Concubine Wang Gong is a poor person, she has been imprisoned in Ciqing Palace for more than ten years, and the mother and son, who were originally dependent on each other, will never see each other again.

Years ago, her condition worsened.

Originally, I could see people vaguely, but gradually I couldn't see anything clearly, and I could only roughly distinguish a general outline.

In May, she was very sick.

After the young master Zhu Changluo learned the news that his mother was critically ill, he immediately entered the palace and begged to see his father, asking his father to allow him to see his mother for the last time.

Wanli agreed to the eldest son's request.

In front of his mother's sickbed, looking at his mother's mother, who had a weak breath, Zhu Changluo was in pain.

After a long time, Concubine Wang Gong opened her eyes, her hands were extremely thin, she slowly lifted it with difficulty, stroked her son's face, with tears in her eyes, and murmured: "My son has grown up, and I am willing to die." ”

"Mother..."

Zhu Changluo's tears were like rain, he couldn't cry, he couldn't say anything.

Concubine Wang Gong probably knew that her limit was approaching, so she wanted to say a few more words to her son, but found that Pang Bao, Concubine Zheng's personal attendant, was standing at the door, and couldn't help but tremble, and then pointed at Pang Bao angrily, and scolded sadly: "Why are you eavesdropping here!" ”

"Concubine Gong, why is the slave eavesdropping?"

Pang Bao looked innocent, and when he saw the prince glaring at him, he instinctively stepped back.

"Mother!"

Zhu Changluo suppressed the anger in his heart, and when he wanted to talk to his mother, he found that his mother didn't say anything anymore.

Concubine Wang Gong didn't breathe immediately, and she dragged it out for another two days.

Before he died, there was only one young man named Wang Chengen who accompanied the prince's biological mother.

When Wang Chengen knocked on the gate of Ciqing Palace with red eyes, the guards outside knew what was happening.

Soon, the Qianqing Palace knew the news, and the Cining Palace also knew.

Kunning Palace and Yikun Palace received the news at the same time.

The last one to know was the East Palace.

Wanli ordered someone to open the palace gate and spread the prince to come to see the funeral.

Zhu Changluo looked at the body of his skinny mother and cried loudly.

Ye Xianggao was the first foreign official to know the news of Concubine Wang Gong's death, and at that time, he couldn't help but sigh.

sighed that Concubine Gong's life was bitter, and she couldn't wait for the day when her son came out.

Concubine Gong is dead, and the corresponding funeral is arranged by the Ministry of Etiquette, so there is no need for Lord Shoufu to worry about it.

At this time, there was still only Ye Xianggao in the cabinet room.

He is the first assistant, but there is no secondary assistant, let alone a minister, so that it is a large duty room, empty.

On this day, Ye Xianggao finished handling a few official duties, prepared to leave the cabinet and pass through the noon gate, and went to the east to find Sun Piyang to discuss the matter of Jingcha.

It's not a matter if things are so stiff, there must be a breakthrough, otherwise this year's great opportunity for Jingcha will be wasted.

Before leaving, he glanced at the map of nations hanging on the wall of the attic.

This picture was sent to the cabinet by the emperor a few months ago, and according to the prince of the Si Lizhang seal, the emperor sent a maritime eunuch to the south.

The maritime eunuch was not a stranger, but the miscellaneous person who had been the official of the Central Decree before.

Speaking of this little eunuch, Ye Xianggao is no stranger, not long ago, Zhao Nanxing also mentioned this person to him, intending to deprive him of his official position.

It's a pity that this person entered the palace cleanly, and Rao is Ye Xianggao is the first assistant, and he can't directly interfere with the affairs in the palace. It is possible to ask Grandpa Sun for help, but if this person asks the emperor to send him to the sea, I am afraid that Grandpa Sun will be helpless to take it.

Speaking of this, Wei Liangchen is also meritorious. The mutiny was able to be quelled quickly, and it played a part in it. It is also thought that this kid has this merit, Ye Xianggao is an adult who does not care about villains, and does not care about him in general. Otherwise, with his respect as the first assistant, he really insisted on making trouble for him, how could he not do it.

However, in Maritime, Ye Xianggao was unimpressed.

The world in the picture painted on the wall seemed ridiculous to Shousuke.

Most of them were Western missionaries who used it to coax His Majesty, but His Majesty only had the benefits of gold and silver in his eyes, and he was interested in doing maritime affairs, but he didn't know that this overseas was full of wilderness, and it was useless to go to sea in the country.

It's just that His Majesty didn't order the court to run maritime affairs after all, and Ye Xianggao didn't want to talk too much about the inner court. But so that Wei Liangchen had no gain, and His Majesty's interest naturally stopped.

Ye Xianggao thought of the deceased Chen Ju's father-in-law who passed away last year and was in charge of the East Factory, this is really a virtuous eunuch, and his death made Ye Xianggao regretful.

After sighing repeatedly, Ye Xianggao was about to leave the pavilion, but the duty office came to report that Wang An's father-in-law in the East Palace asked to see the pavilion elder.

"Please."

Since the death of the two virtuous eunuchs Tian Yi and Chen Ju one after another, Wang An has become the only remaining virtuous eunuch in the palace, and he is friendly with the Donglin Party, and he is also a think tank around the prince.

After Wang An came in, he saw Ye Xianggao, but he knelt on the ground with a "plop", and said in a mournful voice: "Ge Lao gang a group of young masters!" ”

Ye Xianggao was startled, hurriedly stepped forward to support Wang An, and asked, "What does the prince command, even if he says it bluntly, the old man will do it." ”

Wang An's eyes were a little red, his voice was very hoarse, and he sobbed: "The elder of the pavilion doesn't know, Concubine Gong has been in the house for three days, but he still hasn't mourned, and he can't see the emperor's decree, the young master is so aggrieved that he just cries, and the slave and maid really can't stand it, so he dares to ask the elder to be the prince in charge!" After saying that, he burst into tears.

"How can Your Majesty be like this!"

Ye Xianggao was also angry, and he couldn't help but feel sad while being angry, he comforted Wang An and said: "Don't worry, the old man will enter the palace to face the saint, and be sure to let the royal concubine enter the soil for peace." Ask the prince to tell the prince that he may be relieved. ”

"Thank you, Elder Ge!"

Wang An was grateful.

Ye Xianggao immediately did not go to the ministry, entered the palace alone, and explained the matter to the emperor.

Wanli may have known that he was wrong, or he didn't want to listen to Ye Xianggao's accusations, so he issued an imperial decree: "The funeral should be based on Emperor Sejong's concubine Shen as an example", and sent an order to the Ministry of Rites to report the ceremony.

When the officials of the Ministry of Rites submitted the etiquette and specific arrangements for the funeral, Wanli did not approve it for five consecutive days, and Ye Xianggao had to enter the palace again to fight, and Wanli approved the request of the Ministry of Rites.

Feeling that the emperor was so cold and ruthless to the prince's biological mother, and then looking at the emperor's kindness to King Fu, Ye Xianggao felt a deep crisis.

Concubine Zheng's son Chang Xun was named King Fu at the age of fifteen and married at the age of nineteen. According to the ancestral system, after the prince's marriage, he must return to the vassal country, and he is not allowed to enter Beijing without being called, but Concubine Zheng's beloved son is anxious, and she uses various excuses to keep the king in Beijing, and now, she will live in the capital for a long time on the grounds that the palace of the domain has not yet been completed.

Ye Xianggao deeply felt that King Fu's return to the domain was indeed a very tricky thing, but if King Fu did not leave for a day, it would be a threat to the prince's smooth accession to the throne.

On the side of the Grand Canal, a eunuch also felt the same threat as Fuqing.

The difference is that the person who threatens him is also a eunuch.

"If you let the emperor know that Gonggong Chen actually bribed Li Sancai of the Donglin Party, but I don't know what the emperor thinks of Gonggong Chen." Father-in-law Wei didn't smile at his skin.

He likes this kind of extortion, especially if the object is still a big fat meat.

Chen Zeng, the supervisor of Shandong mines, is an out-and-out fat man.

Fortunately, there is a letter from Li Yongzhen to the newspaper, otherwise this big fat meat would fly from the mouth of Gonggong Wei.

Of course, Tian Ergeng is also good, he can find out the secret of Chen Zeng and Li Sancai's hookup, and he knows how to give him this cheap benefit to his father-in-law Wei.

Not bad, not bad.

This is born from the same root, so why not be in a hurry to fry each other.

For blackmailing colleagues, Father-in-law Wei has no psychological burden.

Because, he has roots.