The ninth and thirty-eighth chapter needle point to the wheat awn
When Li Yong was definitely jogging back to Cining Palace from Ciqing Palace, he really sweated heavily. He was not at the level of a bench, not to mention that at this critical moment, it would be better to get things done first if he wanted to show off his might. Sure enough, he was sweating all over the place in the cold weather, but when he stepped into the East Warehouse of Cining Palace, he still asked an impatiently impatiently.
"It took so long to go to the Qing Palace? Where is the emperor?"
"Old Empress, the emperor is not in Ganqing Palace. He went to Ciqing Palace. I just came back from there."
Li Yong was really wronged, so he simply took it out directly. Sure enough, he saw that Feng Bao, originally not very good-looking, took a breath of air. Empress Dowager Li was even more shocked, and his eyes turned from initial qi to shock and anger. He did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly explained the past what he had said to Empress Dowager Chen and the emperor. He understood everything. When he mentioned that Empress Dowager Chen directly brought out Empress Chengxiao to talk about the matter, Feng Bao's voice suddenly became sharp.
"What is the saying of Old Empress Rensheng? After so many years, Old Empress Cisheng has been working in the Qing Palace to supervise the emperor's study and progress. She has no credit and worked hard. When did she interfere in government affairs? She has been sick in Ciqing Palace for so many years and does not care about her duties. How can she stand like this and speak without pain in her back?"
Empress Dowager Li did feel wronged. Although she was the empress dowager, she was only 33 years old this year. In later generations, many women in the same year were still living a happy single life, but she had been respected as the empress dowager for six years. Since Zhu Yijun became an emperor from the prince, for six years, she was afraid that her eldest son would become crooked and never lived in the Cining Palace. She urged the emperor to study and improve her studies every day in the Ganqing Palace. She asked herself that she was worthy of her dead husband, Emperor Longqing, and even more worthy of any ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. But in the end, Empress Dowager Chen would actually take out Emperor Chengxiao and suppress her later!
"This is a rebellious son, this is a rebellious son!" Empress Dowager Li could not scold Empress Dowager Chen, but she was already on the verge of an outbreak. She actually threw a small Xuande kiln teacup next to her, and she was still not satisfied after the fall, so she pushed Gaoji down.
From these actions, we can see that Empress Dowager Li was a palace servant when he entered Prince Yu's mansion, rather than a serious candidate for the princess, and the differences in origin and etiquette between him and Empress Dowager Chen.
Although Empress Chen was a small family and did not recognize many words, the wealthy family raised him, and after the selection, he was influenced by the female officials and old palace servants in the palace who were trained in etiquette and the old palace servants, so he naturally had confidence in some places. The reason was not because he was sick and had no children on the surface, but because he dared to quarrel with Emperor Muzong Longqing on his neck, for the sake of this woman being uncontrollable. But at that time, Empress Li, as the imperial concubine, grind her teeth behind her back, threw things to vent her anger, and did not dare to say a word in front of her.
But when Empress Dowager Li's reaction was now, Feng Bao breathed a little relieved, thinking that as long as Empress Dowager Li could withstand, he could definitely defeat the pair of Little Emperor and Empress Dowager Chen. Thinking that Wang Fulin had greeted him before, he now had ten thousand reflections that he was too confident and arrogant, so he fell into such a dangerous situation. Wang Zhen wouldn't mention it, that was instigating Yingzong to personally instigate himself to kill himself directly. But look at Liu Jin, what was the situation when he was most proud, but it wasn't the little emperor who said Lingchi was just Lingchi? Why did he think that the emperor he had raised could be merciless?
You must hold Empress Li tightly, otherwise he will peel off his skin if he doesn't die this time, let alone kill Zhang Siwei!
After scolding Zhu Yijun, Empress Dowager Li finally sat down slowly with the ulterior motive of Li Yong and Feng Bao. She was angry, but she was a child she raised with one hand. She was inevitably lucky. She thought that maybe Zhu Yijun was instigated by someone, but in fact she went to ask Empress Dowager Chen for help because of fear. However, when she heard the news that Empress Dowager Chen had arrived, she went out to greet her and saw Zhu Yijun carefully supporting Empress Dowager Chen into the door, her self-comfortment mentality finally turned into anger.
Why has she never seen her son's sincere care and dependence before? Why has he always been ashamed of his biological mother as a respectful to Dabin?
After a moment of loss of consciousness, Empress Dowager Li quickly reacted. Empress Dowager Xiaosu and Zhou had already been blocked by ministers. She was just a concubine during her lifetime. Later, the queen who was posthumously named could be buried together in the imperial tomb, but could not be buried in the temple. From this point of view, Empress Dowager Chen was just the step concubine of Emperor Muzong, not Yuan Pei, and was almost the same as her. So after she came forward, she nodded slightly and called her sister, then glanced at Zhu Yijun with a sharp gaze. Seeing that the eldest son was indeed withdrawing his hand awkwardly under his might, she then took Empress Dowager Chen's hand and walked into the palace intimately.
After sitting down, she asked Li Yong to pick up the fruits and vegetables in person, and said with a smile: "Dalang should often visit his sister's place. The country governs the world with filial piety, and his dignified emperor should set an example for others."
But not only did Empress Dowager Li's words not only did not appease Empress Dowager Chen, but instead aroused another hidden pain. In the past, she was the queen, but because she angered Emperor Muzong, she escaped the fate of being deposed queen, but was ordered to move out of Kunning Palace to another palace to recuperate. At that time, Emperor Longqing was still in her prime. She almost thought that she would never see the light of day again in this life, but she did not expect that the indulgent husband would die! During that most difficult time, Zhu Yijun would visit her every day, even if she just sat for a short while, but it was ultimately a kind of comfort to her.
On the contrary, after Empress Dowager Li moved into the Qianqing Palace in the name of disciplined her son, even if she could wait for Zhu Yijun who came to ask for advice, the little emperor could only come and leave in a hurry.
Compared with studies, you have to give up any filial piety!
Therefore, Empress Dowager Chen glanced at Feng Bao who was standing beside Empress Dowager Li, and suddenly said solemnly: "Sister doesn't regard me as an outsider, then I will just say it. Feng Shuanglin has been the best friend of Dalang since he was a child, and now he is the chief seal of the Sili Supervisor. If a foreign minister impeaches him, it is reasonable for Dalang to ask questions. Where can he hold the memorials in the Sili Supervisor and never submit them? The outer court needs to rely on those civil officials, and the inner court depends on these middle-aged people. He can't let them be lawless just because they are favored!"
Feng Bao's face turned dark when he heard this. He looked at Zhang Mingshi who followed Zhu Yijun in, and his eyes were like a knife plucking people. Zhu Yijun felt relieved deeply, and glanced at Zhang Mingshi who gave him an idea to find Empress Dowager Chen, but his eyes were full of praise. The master and servant who were once more close than father and son, of course, Empress Dowager Li saw it in his eyes and was extremely angry.
Thinking about the situation like that of Prince Yu's Mansion, Emperor Jiajing never even looked at Zhu Yijun, the grandson of Prince Yu's mansion. The people in Prince Yu's mansion were short of their hands, and they were not trying to raise Zhu Yijun with Feng Bao's careful service? When Emperor Longqing was indulging in love and was damaged by Chen Hongmeng and Teng Xiang, wasn't Feng Bao always firmly standing on the side of the concubines? Now, the old slave who has been using it for many years is ready to throw it away!
Empress Dowager Li took a deep breath and said sternly: "Sister is wrong. Although Dalang is the emperor, he has to ask himself when doing things. He cannot just listen to others and just know how to move his mouth and make decisions casually! Who is Feng Bao? He is his great companion, he is not the prince, or the eldest son of Prince Yu. He has been serving him by his side for the first time! The first time he learned to walk, the first time Feng Bao helped him call people, and the first time Feng Bao repeated it for a thousand and ten thousand times, and the first time he learned to write, and Feng Bao told him step by step!"
As she spoke, she felt a little sad: "Feng Bao may have something bad, but sister, look at the teenage emperors who ascended the throne in the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Yingzong favored a big companion Wang Zhen, Emperor Xianzong made a fuss at Wang Zhi from Kaixi Factory. As for Emperor Wuzong, there were eight tigers including Liu Jin, but Dalang, he had the loyal Feng Bao! Compared with the eunuchs in front of him who took power to ruin the reputation of the emperor, Feng Bao might have made some money, maybe he appointed some personal belongings, but where did he have any other evils, huh?"
"Just because the officials outside are impeached, they will ask him about his crime. Who will you use as the seal of the ceremonial supervisor next time? You said!"
The previous words were said to everyone, but the last words were asked to the emperor. To be fair, the words that Empress Dowager Li had made before defending Feng Bao were reasonable. Even Feng Bao couldn't help but his eyes turned slightly red. He turned his head to hide the water light in his eyes, thinking that he had sold his life for the Empress Dowager for the rest of his life, and finally it was worth it.
However, for the prejudiced Empress Dowager Chen and Zhu Yijun, this was just one-sided protection. Zhu Yijun even roared in his heart that even if Feng Bao had a good fortune, he would sue me if he had nothing to do, point fingers at me, and even take over power without paying it. This is the biggest sin!
Zhang Ming was frightened by Empress Dowager Li's toughness, especially with the last question, he felt that his heart was about to burst out of his throat. At this time, he even regretted following him all the way to Cining Palace. What if the emperor pushed him up as soon as he spoke and turned around, Empress Dowager Li threw all his anger on his head, could he resist it?
However, the facts proved that Zhang Ming was really thinking too much. Almost after Empress Dowager Li asked who could replace Feng Bao, Zhu Yijun immediately said without hesitation: "Zhang Hong has always been very good at finding a good person. Why can't he accept the seal of the Sili Supervisor?"
As soon as these words came out, the room fell into a moment of dead silence.
Feng Bao knew that Zhu Yijun was close to Zhang Hong. Although he was a colleague whom he treated very politely and trusted, he still gritted his teeth at this time. Empress Dowager Chen compared Zhang Hong and Feng Bao, thinking that Zhang Hong was more mature and low-key, thinking that the emperor was indeed aware of others. Zhang Ming thought that he almost made a wedding dress and broke out in a cold sweat, but he was glad that Zhu Yijun sold Zhang Hong at this time. Empress Dowager Li was purely shocked, and then slapped the handrail heavily and said, "Nonsense, what kind of person is Zhang Hong? He always said in front of me that Feng Bao was old and polite. Last time he told me that he asked to go to Nanjing to retire!"
Except for Empress Dowager Li and Li Yong who was also present at the time, no one expected that Zhang Hong had already filed a retirement report. Feng Bao's eyes flashed, but the next moment, he heard a sentence that changed his face.
Zhu Yijun also followed the movements of Empress Dowager Li and whispered: "Mother, Zhang Hong has been under house arrest by him on the pretext of being sick. At this time, you are still talking to Feng Bao, the old slave!"
It was not until this time that Feng Bao secretly regretted not being able to trust Zhang Hong completely, and he was even more determined to take advantage of Zhang Hong to get sick and ask Empress Dowager Li to clean up the pens of the ritual supervisors, especially to get Zhang Ming and Zhang Wei out. Therefore, when Empress Dowager Li looked at him, he made up his mind and decided to deny it directly to the end.
"The Old Empress Rensheng, the Old Empress Cisheng, is absolutely nothing! Rong Zhai Gong and Lao Nu have worked with each other for many years and help each other, just like Jiao Buli Meng, Meng Buli Jiao, and the Sili Supervisor has so many pens, so I only recognize him Zhang Rong Zhai! He is really not feeling well in the past two days, so he has been resting in a straight room by the river for two days. If Lao Nu really has any bad intentions towards him, he is so old that even if he is sick, it is more reasonable than house arrest!"
Zhu Yijun finally felt like he had a treasure at this time and immediately said to Empress Dowager Chen: "Mother, listen, Feng Bao also said that he wanted Zhang Hongbo to die of illness. At that time, no one in the palace could compete with him! I am the emperor, can't even decide this little thing by myself?"
"Call Zhang Hong." Empress Dowager Chen glanced at Empress Dowager Li with a pale complexion, and said in an unquestionable tone for the first time in her life, "at least it will make the truth come true!"
At this moment, Zhang Zhongju's voice came from the outside. The eunuch of Ciqing Palace had just heard the opportunity and did not follow in, but chose to wait outside: "Two old ladies, the emperor, and the father-in-law Zhang Rongzhai are here."
As Zhang Ning said in the past, there were too many eunuchs with the surname Zhang, and no one knew who was. Therefore, when he heard the surname with a different name, no one would misunderstand it. Zhu Yijun was so surprised that he almost jumped up, while Feng Bao and Li Yong were both surprised and suspicious. In the end, Empress Dowager Chen turned his back and ordered: "Zhang Zhongju, go and bring Zhang Hong in."
Zhang Hong was staggering and looked a little tired. After saluting to the two empress dowagers and emperors on the seat, he said, "Two old ladies, the emperor, the old ladies have had an old problem of coughing before. Unexpectedly, they were said to be something and were under house arrest by Shuanglin Gong. The old ladies are a little better now, so they go out for a walk. I heard that the old ladies Rensheng are also in Cining Palace, so I came uninvited. Please forgive me." To be continued., Your support is my greatest motivation. 19830124
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