Meng Chong, also known as "Gonggong Meng", rarely has free time to rest in his room. This opportunity is not usually available, not that he is unwilling, but that he really does not have this opportunity. As the chief manager of Yuxi Palace, he has to be by the side of his master Emperor Jiajing twenty-four hours a day. Not only must you be on call, but you must also pay attention to Emperor Jiajing's every move all the time. Besides, he is also the eunuch of the celebrant eunuch, and he also has to take turns as the celebrant to deal with some inner palace affairs. Therefore, he is the busiest among the many eunuchs, which several other big eunuchs have to admit. But his position is too important, not to mention that he is unwilling to abdicate and make way for Xian, even if someone wants to force him to leave, he will fight to the death.

Although Meng Chong's status is the lowest among the four eunuchs of the celebrant and the pen, he plays a particularly large role to a certain extent. The chief eunuch of the celebrant is also ********, and his official name is the eunuch of the palm seal of the celebrant eunuch. Today's ******** is Lu Fang, who grew up with Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi. The first eunuch was Chen Hong, who was in charge of the most powerful Dongchang in the inner palace. The full name of the East Factory is "East Investigation Factory", which is the emperor's department to supervise hundreds of officials and prevent accidents. In fact, it is the emperor's ears and eyes, and when necessary, it is also the emperor's personal killer. It not only has the right to detain, interrogate, but also the right to appoint and dismiss civil and military officials. In other words, the emperor gave Dongchang great autonomy and was a very powerful department. The second eunuch was also in charge of the Jinyi Guard, a royal private army adapted from a special unit. Not only does it have the right to arrest and dispose of it, but it also has its own prison and interrogation procedures. When these people go out on errands, they are the spokesmen of the emperor, that is, the Qincha. Some of his tasks with Dongchang overlapped a bit, so Jinyiwei and Dongchang have always been at odds, which has become a well-known secret. Now the second eunuch is Huang Jin, a fat man who is easier to speak. The third eunuch is Ma Cheng, one of the most ruthless guys. He was in charge of both the Imperial Horse Warden, the Royal Guard and the Praetorian Army. In terms of power in his hands, in addition to the "old ancestor" Lu Fang, Chen Hong is the largest among the four eunuchs. If you talk about who is the best at fighting, of course, it is Ma Cheng. Because the talents under his command are real soldiers, and there are many of them.

But when it comes to who is closest to the emperor and who has the most secrets, Meng Chong is the well-deserved boss among the four eunuchs. Although Lu Fang often accompanied the emperor, although the other three eunuchs also often met the emperor, serving the emperor while reporting his injuries, Meng Chong accompanied the emperor all day long. He knew everything about the emperor, including who he met and what he said. This requires Meng Chong to be careful and bold enough, and it also requires the emperor's trust and reassurance in Meng Chong. Therefore, Meng Chong's power may not be as good as that of several others, but his strength is definitely the biggest one in the inner palace. Because the power of other people is not only in the inner palace, but also outside, or outside the capital. In the inner palace, even Lu Fang, the "old ancestor", wants to give Meng Chong three points, and whoever dares to offend Meng Chong is looking for death.

Meng Chong looks very majestic on the surface, but in fact, he also has his own troubles. Now that he is the chief manager of Yuxi Palace, the eunuch of Bingbi, what will he do in the future? If he wants to take over the Imperial Horse Supervisor, he will have to give up the position of the chief administrator of the Yuxi Palace, which he doesn't think is worth it. So as early as a year ago, when the emperor mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally, he did not immediately agree. Although he promised to listen to the arrangements of the Long Live Lord at that time, he was actually unwilling to be in tune with Macheng. Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi didn't say anything more. If the Imperial Horse Prison and the Yuxi Palace are directly proportional, Jinyiwei or Dongchang will be even more attractive. But Meng Chong himself knew that his roots were by the emperor's side, and his own power was in the inner palace. Don't say that the powerful East Factory is under the management of Chen Hong, and Chen Hong will not all be handed over to Meng Chong. Even if it was Jinyiwei, Meng Chong knew that he couldn't take it all over. At that time, even if he is given a nominal power, in fact, it is still controlled by others, or if the power is in the hands of the new eunuch who is in charge of the seal, it is better to stay in the position of the chief administrator of Yuxi Palace.

Although Meng Chong didn't dare or was unwilling to move, it didn't mean that he wasn't prepared. Therefore, he has secretly sent his cronies to secretly contact King Yu, and at the same time, he also sent batches of his subordinates to Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Even to the forbidden army under the Imperial Horse Prison. King Yu is the son of Emperor Zhu Houxi of Jiajing, although the relationship between father and son is very bad, but King Yu is the only one who has the ability to inherit the throne. Because he was the only one who gave birth to a grandson to Emperor Jiajing, his position has been secured. Meng Chong needed the support of the next emperor, and King Yu also needed Meng Chong to report to him at any time on Emperor Jiajing's physical condition. Meng Chong knew very well that once he had a connection with King Yu, if Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi knew about it, there would definitely be only one end, that is, he would be wiped out as soon as possible. He still had to do this because he knew that Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi's body was no longer good.

Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi's superstitious Taoist doctrine has almost gone mad. He rarely eats normal food every day, and often eats the pills refined by Taoist priests. The so-called elixir is actually something with a super high proportion of metals. This kind of stuff can have some effect when taken in small amounts, or occasionally. For example, the spirit is uplifting, the dantian is hot, the complexion is ruddy, and the body is as light as a swallow and so on. But this is only an illusion for a while, and it will pass soon. However, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi believed it very much, and not only resolutely but also persisted for many years. No one knows whether they can live forever, but Meng Chong and a few others know very well that the harm of the pill is very great. First of all, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi was skinny, because he didn't eat staple food for a long time, so a gust of wind with poor health could be blown away by the emperor. You must know that Emperor Jiajing was originally a fat man, a big fat man in his thirties who couldn't walk. Now he has become a man who weighs no more than a hundred pounds, and is even thinner than a beggar on the street. Who would believe that an emperor would be like this, and he almost starved himself to death. Secondly, Meng Chong and Lu Fang knew that Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi could no longer be "convenient" normally. Other people's "convenience" has become the least "convenient" thing for Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi.

As early as a few years ago, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi was no longer able to defecate normally, especially when he feceated, he either couldn't pull it out, or pulled out with blood. Sometimes Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi often couldn't poop for five or six days, not because he didn't want to pull it, but because he couldn't pull it out. For this reason, Meng Chong and several other personal eunuchs had to help Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi solve the problem, and took turns to help Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi pick out with their hands. It was at this time that Meng Chong and Lu Fang discovered that Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi pulled out not feces, but an indigestible elixir. There are black, white, and even more shiny yellow and dark red. Lu Fang concealed from Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houxi, and secretly asked someone from the hospital to test it, only then did he know that they were all toxic and harmful heavy metals. Not only could these things not be digested, but they could kill the emperor at any time. For this reason, Lu Fang secretly ordered to kill all the insiders, including the medical officer of the Tai Hospital, and the little eunuch next to the emperor. The only people who knew this secret were Meng Chong and Lu Fang. In order to solve the difficulties of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, Lü Fang asked Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, and Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houyu finally agreed. While the Taoist priests continued to refine the elixir of longevity, they also refined a batch of pills that were convenient for Emperor Zhu Houxi of Jiajing to defecate.

For this reason, Lu Fang secretly summoned all the Taoist priests and warned everyone openly and secretly not to increase the proportion of heavy metals in the pills. Otherwise, once Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi has something to do, all the Taoist priests and their families will fall to the ground together. As for the elixir for Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi's laxative, Lu Fang immediately asked the unwitting Tai Doctor to prescribe a prescription, and asked the Taoist priests to add some non-toxic and harmless things to make the elixir according to this prescription and present it to Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi. In this way, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi's stool problem was finally solved.

Meng Chong recently discovered a secret. For some reason, he didn't immediately report it to his superiors, that is, his godfather Lu Fang. He wanted to use this secret as a bargaining chip to give to King Yu or the future palm seal eunuch in exchange for his future position stability. As long as he is given another five to ten years, even if he is asked to be the governor of Dongchang or the actual head of Jinyiwei at that time, there will be no big problem, even if he is made the eunuch of the master of ceremonies and the eunuch of the seal. As for this secret, it is that Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi will die soon. Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi took laxative drugs, so his stool was almost normal, and it was resolved every two days. Meng Chong is very concerned about every stool, so he has to check it himself. In the past year, it was found that the stool of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi was less and less black, and more and more dark red. Meng Chong secretly asked a doctor, and the doctor said that it was a manifestation of heavy metal poisoning getting worse and worse. Three months ago, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi fell into a coma for a short time during a bowel movement. At that time, because I woke up right away, and there were not many people around, there were very few people who knew about it. Meng Chong asked the Imperial Physician again, and the Imperial Physician told Meng Chong that this was a sign of a toxic attack. According to the analysis of the imperial doctor, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi's health has become more and more deteriorating, the slow one will be one or two years, and the fast one will die of illness in a few months. After Meng Chong found out, he dealt with this imperial doctor as soon as possible. Dying a person in the inner palace was too simple for Meng Chong, and there was almost no trouble at all.