Even if the emperor ordered him, there was no reason to bring a living person into the palace to live casually. To add a palace maid to the palace, there is also a series of relevant yamen procedures to be completed. At this time, the sun is thin, and you can only leave Qiwen in the palace first, and wait for someone to pick her up the next day.

Before leaving, the eldest princess emphasized to King Tan again: "Qiwen is already my person, don't take advantage of tonight to do anything to her." ”

King Tan laughed, shook his head and sighed: "I didn't expect that in the eyes of my sister, I was such a hungry beast." Don't worry, I always remember that she is your person, not mine. Okay, right? ”

"Hmph, don't forget to take advantage of others when you talk seriously." The eldest princess stepped on the small stool and got into the carriage, and then turned to him and smiled coquettishly, "Third brother, remember, the bet I made with you still counts." ”

The group set off and left, and King Tan stood in place for a while, laughing in his heart. Zhuo Jin now decided that the girl had a door with the second brother, and waited to see him defeated. But then again, he really can't tell what is going on between those two people today.

It soon got dark, and the night was like a dense fence that turned upside down the world. When King Tan returned to his study, there was already a person standing under the lamp waiting for him.

"I heard that today is still the Pingyuan Marquis Zhao family?" The old man's voice was hoarse and dull, with a strange sharpness.

King Tan sat down at the table, poured his own tea and drank it, and said with a smile: "Yes, at least one hundred thousand taels of silver, how could he let it go?" Remember to tell the person who handles it, and don't let him get too much. lest he fill the loophole in the military salary in one fell swoop, ease his hands, and make trouble in the rest of the place. ”

"The slave understands." The person who spoke slowly walked forward two steps, and walked out of the light shadow, although he was full of silver hair, his chin was smooth, and he had no beard, and he was actually a red-clothed eunuch, he respectfully hunched his shoulders slightly, looking at King Tan's face, "What other doubts does the prince have?" ”

"You've heard about the girl from the Zhao family, right?" The slender and white fingers fluttered on the jade lotus leaf teacup, and the eyes of Bai Yuanying, the king of Tan, were faintly bright, and his demeanor was very different from that swinger during the day, "According to the news you came from before, he has never had a woman around him in the past six years, not even a close maid, so what is this singing today?" Could it be that he also fell in love at first sight? ”

The second brother used to play the ticket Guanzhong hero, but those childish behaviors can only be his idle and boring actions, with his respect as a prince, how can he really have the heart to act chivalrous?

- The thinking of these two brothers is not the same way at all, and it is inevitable that they will be a little incomprehensible to each other.

"I really can't understand him." King Tan shook his head with a self-deprecating smile, "There is a person who has met him in this world, and there is something that is difficult for me to see. Unfortunately...... His father gave him the throne. ”

The red-clothed eunuch pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said, "If he is indeed interested in that girl, it should be a good thing for us, right?" ”

King Tan looked back at him: "That's natural, what I'm afraid of is that he has no desire, as long as he has desire, it will be a great thing for us." What's more, she is still the daughter of a criminal minister. ”

……

The Zhiyang Palace in the night is quiet. The time has passed, the carrier door has already received a message, the gate inside and outside the bright lights, Yulin Weiyan lined up, the emperor and the eldest princess and his party into the palace gate.

The eldest princess was anxious to tell her mother about today's adventure, so she hurriedly resigned from her second brother and went to the Ciqing Palace where the Emperor and the Empress Taishang lived.

The Emperor had to deal with a two-day backlog of recitals.

The Qianyuan Palace on the central axis of Zhiyang Palace is the emperor's bedroom, but except for the time when the dynasty listens to the government, the emperor almost stays in the imperial study of Longxi Pavilion, accompanied by the canonical books, and sleeps in the warm pavilion of the apse here at night.

Longxi Pavilion was originally used as a warehouse for preparing and temporarily storing palace items, only separated by a sandwich road from the three major halls of the vestibule, much closer than the Qianyuan Palace, and it was also convenient for the eunuchs to and from the Wenyuan Pavilion to send messages to the cabinet ministers. At the same time, the Yamen Celebrant who assisted in approving the red was moved directly from outside the palace to the small courtyard south of Longxi Pavilion.

At this time, the lights were lit everywhere in the palace, and the eunuchs guarding the door outside the Longxi Gate did not wait for the emperor to come to him, and they all knelt quietly to greet him.

As soon as he entered the Longxi Gate, Wang Zhi, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, was already waiting by the glass shadow wall, and when he saw the emperor coming, Wang Chile gave a simple salute, and then got up on his own. This is a tacit agreement between them, and the steps called are simply omitted.

The Emperor walked around the shadow wall and strode forward, "Say, what is the progress?" ”

Wang Zhi folded his hands, followed behind with small steps, and replied: "Back to the master, the people below sent a letter to say that there are many people in Qiao Anguo's mansion entering and leaving the back door today, and it seems that the back road is paved." ”

The emperor looked happy: "Very good, I know that sooner or later he will lose his breath." ”

Qiao Anguo is the current governor of Dongchang, in the past, he also held the palm seal of the celebrant supervisor, and was the eunuch who was personally promoted by the emperor, taking advantage of the emperor's laziness to gradually control the government.

Last month, it had begun to bear fruit, and as the wings were cut off by the emperor one by one, Qiao Anguo was in a mess and asked to be removed from the position of the master of ceremonies. At present, if the East Factory can be brought over again, it can be regarded as a big step forward.

Dongchang and Jinyiwei are the two major forces that directly obey the emperor and supervise the courtiers, and the significance of taking Dongchang is not limited to dealing with a Qiao Anguo, when the rest of the courtiers see that these two yamen are in the hands of the emperor, they will also rein in their edge, and they will not be as fearless as now.

"I'm afraid you even have your official uniform ready, right?" The emperor glanced back at Wang Zhi, this tone sounded a little crazy at first glance, but in fact, it was a vaguely cordial ridicule, "Don't forget to make sure who will take over as the head of Longxi Pavilion, and when you take on the functions of the master of ceremonies and the East Factory, you won't have so much time to take care of the affairs around me." ”

Wang Zhi, as the emperor's chief confidant eunuch, waited for Qiao Anguo to fall down, and was the best candidate to take over as the governor of Dongchang. Now that he is also the head of the master of ceremonies and the head of Longxi Pavilion, he is already busy spinning around, and if he wants to take over the East Factory, he will have to let go of it no matter what.

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhi smiled and said, "In my humble opinion, the errand of the Admiral of Dongchang might as well be handed over to Fang Kui." He is prudent and aggressive, and should be the right person to be the commander of the East Factory. The slave's head is not so big, and the hat with the palm print of the master of ceremonies is already clattering, and she doesn't dare to take the East Factory again. ”

The emperor was deeply surprised, and his steps slowed: "You mean it really? Are you willing to let go of this great opportunity? "Fang Kui is also his confidant eunuch like Wang Zhi, and it is indeed suitable for him to take over Dongchang by temperament, but people are close and close, and the emperor is still more inclined to give this opportunity to Wang Zhi, which can be regarded as a reward for his many years of hard work for himself.

Wang Zhi's smile narrowed, and his tone was sincere: "Admiral Dongchang is majestic, who doesn't want to go?" But the slave maid was so familiar with Longxi Pavilion that she was reluctant to move her nest. Anyway, I have to wait for Yuanhe to experience more. ”

The Emperor did not speak again for a moment. The dynasty is turbulent, even if Qiao Anguo is cleaned up, I am afraid that the tough battles in front of him will have to be fought one after another, Wang Zhi has accompanied him since he was a child, and he has experienced the warm and cold years together, which can be regarded as a friendship of common hardships, and it is definitely not the relationship between Qiao Anguo and the emperor in order to fight for power and profit. That's why he didn't worry about taking care of foreign affairs and leaving the errand of taking care of him close to others.

Sometimes I think about it, the emperor himself will feel sad, born as a prince, from childhood to adulthood, but only a few people really care for him, among the relatives only the youngest sister Zhuojin is left, and the rest are left with these close people, and the fingers of one hand can be counted.

Since Wang Zhi thinks so, then let Fang Kui go, he is more cold and decisive than Wang Zhi, and he may be more able to suppress Qiao Anguo's subordinates.

Stepping into the threshold of the main hall, the eunuchs who served close to him had already prepared hot water towels and pancreas. Wang Zhi took a towel soaked in hot water from one person's hand to wipe his face and hands, widened his coat for him, and changed into a dark blue silk robe with silver silk embossing.

"Dinner is ready, and it's served."

"No need, I'm late for lunch, and I'm not hungry. I've rewarded everyone. The emperor couldn't even wait for him to straighten the hem and cuffs of his clothes, so he fastened the last belt loop by himself and stepped into the western room.

Wang Zhi had a trace of worry on his face, and he knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he stopped being verbose and followed: "The Emperor Taishang also left a message to say, please come over after you come back." ”