Chapter 417: Failure (2)

In the imperial palace, in Kunning Palace, a woman with a graceful attitude was sitting on it and listening to the eunuch below telling what had happened in Fengxian Hall. She was wearing a gorgeous robe and a gold phoenix crown on her head. She was Zhang Yan, the queen of Zhu Youxiao, the current Ming Dynasty emperor, today.

Although Zhang Yan is nominally the lord of the Six Palaces, her power in the harem is not as powerful as the emperor's wet nurse named Ke Yinyue, and even in Wei Zhongxian's harem that covered the sky with one hand. She remembers very clearly that just before the New Year, when she was pregnant with the dragon seed, it was the person sent by Ke Shi who secretly made a miscarriage. Although she knew that all this was caused by Ke Shi and Wei Zhongxian, because now the harem is full of Ke Shi and Wei Yin's confidants, the emperor refused to listen to her words, and her relatives depended on her own protection, so she could only swallow her anger and bury her hatred in her heart. In addition to sometimes giving a hint in front of the emperor, she could only watch the dog and the man and woman causing trouble in the harem.

Zhang Yan has been waiting for an opportunity to see when Emperor Tianqi can see through Wei Zhongxian's true face. Once Wei Zhongxian falls, she can deal with Keshi without foreign aid and avenge her child who died before she is born. Perhaps her daily prayer finally moved God. Just last night, she heard the trustees who stayed by the emperor and Tang Feng, the co-master of the Jinyiwei, sued Wei Zhongxian in front of the emperor for an illegal act. The emperor was already furious.

But before Zhang Yan could get happy, someone came to report that the emperor fainted in rage, and the matter was lost for the time being. After hearing all this, Zhang Yan felt that she was thrown up high and then dropped back to the ground. She was very depressed. She knew more about the government than the emperor and immediately knew the fact that she could not continue. However, she didn't want to give up the rare opportunity, so she asked: "Where has the emperor gone now after suddenly fainting?"

"When I say to the Empress, the Emperor has now gone to Renshou Palace..." The eunuch replied carefully. He knew who lived there, and the queen would not be happy after hearing that the Emperor had gone there.

Zhang Yan did not show his anger as he imagined, because this was the result she had guessed long ago. If Wei Zhongxian wanted to turn over, he had to work hard on the emperor. Looking at the entire palace, the only one who could make the emperor completely obedient and no longer blame Wei Zhongxian was the only woman. "Ke Yinyue, you slut, I, Zhang Yan, will not let your idea succeed." Thinking of this, she stood up and said, "Come on, I am going to Renshou Palace to visit the emperor, you can go and prepare quickly."

As soon as the queen's imperial eunuchs and palace maids were busy, they were ready for travel in a short while. The queen followed a lot of followers to Renshou Palace.

At this time, Tianqi was leaning against Ke Shi's arms in the bedroom of Renshou Palace. The gorgeous woman was drinking medicine for the emperor, and half complaining and half acting coquettishly said, "Emperor, how can you not care about your body like this? You don't consider us, those who need the emperor's protection, but also consider your own body. Wei Zhongxian is really, why don't you take good care of the emperor? He knew that the emperor had worked hard for a day today, so why didn't he let the emperor rest early?"

"Don't mention Wei Zhongxian in front of me in the future!" The emperor said weakly, but he still had a lot of anger in his words: "If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be so angry."

A hint of panic flashed across Ke Yinyue's face, but her voice was still sweet: "Emperor, what did Xiao Weizi do wrong again, which made the emperor so unhappy? He deserves to die of guilt." In fact, she knew what happened before the emperor arrived, and had received her old friend's advice to make the emperor calm down. However, seeing that the emperor was still resentful about this matter, she dared not persuade him directly. She still understood the principle of being a companion for the king and being a tiger. Although she knew the temperament of the emperor in front of her, she sometimes had to use some roundabout means.

Sure enough, after hearing her question, the emperor told the story of what happened in Fengxian Hall today, and then said, "I trust him so much and handed over all the state affairs to him. Unexpectedly, he only knew bad things and accepted silver. Even Mr. Sun dared to murder. If this continues, maybe Tang Feng's words will come true. When will he even dare to take action?" After saying so many words, Tianqi's expression became a little darker again.

"Your Majesty, I don't know whether to say something." Ke Yinyue said gently after listening to the emperor's complaints.

"Oh? What do you think of me but it doesn't matter." For my husband, Iron Qi half regarded him as his mother and half as his wife. His feelings were much deeper than the queen, so no matter what the husband said, I would listen to him.

"I am thinking, isn't this Tang Feng and the officials who wrote to the letter that Wei Zhongxian is really loyal to you? Or they have their own considerations." Although Ke Yinyue's voice was gentle and pleasant, the content can be described as a heart-wrenching: "Emperor, since Wei Zhongxian helped you manage the emperor, the world has been safe and sound, so why have the disasters mentioned by those people? Also, the matter of buying and selling official positions they mentioned should actually be just an individual phenomenon. No matter how, Wei Zhongxian's loyalty to the emperor will not change."

"What about Mr. Sun's affairs?" The emperor couldn't help but be moved by her, but the biggest heart disease in his heart still made him unable to let go.

"This is exactly what I think is strange. Mr. Sun's incident has happened for so long. Why was it not until this time that he brought it out to talk about it? Also, did the emperor not realize that Wei Zhongxian was too deliberate to do this? Then Mr. Sun had already handed over military power, and the threat to Wei Zhongxian had been greatly reduced. Why did he send someone to assassinate? And if it was really the order issued by Wei Zhongxian, I am afraid that no matter how powerful the troops brought by Mr. Sun were, I would not be able to arrive in the capital safely. If I guessed correctly, this matter should be the ones below who were the ones who were below themselves, and afterwards he had to shirk responsibility, he would have to blame Wei Zhongxian for all the blame.

"In addition, it is even more nonsense that the emperor said that Wei Zhongxian would be unfavorable to the emperor. Only those who are slaves and servants can live a good life when their master is here. If the master has a chance, let alone power, even his life may not be saved. How could Wei Zhongxian have such a traitor? So, according to the slaves, all these crimes are just made up by those who are jealous of Wei Zhongxian's holy favors."

"This..." Tianqi was really suspicious of Ke Yinyue's words, and he thought that Wei Zhongxian had always been loyal to him. No matter what he wanted to do, he would do his best to complete it, and also help him deal with the government affairs so that he could do what he liked in the harem with peace of mind. This was indeed not a manifestation of a person who wanted to do badly to him.

Seeing the emperor's appearance, Ke Yinyue knew that he had a little more certainty in persuading the emperor, so she continued: "And have you ever thought about it? Once Wei Zhongxian is convicted, who should help you watch those court officials? It's just the daily memorials and the major things to be handled are enough to keep the emperor busy. Your Majesty, do you still have time to do what you want to do? If those censors really succeed this time, they will make their arrogance rise again. Then the situation of the Donglin Party in the court will appear in the previous court, then..."

"Yes, I can't let the scene three years ago reappear." When she thought of the scene where the Donglin Party and the eunuch Party were in a panic, Tianqi was so tired that she was just thinking about living a very free and comfortable life like she is now. In fact, Ke Yinyue's words had many flaws, and even many truths that were not reasonable at all. However, because she grasped the emperor's thoughts and the special relationship with the emperor, the emperor was convinced by her woman who didn't understand politics at all.

After thinking for a while, Tianqi said: "But if the court officials impeach Wei Zhongxian like this, he must be wrong. I can't do anything. This is probably going to make the hearts of those officials feel cold, and Tang Feng, I can see that he is really thinking about me and for the good people in the Ming Dynasty."

"That's it." Ke Yinyue knew that it was unrealistic to ask the emperor to condemn those people in reverse, and only by establishing a safeguard first, so she said: "What the emperor said is right, and it is indeed impossible to hurt the hearts of the adults in the court. So she gave an imperial edict to reprimand Wei Zhongxian, asking him to reflect at home for one month, and fined him half a year's salary. She also rewarded some things to those adults who dared to make suggestions. Since the emperor has already punished him, it is natural that they can't say anything else."

"My lady, you are really worthy of being my most caring person. When you say this, all my irritability in my heart will disappear. Just follow this method. Wei Zhongxian is of great use after all." Tianqi said happily.

Both of them in the bedroom were very happy, but they didn't know that the people outside who heard all this were already feeling cold. Zhang Yan didn't expect that in the few words of Keshi, the emperor actually spared Wei Zhongxian completely regardless of the evidence. This made her weak all over and she didn't even have the strength to go in and persuade the emperor to change her mind...
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