Qin Tai never dared to underestimate any person in the palace, and none of the people who could live in this terrifying place in the world were simple people. Outsiders don't know Empress Dowager Chen's skills, Qin Tai and Feng Bao know it very well in their hearts, and even Empress Dowager Li knows it very well in their hearts. In fact, this Empress Dowager Chen, who doesn't seem to like to talk and doesn't like to be in power, is the smartest woman in the world. If you talk about the advantages and disadvantages of Empress Dowager Chen, the only disadvantage of Empress Dowager Chen is that she did not give birth to a son. Is there a woman with an innocent background, who can sit firmly in the main room of the Yuwang Mansion when her husband keeps appearing as a woman, when she can't have a son, and when her position is in jeopardy, this Empress Dowager Chen is already very powerful. When Emperor Longqing ascended the throne as emperor, the little emperor was almost six years old at that time, and Empress Dowager Chen did not have a son and a half daughter at that time. At that time, many people asked Emperor Longqing to change Empress Dowager Li to empress and abolish Empress Dowager Chen for the sake of the legitimate heir of the little emperor in the future. At that time, Emperor Longqing was not unmoved, and Empress Dowager Li herself hoped that she could become the empress. However, the manager of the incident, Feng Bao, who secretly told Qin Tai that at that time, the Empress Dowager Chen's reputation was troublesome, and she did not find the husband of Emperor Longqing. Feng Bao didn't expect this Empress Dowager Chen to make an astonishing move that completely changed the decision of everyone, including Emperor Longqing.

At that time, the Empress Dowager Chen held the little emperor and found the Empress Dowager Li, who was only a concubine in the Yuwang Mansion, and the Empress Dowager Chen asked the Empress Dowager Li to spare her life in a tone that she discussed with her sisters. Empress Dowager Chen exemplified the fate of the concubines who had been deposed by the emperor over the years, and begged Empress Dowager Li not to let the children know about their affairs. Empress Dowager Chen hugged the sleeping little emperor and said her bottom line openly, she didn't want to be the empress of Emperor Longqing, and she didn't want to grab children with Empress Dowager Li. Empress Dowager Chen said that she could take the initiative to make a request and voluntarily give up the empress, hoping that Empress Dowager Li and Emperor Longqing would give her the status of a concubine. She will not snatch her husband and children with Empress Dowager Li, she just hopes that she can watch her husband and children grow up. At that time, Empress Dowager Li was almost at a loss, and Emperor Longqing, who happened to be hiding inside, had mixed feelings. Empress Dowager Chen is his wife, and in addition to not giving birth to a son for him over the years, this wife can be said to be dedicated. How could he abolish such a wife who was almost at fault?

Just when Emperor Longqing regretted his decision, the little emperor suddenly woke up, hugged the Empress Dowager Chen and did not let go, and said that he would go there wherever the Empress Dowager Chen went. This made Emperor Longqing, who loved this son, completely decide the fate of Empress Dowager Chen. Emperor Longqing did not act arbitrarily on this issue. He summoned his ministers overnight and told everyone what he had heard and seen. The ministers, who have always advocated the distinction between respect and inferiority and the ethics of the norm, of course, collectively stood on the side of the Empress Dowager Chen. Soon after, Empress Dowager Chen was officially canonized as the Empress of the Longqing Emperor, and the crown prince was also the mother of the little emperor of Wanli. In this way, the position of the Empress Dowager Chen is stable, even if the little emperor comes to power, he does not dare to easily offend this mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager Chen, whose status is one level higher than that of the biological mother of the Empress Dowager Li. After Empress Dowager Chen became the queen, she was not overly publicized, she still pretended to be cautious and ceded power to Concubine Li Guifei at that time, who was later Empress Dowager Li. Feng Bao learned the truth about Empress Dowager Chen by accident, and for the sake of the peace of the harem, he did not tell Empress Dowager Li the truth. In fact, even if Feng Bao doesn't say it, Empress Dowager Li can guess some clues. It turned out that Empress Dowager Chen knew early on that Emperor Longqing was coming to Empress Dowager Li, and deliberately said these words to Empress Dowager Li, but in fact, she indirectly told Emperor Longqing about her husband. As for the child's words, it is simpler, it is taught by the Empress Dowager Chen word by word. Otherwise, how could such a child who is less than six years old say such touching and clear words? Feng Bao told Qin Tai about this matter, the purpose was to make Qin Tai not underestimate people like Empress Dowager Chen. This matter involved royal secrets, and Feng Bao didn't even say anything about Zhang Juzheng. After all, Zhang Juzheng was already a cabinet minister at that time, and he couldn't tell too many royal secrets to a foreign minister, which was a bottom line as a domestic minister.

Later, Qin Tai also noticed the strangeness of Empress Dowager Chen through several cases. In many cases, Empress Dowager Chen was more or less involved and played a certain role. Qin Tai even suspected that the death of Emperor Longqing and the conflict between the mother and son of the little emperor were related to this seemingly peaceful Empress Dowager Chen. However, this matter involved the royal family and two generations of emperors, so Qin Tai did not investigate it. However, Qin Tai secretly vaguely felt that this seemingly ordinary Empress Dowager Chen had a certain amount of energy, and could even surprise people. No matter what, now that Empress Dowager Chen and Empress Dowager Li are in harmony on the surface, they will not endanger the safety of the little emperor and the Ming Dynasty, so Qin Tai will not care.

Feng Bao has aged a lot, after all, he has been tortured a lot these days. First, the political ally Zhang Juzheng died suddenly, then the master Empress Dowager Li gave up on him, and finally he was ruthless to himself with the little master and the little emperor who grew up. In just a few months, this once beautiful celebrant eunuch and Dongchang Governor tasted the warmth and coldness of the world. Feng Bao's age is actually not young, and he usually relies on nourishment and dressing up to maintain a relatively young appearance. Although it seemed that Feng Bao was younger than Qin Tai a few months ago, in fact, Feng Bao and Qin Tai both knew that Feng Bao was a full seventeen years older than Qin Tai. In ancient times, men got married relatively early, and there were many fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys who became fathers, according to this theory, Feng Bao could be Qin Tai's father at his age. So in the past, Qin Tai treated his friends Zhang Juzheng, Tan Lun and Feng Bao like father and brother, and these people treated Qin Tai, a little brother, as if they were his own children. Today's Feng Bao has white hair and looks older than Qin Tai's father, and outsiders don't know that Feng Bao and Qin Tai are a pair of grandchildren. Feng Bao is obviously aging, not only has his appearance become older, but even his spirit and personality have changed. I don't know if it's to win over Qin Tai, or if I haven't figured out how to get into the topic, Feng Bao repeatedly nagged about some irrelevant topics. The most asked question was the child Jixiang, because Jixiang had been secretly sent to Feng Bao. Although nominally a small servant sent by Feng Bao's hometown to take care of Feng Bao, in fact, Jixiang is Feng Bao's son and the heir to the incense. In order to allow the child to stay with Feng Bao smoothly, Qin Tai and his wife did not send the child directly to Feng Bao. Qin Tai and his wife asked the child to be sent to Feng Bao's hometown, and at this time, the people in Feng Bao's hometown knew that Feng Bao had stepped down, and of course they would not pay attention to Feng Bao anymore. The little maids used by Feng Bao were all sent by his hometown, so he only needed to spend a small amount of money to arrange for auspiciousness to come to Feng Bao's side. Of course, Feng Bao didn't know who Jixiang was in advance, and the monofilament couldn't hold up Jixiang's resemblance to Zhan Xiaoxiao, and besides, Jixiang's neck was hung with the golden lock that Feng Bao had given him. Jixiang recognized Jixiang's identity almost as soon as he appeared, although he was very excited, but Feng Bao still had to pretend to be serious and teach Jixiang a lesson. In private, Feng Bao regarded Jixiang as a treasure, and took out all the copies of the things he had served the little emperor to take care of Jixiang. If it weren't for the fear that Jixiang would tell the truth, Feng Bao wouldn't have stayed at home. Feng Bao and Qin Tai mentioned this precious son in at least six or seven sentences out of the ten sentences. Before Qin Tai and his wife bought it, Feng Bao didn't need to hide it, he showed his love for his son's auspiciousness clearly.

Qin Tai and his wife were grateful for Feng Bao's behavior, after all, Jixiang was the biological son of their husband and wife, and it was originally to win over Feng Bao that he offered to send the child to Feng Bao as his son. Although the couple knew that Feng Bao would be very good to this son and would take care of the child as the family successor, they were still a little worried and reluctant in their hearts. Now it seems that Feng Bao is really very good to the child, even better than their husband and wife to the child, and the couple is completely relieved. On the one hand, their husband and wife were also worried about Feng Bao's changes, Feng Bao obviously became nagging and hesitant, and he no longer had the decisiveness and tenacity he had not had before. Although Qin Tai felt that Feng Bao was too ruthless at the beginning, Feng Bao, who has now become submissive, worries Qin Tai even more. Feng Bao's behavior makes people feel that they will die soon, if so, who does Jixiang rely on? Can you keep the family business that Feng kept after marrying? When Feng Bao's opponents and their descendants learn of Feng Bao's current situation, will they retaliate against Feng Bao? Can Feng Baohe Jixiang persevere?

Qin Tai finally couldn't help it, he gave his wife Zhan Xiaoxiao a look that he only understood, and at the same time stopped Feng Bao from continuing to nag. Zhan Xiaoxiao intentionally or unintentionally took a stool and sat at the door of the room, not only to do a good job of guarding her husband Qin Tai and Feng Bao, but also to observe the surroundings clearly to prevent anyone from approaching or listening to Qin Tai and Feng Bao's conversation. This is the habit of Qin Tai and his wife for many years, whenever Qin Tai wants to talk about the case or have an important conversation with someone, Zhan Xiaoxiao will do it. Of course, if Qiu Xiaoqiu is around, this task will be handed over to Qiu Xiaoqiu. Zhan Xiaoxiao gave her husband a safe signal, and on behalf of Qin Tai, he looked at a box of Feng Bao to talk about important topics.

"Big brother, don't say any more. Now it's time to get down to business. Don't say it yet, let me guess what your purpose and mission is. What I said is not right, or incomplete, can you add to it? Qin Tai said and said his preliminary estimate of the case.