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Chapter 604 Several joys and sorrows

"Dong Qianhu is stingy, but he doesn't dare to be ambiguous about such important matters, but the person who put the medicine on the sea dog also took other people's money, and he doesn't know anything about the rest."

In Concubine Zheng's palace, the house in front of the eunuchs has been vacated, although the people below are suspicious, but the imperial concubine is the owner of this place, everyone wants to listen.

The things that Emperor Wanli rewarded Concubine Zheng were also brought in by the strong eunuchs who followed. The people on Concubine Zheng's side were a little puzzled, but they didn't dare to ask questions.

Zhang Juzheng died of illness, and the Emperor Wanli immediately sent Zhang Hong, the eunuch of the court, to mourn. The news from the Palace of Compassion was that the Empress Dowager Li had sent out all the servants, and she wanted to be quiet for a while; The news over there is that Feng Bao, the palm print eunuch, asked someone to fetch a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. He wanted to write a few words, but he broke several pictures one after another, and finally threw the pen on the ground...

Outside the palace, in the capital, and the whole world, after hearing the news, they didn't know how they would react. Emperor Wanli went to the valet room of the Supervisor of Rituals to touch several eunuchs, and then came to Concubine Zheng .

Compared to everyone's cautious expressions, the ease on Emperor Wanli's face was also obvious. After Wang Tong and others entered the palace, they were nervously preparing to settle down. Now, Emperor Wanli was interested in asking why.

News from the Department of Public Security to Tianjin Wei, and not long ago, Dong Chuangxi, a thousand households stationed in Shandong Jinyiwei, came to visit, letting Wang Tong know that the situation in the capital was critical, but this crisis, Wang Tong always thought it was controllable, Until Zhang Cheng sent someone to Tianjin Wei to deliver the letter.

Emperor Wanli couldn't control the rotation of guards and eunuchs in the palace, but Wang Tong had to consider the worst-case scenario.

"I have a guess. What the thieves did might be based on Zhang Ge's death as an opportunity to start, because Zhang Ge's death left too many things vacant, and left too many things behind." Many, I don’t know how many people are coveting, I don’t know how many people have ulterior motives, mutual suspicion, collision and competition, there will be chaos, and the thieves will definitely take advantage of the chaos to make trouble and fish in troubled waters.”

After listening to Wang Tong's analysis, Emperor Wanli's expression also became dignified. He wiped the short gun in his hand with a velvet-wrapped cleaning rod a few times, then threw it aside, and said in a muffled voice:

"This world belongs to me, but from my point of view, it looks like Mr. Zhang's. If you move him, the world will be in chaos, but you don't want to move my side."

The sour taste in these words was too strong, Wang Tong cleared his throat a few times before he could hold back his laughter, Li Tao and Sun Xin who were beside him all turned around, but then Emperor Wanli's complaints turned into worries, and he said:
"Wang Tong, do thieves really dare to come to the palace to make a scene? There are only a dozen of you here..."

"Your Majesty, don't worry. There are guards from the Imperial Horse Prison in the North Campus, and there are hundreds of guards with swords in the palace, not to mention the Jingying and Wucheng soldiers and horses. Jinyiwei also has power. With these forces, the palace Even if there is a disturbance outside the palace, it will be quickly extinguished!!"

Hearing what Wang Tong said was decisive, Emperor Wanli also heaved a sigh of relief, and Zhang Cheng said on the sidelines:

"Long Live Lord, what Wang Tong said is reasonable. It is nothing more than that Zhang has lived in Zhengzheng for too long. When he died, everyone was helpless and uneasy. Maybe they were taken advantage of by treacherous people. When the successor of the chief assistant is determined, naturally It is also stable.

Emperor Wanli nodded, squeezed his chin, and began to ponder who could succeed Zhang Juzheng. Wang Tong hesitated for a while, and said again:
"Your Majesty, although you don't need to worry about the general direction, you are also worried when you enter the palace to escort you. Some time ago, the public security department investigated Wumingbai and was stopped by someone. Wumingbai was selected into the palace and became a eunuch on official business in the palace. Whether it is impossible to judge, besides, the chaos outside the palace will inevitably spread to the palace. Although the imperial army, guards, Beijing camp and other forces are loyal, we must beware of some of them taking advantage of the chaos to make trouble. Misfortune, Your Majesty must not be careless."

Hearing what Wang Tong said, Emperor Wanli looked solemn again, and said worriedly:
"Since this is the case, will the widow still go to court tomorrow? Will someone be on the way..."

"Your Majesty is worrying too much. Just now, Caichen said that the thieves are going to take advantage of the chaos. In broad daylight, the palace is heavily guarded. How dare the thieves make a move. What's more, His Majesty's actions are only here to go to the Palace of Compassion and Wenyuan Pavilion. There will be no trouble in dealing with government affairs and going back and forth between these places. If the thieves really dared to do something like this, they would have already done so, why wait so long."

These words are really not a consolation, Emperor Wanli laughed a few times, Wang Tong lowered his head and continued to check the weapons, Zhang Cheng on the side interjected and said:

"Long Live Lord, relax. Wang Tong entered the palace as a guard for the sake of the safety of Long Live Lord. If you think about it again, the matter of Wu Mingbai drugging the sea dog may have nothing to do with it. Maybe it's just plotting against Zhang Juzheng."

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Zhang Juzheng died of illness, and everyone in the capital who was concerned about the matter got the news immediately, including Zhang Siwei, a cabinet scholar and Minister of the Ministry of War.

When he heard the news, Zhang Siwei's face was sad, he stood up and looked out of the window with his hands behind his back, he just stood still and became dazed, the servants in the mansion sighed with each other, the master is not feeling well!

Zhang Juzheng was alive, if he had a headache, all the officials gathered in an instant, and they all took this opportunity to send gifts and greetings, which was close, but now that he died of illness, the front door was very deserted, although he was waiting for the mourning hall to be worshiped by everyone, but everyone I understand in my heart that this is people taking tea to cool off.

Even Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing, Zhang Ge's closest disciples, did not move, let alone everyone...

"Master, Gu Xiancheng is asking to see you."

Hearing the report from the housekeeper behind him, Zhang Siwei still looked out of the window, standing with his hands behind his back without moving. The housekeeper behind him paused, and asked:
"Master, at such a time, Gu Xiancheng still wants to come to the door to yell, and the little boy will stop him?"

With a smile on his face, Zhang Siwei looked out the window relaxedly, and when the butler asked the second sentence, he turned around. After turning around, the expression on his face had become serious, and he said:
"No, please come to the study to see me!"

The butler below quickly agreed, and when they went out, they were still a little puzzled, why did the master use the word "please" to people like Gu Xiancheng.

Not long after, Gu Xiancheng had already arrived in the study, Zhang Siwei's butler withdrew and closed the door, Gu Xiancheng got fully dressed, bowed down and said:
"Congratulations, my lord, congratulations, my lord!"

Zhang Siwei stared at Gu Xiancheng, a smile finally appeared on his serious expression, and said slowly:

"When the old man was your age, he didn't have your courage."

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The mansions of high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital are full of excitement, the mansion of Minister of Rites Shen Shixing is an exception.

Everyone from the housekeeper to the servant girl knew that his master likes to be quiet. If he made any noise, he might be angry.

The servants in the Shen Mansion are used to this kind of quietness, and they are also used to listening to the melodious sound of the piano coming from the inner house.

At noon today, someone rushed into the inner house to report the news. I don't know what the news was. Shen Shixing, who was used to playing the piano at night, started in the afternoon.

But the sound of the piano today is a bit different from the past. The sound of the piano is not coherent and often interrupted, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

As usual in the piano room, a bead curtain was hung in public, Shen Shixing was on one side, and Qin Niang was on the other side, sitting opposite each other playing the piano, the most coquettish and elegant.

With a sound of "buzz", the sound of the piano was interrupted, Shen Shixing's hand on the strings stopped, and one of the strings was broken, and the piano lady on the opposite side said softly:
"The string was broken four times today, the master is in a state of confusion, not the state of mind playing the piano!"

President Shen Shi sighed, leaned back, looked up at the roof, and said in a muffled voice:
"I don't know if I can touch these strings in the future... I met Brother Taiyue 20 years ago, I didn't expect it to be today, not today!"

At the end of the words, the voice was too low to be heard, Qin Niang on the other side of the bead curtain also fell silent, Shen Shixing was silent for a while, sat upright again, waved his hands and said in a deep voice:
"Go down!"

The other side took the order to retreat, but Shen Shixing didn't stay quiet in the piano room for too long, the housekeeper hurried to the door and said:
"Master, someone wants to see you."

Hearing the steward's hesitation, Shen Shixing's body shook, and he turned around and asked:

"But people in the palace?"

The butler denied it, Shen Shixing frowned, and said in a cold voice:
"Did you ignore what I told you earlier? Nope!"

The steward bowed quickly, but hesitated, and said:
"The little one just thought it was weird, so he came to report..."

"What's weird?"

"Yang Sichen, who was expelled from the Qing Dynasty, has the face to come to the door after doing such dirty things..."

Shen Shixing was startled, stood up suddenly from the chair, and said:
"What!!? Please!! Please!! Please come to the piano room, don't let anyone disturb you!!"

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"Bamboo and wood are placed behind the wall, Lao Liu will need them in the future."

While giving orders, Li Quan glanced at the dozen or so busy eunuchs. He couldn't guarantee whether there were any people staring at him. The situation became more and more urgent, but he still couldn't find a chance to spread the news.

He was very anxious, but before dark, the old Liu who reminded him came again. With a fanatic look on his face, he said:
"The Lord of Fragrances said that tomorrow is the big day when the Buddha will come to the world to teach the Dharma. Each of us will be rich and wealthy. After dark tomorrow, we will each go to the incense hall to wait for the decree!!"

Li Quangang wanted to evade, but Old Liu said to himself:
"The Lord of Fragrance said that if we don't go, we will miss out on this great wealth. When the matter of our belief in Sanyang becomes known in the palace, it will be a crime of killing ourselves, and the Buddha will impose various punishments!!"

Li Quan put his hands together quickly and said:

"After finally waiting for such a blessing, how can I not go..."

(End of this chapter)