Whether Ma Yongcheng, Dai Yi and others support the emperor's departure from the palace or not, they cannot stop them. Zhu Houzhao insisted on leaving the palace. As the emperor's slaves, they could only obey and obey, and even if they had to oppose it, it would not be their turn.

But on the other hand, this was a great opportunity for them to flatter Zhu Houzhao. Zhang Yuan said that they needed some money to handle. The new emperor had just ascended the throne and was short of money. The money needed could only be paid by the people below. The amount of money that each person respected would directly determine whether they were qualified to leave the palace with the emperor and become the emperor's confidant.

Zhang Yuan was a little anxious when he saw that the eunuchs were not speaking. He didn't know if these people understood. Zhang Yuan looked at Dai Yi and said:

"Eunuch Dai, others don't express their opinions because Your Majesty did not ask them to follow them together, and you were the ones who left the palace together by Your Majesty... It seems unreasonable if you don't do it!"

Dai Yi hesitated for a while and said reluctantly: "Then our family will pay twenty taels of silver!"

When Dai Yi said this, all the eunuchs present looked at him, obviously they couldn't afford the twenty taels of silver.

The Ming Dynasty was no different from other dynasties. The eunuchs in the palace, who were eunuchs in the yamen who had good fortune, would have a monthly benefit of more than twenty taels. Dai Yi was in the Silijian. In the eyes of others, it was a wealthy yamen in the Ming Dynasty. Even if Dai Yi was not the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Silijian, he would not have been given up just twenty taels.

Dai Yi was a little unnatural when he became the focus of everyone's attention, saying, "Although our family is in the Silijian, it is just an empty title. How can Eunuch Xiao be? You should know better than our family. Now the Silijian is a Qingshui Yamen, where can we get so much money?"

"These money is still a pension that our family has in hand. In another year or two, our family will leave the palace, so Bill is waiting..."

In terms of age, Dai Yi did reach the age of retirement. According to the rules of the palace, eunuchs would have to leave the palace at around 60 years old. When eunuchs were old, they could not do anything in the palace. Instead, they needed to be kept by the inner palace. It would be better to send them out of the palace. This would allow these eunuchs to live up to their old age and save money on the court. Why not do it?

Li Xing sneered: "Eunuch Dai, you are seeing that Your Majesty has ordered you to leave the palace. You don't think the opportunity is rare, so you only pay twenty taels of silver to slap Your Majesty in the face, right?"

Ma Yongcheng was a little disdainful: "Eunuch Li, don't talk about others, first tell me how much money you have paid. If you pay twenty or thirty taels, don't laugh at you for fifty steps!"

Li Xing looked proud: "Is this kind of villain who doesn't care about Jun's kindness? Even if our family has no pension money in the future, we will be comfortable serving the young master... Our family is grateful for the kindness of the royal family. If we hadn't supported me in the palace, we would probably have starved to death outside the palace. You wouldn't have known the world outside? Our family will pay 300 taels of silver this time!"

"Wow!"

The old eunuchs present were not poor, but when they heard the price of 300 taels of silver, they still sighed in their hearts that Li Xing was really rich.

Zhang Yuan was very happy and said, "Eunuch Li, you are still loyal to the emperor. Have you ever produced more for others? Otherwise, our family should show our loyalty to Eunuch Li in front of His Majesty..."

Ma Yongcheng said disdainfully: "Now, loyalty has actually begun to be measured by silver. It's really a cold world!"

Zhang Yuan sneered: "Eunuch Ma, you are the oldest among us and the most respected, but you are not so sarcastic to the younger generation, right?"

"Your Majesty needs to go out of the palace to understand the people's conditions. If we have the money in our hands, we will naturally have to take some out for Your Majesty. Eunuch Li doesn't even keep his pension money and is dedicated to serving Your Majesty. What is this not loyalty? If you pay more money, our family will naturally state it in front of His Majesty!"

"There is nothing to hide in this kind of thing!"

Li Xing's face was full of pride: "Eunuch Zhang said this pertinently, but the fact is that... I don't think about it. If you don't grasp the same opportunity, our family will take it, but Eunuch Ma slandered our family's loyalty. Eunuch Ma was a bit too much!"

"We have no son-in-law, and we will never be able to rely on others for retirement in the future. It is understandable to leave money to stay with you. It is your own choice. Our family should give money to His Majesty for his expenses..."

Ma Yongcheng couldn't afford three hundred taels of silver, so he immediately shook his sleeves: "The First Emperor is gone, you accompany the New Emperor out of the palace to make trouble. If the matter is big, see how you end up. The Empress Dowager will definitely blame him! Say goodbye..." He turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Zhang Yuan and Li Xing.

Ma Yongcheng sneered: "Why, don't you let me go?"

Li Xing said: "Eunuch Ma, according to your opinion, you are going to go to the Empress Dowager or Eunuch Xiao to file a complaint? If you leave like this, how can we deserve His Majesty's trust?"

Although the other eunuchs couldn't afford much money, they were also looking at Ma Yongcheng.

Ma Yongcheng's face turned red and said after a while: "What are you going to do? Our family is not the kind of person who is ruthless. This is the case... our family won't sue!"

"That's right!"

Zhang Yuan said arrogantly, "Make a vow, don't make a poisonous oath, our family can't completely believe you, Eunuch Ma!"

Ma Yongcheng was forced by Zhang Yuan, so he could only raise his hand and swear to the sky: "Our family swears that we will never sue the Empress Dowager and Eunuch Xiao for leaving the palace, otherwise Tian will hit five thunders... Why, this is not enough?"

Only then did Zhang Yuan and Li Xing give way and let Ma Yongcheng leave on his own.

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...

After Zhang Yuan's preparation, he received more than 400 taels of silver in the palace for Zhu Houzhao. Even though the other eunuchs knew that they might not be able to follow the new emperor out of the palace, they still donated some of them, in order to let Zhang Yuan praise their contributions in front of Zhu Houzhao.

Zhang Yuan lived up to his expectations and went to Zhu Houzhao to talk about the "loyalty" of these eunuchs who donated money, but the number of filial piety was reduced by him. Li Xing donated 300 taels of silver, and when he came to Zhang Yuan, it turned into 150 taels, and the rest of the people also made a half-deal.

In his opinion, half of the silver was deducted by Zhang Yuan. He had already been very kind. He originally wanted to deduct all the silver except 100 taels, but after thinking about it, if he happened to get 100 taels back, it would inevitably arouse Zhu Houzhao's suspicion, so he "generously" and left 220 taels of silver for Zhu Houzhao.

“…well done, well done!”

The next morning, Zhu Houzhao learned about the situation from Zhang Yuan and was very excited and praised Zhang Yuan very much.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's excited appearance, Zhang Yuan knew that what he had done was appreciated by the new emperor. He couldn't help but feel proud. He felt that he was really capable. Not only did he raise enough funds for Zhu Houzhao to leave the palace, but he also got a lot of money for free, which was really a killing of two birds with one stone.

More importantly, Zhang Yuan found that Li Xing was a rustic man, and was planning to find an opportunity to blackmail Li Xing again in the future.

Zhu Houzhao was excited, but still cautious. After thinking about it, he ordered: "Eunuch Zhang, I want to leave the palace today, so I must plan it first. I originally planned to take you out of the palace, but if you are not in the palace, it will be easy to find that I am no longer in the palace, so..."

Before, Zhang Yuan was proud, but the smile on his face immediately became stiff when he heard this... He originally wanted to go out of the palace to see the scenery outside, and took advantage of the time to find his wife who was staying in the capital while Zhu Houzhao was having fun. Who would have wished to be ruined?

Zhang Yuan quickly said, "Your Majesty, let me go out with you, so that you can also protect you!"

"What are you doing with your little body? I've been out for a long time. There's no danger outside. You give me the money first. I'll take Eunuch Dai with you... Oh by the way, Eunuch Li can go out together. With them here, you can rest assured. I believe they can handle everything I have outside the palace. Just stay in the Ganqing Palace and do my best for me. If you do well, I will give you a great reward!"

Zhu Houzhao made a blank check again, not only depriving Zhang Yuan of his qualification to leave the palace, but also saying that he would take Dai Yi and Li Xing out of the palace, which made Zhang Yuan feel that the disaster was coming.

If these people talk about the amount of money donated in front of Zhu Houzhao, then he will be in great trouble. If he is not careful, a serious crime of deceiving the emperor will fall on his head.

But the emperor's will cannot be disobeyed, so Zhang Yuan had to salute: "I obey the order, but Your Majesty, you...be careful, go early and return soon!"

"I know, really, you do your best to do things for me in the palace. If there are eunuchs and maids coming, you will be sent away casually. If the mother comes in person, you will say that I will rest in the back hall and try every means to delay the time. If it is Eunuch Xiao, you will be stronger and block him outside the palace gate, saying that this is my will, do you know?"

Zhu Houzhao explained all possible situations because she was not known to me when she left the palace.

Zhang Yuan responded one by one and began to worry about his future. Just when he looked dazed, Zhu Houzhao was ready to go to the back hall to wear eunuch's clothes.

"Your Majesty, you are..."

Zhang Yuan couldn't understand it. Now Zhu Houzhao is the emperor, and he actually has to wear eunuch clothes to leave the palace?

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Don't I want to be more low-key? Now that Eunuch Dai and Eunuch Liu accompany me out of the palace, I just need to follow them. Who would doubt it? Haha, I am still smart. Others will definitely not know what I do. I will go wherever I want to go after leaving the palace, haha!"

Zhu Houzhao was very proud. It was easier to be the emperor and sneak. Now, just let Dai Yi and Li Xing take him out of the palace. After leaving the palace, Dai Yi and Li Xing "protect the car"... and take two followers out of the palace, and you will be ashamed of your face everywhere.

Zhang Yuan frowned and swallowed. Facing an emperor who likes to make trouble, he didn't know what to say.
Chapter completed!