Whether it was Feng Bao or Zhang Juzheng, they all thought that Qin Tai was not clear about the current situation, but in fact, Qin Tai had already gained insight into the changes in the situation in the capital with the attitude of a bystander.

Compared with the last time Qin Tai came to the capital, the current situation has changed subtly and wonderfully.

First of all, Empress Dowager Li took the initiative to hand over power, and almost let go of the initiative of the harem and the royal family to the little emperor.

In other words, unless there is a very important military event, Empress Dowager Li will not easily intervene.

This is a kind of letting go, but also a compromise, which means that Empress Dowager Li can no longer fully control her son Little Emperor.

In order not to arouse the resentment of his own son, the little emperor, against the Empress Dowager Li, the Empress Dowager Li chose to let her son go.

First, because the little emperor has really grown up, he can no longer do everything like before, and he must go through the permission of the Empress Dowager Li to do everything.

The second is for his future life, now the little emperor will be good to this mother, if he really angers the little emperor, there will be no good days for the Empress Dowager Li in the future.

The third is because of the reminder of Empress Dowager Li's mother's brother. Empress Dowager Li's family was born in poverty, because Empress Dowager Li would become a relative of the emperor.

Now that the Li family has a family background behind them, they are also worried that the little emperor and the Empress Dowager Li will have a stalemate. Sooner or later, the little emperor will be in power, and once the relationship between the Empress Dowager Li and the little emperor is stiff, the Li family will be over in the future.

As the uncle of the little emperor, the little marquis persuaded his sister to ease the relationship between mother and son as soon as possible. After listening to her younger brother's words, Empress Dowager Li took the initiative to ease the relationship between mother and son.

The fourth is because Empress Dowager Li really can't take care of it. Others don't know about Empress Dowager Li's body, but Qin Tai and his wife are indeed very clear.

Zhan Xiaoxiao once checked the pulse of the Empress Dowager Li and knew the real condition of the Empress Dowager Li. At that time, Empress Dowager Li was elected to the palace as an ordinary palace maid, and later assigned to Yuwangfu.

At that time, Emperor Longqing, who was still King Yu, had a headache because he had no heirs, and the then Concubine Chen and later Empress Chen took a fancy to the then Li palace maid and the current Empress Dowager Li at a glance.

Empress Dowager Li was not only young but also a little plump at that time, which happened to meet the old saying that the ass is good to give birth to.

At that time, although King Yu had several wives, he did not give birth to a boy and a girl. In order to conceive a child for the prince, Empress Dowager Li can be said to have used all methods.

Whether it is taking medicine, praying to God, asking for divination, etc., or even taking some secret medicine at the expense of harming the body. Zhan Xiaoxiao and Qin Tai learned that Empress Dowager Li had damaged her Yang Shou for at least nearly twenty years because of this child.

Empress Dowager Li gave birth twice, usually had to take care of the prince's diet and daily life, did not take care of his body before King Yu was not determined to be the successor, was widowed before the age of thirty, and insisted on taking the little emperor to the court every day to deal with military affairs when the little emperor was young, which completely led to the confusion and aging of the Empress Dowager Li's physical functions.

Now the Empress Dowager Li can barely maintain her body by relying on medicine and maintenance, and once the medicine stops or she falls seriously ill, the Empress Dowager Li's body will immediately weaken.

Empress Dowager Li also knew that she was a little overwhelmed, so she also wanted to take a good rest and recover her physique as soon as possible so that she could live for a few more years.

On the surface, Zhang Juzheng is still the first assistant of the cabinet, and he is still a family member.

But Qin Tai inquired carefully about some changes and found at least three changes. First, Zhang Juzheng's prestige among the people and officialdom is gradually not as good as before.

A few years ago, no one, whether it was a student or an official, dared to speak ill of Zhang Juzheng in public.

The first is because Zhang Juzheng is the head of the cabinet and the first assistant to the hundred officials, and even more because Zhang Juzheng is impeccable in terms of prestige and morality.

But now, in private or semi-public, it is common to hear people talking about Zhang Juzheng, and some bold officials or students say that they want to denounce Zhang Juzheng.

Which big man has not been talked about by everyone? But from everyone's name for Zhang Juzheng, I know the change, when Zhang Juzheng first became a big man, everyone called Zhang Juzheng

"Mr. Zhang", this is an honorific title, and it also represents that everyone regards Zhang Juzheng as a senior and teacher.

Later, after Zhang Juzheng became a cabinet boss, everyone called Zhang Juzheng Xianggong or Zhang Xiang, and at this time, everyone already regarded Zhang Juzheng as a politician.

When Zhang Juzheng became the first assistant of the cabinet, especially when he became the teacher and cabinet presiding officer of the era of the little emperor, everyone called Zhang Juzheng both in public and in private

"Zhang Shi" or

"Zhang Gong". This appellation has reached its peak. Zhang Juzheng has been mythologized by everyone, and even some students have elevated Zhang Juzheng to the same treatment as the holy master Confucius.

But some people have called him all these years

"Zhang Butcher",

"Zhang Bawang",

"Zhang Yiyan",

"Zhang Buxiao" and so on. Clay everyone blindly admired Zhang Juzheng, began to find Zhang Juzheng's shortcomings, and even began to dislike Zhang Juzheng.

Second, Zhang Juzheng began to be obsessed with power and began to embark on the same path as Xu Jiejie and Gao Gong at the beginning.

Although he still has a moral bottom line, at least he will not lose his heart, but he has begun to lose control of his subordinates.

Some relatives or subordinates have begun to take advantage of Zhang Juzheng's position and power to commit crimes. Their behavior not only affected Zhang Juzheng's positive image, but also indirectly affected Zhang Juzheng's behavior.

Zhang Juzheng gradually did not pay attention to his private morality and began to listen to advice. If this continues, even if the little emperor or others do not target Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng will be killed by himself sooner or later.

Third, Zhang Siwei and others began to openly entertain colleagues in a high-profile manner. Feng Bao once boasted that Zhang Juzheng said everything in the cabinet, and Zhang Siwei, as the second assistant to the cabinet, was overwhelmed by Zhang Juzheng, the top boss.

Zhang Siwei has become an ornament, except for being a wooden man in the cabinet every day, he has no real power at all.

Zhang Juzheng also said that without his words, Zhang Siwei, an assistant, would not dare to let go of one. But now that Zhang Siwei is obediently not silent, he has begun to win over his colleagues.

This situation is not simple at all, if no one is agitating behind his back, Zhang Siwei will not dare to do it.

And there are not many people who can make Zhang Siwei obedient and go against Zhang Juzheng, and Zhang Siwei dares to do this can only mean that the people behind him at least don't have to be Zhang Juzheng.

In this era, there are only three people who dare to confront Zhang Juzheng, that is, Empress Dowager Li, the Little Emperor and Feng Bao.

Empress Dowager Li didn't do this, Feng Bao wouldn't do it, the only explanation is that this person is the little emperor.

The little emperor secretly instigated Zhang Siwei to seize power from Zhang Juzheng, at least in disguise to let Zhang Siwei share power with Zhang Juzheng.

There are many smart people in the world, and some discerning officials will begin to move closer to Zhang Siwei. Zhang Siwei has become a big man who can check and balance Zhang Juzheng from a powerless cabinet assistant, and it seems that Zhang Juzheng's life is getting worse and worse.

Long before Qin Tai entered Beijing, Huang Jin told Qin Tai some secrets in the palace. Although Huang Jin has been away from the harem for many days, it does not mean that Huang Jin knows nothing about things in the palace.

Huang Jin still has some disciples and grandchildren who hold some positions in the palace. Although these people are not very beautiful, they still have a certain ability, Huang Jin is the former eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi after all, they will come to consult Huang Jin.

Huang Jin also learned some of the latest news in the palace from them, and gradually became an insider who regained control of the palace news.

After Huang Jin decided to settle in Qin Tai's hometown, he treated Qin Tai as his own and told Qin Tai everything he knew.

Although there are Empress Dowager Chen and Empress Dowager Li in the palace today, they have begun to take care of things, and the queen wants to take care of the little emperor and does not let her take care of it.

So now the emperor in the palace has the most power, and the Empress Dowager Chen, Empress Dowager Li and Empress Wang are all regarded as the mistresses of the palace.

It is impossible for the little emperor to directly intervene in the affairs of the harem, so the power in the palace has almost returned to the celebrant supervisor.