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153 There are ears across the street

Soon, besides a few confidant eunuchs, there were only Cao Huachun and Li Ruolian in the hall.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw them, he first asked Li Ruolian: "A few people who had been surveilled in the palace who had privately communicated with each other before will go out today?"

Cao Huachun was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that there would be such a thing?

Generally speaking, the Jinyiwei is more in charge of the outside, and the East Factory is only in charge of the inside. Moreover, he is an eunuch, and if it is a matter of the palace, it will be easier for him to do it. Unexpectedly, the emperor handed over this kind of thing to the Jinyiwei commander.

Thinking of this, Cao Huachun couldn't help but feel a sense of crisis in his heart.

"Go back to Your Majesty, a supervisor in the Inner Supervision Commission will take turns to go out today." When Li Ruolian heard this, he immediately reported respectfully.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately asked Cao Huachun: "Who else will go out today? As long as you know in advance, you can do it!"

When Cao Huachun heard this, he quickly replied: "Your Majesty, there are five people from Shangshenjian taking turns to go out today."

"You all know these people, right?" Emperor Chongzhen asked again.

The emperor's question today was a bit abnormal, which made the two factory guards feel a little nervous. Li Ruolian couldn't recognize it completely, but Cao Huachun was sure that he basically knew the people in the palace.

Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be dazed for a moment, and then suddenly issued an order: "Okay, you will choose someone who is absolutely confidant and will follow me out of the palace later."

Not only that, he sent an order to the six ministers, saying that they wanted to discuss matters. After they arrived, they also asked them to wear eunuchs' clothes together, and under the cover of Cao Huachun, they quietly left the palace.

Of course, some ministers will ask about such a strange thing. For example, Li Weiwen, the Minister of Revenue, asked, but Emperor Chongzhen's answer was: "I have received a secret report, so you don't need to ask more questions, just follow me to arrest people!"

Who was it that he actually asked the emperor to take the six ministers out of the palace to arrest people?

Suddenly, the ministers who heard them all appeared on their foreheads?

They all felt that the situation might be very serious, but they didn't know what happened and couldn't guess it. No matter what, it was impossible to be a major rebellion case, right?

After hearing this, Cao Huachun and Li Ruolian went to see each other secretly. They didn't know whether the secret report the emperor received came from the Jinyiwei or the Dongchang? Anyway, it was not passed by him. If the other party was not in charge of the yamen, it would be very likely that someone in his yamen had the right to report secretly to the emperor.

Thinking of this, the two of them couldn't help but wake up again. It seems that when doing things, they must reflect on themselves and cannot do things that are sorry to the emperor, otherwise who knows when they will be reported to the emperor secretly.

Besides, after Linhuai Marquis Li Zushu finished lunch together in Duke Cheng’s mansion, he went out and said to his personal bodyguard: "Let's go to Zuixiao Tower."

These personal guards were born in his house, so he felt relieved to use them. After all, even if it was something shameful, someone needed to do it. It was impossible for him to do everything himself.

When they heard that they were going to Zuixiao Tower, they knew who they were going to meet, so they agreed immediately and escorted him over together.

What Li Zushu didn't know was that when he told the destination, Emperor Chongzhen immediately asked Li Ruolian and Cao Huachun: "It is best to see the main entrance near Zuixiao Tower, but it cannot be discovered."

This kind of thing is very simple for factory guards.

They entered through the back door of a shop opposite Zuixiao Tower and immediately controlled everyone in the shop. There was nothing outside, but there was a big man inside.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't need to comfort the people in the shop himself, so he went straight to the second floor by the window, and then ordered Cao Huachun and others to say, "Everyone stared at me and saw if anyone knew entered Zuixiao Tower."

Then, he said to the six ministers: "You can go and see it, or sit and wait."

The things in front of me are so weird. Among the six ministers, some couldn't help but go to the window to peek, while others were sitting there, guessing something in their hearts.

Suddenly, Li Ruolian whispered: "Your Majesty, Li Zushu, the Marquis of Linhuai, has entered."

This kind of nobleman is fine every day, so it’s not normal to eat, drink and have fun. Therefore, basically no one cares about this.

But who knew that Emperor Chongzhen casually said: "He is one of the protagonists today, wait."

"..." Suddenly, everyone looked at each other speechlessly. Unexpectedly, the emperor was so strange that it was related to the nobles, and he was also a descendant of the founding heroes.

Immediately, they remembered the incident of Yuan Wuqing Hou that had been in a fierce battle since yesterday.

They proposed to the emperor one by one to uphold justice for Li Guochen. Although rumors later leaked that this might become the norm, not only to make money from nobles, but also to civil and military officials. However, I have never heard of such a thing before, so it is really hard to say whether it is really hard to say.

In normal times, civil officials generally look down on those nobles. They studied hard for countless years and finally passed the Jinshi and had to go to the officialdom. In this way, they were not as good as those nobles and had a wealth of generations. It would be strange if they could balance the situation.

Therefore, they all have to be more of a mentality of watching the excitement. Even if they didn't expect that Li Guorui would hang himself and commit suicide, they were not very indignant. This situation is more just a circle of nobles.

Although they were working in the Shangya Office, they naturally heard about the troubles in the Wuqing Marquis' Mansion. However, if they make a fuss, what else can they do? At most, they will go to Li Guochen's trouble and cry to the emperor.

However, at this moment, at least the six ministers in front of me felt something was wrong, and they were guessing in their hearts that these nobles would have to do something even more excessive, right?

It’s really worth mentioning that Wu Qinghou’s affairs are true!

The queens personally left the palace to sell cotton cloth woven in the palace. It seemed that the emperor was really anxious and forced by money. However, Yuan Wuqing Hou didn't know the severity of the matter. Not only did he want to rely on the money, but he also went to the street to sell pots and pans, and even brought Yuan Jiading Bo. How could the royal face be there?

If the former Wuqing Hou really didn't have the money, it would be reasonable. He said that the court forced him to do this! However, he was found by the East Factory. In this way, the fact that Wuqing Hou even went to the street to sell pots and pans would be too shameless.

If it were not for the sake of Empress Dowager Xiaoding, such things would be put on ordinary people, either beheaded or imprisoned. Speaking of which, it would be considered as the emperor's kindness and family affection.

I was idle and had nothing to do, these six ministers muttered in my heart.

I don’t know how long it took, but Emperor Chongzhen stood up.

So, the people in the room couldn't help but look at him, wondering what he was going to do?

Emperor Chongzhen walked to the window, looked for a while, then turned around and said, "No need to look anymore. The person has entered through the back door and is now talking in the Chunhunting Pavilion on the second floor opposite. Wait a minute, I will listen to my order!"

In fact, he knew the situation by eavesdropping seeds. However, he couldn't sit there and keep moving and talk about this information, right? Go out and sway it in the window, and then talk about this matter. As for how to know, they have room for imagination.

Sure enough, when the people in the room heard this, they were all surprised. It turned out that there was an emperor's eyeliner outside, reporting on everything that happened inside!

So, the six ministers looked at the two factory guards; however, Cao Huachun and Li Ruolian looked at each other again, and their hearts were guessing as they were.

At this time, in the Chunhunting Pavilion of Zuixiao Tower, Li Zushu's personal bodyguard was guarding the outside, and he himself was whispering to a person.

I heard Li Zushu whisper to the man in front of him: "This time, there is a very important thing for you to do. As long as you do it well, this Marquis and Duke Cheng will help you vigorously and get the position of eunuch in the seal. In the future, it is possible that even eunuch in the Sili Supervisor in the seal. Your family can also enjoy wealth and glory!"

"If you have any, please give me instructions." The man spoke with a sharp voice, obviously a eunuch.

"Okay!" Li Zushu heard this, took out a small bag of things from his arms and pushed forward, "Now Concubine Tian's son is sick. You secretly pour the things inside into his medicine to make sure he drinks them. This matter is over!"

"What?" the eunuch asked in surprise when he heard this, "What is it here?"

When Li Zushu heard this, he sneered and said, "What else can it be? It's naturally poison. But don't worry, it didn't happen on the spot. It's about three days to buffer, and the symptoms are similar to his disease. Most people think that his condition suddenly worsens and dies."

When the eunuch heard this, he frowned, took the bag of things in his hand and looked at it, and then said in confusion: "The prince is only over three years old, why do you want him to die? It should have nothing to do with the Marquis and the Duke!"

"What do you know!" Li Zushu said a little angrily when he heard this. He was already accused, and then a little proud. The other party was an accomplice, so he explained to him, "We have received the news that the emperor asked Wu Qinghou for money on the excuse of Li Guochen. When he turned around, the court would still not have money. After the emperor was anxious, he would borrow money from all the nobles. Do you think the emperor would have a chance to repay the money?"

"Oh?" The eunuch didn't suspect that his words were false after hearing this, but said in confusion, "Then give it some, it's better than doing such things!"

When Li Zushu heard this, he immediately replied dissatisfiedly: "Do you think it's okay to give some? Don't you look at how much Wu Qinghou gave, 200,000 taels! Also, it was found out by the Dongchang that there were about 400,000 silver alone. This is just a nepotism of the Marquis of Wu Qinghou, who has been passed down for several generations. Do you think the emperor would be satisfied when he borrowed money from us? 200,000 taels or 400,000 taels?"

When the eunuch heard this, he couldn't help but nodded. Who would be willing to give so much money? He would definitely be unhappy!

But he was still confused and asked again: "What does this matter have to do with the prince?"

"Haha, you don't understand!" Li Zushu was a little proud and preached to him, "I was going to persuade him to fight against the emperor's will in the matter. If he could succeed, then we nobles would be fine. But unexpectedly, we were stabbed in the back by the fortune teller, and in the end we gave so much 400,000 taels."

Speaking of this, he seemed a little excited and said, "Then I went to the Wuqing Marquis Mansion last night and deceived Li Guorui to hang himself. I really didn't expect that none of the people who were named marquis relying on nepotism were smart. The stupid ones really believed my words, but they turned out to be hanged."

"Do you know why he wants to die?" Li Guorui asked the eunuch with pride.

He was saying that Li Guorui was stupid, but in fact he was not smart enough to go there.

I have no worries about food and clothing for my whole life, and I have never played anything! Now there is such a big thing to play with, and I still play for my own money bag. If I think it is average, there is nothing. The key is that he feels that everything is under his control, so he feels accomplished.

However, it is impossible to tell the outside world that the eunuch in front of him is the party involved, and the group of people is not clear about it. If he doesn't tell him clearly, he will be wasted the opportunity in front of him.

After all, these nobles have long become pigs, and the borers on the Ming Dynasty have no longer had the wisdom of their ancestors. This is why they did not want to be loyal to the country when the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, but instead they were afraid of death and wanted to surrender and continue to enjoy wealth and wealth.

"Why?" the eunuch asked as Li Zushu expected.

When Li Zushu heard this, he immediately whispered in a low voice: "Only when Li Guorui really dies, this matter will be more shocking. Look, there are countless nobles gathered in the Marquis of Wuqing. They are all very angry and are making trouble!"

Speaking of this, he smiled proudly again, pointed to the bag of things and said, "Then we will make a sound of wind, saying that Empress Dowager Xiaoding has ascended to the Nine-Lotus Bodhisattva, and blamed the emperor for despising his relatives in heaven, and even forced Li Guorui to death. Therefore, he will be punished and every son of the emperor will die prematurely."

"Hehe!" Li Zushu looked at the eunuch who looked shocked on the other side and said, "When his sick fifth son is really dead, what do you think the emperor will be like? Are you afraid to die and dare to attack the relatives again? If you dare not attack the relatives, will the others be fine?"

The eunuch came to his senses after a while and couldn't help but nodded repeatedly, "This kind of thing was to believe in it rather than believing in it. If the prince happened to die again, it would be impossible to believe it or not. This idea is good, amazing, amazing!"

"That's it! This was created together by Duke Cheng and I, and it was definitely very useful!" Li Zushu was very proud. After saying this, he felt so happy!

The eunuch packed up the bag and whispered, "Okay, since that's the case, I'll wait for good news from our family. From now on, I'll ask the Marquis and Duke to help you more. I have great power in the palace, which is good for you two, right!"

After hearing this, Li Zushu naturally agreed repeatedly.

They didn't know that, upstairs opposite, Emperor Chongzhen heard that they seemed to be dispersing, so he walked to the window and took a look, and then immediately began to issue an order.
Chapter completed!
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