Ma Shiying and his entourage came out of the apse of Cining Palace and went to the front hall, at this time the resistance in the palace had been eliminated, and the Cining Palace was full of Ma Cheng's guards and guards, and they saw Ma Shiying and his party bowing down and saluting.

Ma Cheng followed behind Ma Shiying with a gloomy face, today's matter is completely beyond Ma Cheng's control, the things that were originally expected to be good outside the city did not succeed, but now he has to go back to the old way, how can this make Ma Cheng willing. Thinking of this, Ma Cheng waved his hand and called a thousand households on the side, and arranged something for him in a low voice, and the thousand households nodded again and again, and then galloped away.

Zhu Lunkui in Cining Palace has probably never experienced such a thrilling thing since he was born, when he escaped from the hands of the Liukou before, although it was very thrilling, but Zhu Lunkui has been protected by a large number of guards, and it is the first time that only Lu Jiude is by his side like today.

Zhu Lunkui stood behind Ma Hongning in fear, holding Ma Hongning's sleeve tightly in his hand, for fear that his queen mother would not care about him.

Although Ma Hongning is calm on the surface, she is also nervous in her heart, she is a weak woman facing dozens of murderous soldiers in the room, and it is already very good to be strong. In this way, the two sides confronted each other for two hours, and Ma Hongning was a little unable to stand, but fortunately, a group of people walked in outside the door at this time, led by Ma Hongning's father, Ma Shiying.

Ma Hongning saw that his father and eldest brother were safe and sound, and the heart in his heart finally relaxed, and at the same time, Ma Hongning asked in surprise: "Dad, big brother!" Are you safe? ”

Ma Shiying bowed down first, and then said: "Thank you for the Queen Mother's concern, the minister is in danger, safe and sound!" ”

After Ma Shiying finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Lunkui behind Ma Hongning, his eyes were red, and he knelt down and cried: "Your Majesty, the ministers have assisted Your Majesty in the past four years, and I am afraid that there will be any mistakes, sorry for the first emperor, sorry for the ancestors!" But His Majesty actually listened to the slander of the villain Lu Jiude and wanted to murder the minister's father and son, and the minister was already disheartened, and now he asks His Majesty to approve the old minister's Zhishi! ”

As soon as Ma Shiying finished speaking, Zhang Jie and the others behind him also knelt on the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, in the more than 270 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, no such ugly thing has happened!" The eunuchs are rampant like this, and the ministers have no intention of national politics, please let Your Majesty approve the ministers and other ministers! ”

Several people who came with Ma Shiying knelt on the ground and prepared to resign, even Qiu Ba like Ma Xi knelt on the ground together, only Ma Cheng was still standing behind, looking at Zhu Lunkui with an angry face.

What Zhu Lunkui is most afraid of now is Ma Cheng, seeing Ma Cheng looking at himself like this, he hurriedly said: "Everyone, please get up, this is all my fault, and it has nothing to do with you!" ”

After Zhu Lunkui finished speaking, he saw Ma Shiying and the others still kneeling there, knowing that today's matter could not be ended without showing some sincerity, so he had no choice but to continue: "I am young and vigorous, I don't know the suffering of your Aiqing, and at the same time I listen to the villain's slander, I will definitely change it in the future!" ”

After Zhu Lunkui finished speaking, he saw that these people were still motionless, and Zhu Lunkui had no choice but to look at the Queen Mother Ma Hongning, hoping that the Queen Mother would stand up and say a few good words for herself.

Ma Hongning sighed, and had no choice but to say: "Dad, the emperor already knows that he is wrong, what do you want?" Is it really necessary to force the emperor to abdicate? ”

Hearing her daughter speak, Ma Shiying straightened up and said, "In that case, please ask the emperor to order the eunuch Lu Jiude to be beheaded!" ”

When Lu Jiude heard this, he was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and shouted: "Emperor, you can't kill the old slave!" The old slave does what you want! ”

Zhu Lunkui was too busy to take care of himself, where could he care about the life or death of a dead eunuch, and at the same time heard that Lu Jiude had sold himself, he nodded angrily and said, "Yes, I promise you!" ”

Ma Cheng heard Zhu Lunkui say this, and waved his hand to let the soldiers in the palace drag Lu Jiude out, at this time Lu Jiude was already scared of feces and urine, and a line of water trails extended from Cining Palace to the outside of the door.

After Ma Shiying finished speaking, he closed his eyes and was silent, Tian Yang behind him saw that the opportunity was coming, straightened up and said: "Your Majesty, Yuanfu has worked hard and worked hard for the country, and the minister thinks that Your Majesty can entrust the state affairs to Yuanfu in the future, and Your Majesty can be in charge of the harem!" ”

Tian Yang said easily, but this is a big deal, there was no prime minister in the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet scholar was only the emperor's confidential secretary, no matter how big or small the matter was, it could only be reported to the emperor for approval, although there was a celebrant supervisor who was responsible for approving the red before, but nominally the last person responsible for the emperor was the emperor.

Now Tian Yang asked the emperor to hand over the right to approve the red, so that Ma Shiying has the two rights to vote and approve the red, that is, the proposal and approval are decided by Ma Shiying alone, and this right already belongs to the crown of the Ming Dynasty, which is greater than the power of Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, and Zhang Juzheng in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Zhu Lunkui's level is average, he is not a straw bag, so he was completely overtaken by Ma Shiying, and he really became a puppet emperor. So after listening to Tian Yang's words, Zhu Lunkui hesitated and refused to agree.

Ma Cheng saw Zhu Lunkui hesitating and said angrily: "Why didn't the emperor speak? Is what Lu Jiude said just now true? ”

Lu Jiude just said that he was assigned by the emperor to kill Ma Shiying, but no one in the room heard it, but Ma Cheng is different now, as the emperor, you actually sent a eunuch to assassinate the first assistant of the dynasty, which is enough for the emperor to abdicate.

Ma Hongning saw that the emperor was still hesitating, and just now he heard Lu Jiude say that he was appointed by the emperor, so he was angry in his heart, frowned and asked, "Emperor, isn't it just entrusting state affairs to Yuanfu?" Wasn't that the same way before? If the emperor doesn't agree, then the mourning family doesn't care! ”

Zhu Lunkui's only shield now is the Queen Mother Ma Hongning, and now when I hear Ma Hongning say this, I think my heart is in three, or my life is the most important, so I have no choice but to say: "I think what Tian Aiqing said is extremely true, and I will issue an edict and entrust state affairs to Ma Qing!" ”

There is no eunuch around Zhu Lunkui, his own cultural level is not enough, this holy decree can only be written by Ma Shiying and others, Yue Qijie saw that this was an opportunity, stood up and said: "That minister will draft an edict for His Majesty!" ”

Although Yue Qijie is not as good at calligraphy and painting as Yang Wencong, he is also a literary scholar and quickly wrote a holy decree.

After finishing the matter, Yue Qijie said: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: I favor the villain, and I feel guilty for the high expectations of your ministers!" Now the country is entrusted to Ma Shiying, and the big and small countries are determined by the British! Chin this! ”

Yue Qijie secretly changed the concept and replaced the matter with yes, although the pronunciation of the two words is the same, but the meaning represented is completely different. The matter represents the matter, that is to say, all the affairs of the whole country are under the control of Ma Shiying, so although Ma Shiying's rights are much larger than before, the essence has not changed.

It's a different word, it's the deputy's decision, that is to say, the country will be handed over to Ma Shiying in the future, and all the decisions will be made

The power is handed over to Ma Shiying, and the emperor will be the shopkeeper.

Zhu Lunkui is semi-illiterate, and he doesn't know the meaning of these two words at all, but Ma Shiying and his party are all Jinshi and know the way to this.

Ma Shiying glanced at Yue Qijie deeply, and her gratitude was self-evident, but Zhang Jie, Yang Weiyuan, and Yang Wencong behind Ma Shiying were full of worry. Although they are Ma Shiying's party, they are more loyal to the Ming Dynasty in their hearts, and if this edict becomes a fact, then Zhu Lunkui will become the second Han Xian Emperor.

Yang Weiyuan, a loyal minister who committed suicide and martyrdom for Zhu Yousong in history, saw Yue Qijie misinterpret the emperor's meaning, and stood up and wanted to speak for the emperor. But before Yang Weiyuan stood up, Ma Shiying said first: "Since Your Majesty agrees, I will escort Your Majesty back to the Qianqing Palace, and then use the seal on the edict!" ”

This edict is an official document of the state, and in addition to being stamped with a jade seal, it must also have the seal of the cabinet. Zhu Lunkui escaped in a hurry, where can he carry the jade seal with him, so he has to return to the Qianqing Palace to stamp the official national jade seal.

When Zhu Lunkui heard Ma Shiying say this, he was afraid that Ma Cheng would trick him out and kill him with a knife, so he had no choice but to look at Ma Hongning again.

Ma Hongning knew what Zhu Lunkui thought, and asked Ma Cheng: "Second brother, you have to ensure the emperor's safety!" ”

Ma Cheng had already promised Ma Shiying in the apse just now, and now naturally he couldn't go back, Ma Cheng said: "Please rest assured, as long as the emperor admits his mistake, that minister is a courtier of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

After receiving Ma Cheng's assurance, Zhu Lunkui breathed a sigh of relief, and accompanied by Ma Shiying and others, he left Cining Palace and returned to Qianqing Palace.

Ma Shiying and his entourage of hundreds of people escorted Zhu Lunkui back to the Qianqing Palace, and when they arrived at the door, they found that there were already five or six people standing here.

Ma Shiying frowned when he saw these people from the Donglin Party, why did these guys come here at this critical time? Now the entire palace is in the hands of Ma Cheng, and if it weren't for Ma Cheng's will, these guys wouldn't be able to enter at all.

Ma Shiying turned his face to look at Ma Cheng, and Ma Cheng quickly pretended to be innocent and explained: "Dad, the emperor's will must be written by the cabinet to be effective, and the son will find all the cabinet ministers to help his father!" ”

Ma Shiying knew that Ma Cheng must have something to think about, glared at him and stopped talking, the most important thing at present is how to clean up the Donglin Party.

Qian Qianyi, Huang Daozhou and others knew that the emperor was going to clean up the Ma family and his son, but they didn't know the specific time, and this morning they found that the city was full of soldiers, and these people knew that the emperor must have succeeded last night.

Qian Qianyi was full of joy at first, as long as Ma Shiying was killed, the new cabinet chief assistant would definitely be him, thinking of this Qian Qianyi burst into tears, his officialdom was not going well all his life, and he didn't expect that he would be able to live a first-aid addiction in his twilight years.

Qian Qianyi's Spring and Autumn Dream was very cool, but before noon, his dream was awakened, because Ma Cheng's new army entered the city.

After learning the news, Qian Qianyi sighed, it seems that he is still a bad move, and now that Ma Cheng is not dead, it should be him who died.

Qian Qianyi's prediction was very accurate, and soon a group of soldiers came outside the Qian Mansion, and they arrested Qian Qianyi without saying anything. Along with Qian Qianyi, there are also Huang Daozhou, Qi Biaojia, Wang Duo, Xie Xuelong and other ministers of the Donglin Party.