"Your Majesty finally remembered my concubine. My knees are weak from kneeling. Wuwuwu, Your Majesty has never punished me like this. I don't know what I did wrong? Please forgive me, my concubine..."
When Li Xi'er entered the palace, she cried non-stop. The crying made Zhu Qiyu upset, and he said coldly: "Kneel down!"
"ah?"
Li Xier is so stupid, why are you still kneeling? I have been kneeling for several hours, and my legs feel like they are no longer my own. Why are I still kneeling? But the Xinan Pavilion was filled with the smell of blood, and so many people were dragged out. She was afraid, so she knelt down weakly, her pretty little face full of grievances.
Ai GaoGong was also brought in by the eunuch, and he knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty, Ai GaoGong, pays homage to you."
Zhu Qiyu looked at him. When he was in the Prince's Mansion, Ai Gaofeng offered medicine to him many times. Now that he thought about it, the old witch had a far-reaching plan and wanted his life during the Zhengtong years.
Since he ascended the throne, every time his health improved, Ai Zhong would come to offer medicine, and then Li Xi'er would come to seduce the original owner, and they cooperated seamlessly. Moreover, the medicine Xu Biao prescribed complemented Ai Gaofeng's, causing his body bones to rapidly deteriorate.
Combined with Wu Tong's testimony, the golden knife case in the second year of Jingtai was actually the prelude to the coup. If Lu Zhong had not reported it, Zhu Qizhen would have been restored by then. After the incident of the Golden Knife Case, Zhu Qizhen went dormant and killed Zhu Jianji during the Yi Chu incident. He killed the queen in the seventh year of Jingtai, and the seizure of the throne started in the eighth year of Jingtai. It can be said that his plan was far-reaching.
"Mr. Ai is here, don't be restrained. Just like before, you are different from them. I can't live without you for a day." Zhu Qiyu smiled.
Ai Gaofeng was very nervous. He saw with his own eyes that all the doctors from the imperial hospital were taken away. Wu Tong's tragic situation made him tremble even more. He was worried that he would be next. Moreover, His Majesty's love for Concubine Li was not as good as before, and he became increasingly worried. He nodded and did not dare to speak.
"Get up, I'm in good health. It's all thanks to you. Can you donate any precious medicine?" Zhu Qiyu said bluntly.
Ai Gao Gao was stunned, glanced at Concubine Li, and quickly took out a brocade box from his sleeve pocket and presented it to her: "This is the precious medicine I prepared recently, and it is very effective."
Shu Liang tried to persuade him, but Zhu Qiyu glanced at him. He hurriedly presented the brocade box, but Zhu Qiyu did not accept it, but smiled and said: "Mr. Ai, how does the medicine work? Have you tried it?"
"Your Majesty wants to use it. It is of course very effective and won't hurt you." Ai Gao Gao smiled contemptuously. The emperor is still the same emperor. It seems that his position as the envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital is stable.
"Ai Aiqing understands me, is this the only one?" Zhu Qiyu showed a satisfied smile, and Ai Gaofeng also smiled. Everyone understands this, so he immediately offered two more.
"Yes, Ai Aiqing understands me best. You have been giving me medicine for ten years. I have used it very well. I want to reward Ai Aiqing generously."
Zhu Qiyu nodded with satisfaction: "Shu Liang, give this pill to Ai Aiqing. Let me see the effect."
Karma?
The smile on Ai Gaofeng's face froze, and he immediately knelt on the ground: "I dare not disobey you in front of you!"
"I'm not interested in seeing it. Can pigs be raised in the palace? Send him to a pig pen and let the pigs test his strength. Remember to find a boar, one with strong strength." Zhu Qiyu said lightly.
"ah?"
Ai Gaofeng's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly kowtowed and apologized: "Your Majesty, I have been feeling unwell recently and am not suitable for taking medicine!"
"Huh? Just now you kept saying that you had used it before giving it to me. Why are you saying that you are feeling unwell now? Are you lying to me?" Zhu Qiyu's tone changed.
Ai Gao Gao was so frightened that he kept kowtowing: "My lord, I have indeed used it, but it has just been used recently, so it is not suitable to use it a second time. Moreover, this medicine is extremely precious. How can I use this lowly body?"
"hehe!"
"Don't you use it when Ai Aiqing feels unwell? Don't use it after you use it once?"
"But why did you come here and when I felt unwell, you repeatedly urged me to use it!"
"After I used it once, you persuaded me to use it a second time! After using it the second time, you persuaded me to use it a third time!"
"Ai Gaofeng!"
"Are you cursing me to death?"
Zhu Qiyu was furious: "Shu Liang, put these three pills into his mouth! I want to see how effective this medicine is!"
"Your Majesty, I don't, I don't... um!"
Before Ai Gao finished speaking, he was held down by two young eunuchs. He struggled hard and was slapped twice by Shu Liang. Then he stuffed pills into his mouth, held his mouth down, and shook his head vigorously. , forcing him to swallow.
"Cough cough cough!"
After Ai Gaofeng was let go, he desperately tried to dig at his throat to pull out the medicine, but Shu Liang kicked him and sneered: "The emperor gave you the medicine, do you dare to vomit it?"
Ai Gao Gao abruptly stopped picking and knelt on the ground: "My lord, I don't dare to disobey you. I know my mistake!"
"I said, I don't know how to read, Shu Liang, go find the boar!" Zhu Qiyu sneered, still teasing me! My body will be ruined only if I take this medicine! He has no heirs!
"Your Majesty, we don't raise pigs in the palace, so we can't find pigs." Shu Liang smiled strangely. He was worried that the Emperor would take this medicine again, but he was happy to see that the Emperor no longer took it.
"Then find a dog, stronger and male." Zhu Qiyu said lightly.
Ai Gongshang's entire face turned green. He kept winking at Li Xi'er, asking her to help plead for mercy, but Li Xi'er lowered her head and turned a blind eye.
"Let's find two. I'm worried that one won't be enough for Ai Aiqing to enjoy."
"This slave takes the order."
Shu Liang walked up to Ai Gaofeng and said, "Physician Ai, please go with me. Your Majesty told me to try the medicine."
Ai Gaofeng's face turned red and his mouth went dry: "Your Majesty, please give me a daughter, sir. A male dog is really insulting to gentlemen."
Zhu Qiyu's face darkened: "Ai Aiqing, are you the woman who covets me?"
"Ah? Sir, I don't dare!" Ai Gao Gao was stunned and kowtowed to apologize.
"Don't you dare? All the women in this palace belong to me, but you ask for it from me? Huh! I think you are tired of living! Someone, send Ai Gao Gao's wife and daughter to the Jiaofang Division, and we will receive guests tonight! "
Zhu Qiyu said coldly: "Bring Li Shu and Sun Zhenxuan here again!"
"ah?"
Ai Gaofeng's face was full of sorrow: "Your Majesty, what crime have I committed? Why do you want to do this? Please forgive me! For the sake of my hard work refining medicine for you for many years, please let me go!"
"Refining medicine? You still have the nerve to mention it!"
Zhu Qiyu glanced at him: "I know exactly what you are thinking, and what the medicine you made is for, I know even better! I won't tell you, just to save your face! Then I will send someone to castrate Ai Gao's heir. , sent to the Jiaofang Department to be an actor!"
Ai Gao Gao's eyes widened and turned red: "Hunjun! Hunjun! I'm going to kill you, you fool!"
"Be bold!"
Shu Liang slapped his mouth hard with a scabbard, causing Ai Zhong's face to bleed, but he muttered to himself and kept cursing Zhu Qiyu.
"Hmph, wait until he's done, then find a male dog, give him some medicine, and pen him up with him." Zhu Qiyu waved his hand, and Shu Liang sent someone to do it.
Seeing Ai Gaofeng's fate, Li Xier was shaking all over. She suddenly understood what the emperor meant by what he said before!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Li Xi'er trembled: "I am sincere to you..."
Zhu Qiyu looked at her jokingly, and really wanted to thank her: "Well, Concubine Li, don't be anxious. I dealt with Ai Gao Gao, not to scare the monkeys, so don't be afraid. I ordered Li Xu to come because I heard that he had a beautiful singing voice, so I asked him to sing. I will sing a song to relax and relax, Concubine Li, don’t be anxious."
When Li Xier heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief. Li Shu and Sun Zhen were her biological brothers. When she was young, her mother took her and Li Shu to remarry and gave birth to Sun Zhen. Their family was originally a prosperous country in the south of the Yangtze River, but was later eliminated. He was received from the capital and sent to the palace to serve His Majesty.
"Fei Li, who sent you to the palace?" Zhu Qiyu took a sip of ginseng tea and closed his eyes to rest.
"Your Majesty, I can't remember clearly." Li Xier stood up slowly, walked quietly to Zhu Qiyu, and stretched out her hand to touch his head.
Snapped!
Zhu Qiyu opened his eyes suddenly, raised his hand and slapped her in the face: "Who asked you to come here? Shu Liang! Are you blind?"
"My slave, please forgive me!" Shu Liang prostrated on the ground.
"Ten slaps!" Zhu Qiyu was still angry. If Li Xier had a weapon in his hand, would he still be alive?
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Shu Liang slapped himself hard on the face to make him remember it.
"You bitch!" Zhu Qiyu stared at Li Xi'er: "Drag her out and slap her a hundred times!"
Li Xier was stunned. The emperor refused to touch me no matter what. He quickly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, please don't hit me. If you do, my face will be ruined. I beg your majesty to have mercy on me, your majesty, my concubine..."
"Gag her mouth!"
Zhu Qiyu was too lazy to listen and asked people to drag him down and beat him.
He had determined that Li Xier was sent to the palace by Zhu Qizhen, and Liu Jing, who sent her to the palace, was not clean either, but what about Tang Xing? Tang Xing is Concubine Tang’s biological father. Can he be trusted? Zhu Qiyu must figure it out.
"Your Majesty, Jin Yiwei Qianhu Li Chen and Sun Zhen are here, do you want to announce their entrance?" Zhu Qiyu closed his eyes to rest, and when he was about to fall asleep, Shu Liang came to report in a low voice.
"No need. If I want to hear their siblings sing, just sing in front of the palace gate. You are not allowed to stop without my order."
Zhu Qiyu said calmly: "You need money to rebuild the East Factory. You can take my note and withdraw it from the internal funds. I'm tired, Shu Liang, please help me sleep in peace."
After a tiring day, I was lying on the soft cushion like a puddle of mud. My whole body felt uncomfortable. I really wanted to sleep for three days and three nights.
Soon, he fell asleep peacefully. But when Zhu Qiyu was sleeping soundly, Shu Liang woke him up: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something big has happened. The inner palace has been stolen!"
"What?"
Zhu Qiyu, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes. His eyeballs were bloodshot and his voice was hoarse: "What did you say? The inner palace was stolen? Is it the inner library or the outer ten libraries? Where is Han Yi? Where did he die? How much was stolen? ?Have you caught it?"
The inner palace is the internal treasure, with a total of ten treasury, and there is also a treasury in the palace, and the most important belongings are placed in the treasury.
"Both the Wai Shiku and the Liku were stolen. The slave went to the Liku to withdraw money and saw Han Yi's body at the door of the Liku. The eunuchs including the servants were also dead. The door of the Liku was open, but there was nothing inside! There's nothing left!" Shu Liang's face was full of worry.
Who did it?
Zhu Qiyu stood up suddenly, his eyes red: "What about Wai Shiku?"
"Only the inner transport warehouse was stolen. The whereabouts of the eunuch Liu Guang, the eunuch, and the eunuch Qian Shu are all missing. They may have met with misfortune. The other nine warehouses are still there. I sent someone to check them, and nothing was lost." Shu Liang answer.
It’s over!
There are hundreds of thousands of taels of silver stored in the internal transportation warehouse, which is his entire family fortune! There were countless treasures in the library, and they were all gone!
Zhu Qiyu's eyes turned dark. Rebuilding the Tiqi, reorganizing the East Factory, rebuilding the Jinyi Guards, rebuilding the imperial hospital, cleaning the inner palace, wooing the imperial guards, and even wooing the courtiers and the Beijing camp all require money!
This time the money is gone!
Suddenly I remembered that Xing'an's words were revenge, what a way to drain the fire from under the cauldron!
"Your Majesty, please don't worry. I'll go check it out right now." Shu Liang went to help Zhu Qiyu.
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "After the rebellion, did you inspect Liku?"
"After the inspection, the slave personally inspected and told Han Yi to keep an eye on the warehouse. But when the slave took your note and went to pay the money, he saw Han Yi's body, which was empty. The slave did not dare to neglect, so he sent someone I went to investigate the outer ten warehouses and found that the inner transport warehouse was also stolen!"
It's not the rebels. The rebels didn't attack Riku! The Beijing camp led by Yu Qian didn't have the guts to touch Li Ku. That would be a serious crime against the Nine Tribes! Who would risk killing the Nine Clans to steal Riku?
Xing'an is right, the power I thought I had is actually the moon in the mirror, it's all illusory!
What a great move to remove the firepower!
Without money, who would work for me?
I pretended to be crazy and tore off a corner, thinking I had a trick, but ended up going up to the house to take out the ladder. I was trapped in the house, unable to get up or down. However, I opened a wall for the civil servants and accelerated the formation of a civil servant clique. When the cabinet took control of the department Supervisor of Ceremonies, if you tame nobles and generals into dogs, if I, the emperor, don’t obediently enter the cage and close the door, I will dissolve in the water...
Zhu Qiyu was unwilling to accept it. He killed so many people but made wedding clothes for others! No! I'm not convinced! I am not willing to give in!
"Let me think about it, think about it..."
"With so many things in the treasury, it is not easy to transport them out of the palace. Send an order and order Song Jie, Shen Huai, Li Jin, and Chen Shao to enter the palace immediately and seal the palace gate! No one is allowed to enter or leave!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes flickered: "Shu Liang, immediately organize the eunuchs to search the palace! No palace can be spared, Li Ku's things must still be in the palace!"
"It will definitely not be possible to transport it out in such a short time! Anyone who is suspicious can be directly captured or killed. At any cost, we must get back Liku's things!"
The money in the inner transport warehouse will definitely not be recovered. It is easy to sell the stolen goods outside the palace. This group of thieves only stole money and did not dare to steal the ordnance in the Azi warehouse. It can be seen that they do not want to completely break up, but just teach him, the emperor, a lesson. Forced He obediently returned to the cage.
Zhu Qiyu clenched his fists and must get the money back!
As Xing'an said, the cabinet is no longer under control, and there is very little personnel power left. If Chen Ding becomes the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial office, and the ceremonial eunuch prefers the cabinet, all personnel power will be transferred to the cabinet. If the financial power is also lost, , the imperial power completely fell into the hands of the cabinet. Without the imperial power, would he still be the emperor?
Can the military power of a regiment make him stand up? If you have no money, why should the soldiers of the regiment listen to you?
Must find it back!
"This slave accepts the order!"
But as soon as Shu Liang went out, he bumped into Jin Zhong. Shu Liang scolded him: "What are you doing in such a hurry? It affects the emperor's rest!"
"Eunuch Shu, something big has happened. The border is in a hurry! Mr. Li Ge is guarding outside the palace gate. He personally stuffed the memorial into the palace gate. Something big has happened!"
Jin Zhong came in as he spoke, knelt on the ground, and presented the memorial.
After the palace door is keyed, the cabinet should wait for the palace door to be unlocked according to the procedures before delivering the memorial. It can be seen how urgent the memorial tonight is. Li Xian came to deliver it in person and stuffed it through the crack of the palace door.
Zhu Qiyu opened the memorial and took a look, and his eyes were filled with darkness again!
When the tiles knocked on the edge, Yang Neng, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, reported.
There is also a memorial written by Yang Xin, the commander-in-chief of Huailai, claiming that Wala gathered tens of thousands of people and horses to knock on the border to declare the government, and the government was in a hurry.
These two people are the nephews of Yang Hong, the late Duke of Ying, so they can be believed. Because in the 14th year of Zhengtong, when Zhu Qizhen called the door, Ying Guogong Yang Hong refused to open the door, and Zhu Qizhen was jealous. Both Yang Neng and Yang Xin are good generals and can be trusted.
It’s just that the memorial was written on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month!
Four days have passed, and the cabinet did not report it, but handed it over at the critical moment when the internal funds were stolen! Who stole Riku? Who stole the inner transport warehouse? Isn’t this about to happen?
"Yeah!"
"My internal funds were stolen, and at the critical moment when the investigation was in progress, Li Xian refused to report it sooner or later. But at this moment, he told me that the Xuanfu was in danger!"
"Then should I seal off the whole city and try my best to trace the money inside? Or should I care about my world?"
"The cabinet is really powerful. It has posed a huge problem for me!"
"Military affairs are important, but they are used by the cabinet as a tool to fight with the emperor! This is my cabinet! In revenge, I killed Gao Gu! In revenge, I killed Wang Ao! In revenge, I interfered with the government! In revenge, why didn't I just behave like a pig! They are all taking revenge on me!"
"Who am I to be the emperor? I just took back a little bit of imperial power, but I am met with backlash! Will I dissolve in water if I continue to resist?"
"Those who are treacherous and unethical must be killed!"
Zhu Qiyu's chest heaved and rage surged.
Should we trace internal funds, or should we focus on military affairs?
Zhu Qiyu paced back and forth, undecided. If he continued to trace the internal funds, would Xuanfu and Huailai be breached, and the Wala army appear at Juyongguan, further threatening Beijing?
But if he doesn't get back the internal money, how will he support his army? What to use to rebuild Tiqi? Rebuilding Dongchang and Jinyiwei? What can you do to win over the courtiers? What do you use to gain military power?
He, the emperor, is such a fucking loser!
Zhu Qiyu repeatedly told himself to calm down, to be calm, because if he panicked, he would really fall into a trap.
"Let Shu Liang come back and Xuan Lixian come to see me!" After a long time, Zhu Qiyu sat slumped on the chair and whispered.
The military situation is raging and there can be no delay. Compared with the military situation, theft of internal funds is nothing.
If he cares about his money, maybe the Wala army will besiege Beijing again. It turns out that it is not only me who is manipulated by these people, but also the Wala!
If Wala breaks through Xuanfu and invades Juyongguan, how many Li people will suffer, and how much will it cost to rebuild Xuanfu, Huailai and other important towns? The Ming Dynasty can no longer withstand the struggle. The inheritance of our ancestors has been passed on to me. I cannot be the king of subjugation!
If you lose your internal money, just throw it away. I will think of another way with the money. I can admit defeat, but I hope you won’t go too far. Xuanfu cannot be broken and must be defended!
"See Your Majesty!"
Soon, Li Xian walked in quickly, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the government is in an emergency."
"Mr. Chen drags his sick body to summon the officials to discuss matters. At this moment, they are arguing endlessly and unresolved."
"Yu Shaofu suggested dispatching the Beijing camp and asking Yang Xin, the commander-in-chief of Huailai, to move to Xuanfu. Yu Shaofu personally led the troops to guard Huailai and defend Juyongguan to the death;"
"Gong Chengguo wants to take command of the army and attack Oala in the north to relieve the danger of Xuan Mansion..."
Li Xian spoke very quickly and looked anxious, but the report was sent to the capital on the 13th and was not reported to me until the 17th. Is this really anxious?
Chen Xun doesn’t pretend to be dead anymore? At this juncture, how dare I blame the chief minister of the cabinet! This is a great way to tap the edge with one hand! I am convinced!
"The chief minister has worked hard and served the country wholeheartedly. I wrongly blamed him."
"At this critical moment, Yu Shaofu and Cheng Guogong put state affairs first and put the world first. I also wrongly blamed them."
Zhu Qiyu gritted his back teeth, and it was useless to be filled with anger. He could only pretend to be pitiful and looked at Li Xian: "Mr. Li Ge, do you blame me?"
"I dare not blame your Majesty. Your Majesty was frightened and a little irritated last night. I understand that. Not to mention that your Majesty found out the spies from Wala. Your majesty has a sharp eye and a piercing eye. Otherwise, the Xuan Mansion might have been breached by the Wala people!"
Li Xian said he didn't dare, but his behavior calmly accepted the emperor's apology.
It seems like you are still mocking the emperor?
Zhu Qiyu sighed and smiled miserably: "I know I was wrong. The money was stolen last night. The Xuanfu is in emergency this morning. I know I wrongly blamed the ministers. I am being narrow-minded."
"Your Majesty is the father of the Ming Dynasty. How can you admit your mistakes to the ministers?"
Li Xianyi said sternly: "Your Majesty, please take back these words. Everything you do is out of public intention and for the benefit of the Ming Dynasty. All the people in the world can see it."
"Your Majesty, please relax. The Xuanfu will be fine. Thanks to Young Master, Duke Cheng and others, the Xuanfu will have no worries!"
In other words, the nobles bowed their heads to civilian officials?
If the internal funds are stolen, everyone has a share!
Zhu Qiyu was full of hatred, everything is difficult at the beginning!
Don't be anxious, don't expose your flaws, just hold on, just pretend!
He adjusted his mood, his face full of helplessness: "Li Aiqing, help me get up. Open the palace door and announce that Baiguan Fengtian Hall will discuss matters. I will be there soon."
Li Xian helped Zhu Qiyu up, and Zhu Qiyu smiled miserably: "Li Aiqing, thanks to you, the military information on the 13th was reported to me on the 17th. It really gave me a surprise."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. On the 13th of the first lunar month, you were seriously ill and bedridden. Taifu Chen did not dare to disturb your Majesty. Now that your Majesty has recovered, I will share the military information with you. I have not slept for two nights." Li Xian knelt down to defend.
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "I don't mean to blame, I just express my feelings."
"Hurry up, Li Aiqing, you are all the pillars of the country. With your help, I can only last long. I know it very well."
"Okay, let's show off to Fengtian Palace."
Li Xian lowered his head, stood up slowly, and raised the corners of his mouth.
When they left the Qianqing Palace, Li Xier, Li Xu, and Sun Zhen kept singing, and the three of them had lost their voices. The emperor did not let them stop, and no one was allowed to stop!
Maybe the emperor can only show off his prestige with a few actors!
