Suddenly there was another person in the room, and Eunuch Li turned to look at the person.
"Daddy, news just came from the palace. Ye Shoufu and Han Xu went to the Qianqing Palace to meet the saint because of the recent rebellion of the Tiger Character Banner in the capital." The visitor bowed and said.
After hearing this, Eunuch Li secretly looked at Wei Zhongxian in his seat.
Wei Zhongxian snorted coldly and said: "You are so shameless, but our family wants to see how you can overthrow our family."
"Godfather, please calm down. With the emperor's trust, the emperor will not believe it even if the chief assistant and others are allowed to tell lies." Eunuch Li persuaded from the side.
The slave thieves' spies in the capital spread rumors that the Tiger-Character Banner was rebelling in Datong, and wanted to use the Ming Dynasty's court to deal with the Tiger-Character Banner. Wei Zhongxian thought that behind this was the Donglin Party's attempt to use the Tiger-Character Banner. Ziqi came to deal with him.
Wei Zhongxian originally had nothing to do with him, but he took the initiative to take matters into his own hands.
Wei Zhongxian took a breath and said: "Prepare the sedan chair, our family is going into the palace."
There is always a sedan chair and several bearers in the house, specially used to transport Wei Zhongxian in and out of the palace.
The sedan was ready and parked outside the house.
Wei Zhongxian walked out and got on the sedan.
The bearer lifted up the sedan chair and walked out from the main entrance of the house, heading towards the palace gate.
A young eunuch like Eunuch Li was naturally not qualified to be a sedan chair in front of Wei Zhongxian, so he could only walk beside the sedan chair on two legs.
In order to facilitate returning to the palace, Wei Zhongxian's residence outside the palace was not too far from the palace gate.
The bearers carried the sedan until it came to a stop outside the palace gate.
Wei Zhongxian got off the sedan chair and took Eunuch Li towards the palace gate.
As the chief eunuch in the palace and the most powerful eunuch around Tianqi, he had the badge of being out of the palace. Coupled with his status, the guards in front of the palace gate naturally did not dare to make things difficult and respectfully let him into the palace.
After entering the palace, he naturally could not continue to ride in a sedan or chariot. He was not yet the nine thousand years old he was when he was most powerful.
The palace was very familiar to him, and no one dared to stop him on the way, and he soon arrived outside Qianqing Palace.
"Is your Majesty inside?" Wei Zhongxian asked the young eunuch guarding the gate of Qianqing Palace.
The young eunuch said respectfully: "The emperor is summoning Mr. Ge and Mr. Han inside."
"You wait outside, let's go in and pay our respects to the Emperor." Wei Zhongxian said to Eunuch Li he brought with him, and then stepped inside.
Before he could reach inside, he heard Ye Xianggao's voice inside, and his feet involuntarily sped up a little faster.
"My slave, please pay your respects to the emperor." Wei Zhongxian stepped forward and saluted Tianqi.
Tianqi looked at Wei Zhongxian and said with a smile: "Daban came just in time. What Mr. Ge just said has something to do with you, Daban. Let's listen together!"
Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian snorted in his heart.
He thought this was because Ye Xianggao and Han Xu wanted to use the tiger-character flag to deal with him.
However, without showing it on his face, he straightened up and walked to stand next to Tianqi.
Only then did he have the opportunity to see Ye Xianggao and Han Xu sitting below.
Ye Xianggao's eyes were cold and it was difficult for him to tell anything, but he could clearly feel that Han Xu's eyes were full of disgust when he looked at him.
"Mr. Ge, continue talking!" Tianqi picked up the Tuanlong tureen, put it to his mouth and took a sip of tea.
Ye Xianggao cupped his hands and said: "There are rumors everywhere in the capital that Liu Heng, a guerrilla on the Datong East Road, is going to rebel. What he did is without warning. The old minister asked the emperor to issue an order to arrest Liu Heng and bring him to Beijing for questioning."
"I second the proposal." Han Xu supported from the side.
Tianqi frowned slightly and said, "I remember that this Liu Heng used to be a bandit leader in Datong. Later, he was recruited by the imperial court and given the military position of a guerrilla general."
"Your Majesty, you are right. This Liu Heng is indeed a reduced general who was approved by the imperial court." Wei Zhongxian said from the side.
Ye Xianggao added at this time: "It is precisely because this person was once a bandit leader that he is more likely to rebel against the court again. The old minister thought that we should send someone to Datong as soon as possible to arrest him and bring him back to the capital for questioning."
"It makes some sense." Tianqi nodded lightly.
A guerrilla general was not worthy of the emperor's attention. If it weren't for the fact that Liu Heng was a surrendered general who was recruited, he would not even be impressed by this person.
Ye Xianggao continued: "Your Majesty, I think this matter must not be delayed. Once the news from the capital reaches Datong, this person will inevitably jump over the wall and cause turmoil in Datong."
"Your Majesty, can you please let me say a few words?" Wei Zhongxian knew that he could not wait any longer, otherwise it would be difficult to recover when Tianqi agreed to Ye Xianggao's suggestion.
Tianqi looked at Wei Zhongxian and said with a smile: "If you have any ideas, please tell me and let Mr. Ge and Han Aiqing listen to it."
"My slave, I would like to thank you in advance." Wei Zhongxian saluted Tianqi.
However, Han Xu, who was sitting on the round stool, spoke at this time and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is a matter for the court. Eunuch Wei is just a eunuch in the palace. He should not interfere in the affairs of the court to avoid the eunuch's monopoly."
One mouth is a eunuch, one mouth is a eunuch.
Wei Zhongxian's face became extremely ugly.
It's true that he is a eunuch, but he doesn't want to be called a eunuch, not to mention that he is labeled as a eunuch with exclusive power.
"I remember that it was my senior companion who made the suggestion to recruit Liu Heng. This matter is related to Liu Heng. I love you, you may wish to hear if my senior companion has any good ideas." Tianqi said to Han Xu.
It seems that Han Xu didn't take it seriously at all when he said that eunuchs had exclusive power.
Han Xu refused to give Wei Zhongxian a chance to speak, so he said: "Since ancient times, the eunuch's exclusive power started from participating in the government. Please ask the Holy Spirit for guidance."
As soon as he finished saying this, Wei Zhongxian's face turned pale with anger.
From this, he became increasingly convinced that the Donglin Party was behind the rumors about the Tiger Flag in Beijing, in order to deal with him.
"Ai Qing, you are worrying too much. I am loyal to me and nothing like what Ai Qing said will happen." Tianqi waved his hand disapprovingly.
Han Xu was unwilling to give up and continued: "Your Majesty, this matter must be guarded against! Nowadays, no one inside or outside the court knows Eunuch Wei. If this continues, I am afraid that the disaster of the eunuch's exclusive power will happen again."
"Bold, you won't be able to speak nonsense in front of the Emperor." Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but yelled at Han Xu.
He was worried that if the other party kept talking, even if he was not punished, he would be annoyed by Tianqi.
Han Xu glared at Wei Zhongxian angrily and said, "I am so bold when I see you. You dare to be so arrogant in front of the Holy Master. This shows how arrogant you are in normal times."
"You!" Wei Zhongxian couldn't defeat Han Xu, and his face turned red with anger.
"Okay." Tian Qihe stopped the two people's quarrel and said with dissatisfaction, "Han Aiqing is also devoted to the country, so please stop arguing."
When Wei Zhongxian saw that Tianqi was angry, he hurriedly knelt down and said: "This slave has lost his position for a moment, please punish me."
