The duty room on the west side of Wenyuan Pavilion is the dormitory of the Secretariat.

They were temporarily cleaned up at this moment to settle the officials who had been severely beaten.

At this time, there were more than a dozen seriously injured people lying on the big bunk bed... Most of them had broken bones, some were hit on the head and fainted, and some had broken ribs and couldn't stand up. Most of the censors were less seriously injured, some twisted their feet while running away, some had broken arms, and one was so frightened that he was still in a trance...

But it doesn’t matter. We in the Imperial Hospital have a special Zhuyou Department that is responsible for helping you bring your soul back.

Doctor Wang, who lived next door to the Zhao Mansion, was busy there with several colleagues from the Imperial Hospital, putting staves on the wounded and applying ointments.

The dozen or so censors who were not injured also sat in a row against the east wall outside the house with their eyes wide open, looking like eggplants hit by frost.

After visiting the wounded in the house, two Grand Secretaries, Li Chunfang and Chen Yiqin, came out to talk to these people.

"Husband..." Section Chief Zhu was about to take the lead in standing up and greeting.

"Don't get up, don't get up." Like a kind old mother, Mr. Li used warm words to comfort the insulted and damaged bodies and minds of the censors.

"I have asked the kitchen to boil water and cook porridge and rice. After you have eaten and drunk your fill, you can take a bath and change into clean clothes."

This way we can delay a little more time… the old mother with bad intentions thought secretly.

"Yeah. Be more alert." Mr. Chen played the role of a strict father.

"Sir, please make the decision for us!" The censors really became excited. They stood up one by one and shouted at the two university scholars with angry faces:

"The imperial court has nurtured scholars for two hundred years, but the dignity of the imperial court has been completely lost in one day! If we do not severely punish the criminals and make it clear to the world, our six departments will no longer exist!"

"That's great..." The two university scholars smiled slightly and quickly persuaded:

"Everyone, please be patient. Prime Minister Zhang has already gone to investigate the truth. The cabinet will definitely make the decision for you."

"Okay, let's not embarrass my husband." Section Chief Zhu remained unscathed under Xu Yi's pursuit, and said in a loud voice:

"But we have made it clear beforehand that if Your Majesty continues to protect the eunuchs as before, we will never let it go!"

"Yes, the section chief is right!"

Not only the censors outside, but also those who were slightly injured in the house came out with their arms and legs hanging, shouting with red faces and ears:

"Let them pay a heavy price!"

"We must also hold the Imperial Household Department, the Imperial Internal Affairs Department, and the Imperial Horse Department accountable!"

"The cost of medicine cannot be reduced either!"

The two husbands were so confused by the noise from the Paw Patrol that they thought this matter was going to get out of hand...

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The western warm room of the Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Longqing still stayed in **, wandering in the ocean of culture.

As he read, the emperor commented: "Although both are about Empress Wu, this Unofficial History is far inferior to the Biography of Ruyi Jun..."

Chen Hong, who was on duty today, served the emperor his secret nourishing soup and said with a smile, "I heard that recently a famous scholar, under the pseudonym Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, wrote a book called Jin Ping Mei, which has a million words. It is very enjoyable."

"Oh?" Long Qing became excited when he heard it: "Quickly bring it here for me to criticize!"

"This book has not been published for many reasons. It is only circulated among scholars in the form of handwritten copies. I heard that Mr. Zhang has a copy..."

"Oh?" Long Qing was delighted when he heard this and said, "Master Zhang is such a serious person, but he also likes this?"

"As a man..." Chen Hong looked knowledgeable.

Longqing looked at him, and the emperor's kindness prevented him from complaining.

The master and servant were talking excitedly when Teng Xiang, Feng Bao, Li Fang, and Meng Chong came in. Together with Chen Hong, the five of them were eunuchs who could enter and leave the emperor's bedroom at will.

After the four men paid their respects to the emperor, they knelt down for a long time and claimed that they were guilty.

"Oh, how big a crime is this? Even the Imperial Household Department has to apologize collectively?" The emperor frowned, realizing that the matter was not simple.

"Your Majesty, it's all because of my carelessness. A few days ago, the Six Departments rejected the order to send out eunuchs, and the hopes of those people below were dashed. They are full of strange words and complaints." Teng Xiang said with a self-blaming face:

"As a result, yesterday, they ran to the doorstep of Chief Ouyang of the Personnel Department and wanted to argue with him. However, the censors tied them up and gave each of them fifty lashes on the grounds of provoking trouble." Meng Chong took over the conversation.

"It's eighty..." Teng Xiang rolled his eyes at Chef Meng, annoyed that he was interrupting.

"Is there such a thing?!" Emperor Longqing sat cross-legged on the dragon bed, looking a little unhappy.

"When will the Outer Court be able to manage the people in the Inner Court?"

The emperor didn't know that the eunuchs were the first to beat people, so he naturally had this view.

"They have been acting so recklessly for more than just one or two days..." Feng Bao said dimly.

"Are you guys here just for this matter?" Longqing looked at the Imperial Household Department where all the staff had gathered, and thought that this was not a small matter and that there was no need to mobilize such a large force.

"Things changed again this morning..." Teng Xiang said with gritted teeth, then looked at Feng Bao for help.

Eunuch Feng resolutely took over the conversation and reported to the emperor: "Those who were beaten were so angry that they gathered a group of people this morning to go to the Six Departments Gallery to seek an explanation. They happened to run into the group of censors who were going to the cabinet to file a complaint, and a fierce argument broke out. Then, I don't know how they started fighting..."

"What?!" Emperor Longqing's jaw almost dropped to his knees. No wonder these guys had to go through so much trouble. It turned out that there was a fight in the palace, such a sensational incident.

"How many people are fighting? Who is involved?"

"In the palace, there are about five or six eunuchs, led by Lü Yong, Gao Xiang, Xu Yi, and Tao Jin, uh, thirty or forty people." Teng Xiang originally planned to cut the number of people in half. After observing the expressions of the people, he cleverly made an additional cut.

Therefore, you must file a complaint first after the matter is done. Those who file a complaint first will have the opportunity to make false claims.

"There were also 30 or 40 censors, and almost all of them came, except for those who were on business trips." Feng Bao went on to say, "They were originally planning to ask for an explanation from the young cabinet minister."

"What's wrong with Xu Fan? Isn't he serving the Prime Minister at home?" Longqing felt a little confused.

These eunuchs intentionally or unintentionally did not report the affairs in the capital yesterday, so Longqing naturally had no way of knowing about the brilliant military achievements of his cheap brother-in-law.

"It was only yesterday that I found out that the young minister was not at home at all, but was going to get off work as usual every day."

Then Feng Bao said casually: "But it's not in the Taichang Temple, but in the Six Departments Gallery..."

"What?!" Emperor Longqing was stunned. His attention was completely diverted from today's fight to the relationship between the young cabinet minister and the Six Departments Gallery.

After a long silence, Long Qing asked calmly, "What do they want to ask the young minister for?"

"The new number one scholar, Zhao Shouzheng, believed that it was the young cabinet minister who had instigated the six departments to impeach his son, Zhao Hao. He had an argument with the young cabinet minister at the Donggongsheng Gate and then beat him up..."

"Ah?" Longqing was completely stunned. Has my court turned into a Shura battlefield?

ps. The word "Bu Gu" had weakened to a slightly arrogant term used by scholars and officials to refer to themselves in the Ming Dynasty, and it did not mean the self-reference of the kings and princes in the pre-Qin period. Times have changed, and we should look at things from a developmental perspective. Please give me monthly tickets and recommendation tickets~~