Chapter 240 Consolation from Huizong(1/2)
"Your Majesty, Lord Hua is here."
"Let him in."
Hua Ju walked to Huizong and bowed and said, "I am Hua Ju, please see Your Majesty."
"Forgive."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Huizong pointed to the stool opposite and said, "Sit down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Hua Ju sat down and looked at Huizong. Seeing that he seemed to be in poor spirits, he asked, "Your Majesty is not in good health?"
Huizong shook his head gently and said, "Do you know, someone faked the imperial edict and took away all the witnesses you caught."
"There is something like this!" Hua Ju pretended to be shocked.
Huizong said with a frustrated expression: "I didn't expect that these traitors were so brave. It seems that I am usually too indulging them."
Hua Ju asked tentatively: "What Your Majesty is talking about is the traitor..."
"Nature is the mastermind behind the false imperial edict."
"oh."
Hua Ju felt a little disappointed because Huizong did not clearly state who was the traitor, which showed that although he already had a person of suspicion in his heart, he was still unwilling to admit it.
"What will Your Majesty plan to deal with this matter?" Hua Ju asked deliberately.
Huizong said: "I have issued an order to the Minister of Justice Guo Yizhong to find out the matter within ten days. If I can't find out, I will be dismissed from office and removed from his post."
"Does Your Majesty think he can find out within ten days?" Hua Ju asked.
Huizong was silent without answering. Obviously, he knew in his heart that Guo Yizhong could not find out within ten days.
"Come on, come with the chessboard."
Huizong suddenly changed the topic and said to Hua Ju: "We haven't played chess together for a long time. It's rare that we have time today. Let's play a game."
Hua Ju smiled and said, "My chess skills are a bit abandoned, I'm afraid I can't resist His Majesty's attack."
Huizong smiled and said, "You are starting to be careless again, but every time you really get down, you have never let me take advantage."
The two started playing chess, but Hua Ju was still the same as before, neither winning nor losing, and maintaining a draw with Huizong.
Huizong now also knew that Hua Jue was deliberately giving him, but he had accepted this way of giving chess in his heart. After all, as an emperor, he was also very proud of his face. If he lost, he would have no shame to play chess with Hua Jue again, just like now.
This is best if you don’t lose or win.
More than an hour passed in a flash. Huizong didn't want to put it on, so he asked someone to put the chessboard away, and then someone brought the paper to discuss calligraphy with Hua Ju.
At noon, Hua Ju accompanied Huizong to eat something, and then the two went to the Imperial Garden to relax. Except for Wu Chenghai, the other eunuchs just followed from a distance.
After walking for a while, Huizong was tired and sat down to rest in the pavilion. He kept pounding his legs with his hands. Wu Chenghai quickly knelt down and gently beat him like a small hammer.
"Hey, I am really old, and my legs are sore after walking just a few steps." Huizong sighed.
Wu Chenghai quickly said, "Your Majesty is in his prime, and it's still early to old age."
"Your Majesty is not old, mainly because he is not feeling well and his physical condition has become weaker some time ago. As long as you take more supplements, you can recover." Hua Ju said.
Huizong said: "During this period, the imperial physician has prescribed a lot of supplements for me. I want to vomit when I eat it, but it still has no effect."
Hua Ju thought for a while and felt that this was a good opportunity to recommend the brewed medicinal wine to Huizong. He said, "Your Majesty, my father has been as weak as you recently, and I feel tired in everything I do, so I give it to him.
A special kind of wine tonic is made. This kind of wine tonic can not only strengthen the body, eliminate fatigue, and prolong aging, but also restore men's youthful vitality, as if they were back when they were young.
Since my father drank this kind of wine, he is now energetic, just like he was back in his twenties or thirties. He doesn’t feel tired every day no matter how busy he is, and he also sleeps at night.
If your Majesty is willing to give you some, I will go back now."
"Is this kind of wine tutoring really as magical as you said?" Huizong asked.
Hua Ju smiled and said, "This kind of wine is based on the ancient prescriptions given to me by my master and combined with other good prescriptions. The effect is much greater than that of other medicinal wines."
Huizong was moved when he heard that the medicinal wine was so magical and said, "Since that's the case, go and get some for me."
"I obey the order."
Hua Jue came out of the palace and returned home. She asked someone to bring a jar of five pounds, and filled a jar of medicinal wine from the earliest jar of medicinal wine, and hurried back to the palace.
"Your Majesty, this is the wine I brewed." Hua Ju said with the jar on the stone table.
Huizong asked Wu Chenghai to bring two cups and pour two glasses of wine from the jar. Huizong picked up the wine and looked carefully. The color of the wine was slightly red, but it was clear and transparent, not as turbid as other wines. Moreover, the wine was
The fragrance is stronger.
Hua Ju picked up another glass of wine and drank it first, which showed to Huizong that the wine was non-toxic.
"Eunuch Wu, come and taste it too." Hua Ju said to Wu Chenghai.
Wu Chenghai looked at Huizong, and Huizong nodded gently. Wu Chenghai then poured a glass of glass, picked it up and drank it all in like Hua Ju. He knew that as soon as the wine was drunk, he immediately started coughing violently.
This is because this wine is soaked in high-altitude wine. Wu Chenghai has never drunk high-altitude wine, so he is unable to adapt for the moment.
"What's wrong?" Huizong asked.
Wu Chenghai quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this wine is so spicy. When you drink it, it feels like swallowing charcoal fire. I can't adapt to it for a while. Please ask Your Majesty to meet you."
Huizong looked at Hua Ju and asked, "Wenshan, why is this wine like this?"
Hua Ju said: "Your Majesty doesn't know that in order to fully exert the medicinal properties, I use a special high-quality wine, which tastes stronger than all the wines on the market today, and is spicy and fragrant.
Chun, when you swallow it, your throat will feel like it is burning.
In addition, the alcohol content of this kind of wine is greater than that of other wines. Just one small glass can match eight or nine cups of other wines. So you have to drink this wine slowly, and you can’t drink it once.
If you have too much, you can't drink too fast, otherwise you will choke like Eunuch Wu."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Chenghai's face turned red, as if he had applied a layer of rouge on his face.
"What's wrong with him?" Huizong asked.
Hua Ju smiled and said, "It must be the alcoholism."
"Wu Chenghai, how do you feel now?" Huizong asked.
Wu Chenghai said: "I feel hot all over now, and I feel like I'm about to float up, which is very comfortable."
When Huizong heard him say this, he wanted to taste this taste in his heart. Then he picked up the wine and took a sip, slowly savored it in his mouth, and then swallowed it little by little.
After a while, he felt a heat start to get, and then a force spread from his lower abdomen to his whole body. In an instant, he felt like he was about to become an immortal. All the fatigue and physical discomfort disappeared, and he was extremely comfortable.
"It's amazing, it's amazing. I didn't expect this wine to be so magical."
Huizong was surprised and said, "Wenshan, can I strengthen my body and prolong my life as long as I drink this kind of wine every day in the future?"
"Yes, your majesty."
Hua Ju said: "But although this wine is good, you should not drink too much every day, otherwise your body will not be able to bear it if you absorb too much medicine. Three times a day, noon, and evening, each time, just one small cup
, and it is best to take it after a meal, so that it will not hurt your stomach. As long as your Majesty can persist, it will prolong life and look will age more slowly than ordinary people. Even if you reach 80, you will look up to five.
In his early teens.”
As an emperor, Huizong was rich all over the world. For him, nothing could make him happier than health and longevity.
So, I was very happy to hear Hua Ju say that this medicinal wine has such magical effects and said, "Wenshan, you have made such a magical medicinal wine. I must give you a lot of rewards. Tell me, what do you want?"
Hua Ju said: "Your Majesty has already given me a great kindness, so how dare I ask for rewards again?"
"Hey, it's what I asked you to say. Just say whatever you want."
This is what Huizong is like. When he is unhappy, he says nothing is useful. When he wants to be happy, he can't help but not reward him.
"Your Majesty, I don't want to reward me, but I have written something and want to ask Your Majesty to see. If Your Majesty agrees, please ask Your Majesty to be able to be approved."
Seeing that Huizong was in high spirits, Hua Jue took out some suggestions he wrote about the reform of the guards yesterday and presented them to Huizong with both hands.
Huizong took it and read it carefully, nodded and said, "Your suggestions are very good, and it can be seen that you are really dedicated to managing the guards."
Hua Ju said: "Your Majesty handed over the guards to me for management. If I don't spend more time building this guards into the first army of the Song Dynasty, wouldn't it be your Majesty's grace?"
Huizong was very satisfied with his serious attitude towards doing things and said, "I did not read the wrong person. OK, I have all the suggestions you made."
"Thank you, Your Majesty," said Hua Ju.
Huizong put the proposal on the stone table and said to Hua Ju: "Wenshan, I know that you have put a lot of effort into Su Yuanjing and those witnesses this time, but in the end, this happened.
I must be very sad. But since things have happened, don’t worry too much about this.”
It turned out that the real purpose of Huizong's search for him was to comfort him well and to prevent him from having any thoughts about this matter.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I won't think about it just because of such a little thing."
Hua Ju thought to herself: "Now Cai Jing and Gao Qiu's traitors have not been eliminated. If I have any ideas, wouldn't I take advantage of Cai Jing and Gao Qiu's intentions, I'm not so stupid. This game has just happened.
At first, I will play with them all the way.”
"If you think so, I will feel relieved."
Huizong looked at Wu Chenghai and said, "Go and bring the things I have prepared."
To be continued...