Chapter Four: Do Your Best to Serve the Lord and Take the Throne
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Just as they entered the secret room to discuss secretly, there was also undercurrents on the outer edge of the palace.
A man in a long robe came to the small gate of the outer city, but he dressed like this in the hot weather. I don’t know if he had a cold or something else.
Behind this man, four people were carrying a sedan chair, with a yellow cover, which looked like a sedan chair that only concubines could use.
When they arrived at the small gate, a soldier came out to stop him. When the leader saw the man in the robe, he was stunned at first, and then he sent the soldiers away, lowered his head and said in a secret voice: "Eunuch Gu! Are you going to leave the palace?"
The Eunuch Gu nodded: "Da Li! Fortunately, you are on duty today. I have an urgent matter to do the job for the fifth prince. Here is a little bit of a word, buy some fruits and vegetables for the brothers to eat."
After saying that, he reached out and held the officer's hand, and handed over a large ingot of silver from the sleeve of the robe.
The officer put away the money and lowered his voice and said, "Brother Three! This money is second to you. The key is that you are working here and I am also responsible for your life. If it weren't for your care of me many times over the years, I wouldn't dare to respond to this loss of mind, especially when General Feng just came to the order, saying that the East Palace found an assassin and was taking strict precautions."
Eunuch Gu smiled slightly and handed two large invoices of silver from his sleeve: "Good nephew! I will definitely not harm you with your dear uncle. The fifth prince is the younger brother of the current crown prince! After completing his mission, he will be rich and prosperous in the future. As long as you let us go back and forth smoothly, I will tell Concubine Zhang to find a way to upgrade you to another level."
The officer then smiled and put away all the money, "That's great! Third uncle, please leave!"
Eunuch Gu waved his hand to signal the sedan chairmen to leave quickly, but the officer stopped him: "Brother Three! Wait!"
He was stunned: "Good nephew! Are you?"
The officer pulled his sleeve over and pointed to the sedan chair behind him: "I'm sorry, my nephew, said bluntly! The top of this sedan chair is something that only exists in the inner court. Once you leave the palace, the daytime thing is very eye-catching and easy to be suspected. If the spy installed by General Manager Feng is discovered, we can't even take it away!"
Eunuch Gu followed his eyes and hurriedly patted his head: "Oh my! You thought carefully, and you were so anxious that you came out so quickly that you almost forgot about this matter!"
He quickly walked to the side of the sedan chair, pulled a thin rope on the side, and fell a whole piece of gray cloth from the top of the sedan chair! In this way, the entire top turned light gray, and the royal sedan became a common sedan chair for wealthy families outside.
The officer gave him a thumbs up, and Eunuch Gu handed him a ingot of silver, then waved his hand, and the four of them quickly carried the sedan chair out of the small door.
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Dai Cai Mansion, Minister of War.
Dai had just returned from the Qianqing Palace and scolded Gao Gong a hundred times in his heart.
Gao Gong, who killed thousands of swords, jumped out so quickly, gave a funeral for the emperor in advance, recited the will to establish the third prince instead of the fifth prince. What benefits can he get when he was so excited? He didn't know that he was the most powerful in the world. He was so stupid that he should have done him with the prince!
However, he knew Gao Gong very well and was definitely not an ordinary person. In recent years, he has managed well both inside and outside the court with the benefits of the chief minister and the minister. There are people in many places. In addition, the unspoken and cunning prince, the chief tutor, and the second assistant minister, Zhang Juzheng, reached an agreement on the establishment of the prince, making himself, who supported the fifth prince Zhu Cunxiao, a minority.
The most important thing is that the raid on the East Palace that he and Concubine Zhang agreed to have failed. It seems that Feng Bao, the eunuch who followed the emperor, has now completely followed the prince. This is not easy to deal with. He must be defeated one by one and strive to win.
He calculated the days and probably they would propose to hold the throne ceremony in January. Now the time is very tight, and there is only one month left, and he has lost the first battle. The next thing is full of ideas and we must fight it well.
He was thinking, and Eunuch Gu and others had already arrived at the gate of his mansion.
Eunuch Gu slammed the door hard, and the guard came to drink. He didn't say much, so he took out a golden sign from his arms and handed it over: "Give this to your housekeeper, tell the Secretary Dai quickly, and say that we have something important to see."
This guard is also a clever person. When he saw this, he recognized it as something in the palace. He hurriedly found the butler and whispered to him.
When the butler heard this, he hurriedly came to the inner hall where Dai Cai was with the sign, and called out outside the house: "Master, someone is coming from the palace!"
Dai Caiyu was shocked while sitting: "Oh? Where is it?"
The butler pushed the door and handed the sign to his hand.
Dai Cai's face changed slightly: "How many people have they come?"
The housekeeper replied: "Five, one leads, and four carry sedans. I guess there are still people in the sedans."
Dai Cai nodded: "Well, let the guards strengthen their guards and strictly investigate the surroundings of the gates. Don't be asked by spies. Carry this sedan chair into the front hall and don't let the people in the sedan get out of the sedan chair!"
"Yes!" The housekeeper answered his order.
Eunuch Gu led these people to carry the sedan chair into the hall. Seeing Dai Cai stepping out of the back hall, he hurriedly went forward: "Mr. Dai!"
Dai Cai was shocked when he saw that it was him, and then hurriedly approached and whispered: "Eunuch Gu, why are you here in person!"
Eunuch Gu looked back at the sedan chair and signaled them to put the sedan chair down. The few people understood, put down the sedan chair and left.
Dai Cai made a call and prepared to let him go to the back hall: "Eunuch Gu, be careful of the walls, let's ask inside."
Who would have thought that Eunuch Gu smiled and grabbed him: "If you want to say that there may be ears in other places, you, Lord Dai, is the Minister of War and the Grand Marshal of the World. Who dares to set up a spy here? I think no one has the courage to do this!"
Dai Cai chuckled: "Eunuch Gu, it's a turbulent moment now! Let's be careful! If Concubine Zhang has any instructions, just tell me!"
Eunuch Gu calmed down his smile and whispered: "Although the incident at noon was defeated, it was a wake-up call for the prince and others. Concubine Zhang asked me to bring an oral order. Don't give up halfway, just try it out..."
Dai Cai also quickly corrected his expression: "Please tell Concubine Zhang that since Dai Cai has followed the fifth prince, he will be determined and follow his fate! This battle for the throne can only succeed, not fail! Once the matter is leaked, we are all grasshoppers on a rope, and no one can escape. We must try our best to live. I understand this principle!"
Eunuch Gu nodded desperately: "Yeah! Lord Dai has this determination, and Concubine Zhang and the fifth prince have already taken a reassurance! Concubine Zhang specifically told me that if the fifth prince can truly ascend the throne successfully, he will definitely be regarded as the chief minister of the current dynasty, or simply cancel the cabinet and restore the prime minister, and you will be the prime minister, so that you can truly become one person and above ten thousand people."
"Haha!" Dai Cai stroked the beard under his jaw, and a glimmer appeared on his face: "Thank you, Concubine Zhang and the fifth prince for their trust! However, the abolition of the prime minister and the establishment of a cabinet was a rule set by Emperor Taizu, so it would be better to keep it. If I were to be the chief assistant, the other secondary assistants, the Sanfu and others were proposed to be the ones."
Eunuch Gu smiled: "Mr. Dai is far-sighted, I admire him!" He said as he pointed to the sedan chair parked in the hall: "By the way, Mr. Dai, I have sent away all the sedan chair husbands whom you just accompanied. Can everyone around you trust?"
"Yeah!" Dai Cai turned around and looked at it. Only the close butler Dai Yong was left beside him, so he smiled: "This is an absolutely trustworthy person, don't worry, just say anything!"
Eunuch Gu smiled and opened the curtain of the sedan chair, which was so shocked that Dai Cai and Dai Yong opened their mouths at the same time!
No wonder the four burly men just now felt quite troublesome to carry the sedan chair. There were two people sitting there, and there were two big boxes among them.
At this time, Eunuch Gu had already opened the lids of the two large boxes, one box was full of golden ingots, and the other box was full of dazzling jewelry.
Perhaps he had never seen so many gold, silver and jewelry in his life. The butler Dai Yong exclaimed, but Dai Cai looked as if he had seen the world, and remained calm: "It's all his own family, why is Concubine Zhang so polite?"
Eunuch Gu smiled slightly with a little charming smile: "There is a saying: no food is allowed to gather troops, no water is allowed to camp. Nowadays, there are few white gold and silver everywhere, so please accept it with a smile."
Dai Cai also knew that this was not the time to push him away, so he bowed gently: "In this way, Dai Cai will accept it first, which can be regarded as raising military expenses for the next battle."
Eunuch Gu closed the lids of the two large boxes and stretched his throat: "That's right! These two..."
With his long tone, the two men walked down the sedan chair.
These were two peerless beauties. They were blocked by Eunuch Gu just now and couldn't see their appearance clearly. Now they moved out from behind the box, which was simply amazing.
A small fan of white orchid with a slender waist, a jade belt dancing in the sky.
It is suspected that a fairy came down to earth and looked back and smiled better than Xinghua.
Dai Yong's exclamation this time was even bigger than before. Even Dai Cai, who was well-informed, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw such a beautiful woman.
Eunuch Gu seemed to be very familiar with these two beauties, so he led him forward a few steps: "Mr. Dai, I will introduce you to you. Both of them are from the palace, one is Anpin and the other is Zhao Jieyu."
Dai Cai was shocked and took a step forward with his feet, as if he was about to kneel down, but his eyes were still staring at the two peerless beauties.
No wonder the two girls are so beautiful, they turned out to be the beauty of the emperor's harem.
"Oh! Eunuch Gu, the two empresses are here. Why didn't you say earlier? You even let them wait in this sedan for a long time? Isn't this let us ministers commit crimes? The two empresses forgive me, so Dai has no idea about Mount Tai!"
Seeing Dai Caiyan being insincere, the two women couldn't help but smiled slightly, half-sided and held his arms: "Mr. Dai, don't be too polite. You have said just now that we are all a family, so don't be dissatisfied!"
Chapter completed!