Wenhua Palace, where the prince watched the government, at this time, because the prince had already left and took away Gao Pragmatic, there were no important people here.

When Chen Ju came, the Wenhua Hall was sweeping.

Two eunuchs dressed in prison costumes hurriedly stepped forward and asked Chen Bingbi why he had come here.

"Check the paperwork." Chen Ju said expressionlessly: "You two come with me." ”

The two glanced at each other, didn't say a word, and followed Chen Ju into the side hall where the prince usually studied and watched politics, while the little eunuchs brought by Chen Ju stayed outside the hall.

When the three of them entered the interior, Chen Ju didn't go to check any documents, but turned his head and asked, "Is there anything abnormal here in Wenhua Palace?" ”

The two prisoners shook their heads and said no.

Chen Ju let out a "hmm", with a trace of sadness on his face, and sighed: "God don't bless me Daming, the emperor's illness ...... Aggravated. ”

The two prisoners glanced at each other, and at the same time buried their heads deeply, and said in unison: "The emperor has the blessing of his ancestors, please be relieved." ”

Chen Ju didn't answer this, but said: "You two are both selected by me from the Inner Study Hall, and it is just too much to be an errand in the Wenhua Palace, and sooner or later you will have to return to the master of ceremonies......

"Xie Bing's pen is highly appreciated." The two of them said immediately.

"But!" Chen Ju waved his hand, and said with a solemn expression: "The celebrant is the inner court of the Imperial Palace, and his status is very important, whether you can seize the opportunity to make a contribution during this period of time and return to the ceremonial eunuch as a young eunuch depends on what you do in the next few days." ”

The eyes of the two eunuchs rose with light, pushed the gold mountain and bowed to the ground like a jade pillar, and kowtowed: "Hold the pen but have a life, the two of us swear to serve to the death!" ”

"I have told you about the current situation inside and outside the court, and you can see it yourself." Chen Ju said lightly: "In case there is an unspeakable change in the saint, the prince is young, Yuan Fu must be the first assistant to take care of his life, and the queen and concubine will also rely on it." However, there will always be some people who are unwilling and want to make trouble in secret...... Do you know why I kept your position as the celebrant after I transferred you to the Mandarin Palace? ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and one of them said: "Bingbi means that the person who is secretly making trouble will come from the celebrant of ceremonies?" ”

Chen Ju asked rhetorically, "What else?" Who would be so bold as to be so bold except for some of the celebrants? ”

The other person immediately said: "What Bingbi said is very true, but I don't know what this person will do?" What can the two of us do for Bingbi? ”

Chen Ju said lightly: "It's not just for me, but for the crown prince, the two palaces, and Yuanfu." ”

The two of them were hot in their hearts, and hurriedly said: "But please give orders!" ”

"Good!" Chen Ju's eyes froze: "You two come here with your ears ......"

Chen Ju gave some instructions in each of the two of them, and then asked the two of them to leave, and called in one of the relatives he had just brought, took out a waist card and handed it to him, and said, "You take this waist card, go out of the palace through the Donghua Gate, and go to the Chengguo Mansion to ask to see the grandfather of the country." ”

The person took the waist card and hid it, and asked, "What does the little one want to say to Grandpa Guo?" ”

"Don't say anything." Chen Ju said solemnly: "You just need to show the waist card to Grandpa Guo, you don't need to say a word next to it, after Grandpa Guo has seen the waist card, you will go back to the palace immediately." ”

"Yes, the little one understands." Then he asked, "Do you have any other instructions?" ”

Chen Ju said: "Be careful, although the guards of Donghua Gate have just been changed in the past few days, you still have to be extra cautious and don't make a show." In case someone asks you about the reason for leaving the palace, just say that I fell in love with a courtyard of the little grandfather of the Chengguo Mansion, and let you ask the little grandfather if he is willing to sell it, you know? ”

The kiss responded: "The little one understands, and the little one will go." ”

Chen Ju nodded and sent him away. But immediately another entourage was called in again and asked, "Little grandfather, is there anything new recently?" ”

The person was happy when he heard it, and said: "The situation is that there is a situation, and the small one is that I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

Chen Ju frowned suddenly, and said with a slight reprimand: "What is this, didn't I explain it to you a long time ago, no matter what the situation over there is, it must be regarded as an important and urgent matter, and report it to me in time?" ”

"The little thing I want to talk about happened last night, and it only came in this morning from the little grandfather." The relatives hurriedly straightened their faces, but they still seemed to be a little unable to hold back their laughter, how to look at what was wrong.

"Last night?" Chen Ju's face tightened, and he scolded angrily: "You rammer!" The emperor's illness worsened yesterday afternoon, and the dignitaries in the DPRK and China arrived in the evening, who still doesn't know the news? Zhang Taiyue is even clearer! There was an abnormality in his house last night, it must be related to the emperor's condition! And you, when you got the news, didn't report it to me immediately, but asked me to ask before you said, how stupid! ”

Chen Ju is usually low-key and kind, and the people around him have long been accustomed to it, so he obviously didn't expect Chen Ju to be angry when he said that he would get angry, so he was startled, and quickly explained: "Bingbi is angry, this matter is ...... This may be a little different than you think. ”

Chen Ju said angrily: "What is the situation, don't say it quickly!" If you miss a big event, I will send you to Nanjing to grow vegetables carefully! ”

For the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, "Nanjing planting vegetables" is not a general elegant thing to fish and plough, the full text of this sentence should be "sent to Nanjing Xiaoling Wei to grow vegetables", has always been one of the most feared words of the eunuchs, and the degree of fear can even rank in the top three.

It stands to reason that although "planting vegetables" is more or less a personal work, it doesn't seem to be such a tragic thing, so why make the eunuchs afraid of it?

Ladies and gentlemen, this is no better than growing vegetables elsewhere. The eunuchs were sent to Nanjing Xiaolingwei, and they usually went to "do things for the grandfather", which was a serious punishment in itself, and "planting vegetables" was one of the physical and mental damages.

The eunuchs who were sent to Nanjing to grow vegetables in Xiaolingwei first had to meet the Nanjing garrison eunuchs, and according to the custom, the Nanjing garrison eunuchs would shout angrily when they saw this person: "Take the ministry!" ”

Then an order was issued to deal with it, and the eunuch who was punished for planting vegetables should "carry a dung bucket on his shoulder and walk forward with a ladle, even if the priest is offended, and live in the vegetable garden day and night, and he will not cross an inch without forgiveness." ”

That is to say, even if this person was once the peak of eunuchs and the eunuch in charge of the seal, as long as he ate the sin of "growing vegetables in Nanjing", he had to suffer a disappointment first, and then carry a dung bucket to plant vegetables in the garden in full view. From dawn to dark, even sleep in the vegetable garden, not allowed to cross the thunder pond half a step - everyone, in that place in Nanjing, winter is just that, if it is summer, sleep in the vegetable field under the scorching heat, mosquitoes alone can suck people dry! These criminal eunuchs, no matter how hard they were in the past, but after living in the palace for many years, who can still bear this crime?

The relatives were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, and said like pouring beans into the bamboo tube: "The ancestors spare their lives, the ancestors spare their lives!" Of course, the ancestor is not the real ancestor, that is a saying in the palace, when the new eunuch enters the palace, he will worship under a certain great eunuch, and this great eunuch is his "ancestor".

Chen Ju put on an "ancestor" style and said coldly: "Don't hurry up and tell the truth!" ”

The relatives hurriedly said: "Yes, ancestor, that's the case...... Last night, the little grandfather's people found that the backyard of Mr. Zhang's mansion was brilliantly lit, especially the north room (master room) where Zhang Ge Lao lived, and the lights were still on until the fourth watch in the middle of the night, and they were a little surprised, thinking that something big had happened. ”

Chen Ju's heart tightened, forcibly suppressed the tension in his heart, and asked, "Then what?" Are there messengers coming out the next morning? ”

"There is no messenger." The kiss couldn't help but laugh and said, "On the contrary, I sent someone to Qianjintang early in the morning to invite Dr. Zhao over." ”

"Qianjintang? Dr. Zhao? Chen Ju smacked twice and hesitated: "What is the origin of this person, and what does it have to do with Zhang Ge Lao?" How come I've never heard of it? ”

The relatives were still crying and laughing, and bowed their heads and explained: "The ancestors don't know, that Qianjintang is one of the best hospitals in the city of Sijiu, specializing in the treatment of women's diseases, and Dr. Zhao is the owner of the hall, if the female relatives of the noble family in the capital have any discomfort, I am afraid that half of them will go to Dr. Zhao for consultation." ”

Chen Ju was confused when he heard this, and asked, "Zhang Ge's hometown...... Is there a female relative who has a sudden illness? ”

The relatives couldn't help but scratch their heads and said with a wry smile: "Yes, uh, it's not ...... Later, the little grandfather's people quietly found out, saying that Zhang Ge Lao was extremely excited last night, and ate a small half catty of the sea dog kidney given to him by Qi Zongrong, and tossed it in the backyard for most of the night, and there were four concubines in the house...... Well, the lower body is unwell, so I asked Dr. Zhao to come over early in the morning to ask for medicine. ”

The muscles on Chen Ju's face twitched one by one, and he didn't know whether he wanted to laugh or be angry, and finally slapped the case, and said angrily: "I have no relatives behind my back, and I am gloating!" Zhang Juzheng, the emperor has high hopes for people like you, I really misjudged you! ”