Chapter 33 The Man Even the Emperor Fears

At that moment, the leading doctor Liu stepped forward to feel the pulse, and soon his frown relaxed: "Your Majesty, there is no pregnancy pulse."

"No?" Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows worriedly.

Doctor Liu stood up, lowered his eyes and said, "There is indeed no pregnancy pulse. I have been practicing medicine for many years. If there is really a pregnancy pulse, as long as there is a child in the belly, you will be able to measure the pregnancy pulse after one and a half months of pregnancy. But the pulse of the queen is really different from that of a pregnancy pulse."

Having said this, Zhu Yuanzhang's hope suddenly disappeared.

But at this moment, his brows furrowed even deeper, and he waved his hand and said, "You guys can leave now."

The imperial doctors breathed a sigh of relief and were about to leave.

But Zhu Gang said, "Father, these are all quack doctors..."

The imperial doctors' faces changed and they staggered away in a hurry.

"Shut up!" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, "Could it be that such a brilliant imperial physician is inferior to Deng Qianqiu? You...you..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, and Zhu Gang was so frightened that he immediately prostrated himself with his head buried on the ground.

Zhu Yuanzhang paced back and forth in annoyance, and said viciously: "For the sake of your mother, I will not punish you. If it were any other time, I would have taken your head."

Zhu Gang said aggrievedly: "Father...Qianqiu..."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned even worse, and he sneered, "Do you think I am angry with you because of Deng Qianqiu? You still don't know your fault! I conquered the world and fought countless battles. In the past ten years, I have punished anyone who made a mistake, and I never tolerated it. But I have never dared to humiliate or blame the chefs and doctors around me. You actually insulted the imperial physician in front of him and denounced him as a mediocre doctor. Don't you know that this is a way to get into trouble?"

Zhu Fan: "..."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "Your Highness is too kind, and you are too upright. You must know that the mouth can bring disaster."

Zhu Gang was a little confused. In his mind, his father was a fearless man who was decisive in killing people. There was no one in the world that he could fear. How could he have known that his father was so wary and valued a small chef and doctor.

"Father... No matter what, this imperial physician's prescription cannot be used. You have to use my prescription."

Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated: "Do you really believe Deng Qianqiu like this?"

Zhu Gang said: "Didn't my father tell me to eat excrement? I will do it too..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious again, so he jumped forward and grabbed the tiger with his hand.

Zhu Gang howled like a pig being slaughtered: "My arm, my arm."

The ill Queen Ma couldn't help but exclaim.

Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to let go of Zhu Gang's arm, cursing: "Have some shame, you have made me lose face."

Zhu Gang said: "You are afraid of even the cook and the doctor... and you still say you have dignity..."

Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have a burning sensation in his stomach.

At this moment, Queen Ma coughed desperately.

Zhu Yuanzhang reluctantly stepped forward and asked, "Why is it getting worse?"

He suddenly understood that this was Empress Ma's way of trying to resolve the quarrel between father and son. He sighed and remembered something. He frowned and said, "This Deng Qianqiu is definitely not trustworthy..."

Zhu Gang said: "Why..."

Zhu Yuanzhang shouted angrily: "Come here, take this evil boy away and send him to Qiongzhou, Lingnan, Yunnan..."

Zhu Gang immediately shut up and said nothing.

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed not to want to pursue the matter further, and continued to frown and said: "This Deng Qianqiu is certainly not trustworthy, but in this kind of thing, there is no guarantee that there will be a chance of something going wrong. Let Xiuying make the decision on this matter." Empress Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, then at Zhu Gang. She hesitated for a moment before saying: "I am also worried. If... I really have your Majesty's child... If I kill him because of this, how can I bear the guilt?"

Zhu Yuanzhang showed a painful expression: "You can't say that."

Empress Ma said, "I have been with Your Majesty for more than 20 years, serving you day and night. I have given birth to children for Your Majesty and taken care of the internal affairs. This is my greatest merit. If there is such a possibility, then...if I am not pregnant, but just sick, I may not be able to survive even if I don't take the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician..."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes almost turned red after hearing this: "Xiuying, you are so embarrassed to say this..."

Zhu Gang felt nauseous and rolled his eyes continuously after listening to the two of them talking back and forth.

Zhu Yuanzhang caught a glimpse of him from the corner of his eyes. Just as tenderness surged in his heart, he also felt a nameless fire. However, he also knew that this was not the time to care about it. He immediately looked at the prescription carefully and said to the eunuch beside him: "Check the prescription. If the medicinal properties of these medicines are not harmful to the body, let's boil a dose and try it."

The eunuch took the prescription and said, "Here."

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at Zhu Gang and said, "Get out of here right now."

Zhu Gang swallowed his saliva and said, "Oh."

He ran away in a flash.

Zhu Yuanzhang was still frowning, and he was obviously very worried about this.

It was Queen Ma who comforted him.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said, "Am I taking too much of a risk? At first... I trusted that person wrongly. Now... am I going to trust that person's son wrongly again?"

After hearing this, Empress Ma held Zhu Yuanzhang's somewhat cold hand and consoled him: "Your Majesty, why think about the past? Besides... that person only did one thing wrong. Other times, wasn't it..."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang showed a look of pain and anxiety on his face. He interrupted Empress Ma and said, "Hey... you better take a rest. If Zhu Gang and Deng Qianqiu are really just fooling around, I will throw them to Qiongzhou when I turn around."

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Deng Qianqiu gradually became familiar with the environment of Xianliang Temple.

It is adjacent to the Forbidden City and even has a special access control leading to the front hall of the Forbidden City. Here is a huge building complex consisting of dozens or even hundreds of enclosed courtyards of various sizes.

There are special officials to manage this place. Not only do the princes who have just come of age live here, but also some local officials who come to meet the emperor, as well as some royal relatives.

Especially since the world had just been pacified, many meritorious officials were still building their own mansions and had no place to live for the time being, so they simply brought their families and moved here to live. After all, they were taking advantage of the Zhu family, so it would be a waste not to take advantage of it.

Deng Qianqiu has a lot of worries at the moment. He is worried about his father and also has to pay attention to the current business of the alcohol workshop.

Opening a new workshop in Nanjing would be a better choice, but I am unfamiliar with the place and need to observe for some time first.

Now that he had been conferred the title of a hundred households, Deng Qianqiu took a few days off before reporting for duty at the Yiluansi.

He asked around and finally arrived at the signing room of the Yiluansi. Unfortunately, the captain did not see him this time. The people in the Yiluansi seemed to be particularly serious. There was only one clerk who seemed to have been waiting for him to come and give him a task.

"The Yiluansi is different from other imperial guards. This department is divided into internal and external duties. External duties are more difficult. Of course, this has nothing to do with Captain Deng. Captain Deng is in charge of internal duties."

Deng Qianqiu thought to himself that the Yiluansi was the predecessor of the Jinyiwei. Just like the Jinyiwei, the Jinyiwei had both captains from the North and South Pacification Divisions, and they were the cavalry that people in later generations were afraid of, a terrifying existence.

Of course, there would also be big Han generals who were specially assigned to serve as guards in the palace. Obviously, the internal guards assigned by the clerk should be the same as the big Han generals of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and their main task was to be responsible for the security of the imperial city.

Deng Qianqiu smiled and said, "I just don't know how many brothers I will lead and which palace gate I will guard?"

The clerk looked at him with strange eyes, and then he said after calming down, "Well... Captain Deng, this... the internal guards of the Yiluansi are different from other imperial guards. In guarding the imperial city, everyone is a footman, um... do you understand? The ordinary small flag officers are not allowed to take turns to escort and guard the palace. The lowest on duty here is the chief flag officer. You should know that many sons of dukes and marquises are only guarding the palace like you in the imperial city."

Deng Qianqiu: “…”

(End of this chapter)