As the saying goes, one has to bear the consequences of taking something from others. This was true everywhere. The two little servants had taken benefits from Wang Xijue, so they were too embarrassed not to say something to Wang Xijue. So the little servant said, "Cabinet Elder Wang, why do you do this? Why do you have to offend His Majesty? It's not like you don't know His Majesty's temper. He is the supreme emperor. How can His Majesty not be angry when you do this? "
Hearing that there was hope, Wang Xijue said, "Yes, it's too late for me to regret it now. I want to apologize to His Majesty, but His Majesty doesn't want to see me. Then, I wonder if the two of you can do me a favor and let me go out to apologize to His Majesty? "
The two little servants laughed out loud.
"Cabinet Elder Wang, you'd better take a rest first. When His Majesty wants to see you, he will naturally come to see you. If His Majesty doesn't want to see you now, no matter what you do, you won't be able to see him. Moreover, we are eating according to His Majesty's orders. His Majesty's order is not to let you go. If we let you go out, we won't be able to keep our livelihood. At that time, will you help us get our livelihood back?"
"Cabinet Elder Wang, you'd better take a rest. You can't miss your meals. It's just a hundred taels of silver. What do you want to eat? Just tell us. We promise to serve you comfortably. His Majesty said that after you come out, you will still be the Cabinet Chief. How many civil and military officials in the imperial court can be protected by His Majesty like you? The Emperor's grace is vast and mighty! "
Hearing this, Wang Xijue wanted to cry and hit someone.
But he knew that he was no match for these two little servants. Moreover, as the Cabinet Chief, he couldn't hit someone himself. That was immoral.
As a result, Wang Xijue's hand slipped, and another two banknotes worth five hundred taels of silver slipped out. When the two servants saw this, their eyes widened. They picked up the banknotes and looked at them carefully. One of them was so scared that he threw the banknotes away, as if the banknotes were scalding hot.
"Cabinet Elder Wang, we haven't even seen five taels of silver in our whole lives, let alone five hundred taels of silver. One hundred taels of silver is already a huge sum of money. We will definitely serve you well. Why do you give us five hundred taels of silver? What are you going to do with it? We brothers can't commit murder and arson! We're working for His Majesty, not bandits! "
The young eunuch's voice carried a hint of sobbing.
The corner of Wang Xijue's mouth twitched as he listened. He thought to himself, "You little eunuchs are still too inexperienced. If you knew how much your eunuch godfathers charge for a sentence, you wouldn't think like this."
But Wang Xijue changed his mind. These two little eunuchs had never seen so much money before. They were easy to trick and scare, which greatly increased his chances of success.
"You two, keep this money. That's the money I'm giving you. Just keep it. Don't care how much it is. Pick up the money and keep it. Do you understand?"
The two little eunuchs looked at each other in panic. They didn't dare to take it, but they really couldn't resist the temptation of five hundred taels of silver. It should be known that five hundred taels of silver plus the one hundred taels of silver just now was six hundred taels of silver. This six hundred taels of silver was enough for them to eat and drink their fill and live comfortably in their hometown for ten years. In the palace, little eunuchs of their rank could only see a few taels of silver in a year.
The money was right in front of them. How could they not take it?
"Minister, just say it. What do you want us to do? Other than letting you out, we brothers really don't dare to do that. What do you want to do? Just say it, we brothers will do our best to do it for you. But if you still want us to let you out, I'm sorry, but you should take this money back. We brothers do love money, but we need to be alive to spend it! If His Majesty finds out about this, our little lives will be over! "
Wang Xijue understood. These two were easy to trick, but they were also timid. They didn't have the courage and skill of those old birds. This was also a bad thing. It seemed that he couldn't get out and couldn't send a message to those people so that they could be more vigilant. In a few days, Xiao Ruxun's army would reach the capital. If he couldn't stop it immediately, once the Emperor used the edict to retract the titles of the three princes as bait, the court officials would definitely be complacent and think that the Emperor had compromised, and then …
This matter wouldn't be easy to handle. They would definitely follow the Emperor to welcome the triumphant return of the army. On one hand, they could show their victory, and on the other hand, they couldn't let the Emperor lose too much face, lest they fall out with the officials. They definitely didn't expect that Emperor Wanli would do something even more fatal than Emperor Jiajing! That would really be fatal! Wouldn't that be a death sentence? This was going to be a deadly military coup! The world might return to the era of Taizu!
Even if Wang Xijue was a moderate and wavering civil official, he couldn't accept it. If they really returned to the era of Taizu, few civil and military officials would be able to escape the punishment of having their entire family executed. The whole world would be filled with heads and blood would flow like a sea. Daming the civil officials had spent more than a hundred years to put the imperial power in a cage, and in one night, it would return to before liberation.
They must stop it! They must stop it!
The only way … That's right!
Wang Xijue's eyes lit up. He thought of the only key person who could stop this matter from happening!
"I don't need you to let me out. I can stay here, but you must do something for me! After it's done, I will give you a thousand taels of silver! "
"A thousand taels of silver?!"
The two servants were scared out of their wits. They knelt down outside the door and burst into tears.
"Sir, what are you going to do? Just tell us! Don't scare us, okay? We are timid! We are really eunuchs without balls. We are really timid! "
"Sir, please do a good deed. Just pretend that you have never seen us, okay? We don't want the money. We really don't want it! The two of us are really scared! Sir! Please do a good deed! Please let us go! "
Wang Xijue was so angry that he almost laughed out loud.
"Who asked you to risk your lives? Who asked you to lose your heads? I won't let you die! You just need to do as I say! I guarantee that you will be safe! Not only that, you will get money! More importantly! You have saved the Daming Dynasty! You have saved millions of people in the Daming Dynasty! "
When Wang Xijue said this, he also felt that it was a little funny.
This matter had nothing to do with the common people. A palace coup wouldn't affect the common people. Chaos in the imperial court wouldn't affect the common people. Of course, they couldn't rule out the possibility of chaos in the imperial court. However, once the Emperor and the generals formed an alliance, the civil officials wouldn't have any chance to rope in the army. Even if they could, they wouldn't be strong soldiers. Moreover, with Xiao Ruxun's current prestige, at least in the capital, no one would dare to disobey him.
At that time, the unlucky ones would be high-ranking officials like them and their families. However, when they thought about it, their families didn't have any official positions. They were also the common people. Therefore, if the two eunuchs stopped the Emperor's insane actions, they would be saving millions of people!
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