon?

"You must be lying to me. I don't want to go, so you just tell me I'm asleep." Dorgon said coldly.

According to the previous life, even if his health did not improve in this life, there are still several years before he will be seriously ill, so what is there to worry about?

After all, Dundari has served Huang Taiji for many years, and he still turned to Huang Taiji in his heart: "This... my lord, I'm afraid it's not very good. It doesn't matter whether the emperor is really sick or a fake one. Since I came to tell you, you..."

"If you are afraid that he will blame you, just go and complain in front of him. As I said, I don't want to go!" Dorgon snapped at him.

"My lord, don't be angry. It's just that the emperor won't disturb your rest easily. He wants to see you late at night, so it must be..."

"I can't go on talking, and you want me to repeat it again and again? Dundari, don't rely on being his, you can make irresponsible remarks in front of me." As he spoke, Dorgon became angry. Coming up, it was the first time in these years that he got angry at him.

Dundari knelt down and said, "My lord, you blamed me wrongly, and I did it for your own good."

"Get out!" Dorgon said impatiently.

Dundari had no choice but to retreat, and replied to the people in the palace according to Dorgon's wishes.

If it was normal, even if there was a big anger, as long as he wanted to restrain himself, he would be able to keep his face on the surface, but tonight, for some reason, he just couldn't help it.

Dorgon sat back on his seat, his already restless heart became even more restless.

On the other side, I received the news that Dorgon had fallen asleep and could not come over.It was not Huang Taiji who got angry immediately, but Ji Erhalang.

He pointed at the man's nose and cursed: "Did you fall asleep? What did you do? The emperor is not feeling right now! Even if he really fell asleep, you should drag him out of the bed! Don't send any more messages!"

"No need." Huang Taiji heard Jierharang scolding the man, and stopped him, "Since he is asleep, let him sleep well and don't disturb him. He is not a miracle doctor, he came to my body It will be fine."

"How could he sleep? What kind of airs is he putting on? I'll go find him myself!"

"No need, you come back." Huang Taiji's voice was weak.

It's not unbearable pain, but the lingering discomfort all over the body, dizzy and swollen, which makes people unable to lift up energy and sleep peacefully.

It's not too surprising that Dorgon didn't want to come over. He still cared about the daytime affairs. In fact, he should have understood that in his heart, he couldn't be the most important thing.

Jierharang was anxious at the side: "Your Majesty, you can't do without sleep. The more uncomfortable you are, the more you should try to sleep for a while, even for a short while. I'll go and dim the lights, and you can turn them off for a while." Let’s see, I’ll be by your side.”

"Alright." Huang Taiji rubbed his eyes and lay down on the bed.

On the second day, Dorgon came to the palace to prepare for court as usual. He waited in the side hall, chatting with the kings and ministers.

But after waiting for a long time, no one came to summon them after hours passed.

It wasn't until everyone began to discuss that Andari came to the side hall to deliver a message: "The emperor's holy body violated the peace today, and the court meeting was canceled. Everyone, please go back."

"Is the emperor sick? Is it serious? Why don't we go and see together?" Daishan said.

"The emperor said that there is no serious problem, but you need to rest, so everyone should go back according to the emperor's wishes."

Everyone whispered and had to leave separately.Only Dorgon's complexion changed suddenly, and his heart hung up.

Huang Taiji had always been diligent, and he didn't take minor ailments seriously. If it reached the point where he couldn't come to court, it must be very serious.

Is it true that you said you were uncomfortable last night?

A chill welled up in his heart, and a strong, bad premonition occupied him.

Dorgon no longer hesitated, took a step, and walked in the opposite direction of the flow of people.

He walked faster and faster, from a small run to a gallop, towards the Qingning Palace.

This road, which was not long at first, suddenly became very long, and he could not run to the end, so he worked harder and exerted all his strength. Even if his throat seemed to be burning, he refused to let go. Slow speed, even if it is delayed for a moment, he can't bear it, as if as long as it is a little later, something will happen that he will regret for the rest of his life.

Panting from running, he put his hands on his knees and stood outside the house.He took a deep breath, and just about to knock on the door, the door was suddenly pushed open.