When Yang Rong and Zhu Yongqing and others were announced by Empress Zhang's decree to a wing room in the Imperial Garden, they unexpectedly found that there were not only Empress Zhang, but also Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu, Zhou Zheng, Qian Yi and Lu Zhongqian, who were protecting Emperor Hongxi. Reading artifact

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According to what the Venerable Master Yuan Xia had previously said, the five Yang Shiqi would be isolated from the outside world during the period of protecting Emperor Hongxi, and they would not be able to leave their respective residences because they had to guard their respective positions.

But now Yang Shiqi and the others have gathered together, which is obviously against the explanation of the Venerable Yuan Xia.

"This palace announces that you have entered the palace, and there is a major event to tell you." After Yang Rong, Zhu Yongqing and the others sat down, Empress Zhang said quietly and in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Yang Rong, Zhu Yongqing and the others couldn't help but look at Empress Zhang curiously, not knowing what was going on.

Zhang Fu, Zhou Zheng, Qian Yi and Lu Zhongqian's expressions were very calm, they had already known about Emperor Hong Xi's death before that.

The difference is that Zhang Fu, Zhou Zheng and Qian Yi all looked extremely sad, while Lu Zhongqian's face was pale, and his expression was very complicated.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor has died on the night of the 29th of last month, and the country cannot be without a king for a day, so the queen mother has sent someone to Nanjing to invite the prince to enter Beijing in accordance with the emperor's wishes. Under the gaze of everyone, Yang Shiqi, who was sitting at the head of Empress Zhang, stood up and said with a sad expression.

Yang Rong, Zhu Yongqing and others were taken aback when they heard this, no one would have thought that Yang Shiqi would say such an earth-shattering news, no wonder Emperor Hongxi suddenly wanted to fast and pray in the Qin'an Palace.

"Your Majesty!" Then, Yang Rong got up and knelt on the ground, kowtowing in the direction of Qin'an Palace, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Your Majesty!" Driven by him, including Yang Shiqi and others, all the adults in the room knelt down facing the Qin'an Palace, crying.

Empress Zhang couldn't help but cry secretly when she saw this, Emperor Hong Xi's death was too sudden, and all the burdens were pressed on her, and the grievances in her heart and the pressure she was under only knew by herself.

I don't know how many times, Empress Zhang woke up from a nightmare late at night, she dreamed that Zhu Zhanji was killed by King Han's people halfway and died.

As for Zhu Zhanji's current situation, Empress Zhang didn't know, she pinned all her hopes on Li Yuntian, hoping that Li Yuntian would bring Zhu Zhanji back to him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, get up, this palace has summoned you here this time to discuss important matters." After Yang Rong and the others cried for a while, Empress Zhang wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and spoke.

Only then did Yang Rong and the others get up, wipe their tears and return to their respective seats and sit down, waiting for Empress Zhang to show off.

"Presumably, your lordships already know about Zhang Wang, the steward of the imperial dining room, and this palace feels that this matter is very strange, so before the prince enters Beijing, I hope that you can suppress this matter so as not to turbulent the situation." Glancing around at the scene, Empress Zhang said with a stern expression.

Although what Empress Zhang just said was to discuss with Yang Rong and others, what she said was related to the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, where did Yang Rong and others have the right to intervene.

"Don't worry, the queen mother, we will do our best to ensure the stability of the situation in the capital before the prince enters Beijing." So, Yang Shiqi, as the first assistant to the cabinet, took the lead in speaking and said to Queen Zhang.

"Please rest assured." Hearing this, Yang Rong and the others invariably bowed to Empress Zhang and said in unison.

In addition to Lu Zhongqian, including Zhang Fu, they all have a rebellious friendship with Emperor Hong Xi, and Empress Zhang is now inviting everyone to come, obviously with the taste of "supporting orphans", everyone naturally knows the stakes and does their best to help.

Empress Zhang was very comforted when she saw this, with the support of Yang Rong and others, then the situation in the capital would be under control, no one noticed, the corners of Lu Zhongqian's mouth showed a cold smile, he had already understood why he was chosen to protect Emperor Hongxi, it turned out that it was to put him under house arrest.

However, from Zhang Wang's matter, he felt that King Han had sensed that this matter was different, so he had already made arrangements, and it was really not clear who would kill the deer.

Empress Zhang dispatched troops to deal with the offensive of the King of Han, and Zhu Zhanyu was not idle, in order to intensify Zhang Wang's matter, he was ready to add a fire, which made the situation even more complicated.

Wu Shaoqing's home is in a courtyard house in a small alley in the east of the city, and there are three families living in it, except for Wu Shaoqing, the other two are ordinary people.

It stands to reason that with Wu Shaoqing's qualifications, he should at least have his own courtyard in the capital, instead of crowding with civilians, which shows his honesty as an official, and it also reflects the paranoia of his character.

The Wu family is very famous in the local area, because of Wu Shaoqing's relationship, the ruffians are respectful of the alley where the Wu family lives, and no one wants to provoke a bachelor from the five grades of the Hanlin Academy, you must know that this is a close minister around the Son of Heaven.

Although he is also a leader in the Qingliu, Wu Shaoqing is different from the former Hanlin bachelor Li Qingzheng, Li Qingzheng not only knows how to be upright, so he can sit in the position of Hanlin bachelor, and he is good friends with many people in the court, and the living conditions are far from being comparable to Wu Shaoqing.

And Wu Shaoqing belongs to the kind of person who doesn't recognize his six relatives when he gets serious, and his personality is very extreme, so he doesn't have many friends in the court, and his career in the Hanlin Academy has stopped at serving as a bachelor.

Bachelors and Hanlin Bachelors not only need to have literary talents and qualifications, but also need to be able to handle the relationship with colleagues, and it is obvious that Wu Shaoqing does not meet this point.

However, it is precisely because of Wu Shaoqing's lofty arrogance that he has become a stinky and hard stone in the eyes of the courtiers, although those who have been impeached by him hate him to the core, but they do not have his handle in their hands, and the person who falsely accused Wu Shaoqing during the Yongle period was severely punished by Emperor Yongle.

In addition, Emperor Yongle and Emperor Hong Xi also took good care of Wu Shaoqing, like Wu Shaoqing, a courtier who "does not eat fireworks in the world" is an outlier in the court, although he is too old-fashioned and extreme, but it is just used to warn the ministers in the court, and belongs to the role of a "-stirring stick".

After the afternoon dissipation, Wu Shaoqing went to a calligraphy and painting shop to get back the money he got from depositing the calligraphy and paintings sold in the zài store, which was an important way for him to subsidize his family.

Because Wu Shaoqing had offended the people of the household department before, every time he went to the Lu rice warehouse to receive the Lu Lu, he would be harassed by the Lu rice warehouse keeper, either to give him a shortage of rice and grain, and the quality was inferior, or to convert those valuable items that were valuable and marketable to him, so that he would suffer a big loss every time he received the Lu.

Wu Shaoqing was thin-skinned, and it was not good to save the five buckets of rice, so he quarreled with the officials of the Lu Mi Cang, so he suffered such a sullen loss every time, which made the officials of the Lu Mi Cang fearless.

"Wu Hanlin, go home and take a look, something happened to your family." After buying half a bag of flour at the market with the money from the sale of calligraphy and paintings, Wu Shaoqing carried it to his home, and as soon as he entered the alley where his home was located, a familiar resident shouted at him.

Wu Shaoqing was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly rushed away with the rice bag on his back, and saw from a distance that the courtyard where he lived was full of people, where they exchanged heads and talked about each other.

Seeing Wu Shaoqing, the onlookers made way for him, he heard the cry from the courtyard, so he ran in quickly, and then stood at the door, and the rice bag he was carrying fell to the ground with a bang.

I saw his wife sitting on the ground with a white-haired old lady with a drop of blood on her face, crying bitterly, her two sons lying on the ground with blood on their faces, the doors and windows of the house were smashed, and it seemed that the situation in the room was not optimistic.

Wu Shaoqing couldn't believe the scene in front of him, he was the official of the dignified imperial court from the fifth grade, and he was also the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, someone who ate the bear's heart leopard dared to attack his family, and it was a felony to attack the officials and their families.

"Mother!" Soon, Wu Shaoqing came back to his senses, hurriedly ran away, and helped the old lady in his wife's arms.

Wu Shaoqing lost his father since he was a child, and it was the old lady who pulled up their brothers with a handful of and urine, so he was filial to the old lady, and when he saw the old lady being thrown on the ground, his eyes turned red in an instant.

"Master, you're back." Seeing this, his wife couldn't help but cry bitterly, "Master, who have you offended outside, why did those people warn you not to meddle in your affairs?" ”

"What?" Wu Shaoqing was slightly stunned when he heard this, he thought that it was done by those ruffians who had been taught him before, but now it seems that it is not like that.

"Son, my mother is fine, don't worry about my mother." Although the old lady was frightened, she was not hurt, and opened her mouth to comfort Wu Shaoqing.

"Mother, my son is not filial, so you will suffer for a long time." Wu Shaoqing felt ashamed in his heart, and knelt there and kowtowed to the old lady three times.

"Dad, mother, grandma, what's wrong?" At this moment, a surprised voice sounded from the gate of the courtyard, and I saw a young couple hurriedly walking in, and the man among them was Wu Shaoqing's eldest son Wu Hai.

Wu Hai was already married, and he and his wife were doing some small business in the bazaar, and when they heard that something had happened at home, they hurried back.

"Report to the official, go and report to the official, you can't let those guys go." Wu Shaoqing hugged the old lady and said to Wu Hai with righteous indignation.

"Wu Hanlin, we have already reported to the official, but your eldest son is here, and the people from the official government have not yet appeared." Without waiting for Wu Hai to leave, a middle-aged man in the crowd couldn't help but speak.

In fact, when those fierce and vicious men broke into the courtyard and fought against the boss of the Wu family, someone had already reported to the official.

With Wu Shaoqing's character, the relationship with Shuntianfu and Dongcheng Terracotta Division is naturally not good, so the people of Shuntianfu and Dongcheng Terracotta Division naturally want to drag it back after learning that Wu Hanlin's home was smashed, and take the opportunity to teach Wu Shaoqing a lesson.

Besides, the people who dared to smash the Wu family definitely had a deep background, and the people of Shuntianfu and Dongcheng Terracotta Division were full and rushed over so early, wouldn't they be asking for trouble if they met those troublemakers?

After the gang of big men smashed the Wu family, they put down their cruel words, if anyone dared to save the people of the Wu family, then the fate of the Wu family would be repeated in them, and after finishing speaking, they walked away with a very arrogant attitude.

"Damn!" Wu Shaoqing knew that someone was deliberately looking for trouble for himself, and there were very few people who dared to do it in the capital, he immediately thought of Zhang Wang's matter, and then a sentence popped out coldly in his mouth, it is obvious that this matter is inseparable from that Venerable Yuan Xia, except for this demon Dao who is trusted by Emperor Hong Xi, who will have such a great hatred with him? One