Early the next morning, the palace officials spent a lot of effort to wake up Wanli, who was snoring like thunder.
With sleepy eyes, Wanli vaguely saw the anxious face of his third uncle Li Jin.
"Uncle, come, let's drink together" Wanli said with a smile.
"What are you drinking? The Queen Mother is going crazy!" Li Jin stamped his feet anxiously and ordered the palace servants: "Hurry and wash and change the emperor's clothes. The Queen Mother ordered the Emperor to come to the audience immediately!"
"Why does the queen want me?" Wanli suddenly woke up and said, "Who made her so angry?"
"Who else can it be? Your Majesty." Li Jin said with a bitter face: "The Queen Mother already knows about what your Majesty caused in Xi Nei last night."
"Ah? Who told the secret?" Wan Li rubbed his aching head with both hands and said, "I want to cut out his tongue!"
"Let's talk about those things later." Li Jin kept urging: "Let's go quickly. If it's too late, something big will happen!"
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Wanli sat on the chariot and walked for a while before he felt that things were serious.
"Isn't this the way to Ningshou Palace?"
"Yes, go to Fengxian Hall." Li Jin said with a gloomy face.
"What?" Wanli was so frightened that he suddenly sobered up and said, "Is the Queen Mother so big?"
"That's not true." Li Jin sighed: "The Queen Mother is really angry this time. Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."
"Sun Hai, go and invite the Queen Mother Rensheng!" Wanli shouted immediately, but neither Sun Hai nor the guests were seen. None of the close confidants who usually surrounded him were gone.
He panicked and quickly held his stomach and shouted: "Stop, my stomach hurts."
"Your Majesty, don't panic, the Queen Mother has already invited the Queen Mother Rensheng to come over." Li Jin knew what he had in mind.
"Oh, that's it" Wan Li calmed down a little and stopped shouting that he was going to have diarrhea.
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Fengxian Hall is the emperor's family temple dedicated to his ancestors. In addition to the three festivals a year, only when the emperor encounters major life events such as the establishment of a queen, the canonization of a prince, farming, and visiting the mausoleum, will the emperor first tell the later. temple.
As for the Queen Mother, she would not come here easily, so when Wanli heard that his mother came to Fengxian Hall, he panicked like a dog.
If the Empress Dowager Chen, who had always protected him, was not here, he would never have dared to step into this dragon's pond and tiger's den.
After entering, Wanli was still shocked by the sight in front of him. He saw his mother-in-law Li Caifeng, who had taken off her phoenix crown, pearls and emeralds, and removed her Zhai clothes and Xiapei. She had her hair down and wore a plain skirt and was kneeling at the shrine of the emperors and empresses of the Ming Dynasty. He covered his face and cried.
Queen Mother Chen knelt on the yellow futon beside her, wiping her tears and undressing softly.
Li Jin slowed his pace and entered the palace, came to the side of the two queen mothers, and reported softly: "The emperor has arrived."
"Mother" Emperor Wanli, who came in behind him, called out timidly.
"Kneel down, you evildoer!" Empress Dowager Li shouted without looking back.
Queen Mother Chen quickly turned around, pointed at Emperor Wanli, and asked him to quickly admit his mistake.
"Mother, I know you are wrong" Wanli hurriedly knelt behind the two queen mothers and said repeatedly: "I was confused for a while, but Cheng never dared to do it again"
"Shut up, this isn't the first time you've done that!" Empress Dowager Li stubbornly refused to look at him. She raised her head towards the shrines of her ancestors and recounted Emperor Wanli's debauchery in detail. road:
"I heard a few days ago that the emperor is fond of traveling to Xi Nei at night and having fun all night long. He asked Eunuch Feng to rectify Xi Nei and not allow the palace people to do flirtatious things. He thought that this way the emperor should know how to restrain himself. Who would have thought that he would Instead of repenting, he intensified his abuse of the palace people and committed the unruly things of Sui Yang"
Speaking of her sadness, Li Caifeng was heartbroken and said with tears streaming down her face: "Eighteen years of hard work and nine years of strict teaching have brought up such a debauched and immoral king. I am really ashamed of my ancestors. Teach me a lesson." Forget it if you hit him to death!"
Queen Mother Chen quickly grabbed her and cried: "Sister, it's not like that. The emperor has always been benevolent and filial in these years, and he is a wise king praised by everyone. You can't deny him just because he was confused once."
"In the past, it was because Feng Bao and I paid close attention to it, and Mr. Zhang strictly taught us that we were able to control this evil!" As the so-called "knowing son is Mo Ruomu", Empress Dowager Li said bluntly:
"Now that he has grown up, his wings have become strong, and I have returned the palace, he doesn't want Feng Bao to follow him all day long. Even Mr. Zhang has given up, and no one has restrained him at all, so he has shown his true colors!"
"No, Jun'er is still a child." Queen Mother Chen advised.
"He is eighteen years old and has been emperor for nine years."? "
"Our family does not dare to comment on such a big matter." Feng Bao waved his hands hurriedly, but couldn't help but said: "Although the Queen Mother's reaction was a bit extreme, it still understands the righteousness. The Emperor has indeed changed over the years. He Of all the dirty things we did under the temptation of those brats, we haven¡¯t even told the queen one of the ten.¡±
"So, Brother Tinglin reported what happened last night to the Queen Mother?" Zhang Juzheng suddenly asked quietly.
"Is this" Feng Bao said slightly awkwardly: "The empress ordered us to keep an eye on the emperor secretly and report every day."
"Why is this?" Zhang Juzheng frowned even more.
"Prevent him from repeating the same mistakes, getting into bad habits, and becoming another Longqing Emperor." Feng Bao sighed: "It is said that dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the son of a mouse can dig holes. Can the empress not worry?"
As he spoke, he sighed and said, "Now that Prince Lu is the same age as the Emperor when he ascended the throne, do we have to do it all over again?"
How could Zhang Juzheng not understand what he meant?
¡°If it were King Lu, he and Feng Bao could join forces to control the government for ten years
It would be a lie to say that you are not moved.
But out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Zhao Hao shaking his head slightly, and Zhang Juzheng immediately realized: "How is that possible? You must not misunderstand the Queen!" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com