Chapter 125 The Thirty-fourth Chapter of Compassion Ning Gong Feng Bao sued Diao Xinuang Pavilion Zhang Jing said nothing

On the third day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the festive atmosphere was still preserved in the Forbidden City. Famous performers in the capital, such as Li’s troupe singing Yiyang tune and He’s troupe singing Kunqu opera, were summoned in turn to perform in the palace.The empress dowagers of the two palaces watched their grandsons during the day and the theater at night. They had never been so happy for many years.Since Zhang Juzheng's death, Zhu Yijun, who has officially started to govern, has never been in such a cheerful mood. He seems to have found a little bit of the feeling of being king, Chen Gang is assertive and doesn't worry about being hindered by others.This morning, when he read Zhang Siwei's report explaining why Feng Bao could not be knighted, he ordered someone to summon Feng Bao and show him the report.

Feng Bao wanted to use Ji Qingjin, the eldest son of the emperor, to confer a noble title. For this purpose, he approached the Empress Dowager Li and the emperor, and they both agreed.He thought it was a certainty, but he didn't expect Cheng Yaojin to come out on the way, and Zhang Siwei jumped out to object.Feng Bao read the statement word by word, and couldn't help thinking of what Miao Ni said on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. He believed more and more that Zhang Siwei, who used to be submissive in front of him, had now become his nemesis.Not afraid of the enemy, but afraid of the enemy, Zhang Siwei moved out the ancestral code, saying that among the twelve emperors in the previous dynasty, except for Liu Jin, a traitor under Emperor Wuzong, who was granted the title of earl because of his own use of power, there was absolutely no eunuch who was promoted to the title of title.He presented this reasoning, even though Feng Bao was full of anger, he couldn't argue, so he could only say:

"Reporting to the emperor, whether the old slave can be knighted depends entirely on the emperor's grace, how can he, Mr. Zhang Ge, interfere?" How did Feng Bao know that Zhu Yijun's refusal to ennoble him was exactly what Zhu Yijun meant.But Zhu Yijun pretended to be sympathetic to Feng Bao at this time, and said while pacing in the pavilion: "Big Companion, you have devoted yourself to me for many years. You have contributed a lot to your hard work. This time the eldest son of the emperor was born, and I intended to give you a noble title. It's just that Zhang Siwei added trouble to me."

Feng Bao didn't know what to do, and still begged himself: "Your Majesty, you are the nine-five-year-old supreme being who promises everything, and rewards the old slave with a title. It's not a big deal." Zhu Yijun shook his head, pointed to Tiao Chen and said, "Big Companion, take a look at Mr. Zhang Ge's book. It's so ugly. He said that there was only one eunuch in the former dynasty, Liu Jin, who was made an earl. This Liu Jin was later executed by Emperor Wuzong Ling Chi." , the title will naturally be revoked. There is no story to follow in the country. If I insist on granting you a title, the officials in the outer court will probably gossip again. Within ten days, there will be a lot of impeachments. sent the memorial to my desk."

Hearing this, Feng Bao felt vaguely that the emperor's attitude was ambiguous, knowing that it would be useless to continue, so he had to change his words: "Since that's the case, how dare this old slave embarrass the emperor, let's forget about it." Depressed, Feng Bao left Qianqing Palace, restless for many days.On the day when Jin Feng was proclaimed, some people also came to congratulate him, saying that it was the emperor's will to shadow one of his younger brothers and nephews as the governor of Jinyiwei.He didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this, and thought, "What's the matter? We're not children. We're awkward with adults, so we'll give you a piece of candy to coax us." In his heart, he had already slandered Zhu Yijun, and hated Zhang Siwei even more. To the bone.After thinking about it again and again, he felt that the reason why the emperor suddenly became arrogant was because of the instigation of Zhang Jing inside and Zhang Siwei outside, so he secretly consulted with his cronies to plan how to get rid of these two people.While he was in full swing plotting to eradicate Er Zhang, two major events happened one after another in the court.First, at the end of August, Gu Yun suddenly delivered a memorial to Zhu Yijun during the military affairs, saying that it is not suitable for the commander-in-chief of various places to serve for a long time.Among them, Qi Jiguang, the chief soldier of Jizhen, was mentioned in particular, saying that he was transferred from Zhejiang to Jizhen and had been in office for 14 years in a flash.The emperor quickly decreed to agree to this proposal.There were six general officers in the first batch of defense changes, and Qi Jiguang was at the top of the list.He took off the commander-in-chief seal of Jizhen and transferred to Guangdong far away. Although the positions remained the same—they both had the title of second-rank general soldier, but in fact they were quite different.In Xingyuan, Ji Town, he had a powerful force of 200,000 troops under his command, while the soldiers under the command of the Guangdong Commander-in-Chief only had more than 10,000 soldiers, and they only dealt with pirates and thieves.The transfer document also specifically stated the discipline, and the commander-in-chief will be relieved of his military power on the day he receives the order, and he will leave for the new post within three days.Once this imperial decree was announced, there was an immediate public outcry.Everyone knows that Qi Jiguang was Zhang Juzheng's number one favorite general during his lifetime. It is precisely because of him that he led troops to guard the Great Wall. For fourteen years, the Tatars and Hulu have never dared to invade the border, and the capital is therefore impregnable.Now Qi Jiguang, the number one general of the Wanli dynasty, is suddenly transferred out of Jizhen, and a successor who does nothing is allowed to face the powerful tiger and wolf army outside the Great Wall. This measure is indeed puzzling.At the time when Qi Jiguang and the soldiers under his command shed tears and don't put on their clothes to take office.Another explosive news spread in the capital: Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Guoguang, was ordered to leave his post and return to his hometown to stay idle.The reason is also very simple. Yang Yinqiu, the censor of the thirteen departments, wrote a report to the imperial court in early September, impeaching Wang Guoguang for six crimes.People who are familiar with Wang Guoguang can tell at a glance that these so-called crimes are specious, and some are simply nonsense.According to the routine, when the emperor receives such memorials, he should instruct the Chengdu Procuratorate to send personnel to check and implement them before handling them.However, according to the news from the honest and upright official Fengyu eunuch, after reading this book, Zhu Yijun immediately flew into a rage, and immediately instructed the cabinet to draw up a decree to remove Wang Guoguang from his post.This is the first time in Zhu Yijun that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who is ranked first in the world's civil officials, has been punished so hastily.If Qi Jiguang was transferred from the capital, people in the officialdom still couldn't see the real purpose of the emperor for a while, then after Wang Guoguang was suddenly dismissed, everyone strongly realized that the wind direction in the capital had changed.Zhang Juzheng has been in power for ten years, and almost all the important positions in the yamen are occupied by many of his fellow students and close friends of the same age.There are many political friends who share his heart with him, but Qi Jiguang and Wang Guoguang are the only ones he favors the most.But in just half a month, the two famous ministers, civil and military, were expelled from the capital one after another.For a moment, the people in the major yamen in the capital were panicked, and almost all the officials were closely watching the emperor's every move...

In this extraordinary period, Feng Bao is the person who can most feel the dangers lurking from all kinds of details.The dethroning of Qi Jiguang and Wang Guoguang made him realize that the emperor and Zhang Siwei seemed to have reached a certain kind of tacit agreement—Zhang Siwei organized his disciples to impeach Zhang Juzheng's cronies one by one, and Zhu Yijun came to this kind of scriptures one by one, When there is absolutely no rejection.At this time, Feng Bao finally understood Zhang Siwei's so-called "digging the wall method", which was to remove the cadres Zhang Juzheng relied on one by one.Once these "cornerstones" were removed, it was finally his turn to eat him alive.This old man, who has been in the internal battle for decades, has been able to handle it with ease, this time he really felt that the end was approaching, but he was not willing to let others manipulate him and wait for his death.After some analysis, Feng Bao believed that if he wanted to get rid of Zhang Siwei, he had to get rid of the "spies" Zhang Jing who was hiding in the prison of ceremonies first.It was this guy who said "Feng Ye" one by one, pretending to be a grandson in front of him, who had been secretly hooking up with Zhang Siwei behind his back.Recently, they have been sneaking back and forth between the Qianqing Palace and the cabinet every day.Three months ago, if Feng Baoruo wanted to deal with Zhang Jing, it was as simple as crushing a grasshopper to death.But it's easier said than done now, Zhang Jing is tied to Zhang Siwei on the outside, and the emperor is protecting him on the inside, Zhongshan Wolf has become a force.Feng Baosi thought again and again, determined to use the power of Queen Mother Li to get rid of this trouble in his heart.

Since the death of Zhang Juzheng and Zhu Yijun's personal administration, Empress Dowager Li has rarely been involved in state affairs while staying in the Palace of Compassion and Ning.Zhu Yijun reviewed the memorial, and no longer asked her for instructions.After such a subtle change, it was not as easy for Feng Bao to see Empress Dowager Li as before.Firstly, Empress Dowager Li had no reason to summon him, and there were dozens of internal servants in the Palace of Compassionate Ning to take care of him for trivial matters, so there was no need for him, the chief internal officer, to take care of him; secondly, Feng Bao was afraid Arousing the emperor's suspicion, he also tried not to go to the Compassion Palace.But now it's the critical moment when the fire is imminent, and he can't care less.

However, it was said that it was the Double Ninth Festival on September 9th, just after Chen, Feng Bao dealt with some important tasks at hand in the Rites Supervisor, and he didn't want to take advantage of the situation, so he walked around the Qianqing Palace and staggered towards the Compassionate Ning Palace.In name, he was going to report to Empress Dowager Li about his acting in You Yi Zhai tonight to see what instructions she had.In fact, the real purpose is to seek the support of Queen Mother Li in expelling Zhang Jing. After a serious illness in July, Feng Bao obviously felt exhausted. Now when he walked into the courtyard of the Compassionate Ning Palace, when he crossed the threshold, he bumped because his leg was not raised high enough, and he staggered forward. After a few steps, I almost fell down.It just so happened that Empress Dowager Li had just finished copying, so she walked out of the study and walked in the yard. When she saw it, she shouted:

"Eunuch Feng, be careful!" Feng Bao managed to stabilize his body, he was breathing hard, and Empress Dowager Li had already walked up to him.I saw that she was wearing a light green embroidered dress and a pair of green satin su-like shallow flower shoes on her feet. She was completely dressed in her usual home.Since no powder is applied, there are also a few thin crow's feet on the corners of the eyes.Feng Bao glanced at her, and suddenly felt that she had been haggard a lot in the past few months.While he was in a daze, he heard Empress Dowager Li ask again: "Eunuch Feng, why are you here today?"

Feng Bao replied: "For tonight's performance, Old Nut came to ask the Queen Mother for instructions." "What good team is there?" Queen Mother Li asked with a smile. Feng Bao replied: "About a month ago, the old slave was preparing to celebrate the birth of the Empress Dowager's eldest grandson, so he specially notified Liu Quan, the Nanjing garrison eunuch, and asked him to hire some of the best opera troupes in the capital to perform in Beijing. Liu Quan accepted Handle it immediately after receiving Lao Nu's letter. About the day before yesterday, the three hired troupes arrived in Tongzhou by boat from the canal. They entered the city yesterday and were arranged to stay in the Suzhou Guild Hall. Thinking of their exhausting journey, Ben said Let them rest for a few days, coincidentally, today is the Double Ninth Festival, and tomorrow is the auspicious day when the emperor's eldest grandson is full moon, so this old slave wants to let them perform in the palace tonight, I wonder what the queen mother wants?"

"Okay," Empress Dowager Li is a theater fan, and she will be energetic when she hears about a play, and asks with great interest, "Are the three theater troupes here the best in Nanjing?" "It must be the best. Liu Quan is a good hand in this kind of thing." While talking, the two of them had already walked to the corridor of the main room of the Compassion Ning Palace.At the east end of the corridor, there is a rattan chair covered with brocade cushions, which is reserved for Empress Dowager Li to sit here and admire the flowers and trees in the courtyard in her spare time.She sat up and motioned Feng Bao to sit on a low chair next to her.She was talking about asking about the theater troupe when she suddenly caught a glimpse of Feng Bao's face as pale as paper, his eyes were bright and swollen, so she asked with concern: "Eunuch Feng, are you sick?" Right now, Feng Bao taboos the word "illness" the most, because he knows that the emperor will let him stay at home as long as he finds any excuse.Therefore, no matter how uncomfortable the numbness and bone pain were, he rushed to the supervisor of ceremonies on time every day.Empress Dowager Li's question at this time just touched his mind, remembering that he almost fell when he entered the hospital, he replied: "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, the old slave is not sick, but just now he was dazzled by the oncoming sunlight, so he tilted his eyes a little bit." Empress Dowager Li heard that Feng Bao was trying to be strong, thinking of him serving the emperor with hard work for more than ten years, she couldn't help being deeply moved, and said emotionally: "Eunuch Feng, in the past three months or so, major events have occurred in the court one after another. First, Mr. Zhang passed away. You were too busy to touch the ground, and finally fell ill. It just got better, and then the eldest son of the emperor—— our grandson was born. , and you manage it day and night, so that you can't bear it, not to mention your old age, even a young man of twenty years old, you can't stand it." "Queen..." Feng Bao's eyes were moist. "Eunuch Feng, if we remember correctly, you are sixty-five years old this year, right? Age is not forgiving! Let's see from now on, you can just sit in the ceremonial supervisor and leave all miscellaneous things to your subordinates." do it." Empress Dowager Li's sympathetic words made Feng Bao mixed with joy and sorrow. He was convinced that Empress Dowager Li's trust in him was the same as before, and the unstoppable tears fell straight down. He choked up and said: "The empress dowager is so considerate, the old slave is very grateful. I don't hide from the empress dowager that the old slave is often confused at these times, wondering if he is really old and has become a burden to the emperor." Empress Dowager Li's eyes flashed, and she asked in surprise: "Eunuch Feng, how can you think like this? As the saying goes, a family with old age is a treasure. Now that Mr. Zhang is gone, the emperor has to rely on you." Grasping this thread, Feng Bao hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, the old slave is too weak to use now, the one who can really steer the helm for the Emperor is the Queen Mother!" "Me?" Empress Dowager Li was stunned, biting her lips and muttering, "Since Mr. Zhang passed away, Jun'er has managed state affairs by himself. After a few months, he has been in order. In the past, we were always worried about him. Come on, he was trained by Mr. Zhang." Feng Bao sighed, and said with a bitter face: "In my opinion, the Queen Mother has to take care of important matters in the court." Empress Dowager Li heard something in the words, and asked sensitively: "Why, Mr. Feng, did you hear anything?" Feng Bao looked at a bright red rose in the corner of the east wall, hesitated for a while, and then summoned up the courage to ask: "Does the Empress Dowager know about the recent events in the court?" "What's up?" "Qi Jiguang was transferred from Ji Town..." "Where did he go?" Before Feng Bao could finish speaking, Empress Dowager Li rushed to ask. "Guangdong, although they are all general soldiers, but Jizhen is responsible for defending the capital. It has the most power and is the head of all the general soldiers. There is also Wang Guoguang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who was also dismissed a few days ago." "Ah, why is that?" Feng Bao reported in detail the whole story of the two incidents.After hearing this, Queen Mother Li remained silent for a long time.At this time, a flower butterfly the size of a locust tree leaf flew in from the courtyard wall and danced around the rose flowers. The maid who was watering the flower tree saw it and jumped to catch it. The maid yelled: "Qin'er, let it fly, don't disturb it." Seeing the maid bent down to water the flowers and trees again, Empress Dowager Li turned her head and said to Feng Bao: "We added the After my grandson, for more than a month, I only thought about enjoying the blessing of being a grandma, and didn't think about meddling in the political affairs of the court. Jun'er met us many times and didn't talk about government affairs. We thought he could handle politics alone , I didn’t expect to make such a big leak.” Hearing the obvious dissatisfaction in Queen Mother Li's tone, Feng Bao became more courageous to speak: "Queen Mother, Qi Jiguang and Wang Guoguang have ended up like this, and this old slave can't help being frightened when he hears it." "What are you worried about?" Queen Mother Li asked with wide-eyed eyes. Feng Bao replied: "The emperor has been on the throne for ten years, and Zhang Juzheng assisted him loyally, and finally created the Wanli New Deal that made the country rich and the people peaceful. The emperor got rid of these two people. Now all the ministers in the court are panicking. This situation is very similar to the spring of the sixth year of Longqing." "Ah?" Empress Dowager Li's heart tightened suddenly when she mentioned that unforgettable and painful time, and her face changed when she saw it. She asked, "Why is it like the sixth year of Longqing?" "At that time, the late emperor was seriously ill, and it was difficult to handle state affairs personally. There was Gao Gong in the cabinet outside, and Meng Chong, the inspector of ceremonies in the inner court. The two men had bad intentions, and they colluded to evade the emperor and control the court..." "Needless to say," Empress Dowager Li asked in a raised voice, her face flushed, "now the cabinet is Zhang Siwei, who is the inner court colluding with him?" "Zhang Jing." Feng Bao blurted out. "Zhang Jing?" Empress Dowager Li was taken aback, "Isn't he one of your subordinates?" "That's right," Feng Bao said with a heartbroken look, "this man was on duty at the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and he had some ink in his stomach. He looked honest and honest at first glance, so the old slave promoted him to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Wanli Eight years later, he was asked to go to Xinuang Pavilion to read books for the emperor. Who knew that this guy was actually a Zhongshan wolf." "You said he colluded with Zhang Siwei, what evidence is there?" "According to Dongchang's report, this whale has sneaked into Zhang Siwei's home many times since Zhang Juzheng's death. The recent impeachment of Pan Sheng, Wang Guoguang and the transfer of Qi Jiguang were all written by Zhang Siwei's disciples. These disciples of Jing and Zhang Siwei are also fighting fiercely in private. The day before yesterday, Zhang Jing did a bad thing and was scouted out by the old slave." "What's up?" "He spent a lot of money to buy some Burmese bells for the emperor from Yunnan." As Feng Bao said, he took out a tinfoil bag from his arms, and carefully opened it for Empress Dowager Li to see.I saw a few golden balls the size of mung beans inside.Empress Dowager Li held one in her hand, and saw that the small ball was inlaid with hair-like gold thread. When she squeezed it lightly, she felt soft and nice to the touch. Empress Dowager Li had never seen such an object before. Answer to ask: "This little ball is so finely made, what do you call it?" "The Burmese bell is made in Burma and brought in from Yunnan. It's a small one, worth a hundred taels of silver." "It's so expensive, what is it for?" Feng Bao hesitated for a while before saying: "In front of the Queen Mother, this old slave really can't say anything." "There's nothing to say, just say it!" Empress Dowager Li raised her eyebrows, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes deepened. "Report to the Empress Dowager, this Burmese bell is a device for obscenity." "The obscene device?" Empress Dowager Li picked up the Burmese bell that had been put down again, kneading and asking, "Why is this an obscene device?" Feng Bao knew that Empress Dowager Li's question meant how to use the Burmese bell, so he replied: "The old slave has inquired about it, and I heard that this Burmese bell is stuffed into the man's body. After the Burmese bell is heated, it emits a smell. Come out and make women feel great." When Empress Dowager Li heard this, she immediately became ashamed. In a fit of anger, she raised her hand and threw the Burmese bell out, cursing: "Zhang Jing, this dog slave, dares to seduce the emperor." "That's right. At the beginning, Sun Hai and Ke used two to lure the emperor to the Meandering Hall to do that shameful and nasty thing. Now this whale's tricks to lure the emperor are even more outrageous and bolder." "Hey, there are more villains in this palace than lice!" Queen Mother Li said, Huo Di stood up, frowned and said to Feng Bao, "Come on, Eunuch Feng, let's go clean the palace now." In the middle of the hour, Zhu Yijun, who was listening to Zhang Jing read an hourly memorial in the West Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, felt a little tired, so he sat behind a few desks and stretched his waist, asking the parched Zhang Jing: "Is there any book in the back that I haven't read?" Zhang Jing opened the excerpts of the papers in front of him, and said: "There are two more important things. One is that Li Shiyao, the inspector of Henan Province, asked the emperor to resume his official position as Shaoqing Qiu Xiao of Dali Temple in Nanjing in the early years of Longqing." "Who is Qiu Xiao?" Zhu Yijun asked. While flipping through Li Shiyao's papers, Zhang Jing replied: "Qiu Xiao is from Zhucheng, Shandong. He was a Jinshi in the 29th year of Jiajing. The speech officer, as famous as Hai Rui, was known as Beiqiu Nanhai at that time: this Qiu Jue took the impeachment of lawless officials as his duty, and the powerful officials impeached by him successively included Zhang Shiche, Minister of the Ministry of War of Nanjing, Yan Song, Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Xu Song, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, etc. Due to offending too many dignitaries, he was repeatedly reprimanded. In the last years of Jiajing, he was also deposed by the Emperor Jiajing's court staff and was deposed as a citizen. At the beginning of Longqing, when Xu Jie was the chief assistant of the cabinet, he was called back to the court and served as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple in Nanjing. In less than two years, he was dismissed for offending Gao Gong. In the early years of Wanli, after Lord Long Live ascended the throne, someone suggested that Qiu Jue be reinstated, but Zhang Juzheng felt that this person was pedantic and hated him, so he did not agree." After hearing this, Zhu Yijun asked, "You mean that this Qiu Jue is as famous as that upright official Hai Rui who is not greedy for money?" "This is what Li Shiyao said in his booklet." "Is Hai Rui alive or dead?" "The slave doesn't know." "Go to the cabinet to pass on my order and ask Hai Rui if he is still alive. If he is still alive, he will be rehabilitated with Qiu Xiao. Yuan Fu thinks these two people are pedantic. I think these two people can be used." "The slave obeys the order." Zhang Jing stretched out his hand to take the booklet from the box, Zhu Yijun stopped him and said, "Forget it, I won't read the following booklet. Today is the Double Ninth Festival. I heard that the chrysanthemums in the back garden are blooming just right. Let's eat some first." Tea, and then enjoy the chrysanthemum." While talking, the steward signboard of Xinuang Pavilion had brought in the tea table, brewed a pot of excellent Wuyi Tieguanyin, and served three or four refreshments.Zhu Yijun tasted a small cup of tea, and put a small piece of moose cream cake into his mouth. While chewing, he asked Zhang Jing: "Yesterday I asked you to ask the dessert room how this moose cream cake is made, did you ask?" "My servant asked," Zhang Jing watched Zhu Yijun chewing with gusto, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and reported, "Hu You'er, the manager of the pastry room, told this servant that the raw material of this frost cake is fresh moose antler. , made by tempering donkey-hide gelatin." "Moose velvet? I heard that velvet is very nourishing, why not use velvet?" "Deer antler nourishes yin, which is good for women. This antler nourishes yang, which is good for men, so Hu Youer made antler cake for Long Live God." "No wonder, I tasted a few pieces yesterday, and it really worked." Zhu Yijun laughed, made a childish face, and said, "Why doesn't this Hu Youer usually make this moose cream cake for me?" "Usually he doesn't know how to do it," Zhang Jing looked out the window.He said in a low voice, "The method of making this moose cream cake was taught to him by Mr. Zhang Ge." "Ah, you mean Zhang Siwei?" "Exactly. Zhang Ge's hometown is the richest man in Shanxi, and he knew how to take care of his body since he was a child. He told Hu You'er that the autumn wind nourishes and people in the capital eat Cordyceps sinensis, which can only replenish qi. Ordinary men need both to replenish qi and tonic." If you want to replenish essence and blood, you have to eat this moose cake." Zhu Yijun swallowed another piece of cake with his tea, and said with a smile: "This old man must have been a romantic and talented man when he was young." Zhang Jing grinned, and replied: "In the Ming Dynasty, there were twelve emperors before the Long Live Lord. In terms of Shendu and self-discipline, none of them can compare with the Long Live Lord." Zhu Yijun's eyes widened, and he said dissatisfiedly: "I said romantic, but you said cautious and independent. In front of me, what kind of saint are you pretending to be?" Seeing that Zhu Yijun misunderstood his meaning, Zhang Jing hurriedly bowed and explained: "Long Live Lord, what this servant means is that compared to those Long Live Lords from the previous dynasty, you are too cautious and you should let go of them." "How to let go?" Zhang Jing mysteriously took out a folding fan from the folding box, handed it to Zhu Yijun with both hands, and said: "The servant was visiting an antique shop a few days ago, and saw this big folding fan with the royal pen of Emperor Xuande left on it, so he bought it and kept it in the folding box, intending to present it to the Long Live Lord for appreciation, but Never had a chance." Zhu Yijun said "ah", took the folding fan and shook it open, only to see a six-character poem on the slightly yellowed silk fan: Xiangpu Haze and Greenery Shanxi flowers and rain give birth to fragrance Sweep away the scorching heat of the world Bring back the coolness in the sky Zhu Yijun recited it again, appreciating the calligraphy carefully, and commented: "Emperor Xuande's calligraphy is very similar to Chu Suiliang's brushwork. Zhang Jing, how much did you pay for this fan?" "One thousand taels of silver." "My God, it's so expensive!" "Long Live Lord, one thousand taels of silver is worth a painting of the previous emperor's calligraphy, it's worth it! Long Live Lord, do you know what kind of pen is used to write the words on this folding fan?" Zhu Yijun replied: "I have read it, the brush is soft and smooth, it should be a brush." Zhang Jing shook his head and said, "The owner of the antique shop said that the calligraphy written by Emperor Xuande was written with a fetal brush." "Lamb hair brush?" Zhu Yijun picked up the folding fan and looked at it again, "Well, judging from the degree of wetness, it looks like a tire hair brush." ​​He stood up and took a long tube of ivory-made rod from the tortoiseshell pen holder on the desk. Fengbi, handed it to Zhang Jing and said, "I also have a fetal brush. Look, this one was given to me by my companion." Zhang Jing took the ivory fetal hair brush, twisted the tip of the brush with his hands, and said with a smile: "The fetal hair brush that Eunuch Feng gave to Long Live Lord is made of baby hair. Emperor Xuande's fetal hair brush is not this kind." .” "Any other fetal hair brushes?" "Another, better lanugo hair brush is made from the first-growth female hair of girls. Compared with the lanugo hair on the baby's head, the male hair of this girl's genitals is not only soft, but also resilient." "Ah, there is this kind of pen. I have never heard of it." Zhu Yijun said in surprise, "It's just that the female hair is bent, how can I make it straight?" "Penmakers have a special craft." "Well, it should be interesting to write with this kind of pen." "Does Long Live want to use this pen?" "Where is the wow?" "Yes, the slave prepared one for the Long Live Lord." "Ah, where did you get that?" "In these days, as long as you have money, you can't buy anything." "Where's the pen?" "It's in the servant's room." Zhang Jing said with a flattering smile, "After the servant accompanied Long Live Lord to the back garden to admire the chrysanthemums, I'll go and get them." "Go, you can get it now." Zhu Yijun said impatiently, "I just want to write with this brush now, so why would I want to admire the chrysanthemums!" Zhang Jing was about to step back, but saw Zhou You stepping in, and said: "Long Live Lord, Eunuch Feng led the Queen Mother, and came this way from the Palace of Compassion and Ning." "Ah, why are they here?" Zhu Yijun, whose face was already glowing with excitement, suddenly had a premonition that something bad was going to happen, and hurriedly said to Zhang Jing, "You go back to the Supervisor of Rites first, and come back when I call you. " Zhang Jing bowed and stepped back.