Nangong.
Zhu Qizhen held a banquet, with the concubines and concubines of the harem sitting around. The princes and princesses were watched by their mother and eunuchs, singing and dancing, and drinking happily.
When Zhu Qizhen was enjoying himself, he wrote poems and composed music, and his concubines clapped their hands and applauded.
But at this moment, the palace door opened, and an uninvited guest crawled in from outside the "dog hole".
Seeing the person coming, Zhu Qizhen suddenly became angry and asked: "What are you here for?"
"See the Emperor! See you ladies!"
Xu Gan knelt down and saluted respectfully, and glanced at the rich food and wine on the table: "The Emperor is holding a family banquet? There is singing and dancing, it's so rich."
He walked to the table, picked up a piece of mutton chop from the plate, stuffed it into his mouth, spit out the bone with a pop, chewed it gently, his face full of contentment.
"It smells so good! I'm serving you in the Qianqing Palace. I haven't seen any meat for nearly a month. How delicious is the lamb chop?"
"There's also beef, tsk tsk, my slave's mouth is watering with greed."
Xu Gan really drooled.
Zhu Qizhen's eyes were cold: "Is this how the emperor trains his slaves? How dare you, a slave, eat my royal food?"
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I'm really greedy."
Xu Gan pinched a piece of beef and stuffed it into his mouth, sucked his fingers, and then knelt on the ground to plead guilty: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I haven't seen meat for a long time, and I'm so greedy."
"Recently, the Yellow River has been overflowing and Shandong has suffered a major disaster. The emperor is reluctant to even eat rations."
"Slave, my belly is so empty. When I see wild dogs gnawing bones, I want to go over and grab a few bites of food!"
"I'm really greedy, please forgive me!"
"If I let this slave take another bite, I will ask the Supreme Emperor to punish this slave as he pleases!"
Xu Gan actually stood up again, pinched a piece of beef and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it loudly, and then knelt down.
All the eunuchs swallowed their saliva. It had been a long time since they had eaten meat.
"Let this slave have another bite!"
Xu Gan stood up again without consent, knelt down again after eating, stood up, finished eating, knelt down...
Zhu Qizhen's face turned dark: "Kneel down! I won't let you eat it!"
"Your Majesty, take the last bite!"
Xu Gan finished the plate of beef and grabbed the lamb chops to eat.
While eating, he was full of praise and said that Nangong's chef cooked delicious food.
"Kneel down! Kneel down!" Zhu Qizhen was furious.
Xu Gan put down the plate, sucked his fingers, patted his belly, and straightened his back: "Please kneel down, Your Majesty! We are about to read the Holy Emperor's oral decree!"
"伱!"
Zhu Qizhen knew that this dog eunuch was here to entertain him!
That useless man couldn't bear to see him living a leisurely life. I had just recovered from my illness, and he came to torture me!
"I am his brother, does he dare to make me kneel down?" Zhu Qizhen was furious!
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty has said that you don't have to kneel!"
Xu Gan smiled evilly and looked at the Emperor's Yingying Yanyan. The Emperor was really enjoying himself. He had so many beauties to serve and gave birth to so many children. Compared with him, the Emperor was really miserable.
"Ladies and gentlemen, come here and kneel down quickly! We are all old men in the palace. We don't understand any rules. Do we still need to be reminded by my slaves?" Xu Gan stared at the concubines of the Supreme Emperor and swallowed his saliva.
"Your Majesty, your concubines are really shameless. Do you need slaves to help you train them?" Xu Gan looked at Zhu Qizhen with a smirk.
Looking at his disgusting face, Zhu Qizhen wanted to spit out the meat he had eaten, spit on his face, and let you train him. Can I still use it?
"Read it quickly!" he shouted angrily through gritted teeth.
He glanced at the young prince and princess, and they all looked at his father in surprise!
That loser is so cruel, he made me lose face!
However, I can bear it!
"The Holy Spirit orally decreed that the Yellow River in Shandong is now overflowing, and the victims are crying for food. Therefore, the palace has reduced its expenses. I and the Supreme Emperor have taken the lead and paid out the expenses as usual every day. They will only reduce but not increase. The palace staff will be eliminated. All palace staff above the amount will be reduced. Drive him out of the palace and let him fend for himself!"
After Xu Gan finished preaching, he said calmly: "Take away all the cooking utensils and all the ornaments from Nangong!"
A nice family dinner was ruined by him!
My good mood is gone!
Zhu Qizhen's chest rose and fell, and he said coldly: "You might as well take me away too!"
I finally recovered from a serious illness. I held a family dinner and had a lot of fun with my family. That damn useless person even tried to take away my last bit of happiness!
He did it on purpose to make me lose face in front of my family! He did it on purpose!
"Your Majesty has no order! I don't dare to accept you. I am not Zhang Fu. I dare to accept anything!" Xu Gan said in a strange tone.
Zhu Qizhen's eyes were sinister, and that loser saw through him!
so what?
If you kill Chen Xun, you will never be able to repair your relationship with the civil officials. Without civil servants to govern the world for you, will you still be the emperor? If you are as powerful as Taizu or Taizong, don't you have to bow to the civil officials?
You have cut off your own way of life, I will see how you can turn the world upside down!
Tsk tsk tsk!
Xu Gan's fingers were moving, and the shape of Concubine Liu Jing was outlined.
Plop in the air and shoot the air a few times.
Put it to your nose and smell it.
"Get out! Get out!" Zhu Qizhen couldn't control himself!
From that day on, whenever he saw Concubine Liu Jing, he felt uneasy, and he had not asked her to sleep with him for several days.
"Since the Supreme Emperor has agreed, I will take action!" Xu Gan admired the kneeling concubine wantonly.
"I see you dare!" Zhu Qizhen was furious.
Xu Gan waved his hand and asked people to drive away the palace people, and take away everything in Nangong!
"What are you going to do? Drive the eunuchs out of the palace and let them make a living on their own?" Liu Lifei stood up anxiously.
"Empress Li Fei, this is the emperor's imperial edict. Do you want to disobey the imperial edict?"
Xu Gan looked at her straightly: "Empress Li Fei, who told you to get up? Kneel down!"
"Holy..."
Liu Lifei was about to say it was an imperial edict, but she found that Xu Gan was approaching her and actually sniffed her. She was so frightened that she took a few steps back: "You! You, how dare you be rude to me?"
Pooh!
Xu Gan let out a sigh: "It stinks! It's just that the Emperor doesn't dislike you!"
Liu Lifei's face turned pale and she was shaking with anger.
Because she was childless, she was not favored in Nangong. In the lonely and cold harem, she relied on comfort to survive, but she felt that her hope was cut off!
"Anyone who does not leave the palace within one hour will be killed!" Xu Gan snorted coldly.
Concubine Liu held Zhu Qizhen's hand and cried: "Your Majesty, this eunuch is really wanton and doesn't take your Majesty seriously! He is forcing us to die by cleaning up Nangong!"
"Your Majesty, Concubine Li doesn't care about you, so why do you care so much about the eunuch?"
Xu Gan said sadly: "I heard that some of the concubines were misbehaving with the eunuchs... Haha, I dare not say anything about Concubine Li. I think Concubine Li must have disliked the dirty and smelly eunuchs. How could she do that? What's going on? Right? Concubine Li?"
Liu Lifei's body trembled, and she shouted angrily: "You bitch eunuch, what nonsense are you talking about!"
"Yes, yes, this slave is talking nonsense. Without the eunuch and the cold edge of the bed, Concubine Li will use the same thing." Xu Gan said with a smile.
Someone understood, and Gong and Concubine couldn't help laughing.
What about those who have heirs? Doesn’t the emperor still get tired of it? Look at how beautiful the concubine is, dominating the Sixth Palace, but now she has to guard the edge of the cold bed.
Sometimes, the cold edge of the bed is more useful than a man.
"go away!"
Zhu Qizhen turned around and saw Liu Lifei crying, and immediately became furious: "Stop crying! Isn't that embarrassing enough?"
Concubine Liu quickly held back her tears and looked at Concubine Zhou with some jealousy. Although she was not favored, she gave birth to the current prince!
And those concubines who have children, how lucky are you?
When I'm bored, I can still tease my children. What about me? Besides myself, what else? I use it for myself, so what?
As Liu Lifei thought about it, her tears flowed unsatisfactorily. She was so embarrassed today!
Zhu Qizhen sat on a chair and sulked: "Is this how he treats his brother?"
"Let him ruin the blood and family ties of the Tian family like this!"
"I am just a deposed emperor, what can I say? What can I say?"
"Hmph, let the world laugh at it. Look, brothers from the old Zhu family are killing each other with no affection at all!"
Zhu Qizhen deliberately said these words so that they could be spread to the court through the mouth of the eunuch who was expelled from the palace.
Look how the court criticizes Zhu Qiyu!
Let’s see if you, the emperor, still have any face!
"If I go back to the Supreme Emperor, I have already issued an order that only four palace attendants will be left in each palace in the Forbidden City. All expenses will be paid as usual. It has been ten days."
"You have more people serving in any palace in Nangong than in Qianqing Palace. Even if you go to the court to argue, you still can't make sense."
"Now there is a war in Xuanzhen, there are severe floods in Shandong, the household department and internal funds are stretched thin, and everyone in the court is reducing expenses. The emperor has not had meat and fish for more than half a month, and the regular funds of each palace are also being reduced."
"My servant also tells you that for the palace maids sent out, they will be matched with a matchmaker and a dowry will be subsidized by the palace. As for the eunuchs, they will go to various bureaus to do menial work to support themselves."
"Not only the capital, but also the Nanjing Imperial Palace no longer supports idle people. The palace officials will send out all the people they should send out, and those who stay will be loyal and reliable."
These words were Zhu Qiyu's original words, and Xu Gan repeated them to the Emperor.
Zhu Qizhen was shocked: "Does he still want the dignity of the royal family? Four people serve each palace? Not even an official? The Nanjing Imperial Palace doesn't care anymore? Does he still want the dignity of the Tian family?"
"Your Majesty said that the great dignity of the royal family is not as important as rescuing a disaster victim." Xu Gan sneered.
"Victims of disaster! They are just a bunch of mud-legged people! What do you care about their life and death?"
"We don't even care about the dignity of the royal family. We don't care about the Nanjing Palace. The Beijing Palace is so harsh! Which slave will be willing to do things carefully in the future?"
"What a prodigal! Sooner or later, all the wealth left by our ancestors will be ruined by him!"
"Can those untouchables protect him from becoming emperor?"
"Idiot! Extremely stupid!"
Zhu Qizhen was furious.
Concubine Wan Chen kept winking at Zhu Qizhen, "How long has it been? Why do you care about that useless person?"
The more he seeks death, the better it is for us!
"I don't dare to comment on the imperial edict of the emperor, but please shut up, the emperor. This world belongs to the emperor, so the emperor doesn't need to worry about it."
Xu Gan sneered twice, slowly turned his head, and scolded Nangong Gongren: "Why are you moving so slowly? Those who hurry up will only have one hour, and those who don't climb out will be killed! The whole family will be exiled to Xuan Mansion!"
This is referring to mulberry and scolding huai!
Zhu Qizhen was furious.
If all the people in Nangong's service were sent out, would they have to do all the washing and cooking by themselves? Where is Chugong? Come by yourself too?
He refused to bow his head and asked the concubines to get up.
Concubine Liu Jing accompanied her and asked with a smile: "Since there are four people left in each palace, Nangong will naturally follow the established rules. Eunuch Xu, what do you think?"
"The imperial palace is the imperial palace, and Nangong is Nangong!"
Xu Gan stared at her and curled his tongue: "But what Concubine Jing said makes sense. I can open a back door for Concubine Jing, but please come to my humble residence tonight..."
"Shut up!"
Zhu Qizhen was furious and slapped him in the face.
Xu Gan stepped back, leaving Zhu Qizhen blank.
"How dare you hide when I beat you? Kneel down! Is my words useless? Can't I even teach a slave a lesson?" Zhu Qizhen was furious.
Xu Gan knelt on the ground and said pitifully: "Your Majesty, what mistake did this slave make? It was obviously Concubine Jing who seduced this slave..."
Snapped!
Zhu Qizhen slapped Xu Gan hard on the face: "How dare you talk nonsense!"
"I don't dare to say anything anymore. Your Majesty, please don't seduce me anymore. I am just a eunuch, not a man. If the Emperor really can't do it, I can give you a piece of wood. Please don't seduce me!"
Xu Gan cried and said so loudly that many concubines in Nangong heard it.
They all looked at Concubine Liu Jing with strange eyes, and then at the Supreme Emperor.
Snapped!
Zhu Qizhen slapped him in the face with his backhand, and he was so angry that he exploded: "The slave who deserves to be killed! The slave who deserves to be killed!"
"This slave really deserves to be killed. Your Majesty, it's all the concubines who seduced this slave. I beg your Majesty to spare my life!"
The more Xu Gan said, the angrier Zhu Qizhen became, as if his head was really green.
Concubine Liu Jing fell to the ground in horror. This eunuch was full of slanderous words. What a good reputation this palace has...
Especially when she saw Rong Wang Zhu Jianlin (formerly known as Zhu Jianqing), brothers Zhu Jianchun and Zhu Jianshu looking at her with strange eyes, especially Zhu Jianlin, who actually swallowed his saliva!
How could he do this?
"Shut up! Shut up!" Zhu Qizhen kicked him angrily.
Xu Gan's mouth was bleeding, but he still said: "My slave said something wrong. There is nothing between this slave and Concubine Jing. Don't be angry. Your Majesty must not vent your anger on Concubine Jing. If you want to kill me, then kill me!"
Wow!
Zhu Qizhen swept away all the delicacies on the table!
Plates and bowls were smashed to pieces, and countless delicacies were spilled on the floor.
Xu Gan stopped crying. He crawled over like a wild dog and stuffed delicious food into his mouth: "What are you looking at! This is a reward from the Supreme Emperor to the slaves. Eat them all and leave nothing behind!"
All the eunuchs crawled over and gathered around the broken plates and bowls, eating like wild dogs.
They were all rough eunuchs. They didn't even have a good meal after entering the capital magistrate's prison. As Xu Gan said, it had been a long time since meat was eaten in the Qianqing Palace. Xu Gan was really greedy.
Seeing Xu Gan feasting happily, Zhu Qizhen actually shuddered a little.
"Your Majesty, there is no food for tomorrow." Xu Gan slurred with his mouth full of meat.
"What?" Zhu Qizhen was stunned.
"Nangong rations according to the number of people. Originally, this table of fish and meat was Nangong's meal tomorrow, but the Supreme Emperor gave the reward to the slaves, so Nangong will have no food tomorrow." Xu Gan burped a few times after eating, and knelt on the ground with a grin. .
Bang!
Zhu Qizhen kicked him over: "You are a dog eunuch, how dare you abuse me? If I don't have food to eat tomorrow, I will cook you and eat it!"
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I am too full to kowtow."
Xu Gan got up and suddenly looked at Min's mother who was holding Zhu Jianze: "Why haven't you left the palace yet?"
"She is my son's mother, how can she get out of the palace?" Zhu Jianshen's biological mother, Concubine Zhou, scolded.
"Greetings to Concubine Zhou."
But Xu Gan stood up, took out the knife from the waist of the eunuch, and struck the mother's neck with the knife!
Blood splashed on Zhu Jianze's face!
Concubine Zhou was so close that she was also splashed with blood.
The man was frightened and fell to his knees on the ground.
"Our family has said that anyone who does not leave the palace within an hour will die! No one is exempt!"
Xu Gan chopped off Min's mother's head brutally, held it in his hand, and raised it high: "Those who don't obey me, this is what will happen!"
"You, you dare to commit murder in Nangong?" Concubine Zhou hugged Zhu Jianze in fear. The child didn't know what blood was and was still laughing.
"Concubine Zhou, this servant is not committing murder, but carrying out the imperial edict! Does Concubine Zhou want to resist the edict?" Xu Gan said in a cold tone.
Bang!
He dropped his head on the ground and rolled it to Concubine Zhou's feet.
Concubine Zhou screamed, took a few steps back, and fell to the ground.
Everyone in the entire hall was stunned. No one expected that Xu Gan would suddenly kill someone, and kill him so brutally!
Even Zhu Qizhen didn't dare to say harsh words. He looked at the mother's head stupidly, as if he thought of something.
There really is a slave for every master.
"The Great Emperor!"
"From now on, there will be no one waiting for you in Nangong!"
"All expenses will be rationed by our family!"
"We repeat it again, we are not allowed to harbor unworthy people. Anyone who violates this rule will be imprisoned! No matter who they are, they will be killed! Without a warrant from our family, you are not allowed to communicate with people outside the palace!"
"Don't let this happen to us!"
Xu Gan dropped the knife on the ground, his official robe was covered with blood, he straightened his back and stared at Zhu Qizhen coldly.
Zhu Qizhen felt inexplicably afraid.
"Move! Move quickly!" Xu Gan shouted coldly.
"I, I want to see all the civil and military officials. The emperor abuses me and his own brother!" Zhu Qizhen roared.
Xu Gan sneered: "Who does the Emperor want to see? Chen Xun? Chen Xun is dead. If you want to see him, you have to go over there."
"You dare to curse me?"
Xu Gan knelt down to plead guilty. Zhu Qizhen wanted to kick him, but he didn't dare when he saw the blood on his body.
"Your Majesty, I want to tell you that a new eunuch will come to serve you in two days. I believe you will be very satisfied!" Xu Gan was referring to Xu Bin.
Zhu Qizhen thought he was Zhu Qiyu's man and came to monitor him.
At this time, a young eunuch came in to report that everything that needed to be moved had been moved.
Xu Gan looked at Zhu Qizhen: "Your Majesty, please stand up."
"What did you say?"
"This chair also needs to be moved." Xu Gan said calmly.
"This is the dragon chair I'm sitting on! Do you dare to move it away? What am I sitting on? I've moved it and you dare to sit on it?" Zhu Qizhen was furious.
"Your Majesty, you should worry about tomorrow's meal." Xu Gan asked people to move.
Zhu Qizhen didn't stand up.
But all the eunuchs knelt down in a circle, squeezing Zhu Qizhen.
Zhu Qizhen was so angry that he stepped on a eunuch and stood up. He sat on the bed in the inner hall and asked, "Does this dragon bed also need to be moved?"
"I don't dare!" Xu Gan said goodbye and left.
When Concubine Wan Chen saw that Du Zhijian had evacuated Nangong, she knew that Xu Gan was not lying.
No one dared to ask him, so she could only stand up and ask: "Eunuch Xu, what about tomorrow's meal?"
"Hey, let Concubine Jing come and get it in person." Xu Gan smiled at Concubine Liu Jing.
Plop!
Concubine Liu Jing fell to the ground. How dare this dog eunuch miss the Emperor's woman?
At this time, a woman who was blind in one eye and lame was slowly walked over with the help of a palace maid, walked over without fear, and blocked Xu Gan at the door.
"They took away my embroidery. It belongs to me, not Nangong. Return it to me!"
The woman stared at Xu Gan with one eye.
That kind of tenacity is chilling.
"Greetings to the Queen."
Xu Gan said coldly: "If the Queen distinguishes herself from Nangong so clearly, then how many years have you eaten Nangong's food? Shouldn't you also return it to Nangong?"
"Empress, your Majesty has left you a servant, which is an act of mercy beyond the law!"
"If you don't care, I can drive her away!"
"you!"
Queen Qian's only remaining eye was staring at Xu Gan: "I will go to the palace to ask for an explanation!"
Others are afraid, but she is not.
She is not even afraid of the Supreme Emperor hunting Wala in the north and being alone in the palace!
Eight years ago, she was not afraid of the current Holy Emperor ascending the throne!
She relied on her tenacity to survive until now and is not afraid of anything!
Not to mention Xu Gan, even if she was facing the current emperor, she would ask for an explanation and ask him to return Nangong's things honestly! That belongs to the Supreme Emperor, not your Emperor!
Seeing Queen Qian, the color returned to Zhu Qizhen's face, and tears burst into his eyes. At the critical moment, he had to rely on the Queen.
"As you wish, take her with you!"
Xu Gan glanced at her, shameless!
If the emperor hadn't shown pity for you and let you live in Nangong, how could you have had a good life? Hum, but I don’t know the rewards, let alone the emperor’s painstaking efforts!
Queen Qian broke away from the maid's support and shouted: "I will go to the palace to meet the emperor right now! Ask him why he is so ruthless!"
Snapped!
Xu Ganyang slapped her in the face of the palace maid who was waiting for her, and roared: "Drag her out! Kill her!"
"How dare you!" Queen Qian's expression changed!
This maid is her dowry maid, a female official in the palace! You dog eunuch, dare to kill her?
puff!
Xu Gan didn't talk nonsense, he slashed hard with the knife, and blood splashed on Queen Qian's face!
She looked at her hands in horror. They were all covered in blood. There was blood on her face and front!
"She was killed by you!"
Xu Gan stared at Queen Qian and pointed at the body on the ground: "Queen Qian, the emperor is very kind to you!"
"You take the embroidery out of the palace and sell it to gain your reputation!"
"But it brings a bad name to the emperor!"
"Your Majesty is so noble that I won't argue with you!"
"But has your Majesty ever really criticized Nangong? Do you need the little embroidery money you sold?"
"You are just trying to gain fame!"
"Your Majesty, I would rather bear the bad name than blame you!"
"But how did you repay the emperor?"
"Have you forgotten that if you hadn't cried and begged every day, you would have been able to come to Nangong?"
"Forgot? Your leg is crippled and crippled. Who healed you? Who took pity on you?"
"You forgot!"
"The conscience was eaten by the dog!"
"Now you actually bring out the tattered embroidery to disturb the emperor!"
"Do you think that if you don't have heirs, your slaves won't be able to take advantage of your weaknesses?"
"Okay! It's you, Queen Qian, who made the Supreme Emperor so angry that he couldn't eat for three days!"
Xu Gan inserted the knife into the dead palace maid.
Then he took three steps back and knelt on the ground: "If the Queen is not convinced, you can kill me! I have no complaints!"
Queen Qian trembled all over, this dog eunuch had eyes that wanted to kill her!
She is not afraid of death. As Xu Gan said, she has no heirs and no weaknesses, but her biggest weakness is Zhu Qizhen!
If Xu Gan wants to go hungry and doesn't eat for three days, won't he be starved to death?
"You, you can't abuse the Supreme Emperor!" Queen Qian suddenly realized that she had nothing but tenacity.
As a queen, she only has an empty reputation.
Even the Supreme Emperor respects her as the Supreme Emperor, but she is still a queen. Isn't it awkward to call her a queen?
“Nangong won’t eat for three days!”
Xu Gan couldn't stand how Queen Qian used her reputation to gain fame and deceive the world.
Your good reputation is based on the emperor's bad reputation!
You came up on the emperor’s behalf!
But you, have you ever thought about the emperor, okay?
Queen Qian looked back and saw the resentful looks of everyone in Nangong with her single eye. Her body trembled and her lips curled up. She wanted to say something soft but couldn't.
"Nangong's food has been given to you. You should eat well." Xu Gan glanced at the dead palace maid.
Zhu Qizhen seemed to have thought of something again and retched directly.
He grabbed Queen Qian's hand and asked angrily: "You, you want to kill me?"
boom!
Queen Qian felt like she was struck by lightning. She was fighting for the Supreme Emperor, but the Supreme Emperor resented her and forced her to bow her head.
She didn't care what others thought of her, even if she was disabled.
But what she cared about most was the Emperor's opinion.
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor and the Queen, for your kindness. I will resign!" Xu Gan kowtowed and slowly stood up.
Queen Qian looked at Zhu Qizhen, who was shaking her arm and still vomiting.
"Wait a moment!"
Queen Qian gritted her silver teeth and said: "Eunuch Xu, please stay!"
"My slave is deaf and can't hear!" Xu Gan sneered.
"Eunuch Xu, please stay!" Empress Qian shouted with shame, and tears flowed out unsatisfactorily.
After arriving at Nangong, she thought that by staying with her husband, she would never shed tears again in this life.
But she didn't expect that she would shed tears for this man.
"Eunuch Xu, I am wrong." Queen Qian closed her eyes in despair.
The majestic queen wanted to admit her mistake to the eunuch, and she was filled with anger.
"Queen, please don't admit your mistake to me. Please admit your mistake to the Emperor. Everything you have was given to you by the Emperor!"
"It's not just you, Queen!"
"And you!"
"Everything you have is given to you by the Emperor!"
Xu Gan's eyes were as sharp as a knife: "Without the Emperor, you would all be fighting with wild dogs on the roadside for food! Can you still live in this world with your face licked? It's a gift from the Emperor!"
"Everything you have is a gift from the Emperor!"
boom!
Zhu Qizhen's mind exploded.
Many concubines also looked frightened.
Slowly, Queen Qian turned around, faced the direction of the Forbidden City, knelt down, and cried: "I will thank you for your gift!"
Kowtow down.
Tears burst out of my eyes and couldn't stop flowing.
Nangong's concubines also followed suit and knelt down to thank him.
And Xu Gan's eyes were staring at Zhu Qizhen.
Zhu Qizhen froze, should I kneel down too?
I won’t kneel! Don't kneel!
He is the emperor, and I am also the emperor. Why should I kneel down to him?
I am the elder brother! He is the younger brother! How can there be any reason in the world for an elder brother to kneel down to his younger brother?
But Xu Gan only stared at him.
Plop!
Zhu Qizhen slowly fell to his knees, tears streaming down his face.
Kneel down. Even if he doesn't kneel down today, Xu Gan can still make him kneel down tomorrow. What dignity does the prisoner have? Isn't it the same in Wala Camp? Just be patient.
He enlightened himself. Anyway, he had been enlightening himself like this since Tumubao. He was used to it.
Xu Gan also knelt on the ground: "This servant kowtows to the emperor!"
Bang bang bang!
His head hit the ground hard, and his forehead turned red.
Empress Qian clenched her fists, followed suit, and kowtowed three times: "I kowtow to Your Majesty, my concubine!"
Woohoo!
Her remaining eye was a little blurry and she couldn't see clearly...
Concubine Wan Chen, Concubine Liu Jing and others also kowtowed and shouted.
That's too much!
That's too much!
Zhu Qizhen wanted to kill Xu Gan, but in the end he kowtowed to the ground three times: "I, kowtow to Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, please wake up!" Xu Gan's voice came.
Zhu Qizhen's dignity was severely trampled under the feet of a eunuch, and he swore that he would kill him! Sit back in that seat!
Kill all those who have laughed at me! Kill them all!
"My slave, please retire!" Xu Gan kowtowed to Zhu Qizhen and crawled out of the "dog hole" with a smile on his face.
"Collect the corpses! You should collect the corpses!" Zhu Qizhen stood up slowly and suddenly saw the corpses in the courtyard still there, and he was furious.
"Collect the bodies!"
Zhu Qizhen went to knock on the door. The door lock was filled with lead, the dog hole was closed, and there was a guard at the door.
But no one paid attention to him!
Zhu Qizhen slowly squatted on the ground, his eyes were red and tears filled his eyes.
He lowered his head so that no one could see him.
"Your Majesty, what should I do when I see that Ze is not eating?" Concubine Zhou came over and asked, holding the child in her arms.
"Eat, eat, eat! Just know how to eat! Don't you have Nai? Can't you feed me?"
Zhu Qizhen roared angrily: "Get out! Everyone get out! No one is allowed to leave the palace without my will! Even if they starve to death, no one is allowed to leave the palace!"
When the concubines and children were gone, he put his head in his hands, sat on the ground and cried bitterly.
He didn't cry when he was captured or in the Wala camp, but now he really cried.
That loser is really cruel.
"Father, father, look what I found?" Princess Zhu Yanxiang of Guangde jumped over, holding a food box in her hand.
Zhu Qizhen quickly wiped his tears. Zhu Yanxiang was only three years old. He couldn't speak clearly and didn't understand anything.
He glanced at the food box. It seemed that Xu Gan had brought it and forgot to take it away?
She opened the food box and suddenly screamed, and a red heart rolled out of the food box.
Zhu Qizhen was stunned. Did Xu Gan send this thing?
Is this Chen Xun's? Or whose?
His eyes turned black and he fainted completely.
…
The next day.
In the Fengtian Palace.
There was a debate in the court about the selection of the envoy.
"Is there any result?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the cabinet has recommended several candidates, please make your decision!" Lin Cong knew very well who to listen to.
Li Shao, Qian Jing, Zhu Wenfan.
These candidates are interesting. Li Shao is a disciple of Li Xian; Qian Jing turned to the emperor in Yi Chu, but it was Chen Dang; Zhu Wenfan is the head of the Ministry of Personnel and is a member of Hu Hui.
The courtiers recommended these three people to test the emperor's mind.
"Send all three."
Zhu Qiyu glanced at them: "In the six prefectures of Shandong, I sent six patrol envoys and pushed out three more people."
"I obey the order!" Lin Cong accepted the order.
He was also wondering about the emperor's thoughts.
Today is different from the past. In the past, it was enough to regard the emperor as a mascot.
Now, I have to discuss everything with the emperor, and even guess the emperor's thoughts. Alas, I'm not used to it.
"My lords, Wang Yue entered the palace at night last night. He told me that he was assassinated twice on his way back."
"This is a slap in the face of the central government! A slap in my face!"
"Shandong is not peaceful, and I can't help but do nothing."
"So I gave him the Emperor's Sword and gave him the power of expediency!"
"I don't care if Shandong is peaceful or not, I want Shandong to be peaceful, so it must be peaceful!"
Zhu Qiyu stood up: "But I'm worried about Wang Yue going alone!"
"In addition to the patrol envoys, I plan to send two more censors out of Beijing to serve as imperial envoys to secretly visit Shandong and restore peace to Shandong!"
"Capital Procuratorate, who wants to go?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Wang Hong and others.
"I am willing to go!"
The new right deputy imperial envoy Zhang Peng kneeled down when he left work: "I am willing to visit Shandong secretly to find out the cause of the great disaster in Shandong for your majesty!"
Many people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate rushed to become imperial envoys.
Zhu Qiyu narrowed his eyes, Chen Xun is dead, the Procuratorate is looking for a new master, and Zhang Peng is taking the initiative to join me.
Yes, although the Metropolitan Procuratorate has thorns, it has a good mouth and a good knife for hurting others and itself.
"Zhang Peng, I appoint you as the imperial envoy! Visit Shandong!" Zhu Qiyu gave Zhang Peng a chance.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!" Zhang Peng said with a serious smile.
Shandong is a big quagmire. If you are not careful, you will die in it.
He stood up to speculate on the emperor's thoughts.
With Chen's party gone, they must either seek refuge with Hu Hui and become the new Hu party, or they can seek refuge with the emperor.
But Hu Xi did not seize power and did not want to be the leader of the Hu Party. On the contrary, Li Xian and Wang Zhi in the cabinet were eager to try and had the idea of forming their own faction.
But compared with taking refuge in Li Xian, it was far less cost-effective than taking refuge in the emperor.
So he took the risk and sought refuge with the emperor first.
"I am also willing to send an envoy!"
Wang Hong, Yang Xuan and others all shouted.
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "There is no need to fight for the Procuratorate. The six departments will nominate one more person."
Li Xian's eyes froze. The emperor had seen through the thoughts of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and wanted to see what the six departments were thinking.
As soon as Chen Xun died, the Chen Party collapsed at the speed of an avalanche.
Li Xian and Wang Zhi cooperated to aggressively recruit Chen Party forces.
However, the courtiers were not stupid, and the emperor thrived on Chen Xun's body, and the imperial power was rapidly expanding.
Nowadays, the days when Chen Xun responded to every call were gone.
The courtiers were divided.
In the court, the imperial party was the largest, with its lackeys Lin Cong, Wang Wen, and He Wenyuan. The cabinet and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were all inclined to defect to the imperial party.
King Li's Party took shape and vigorously recruited effective forces. Many members of Chen's Party defected to King Li's Party.
The Hu Party also took shape. Even though Hu Hu never formed a clique, he still formed a decisive force in the government.
There is even Yu Qian, who is as airy as a fairy, clinging to the Ministry of War and refusing to let go, and the withered nobles.
Five forces compete in the court.
Judging from the current situation, the imperial party is the strongest and most powerful.
As the imperial power grew, the emperor was bound to respond to all calls in the court. Even if it was not possible to achieve the level of Chen Xunshi's concerted efforts, it still required the concerted efforts of Li Wangdang and Hu Dang to achieve a balance between the two sides and encourage support.
If all four parties suppress the imperial power at the same time, the imperial power will shrink.
As for putting the emperor in a cage completely, don't even think about it, just share power with the emperor honestly.
Soon, the six departments recommended Lu Chang.
Lu Chang was a Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai, which was the heart of Emperor Zai'an.
The six ministries are giving in, which means Hu Hui is giving in.
Zhu Qiyu understood that Hu Hui was worried that Shandong would become a meat grinder for the courtiers, so he tried his best to escape from the whirlpool.
This old fox still sees things clearly.
Li Xian and Wang Zhi are obsessed with fighting for power. They would rather step into a trap than want power, huh.
"allow."
As for people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang, don't worry about the court.
Zhu Qiyu glanced at Li Xian and Wang Zhi, and it was easier for you two.
"I discussed with the old lady yesterday and planned to sell the imperial store and send all the money raised to Shandong. The auction will be handled by the Ministry of Revenue and Jinyiwei."
"My Holy Emperor!"
If the emperor is willing to give up the imperial shop, it will be a good thing for the country and the people.
What was discussed next were all commonplace topics, and they were just a formality.
After leaving the court, Zhu Qiyu entered the Qinzheng Hall.
Next to Qinzheng Hall is the Military Aircraft Department.
There was a sign posted at the Military Aircraft Department, inscribed by him himself.
Officials from the Military Aircraft Department knelt at the door to greet the holy driver.
Zhu Qiyu asked them to start working. He didn't have time to interview them one by one.
"Has Wang Fu arrived?" Zhu Qiyu asked Feng Xiao after eating and drinking medicine.
"Go back to your Majesty, he is waiting outside the palace."
"Xuan come in."
After using the yellow label, administrative efficiency was greatly improved, but he was actually busier than before.
This was Hu Xi's method, exhausting him to death with complicated memorials.
Humph, why do you want to be an emperor if you are afraid of being tired?
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Xu is still kneeling outside the door. Look..." Feng Xiao pointed out.
Zhu Qiyu's face was slightly cold: "Let him kneel, I let him dominate and bully others, not kill people!"
"Don't he know what's going on now?"
"If there is trouble again in Nangong, it will affect me. I can't spare him!"
"Hmph, you are smart, freeze him and let him wake up!"
Zhu Qiyu took a sip of ginseng tea to calm down his anger and said slowly: "Did you give it to him?"
"Give it away, I gave it away last night." Feng Xiao knew that the emperor was not really angry with Xu Gan, but was beating him because he was too complacent.
"Well, give him this one too, to warm him up and prevent him from getting sick from the cold."
Zhu Qiyu also pretended that Xu Gan could not hide the murder in Nangong. Before the impeachment memorial from the Metropolitan Procuratorate was sent, he punished Xu Gan first, in order to exonerate him.
Feng Xiao went out with ginseng tea.
Zhu Qiyu hooked his fingers again: "Come back and give him another piece of cotton clothes to prevent him from freezing."
"Your Majesty, you gave him three cotton-padded clothes last night." Feng Xiao looked at the emperor amusedly.
Zhu Qiyu coughed slightly and feigned anger: "Go away!"
Hearing that Xu Gan punished Queen Qian, he was actually amused. If it were him, he would have slapped that woman to death!
Dare you come to me for a theory?
I've given you face by being so noble over and over again?
His eyes darkened, thinking of Queen Qian, and naturally he also thought of the Wang family.
Mrs. Wang had advised him countless times, urging him to welcome back the Emperor, forgive the Emperor, stop brothers from killing each other, and be kind to the Empress Dowager...
At the beginning, Queen Qian was able to leave the palace smoothly and go to Nangong to serve the Supreme Emperor, and the Wang family had to contribute a lot.
But Wang, she was my queen at that time!
Why do you keep helping the Supreme Emperor?
Zhu Qiyu was puzzled.
At this time, Wang Fu came in and knelt down to salute.
"Flat body, give me a seat."
Zhu Qiyu's expression was as usual: "Wang Qing, do you know what I am ordering you to come here for? Guess what!"
"Your Majesty, I thought that your Majesty wanted to ask about Zhang Renxiao's case." Wang Fu spoke in a precise manner and would not make the emperor happy with any pretense.
Zhu Qiyu did not blame him and nodded gently: "That's right."
"Zhang Renxiao was killed at the Meridian Gate, but his brother Zhang Renli actually sued me. I am both angry and feel unjust!"
"So I want to ask Wang Qing how the investigation went?"
Wang Fu glanced at the emperor in surprise. Wasn't Zhang Renxiao really killed by the emperor?
"I have written the proceedings of the trial into a memorial, please read it to Your Majesty!"
Wang Fu was obviously prepared in advance.
Zhu Qiyu opened it and took a closer look. The more he looked at it, the colder his eyes became: "Absurd! Extremely ridiculous!"
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