Five large carriages were escorted back to the palace by Song Renfeng and more than ten guards. Only Tang Potian and other five or six people were left to follow the prince's carriage. This was absolutely impossible before. To know the safety of a country's crown prince, it was
No small matter.
But since Chang Yu appeared, everything is possible. For example, Zhu Cixiang left the palace privately and followed Chang Yu secretly without official approval. If Chongzhen and Queen Zhou knew about this, I would fear that the palace would be turned upside down.
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On the carriage, Zhu Cixiang looked at Chang Yu with admiration on his face, praising him for how awesome he was at coaxing and flirting. When he was loading the money, the guards had already told him what happened, which really made him excited and shouting for a while.
When he went to Li Guozhen's house, he also wanted to beat him up and discourage him.
Chang Yu gently refused: "The royal dignity cannot be lost. You can keep the showdown, and leave the rough work of fighting to me."
On Xizhimen Inner Street, Chang Yu stood in front of Li Guozhen's mansion with a frown on his face. He was not at home, and he had just entered the palace with an order. It was impossible to lie. It seemed that his trip today was in vain. He could only see what he could see in the palace.
Unable to stop him, he immediately turned around and headed straight for the palace.
Chang Yu is now the most authoritative person in the imperial city besides Lao Zhu's family. He is not even as good as Wang Cheng'en, and is comparable to a big shot like Wei Zhongxian. But he and Wei Zhongxian have power over the government and the public, form selfish factions, and harm the country and the people.
There is a huge difference. He is the type who hides behind the scenes and makes a fortune in silence. Except for the eunuchs in the harem and a few nobles who know his name, none of the courtiers, let alone the people, have heard of his name.
But it is undeniable that he is absolutely comfortable in the imperial city. He just entered the imperial city from Di'anmen and said: "Find where Li Guozhen is." Then he and Prince Kankan had just arrived at Donghuamen and had not had time to enter the palace.
, then a eunuch hurried over with sweat all over his face and whispered in front of Chang Yu: "Eunuch Chang, Uncle Xiangcheng is waiting for the edict in front of Qianqing Gate now."
Qianqingmen? Chang Yu and Zhu Cixiang looked at each other and smiled.
Entering the Donghua Gate and heading straight to the west is the Qianqing Gate, the main gate of the harem. It is also the place where the emperor listens to politics. At this moment, there are many people standing in the wide square in front of the Qianqing Gate, all of them are courtiers waiting for the imperial edict, and those who have just left the Qianqing Gate.
The ministers who came out to argue with their acquaintances all looked gloomy and lifeless.
Unexpectedly, there were so many people. Chang Yu glanced at Zhu Cixiang, and Xiao Zhu immediately paid attention, turned around and headed south towards the Prince's Mansion.
Chang Yu coughed lightly, calmed down and walked towards Qianqing Gate.
"Uncle Xiangcheng"
Under the Qianqing sect, the emperor was managing affairs above, and there were many courtiers, eunuchs, and guards below, but no one made a loud noise. At this time, Chang Yu's loud shout immediately caused everyone to turn their heads and look sideways.
In particular, Li Guojie looked confused at first, but when he saw that it was Chang Yu, he suddenly looked disgusted and frowned. He and Chang Yu were sworn enemies and were even said to be a thorn in his side, but he didn't know what this guy was suddenly calling him.
Pretending not to hear, Li Guoji didn't want to talk to Chang Yu at all.
But once someone like Chang Yu's cowhide glue sticks to him, how can he let go easily: "Uncle Xiangcheng, when will you pay back the money?"
Li Guoji's expression immediately changed, and the rest of the people present were even more bewildered. Suddenly, a eunuch came and asked the governor of Beijing to ask for money, what was going on.
"How dare you, this governor has never owed you any money?" Li Guojie glared at Chang Yu.
"You don't owe our family anything, but you owe it to the prince, you owe it to the Prince Consort, and you still owe Wang Dehua and the others. They entrusted our family to ask for it. How about it, when will it be paid?"
As soon as Chang Yu finished speaking, there was a burst of discussion around him. Compared with a eunuch speaking like this in front of the governor of Jingying, it was more likely to arouse their curiosity than the matter of debt collection itself. Who is Li Guozhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng, and Jingying?
The governor, the emperor's confidant, no one in the court would give him any respect, why is this little eunuch...
At this moment, Li Guozhen's face had lost all control: "You bastard, get out of here."
"Hey, what are you talking about? You are still reasonable in paying back the debt." Chang Yu pouted and walked three steps away from Li Guozhen, "Isn't it possible that Uncle Xiangcheng wants to be a mangy dog?"
Li Guozhen rolled his eyes. Although he wanted to kill Chang Yu, he obviously didn't want to get involved with him here, because it was too embarrassing for the dignified Uncle Xiangcheng to scold an eunuch here, but he couldn't help but yell:
"What nonsense are you talking about, you eunuch? Don't bother with this anymore. A eunuch without eggs, how can you be so powerful?
Chang Yu didn't expect that he wanted to irritate Li Guozhen, but instead he was irritated by him. They say that hitting people does not slap people in the face, and scolding people does not expose shortcomings. One afternoon, he was first called a castrate by Zhu Chunchen and now Li Guozhen said so. He
It was really unbearable. In fact, he didn't have much resistance to the insult itself. After all, he had traveled through time and space, so the feeling of being humiliated was not strong. But when he saw the eunuchs around him lowering their heads in shame, he exploded.
"What's wrong, eunuch? I'm eating your food and drinking your food."
Who improved papermaking and inherited human civilization? Cai Lun was an eunuch and an eunuch
Who was there to pacify the barbarians in the southwest for the Tang Dynasty? Yang Sixu was an eunuch and an eunuch.
Who was in charge of state affairs and saved the Tang Dynasty from falling? Yu Chaoen was an eunuch and an eunuch.
Who is the one who expanded the border to the northwest and conducted the strategy of Youyan? Tong Guan is an eunuch and an eunuch.
Who is Yang Fan who sailed far and spread his country's prestige thousands of miles away? Zheng He was also an eunuch and an eunuch.
Who covers the sky with one hand and suppresses the Donglin Party, which brings disaster to the country and the people? It is Wei..."
Chang Yu said that he suddenly stopped and almost told Wei Zhongxian, but he suddenly thought that Chongzhen killed Wei Zhongxian. Isn't he seeking death by praising him?
"These are all the achievements of the eunuchs. As for you, what else can you do besides relying on the little protection of your ancestors to eat and wait for death? You are not even as good as the eunuchs."
Wow, Chang Yu's passionate indignation made the courtiers stunned, the eunuchs' eyes brightened, and Li Guozhen's face turned livid.
The uncle could bear it, but the aunt couldn't bear it anymore. When a eunuch pointed his nose at him and yelled that he was not as good as an eunuch, Li Guozhen was finally angered and lost his mind. He rushed towards Chang Yu like a madman: "You eunuch insulted me like this..."
But he forgot one thing. Chang Yu's Imperial City No. 1 was not blown out, but played out. Facing Li Guojie who was rushing towards him crazily, he just turned sideways and swept past with a whip kick.
There was a snap, and the sound of Li Guojian falling was very clear, and then he was seen lying on the ground with dull eyes, wailing in a low voice: "Killing, killing..." Everyone watching was silent.
"Master Li" Chang Yu sneered and walked over, squatted down and looked at Li Guojie who was lying on the ground wailing, and said softly: "Our family just came back from Cheng Guo Gong's mansion to ask for money. Zhu Guo Gong was tougher than you at first, but our family already wants the money."
I came back and pulled five cars."
Well, Li Guojian was startled, suppressed a groan with a blushing face, and looked at Chang Yu.
"I suggest you stop by Zhu Guogong's place when you leave the palace later to ask what's going on. We won't receive any money tomorrow morning, so we can come to the door in person."
"What are you doing, spread out, spread out." Just at this moment, a group of shouts suddenly sounded, and more than ten people were seen walking over. Chang Yu raised his eyebrows. This group of people did not look like personal guards in the palace, but yes……
Jinyiwei!
Wingless black gauze hat, flying fish suit, embroidered spring knife, the uniform of the most handsome civil servants in the Ming Dynasty is true. Each one of them looks wise, powerful and domineering. These are the real Jin Yiwei.
"What are you doing here?" a guard in Jinyi asked.
Everyone was silent. Li Guozhen stood up and wanted to say something, but in the end he remained silent. Maybe he couldn't afford to embarrass anyone.
Chang Yu had been looking at other people's uniforms before, almost drooling, but his eyes quickly focused on one person. He was in his thirties, not angry and intimidating, and he could tell that he was the leader of this group of Jin Yiwei.
Could it be... Chang Yu guessed in his heart that Jin Yiwei had people on duty in the palace, such as Zhang Wuwei, who were dressed as internal staff and were not much different from ordinary personal guards. It was rare to see such pure uniforms of Jin Yiwei in the palace. Outside, the north and south Zhenfusi can't even think of entering the palace without an imperial edict. The person who can be summoned into the palace is naturally not an ordinary person. Could it be that this person is that person.
Chang Yu was looking at that man, and that man was looking at Chang Yu. The two of them knew each other and were speechless for a moment.
After a moment, Chang Yu broke the silence: "Are you the Jinyi Guards?"
Then everyone present looked at him like a fool.
A little embarrassed, Chang Yu rubbed his nose, and then walked towards the man, but was immediately blocked by the Jinyi guards next to him: "What are you going to do?"
"Can you give our family a look at the embroidered spring knife?" Chang Yu suddenly smiled.
"Who are you?" The middle-aged Jin Yiwei looked at him coldly.
"Prince Mansion Chang Yu"
"Chang Yu, are you Chang Yu?" The middle-aged man was startled, and his face instantly became kind: "It turns out to be Eunuch Chang."
"May I ask, Commander Wu, Mr. Wu?" Chang Yu asked, cupping his hands.
"Exactly" the middle-aged man smiled. He was indeed Wu Mengming, the last commander of the Imperial Guards in the Ming Dynasty. (Later, there was another Ma Jixiang in Nanming)