If you are in a high position, you will have to help yourself.

Although Empress Dowager Li is a woman, she has supreme power. A person standing at the top of the power tower cannot trust anyone.

He Liu was the dominant family in the Jinyiwei family, and Empress Dowager Li had to guard against him. She planned to use He Fangqing as a chess piece and put it next to He Liu.

He Fangqing and He Liu had a great grudge. Naturally, they would not turn to He Liu like Bai Lingjun turned to Sima Yi during the Three Kingdoms period. She would definitely be the pawn of Empress Dowager Li wholeheartedly.

Empress Dowager Li said, "Okay. He Fangqing, you can live in Kunning Palace today. I will issue an order tomorrow and give you He Liu as a concubine."

Liang Shanghong led He Fangqing away from Kunning Palace.

Empress Dowager Li asked a little eunuch beside her: "Have you rested?"

The little eunuch replied, "I'm resting."

Yongshou Palace.

The sixteen-year-old Emperor Wanli finished reading the memorial and lay on the dragon couch. He was at the age of energetic and could not sleep after tossing and turning.

Zhang Jing, who was serving the side, whispered: "Master, if you can't sleep, will I ask a few palace maids to come here to drink with you?"

Emperor Wanli said: "Not good. If Mr. Zhang, Feng Dabaner, and Queen Mother know..."

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "Don't worry, Master. It's late at night, the Empress Dowager, Mr. Zhang, and Eunuch Feng have already rested. I put the palace maid in and asked someone to close the palace gate. God doesn't know, and ghosts don't realize it."

Emperor Wanli smiled: "Okay!"

Zhang Jing picked a few palace maids who looked good and got older and understood the charm and entered the main hall of Yongshou Palace.

Zhang Jing bowed and said, "Your Majesty, you are drinking here. I will leave first."

After saying that, Zhang Jing withdrew from the hall and locked the door to death.

Although Emperor Wanli was full of energy, he was not familiar with human affairs. In the hall, he could at most kiss a few palace maids and touch them, and he could not make any big mistakes.

Zhang Jing left Yongshou Palace, and a trace of sinister smile appeared on his face. He walked straight to the Silijian.

Feng Bao was handling official documents in the Sili Supervision Bureau.

Zhang Jing threw himself in front of Feng Bao: "Godfather, something is wrong! The emperor was on a whim and called a few palace maids to drink and have fun in Yongshou Palace!"

Feng Bao was shocked when he heard this: "Ah! That's all right! The emperor will be married next month! If something happens to the palace maid, then the eldest son of the emperor is not born by the queen, but by the palace maid... Oh! Why don't you stop the emperor?"

Zhang Jing cried and said, "Eunuch Feng, the emperor insisted on doing this, and I can't stop him!"

Feng Bao hurriedly led Zhang Jing to Yongshou Palace.

Seeing that the palace gate was closed, Feng Bao ordered his eunuch: "Open the palace gate!"

When he entered the hall, Emperor Wanli was hugging a palace maid and drinking something like the right wine!

Feng Bao quickly knelt in front of Emperor Wanli: "Prince, please obey the courtesy!"

Emperor Wanli was stunned.

Although Emperor Wanli was the king of a country, he was a son emperor. In the world, he was afraid of three people. One was his biological mother, Empress Dowager Li, and the other was his teacher, Zhang Juzheng. The other was Feng Bao, the eldest companion who had been by his side since childhood and brought him up.

Emperor Wanli put down his wine glass: "Feng Dabaner. It's midnight, why are you here?"

Feng Bao advised Emperor Wanli, "Your Majesty, you will be married next month. It cannot be so ridiculous."

Emperor Wanli frowned: "I just asked a few palace maids to accompany me to drink. What's the big deal?"

When Feng Bao heard this, he directly moved out Empress Dowager Li. Zhang Juzheng scared Emperor Wanli: "Emperor, if the Empress Dowager and Mr. Zhang know about this..."

Emperor Wanli quickly stood up and ordered a few palace maids: "You retreat."

Then, Emperor Wanli walked up to Feng Bao and said in a nearly begging tone: "Big partner, don't tell Empress Dowager Li and Mr. Zhang about this tonight."

Feng Bao said: "As long as the emperor obeys the courtesy, I will not talk too much."

Emperor Wanli nodded: "Okay, I'll sleep now. My companion, please step down."

Feng Bao ordered Zhang Jing: "Why don't you serve the emperor to sleep?"

After saying that, Feng Bao left the Yongshou Palace Hall.

Emperor Wanli asked Zhang Jing with some guilt: "You said, will Feng Dabaner tell his mother and Mr. Zhang about this?"

Zhang Jing deliberately pretended to be frowning: "It's hard to say. Eunuch Feng loves to sue the emperor in front of Empress Dowager Li and Mr. Zhang."

Emperor Wanli sighed: "Oh. Forget it, go to bed."

Zhang Jing left the hall and found his confidant little eunuch. He explained to the little eunuch in this way and this way.

The little eunuch received the order and headed straight to Kunning Palace.

The person who was on duty outside the Empress Dowager's bedroom tonight was Li Heijiu's wife Liang Shanghong.

The little eunuch said, "Aunt Liang, has the Empress Dowager rested?"

Liang Shanghong nodded: "Sleep at ease."

The little eunuch said, "Aunt Liang, something big happened! Just now, the emperor called a few palace maids into the main hall of Yongshou Palace, closed the door of the hall, and drank and had fun inside."

Liang Shanghong's face turned green when she heard this! Wine was a matchmaker. Before the emperor's wedding, it would be a big deal if the dragon seed was planted in the belly of a palace maid!

Liang Shanghong said: "I'll go and tell Empress Li immediately. You're waiting here."

While Empress Li was half asleep and half awake, she vaguely felt someone walking to her phoenix tent.

Queen Mother Li asked: "Who?"

Liang Shanghong said: "The Empress Dowager is a servant. Something happened. The emperor was drinking and making trouble with a few palace maids in Yongshou Palace. I was afraid that something would happen, so I had to disturb the Empress Dowager's dream!"

Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Li sat up from the bed with a "wheel". She said angrily: "Change clothes for the Ai family! In addition, go to the Xiyuan Cabinet Office to find Mr. Zhang, and ask him to accompany the Ai family to Yongshou Palace!"

Soon, Empress Dowager Li and Zhang Juzheng entered Yongshou Palace.

In Yongshou Palace, where is the shadow of palace maids?

Empress Dowager Li asked Zhang Jing: "Zhang Jing, I heard that the emperor and a few palace maids were drinking in the hall tonight?"

Emperor Wanli rubbed his sleepy eyes and stood up from the dragon couch: "Mother, why are you here?"

Zhang Jing knelt in front of Empress Dowager Li, but stopped talking.

Empress Dowager Li said angrily: "Zhang Jing, answer."

Zhang Jing said tremblingly: "Report to the Empress Dowager. Eunuch Feng has just arrived and has scolded the palace maids and drove them out of the palace."

Empress Dowager Li turned her head and angrily scolded Emperor Wanli: "Emperor, why are you so inconsistent as the king of a country? Do you want to learn from King Zhou of Shang and King You of Zhou to be a lewd and foolish monarch?"

Emperor Wanli cursed in his heart: OK Feng Bao! You actually ran to your mother to sue me for your slander!

Zhang Juzheng was also on the side and said seriously: "The Emperor, Guanju says, "Happy but not lust, sad but not hurt. As the emperor, he should be an example for his subordinates. If he had been lewd with the palace maids all night in the 28th year, how would Qianqiu History Book evaluate the emperor?"

Emperor Wanli was speechless.

Empress Dowager Li stared at her eyes widened: "Please recite the teachings of Taizu!"

Although Empress Dowager Li was the biological mother of Emperor Wanli, she could not directly punish Emperor Wanli for kneeling. However, if Emperor Wanli wanted to recite the teachings of Emperor Taizu, she had to kneel on the ground. This was equivalent to Empress Dowager Li punishing Emperor Wanli for kneeling in disguise.

Emperor Wanli had no choice but to kneel down on the ground and recite the legacy of Emperor Hongwu seriously.

After memorizing a few incense sticks, Empress Dowager Li stood up and said, "Forget it, the emperor. That's all for today. Please remember the lessons of Hongwu and be a virtuous emperor."

After saying that, Empress Dowager Li and Zhang Juzheng left Yongshou Palace.

Emperor Wanli sat on the dragon throne in a daze. He asked Zhang Jing: "Didn't Feng Daban'er say that he would hide this for me? Why did the queen mother know so soon?"

Seeing that the time had come, Zhang Jing hurriedly started slandering: "Eunuch Feng, Mr. Zhang, and He Liu from the Jinyiwei. No matter what happened, he would be the first to tell Mr. Zhang. When Mr. Zhang knew about this, Empress Li naturally knew about this."

Emperor Wanli looked angry: "Hmph! My mother cares about me every day, Mr. Zhang cares about me every day, and Feng Dabaner cares about me every day. What else do I mean as an emperor?"

Zhang Jing said: "Your Majesty, I advise you to learn to be patient. Tolerance is calm for a while. When you have taken the government in person and grasped the power of the court, naturally no one will dare to care about you."

Emperor Wanli smiled bitterly: "It's not easy to be in charge of power! My mother said that Mr. Zhang would help me until I was thirty years old!"

Zhang Jing pretended to be worried for Emperor Wanli and said, "Oh. Yes, the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the Sili, the chief eunuch Feng, and the governor of the Jinyiwei North Punishment, He Liu. These three people have formed an iron triangle in the court. They also have the support of the queen mother. If the emperor wants to take control of the power of the court, he must move out. Feng and He these three stumbling blocks."

Emperor Wanli asked: "You said, how should I move away these three stumbling blocks?"

Zhang Jing was silent for a moment, and then said, "Your Majesty, there is no way. You can only endure it slowly and wait for the opportunity."
Chapter completed!