There was a table of horses hanging at the door of the leopard room.

Jiao Fang, Zhou Jing, Chen Xi and Tu Xun sat in the middle of the four directions, while the rest of the officials hung the corners, such as Li, Wang Chang and Zhang Luan, basically had no say, let alone the few with the lower ranks.

Zhou Jing smiled and said, "Brother Mengyang is not young, why don't you go back to the high bed and warm pillow to rest? Otherwise, let's go back together? Or let a young and strong young man like Zhihou stay, and simply the Xuanfu war has nothing to do with you and me."

Jiao Fang glared at Zhou Jing, rubbed his hands and said, "I can withstand it!"

Zhou Jing smiled but said nothing, but his eyes looked at Chen Xi.

With this ambiguous look alone, Chen Xi knew that Zhou Jing should have been instructed by Xie Qian and made a special trip to the Leopard Room to attract firepower, which inadvertently helped him a lot.

Half an hour later, a wind blew on the street, making the leaves whirl. Zhou Jing couldn't hold on anymore. After all, it was already autumn. Even if it was hot during the day, it would cool down at night. The temperature difference between day and night was very large. So he suggested: "Several people, if you can't stand it, how about we ignite a fire in the middle?"

Li was angry and funny: "It's a good thing that Zhou Shangshu could think of it. This is a leopard house. If a fire is made here, wouldn't it cause trouble?"

Zhou Jing laughed: "I just saw you being dull and told a joke to listen... Alas, when I saw the thick red light, I seemed to have no idea about the cold wind, and I couldn't help but think of when I was young..."

Jiao Fang found that Zhou Jing was talking a lot of nonsense and had no nutrition at all, which made him yawn.

However, Jiao Fang's vigilant eyes looked at Chen Xi from time to time. He thought clearly: "As long as Shen Zhihou cannot enter the leopard room and cannot meet the saint, it will be difficult to succeed in impeaching Wei Bin!"

Several officials talked about something useless. Chen Xi only answered questions when asked, and the rest of the time they sat there in meditating.

"Who said that Wei Bin would be impeached and could only see His Majesty..."

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There was a strong wind at night.

The wind was howling, and as the cold air from the north moved south, the temperature in the capital dropped sharply for several days. Some people waiting outside the leopard room finally couldn't help but go back to the sedan chair or carriage to keep warm.

Chen Xi, Jiao Fang, Zhou Jing and Tu Xun had a dispute.

Only Chen Xi could sit upright, Jiao Fang, Zhou Jing and Tu Xun were bent over and curled up together, and they didn't know what they were thinking about.

At about the third day of the day, the city had completely calmed down. However, a guest in the Shouning Marquis' Mansion rushed to the yard where Zhang Heling rested.

"Bang bang bang!"

A knock on the door sounded.

Zhang Heling had already fallen asleep, but was awakened by the intense voice and asked, "Who?"

The voice of a guest from outside came from: "Master, someone is visiting the house."

Zhang Heling simply wanted to beat someone up. There were some people coming to his mansion, but they were basically opportunistic scholars, hoping to get the opportunity to be promoted to the court by clinging to the relationship.

Zhang Heling angrily scolded: "Don't you understand the rules? It's so late, even if the King of Heaven comes, I won't see you. Who is that?"

Zhike said: "It is Xie Qian, the chief assistant of the cabinet."

Zhang Heling was stunned by Xie Qian's name, so she could only get up to dress helplessly. A snow-white arm was exposed from the corner of the quilt, and grabbed Zhang Heling's clothes and asked, "Isn't Master Xie inconsistent with the master?"

"Women, what do you do?"

Although Zhang Heling did not provoke a bunch of women like his younger brother, he still had more than a dozen wives and concubines, and he was very cold to his wives and concubines.

When Zhang Heling arrived at the front hall, Zhike explained what was going on.

Zhang Heling said to himself with a stern face: "Xie Qian has never visited the door. Why did he visit at midnight today? Needless to say, there is something important..."

The wise guest didn't know that Zhang Heling was asking and answering questions himself, and said aggrievedly: "Master, do you ask the villain, where did the villain know?"

Zhang Heling asked someone to light the candlelight in the main hall. He was a marquis who was esteemed and did not go out to welcome him. He asked the guest to do his job, but he sat upright in the hall waiting for Xie Qian to come.

Not long after, Xie Qian came to the door of the room under the whistling wind. Zhang Heling carefully identified it. It was Xie Qian, not someone who cheated him.

Xie Qian felt extremely disdainful when he saw Zhang Heling.

Zhang Heling was only thirty years old, but he was already a marquis and was still acting recklessly based on his identity as a relative. Even if Xie Qian had never impeached Zhang Heling before, he was not very friendly to him.

Xie Qian bowed slightly and treated it as a tribute.

Zhang Heling stood up, stepped forward a few steps to greet him, and squeezed out a smile and asked, "Why did Xie Shangshu come to visit late at night? But something big happened in the court?"

After thinking about it, Zhang Heling seemed that only when it comes to the defense of the capital, Xie Qian, as the chief assistant, would come to him in the middle of the night.

After all, Zhang Heling controlled the Beijing camp and the emperor was not in charge. If foreign barbarians invaded, Xie Qian would have no one at hand. The best way was to go directly to the Shouning Marquis' Mansion to dispatch troops.

Xie Qian said: "It's not true. I came to find the Marquis because I wanted to ask the Marquis to help me and enter the palace with me to impeach the eunuch Wei Bin, the supervisor of the Imperial Horse Supervision!

Hearing this, Zhang Heling widened his eyes and felt a little at a loss for a moment.

He never expected that Xie Qian would mention impeachment of Wei Bin to him at this critical moment.

Zhang Heling's expression was kind before. After all, he guessed that Xie Qian was here to discuss military and national affairs, but he knew that the impeachment of the eunuch party was involved in impeachment, and his expression immediately turned cold:

"Isn't Xie Shangshu joking? What's the matter with me?"

Xie Qian did not talk much nonsense to Zhang Heling and said directly: "After the impeachment of Wei Bin successfully, the 3,000 battalions were included in the management of the Ministry of War. The annual budget of the Beijing camp was the same, and the cabinet and the Ministry of War would not interfere. What does the marquis think of this condition?"

Zhang Heling was stunned again. It turned out that Xie Qian came to the door to negotiate conditions with him. After hesitating for a long time, Zhang Heling asked, "Now Your Majesty is in the palace?"

Xie Qian shook his head: "Your Majesty is stranded in the leopard room and will not return... But impeachment of Wei Bin does not mean to impeach in front of His Majesty. As long as the empress dowager speaks, Wei Bin's power will inevitably be out of control. If the Marquis of Shouning does not follow me to the palace, I can only go to see the empress dowager by myself!"

Zhang Heling immediately thought that his sister had always trusted Xie Qian. If Xie Qian entered the palace, it would be easy to meet Empress Dowager Zhang.

"The master of the court doesn't have to be anxious. Why don't you sit down and talk about it in detail?"

Zhang Heling showed some degree of resistance at the beginning, but at this time he had to talk to Xie Qianyu with some serious talk.

This involves the distribution of interests in the post-Liu Jin era.

The signal that Xie Qian came to the door was that the civil servant group wanted to unite with the foreign relatives party and fight with the eunuch party headed by Liu Jin.

Zhang Heling ordered his servants: "What are you waiting for? Prepare refreshments for Xie Shangshu..."

"No need!"

Xie Qian raised his hand and said, "I am going to enter the palace to see the queen mother. If the Marquis of Shouning does not go with me, I will never force me. Please think twice!"

Zhang Heling hesitated for a moment and quickly made a choice: "Shangshu Xie waited, and I will prepare now and enter the palace with Shangshu Xie!"

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Zhang Heling originally wanted to notify his younger brother.

But time is tight, so he had to move into the palace with Xie first.

When he arrived at the palace gate, Xie Qian had already made some preparations. After all, the chief minister of the cabinet used to enter and exit the palace at the small gate in the middle of the night. The guards on duty here were already very familiar with Xie Qian.

"Shangshu Xie, Marquis, are you going to enter the palace?" The rotating guard commander came over to inquire.

Xie Qian and Zhang Heling were both wearing court robes. Xie Qian waved his hand with a stern face: "Please give way, I have important matters to handle when entering the palace."

No one of the rounds of on-the-route guards came forward to stop them, and directly let Xie Qian and Zhang Heling in.

From Daming Gate to the Meridian Gate, the journey is unobstructed, and then we pass Jinshui Bridge, Hongzheng Gate, Zhongleimen, Backleimen and Ganqing Gate to the Ganqing Palace.

When he was about to arrive in front of the Ganqing Palace, Xie Qian turned his head and glanced at Zhang Heling with a smile.

Zhang Heling reacted. Xie Qian entered the palace at this time and could not see Empress Dowager Zhang at all. This is why he, the uncle, came with him. He couldn't help but feel annoyed: "Why didn't I expect this?"

The person has arrived at the inner garden of the palace, so naturally Zhang Heling will not return without success.

Zhang Heling was more eager for Liu Jin to fall than Xie Qian, otherwise he and Zhang Yanling would never be able to join the core of the Ming Dynasty.

The two arrived at the gate of the Ganqing Palace. Dai Yi came to hear the news and saw Xie Qian and Zhang Heling, so scared that he almost fell head-on.

Dai Yi stammered and asked, "Marty, Master, what are you... doing? It's midnight, Your Majesty... Your Majesty has been resting long ago."

Xie Qian retorted: "Your Majesty is in the palace? You don't know? I came here today to meet the Queen Mother. If there is any major event, you may be responsible?"

Dai Yi was confused and thought to himself: "What should Mr. Xie come to meet the Empress Dowager? It would be fine if he came alone, but he actually had some conspiracy with the Marquis of Shouning?"

Zhang Heling smiled sinisterly and said, "Why, Eunuch Dai, are you unaware of yesterday's incident? This marquis wants to impeach Wei Bin with Shangshu Xie to abuse power. You are a slave, so it's best not to stop him!"

Others respect Dai Yi, but the royal family does not need to do this. The Zhang brothers usually treat the eunuchs in the palace as their own slaves. This is also related to the arrogance and domineering brothers... After all, even the Queen Mother and the Last Emperor will not punish the Zhang brothers. No matter what attitude they have towards internal surveillance, eunuchs like Dai Yi who have no real power can only accept it.

Dai Yi lowered his head and said, "Please wait for two. I will go in and report it now, but... the Queen Mother has already rested..."

Now there is no need to say anything about Xie Qian. Zhang Heling directly scolded: "Even if the empress dowager falls asleep, she still needs to report it. This is an important matter related to the fate of the Ming Dynasty."

Dai Yi then took the order unhappy and turned around and left.

When Zhang Heling faced Xie Qian, he asked with a smile: "How does Xie Shangshu evaluate his performance?"

Xie Qian smiled perfunctorily: "It is the common wish of Shouning Hou and I to make Liu Jin fall. Shouldn't you and I work together to promote it?"

"hehe!"

Zhang Heling smiled, but was afraid that he would be used by Xie Qian.

"You Xie Qian want to include the 3,000 battalions in the management of the Ministry of War. You are nothing more than using your puppet Chen Xi to control the military power of the capital. This is also the first step for your conspiracy to steal the authority of the Beijing camp. When I will let you taste it as you wish? When you meet the Queen Mother, your right to speak is not in your hands!"

The two have their own plans, the alliance is very fragile, and they are both fragile.

After waiting for a long time, Dai Yi came out and saluted respectfully: "Two, the Empress Dowager is washing, and will move to Duanning Hall later. Please wait in Duanning Hall first!"

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To be continued...