After hearing this, Emperor Wanli said with a grimace: "Queen Mother, aren't you making things difficult for me?"
After hearing this, Queen Mother Li smiled and said: "Forget it, the Ai family will say hello to Master Zhang for you and say that they agree with you to practice martial arts! But if Long Live Master wants to recruit more people to come in and practice martial arts with you, then You have to convince Master Zhang yourself! This can be regarded as a small test given by the Ai family to Lord Long live! After all, Lord Long live is the emperor, and it is impossible for others to solve everything for you!"
Emperor Wanli pulled Empress Dowager Li's sleeve and begged, "Mother, please help me again! I don't know how to open my mouth when I see Master Zhang!"
But Empress Dowager Li gently pulled up her sleeves and said: "Long live the Lord has grown up, it is impossible to ask others for everything! Do you also ask others to help you manage the country left by your ancestors?"
Emperor Wanli had no choice but to accept the Queen Mother's resolute attitude, but in order to have someone to play with him in the future, he had no choice but to agree. Then the two chatted for a while, and Emperor Wanli left Queen Mother Li's palace.
After sending Emperor Wanli away, Empress Dowager Li called a palace maid and said, "Go find Feng Bao and tell the Ai family that they want to see him!"
Not long after the palace maid left, she brought Feng Bao. As soon as he entered the palace, Feng Bao saluted Empress Dowager Li and said, "I have seen your empress!"
Queen Mother Li said: "That's all, no need to salute! Come and sit near me!"
Feng Bao stood up and said, "Where is the seat for the slaves in front of the queen! I just don't know what the queen's orders are?"
Empress Dowager Li said slowly: "Eunuch Feng, you also know that Master Long live has been uneasy about martial arts these past few days. He was also punished by Mr. Zhang when he was studying today, so Aijia was thinking, are you Tell Mr. Zhang? Let him arrange for Mr. Long Live to practice martial arts. The Ai family does not expect Mr. Long Live to practice any unique martial arts. They only hope that he will be in good health and live a long life! Everything will go well then. Send the Aijia to the late emperor's mausoleum, and the Aijia will be satisfied!"
Feng Bao's heart sank after hearing this! Because he knew about this matter, but he was not prepared to agree. He was just going to find a few people to fool Emperor Wanli and then passed. On this point, he and Zhang Juzheng had the same position, that is, they did not intend to let Emperor Wanli come into contact with too many nobles. It would be better to let him stay in the palace for the rest of his life and ignore worldly affairs!
But Empress Dowager Li's words were very serious, which showed that Empress Dowager Li attached great importance to the emperor's martial arts training, so she could only bow and said: "A person like the empress and Bodhisattva is naturally blessed by God. Come to think of it. You will definitely have a long and prosperous life! As for saying hello to Mr. Zhang, I will do it now! I just don’t know what special requests Long Live Lord has?"
Queen Mother Li blinked her eyes and said, "Oh, the Ai family doesn't know about that. You have to ask Lord Long Live about this!"
Feng Bao's heart beat up after hearing this! He and Empress Dowager Li were most familiar with each other. Looking at Empress Dowager Li's behavior, he knew that there must be something going on here, but he couldn't figure out what it was at the moment! But now he can only bow and agree. Then Feng Bao reported the situation in the palace to Queen Mother Li and left the Queen Mother's palace.
As soon as Feng Bao returned to his house, he sent someone to call Feng Ning. In just a moment, Feng Ning knocked on the door and came in. It was hard to believe that he could break out in such a short period of time and sweat all over his forehead! As soon as he entered the door, he paid homage to Feng Bao and said, "Grandpa, what are your instructions for calling your grandson here?"
Feng Bao learned from him what happened in the Queen Mother's palace, and then said: "Monkey, now you go to Prime Minister Zhang's house and tell him exactly what we said, and then stop Prime Minister Zhang." How to reply!"
Feng Ning was ecstatic after hearing this! This is an errand to show up in front of Prime Minister Zhang! If you do well and catch the eye of Prime Minister Zhang, as long as he praises you a few words in front of your godfather, then you will really prosper! So he immediately bowed and said: "Don't worry, godfather, my grandson will go now!"
After Feng Ning left, Feng Bao began to think about this matter. He thought about it over and over, and he only thought of one thing, and that was that he couldn't let your honorary interfere with Long Live Lord's martial arts practice! Because they were originally from the same country, and they all had martial arts inherited from their families, which could be used to teach the emperor and deepen their relationship! They won't let go!
But Feng Bao knew that the civil servants had finally turned the nobles into pigs, so how could they turn them into tigers again? You know, once a nobleman participates in practicing martial arts with the emperor, they will go all out to mobilize all resources to train the next generation, so that they can grow up with the little emperor! At that time, I am afraid that the nobles will rely on the emperor's affection to become stronger, and the layout of the temple will completely change!
As for a person with no roots like him, he only exists because of the emperor's favor! Therefore, once the layout of the temple changes and the nobles distract the emperor's attention, he will be the first to be unlucky!
Just when Feng Baosi was thinking about it and couldn't make up his mind, he heard a knock on the door! Feng Bao recovered his thoughts and said: "Come in!"
It was Feng Ning who opened the door and walked in! What's interesting is that he ran some errands in the capital, and not only was he sweaty, but he also made two muddy marks on his face. He was indescribable embarrassment! It seemed like he had gone through so many hardships!
Feng Bao naturally knew the reason for this. Feng Ning just wanted to show that he had worked hard. So not only did he not criticize this matter, but he actually appreciated this attitude! At least this is a progressive attitude! So Feng Bao gave him an approving look and said, "Houzi, have you met Prime Minister Zhang?"
Feng Ning was so happy when she saw Feng Bao's eyes! However, he still said respectfully: "As for grandpa, my grandson has met Prime Minister Zhang!"
Feng Bao said: "Does Mr. Zhang have an answer?"
Feng Ning said: "Mr. Zhang said that Mr. Long live martial arts is just a boy's mentality, more because he lacks playmates! In this case, it is okay to arrange some playmates for Mr. Long live, but it must not be followed. To select among the nobles, all you need to do is select some good family members from the Jinyi army!"
After hearing this, Feng Bao completely calmed down. He rubbed his hands and said, "Monkey, how long did it take Mr. Zhang to reply to you? What was his expression at that time?"
Feng Ning recalled: "When Prime Minister Zhang heard the news, he was a little surprised at first! Then he replied very calmly. As for the time to reply, I'm afraid it didn't even take half a cup of tea! Come on! My grandson is back as soon as I reply! By the way, I happened to meet Butler You Qi when I went out, and he even rewarded my grandson with five taels of silver!"
