When Empress Dowager Sun's already pale face heard what the eunuch said, there was no trace of blood on her already pale face.

"When did the Ai family seize the emperor's power? Isn't it a slander for people to return to power in the court?"

Empress Dowager Sun defended herself with reluctance and grievance. She never thought that she would undermine the emperor's power to control the court like those powers.

Everything I have done so far is just to let my prince return to Beijing from the bitter and cold land in the northern desert as soon as possible. What's wrong with this?

If Chen Yichen had not stood up to oppose the court meeting, there would have been no such disputes afterwards!

Listening to the Queen Mother's defense, the palace maids and the eunuchs in the house were of great importance, and they naturally dared not speak up. The old palace maid who had served for many years mustered up the courage to stand up and said, "The Queen Mother, since ancient times, the literati have been stubborn, and they believe that they are dead.

Things are hard to change.”

In the thousands of years of history of China, there has never been a shortage of literati and Taoist priests. Just a grand ceremony event in the late Ming Dynasty, hundreds of civil officials were fearless and fearless to maintain their rituals and teachings in their hearts. They still faced the court stick with a high mortality rate.

It's all you can do.

The challenge of interfering in politics in the harem to etiquette and law is far better than helping Emperor Jiajing to recognize who he is his father in the big ritual discussion. Especially the idea of ​​Empress Dowager Sun's desire to send troops to suppress the scholars in the capital has even challenged the bottom line of the scholars.

How can you choose to give in?

"Where is Cao Jixiang, has he returned to the palace?"

Even though she knew the situation was hopeless, Empress Dowager Sun still refused to give up and placed her hope on Cao Jixiang to bring back good news.

As long as Jingyuanbo and other important officials, as well as the Southern Conquest Army they led are loyal to the Supreme Emperor and himself, a group of scholars who are powerless will not cause a big wave. As for the court officials who go to the Meridian Gate, they can also adopt coercion and temptation.

, let them compromise for the time being.

"I haven't returned to the palace yet."

"Then Xuan Guojing comes to see me!"

If Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu only did not have his own team of the previous dynasty, then under the constraints of the rule that the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, Empress Dowager Sun had not had much contact with the ministers of the previous dynasty in her harem career in the past few decades, and she could not find any available at all.

people.

The only thing that can be counted on is the eunuch.

This is why, Empress Dowager Sun was fooled by Wang Zhen before and always had great hostility towards Chen Yichen.

When your information channels are monopolized by eunuchs, they are naturally what they say. Not even just Empress Dowager Sun. In the later years of the dynasty, when the emperor's words were blocked, they only heard one-sided words and could not see the world.

the truth.

After not much effort, Guo Jing, who was the chief seal of the horse, rushed to Cining Palace to pay homage to Empress Dowager Sun.

"Guo Jing, the Ai family asks you, are you willing to be loyal to the Supreme Emperor?"

Guo Jing, who had just stood up after the big gift, heard the first thing Empress Dowager Sun said was this, and his legs were weak and he almost knelt down again. It was obvious that Empress Dowager Sun had something to say.

But now that things have come to this point, and his own handle is still in the hands of the Grand Tumu Fort. After the Tumu Fort Incident, Guo Jing had no way to go back.

So he gritted his teeth and replied: "Empress Dowager, my loyalty to the Supreme Emperor is something that the sun and the moon can tell!"

"Okay! The Ai family is very comforted, the emperor and a loyal minister like you."

Empress Dowager Sun was already full of sorrow, but when she heard Guo Jing's answer, she finally felt a little relieved.

Indeed, from her perspective, Guo Jing was the first to return to Beijing to report his duties, and took the initiative to come to see him and inform the Supreme Emperor of the situation, and promoted peace talks with the Tartars to welcome the Supreme Emperor back.

In addition, Zhu Qizhen mentioned in his letter that Guo Jing was a credible person, so Empress Dowager Sun had no doubt about this person's loyalty.

"Guo Jing, now the Ai family needs you to do something for the Supreme Emperor, are you willing to go?"

Hearing this sentence, Guo Jing's heart suddenly jumped, and the premonition of unknown origin became stronger and stronger.

"I will follow the Queen Mother's orders."

No matter what his thoughts were in his heart, Guo Jing looked like he was in a desperate situation on the surface.

"After a lot of troubles, the incident of the Supreme Emperor returning to the capital was exploited by those who were interested, and aroused public opinion among the scholars of the capital, trying to use this to attack the Ai family and the Supreme Emperor."

"The Ai family now needs Eunuch Guo to lead the admiral of the Imperial Horse Supervisor Tengxiang and Wuxiang Guards to go to the Meridian Gate to make trouble. In addition, people were sent to the Beizhenfusi. The traitor Chen Chen let down his benevolence and disobeyed the Ai family.

There is no need to be retrial of the case, and the crime should be punished!"

What does it mean to cut a mess with a quick knife? This is what Queen Mother Sun does!

The news of the suppression has just been leaked. Even if a civil servant goes to the Meridian Gate to take the team, the number of people will definitely not be too large and has not yet formed a sufficient scale.

Cao Jixiang did not come back to report his orders. When Wang Ji, the boss of Jingyuan, went to mobilize the Southern Expedition Army to suppress the war, he might not have time to go up. He could only send the imperial guards from the palace, the imperial horse supervisor, and complete the clearing of the scene with thunderous force, so that he could "

The coup" is suffocating in the bud.

As for the culprit Chen Yichen, although Empress Dowager Sun could not confirm that this matter was his plan behind the scenes, this son has become the biggest hidden danger for the restoration of the emperor in the future, and it must be eliminated immediately to eliminate future troubles!

After Guo Jing heard this order, not only Empress Dowager Sun's face was pale, but his face was also bloodless. The thing he was most worried about was indeed!

The fundamental reason why the seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor can match the seal of the Sili Supervisor is that the eunuchs in charge of the seal and the four guards of Tengxiang and Wuxiang were as many as 20,000 people.

Moreover, during the orthodox dynasty, these more than 20,000 people were not a fancy. During the battle of the capital, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, with the determination of the king to die in the country, sent the palace guards to participate in the battle, namely the four guards of Tengxiang and Wuxiang.

They fought a bloody battle at the Zhangyi Gate, and then took the initiative to pursue and retreat to the Mongolian army, and won the title of "Warrior Camp".

But in name, the question is the four guards who are the chief officer of the imperial horses. In fact, these groups are the personal army of the emperor. It is obvious that there is no emperor's order. Is it just relying on the orders of the empress dowager to mobilize troops to suppress the prisoners in the capital?

He said a few words at the court meeting and issued an imperial decree to punish a minister, which may not be ashamed of the situation.

The act of dispatching troops will completely break through the emperor's bottom line. As long as the current emperor is unwilling to become a puppet emperor, he will inevitably resist. Perhaps in the end, the empress dowager relies on her legitimate mother's filial piety, and at worst she will delegate power to return to the harem to celebrate her old age.

As the eunuch in charge of the seal, the result of the crime of at least the three tribes of Yi started, and the probability of killing the nine tribes is also very high, and it can be said to be a decisive end.

Do you really want to be loyal to the Supreme Emperor?

Of course, the answer is no. If Guo Jing had this courage, he would not have done anything to smuggle the enemy, and killed countless military and civilians on the nine sides in disguise.

He dared not agree, nor did he dare to refuse. All Guo Jing could do was stand there and pretend to be dead.

Originally, Empress Dowager Sun was very excited and thought she had found a solution. As a result, she looked at Guo Jing with anticipation for a long time, but the other party couldn't fart. She instantly understood Guo Jing's true thoughts.

"Will you be greedy and afraid of death when you are going to act?"

In the mixed emotions of disappointment and anger, Empress Dowager Sun slapped the table heavily, and Guo Jing was so scared that he quickly crawled on the ground.

But no matter how much Empress Dowager Sun threatened, Guo Jing understood that he ordered Tengxiang and the four guards of Wuxiang went to the Wumen to suppress the scholars. That would be a dead end. He closed his eyes and pretended to be dead to the end.

"Come on, drag this treacherous thief down and behead him!"

Queen Mother Sun shouted loudly. She had completely lost her reason. Unexpectedly, even the most trusted inner officials chose to betray her and the Supreme Emperor.

But at this moment, an inner official wearing a flying fish suit walked in with a serious expression. He was Cao Jixiang who was sent out by Empress Dowager Sun to pass the message to Jingyuan Bo.

Seeing Cao Jixiang coming in, Empress Dowager Sun showed a look of joy. She didn't care about it and knelt on the ground. Guo Jing stood up and eagerly met him and asked, "Tell the Ai family quickly, when will Jingyuan Bo mobilize the Southern Expedition Army to Wu.

Door suppression?”

Facing the urgent questioning of Empress Dowager Sun, Cao Jixiang shook his head silently, and then lowered deeply.

Could it be that Jingyuan Bo has also betrayed the Supreme Emperor and the Ai family?

The Queen Mother Sun's mind was full of disbelief. You should know that compared to the fact that Chen Jingchen was the third year of the year, the Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was even more grateful to the king of Jingyuan Wang Ji, and founded the great Ming civil officials in charge of martial arts.

A precedent for the title of title.

It even bypassed the ancestral system that civil officials were not allowed to be awarded titles by the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang!

"Where is the right governor Zhang Fu, don't he want to assassinate the Duke of England?"

If Wang Ji was already ranked as the great relative of the Ming Dynasty and had no desires in his career, then Zhang Fushou was very dissatisfied with Zhang Fushou's youngest son inheriting the title of title, and wanted to pass this nephew and inherit the title of Duke of England.

Is Zhang Fu not tempted by taking chips below one person and above ten thousand people?

"The Empress Dowager, Ni Qian, the Hanlin Chief, and Qian Xili, the Minister of Rites, have arrived at the Meridian Gate to petition the scholars of the capital. In addition, the old master Gao Huo and the Minister of Revenue Jin Lian will also come one after another, and suppress the situation under this situation.

A scholar is tantamount to questioning all officials.”

"The general situation cannot be violated!"

Cao Jixiang is full of ambitions, and he also has the courage to accomplish things, but this does not mean that he is a fool. He still bit the bullet and die even though he knows that he will lose.

The civil servant group was destined to be unable to reverse the situation by relying on the status of the empress dowager, and even the emperor could not do it!

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Sun staggered. The old palace maid behind her was quick-eyed and quickly supported her arms to help her body to prevent the Queen Mother from falling to the ground and having an accident.

"Why is this happening? Why is this happening?"

At this point, Empress Dowager Sun did not understand where Chen Yichen, who had just entered the cabinet, had the power to call on the scholars of the capital to win over the imperial ministers to fight against him.

Although the royal power is supreme, can even a small minister be killed now?

Before Empress Dowager Sun came to her senses, a large number of servants suddenly rushed in from the gate of Cining Palace, including Zhongchangshi, Sanqi Changshi and other servants. Soon Emperor Jingtai was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe.

Zhu Qiyu appeared in the sight of Empress Dowager Sun.

Zhu Qiyu didn't want to come to see Empress Dowager Sun. When he was in a weak situation, even the emperor could not help but use a humble and low-key attitude to cover it up. He was sure to win this power struggle, and there was no need to expose himself at all.

However, taking the palace eyeliner report arranged by Cheng Jing, Empress Dowager Sun summoned the eunuch Guo Jing, the chief eunuch in charge of the imperial horses. Zhu Qiyu instantly thought of what the other party was going to do.

Due to filial piety and legal system, Zhu Qiyu did not dare to disobey Queen Mother Sun, so she could only allow her to interfere in the government affairs. However, after crossing the bottom line of tacit understanding between the two sides, mobilizing the imperial guards to Tengxiang and Wuxiang's four guards to suppress it, the matter was inexhaustible.

The point.

Zhu Qiyu never expected that Empress Dowager Sun would be so crazy that the situation almost broke out of her control.
To be continued...