Zhang Jing replied: "My father-in-law, please calm down. It's the emperor's order, let me help you sort it out."
"How dare you use the emperor's words to pressure me!"
Sun Dexiu finished.
Suddenly, the sole of a shoe grew larger in front of Zhang Jing and kicked Zhang Jing's body.
Zhang Jing immediately fell to the ground, feeling like stars were appearing in his eyes and the sky was spinning.
Then, Sun Dexiu scolded Zhang Jing again and said: "We are here to educate you for Zhang Hong. You have to understand that you can do whatever you want. Although the emperor is the master, he is not a shield for you to do whatever you want! There are some rules. , The Emperor doesn’t know, you have to tell the Emperor, do you understand?!”
"Yes, I understand, little one!"
Zhang Jing hurriedly replied honestly.
Zhu Yijun, who had just returned from Queen Mother Chen, heard the sound and came over. Seeing this, he hurriedly asked: "What's going on?"
Sun Dexiu hurriedly bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, this old slave is here to teach the unruly people around you."
Seeing this, Zhu Yijun just nodded, and then said to Zhang Jingyan: "Zhang Jing, get up."
Zhang Jing then said: "My father-in-law didn't let me get up, so I don't dare to get up!"
"What's the point! Don't you listen to what I say?!"
Zhu Yijun asked.
Sun Dexiu also said at this time: "The emperor asks you to get up, just get up."
Only then did Zhang Jing stand up.
Zhu Yijun asked Sun Dexiu here: "Sun Dexiu, what mistake did Zhang Jing make?"
Sun Dexiu replied: "Back to the emperor, he was wrong in not going to see the voting plan! Because he is not a member of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and he is suspected of being sycophantic and disrupting the government."
"He didn't look at it. I asked him to tidy it up for me."
After Zhu Yijun explained, he asked: "Isn't this okay? Is it your Chief of Ceremonies who has the final say, or me?"
"Your Majesty, what you said is serious."
"However, the Queen Mother has said that Your Majesty, you are still young, so you should always ask the Chief of Ceremonies and the Cabinet. According to the Queen Mother's wishes, Your Majesty should listen more to the Teaching of the Chief of Ceremonies regarding matters in the inner court."
Sun Dexiu said with a smile.
He said this, naturally because he anchored that Xiao Wanli really respected Confucianism, respected his elders and was kind and could be bullied, as Sun Hai said, without paying any attention to his words.
"The Queen Mother's words are coming to pressure me again! In fact, even the Supervisor of Ceremonies can ride on my head!"
"If this continues, won't it mean that these eunuchs and maids in the inner court only know the Chief of Ceremonies and not the emperor themselves?"
Zhu Yijun slandered and became angry immediately, but did not break out. He only glanced at the jade pendant on Sun Dexiu's belt and said:
"Since you mentioned the Queen Mother, come with me to see the Queen Mother. There happens to be something that needs to be discussed in front of the Queen Mother."
Zhu Yijun said and walked out of the palace door first, looking back at Sun Dexiu who was stunned: "Let's go!"
"According to the order!"
Sun Dexiu had no choice but to follow.
On the surface, he is naturally difficult to resist.
Of course, Sun Dexiu also believed that Empress Dowager Li would not deny that the Superintendent of Ceremonies had the duty to teach Emperor Wanli.
Because it was Empress Dowager Li who said that Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun should always ask the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the Cabinet for their opinions on everything.
Although Empress Dowager Li did not listen to politics from behind the curtain, she did intend to control Emperor Zhu Yijun by raising the status of the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the Cabinet to prevent Emperor Zhu Yijun from doing things that were not in line with her ideas.
Sun Dexiu was even sure that if Zhu Yijun really wanted to stand up for Zhang Jing because of a momentary impulse, and if he complained about the director's fault in front of the Empress Dowager Li, he would only be scolded by the Empress Dowager Li.
Moreover, Sun Dexiu also wanted to educate Emperor Zhu Yijun through the mouth of Queen Mother Li, so that Emperor Zhu Yijun knew to respect the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Respecting the Supervisor of Ceremonies naturally required respecting the old eunuch who was the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
After Sun Dexiu followed Zhu Yijun to Queen Mother Li, Sun Hai and Zhang Jing also followed.
When Zhu Yijun came to Empress Dowager Li, Empress Dowager Li was listening to Feng Bao talk about how he went to various Buddhist temples to donate sesame oil money according to Empress Dowager Li's instructions.
Although Empress Dowager Li admires Confucianism, she prefers Buddhism and has never been stingy with money in worshiping Buddhism.
It can be said that many Buddhist monks and nuns in the capital are supported by Queen Mother Li.
Moreover, Empress Dowager Li's consumption of Buddhist rituals has increased year by year since she was revered as the Empress Dowager.
As a result, later in history, even Wanli himself could not stand it, and Zhang Juzheng often had conflicts with Empress Dowager Li because of this matter.
Back to the topic.
When Empress Dowager Li saw Zhu Yijun and Sun Dexiu appearing, she did not ask Feng Bao to talk about Buddhist rituals. And when she was about to ask the emperor why he came, she fixed her eyes on Sun Dexiu's belt.
Queen Mother Li's face gradually darkened.
Zhu Yijun came up at this time and said directly: "Empress, Sun Dexiu said just now that the chief of etiquette has the final say in the inner court, not the emperor. Only the chief of etiquette teaches the emperor the principles, and the emperor does not give orders to the chief of etiquette. Li, and said that this was what you meant. The emperor thought that since the emperor could not control the Li Supervisor, when the emperor saw the Nine Dragons Jade Pendant that his mother had given him appeared on Sun Dexiu, he could only bring him here. Here, Queen Mother, let Queen Mother ask him why he has this Nine Dragon Jade Pendant on his waist."
"Nonsense! If you have something wrong, the Supervisor of Ceremonies can teach you, but that doesn't mean that the Supervisor of Ceremonies has the final say in the inner court of the Ming Dynasty!"
"What you should ask the Supervisor of Ceremonies to do, the Supervisor of Ceremonies will naturally have to carry out."
"You are the emperor, and all the ministers, big and small, of the Supervisor of Ceremonies are your domestic slaves. There is no reason why the slaves cannot be controlled by the emperor! If the Supervisor of Ceremonies just resists the decree, you can handle it yourself! There is no reason why you cannot ask questions and cannot control them. .”
When Zhu Yijun said this, Queen Mother Li quickly denied Zhu Yijun's statement and emphasized the order of hierarchy in the entire palace.
Empress Dowager Li looked at Sun Dexiu as she spoke: "Sun Dexiu, where did you get the Nine Dragons Jade Pendant on your waist? You are so bold. You wear the sacred object that the Queen Mother Rensheng gave to the emperor on your body. You don't Feel your head to see if it really keeps cutting."
Empress Dowager Li confirmed this.
Because Zhu Yijun came to show Queen Mother Li the Nine Dragons Jade Pendant that was rewarded by Queen Mother Rensheng, also known as Queen Mother Chen. Queen Mother Li was still very happy at that time, knowing that this meant Queen Mother Chen indirectly affirmed that the emperor she disciplined was excellent.
Empress Dowager Chen really liked to declare her presence in a subtle and silent way by giving gifts to Zhu Yijun.
Queen Mother Li also understood this, so she could not ignore matters related to Queen Mother Chen.
It's just that Queen Mother Li didn't expect to see this thing on Sun Dexiu today.
When Sun Dexiu heard what Zhu Yijun said, he was shocked. He did not expect that things would turn out like this.
You know, at first he thought it was his own prince Zhu Yijun who was going to be laughed at in front of Empress Dowager Li, but in the end, it was himself who was being laughed at!
Sun Dexiu suddenly realized that his emperor was not as simple as Sun Hai said.
At this time, Sun Dexiu had already knelt down. When Queen Mother Li asked this question, her whole body was shaking like chaff. She only said: "My queen, please calm down! I don't know this is a sacred object! It's Sun Hai, Sun Hai." Because he claimed that he got it from outside, the old slave believed it, but he didn’t expect to be tricked by him!”
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Li looked at Sun Hai with an even stern expression: "It's you again. It seems that you can not only beat and scold people, but also steal royal sacred objects!"
Sun Hai also crouched on the ground and explained: "Your Majesty, your Majesty! It was Eunuch Sun who forced the slave to steal it. He said that if the slave could steal the jade from the emperor's side to him, he would speak for the slave. Your Majesty, think about it, if it weren’t for Eunuch Sun’s instigation, how could I, a deacon and eunuch, dare to guard and steal it! I just didn’t expect this jade to be a sacred object!”
"You're talking nonsense!"
Sun Dexiu roared at Sun Hai and gritted his teeth: "How dare you betray me?!"
