A thick stack of paper was delivered to Zhuang Zhao the next day.

She first wrote down the names of the four stewards on a piece of paper, then each of her subordinates, and then made a diagram based on what they had written.

After doing this work, as soon as I raised my eyes, it was already dark.

She put down her pen tiredly, asked Baicha to bring a bowl of porridge, and refused to eat any more after eating half a bowl.

It's so easy to sort things out, she seems to have a little flower in her eyes, and she can't read the words clearly. Bai Cha took the booklet and read it to her, "Ying Tiancheng, the head of the dining room, is originally from He'an County, Shandong, and has one younger brother and sister in the family. Hongguang entered the people in the twelfth year, and Hongguang was transferred to the East Palace in the twenty-second year......"

Zhuang Zhao closed his eyes and listened intently, and when he heard Shui Bo's name, he interrupted Bai Cha, "Originally from the capital, no relatives at home?" "The fact that there are no relatives at home is too conspicuous.

"She herself said that her parents and brother died early, her sister-in-law remarried, and there was no one to rely on, so she entered the palace" Bai Cha flipped through the words of other palace people, "Other palace people said that they had never heard her talk about their relatives, and they thought she was an orphan, so they entered the palace"

Zhuang Zhao opened his eyes, "Write down her name and hand it to the paper inkstone later." Let him look it up. The prince showed a little power from his fingers to her, and she had no reason not to use it.

Bai Cha sighed, wrote down the name and continued to read the rest.

Among them, there is also a little eunuch who serves in the flower room, and he has no relatives at home and never speaks of his family. Zhuang Zhao also let Bai Cha write it down.

After listening to the whole thing, she had a faint idea in her heart, but she didn't mention it first. Let the white tea wait to sleep. Without the prince there, she slept more comfortably.

The next day, he sent Shui Bo and the name of the little eunuch to the paper inkstone.

The paper inkstone is very fast, and some problems will be found when you check it. The two entered the palace in the same year, which is nothing, and there are not 1,000 palace attendants selected every year, but 800. However, these two people were brought into the palace by the same person, which is worth pondering.

The old things of more than ten years ago were still turned out by the paper inkstone out of the palace people who handled it at that time, and they were checked one by one, but they were the people of King Qi.

When the prince knew the result, he was not much surprised, there were only a few suspicious people on the left and right, and it was the best person who was the king of Qi. If the people in his palace resorted to such a method in order to eliminate dissent, it would make him even more angry.

But we can't relax.

"Let your owner do what he did before, and the rest won't have to go back and forth."

The prince picked up the fold with the urgent strip seal in his hand, the emperor's spirit was getting worse day by day, and there were many folds sent from places that had been sent to the East Palace to read. As soon as there are more excerpts, there will be less energy to worry about the backyard, not to mention that this is not something that the prince should be concerned about. It would be better to have Zhuang to help him handle these things.

Paper Yan lowered his head and answered, and went to Tinglan Courtyard to reply in person.

Zhuang Zhao was admiring the lotus in the pavilion, and when he saw him coming, he threw the hibiscus in his hand aside, "Why are you here, is there anything Your Highness is not worried about?" ”

Paper Yan said, "His Royal Highness instructed the master to do what he said before, and there is nothing to worry about." It was the slave who was afraid that the person who replied below would be stupid, so he came by himself. There is one more thing for the mother to know. Master Zhang of Zhilan Courtyard added a palace maid and two grandmothers, all of whom were selected by Brother Tan from a white family. ”

Zhuang Zhao asked him to sit down, "White tea, pour a lotus dew." He added, "Sister Zhang's addition should have been done, I heard that the palace maid was called back?" She pursed her lips and smiled.

Paper Yan drank the lotus dew in one go, stood up and bent over and said, "Since the master knows everything, the slave will retire first." ”

"Thank you for your hard work, I rewarded your brother with a handful of golden melon seeds last time, so you can also play with it this time." Zhuang Zhao grabbed a handful from his purse and asked for white tea to give him.

Paper Yan's waist lowered a little more, thanked him in his mouth, and took the golden melon seeds from Bai Cha's hand.

"White tea, you send him for me"

Zhuang Zhao picked up the hibiscus that he had just thrown away, trimmed it with small scissors, and cut off one of the lotus flowers with a click, leaving only one branch and putting it into the beauty goose, and repairing a few lotus leaves and putting them on the side.

The flowers and leaves in the world are not compatible, and the flowers are dusted in the golden pots. Only the green lotus and red lotus are innocent.

Could it be that this hibiscus is not divided into green leaves and red flowers, high and low? Zhuang Zhao smiled slightly.

Bai Cha came back after sending the paper inkstone, and he was still a little puzzled, "I usually don't have any friendship, and he has always been a cold-faced ghost, why is he suddenly so attentive, but people are not used to it." ”

Zhuang Zhao put the beauty in her hand, Bai Cha hurriedly hugged it tightly, and followed Zhuang Zhao to the house.

"If you want to say that there are too few people serving around the princess, when the prince receives the canonization ceremony, the crown prince concubine, and there are four girls to serve, you will know why the paper inkstone is so diligent." How many people are there around the prince? With Tan Chen at the head, the more they can't go over. If you want to be more respected in front of the prince, someone has to mention them.

Not to mention that Paper Yan is not very old, and he can mix well in so many internal prisons of the prince, which is really clever.

Zhuang Zhao wrote down all the transfers to be made in each courtyard on paper and sent them to the crown princess, and the crown princess agreed without looking at it. After going to see the queen that day, she was frightened and felt a little uncomfortable. I didn't dare to call the imperial doctor, so I lay on the bed.

"Niangniang, drink the medicine" Mama Lin looked at the weak princess, distressed and helpless. Why do you say this, I will not have these things soon.

The crown princess turned around and wept silently along the wall.

Mama Lin sighed and instructed Ruyi, "Pour the medicine, be careful not to let people see it." Ruyi turned around and went out, leaving only Mama Lin and the crown princess.

Mama Lin sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the back of the crown princess, and asked, "Niangniang plans to go on like this forever?" Your Highness didn't apologize there, could it be that you wanted Your Highness to apologize to you? As you can see, Your Highness is not just a woman. You will not please him, and some people will. When the time comes, it will be difficult to redeem it. ”

The crown princess still had her back to her, and her body trembled slightly.

"Niangniang, think about it, you are just the crown princess now, and you will ...... in the future" Mama Lin was determined to give the crown princess a slap in the face.

"The position of queen, who do you think can afford now, you or the owner of the village? The queen mother can still help you now, and when the prince ascends the throne, even the queen mother has to look at his face and act, who will you rely on when the time comes. ”

The crown princess took a breath, "Don't say it!" ”

Mama Lin didn't stop, "It's good that Niangniang knows to be afraid, Ming'er will go and admit her mistake to His Royal Highness the Prince." If you don't care about it, you always have to get by on the face. ”

The crown princess smiled bitterly, "What is face, you just take face too seriously." Thinking about face every day, you look at Mu Niangniang, how beautiful is her face, in fact? If you have no children, you will lose face! She thought of Zhang Biyu and looked resentful, "Isn't my face more noble than Zhang Biyu's slut?" As a result, she has a child, look at His Highness's attitude! Why doesn't he want to think about how I should deal with myself? ”

"Mother, you have to think so. Why don't you ask yourself to become a monk? The days are quieter," Mama Lin said angrily.

The crown princess stopped talking again.

Since Zhuang Zhao rectified it, the atmosphere in the East Palace has been much tense. Soon it was time for the crown prince's canonization.

The ceremony was held at the altar, and the ministers of civil and military affairs were lined up on both sides.

The emperor stood on the altar, and the crown prince was at the bottom of the steps. The emperor announced that he would sacrifice heaven and earth first and pay homage to his ancestors.

The prince walked up the stairs, a total of nine sections, each with nine steps. At the end of each section, kneel down and bow three times and bow once. By the time the prince walked to the emperor's side, his underwear was already soaked.

The emperor handed over the crown prince's treasure seal to him, "The future of the Great Fu, I will hand it over to you." ”

The prince bowed deeply, "The grandson will live up to Grandpa Huang's expectations." He took the treasure seal and put it on the tray in the hand of the little eunuch beside him. Turning to face the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.

Wenchen was led by Taifu Xie An, and Wuchen was headed by Xu Hao, the Duke of Zhenguo, and two columns of nearly 100 ministers saluted and shouted, "Long live the emperor, long live, long live." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Chitose Chitose Chitose. ”

This was followed by the crown princess's canonization ceremony.

The book was passed to the inner hall, and the crown princess descended from the east steps to greet her. Zanbai is in place. Praise kneeling, concubine kneeling. Praise the book, the female official knelt down to take the book, and the announcement was completed. The crown princess bowed three times and sent the salute out. Then go to see the prince.

This was the first time the two men met since the Cold War.

The crown prince maintained a polite smile, took her hand, and the two of them received a visit from the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and the wife of the Inner Order.

The prince's hand was very warm, but the princess didn't dare to shake it at will. She carefully hooked the prince's little finger, and her face was still generous and decent.

The prince was stunned, sighed, and held her hand. The crown princess's smile deepened.

That night, the prince rested at the princess's place.

Zhang Biyu touched her belly, which was already a little bulging, a little worried. The crown princess has hated her, and she doesn't know if it's a man or a woman in her belly. If the relationship between the crown prince and the crown princess improves, it will be tantamount to making things worse for her.

What should I do, the prince will hate to see the princess?

Zhang Biyu was desperately thinking of a way to change the situation in her mind, but was interrupted by the new palace maid Chun Xia.

"Mother, it's time to go to bed." She bent down to help Zhang Biyu and walk to the bed.

Zhang Biyu sat down on the bed and suddenly asked, "What about the two grandmothers?" "They've always been there.

Chun Xia took off her embroidered shoes for her, "Mama Lin said that the two mammas had never learned the rules of the East Palace, and they were afraid that they would not know the severity. Deliberately let people teach. The mother wants to see the two grandmothers? ”

Zhang Biyu shook her head.

I'm afraid that it is false that I have not learned the rules, and it is true to give myself a horse. The situation is really not optimistic.

She lay down, closed her eyes, and slowly fell asleep.

In the dream, her hard-working son was carried to the crown princess's knees and remembered as a sister-in-law. And she, because of the princess's unease, was given a cup of poisoned wine and died with hatred.

No! Zhang Biyu opened her eyes suddenly, and her back was drenched with sweat. She adjusted her breathing, and her mood slowly calmed down.

If one person had to die, it must not be me!