Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 73 Be Cautious
Forbidden City.

Duanjing Hall.

At light time, when Zhu Youtang was reading and eating dinner, Qin Jixing rushed into the hall and presented the reply letter that Zhu Youtang had been waiting for for many days.

"The letter has come?"

When Zhu Youtang saw Qin Ji's expression, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Qin Ji nodded: "As soon as the letter arrived, I quickly brought it to the prince for review. But this letter seems to have been opened by someone... or someone has read it in advance."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youtang showed a hint of loss on his face, but more of it was worry and confusion.

If a letter written by someone outside the palace to him, the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, was seen by someone with ulterior motives, the contents would most likely be known to his strict father. At this moment, he was very worried that there was something shameful in the letter.

"Do you know who opened it?"

Zhu Youtang asked with a frown.

Tan Ji shook his head: "I don't know. I don't think His Majesty will be informed."

"how to say?"

Zhu Youtang continued to ask.

Qin Ji thought about it carefully, then shook his head: "Some things are hard to explain... In fact, Your Majesty has not paid attention to the situation in the East Palace recently. If someone really wants to take advantage of this, they should know that you, the Crown Prince, have always been cautious and will never make any mistakes."

Zhu Youtang raised the envelope in his hand: "Isn't this it?"

After saying that, Zhu Youtang opened the letter and began to read it carefully. After he finished reading it, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Because the content of the letter was completely boring, there was no indication that someone outside the palace was colluding with the prince to accomplish something big, or that they were cooperating with each other to do something small.

It was just an ordinary letter that only talked about love and romance.

In addition to greetings, the letter also described the folk customs and scenery of the outside world, and attached a poem. The content was not very long and was written in a woman's tone. Even Zhu Youtang, who was extremely picky about himself, did not think that anyone would make a fuss about this letter.

"My dear, you said that after reading the letter, didn't you?"

Zhu Youtang asked with a smile.

Qin Ji was a little ashamed: "I shouldn't have read it. After all, it was a letter between the prince and someone else. But I found that the letter had been opened and had traces of being folded. Naturally, I had to review it for the prince first to see if it was necessary to hand it over to the prince. Please forgive me, prince."

"Do not blame you."

Zhu Youtang waved his hand and said sympathetically, "If I were in your position, I would also open it and read it first if I encountered such a situation. You are helping me to avoid disaster, how can I not distinguish between good and bad?"

Qin Ji still lowered his head, feeling guilty.

No matter what, he did open the letter privately. This behavior was extremely disrespectful to the prince, but it was also understandable as he was too concerned.

If the content of this letter is extremely harmful to the prince, he will have the opportunity to block it in advance after reading it to prevent someone from putting the blame on the prince.

Zhu Youtang said: "This letter is very ordinary."

Qin Ji said: "Yes, it just wrote about some trivial things in daily life, which is very ordinary. If someone insists on thinking that there are some hidden codes in it, it is too far-fetched. But the poem is quite well written."

Zhu Youtang smiled and said, "It is indeed very good. My dear, you are very knowledgeable. Do you know where this poem came from?"

"I don't know."

Qin Ji answered straightforwardly, "I am old and weak, my memory has greatly declined, I am not familiar with poetry and articles, and I don't know where they came from."

"It's really well written... This poem is of a very high standard, but I have never heard you mention it before. It should not be buried."

Zhu Youtang naturally would not have thought that this poem came from the future.

He would only think that the girl who wrote the letter copied someone else's poem to express her mood.

"Also... the content of this poem, the lonely garden crabapple, is so similar to my current situation. It really touches my heart."

Zhu Youtang looked at the letter, savoring the mood of the poem, and suddenly felt a little more inexplicably sad. Tan Ji said: "Then...Prince, are you going to write back to her?"

"Ah."

Zhu Youtang nodded vigorously at first, then shook his head, "But I need to think about it first. I need to find out where this poem came from, so that I can have something to talk to her about. I will ask you tomorrow... The lecturers in the East Palace are all very knowledgeable. If I show it to them, they will definitely know."

"Yes, the gentlemen in the East Palace are all great talents of the time. They are dedicated to teaching the Crown Prince knowledge. The Crown Prince should seek advice when he has something to ask. They are the Crown Prince's right-hand men."

Qin Ji was also very happy.

The prince can distinguish between relatives and strangers, and knows to ask the lecturer of the Eastern Palace when he has something to ask. This is a good thing.

To a certain extent, the prince is not truly isolated and helpless. At least at the critical moment, those lecturers in the Eastern Palace should be able to support and cheer for the prince.

Although those people only held noble positions in the Hanlin Academy, they were very famous among the scholars of the world. Although they could not get everyone to follow their lead, they at least had some supporters who could help to increase their influence.

With them as the prince's backers, there may be a chance for the prince to preserve his position as heir to the throne.

……

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In the capital, the private residence of Tan Chang, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department.

Tan Chang was meeting his nephew Tan Yun in the main hall.

After bringing Tan Yun in, the servants of the Tan Mansion left on their own accord.

Qin Yun was very excited, his body shaking constantly. It was obvious that even if he was related to the current Prime Minister, it was not easy for the uncle and nephew to meet each other.

Qin Yun quickly told Zhang Luan in detail what happened during his meeting with him and how he handed the list to Zhang Luan.

It's just that he omitted the part about Zhang Yanling...

Because he felt that if his work was seen or heard by a child, and the child wentssiped about it, it would appear that he did a very bad job.

In this way, Zhang Yanling's words basically became Zhang Luan's meaning.

Tan Chang frowned: "Tan Yun, do you know who is sick?"

Qin Yun was confused and said honestly, "I don't know... Uncle, didn't you forbid me to ask? I didn't dare to speculate, and I didn't leak any information when I talked to Mr. Zhang."

"It's okay... You don't know anything, what can you reveal?" Qin Chang said leisurely while holding the tea bowl, "Did he really say that there is nothing he can do about this liver and spleen disease?"

"Yes."

Qin Yun said, "I don't know if what is described above is the symptom of liver and spleen disease, but that is what Mr. Zhang said."

Qin Chang said: "This disease is not difficult to diagnose, the key lies in how to treat it. However, he can see the condition at a glance, which is enough to prove that he is not a quack. And he has no intention of treating this patient, which means that he probably already knows that he is not qualified to treat sick people."

When Qin Yun heard this, he was extremely shocked.

Although he had long guessed that the person who was sick might be an important figure, he had never thought about how powerful that person might be.

However, thinking that even his uncle, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, had been dispatched, he knew that the person he knew as that important figure was certainly not someone he could easily guess.

"That's fine."

Qin Chang said, "We didn't expect that guy to make any profound achievements in medicine. Unless he is absolutely sure of curing diseases and saving lives, we dare not recommend him casually. You take the reward first and go back to do your job well."

"Don't dare."

Tan Yun bowed.

Qin Chang smiled and said, "That's good. You are more responsible than your brothers. Maybe we will have to rely on you to support our family in the future."

(End of this chapter)