"The Queen Mother, on the newspaper sent by the Dongchang yesterday, there is a news that the demons of the Sanyang Sect outside the palace colluded with local bandits and released accounts to collect rent and force people to death, and Shuntian Mansion is thoroughly investigating ......"

In the house where the Empress Dowager Li lived in the Forbidden City, Feng Bao, the eunuch who held the seal of the eunuch, said indifferently that although he was in charge of the eunuch and Dongchang, he was the head of the internal officials, but in fact Feng Bao was very detached, and when he talked about this matter, it seemed to be more like a chatter.

The Empress Dowager Li's attitude was also different from that towards others, hearing this, Li pondered for a moment and asked rhetorically:

"Sanyang Sect, do the people in our palace believe it?"

Feng Bao nodded, and at this time, a female official appeared at the door, and reported in a low voice:

"Niangniang, Your Majesty has come to greet Niangniang."

The Queen Mother showed a gentle smile on her face, nodded, and there was an announcement outside, Feng Bao said with a smile on the side:

"Long live Lord has been very excited these days, and he is thinking about the martial arts hall outside the palace."

Li Shi also nodded, and said:

"After all, it's not in the palace, the arrangements must be proper, and the body is better practiced, so you don't have to be the same as the first emperor, which is also the foundation of the Ming Dynasty."

"Please rest assured, Dongchang, Jinyiwei and the soldiers and horses of the Imperial Horse Supervisor have all done protection, and Wang Tong is indeed a character who works hard and knows how to measure, and there are no mistakes.

The two were talking, and Emperor Wanli ran in happily, his legs and feet were not good, and he almost tripped when he crossed the threshold, so frightened that the palace maids on both sides hurriedly went to help.

Zhang Cheng followed behind with low eyebrows, and was startled when he saw this, and shouted repeatedly:

"Long live the lord, be careful, don't fall..."

Emperor Wanli stood up straight and was about to speak with a smile, but he saw Feng Bao standing next to him, Feng Bao had already made a big salute there, but Emperor Wanli immediately became serious.

He has been with Feng Bao since he was a child, and he has always been afraid of the reserved and serious Feng Bao, Emperor Wanli stood there and nodded, picked up the shelf and said:

"Companions, get up, you don't have to be so polite."

After Feng Bao stood up, Emperor Wanli knelt down for the Empress Dowager Li, and respectfully greeted An, who originally wanted to get close to his mother affectionately and say some considerate words, but now he can only take this formal etiquette.

"Your Majesty, you're going to go to the martial arts hall in a few days, don't be too hard when the time comes."

"After returning to his mother, the emperor must be tall and big, Zhang Cheng and I have ordered, there except for Wang Tong, no one knows the identity of the emperor......"

He was elated when he said this, the Empress Dowager Li and Feng Bao glanced at each other, both smiling, and the arrangements made naturally did not need to let the emperor know, sweeping his head, and at that moment, the Empress Dowager Li asked softly:

"Have you been there for Empress Dowager Chen?"

After Wanli ascended the throne, there were two people who were called the Empress Dowager, one was the biological mother Empress Dowager Cisheng, and the other was the Empress Dowager Rensheng of the Longqing Emperor, Chen, who was frail and sickly, but he had always been very good to Li and Wanli, and the Wanli Emperor was also very filial.

"This is going to go, the minister will go first, and then come over in the evening to greet the queen mother."

According to the rules of the past, an elderly female official respectfully took the Wanli Emperor to leave, but Zhang Cheng stayed, the emperor was young, the Empress Dowager Chen was frail, and the Empress Dowager Li, who had always been known for her ability, took the initiative to participate in many government affairs, and Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng formed the troika that was actually the top of the Ming Dynasty's power.

Every day, the eunuch Feng Bao and the eunuch Zhang Cheng had to come over to report the major events of the court and the world, and the Empress Dowager Li mostly listened quietly and occasionally expressed her opinions.

"Yesterday, Tian An, the eunuch of the celebrant eunuch, said that his body was weak and needed to be recuperated, and he begged to go to the shrine to care for the elderly."

Zhang Cheng reported with a faint expression, everyone who has achieved this position knows how to advance and retreat, Zhang Cheng said such heavy words in front of everyone, if Tian An himself does not ask for retreat, some are ruthless and spicy, in the position of the celebrant supervisor, it is not too easy for people to find a mistake.

After the Empress Dowager Li heard it, she also said as usual:

"Then arrange it there, whoever makes up for it, just follow Feng Bao's wishes!"

The two of them bowed down together, and at this moment, there was a palace maid preaching outside:

"The Queen Mother, the companion of Prince Lu, when Gonggong Lin asked to see her, said that he wanted to ask his mother for ......"

The Empress Dowager Li looked at Feng Bao and Zhang Cheng with a questioning face, Feng Bao also shook his head in surprise, Zhang Cheng probably understood what was going on in his heart, but he also shook his head.

Li agreed, and after a while, the female officer led people to the door, and as soon as the father-in-law Lin arrived at the door, he immediately knelt on the ground with tears in his eyes, and crawled over step by step with his knees.

A few steps away from the Empress Dowager Cisheng, this Lin Gonggong stopped moving forward, kowtowed and cried:

"The old slave has committed a great sin......"

After only half a sentence, the Empress Dowager Li's brows were already furrowed, and she couldn't help but interrupt:

"Let's talk about something first, Lin Shulu, you have also been in the palace for so many years, why are you so out of shape!!"

Then Lin Shulu kowtowed on the ground again, and then sobbed and said:

"Hu Daquan, the slave's righteous son, is the one who does the main thing in the direct palace supervisor, he has always been greedy for money, and the slave has taught him a few times, I thought he would correct it, but I didn't expect him to collude with the villains outside the palace, put the account and set up a bureau, forced the good people to death, and did something that hurt the heavens and reason."

Zhang Cheng on the side kept his head down, and when he heard Lin Shulu say this, he couldn't help but glance up slightly at the Queen Mother and Feng Bao on the side, both of them listened very carefully, Zhang Cheng's mouth moved, but he still lowered his head.

"Last night, the supervisor of the palace came to report that Hu Daquan hanged himself, and the errand man went to check and found the account books in the house, all of which were a pen and the palace transactions, and the slave was lost in discipline, and he actually made him do such a thing that lost his conscience, the slave is guilty, the slave is guilty, please punish the mother!!"

The room was quiet for a while, the Empress Dowager Li and the eunuch Feng Bao did not fluctuate on their faces, the Empress Dowager Li glanced at Feng Bao, Feng Bao bowed slightly, and said:

"Niangniang also knows that the servants in the palace are disabled, and it is inevitable that they will take this wealth more seriously, and it is not uncommon to release accounts and collect rent."

What Feng Bao said was the truth, and Zhang Cheng could only bow down to conform, Empress Dowager Li nodded and said indifferently:

"That's the way it was when I was in Yuwangfu, the mourning family also knew a little, Shuntianfu was investigating the case outside, and Shun Teng was involved in this Hu Daquan, Lin Shulu You know that it's good to be wrong, in the future, you must restrain your subordinates more, don't go too far, Feng Bao, Zhang Cheng, do you know?"

There bowed down and agreed, but Empress Dowager Li asked again:

"Lin Shulu, you have been respectful and flattering all these years, and you have done things properly, and now that the celebrant has vacated the position of a eunuch in the hall, you can be willing to do it."

The cabinet is vacant, people need to be filled, and the meaning of the celebrant is equivalent to this, which is equivalent to the major politics of the world, but it is said in this small hut.

Feng Bao's expression remained unchanged, but Zhang Cheng was shocked, Empress Dowager Li said this, but Lin Shulu also peeked up at the few people standing, but he kowtowed again, and said in a sobbing voice:

"The slave thanked the Queen Mother for her great kindness, but the slave was reluctant to let the little master of King Lu give her another grace, so that the slave could serve the little master of King Lu for a lifetime."

rejected the Empress Dowager's reward, Zhang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief on the side, but the Empress Dowager Li showed an appreciative look on her face, nodded slowly, and said slowly:

"King Lu is still young, the mourning family is reluctant to let him go to the domain, Lin Shulu, you are so diligent and loyal, there will be your benefits at that time, as for that Hu Daquan, it is not your fault, just be cautious in the future!"

After Empress Dowager Li finished speaking, she turned to Feng Bao and ordered:

"Tell Shuntianfu not to investigate, and also restrain the people in the palace, don't hurt the dignity of the palace."

For people at the level of Empress Dowager Li, the silver Hu Daquan earned by usury, his suicide, and those lives outside the palace are all inconspicuous trivial things.

The will of the Queen Mother, and the attention of the eunuch Feng Bao Feng Gonggong of the Master of Ceremonies, sent it to the Shuntian Mansion less than an hour after the Queen Mother said this.

Fu Yin Huang Sen and Fu Cheng Chen Zhizhong are already a little numb, and they don't know why the small case of plotting money and setting up a bureau to force people to kill people has attracted so many people's attention.

They don't bother to care about it now, since the above is interesting, then just do it, as for the official Lu Wancai, Fu Yin and Fu Cheng will also ignore it for the time being, so as not to change again and make themselves disgraced.

Compared with the numbness of Fu Yin and Fu Cheng, the official Lu Wan was just in high spirits, and as soon as this will came, the whole person fell into the ice cellar again, and Wang Si and Li Gui's good words had only passed for a day, and it felt almost the same.

Lu Wancai mixed in the yamen for a while, and in the afternoon, he took Wang Si and Li Gui to the delicious restaurant, and when they passed, the delicious restaurant had already begun to open.

Wang Tong stood in the corner as usual, and Lu Wancai walked over with a dejected face and said in a low voice:

"Lord Wang, the palace sent someone to Shuntianfu to say hello in the morning, this case is not allowed to be investigated, Lord Wang, the net worth of the villain brothers and their lives depend on your support, you must ......"

"The official knows that he said before that you are okay, and now it is the same!!"

Regarding Lu Wancai's panic, Wang Tong just waved his hand casually, and said lightly, he didn't care much, but it made Lu Wancai and the two catchers calm down all of a sudden, and Wang Tong's confidence also brought them peace of mind.

Before the will reached the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, Zou Yi had already come to tell Wang Tong, and the words he brought were very simple:

"Wait and see, don't let go."

In fact, Wang Tong was quite happy to stop the thorough investigation at the moment, at present, he and his own strength are too weak, and the things involved in He Jinyin's matter are vaguely too large, Wang Tong also needs time to wait, and wait until the day when he becomes stronger.

(To be continued)