In the early morning, not long after Zhu Youzhen got up, he saw that the pomegranate flowers were blooming all over the palace wall outside the window, and when the spring was warm, he couldn't help but throw away the book and go out of the palace gate, looking at the pomegranate flowers, he had not left this square inch of land for three months, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly for a while, he was also the king of the Ming Dynasty, and he was so afraid of this world.

However, when he thought that the guards of the entire palace were all officers and soldiers of the Guards, and almost all of the palace maids and eunuchs in front of him were old people who moved south with him, he was also a little relieved, and couldn't help but say: "The pomegranate flowers are blooming well!" ”

At this time, Xia Yongde, the deacon and young eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, walked over and said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, there are more pomegranate flowers in the Fengxian Palace, and they are more prosperous than here. ”

Zhu Youzhen's face turned cold, he didn't know why this Xia Yongde suddenly received such a sentence, logically speaking, he said it casually, even if he did, he would echo two sentences, why would it lead to a Fengxian Palace!

After several years of struggle in the officialdom of modern society, his personality has long become extremely sharp, especially the potential threat to himself.

As soon as Xia Yongde said this, Zhu Youzhen thought of Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Houzhao who were drowning.

Xia Yongde saw Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen's unkind look, and he was also a little afraid, and retreated to the side tremblingly, not daring to say anything more.

"Someone! sent Xia Yongde to prison, interrogated strictly, and dared to instigate me to go to Fengtian Temple, what were his intentions, who instructed him, and who assigned him! ”

As soon as Zhu Youzhen gave such an order, Jinyi Wei commanded Wang Zide to bring two lieutenants over.

Seeing this, Xia Yongde knelt on the ground: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life, the slave is just, just a casual remark!" ”

"Drag it down! If he refuses to confess, he will be executed in three days! In addition, tell Han Shoujing that all the palace eunuchs in Fengxian Hall are temporarily detained! ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't know whether Xia Yongde was a momentary gaffe or had ulterior motives, but at least he provided him with an opportunity to deter the inner court and the outer court, and Zhu Youzhen wanted to take this opportunity to warn these people not to think about murdering themselves through the palace people.

……

Next to the Fengxian Palace, an eunuch hurriedly ran to a palace maid: "Sister Holy Maiden, Gonggong Xia originally mentioned it because His Majesty already had the disgust of staying only in the Qianqing Palace, but he was still sent to the edict by the emperor, and now he has to detain the entire eunuch palace of Fengxian Palace!" ”

The palace maid couldn't help but look nervous: "I didn't expect him to be so alert!" Anyway, if you notice it, you must not act rashly, the Xia Gong Guild will go to the Immortal Ascension to see the Hundred Flowers Ancestor in advance! ”

……

A day later, Jinyi Weidu commanded Wang Zide to come to Zhu Youzhen: "Your Majesty, Weichen is incompetent, and he suddenly died less than a day after escorting Xia Yongde to prison!" ”

Zhu Youzhen's expression became solemn after hearing this, and he was even more nervous in his heart, he actually hoped that Xia Yongde was wronged, and that his strict interrogation of him was just an overreaction of his own nervous nervousness.

But Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen didn't expect this Xia Yongde to die suddenly, what does this mean, this shows that there is indeed a conspiracy behind this Xia Yongde!

And Xia Yongde is just a pawn for them.

But Xia Yongde is Wang Chengen's godson, the eunuch who moved south with him back then, was promoted from a prison to a deacon of the Qianqing Palace in three years, Zhu Youzhen would never have thought that Xia Yongde would become a pawn used by others.

"Don't make a noise about this in advance, investigate it secretly, and the celebrant will come to see me, with the master of ceremonies and the eunuch Wang Chengen, the chief of ceremonies and the eunuch of Dongchang, Han Shoujing, and the palm print of the imperial horse supervisor."

Zhu Youzhen said coldly.

Now his harem has basically not expanded the palace people, and the palace e's use is still the palace e's who moved south to follow the eunuch, and the eunuch is only the eunuch who guards the eunuch's palace in Fengyang and Nanjing, and the personnel are not redundant.

But Zhu Youzhen still doesn't quite understand how many people in the not very complicated inner court collude with Jiangnan officials from foreign dynasties or Jiangnan officials and gentry outside the palace to plot against themselves.

Zhu Youzhen is indeed the one who can be sure that the enemy who manipulated Xia Yongde is the Jiangnan gentry, although he can't find out who did it now, but he knows that only this force still wants his life.

Not long after, four of the highest-ranking ministers of the Ming Dynasty entered the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youzhen immediately issued an order and promoted Shi Kefa to be the eunuch in charge of the seal, becoming the head of the veritable ministers, and the other three ministers knew that this was because His Majesty was wary of himself, and they didn't say anything.

"You should all know about Xia Yongde; In addition to Shi Kefa, Wang Chengen, Han Shoujing, He Xin, you should know that now the people in the twenty-four yamen of the Ming Dynasty are your godsons and grandsons, one of you is in charge of Dongchang, one is in charge of my money bag, and the other is in charge of the military power of Nanjing City, the inner court is the world of the three of you, I believe in your loyalty, but now Xia Yongde matter, what do you have to say, just escorted to the imperial prison, and suddenly died in less than a day, what is going on, how do you manage the inner court! Especially you, Wang Chengen, you are in charge of Dongchang and the Imperial Prison, this Xia Yongde is still your godson! ”

Zhu Youzhen suddenly roared angrily, Wang Chengen, Han Shoujing, and He Xin all knelt down, sweating like rain, and they didn't know how to reply for a while, they didn't expect Xia Yongde to die suddenly, and they didn't even know why Xia Yongde was suddenly arrested and sent to prison.

"Okay, you all get up, I don't want to punish you, but I want you to be careful, keep an eye on the point, someone in this inner court is secretly fanning the wind and lighting the ghost fire, you can't not know, Wang Chengen, you Dongchang people have to investigate carefully, who has been in close contact with the people in the inner court recently, one checks and kills the other! Han Shoujing, most of the people in the inner court are your original people, you have to investigate clearly, those who don't know the details are deposed first, I would rather have fewer people serving in each palace now, and don't leave irrelevant people, He Xin, the security of the capital, especially the Forbidden City, must be done well! ”

As soon as Zhu Youzhen said this, the three of them also responded in unison: "Please rest assured!" ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, and continued to instruct: "Xia Yongde's matter is secretly investigated by the Jinyi Weidu under the command of Wang Zide, so you don't have to make a noise now, you just know." ”

At this time, Qin Liangyu, the deputy marshal of the Generalissimo's Mansion, prostrate outside the palace gate: "Your Majesty, Zheng Zhilong, the chief soldier of Fujian, is in a hurry to enter Beijing, saying that a large number of pirates have recently entered the Daming Sea and concentrated in the direction of Songjiang Mansion, and there are Jiangnan gentry who instigate the Zheng family to conspire to commit crimes along the coast of Songjiang Mansion!" Weichen knows that the matter is big, and he doesn't dare to make an assertion, please Your Majesty Holy Judgment! ”

What, a large number of pirates concentrated in Matsue Prefecture? The Jiangnan gentry instigated the Zheng family to commit the crime? This is really a wave of unsettled.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.

(End of chapter)