Zhang Yan was shocked when she heard that he claimed to be Xu Yingyuan, the eunuch in charge of the Xinwang Mansion, and then saw that the person in front of her was slightly taller than Chen Derun, agile, and faintly had the pride of a chivalrous man, and hurriedly asked, "How did you get in?" ”

Inside the Fucheng Gate, a majestic mansion with blue tile gray walls and black lacquer gates, is a villa newly built by Wei Zhongxian. The real name here is Yuyuan Pond, there is a spring gushing out from the ground, its water is inexhaustible in winter, the willow embankment is surrounded, the peach blossom flowing water, the sand fowl and waterfowl are more than Xiang Xiang in the meantime, the prosperity is refreshing, the scenery is beautiful, it is the place where the Emperor Zhangzong of the Jin Dynasty completes the scenery and travels, it is said that there was a hermit Wang Yu who lived here at that time, built a platform for fishing, because of the name Diaoyu Tai. In the early years of Shenzong Wanli, Li Wei, the marquis of Wuqing, the imperial prince, built a villa here and lived there for generations. Wei Zhongxian was optimistic about the scenery here, snapped up it, ordered people to re-repair, increase the scale, the door to the seven wings, the heavy eaves flying corners, the courtyard heavy five entrances, all open the patio. A huge door plaque is hung high above the middle of the gate, and there are four gold lacquer characters on it. Behind the gate, a black lacquered wooden plaque is hung on the hanging flower door, inscribed "Fishing Ancient Platform". Entering the door, the verandah zigzags, the stones under the steps are spread into the road, the trees and mountains and stones in the courtyard are everywhere, the pavilions and pavilions, the high houses and the halls, are scattered sparsely.

Through the three-layer instrument door, only to see a large courtyard, high buildings and vast buildings, magnificent, on both sides of the wing room deer top ear room drill mountain, extending in all directions, a big Yong road, straight out of the gate. Look up and see a gilded Kowloon Qingdi plaque, the plaque reads "Yangyuan Zhai" three big characters, and there is a line of small characters in the lower left: Shuci Factory Chen. The treasure of the apocalypse. Zhainan stacked stone for the mountain, the murmuring stream gathers into a pool of water in front of Zhai, the breeze blows, the blue waves ripple, this is the famous Yuyuan Lake of the Beijing Division. The corridor by the pond is half embraced, the small pavilion is winged, and the verandah of the main room is also small and chic, not as magnificent as Yangyuan Zhai. There is a fishing place in Lintan, Zhaixi, and there is a boat-shaped house, named Xiaobixuan. At this time, the door was slightly closed, the windows were wide open, Wei Zhongxian had just had dinner, and the wide clothes were lazily lying on the Xi Shi couch covered with an ivory mat, revealing a fat white and loose fine meat, Ke Yinyue wore a short-sleeved waistless water red satin robe, snuggled up to him, carefully beat his back and pinched his legs, with the up and down of his arms and the twisting of his waist, the two fat ** kept shaking in the robe, as if they were about to erupt. Wei Zhongxian was stunned for a while, stretched out his right hand, gently lifted a slightly drooping ** upward, and then bent his five fingers to cover the **. Ke Yin Yue knocked his hand down with his palm, and sneered: "I haven't finished my daily class yet!" What's in a hurry? ”

Wei Zhongxian laughed and said, "This is also a daily class!" Isn't it a daily necessity? ”

"I've been busy in the palace for most of the day, and the skin is not tight? Is your waist not sore? That's good, let's save effort! Ke Yinyue stopped thrashing her hands.

Wei Zhongxian stood up, grabbed her waist, and said with a smile: "How can I leave your wonderful hands!" My waist is really sore! As he spoke, he turned over and lay down on the couch, "But you can't do without these two treasures!" Do you remember the first time I saw you, our family stared straight at it? Ke Yinyue scolded with a smile: "At that time, I knew that you were a hungry ghost in the sex, and it was as if you wanted to eat your life alive." ”

"There are many resentful women in the deep palace, your husband Hou Er has been dead for many years, don't you want to?"

"Hey! It was originally enjoyed by the crown prince, but you stole it. The Hakka family pretended to sigh, took the white wormwood and the red candle, and wanted to roast Wei Zhongxian. Wei Zhongxian said in a sullen voice: "He is so young, with yellow hair and nipples, why can he eat so much?" Besides, he only has slender claws, how can he make your bones soft and ......" Before the words fell, he suddenly heard the eunuch Wang Chaozhong say from outside the door: "Nine thousand years old, the Five Tigers and others have already arrived, waiting in Yangyuanzhai!" ”

Wei Zhongxian turned around, but hit Ke Yinyue's shoulder, her right hand was crooked, and the hot wax juice dripped onto Wei Zhongxian's back. Wei Zhongxian groaned in pain, but he didn't care about wiping it, got off the couch, and said reluctantly: "It's so fast!" It seems that there is no blessing for you today. ”

"As long as you have the heart, it's never too late to come back after the discussion! I've been waiting for you. Ke Yinyue was suddenly disturbed, and she was disappointed, and her expression was unhappy, and she seemed to be unforgiving. Wei Zhongxian pinched her breasts and said with a smile: "It's better to go together, so as not to be anxious to wait, won't our family have to spend a little more effort in the future?" ”

The two laughed as they dressed up, walked through the verandah, and arrived at Yangyuanzhai. The big main house on the top of the Wuying Mountain, facing the south and the back of the north, stands a tall nanmu pillar on the left and right in the hall house, and hangs an ebony inlaid silver couplet on it: the endless bubble Bolian Tai liquid, still clear and green to send the West Mountain. In the middle of the enlargement of the red sandalwood carving head case, behind the case is a tiger skin high foot back gold chair, behind is the yellow pear inlaid marble interstitial seat screen, the red sandalwood bar case is placed three feet high green bronze tripod, one side is Jin Yi, one side is a brass gilded Western bell, and there is a pair of Yongle official kiln pastel bottles are lined up left and right. Seeing Wei Zhongxian and Ke Yinyue coming in, they stood up in unison and sang: "Meet the nine thousand years old, the old ancestor is a thousand years old." ”

Wei Zhongxian sat down behind the case and waved everyone to sit down. Wang Chao hurriedly put the rosewood round chair on the silver and red flowered chair next to the desk, and brushed it a few times on the gold-hearted green satin mattress with a whisk, and Ke Yinyue sat down. Wei Zhongxian looked at everyone, there were Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Huo Weihua, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the Prince Taibao Military Department and the Imperial History of the Left Capital, Tian Ji, the secretary of the Prince Taibao Military Department, Wu Chunfu, the secretary of the Imperial Palace, Li Kuilong, the deputy secretary of the Left Deputy Capital, and Ni Wenhuan, the Taichangqing Ni Wenhuan, the head of the Five Biaos, the head of the Jinyi Wei, the left capital governor Tian Ergeng, and the commander of the Jinyi Wei Xu Xianchun. In addition, the eunuchs Li Yongzhen, Tu Wenfu, Shi Yuanya, and Wang Guotai were in the last seat, and Wang Tiqian was the only one missing. Just as he was about to ask, Li Yongzhen got up and said: "Nine thousand years old, the chief manager Wang is afraid that once there is something in the palace, he will not be able to deal with it, so he will not dare to leave, and the manager of the Qianqing Palace, Wang Chaofu, will also be left behind, and the special appointment will be reported on behalf of the small one." ”

"Got it! That's exactly how it should be. Wei Zhongxian waved his left hand, glanced at Li Yongzhen and said, "Yesterday, you went to the Xinwang Mansion and drank a lot of wine, so the golden stem dew and Taixi Bai are still delicious!" Li Yongzhen couldn't help but be frightened in her heart, and hurriedly confessed: "I didn't drink when I went to the palace last night, but when I saw King Xin's praise for the nine thousand years old, I was afraid that he would be duplicitous and have a plot to ruin the nine thousand years old event." It just so happened that he left the little one to eat and drink, and the little one wanted to do what he wanted, and used the wine to probe his style. ”

"But what else is there?" Wei Zhongxian still asked softly. Li Yongzhen replied: "The little ones are drunk with King Xin's subordinates Gao Shiming and Wang Chengen, and what they say after drinking is not disrespectful to the nine thousand years old, and the little ones are down-to-earth." Wei Zhongxian's face softened, and he raised his hand and pointed to Wang Guotai in the last seat: "Our family arranged for you to be an errand in King Xin's Mansion for many years, what King Xin did to our family, do you still understand in your heart?" Wang Guotai left his seat and replied: "What I heard and saw is not much different from what Gonggong Li said. ”

Wei Zhongxian's face turned pale and said, "It's okay!" As long as you don't drink and make mistakes. Come on! Bring the wine up. "The dynasty outside the door brought two house slaves in, each with a large altar in his arms, and when everyone looked carefully, it was the golden stem dew and Taixi Bai. Wei Zhongxian looked at everyone: "Yongzhen came to the Xinwang Mansion this time, and he didn't forget his mission when he drank, and our family was also happy in their hearts." Try your best to do things to reward and punish clearly, these two jars of wine, our family has treasured no less than five years, and we will reward Yongzhen today. High-ranking officials, gold, silver and jewelry, our family has never been stingy, as long as things are done well, they will be rewarded. Li Yongzhen hurriedly knelt down and thanked him, and everyone shouted: "I am willing to serve the death force for the nine thousand years old!" ”

Wei Zhongxian waved his left hand with a smile and said, "Everyone hasn't gathered together for a long time, and the last gathering was the day when you celebrated our family's 60th birthday." I summoned you this time to ask you, are you tired of enjoying the glory and wealth? Everyone couldn't help but look at each other at a loss.

Wei Zhongxian stood up, bypassed the case, and paced with his hands in his hands and said, "You may have heard that Long Live Lord is very sick. Where did our family's wealth come from? Who gave it? Half on oneself, half on oneself. If this pillar of optimus falls, where will our family have any wealth that is not at the end? I have called you here to ask you what you should do if you have not had enough of your wealth. ”

Only then did everyone understand the meaning of Wei Zhongxian's words, and Tian Ergeng shouted: "Daddy is too worried. According to the child's point of view, all the yamen in the palace are in charge of our people, and there are more than 10,000 soldiers and more than 40,000 net troops, there are tens of thousands of children's guards outside the imperial city, and 300,000 soldiers and horses of the five guard battalions of the Beijing division are also controlled by our people, and the millions of heavy soldiers guarding the Beijing division on the nine sides, the prison army is mostly from the father's door, and the six ministers are promoted by the father, and the inside and outside are as solid as iron buckets. ”

Wei Zhongxian said calmly: "It's still long live." ”

"The emperor obeys his father's words, how can this be? Daddy is joking! Tian Ergeng's face was full of confusion, and the other people also looked at Wei Zhongxian together, as if they didn't believe it. Wei Zhongxian didn't answer, and turned his gaze to Cui Chengxiu, who was sitting in the first seat in the other row. This Cui Chengxiu is in his early fifties, with a white face and a slight beard, wearing a big red python robe given by the emperor, embroidered with a second-grade brocade chicken toner, with a jade belt across his waist, sitting firmly on the chair, and has not made a sound, seeing Wei Zhongxian's eyes looking at him, he knew that it was time to say something, so he stood up at the moment, and coughed dryly and said: "What Brother Tian said makes some sense, but if you think about it carefully, you are too conceited." As the old saying goes: everything that is foreseen is established, and everything that is not prepared is wasted. Daddy's vision is extremely far-reaching, beyond the reach of ordinary people. Be prepared for danger in times of peace, see blessings and know disasters, and Daddy's words have profound meaning. Wei Zhongxian nodded secretly, and was also quite useful, returned to his seat, and quietly looked at everyone.

Tian Ji nodded and said, "Nine thousand years old has good intentions!" Thousands of miles of embankment, collapsed in the anthill, once something went wrong in a small place, without the emperor's shield, the wealth we waited for turned into a spring dream, Tian Dudu forgot the Donglin Party back then? ”

Tian Ergeng pouted and smiled: "Ti rode out in all directions, arrested the edict, closed the prison, killed the killing, what's so bad about it?" Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Huang Zunsu, Zhou Shunchang and others did not set off much turmoil. ”

"Tian Dudu said it so lightly! You only sent a few people, do you know how much energy it took to be 9,000 years old? Tian Ji said gloomily. Cui Chengxiu continued: "Brother Tian, it is indispensable to fight and kill, but you should use more brains in case of trouble, and you should also pay attention to the strategy of using soldiers!" ”

Tian Ergeng sneered: "Those who dare to oppose their father, let's see one kill one and destroy his nine clans, and those who don't report it will sit together." See if anyone else dares to touch our tiger whiskers? Why bother to worry about mediocrity. ”

"Aren't you afraid of provoking a civil uprising?" Ni Wenhuan tucked away his fat body leaning on the chair and looked at Wei Zhongxian with his eyes. Wei Zhongxian was still speechless, looking at everyone silently. Ke Yinyue understood that he must have some unhappiness in his heart, and said sharply: "As the saying goes, raising soldiers for a thousand days is used for a while. Nine thousand years old has been sleeping and eating for the past few days, and today I want to ask you for a plan, why did you fight in your own nest? The room suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes swept over Wei Zhongxian and Ke Yinyue, and then they looked at each other, not daring to argue anymore.

Wei Zhongxian laughed: "Yes, it is a way to ask for long-term wealth." What you just said is reasonable, but we don't want to take any risks, so we must be foolproof. Our family is old now, and we have enough glory and wealth, we should eat what we should eat, and we should have fun. What about Wang Zhen, Wang Zhi, and Liu Jin of the previous dynasty? It's better to be ours, right? To say that our family can afford to lose, but we still dare not lose! Think about how you have followed our family for so many years, if you are not careful, resulting in a loss of everything, our family is also sorry for you and your children and grandchildren, right? Everyone was silent when they heard this, Zhou Yingqiu got up and cried and said: "The children have reached this point today, it is all up to their father's cultivation and promotion, and what their father is worried about is not within the children's reach, but the children are foolish and loyal, and they are willing to serve death." If you have any plans, your father will tell you. ”

Wei Zhongxian glanced around at everyone and said, "You are all the right-hand men of our family, if our father and son are united, what can't be done?" Tian Ergeng looked at Xu Xianchun behind him and said: "Daddy, take the idea, move your heart, the children are martial artists, they are more than brave, and their resourcefulness is insufficient, so let's do some brute force!" ”

Li Yongzhen, Tu Wenfu, Shi Yuanya, Wang Guotai four eunuchs have been watching and discussing, not to be far behind, Li Yongzhen said: "Long live the Lord has no heirs, once Yan Jia, according to the rules of the election of the close branch, in terms of bloodline, the relatives of Mo Ruo believe in the king, but the king of the letter is eighteen years old, already an adult, I am afraid it is difficult to tame and master, in the future, there will be many constraints on each other, it is better to choose a young son from the side, by the nine thousand years old regent, and the current situation will not be much different." In this way, the children can enjoy the glory and wealth again, and the world is still peaceful. Tu Wenfu echoed: "Then how about choosing the grandson of King Lifu?" Back then, Emperor Shenzong was originally going to appoint King Fu as the crown prince, which was justified and would also reduce the suspicion of the government and the opposition. ”

Shi Yuanya peeked at Wei Zhongxian, saw that he leaned back slightly, leaned back on the back of the chair, squinted his eyes, knew that these words were very much in line with his heart, and regretted that he was robbed of the first credit by Li Yongzhen and Tu Wenfu, so he didn't dare to slack off, and said loudly: "Nine thousand years old, the little one also has a plan, I beg the old man not to shirk." The small one thinks that 9,000 years old is the white jade pillar of the imperial court, and the purple and gold beam of the sea, once the dragon controls Bintian, why not 9,000 years old and ascend to the big treasure and rule the world? In this way, it will be the blessing of the Ming Dynasty and the blessing of all the people. Unexpectedly, Wei Zhongxian's face sank, and he said sharply: "Our family was originally an auxiliary minister of the Long Live Lord, and we have always been loyal, and if we replace it, won't we be scolded by the people?" How did you come up with such a wolf-hearted idea, did you want to put our family in the land of injustice? ”

"Since ancient times, there have been virtuous people living in the world. Today's government and opposition think about governance, which can be described as a long time! Nine thousand years old is the hope of everyone in the world, and you can't chill everyone's hot intestines! Wang Guotai said with a smile.

Wei Zhongxian slapped the armrest of the chair and shouted, "Why are you still talking such nonsense? Everyone didn't dare to speak out, Wei Zhongxian looked at everyone angrily, and saw him Cui Chengxiu and Tian Ji sitting indifferently, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and asked: "Chengxiu, Tian Ji, you two look at it coldly, there must be something else to think about, right?" Cui Chengxiu replied: "I don't dare to say what a high opinion is, but I am a little worried about what Gonggong Li and the others said." ”

"What kind of worry does the second brother bear? Why are you getting bolder? Tian Ergeng said nonchalantly. Wei Zhongxian's face sank, and he scolded: "Don't talk too much, listen to him, I've been the governor for several years, but I still can't hold my breath like this?" ”

Cui Chengxiu looked at Tian Ji, Tian Ji bowed and said, "The child is afraid that speaking out will sweep away the interest of the nine thousand years old, and it will also blow the kindness of the brothers, so don't say it." Wei Zhongxian seemed to be a little impatient and said, "Say it! We don't blame you. ”

"The child advises the nine-thousand-year-old not to listen to Shi Yuanya and Wang Guotai's words, they are really ruining the virtue of the nine-thousand-year-old! If the child asks for any more daring to speak like this, he will be severely punished according to the law. Tian Ji's sunken eyes flashed with a cold light.

Li Yongzhen, Shi Yuanya, and Wang Guotai secretly held a grudge, and Shi Yuanya sneered: "It must be that what he wants to say in his heart was preempted by the four of us, and he felt that his face was dull, and he was resentful in his heart, so he pretended to be amazing." Wang Guotai even cried and said: "Please treat him for the crime of disturbing the morale of the army!" Cui Chengxiu got up and helped Wang Guotai up, and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, I haven't seen the opponent yet, our own brothers must not mess up!" ”

"Then you can't treat our brothers as bad people, only he is loyal and good!" Wang Guotai is still angry. Cui Chengxiu comforted: "Don't worry, brother, say a few words, everyone is dedicated to being nine thousand years old, and there is nothing wrong with it, the words are shallow, and you must forgive me, and focus on the overall situation." He pulled Wang Guotai back to his seat.

Seeing that everyone was arguing again, Ke Yinyue was irritable, and said anxiously: "Chengxiu, just say what you think in your heart!" My heart was so blocked that I almost vomited it out. Cui Chengxiu was not in a hurry to speak, peeked at Wei Zhongxian, saw that he picked a flower next to his ear with his thick fingers, sniffed it a few times, threw it up, watched it fall to the ground, and said slowly: "Chengxiu, even if you are Mrs. Fengsheng, you are also anxious, you still endure it, do you plan to sell it at a good price?" ”

"Don't dare! The child has no intention of waiting for the price to sell, but just wants to hear more about everyone's opinions. From a child's point of view, there are only two ways to get to the situation today. One is to establish a young son, and the other is to stand on his own. And the battle of self-reliance, although it can be done once and for all, and it will be rich for thousands of years, but the teacher is unknown, and it may be difficult to succeed. Since ancient times, there has been no precedent for the internal official position to respect the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and the Ming Dynasty has gone through more than 200 years, and there are still many people in the government and the opposition who are interested in the Zhu family. According to the child, it is better to take the path of the young son, but the young son must persuade the queen to act together, and the queen will listen to the government, which is invulnerable, and the courtiers are naturally willing to follow, so it must be foolproof. Cui Chengxiu talked eloquently, as if he was confident.

Wei Zhongxian seemed to be moved by his words, and said: "Now I am afraid that the only person who can compete with our family is King Xin, he wins with reason, and our family wins with strength." If the king of faith can be prevented from ascending the throne, great things will be accomplished. At that time, a small emperor will be established, and our family will come to be regent, and the grand occasion will be better than the present. ”

Cui Chengxiu echoed: "Daddy's expectation is very true. However, the matter of supporting the establishment has attracted the attention of the world, and it is not appropriate to think about it in the long run, and it is not appropriate to rush it, nor should it be taken by force. Daddy is regent, and it is not appropriate to say it explicitly. This matter has not been collected in ancient times, and the courtiers will definitely oppose it with all their might, and they will be angry with the public, and there will be too many enemies, and the situation will not be easy to clean up. ”