Emperor Chenghua's face was as gloomy as water, and he squeezed out the word "say" from between his teeth, which sounded cold because of his extreme anger.
The eunuch kneeling on the ground kowtowed heavily: "I am Zhou Bo, serving on duty on the day of Jichou in October. On that day, Li Xueshi and two imperial censors Liu and Yang jointly submitted a memorial to the emperor, alleging that the eunuchs Liang Fang and Wei Xing from the Imperial Horse Administration had secretly spread the news of the Qing Palace's selection of concubines, causing chaos in marriages among the people, and using this to blackmail wealthy families with daughters in the capital. At that time, because the old lady Yang of the Nangong Palace was seriously ill, the emperor personally visited her and had no time to read it, so I put the memorial away for approval..."
He lowered his head, not daring to look at the emperor, but the two eunuchs were quietly observing the emperor's expression. The more angry they saw the emperor's face, the more secretly happy they were, and urged eunuch Zhou: "Why are you hesitating? Tell us who entered the side hall without permission and changed the memorial!"
The emperor spoke with great difficulty, but he snorted coldly to express his dissatisfaction.
Eunuch Zhou fell to the ground and said, "When I was sorting out the memorials, I saw the three adults reporting the chaos in the capital. I felt sad. After returning, I sighed a few words with my fellow villager Li Gong. I didn't expect that Li Gong would take advantage of the death of Empress Yang in the next two days. When everyone in the palace was in grief, he would secretly enter the Wenhua Palace to revise the taboo text. He also used words to induce me to read the memorial again, making me mistakenly believe that I had missed the taboo text before..."
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