At this time, Wang Dehua no longer cared about what Wang Chengen wanted to secretly report to Emperor Chongzhen, and hurriedly rolled away, sweating profusely.
He is a little sad at this stage! He knows this very well!
After he exited the hall, Emperor Chongzhen withdrew his disgusted eyes, turned to look at Wang Chengen, and immediately asked: "What's the matter?"
Obviously, he was not in a good mood!
"Long live the Lord!" Upon hearing this, Wang Chengen immediately whispered, "Zhu Chunchen personally left the city and went to Zhuangzi outside the city..."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen frowned. Seeing Wang Chengen's behavior, he thought there was something important going on!
Unexpectedly, Zhu Chunchen just went outside the city, which made him a little unhappy.
For him, the fact that Wu Changshi was beaten to death was a big deal, because he felt that it was probably a case of murder and silence.
He would not believe that he was really beaten to death by accident!
What is this? This is a naked provocation to him!
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen frowned and wanted to scold Wang Chengen, not wanting to report even trivial matters.
But at this moment, I heard Wang Chengen continue to play: "...Then, the servant in the palace found an opportunity to leave the palace and went to the village. But when he passed, Zhu Chunchen had already returned to the city. Servant
I thought there might be a connection between the two!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately became serious after being stunned for a moment. He even forgot about Wu Changshi and asked quickly: "What's the connection?"
"Is it possible that Zhu Chunchen wants him to do something?" Wang Chengen quickly replied, "I have sent extra manpower to keep an eye on him secretly to see what he will do."
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately gave instructions: "Remember, you must not be discovered! I want to see what he wants to do?"
For a long time, contact between the outside and the palace has been a taboo for the emperor. If the emperor finds out, he will definitely be severely punished!
The reason why Zhou Yanru and Wu Changshi made the punishment decision so quickly was also related to their collusion with the internal servants.
However, although everyone knows that this is a taboo, the benefits that colluding with internal servants can bring in the officialdom are also obvious.
Zhang Juzheng, one of the few powerful officials in the Ming Dynasty, also colluded with Feng Bao of the inner court to have such great power.
Otherwise, in the political system of the Ming Dynasty, it would be impossible for powerful ministers to appear. The appearance of the Secretary of Ceremony in red can directly defeat any decision made by the powerful ministers.
Therefore, under the huge interests, there will always be people who take huge risks and try to collude with the internal servants.
And if the emperor is incompetent, the palace can be penetrated like a comb. When the emperor farts, everyone outside the palace will know.
In the past, Emperor Chongzhen did very poorly in this area.
One consequence of working diligently every day is that he has no time to care about anything other than memorials.
But now, he was reminded by Liu Weichao, and through Liu Weichao's analysis, he knew that the death of his fifth son was probably caused by internal and external collusion, with the purpose of intimidating him, the emperor, and overthrowing his chief minister, Xue Guoguan.
As a result, Emperor Chongzhen paid great attention to the palace. From Liu Weichao's suggestion, he made time to start rectifying the palace.
No, just before, he also killed two internal servants who were colluding with the outer court.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen heard that Zhu Chunchen might want to cause trouble in the palace. How could he not be angry and not care?
He was very dissatisfied with Zhu Chunchen and decided to ransack his house. Now that something like this happened, he was even more determined to think this way.
Thinking about this, when Wang Chengen agreed and was about to leave, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly stopped him again, told him about Wu Changshi's situation, and then asked Wang Chengen: "What do you think about this matter?"
It can be said that Wang Chengen's answer had a great impact on Wang Dehua.
If he spoke for Wang Dehua, even if it was a little tactful, it would be very beneficial.
However, Wang Chengen replied to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Long live my lord, as far as I know, the Jinyi Guards use punishment in a measured way. There are numbers of prisoners who can be beaten to death and prisoners who cannot be beaten to death. If even this...
If you can’t master it, you definitely can’t use it for torture!”
The manpower of Dongchang was drawn from the Jinyiwei. In fact, they also belonged to the Jinyiwei. Therefore, he said this.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his face immediately filled with anger and he shouted sternly: "I knew there must be something wrong here! Let's see how I deal with this damn slave!"
When Wang Chengen heard this, he knew that Wang Dehua was going to die.
After hesitating for a while, he finally added: "But if the prisoner has any hidden diseases, even an experienced Jin Yiwei may miss it!"
The reason why Wang Chengen finally said this was that he did not want to mislead the emperor. He was loyal enough to the emperor.
Secondly, he also knew that even if he said this, even if Wu Changshi was killed by mistake, Wang Dehua would not be favored again.
Another point is that when he is recruiting troops and expanding his power, he doesn't want his subordinates to see his ruthlessness.
After hearing what he said, Emperor Chongzhen was stunned for a moment and then agreed with Wang Chengen's statement.
I saw him looking at Wang Chengen, and after staring for a while, he suddenly said: "I am very pleased that you responded impartially and did not try to use my trust in you to exclude dissidents!"
When Wang Chengen heard this, sweat immediately broke out on his back.
I didn't expect that Emperor Chongzhen would become so wise. Fortunately, I didn't take the opportunity to add insult to injury. Otherwise, while Wang Dehua was unlucky, he would also be dragged down by him.
While he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Emperor Chongzhen say with emotion: "It is indeed true. You are still the most loyal person in this palace."
When Wang Chengen heard this, he was very sensitive to the word "sure enough" and was very curious.
But on the surface, he didn't have time to be curious and responded humbly.
After Wang Chengen retreated, Wang Dehua rolled in again and lay prone on the ground.
Emperor Chongzhen stared at him and shouted sternly: "Don't think that I am so easy to deceive! Check carefully for me to see if someone wants Wu Changshi's death? If you can't find anything, I will ask Xichang and Jinyiwei to help you.
check!"
Wang Dehua was sweating profusely and did not dare to argue at all, so he quickly agreed.
In fact, he himself knew about this matter. For such an important person as Wu Changshi, it was impossible to just report it and just brush it off.
If it were in the past, this would still be possible. But now, this is absolutely impossible!
No matter what, I must give an explanation to Emperor Chongzhen!
In this case, it can only be a dead Taoist friend rather than a poor Taoist.
At this time, Wang Dehua was like a dog forced into a dead end. Faced with his own crisis, only a dog jumped over the wall!