Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

The visitor looked about thirty years old, with a fair face and no Adam's apple.

This kind of person, Susumu has seen a lot in the past six months, no need to ask, it is naturally the inner eunuch of the palace.

Although the middle-aged eunuch was dressed in casual clothes, he was wearing a pair of official boots.

Su Mu was originally from the Eastern Palace, and he was familiar with the eunuchs around Emperor Zhengde, but this person looked very unfamiliar.

However, he didn't think too deeply, so he stood up and said, "Here in Xiasumu, dare to ask who is Mr., and what do you want me for?" I, Su Mu, entered the palace.

Having not seen the emperor for more than two months, Su Mu wanted to get together with Little Zhengde.

In any case, Emperor Zhengde was very interested in him, and even wanted Su Mu to be the doctor of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhejiang Qinglisi, which was a first-class vacancy in the world.Of course, this matter was later rejected by Mr. Liu Ge.And Su Mu also realized that before he became a Jinshi, he couldn't be an official of the imperial court.Otherwise, it would be ruin.

He heard the eunuch shout: "Is Su Ziqiao here?"

The bookstore immediately caused a commotion, after all, Su Mu's reputation in the capital is too great now, and he already has a vague atmosphere of Ci sect.Those who can go to the Lin family bookstore to buy books and read books are at least somewhat educated. Naturally, they have heard of the famous Su Ziqiao.

"Oh, it turned out to be Su Ziqiao. I have known you for a long time. It is a great pleasure to meet you today!"

"Su Ziqiao, so you are Su Ziqiao, you are indeed a handsome character!"

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Immediately, a few scholars stepped forward to salute, and Su Mu was also slightly complacent, and politely returned the salute.

This time, it was out of control, people kept coming forward, and there were many passers-by watching the excitement standing at the door.

Seeing more and more people, Su Mu couldn't get away for a while.

The eunuch was anxious, and shouted sharply: "What are you doing, what are you doing, get out of the way, Su Mu, quickly follow me!"

This scream stunned everyone, taking advantage of this opportunity, the eunuch dragged Su Mu to escape in a hurry.

There was a carriage waiting outside the door, Shi Shiran got into the carriage, Su Mu asked the eunuch: "Elder-in-law, you asked me to go with you, why?"

"Do you know that our family came from the palace?" The eunuch was stunned.

Su Mu smiled and didn't speak.

After a long time, the eunuch said coldly: "My master summoned you to talk."

"It turns out that the imperial edict is right." Su Mu raised his spirits, guessing that there must be something wrong with Zhengde, otherwise it would be impossible to call him over in such a hurry.You must know that now it is different from the East Palace before, when an emperor wants to meet an ordinary juren, there must be a set of responsible procedures, which is not something you can see if you want to: "Elder-in-law, your surname is strange."

The eunuch snorted, and his attitude was very rude: "You don't care what our family name is, just follow along."

This person's attitude is so bad, which surprised Su Mu.

At any rate, Su Mu is now a generation of poets, not to mention famous in Shilin in the capital.

The last time Zhengde ascended the throne, he had made a contribution to protecting the sky.However, because this matter involved Prince Huai and Dongchang, in order to take into account the dignity of the royal family, it was kept secret to the outside world. It was only said that King Huai died of the cold, and the names of Su Mu and related people were also kept strictly confidential. .

Therefore, only two cabinet ministers, Mou Bin, Hu Shun, Zhang Yong, Liu Jin, Liu Jian, and Li Dongyang, knew that Ye Ye and Su Mu played a crucial role in it.

But even so, all the old people in the East Palace knew Su Mu and knew his position in the emperor's heart.

The eunuchs in the palace were too late to please Su Mu, how could it be possible to be as arrogant as this eunuch?

Su Mu suddenly felt that something was wrong.

This feeling became stronger after the carriage traveled two miles.

It turns out that Su Mu has been in the capital for such a long time, and he is also a fun-loving person who has traveled to every corner of the city, so he is naturally familiar with which way to go from the south of the city to Xiyuan.

But looking at the direction of the carriage, something is wrong.

Su Mu's heart tightened suddenly, and he thought to himself: Could it be that this person is Xu Can's remnant who came to seek revenge on me!

Thinking about it, my whole body tensed up, and I asked, "Aren't you going to Xiyuan?"

"Who said you're going to Xiyuan?" The eunuch sneered.

Su Mu shouted: "If you don't go to Xiyuan, don't think I don't know where to go. Long Live God has always been in Xiyuan. You come to call me, you don't show the emperor's hand, and you don't show the waist card in the palace. You want to pass the imperial decree. Do you want to be punished by the Nine Clans, don’t make mistakes, quickly rein in the precipice, and you can save the lives of your relatives and yourself!”

The eunuch giggled: "Su Mu, you're really threatening our family, a small Juren, you're arrogant! Did our family ever say we're going to Xiyuan?"

Su Mu clenched his fists: "Where are you going if you don't go to Xiyuan, are you from Xu Can?"

"Who is Xu Can's person, don't want to smear people with blood!" The eunuch was also angry, "We are going to the palace, and the Empress Dowager Cisheng ordered you to enter the palace to answer."

After speaking, he threw the waist card in his hand to Su Mu.

When Su Mu saw it, he was surprised that the badge was real.Moreover, this eunuch is ranked third among the thirteen yamen of the inner eunuch, and is in charge of Shang Baojian, who is in charge of the seal, imperial talisman, and seal.

He was also a little apprehensive. The Empress Dowager Cisheng was naturally Empress Zhang, the widow of Emperor Hongzhi.

In real history, Emperor Hongzhi died in the 18th year of Hongzhi, and Zhu Houzhao took over directly.In this time and space, because of Su Mu's butterfly wings, Hongzhi died two years earlier, while Emperor Zhengde was only 15 years old, had not yet married, and could not take charge of the government.

Therefore, according to the Ming Dynasty system, Empress Dowager Zhang assisted the government with the three major cabinet ministers.

It is because of this that Empress Zhang, a real historical figure, transformed into the most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty with Tianxian in her mouth.

Su Mu had never met Empress Zhang before, and besides, Donggong and the Empress Dowager did not have any contact. This time, there was no reason to pass him an audience. Judging by the blunt expression of this eunuch, it might not be a good thing.

"It turns out that the Empress Dowager Cisheng has an edict." Su Mu returned the badge, his face tensed.

After a while, the carriage arrived at the imperial city, but it didn't stop and drove straight in.

Riding a horse in the Forbidden City is a supreme honor for a courtier, but Su Mu always felt that something was wrong, and he became nervous.

When he got to the forbidden center, Su Mu dismounted from his horse, and together with the eunuch, walked around the city for half a day before arriving at the Empress Dowager's bedroom.

This was the first time for Su Mu to enter the forbidden center, he was curious and couldn't help but look around.

Looking at it, I found that something was wrong.

As soon as they heard that Su Mu was coming, the eunuchs and maids inside looked at him with furious looks, as if they wanted to eat him.

The atmosphere seemed very eerie.

The eunuch didn't take Su Mu in, but let him wait outside, and went in alone to report.

After waiting for a long time, after about two hours, Su Mu only felt that his legs were sore.

He gradually lost his composure. When he was in Xiyuan before, he could go wherever he wanted, say whatever he wanted, and never see outsiders.In my heart, I have long regarded Zhengde as a buddy, and never see outsiders.

And Zhu Houzhao seemed to be very satisfied with Su Mu's casualness. If Su Mu was talking about the etiquette of emperors and ministers one day, I'm afraid he would feel uncomfortable too.

Even Emperor Hongzhi looked at Su Mu as if he was looking at a younger boy, very generous.

Being left out for two hours like this has never happened before.

At this moment, a young eunuch suddenly screamed in the palace: "Queen Dowager, Queen Mother, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong, please spare your life!"

It was extremely loud in the silent bedroom.

Then, just now, the eunuch Shang Baosi sternly shouted: "Drag out, beat!"

After a while, the eunuch and some men with big sticks dragged a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child out, took off his trousers, threw him on a bench, and started fighting .

The sticks in the hands of the eunuchs are long and thick, and the heads are covered with copper skin. When they fall on people, just one blow will break your bones and bones.

The poor eunuch was so young, he was as thin as a monkey, and after a few sticks, he became silent.

A eunuch replied: "Grandpa Shi, you've already been killed!"

It turned out that the surname of Shang Baojian's steward was Shi.

Looking at the little eunuch who was beaten to death, no scars could be seen on his body, but blood was bleeding from his mouth and nose, and his body limply slumped there. It was obvious that the bones on his body had been smashed into pieces.

Eunuch Shi shouted: "Drag it out, throw it out of the city at night to feed the dogs. The dog slave, who has committed such a serious crime, even if he dies, it will not be worth it. Also, how did he enter the palace, who recommended him, and who accepted it , have to be investigated, found out and killed!"

This was said with murderous intent, while speaking, he looked at Su Mu intentionally or unintentionally.

"Yes, follow the orders of Eunuch Shi!"

Several eunuchs shouted at the same time, those who dragged the corpse dragged the corpse, and those who investigated the case investigated the case.

Seeing a living child dying in front of him, looking at the puddle of blood remaining on the ground, Su Mu's vest suddenly felt cold, and his hairs stood on end.

Since traveling to the Ming Dynasty, he has not seen dead people. On the day when Emperor Hongzhi died, he had experienced such a huge battle, swords, swords, and flesh and blood. He thought he would not be afraid of such a scene.

But today he felt cold for no reason.

Although many people died in the night battle last time, on the battlefield, dead people are common. If you don't kill the enemy, the enemy will kill you.

As for the political struggles in the Ming Dynasty, the losers will be dismissed from office at worst, and their homes will be confiscated and sent to the army, and they will not rise to the point of being destroyed.

There are laws to follow in everything, and all laws must be followed.

This is the first time I've seen a situation like this, where you can be killed without going through the judicial department.

Su Mu suddenly realized that this is the imperial palace, and the imperial palace is different from the outer dynasty, killing a person is nothing, even if he kills, no one will bother.

He suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart: being sent here by the empress dowager today may be a disaster rather than a blessing.

The problem is, I, Su Mu, didn't make any mistakes. As for treating guests with this kind of killing stick?