Your majesty, please stay in the cold palace

Now that he had settled with the Queen Mother, Guo Heng didn't have to bother to make excuses, and lived in the south study of Chongwen Hall with peace of mind.After thinking about it for two days, he finally made up his mind that as soon as he left the court tomorrow, he would go to the Minister's Study to find Xu Chengze, and he must speak clearly to him.Guo Heng faintly felt that Xu Chengze also had feelings for him.

At night, Guo Heng dreamed of Xu Chengze, he hugged and kissed him, Xu Chengze responded to him without any resistance, the feeling made him infinitely addicted.After waking up, he looked at the messy quilt and smiled wryly, what's wrong with him?

He wanted to retreat quickly, but Kong Qingping and Yan Chengcai clashed in the hall.One insisted on reducing taxes, while the other said that the treasury was empty due to the two successive wars in Daliang and could not be reduced.

Standing behind Kong Qingping are Kong Qingshu, Lin Ziming, Luo Mingjun, and the smooth Changsun Ling who has been making love with each other. Behind Yan Chengcai is the Yan family.

Guo Heng had no choice but to suppress his charming thoughts and listen carefully.

He and Xu Chengze, Kong Qingshu had agreed to reduce the tax rate, and it must be reduced.The tax rate for the common people is already very high, and there has been severe drought in some places. If the tax rate is not reduced, the common people may be forced to rebel.

Guo Heng looked at the chaotic hall and slammed the table, and the hall immediately silenced.

Guo Heng glanced at the courtiers in the hall expressionlessly, and said slowly: "How is it proper for you to be so noisy?"

Yan Chengcai said: "Your Majesty, taxation is the foundation of the country, which guarantees the country's financial and national strength. However, Daliang has experienced two wars recently, and the treasury is empty and needs to be filled. It is hard not to increase the tax rate. Want to reduce the burden? What a fool's dream. You No tax, what do you let the emperor eat, what do you let the frontline soldiers eat and wear?"

Kong Qingping refused to accept it: "During the first emperor's time, the tax rate was two tenths, which was already the highest in Daliang's history, but since the year before last, it has increased by half a point. The life of ordinary people is not easy! Moreover, there have been severe droughts in several places recently, There have been many hungry and displaced persons, if the tax is not reduced and the land is not re-divided, the common people will rebel!"

Yan Chengcai snorted coldly, "Rebellion? Who dares to rebel, just suppress them. I don't believe that a few ordinary people can stir up trouble!"

"Enough!" Guo Heng stood up and said coldly, "A few ordinary people, can't make waves?"

He picked up a few folds from the desk and threw them down.

"Look at you, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Huangxian, Shanxian, several places are severely drought, hungry people are everywhere, and even sell their sons and daughters. A few days ago, the county magistrate of Shanxian said that the hungry people robbed the county government's granary, you Say, will those hungry people rush to the government office in a few days? Will they rush to my golden palace in a few days?"

There was silence in the hall, and no one made a sound.

Guo Heng sneered, "You have all lived in court for a long time, and you don't know what life the common people live in! Since you all think what you say makes sense, then go down and have a look for yourself! Kong Qingping, you go to Shan County, Yan Chengcai, you go to Qingzhou. I will give you ten days to go and see what kind of life the people there live! After you come back, write me a detailed booklet, telling me how to resettle the victims and how to let them live. The people live and work in peace and contentment!"

Kong Qingping doesn't care, reading thousands of books is worse than traveling thousands of miles.To go out and have a look, he wished for nothing.

Yan Chengcai is used to enjoying himself comfortably, how could he be willing to leave the imperial capital and go to a place where rabbits don't shit?But the emperor's order, he had to obey.

Tan Xingyun from the household department saw that everyone had been arguing for a long time without any conclusion, so he could only boldly ask: "Your Majesty, what is the tax rate for this year..."

Guo Heng said: "Qingzhou and other places are located in the north. There is little rain in spring, and there are many droughts in previous years. For most people there, one-tenth of the tax rate may not be able to pay... In this way, first reduce the tax rate in Qingzhou. Half of the tax rate in other places, other places, and then delay

Take a break. "

Kong Qingshu stroked the short beard under his jaw and nodded, this is also a solution.Take it step by step and take your time.

Seeing that Guo Heng had made a concession, Yan Zheng thought he couldn't shut up the emperor too hastily, so he dragged on slowly without making a sound.

Guo Heng had something on his mind, he didn't want to talk to these people any more, he stood up, and was about to retreat, when his eyes suddenly went dark, his body wobbled, and he fell backwards.

He remembered that he only heard an exclamation, "Your Majesty", before he lost consciousness.

After an unknown amount of time, Guo Heng vaguely heard someone talking.He listened intently, it was Xu Chengze's voice.Ozawa entered the palace?Guo Heng became excited, wanted to open his eyes, but there was darkness in front of him, wanted to speak, opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.He was sweating anxiously, but he couldn't move, he could only greedily listen to Xu Chengze's voice.

"Is the emperor still awake?"

"not yet."

What did Doctor Qi say? "

Doctor Qi said it was like being poisoned. "

Poisoned?How can it be?Can you find out what kind of poison is in it? "not yet."

"Master Xu, dinner is ready, would you like to have something?"

"No, I am here to guard the emperor."

"But, you didn't eat lunch, why don't you eat dinner? Are you not hungry? If the emperor finds out, he will punish the servant."

"Eunuch Shui, I really have no appetite right now. When the emperor wakes up, I must eat, okay?"

Guo Heng became anxious when he heard this.Ozawa's body is so weak, how can he not eat?

He panicked and opened his eyes.

"Ozawa!"

His voice was very low and hoarse, but the two people who were talking stopped immediately, looked over together and shouted together: "Your Majesty, are you awake?"

Shui Yun's voice was full of tears, "Your Majesty, you scared the servant to death!"

Guo Heng didn't even look at him, his eyes were glued to Xu Chengze's face.

Xu Chengze's face was pale, his eyes were red, and there were several clear teeth marks on his lower lip, presumably he was worried that he bit them out.

Guo Heng was distressed for a while, and with all his strength, he raised a hand.

Xu Chengze seemed to know what he was going to do, took a step forward, sat by his bed, and held his hand.

"Ozawa..." Guo Heng only called him once, and then he grinned.

He saw Shui Yun next to him in a blink of an eye, and frowned, why is this servant so ungrateful?What are you still doing here?

Frightened by Guo Heng's disgusted eyes, Shuiyun quickly took a step back, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, you're awake, and this servant is going to invite Imperial Physician Qi right now. Are you hungry? This servant will let someone bring in food." You've just woken up, so you'd better have some soup."

Guo Heng interrupted him irritably, "Go... get food for Xiao Ze... Then, call Imperial Physician Qi."

"say,,

疋.

Shuiyun glanced at Xu Chengze, the emperor didn't even care about himself, but he was thinking of Master Xu... Fortunately, I had someone prepare it, the nourishing soup for the emperor, and Master Xu's dinner.

Shuiyun left, Xu Chengze thought Guo Heng was going to say something, but saw that he was just holding his hand, staring at him and smiling, without saying a word.

His face became hot from being watched, and he pulled his hand back, "Your Majesty, I'll get you some water to drink."

Guo Heng held his hand tightly, "Don't go."

"Your majesty, don't be like this, let people see..."

"nobody……"

Just after Guo Heng said two words, he heard Shui Yun say outside the door: "Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Qi is here."

Guo Heng's eyebrows drooped at the corners of his mouth, "Why... so fast?"

Xu Chengze smiled and said: "Physician Qi is waiting outside, of course he will come quickly."

After finishing speaking, he put down his hand, tucked him in the quilt, and said loudly: "Physician Qi, please come in!"

Qi Yunshan entered the door, greeted the two of them, and stepped forward to give the emperor a pulse.

There is a large tray on the water cloud, on which there are two dishes, a bowl of soup, and a bowl of rice, and the amount is not large.

"Master Xu, the emperor has woken up, why don't you eat first?"

Xu Chengze really didn't feel hungry, but he was afraid that Guo Heng would be worried, so he rolled his eyes at Guo Heng, Guo Heng really heard it, and looked in his direction

Come.

He quickly said, "I'll eat it now."

Xu Chengze looked at the food on the tray, a plate of scrambled eggs with cucumber, a plate of shrimp tofu, a bowl of milky fish soup, and a bowl of white rice.He nodded secretly, Shui Yun knew more and more about his eating habits.

Xu Chengze was eating quietly, but his eyes were fixed on Qi Yunshan, paying attention to his treatment of Guo Heng.

Qi Yunshan let go of Guo Heng's hand, and Guo Heng asked immediately.

"I... have been poisoned by what?"

Qi Yunshan did not expect that the emperor already knew the reason for his fainting, he glanced at Shuiyun, but Shuiyun shook his head.He felt that Shuiyun would definitely not tell the emperor the truth. The emperor knew that he was poisoned because he might have noticed it.

He couldn't hide it, so he could only tell the truth, "The emperor's pulse condition does seem to be poisoned, but I don't know what kind of poison it is yet.

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Xu Chengze's heart skipped a beat, he didn't know what the poison was, so how should he get rid of it?Can you solve it?

But in front of Guo Heng, he didn't dare to ask, but he didn't feel like eating anymore.

Guo Heng asked himself, "Emperor Qi, if you don't know what kind of poison is in it, is there a way to cure it?"

His words became much more fluent, but still a little dry.

Qi Yunshan pondered for a while and said, "Although I don't know what kind of poison the emperor is poisoning, but since I know it is poisoning, I can always find the reason and find out the way to cure the poison."

Guo Heng nodded, "My life depends on the imperial physician."

Qi Yunshan quickly knelt down, "I should do my best."

"Physician Qi doesn't need to be too polite."

Qi Yunshan didn't get up, and asked: "Your Majesty, how do you feel now?"

"He's dizzy, his body feels weak, and his chest feels tight."

"Where did you feel uncomfortable before?"

Guo Heng thought about it, and then slowly said: "The previous chest pain was not counted, and I felt chest tightness a few times, and sometimes my eyes would turn black, but it will be fine after a short rest, and I don't take it seriously. "

Qi Yunshan nodded, "I know. Your Majesty, don't worry, even if I don't know what kind of poison you have been poisoned, I will still give you antidote, but the effect may be slower."

"Well, I believe you."

Qi Yunshan retreated to grab the medicine.Guo Heng's eyes naturally fell on Xu Chengze.I saw him staring blankly at himself, even forgetting to eat.

He waved at him and called softly, "Xiao Ze."