Today, there is no abolition, thanks to the advice of Chen Zhizhong, He Tan, and Liang Shi, which is a saying that circulated later.

It is said that that night the monarch and ministers discussed the affairs of the queen's pavilion in detail, and He Tan advised: "The middle palace is benevolent and wise, and the internal and external are admirable." The so-called palace chaos started in the queen's cabinet, and it was necessary to train in prison, which was a traitor's strategy, deliberately slandering the middle palace, and coveting the plot. Your Majesty must not ignore it. ”

When asked Chen Zhizhong's opinion again, Chen Xianggong also said that he could not control the prison and survey the Middle Palace, and he was very firm. Today, he asked again and again, but Liang Shi on the side was impatient, and said bluntly: "After Your Majesty is abolished, once is enough, how can you come back a second time?" ”

His tone was sharp, and his voice resounded inside and outside the Ying Pavilion, and everyone who heard it did not change color.

Now he was silent, so he pressed the matter of prison and did not mention it. When the people saw that he had taken the advice, they withdrew. Today, Liang Shi was left alone, and he specially promised him: "I just want to give Zhang Meiren a little concubine courtesy, I have no other intentions, and I can rest assured." ”

That night, the three of them went to Hanyuan, met Zhang Fangping, a scholar who was upright, and talked about it, and mentioned the section of "a little concubine ceremony" mentioned today, Zhang Fangping said that it was impossible, and strongly persuaded Chen Zhizhong to say: "Feng Jieyu of the Han Dynasty was a fierce beast, and I didn't hear that Emperor Yuan respected her because of this. Moreover, the queen has merit but respects the concubine, and there is no such reason since ancient times. If the prime minister agrees to move Zhang Meimei as a concubine, in the future, when the world talks about this matter, the blame will definitely be attributed to the prime minister. ”

Chen Zhizhong thinks so. After that, he mentioned the matter of respecting Zhang Meiren again, but he just didn't answer.

So in this month, the palace did not hear the news of Zhang Meiren's promotion, but Mr. Zhang's will was finally issued: Zhang Mao, the official of the inner west head and the inner east gate, moved to the imperial medicine hospital.

Receiving the Imperial Apothecary, as far as eunuchs are concerned, this is a very important and honorable position.

The Imperial Pharmacy is the Imperial Pharmacy in the Palace, which is the most important court lawsuit, in charge of the examination of medical prescriptions, the repair of medicines, and the management of medicines. The medicine used by the emperor is made by the imperial medicine institute, and the responsibility is heavy, so the eunuchs who lead the imperial medicine institute are not ordinary, and the imperial court stipulates that the ministers who have been in the office for more than 30 years, and those who have not been promoted for ten years and have made repeated achievements can be selected.

The officials of the Imperial Pharmacy were not only in charge of medicine, but also served the emperor to support the left and right, pursue etiquette, raise people in the imperial examination, propagate edicts, and supervise envoys. In addition, when the emperor is seated, he will stand on the left and right sides or in the corners of the hall for summoning at any time.

The ministers who held this position were regarded as close confidants of the emperor, and this job also provided them with ample opportunities for promotion. Many of the guards, the capitals, and even the two provinces have all served in this position.

Therefore, I was surprised by Mr. Zhang's promotion, even though he met the three requirements for being selected as an officer of the Imperial Hospital. Privately speculated, maybe this was not the original intention of the present, it was decided by Chen Zhizhong or Liang Shi and others. However, this is only speculation.

However, the most unexpected news about the promotion came from Akiwa. After discussing with the Middle Palace, he ordered the division to play Gu Cai'er to lead the Shangfu Bureau on behalf of the bureau to take over the work of the sick Chu Shangfu, and Qiuhe was moved to the secretary and became the new lady of combing hair after Gu Caier.

"This matter was decided between the official family and you that day?" I asked Qiuhe.

She naturally knew what "that day" was, and she was gloomy.

As a result, the day she will leave the palace is even more distant. I sighed in my heart, really sorry for her and Cui Bai, "Are you willing?" ”

She looked up at me, her eyes blank: "I can't tell...... On that day, at the cost of my wish, I begged him to let the queen accompany him for a long time, and he finally said that, and it was a good ...... Then, he smiled and sighed helplessly, and said, 'Why are you running for her?' I was already surrounded by her people. I bowed my head and didn't dare to answer, and he said: "Every time I used to travel, Yang Jingzong was on the left and Deng Baoji on the right...... She knows everything I do, no matter how big or small...... I'm stuck here by her. ’”

Am I trapped here by her? My eyes widened slightly—that sounds familiar.

"'Are you her too?' The official asked me. Qiuhe continued, "He spoke to me so good-natured, and his voice was as soft as the April wind, but for some reason, it made me feel very sad to hear...... When I did not answer, he said, 'Can you come to me?' So I don't get too lonely. ’”

"What?" I frowned and asked, "He said he was alone?" ”

"If I heard me right, that's what he said." Qiuhe seemed a little confused, but his tone was affirmative, "At that time, I only suspected that I had heard it wrong, and I looked up at him and saw that he was looking out the window, but his eyes were empty, as if he couldn't see anything, and there was a little sadness between his eyebrows...... I couldn't understand it, so I blurted out to him, 'Alone? Really? With so many ladies around, will the official family still be lonely? ’”

If it were me, I would want to ask that. I didn't hide my curiosity: "How did he answer?" ”

"He seemed to come to his senses in an instant, smiled at me, and whispered, 'Fake.' I bowed my head again and was speechless, but he leaned over and whispered in my ear...... "Qiuhe's face swept like rouge, and his voice grew lower and lower," and he said, 'That's just an excuse I came up with so easily, so that you don't have to put the lead pill on your skin.' ’”

I suddenly remembered that when I first met Jinshang in Yifeng Pavilion, he paid attention to Qiuhe, and I could vaguely understand Qiuhe's confusion. Even if I don't like such a man, but such care and care are difficult for daughters in the world to resist, and it must be very difficult to refuse to him at this time.

"I want to refuse, but ......" Qiuhe hesitated, unable to accurately describe his feelings at the time.

"I understand, no need to say more." I asked her again, "So, does the queen know your decision?" ”

Qiuhe nodded: "The official family reminded her of my past." She then asked me privately if I would like to go, and said that if I didn't, she would release me from the palace on the Qianyuan Festival as promised. But how? In this way, the official will ask why...... I'm afraid that he and the ministers will know that in addition to Shuangyu, there are other palace people and outsiders in the queen's cabinet...... Coming and going. ”

This should be taken into account. If they had known about it, it would have been much worse.

I can guess her answer to the queen: "You told the queen that you changed your mind?" ”

"That's right," Qiu He smiled sympathetically, "I told her that I wanted to be a lady who combed my hair, and I didn't want to go out of the palace to live a hard life." ”

The important ministers advised the queen to protect the queen, but it was only the beginning of a counterattack against Xia Zhu, and the final result of the palace chaos incident was that Xia Zhu dismissed the privy envoy and sentenced Henan Mansion.

In April of this year, the imperial historian He Tan Shangshu impeached Xia Zhu, pointing out that "his sex is evil, his desire is extravagant, his learning is not knowledgeable, his behavior is false and firm, he has the quality of being a slender person, he has the quality of being kind and gentle, there is no hope of a minister, and the king does not care about his moderation, and he can't help but ...... sincerely" and then mentioned that he colluded with his minister Yang Huaimin Suri, and the palace was a hidden thing when the palace was in turmoil, saying that now Yang Huaimin has been deposed, and Xia Zhu is still in a high position in Beijing, "the hearts of China and foreign countries are all angry." I implore Xia Zhu to abandon Xia Zhu today, "the upper is the plan of the society, and the lower is the hope of comforting the ministers."

He estimated that Xia Zhu might make a fuss about the taboo "friends" in today's situation, and explained in chapter Shu in advance: "The ministers know that Xia Zhu knows that the ministers are false, and the ministers are friends." However, Zhu Ming has been evil, and An has to say that he is false; The minister has no attachment, how can he be called a friend? If Zhu is still decorating his faults, please discuss his guilt in person, pray to the Holy Ming, and bow to the liver and gallbladder. ”

Following him, there were many officials who talked about Xia Zhu's treachery. It happened that there was an earthquake in Beijing at that time, so he summoned Zhang Fangping, a scholar from Hanlin, to the palace at night, and said to him: "Xia Zhu is treacherous, so that the sky has changed like this." Ask the bachelor to make a grass system for me and release him out of Beijing. ”

Zhang Fangping was overjoyed, please write a rebuttal, and want to directly denounce Xia Zhu's crime in the book. Thinking about it now, he finally sighed: "It's better to save some face for him, and draft it on the grounds of 'all work and rest', don't mention his faults." ”

Although Xia Zhu saved enough face, Xia Zhu still had luck, and he was not guilty, and he begged to stay in Beijing. He Tan was angry again, and said again: "The ministers of the imperial court are very generous, and they have been extremely favored and honored. The situation is treacherous and treacherous, and the world has been heard for a long time, His Majesty has made a special holy decision, dismissed the cardinal, and the Chinese and foreign courtiers are not to celebrate each other, and it is not appropriate to allow them to stay in the court. Confucius said that he was far away, and if he was on the king's side, he would be harmed by politics. His Xia Zhu, Fu Qi did not change his previous life, but still commanded and urged him to take office. ”

"Later, he summoned He Tan in the inner east gate hall, and He Tan still argued vigorously, and his attitude was agitated, saying that this matter was non-negotiable." Mr. Zhang retrieved the copy of the archived chapter from my hand and told me, "Now I will tease him: 'In ancient times, there were people who broke the first admonition, can Qing also do it?'" He Tan replied: "In ancient times, if the king did not obey the advice, the minister had a broken head; Now that His Majesty has been admonished, how dare the minister plunder his reputation and attribute the sin to the monarch's father! ’”

I couldn't help but laugh when I heard this: "He said this well, which not only avoided the threat of broken heads, but also gave me a step to accept the advice." ”

Mr. Zhang also smiled: "Yes, after listening to it today, I gladly accepted the advice, did not change my previous life, and resolutely sent Xia Zhu to Henan." ”

There is one thing that I have been thinking about a lot in recent days, so I took it to Mr. Zhang at this time: "Sir, did you also see Xia Zhu's sinister intentions to frame the Middle Palace, this release, on the surface, was forced by the speaker, but in fact, he took advantage of this to punish Xia Zhu?" Otherwise, he could have left Xia Zhu as he insisted on retaining Chen Xianggong. ”

Mr. Zhang did not answer explicitly, but said: "Didn't you hear him say, 'Xia Zhu is treacherous'?" Who can deceive whom, it just depends on how he chooses. ”