The next day.
There was a huge courtyard at the outermost perimeter of the Great Ming Palace. It was called the Internal Court Province. The houses were scattered and complicated, like a small city pool.
The outermost layer was a row of connected outer rooms, which were occupied by ordinary eunuchs. The eunuchs who lived in the inner layer were of higher rank!
At the very center, there were twenty-four independent doors. They were the twenty-four yamen that were in charge of everything in the internal court!
Of course, the 24 yamens were also divided by status, so the living environment, area, location, and size were also different.
At this moment, in the central area of the Internal Court Province, a young eunuch rushed into the Governor's courtyard in a panic!
"Not good! Not good! Eunuch, something bad has happened!"
At this moment, Zhang Hong was lying on a rocking chair, surrounded by his trusted eunuchs, who were serving him with all their might, enjoying themselves.
At the same time, five or six people, including the Prefect's pen-writing eunuch and the eunuch in charge of the hall, were all present!
This was where all the higher-ups of the Governor were gathered!
"You're panicking. What's wrong with you? Kneel down!”Zhang Hong berated.
The young eunuch's face instantly turned pale in fear. He knelt on the ground and said with a terrified expression,"Eunuch, something bad has happened. A eunuch surnamed Liu has collected a large number of crimes against you and is heading to Yangxin Palace Hall to complain to His Majesty!”
"What?" Zhang Hong frowned, his face full of anger. He slammed the table and stood up, saying,"How dare you go to the emperor and report me!”
"Eunuch, what should we do?" The young eunuch said anxiously," Although the little Emperor is a puppet, if word gets out, the entire court will be in chaos. Even if the little Emperor is not capable, someone else will come to settle the score!"”
Hearing this, Zhang Hong's expression changed slightly!
He did not have any real power. The only thing he could rely on was the little eunuchs in the depths of the palace. Most of the people there were only eunuchs he knew. Therefore, he could do whatever he wanted and no one could do anything to him!
And everything he did, he would not dare to spread it out. After all, there were still many officials loyal to the Imperial Family in the Imperial Court!
If the matter blew up, he would not have a good ending either!
Fortunately, all the eunuchs in the palace were afraid of him and relied on him to eat. No one dared to leak the truth in the palace!
However, he never expected that someone would be so bold as to report him in his territory!
However, what made Zhang Hong heave a sigh of relief was that the other party was going to complain to the Emperor!
The emperor did not have any real power. Even if he let the other party complain, it would not matter!
However, he also knew that he had to stop it in time. If the imperial petition reached the Imperial Censorate, it would be troublesome!
"Humph! So what if you report me to the emperor? I want to see how many lives you have!”Zhang Hong snorted coldly, then waved his hand and said,"All of you, come with me. Bring a few more people with you to Yangxin Palace Hall!”
Then, under Zhang Hong's call, a large group of people followed Zhang Hong's footsteps and walked in.
Along the way, all the palace maids and eunuchs they saw bowed and avoided them!
……
Yangxin Palace Hall.
Jiang Chen sat on his dragon chair and savored the spring tea.
Liu Zhuo held a memorial and said in a sonorous and forceful voice,"This servant has been investigating for many days and learned that the Governor has sealed Zhang Hong's name. He has committed countless crimes and has dozens of death sentences!”
"Firstly, everyone knows that the Imperial Seal has invaded the internal court. With the position of the Imperial Seal, he has formed a clique for personal gain and should be executed!”
"Secondly, we all know that the Imperial Seal has no respect for the law and despises the imperial power.”
"Thirdly, we all know that the Imperial Seal disobeyed the Holy Decree and should be executed!”
"Fourth, everyone knows that the supervisor has committed more than one offense and should be killed!”
"Fifth, we all know that the supervisor took advantage of his position to take bribes and should be punished!”
"Sixth, we all know that the Imperial Seal has repeatedly deceived the emperor and committed the crime of deceiving the emperor.”
……
Dozens of crimes were listed out by Liu Zhuo!
At the same time, Zhang Hong, who had already arrived outside Yangxin Palace Hall and was about to enter, heard Liu Zhuo's words. He was so angry that he staggered and almost vomited blood!
He had never expected that someone would actually dare to speak of his crimes in the depths of the palace!
Bang!
Zhang Hong couldn't take it anymore and pushed the door open.
He didn't even look at Jiang Chen as his red eyes stared at Liu Zhuo. He gritted his teeth and said,""Liu Zhuo, how dare you slander me! Do you believe that I will kill your entire family?”
"Everything I said is true!" Liu Zhuo said in a neither servile nor overbearing manner.
Pa--
At this moment, Jiang Chen slowly put down his teacup and said,""Eunuch Zhang, you have great authority. Do you have the right to kill nine families?”
Zhang Hong was stunned as he looked at Jiang Chen in disbelief!
He never expected that Jiang Chen, who was always weak and didn't dare to talk back to him, would dare to interrupt!
At the same time, he also noticed the difference in Jiang Chen!
Calm down!
Too calm!
For Zhang Hong to be able to get such a high position in the palace, he must have deep thoughts!
Therefore, he rolled his eyes and wanted to end this as soon as possible. He waved his hand and said,"Your Majesty, it's just a dog of this servant. There's no need to take it seriously. This servant will deal with it now and take it away!”
However, none of the eunuchs that Zhang Hong had brought with him, be it the pen-wielding eunuch, the attendant eunuch, or the minor eunuchs, moved!
Zhang Hong sensed that something was wrong. He turned around and was stunned!
All the eunuchs who followed him bowed respectfully to Jiang Chen!
As for his confidants, they had long collapsed to the ground in fear. They were trembling and did not dare to speak!
At this moment, he finally realized that his capable assistants and the eunuchs who were followed by his assistants had long since betrayed him and were no longer his own people!
Zhang Hong's face turned red and white, and his heart was beating wildly. He knew that he had definitely been schemed against!
He suddenly raised his head and glared at Liu Zhuo!
In his opinion, the person who plotted against him must be Liu Zhuo!
"It's you! You're framing me!" Zhang Hong said fiercely.
Liu Zhuo took a deep breath and ignored Zhang Hong. Instead, he respectfully said to Jiang Chen,""Your Majesty, everything this servant said is true. As long as Your Majesty gives the order, this servant will execute this thief on the spot!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuchs who came with Zhang Hong had already surrounded him.
Plop--
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Hong actually knelt down and said with tears on his face,"Your Majesty, you are wise. This old servant was wronged. He wanted to frame this old servant. You can't use these groundless crimes to kill this old servant. Even if you want to kill this old servant, you have to have a reason!”
Jiang Chen smiled, but his eyes were indifferent.""Do I need a reason to kill someone?"
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