In the early morning, the huge Qianqing Palace was deserted, several eunuchs and palace maids who got up early were wearing soft-soled cloth shoes, they would not make any sound when they walked, except for a few magpies arguing on the high branches, the Qianqing Palace was quiet.

As soon as Zhu Youzhen finished practicing the Void Pole Divine Skill, Xu Yingyuan cowered and appeared in sight.

"Sure enough!"

Zhu Youzhen didn't pay attention to him, and sat on the chair by himself, drinking tea while thinking about his own thoughts.

"陛xià." Xu Yingyuan bowed.

"Ying Yuan is here? So early? Zhu Youzhen chuckled, and a trace of mockery hung on his face without hindrance.

"Your Majesty, the slave went to see Wei Zhongxian." Xu Yingyuan also noticed the strangeness of the atmosphere, but he still mustered up his courage.

"Oh?" Xu Yingyuan's honesty, Zhu Youzhen was not surprised.

Xu Yingyuan stiffened: "Your Majesty, Zhongxian has lost a qiē, please spare his dog's life!" ”

"Is this your prayer, or is it the prayer of the loyalty?" Zhu Youjian didn't raise his head, still with no one in his eyes, still thinking about his own thoughts.

"It's the slave who intercedes on behalf of the loyal and virtuous." Xu Yingyuan said vaguely.

"Ying Yuan, do you have a personal relationship with Zhongxian?" Zhu Youzhen raised his head suddenly, examining Xu Yingyuan's eyes, he saw a trace of shame and helplessness.

"Back to His Majesty, the slave and the loyal and virtuous are fellow villagers, and when we didn't enter the palace, we were childhood playmates." Xu Yingyuan lowered his head and didn't let Zhu Youzhen see his face, "But after entering the palace, the slave and Zhongxian have no relationship." ”

"It turns out that Ying Yuan misses the old very much! Ha ha. Zhu Youzhen changed his words: "Ying Yuan, do you know Zhongxian?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave has been in the palace for many years, and he also understands Zhongxian's evil deeds, but now that Zhongxian has resigned from his title and has no official position, he should not harm people anymore."

"Should?" Zhu Youzhen forced Xu Yingyuan with a cold look, "Yingyuan, are you really pleading for Zhongxian?" How long are you going to hide it? ”

"Yes, Your Highness......" Xu Yingyuan suddenly felt Zhu Youzhen's voice change tone, "Slave...... Minion...... Wei Zhongxian sent people to the minions...... He gave a hundred thousand taels of silver to the servants. ”

Xu Yingyuan lay on the ground, not daring to move, sweat on his forehead like rain.

"Ying Yuan, you are an old man from the Imperial Mansion of Zhenxin, and you have given advice to me many times, and you can be regarded as half of my military advisor - do you know Wei Zhongxian's crimes? Intercede for him at such a critical moment? ”

"Your Majesty, the minion is stupid." Xu Yingyuan lay on the ground, and he didn't dare to breathe.

"You're not stupid," Zhu Youzhen waved his hand, "You're a money fan." ”

"Your Majesty, the slave is dead."

"Ten thousand deaths? No, one death is enough—for the sake of your loyalty to me, this death will be spared," Zhu Youzhen stood up, "Go to Nanjing to guard!" ”

"Your Majesty ......" Xu Yingyuan's tears rained down.

Zhu Youzhen's heart was stabbed hard.

That day, when he was assassinated in the grove outside the Beijing Division, that day, when Zhu Youxiao died, his heart was not stabbed.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't bear to look at Xu Yingyuan again, he turned around and turned his back to Xu Yingyuan, "Leave immediately, there is no need to clean up here, Nanjing will not lack your use." ”

On 1 November, Zhu Youzhen claimed that he was ill and could not go to the court, and the Donglin party's plan to collectively attack Wei Zhongxian at the court meeting fell through.

The four giants of the Donglin Party urgently gathered in Wang Yongguang's mansion, and after some consultations, the families of each province quickly ran all over the streets and alleys of Beijing.

In the morning, the piece of impeachment against Wei Zhongxian that was sent to Zhu Youzhen was piled up more than three feet high.

Zhu Youzhen left it intact, and ordered the little eunuch to send it to the White Tiger Hall for Wei Zhongxian to personally dismantle it.

Liu Lin came to see Zhu Youzhen again: "Your Majesty, Wei Zhongxian didn't make any moves, he just hugged the spirit of the first emperor and cried bitterly, this time, he really cried." ”

"Oh? Liu Lin, continue to monitor Wei Zhongxian closely, don't miss any clues, if a sparrow flies in or out of the White Tiger Palace, your head will not be protected. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Liu Lin saluted Zhu Youzhen: "The White Tiger Hall is now a cage, not to mention sparrows, even flies can't fly in."

On the afternoon of November 1, Zhu Youzhen issued an edict to the world:

"I have heard that the evil is exhausted, and the power of the world is controlled; There are no generals, and there is a precept in place. Our country is clearly hanging, severely punishing Dahan, and pawning is also the most serious. I have read the repeated accusations of rebelling against Wei Zhongxian, and I have already learned about it. The first emperor of the stolen thought of the left and right with a little work, a little false favor, loyalty and sage did not repay the country's reward, monopolized the private planting of the party, stole the country's authority, and was good at prestige, it is difficult to enumerate, and it is ...... to enumerate."

The holy decree degraded Wei Zhongxian to go to Fengyang, the central capital, to guard the mausoleum, and the holy lady Ke Yingyue was selected to be sent to the Huanyi Bureau to pour the toilet, accept control, and was not allowed to leave the Huanyi Bureau without permission for half a step.

On December 2, Wei Zhongxian left Jingshi, and he chose the "imperial road" connecting the two capitals and went south to Fengyang.

Wei Zhongxian walked very beautifully, and with Wei Zhongxian went south, there were forty carts loaded with gold, silver and jewelry, and eight hundred strong men, fully armed, riding big horses......

His confidant Li Yongzhen brought a large number of eunuchs to see him off, and many high-ranking officials in Beijing, including several Shangshu and Guogong, were also dressed in civilian clothes and mixed in the send-off procession.

This is not at all like being sent by the emperor to guard the tomb in Fengyang, but more like being ordered to parade.

In the evening, Zhang Yan took several palace maids to the Qianqing Palace.

"The concubine knocks to see His Majesty, and knocks to see the queen." Zhang Yan bowed to Zhu Youzhen and Zhou Yufeng, and the palace maids who followed her also bowed, and a palace maid who was several months pregnant almost flashed her waist because of kneeling.

"Imperial sister-in-law, hurry up." Zhu Youzhen glanced at Zhou Yufeng.

Zhou Yufeng stepped forward to help Zhang Yan up: "The imperial sister-in-law is going to kill the slave and maid, sit down." She made a cup for Zhang Yan with her own hands, in Kunning Palace before, Zhou Yufeng was Zhang Yan's maid.

Zhang Yan thanked her seat, and the other palace maids also got up.

Zhu Youzhen felt weird, in the past, when he went to Kunning Palace, he needed to bow down to Zhang Yan, but today Zhang Yan came to Qianqing Palace, but he turned it upside down and bowed to him.

"Imperial sister-in-law, this is ......" Zhu Youzhen pointed to the palace maids behind Zhang Yan, although they were all showy, but if Zhang Yan wanted to give herself beautiful women, it was not like it, there were several palace maids with thick waists, obviously pregnant, how could they give away pregnant women?

"Your Majesty, the queen, you have to be the master of the concubines!" Zhang Yan slipped down from the chair crying and knelt down in front of Zhu Youzhen and Zhou Yufeng again.

"Sister-in-law, what are you ......" Zhu Youzhen's impression is that Zhang Yan is not only wise, sensible, and has always known etiquette and proportions, today, what's wrong with Zhang Yan?

"陛xià." Zhang Yan was pulled to the chair by Zhou Yufeng again, the tears on her face were broken because of the shaking of her body, and under the white skin, it was really like peony with dew and pear blossoms in the rain, she turned back to the palace maids she brought and said, "You guys retreat to the outer room." ”

"Yes, Empress Zhang." The palace ladies were blessed and bowed out of the inner room.

"Your Majesty," Zhang Yan adjusted her breathing, her nose was still open, and her feelings were not very stable, "Wei Gelding committed a heinous crime, how could His Majesty let him go to Zhongdu to guard the mausoleum?" ”

"Imperial sister-in-law, Wei Gelding's sins are monstrous, and I also understand it, but most of the hundreds of officials' concerts are chasing after the wind and shadows, and there is not much evidence." Zhu Youzhen knew about Wei Zhongxian's crimes, but if he really wanted to go through the legal procedures, he had to have conclusive evidence of the crime.

"If the evidence is confirmed, will His Majesty make a new decree?" Zhang Yan's eyes were red and swollen, obviously not crying in the Qianqing Palace just now.

"The imperial sister-in-law is talking about ......"

"Wei Zhongxian and Ke Yingyue have a crime, and the concubines have been clearly investigated." Zhang Yan held the teacup in her tender white hands, but she didn't drink the tea, she was waiting for Zhu Youzhen's reaction.

"The imperial sister-in-law said, what is it?"

"Your Majesty knows that several of the concubines of the first emperor are pregnant? There were three palace maids who came in just now. ”

"Ao, that's the flesh and blood of the first emperor, and the imperial sister-in-law should treat them well."

"The flesh and blood of the first emperor?" Zhang Yanfeng's eyes widened, and she didn't look like a lady at all, "Your Majesty, which of the flesh and blood of the first emperor are they pregnant?" ”

"Sister-in-law, what's going on?" Zhou Yufeng was also confused, could someone sneak into the palace?

"Your Majesty, Queen." Zhang Yan put down the teacup and held the table with her jade-like fingers, "Wei Zhongxian and Ke Yingyue, they are bold, these palace maids were brought into the palace from the outside, let them conceive children outside, and then give them to the first emperor ......"

"What?" Zhu Youzhen was furious, and slapped his palm on the square table, which cracked in response to the sound and turned into a pile of dry firewood.

Zhang Yan's hands held the square table, leaning on the square table, and now the square table suddenly shattered, Zhang Yan's body had nowhere to be forced, her body was crooked, and she was about to fall to the ground.

Zhu You has practiced divine skills, and his hands and feet are natural reactions.

He stretched out his left hand and copied it under Zhang Yan's waist.

Zhang Yan's waist below has stopped falling, but above the waist, due to inertia, is still falling, if it is allowed to develop naturally, Zhang Yan's waist is light.

As a last resort, Zhu Youzhen stretched out his right hand and held Zhang Yan's fragrant shoulder.

From Zhou Yufeng's point of view, Zhang Yan leaned crookedly in Zhu Youzhen's arms.

Zhang Yan was frightened, she couldn't react for a while, her body froze in Zhu Youzhen's hands, her face leaned on Zhu Youzhen's shoulder, Zhu Youzhen was worried that Zhang Yan would fall, and she didn't dare to withdraw her hands, this posture, in Zhou Yufeng's eyes, was so ambiguous and ambiguous, especially their poss were fixed in front of Zhou Yufeng's eyes.

"Uh-huh!" Zhou Yufeng understood that Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to do so, but the two froze together, and she really couldn't see it, so she had to cough.

Zhang Yan was startled, her face turned red, she quickly straightened her body, and glanced at Zhu Youzhen fiercely by the way.

Zhu Youzhen also returned to his seat, he looked at Zhou Yufeng, and the phoenix was coming from the right side.

was gouged off by four beautiful eyes, although Zhu Youzhen had a clear conscience, his old face was also red, and he sneered: "Feng'er, where did you talk about it just now?" Sister-in-law, are you telling the truth? ”

Zhang Yan has already decided: "Your Majesty, Wei and Ke, this is to make Li Dai Taostiff and defile the royal bloodline......"

Zhu Youzhen thought of Lu Buwei's story, could such a thing really happen to him? He desperately recalled the history of later generations, whether it was the official history or the wild history, the Ming Dynasty did not have this one, "Imperial sister-in-law, this matter is not trivial, Wei and Ke are greedy and pervert the law, and they usually tempt the first emperor, if they do such a thing against the sky......"