Empress Dowager Guide

Chapter 103
"Princess, minister, concubine really"

Princess Lin Yang looked coldly at Ji Baochuan, who had been restless since last night, looking like he was out of his mind. Isn't that just entering a palace, so anxious?
This morning was even more abnormal. She couldn't even tell the direction in the mansion. She was told to go east to wait for the carriage, but she ran to the west and stared blankly there.

"Didn't my palace tell you yesterday that after entering the palace today, you can call yourself a humble minister, not a concubine?"

Ji Baochuan nodded, but the tension in his heart still showed no signs of easing.

Seeing that Ji Baochuan's lips were trembling, Princess Lin Yang couldn't help asking, "Why are you so afraid?"

Ji Baochuan said with a pale face and trembling, "Perhaps...maybe it's something that happened back then...the minister still has... some shadows in the palace."

Back then, the princess fell into the lake and died, but she was not injured when she was with the princess, so after the plum feast, she was imprisoned in the inner palace without any surprise, until the interrogation by Si Zhengsi was over, and after the case was closed She was cleared of suspicion and sent back home.

But she didn't expect that going home was not the end of her pain, but the beginning of her tragic life.

It's just that I didn't realize it was wrong at the time, and I have gone through many vicissitudes when I look back.

Those lonely days in the palace made her miss the freedom when she was at home. At that time, she recalled that her father punished her to copy the scriptures. She can taste the sweetness of this kind of thing that ranks at the top of the pain list. Come on, isn't she going crazy, what else could it be?
When she agreed to the princess to stay in the princess mansion, she just had a fever in her head, thinking that since she had nowhere to go for the time being, she might as well stay and repay the princess's kindness for her painstaking efforts.

Unexpectedly, the princess sent her to the palace in a blink of an eye!
The queen mother's decree has been issued, and there is no room for repentance. She can only obey if she doesn't want to.

What a wrong step, wrong step!

When Princess Lin Yang heard the words, she immediately thought of what Bao Chuan said, and remembered that Bao Chuan had only agreed to stay in the Princess Mansion temporarily, and she couldn't help feeling a little regretful. To take you back to the palace, I argued with him for a few words, but the queen mother couldn't see it, so she called you into the palace."

"If you really don't want to enter the palace, you can stay in the palace for a while, and when Prime Minister Ji lets go, I'll find the queen mother to take you out of the palace, do you think so?"

Ji Baochuan calmed down, recovered his breath, looked firmly at Princess Lin Yang and said, "Princess, you have worked hard for a long time on your concubine's affairs. Since you are destined to have this encounter, it cannot be reversed by manpower. Maybe this is the fate of God. Give the concubine a test."

"Then..." Princess Lin Yang paused, seeing that Ji Baochuan seemed to have calmed down, she had no choice but to continue, "If you can't hold on, just say so. The queen mother is kind-hearted, and she will definitely not make things difficult for you."

Ji Baochuan grinned and said with a smile, "The princess has always praised the Queen Mother generously, but I really want to see the Queen Mother's demeanor. In the past, it was only rumored that Mrs. Li in the palace favored the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother..."

Ji Baochuan knew he had made a slip of the tongue, and hurriedly covered it up, "However, the Empress Dowager has great blessings, and she has both ability and moral integrity."

Princess Lin Yang didn't wait for Ji Baochuan to finish, she interrupted her random sycophancy, and said with a smile, "If someone else listens to what you said, today's meal will be indispensable, but, If it were the queen mother, I'm afraid she would only ask you about the folk legends."

Before Ji Baochuan recovered from Princess Lin Yang's words, Princess Lin Yang's footsteps were already drifting away, so she could only quickly pick up her skirt and speed up her pace to follow.

Queen Mother, who is so sacred that even Princess Lin Yang is full of praise for her?

For a moment, Ji Baochuan was more curious than fearful, and that inexplicable worry was slowly dissipating.

Sheng Shaoqing was also very curious about what this strange woman who dared to love and hate looked like, so she finished the matter at hand early today and only waited for Princess Lin Yang and Ji Baochuan to greet her.

As soon as Ji Baochuan stepped into the Hall of Eternal Light, he was attracted by the ingenious layout in the courtyard.

Back then when she was the young girl of the Ji Mansion, she also accompanied her mother to the palace for a banquet. At that time, the Palace of Eternal Light was occupied by Concubine Xu Guifei, who was the most famous concubine of Emperor Jing when he was in power.

Although Concubine Xu Guifei came from a low family background and had a very flamboyant temperament, she was favored by the emperor after entering the palace. The furnishings in the palace are all top-notch, and the utensils used are all exquisite and beautiful.

However, Concubine Xu Guifei didn't have much appreciation ability, and she was afraid that others would look down on her, so the style of painting gradually went astray, and later even Emperor Jing himself put forward several opinions. :
"I rewarded you so many good things, not for you to use them like this!"

Only then did Concubine Xu show signs of stopping, but in Ji Baochuan's impression, even if Concubine Xu restrained a lot later, the Palace of Eternal Light at that time was also resplendent and beautiful.

However, beauty is beauty, but it loses its agility and becomes more tacky.

But now, when Ji Baochuan looked at the Palace of Eternal Light, although it was no longer as luxurious as it used to be, it was more majestic and dignified, which made people feel awe.

The decorations dotted in the courtyard just add a lot of color to the courtyard, adding a bit of fireworks to the nobility.

Ji Baochuan thought in his heart, what Princess Lin Yang said was indeed true.

Just based on where the Queen Mother lives, one can roughly judge what the Queen Mother usually likes and what kind of personality she is. Just looking at the canopy on the swing by the pond, one can tell that the Queen Mother really likes to sit on this swing.

Following behind Princess Lin Yang, Ji Baochuan listened to Princess Lin Yang's instructions, but his eyes did not move away from the flowers and trees in the courtyard.

She remembered that when Concubine Xu lived in the Palace of Eternal Light, there was no place in the courtyard that was not a place of gold and jade, but now that there are so many flowers and plants, she is a little dizzy to pick them up.

"Here we are!" Princess Lin Yang walked around the last corridor, turned her head to Ji Baochuan, and said, "Don't be afraid. Sister-in-law is very nice."

Ji Baochuan nodded and smiled, "No concubine, I understand."

Eh?
Princess Lin Yang saw that the sluggish air between Ji Baochuan's eyebrows dissipated, and her expression was much calmer. She thought it was her own effort that had finally worked after so much talking, and she comforted her heart, "Then let's go in."

"Sister-in-law!"

"Lin Yang met his sister-in-law, Lin Yang has already brought her here!"

Sheng Shaoqing quickly asked them to sit down without courtesy, and before Princess Lin Yang could speak, Ji Baochuan knelt down again.

"My minister Ji Baochuan respectfully invites the Empress Dowager to be safe!"

What Sheng Shaoqing thought was one thing, but seeing it was another.

"Stay flat."

Although Ji Baochuan has been living in the countryside for so many years, he has the demeanor of a famous family brought up by everyone in his bones, so it seems to be more beautiful when he salutes.

Ji Baochuan's appearance was not particularly good, and after years of weathering and exhaustion, he did look older and more haggard than the noble ladies of her age in the capital.

However, Ji Baochuan has a unique temperament that those delicate flowers in the capital don't have. Sheng Shaoqing can't describe the impact of that slightly free and wild atmosphere on her for a while, but she is already subconsciously willing to get close to her. And trust the person in front of you.

Sheng Shaoqing originally thought that such a top-notch love brain who was willing to wait for her husband for so many years might not make people feel good, but it seems that she is too rigid.

Just like Princess Linyang, if you don't mention Mr. Li, she is quite cute.

"I have heard about your matter. I admire you for choosing the former over the righteousness of your family and the country and the personal relationship between your children. Therefore, after discussing with Princess Lin Yang, I called you into the palace as an official. In fact, there were people from outside the palace before. There is a precedent for selecting a talented person to be an official in the palace. However, since the time of Taizu, it is rare to choose a woman as an official. I hope you will dare to be the first in the world and set an example for the world. It’s good for me to be disappointed.”

In fact, that day when Ji Baochuan was said to be an official in the palace, as soon as Sheng Shaoqing said it, he thought of Cui Yun's self-report.

Cui Yun said that she entered the palace to escape her established fate, and she wanted to see where she could go besides the road that the tribe said.

Behind Cui Yun is the Cui family, who can allow her to walk on this road to the top of ten thousand people.

What about women in the world?
Although Ji Baochuan came from a wealthy family, she was also unable to control her own life due to her father's wishes, so what if she provided such a way?
Ji Baochuan chose to be an official in the palace because of his talents, in order to break a way for those women who were in the same situation, and let them see that they still have another choice.

Ji Baochuan raised her head in amazement, and looked at Sheng Shaoqing who was full of expectations in surprise. She had thought that the Queen Mother would say that choosing her as an official was just an expedient measure, or something else to prevaricate her, but she did not expect that the Queen Mother had this intention.

The example of the world?
Can she afford it?
Princess Lin Yang also heard the stringed sound and knew its elegant meaning, she was surprised, "Does the queen mother want to call the officials again?"

Sheng Shaoqing nodded, "Is there anything wrong?"

Princess Lin Yang frowned slightly and said, "Lin Yang is worried that the palace hasn't summoned officials for many years, so he can't do anything for a while, and it's messed up instead."

Princess Lin Yang thought for a while and then continued, "However, if sister-in-law wants to do it, there is nothing wrong with it. Aunt Hengyang grew up under Empress De'an's lap. Regarding the old rules, sister-in-law can ask her."

When Ji Baochuan heard the name of the eldest princess of Hengyang, his body trembled unconsciously. Thinking that he would be a servant in the palace in the future, he would definitely have a chance to meet Princess Hengyang. Just like when Zhong Gang was rescued, the coldness penetrated his heart.

Sheng Shaoqing noticed Ji Baochuan's anomaly, and just about to ask, Princess Lin Yang interrupted in advance, "It's just that Aunt Hengyang has lived reclusively these years, and rarely comes out for activities except for festivals. effort."

"However, Aunt Hengyang likes us juniors the most. If the Queen Mother summons us in the name of Your Majesty, Auntie will definitely come."

Sheng Shaoqing didn't expect that there would be so many twists and turns in the process, and after thinking about it, "It's not urgent, let Bao Chuan settle down first."

Princess Lin Yang nodded, but saw Ji Baochuan suddenly bow down and said, "My minister asked the Queen Mother to give me a name. Now that I have entered the palace, I want to make a clean break with the past. Although Baochuan's name is good, But Weichen hit Fubo and couldn't suppress the name, so I want to ask the Queen Mother to give it a new name."

Half of Ji Baochuan's actions were sincere, and the other half was out of self-preservation.

Since the Empress Dowager has the idea of ​​resuming the call for officials, she will definitely use herself as a precedent. Then the news of Ji Baochuan's entry into the palace as an official must not be covered up for long. Once Princess Hengyang knows that she is in the palace, she will not predict What will the eldest princess do.

Simply ask the Empress Dowager to change her name and enter the Shang Palace with a new identity. If the eldest princess of Hengyang really wants to find her, it will take some effort.

Sheng Shaoqing was stunned when he heard Ji Baochuan's request. Why did she ask her to choose a name? She is not the abbot, so can she shave someone and get a dharma name?
He didn't ask about salary or vacation, but asked himself to change his name. This Ji Baochuan was really a qualified worker in the eyes of the boss.

Princess Lin Yang, who knew the inside story, guessed Ji Baochuan's intentions at once, and helped Yuanchang say, "Since Baochuan wants to abandon the old way, the queen mother can help her choose a name. It is best to change the surname. If you want to come to Shanggong The bureau will not be able to think of her identity, so Bao Chuan can act cheaply."

Sheng Shaoqing looked at the two people in front of him singing together, there must be something hidden in it!
However, out of trust in Princess Linyang, Sheng Shaoqing decided to use the system function to investigate by himself, so let's rename Bao Chuan according to their wishes.

"Hmm..." Sheng Shaoqing pondered for a moment, trying to think of a good name in his mind, and said slowly, "You said that your fortune was poor, and the first half of your life was not smooth, so I wish you peace and joy in the second half of your life. Wangyou, why not just call it Wangyou?"

Princess Lin Yang also echoed, "Wangyou, it really is a good name! What about... surname?"

Sheng Shaoqing thought to himself, does this surname have to be changed?

But Ji Baochuan murmured to himself, "When you are happy, you forget your worries, when you are happy, you forget your worries...Weichen's mother's surname is Lu, so...Weishen wants to take Lu as his surname."

"Then, Lu Wuyou?"

Ji Baochuan kowtowed and thanked, "I thank the queen mother for giving me the name, and I also thank the princess for taking care of me for so many days. In the future, I will definitely tie a straw ring to repay your great favor!"

Sheng Shaoqing and Princess Lin Yang looked at each other, and said at the same time, "Master Lu, please stand up."

Sheng Shaoqing called Aning and said, "A Ning, you take Master Lu to the Shang Palace Bureau, just say that Master Lu is the secretary recommended by Princess Lin Yang, don't need to say anything else."

Aning nodded and accepted the order, but he was puzzled, didn't she mean that she was a young girl from the Ji family... why is her surname Lu?
However, Ah Ning knew that it is not a good thing to know more about some things in this palace, so she suppressed her doubts and concentrated on taking Mr. Lu to the Shang Palace Bureau to report.

Ah Ning didn't expect that Master Lu, who seemed to be a bit vicissitudes, would take the initiative to talk to him, or would he ask her what most of her accounting duties do?

This... This... Why doesn't the recommender of Princess Lin Yang recommend someone with experience?
"The post of accountant is mainly in charge of clothing, food, and firewood in the palace, and at the same time leads the cashier's audit."

"The Shang Palace is now..."

Aning said directly, "The Division of Accounting has two sixth-rank divisions, two seventh-rank Dianzheng, two eighth-rank Zhangzheng, and five female historians. Now Liu Siji and Tong Siji are in charge. You will be in charge in the future." It is to take over Tong Siji's position."

(End of this chapter)