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As the signs that the Seven Princes were about to go to the front desk became more and more obvious, the eunuchs in the inner court thought that they had a backer, and they gradually became sluggish, although they had been holding Zhao Junchen's silver, they were no longer in awe of Zhao Junchen as before, and they were no longer as diligent and active as before to provide news and intelligence to Zhao Junchen. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

For outsiders, Zhao Junchen has always been narrow-minded, and it is not an exaggeration to say that revenge must be avenged, and Zhao Junchen will naturally not let go of the perfunctory slackness of the eunuchs in the inner court.

What's more, the inner court is one of the potential supporters of the seventh prince Zhu Hejian, even if it is to weaken Zhu Hejian's future political potential, Zhao Junchen must attack the inner court and further weaken the strength of the inner court.

During this period of time, the former dynasty was busy with the affairs of the six departments of Nanjing and the border defense, and everyone's eyes were also focused on these two aspects, but very few people noticed that a little eunuch in the imperial study suddenly disappeared!

Why did the little eunuch disappear? Is it life or death? No one knows the details.

The mutual intrigue and intrigue between the twelve eunuchs of the inner court are not inferior to the party struggle of the previous dynasty, especially the open and secret struggle between the celebrant and the imperial horse eunuch, which has lasted for hundreds of years, and often implicates the low-level eunuchs, and if the low-level eunuchs offend the upper-level eunuchs, it is easy for the upper-level eunuchs to kill a low-level eunuch.

There were tens of thousands of eunuchs in the inner court, and it was not surprising that one or two low-level eunuchs occasionally disappeared.

Therefore, at the beginning, no one cared about the disappearance of the little eunuch in the imperial study, even Zhang Xiu, the chief eunuch of the imperial study, did not care.

Zhang Xiu's master is Emperor Deqing's personal eunuch Zhang De, and has been valued by the celebrant eunuch, the imperial study he is in charge of is one of the core places in the inner court, and he can often have access to the secret information of the Deqing Emperor, and he is a pivotal figure in the inner court.

Especially a few days ago, Zhang Xiu risked his life to tell Emperor Deqing a rumor, saying that "the crown prince Zhu Heyu plans to compile the history of the Ming Dynasty after ascending the throne, and also objectively evaluate the merits and demerits of Emperor Deqing", so that Emperor Deqing completely strengthened his determination to depose Zhu Heyu, the prince Zhu Heyu has never been waiting to see the inner court, and the inner court naturally does not want Zhu Heyu to succeed to the throne, so this incident also made Zhang Xiu a great hero of the inner court, and his status in the inner court is getting higher and higher, and he is faintly not inferior to his master Zhang De!

Therefore, the disappearance of a little eunuch in the imperial study is just an insignificant matter for Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu doesn't even plan to spend energy to get to the bottom of it, as long as he informs the celebrant of ceremonies, the celebrant will immediately add a new person to the imperial study, which is not worth caring about.

However, I don't know when it began, when Zhang Xiu used a rumor out of nothing to bewitch Emperor Deqing to depose the crown prince Zhu Heyu in the imperial study, it was actually leaked out, and it spread more and more.

Obviously, the missing little eunuch is the reason for the leak!

Things have developed to this point, and Zhang Xiu is finally scared!

Because, Zhang Xiu remembered very clearly, that day after he used rumors to bewitch Emperor Deqing, Emperor Deqing was extremely angry and almost killed him alive, although he finally spared his life, but also said "What happened in the imperial study today, don't let anyone know, if the slightest news spreads, everyone in the imperial study will be killed today!" ”

Now that this matter has been leaked, if Emperor Deqing also hears the news, how will he react? What will happen to him?

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu was naturally panicked, unable to sleep for several nights in a row, and immediately asked Wu Xinquan, the eunuch who was in charge of the celebrant to help him cover up the matter, but this matter has been leaked out, even if Wu Xinquan tried his best to suppress the spread of rumors, it did not have much effect, and this matter was still spreading more and more widely.

As long as Emperor Deqing doesn't know about it, then even if this matter is known to the world, Liu Xiu will not be affected in any way.

And the celebrant has always been responsible for the communication of the music and the meeting of the monarch and the minister, and he is indeed able to help Zhang Xiu cover up, so after Zhang Xiu was worried for three or five days, he gradually felt relieved to see that this matter had not reached the ears of Emperor Deqing.

However, Zhang Xiu forgot that the inner court is not monolithic, and the conflict between the master of ceremonies and the imperial horse supervisor has always existed, especially after Zhao Junchen returned the two major institutions of the inner carrier warehouse and the west factory to the inner court, these two institutions finally fell into the hands of the master of ceremonies, and the other eunuch force Yu Ma Jian did not reap too many benefits, so Xu Sheng, the eunuch of the palm print of the imperial horse eunuch, has always been unwilling, and has always planned to take revenge on the master of ceremonies and take back the benefits that the imperial horse supervisor deserves!

At the same time, Zhang Xiu and the celebrant got too close, and naturally became a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh of the imperial horse supervisor!

Xu Sheng, the palm print eunuch of the Imperial Horse Eunuch, has always been reckless, and he does not have too many scheming methods, and he has been suppressed by Wu Xinquan, the palm print eunuch of the celebrant eunuch, and he was originally not able to take advantage of this opportunity!

However, Xu Sheng now has a resourceful and ruthless cronie Li Ruan by his side!

Li Ru'an, formerly known as Yan Ru'an, was originally a down-and-out scholar, after offending several eunuchs in Eunuch Lane, he was retaliated by these eunuchs, not only was he beaten by them, but he was seriously injured in the crotch, and completely lost his function, and since then his heart has changed greatly, and he has become more and more ruthless, and under the arrangement of Zhao Junchen, he entered the inner court to become a eunuch, and under the secret support of Zhao Junchen, he soon entered the twelve eunuchs of the inner court, and also became a confidant of Xu Sheng, the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor's palm seal!

With Li Ru'an's advice and Zhao Junchen's secret promotion, Xu Sheng naturally will not let go of this great opportunity to crack down on the celebrant supervisor!

In fact, the disappearance of the little eunuch in the imperial study and the leakage of the news in the imperial study were all handled by Li Ru'an!

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On this day, 50,000 elite forbidden troops have been prepared, about to go to Shaanxi and Gansu three sides, Emperor Deqing personally summoned Guan Wuyuan, the general of the army, after seeing Guan Wuyuan's dignified appearance and temperament, the impression is also very good, coupled with the praise of Wang Shou, the secretary of the military department, Emperor Deqing praised Guan Wuyuan a few words, and crowned Guan Wuyuan as General Zhaoyong!

After having this title, Guan Wuyuan's status was also much higher, and when he led the troops to the Shaanxi and Gansu triangues, except for Wang Zheng, the governor of the Shaanxi and Gansu trisides, no one could suppress him.

After the early dynasty, Emperor Deqing was in a good mood, and he only felt that although there were many things in the imperial court, everything was in order and carried out smoothly, obviously because of his wise leadership.

However, just after Emperor Deqing returned to the imperial study, before he had time to approve the recital, he suddenly got a rumor that it was Xu Sheng, the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor's palm seal, who wanted to face the saint.

Seeing that Mongolia was about to invade the frontier, and the imperial court was also supported by a large army, according to the practice of the imperial court, at this time, it was necessary for the imperial horse supervisor to send a eunuch as a supervisor to monitor the movements of the army.

However, after Xu Sheng faced the saint, the news he brought surprised Emperor Deqing!

After seeing Emperor Deqing, Xu Sheng's expression was serious, and after bowing, he didn't wait for Emperor Deqing to speak, and said: "Your Majesty, as far as the old slave knows, in recent days, there have been many rumors in the inner court that have spread everywhere, causing confusion in people's hearts, and the impact is extremely bad. ”

Hearing Xu Sheng's words, Zhang Xiu, the eunuch of the imperial study next to him, suddenly changed his complexion, and the rest of the eunuchs in the imperial study also had panicked expressions.

Emperor Deqing couldn't help but be stunned, his expression became serious, and he asked, "What kind of gossip is it?" Why didn't I hear from me at all? ”

Xu Sheng turned his head to look at Zhang Xiu, and after seeing Zhang Xiu's face full of pleading, he smiled coldly and continued to report to Emperor Deqing: "Your Majesty, since five days ago, there has been a rumor in the inner court, saying that Your Majesty has been bewitched by Zhang Xiu, the eunuch of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and you have already made up your mind to depose His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"What!?"

After hearing Xu Sheng's report, Emperor Deqing's expression was faintly angry, and he turned his head to look at Zhang Xiu with cold eyes.

At this point, it is no secret that Emperor Deqing wants to depose the crown prince Zhu Heyu, and even if this matter is leaked, it will not affect the overall situation.

However, Emperor Deqing deliberately made people guess his thoughts, which is not the same thing as the passive leakage of news! The news in the imperial study has been leaked repeatedly, which has always made Emperor Deqing very dissatisfied, and the matter in the imperial study that day, Emperor Deqing has obviously seriously warned everyone not to leak the news, but the news is still leaked out, which means that someone has ignored the imperial majesty of Emperor Deqing and must be severely punished!

What's more, the emperor was bewitched by the eunuchs around him and then decided to depose the crown prince, once it spread, it would also be a serious blow to Emperor Deqing's reputation!

Therefore, Emperor Deqing was naturally extremely angry!

Seeing the change in Emperor Deqing's expression, Zhang Xiu's face became more and more defeated, and he immediately knelt in front of Emperor Deqing, his body trembled, but he didn't dare to explain it at all, and he didn't dare to deny it.

Behind Zhang Xiu, the eunuchs in the imperial study were all kneeling together, also panicked and trembling.

At the beginning, after the disappearance of a little eunuch in the imperial study, Zhang Xiu did not intend to investigate the root cause at all, because this missing little eunuch was just an insignificant little person for Zhang Xiu, and it was not worth worrying about at all, and there was no need to investigate the reason at all.

Now, after the original news was leaked, Emperor Deqing also did not intend to get to the bottom of it, because Zhang Xiu and the eunuchs in the imperial study were also insignificant little people to Emperor Deqing, and Emperor Deqing did not need to investigate who leaked the news, Emperor Deqing only needed to kill people and establish authority!

Emperor Deqing said at the beginning that once this matter leaked out, then everyone in the imperial study would be killed! Emperor Deqing is a golden mouth, so he naturally wants to speak!

Therefore, all the eunuchs in the imperial study are no different from dead people in the eyes of Emperor Deqing at this time!

Emperor Deqing just glanced at Zhang Xiu and the others coldly, and then stopped paying attention, and didn't even ask.

Emperor Deqing was more concerned about another thing at this time!

I saw that Emperor Deqing's gaze returned to Xu Sheng's body, and he slowly asked: "I see, it is indeed a big matter, but I am just strange now, this rumor has been spreading in the inner court for five days, and the influence is getting bigger and bigger, but why didn't I know about it until today?" My East Factory and West Factory, are they all dry rice? ”

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PS: There is still only one change today! But the bugs will make up for everyone, and the next Monday to Friday will be at least double more!.

Well, as a father with a heavy daughter control, everyone understands!

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