Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Wei Zhongxian trembled on the ground.

Zhu Youzhen sat upright.

"Gonggong Wei, you killed the prince, faked the water to kill the king, conspired with the vassal king, and plotted against the king, this crime of rebellion should be punished by the nine clans."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhen paused, but when he saw Wei Zhongxian trembling even more, he was already like a sifting chaff, sighed lightly in his mouth, and then continued.

"But God has the virtue of a good life, I remember that you have served the first emperor meritoriously, and the matter of the Wei family's incense, I have agreed."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body fell directly to the ground as if it had collapsed.

"I haven't finished speaking, in addition to leaving your old Wei family behind, I will also pardon your Wei family's daughters for their innocence, and you can go back to your hometown in Hejian to live on your own."

At this time, Wei Zhongxian couldn't believe his ears, and looked up at Zhu Youzhen blankly, his eyes were already raining tears.

"Your Majesty is merciful, old slave, old slave really regrets not being at the beginning."

"Wait, I'm not done yet."

As he spoke, Zhu Youzhen interrupted Wei Zhongxian's sincere or false thanks, waved his hand, and continued.

"My kindness is conditional, it depends on whether your Wei family has this fate."

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, a heart fell and rose, rose and fell.

Seeing that Wei Zhongxian was almost tossed, Zhu Youzhen gave him the last errand.

asked him to explain the court, the palace, the Dongchang, the Jinyi Guard, the political envoys of the Ming Dynasty, and the core members of the eunuch party in the nine sides.

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he was shocked again, and the hope that had just risen fell again in an instant.

Your Majesty, this is going to be a big purge.

Seeing that Wei Zhongxian's face was cloudy, Zhu Youzhen gave him a reassurance.

"Father-in-law Wei, your Wei family's incense and the life of the whole family are tied to you, think about it before making a decision."

"In addition, don't think about it too much, I only need core members, and I don't want to kill them, but the country is on my shoulders, and I have to be cautious."

Dead friends do not die poor.

After a while, Wei Zhongxian seemed to have made up his mind, so he sat down on the side of several cases and began to write.

"Oh? This Wang Han is really a eunuch, and I guessed well. ”

Zhu Youzhen took the manuscript provided by Wei Zhongxian and began to look at the names on it.

"The feudal king I recently befriended, why didn't you write it?"

Zhu Youzhen took his eyes off the paper and asked Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian was already drenched in cold sweat at this time, and when he heard this, he hurriedly spread out a piece of paper and began to write the names of the few feudal kings he had recently contacted on the paper.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, Zhou Zongjian of the Donglin Party impeached him for his illiterate Fu, Wei Zhongxian has practiced calligraphy in recent years, although his character is not good, but he can practice the words well.

After a moment, Zhu Youzhen picked up the list of vassal kings and nodded with satisfaction.

"The errand is good, the affairs of the Ru Wei family, I have responded."

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, although his heart finally fell into his stomach, his strength had already been tossed away by Zhu Youzhen's uncertain means, and he only had a blank face when he heard the words.

Later, several eunuchs came in and carried him out, and with him was Gao Qidive holding a zhang of white silk.

The next day, the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, Ning Guogong Wei Liangqing, Dong'an Hou Wei Liangdong, An Pingbo Wei Pengyi and other 13 adult males of the Wei family were hanged in the Wei family's mansion in Dongchang Hutong.

On the same day, the Son of Heaven said:

I have heard that the evil is exhausted, the power of the world, the people and ministers have no generals, and there is a commandment for the position. It has been verified that the 13 members of the Wei family, including the 9,000-year-old Wei Zhongxian, Wei Liangqing, the Duke of Ningguo, and Wei Liangdong, the Bo of Hejian, have been in the cholera dynasty, corrupted the law, usurped the imperial system, and harmed the officials and the people. Death is specially given to comfort the people of the country.

Public opinion in the capital was in an uproar for a while, the people were vying to celebrate, the merchant house and the wine shop were noisy, and everyone praised the Son of Heaven and Shengming.

Shi Wei Liangqing left a word before he died, which humiliated the officials and made the people sigh secretly.

Before Wei Liangqing died, he said to his uncle Wei Zhongxianyun: "I was born in a farmhouse, and I had enough food and clothing for three meals, but I don't know why I am rich and rich?" However, the power of the uncle, once rich and powerful, hundreds of officials were welcomed, robes were added, the marquis worshipped, and even today's disaster, farmers? What about the minister? Which is better or worse? ”

On the same day, the eunuch Wang Tiqian, the eunuch of the celebrant seal, and the eunuch Li Yongzhen, the eunuch of the pen, committed suicide in the palace.

On the same day, Zhu Youzhen ordered Gao Qiqian to be the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the seal, the commander of the East Factory, and Xu Yingyuan as the eunuch of the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the seal.

Subsequently, Zhu Youzhen ordered Gao Qiqian to be the leader and Xu Yingyuan to be the deputy to clean up Wei Zhongxian's remnants in the palace, and casually gave the two a list.

Order the two of them, based on the list, to cautiously expand the scope of the attack, and not to cause turmoil in the hearts of the people in the palace.

After Zhu Youzhen designed the lightning to collapse the Heart Cultivation Palace, Gao Qiqian was loyal to Zhu Youzhen and respected him like a god.

Although he didn't dare to make it public that Zhu Youzhen had confessed that he had done anything in the Heart Cultivation Palace, he still got Zhu Youzhen's tacit approval when he openly and secretly publicized that Zhu Youzhen had led the heavenly thunder to kill Wei Zhongxian.

Compared with Gao Qiqian, Xu Yingyuan's loyalty is very debatable.

According to Gao Qiqian's secret performance, Xu Yingyuan is Wei Zhongxian's fellow countryman, and he was his friend before entering the palace, and after entering the palace, the two have always been in contact.

However, Zhu Youzhen still appointed him as the eunuch in charge of the seal and Gao Qiqian's deputy, mainly because he was afraid that Gao Qiqian would have too much power and become the second Wei Zhongxian.

In addition, he was also afraid that Gao Qiqian would take advantage of the opportunity to clear the remnants of Wei Zhongxian, take revenge for personal gain, wantonly expand the scope of the attack, and take the opportunity to support his own power in the palace.

Send him Xu Yingyuan, who has always been at odds, as his deputy, Gao Qiqian should be able to restrain a little, and the palace will not make too many waves.

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On the same day, the harem.

Zhang Yan and Zhou Wanyan took a group of eunuchs and palace maids into the Xian'an Palace where Mrs. Fengsheng lived.

As soon as he entered the palace gate, he saw that the palace was already in chaos, and several palace maids wailed.

When Empress Zhang saw this, she was shocked, and hurriedly ordered the eunuchs around her to rush into Mrs. Fengsheng's bedroom, but she saw that on the beam of the room, in a zhang of white silk, Mrs. Fengsheng was already unconscious.

"Help! Tell the Imperial Doctor! ”

Zhang Yan shouted, and the eunuchs around him hurriedly put down the Fengsheng lady, tried her snort, and then pinched the person.

After a while, Mrs. Bongsheng slowly woke up, and then she saw the person she least wanted to see at the moment.

"Ahem, ahem, Empress Zhang, you, you, did you come to see Mrs. Ben's joke?"

Zhang Yan looked at the Hakka family's bloody face due to suffocation, and it was completely devoid of the charm of the past.

"Ke Shi, you seduced the first emperor, the silver chaos harem, colluded with that Wei pickle, and killed my Ran'er, I want to die at this moment, it's not so easy!"

At this time, the Hakka family felt that the general trend had gone, so they no longer had scruples.

"Your child is blessed with a shallow life, what do you do to me when you die, blame your own stomach for not being angry, others press your waist twice, and the child is gone, you can't blame me for this."

The Hakka knew that it was no longer good, so they became even more unscrupulous.

"Cough, cough, pity you are a queen, but you have never had a child of your own, enjoy all the glory and wealth, but you can't be a mother, haha, haha, cough cough."

Seeing that Zhang Yan was so angry that she couldn't speak, the eunuch next to her slapped Hakka's face and directly knocked Hak's chin off.

"Send the clean room, find a few people to keep an eye on her day and night, take good care of her, but don't let her die."

Zhang Yan gritted her silver teeth and said hatefully.

Seeing Zhang Yan's blood-soaked and angry eyes for the first time, Zhou Wanyan felt a little unaware of this imperial sister-in-law.

This imperial sister-in-law may not be as weak as she imagined.

Yes, in this deep palace, the weak woman may have died a long time ago, either killed by others or killed by herself.

Thinking that the weak woman in her heart was about to be killed, Zhou Wanyan felt a chill.

Zhang Yan didn't realize her gaffe at all, and she didn't pay attention to Zhou Wanyan's emotion, because she had more important things to do.

"Search, search carefully for this palace."

With an order, all the eunuchs and palace maids around them took action, and suddenly there was another jump in the Xian'an Palace.

Zhang Yan and Zhou Wanyan also looked around in the Hakka dormitory, but they didn't find the target, but they saw many things that they shouldn't see.

"This, this, this."

Zhou Wanyan pointed to a copy of "Pure Palace Map" in front of her, and the deer in her heart thumped, and a flush immediately flew on her face.

"What is this?" Zhang Yan grabbed the copy of "Pure Palace Map" and flipped through it randomly, then dropped it to the side, and continued.

"This Hakka clan seduced him as early as when the first emperor was young, and after the first emperor inherited the unification, he intensified it, collecting all kinds of strange tricks and tricks for the first emperor's enjoyment, and the first emperor's body was hollowed out by this slut."

Zhang Yan looked for it while talking, and then turned out a lot of utensils in the room, which surprised Zhou Wanyan for a while.

"Wanyan has to pay attention to it in the future, Your Majesty will gradually fill the harem in the future, and there must be a few people who invite pets from the fox, relying on all kinds of tricks and tricks to seek Your Majesty's exclusive favor, you as the queen of the middle palace, you have to persuade Your Majesty to order, the dragon body is important, and the country and society are important."

Zhou Wanyan hurriedly said yes, while looking at these utensils curiously, a little enthusiastic for a while, and hurriedly walked out of the dormitory, causing Zhang Yan to cover her mouth and snicker behind her.

While the two were laughing, three or five women with big bellies were brought out.

Zhang Yan saw that the Hakka family was really hiding a pregnant woman, and was ready to change the tanuki for the prince, and her face immediately changed.

When these pregnant women saw these two nobles, they were also trembling, and without waiting for Zhang Yan to ask, they quickly told their origins.

It turned out that these pregnant women were all good families in the capital, and after Zhu Youxiao was seriously ill, Wei Zhongxian and the Ke family secretly felt bad, so they gave birth to a tanuki to replace the prince.

As a result, the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, and before the 'tanuki' was born, Zhu Youxiao drove to the west.

Listening to the pity of these people, Zhou Wanyan wanted to send someone to send them home immediately, but was stopped by Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan thought more about herself than Zhou Wanyan.

First, it is to verify the truth of what these people said, in case there is really Zhu Youxiao's widow in it, what kind of face will Zhang Yan have to see Zhu Youxiao again after a hundred years.

The second is to consider these women, they were taken away by thieves for more than a month, the surrounding neighbors are bound to be blind, and even their own men will doubt the loyalty of their wives, if so, the fate of these women in the future will be difficult.

Of course, the first reason, Zhang Yan will never tell Zhou Wanyan.

After a period of anxious waiting, several personal eunuchs sent by Zhang Yan to investigate finally returned.

According to the women's account, the eunuch found her family, and through visits to her neighbors, it was found that the women's children were indeed born to her husband, and the dates were correct.

When Zhang Yan heard this, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, a trace of sadness suddenly appeared in her heart.

The first emperor was lonely and miserable as a young man, and Fuyi ascended the throne but died young, was framed by adulterers, and all his children died early, leaving only a frail and sickly princess.

Hey, even if the first emperor was an emperor, this life is really bleak.

"Imperial sister-in-law, their family is still waiting outside the palace."

Seeing that Zhang Yan was stunned for a long time, Zhou Wanyan reminded in a low voice.

"Hmm." Zhang Yan straightened her face, and then instructed the eunuchs around her: "One person will give ten taels of silver, and the good people will be sent out of the palace, just say that they were invited by the palace to teach the nobles the experience of pregnancy, and they must not scare their families." ”

Sending those women away, looking at the Xian'an Palace, which was still disturbing just now, it became extremely quiet at this time.

Zhang Yan was in a trance for a while, and the sudden feeling of emptiness after the revenge made her stumble and fall to the ground.