The most proud person in today's palace is none other than Li Guofu, the eunuch of the imperial horse.

Originally, he was just a eunuch who was still a food eunuch, and his status was uncountable among the twenty-four eunuchs, and he had never even seen the celebrant eunuch, but he was suddenly appreciated by Emperor Chongzhen, and was promoted to the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, who was in charge of the horses and elephant houses of the four guards, and held the military power to compete with the celebrant eunuch. What made Li Guofu even happier was that his holy family successfully squeezed out Han Zanzhou and was able to serve by Chongzhen's side.

For the eunuchs of the inner palace, all the power comes from the emperor alone, and the closer to the emperor, the higher the status, the more powerful it is, this is an obvious thing. Li Guofu even fantasized that one day he would be able to replace Han Zanzhou as the first eunuch in the inner palace!

With a high position and power, he naturally welcomed wealth from all directions, and became a eunuch of the imperial horse in just these days, Li Guofu bought a mansion in Taipingfang and bought several shops. Every time after the duty, there are countless people who ask to see him, and they are all people who rush to give him money.

Yesterday, a few merchants from the north came to the door and gave a heavy gift of two thousand taels of silver, just to be able to get his protection and open a store in the city of Nanjing. You only need to move your mouth to earn a lot of silver, and Li Guofu naturally readily agreed. Thinking about the large amount of silver that has just been put into the bag, he is still happy when he serves Chongzhen in the Qianqing Palace.

The news of Jiujiang's victory reached Nanjing, and Chongzhen's condition was rarely improved, and he could eat a bowl of gruel every meal and walk a few laps in the hall.

Chongzhen was absolutely conscientious as the emperor, and as soon as his condition improved slightly, he planned to go to the court council, Li Guofu begged hard to no avail, so he had to move in the virtuous concubine Zhang Xiuer and Princess Kunxing to persuade him, and Shi Kefa and other cabinet ministers also persuaded each other, which made Chongzhen dispel the attention of the last dynasty and retreat to the palace to review and handle state affairs.

When Chongzhen reviewed the recitals, Li Guofu was waiting by the side, the celebrant sent the sorted out recitals into the palace, and Han Zanzhou grinded and handed the recitals, and then sorted out the approved recitals.

After the victory in Jiujiang, it was the good news that the official army regained the prefecture and county one after another, and under the command of Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi, the generals advanced by leaps and bounds, and good news came to Nanjing every day. This kind of recital is Chongzhen's favorite to see, and every time the master of ceremonies organizes the recital, he will put them on top.

"The general soldier Li Yi Raozhou won a great victory, defeated the thief general Zhang Nengqi's 100,000 army, Zhang Nengqi led the remnants of the army to flee to Guangxin Mansion, and all six counties of Raozhou Mansion were recovered. Okay, good, sure enough, there are no weak soldiers under the strong generals, Li Yi was originally not surprised, and he was far inferior to Yu Feng Jin Shenghuan in terms of martial arts and strategy, but he didn't expect to become so good at fighting after Chen Yue Aiqing's training. ”

Chongzhen read the good news several times in a row, but he didn't notice that Li Guofu, who was waiting beside him, was pale and his body was trembling slightly.

"What's wrong?" Chongzhen finally noticed Li Guofu's strange appearance, and asked with a slight frown.

Li Guofu gritted his teeth and put a few books on Chongzhen's case, "Your Majesty, there is the impeachment of the imperial history, the impeachment of slaves." ”

Just now, when Li Guofu took the note from the basket, he was shocked to find that the several letters below the good news were actually impeached by Li Fuguo. With Chongzhen's current physical condition, the imperial doctor repeatedly instructed him not to work for too long, so when the celebrant sent the sparse, he first checked it, picked up the most important sparse and let Chongzhen approve it, and other general matters were handled by the cabinet.

It is said that the courtier has not been impeached, and the powerful eunuchs in the palace have been impeached more often, after all, the Qingliu imperial historians of the Manchu Dynasty all look at the eunuchs unpleasantly. But according to the current situation, such a trivial matter of impeachment should not be sent to the Qianqing Palace for Chongzhen's approval, but now that it has been sent to the front of the palace, Li Fuguo knows who did it with his knees, except for the eunuch Han Zanzhou, who is there?

Flipping through the several letters in front of him, Chongzhen's face was very calm, and even Li Guofu, who was secretly looking at the side, couldn't guess what Chongzhen was thinking.

"Oppressing good people, disregarding people's lives, robbing people of as many as ten shops, everything is said in great detail, and there are all human and material evidence. Hehe, Li Guofu, these days, you have not been idle except for waiting for me. ”

Chongzhen gently tapped the music in front of him with his fingers, and said to Li Guofu with a smile.

"Your Majesty," Li Guofu couldn't hold it anymore and fell to his knees with a pop.

"Honestly, is it true that this is the charge of impeaching you?" Chongzhen asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, some things are true, and some things are framed. The slave and maid have made some money these days, but they don't dare to take the lives of the grass and people! In front of Chongzhen, Li Guofu didn't dare to lie, and briefly said his behavior these days.

"In many cases, it is others who rush to give money to slaves and maids, and slaves and maids are not guilty of such means as forcibly seizing people's property. However, because the slaves and maids are busy on weekdays, they neglect to discipline the little cubs below, and there are also those who do illegal things under my banner. In short, it is the sin of the slave and the maid, it is the slave and the maid who get carried away and live up to Your Majesty's expectations, and ask Your Majesty to punish the slave and maid severely. Li Guofu kowtowed repeatedly, and after a while, his forehead was already iron-blue.

"Hehe, it is said that thousands of miles of officials are only for money, and those who are officials can enjoy beauty while making money, and powerless people like you have nothing but greed for money, and I can understand it. But what I can't understand is that I know that you are now my person, and some people want to impeach you even though they don't care about so many things, and they also send the song to the imperial front. Chongzhen said lightly, and Li Guofu could feel a faint murderous aura from his tone.

"Your Majesty, it's all slaves and maids who are bad, and it's all slaves and maids who misbehave, which gives others the handle of impeachment and makes Your Majesty disgraced." Li Guofu knelt on the ground and howled.

At this moment, a eunuch guarding the gate of the Qianqing Palace hurriedly entered the hall, "Your Majesty, the eunuch Han Zan Zhou and Han Gonggong ask to see you." ”

"Hehe, that someone else is here, you useless thing, get out of here." Chongzhen kicked Li Guofu on the shoulder with his foot and scolded in a low voice.

Li Guofu hurriedly got up from the ground and moved to Chongzhen's side, and then Chongzhen bowed his head slightly, the door of the temple opened, and Han Zanzhou was ushered in.

Han Zanzhou bowed down and walked into the main hall, kneeling down and kowtowing in the hall.

"Okay, excuse me, I don't need you to be on duty now, what's the matter with coming to see me?" Chongzhen asked impatiently.

"Back to Your Majesty, Dongchang cracked a spy case today, involving people in the palace, and the slave had to come to see Your Majesty, asking Your Majesty to dismiss this person and investigate it."

Han Zan's words on Monday surprised Chongzhen, and Li Guofu on the side broke out in a cold sweat.