As the Emperor of the Apocalypse became weaker and weaker, the struggle for power in the harem gradually made waves.

Concubine Cheng, Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong did their best.

The successive pregnancies made the battle for power in the harem quickly become white-hot.

Although Queen Zhang Yan is also pregnant.

is pregnant earlier than the other three imperial concubines, but the forces behind Zhang Yan are far less than the other three imperial concubines.

Although the laws of the Ming Dynasty stipulate that the royal ladies must be innocent people, but with the ** of the Ming Dynasty, this rule has existed in name only in the later period.

Queen Zhang Yan's father is just a layman.

and was severely suppressed by Wei Zhongxian.

The other three imperial concubines are all relatively powerful and have preserved their strength during the period of eunuch chaos.

As in the case of Emperor Qi today, every harem concubine knows that in this critical period, several concubines will compete for the position of the crown prince and the future queen mother.

The struggle for the rights of the four concubines in the harem has made the harem turbulent and murderous.

The eunuch in the palace, the female official Gong'e.

Even the irrelevant imperial doctors and nuns have stood in line and joined the struggle for power in the harem.

There is a way that once a son of heaven and a courtier, these people all understand that their current status is closely related to the right and wrong of their side.

If you take a wrong step, you will end up ruined, ruined, or even killed, among the reckless relatives, the most powerful family is Concubine Cheng.

Although Concubine Cheng's father, Li Jin, was just an ordinary local scholar, the forces among the civil and military officials of the imperial court behind him were not Xiang Xiang, and Ye Xianggao and Lai Zongdao and others had a close relationship with him.

Others, such as Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui, are not as powerful as Concubine Cheng, but they are also greater than Queen Zhang Yan.

In their eyes, if Zhang Yan was not carrying the identity of a queen, there would be no need to worry at all.

However.

What no one expected was that Queen Zhang Yan was supported by Deng Haonan behind her.

They didn't care before.

But with the harem new! The reshuffle of the wheel, the Hou Party, with the help of the six sons of the head of the inner court, suddenly controlled nearly two-thirds of the important positions in the inner court, which made Concubine Cheng, Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui feel the pressure.

Now Zhang Yan took advantage of the cabinet's request to transfer the Liaodong Army into the customs to suppress the bandits, and directly appointed Deng Haonan as the governor of Zhili, which suddenly pushed the already turbulent backyard struggle into a stormy wave.

Several imperial concubines didn't dare to be too ostentatious before giving birth to a prince, but they were not willing to sit still, so they gathered their own clan henchmen.

Work together against the post-party.

And Deng Haonan has obviously become a member of the post-party in their eyes, and now he has been promoted to the governor of Zhili and has been pushed to the cusp.

When the battle between the inner court was brewing, the outer court also set off a wave of governance.

For more than 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been an eye-catching official position of the governor of Zhili.

As the governor of Gyeonggi military and political affairs, the governor of Zhili mastered it as the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty.

This was a huge political test for the royal family and the civil and military officials of the national dynasty.

According to normal speaking, the Ming royal family and civil and military officials will resolutely not agree.

However, to Huang Liji's dismay, the queen actually released their pigeons again.

"What's going on? , the home of Huang Liji, the minister of the small first assistant.

In the middle of the night, it was knocked open by Li Guo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

With the news coming out of the palace.

It was also notified to Huang Liji......

I'm confused too."

Li Guo's brows were twisted into iron bumps, and he felt very incomprehensible about the appointment of Empress Zhang Yan.

Huang Liji's face was pale, the appointment of the governor of Zhili really made him feel painful.

"Is the queen crazy? This kind of official position can be imagined?

Huang Li was extremely angry, and he forgot his identity, and actually said such a rebellious thing.

"The Governor is directly subordinate to the Minister of Military Affairs!" Li Guo explained: "The reason is that we invited the Liaodong Army to enter the customs to suppress bandits, the Nine Towns Mutiny, the rebellion of the people in Shanxi, and the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect in Jiangxi, coupled with the alliance of the Jurchens and Mongolia in the north, the court was worried about internal and external troubles, and the empress had to consider the safety of Gyeonggi and the imperial family.

Therefore, the Duke of Liao was appointed as the governor of Zhili! Huang Liji had a calm face.

Although he knew that this large number of reasons were enough for Deng Haonan to be promoted to the governor of Zhili, it was in the highest interests of the country.

There is nothing wrong with that.

However, from a personal point of view, if he waits until tomorrow when the holy decree is officially issued and announced to the world, then his position as the first assistant should be given to Na Haonan.

Because regardless of military and political power, Deng Haonan will become the de facto prime minister.

What else is there to hear from the little inner court?.

Li Guo thought for a while and replied: "Several maidens have spread the word, most of the inner court are the queen party, and the queen has actually controlled the power of the inner court" Xiao Huang Liji sighed and said: "I just pacified the eunuch party, this Wei Zhongxian has not been executed, and another eunuch party has come out again!" Li Guo said: "This Li Xiaoliu doesn't have Wei Zhongxian's ability!" ”。

You're underestimating him too much! Huang Liji shook his head and said: "He is a small eunuch of Nanzhili, and in the past few years, he has reached the position of the head of the inner court, admiring the East Factory, he has achieved the peak of eunuch power, he is much more powerful than Wei Zhongxian!" Li Guo nodded, thinking about the matter of Xiao Liuzi, he also sighed......

There's one that Hao Nan is enough for us to deal with! Now there is one more six fathers-in-law."

"That sixth father-in-law has been ignored by us all along!" Huang Liji said suddenly: "At the beginning, the old man received a report that this little sixth son was funded by Deng Haonan with a large sum of silver.

At the beginning, he was just a small character.

The old man didn't take it to heart, he didn't expect that he would climb to the position of the chief eunuch in a short period of time like Deng Haonan, this is the old man's miscalculation! "Xiao, what should we do now?" Zhuo Guo said worriedly! , "That sixth father-in-law is in charge of the internal governor and Er, but if it is that Haonan's person, it will be bad!" "yes."

Huang Liji let out a long breath and said, "Deng Haonan is really calculating!" not only flattered the emperor and queen, but also installed such a key role by their side, and even more military power, according to the old man, this day is about to change! Li Guo was stunned when he heard this, and asked weakly: "No, no!" Huang Liji didn't dare to make a final decision, because after all, this was their excerpt, but the queen had confirmed the ambiguity in their excerpt.

"How did this happen?" Huang Liji thought something was wrong, but he just couldn't understand why the queen would tolerate the entry of the Liaodong Army, and he couldn't figure out how to give Na Haonan the position of governor of Zhili.

"Maybe the queen wants to strengthen her position!" After a long time, Li Guo suddenly said: "Maybe it's because the queen is competing with other ladies for the throne and the prince!" Huang Liji nodded and said, "Maybe!" The old man can't think of any reason now! It's just that if the queen wants to consolidate the latter, she doesn't have to win over that Haonan! Giving Deng Haonan to the governor of Zhili is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger.

As long as the queen can give birth to a dragon son, then no one can shake her throne.

The position of the prince must also be the queen's child! Li Guo nodded, and also felt that what Huang Liji said made sense.

"Maybe it's because of the other!" "What's the solution?" "It was supposed to be the queen who was the most powerful.

But we all know that.

The queen rebelled in order to suppress Wei Zhongxian.

As a result, the latter party was brutally persecuted by the eunuchs.

In this way, the forces of the post-party are far inferior to the forces behind other girls, once other girls also give birth to dragon sons.

That is of course a huge threat to the queen! In this way, it also makes sense for the queen to woo Di Haonan to consolidate her posteriority.

Huang Liji nodded.

said: "There is some truth in what you say! Just one by one.

Huang Liji's words changed sharply, and he said: "It's just that this Deng Haonan has already controlled Liaodong, and now he is the governor of Zhili, so the entire Gyeonggi Jiliao is in his hands."

We're going to have a hard time mixing things up in the future! Li Guo snorted coldly and said: "He Deng Haonan is showing off his power outside the Guan, but he can't help him when he arrives in the Guan!" This Shuntianfu is not something that he Deng Haonan can control lightly, and he only needs to make a little fuss when the time comes.

Make sure he's a hairy boy.

Then we will impeach him with a bullet, and it is estimated that soon he will not be able to sit in the position of governor of Zhili! "That's a good idea.

Huang Li nodded with satisfaction.

However, in Huang Liji's view, the incident of Deng Haonan's closure last time had sounded the alarm for him.

That is, the royal family can no longer be trusted to deal with Deng Haonan.

After thinking about it, Huang Liji said: "No, the old man has to go into the palace to meet the queen and ask the queen to take back his fate."

Otherwise, it will be difficult to do tomorrow as soon as the decree comes out."

Li Guo said: "Why don't we call the other three adults, and then bring the civil and military officials into the palace to meet the queen together, I think the chance will be greater!" "No, you don't have to!" Huang Liji said: "Too many people are not good!" Now asking the queen to take back the fate is equivalent to asking the emperor to take back the fate, which is a must be considered for the sake of the heavenly family."

Li Guo nodded and asked, "Then I'll go with the adults!" Then call Wang Qia, the secretary of the military department, and he is in charge of military affairs.

It should be possible to convince the Queen! Huang Li was extremely cold, Heng said, "Then Wang Qia is now trying to find a way to tie up Deng Haonan!" I heard that he invited Deng Haonan to a banquet tonight, and invited Shao Xiaoting, a dancer who recently moved to the capital, to suppress him! Li Guo smashed his mouth, his face full of envy.

"I heard that the backstage behind Shao Xiaoting's old man is Wang Qia, no wonder we can't invite any friends!" Huang Liji sneered: "This is just that Shao Xiaoting deliberately pretended to be high in front of the high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, a means to increase her value."

Li Guo nodded, he also knew the tricks of these dancing girls in the capital.

"In this way, Shao Xiaoting is willing to go to the banquet and dance, and the princes and nobles of the entire capital will transfer their anger to Deng Haonan, which is a good thing!" Huang Liji smiled and said, "When he looks good!" Let's go, you go into the palace with the old man"......

The subordinate obeys the order! At the same time that Huang Liji took Li Guo into the palace overnight to see Empress Zhang Yan, Na Haonan was attending a banquet in Wang Qia's mansion.

Wang Qia didn't know about Deng Haonan's promotion to the governor of Zhili, so he thought he had offended Deng Haonan.

Therefore, he did everything possible to curry favor with him, hoping not to affect the Liaodong Army to go south to quell the rebellion.

During the banquet, the sound of wind music was like a rock, and twenty singers danced in the center of the hall, and the stars held the moon to guard a woman in gold clothes and veils in the center.

The golden-clothed woman held a ribbon and swirled in the center, like a fairy descending to earth.

"Lord Guogong, please!" "Lord Wang, please".

Deng Haonan and Wang Qia pushed a glass of wine and drank a glass together.

Wang Qia pointed to the golden-clothed woman and asked Deng Haonan, "What does Lord Guogong think?" Deng Haonan smiled and replied: "This girl has to be in heaven!" Wang Qia laughed and said, "Lord Guogong is ridiculous!" Deng Haonan smiled faintly.

Wang Qia then said flatteringly: "This girl is Shao Xiaojun, the first dancer in the capital recently, who can sing and dance.

It can be described as a national color and fragrance, and what is even more rare and valuable.

This woman has just been trained, and she is still a virgin, and she really envies the princes and nobles of the capital, Wang Qia, who explained to Deng Haonan endlessly, and simply said that Shao Xiaojun was a flawless woman.

The purpose is to attract Deng Haonan's attention and raise Shao Xiaojun's worth, once Deng Haonan speaks, it will be equivalent to owing Wang Qia a great favor.

Deng Haonan looked at Shao Xiaojun who was dancing and felt familiar, but because Zhen Wanqing had been put on makeup and dressed up, and she was reflected in the dim candlelight, Deng Haonan didn't recognize her.

Maybe it's because of how similar the beauties in the world are! Deng Haonan was in high spirits, and he didn't think too much, let alone think that Chen Wanqing would have such courage.

The chips are staggered, and the candles are shining.

Deng Haonan listened to Wang Qia's boast like a hanging river.

While drinking, I admired Shao Xiaojun's graceful dancing.

Soon, after the three dances, Wang Qia and Deng Haonan were already a little drunk.

Wang Qia clapped his hands, the sound of the wind music stopped, and the twenty nose girls who accompanied the dance bowed and retreated.

Shao Xiaojun walked in Tingting, looking forward to the Mid-Autumn Festival when the wave swept over Wang Qia and Deng Haonan, the former had already taken his soul, and when he looked at Deng Haonan, the cold light in Shao Xiaojun's eyes flashed.

"I've seen another adult!" A blessing accompanied by a smart voice.

It's so refreshing.

"Shao Ji doesn't need to be polite!" If it weren't for Deng Haonan beside him, Wang Qia would see his identity.

I'm afraid that Harazi is about to come out.

Yao is so.

When Wang Qia looked at Shao Xiaojun, he couldn't wait to see through his fragrance.

Shao Xiaojun despised Wang Qia, an old pervert, in his heart, but when he looked at Na Haonan, he was much more comfortable.

After all, Deng Haonan is used to seeing beautiful women, and his ability to avoid weight loss is much better than Wang Qia.

This person is afraid of comparison, but under the backdrop of Wang Qia, Di Haonan is much more pleasing to the eye in Shao Xiaojun's eyes.

However, pleasing to the eye, Shao Xiaojun will not forget her purpose.

Of course, Wang Qia had hinted at her before that she was going to give her to Na Haonan, the Duke of Liao, as a concubine.

This is exactly in line with Shao Xiaojun's purpose.

The two hit it off, and Wang Qia used Shao Xiaojun to curry favor with Deng Haonan.

And Fu Wanqing used Shao Xiaojun's identity to get close to Deng Haonan.

"Xia Guan intends to give this woman to Lord Guogong as a concubine, I don't know if Lord Guogong is willing to appreciate his face? .

Wang Qia didn't wait for Di Haonan to speak.

Instead, ask each other directly.

Although Deng Haonan also envied Wang Qia in his heart for being able to have such a dancing girl, he didn't expect that Wang Qia would be willing to give it to him.

"Where does this start?" Deng Haonan looked at Wang Qia in unimaginability, and then arched his hand to the north and said, "It's not a secret."

This duke was blessed by the emperor's grace and rewarded ten palace maids, so there is no shortage of concubines! Deng Haonan's words really made Wang Qia and the other side stunned.

In Wang Qia's view, there are cats in the world that don't eat fishy? Tan Wanqing looked at each other even more, and she really couldn't understand Deng Haonan a little.

If Na Haonan nodded in agreement.

Zhu Wanqing is just despising him in his heart, he is a pervert like Wang Qia", but being rejected by Deng Haonan was too much of a blow to Fu Wanqing's self-esteem.

In her own opinion, even if she can't be called the best in the world, she is also one in a million beauty, so it feels very uncomfortable to be rejected.

"Damn Deng Haonan, my aunt and grandmother are not in your eyes? , Chen Wanqing fiercely counted Deng Haonan in her heart, and her anger surged.

But her mind was still clear, and she knew what was going on, so there was only a hint of anger on her countenance.

Wang Qia smiled.

said: "Don't be polite, my lord, the palace maids that the emperor rewarded you with are all good in terms of appearance, but these palace maids are too old-fashioned, where is there the kind of style of dancing girls outside?" Deng Haonan said with a smile: "Having said that, it's just that my father doesn't dare to win people's love, this dancing girl has abolished Lord Wang, you have a lot of thoughts."

"Where, where!" Wang Qia said: "If Lord Guogong is willing to reward her subordinates, then the lower official is grateful!" Deng Haonan looked at Shao Xiaojun, who glanced at Deng Haonan with charming eyes, and then lowered his head in shame.

I thought: This Ming court official is well-known in the wind and snow, and each official has a group of concubines in his family, and it is even more common for them to send more concubines and beauties to each other.

Deng Haonan has also heard of Shao Xiaojun's name, and he doesn't know how many princes and ministers in the capital have been fascinated.

Now Wang Qia sent this first beauty in the capital away, obviously out of anger and hatred for offending a large number of princes and nobles.

This big gift box is not light.

Once you accept it, you have to return the favor to him.

However, Deng Haonan thought about it.

This Wang Qiaken did this, nothing more than hoping that Deng Haonan could settle the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect for him.

Xia Guan is so old, if she tosses it all of a sudden, she won't have to toss my old bones and break up? Deng Haonan was stunned when he heard this, and then he laughed dumbly.

"Your Excellency!" Shao Xiaojun's face was flushed, and he glanced at Wang Qia with disgust.

In his heart, he had already been sentenced to death.

This kind of explicit remark really made her a little unbearable.

But to serve the purpose.

She had to pick up the flask and add dishes to the dessert wine for the two of them.

Just now, sir.

But Wang Qia's bones were all scattered, and he glanced at Shao Xiaojun very reluctantly, and really wanted to step forward and touch it.

But thinking that he had to please Deng Haonan, Wang Qia had to endure it......

The adults don't prostitute themselves, the second doesn't take concubines, and now the lady is pregnant with Liujia, and the adults are in the prime of life, don't suffocate your body, that's a big loss for the country! This woman is naturally charming, why don't adults try it? Guarantee that adults are happy like gods".

(To be continued) U