Emperor Wanli was angry about Zhu Yili's secret departure, but in front of Empress Dowager Li, he was still honest and disciplined and did not dare to do anything.

So when Empress Dowager Li talked to him, there was no dismay or unhappiness.

He also read the letter Zhu Yili wrote to him.

Because the letter to him was separated from the letter from Empress Dowager Li, and with the seal of fire lacquer, Emperor Wanli did not hand the letter to Empress Dowager Li for a review.

Of course, Empress Dowager Li's letter was not read.

The conversation did not involve Zhu Yiliu’s “unexpectedness”, and Empress Dowager Li felt it was inappropriate.

First, both of them are their own sons, and second, they cannot think about it like this and doubt it.

Emperor Wanli seemed generous. No matter what Empress Dowager Li said, he expressed understanding and approval, and kept nodding, and said that he was only a temporary breath at that time. After thinking about it, the past passed.

Empress Dowager Li was quite pleased.

A core question must not be avoided during the conversation: Why did Zhu Yiliu choose to leave Beijing secretly?

Empress Dowager Li gave reasons for not being able to part, and also pointed out that the prince was about to come, and Zhu Yili was unwilling to touch the court officials to work hard for him... As such, Emperor Wanli expressed his understanding anyway.

Empress Dowager Li originally thought it would be a difficult conversation, but she didn't expect that Feng Qingyun would pass indifferently.

The wind and clouds are so light that they are a little abnormal.

Empress Dowager Li didn't think anything. The better Emperor Wanli's attitude, the happier she was.

However, when talking about this situation with Feng Bao afterwards, Feng Bao became highly vigilant.

But he did not make it clear to Empress Dowager Li. If it weren't for Empress Dowager Li's tight questioning, he would not have raised sensitive topics such as "unexpectedness" or "danger".

Since he realized it, Feng Bao would not just think about it. Anyway, compared with activities outside Beijing, it seems to be more convenient and safer than in the capital.

He thought that the four people left Beijing, only Yang Kang was a little older, and it can be said that the other three were still children.

But Yang Kang is a slave. People who are used to slaves will definitely lack the master's thinking no matter what they do. If there is any accident on the way, he really dares not imagine how many children should deal with it.

Although Emperor Wanli had followed the imperial edict of Empress Dowager Li and ordered the world to protect Zhu Yili from any disturbance, it was just an open thing, and its binding force was naturally limited to the table. Who can control what is done behind the scenes?

Otherwise, there would not be so many false and unleading cases in the royal family in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Feng Bao was still highly vigilant.

After all, he had seen Emperor Wanli's "sensitivity" and "ruthlessness".

Needless to say, Emperor Wanli is a very sensitive person.

Emperor Wanli also had a vicious side. When Zhang Cheng died inexplicably, Feng Bao felt that no one dared to discuss it casually.

As a "big companion" who accompanied Emperor Wanli for twenty years, Feng Bao thought he was quite accurate in this regard.

Emperor Wanli was obedient in front of Empress Dowager Li, which does not mean that he was the same in front of others.

An obvious example: Emperor Wanli arrested Shen Cong and the groom in anger and had not yet been released.

...

Indeed, Shen Shi was very anxious about his behavior.

It has been a day since the incident happened. I have neither seen Emperor Wanli release anyone nor received an oral order from Emperor Wanli to talk to him.

Shen Shixing had no choice but to bite the bullet and take the initiative to find Emperor Wanli.

There is only one who can go to find Emperor Wanli for this matter. If he doesn't speak, who dares to release the Jinyiwei? You can't bother Empress Li, right?

The place for the interview is in Donghunting Pavilion.

Emperor Wanli received Shen Shixing very happily, but his attitude was extremely cold.

When he saw Shen Shixing, Emperor Wanli had a cold face.

Obviously still in anger.

But he couldn't escape this matter, and Shen Shixing did not follow the matter directly: "Your Majesty, it was a matter of the humble minister to arrange for Prince Lu to leave the capital, and it has nothing to do with the housekeeper or the groom. I hope Your Majesty will be kind and let them go."

Emperor Wanli snorted a light "sigh" in his nose and said in a reproachful tone: "I am about to ask Mr. Shen, why does Mr. Shen help the emperor?"

Shen Shixing replied calmly: "I will not hide it from your Majesty, Prince Lu once helped the Wei minister."

"I know this. The emperor's brother once secretly supported Mr. Shen as the temporary acting chief assistant and squeezed away the second assistant Zhang Siwei. Later, Mr. Zhang passed away, and the emperor suggested that Mr. Shen take over as the chief assistant. I know that Mr. Shen owes the emperor a lot of favors. But favors belong to favors. Doesn't Mr. Shen think that such a big thing needs to be notified in advance? Is it in your mind that I, the emperor, is it optional?"

Emperor Wanli had a gloomy face and almost scolded him throughout the whole process. He was both Zhu Yiliu, but his attitude when talking to Empress Dowager Li was completely different.

Shen Shixing hurriedly said, "Your Majesty misunderstood..."

"What is the misunderstanding? What you did this time is that you didn't take me seriously."

"Please punish your Majesty!" Seeing that Emperor Wanli looked bad, Shen Shixing did not intend to argue. He was easy-going and did not like to argue with others.

"Mr. Shen knows that I will not punish you for this matter, but I am just angry. Why do you all like to act behind my back? Mr. Zhang has passed away. Do you still want to put me in a weak way?"

Shen Shixing was ashamed, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is so serious! I have never thought of this."

"Mr. Shen has never thought about it. Mr. Zhang must have never thought about it before, but in fact?"

"..." Shen Shixing didn't know how to answer for a moment. Of course, he knew that many people secretly called Juzheng the "Regent". Whether it was admitted or not, it was actually: Zhang Juzheng had greater power than Emperor Wanli during his tenure as Chief Secretary. Because all court officials knew that Emperor Wanli was not necessarily useful, only Zhang Juzheng nodded was called Xing.

Of course, Emperor Wanli knew his situation, otherwise he would not have proposed the idea of ​​taking power in front of Empress Dowager Li two years ago. With three mountains on his head, how could Emperor Wanli not know?

At this moment, he said this in front of Shen Shixing and made it clear: Now that Mr. Zhang has passed away, you can't help but underestimate me, the emperor.

How else can Shen Shixing defend himself? Although he never thought of undermining Emperor Wanli, this was done behind the back of Emperor Wanli!

Shen Shixing asked himself: If Emperor Wanli is majestic enough and everyone is like a frightened bird when he sees it, then he really dare not escort Zhu Yili out of the capital secretly.

Therefore, when he was scolded by Emperor Wanli, Shen Shixing could only lower his head and speechlessly.

Moreover, he was very sure: even without the incident of Zhu Yili, Emperor Wanli would have found other excuses to warn him.

Because Emperor Wanli wanted to take power and be authoritarian, he would no longer be underestimated, the incident of Zhu Yili leaving Beijing was just right at the moment, giving Emperor Wanli a chance to show his power.

This time, Emperor Wanli obviously had the absolute advantage, with an almost crushing attitude. He snorted coldly, "Mr. Shen has nothing to say, right?"

"Please punish your majesty!" Shen Shixing didn't know what to say, so he could only ask for punishment.

"I said that I will not punish you. I just want to remind Mr. Shen that as long as it is not a private matter in the future, no matter what Mr. Shen does, I hope you think of me as an emperor in your heart, I am not a decoration."

"I understand!"

"It's good that Mr. Shen understands. I will ask the Jinyiwei to release the people immediately. You should calm down."

"Thank you, Lord, Long!"

Shen Shixing got up because he had "passed" first, which made him sweat.

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Chapter completed!