Ming Dynasty fake eunuch

Chapter 546
I'm afraid Yang Xian himself didn't expect that the cannonball punched against Yang Sichang in the court would make him prosper in official career and eventually replace his family member Yang Sichang.

Without further ado, in the court hall after the chaotic battle, when everyone quieted down, they were shocked to find that the queen mother had left long ago.

From the beginning to the end, Mu Zheng didn't come out to persuade everyone. After everyone was tired, he stood on the side of the jade steps and said to the officials, "You guys have a lot of authority. The first time the Queen Mother came to the court to listen to the government I was scared away by you, and those who didn’t know thought you were going to rebel! The Queen Mother said that she dare not take care of the court anymore, so please take care of yourself, my lords!”

After Mu Zheng finished speaking, he left without looking back, leaving behind all the civil and military officials who were at a loss. You looked at me, I looked at you, and then fell to their knees on the ground in unison.

"The empress dowager calms down, the ministers know they are wrong"

The sound was neat and orderly, as if it had been rehearsed long ago.

The Compassionate Ning Palace belongs to the harem, and the courtiers are not allowed to set foot there without a special summons, so they can only kneel in the Golden Palace to plead guilty.

Yang Sichang couldn't help but secretly regretted it. According to his thinking, the queen mother was young and inexperienced, and he mobilized courtiers to invite the courtiers to play together in the Golden Palace. The queen mother would agree to everything, but only now did he realize that this young queen mother is not that simple. I knew it earlier. , it should be discussed with her first, and then brought up at the court meeting.

In fact, it’s no wonder Yang Sichang was careful, who made the rumors about Ye Xun and the Queen Mother so ambiguous, if there was something really tricky about the two of them, it would be useless for Yang Sichang to look for it privately, so he had to force the Queen Mother to come down in front of all the courtiers. Only then can this be done.

When things got to this point, Yang Sichang couldn't ride a tiger, so he had to kneel in front of the officials and take the lead to plead guilty to the queen mother. As for the next step, he had to put out the anger of the queen mother first.

It was useless for the courtiers to wait too long, and soon the harem sent out a decree, and the courtiers returned to their respective posts to work, and the court affairs must not be delayed, and other matters will be discussed later.

Judging from the tone of voice, the empress dowager's anger didn't seem too serious. Yang Sichang glanced at Yuan Keli, and between his eyes, he once again achieved some ulterior purpose
After the new year, there seemed to be a lot of programs in the Ming court. First, the emperor passed away, then the new emperor ascended the throne, the queen mother listened to the government behind the curtain, and then there was the voice of fallen leaves in the court. Apart from these things, the sudden death of Huang Taiji's son It seems insignificant.

Many people have the feeling that the seemingly peaceful capital is actually undercurrents.

After the new year, a guest came to the mansion of Prince Consort Yang Wanqing. This guest was Xu Wenjue, the son of Wei Guogong.

Xu Wenjue came to mourn the emperor on behalf of his father, and by the way, he also participated in the enthronement of the new emperor.

Wei Guogong's lineage has always been related to the royal family, so Yang Wanchun and Yang Wanchun are also considered relatives. In addition, the two have similar tastes, so every time Xu Wenjue comes to Beijing, he lives in the son-in-law's mansion.

This kid has a guilty conscience and hides when he goes in and out. He is afraid that Ye Xun will trouble him. Fortunately, Ye Xun hasn't appeared again since the end of the year, which makes him feel at ease.

Originally, he was going back to Jinling in the next few days, but he stayed after knowing that Yang Sichang and others were secretly colluding to overthrow Ye Xun.

This matter is very important to their father and son, and even the whole Jiangnan, so how can Xu Wenjue not care about it?
The cold wind outside was still there, but inside the flower hall was as warm as spring. Xu Wenjue and Yang Wanchun sat facing each other, with a few light dishes and a pot of old wine in front of them.

From the bottom of his heart, Yang Wanchun also hated Ye Xun very much, but his strength was limited, and he couldn't even hurt a single hair of Ye Xun, so he could only bury this hatred deep in his heart.

After a few glasses of wine, both of them felt a little drunk, and they talked more.

"Brother Yang, you have been in the capital for a long time, have many acquaintances, and have a wide range of contacts. Do you think Mr. Yang and the others will succeed this time?"

Yang Wanqing curled his lips and said: "It's hard to say, the most important thing is that Mr. Yang Ge and the others don't have military power, and the British Duke refuses to show up. You know, the Beijing camp is almost dominated by the Liaodong Army. There are no important ministers, so it can't be suppressed at all." They, without the support of the army, can hardly do anything”

"However, it also depends on the Queen Mother's attitude. There are rumors that the eunuch has not entered the palace for a long time. It seems that the news that he fell out of favor in front of the Queen Mother is not groundless. As long as the Queen Mother can make an order, no matter what the army says There is absolutely no reason for our Ming army to stand by the eunuchs."

"Since this is the case, then what are you waiting for, Mr. Yang Ge? Let's unite some loyal and upright people to beg the Queen Mother. If we are united, I don't believe that we can't bring down that eunuch."

Xu Wenjue was always afraid that Ye Xun would retaliate against him, so he wished that the Queen Mother would order Ye Xun down now.

"Hey! You think I don't want to! There are many people in Beijing who hate that eunuch, but after such a long time, that eunuch is still alive and kicking, and no one has hurt half of his hair, so my brother! There's no rush for this"

Yang Wanqing said and made a gesture to invite wine.

After hearing Yang Wanqing's words, Xu Wenjue couldn't help being silent. You must know that he has many ways to assassinate Ye Xun, but just like Yang Wanqing said, there is nothing he can do to Ye Xun.

Just as he was about to drink from the wine glass, he suddenly heard a noise coming from the top of his head. He subconsciously looked up and saw a black object hitting his head.

The incident happened suddenly, and it was too late for Xu Wenjue to dodge. The same happened to Yang Wanqing who was on the side. When he heard the movement and raised his head, it was already too late.

"Puff."

After the sound of the heavy object falling to the ground accompanied by two screams, a huge beam first hit the heads of the two of them, and then rolled to the ground, with bright red blood splattered everywhere.

In ancient times, rich people used extremely precious and strong wood to build their houses. Such a beam must weigh at least several hundred catties.

Just imagine hundreds of kilograms of things falling from the sky and hitting your head, can you still have it?
The heads of the two were like smashed watermelons, red and white things splashed everywhere, and they didn't even have time to snort, and they just died like that.

The maids waiting around were stunned for a moment, then ran away screaming.

No one understands how the beam fell, but according to the housekeeper who rushed over to check, they found that the side of the beam had been eaten by insects and ants. In this way, the beam suddenly fell. explained.

Soon, the news that the captain-in-law's captain and the young prince were smashed to death by the beams in the son-in-law's mansion were sent to the Tenth Prince's Mansion and Jiangnan respectively.

Almost at the same time that Xu Wenjue was crushed to death by the beams, the old Duke Xu Hongji, who was far away in Jinling, accidentally fell into the water when he was playing in the Qinhuai River. When his men rescued him, they found that the old Duke was long gone. breath.

People fall into the water on the Qinhuai River every day, and there are not a few people who drown, but people like Xu Hongji have a large number of followers when they go in and out. It is very unexpected to fall into the river, and they were rescued after falling. He should not have died.

But what seemed normal was not so normal. Even Wu Zuo came to examine Xu Hongji's body and concluded that he died by drowning.

The Xu family had no choice but to build a mourning hall in the mansion and report to the court at the same time. At the same time, they sent a letter to Xu Wenjue, the young prince, asking him to come back immediately for the funeral.
The Xu family didn't know at all that the old man and his father had already joined hands to report to King Yan Luo.
(End of this chapter)