Chapter 881: Taking Chestnuts from the Fire (Part 2)
Chen Si secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When he was planning before, he had imagined any possibility, but he didn't expect that the two empresses in the palace were like shy girls, and even if they were angry, he would not stand up. Seeing that he had not seen him yet, he had no choice but to use the most unsafe method of passing notes.
No matter how good the intelligence work is, it is impossible to be misleading, so I don’t know whether my note has been seen by Feng Bao. If Li Quan did not resist and let Feng Bao know the content of the note, then when he entered the big net alone at such a moment when the bayonet was about to break out, it would be too dangerous for a true master to judge other people’s subtle psychological changes based on his imagination or so-called experience. In any case, that would be too low and the risk was too high. Once the first time, the price would be the life, death, honor and disgrace of the whole family and the clan.
A true master must have Ye Zhiqiu's insight, which is the basis of all judgments. Chen Si did not guess at all with great care. If Feng Bao's reaction was a little bit clear, he would know what was going on now. If Eunuch Feng did not show up, only his little brothers would greet him. There was nothing to say, so he could only turn around and leave, and someone would answer him around the corner.
But Feng Bao personally brought someone to show up. He came here in person and had something to say. At such moments and occasions, if he really wanted to do something rebellious, he would never tell him the grudges first, and then kill him and launch a coup. So Feng Bao did not see the content of the note and had fantasies about himself.
Only then did he dare to leave the guards, go forward and tease and comfort him, give Eunuch Feng a psychological massage, so that his super nervous nerves can be relaxed, so as not to move for a moment and get fire.
He comforted Feng Bao like a joke, and then he walked into the inner palace in silence to pay homage to the two empresses. The situation that was about to break out finally passed, and it seemed that it was time for him to bargain and discuss how to end up harmoniously. This made Feng Bao and his men breathe a sigh of relief.
Li Quan appeared, and saw that there were still fine beads of sweat remaining on his pale face, and nodded silently and applauded.
Li Quan grinned his teeth and whispered: "Please stay a little while, I will go in and report first." After that, he went in and reported. He immediately turned around and said: "Please come in, the two empresses are inside."
Silenced and put on the whole crown and raised his robe and walked in.
As soon as I entered the room, I found that it was a suite with bead curtains inside and outside, and there were seats behind the curtains. There were two people sitting there, and a few figures stood.
It should be that Empress Chen and Concubine Li were both inside, but he did not kneel down and salute immediately, but said in a deep voice: "Please roll up the curtain and roll up the curtain, so that I can confirm who is in the inner seat."
"Rareless!" The two empresses inside changed their faces. How could this guy be so bold? Although the world is getting worse and worse, the defense between men and women is no longer as good as before, it does not mean that the inner courtyard of the palace is the same. It is a quarrel between the foreign ministers and concubines in the same room. If they meet again, it would be rude: "If the late emperor is alive, would you dare to make such a request?"
"If the late emperor is still there, he will naturally not meet with his ministers' curtains." Chen Si said: "Since ancient times, if the king is not secret, he will lose his ministers, and if the ministers are not secret, he will be **. What the ministers have said is related to the safety of the country. Before confirming that the curtains are the queen and the imperial concubine, he will not speak rashly."
When the two empresses inside heard this, they did make some sense, so they asked someone to lift the curtain. Although they immediately put it down, it was enough for him to see his true appearance clearly.
After confirming that there were two empresses inside, Chen Ji immediately knelt down to perform the rituals of the king and the ministers, and said loudly: "My me, Chen Ji, bowed to the Empress and the Imperial Concubine, and I just took the initiative. Please forgive me for your crime!"
"You have too many places to take risks!" It doesn't matter if he apologized, but he found a way to Concubine Li's anger. He immediately said angrily: "Gei Master Chen, as the life-care minister, the late emperor asked you to bully our orphans and widows at will!"
She was silent and did not rush. After she finished scolding, she slowly said, "I think there must be some misunderstandings. Since the late emperor went, communication between the palaces and the palaces was not smooth, and some misunderstandings and barriers were inevitable." She said, "Just say that the will to dismiss the Prime Minister today. Although there was a big accident, the empress did not have the intention to resist the order. She just asked for an audience to confirm whether it was the imperial edict issued by the two empresses..."
"This is fake," Concubine Li said in a cold voice: "It's the Queen and I. Master Chen can do it!" This woman was also quite difficult to deal with. She called Chen Silence in, obviously to ask about the matter on the note, but she fainted and kept people from thousands of miles away, and she didn't want to say something to you.
But this kind of small method is OK to deal with eunuchs and palace maids. In front of the old master Chen who has already practiced to the full level, it is really not enough. Chen Si smiled bitterly and said, "The situation has changed. Even if the ministers obey the imperial edict, all officials will not agree. I really don't know why the empress didn't let the ministers face the saint sooner." As he said, he sighed deeply, and said with a sad face: "The late emperor and the ministers have an unchanging friendship between the king and the ministers. Since he was a great journey, the ministers should be loyal to themselves, and he should also help the two empresses to protect the Ming Dynasty."
As he said that, his throat choked and his eyebrows were closed.
Queen Chen behind the pearl curtain was moved, and crystal tears were circling in her eyes. She took out a silk silk and wiped it. Bu Sheng said to Concubine Li: "Sister, let's give him a seat to Mr. Chen."
Concubine Li nodded, her voice softened, "Sit down and talk."
Li Quan brought the embroidery dunge to Chen Mo. As soon as Chen Mo Xie'en sat down, Concubine Li spoke: "I want to see the sir, but it is not for the purpose of enforcing the order. Although I am a Fu Taoist, I also know that once the imperial edict is issued, there is no reason to take it back. Otherwise, the emperor's authority will not exist? So whether it is right or wrong, Gao Gong must leave. Only then can we continue to discuss this, otherwise, the sir will ask you to go back and see you in the court!"
, "Yes." After silent pretending to ponder for a while, he finally nodded.
As soon as he agreed, Concubine Li's hostility was greatly reduced, and she finally couldn't help but say, "Is the thing said in the note true or false?"
, "Of course it's true." Silent said slowly: "But before talking about this, I beg the Empress to hold back, because once the secret is leaked, the two Empresses and the Emperor may be in danger."
, "But it doesn't matter, these are the people I trust the most." Concubine Li said.
, "That's too." After a faint sentence, Concubine Li was speechless and looked at Empress Chen, she finally waved her hand and said, "You all go out."
"Yes" With Feng Bao's lesson, those female officials and eunuchs, who dared to talk too much, had to leave obediently.
Thinking that the next conversation was too shocking and even likely involved Concubine Li, Empress Chen was unwilling to cause trouble for herself in the future. When the palace servants were gone, she stood up and said, "Let's talk inside, I'll keep the door for you."
Concubine Li also had the same thoughts. Seeing Empress Chen so sensible, she would naturally not object.
It was a little embarrassed after a moment of silence. He was a minister after all. He had to live in the same room with the young widow. Now he had to talk face to face. When he heard that he jumped into the Yellow River, Empress Chen had already come out of the inner room. Seeing that he was still kneeling there, he couldn't help but smile and said, "With this palace guarding the door, what are you afraid of?" After saying that, he felt that his words were inappropriate, and he quickly remedyed: "Mr. Chen is a gentleman who is upright, and I believe in you."
Chen Si had no choice but to get up on order, walked forward slowly, and reached out to lift the bead curtain.
It was just a flash, so no one could see the other person clearly, but just confirmed that it was himself.
This new wife of Wenjun is actually only twenty-seven or eight years old. In order to face her later, she specially changed into a delicately made crimson brocade life suit of Jiufeng Xiangwu. The phoenix crown worn on her head was also swaying with pearls. She applied a thin powder on her face, and she looked very cold and beautiful.
He looked at her silently and saw Empress Dowager Li's pair of phoenix eyes staring at him. He didn't dare to look at him, so he quickly lowered his eyelids.
When she saw the silence, Concubine Li was a little confused. She suddenly remembered the first meeting in Houhu Garden of Prince Yu’s Mansion ten years ago. I remember that he was standing by the lake with bleak lotus, with the autumn wind and falling leaves flying, and his clothes were floating on his face. The expression on his face was indifferent: that gentle as jade,
The face of Concubine Li made the cold and unrestrained autumn in the garden become as warm as spring. Now ten years have passed, and when he stood in front of her again, the tempering of time has turned a handsome young man into a mature and steady man, with more charm than before. This made Concubine Li feel sad. At the same age as thirty-six, the late emperor had already gone too far and died. Before his death, he was skin and bones. The face turned blue, and at first glance it was oily and dry. But silence was as high as the sun, and his whole body was full of vitality. People were really incomparable. One by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by
"Ah" Concubine Li realized that she had lost her composure. She immediately flew her cheeks and turned her body to the side, not daring to look directly at him again and said, "I just remembered the late emperor. You are at your average age, but he has already taken Bintian, leaving us orphans and widows on thin ice..."
After hearing this, a burst of guilt arose in the silent heart, but not to Concubine Li, but to Emperor Longqing, who had just passed away, he knew that the late emperor was actually worried that he would be too big. However, Emperor Longqing, who valued feelings, could not attack this teacher who worked hard and never disappointed him. After some weighing the pros and cons, he chose to continue to trust and complete this story of the relationship between the king and the minister.
Now that the bones of the late emperor are not cold, he wants to bully his orphan and widowed mother and add water to his ancestors' foundation. This is the ungrateful person in the world? So Silence has always been subjected to great condemnation of conscience, but he still has to do what he should do. He cannot give up his public intention because of his feelings. He can only go to the bottom of the nine fountains and apologize to the late emperor Longqing.
Now it was the turn of silence. Concubine Li also felt his embarrassment and coughed lightly, "Is there any evidence for what you said?"
Back to the topic, Chen Si put away his personal emotions and nodded, "The day before yesterday, he was arrested in Jining Prefecture, Shandong Province, and immediately took him to the Censorate Office for interrogation. The miracle Doctor Hu was a liar, but he became soft when he was caught and he had nothing to do."
"He admitted that he was secretly instructed by Feng Bao?" Concubine Li also became cold.
"He didn't know who was instructing him." Chen Si said truthfully: "But it was indeed someone who took his family and threatened him to deceive Meng He."
"This cannot be said to be instructed by Feng Bao!" Concubine Li shook her head and felt relieved. After all, Feng Bao was the emperor's companion and the person she trusted the most. If it was proved that he had been deceiving himself, it would be hard to accept.
"There is certainly evidence for this." Chen Si said lightly: "There is a batch of pills found in the hands of the Ministry of Justice that were found from Meng He's house. According to the confession of the genius doctor Hu, it was the pill he gave to the emperor. After testing by the Imperial Hospital, it was only some sugar mi balls. They may cause tooth decay and have no effect on any fainting effects except when taken. However, from Li Quan, the Ministry of Justice obtained the pills taken by the late emperor. Although the appearance was exactly the same, it was a very strong aphrodisiac."
"You mean," Concubine Li said in a terrifying manner: "Is the pill lost? "Even the medicine of the late emperor can be replaced, is there any safety in the palace?
"Yes, it was replaced just under Li Quan's nose." Chen Si said lightly.
"It seems that there was a former slave from the Ganqing Palace who tampered with the box of elixirs. Anyone except Li Quan was suspected." Concubine Li was very quick in thinking and sneered: "It still cannot prove that Eunuch Feng is the murderer."
“Yes, I really don’t have evidence of this.
"Chen Si sighed and said, "But I have another piece of evidence that can prove that Feng Bao was guilty of being a traitor, and the effect is the same."
"What evidence?" Seeing that he was about to talk about something again, Concubine Li was a little displeased and said, "I hope there is no alarmist this time."
Chapter completed!