Since the death of Emperor Longqing, Meng Chong's heart has always been hanging in mid-air.

Since his family knows his own affairs, he knows very well that he was the one who picked up the palm print of the master of ceremonies, and among the several eunuchs favored by Longqing, Chen Hong was the one in the first place, so at the beginning, the palm print of the master of ceremonies was Chen Hong. If it weren't for Chen Hong's greed, he didn't know how to restrain himself at all, and he would have caused trouble as a result, and he would not have lost his palm print and been beaten down.

He Meng Chong took advantage of that opportunity and was recommended by Gao Gong to take over the palm print. And why Gao Gong recommended him to take over, he himself knew very well that he was not outstanding, but just honest and not power-grabbing.

Although Meng Chong's ability is average, he has been in the palace for a long time, and his vision is still somewhat good. Meng Chong knew how proud Gao Gong was, how could his old man care about the ability of the celebrant to palm print? I'm afraid that in his opinion, the celebrant only needs to be able to approve red treasures from top to bottom! Pair of secrets? Jokes, I can preside over government affairs.

Therefore, in the past few years, Meng Chong has been very careful to restrain himself, and constantly reminded himself not to work against the cabinet, especially not to have the slightest conflict with the ideas of the elder Gao Ge. The effect is indeed very good, at least let him sit on the palm print throne peacefully in the past few years.

But now the situation is different, Emperor Longqing has died, although Gao Ge Lao still seems to be the first person in the government and the opposition, but in fact, Meng Chong is very clear about the difference - the original emperor who was willing to shelter Gao Ge Lao from the wind and rain at any time is gone!

What is the current emperor's attitude towards Gao Ge Lao? I don't know, and it doesn't matter, because the emperor is still too young, and it is not the emperor himself who really represents the emperor's will, but his biological mother, Li Guifei.

As for the empress, of course, she also has a certain opportunity to take charge of the imperial power, but that requires the strong support of the outer court, such as the empress and Gao Ge Lao uniting together, and may be able to compete with Li Guifei, who has mastered the emperor himself.

But this is difficult, because if Gao Gong does this, the emperor may not have a big problem before, but once the emperor is in power, it is bound to rebound strongly.

If Gao Gong is a lonely person, and there is no need to think about it for the future, then it can be a try, and the queen will suppress Li Guifei, and then the queen mother will be regent, and all major matters in the outer court will be decided by his high pavilion elders.

But the problem is that his nephew Gao Pragmatic himself is a promising, close minister of the Son of Heaven, how could he streak the future of the Gao family to death for his own pleasure?

Besides, the queen herself is also an honest person, and it is difficult to say whether she is willing to play such a play.

Therefore, Gao Ge Lao still seems to be infinitely beautiful, and he is the first assistant and the head of the department, but in fact, his status must not be as deep-rooted as that of the Longqing Dynasty.

Meng Chong's position as the master of ceremonies has two major foundations: the emperor's trust and Gao Gong's support, now that one of them is completely gone, and the other has been greatly weakened, how can he not panic?

The new monarch ascended the throne to change the palm seal of the celebrant supervisor, which was something that almost all emperors of the Ming Dynasty would do, because if it was not so, it was not enough to ensure the perfect implementation of the emperor's will. Now that the new monarch has ascended the throne, the new monarch may not be able to implement his own will, and only the will of his mother Li Guifei can be implemented.

So Meng Chong knew that the person who replaced him would definitely be Feng Bao, depending on which day.

Therefore, when Gao Pragmatic came to him, his will was a little depressed, and even said to him as soon as he saw Gao Pragmatic: "Mr. Xiao Gao, our family is going to be finished, it's going to be over...... I don't know whether to go to Jingjun to feed the horses, or to go to Nanjing Sixiang? ”

It is not a good errand for Jingjun to feed the horses and Nanjing Sixiang, so it is better than sending it to Nanjing to grow vegetables.

Therefore, as soon as Meng Chong said this, Gao Pragmatic knew that his ideological work of persuading him should be easier to do.

Sure enough, Gao Shishi sighed lightly, analyzed the recent situation, and then told Meng Chong the news in the Yongning Palace just now, Meng Chong wiped his tears and begged him to pull himself.

Gao Pragmatic was not polite, and gave him an idea.

Meng Chong listened, although he somewhat regretted that his palm print throne was gone, but after all, he was an honest man, and he still knew how to be content, so he didn't think much about it, and immediately agreed.

Gao pragmatic said goodbye and left, Meng washed his face, cleaned himself up, and went to Yongning Palace.

At this time, the little emperor had already gone to Empress Chen to discuss the matter of the two palaces and him to issue an order to Gao Shi to "watch the government", so there were only two sisters and brothers in Yongning Palace, Li Guifei and Li Wenjin.

Hearing Meng Chong's request to see her, Concubine Li Guifei was a little surprised, glanced at Li Wenjin, and asked, "Meng Chong?" What is he doing here? ”

Li Wenjin thought about it and felt that Meng Chong usually treated him well, although he was not particularly close, but he was also polite, and the relationship between the two people had always been quite harmonious, so he said: "It doesn't matter what happens, just let him in." ”

So Meng Chong entered the main hall, he honestly saw Li Guifei according to the rules, and without waiting for Li Guifei to ask, he took the initiative to say: "Guifei Niangniang, the old slave is old, but because of the trust of the Daxing Emperor, he has no choice but to reside in the position of the palm seal of the master of ceremonies. ”

Li Guifei didn't expect Meng Chong to come to such a hand, and she was a little caught off guard for a while, and said, "Why did Meng Zhangyin say this?" ”

Li Wenjin heard that it was not the road, Sister A's adaptability is really not good, everyone has told the reason, and you still ask people "why", isn't this nonsense? Besides, no matter what happened to Meng Chong in the past few years, at least there have been no major mistakes, there is no credit and hard work, if you ask for resignation, why don't you say a few words of consolation first!

So he coughed dryly and said: "Meng Zhangyin, Emperor Daxing Longyu is in a hurry, and the inner and outer courts are in a mess right now, it is a little inappropriate for you to resign at this time." ”

This is a little interesting: you can go, don't rush for the time being, and it's not too late to leave when we make arrangements.

Meng Chong seemed to be very persistent, kowtowed to Concubine Li, and said: "Niangniang, Emperor Daxing is as kind to the old slave as a mountain, and now Emperor Daxing is in Bintian, but he hasn't even prepared a mountain mausoleum...... The old slave is not unaware of the current situation, the old slave just wants to do his last effort for the Daxing Emperor, so the old slave wants to quit the errand of the ceremonial supervisor and go to Tianshou Mountain to contribute to the preparation of the mausoleum for the Daxing Emperor, and hope that the mother and the emperor will be fulfilled. ”

Li Guifei looked at him in surprise, and said secretly: This Meng Chong didn't do it with the palm print of the celebrant supervisor, but went to build a mausoleum for Emperor Daxing? Could it be that he really misses Emperor Daxing to this point?

But on second thought, that's a good thing. Originally, although Meng Chong's ability is not very good, but he has been in the palm print position for a few years, at least he has not had any major trouble, and he suddenly replaced him for no reason, which is indeed a little unreasonable, and he is now inviting himself to build a mausoleum for Emperor Daxing, but it is the best of both worlds.

After making up her mind, Concubine Li Guifei pretended to persuade Meng Chong for two sentences, and seeing that Meng Chong refused to continue to be the palm seal of the celebrant and the celebrant alive, she had to "reluctantly" agree.

Meng Chong gave too high and pragmatic instructions, in addition to supervising the construction of the mausoleum in Tianshou Mountain this time, there was another thing to do, so on the grounds of impatience, he asked to leave for Tianshou Mountain early tomorrow morning.

Concubine Li didn't say anything long-winded this time, and immediately agreed.