In the Fengxian Palace, the tablets of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty are high, and the portraits look very gloomy under the flickering candlelight. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The flame of the candle even exploded twice and then jumped again.

Zhu Yijun, who was alone here, pursed his lips, when Wang Fulin came to persuade him before, the anger that had calmed down a little, after kneeling for a full hour and a half, coupled with this gloomy environment, all kinds of illusions, his cranky thoughts became more and more powerful, and now the resentment was full of resentment and was about to overflow his chest. He was the crown prince since he was sensible, and then ascended the throne as an emperor at a young age, even if he can't really say that he can take it and do whatever he wants, but the mentality of being an emperor is innate. Now in order to get rid of a Feng Bao, his mother actually treated him like this, in addition to resentment, there was also a deep humiliation in his heart.

However, there is no one of his people outside the Fengxian Palace, and although he now has the name of the Son of Heaven, he has no way to exercise the power of the Son of Heaven at all! What's more, after today, he may be covered up by his mother and Feng Bao. Don't listen to Wang Fulin said that Zhang Juzheng had interceded for him in the Qianqing Palace before, at the critical moment, how many times did Zhang Juzheng really stand on his side?

Because he had been kneeling for a long time, although there was a thick cushion under his knees, Zhu Yijun still felt that the soft numbness pain like a pinprick went straight to the bone marrow, and for a while he remembered the old days when he was harshly reprimanded by the Empress Dowager Li because of homework or other trivial matters, as soon as Feng Bao or someone else complained. This resentment and pain mixed together, and finally he gave birth to a little madness. He stood up with his strength on the ground, turned around and staggered to the door of the main hall, and saw several eunuchs guarding the place looking at him in astonishment, but he didn't look at them, but walked straight out.

Seeing that the situation was not good, several eunuchs hurriedly stepped forward to stop them, but they didn't want to hear a word that made them cold from head to toe: "If you dare to stop me, when he monopolizes power, can't he kill a few house slaves with a rod?" ”

However, these words frightened most people, but they couldn't scare the henchmen of Empress Dowager Li here. One of the tall eunuchs stepped forward and saluted: "The emperor is the supreme, and the slaves and maids naturally dare not offend. But even if the emperor has to keep filial piety, the old lady is the queen mother, and the queen mother is punished, could it be that the emperor wants to disobey filial piety? ”

Zhu Yijun had long known that it was impossible to make everyone obey him so lightly and skillfully, so he took a deep breath and shouted in a deep voice: "I am the Son of Heaven who is ordered by Heaven. Now that Feng Bao has deceived his mother, up and down the palace, those who follow others prosper, and those who oppose others die, and you and others entered the palace at the beginning, but they are all the same identity, but now they are all pressed on their heads by him, are you really willing? If there is a rebel who is eliminated from the eviction, he will choose the seat of the palm seal among the twenty-four yamen! If you dare to stop him, I will punish him in the future! ”

At this moment, most people have forgotten to even gasp, and instead they are holding their breath, as if everyone is weighing the pros and cons. Although the majesty of imperial power has always been pressed on the top of his head, it has to be said that Feng Bao's authority has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people over the years, so even if Zhu Yijun's reward is not moving, only half of the people who quietly protect the emperor in front of and behind him are actually half. Of course, among the remaining people, there were only a few people who dared to stand in front of the emperor, and the rest of the people ran to report the news, and there were even more daring people who directly opened their voices and yelled.

"Someone coerced the emperor to rebel!"

This voice is really lethal. Rao is Zhu Yijun has already broken the boat, and he was also shocked at this moment, and what made him even more angry was that many people who didn't dare to block the road and didn't dare to follow him also shouted there, saying that someone wanted to coerce him into rebellion. At this moment, the eunuchs who had planned to follow Zhu Yijun "anyway" fell into a dilemma. Someone finally realized that retreating at this time was also a death, and immediately went behind Zhu Yijun and reminded: "Your Majesty, there is no other way at this time, Feng Bao is in Cining Palace right now......"

"All of them shouted to me, get rid of the traitor Feng Bao, and I will be rewarded!"

Fengxian Hall is in the west of Renshou Palace, and then to the west is the three major halls of the Inner Dynasty on the central axis, Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, Kunning Palace, and then to the west is Cining Palace. To the southeast of the Fengxian Hall is the Ciqing Palace, which is the residence of the Empress Dowager Chen. He had borrowed the momentum of the Empress Dowager Chen once before, but the result was not ideal, and Zhu Yijun knew that the Empress Dowager Chen seemed to have bumped into it before, and his health was not good, so he was not embarrassed to see this grandmother now, so he decided to do it alone to the end at this time. This time, he really made up his mind to break the boat, so after going out of the Fengxian Palace, he gathered people along the road.

However, Zhu Yijun made thousands of calculations, but he missed a little. Now that the palace city has fallen a thousand taels, the palace maids who have been punished for lifting the bell may start singing about the peace of the world, but there are not a few eunuchs, who are as common creatures as the palace maids in the palace city in the past. Because at this kind of time, unless it is the master of ceremonies and supervisors who need to be on duty at night in the palace city, as well as the stewards of each palace and hall, most people will return to the twenty-four yamen of the outer imperial city and return to the private residence of the straight house by the river. All in all, this means that there are only two or three puppies and kittens left in the brave eunuchs in the palace, but Zhu Yijun's actions quickly spread for a while.

When Empress Dowager Li of Cining Palace was shocked and angry to learn such a message, Shen Shixing, the elder of the cabinet who stayed in the cabinet, also learned about it. Originally, Zhang Siwei was on duty today, however, Zhang Siwei led the way, although there was not a word in the palace that had not been handed down, and when Zhang Siwei was sent out of the palace, it was still polite, but it was impossible to let such a large number of second-assistants who had been kneeling for most of the day continue to nest in the palace cabinet. According to the day, it should be Ma Ziqiang who is on duty, but Ma Ziqiang thought that he and Zhang Siwei were in-laws, so he simply avoided suspicion. Therefore, Shen Shixing, who was the latest to ascend to the first place and had the least qualifications, became tonight's night watcher.

And now, Shen Ge Lao has to face an unprecedented problem - Zhang Siwei Fu Que supported the emperor to get rid of Feng Bao, and the little emperor actually approached Cining Palace after he had already hit a hard nail! Now that he is alone in this situation that is absolutely contrary to filial piety, what should he do?

Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, and Yu Youding are on the same list, both of whom were Jinshi in Jiajing for 41 years, and they were ranked champions, lists, and tanhua respectively. Although the future of the top three in the first class has always been more guaranteed than that of the second and third ranks, it is still rare for all three of them to advance so fast and so ferociously in the officialdom. If Wang Xijue hadn't had to draw a line with Zhang Juzheng and leave, maybe he would have been able to enter the cabinet. In contrast, the former champion Shen Shixing and Zhang Juzheng have always maintained a good personal relationship, and they only feel very entangled at this moment.

If according to Zhongjun's political position, even if it is politically speculative, he should immediately spread the news to echo the little emperor's hoeing and rape moves, but he didn't participate in Zhang Siwei's Fuque during the day, and this desire to seek advantage and avoid harm can be seen - not only him, but even Ma Ziqiang scolded his mother instead of immediately running to support after learning the news, you can imagine this attitude. In his opinion, according to filial piety, the little emperor's single-minded attitude towards the Holy Mother is completely wrong, and it must be known that even if the queen mother of the dynasty has never abolished the emperor, it does not mean that she will not do it if she is forced to do so!

What's more, Empress Dowager Li is not only a son of Zhu Yijun, but also a king of Lu, Zhu Yijun!

Shen Shixing paced back and forth in the straight room for a while, and finally made a decision. If it was Wang Xijue, maybe he would have broken the kettle and at least decided to help, but Shen Ge Lao called a person from the middle school who was on duty to come in, stared at the other party's face for a long time, until he looked at the person hairy, but he said in a very slow tone: "Tell the Imperial Cabinet and the Imperial Cabinet that all the people in my cabinet are not allowed to go anywhere tonight." If someone in the inner palace summons, unless it is covered with the queen mother or the emperor's imperial treasure, they are not allowed to answer the order. Walking in the palace city at night, people and ministers are taboo, let them all remember! ”

The Ming Dynasty was founded for so many years, and there was only one time when the turmoil affected the palace city, and that was when the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di rebelled, and it was all the way from the north to the south, and the trouble was the imperial palace in Nanjing, and after the capital was Beijing, such as the palace maid assassinating the emperor, this kind of small fight happened occasionally, but today it is the first time that such a thing happened. In Shen Shixing's heart, instead of rushing to jump at this time, it is better to do your duty as a minister, and save yourself from the careful evaluation of the one who will win in the end, thinking that you are not pure enough, and you will be unlucky when the time comes!

Shen Shixing's order poured a basin of cold water on the heads of some people who were about to move. At such a time, the gambling psychology of low-grade officials is very strong, and such an opportunity that is likely to soar into the sky is forced to be pressed down, and naturally there will be complaints. But Shen Shixing followed closely with the words that came out of the order, but let a few people secretly plan to connect them, and forced this old man to wilt all of a sudden.

"If anyone dares to take advantage of the chaos to do illegal things, I will fight to not do this official in the future, and I will expose his face and make him famous, unless you kill me first!"

Shen Shixing pressed the cabinet, and the Wenhua Hall opposite the cabinet and a series of outbuildings near it were particularly quiet in the shouting and noise not far away. Shen Shixing waited anxiously for the result, knowing that no matter what happened in the end, there would definitely be people in the future who would criticize him for his timidity, saying that he was not moving to protect Mingzhe, but only he knew that if it was just the eunuchs involved, then if the two palaces could get back together afterwards, as long as he killed a few eunuchs, it would be fine, but if the cabinet and civil officials were involved, then it would really implicate countless people, and then he would be poked in the backbone and scolded.

Is it better to be scolded for protecting one's self, or is it better to be scolded for flattery? He would rather the former than tolerate the latter!

I don't know how long I waited, Shen Shixing suddenly heard a movement outside, and when he turned to look, a middle scholar had already stumbled in, and his voice trembled and shouted: "Pavilion Elder, the emperor has an order, and he said that it is ...... Please go to Cining Palace. ”

Shen Shixing's face changed greatly, and then he asked fiercely: "Who is here, have you ever seen it?" Is there an emperor's edict? ”

The scholar had always seen that Shen Shixing was amiable and had no arrogance, but at this time he was almost startled by that fierce expression, and took a step back before stammering: "Xiaguan...... Xia Guan has never seen it. No...... There is no oracle. ”

"Breaking into the Forbidden Palace late at night, and not a lieutenant official who often comes to the cabinet to spread messages, let alone a holy edict, even if it is a real holy order, I don't dare to obey the edict, not to mention that now I don't know if it is a holy order? You go and reply to the visitor, Cining Palace is the residence of the Holy Mother, not to mention late at night, even during the day, and the ministers should not trespass, and the ministers dare not obey the edict! ”

When the little chamberlain who had run for nothing hurriedly went back, intending to convey Shen Shixing's reply, he had not yet arrived at the Yiping Gate in front of Cining Palace, and found that all the carriages there were not familiar faces before, and he suddenly realized that the little emperor who was recruiting people on the way to the front and calling to open the palace gate to Cining Palace to eliminate rebellion along the way seemed to have been suppressed. Originally, he was still full of resentment and planned to sue Shen Shi for being black, but now he didn't even have the slightest temperament, and hurriedly fled along the shadows.

Fortunately, at this time, the people in front of the Yiping Gate of Cining Palace were all on defense, and they didn't have time to clean up some people who might be scattered in the palace, so they really let this guy who saw the opportunity quickly run away!

The little people can run away, but the big people can't drop the chain in battle.

Before Feng Bao went to cry to the Empress Dowager Li, he had already instructed his henchmen to take advantage of his advantage as the master of ceremonies to arrange some people in the palace in advance. However, he never expected that Zhu Yijun would come so quickly and so aggressively, and he didn't expect that after hearing the shouting of the little emperor, several palace gates along the way would open the palace gates and let people in, and many people joined the team that echoed the little emperor's hoeing.

The civil officials can be pressed by Shen Shixing to gamble on their luck, but the eunuchs are different. In order to enter the palace, even the most terrible knife has been suffered, and he has become a person who is still in prison, and now he is still afraid of gambling with his head?

Even if there is not even a kitchen knife in this palace, there are still simple weapons such as scissors and benches, and the battle in front of the Yiping Gate of Cining Palace is really quite terrifying. In the end, Feng Bao, who was still wrapped in a circle of white cotton cloth on his head, heard that the situation was not good, and the Empress Dowager Li ordered all the people in Cining Palace to go out and face the little emperor.

This is different from the real battle on the battlefield. This fight, one side is a rabble made up temporarily, the weapons are just benches and scissors, although the other side is prepared, but there is also no weapon to take advantage of, plus the Son of Heaven directly put the right, morale will inevitably be worse, if it is not for the Empress Dowager Li to take the battle, I am afraid that it will really be broken by three or two.

Even if he finally relied on Empress Dowager Li's personal supervision and ruthless words to stabilize his position, Feng Bao was not suitable for the Empress Dowager Li, who insisted on coming out to sit in the town in order to protect him, and was smashed twice on his arm by a bench, and then received a pair of scissors. Originally, it was no more than a flesh wound, but because Eunuch Feng wanted to show bravery, he was directly pierced on the side of his neck without dying!

Seeing Feng Bao's bloody scene, if it weren't for Empress Dowager Li's background in the people, and she had also seen her father and brother injured and bleeding when she was a child, she would almost have fainted!

And this time, her voice suddenly became extremely sharp: "Take down that rebel, there is no unfilial emperor in the Ming Dynasty!" (To be continued.) )