"Rang Gong, Guo Gong, please stay!"

Not long after Liu Wei left Changqiu Palace, Zhao Zhong chased after him and called out to Zhang Rang and Guo Sheng, who were about to leave.

I saw that he looked left and right eagerly, and then lowered his voice and said to Zhang Rang: "Rang Gong, Guo Gong, how can you two say such a thing in front of Queen He and Shi Hou?"

Seeing Zhao Zhong turn his head to look at him, Guo Sheng waved his dust and cleared up the relationship and said, "Don't look at me, our family was also dragged into the water by Ranggong this time." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Zhong turned his head to look at Zhang Rang again, but saw that Zhang Rang was annoyed and said angrily: "What does Zhao Changshi want our family to do?" admit that Feng Yu was instructed by our family?...... Zhao Changshi, don't forget, restrict Shi Hou from moving around in the palace, but we have made a unanimous decision, how can we be alone?"

Seeing that Zhang Rang was angry, Zhao Zhong's tone slowed down a little: "That's not what our family meant, it's just ...... If Sun Zhang, Feng Zhen, and Xia Yun suffer an unjustified disaster this time, they will be resentful in their hearts...... The two of them also heard it, and Empress Fangcai was furious and ordered me to go to Yongle Palace to get people, and arrest Sun Zhang, Feng Yu, and Xia Yun to Changqiu Palace for questioning...... Let Gong, I'm afraid this matter is going to make a big fuss. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Rangyi frowned, and said distressedly: "Our family didn't expect that Shi Hou would mistakenly think that it was the Empress Dowager Dong's ......."

The three were silent.

After a long time, Guo Sheng cautiously spoke: "Why don't you ...... Let's discuss it with Sun Zhang and them first?"

When Zhao Zhong shook his head and smiled bitterly, Zhang Rang glanced at Guo Sheng strangely, and then he stared at his eyebrows and showed a moment of contemplation, after more than a dozen breaths, he seemed to have made some decision, gritted his teeth and said: "In this matter, please also ask the two virtuous fathers to help our family." ”

Zhao Zhong's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he pretended not to know: "What does Rang Gong mean?"

Zhang Rang frowned slightly, as if he was a little unhappy that Zhao Zhong pretended not to know at this time, but thinking that he was asking the other party at the moment, he could only lower his posture: "Sun Zhang and the others will not admit it, and I hope that Zhao Gong will speak for our family in front of the queen......"

Hearing this, Zhao Zhong looked at Zhang Rang with unfamiliar eyes, and his heart was secretly shocked.

You must know that since the death of Wang Fu, the middle servant, their ten permanent servants have basically advanced and retreated together, and he couldn't imagine that today Zhang Rang planned to betray others in order to compromise his responsibilities in front of Shi Hou, which made him see Zhang Rang's selfish side.

"Looks like I'll have to plan ahead of time......

Muttering in his heart, Zhao Zhong suddenly said calmly: "Our younger brother Chun, young and powerful, may be the commander of the Jiafang Palace, accompanying Shi Hou." ”

Zhang Rang looked at Zhao Zhong suddenly, and his heart was on fire.

From the side, Guo Sheng was also anxious, and said to Zhao Zhong with his eyes open: "Zhao Changshi, you ......"

Before he finished his words, he saw Zhao Zhong turn his head and say to him: "Guo Gong is a regular servant, it is not appropriate to deign to the position of palace order, if Guo Gong is willing to fulfill it, our family can recommend Guo Gong as the Great Changqiu Cheng." ”

“......”

Guo Sheng opened his mouth and was suddenly dumbfounded.

Da Chang Qiu Cheng is Da Changqiu's subordinate and deputy position, in the final analysis, it is only a position of 600 stones, but the key is that this is also an official position that can be close to Empress He, not to mention that if he Guo Sheng becomes Da Changqiu Cheng, Empress He trusts him or Zhao Zhong more, it is not yet known.

Therefore, for Guo Sheng, exchanging the Fang Dian's order for Da Changqiu Cheng is not a loss.

After all, as Zhao Zhong said, he is a regular servant in the palace, even if he wins the palace order of the Jiafang Palace, he can't serve it himself, so he can only send his henchmen to accompany that Shi Hou, how can this be as good as his own companionship with Queen He?

So Guo Sheng stopped making a sound, and took the last half step of the dust whisk to make his position.

This annoyed Zhang Rang, he sneered at Zhao Zhong and said: "Zhao Changshou used to be on guard against Guo Changshi, but I didn't expect to be so generous today. ”

Zhao Zhong arched his hand and said: "At this time and that time, our family has the responsibility to plan for the younger brother, hoping to make it perfect." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Rang looked at Zhao Zhong for a long time, but in the end he was deflated, nodded and said, "It's okay." ...... In the future, Shi Hou's affairs will be handed over to Zhao Changshou and Brother Ling. ”

"Thank you. Zhao Zhong thanked him.

Although Zhang Rang was annoyed in his heart, he also understood that this was not the time to care, so he could only press it in his heart.

Now that the three of them have exchanged benefits in private, the rest is much simpler.

After some totaling, Zhao Zhong went to Yongle Palace to get people.

Yongle Palace, that is, the Jiade Hall of the South Palace, where Emperor Ling's biological mother Dong lived, was called Yongle Palace, and Dong was also known as the Empress Dowager Yongle.

Don't look at the fact that Empress Dowager Dong and Empress He are mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, in fact, they are in the same situation.

The contradiction between the two sides first came from Dong Chong, the brother of the Empress Dowager Dong, and He Jin, the brother of the Empress Dowager.

In the end, He Jin planned to be a step higher, and the eunuchs put Dong Chong to death in prison on the charge of pretending to be the Empress Dowager Yongle's subordinates.

Since then, the Empress Dowager Dong, who originally disliked Empress He, was even more in the same boat as the former, in order to take revenge on the He family, the Empress Dowager Dong adopted Liu Xie, the son of Wang Meiren, called Dong Hou, and tried to persuade Emperor Ling, who was his son, to change Dong Hou as the crown prince, so Empress He became more and more resentful.

In the past ten years, the disputes in the Ruoyang Han Palace have been caused by the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, which shows how hostile the two have become.

Today, Liu Wei mentioned this matter in front of Queen He, it was like adding fuel to the fire, and it was no wonder that Queen He was angry.

After about a stick of incense, Zhao Zhong led dozens of Lang Wei people from Changqiu Palace to Yongle Palace to get people.

Yongle Palace made Sun Zhang receive the news, and felt inexplicable, so he went out of the palace to meet Zhao Zhong and ask the reason.

Since Zhao Zhong had already exchanged benefits with Zhang Rang and Guo Sheng in private, how could he betray Zhang Rang, and said half-truthfully: "Shi Hou cane killed Feng Yu in the Jiafang Palace, can Sun Gong know?"

"Yes. Sun Zhang nodded a little gloatingly.

At this time, Zhao Zhong lowered his voice and said: "The existing people told Shi Hou that it was Sun Gong, Feng Zhen and Xia Yun who instigated Feng Yu to offend Shi Hou in order to curry favor with Empress Dowager Dong, and Shi Hou sued the three in front of the queen, and the queen was furious and ordered our family to invite the three to Changqiu Palace for questioning. ”

"What?"

Sun Zhang, who was still gloating before, was stunned and said, "What does this have to do with the three of us? Isn't Feng Yu a henchman under Zhang Changshi?"

As he spoke, he faintly felt that something was wrong, and asked in a deep voice: "Zhao Changshi, who framed the three of us?"

Zhao Zhong didn't answer, hinting that Lang Wei stepped forward to restrain Sun Zhang, and said with relief: "The queen just invited the three of them to the Changqiu Palace for questioning, and Sun Changshou doesn't have to worry." ”

That's what he said, but Sun Zhang can become the commander of the Yongle Palace and become the 'third' among the ten permanent attendants, and his authority is only under Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, how can he be a stupid person, seeing that Zhao Zhong kept silent and said who framed the three of them, Sun Zhang immediately realized that he had been betrayed by his own people, and shouted loudly to the entourage beside him: "Hurry up to the Queen Mother, please save me!"

Seeing this, Zhao Zhong was also a little flustered, stretched out his hand and pressed Sun Zhang, and whispered: "If Sun Gong goes calmly, our family can swear to the sky, our family and Zhang Changshou, Guo Changshou, take care of the old friendship, and will definitely ensure that Sun Gong is thorough, but if Sun Gong makes things ...... a big deal."

However, his words were interrupted by Sun Zhang's scolding: "Okay, it turns out that the three of you conspired to kill me!"

It's no wonder that he reacted so quickly, after all, he is the third of the ten permanent attendants, except for his colleagues who are also middle permanent attendants, who dares to frame him with such a thing?

It must have been Zhang Rang's henchman Feng Yu who annoyed Shi Hou, and Zhang Rang was afraid of implicating himself, so he shifted the blame to him Sun Zhang.

After figuring out this layer, he scolded Zhao Rang, and even Zhao Zhong and Guo Sheng were scolded in.

He didn't believe Zhao Zhong's promise, after all, before the incident of Wang Fu, the regular servants in their palace had always attacked each other and killed each other, and then they couldn't resist the counterattack of the scholars, so they united.

But even if they are united, they guard against each other in private, lest their territory be encroached upon by others, and they can't really trust each other.

If he is caught in Changqiu Palace this time, and Empress He executes him in anger, who can guarantee that he will survive?

How many people betrayed him, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and Guo Sheng?

He didn't believe it!

"The Queen Mother save me!

While calling for help, Sun Zhang instructed the little eunuch who followed him to entangle with Lang Wei.

This incident really alarmed the Empress Dowager Dong, and the Empress Dowager Dong immediately recruited Zhao Zhong to question.

Don't look at the Empress Dowager Dong is actually not the real Empress Dowager, the real Empress Dowager should be the Empress Dowager Dou Miaodou, who elected the Ling Emperor back then, and the Empress Dowager Dong, as the biological mother of the Ling Emperor, can only be counted as the 'Queen of the Domain', but you must know that the Ling Emperor is still alive.

Since the emperor is here, who in the palace and the court dares to be disrespectful to the Empress Dowager Dong? Except for Empress He, no one has the courage to do this.

Even Zhao Zhong, who was called 'Zhao Changshou is my mother' by Emperor Ling, didn't dare.

Faced with Empress Dowager Dong's questioning, Zhao Zhong could only honestly tell what had happened, but he concealed the exchange of benefits with Zhang Rang and Guo Sheng, and pushed everything to Empress He.

Empress Dowager Dong was also furious when she heard this, the daughter of a butcher in the past, dared to send someone to his Yongle Palace to get someone today?

Outrageous!

She immediately protected Sun Zhang, who usually pleases him, and angrily ordered Lang Wei to expel Zhao Zhong with a stick.

Zhao Zhong didn't dare to resist, returned to Changqiu Palace in a gloomy manner, and blamed all the reasons for failing to hold Sun Zhang's three to Empress Dowager Dong, and cried in front of Empress He: "The Empress Dowager shielded Sun Zhang, Feng Zhen, and Xia Yun, and ordered Lang Wei to drive away the ministers with sticks." ”

When Queen He heard this, her heart became more and more determined.

Okay, sure enough, it's you, an old immortal, who is plotting behind your back.

On the other hand, Empress Dowager Dong was also angry at Empress He's arrogance.

The next day, Empress Dowager Dong ordered Sun Zhang, Feng Zhen, and Xia Yun to complain to Emperor Ling, accusing Empress He of being arrogant.

Because Zhang Rang was involved, Zhang Rang, who was questioned by Emperor Ling, was shocked and angry, and hurriedly sent someone to inform Changqiu Palace.

When Empress He learned of this, she was not to be outdone, and asked Zhao Zhong and Guo Sheng to tell Empress Dowager Dong to order Sun Zhang, Feng Zhen, and Xia Yun to privately instigate Jiafang Palace to order Feng Yu to restrict Shi Hou's actions.

The two sides said that the public was reasonable, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable, which made the entire harem inextricable, and also gave Emperor Ling a headache.

At this time, some discerning people found that the competition between Dong and He was a bit strange this time.

In the past, when these two were making trouble, the ten permanent attendants led by Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Sun Zhang, Guo Sheng and others basically did not participate directly, but this time, the permanent attendants in the palace seemed to be divided into two teams, one to help Empress Dowager Dong, and the other to help Empress He, and even attacked each other, which intensified.

The palace and the temple were all unbelievable about this, and only Liu Wei, who single-handedly led the matter, was proud.

"It's time to take the next step. ”

He thought to himself.

The next step is to try to become the prince of the prison country!

Thanks to him, Zhang Rang, who wavered in the positions of Dong and He in history, can only stand on the side of the He family this time.