The reason why Tang Fan was impeached was because someone saw him go in and out of Wang Zhi’s house in the capital, and that night, Wang Zhi went to the East Palace to visit the prince.

The cabinet ministers are very close to the eunuchs, which is a big taboo.

Regardless of whether there is a direct connection between the two, time coincidence is enough for people with ulterior motives to connect it. Therefore, the name of the censor impeached Tang Fan is also very clear, that is, to spy on the palace and have ulterior motives.

According to the procedure, Tang Fan had to think about his mistakes at home and could not go to the cabinet to work, and then submit a memorial to defend himself.

But I don’t know what went wrong in the middle. His memorial did not reach the emperor, so the matter was delayed indefinitely. Tang Fan did not receive the emperor’s reply and had to stay at home for a long time, with a uncertain return.

This is really a funny thing. Liu Jian and Xu Pu have not gone to the prime minister Wan An and asked him to come forward to plead for Tang Fan. Wan An agreed on the surface, but no one knows whether he went to find the emperor. Anyway, since the emperor didn't say a day, Tang Fan could not return to the cabinet for a day.

Liu Jian, Xu Pu and others obviously saw Wan An's perfunctory behavior, so they went to the emperor directly, wanting to ask him in person, but they were told that the emperor had a bad dragon body and no one saw him.

Now that things have come to this point, Tang Fan still doesn't know that his every move has been staring at him in secret.

As a last resort, in order to avoid suspicion, the connection between him and Wang Zhi was forced to be interrupted.

Wang Zhiyuan still hoped that Tang Fan would help him solve his doubts, but unexpectedly, Wanmen took the initiative and directly cut off his foreign aid.

In order to avoid suspicion, Tang Fan was unable to contact him for the time being. Of course, it was not impossible to contact him. However, in this way, it would undoubtedly be easy to give someone a handle and completely involve Tang Fan in danger.

Although Wang Zhi is not a saint who repays grievances with kindness, he cannot do anything that implicates his friends.

Now he can only rely on himself.

Shang Baojian's life is much more leisurely than serving the emperor, but Wang Zhi cannot frequently go to the East Palace to visit the prince. You should know that his duties now have no close ties with the East Palace. If he always goes in and out of the East Palace, it is easy to fall into the eyes of those who are interested and cause trouble.

He needs to find a breakthrough elsewhere.

Wang Zhi really hoped that the news that Tang Fan passed to him was wrong, and the prince was not abnormal.

But in this way, what the Wanmen do will look strange.

Because it was the idea of ​​Concubine Wan who asked the prince to pray for blessings on behalf of the emperor, and now instructing the censors to impeach Tang Fan, the shadow of the Wan Party can be seen behind it.

If there were no conspiracy, why would the ten thousand party go through so many things?

But if we talk about the conspiracy, could the prince gonorrhea be caused by heavy rain? This is something that all parties can calculate in advance?

If they were so brave that they replaced the prince, where would they have the opportunity?

He still remembered that in order to prevent accidents from happening on the way to sacrifice and pray for blessings by the prince, he, Tang Fan and others had presumed what was likely to happen to the prince along the way.

They finally discovered that the most dangerous possibility was within the incense stick of the prince entered the Chongzhen Wanshou Palace.

Because at that time, the prince was the only one staying in the quiet room. If someone had already lurked inside and took the opportunity to assassinate, no one would be able to guard against it.

In view of this, on the eve of the prince's trip, Suizhou had already taken people to search the quiet room inside and outside, confirming that it was impossible to hide people there, and there was no secret room for institutions.

In addition, the prince was accompanied by someone throughout the whole process. In full view of everyone, it was impossible for the prince to be replaced.

When Wang Zhi thought of this, he recalled a sentence that Tang Fan said in daily life.

There have never been perfect people or things in this world. The so-called perfection is probably just that we have never paid attention to its flaws carefully.

Wang Zhi tried to imitate Tang Fan's ideas to restore everything that happened that day.

Then he thought of a key point.

A key that is likely to be ignored by everyone.

carriage.

Yes, the carriage.

When everyone's attention is focused on the most likely dangers and flaws, another danger is ignored.

After the prince left the palace, his only chance to be alone except in the quiet room was to be in the carriage, which was even longer than he had been in the palace.

The convoy was vast and there was a lot of movement. If something happened in the carriage and could control the sound, it was very likely that no one would find it.

More importantly, the carriage was adjusted on the eve of the prince's departure from the palace and specially made it. Before that, there was no carriage specifically for the prince to take a ride away from the palace.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhi couldn't sit still. He directly found his confidant. The other party was a small leader of the Zhi Palace Supervisor, and he usually did the miscellaneous work of distributing cleaning.

"You go to the Chief Secretary for Administration and try to find the car used by the prince to leave the palace that day to check if there is any abnormality." He said to the other party.

"What did the ancestor want to check?" The man didn't know why, "The prince's carriage took a long time to use it last time, and I don't know when the prince will leave the palace next time. According to the disciple, I'm afraid the carriage will have been dismantled long ago."

Wang Zhi didn't expect this, and he was stunned when he heard this: "Can the parts be found?"

The man smiled and said, "Yes, yes, but those wheels, carriages, etc. must have been included in the warehouse of the department's chief custody. The ancestor wants to check which one, please tell me, so that the apprentice can have a clear idea."

Wang Zhi said: "Go and see if there is a place or mechanism for hiding people in that carriage."

The man was stunned: "Ah?"

Wang Zhi said: "This matter is very important, so you must not talk nonsense, otherwise you and I will not be able to get over it. Do you understand?"

The man nodded repeatedly and took the order and left.

Today is the ninth day of the first lunar month, a very ordinary day.

The almanac says: Everything is not appropriate.

This is the fourth day after Tang Fan was impeached. He is at home and with Wang Zhi's understanding of him, this person is probably happy to take the opportunity to be lazy at home.

The prince's condition is still intermittent, not a big deal, nor has it been completely cured, and the imperial physician's rhetoric is still vague, which is their usual style.

Since the official vacation system of the Ming Dynasty was different from that of the previous dynasty, the official vacation was not directly from the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, and he had to come back to work in the middle, so today is also the day for office work in the yamen.

Since the emperor had been ill and had been on duty for many days, all matters were decided by the cabinet. At this time, the cabinet ministers should have been busy reviewing official letters sent from various places in their respective duty rooms.

Of course, they may also be in a meeting, but Liu Jian, Peng Hua and Yin Zhi and others will always have disputes because of disagreement. Without Tang Fan's presence, Liu Jian and the others will be at a disadvantage. Liu Mianhua and Liu Cifu will still sway and express their opinions.

This seems to be no different from other days. Perhaps because the New Year atmosphere has not completely dissipated, the joy on the faces of the palace people has not subsided, and even their clothes seem to be much brighter than usual. The hair tied is brand new, and the breath of spring is everywhere.

The confidant who helped him go to the Supervisor to inquire about the news has not yet received any reward, but for some reason, Wang Zhi always felt a little uneasy.

This uneasiness comes from his intuition of being immersed in the palace for many years.

It seems like something is about to happen.

Is it a good thing or a bad thing?

Wang Zhi looked up at the sky.

The sky is blue and the clouds are rolling and unfolding. The coldness of winter gradually passes, and even the geese begin to appear, passing by overhead, leaving behind a long geese ringing around the ears.

Although he was only in his twenties and had only been back to the palace for a few years, he felt that his life in the desert was like the one he had in his previous life.

He grew up in the palace since childhood, but he was not used to the palace. Even though the palace here is majestic and magnificent, in Wang Zhi's eyes, it is not as pleasant as the scenery outside.

If he had a choice, he would naturally not be willing to come back.

Wang Zhi was walking along the long palace road, followed by two small yellow gates behind him.

This is the direction to Renshou Palace. He wants to see the Empress Dowager so that he can find someone to see the prince through the empress dowager's mouth.

Because of the subtle uneasiness in his heart, he accelerated his pace, and the two little yellow gates behind him almost couldn't keep up, and they were all so tired that they sweated profusely.

Suddenly, several palace servants ran out from the corner in front of them. They ran towards Wang Zhi with pale faces, with quick steps. They saw that they had passed by Wang Zhi and others, and turned a blind eye to him.

Wang Zhi recognized them, and these people were all palace maids and private officials of Zhaode Palace, and were responsible for serving Concubine Wan.

There is no doubt that something big happened to them to panic like this.

He grabbed a palace maid who ran over him and asked, "What happened?"

The palace maid seemed to have noticed Wang Zhi only then, and she seemed to be crying: "Wang, Eunuch Wang..."

"What happened and why are you so panicked?" Wang Zhi was even more impatient than her.

The palace maid's companion had already run far away, but she didn't notice a person being left behind. She gasped and said, "Imperial Concubine, something happened to the imperial concubine..."

"What happened?" Wang Zhi was shocked, but he still showed no expression on his face.

The palace maid stuttered: "Previously, His Majesty had come to a palace maid in Zhaode Palace. When the empress found out, she was furious and called the palace maid to scold her. The palace maid contradicted her. The empress was furious and beat her with her own hands. As a result, she suddenly fainted..."

This is indeed something that Concubine Wan would do.

Wang Zhi stayed by her for several years, and no one knew better what kind of person Wan Guifei was than him.

Half of her violent temperament is born, and half of her other half is favored by the emperor.

Although Concubine Wan no longer forbids the harem women to give birth to dragon heirs, if she finds out, the other party will inevitably be insulted and scolded. What's more, the palace maid is talking back in person. With Concubine Wan's personality, how can she not be furious?

If Concubine Wan fainted due to anger, it would be not difficult to understand.

Before, her health was not very good. She occasionally had heart disease and sometimes she felt dizzy. However, she didn't need to be bedridden like the emperor, so she looked better.

If Tang Fan was here, he would definitely care about the fate of the palace maid who angered the imperial concubine, but Wang Zhi had seen too many such things, so he would not take it seriously after hearing it. He was more concerned about another thing.

Is the imperial concubine seriously injuring?

Thinking of this, he let go of the palace maid and let her run to chase her companion with tears on her face - of course she was not worried about Concubine Wan, but about her destiny.

Wang Zhi stopped and did not continue to walk forward. He asked the little yellow gate who was following him to go directly to Zhaode Palace to find out the news, and he turned into a palace next to him with miscellaneous items.

"Aren't you curious why I brought you here?" Wang Zhi asked another small yellow gate next to him.

The other party was named Wensheng. He had been in the palace for many years and was a few years younger than Wang Zhi. He was taciturn. He was a serene official who was responsible for cleaning in the Zhi Palace Supervisor, but was later transferred by Wang Zhi.

Wen Sheng was silent for a moment: "Mr. Wang always has a reason to do things."
To be continued...