In the old palace, the prince Zhu Cixi was pale, lying weakly on the bed, closing his eyes tightly. There were several maids and eunuchs waiting beside him. The weather was not very good these days, so there was still a heater inside.
He had been ill for some days. The imperial doctor came here several times and just told him to have a good rest, but he didn't get better for a long time. Empress Zhou was also helpless and could only stay with her day and night. Seeing her child in such pain, she couldn't help but feel deep in her heart.
She felt a little more sad. But she didn't know that the sick and sleepy child had become a target for some people.
At this time, Queen Zhou walked in and looked at her child lying on the bed lovingly, and couldn't help but shed tears. He was the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty and the future emperor, but he was tortured like this. She was really afraid that Zhu Cihong would suddenly pass away.
When Ma Shiying outside the door saw this scene, he sneered, immediately changed his expression, walked in slowly and said: "Queen, please don't be so sad. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is protected by a divine dragon, and I have the great luck of the Ming Dynasty on your body.
, there won’t be any big problem.”
When Xun Sheng turned around, Empress Zhou retracted her tears, held back the sadness in her heart, and said, "I just hope that my child won't suffer so much and will be safe." After that, she looked back again.
The unconscious Zhu Cixiang.
"Ji people have their own destiny. We have spent a lot of effort to find a famous doctor from the people, who should be able to help His Royal Highness." Ma Shiying said in a friendly manner.
"Yeah?"
Hearing this, Queen Zhou stood up excitedly and looked at Ma Shiying, and asked overjoyed: "Is what you said true?"
Seeing Queen Ma's reaction, Ma Shiying knew that he had made the right bet, so he immediately replied: "Of course, I would never dare to deceive the empress. The famous doctor was very confident after hearing the description of the prince's condition, so we
Invite him here. You won’t disappoint the Queen this time.”
"Thank you so much, Mr. Ma." Empress Zhou shed tears again and cast her loving eyes on Zhu Cixiang on the bed, unable to help but cover her face and cry.
…
After Queen Zhou was helped by the palace maid to go back to rest, Ma Shiying's eyes immediately changed to another look. He immediately called the attendants and said coldly: "Go tell the imperial doctors that their families are in my hands. If you want to save yourself,
The lives of your family members must be obedient and don't cause trouble."
"As ordered." The attendant quickly left the place.
Looking back at the unconscious Zhu Cixiang, a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Zhu Cixiang was able to lie here, naturally because of his contribution, in order to control the crown prince. I originally thought that when His Majesty arrived in Nanjing, he would
He is no longer just a small general soldier, he will inevitably be active in the court.
But he never expected that His Majesty would stay in Shandong. Those who came to Nanjing were still those from the capital, and they directly took away the power of Nanjing, but he still had no power. He couldn't bear it, he wanted power. Besides, His Majesty might come to the battle line in person.
If he died in battle one day, then the throne of emperor would fall to Zhu Cixiang.
As long as you control Zhu Cixi, the power in the future will definitely be yours!
After he had given instructions to the eunuchs and maids, he left the palace. When he turned around, he saw Ruan Dacheng standing outside the door waiting. He immediately asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to report some situations to the Commander-in-Chief." Ruan Dacheng said with a smile. As Ma Shiying's confidant, he naturally wanted to share some power.
"Say it."
"There has been no movement from Wu Linzheng and the others in the past few days. I wonder if they already know about it? They are just pretending not to know anything in order to deceive us?" What Ruan Dacheng said does have some truth to it. The crown prince and prince were attracted by them.
They were framed and fell ill, and they still didn't get better after many days. As ministers of the DPRK, how could they not respond?
Most likely they are just faking it!
Hearing this, Ma Shiying also began to think deeply, and then said: "It doesn't matter, I have asked General Liu to control the three thousand Guanning troops they brought. They will not have soldiers and horses. And they are also under surveillance. As long as there is any
Their movements will definitely be known to me. What’s more, if you listen to the intruders and gather an army to attack Shandong, Your Majesty will not have time to come to Nanjing."
After his analysis, Ruan Dacheng also relaxed and couldn't help but said happily: "I still think that I should arrest Wu Linzheng and the others and accuse them of treason! I wonder if anything will happen to them."
Ma Shiying immediately glared and said speechlessly: "They are all ministers of the imperial court! They are also third-rank officials at least! When they came to Nanjing, they brought three thousand Guan Ning troops sent by His Majesty. Suddenly they said that they were complicit in rebellion. Do you believe it?
?" After saying that, he felt that Ruan Dacheng was extremely brainless, so he left directly.
Wu Linzheng was indeed under surveillance, and was followed every time he traveled, which made them very helpless.
Shibang, the censor of Zuodu, who had just gone out to inquire about the news, was blocked by Ma Shiying's people at every turn, and he was helpless. Even if he revealed his identity, it still didn't work. As soon as he came in, he yelled angrily: "They want to rebel! You still have to do it?"
Can't you see? They sent people to monitor us. I went out today and wanted to get some information. They actually followed me with knives. When the people saw this, they all ran away! Go to Yingtian Mansion and tell me that they will deal with it. Deal with it.
fart!"
No matter Shi Bang was yelling here, Wu Linzheng and Ni Yuanlu still looked disapproving and just tasted the tea in their hands. Seeing that they were so calm, Shi Bang immediately scolded: "Now the Nanjing court has become like this
It seems that you are indifferent! Are you still His Majesty's ministers?"
For a long time, after drinking the tea in his hand, Wu Linzheng put down his tea cup and said slowly: "What's the use of being anxious? It will only make Ma Shiying think that we are only frivolous, but he will look down on us."
"Then just wait here?" Shi Bang looked irritable, with anger burning in his heart.
"We can only wait here for an opportunity." Ni Yuanlu also said at the side. He was the first to discover that Ma Shiying had evil intentions. One day, he went to check Ma Shiying's military supplies in person, but found that many of them were dilapidated.
Swords and fire cannons, and even some soldiers did not have swords.
After that, I naturally received a document from Ma Shiying about replenishing military supplies. Although I felt strange, I finally agreed to the supplement. Until one day I learned that Ma Shiying’s army numbered less than 20,000, but if the previous
The military supplies can equip 60,000 to 70,000 people, and something is wrong instantly.
Until one day in the future, Ma Shiying suddenly informed them that the prince was ill, and the queen asked them to protect him, and dispatched the commander-in-chief Liu Liangzuo to lead his troops to Nanjing. The three thousand Guan Ning army was also guarded by his 10,000-strong army, and Wu Linzheng and the others were helpless.
All means of contact have been blocked, and I can only stay at home every day. Even if I go out, I will be watched closely by many people.
"As long as your Majesty wins, he will definitely contact Nanjing. Once he finds that he cannot contact us, he will know our situation."
"What if Ma Shiying forges our handwriting and replies to His Majesty?" Shi Bang looked at them back and forth with anger on his face and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know what is happening here. If there is a change in Shandong, we will not be able to support it, not to mention the Ming Dynasty.
I’m afraid your majesty won’t be able to save the country!”
"Why panic!"
Wu Linzheng suddenly slammed the table and scolded: "Who am I to wait for? You only think that the Ming Dynasty is your Ming Dynasty, not the Ming Dynasty that I am waiting for?"
These words immediately suppressed Shi Bang's anger, and the latter could only stand aside angrily.
Suddenly, a person walked in quickly from outside the door, but was not blocked by others. As soon as he came in, he saluted the three of them: "I am from the Military Military Department to Zhang Zhengcheng, who is here to pay homage to these three adults."
Seeing that he finally arrived, Ni Yuanlu hurriedly stood up and returned the greeting: "It doesn't have to be like this, please take a seat quickly."
After Zhang Zhengcheng sat down, he asked anxiously: "Is there no one to stop you from coming here?"
"No, sir." Zhang Zhengcheng said seriously immediately: "I am also well-respected by Ma Shiying. Although I know that he has ambitions, but this is not the time for me to confront him, so I am committed to serving your majesty."
"Has the news spread?" Wu Linzheng calmed his impatient heart and asked quickly.
"The news has spread." Zhang Zhengcheng was also in a hurry, and then looked at Wu Linzheng and said: "In order not to be found out, I specially found Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Huai'an. He has a good relationship with me, so I handed the urgent report to him
, and left quickly."
“Is this person trustworthy?”
Shi Bang hurriedly stepped forward and asked. He was too cautious. If Nama Shiying discovered it, there would be no chance to spread the news in the future.
"Don't worry, Censor, this man is a gentleman and absolutely trustworthy."
"That's good." The three of them breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little relieved.
"only……"
Suddenly, Zhang Zhengcheng's change of subject made several people's hearts rise in their throats, and they immediately looked at him.
"I heard that Ma Shiying seems to be planning to cooperate with Zuo Liangyu."