Wei Mansion, Wei Zhongxian's inner study.

Wei Zhongxian was scolding: "Li Sheng is a dog, he dares to break his promise to our family." Kill immediately. ”

"Yes, nine thousand years old." Sun Yunhe, the head of the East Factory, lowered his head, "My subordinates will do it immediately." ”

"Slow," seeing that Tu Wenfu was about to leave, Wei Zhongxian called him again, "The queen will not be allowed to go to the Qianqing Palace in the future." ”

"Nine thousand years old, but the queen is going to visit the emperor, and the servants can't stop it?" Sun Yunhe cried with a sad face.

"If you can't stop it, just delay the time, we only have a way."

"Yes, nine thousand years old." Tu Wenfu finally left the Wei Mansion.

Wei Zhongxian paced a few steps in the inner study, turned around and asked the housekeeper, "Is Cui Chengxiu here?" ”

"Kid meets godfather." Cui Chengxiu had just arrived, he was Wei Zhongxian's most trusted secretary of the military department, and in front of Wei Zhongxian, this secretary of the military department was as docile as a Persian cat.

"Cough, cough," Wei Zhongxian coughed dryly, "Chengxiu, sit." ”

"The boy thanked his godfather." Cui Chengxiu sat down with half of his buttocks, but found that Wei Liangqing was also there, and he stood up again to salute: "Lord Wei." ”

"Chengxiu, what our family told you, how did you do to control the three major battalions of the Beijing Division?"

"Back to nine thousand years old, there is some improvement, and half of the soldiers and horses of the three major battalions of the Beijing Division can be mobilized." Cui Chengxiu knew that the biggest weakness of the eunuch party was the military, which was Wei Zhongxian's heart disease.

Now the cabinet is all eunuchs, and the six ministries are also dominated by eunuchs, but this army is the only one that the eunuchs can't control. Whether it is the Beijing army or the border army, it is controlled by the Donglin Party. Now that I can control half of the Beijing military in my hands, the results should be good.

"There are still some generals thinking about it, and the child guesses that they are waiting and seeing. But if the heart is moved, the godfather will give the child a little more time, and the child will definitely pull them over. ”

"Master Cui, time is running out." Wei Liangqing spoke, he is Wei Zhongxian's nephew, Wei Zhongxian has no son, he is the closest person to Wei Zhongxian, and he has been awarded the position of prince and prince and Ning Guogong, and he doesn't pay attention to Cui Chengxiu.

"Lord Wei refers to ......" Cui Chengxiu didn't understand what Wei Liangqing meant. You can't be too anxious to win over officers, otherwise, if people agree on the surface, secretly do other people's internal responses, and turn back at critical moments, it will be troublesome.

"Master Cui, do you know that the day of the emperor's visit is not far away?" Wei Liangqing has the support of his uncle, and he has no scruples. He is the one who most hopes that Wei Zhongxian will be one step closer. If the uncle can go further, then the uncle will be his in a hundred years.

"What?" Cui Chengxiu was shocked, he didn't know that the day of the emperor's visit was not far away. Cui Chengxiu's mouth was so surprised that she couldn't close it, but she was thinking about it in her heart.

"Chengxiu, once the emperor is in power, the person who ascends the throne must be Zhu Youzhen. That's a great Lord. Chengxiu, when the time comes, I'm afraid your good days for me will come to an end. Wei Zhongxian let out a long talk, as if he was worried about Cui Chengxiu's future, "Our family is old, but you are still young." ”

"Uncle, in my opinion, the current cabinet is all our people, and the six ministries are also our people in a dominant position. As long as Master Cui can control the army, we might as well support Uncle Dai as the emperor. When the time comes, raw rice will be cooked into mature rice, who else in the world will dare to disagree? The more Wei Liangqing talked, the more excited he became, it seemed that it was not Wei Zhongxian who was about to ascend to the position of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, but he Wei Liangqing.

"Chengxiu, what do you think?" This was the main purpose of Wei Zhongxian's summoning of Cui Chengxiu, and he hoped that Cui Chengxiu would be able to control the army. As long as he can control the army, as long as the army can support him, the courtiers have their own means.

Cui Chengxiu's heart was suddenly cold, as if falling into the ice cave of Layue. He is now the secretary of the military department, and he is a very popular minister. Even if the rebellion is successful, he will not be able to become nine thousand years old, and there is not much difference from his current status. If the rebellion fails, it will be a matter for the Nine Clans. The family honor that he has accumulated with great difficulty will also turn to dust.

It was the Wei family who rebelled and profited, and they didn't have much benefit. If you fail, you will go to hell. Choi Chengxiu was thinking fiercely. If I can't agree, will Wei Zhongxian still trust me? Is this military department book the end?

Wei Zhongxian is already old, even if he succeeds, he won't be the emperor for a few days, and it is Wei Liangqing who will benefit, no wonder this kid is so active. In case of failure, Wei Zhongxian did not have a family and children to drag him down, kicked his legs, and went to see the king of Hades, and no one could investigate what happened to him. And he has a large family population, and a family that supports him.

Cui Chengxiu made up his mind and had a countermeasure: "Godfather, although this Beijing army has mastered nearly half of it, after all, time is running out, and the people's hearts are not attached. If we really want to fight, we can't say who will fully support us. This matter must be considered in the long run, and the generals of the army must be firmly controlled, and they must not act recklessly. ”

"You ......" Wei Liangqing was disappointed, the imperial robe that beckoned to him just now was gradually disappearing away and gradually disappearing from his thoughts.

"Chengxiu, is it really impossible to do anything?" Wei Zhongxian still didn't give up. He didn't want to be the emperor, he just couldn't tolerate Zhu Youzhen being the emperor. This letter Wang Ganglie, once he becomes the emperor, will never be as easy to control as Zhu Youxiao.

"Back to Godfather, if you give the child ten years, no, even if it is five years, the child will be sure to attack the Jingshi in one fell swoop and let the godfather be crowned with the imperial robe." Cui Chengxiu never wanted to be involved in the rebellion, he attached himself to Wei Zhongxian in order to seek official wealth, but he couldn't gamble with his life.

"Ten years? Master Cui, what nonsense are you talking about? The emperor had already ......, "Wei Liangqing is in a hurry, how can the emperor wait another ten years?" After ten years, the new monarch's position is consolidated, and if he wants to rebel at that time, wouldn't it be the moon in the water and the flower in the mirror?

Cui Chengxiu was silent, just kowtowed vigorously to apologize.

"You're not a man to bear, go!" Wei Zhongxian let out a long breath, never looked at Cui Chengxiu again, and silently closed his eyes, as if he had aged ten years all of a sudden.

Tian Ergeng and Cui Chengxiu refused one after another, which made him disheartened. Maybe he, the grassroots, shouldn't have come to the palace at all and be a good eunuch? Maybe Zhu Youzhen won't get along with himself, his Siwu Battalion is a battalion that has only been fully assisted by himself, and his military salary is never in arrears. At this moment, he directly filtered out the festival with Zhu Youzhen.

On 8 August, Zhu Youzhen secretly returned to Beijing. Beside him were Wang Mujiu's three hundred special combat soldiers.

Zhu Youzhen did not return to the Xinwang Mansion, but secretly asked to see Li Chunye.

"Your Highness has finally returned." Li Chunye's eyes flashed again, like a hungry person who suddenly saw a big bun and bread. He has a thousand words, but he doesn't know where to start. If Li Chunye supported Zhu Youzhen in the past and was a little worried about Zhu Youzhen's status as a prince, then now is an excellent opportunity to erase this identity and let Zhu Youzhen master the Ming Dynasty in a righteous manner.

They will meet, and it won't be too long. At very moments, the Jinyi Guard of the Jingshi walked around, and no one knew whether he was the person monitored by the Jinyi Guard. Fortunately, Li Chunye was originally a member of the eunuch party, and he was not the target of Jinyiwei's monitoring for the time being.

"Lord Li, how is the situation of the emperor now?"

"Your Highness, Wei Gelding has blocked the emperor's information, and even the ministers can't find out. However, such a tight lockdown of information could have said something. ”

Zhu Youzhen was silent for a moment, "What about the situation in Jingshi?" "What he is most worried about is that the situation in Beijing is out of control, no matter how it is cleaned up in the future, what will be lost is the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, and the internal friction will not be able to bear it by the Ming Dynasty.

"Jingshi is quite stable for the time being. Without the support of the army, Wei Gelding did not dare to take this step for the time being. From time to time, the ministers inquired about the development of the situation. "Li Chunye is not Wei Zhongxian's absolute confidant, and there are some top-secret information that he can't get in touch with.

"Master Li, what am I going to do now?" Without information, Zhu Youzhen has nothing to do for the time being, so he can only wait. He knew that Li Chunye's court was very experienced, far from being comparable to a teenager like him.

"Your Highness only needs to do two things well now," Li Chunye found that Zhu Youzhen was listening, "First, protect yourself and don't let Wei Eunuch take advantage of it; Second, find an opportunity to ask for the empress, she is now the only person who has the potential to contact the emperor except Wei Biao. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded slowly and said goodbye to Li Chunye.

When he replied to the palace, Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything, he, like Zhang Yan, entered through the side door.

"Your Highness, are you back?" When Zhou Yufeng saw Zhu Youzhen at first glance, she was overjoyed, her brows stretched, and her swallow eyes smiled.

"Feng'er is silent, I went home secretly." Zhu Youzhen made a gesture of silence.

"That'...... Your Highness, go into the inner room! Don't let anyone see it. ”

Zhu Youzhen followed Zhou Yufeng into her bedroom, "Feng'er, is Ying Yuan in the mansion?" ”

"In. Your Highness wants to see him? Zhou Yufeng also knew that it was an extraordinary time, Zhu Youzhen secretly returned to Beijing, and there must be many important things waiting for him.

"Well, let him come over immediately and keep quiet."

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhou Yufeng whispered yes, and then went out gracefully.

After a while, Xu Yingyuan came to Zhou Yufeng's bedroom, "The servant knocks on His Highness." ”

"Shhhh Whispered. "Who knows if there are any secret agents of Wei Zhongxian among the palace maids and eunuchs in the Xinwang Mansion? Zhu Youzhen pulled Xu Yingyuan up, "Yingyuan, now that the matter is urgent, do you have any way to go to Kunning Palace?" ”

Xu Yingyuan thought for a while, "Your Highness, the guard commander of Kunning Gate is a fellow villager of the minions, and he usually has contacts. The servant let him escort him into the palace so as not to arouse the suspicion of others. ”

"Okay, then you immediately bring a message to the palace, meet the queen, and say that I have returned to Beijing."

"Yes, Your Highness." Xu Yingyuan left Zhou Yufeng's bedroom.

Zhou Yufeng looked at Zhu Youzhen carefully, maybe the journey was tiring, maybe it was sleeping in the open, Zhu Youzhen was much more resolute than a year ago. But Zhu Youzhen's hair is messy and his beard is also thick. Zhou Yufeng suddenly felt pity: "Your Highness, do you want to take a bath?" ”

"Take a bath?" Zhu Youzhen was stunned, anyway, now waiting for Xu Yingyuan to bring back Zhang Yan's message, and he won't be able to go anywhere for a while, "Okay, then let's take a shower first!" ”

After taking a bath, shaving his beard, and changing into dry clothes, Zhu Youzhen regained his appearance.

Zhou Yufeng stared at Zhu Youzhen in a daze, and water dripped from Feng's eyes.

"Feng'er?" Zhu Youzhen held Zhou Yufeng's little hand and tender arm, "I'm not at home this year, I've worked hard for you." ”

"Temple...... Under! Zhou Yufeng was itchy by Zhu Youzhen, but he couldn't break free from his embrace.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the round brocade tent on the bed, the mat and embroidered pillow in the brocade tent, "Feng'er, I'm tired, let's go and lie down on the bed!" ”

"Your Highness," how could Zhou Yufeng not understand Zhu Youzhen's thoughts? "It's daylight!"

"What are you afraid of during the day? This is the palace of the king of letters, who can still manage the affairs of the palace? ”

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but say, picked up Zhou Yufeng's legs, hugged her horizontally, and walked to the bed. Zhou Yufeng found that the door of the dormitory was still hidden, and on Zhu Youzhen's body, he struggled to kick the embroidered shoes and close the door of the dormitory.

The brocade tent covered the entire embroidery bed, and Zhu Youzhen's hands hugged Zhou Yufeng, and he couldn't tell the difference. Zhou Yufeng stretched out his green jade fingers, held back his shame, twisted slowly, and opened the brocade tent.

When it was dark, Xu Yingyuan came back.

Zhu Youzhen is still entangled with Zhou Yufeng. But Xu Yingyuan is an inner servant and does not shy away. He stood in front of the bed and whispered to Zhu Youzhen: "There are two instructions from the queen mother: one is to believe that the palace is not safe, so let His Royal Highness live in the Fenwu camp immediately; The second is that she will do her best to arrange for Her Highness to enter the palace to face the saint. ”