Sometimes the palace is sunny

The tall steed stopped in front of Chaohua Garden in Xiyuan, and Yiji hurried out with a group of eunuchs:

"My lord, you are back!"

Shen Shiqing turned over and got off the horse, and said casually, "Cai Zhi and Mr. Li Ge will come in with a book in the afternoon?"

"Old General Cai didn't have any records. Old Li Ge sent in a list, saying that it was for the emperor's reference."

Nodding, Shen Shiqing raised her hand and untied the cloak on her body as she walked into the hall. When she saw Ergou waiting at the door of the hall, she nodded:
"Come in."

Er Gou has been kneeling outside the palace gate for half a day. After listening to the emperor's order, he hastily got up from the ground. He had lost his strength a long time ago, and was about to fall over, but the three cats on the side held him up.

"Be careful with your feet, you, a sick dog, can't afford to damage the gold bricks in the temple."

What San Mao said was so mean, Er Gou would have answered back a long time ago, but now he just pursed his lips, and when he stood still, he bowed his head and thanked him.

Ever since his ass was beaten and thrown back to Zhifang that day, Ergou has experienced the suffering of the world again. The great eunuch who has been in the imperial court for several years has been relegated so much that people want to step him into the mud. In the eyes of the emperor, he could only see a few eunuchs, and only when there is a space for others to have a chance to go up, although there is a chicken for people to look after, but the chicken has to wait in front of the emperor all day long, it can't stop those who want him to die The little eunuch who took care of him kept persuading him to go back to live in the mansion outside the imperial city, but Ergou didn't dare.

After leaving the imperial city, he was afraid that he would never be able to come back in his life. Instead of waiting for the emperor to think of him, he would rather die inside the red wall.

He nestled in the straight house where he could see as far as the eye could see, day after day, and his heart was also ashamed. When a chicken came to see him and advised him to calm down and heal his wounds, how could he calm down?

When I close my eyes, I can see myself standing on a round rock, surrounded by water ghosts stretching out their hands to pull him down. After finally opening my eyes, how many people in front of me are not ghosts?

If Sanmao hadn't pleaded for him and made the emperor relieved, he might have understood himself with a belt if he couldn't survive one day.

"Hey, you mangy dog ​​will still thank you, but it's really rare. If I knew that I begged the emperor to beat you a few more times, it would also eliminate the dog's dryness in you."

After finishing speaking, the three cats ran to the emperor's side and squeezed away the little eunuch who was serving the emperor's hot water basin:
"My lord, you are riding a horse against the cold wind and be careful not to catch a cold. May I have a cup of hot wine for you?"

"I still need to read the memorial at night, so the wine is free. I ate some rabbit meat and shrimp today, and cooked some astragalus porridge. No need to add sugar." Putting the handkerchief after wiping his face and hands back into the basin, Shen Shiqing took it again A hen puts on the gown in his hand.

The three cats quickly responded, and said with a smile: "Astragalus has a medicinal taste after all. The emperor doesn't want to drink sweet porridge, so the servant will add some snacks for you? It just so happened that Wu Zhangshan from the empress's side brought a meat pie and a mixed three." Silk, the maidservant can tell by smelling it that it is a skill that the maidservant will never be able to achieve in this lifetime."

"Alright, has Wu Zhangshan seen her mother?"

"Returning to the emperor, Xu Gongling has already sent someone to teach Wang Yiren the rules of entering the palace for an audience. He can probably enter the palace before the heavy snow. The empress also specially rewarded the clothes and face. It is said that the younger brother of Wu Zhangshan's family is not very good. Filial piety, there are two and a half tile-roofed houses in the family, and Wang Yiren was driven to live in a thatched cottage. Fortunately, the people sent by Xu Gongling were safe, not only arranged a place for Wang Yiren, but also treated Wang Yiren. Personally accompanying Wang Yiren, one is to help Wang Yiren take care of the property bestowed by the emperor, the other is to teach the rules, and the third is... The emperor's benevolence can't be cheap. Those unfilial sons, hehehe, don't you know the emperor Ah, Wang Yiren also has two nephews who come to her every day to try to be her filial sons and grandsons."

Listening to Sanmao's words, Shen Shiqing nodded:
"This kind of situation really needs someone to help guard it. Xu Gongling is meticulous and considerate. He has helped me and the queen a lot these days. You should learn from her. I remember that there are many in this year's tribute. Baozhu, pick some good ones for me to have a look at, and send them to the Empress during the winter solstice, thank her for her hard work in preparing the palace maids to study recently, and also give Xu Gongling a reward."

Hearing that the emperor rewarded Xu Gongling so generously, Sanmao hurriedly said: "The servant first thanked the emperor for the reward on Xu Gongling's behalf!"

A pair of cat eyes narrowed into a line, and Sanmao smiled and flattered: "The emperor is benevolent, and now the little palace daughters in the palace are very energetic, and they want to earn an order for their mother to go back. The kindness with the empress is higher than the sky."

Shen Shiqing had already walked to the desk and wanted to sit down, but when she heard this, she turned around and kicked him lightly: "Did you add the last sentence?"

"Hehehe, how can the mouths of those little palace daughters be as clever as slaves? The slaves just said what they wanted to say but couldn't say!"

Seeing that the three cats coaxed the emperor into a good mood, Yiji quickly winked at Ergou.

Taking advantage of San Mao taking a step back and saying that he was going to cook porridge for the emperor, Er Gou quickly knelt down and walked forward: "I want to report to the emperor, yesterday, the Prince of England sent someone to deliver things to the servant's parents' residence. "

Shen Shiqing raised her eyes, and saw Er Gou took out a wooden box from the bundle at hand, which contained a Ganoderma lucidum the size of two palms.

"Your Majesty, there is a layer of gold beads under the ganoderma lucidum box. The sender didn't say anything superfluous, and just let the servants take care of their wounds."

"It seems that the crown prince of the British county wears hemp and eats chaff in his mouth, and what he thinks about is your wealth and glory, Ergou." Shen Shiqing picked up a booklet, and said in a gentle tone, "In this case, you should have more contacts with him, and you can use your methods well. Now, after all, you are the great eunuch in front of the imperial court, how can a little profit move you?"

"Yes! Your lord! This servant understands! This servant was betrayed by the emperor before, so I will never touch anything I shouldn't touch again, and do my best for the emperor."

After finishing speaking, Ergou started to kowtow, and his forehead literally hit the floor tiles.

From the heart, Shen Shiqing doesn't want to have a greedy person to serve by her side, Zhao Surui treats people like cats and dogs, as long as they are obedient enough, they don't care about their private tricks, Shen Shiqing is not like this, she knows that human nature is inherently evil, But the more she was like this, the more she felt that those who could follow the good path should have more opportunities.

"A chicken."

"The slave is here."

Shen Shiqing drew a circle on a memorial, and said in a deep voice: "In the past few days, choose some eunuchs and female officials who know how to write and ink to enter Chaohuayuan."

This is to directly promote the manpower to break the situation where the four eunuchs are all in front of the imperial court. Lying on the ground, Ergou didn't even dare to lift his head.

A chicken standing on the side just lowered his eyes and replied humbly: "Yes."

In the middle of the night, the three cats were on duty in front of the imperial court, and the two dogs sat in the ear room of Chaohuayuan, covering their mouths and almost crying:
"Chicken Boss, I'm the one who can't stand you. Once you become greedy, you will be imprisoned."

Yiji glanced at him, shook his head and sighed softly: "What's the use of crying now? You don't have to be sad, since the emperor still uses you, there is a chance for you to make up for it."

Er Gou kept silent, obviously he was born tall and burly, but now he was sitting in a ball.

The four mice standing against the wall whispered: "It's not a bad thing to promote others to come in. The emperor has ordered more and more errands. If Ergou, you can make great contributions to the king, the emperor will not." Mistreated you. Now I'm worried about something else."

After speaking, he looked at Yiji.

Yiji understood immediately, and took another look at Ergou: "Now the Prince of England lives in Ning'anbo Mansion, there is something... Ergou, it's better for you to know."

Er Gou raised his head, his eyes widened and his long face stretched out like a dog:
"What's the matter? Boss Chicken, why do you look so ugly?"

Yiji opened his mouth and closed it again. He has been serving the emperor for so many years, and he really couldn't tell the matter about the emperor's affair with his wife.

It was Sishu who took the conversation. He glanced at the open window and said in a low voice:
"When you are in Ning'anbo's residence, you must take care of his second young wife, Shen Shi. If you neglect, I'm afraid you will lose another piece of dog skin."

Ning Anbo mansion?Second young lady?
Ergou was at a loss: "Recently, the palace is saying that the empress's favor is getting more and more popular. Why, why is there any wife?"

The four mice had no expression on their faces, and their tone was light: "I won't talk about the past. Before the emperor asked me to find a shop that made the rosary offerings. I thought it was the emperor who wanted to take the empress to eat. How could I know?" Today, the emperor first asked me to send people to Xicheng Bingmasi to take people, and then took people to the mansion of the former Shen University scholar. All this was for the Shen family. After saving the Shen family, the emperor also brought people She went to eat at the Paxia offering, and she didn't let us wait in front of her, but when she left, I saw that there were shrimp shells in front of the emperor, where did the emperor peel the shrimp shells before?"

The tone was unremarkable, but the content was shocking. Er Gou's eyes opened wider and wider with every word Si Shu said, and the last pair of dog eyes almost came out of the window.

"Then Shen, when did our emperor know him?"

Speaking of this, both the mouse and the dog looked at the silent chicken boss.

A chicken sat in the corner of the kang with its head down and said: "I don't know either. Sanmao was most likely the one who went out with the emperor when he was in the hidden mansion, but when I asked him, he only remembered some places where cockfights and dogs went. When was it brought by the former crown prince to visit the Shen University scholar?"

"Visited? I remember it? How many years have passed?" Er Gou twisted his head, his legs were no longer sore and his buttocks were no longer hurting, and he looked left and right with a long face, "Then , What does Shen look like? What kind of temper?"

"Appearance - I really don't see it clearly, there should be fairness and beauty. As for temperament -" Four Mouse pondered for a moment, "It is said that Mrs. Shen is a lantern-like beauty and a clay Bodhisattva, but I saw it twice. I feel a bit wild, and I don't know if I have been wronged in Xie's house and changed my temperament. But when I look at our emperor, his eyes are always bright, no wonder the emperor is so rare."

Ergou spat after hearing his words: "You eunuch also know why the emperor likes women?"

Sishu didn't say a word, he lifted his foot, and the tiptoe touched his dog's buttocks. Ergou shrank his head back in pain.

Didn't see the mouse playing with the dog, Yiji's eyes were calm, his hands were folded in his sleeves, the candlelight on his jade-like face was flickering:

"If there were five or six signs before, the emperor is afraid that... have all the people serving around Shen's been screened?"

Putting their feet back, the four mice straightened their bodies, and said as if reciting a book: "After screening, the names of the three big maids who came to serve are all from "Xiaoyaoyou". One is called A Chi, who can read and write. Settle accounts, she is considered to be the top maidservant. One is called Tunan, who was the one who asked our emperor’s name last time. You can tell from her gait that she has some skills. I don’t think she is a maidservant who is in charge of the stove. The other is called Peifeng. I saw it with my own eyes today, and there was a thick layer of calluses on her hands. She should be a maidservant who is used to long soldiers. The Shen family used to have some family background. These three maidservants look good, no wonder they can protect Shen from Uncle Ning’s mansion has retreated completely. Now the village where Mrs. Shen lives still has concubines who were kicked out from Xie’s family, it’s a mess, Boss Chicken, do we need to send people in?”

"No, you just arrange someone to guard near Zhuangzi, and it's enough to have a messenger when Mrs. Shen goes to Beijing again."

Only Ergou, who had heard the emperor's private affairs in his head, was dazzled, and felt the pain in his body go to his head.

"Boss Chicken, doesn't that mean that I still have half a master in Ning Anbo's mansion?"

Yiji thought for a while, lowered his eyes and said:
"First of all, it is probably right for you to say that Mrs. Shen is serving half of the master, but don't reveal your whereabouts. When the emperor sees Mrs. Shen, you have to help cover it up. If the news about the emperor gets out, no one can save you. .”

Haishi was about to pass, and the lights in the Nuan Pavilion of Chaohua Palace finally went out.

Yiji stood up and said, "I'll go out and take a look around."

The second dog still held his head and didn't know how to cry, so he just said "um", and the fourth mouse wanted to accompany him, but was rejected by a chicken.

Walking in the courtyard with a ram horn lantern, the chief eunuch, who is under one person and over ten thousand people, looked at the light on the ground and sighed faintly:
"'The one with the blue sky on his back, and Mo Zhiyao, and then Jiang Tunan'*."

After a while, he raised his head and praised again:
"What a good name."