Prince Han Sien

Chapter 107

Han Si'en seemed to be unaware of the sigh in the emperor's heart, and his expression was a little sad, which was in line with what a patient should have.

After coughing dryly twice, he said sadly to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I originally wanted to be loyal to the Emperor for a few more years, but my health is really too bad, my minister... Thinking of the emperor's trust, my minister, It was really a surprise in my heart.”

It was rare for Han Sien to have such a weak moment, and the emperor was stunned to see it.But listening to Han Si'en's words, and thinking of his reckless methods in the past, the emperor felt that it was against harmony.

In the eyes of the emperor, an upright person like Han Si'en should stand in the court hall and look down on the heroes. This kind of dejected look really should not be for this person.

So the emperor said gently: "Han Qing, you think too much. You are weak and need to rest. Besides, there are countless precious medicinal materials in my imperial hospital. Is it possible that you can't repair your body? I am the Son of Heaven, What I said is a golden word, if I say that your body is fine, then it will be fine, you just relax and rest at ease. As for the matter in court, when you are healthy, it will not be too late to repay my kindness."

Han Si'en was very grateful for the emperor's words. He pursed his lips, his face full of gratitude, he didn't know what to say, and finally he just said dryly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The emperor looked at Han Si'en's rare embarrassment, and thought of the achievements made by this man in the past, he always found excuses to erase his achievements, and never even rewarded him.Han Sien never complained about this, at most he came to cry with himself when money was tight.

Thinking of this, the emperor felt a little guilty when he saw Han Sien's sickness. He coughed dryly and said, "I know you have a high spirit, and you have some disagreements with Han Zhuo in private. If you are short of money, you will not open your mouth. In addition, Han Mingzhu is about to get married, so I will reward you with silver, no, a thousand taels of gold is a happy event."

When talking about golden thousand taels, the emperor felt a little pained.But in the blink of an eye, when he thought of the treasury full of silver that Han Sien had confiscated for him, for such a minister who could think of the Lord, he felt that the pain was worth it.

Han Si'en was both surprised and grateful for the emperor's reward. He thanked the emperor solemnly, then he hesitated for a while, and then said: "As the emperor said, the little minister's private affairs have never been hidden from the emperor. I can't hide it from the emperor. Weichen has only one biological sister, Han Mingzhu, and she is about to get married. If something happens to Weichen in the future and he can't take care of her, I ask the emperor to take care of her for the sake of Weichen's loyalty in the past. When she is in trouble, I can help her."

Han Si'en didn't take the emperor's favor as the capital to open his mouth, so he asked the emperor for help when he talked about difficult troubles.The emperor can sigh for a while, but if he has to trouble him for everything, after a long time, he will feel uncomfortable in his heart.In this way, the favor will fade away.

In this era, the emperor is the one who controls everything. Even if he is gentle, if he offers help to a courtier, he still wears the mask of a superior.

The relationship between Han Si'en and the Han family is not good, and so is Han Mingzhu. After she gets married, the Han family just doesn't want to hold back, so there is no need to say anything to help.In addition to the matter of the old lady, although there is no evidence to prove that Han Mingzhu did it, every time the old lady sees Han Mingzhu's actions, it will definitely make people suspicious.

So Han Si'en felt that it was feasible to make some demands while the emperor was still tolerant of him, which was the last confidence guarantee for Han Mingzhu.

The emperor frowned when he heard Han Sien's unlucky words, and reprimanded him: "Don't say these unlucky words in the future, didn't I just say that? You will be fine."

Probably felt that his voice was too harsh, the emperor coughed a few times, and then calmed down and said: "The weather hasn't completely turned warm yet, you should go back home and rest well, and then please greet me when your body recovers. Zhou Where is the imperial physician, I will order him to check your pulse someday."

After saying this, the emperor coughed a few more times, his face flushed slightly, and waved Han Sien to leave.

Han Si'en hesitated for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, the past has happened, and no one can change it. No matter what, you should take care of your health."

The emperor was taken aback by Han Sien's sudden caring words, and his heart suddenly felt a little sour.The emperor is an emperor, sitting on the dragon throne, but he is also a person after all, a big farce caused him and his mother to tear each other apart, and lost two more sons.

As the emperor, he naturally wouldn't show it, but he still felt a little uncomfortable deep in his heart.The emperor's spirit is not as good as it used to be. Although he still looks majestic as an emperor, under the corner of his eyes is a lot of vicissitudes.

It's just that no one in the court dared to mention the past to him, let alone these words of concern to him.When the emperor couldn't sleep in the dead of night, he felt a little depressed.

The emperor's satisfaction with Han Sien rose in his heart for a while, and he felt that it was reasonable for the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to love Han Sien so much. Seeing so many people around him, it was Han Sien who cared about him.

Yuan Bao, who was standing beside the emperor, could tell what the emperor was thinking just by looking at his expression.He felt aggrieved in his heart, it wasn't that he didn't comfort the emperor, but he didn't dare at all.

Ever since the queen mother was locked up in the palace, the second prince was imprisoned, the third prince was demoted to the imperial mausoleum, and the concubine Xian was imprisoned, the emperor disliked everyone, and whoever served around him was not trembling.

Facing him, an insider, the emperor often looked at him with strange eyes, as if looking at a dead person, how could he dare to say anything in front of the emperor, because he was afraid that the emperor would hate him for knowing too much, Yuan Bao thought to himself After a few days, the emperor's mood really calmed down, and he was talking to the emperor.

This opportunity has never been found, but now it's a good thing, the emperor was moved when Han Si'en came to the door, if he knew that he was risking being beaten to death, he should give some comfort.

Han Si'en ignored the wailing in Yuan Bao's heart, and after successfully building a wave of goodwill in the emperor's heart, he retired very politely.

After Han Si'en left, Yuan Bao looked at the emperor with tears in his eyes, knelt down and said, "Your majesty, old slave, old slave..."

Seeing Yuan Bao's pitiful appearance, the emperor waved him to stand up, sighed, and said, "Needless to say, you have been with me for so many years, and I know what you think."

Yuan Bao was so moved by the emperor's words that his snot came out from his tears. He kowtowed and said, "This old servant has only one loyalty to the emperor. The emperor does not dislike him. I have no regrets in dying."

The emperor frowned and said strangely: "What are you talking about one or two today? Don't talk about it in the future. Find me the book about the second and third children. I can see that they are honest and dishonest these days." .”

Yuan Bao hurriedly got up, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with the sleeve of his clothes, and then summoned the emperor.

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When Han Sien was leaving the palace, he ran into the fifth prince Ji Huai who had entered the palace to ask for an audience.Because his mother and concubine were under confinement, Ji Huai was originally very afraid of the emperor, but recently he was more frequent in the palace, so he thought the emperor would let his mother and concubine go.

Maybe it's because of having a side concubine by her side, Ji Huai is much calmer now, or it can be said that she grew up a lot overnight.When he saw Han Si'en, his expression paused slightly, and he barely stopped his progress and stood there.

Han Si'en glanced at him, neither disdainful nor condescending, just glanced at him very plainly, and then passed by Ji Huai.Ji Huai turned to look at him with a complicated expression.

Han Si'en was really calm, he revealed the biggest secret of this dynasty, and did everything he should do.But what he owed was Bai Shu's favor, not Ji Huai's.For Ji Huai, it's not that he doesn't care about it, but he just feels that he doesn't owe him anything, and there's no need to be too polite, which makes people think that they have a good relationship.

As for whether Ji Huai hated him or not, Han Si'en didn't care at all.According to the current situation, he is not RMB, how can he be liked by everyone.

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Following Han Sien back to the South Korean government was a thousand taels of gold bestowed by the emperor.The rest of the Han family didn't mention their feelings when Han Sien received the decree. Outsiders were envious and gritted their teeth at the emperor rewarding Han Sien.

They were all unwell, and hadn't appeared in front of everyone for a few months. Once they appeared, they received such a generous reward from the emperor.

Sure enough, he is a shit-stirring stick that has won the emperor's heart, and the favor is still there.

Han Si'en was honest, he gained enough sense of presence from the emperor, so he shrank in the South Korean government and never went out.

The capital also calmed down because of his quietness. It is a rare peaceful time like today when this official's home was ransacked and that official was exiled.

In March, Han Qingxue got married from the South Korean government. The dowry was displayed on the first day of the wedding. Except for the more realistic things such as silver and land deeds, the expensive things were dazzling, which shows that the government attaches great importance to this marriage.

That day, as a prince, Ji Huai didn't have to come to greet his relatives in person, but he still came to greet them in person, showing how much he valued Han Qingxue.

After being embarrassed by everyone for a while, Ji Huai wrote a sour poem, and finally knocked on the door of the Korean government.

Han Yuezhong personally carried Han Qingxue's sedan chair on his back. Since Han Yuezhong was pushed into the water by Han Sien, he was frightened and lost a lot of weight, but he was also quiet and honest. He always avoided Han Sien when he was in the Korean government.

Of course, he gritted his teeth with hatred for Han Sien in his heart, but he knew that he had no capital to provoke Han Sien, so he temporarily endured it.

Naturally, many officials came to congratulate the great event of the South Korean government.No matter what they think in their hearts, Ji Huai is now the most hopeful person to become the prince.

Those who are watching the court situation feel that they are not flattering at this time, but they can't offend them either.

Han Sien never participated in these happy events.He didn't even express the harmony of the family on the surface. He huddled in his Fanglan courtyard, quietly looking at the book in his hand, as if he didn't hear the sound of joy in the front yard.

In the South Korean government, besides Han Sien, the second low-key person is Han Mingzhu.Han Mingzhu has been embroidering the wedding dress in her room after receiving the marriage proposal.

For this reason, she also went less often to the old lady.The old lady's excited appearance when she saw her was also much less.

After Han Qingxue and Ji Huai got married, the South Korean government returned to its former peace.To be honest, without Han Si'en as a demon, the life of the master of the South Korean government is quite comfortable.

And Han Sien didn't appear in front of people again until the day Han Mingzhu got married in June.The dowry prepared by the South Korean government for Han Mingzhu is obviously not comparable to that of Han Qingxue.

After all, Han Qingxue married the prince of the current dynasty, while Han Mingzhu married the son of a county prince.However, in order to show the importance it attaches to Han Mingzhu, the palace of Yongjun sent a lot of things, and the palace of South Korea added all of them to the dowry.

Of course, there are also some people, such as Liu's, who don't want to add all of these things. The things sent by her husband's family are added by her mother's family because she values ​​her daughter.

But Han Si'en wandered around in the warehouse, and Liu Shi was scolded bloody by Han Zhuo.

Will Liu's doing this make Han Mingzhu lose face?What Han Zhuo was sure of was that if Han Sien knew about it, he would make this matter known to everyone, and the reputation of their Korean government would probably be completely gone by then.

After being scolded by Han Zhuo, Mrs. Liu stopped thinking about it, and Han Sien was quite satisfied with Han Zhuo's knowledge.When Han Mingzhu's dowry entered the palace of the Prince of Yongjun, the first thing he raised his head was the thousand taels of gold given by Han Si'en.

This thousand taels of gold is converted into 1 taels of silver, which is nothing in a family with some confidence.But this thousand taels of gold is different, it was given to Han Sien by the emperor, and Han Sien gave it to his sister as a dowry after changing hands.

In the eyes of outsiders, it can be seen that Han Sien loves Han Mingzhu.

On the day of Han Mingzhu's wedding, Ji Yue came to call the door, Han Sien stood at the door without saying a word, other people such as Han Yuezhong and Han Yueqing were also silent, and then it was Han Sien's half brother Han Yuewen who was very arrogant Ji Yue tried to cover up this embarrassing scene.

Han Mingzhu was carried by Han Sien on the back of the sedan chair. Han Sien looked so weak, some people naturally hoped that he could throw Han Mingzhu to the ground, but they were disappointed, Han Sien still held on firmly. People put on the sedan chair.

After entering the sedan chair, Han Mingzhu grabbed Han Sien's hand and wanted to say something, Han Sien said casually: "Live a good life in the future, don't be wronged." Ji Yue who was on the side heard this, his face was full of sincerity and fear , he instinctively said: "No, no."

It made everyone watching laugh out loud, and even Han Mingzhu's sadness under the red hijab was relieved by this. Ji Yue blushed from the laughter, but his eyes were still stubbornly looking at Han Si kindness.

In the future, whenever someone mentions interesting things in the capital, they will always mention the marriage of Prince Yong's son.Some people said that Ji Yue's daughter-in-law was afraid before she entered the house, but more people said that Ji Yue was afraid of her brother-in-law.

But no matter what, Han Mingzhu got married from the Korean government smoothly.

After Ji Yue got on the horse and bid farewell to everyone, Han Si'en didn't turn around until Han Mingzhu's sedan chair was out of sight, and then turned back slowly to the Duke's mansion.This is not to say that he is reluctant to part with Han Mingzhu, but that if he does not leave, the rest of the Korean government will have to stand there to accompany him.

On the day Han Mingzhu returned home, Han Zhuo reluctantly received Ji Yue, and Han Sien was naturally there.Han Mingzhu's eyes were full of smiles, and it seemed that he was very comfortable living in Yongjun Palace.

Ji Yue didn't dare drink Han Sien's wine, so he kept chatting with Han Zhuo.It was inconvenient for Han Zhuo to refute the face of the Yongjun Prince's Mansion, so he talked to Ji Yue with the complexity in his heart.

When Han Mingzhu and Ji Yue returned to Yongjun Palace, Han Zhuo told Ji Yue indifferently: "Treat Mingzhu well in the future."

Ji Yue's expression turned serious, and under Han Sien's gaze, he almost raised his hand to swear: "Father-in-law, don't worry, I will treat Mingzhu well and won't let her be wronged."

Han Zhuo was heartbroken when he heard the words, Han Sien chuckled, and sent the two of them away in a rare good mood.

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On the second day after Han Mingzhu returned home, a businessman who traveled all over the world returned from Xijiang and gave Han Sien a carriage, saying that it was given by the military master of Xijiang.

Xijiang has been a bit uneasy recently. Xirong often harassed local residents on a small scale. Businessmen have the most sensitive sense of smell. When they saw this situation, they immediately packed up and returned to Beijing.

When the military master found the businessman surnamed Ma, the businessman didn't want to give it away because the man had no money for the goods, but the man put a knife on his neck and looked at him coldly.The businessman heard that it was given to Han Sien and Han Shizi, and thinking of Han Sien's reputation spreading throughout the whole Zhou Dynasty, his unwillingness in the bottom of his heart became dare not.

Some merchants like to covet other people's goods in the middle of the journey, but the merchant didn't even move a single piece of the carriage, for fear that Han Si'en would find out and silence him.

Han Si'en asked An Cao to take 100 taels of silver for the merchant, and then moved the things back to Fanglan Courtyard.

The things on the carriage were several boxes. After opening, there were large and small ginseng, fleece-flower root, and some medicinal materials that could only be found in cold and frozen places.

These precious medicinal materials were mixed together indiscriminately, and the mud at the roots was not cleaned up, making it look very messy.There is also a box of leather, all of which are of the best fur, the color of the fur is conspicuous, and it is very gorgeous.

Han Sien looked at these things, and after a long time asked An Cao to move them to the warehouse and lock them up.

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At the end of June, the emperor issued an order to announce the entry of the third prince who was guarding the imperial mausoleum, and at the same time ordered Han Sien to lead the officials of the Ministry of Rites to greet him.

To welcome an unfavored prince into the capital, with such a formation, the emperor had a plan in his heart, which made Han Zhuo's heart skip a beat.

And the officials who originally wanted to go to Ji Huai's side stopped their movements because of this.

Everyone is waiting to see what the emperor means.

Han Si'en was not too surprised by the emperor's will. After the death of the imperial concubine became the deepest guilt in the emperor's heart, his attitude towards Ji Luo was a bit unusual.

Now that the emperor is no longer suppressing the white moonlight in his heart, he also takes Ji Luo seriously.

On the day when Ji Luo returned to Beijing, Han Sien waited outside the city gate early, and Ji Luo rode a horse all the way.However, there are guards around him, which were sent by the emperor when he announced the decree.

Probably because he was afraid of any danger Ji Luo might encounter along the way.

After sending Ji Luo to the palace, Han Sien left.The emperor and Ji Luo stood in the hall, a little speechless.

But the next day, the emperor officially decreed that the third prince, Ji Luo, was crowned prince, and at the same time, he ordered the fifth prince, Ji Huai, to go to Xijiang to patrol the border for the emperor, and the power shocked Xirong.

As soon as these two imperial decrees came out, the capital changed drastically.The South Korean government was trying hard to hide the news from Mrs. Han, but Mrs. Han accidentally found out about this news.

After lying on the bed for more than half a year, Mrs. Han, who was living a life of eating, drinking, and lassing, became very depressed, and her body became thinner. After hearing the news, she fainted without taking a breath.

Han Zuo hurriedly asked for an imperial doctor. After the imperial doctor diagnosed the old woman's pulse, the embarrassed Han Zhuo shook his head. The old lady was out of breath. All he could do was hang the old lady's life, and there was nothing else he could do. .

Han Zhuo and Han Shu begged the imperial doctor to cure the old lady, because they knew in their hearts that if the old lady Han died, they would want Ding You.

For three years in Ding You, he could only watch helplessly as the power in his hands slipped away bit by bit. When the imperial doctor said that he was helpless, Han Zhuo immediately went to the palace to ask the emperor for an order, hoping that the imperial doctor Zhou would come to treat the old lady.

This trivial matter, the emperor naturally agreed.

Physician Zhou and Han Zhuo went to the Duke's mansion to check the old lady's pulse.

And after Han Zhuo, who was anxious and impatient, brought Zhou Taiyi back to the Han Gongfu, he saw that the Duke's mansion was in chaos, and all the servants looked panic-stricken.

Han Zhuo didn't want to lose face in front of Imperial Physician Zhou, and asked with a cold face what happened. At this moment, An Cao ran in from the Duke's mansion, and knelt down in front of Imperial Physician Zhou, crying and begging, begging. Doctor Zhou went to rescue Han Sien.

It turned out that after Han Zhuo entered the palace, Han Shu met Han Sien in the back garden. Han Shu said that it was Han Sien who made the old lady mad and said a lot of excessive things to Han Sien, but Han Sien had a good temper all the time. Endured, did not say a word.

Then Han Shu went back to his yard angrily, and brought the boy in the second room's yard with him, holding a sword in his hand, to Fanglan Courtyard and stabbed Han Si'en.