.Only a hundred steps away from the East Corner Gate of the Imperial City, it is the bustling Dengshikou Street: not far from the entrance to the street, it is Shamao Hutong. Under the imperial city, it is either rich or noble, and this Shamao Hutong is no exception. The largest storefront is the Grand Secretary's Mansion of Zhang Juzheng, the prime minister of the dynasty.

In the first year of Longqing, Zhang Juzheng joined the cabinet as prime minister, and the small courtyard in the south city naturally lost its identity. So he asked someone to find this grand house and took a look. Finally, he chose this Jiangnan garden-style building covering an area of ​​more than ten acres and a rare Jiangnan garden-style building in the capital. The price is naturally expensive, but Zhang Ge Lao was in charge of the country's money bag, and he could still take out tens of thousands of taels of silver. After buying the yard, he repaired and sorted it out according to his hobbies. It took only two years to move here in Longqing, and five years passed.

Today is the first time that Zhang Juzheng has returned after being in prison for more than ten days. The huge Zhang family mansion has become silent before he even entered the door. Because Zhang Juzheng's family is extremely strict and introverted, especially in recent times, his career has not been smooth and he has been suppressed everywhere. The people of the mansion have not seen him a smile for several months. Therefore, both his second wife, son, housekeeper, and servant have become cautious, for fear of causing trouble for the master.

On that day, Zhang Juzheng had finished his business and arrived home. He had already walked past noon. He took off his official uniform and hat, changed into a silk robe from Yanju, sat down in the living room of the backyard, and accepted the greetings from his sons in turn with his wife. "... Zhang Juzheng had a total of six sons, the eldest was Jingxiu and the Sixiu, who had passed the examination for scholars, the younger Maoxiu, Jianxiu also went to the Imperial College for study, Yunxiu, who was a companion in the East Palace, and the second family had two retreats. The family can be said to be prosperous.

Although Zhang Juzheng is busy with state affairs, he will ask his sons about his homework once he has time. If he does not improve, he will definitely be treated by family law. Fortunately, his sons recently knew that he was in a bad mood and "no one dared to commit crimes against the wind". In addition, Zhang Juzheng himself was a little absent-minded, so this time they all escaped.

After a quiet dinner, Zhang Juzheng said to his eldest son Jingxiu: "After finishing the meal, take your younger brothers to study hard, and don't slack off for a moment."

Jingxiu quickly swallowed the food in his mouth, stood up and said respectfully: "As for orders, father...y

"Well..." Zhang Juzheng nodded, then stood up and left the table. His sons all stood up and saw him off. He waited for him to go out for a long time before he dared to sit down and continue to eat." He gradually began to play.

When Zhang Juzheng returned to the study, You Qi had already lit a stove of sandalwood and soaked a pot of fragrant tea for him. He knew that this was the time for the master to meditate, so he came in, You Qi bowed and left silently.

Zhang Juzheng sat cross-legged on the cushion, adjusted his comfortable position, closed his eyes and meditated for a while, and waited until his mind was free of distractions and his mind was clear and clear, and then he turned his mind back to the changes in the past few days.

The court situation during this period is like the sky in June and July, which changes at any time, and it changes in the direction that is most unfavorable to him, which makes Zhang Juzheng breathless... First of all, the emperor actually improved." This is completely contrary to Feng Bao's prediction; then Gao Gong and Shen Mo did not fight together, but instead spoke in the same voice... "... This was from the time when the two of them visited the Qianqing Palace together, they advised the emperor together, which sent a clear signal to the outside world, and we advance and retreat together!

These two news combined together, "in Zhang Juzheng's opinion, it is a dead end. Don't laugh until the end, even if you want to survive in the cracks, you have no hope. Because since Gao Gong has settled the silence, he will definitely regain his offensive. If no miracle happens, failure is almost certain." ""

Thinking of this, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but frown tightly and sighed deeply, "...It's so passive. He was congenital inadequate and was implicated by the Xu Jie case." It seemed even more turbulent. For the sake of the present, he could only be a dead horse and a living horse, and it would be impossible to make it possible.

While meditating, there was a knock on the door outside.

Zhang Juzheng frowned and said angrily: "What's the matter?"

"Master, Xu Jue is here." It was You Qi's voice.

"Let him come in." Zhang Juzheng was unhappy. Xu Jue had always contacted You Qi and ran to his house to do something?

After a while, You Qi took two people back, and said excitedly with a look of excitement: "Master, see who is coming!"

"Eunuch Feng!" Zhang Juzheng saw the man next to Xu Jue clearly and was shocked. He quickly stood up to greet him, "Why are you here?" Under the orange light, Feng Bao was dressed in a small green hat, with a beard on his face. He pulled his beard, bowed to Zhang Juzheng, and smiled and said, "I didn't expect it."

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it." Zhang Juzheng quickly changed his emotions. While giving up his seat attentively, he smiled and said, "You must know that you are here in person, so I will naturally go out to greet you. It's really rude!"

Feng Bao was not polite, and he bowed and sat down and said, "I gave this order so that there would be no need to talk too much, and it would be bad for me to spread it." He said, "Speaking of this, I have known each other for so long, this is the first time I have come to my uncle's mansion. I am still not clear and I am empty-handed. I should be rude."

At this time, You Qi presented fruit tea and took Xu Jue to the outside room to talk. Only Zhang Feng and others were left in the study. Zhang Juzheng poured tea for Feng Bao: "Brother Yongting came to visit late at night, it is impossible to just recognize the door, right?"

"Haha..." Feng Bao smiled, unable to hide his anxiety on his face, "Brother, you are so calm. You can burn incense and drink tea here. Our family is so anxious that it is an ant on the hot pan!" As he said that, he put the teacup on the set and said, "I'm here to ask you for advice. It's been half a month, and I can't wait for your reply, so our family has to take the risk of visiting the door in person.

"After that secret meeting in Wenhua Palace, Gao Gong seized the power of Zhang Juzheng to teach the prince on the grounds that he was busy with affairs and replaced by Shen Mo. Therefore, Feng Bao had never seen Zhang Juzheng these days.

"Brother Yongting, please be anxious," Zhang Juzheng said slowly: "I naturally take what you ordered to me. It was just that what I designed in the previous episode was the situation where the Holy Body had been unhealthy. Now that the Holy Body is getting better, I naturally have to think about it again."

"Uncle, I told you that the emperor has a terminal illness." Feng Bao said impatiently: "Since it is a terminal illness, how can it be so easy to get better?!"

"But, the holy body has obviously improved." Zhang Juzheng was secretly surprised that Feng Bao always insisted that the emperor was a terminal illness," and he didn't even dare to think about it carefully.

"It's true that the holy body has improved." Feng Bao sneered, his eyes becoming more and more unstoppable, and he said, "But the country is easy to change, but the emperor knows that his illness is the first thing to ban sexual intercourse, but he has only been persisting for more than ten days and can't help it. Last night, the emperor slept with two little boys again!" "Yiyi, Zhang Juzheng's pupils tightened, and he couldn't speak with his lips. What's wrong with the emperor? Are he completely obsessed with evil spirits?" Do you have to commit suicide?

"Brother Uncle, I'm going to hide it from you." Feng Bao finally said what he feared the most, and said, "In the past few months, the emperor has been asking Meng He to secretly investigate Nuerhuāhuā... Meng He was unwilling to be pinned by me, so he was willing to do so, but he just couldn't find any evidence." After a pause, he said hatefully, "But Gao Huzi gave him a suggestion to him to start from Li Quan, the manager of the Qing Palace. This time the emperor woke up, and didn't know what kind of mihun soup he had poured, and he actually handed Li Quan over to him for interrogation..." As he said, he looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, "Brother Taiyue, that matter was not hidden from Li Quan. If he couldn't hold on, bit me out... He was hit by Gao Huzi's plan!"

,Aren't you still seeking death? Zhang Juzheng said depressedly: In order to please Concubine Li, is it as for the caisson of Nuerhuāhuā?, but he still said with a serious look: "Brother Yongting, don't be anxious, you and me are echoed, and you are connected to the same fate." If you fall, I can't stand it, so your business is mine, don't think too much."

"Just understand..." Feng Baoxin said that talking to smart people is the benefit of this, and there is no need to say the unpleasant words. As he said, "Life is a hero" and dies is also a ghost hero. "I will not sit still and wait for others to clean up. Brother Taiyue, you'd better help me think of a way. If there is no way, I will fight to the death!" When he said this, Feng Bao's female face was also full of murderous aura. Who said that eunuchs had no masculinity?

"Let me think" Let me think..." Zhang Juzheng nodded slowly.

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"Of course, I don't have many idiots like Meng He who don't rub his butts, and I'm holding them in my hands." Feng Bao said: "What's more, the Imperial Concubine is also standing on my side. At critical moments, I will not abandon me."

"When it comes to the Imperial Concubine," Zhang Juzheng whispered: "You have always ignored one person."

"who?"

"Empress." Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice: "The emperor did not see the imperial concubine, but there was no reason not to see the queen. You ask the imperial concubine to ask the queen for help and talk to each other." He sighed and said: "Now our passivity comes from three points, one is the emperor's distrust, the second is Gao Gong's hostility, and the third is Gao Chen's joint efforts, we cannot match."

"right.

"Feng Bao nodded.

"If you know the problem, you have to solve it one by one. For Brother Yongting, the most important thing is to restore the relationship with the emperor. Even if it is not good, you must restore the relationship between the emperor and the imperial concubine." Zhang Juzheng said leisurely: "Only in this way can you be invincible. Even if we lose, the prince will be able to make a comeback after the prince ascends the throne in the future." He paused and said: "And the pass is on the queen."

"How to do it?" Feng Bao seemed to have caught a life-saving straw.

"It depends on how hard the imperial concubine puts in daily life?" Zhang Juzheng said slowly: "You can persuade the imperial concubine and ask the queen to help me to make peace, at least let the two meet each other. The emperor has always been weak, and the imperial concubine seizes the opportunity and may not be able to reconcile with the emperor, so that we can be invincible."

"Yes..." Feng Bao nodded and said, "This is the right way." As for how difficult it is, it is the affairs of the imperial concubine.

"Host towards Gao Gong" Zhang Juzheng said: "I have been doing it slowly. As for my father-in-law, you might as well submit to it appropriately. He is a person who is soft and not hard. Even if he cannot eliminate his hostility, he should not rush to start "……………”

"This..." Feng Bao nodded with a wry smile: "It can be."

"This must be. Endure for a moment, and take a step back and the sea is wide and the sky is high, Brother Yongting!" Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice: "In addition, the alliance between Chen Gao and the two must be broken up, so that they can survive in the cracks."

"They just made up and are still warm." Feng Bao frowned and said, "It's not something that can be removed just by dismantling it."

"They came together under the threat of the saint's unhesitation." Zhang Juzheng firmly believed in the old saying, "One mountain does not allow two tigers." He believed that Gao Gong and Shen Mo, these two equally ambitious men, could not really coexist: "Now the emperor is getting better again, at least on the surface, the two's minds naturally change. Just one introduction can make their good relationship disappear." As he said, he looked at Feng Bao and said, "Silence is meticulous, and it is difficult to start. We should still focus on Gao Gong."

"Yes, Gao Huzi's hot temper is just a little bit, but fortunately he believes in others' words." Feng Bao nodded and smiled, "Who would he cheat?" Thinking of himself trying to please Gao Gong, he felt relieved, "Brother, let's wait. When the day he succeeds, they will always be able to repay the capital and profit!"

"Yes, I will keep the green mountains without worrying about burning firewood." Zhang Juzheng said, "As long as my father-in-law has this heart, we can get through it and there will be a day of development."

After the two of them talked for a while, Feng Bao stood up and said goodbye. Zhang Juzheng was sent to Yuemen Cave, so he turned back to avoid attracting attention.

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His adopted son is Xu Jue. On weekdays, Feng Bao lives in the palace, and Xu Jue takes care of him in the house, always preparing for him to come back and live. However, it was so late today, Feng Bao was really not in a mood to adjust the Suqin, read the golden scriptures, put on the robe of the home, and then sat on the soft couch with brocade silk cotton pads and stared at him.

Xu Jue brought warm water in a copper basin, gently took off Feng Bao's shoes and socks, and carefully washed his feet.
Chapter completed!