Five large carriages were escorted back to the palace by Song Renfeng and more than ten guards. Only Tang Potian and five or six other people were left to follow the prince's carriage. This was absolutely impossible before. To know the safety of a country's crown prince, it was No small matter.
But since Chang Yu appeared, everything is possible. For example, Zhu Cixiang left the palace secretly and followed Chang Yu secretly without official approval. If Chongzhen and Empress Zhou knew about this, I would fear that the palace would be turned upside down. .
On the carriage, Zhu Cixiang looked at Chang Yu with admiration on his face, praising him for how awesome he was at coaxing and flirting. When he was loading the money, the guards had already told him what happened, which really made him excited and he was shouting for a while. When he arrived at Li Guozhen's house, he also wanted to beat him up and discourage him.
Chang Yu gently refused: "The royal dignity cannot be lost. You can keep the showdown, and leave the rough work of fighting to me."
On Xizhimen Inner Street, Chang Yu stood in front of Li Guozhen's mansion with a frown on his face. He was not at home, and he had just entered the palace according to the order. It was impossible to lie. It seemed that his trip today was in vain. He could only see what he could see in the palace. Unable to stop him, he immediately turned around and headed straight for the palace.
Chang Yu is now the most authoritative person in the imperial city besides Lao Zhu's family. He is not even as good as Wang Chengen, and is comparable to a big shot like Wei Zhongxian. But there is a huge difference between him and the kind of person like Wei who wields power in both the government and the public, who creates selfish factions and harms the country and the people. He belongs to the type who hides behind the scenes and makes a fortune quietly. Except for the eunuchs in the harem and a few nobles, the courtiers know his name. No one has heard of his name, let alone the public.
But it is undeniable that he is absolutely comfortable in the imperial city. He just entered the imperial city from Di'anmen and said: "Find where Li Guozhen is." Then he and Prince Kankan had just arrived at Donghua Gate and had not had time to enter the palace. , then a eunuch hurriedly ran over with a sweaty head and whispered in front of Chang Yu: "Eunuch Chang, Uncle Xiangcheng is waiting for the edict in front of Qianqing Gate now."
Qianqingmen? Chang Yu and Zhu Cixiang looked at each other and smiled.
Entering the Donghua Gate and heading straight to the west is the Qianqing Gate, the main gate of the harem. It is also the place where the emperor listens to politics. At this moment, there are many people standing in the wide square in front of the Qianqing Gate, all of them are courtiers waiting for the imperial edict, and those who have just left the Qianqing Gate. The ministers who came out to argue with their acquaintances all looked gloomy and lifeless.
Unexpectedly, there were so many people. Chang Yu glanced at Zhu Cixiang, and Xiao Zhu immediately paid attention, turned around and headed south towards the Prince's Mansion.
Chang Yu coughed lightly, calmed down and walked towards Qianqing Gate.
"Uncle Xiangcheng"
Under the Qianqing sect, the emperor was managing politics above, and there were many courtiers, eunuchs, and guards below, but no one made a loud noise. At this time, Chang Yu's loud shout immediately caused everyone to turn their heads and look sideways.
In particular, Li Guojie looked confused at first, but when he saw that it was Chang Yu, he suddenly looked disgusted and frowned. He and Chang Yu were sworn enemies, and were even said to be a thorn in his side, but he didn't know what this guy was suddenly asking him to do.
Pretending not to hear, Li Guoji didn't want to talk to Chang Yu at all.
But once someone like Chang Yu's cowhide glue sticks to him, how can he let go easily: "Uncle Xiangcheng, when will you pay back the money?"
Li Guoji's expression immediately changed, and the rest of the people present were even more confused. Suddenly, a eunuch came and asked the governor of Beijing to ask for money, what was going on.
"How dare you, this governor has never owed you any money?" Li Guojie glared at Chang Yu.
"You don't owe our family anything, but you owe it to the prince, you owe it to the Prince Consort, and you still owe it to Wang Dehua and the others. They entrusted our family to ask for it. How about it? When will it be paid?"
As soon as Chang Yu finished speaking, there was a burst of discussion around him. Compared with a eunuch speaking like this in front of the governor of Jingying, it was more likely to arouse their curiosity than the matter of debt collection itself. Who was Li Guozhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng, and Jingying? The governor, the emperor's confidant, no one in the court would give him any respect, why is this little eunuch...
At this moment, Li Guozhen's face had already lost its expression: "You bastard, get out of here."
"Hey, what are you talking about? You still have reason to pay back the debt." Chang Yu pouted and walked three steps away from Li Guozhen. "Isn't it possible that Uncle Xiangcheng wants to be a mangy dog?"
Li Guozhen rolled his eyes. Although he wanted to kill Chang Yu, he obviously didn't want to get involved with him here, because it was too embarrassing for the dignified Uncle Xiangcheng to argue with a eunuch here, but he couldn't help but yell: "What nonsense are you talking about, you eunuch? Don't bother with this anymore. A eunuch without eggs, how can you be so powerful?
Chang Yu didn't expect that he wanted to irritate Li Guozhen, but instead he was irritated by him. They say hitting people without slapping people in the face, and scolding people without exposing shortcomings. One afternoon, he was first called a castrate by Zhu Chunchen and now Li Guozhen said so. He It was really unbearable. In fact, he didn't have much resistance to the insult itself. After all, he had traveled through time and space, so the feeling of being humiliated was not strong. But when he saw the eunuchs around him lowering their heads in shame, he exploded.
"What's wrong, eunuch? I'm eating your food and drinking your food."
Who improved papermaking and inherited human civilization? Cai Lun is a eunuch and an eunuch
Who stayed at the border and settled far away to quell the barbarians in the southwest for the Tang Dynasty? Yang Sixu is a eunuch and an eunuch
Who was in charge of state affairs and saved the Tang Dynasty from falling? Yu Chaoen is an eunuch and an eunuch.
Who is the one who expanded the border to the northwest and conducted the strategy of Youyan? Tong Guan is an eunuch and an eunuch.
Who is Yang Fan who sailed far and spread his country's prestige thousands of miles away? Zheng He was also an eunuch and an eunuch.
Who covers the sky with one hand and suppresses the Donglin Party, which brings disaster to the country and the people? It’s Wei…”
Chang Yu said that he suddenly stopped and almost told Wei Zhongxian, but he suddenly thought that Chongzhen killed Wei Zhongxian. Isn't he seeking death by praising him?
"These are all the merits of the eunuchs. As for you, what else can you do besides relying on the little shelter from your ancestors to eat and wait for death? You are not even as good as the eunuchs."
Wow, Chang Yu was so passionate and indignant that the courtiers were stunned, the eunuchs' eyes were bright, and Li Guozhen's face was ashen.
The uncle could bear it, but the aunt couldn't bear it anymore. When a eunuch pointed his nose at him and yelled that he was not as good as an eunuch, Li Guozhen was finally angered and lost his mind. He rushed towards Chang Yu like crazy: "You eunuch insulted me like this..."
But he forgot one thing. Chang Yu's Imperial City No. 1 was not blown out, but played out. Facing Li Guojie, who was rushing towards him crazily, he just turned sideways, and then swept over with a whip kick.
There was a snap, and the sound of Li Guojian falling was very clear. Then he was seen lying on the ground with dull eyes, wailing in a low voice: "Killed, killed..." Everyone watching was silent.
"Master Li" Chang Yu sneered and walked over, squatted down and looked at Li Guojian who was lying on the ground wailing, and said softly: "Our family just came back from Cheng Guo Gong's mansion to ask for money. Zhu Guo Gong was tougher than you at first, but our family already wants the money." I came back and pulled five cars."
Well, Li Guojian was startled, suppressed a groan with a blushing face, and looked at Chang Yu.
"I suggest you stop by Zhu Guogong's place when you leave the palace later to ask what's going on. We won't receive any money tomorrow morning, so we can come to the door in person."
"What are you doing, spread out, spread out." Just at this moment, a group of shouts suddenly sounded, and more than ten people were seen walking over. Chang Yu raised his eyebrows. This group of people did not look like personal guards in the palace, but yes……
Jinyiwei!
Wingless black gauze hat, flying fish suit, embroidered spring knife, the uniforms of the most handsome civil servants in the Ming Dynasty are true. Each one of them looks wise, powerful and domineering. These are the real Jin Yiwei.
"What are you doing here?" a Jin Yiwei asked.
Everyone was silent. Li Guozhen stood up and wanted to say something, but in the end he remained silent. Maybe he couldn't afford to embarrass anyone.
Chang Yu had been looking at other people's uniforms before, almost drooling, but his eyes quickly focused on one person. He was in his thirties, not angry and self-respecting, and he could tell that he was the leader of this group of Jin Yiwei.
Could it be... Chang Yu guessed in his heart that Jin Yiwei has people on duty in the palace, such as Zhang Wuwei, who belongs to the internal service and is dressed in the same style as ordinary guards. It is rare to see such pure uniforms of Jin Yiwei in the palace. Outside, the north and south Zhenfusi can't even think of entering the palace without an imperial edict. The person who can be called into the palace is naturally not an ordinary person. Could it be said that this person is that person.
Chang Yu was looking at the man, and the man was looking at Chang Yu. The two knew each other and were speechless for a moment.
After a moment, Chang Yu broke the silence: "Are you all Jin Yiwei?"
Then everyone present looked at him like a fool.
A little embarrassed, Chang Yu rubbed his nose, and then walked towards the man, but was immediately blocked by the Jinyi guards next to him: "What are you going to do?"
"Can you give our family a look at the embroidered spring knife?" Chang Yu suddenly smiled.
"Who are you?" The middle-aged Jin Yiwei looked at him coldly.
"Prince Mansion Chang Yu"
"Chang Yu, are you Chang Yu?" The middle-aged man was startled, and his face instantly became kind: "It turns out to be Eunuch Chang."
"May I ask, Commander Wu, Mr. Wu?" Chang Yu asked with his hands raised.
"Exactly" the middle-aged man smiled. He was indeed Wu Mengming, the last commander of the Imperial Guards in the Ming Dynasty. (Later, there was another Ma Jixiang in Nanming)
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