Seeing that the Queen Mother had made a decision, Zhu Yijun was secretly happy and thought: Finally, all the hard work has not been in vain! But with a solemn expression on his face, he said: "I didn't expect that my eldest companion would be so frantic and take advantage of my safety in order to get rid of his political enemies."
Ambition. In the future, as time goes by, and with the previous examples, there is no telling if the fake show will actually turn out to be true." After saying that, he sighed. Although he seemed to be outnumbered, he turned the corner and put Feng Bao in a certain death spot.
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Li showed a comforting look on her face and said: "Although you were close to Feng Bao when you were a child, he is still a slave after all. When the emperor grows up, it's time to change the people around him -" her tone was solemn and decisive.
It can be seen that you must not deceive a woman, especially a woman who controls her own life and death. For example, a woman may be angry because you drink, cause trouble, or even find a young lady, but she will not kill you, but if you go behind her back and find a mistress, then
The end is usually not very good. - Zhu Yijun had a deep understanding of it in his previous life. Although Feng Bao was not Empress Dowager Li's husband, and Empress Dowager Li didn't care how many women he had, in politics, Feng Bao was in a triangular relationship with Empress Dowager Li and Zhang Juzheng.
In the story, he failed to find a correct position and joined forces with Zhang Juzheng to deceive Empress Dowager Li and threaten the safety of the emperor. This is the same as in real life when a husband goes behind the mistress’ back to find the mistress and murders the mistress’s child.
The mother and son discussed the plan for a while. Because there was a lot of commotion in the Wuying Palace, and they were still afraid of long nights and many dreams, they decided to seal the palace immediately while it was still early. Empress Dowager Li called Cao De into the palace, asked him to arrange for someone to clean up the broken screen, and walked to the case herself.
, a handwritten edict, but it was for Zhang Juzheng: "A lot of things have been lost in the palace recently, and the palace must be closed to check for theft. In order to avoid suspicion from outside the court, I specially wrote a handwritten message to inform the cabinet." After writing, he took Ci Sheng out of his purse.
The empress dowager's royal seal was stamped on it, and the emperor was asked to add a line below: "The Cisheng empress dowager is with me, so there is no need for foreigners to be suspicious." Put it into a bag, seal it with wax, and stamp it on the wax.
He got the seal, called the eunuch, and immediately sent him to Zhang Juzheng in the cabinet.
The handwritten letter was sent, and Zhu Yijun passed the order, asking all the officials and supervisors in the palace to go to Qianqing Palace to see him. Instead, they took a chariot and went to Ciqing Palace to inform Empress Dowager Chen. Empress Dowager Chen ignored the government affairs and paid no attention to the palace.
During the incident, when she saw mother and son coming together, she thought they were visiting. When the screen retreated, Empress Dowager Li was looking at the pear blossoms with rain. After talking about Feng Bao's misdeeds of deceiving the emperor and neglecting superiors, Empress Dowager Chen said angrily: "These people are taking their masters for granted."
Why do you need to keep the slaves of the sword wielders? Just beat them to death! Otherwise, when your wings are full in the future, you will inevitably have unbearable things to say!"
There was a sneer on the corner of his mouth and he said: "If you can bring an assassin into the Qianqing Palace, how many followers does this dog slave have? This time, dig it out and take a good look at the hearts and minds of these beasts!"
Zhu Yijun was shocked when he heard this, and secretly thought that there was really no one in the palace who was easy to get along with! Empress Dowager Li quickly stopped her and said: "Sister, I have a plan with the emperor, and there is no need to go into a big fight, so as not to involve me and cause a big prison. Besides, I have a plan with the emperor.
Feng Bao, the Chief of Ceremonies, took care of the late emperor's legacy, which made the palace look bad." After hearing this, Empress Dowager Chen had no expression on her face and just nodded slowly in agreement.
The Empress Dowager Cisheng paused and said, "That's enough to get rid of the chief evildoer and cut off his followers. In order to fear that he will cause sudden changes, it is better to imprison the leader and do it for other reasons. In addition, the palace has not been tidy up for many years, but
Take this opportunity to clean things up."
Empress Dowager Chen nodded when she heard this and said: "Sister, you are too careful. Are there slaves in the Forbidden City who are rebelling? However, the palace should be cleaned up, otherwise these slaves will become more and more lawless. In this case, Ai Jia will accompany you You go with the emperor."
Empress Dowager Li was overjoyed and told the emperor's idea. Empress Dowager Chen laughed and said, "The emperor is just like you, he is too careful." After speaking, she stopped talking nonsense and started to dress up according to etiquette.
Empress Dowager Chen dressed up and took the chariot. The three of them went to Qianqing Palace again. They saw that Feng Bao, Zhang Hong, Zhang Jing, Chen Ju, Sun Desheng, Wang Guochen, Liang Yong and other important officials had all arrived.
Everyone was looking at each other in shock, not knowing what the emperor was doing when they gathered together. They were even more frightened when they saw Empress Dowager Chen and Empress Dowager Li arriving at the same time as the emperor, who had not been seen for a long time. Feng Bao had been in the palace for so many years, but there had never been such a moment—— Empress Dowager Li had never hidden anything from him, but today was the first time. He felt uneasy and thought repeatedly about his omissions, but couldn't remember anything.
The emperor sat in the middle, Empress Dowager Chen sat on the left hand side, and Empress Dowager Li sat on the right hand side. Everyone paid homage and knelt on the ground. Empress Dowager Chen did not cry out, but with a frosty face, she said: "Ciqing Palace has lost a handle of Ruyi." , but it is the dowry of the Ai family, and it is also the memory left by the old lady at home to the Ai family——" There was a low buzz in the hall, and Feng Bao breathed a sigh of relief. He thought it was the Queen Mother Chen's decree, no wonder he didn't get the letter. ——It seems that Empress Dowager Chen will also arrange for her to be considerate in the future.
The Empress Dowager Chen said: "The Ai family is not a troublesome person, but today they have to find this wishful thing. Just now, the Ai family has ordered the emperor to seal the palace, but they have to search to prevent the things from being released today. palace."
Liang Yong wanted to curry favor with the Queen Mother, so he knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, please be lenient. Your servants will search carefully and be sure to find Ruyi - I just don't know what the shape of Ruyi is?"
Empress Dowager Chen sneered and said: "You don't need to talk about this Qiao Zong'er! A few days ago, a pearl shirt was lost in the palace of Princess Duan. You have been checking for a few days. Where is it now? There are many thefts in the palace. You guys Isn’t it hard to take the blame? Kneel down! Reflect on the kindness the late Emperor and the Emperor gave you, and feel whether your heart has been eaten by a dog!”
Liang Yong ate a sigh of relief and lowered his head in silence. Some of the big people laughed secretly in their hearts, and a few of them had ulterior motives in their hearts. Feng Bao cursed the Empress Dowager Chen in his heart and said: "Old Qian woman, Grandpa has so many things to do now, but... It’s really unlucky for you to kneel down here!”
After saying that, Empress Dowager Chen stood up and led Empress Dowager Li and the emperor out of Qianqing Palace. All the leaders and eunuchs in the palace were left kneeling in the palace.
Empress Dowager Chen ordered the little eunuchs around her to call the Han generals (Forbidden Army soldiers) outside the gate of Huangji Palace, about a hundred people over, and issued an edict: "Today, I ask the chief eunuchs in the palace to kneel down in Qianqing Palace to reflect. You will do this." The Qing Palace is surrounded. If anyone dares to come out or deliver a message, no matter who it is, Tie Guduo will smash him in the face! If you don't smash him to death, you will die! Do you hear me clearly?"
Most of the generals of the Han Dynasty knew the emperor but not the empress dowager, and they had also been trained to know the empress dowager's costumes. When they saw the emperor and the empress dowagers of the two palaces together, although they did not understand what was going on, they were right to follow the orders - the most popular people in the palace Quan's three people were all here. Although the order was strange, there was no room for comment, and they all obeyed it sternly.
Seeing that she had taken control of the leading eunuch, Empress Dowager Chen ordered the palace to be closed. For a time, the palace gates in the Forbidden City were locked, and all the palaces were also locked, and they were sealed into small independent units. Empress Dowager Chen called several big eunuchs around her Said: "Today, we will conduct a thorough inspection of the palace. You are divided into ten groups, each group has ten people. Bring extra ropes, and search the area in the palace carefully for the Ai family, including the palaces of the concubines and masters, and their sleeping quarters. All the houses, including the houses of the leaders and eunuchs, were searched by the Ai family, and no room in the palace was left unattended."
He also called several eunuchs around Queen Mother Li and said, "You should do the same thing. After they have finished searching, you can search again. If you find something that the front team has not found, each person in the front team will be kicked out of the palace with forty boards." !” This was Empress Dowager Chen’s favor to Empress Dowager Li and asked Empress Dowager Li’s people to inspect the results of the palace search. Originally, Zhu Yijun asked Empress Dowager Chen’s people to inspect and accept the results.
In an instant, the team was formed, and everyone took out the palace account books from Queen Mother Li and began to search the palace. Queen Mother Li was afraid of scaring the children, so she called King Lu and the princesses to her side early, and everyone was waiting in the side hall of Qianqing Palace.
The Forbidden City is not big even though it is said to be big, and the inner palace is especially small. Within half a quarter of an hour, the front team who searched extremely carefully tied up some of the jailers who had their mouths gagged. The palace maids arrived at the gate of the side hall of Qianqing Palace, and those who followed them were also There are some packages and other items.
King Lu was curious and opened a blue leather package, only to find a bottle of gold and jade inside. Next to the bottle was Mr. Jiao and two volumes of erotic palace. King Lu didn't understand, so he picked up Mr. Jiao and asked Li Queen Mother: "Mother, what is this?"
Empress Dowager Li was ignorant, but Empress Dowager Chen blushed and said hurriedly: "This is dirty stuff! Put it down quickly, Zhu Yi!" Because of her urgency, she called out King Lu's name. King Lu was taken aback and hurriedly threw it away. When they got to the ground, Queen Mother Chen asked the palace servants to bring water for King Lu to wash his hands. Everyone around him who recognized him blushed and wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh. Queen Mother Li also understood what this was and blushed. .Zhu Yijun pretended not to see it.
As time went by, the people and things brought gradually became shocking. There were a huge pile of various jewels, jade, treasures, and solitary books on display in the palace. There were also banned books, witchcraft blessings, and filthy things. The more people there were, the more people were tied up in front of the side hall of Qianqing Palace. Eunuch Yin, Zhang Cheng and other eunuchs around the emperor took the account books to count the records, corresponding people and objects one by one, and recorded them in detail.
After a while, the eunuch Zhang Cheng came over and said in a low voice: "Queen Mother, long live, I found in Eunuch Feng's house a copy of the Scene on the River During the Qingming Festival and three sharp knives. The servants are afraid to make the decision, so I came here to ask for instructions." When he finished, he handed over a scroll that was less than a foot long but thick and heavy. The weapons could not be handed over, so they were left on the ground.
With trembling hands, Zhu Yijun unfolded this national treasure and saw that it was indeed the original that was collected in the Forbidden City by later generations. When he saw the inscription and postscript, he couldn't help but feel happy, thinking that Feng Bao was indeed innocent. .Also signed: "Imperial envoy Governor Dongchang Official School Office Manager and in charge of the Queen's Ceremony Eunuch Feng Shuanglin."
Zhu Yijun whispered: "Your Majesty, the Scene Along the River During the Qingming Festival is a treasure of the country. When my father was here, he treasured it and hid it deep in the inner treasury, but his eldest companion secretly took it away." After saying this, he wrote Feng Bao's inscription and postscript. Show it to the Queen Mother of the two palaces.
Empress Dowager Li didn't know much about famous paintings, but Empress Dowager Chen knew a little about it. She snorted coldly: "Things that can't support the family are turning into thieves! They also hide weapons. I don't know what they want?" After hearing this, the officials around her knew. Feng Bao has done bad things.
After searching carefully twice, I found that there was a dark crowd kneeling on the ground at the entrance to the side hall of Qianqing Palace. There were about two hundred people. The things in the hall could no longer be piled up. They were all placed on the steps at the entrance of the hall. There were piles in the east and west, which were very eye-catching. Empress Dowager Li, who was in charge of palace affairs, felt that her face was swollen from being slapped by these people, so she blushed and apologized to Empress Dowager Chen. Empress Dowager Chen smiled and said: "Sister, don't be upset, this is the custom in the palace, check it out every few days. They will be more restrained, but it has nothing to do with you." However, he saw that a palace maid named Xi'er beside Concubine Shu was also tied up, so he asked someone to bring her to the front of the palace and remove the gagged cloth ball.
Queen Mother Chen asked: "Aren't you Xi'er? What did you do?"
Xi'er cried: "For the sake of the queen mother, please spare my life! I didn't accept the things Xiao Jixiang gave me. I really didn't know that he had stolen them! Please forgive me, master!!" while crying. Kowtow to the Queen Mother and the Emperor. Because he was tied up, his posture was very embarrassing. He curled up and knelt on the ground, with dirt all over his face.
These words reminded Zhu Yijun, and he gave Yin Xiang a few instructions in a low voice. Yin Xiang came out of the palace and took the cloth balls out of everyone's mouths. He said loudly: "You are not allowed to beg for mercy and make noise in front of the Queen Mother! If If there are love abuses, report them one by one. If you expose others, half of the blame will be spared!"
Upon hearing this, everyone shouted, I have a love affair to report!
Yin Xiang called some literate eunuchs he was familiar with, and took those who were suspected of having sex with him for interrogation. After a while, nearly a hundred people were interrogated. They knew that the emperor wanted to kill Feng Bao, so they could not help but lure the criminals to confess. Zhu Yijun was so happy about biting Feng Bao, but Yin Xiang and others were so busy that they were so busy.
This search and additional interrogation took a long time. All the departments in the palace were shut down. They were busy until dark, and everyone in the palace didn't even have dinner. Zhu Yijun didn't do anything wrong for himself, and let go of the leading eunuchs who had no problems found. Come out and let those who serve the food pass the food, and those who keep the lights keep the lights.
There were fewer and fewer people in the palace, and Feng Bao knew that something was wrong. But he couldn't go out because of the imperial edict. He tried to communicate with the Han general, but he couldn't get it. He knew that he was going to do something bad, but he couldn't do anything about it. , there is no way to think about it, he can only wait for destruction in the gradually darkening palace. Until now, he still doesn't know why he has done something bad, but he doesn't know that the emperor is like a poisonous snake, and he has paid attention to the heart of Empress Dowager Li step by step. poisoned him and gave him a fatal blow today.
After the Queen Mother, the Emperor, the Prince, and the Princess had dinner, the palace was already brightly lit. Lin Xiaofu, the chief eunuch in the Queen Mother Chen's Palace, Wu Youqing, the chief eunuch in the Queen Mother Li's Palace, and Yin Xiang, the chief eunuch in the Emperor's Palace, finished checking the account books and came forward. The report said: "Long live the Queen Mother, the investigation has been completed in the palace. A total of 367 cases of theft were found, 198 people were involved, 1,002 items, and 1,400 prohibited items were found. One hundred and one items, including nine items of witchcraft and blessings, and the other 1,392 items, involving 685 people, cannot be placed here, so the people were tied up and placed in their respective residences." Empress Dowager Chen hesitated. After a moment, he said nothing.
Queen Mother Li asked, is there anyone in the palace who is dishonest?
Lin Xiaofu and Yin Xiang said: "Your Majesty asked us to cross-check. Except for the fact that there is a yellow door in the Emperor's Palace with unclean hands and feet, we did not find any obstruction."
Queen Mother Li breathed a sigh of relief and said: "If we masters also have these things in our houses, these slaves will die!"
Empress Dowager Chen asked: "Is there anything about the chief eunuch?"
Yin Xiang reported: "In addition to Feng Bao, there are also the eunuch who is the leader of the Zhidian prison, the leader of the inner official prison, etc., who have committed theft and other crimes. Nothing has been found in the rest."
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Chen asked Empress Dowager Li: "What do you think, sister?"
Empress Dowager Chen said: "The chief eunuch has all kinds of filial piety, but he is greedy for these small profits. It is really unforgivable -" Seeing that Zhu Yijun was about to speak, she interrupted: "The emperor is getting older, and it is not too late to correct these bad policies. Now
But be quieter——" After saying that, he pouted towards the outside of the hall and said: "Such a movement is loud enough."
After a pause, he continued: "In my opinion, no matter how big or small, everyone in the Ai family has really been beaten. The leaders only sent Xiaoling to grow vegetables, and the rest were expelled from the palace. But there are two. One is that the late emperor got involved.
Those who are sick cannot be expelled, but can only be demoted and do some miscellaneous work in the palace; in addition, the matter of witchcraft and blessing is a taboo in the palace, but it is punishable by death." Looking at Empress Dowager Li and the emperor again, it still depends on them.
mean.
Empress Dowager Li remained speechless and looked at Zhu Yijun. Zhu Yijun mused: "Feng Bao is my great companion and the leader of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. The emperor thought that it would be better to avoid corporal punishment and be sent to the Xiaoling Mausoleum, so as to preserve the dignity of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. In addition,
Those palace ladies who are not involved in stealing or being involved in witchcraft and blessing will inevitably have no food and clothing after leaving the palace. It is better to leave them to their own devices. Those who are willing to stay in the palace will be demoted or punished with some hard labor. Others are as the Queen Mother said." Empress Dowager Chen said.
, Empress Dowager Li was quite pleased to see that he took care of his health and missed his old friendship. Zhu Yijun also gave the poor women and servants in the palace a way out.
After the order was given, someone would deal with it according to the opinions of several people. Suddenly, the whole palace was filled with cries and cries. Among the nine palace servants who had witchcraft objects, one of them was once favored by Emperor Longqing.
The talented people were all given three-foot-long white silk ribbons and hung their bodies in a secluded palace. After they died, someone came to examine the bodies and sent them to the incarnation site.
In the darkness of the Qianqing Palace, Feng Bao was already burning inside and out. He heard the sound of drums even more. When it was time to give birth to his son, only he and the other three chief eunuchs were left in the palace. At this time, Feng Bao really believed that he would grow old overnight.
Because although he couldn't see it, he knew that his hair must have turned gray. He murmured to himself: "Why? Why?" But no one gave him the answer. In the palace, there were only the soft sobs of the other three eunuchs.
There was no sound, but it was quiet outside the hall.
Feng Bao didn't dare to move or shout, for fear that if he broke the silence, someone would rush in and give him a bowl of wine or three feet of white silk. Gradually, the sound of the drums changed, and it was already the fourth watch. Yesterday,
At this time, he had already gotten up and arranged various matters for the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the East Factory. The eunuchs were already around him, listening to his oral orders and following them to maintain the normal operation of this huge empire.
Who is giving the orders now? Is it Zhang Hong? This thief! I, Feng Bao, cursed him to die a good death!