Jinghong Tower

Two days later, Xiao Ba finally came back. When he saw He Ran, he looked guilty: "There is a little duck waiting in line, trying to align with the duck in front, but it can't be aligned." It muttered. :The duck is wrong, the duck is wrong.”

He Ran

"where did you go?"

Xiaoba: "The Lun family went to where they were waiting for you."

He Ran: "Why don't we have chicken stewed with mushrooms tonight? What if we don't have chicken? What can we do instead?"

Xiaoba: "We went to a big courtyard, long live long live long live."

He Ran remembered the last time Xiaoba went to Cining Palace and overheard Min Lan talking to the emperor. She thought, could it be that Xiaoba has been living in the palace these days?

She recalled that Shoumei said that Xiaoba was becoming more and more picky about food. Instead of losing weight, Xiaoba in front of her had shiny feathers.

"You little idiot, after so many days, you have only learned how to do it: Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live? You are getting more and more stupid." He Ran, it's just a trick, I don't have any psychological burden.

Xiaoba is anxious, it is a smart bird!

"Good luck to your majesty! The emperor has arrived! Wish you good luck! May the dragon be healthy! I am the emperor! I am not a bastard!"

He Ran narrowed her eyes with a smile, her Xiaoba was just smart.

"Xiaoba is so good, but Xiaoba don't run around these days. We are leaving the capital, and we won't be back for a while. If you happen to be away on the day I leave, I won't send anyone to pick you up. ." He Ran threatened.

Xiao Ba was indeed scared. He rubbed his little head against He Ran's arm: "Bao'er, the days without you are like years for a little bird."

"Then be good and don't run around." He Ran told it.

He Ran called Li Jinxiu: "Do we have a teenage chamberlain in the palace?"

Li Jinxiu said: "When I was new three years ago, I saw that I had three children who were doing well, so I took care of their families. However, it was not until this year that Jinghong Tower was restarted. Therefore, these three children were still idle, and even the emperor Never seen it.”

He Ran said: "Let's provide money to help them in the palace. At least one must be sent to the emperor. By the way, last time I heard that the great eunuch Yuan Ying died of a godson?"

Li Jinxiu smiled and said, "Yes, I understand. Don't worry, Boss. I have lived in the capital for decades, so I can talk to Yuanying."

According to palace rules, every three months, the chamberlains and maids in the palace can meet with their families.

There are many people in the palace, and not everyone has this honor. Moreover, the meeting time is very short, and it is only enough to give each other something. For example, this is the money for our father's medical treatment, for example, this is what my mother made for you. shoes.

Of course, these things must also be inspected, otherwise, nothing outside the palace will be allowed into the palace.

Even for such a brief meeting, you need to apply and queue up three months in advance. By the time you are queued up, it may have been a year or two later, or there may be no one in your family who can come to visit you.

But these are nothing to a great eunuch of Yuanying's level.

His only relative is his sister, whose family moved to Tong County last year. If Yuan Ying wants to see them, he only needs to tell the eunuch in charge of procurement outside the palace, and on that day in three months, his sister, brother-in-law and nephews will come over.

Today is the March period. Yuanying did not notify his sister and his family to come over, so he was busy with other things early in the morning.

A young chamberlain ran over and said, "General Manager, a message came from the palace gate just now that your nephew is here." Yuan Ying's heart sank, why did your nephew come suddenly? Could it be that something happened at my sister's house?

Yuan Ying came from a poor background. When she was a child, her father died of exhaustion while working on the river. Her mother went to the mountains to collect mushrooms and was bitten to death by a wild boar. Their twelve-year-old sister was sold by their uncle to a man in his fifties for ten taels of silver. At the age of ten, he was sold by his uncles to a Yaren who specialized in purchasing servants for the palace for the same price of ten taels of silver.

Yuan Ying entered the palace at the age of ten, and it has been more than twenty years since he was a little chambermaid who emptied toilets, and finally got through it. After he became the emperor, Yuan Ying sent people to look for his sister everywhere, and learned that her sister was later rewarded by the merchant. He gave it to his followers and gave birth to a son and a daughter.

Yuanying asked people to take her sister's family over, settle in Tong County, and buy them a house, land and shop.

Three years ago, the Empress Dowager was in charge of the harem. Yuanying made the right bet and stood on the right team at the most critical moment. Many eunuchs who were more powerful than Yuanying before did not have his vision and luck, so they either died. , or he was released from the palace, and because he was the best at doing things, he was sent to the emperor by the Empress Dowager. He became one of the two most powerful eunuchs in the harem.

Yuanying's hometown and several surrounding counties were the places where most servants were purchased in this dynasty.

Many villages had people working as chamberlains, so the news of Yuan Ying's success in the palace had long spread to his hometown. His maternal family and his own family tried their best to curry favor with him, but Yuan Ying was slapped in the face.

He even asked someone to send an official letter to his parents in his hometown. He had no relatives in his hometown, let alone any relatives. His only relative was in Tongzhou!

Therefore, some thieves who "pretended" to be Yuan Ying's uncle were imprisoned.

These things about Yuanying are not secrets in Beijing, many people know about them.

Back to the present, Yuanying quickly came to the door and saw her nephew craning his neck to look inside.

Seeing that her nephew looked good, Yuan Ying was slightly relieved, as long as nothing happened to her sister.

"Alu, why are you here? Is your mother okay?" Yuanying asked.

There were flag bearers beside him, and Yuan Ying pulled his nephew aside.

The nephew lowered his voice and said to Yuanying: "Uncle, my mother is very good, but the younger sister is a little bad. Half a month ago, my father secretly arranged a marriage for my younger sister without telling my mother. The man is thirty. More, I was a civil servant and wanted to marry my younger sister to fill a house. My mother was very angry. She went to the family and told her to break off the engagement. Not only did the family refuse to agree, she also said that someone in her family was in Jinyiwei. My sister's bad reputation will also affect you, uncle.

My mother was extremely worried when she came back, but just the day before yesterday, that family came to the door and said that the marriage was just drunk talk and not serious, and even gave her a generous gift.

My mother was curious and asked about it. The family member finally had to say that her family owed someone a huge favor in the early years, and now that person came to ask her family to return the favor. The so-called repaying the favor meant canceling the engagement. "

"Who is it?" Yuanying frowned. Although he had the power, it was only within the palace. He had to find others for help with matters outside the palace. The most they could do was give him face.

"He is an old man, his surname is Wang, and he owns a teahouse. I went to see him with a generous gift." said the nephew.

"What does he want?" At this moment, Yuan Ying still didn't understand. What he wanted was his favor.

"He has a daughter who was abducted when she was young. He has been searching for her for many years. When she found her, she was already dead. His only child is now in the palace. Mr. Wang would like to ask you to take care of that child."