That night, Wang Zhi slept in Zhaode Palace all night, and secretly asked someone to inquire about some information by the way. The next day, he accompanied the concubine Niangniang to talk all morning, and had lunch together, and then left the palace.

Walking out of the gate of Zhaode Palace, Wang Zhi put away her smile and sighed softly, feeling a little scared. She had never felt this way before.

I think that when the West Factory was first established, the courtiers were crusading against her, and the voice of scolding her was simply sparse. And she never felt afraid. First, I was young and bold, ignorant and fearless, but I felt very excited and excited;

The second is that she knew at that time that even if she couldn't stand it, as long as she threw down the West Factory and hid in the palace, others could only cry out in vain. There are Wan Guifei behind him, and there is the instigation and support of the Son of Heaven, what are you afraid of?

But now the situation seems to be different, even the palace may not be stable, and I don't want to go back to the palace and live that depressing, boring life.

Wang Zhi suddenly felt a sense of sorrow lingering, and an inexplicable sadness welled up in her heart. After all, she is like a rootless duckweed, although the concubine treats her very well, but Zhaode Palace is not her home.

When she walked to Xihuamen, Wang Zhi forced her unhealthy little woman's emotions down and thought about her current situation.

Dongchang Shang Ming was just that, he was frightened by himself, and ran to the Son of Heaven to complain about it. And that ugly dared to ridicule herself in front of the Son of Heaven, she must have been instructed by someone else, but unfortunately it was inconvenient to torture and interrogate.

She Wang Zhi dared to catch indiscriminately outside, but she was very restricted in the palace. This is the absolute realm of the Son of Heaven, and anyone should be extra careful in their actions. If the red line in the heart of the Son of Heaven is touched, the end will be extremely miserable. What's more, Ah Chou is still a popular singer who is more popular with the Son of Heaven recently. The consequences of unauthorized arrest are very unpredictable.

Although it is inconvenient to take down the ugly for interrogation immediately, it does not prevent Wang Zhi from guessing who is behind it. I don't know if Wantong and Shang Ming have a direct relationship. But it must have nothing to do with the imperial horse eunuch Liang Fang.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhi couldn't help but rub her head, could it be that she was really an enemy on all sides?

Let's start from the beginning, Wang Zhi is the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Eunuch, and Liang Fang is also the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Eunuch, but Liang Fang is a genuine palm seal eunuch, and Wang Zhi is just a name in the Imperial Horse Eunuch.

The status of the Imperial Horse Supervisor in the inner court is equivalent to the military department of the outer court. However, although Liang Fang's position is the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, most of the things he actually does are the procurement of the inner court, the looting of rare jewelry, and the collection of strange people. Even aphrodisiacs and temple building are in charge, and the monk Li Zixing, Deng Changen, and the monk Jixiao are all good partners of Liang Fang.

To put it bluntly, Eunuch Liang is dedicated to serving the life and entertainment of the Son of Heaven, and is the purest lucky courtier, that is, a typical representative of the life category among the three types of eunuchs: official business, secret agent, and life. Of course, it was precisely because of these that Eunuch Liang was deeply favored by the Son of Heaven and Concubine Wan.

Wang Zhi is the opposite, although she is only a nominal eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, but she has repeatedly supervised the army in the border town, relying on the powerful Xichang to become the de facto chief army of the Beijing camp. What he does is more like a genuine palm print eunuch than Liang Fang.

Moreover, when Wang Zhi first debuted as the governor of Xichang, he once held high the banner of anti-corruption with enthusiasm, and dealt with Liang Fang's cronies and eunuchs because of corruption, and had an unpleasant quarrel with Liang Fang.

Wang Zhi, who was walking between the red bricks and green tiles of the palace, couldn't help but feel excited. After such calculations, are the courtiers, Dongchang Shangming, Jinyi Wei Wantong, and Imperial Horse Supervisor Liang Fang really in what "embattled" situation they are already in?

own henchmen. For example, Wei Ying, who was in charge of the West Factory, Wu Zhu, who was placed in Jinyi Weinan Town, and his allies. The famous "Eryue" seems to be useless at this time.

Wang Zhi didn't dare to ask them. This kind of situation involving a lot of palace privacy, they are just as ignorant, and they really can't see what countermeasures they can ask, not to mention worrying about letting them mess up after knowing the inside story.

In a trance, Wang Zhi heard the little lady Sun who acted as an attendant ask, "Where are you going?" She raised her head and found that she had reached the corner gate of Qianqing Gate, hesitated for a moment, and then ordered: "Go out of Donghua Gate and go to Dongchang!" ”

Wang Zhi didn't have anything else to do when she went to Dongchang, she still had to go to Fang Yingwu, at least Fang Yingwu was the person who looked the most like a life-saving straw, at least Fang Yingwu didn't seem to have much malice towards herself, at least Fang Yingwu looked mysterious and seemed to know everything.

When she stepped into the gate of the East Factory, Wang Zhi couldn't help but smile bitterly. That Shang Ming complained that he had been in prison four times to visit Fang Yingwu, and it was clear that he was wrong, and today was the fifth time, right? Let Shang Ming chew his tongue again.

However, thinking back on these four or five times, I was weaker and weaker each time, how could Wang Zhi put away her distractions, made a calm gesture, stood at the door of the cell, and said lightly to the other party: "It's really as you said, it seems to be embattled, but it's nothing, it's just a big deal!" ”

Fang Yingwu, who was still bored, jumped up from the thatched bed and said strangely: "Haven't you been unconvinced? How did you suddenly understand it so clearly? ”

Wang Zhi took the risk of "leaking the forbidden matter" and told everything she had seen and heard in the palace in the past two days.

Fang Yingwu thought for a while and sighed: "In the final analysis, the Son of Heaven is already a little uneasy about you, otherwise the Son of Heaven will not let the harlequin arrange you, and he will not let Shang Ming play in public and Niangniang will not persuade you to let go." For the sake of the present, in my opinion"

When Wang Zhi heard the word "not at ease", she suddenly complained: "I have worked hard and been loyal all these years, but the emperor Weishenme is not at ease?" ”

Fang Yingwu couldn't help but complain in his heart, naivety is a disease, and it has to be cured! After all, this Wang Zhi is only a teenager, although she debuted early, and she will achieve a lot due to fate, but the luck component is a little bigger, and she herself is far from mature.

Wang Zhi's rhetoric is a typical woman's emotional thinking, is it time for deep reflection now? It's only right to think about it quickly! Fang Yingwu said angrily: "What's the use of complaining about this? I'm just as hardworking and loyal, don't I also squat here and eat in prison? Now to "

Wang Zhi was unmoved, and asked very stubbornly: "You should understand, what are you talking about?" ”

Some of the words were embarrassed to say in person, so they induced a rhetorical question: "The reason is very simple, what is the biggest difference between you and the celebrant Huai'en, Qin Chang, Dongchang Shangming, and the imperial horse supervisor Liang Fang?" ”

Wang Zhi held her chin, frowned, and fell into deep thought. After a while, she shook her head blankly, "My generation has its own duties, although the affairs are different, but we are all dedicated to the emperor." The emperor is also a haode person, and he is very kind to them, why don't you worry about me? ”

Fang Yingwu was helpless, covered his face and said: "The difference, just because you are a woman after all, you are more likely to hook up with men outside than eunuchs, and you hook up deeper!" ”

Wang Zhi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly became angry, and stretched out her slap to slap her. But seeing that Fang Yingwu had already covered his face first, he didn't stop for a while, so he clenched his fist and slapped Fang Yingwu twice, and kicked Fang Yingwu hard, shouting: "Who do you say will hook up with a man?" Who do you say hooks up with men? ”

After Fang Yingwu was hit by the three-plate axe, he coughed heavily, "To be serious, even if you are not a woman, you must be suspicious, Cao Jixiang's incident twenty years ago is still vivid!" ”

Cao Jixiang was the eunuch of the Yingzong Dynasty, and the three battalions of the eunuch and the governor of the Jingshi opened the example of the eunuchs rebelling, and then the army was defeated and killed, which is the only one in the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Zhi is now the de facto supervisor of the army, Wang Yue, the commander of the elite 12th regiment battalion of the Beijing camp, and Chen Yue, the secretary of the military department, are his henchmen, and in the eyes of others, the image is arrogant, arrogant, and reckless, so it is strange not to be reminded of Cao Jixiang.

Fang Yingwu said again: "Your position is nothing more than the commander of the West Factory and the eunuch of the Imperial Horse, now you want the title of the prison army, what practical use is it in addition to fun?" Can you rebel? ”

Wang Zhi glared angrily: "You scholars look down on me, so naturally you have to find a way to make a contribution!" ”

"That's enough for now, right? In fact, the most taboo thing for the Son of Heaven is your martial arts, and the West Factory is completely harmless to the Son of Heaven, don't you understand?

I think you might as well take the initiative to resign from the title of the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, this is to retreat as an advance and lose the pawn to protect the car, at least temporarily alleviate the doubts of the Son of Heaven, keep the errand of the West Factory and maintain the situation. ”

"You're telling me to resign now?"

"No, it's not time yet, now it will only make you feel weak, and the effect is not good!"

"When should that be?"

"It's hard to say, and wait for the right time."

"You scholars' bowels are really twisting and turning."

"The eunuchs in your palace are not bad, otherwise how can you deal with the scholars?"

"I'm not a eunuch!"

“”

At the same time, Liu Mian and his wife sat at home, also full of sadness, sighing at each other.

Now there is naturally only one thing that worries them, and that is the relationship between their daughter and Fang Yingwu. Seeing that the set date for marriage is coming, but the son-in-law Fang Yingwu is still living in prison, how can this marriage be concluded?

"You can't go back on your family, otherwise you'll become a laughing stock, but the date has been set, the invitations have been sent out, and it's a joke if you can't do it then." As Mrs. Liu spoke, she suddenly felt a little distressed, "I don't know how much my son-in-law has suffered in prison, and if he is devastated, it will be inconvenient to get married when he comes out." ”

Liu Mian comforted: "I have inquired carefully, although our good son-in-law has traveled to three places, he has only been beaten by two sticks in total, what is the matter?" But in exchange for the applause of the whole dynasty, he is about to become famous all over the world! ”

said it was comforting, but Liu Mian's tone was sour, and he was jealous and jealous in his heart. How could he not have this opportunity when he was younger? Now that I'm old, I really can't afford to gamble, age is here, and once I miss, I'm completely out.

But think about when I was young, I generally changed four and three emperors, and the year name was changed from orthodoxy, Jingtai, Tianshun to Chenghua, and I killed people at every turn, and it was serious to be a talent with my tail between my legs, how could there be a good day like this in the world (to be continued......