That night, the cold moon was in the sky.
Supervisor of Ceremonies of the Inner Court.
"You still have the nerve to come see me?"
Sun Dexiu, the eunuch and eunuch of the Bureau of Ceremony, Bingbi, glanced at the jade ring on his finger. Without lowering his head, he asked Sun Haiwen, who was kneeling in front of him, in a cold tone.
Sun Hai replied: "Godfather Rong Zhen! My son really didn't expect that the Queen Mother and the Emperor would suddenly appear at that time!"
"I asked you to restrain yourself. You must know that it is not easy for you to stay as a deacon in Qianqing Palace. After all, everyone wants to squeeze you out! Especially Feng Bao! You don't take it to heart and turn a deaf ear to my words. !”
Sun Dexiu continued to speak with hatred.
Sun Hai lowered his head, "My son always remembers his godfather's words! It's just that Zhang Jing is too much! Every time, he passes his son and comes to the emperor to show his courtesy. His son warned him once, but he ignored him and continued to do so again and again. And with San's behavior, he not only doesn't take his son seriously, he also doesn't take his godfather seriously!"
"Zhang Jing did not understand the rules by doing this, but this is not the reason for you to hit people! From now on, don't tell people that you are my godson, and I will no longer recognize you as my godson!"
Sun Dexiu said and turned to leave.
After hearing this, Sun Hai felt as if there was a blast of thunder in his ears, and his whole body trembled in place.
In Ouchi, once a low-level eunuch loses the protection of the chief eunuch, he will undoubtedly lose any chance of advancement, and may even be retaliated by his former enemies.
Therefore, Sun Dexiu does not want Sun Hai, which is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Sun Hai.
Sun Hai immediately cried: "Godfather!"
Then, Sun Hai crawled over to Sun Dexiu and hugged Sun Dexiu's calf: "Godfather, you can't live without your son! You have always brought up your son. Without you, how would his son be today! Godfather! My son. Wrong, please give your son another chance!"
Sun Dexiu ignored Sun Hai and kicked Sun Hai away. Then he quickly entered the ceremonial office and ordered people to close the door of the ceremonial office.
"Godfather!"
Sun Hai shouted again heartbreakingly.
At this time, he was like a cat or dog abandoned by his owner. In an instant, he felt so pitiful that he could not survive in this world. He looked around hesitantly and carefully, as if he felt that there were countless pairs of pairs around him that wanted to devour him. Staring at him like a hungry wolf.
"Godfather!"
Sun Hai had to shout again.
No response.
The door of the ceremonial supervisor was tightly closed.
Sun Hai had no choice but to shout again, until his voice became hoarse, the volume became smaller and smaller, and his body became more and more sluggish.
In the capital in February of the first year of Wanli, the snow has not gone away and the ice has not yet melted.
Every night, people will still shiver from the cold.
Especially tonight, the spring cold is still heavy.
Zhu Yijun, who was wearing a straight-collared red embroidered dragon cloak and a jade silk ribbon, rubbed his hands while returning from the Queen Mother Chen's palace.
According to the ethics of this era, Queen Mother Chen was his legal mother and the only person who could suppress Queen Mother Li.
Although the Queen Mother Chen did not want to personally intervene in the emperor's discipline and was not interested in power struggles, Zhu Yijun knew that she must make the Queen Mother Chen feel the emperor's filial piety at all times.
It's better to have more personal feelings.
Not as biological as biological.
In this way, even if Empress Dowager Li really wants to change her title in the future, perhaps Empress Dowager Chen can give her some help instead of sitting back and watching something like deposing the chief minister happen that violates the Confucian principle of power inheritance.
Therefore, when Sun Hai was not around and Zhu Yijun learned that Empress Dowager Chen had passed on the imperial doctor, he came to Ciqing Palace regardless of the cold night, visited Empress Dowager Chen, and personally asked the imperial physician about her illness.
Empress Dowager Chen, who had been neglected by her husband Emperor Longqing for many years when she was empress, was rarely cared for by others, so she was naturally moved, so she couldn't help but reward him with her own body.
After Zhu Yijun came back from Ciqing Palace with some rewards, he also learned about Sun Hai's whereabouts, so he changed his route to the Secretary of Ceremonies, and met Sun Hai here.
Zhu Yijun didn't ask anyone to knock on the door of the Supervisor of Ceremonies to inform him. He just walked behind Sun Hai and saw that he was like a stray dog that had been frozen for a night. His breathing was weak and he could only make a humming sound. He said, "Follow him." Let me go back!"
Sun Hai opened his eyes and was stunned.
"Your Majesty?"
Sun Hai hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed on the hard floor tiles.
"Let's go."
Zhu Yijun only said one word, then turned and left.
Sun Hai also got up and followed.
Snapped!
As soon as he got up, Sun Hai fell to the ground.
Seeing his chapped lips, haggard face, and closed eyes, Zhu Yijun ordered: "Zhang Jing! Carry him back!"
"yes!"
As soon as he returned to Qianqing Palace, when Zhu Yijun fed the first spoonful of sugar water into Sun Hai's lips, Sun Hai woke up with a start. Then after seeing the scene in front of him, he felt as if he had lost half of his soul, and his whole body was in a daze. , and then suddenly turned over and lay down, knelt on the ground, kowtowed like pounding garlic and said: "I can't bear this! My life will be shortened!"
"Why, your life span will be shortened if you accept his great favor from Sun Dexiu, but your life span will be shortened if you accept the favor of my emperor?"
Zhu Yijun asked.
"No! This slave is just a half-disabled person and is not qualified to receive it."
Sun Hai replied.
"When you enter the palace, you become a palace servant and mine, so you can naturally bear it. Don't be so panicked. I will feed you myself. It's just a simple effort."
Zhu Yijun smiled lightly as he spoke and gave Sun Hai a sip of sugar water.
Sun Hai pondered for a while and did not drink the sugar water. Instead, he suddenly got out of bed and said, "I understand the emperor's thoughts! My godfather, in the ceremonial department, I don't want to deal with Eunuch Feng. I am willing to help the emperor let me do it." Dad left the Ceremony Supervisor early because of the emperor's kindness to take the slave back! It's only because of the great favor of the godfather that the slave is what it is today. Even if he really wants to do something sorry for the emperor, he still can't bear to do it. I really have to end up in a miserable state because of this slave. Otherwise, I’m afraid the emperor won’t find this slave trustworthy.”
Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Don't worry, I can promise to keep him alive and give you a chance to repay your kindness and filial piety. I can still guarantee this!"
After hearing this, Sun Hai immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty! Even if Your Majesty lets me go through fire and water, I will not hesitate."
"Zhang Jing!"
Zhu Yijun shouted sharply at this time.
Zhang Jing came over and said, "Please give me your instructions."
"You feed him."
Zhu Yijun said angrily, then he put the bowl and spoon on the table, walked to the imperial case and sat down.
Sun Hai, who was bearing a black mark, couldn't help but be startled when he saw Zhu Yijun's unhappy expression. After Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Jing to feed him sugar water, he immediately picked up the bowl and drank it all.
He was annoyed when he saw Zhang Jing. How could he be willing to let Zhang Jing feed him?
Zhu Yijun took a look and said nothing.
In Zhu Yijun's view, becoming an emperor does not seem to be difficult.
Because the people who can appear next to the emperor seem to be some human beings. Before the emperor expresses his thoughts, he will be guessed what he wants to do, and he will directly bargain with him.
Zhu Yijun really didn't expect that he had just asked Sun Hai to be carried back to Qianqing Palace, and he was just about to condescend to Yu Yu and show favors, but before he had time to say what he wanted to do to force Sun Hai to backstab his godfather for him, Sun Hai guessed his intention first.
Fortunately, Zhu Yijun thought that Sun Hai, as a person who was prone to losing his temper, was a relatively simple and easy-to-control figure, and he could make him burst into tears of gratitude as long as he showed him a little kindness.
But in the end, although Sun Hai was straightforward, he was not stupid, and he could see through the emperor's thoughts at once.
This made Zhu Yijun feel like he had failed in showing off, so he was a little annoyed.
So now Zhu Yijun can only rely on pretending to be an emperor to regain his sense of existence, so he no longer feeds Sun Hai sugar water to replenish his blood sugar, but orders others to come. No matter how smart some of you are, you can only let me do this. It means being at the mercy of the master.
However, when Zhu Yijun saw that Sun Hai drank all the sugar water in one gulp and did not want Zhang Jing to feed him, but showed that he still hated Zhang Jing, he couldn't help but laugh, and his mood became much better, and he was no longer willful and began to shift his thoughts away. When it came time to get down to business, he asked Sun Hai:
"What are you going to do?"
