Zhu Hao, who was venting in his bedroom, didn't know that when he just walked out of the Qianqing Palace, behind the screen of the Qianqing Palace, Wei Zhongxian walked out slowly, and when Zhu Hao was in the room just now, Wei Zhongxian had been hiding behind the screen, and the conversation between Zhu Hao and his emperor's eldest brother just now naturally all fell into Wei Zhongxian's ears.

After Wei Zhongxian walked out of the screen, he knelt down to Zhu Youxiao and said: "Your Majesty, you asked the slave to check the reason for the rumors, the slave found out about this matter, it has something to do with His Royal Highness King Xin, you don't believe it, and scolded the slave, but today, you just ordered the nurse Keshi to enter the palace, and His Royal Highness King Xin rushed to stop Your Majesty, don't you understand, Your Majesty?" King Xin spread rumors, just to let His Majesty take the initiative to Zen, seeing that His Majesty found a way to restrain rumors, he immediately came out to stop His Majesty, King Xin He This is Sima Zhao's heart, passers-by know it! Your Majesty, don't you still believe the words of the minions? ”

Zhu Youxiao listened to Wei Zhongxian's words, rubbed his temples, and said coldly with a very ugly face: "Shut up, I don't want to listen!" I don't believe that the emperor's brother will have a disobedient heart, and I don't believe that the emperor's brother will harm me so much, this time I don't care about you in general, if you say such things again in the future, don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless! ”

Wei Zhongxian knelt on the ground, looking at Zhu Youxiao's mouth was very stern, but his eyes were very fluttering, he knew that Zhu Youxiao, this was obviously shaken, so he spoke again: "Your Majesty, you don't let the slave say, the slave also has to say, if Your Majesty is angry with the slave, it is not a pity for the slave to die, but the slave does not want to see His Majesty wronged, although His Royal Highness the King of Letters has a deep brotherhood with His Majesty before, but because of this dragon chair, is it still rare for brothers in previous dynasties to turn against each other?" Your Majesty's slave is for Your Majesty, so you have to risk death like Your Majesty! Your Majesty, as the saying goes, you can't have the heart to hurt people, but you can't have the heart to defend people, Your Majesty, you can't help but guard against it! Wei Zhongxian lay on the ground as he spoke, crying loudly, as if he was a "loyal minister" who was persuading a lost monarch.

Zhu Youxiao himself is an indecisive person, and when he saw Wei Zhongxian lying on the ground, crying with snot and tears, he was very moved, and said, "Zhongxian, get up!" I know that you are loyal, but I also tell you that if the imperial brother really wants my throne, I can give it to him now, and then become an idle prince, so that I don't have to worry about state affairs every day! ”

Wei Zhongxian listened to Zhu Youxiao, and actually had such an idea, and hurriedly knelt on the ground again and cried: "Your Majesty, you must not!" The slave only knew that His Majesty had a deep brotherly affection for King Xin, but His Majesty's ninety-five succession to the former emperor, how could he say that he would let it, and this approach was really ashamed of the trust of the former emperor! Your Majesty! ”

Wei Zhongxian paused slightly when he said this, and then spoke again: "Besides, Your Majesty, you have to think about how many people have come to this throne since ancient times!" Your Majesty, you must not have such thoughts! If Your Majesty doesn't change your mind, the minions will die in this hall today, I just hope that the blood of the minions can make Your Majesty sober up, Your Majesty take care, the minions are gone! Wei Zhongxian said, really got up from the ground, and made a gesture to crash into the pillar in the hall.

Of course, Wei Zhongxian, this is just for show, he cherishes his life more than anyone else, so naturally he won't really hit the pillar and die, but Zhu Youxiao, how did he know that Wei Zhongxian was doing this, he was so frightened that he stood up from the dragon chair and shouted: "Zhongxian, no!" I just said it was just a joke, you don't have to take it seriously, whether you believe in the king or not, such an idea of not being a minister, I will not give up the throne! Don't do anything stupid! ”

Wei Zhongxian heard that Zhu Youxiao had changed his mind, so he hurriedly said with a handful of snot and tears: "Your Majesty can say this, the slave will rest assured!" The slave is not sure, His Royal Highness King Xinwang has no heart for disobedience, but King Xinwang's behavior this time is indeed a bit abnormal, Your Majesty must not guard against it! ”

Zhu Youxiao listened to Wei Zhongxian's words and was silent for a long time, and finally he sighed and said: "Zhongxian, I know that you are for my good, but I also believe that he will not harm me if he believes in the king, so this matter will be like this!" Don't mention it again! ”

Wei Zhongxian listened to Zhu Youxiao say this, it was basically the decision to close the coffin, although he did not succeed in separating the relationship between the emperor and King Xin this time, but at least he buried a thorn in the emperor's heart, and the emperor will definitely not trust King Xin so much in the future, his goal today has basically been achieved, but Wei Zhongxian is not satisfied, he continued to speak: "Your Majesty, even if His Royal Highness King Xin does not have the heart of disobedience, but at least King Xin is very opposed to the nurse entering the palace!" Your Majesty had better think of a way to let King Xin stop meddling in this matter, otherwise, if the nurse has any accidents, Your Majesty, you can't wash away this unfilial infamy even if you jump into the Yellow River! ”

Zhu Youxiao listened to Wei Zhongxian's words, thought deeply, nodded, and then spoke: "I don't want to hurt, the brotherhood between me and King Xin, under the condition of ensuring this, how can King Xin not interfere in this matter?" Zhongxian, do you have any good advice? ”

Wei Zhongxian listened to Emperor Zhu Youxiao ask him, and hurriedly spoke: "The slave heard that a few days ago, His Royal Highness King Xin once took the initiative to ask for an edict to go south to Zhejiang to investigate the fraud in Zhejiang Township, why don't Your Majesty push the boat down the river, and quickly appoint His Royal Highness King Xin as a messenger, so that His Royal Highness King Xin will leave Beijing and go to Zhejiang as soon as possible, so that King Xin is not in Beijing, naturally he will not be able to interfere in the matter of the nurse entering the palace, and this will not hinder the brotherhood between His Majesty and King Xin!" What does Your Majesty think? ”

Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed when he heard this, and finally a smile finally appeared on his gloomy face, and he exclaimed: "Zhongxian, you are really my brainchild!" This method is very good, and it is very satisfying! You've done a great job for me this time, tell me what you want me to reward you? ”

Wei Zhongxian looked at Emperor Zhu Youxiao, who was on the rise, knowing that his request at the moment, the emperor would agree, so he hurriedly took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, this time I went to investigate the rumors for Your Majesty, and the slave found that he was really a little powerless, and there was no one around him, and the slave heard that the intelligence of the East Factory was all over the world, if His Majesty thought that the slave was still a credible person, the slave wanted to take charge of the East Factory for His Majesty, and monitor the world for His Majesty, and please ask Your Majesty for permission!" ”

Although Wei Zhongxian is an important official, he wants it very tactfully, and it is also an excuse to serve Zhu Youxiao, which makes Zhu Youxiao very satisfied, after listening to Wei Zhongxian's words, he nodded again and again, and said: "Zhongxian, it is rare that you have such filial piety, since this is the case, I will hand over the East Factory to you, you will supervise the world for me, you have to work hard in the future, don't let me down!" ”

Wei Zhongxian listened to Emperor Zhu Youxiao, who had already agreed to his request, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Slave thank Your Majesty for your grace, please rest assured, the slave will do a solid errand in the future, listen to the news for Your Majesty, and be Your Majesty's ears and eyes!" ”

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he nodded with a smile, at this moment Zhu Youxiao, who thought he had a right-hand man, did not expect that it was because of his credulity that Wei Zhongxian, a great eunuch who brought disaster to the country and the people, came to the stage of history from today.

Everything in the Qianqing Palace was not hidden, and the Central Intelligence Department was full of ears and eyes in the palace, and the news naturally reached Zhu Hao's ears for the first time, Zhu Hao listened to Wei Xiaobao report this matter to himself, just because he had dropped a dozen vases, and half of his anger had basically disappeared from him, and with a sudden, the anger in his chest steamed again.

Zhu Hao, who was furious, didn't care that Wei Xiaobao was still there, and even scolded loudly: "Wei Zhongxian, you old eunuch, this king and you are incompatible!" ”

Saying that, Zhu Hao put it again, a vase in his hand was still on the ground, "click", the crisp sound of the vase falling to the ground, frightened Wei Xiaobao on the side, trembled violently, Wei Xiaobao had never seen it, his master was so angry, he wanted to open his mouth to comfort, but he didn't know how to speak, and finally he could only stand aside silently, not daring to make any sound, for fear that the disaster would move eastward and let his master be angry on him.

The reason why Zhu Hao was so angry was not because Wei Zhongxian slandered his emperor brother and divided their brotherhood, but because Wei Zhongxian was in charge of the East Factory, which was the most unique department of the Ming Dynasty, which made Zhu Hao feel jealous, so he was so angry.

Dongchang, the full name is the East Investigation Factory, is the privileged supervision agency of the Ming Dynasty, the power of the East Factory is greater than that of the Ming Dynasty, the power of the privileged supervision agency Jinyiwei is greater, because the East Factory is only responsible to the emperor, without the approval of the judicial organs, can supervise the arrest of subjects at will, and even as long as you suspect that you have a problem, you can arrest without the consent of the emperor, you can arrest first, this power Jinyiwei does not have, Jinyiwei can only hear the case approved by the emperor, and Dongchang can find its own case, this difference is very big, With Wei Zhongxian in charge of such an important privileged department, it is no wonder that Zhu Hao is so angry.

After Zhu Hao smashed the vase, he tried his best to restrain his anger, he took a deep breath, and confirmed to Wei Xiaobao again: "Xiaobao, you said that the imperial brother has agreed, and Wei Zhongxian will take over the East Factory, is this news really accurate?" Has there been a re-verification? ”

Wei Xiaobao listened to Zhu Hao's question, didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly replied: "Your Highness Qiqi, this news is very important, the servants have confirmed it again and again with the intelligence banners, and the news is undoubtedly accurate!" ”