imperial psychologist

Chapter 202 The Underground Gear

The registry office of the respect room is located underground.

When Bo Ling came here in the afternoon, he heard from the fathers-in-law here that there were about 5000 people in the palace. people.

This made Berlin feel very incredible.

Most of the time, the palace gave her the impression of majesty and emptiness.

From the back palace to the front court, the corridors between the countless palace walls are always silent and deserted.Even in Chengqian Palace where the imperial concubine lives, there are no more than a dozen servants stationed daily.She couldn't imagine that there were as many as 5000 maidservants in the palace...

Where are these people and what are they doing?

When entering the information of Bailing, Baoyuan was negotiating and confirming the information with the palace staff at the registration office throughout the whole process-on the way here, she had repeatedly told Bailing not to say anything after entering. Don't ask anything, it's all up to her arrangement.

Bo Ling was also so happy, she followed Bao Yuan all the way, pressing her fingerprints when asked, and writing her name when asked.

It seems that Zheng Shu has been preparing to investigate the files since Boling mentioned Qinglian's suspicion last time—this is really a complicated and tedious task.

After all, the original files of all palace personnel from the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty to the present are stored here, ranging from the queens and concubines of the past dynasties to those who don’t even have a name but only a surname. The files belonging to them are quietly stored It has been here for more than three hundred years.

This has never been the slightest mistake.

Originally, the most difficult certificate to obtain was the approval of the eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies—not that the approval was so strict, but that the waiting time was very long. It took a month or two for a reply.

But it happened that Emperor Jianxi had secretly left three blank inner court orders to Chengqian Palace for the convenience of the sick Qu family, on which his emperor's seal had already been affixed.In this way, even when he is practicing in seclusion and seeing no outsiders, Qu can use this handbook to bypass many complicated rules in the palace.

This handbook was used for Qu Xiu at the beginning of this year, and now Qu has almost no hesitation, and once again took out one and handed it to Zheng Shu.

After Bao Yuan left, Bo Ling held the key tightly and walked in following the steps of the father-in-law in charge.

The eunuch in charge led her into the door of the underground warehouse, and then a hale and hearty old man came, smiling and leading Bo Ling to go underground.

This old man looks gray at the temples, with a long beard reaching to his chest, he should be aged.

Holding a candle in his hand, he walked slowly. The dim light underground reminded people of places like dungeons. Every step he took, he could hear the echo of footsteps and a bunch of keys on his waist.

"In our palace, there are a total of twelve prisons, four divisions, and eight bureaus, and they are also called '24 Yamen'..." The old man said self-consciously, "Here, walk a little slower, and the steps are a bit uneven. "

Bo Ling graciously supported the wall, and his steps slowed down accordingly.Sure enough, within a few steps, the steps under his feet suddenly became much higher than before.

The old man turned his head, "You are in Chengqian Palace... What are you doing in Chengqian Palace?"

"Medicine." Bo Ling replied softly.

The old man smiled and sighed, "Good luck, girl."

"...?" Bai Ling raised his eyes to look at the old man, and tilted his head slightly puzzled.

"The female officer in charge of medicine, the last time is from the sixth grade, right?" The man smiled.

"Well, yes." Bo Ling nodded, "Although I am working in Chengqian Palace, the volume should be hung under the Internal Officials Bureau."

Bo Ling waited for the old man's next words, but the old man had already stopped in front of a big iron gate.

He took out an iron ring from his waist, on which were hung a dozen keys.Bo Ling stepped forward to take the candle from the old man's hand. He squinted his eyes and searched for a long time, and finally found the right one.

The iron door suddenly opened, and the old man took the candle and walked in front, "...the files of the 20-year Apocalypse are all here."

Tianqi is the year name of Emperor Jianxi's father.

After passing the iron gate, the aisle in the middle was dark and narrow.

On both sides of the aisle are huge compartments, which are also separated by iron fences, and each room is filled with bookshelves four or five people high.

There was a faint scent of camphor in the air—presumably to keep silverfish from eating the books.

Since Bai Ling entered here, he couldn't help but look around. It was obviously underground and there was no light, but he could feel a gust of convection from time to time.

"This is where the files of the Internal Affairs Bureau are located." The old man stopped suddenly and slightly raised the candle in his hand, "The file of Xiaosi Medicine should be inside."

Bo Ling glanced at the dark display room, and he could still see some outlines inside. Every shelf was covered with a layer of gray-blue cloth, and a thin layer of gray was accumulated on the cloth. .

Berlin guessed that most of the files stacked on these bookshelves should have passed away.

This made her suddenly feel a little bit emotional, everyone here is like a rotating pinion, tightly fitting their positions, silently propping up this huge imperial palace.

In the history books, the names of princes and generals will last through the ages, but here is the silent majority.

"There are so many people." Bo Ling sighed softly.

"Are there many? Not many." The old man said softly, "Those who can enter the internal lawsuit files are all high-ranking palace people like you. There are more than 5000 people in the Huanyi Bureau, where everyone is miserable. But when there are high-grade palace people counting in the 40th year of Jianxi, there are only a total of more than 640 working."

Bo Ling opened his eyes slightly, "...is there only more than 600?"

"That's right, the rest are hard-working oxen and horses...Occasionally someone can make a leap of the carp by virtue of their natural ability and luck, and others...you can only stick to a certain square world in this palace for the rest of your life."

As he said that, he glanced at Bai Ling again with a smile, "In this way, isn't the girl lucky?"

The old man led Bai Ling to move forward, saying as he walked, "Officers and maids like you have the opportunity to go out of the palace to live their own lives when they are 25 years old, and other palace people have to wait until they are 50 years old... Although this The hope is also the hope, but very few people can live to that age."

Seeing that he loved the servants in the palace so much, Bo Ling suddenly became curious about the identity of this person.

This man has a beard, so it can be seen that he is not an eunuch, he seems to have stayed in the underground warehouse of this volume of books for many years, and he is very familiar with this place.

"Old man, where is Gui Geng this year?" Bai Ling said softly, "...should be past fifty?"

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