Meng Chong found an opportunity to show his loyalty to Emperor Longqing, and at the same time, reminded Emperor Longqing that there were people around Emperor Longqing who were watching Emperor Longqing's every move. Although Emperor Longqing also knew that the people around him were unreliable, he definitely didn't believe that there were so many eyeliner. Meng Chong gave a list of some people, and as a celebrant and eunuch, he certainly knew the affairs of the eunuchs and palace maids in the inner court. After listening to Meng Chong's report in disbelief, Emperor Longqing had the idea of dealing with Li Guifei and Feng Bao for the first time. Meng Chong reminded Emperor Longqing that not only did Concubine Li and Feng Bao have great power in the inner palace, but also had the support of Zhang Juzheng, and it was impossible for Emperor Longqing to trip up Concubine Li and Feng Bao. The only solution is to have the power to counter Feng Bao through Meng Chong, so that Emperor Longqing can have the freedom to do what he wants. Emperor Longqing also knew that Meng Chong would not help him in vain, which was a disguised power. For the sake of his own freedom, Emperor Longqing decided to help Meng Chong this time.

Meng Chong and Emperor Longqing discussed, and took advantage of Emperor Longqing's monthly summons to the eunuch of the celebrant to take charge of the seal, and Emperor Longqing asked Meng Chong to check the expenses of the inner court. Meng Chong took advantage of this opportunity not only to start cleaning up the people in the Qianqing Palace, removing some of the minions who were disloyal to Emperor Longqing, but also to take back some rights from Feng Bao. Meng Chong and Emperor Longqing's move surprised everyone, but no one expected that Meng Chong had secretly joined forces with Emperor Longqing. With the acquiescence of Emperor Longqing, Meng Chong gradually began to grow again. In order to control Emperor Longqing and establish a good relationship with Emperor Longqing, Meng Chong personally served as the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Longqing, with the support of Meng Chong, gradually lived his so-called happy life. Not only did I relax my appetite, but I also started to relax in my nightlife. Li Guifei hinted at Emperor Longqing many times, but Emperor Longqing ignored Li Guifei at all. In order to let Emperor Longqing give birth to a prince as soon as possible, and in order to completely cut off the road of the prince to be the emperor, Meng Chong did not hesitate to spend money to get women. These women are nominally palace maids, but in fact, they are prepared by Meng Chong in private, they are all Meng Chong's goddaughters, and the children born in the future are the tools of Meng Chong's control. As long as Meng Chong controls this prince, as long as Li Guifei and the crown prince lose their current status, he can easily deal with Feng Bao.

Meng Chong's method was good, but he didn't expect Emperor Longqing's body to be so weak. The result of Emperor Longqing's singing night after night was not to make these women pregnant, but to take the life of Emperor Longqing. Food and beauty were the two great hobbies of Emperor Longqing, and Emperor Longqing had almost no resistance at all. Everyone has to ask, will the emperor still lack food and beautiful women? But Emperor Longqing is such an emperor, an emperor who has no moderation with food and beautiful women. When Emperor Longqing was young, he lacked parental care, so he had to eat the same food as a eunuch in the palace. No one cares if this prince likes to eat or not, as long as he doesn't starve. It's rare to leave the palace and be the master of your own house, and he, the king of Yu, is not good because he is not favored. But Yan Song controls the government, and Yan Song's father and son are optimistic about King Jing, so everyone does not wait to see King Yu. Coupled with corruption and shortfall, Yuwang can hardly enjoy food in his own home. Although it is impossible to starve this prince, there is basically no food he wants to eat. Once Zhang Juzheng came to give a lesson to Yuwang before he had breakfast, Zhang Juzheng was carrying a sweet potato in his arms. Yuwang smelled the sweet potato and begged Zhang Juzheng to ask for this sweet potato. Zhang Juzheng saw Yuwang eating sweet potatoes with relish, and Zhang Juzheng felt Yuwang's sadness for the first time. In order to let King Yu eat one or two delicacies, Empress Chen and Concubine Li Guifei, who were still concubines of Chen and Li at the time, often exchanged their embroidery for money to buy things. Once King Yu was sick and wanted to eat a bowl of egg custard, Li Attendant secretly took out a little of the reward of his newly born son in exchange for money. For this reason, Emperor Jiajing still knew, and the person sent to reprimand Li Attendant on his behalf was Meng Chong. After Emperor Longqing became the emperor, he thought that he could let go of his stomach and eat delicious food, but he didn't expect that the doctor and Concubine Li still controlled Emperor Longqing's diet. With Meng Chong's openness, Emperor Longqing continued to eat almost every day.

At that time, the food was mainly high-oil, high-fat, fried and grilled food. Emperor Longqing ate too many of these things, and of course he was very bad for his health. Although Li Guifei sent a doctor to treat Emperor Longqing every day, and added the medicine to neutralize the oil in the medicine he ate, it did not have much effect. In addition, Meng Chong tried hard to want Emperor Longqing to give birth to a prince, so he added aphrodisiac ingredients to the food. It's okay to eat this kind of ingredients like deer blood, tiger whip, bear paw and other great tonic ingredients once or twice, and it can really strengthen the body and increase ability. But if you eat too much, you won't be able to stand it, and the heat and dryness are more poisonous than poison. Although Emperor Longqing felt that his health was much better than before, he was very happy at night. But in fact, Emperor Longqing's body has been seriously overdrawn, and even injured his fundamental vitality. Coupled with the lack of moderation and the loss of control in his diet, Emperor Longqing did not have a few brief numbness in his hands and feet.

In fact, if Emperor Longqing paid more attention or controlled it in time at this time, Emperor Longqing's life could be saved. But Meng Chong ignored it, and Emperor Longqing himself didn't pay attention to it, and let it develop. After a banquet, Emperor Longqing finally had an accident when he was fortunate with two beauties. According to Zhang Juzheng's relay afterwards, Qin Tai finally understood the cause and effect of the incident. Qin Tai was really a little helpless, Emperor Longqing was such a big person. If this matter is regarded as a case, the case is that Emperor Longqing has just eaten high-fat food, and he is fortunate to have two beauties with wine. Later, the phenomenon of stroke occurred, which is commonly known as "immediate stroke". caused Emperor Longqing to lose his mobility, which indirectly led to the early death of Emperor Longqing. The murderer was a woman, and the accomplice was high-fat food and wine, because he did not control his emotions and rhythm well, which caused Emperor Longqing's body functions to stop functioning.

When Emperor Longqing learned that he had suffered a stroke, he knew that he could not do it. At this time, Emperor Longqing regretted it, but it was too late. Facing the angry Concubine Li Guifei and the pale Meng Chong, Emperor Longqing still thought that it was his own fault and should not blame the loyal Meng Chong. At this time, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng came, and the crown prince also came, and Emperor Longqing knew that it was time for him to issue an edict. He looked at Empress Chen, Li Guifei, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Meng Chong, Feng Bao and the crown prince, and had a lot to say in his heart, but he couldn't say anything.

At this time, under the hint of Concubine Li Guifei, a imperial doctor on the side gave Emperor Longqing a needle, the purpose of which was to let Emperor Longqing return to the light and say what was in his heart. Emperor Longqing, with the help of the imperial doctor, finally spoke his heart. This passage was recorded by the eunuch Bingbi and the edict of the Hanlin Academy, and was issued by the edict of Emperor Longqing. "After my death, the crown prince succeeded to the throne. Enshrine her mother-in-law Chen and biological mother Li as the queen mother. Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng will assist Xinjun with the celebrant supervisor. This passage identified five things, and they were also the five things that Emperor Longqing had to do. First, the crown prince will succeed to the throne and inherit the family world from father to son. Second, to determine the candidate for the future emperor. lest he think that the throne is in flames of war. Third, determine the queen mother of the two palaces. Empress Chen, as the mother-in-law of the new monarch, is the natural queen mother. Generally, the biological mother of the new monarch is posthumously crowned the queen mother, and it is impossible to be directly crowned as the queen mother. However, in view of the fact that the new monarch was too young and Concubine Li Guifei had controlled the harem for many years, Emperor Longqing decided to let Concubine Li Guifei also be the queen mother. This is a kind of compensation for Li Guifei, and it is also a kind of appeasement for Li Guifei. Because of this, Concubine Li will forgive Emperor Longqing's actions, so as not to continue to investigate the mistakes of Meng Chong and others. Third, Emperor Longqing overturned the original arrangement and did not directly bring Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao to power. The original arrangement was to let Zhang Juzheng serve as the first assistant of the cabinet, Feng Bao as the eunuch in charge of the seal, and the two assisted Li Guifei to raise the emperor. Now Emperor Longqing felt that it was impossible, so he did not give a direct order. Fourth, Gao Gong, the outdated cabinet chief, did not step down. He was named by Emperor Longqing as the first person to assist the new monarch and will continue to preside over the cabinet. Fifth, Emperor Longqing only mentioned the celebrant and did not mention Feng Bao. In other words, the celebrant and Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng presided over the overall situation together. The current steward of the celebrant is the eunuch Meng Chong, who is the legal representative of the celebrant and the eunuch, and Feng Bao cannot represent the celebrant even if he has the right to do so. In this way, Meng Chong is not only not a sinner, but also has become a big man like Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng in one fell swoop. The status not only surpassed Feng Bao, but also had the power to compete with foreign ministers.

The first thing Zhang Juzheng did after coming back was to find Qin Tai, with only one purpose, that is, to let Qin Tai leave the capital quickly. This was a joint decision between him, Feng Bao, and Li Guifei. Zhang Juzheng was worried that Gao Gong and Meng Chong would use Qin Tai to target Zhang Juzheng, and Zhang Juzheng did not want civil strife at this time. Li Guifei didn't want to make anything happen to her son for the sake of her son's smooth succession. A righteous person like Qin Tai may ask the royal family and the court for an answer to Emperor Longqing's death. In this way, Emperor Longqing's absurd behavior will be known to everyone, and it will be the face of the little emperor. Feng Bao was worried that something would happen to his baby godson. In order to win over Feng Bao, Qin Tai and his wife promised to give their second child to Feng Bao as their godson. Feng Bao cared very much about this child, and when he learned that Zhan Xiaoxiao was pregnant again, he almost moved over to take care of Zhan Xiaoxiao personally. Now that Emperor Longqing is dead, his nemesis Meng Chong has not only not fallen, but is stronger than himself. Feng Bao was worried that Meng Chong would target Qin Tai and his wife, so he was also in favor of letting Qin Tai and his wife leave the capital temporarily. Qin Tai and his wife not only had a grudge against Meng Chong, but also had a holiday with Gao Gong, the first auxiliary minister personally appointed by Emperor Longqing. If Meng Chong and Gao Gong joined forces to deal with Qin Tai, Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao could not guarantee that Qin Tai and his wife would be unharmed. So at this time, Qin Tai and his wife found a reason to leave the capital, and it was better to come back when things stabilized.