.In the early morning, the sky was covered with white frost. There were no people on the street, only Chen Mo and Li Shizhen's two sedan chairs, one in front and one behind, moving firmly towards Xiyuan, ignoring the sneaky followers behind him.
Sitting silently in the sedan chair, holding the bag in his arms with both hands. His face was as deep as an ancient well and his heart was clear. This was not a pretending to be calm, but a calmness and determination after seeing through the appearance of things and grasping the essence of the problem.
Although the current situation is extremely dangerous, I firmly believe that the essence of the political struggle of the Jiajing Dynasty will not change at all. That is, no matter how lively the game is, the final referee must be the emperor, in this Ming Dynasty. As long as Emperor Jiajing is in one day, this law will never change!
Although he is now in his fifties, and he is addicted to practicing Taoism and is reluctant to experience it himself, he is no longer the emperor who can see through it clearly and see the truth, but he can hold all his ministers in the hands of the emperor, but the authority he has forty years is something that no one can challenge!
As long as his body remains healthy and his mind is clear, this will never change.
But what is ridiculous, lamentable, sad and hateful is that after years of devotion to practicing Taoism and taking the golden elixir not only did not bring him immortality and immortality, but it seriously damaged his body and eroded his life span, making him unable to even keep his most basic sober.
Yes, since receiving Li Fang's news yesterday, combined with his judgment on the current situation in the capital, the silence is almost certain that Emperor Jiajing has temporarily lost control, or has encountered great trouble in health. Moreover, Li Shizhen also proved his judgment that Emperor Jiajing has been deeply imprinted with the poison of mercury, and emotional fluctuations or excessive fatigue may lead to fainting, or even a long-term semi-coma.
So I believe that if you want to restore peace to the capital and avoid an uncontrollable situation, you must keep the emperor healthy, at least stay awake, because this emperor has a deep-rooted habit, that is, you have an instinctive resistance to any excessively violent political changes, because it is too troublesome and there are too many uncontrollable factors. If you were young, you could still manage it and manage it. But now he is old and weak, and he will not bite people when he is old, let alone Jiajingbei, who doesn’t like to manage things? People. Xiyuan has arrived!"
Silently, tightened the cloak on his body, lifted up the thick curtain of the sedan chair, stepped out of the sedan chair calmly, looked at Li Shizhen wearing a cotton robe and a cotton hat, and then turned her eyes to the solemn vermilion golden nail palace gate
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It is now past Mao hour. The palace gate is open, and of course it is impossible for the concubine to go to work because the cabinet is also in the West Garden. You can't let the center of the Ming Dynasty go to work because the emperor is sick.
But when the guards at the gate saw that he was not from the cabinet, they immediately became alert and interrogated. The guards with swords came over and asked, "Which yamen is from, please leave quickly if you have any questions." Seeing that Chen Mo was a black cloak that only a fourth-rank official was qualified to wear, these guards were also in a state of mind.
Chen Si.com was about to answer, and a purple-clad eunuch came over and said, "This is Lord Shen, it was invited by his ancestors." As he said that, he smiled at Chen Si and wanted to take him into the palace." This man met silently, and was the eunuch who was in charge beside Li Fang, so he nodded and said to Li Shizhen: "Let's go in."
Unexpectedly, the two lieutenants exchanged glances and said to the eunuch: "It turns out to be Eunuch Yuan, do you have Eunuch Chen's handwriting?"
Eunuch Yuan in purple changed his face and glared at one of them. The guard said, "Say it again, whose warrant you want?"
"Don't be angry," the guard whispered: "A few days ago, Eunuch Chen sent a message. No one except the people from the cabinet are allowed to enter the palace unless there is his warrant." He said with a smile: "You also know that Eunuch Chen is in charge of the guards now. The younger ones are just acting on their own terms, not to refute your face.
"I know. Am I such an unreasonable person?" The eunuch Yuan suddenly looked angry and changed into a mysterious smile and said, "I don't have Eunuch Chen's hand. Can you see this?" As he said that, he crawled his right hand into his sleeve and greeted the guard, "Get closer, come closer."
The guard thought he had some secret, so he hurriedly approached his head, just four or five inches away from the fist that Eunuch Yuan cages into his sleeve.
Eunuch Yuan suddenly changed his face again, his right hand was like a poisonous tongue spitting out his sleeve, and he was lightning-like. He said that at that time, the guard was slapped twice before he could react, and was immediately stunned. He heard Eunuch Yuan scold him while beating: "You turtle, your ancestor is still alive, so he went to lick his surname Chen?"
The guards beside him watched, but no one dared to come up to stop him. The guard covered his face and did not dare to act. Instead, he said aggrievedly: "Eunuch Chen is the eldest son of the ancestor. We thought that those who listened to him were the ancestors." The imperial guards of the Ming Dynasty were originally called the twelve guards of the personal army commander; later, in the sixth year of Xuande, it was changed to "Yulin San Thousand Households" and then changed to Wuji and Tengxiang four guards. The organization changed during the establishment, but they have always been under the Imperial Horse Supervision.
Therefore, the Imperial Horse Prison is called "Harvesting Horses", but in fact it is the military yamen in the inner court. Its admiral and eunuch are definitely among the top three in the second prison of the inner court. But no matter how awesome he is, the Sili Supervisor is in charge of the eunuchs, and the people who are in charge of all the Tianzhesai's punishments are punished, so those imperial guards do not dare to offend the heroes around Li Fang no matter what.
So after being beaten, the guards had to laugh carefully, but Eunuch Yuan was still not satisfied and spat fiercely, "Bah!" He kicked hard again and said, "Let me know, only the emperor in this palace can make the decision, that is, the ancestor. Chen Hong wants to make the decision for the ancestor? Unless the sun comes out from the west!" Finally, he shouted loudly, "Get out!" Sure enough, he scolded the guards blocking the road and opened a passage, and Yuan Dajian took Shen Mo and Li Shizhen into the West Garden.
"As soon as Lu Taibao left, he flashed his master.
Eunuch Yuan sighed and said softly: "First I couldn't eat for several days, and then I had a high fever again. I kept talking nonsense and called Lu Taibao's name." As he said that, he really wiped up tears and said: "Master, be kind and righteous. Although he is a nanny brother with Lu Taibao, it is rare for the emperor to treat his ministers like this. Shen Mo was silent after hearing this.
After a while, Eunuch Yuan calmed down and said softly: "The bad news about Lu Taibao was reported to his master by Chen Hong. The master was stunned when he heard it. Chen Hong took the opportunity to ask his master: "Will you check?" The master didn't think about it and roared: "Check, of course, check it. If you should be caught, you should be killed, kill it. Don't let it go." As he said, he shook his head and said with anger: "Our family is thinking about it. This is just a angrily word, not a formal order at all, but Chen Hong caught this sentence and began to become arrogant. Not only did he move the East Factory again, but he began to arrest outside the palace, but also in the palace, he unscrupulously eliminated dissidents in the name of investigating spies. The ancestor did not have the same knowledge as him, so he thought that the ancestor was easy to bully, so he stopped the ancestor from seeing his master. He said that the suspect was not ruled out, no one could approach the emperor except himself!"
Chen Si finally understood why Li Fang had to send the letter to him after paying such a big bag. Why did he come to the palace with Huang Yu Ruyi? It turned out that he could not treat the emperor when he came, and he had to knock on the door with this thing!
While thinking, the three of them arrived outside Yuxi Palace and saw countless eunuchs and guards surrounded Emperor Jiajing's bedroom, which was so irrelevant.
The eunuchs and guards had obviously received the order from their superiors. They actually held hands and formed several walls of human beings in front of Shen Mo, Li Shizhen and Yuan.
When we saw this situation, everyone knew that you, Eunuch Yuan, like to slap in the face? Then slap it as much as you want. We are so many people, you will take off your slap. Don’t even think about going further.
Eunuch Yuan probably felt that he was being teased and shouted angrily: "Get out of here!"
Behind the walls, there was an eunuch in purple. He smiled and said with a slight smile: "I'm sorry. Old Yuan, I'm sorry, brothers can't obey orders. We are ordered to guard the palace for the emperor. Before the matter is found out, no one can take a step."
"Sir Fang, please don't fart!" Eunuch Yuan waved his hand impatiently, "This is Doctor Li, who has seen his master. The ancestor asked him to diagnose his master. You should go away quickly. If the master's condition is delayed, you will skin you!" Looking at the other party, he was a little isolated and helpless. He couldn't help but complain in his heart: "Ancestors are old after all, and they are bullied like this, so why are they not fighting with Chen Hong yet?
"Who cut my skin? Are you?" The eunuch Fang was Chen Hong's confidant. Eunuch Yuan was always the stunning star. Fang Mang now has the upper hand. How could he not tease him: "If you really have that ability, my skin will be given to you as a mattress!" It made everyone laugh.
"You" Eunuch Yuan was so angry that he jumped up and wanted to retort. But he saw the eunuch in the first place and said, "You brought the person right." When the Dongchang man was not involved in the wall, he ordered: "Catch that wandering doctor named Li and send him to the Dongchang for severe torture!"
"Who is surnamed Fang, what are you going to do?" Eunuch Yuan said in a panic: "Doctor Li is here to treat his master!"
"What is Doctor Li?" Eunuch Fang sneered and said repeatedly: "Can you find someone named Li Shizhen through the list of the Imperial Hospital?" As he raised his eyebrows, he said sternly: "This person came to the palace to see his master not long ago, but after he was diagnosed and treated, his master's illness not only did not improve, but became more and more serious. I now suspect that this wandering doctor intends to murder His Majesty, so he decided to arrest him and return to the imperial prison to interrogate him in detail!"
Seeing that Eunuch Yuan was panicked, Eunuch Fang was excited and decided to pursue the victory and said, "The one next to him must be a co-conspirator, and we will catch it together and interrogate it carefully!" He said, "Catch people!" Those guys with pointed hats and white leather boots took the iron chain, iron ruler and iron shackles, and took Chen Mo and Li Shizhen from all sides.
"Who dares!" Eunuch Yuan quickly protected the two of them behind him and whispered: "Mr. Shen, Zuzong Shen, have you brought that thing?!"
"Take it." Silent nodded calmly.
"Then take it out quickly." Eunuch Xi said tremblingly. It seemed that he was also holding on. He shouted in a low voice!" Yu Ci Yu Ruyi is here. Who dares to make a fortune!, ※
Everyone looked in the sound and saw Chen Si holding a glass box with a sandalwood backing high, and through the light red glass wall, you could clearly see that there was a yellow Ruyi inside! Yes, yellow Ruyi.
When they saw the resounding shape, many people immediately knelt down. They were so familiar with this thing. Emperor Jiajing used to often hold it in his hands and played with it, and many people were impressed.
Of course, most people have never seen it before, but when they saw people around them kneeling down, they knew that this thing was not a fake, so how could they dare to stand? They knelt all over the ground, and no one stood in front of the entire Yuxi Palace gate except for a few silent people.
When Eunuch Yuan saw that Eunuch Fang had kneeled, he felt so relieved, and said to Chen Mo: "Mr. Shen. Let's go in." Chen Mo nodded, changed the crystal box to hold it, and wanted to walk in with Li Shizhen.
But he was stopped again and said, "Let's go!" The voice was gloomy and arrogant. When he heard it, he was a pretentious guy. Chen Hong, wearing a big red python cloak, appeared in front of everyone. Obviously, he had been inside for a long time, but he didn't want to or did not want to come forward. At this moment, he finally jumped out when he saw that the person below could not hold back.
"Bold, why don't you kneel down when you see Huang Yuruyi!" Anyway, it was already life and death. Eunuch Yuan simply broke up and said.
Chen Hong's horse face was sniffed and said, "Little monkey, it's not your turn to teach me." As he said, he bowed to Ruyi and said, "This object is in the hands of the emperor, or when His Majesty gave it to Lord Shen, he said, "Seeing this thing is like seeing the lord." Everyone knelt down and kowtowed, obediently obediently." This guy was actually very eloquent. It seemed that no one could make a name for himself in the Sili Supervisor. He only heard him continue, "Your Majesty has never said this, so he just used this thing as a reward to Lord Shen. The meaning has changed. It is no longer a national weapon, but just a treasure given by the emperor. As the ministers, we are of course respectful and offering sacrifices, but it does not mean that we have to listen to Lord Shen's orders." As he said that, he looked at his kneeling subordinates and said, "Don't they all get up yet?"
The guards and eunuchs on the ground quickly got up and surrounded the silent people again.
When he saw Chen Hong come out, he immediately turned the tide. Eunuch Yuan was sweating profusely, but he was helpless. He had to look at Silently with a begging face and said, "Master Shen, why?" "Do. Before he could say it, he saw a ball of black things flying towards him. Eunuch Yuan subconsciously grabbed it and saw that it was the cloak that was silent all the time wearing it.
Then he looked at Chen Mo and saw that he was wearing only a thin official robe, holding up the box of wishful wishes, and smiled and said, "Eunuch Chen is such a big tone. He doesn't even buy the treasures given by the emperor, so he naturally doesn't care. I am a small fourth-rank official."
"Don't misinterpret our words," Chen Hong said with a sinister face: "What I said is, of course this baby must be respected. But you can't command the guards by virtue of it!"
"I didn't order the guards." Chen Si smiled faintly, ignored the swords and guns, and walked forward two steps: "I just want to go in." The guards were afraid of touching him, so they accidentally smashed Ruyi. They couldn't help but retreated back and kept a safe distance from him.
"Aren't this all the same? Don't argue here!" Chen Hong said angrily: "Or I'm not polite!"
"How could it be the same? I want to go in and meet the saint. But you don't let me in, that is, you don't take this treasure given seriously." Silent sneered. He held the box to his chest and said, "I'll ask you, what is this?"
"I'm giving me a wish!" Chen Hong didn't deliberately say "Huang Yu," he said the word "Yun Yu" much smarter.
"Yes, I will give you Ruyi!" Chen Shu raised his tone and said, "The emperor has given me Ruyi. Do you dare not let me Ruyi? Get out of here." The last four words were like a tongue, which shocked Chen Hong and others.
Chen Hong couldn't help but panic: "Do you dare to misinterpret the holy will?"
"Mr. Shen did not misinterpret the holy will, a gentle but majestic voice sounded. The eunuchs and guards who were on the website immediately saluted and asked: "Old Ancestor" would have knelt down again if it weren't for Chen Hong's gaze of murder.
The white Li Fang appeared in front of Yuxi Palace. He did not look at others, but just looked at Chen Hong with bright eyes and said, "Our Majesty is here that day. Because Lord Shen gave up the third-rank minister, he gave him a chance to be happy. Eunuch Chen, what else should I refute now?"
Chen Hong was already silenced by silence. Now that Li Fang appeared, he exhaled half of his remaining anger, completely deflated, and had to retreat aside and said, "Get in."
Chen Shu breathed a sigh of relief: "Please, Eunuch Li."
Li Fang pointed to Ruyi and smiled and said, "It's better for Lord Shen to ask first."
Silence immediately woke up, Zhan Yan smiled and said, "Okay. Then the official will advance first!" As he said that, he held the box and strode into Yuxi's palace.
Chapter completed!