After Liu Jin entered the palace, he respectfully saluted the Empress Dowager Zhang, and after the Empress Dowager Zhang said in surprise, he got up and stood there with his body bent, as if he had reached the end of his life.

When Empress Dowager Zhang saw that Liu Jin was abnormal this time, she couldn't help beating the drum in her heart, and couldn't help but take the lead in asking: "Gong Liu, what's wrong with you? Is something big happening?"

"Niangniang is sitting in the forbidden palace, don't you know it yet?" Liu Jin deliberately glanced at Cao Qiuhai on the side, as if he was blaming Cao Qiuhai for not explaining the situation outside for Empress Dowager Zhang!

Seeing this, Cao Qiuhai didn't have the slightest expression, and still stood there, as if he didn't understand the meaning of Liu Jin's words. However, it was Empress Dowager Zhang, but she spoke out to defend Cao Qiuhai and said: "Cao Qing has already told me a lot! It is said that when Liu Gong was about to exterminate King An, he suddenly disappeared with that evil seed Xu Zilong, which eventually led to a failure?"

"Yes......" Liu Jin lowered his head when he heard this, as if he was extremely ashamed, and said in a low voice.

"I also heard that after you returned to the camp, not only did Yang Yiqing refuse to see you, but even Zhang Yong ignored you?" asked Empress Dowager Zhang in a deep voice.

"Uh......" Liu Jin continued to lower his head, and only uttered such a syllable.

Empress Dowager Zhang continued: "And when you return to Beijing, not only will you not be able to clear the resolution to remove Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong, but in your so-called reorganization of the cabinet, you will be completely defeated, yes and no!"

"......" arrived here, Liu Jin had nothing to say, it seemed that the queen mother knew everything, but he looked depressed on his face, but he was actually a little happy in his heart.

I'm not afraid that the Queen Mother Zhang knows more, I'm afraid that she knows less, and there is no sense of crisis, this is what Liu Jin really thinks at the moment. Where did Empress Dowager Zhang know about Liu Jin's plan, she only felt that her support for Liu Jin was completely in vain.

At the moment, she was quite angry in her heart, and couldn't help but reproach and said: "Liu Gong, it's not the mourning family who said you, you swore before that as long as you can merge with the celebrant through the cabinet, you can completely control the government, so that King An, the evil obstacle and the slut Ma Fengyue will die justifiably!"

But what is going on now, not only can you not obtain military power, but even the cabinet you have just reshuffled cannot pass resolutions that are useful to you, and you tell the mourners, why is this?"

Listening to Empress Dowager Zhang's roar, Liu Jin just drooped his head, lowered his head, and smiled lightly secretly, and waited for Empress Dowager Zhang to ask, he said: "Back to the Empress Dowager, the current situation is really at the time of life and death, don't you know the reason for all this?"

While speaking, Liu Jin raised his head and looked at the Empress Dowager Zhang with blazing eyes, as if he could directly penetrate the Empress Dowager Zhang.

Empress Dowager Zhang was so stared at by Liu Jin, she couldn't help but panic in her heart, and asked in a trembling voice, "What does Gong Liu mean by this?"

"I can succeed and successfully reorganize the cabinet, but it is because of the support of the Queen Mother, Your Majesty is helpless, that I can succeed!" Liu Jin shook off the sleeves of his robe, and then slowly regained his confidence and said, "Later, I was able to lead the army to exterminate King An and the Fengyue Gang, and it was also because of the success of this cabinet reshuffle."

But now Your Majesty listens to the rumors and really thinks that he is Zheng Jinlian's son, not Niangniang's child, so under the influence of the courtiers, he is ready to unite with the courtiers and bring me down together!"

"Ah, what rumors did he hear, how did he know about Zheng Jinlian?" Empress Dowager Zhang really didn't know the reason for this, and couldn't help but panic, and looked at Cao Qiuhai at a loss.

Cao Qiuhai listened to Liu Jin's words, and secretly said in his heart, seeing that Empress Dowager Zhang seemed to be asking, he had no choice but to clench his fists and bow his head, and replied: "Empress Dowager, I haven't received any news yet." ”

"Lord Cao is just in charge of the guards, and he is not a professional intelligence collector, and he has no eyeliner by His Majesty's side, but it is normal not to know!" Liu Jin seemed to defend Cao Qiuhai, but in fact, he was a little derogatory to him, and only listened to Liu Jin say, "However, there are some spies from the three factories and one guard under the old minister, who have long firmly grasped His Majesty's whereabouts, and now he has obtained conclusive evidence that His Majesty has sent people to secretly investigate the matter of Zheng Jinlian back then, and has also sent people to find Zheng Wang!"

"Hmph! This rebel son really can't be raised!" Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart when she heard this, patted the chair and said resentfully, "I raised him for so many years and gave him the throne, but he still wanted to uncover the events of the year, how could it be reasonable." Gong Liu, has this kid investigated anything?"

"Niangniang don't worry, there are old ministers here, naturally he won't really know anything!" Liu Jin smiled proudly, knowing that Empress Dowager Zhang had regained a little confidence in herself, and immediately said, "Now that Zheng Wang is dead, the one who really knows what happened back then, except for Ma Fengyue and King An, there is actually no one else, Niangniang is relieved." ”

"That's good!" Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help but feel a little relieved when she heard this, looked at Liu Jin, and said with appreciation, "It's still Liu Gong's ability, as long as this kid can't find anything useful, the mourning family will be relieved." ”

"The old minister doesn't think so!" Liu Jin directly retorted, "Queen Mother, there is a saying among the people, only a thousand days to be a thief, but there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days!"

"Huh?" Empress Dowager Zhang frowned when she heard this, looked at Liu Jin and asked, "What does Liu Gong mean by this?"

"What the old minister means is that since Your Majesty has become suspicious, if we ignore it, we are afraid that a catastrophe will come. Liu Jin didn't shy away from it, and said bluntly, "Now the old minister has lost some momentum, but I'm afraid it is also related to His Majesty's suspicions." His Majesty does not support the old minister, so Gao Feng and Qiu Ju naturally understand it, and they will not continue to follow the old minister.

And those foreign ministers got a little bit of holy will, and naturally they were also happy, so they wanted to collect evidence as soon as possible and put the old ministers to death. After the old minister was successfully brought down by them, Niangniang Ke really became a loner, and at that time, as long as His Majesty and King An were in tune, King An would definitely tell him what happened back then!

When the time comes, you don't need to say more, you should understand, right?"

What Liu Jin said made Empress Dowager Zhang shudder. For so many years, although Empress Dowager Zhang has been widowed in the deep palace, she seems to not care about the government, and she has the demeanor of a mother.

In fact, in order to avoid the attack of the courtiers, she deliberately lived in seclusion behind the scenes, handed over many affairs to Liu Jin to deal with, and spared no effort to support Liu Jin, just thinking that with the help of Liu Jin, she could restrain the emperor and let herself and her family prosper for a long time.

But what Liu Jin said now is not alarmist. Emperor Zhengde is indeed not her child, if this secret is pierced, and Liu Jin is no longer there, it is difficult to imagine how Zhengde will treat Empress Dowager Zhang.

At that time, even if Empress Dowager Zhang was protected by a great master like Cao Qiuhai, she was powerless, and could only become a fish on the chopping board of Emperor Zhengde and let him slaughter it!

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help but shudder, vaguely understood the purpose of Liu Jin coming to find her today, immediately looked at Liu Jin, and said: "Since Liu Gong is here, there is obviously a way, please let Liu Gong say it clearly!"

"There is naturally a way!" Empress Dowager Zhang said this, obviously expressing her willingness to support Liu Jin, and Liu Jin was also very happy at the moment, seeing that she had achieved her goal, she didn't say much, and said directly, "The root of all the problems now is actually from His Majesty the Emperor!"

Because His Majesty listened to the rumors, the courtiers, Gao Feng, Qiu Ju and others met with the wind and rudder, intending to bring down me Liu Jin. As the saying goes, the bell must be tied to the bell, and if you want to break the game, the key is actually here with His Majesty the Emperor. ”

"Oh?" Empress Dowager Zhang nodded as if she didn't understand, and said, "It's okay for Gong Liu to be blunt!"

"It's actually very simple, since Your Majesty doesn't trust us anymore, as long as we can get Your Majesty to trust us again, all problems will be solved. And with His Majesty's support, even if many people oppose it, they can only cry out in vain, what does Niang Niang think?" Liu Jin said, while taking out a medicine bottle from his arms, handed it to Empress Dowager Zhang, and continued:

"This is a bottle of magic medicine that I asked for from Japan, as long as I take this medicine, that person will become a puppet, and with special methods, I can completely control this person. ”

"Huh?" Empress Dowager Zhang thought it was just an ordinary poison, but when she heard it, it was such a terrible poison that she almost didn't hold it steady, and threw the medicine bottle to the ground.

Fortunately, Liu Jin's martial arts are strong, and as soon as the medicine bottle left his hand, he had already taken it back from his hand, held the medicine bottle, and said to the Empress Dowager Zhang with a smile: "This is our magic weapon to turn the tables and win, Niangniang is still careful!"

"But......" Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help but hesitate when she heard the effect of this poison, and said, "Although Zhao'er is stubborn, she is not obedient now, and she wants to find Zheng Jinlian, a slut, but after all, he is the emperor and the master of the world, if he ......"

"Niangniang!" Liu Jin saw that Empress Dowager Zhang hesitated again, and immediately said, "You can't have the kindness of a woman anymore, if you are merciful to the emperor now, so that he has time to prepare, and the courtiers defeat me, then the next person he will have to deal with must be Niangniang, and your relatives! Even if you don't think about yourself, don't you want to think about Shou Ninghou and them?"

Marquis Shouning is the biological brother of Empress Dowager Zhang, although he has no ability, but he is stained with the blessing of this in-law and was knighted by Emperor Hongzhi. Other relatives of the Empress Dowager Zhang, as well as many officials and knights, are really an honor.

If it is said that Zhengde wants to deal with the Empress Dowager Zhang, not to mention others, the Empress Dowager Zhang herself does not believe it. After all, now that Zheng Jinlian is not here, even King An doesn't know much about the events of the past.

As long as he insists that Zheng Jinlian's matter is nothing, Zhengde has no choice, and he can't do anything to Empress Dowager Zhang. But this does not prevent Zhengde from dealing with Shou Ninghou because of rumors, after all, since Zhengde was a child, he has not dealt with this uncle, and now that he has the opportunity, where will he let it go.