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The arrest of Ma Chengxuan and the disintegration of his military might could be described as a small mutiny. With secret service of the Ming Dynasty, this sharp sword that only belonged to the emperor, he had first seized the military camp, then, he had apprehended Ma Chengxuan.

Three days had passed since the Xinping Fort was sealed. Only after they could no longer withstand the internal pressure did the news swiftly spread to the Tiancheng Guard, the Da Tong Palace, as well as the southern and eastern Xuan Mansion Town.

No one could tell if it was the Emperor's secret decree or not. After all, Datong Town Garrison Eunuch and secret service of the Ming Dynasty were participating from front to back. And it was obviously impossible for Zhu Yisu to mobilize these two forces, unless there was an imperial decree.

The Ma Clan's generals were worried that the Emperor would make a move against the Ma Family of Dong Li Xi Ma after the fall of Lee. The local officials were pretending not to know that no matter how many heads they had involved in the cleaning up of the family of generals, it was impossible for them to be beheaded by the emperor.

Emperor Wanli was a diligent emperor in the early days under Zhang Juzheng's supervision. Since the death of Zhang Juzheng, he had suffered from an old ailment. He had a feud with the ministers and didn't go to court for a long time. Beijing, Nanjing, a total of 11 letters, more than 2 assistant minister, now missing 3 out of 1! There were even more absences in places, the grand coordinator, the Prefect, etc., all of them required his order. He did not care even if they were empty.

The reason for this was that the Emperor did not attend the assembly, and did not appoint anyone due to lack of manpower. This resulted in him not being able to gather the appropriate examiners during the general examination. The root problem still has to recount the matter of the storage.

The Grand Ancestor of the Ming Dynasty had been trained to have direct line of descent without direct line of concubines. From the founding of the country until now, the only direct son to succeed the throne was Emperor Zhengde. This was still to be confirmed, the rest were all concubines.

After all, the empress had always been from a small family, and her character and character were important to her, not her looks. If one's looks weren't good enough, they definitely wouldn't do anything that they liked. Hence, the Queen didn't have many children, so it was a tragedy.

Emperor Wanli originally wanted to make Zhu Changxian, the son of Noble Consort Zheng, Crown Prince, but unfortunately there was a eldest son, Zhu Changluo. This was a waste of money, and because it was troublesome, this part of history could be said to be very interesting.

Wan Li, a young man, paid a visit to Empress Dowager Li's palace. When he had done this, he favored maid of honour, and after he had done so, he lifted his trousers and regretted it. He did not even give her a favorite token.

After all, this maid of honour belonged to his mother's palace, so her reputation wouldn't be good if word got out. However, his shot was too accurate. It wasn't long before maid of honour became pregnant and could only report to Empress Dowager Li. Empress Dowager Li was also someone who had climbed up with maid of honour.

The only thing he could do was to call Emperor Wanli over to confront him. The emperor had denied it before, but there was the living book with the eunuch's records as evidence. He could only hold his nose and accept it.

He didn't like the Queen, and he didn't like the consort who gave birth to his eldest son. He only liked Noble Consort Zheng. Noble Consort Zheng did not fear him because of his status as the emperor. She had her own talents, and besides composing poems, she would also mock and ridicule Wan Li, making Wan Li think that Noble Consort Zheng was the real wife of hers.

Therefore, what should he do if he wanted to make Zhu Changmun, the son of Noble Consort Zheng, the Crown Prince?

Soon after Lili gave birth to her son, Zhu Chang-lai, but she died prematurely. The Emperor doted on her unabated. In the fourteenth year of Wan-Li, Noble Consort Zheng gave birth to her third son, Zhu Chang Xun, who was then bestowed the title Emperor Noble Consort. On the contrary, Lady Wang, who had given birth to the eldest son of the Emperor early, was still the consort. The gap between them was quite obvious.

The Emperor favored Emperor Zheng, Noble Consort, and he was slow to become the Crown Prince. The court officials were all suspicious, worried that the Zheng family would harm the country's capital by plotting to establish the emperor's son. They all talked about the Crown Prince's problem. There were hundreds and thousands of reports, and all of them were accusing the imperial harem of being a government official. Their words were all aimed at the Emperor Noble Consort. Emperor Wanli put it aside and still doted on Mrs. Zheng.

Finally, in order to quell the growing controversy over the crown prince, Wan Li 29 October, the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Changluo, became the crown prince. However, the rumors kept spreading, saying that Zhu Changluo was the crown prince and that the emperor had no choice but to do so. Sooner or later, Prince Fu and Zhu Chang Xun would be appointed.

This was no wonder the rumors were spread, because even though Zhu Changluo had been conferred the title of Crown Prince, his birth mother, Wang Shi, had not been given the title of Consort. In the year 34 of Wan Li, when the crown prince had a son, the emperor just barely bestowed the title of Emperor Noble Consort.

This was the battle for the national capital. Rushing in the front was Donglin Party, and they had won the friendship of the crown prince, Zhu Changluo.

In 1939, when Wong was dejected and died, Ye Xianggao, a university scholar, suggested that they be buried together, but the emperor didn't agree. After that, the emperor reluctantly agreed. Even so, he didn't even give the title of empress. From this, it could be seen how lowly she was in the Emperor's heart.

If a mother could not be loved by her father, then there was even less of a need to talk about this son of his. The emperor wanted to change the crown prince, but the empress dowager didn't agree. The empress dowager didn't agree, and the ministers didn't agree either. Rumors began to spread.

Wan Li 31, because of the rumor that Emperor Wanli wanted to change the crown prince, pointed the finger at Lili, the Emperor took the arrest of a large number of people. By the year 41, there was talk of the Emperor Noble Consort and Prince Fu planning to murder the Crown Prince, and the Emperor simply asked Prince Fu to reduce the scale of the matter to a small one.

Emperor Zheng, Noble Consort, was set up three times before finally retaliating.

In the year 43, a man from Jizhou, Zhang Qu, entered the Palace of Tzu Ching and injured a gatekeeper, as if he was in an uninhabited area, with the intention of murdering Zhu Changluo, the crown prince.

Under the confession, Zhang Jie revealed the eunuchs under Emperor Noble Consort, Pang Bao and Liu Cheng. Mrs. Zheng cried to the emperor to save her heart from suffering. However, the crown prince had almost been killed, and the ministers and court officials were all discussing him. The emperor was helpless and said that it was best if he asked the crown prince for an understanding.

In the end, under the interference of the Emperor, Noble Consort Zheng kneeled down and apologized. Since the Crown Prince couldn't say anything, the ministers could only open and close their eyes. As a result, Pang Bao and Liu Cheng were killed, leaving the case to be settled. This is the so-called shootout.

Before the matter was over, Noble Consort Zheng pleaded for her son to ascend to the throne. The Emperor had the same thoughts as her and wrote a secret decree for her. The decree was to let her son, Zhu Chang Zai, succeed the throne. The secret decree was well hidden, but it was broken by the termite …