In the Capital City and the Forbidden City, the weather is good this spring, and the spring rain, as precious as oil, is pouring down for free.

But the little eunuchs responsible for guarding the palace walls were not in such a good mood. They had to stand guard on the city wall in the rain.

Since Emperor Longqing suffered from hemiplegia due to wind disease, Zhang Juzheng has taken over the power of photography and also strengthened his control over palace confinement.

Zhang Juzheng needs a puppet for imperial power, and the puppet cannot speak.

But Zhang Juzheng was a foreign minister after all, and he still needed an ally to control the palace.

His ally is Feng Bao, the current chief eunuch of the ceremonial department.

Feng Bao strictly controlled the entire Forbidden City, prohibiting people from entering and exiting at will, and only a few people had access to the emperor.

In addition to the emperor, the emperor was also strictly controlled.

When Emperor Longqing was in power, he was still kind to the emperor Jiajing. He not only allowed him to live in the Yuxi Palace, which was originally used for monasticism, but also did not restrict Jiajing's freedom too much.

If the emperor wanted to summon that minister, Long Qing would not care as long as it was not a private conversation.

However, since Emperor Longqing's death, Zhang Juzheng has strengthened his control over the emperor and almost imprisoned the emperor in Yuxi Palace.

Zhang Juzheng wanted to control the Ming court through the symbol of imperial power, so naturally he couldn't let Jiajing jump out again.

With the cooperation of Feng Bao, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, this system was originally very successful.

The orders drafted by Zhang Juzheng in the Prime Minister's Palace will be stamped with jade seals and published throughout the country immediately after they are sent to the palace.

Feng Bao was responsible for controlling the inside of the Forbidden City, and Zhang Juzheng was responsible for controlling the outside.

Relying on the banner of the Ming court, Zhang Juzheng promoted his New Deal.

But this balance has still been broken.

The key to maintaining such a weak balance was the Fengji Emperor Longqing.

Maybe it was because Feng Ji had stepped down from state affairs, or maybe it was the imperial concubine Li's careful care, or maybe the prescription from the Taiyuan Hospital played a role.

After Emperor Longqing suffered from wind disease, he recovered well.

Now the emperor can get out of bed and walk a few steps outside the palace with a cane.

Long Qing still couldn't speak, but he could write skillfully with his other hand.

The emperor's health improved, but Feng Bao became even more anxious. He strengthened his control over the emperor's palace and even arranged a group of young and strong eunuchs with weapons to guard him directly outside the palace.

The scope of Emperor Longqing's activities was also strictly controlled within this palace. Those who could meet the emperor also needed Zhang Juzheng's approval.

However, the emperor did not express any dissatisfaction with all this, which made Feng Baoan feel more at ease.

Although the emperor did not express dissatisfaction, Qingyuan Bo Li Wei and his son were quite dissatisfied.

In the magnificent Qingyuan Mansion, Li Wei, the father of the imperial concubine Li, was complaining to his son Li Changfeng.

"That Zhang Juzheng is becoming more and more domineering! His Majesty's health has improved, so he won't let us father and son enter the palace to meet the emperor!"

Li Changfeng also sighed and looked at his angry father.

Since Emperor Longqing's illness, Li Wei and his son often visited the palace.

They were relatives, and their wealth and wealth were all tied to the imperial power. Naturally, they could not directly seek refuge with Zhang Juzheng like the other ministers.

In fact, when Zhang Juzheng first came to power, he was quite polite to Li Wei and his son.

Li Wei's industry has not been damaged, and even because of the development of Mingting's workshop, the scale of the Li family's business has reached a new level.

But the Li family is not a direct descendant of Zhang Juzheng, nor even an ally.

After the New Deal was implemented for such a long time, Zhang Juzheng also gained his own power.

In this case, the Li family began to gradually get out of the game.

First of all, this year's military uniform purchase list has been taken away from the Li family by Zhang Juzheng.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Juzheng vigorously rectified the chaos in Datong's border trade and destroyed several caravans that were smuggling and evading taxes in the name of Li Wei and his son, causing the Li family to suffer another loss in Datong trade.

Zhang Juzheng also took back part of the royal merchant monopoly rights granted to the Li family by Emperor Longqing, causing the Li family to lose another income.

All this naturally made Li Wei and his son very angry. After the year, Emperor Longqing's health improved, and Feng Bao did not even allow them to enter the palace to meet the emperor.

Just after his father was angry, Li Changfeng said:

"Father, my son has obtained the elixir from the old god."

After speaking, Li Changfeng took out an exquisite porcelain bottle from his sleeve pocket. After opening the bottle, the room was filled with the aroma of medicine.

Li Wei quickly took the bottle and poured out a red pill from the bottle.

"Is it really the old god's elixir?"

Li Changfeng nodded repeatedly and said: "My son finally invited the old god to refine this!"

Li Wei said excitedly: "Great! With this elixir, His Majesty's illness will be cured! As long as His Majesty's illness is cured, he can be in charge! Then the power of our Li family will be back!"

The so-called "old immortal" and "elixir" are a wandering Taoist near the capital.

This Taoist, with fair hair and a boyish face, often treats people near Gyeonggi Province.

Relying on the talisman water and elixir, there are countless people living near the capital, and he is called the old god by the people in the capital.

Since Emperor Longqing fell ill, Li Wei and his son searched for the old immortal among the people and asked him to refine elixir for the emperor's illness.

Li Wei and his son offered a high reward, and their merchants also began to search, and finally found this "old god" in Tong County.

Li Changfeng went to the old immortal and did not say that he was offering the elixir to the emperor. He just said that the elder in the family was sick and needed the elixir to cure his illness.

The old god saw Li Changfeng dressed in brocade clothes and cheering him on, so he originally didn't want to make elixirs for him.

But he couldn't stand the offer made by Li Changfeng, which was too tempting. In the end, he reluctantly made the offer and agreed to help Li Changfeng refine the elixir.

Countless precious medicinal materials were used to refine a total of three red pill elixirs.

Li Changfeng was still more prudent than his father. He did not offer the elixir to the emperor rashly, but found a patient with wind disease to test the elixir.

I don’t know whether it was the psychological effect of taking the elixir, or whether the precious medicinal materials in the elixir really had an effect, or whether the patient with the wind disease was about to recover.

After taking the elixir for half a month, this wind-induced hemiplegic patient was able to walk and even talk!

Li Changfeng quickly brought the red pill to his father.

Looking at the red pill elixir in the porcelain bottle, Li Wei immediately said: "I will enter the palace right now!"

Li Changfeng pulled his father and said:

"Dad! Can you enter the palace like this? Then Feng Bao has banned you from entering the palace."

Li Wei asked anxiously: "What should I do?"

"This matter must be done by the noble concubine."

"Your sister?"

Li Changfeng said: "Feng Bao can prohibit our father and son from entering the palace to visit His Majesty, but he cannot stop us from entering the palace to find the imperial concubine. As long as the elixir is given to the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine can give the elixir to His Majesty."

"As long as His Majesty is well, can our Li family deserve less credit?"

Li Wei's eyes lit up. Could Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng stop him from seeing the emperor, or their daughter and grandson?

Li Changfeng was indeed right. Feng Bao did not have enough power and could only control the emperor and the emperor's palace. There was no way to completely isolate the Forbidden City.

As for the imperial concubine Li Shi, who served the emperor personally, and Li Shi was the biological mother of the only emperor's heir, it was impossible for Feng Bao to completely offend her.

Even the relationship between Feng Bao and Li Guifei is quite good.

With Feng Bao's help, Queen Chen, who originally did not manage the harem very much, lost her sense of presence.

The imperial concubine Li Shi has become the master of the harem.

Li's natal family was not allowed to see the emperor. This was an order from Zhang Juzheng, the Prime Minister of Zhongshu, and not Feng Bao's own intention.

In this way, Qingyuan Bo Li Wei easily entered the palace to see his daughter, and presented the red pill elixir to the imperial concubine.

Mrs. Li heard her father's praise of the elixir. She was originally a superstitious person and had heard the name of the old god in the palace.

I also heard that my father and brother personally experimented and there were cases of recovery after taking the red pill elixir.

The next day, Li immediately came to the emperor's palace and offered the red pill elixir while personally serving the emperor.

The semi-paralyzed Emperor Longqing looked at the elixir in the porcelain bottle with surprise in his eyes.

After Zhang Juzheng usurped the power to govern by using the Imperial College to write a letter, Emperor Longqing's mentality also changed along the way.

Feeling disheartened after his illness, he entrusted the entire court to Zhang Juzheng.

Now that his body has recovered part of his health, Emperor Longqing feels that he is okay again.

However, Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao made the entire Forbidden City look like a prison cell. Emperor Longqing could not even summon his father-in-law, let alone his ministers.

But Emperor Longqing also knew that no matter what, the court ministers would not be able to accept an emperor who was paralyzed by wind disease.

Therefore, the red pill elixir presented by Li and his son can be said to have met the most urgent need in Emperor Longqing's heart.

He looked at his imperial concubine Li Shi, and cried with pear blossoms about how his father and brother were bullied by Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao. He also told that Feng Bao was isolated and imprisoned, and did not allow his father and brother to come to the palace to see the emperor, and did not allow them to enter in person. Offering the red pill elixir, Emperor Longqing's last doubt disappeared.

At this time, my relatives are still reliable!

Whether they are foreign ministers or even eunuchs, they only think about the rights in their hands, and they only care about the health of their emperor.

Emperor Longqing raised his hand, pointed at the Red Pill elixir and whimpered.

Concubine Li immediately stepped forward, pointed to the elixir and asked the emperor:

"Your Majesty, do you want to take it?"

Emperor Longqing was still unable to speak. He blinked his eyes and whimpered to express his willingness to take it.

Concubine Li immediately asked the palace maid to bring clean water and pour the red pill elixir from the porcelain bottle.

When Emperor Longqing finished taking the red pill, he lay back on the Yuta.

"Water, I want to drink water!"

Two hours later, Concubine Li, who was lying next to the imperial collapse, suddenly heard a familiar voice that she had not heard for a long time. She raised her head in surprise and found that Emperor Longqing sat up with his arms propped up.

The emperor's face turned red and he shouted for water.

Concubine Li said in surprise: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, you can speak now!"

Only then did Emperor Longqing realize that he had sat up, and he immediately said: "I'm sitting up!"

"Bring water quickly!"

The hall immediately became lively.

Naturally, this matter could not be hidden from Feng Bao, who had installed an spy in the palace. After receiving the news, Feng Bao immediately got down from the bed and rushed into the palace without even putting on his clothes.

While he sent someone to report to Zhang Juzheng outside the palace, he also had people block the news.

Feng Bao's mood was also very complicated. He and Zhang Juzheng controlled the palace confinement. The emperor must be aware of this.

If the emperor regains power, he will definitely not let himself go.

But Feng Bao was an eunuch and a vassal of the imperial power. Although he had taken refuge with Zhang Juzheng these days, while Zhang Juzheng was attacking the imperial power, he was also suppressing the power of the eunuchs.

Feng Bao's power now is not as good as when he first joined the Bureau of Ceremonies as the eunuch Bingbi.

He, the chief eunuch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, is now equivalent to the warden of the palace, a large prison.

Feng Bao came to the emperor's palace with mixed feelings.

Without any communication, Feng Bao saw the blushing Emperor Longqing, who was sitting on the imperial tower wearing a dragon robe and looking straight at him.

Feng Bao immediately trembled all over and knelt down to the emperor skillfully.

"Li Wei, the uncle of Qingyuan, has contributed to the elixir and was promoted to Duke of the country."

"Qingyuan Duke Li Wei will present another elixir."

Feng Bao was stunned as he listened to the emperor's clear instructions.

The emperor on the Imperial Tower said: "Feng Bao, do you want to resist the decree?"

Now Feng Bao knelt down again and said, "I don't dare!"

Feng Bao immediately left the palace. After thinking about it, he decided to hedge his bets. At the same time, he sent people to carry out the emperor's will and announced that Duke Yuan of Qing Dynasty had come to the palace to offer medicine.

The other side also continued to send people to urge Zhang Juzheng to enter the palace quickly.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng also got the news and hurriedly rushed to the palace from the Prime Minister's residence in Zhongshu.

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