Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 243 Concubine Wu Angry Concubine Zhu Qiyu Blackmails Queen Mother Sun
If only three or five eunuchs wanted to rebel, it would be no problem to suppress them with the fierce methods that the Queen Mother Sun has been in charge of the harem for so many years.

But the problem now is that all his cronies are in constant panic, for fear that the emperor will clean up if he disagrees.

If a leader can't keep his subordinates, the hearts of his subordinates will inevitably fall apart.

Jin Ying was the chief steward of the Palace of Mercy Ning, the most powerful eunuch in the inner court, and the biggest confidant of the Empress Dowager Sun. He was not kept, and was driven to the south by the emperor to fight. Whether he could come back alive was a question.

Xing'an is the emperor's confidant, the admiral of Dongchang, and the number two man in the inner court, but he was not kept.When he supervised the army, he suffered a big defeat. He was deprived of the power of admiral Dongchang by the emperor, and he was also sent to the south to fight.

And all the palace servants of Qianqing Palace were killed by the emperor collectively.

You can't even protect your cronies, so how can everyone trust you.So in the past few days, Empress Dowager Sun's prestige in the palace has been greatly reduced, and well-connected eunuchs and maids have begun to flatter Wang Cheng, Shu Liang, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin.

Zhu Qiyu's former personal eunuchs, who were young, have transformed into godfathers of a large group of people.

It was embarrassing to think about it, but fortunately Zhu Qiyu didn't care too much, so he let Wang Cheng and others mess around.Anyway, what Zhu Qiyu really relied on was the hidden hands arranged in the inner court.

If you blindly play the upright game that I am in the light and the enemy is in the dark, you will not be able to guard against the emperor's faction anyway.

The best way is that we also have light and darkness, complement each other with reality and light, and combine light and darkness; build plank roads that should be built, and save old warehouses when they should be built.

For example, Wang Zhen’s former trusted eunuchs Mao Gui and Wang Changsui, Ma Shun was beaten to death by angry officials during the Fengtianmen court meeting, and the two were almost sent away by the ministers together. The person was pulled back from the gate of hell.

Later, these two people were renamed Zhang An and Zhang Xing by Zhu Qiyu, and they were placed in the Xixin Division to burn firewood.At that time, Zhang Yongcai had just taken charge of the Cherishing Salary Department. The two men changed their appearances and recognized Zhang Yong's name, becoming Zhang Yong's earliest godsons.

The teenage godfather led his 20-year-old godson to run around, and Zhu Qiyu was also speechless.But the eunuchs in the inner court are used to it: it is the normal state of the inner court to follow the trend, worship the high and step down.

As long as you are in power, being young is not a problem at all.

After the Supreme Emperor returned to Beijing, Zhang An and Zhang Xinghui, as old confidantes of Wang Zhen, actively 'leaked' information about the Emperor's family for the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Empress Dowager, and finally instigated a mutiny by the Supreme Emperor's faction.

This is the script that Zhu Qiyu arranged for the Emperor's faction early on.

Zhu Qiyu didn't speak in the Compassionate Ning Palace, just leaned on the back of the chair and thought about his thoughts.The concubine has been chatting with the King of Soochow all the time.Empress Zhou and Mrs. Hang listened to their conversation and laughed along with them.

Empress Dowager Sun sat there in embarrassment, not only had nothing to say to the emperor, but also had nothing to chat with the Soochow King.

Empress Qian was still lying in bed unable to get up, and now the only ones who could talk to Empress Dowager Sun were Concubine Wan Chen and Concubine Wang.

The Wang family was extremely dissatisfied with the emperor's recent actions.Needless to say about the restoration of Empress Hu, Mrs. Wang is a member of Empress Dowager Sun, so she must be full of resentment.

That's all, the matter of the Marquis of Wuding's mansion admitting women is even more extreme.The majestic emperor actually went to kowtow to Marquis Wu Ding in person as a salute. This was a naked show of affection, showing the doting of Princess Qi to the world without any concealment.

Wang felt that she had been greatly insulted. She was the first wife, and the emperor was only a prince when they got married, but she refused to kowtow to her father.Comparing the two phases, the gap is really too big.

Therefore, Wang asked Zhu Qiyu to stand up for Empress Dowager Sun, and to relieve herself, "Your Majesty, I have been in the palace almost every day to greet the Empress Dowager, but why have I never met Princess Qi?" Hasn't the princess been in the palace recently?"

'I'?
Zhu Qiyu almost frowned upon hearing this, what does this 'I' mean?Except for the queen mother and the concubine, no one dared to call himself "I" in front of the emperor.

Sure enough, this Wang family is very consistent with the description in history, and Jingtai is not regarded as the emperor.Even though the throne has been determined, the Wang family still regards Jingtai as the prince of Jianguo, which is the reason why she opposes changing the prince.

Although Zhu Qiyu supports equality between men and women in his heart, he likes the way beautiful women are humble and docile in front of him in life.Zhu Qiyu didn't expect Wang to call himself a slave and a prostitute like Lin Xiangyu did, but you can call yourself a concubine anyway.

Now Mrs. Wang 'tactfully and implicitly' accuses Lin Xiangyu of never entering the palace to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager. Just when Zhu Qiyu put his hand on his forehead and thought about how to refute, the dowager couldn't hold back any longer, and snapped back viciously:

"My daughter-in-law is too young, her body hasn't grown yet, and there are people trying to hurt her everywhere outside, so I don't let her go out.

She is just following my orders, if you want to break the rules, just come to me, an old bastard.

The Supreme Emperor already has a son, but my son has not yet.So don't bother my daughter-in-law, she has to take good care of her body so that she can give birth to a son-in-law for my son as soon as possible.

As for the matter of paying respects, Princess Yi is responsible for paying respects to your mother-in-law, and Princess Qi is responsible for paying respects to her mother-in-law. The two of you have your own division of labor, so that neither mother-in-law's house is deserted, isn't it just right? "

The concubine's words expressed many meanings, which made Wang's blood surge and her face flushed.

There is no way for Wang to openly reply to the concubine, and Wang is also a little wrong about this matter. She only said that Princess Qi did not enter the palace to pay her respects to the queen mother, but she did not go to pay her respects herself.

The concubine took advantage of this point to ridicule Wang: You only treat the queen mother as a mother-in-law, and you ignore me, the emperor's biological mother, and you still have the nerve to talk about the rules with me.

In addition, the concubine's nonsense, she only takes Princess Qi as her first wife, she only wants Princess Qi to give birth to her own grandson, she unabashedly treats Wang as an outsider, and has no intention of expecting Wang to have a child at all. It really made Wang very angry.

Among the people present, the only one who can reply to the concubine is the queen dowager.It's just that Empress Dowager Sun was about to speak, Zhu Qiyu spoke first, but changed the subject:

"Queen Mother, the weather in the northwest is getting colder and colder, and all the daily necessities that I sent to my brother were thrown in Datong by that traitor Yexian.

I was thinking about it, and I always wanted to send the things over, but unfortunately I beat too hard first, so there were only [-] remnant soldiers left, and they fled around like bereaved dogs.

Now it is too difficult to find Yexian's camp and send envoys there.

Moreover, according to the information received by the Ministry of War, he had already fled three thousand miles away from Datong, so even if he could find Yexian's camp, he would have to travel for more than a month to send a mission to bring daily necessities there.

The more I think about it, the more worried I become. Eldest brother is alone and has no one to take care of him.There is an eunuch named Xining beside him, but he is still a Jurchen, and he hates us Daming.Why! "

After finishing speaking, Zhu Qiyu sighed heavily.

When Zhu Qizhen was mentioned, Empress Dowager Sun's attention was indeed attracted, and she quickly asked with concern: "Then what should I do? Since the emperor has already beaten only [-] remnants and defeated generals, and they are running around with their heads in their hands, how can the imperial court Is it possible to send envoys to propose peace talks on strikes and order the Supreme Emperor to be sent back first?"

"A strike and peace talks?"

Zhu Qiyu was extremely astonished, and asked curiously: "How can there be any reason for the victor to ask for peace talks on its own initiative? Besides, in the Tumu Fort change, 50 soldiers of our Ming army died in battle, and countless ministers and nobles were killed or injured.

Is the initiative to negotiate peace worthy of these innocent soldiers who died?

Although as a younger brother, I hope more than anyone else that my eldest brother can come back safely.But as the Son of Heaven, I have to kill the grass and roots first, to shame the country, and ask the Queen Mother to forgive me. "

When the Empress Dowager Sun heard this, she was quite surprised and asked back: "Then watch the Supreme Emperor die?"

(End of this chapter)