The candles of the Qianqing Palace flickered and jumped, Chongzhen father and son looked at the palace door and were speechless for a while, there was an indescribable atmosphere in the air, and after a while, Chongzhen took a long breath and looked at Zhu Cihong's eyes flashing: "The body is endowed with extraordinary talents, nine tricks are exquisite, one point is clear, joy and anger are invisible, and the city is very thoughtful, but it is also literary and martial, domineering and introverted, ruthless, and who can compare with the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty?" This son is not a thing in the pool! ”

At first glance, Zhu Cihong thought that Chongzhen was praising Chang Yu, but he quickly caught a trace of unkindness from Chongzhen's expression and tone, and he was suddenly shocked in his heart, and immediately leaned over: "Father, Chang Yu is loyal to Daming and our Zhu family, and he has no two hearts!" ”

A trace of disdain appeared on Chongzhen's face: "You are very protective of him."

"Erchen is close to Chang Yu, I know that he is a person who is dedicated to Ming, father, looking at what Chang Yu has done recently, he has done his best for my Zhu family, and he does not dare to be selfish, prepare military salaries, investigate smuggling and arrest murderers, kill thieves and retreat from the enemy, do everything personally, and are not afraid of splashing dirt on the government and the opposition......"

Seeing that Zhu Cihong became more and more excited the more he spoke, Chongzhen watched coldly and was silent for a long time: "Get up and speak."

"Thank you, father" Zhu Cihong got up, couldn't help but feel excited, and sighed secretly in his heart, his father just guarded against Chang Yu, but at this time it was the time to use people, how could he be so suspicious, and even have murderous intentions, even if he wanted to kill it, he had to wait until the rabbit died before killing the dog.

"I said with emotion, I actually led to so many words of protection from my son, my son is close to the truth of him" Chongzhen said with a sigh: "Fortunately, he is just a eunuch, if it is not so, if this son is here, it is difficult to determine whether my Daming is a blessing or a curse."

Zhu Cihong hurriedly said when he heard this: "Chang Yu is a eunuch, he once said to his sons that his ambition in this life is not to be a high-ranking official, but to do his best for the Ming Dynasty."

The implication is that he also knows that he is a eunuch, and fame and fortune are all meaningless in the mirror, it is better to spend his life to achieve a grand ambition, to put it bluntly, he is not a bird, but a great ambition! Fame and fortune, the emperor's hegemony is not in the eyes at all, and the realm is not comparable to ordinary people.

Chongzhen couldn't deny what he said, and said in silence: "Does he live in Duanben Palace?" ”

"He was originally a miscellaneous servant of Shang Shanjian, but later he was asked to go to the East Palace by his sons from the celebrant to the East Palace," Zhu Cihong said.

"Let him move out tomorrow and go back to the Neidong Factory," Chongzhen frowned slightly.

"Father, Chang Yu can ...... with his sons and daughters in the East Palace"

"He is now the commander of Dongchang, not the eunuch of the Twelve Eunuchs"

Chongzhen snorted coldly and interrupted Zhu Cihong's words.

Zhu Cihong was excited, and immediately reacted: "The son knows about it, and the son offended his father and asked for punishment."

Chongzhen's meaning is very clear, Chang Yu is now my courtier, my person, you are a prince, restless and self-guarding, what are you going to do when I retire, get too close to my people, form a party for personal gain, or do you want to do anything?

Anyone who has watched the palace fight and power drama knows that the royal family is ruthless, whether it is siblings or father and son, especially when it comes to the throne, it is not okay to exceed the rules at all.

It's extremely cold outside, but Chang Yu of the Qianqing Palace, who is warmer than it, would rather blow the wind outside.

The atmosphere in the Qianqing Palace is too depressing, and the Ninety-Five Venerable he is facing is an extremely suspicious and now somewhat extreme person, so he must be cautious every step of the way, and he must grasp the proportions of his words and deeds, and there is no room for mistakes.

Is he too sharp, so that Chongzhen began to subconsciously become defensive, Chang Yu walked with his head down, while pondering, and had no time to nag Wang Chengen beside him.

Wang Chengen is also an understanding person, seeing Chang Yu's solemn expression, he knows that he has thoughts, and he doesn't bother with each other, so he walks left and right in the direction of Qianqingmen.

Doing things for the emperor, incompetence will be abandoned, too sharp and suspicious, difficult! Chang Yu sighed secretly in his heart, fortunately, he didn't have to enter the court, otherwise the muddy water would be even more sassy and stinky.

After pondering, he arrived at the Qianqing Gate, Wang Chen'en gave a gift: "Father-in-law Chang, our family can't be sent far away, you go slowly" Although Chang Yu is slightly inferior to him in terms of grade, but in terms of real power, ability and royal favor, he is far inferior at this time, and he also heard the concessions that Chongzhen gave Chang Yu before, so he no longer dares to hold it up.

"Don't dare to have a prince of Lao, please go back" Chang Yu came to his senses and hurriedly returned the salute.

At this moment, the Qianqing door creaked open, and two little eunuchs led one person in, but that person was Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who was shivering from the cold.

"Hey, looking at Lord Wu's appearance, it seems that Yaxing is very high, have you been watching the sky outside at night, have you found anything interesting?" Chang Yu couldn't help but quip.

"Ahem, ahem, Chang Gonggong laughed, lowly ...... Ahem, I still have to go to face the saint, don't talk about it first......" said with a fist and waved his hand, and followed the little eunuchs and hurriedly walked towards the Qianqing Palace

Chang Yu smiled, bowed down to Wang Chengen and saluted again, turned around and exited the Qianqing Gate.

Outside the Qianqing door is spacious and quiet, there are vaguely visible guards patrolling in the distance, and there are a few figures at the door of the duty room on the side of the door looking at this side, thinking that it should be the British prince and others.

Chunxiang and Fang San had been waiting outside the door, their faces were purple from the cold, and when they saw Chang Yu, they hurriedly greeted them: "Factory ......"

"Go to the Prince's Mansion" Chang Yu shook his head gently, he knew that Chunxiang had something to tell him, but at this time, he was outside, and the law was not passed on to the second ear, and the nerves he had just been made by Chongzhen were a little confused, so he really wanted to be quiet for a while.

In the side hall of the East Palace, Fang San packed up the mattress for Chang Yu, boiled hot water and made tea before bowing and retreating, leaving only Chunxiang alone in the room.

Chang Yu soaked in the hot water and closed his eyes tightly, leaning against the wall of the barrel, Chunxiang was massaging his head, and when he saw a new scar on his shoulder, he sighed: "The emperor is suspicious of you?" ”

"Companion is like a tiger, I only really realize it today" Chang Yu sighed, smiled bitterly, and then said: "Recently, Beijing has been restless, let's hear it......"

Chang Yu has always slept very well, but since he left Beijing, he has never been so down-to-earth tonight, especially in Taiyuan, he was often awakened by the police in the middle of the night, and his spirit was tense all the time, and now after returning to the imperial city, there is no anxiety at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and he sleeps in bed and wakes up naturally.

On the third pole of the day, Chang Yu woke up, Chunxiang was no longer in the room, Fang San served to wash, brought food, and his eyebrows danced: "Factory Gong, I didn't expect the emperor to love you so much, at this time, the whole imperial city knows that you can walk in front of the emperor, and the gates of the four imperial cities outside Beijing are always open for you......"

Chang Yu smiled slightly, began to eat, and asked Fang San some words from time to time, and learned that the prince only returned in the early morning and was still resting, Chunxiang left early in the morning and said that he would go to the Neidong Factory to reopen the Yamen of the East Factory.

After the meal, he cleaned up briefly, thinking that Chongzhen asked him to face the saint today last night, so he took Fang San and went straight to the Qianqing Gate.

Many people were wandering around outside the Qianqing Gate, there were guards, courtiers, and eunuchs and palace maids, seeing Chang Yu's arrival, some people greeted him, some people greeted him, and of course more people were watching and talking about it coldly.

The eunuchs and palace maids are very close to Chang Yu, they will greet each other when they meet, and the guards on duty are also respectful to Chang Yu, and of course those who give him a cold face are those courtiers and nobles who know or don't know.

"Father-in-law Chang, the emperor is discussing state affairs with the lords on the Qianqing Gate, and I don't have time to see you for the time being," a eunuch quickly walked out of the Qianqing Gate and said respectfully.

"I'm tired" Chang Yu nodded slightly and turned to leave.

"Factory, where are you going now?" Fang San asked after him.

"Go to the Yamen of the Inner East Factory" Chang Yu responded absent-mindedly, Chongzhen knew that Li Zicheng had gone east at this time, and Liu Fangliang's thief army was rampant in the Central Plains and unstoppable, why did he ask for a battle, but he was unmoved, so calm!

The inner Dongchang Yamen is just outside the Donghua Gate of the Imperial Palace, and it is a few steps north after crossing the moat.

Emperor Apocalypse reused Wei Zhongxian, so that the reputation of Dongchang was notorious, and the government and the opposition complained, the first thing Chongzhen did after taking over was to do Wei Zhongxian to put Dongchang into the cold palace, but a few years later, Chongzhen knew how important a loyal slave was with a good knife, and only then did he understand why Emperor Apocalypse Ning was in the name of the emperor, and let the government and the opposition complain and be unmoved.

But Jun has no jokes, what he has made, what he has to do with tears, Chongzhen regretted killing Wei Zhongxian, and could only secretly bury him, secretly looking for candidates, but when he was in a difficult situation at home and abroad, the entire Ming Dynasty was waiting from top to bottom to see his old Zhu family finish, no one was willing to serve him anymore, and there was no top-notch candidate like Wei Zhongxian in the inner court.

Unexpectedly, the sky clicked a thunder, and a miscellaneous eunuch somehow emerged from Shang Shanjian, I heard that the fist and foot kung fu was powerful, but who would have thought that this person was scheming, resourceful and simple, rough and effective, and the important thing was that he was also loyal to the royal family, and finally used by the prince, and then what he did after leaving Beijing was even more unexpected, and the surprise was repeated, at this time, the captain who was alone at the helm of the flat leaf boat in the wind and rain, Jack, Chongzhen, reached out and grabbed this straw, it's you!

Chang Yu took the position, and the east factory was restarted.