The Ministry of Shangshufu, Xiao Zongchang and Xiao Zongsheng gathered their staff to discuss countermeasures in the secret room. This time, the emperor suddenly made a move, and vigorously cleaned up the eunuch Wang Ying of the East Factory, and the East Factory was temporarily handed over to Meng Chong, and the nails arranged by the Xiao Party in the palace were also pulled out by Meng Chong, and the Xiao family was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. The point is that they don't even know who is behind the attack.

It's definitely not Meng Chong, Meng Chong has been pressed by Wang Ying step by step during this time, and the power of the celebrant has been eroded a lot by Wang Ying, if he had this ability, he would have cleaned up Wang Ying a long time ago.

Who is the main messenger behind the scenes, and what is the purpose of his attack, but the Xiao family brothers are most worried about this unknown enemy.

All of you here are Xiao Dang's henchmen, everyone has studied for a long time, but they don't have a clue, most people think that it is the prince who shot this time, of course, some people don't think so.

Xiao Zongchang rubbed his swollen and aching temples, looked at Li Yan and said, "What does Master Li think?" "Li Yan is the think tank of the Xiao Party, and although the official is not big, he is very valued. Li Yan put away the folding fan with a swipe on the ground, arched his hand and said: "The prince himself is cowardly and incompetent, and there is no minister under him who is in charge alone, so the student's foolish opinion is not the prince's doing!"

Xiao Zongchang stroked his beard and fell into deep thought: "In your opinion, who is it if you are not the prince?" He also felt that with the prince's ability, he should not be able to use such means.

Li Yan said: "Two adults, the students feel that this incident really caught us off guard, but the most important thing at the moment is not to find out who is behind the scenes, there is a more important thing that we need to do!" ”

Xiao Zongsheng said: "How do you say this? ”

Li Yan said: "The noble concubine has been favored for so many years, and His Royal Highness King Zhao is gaining momentum, and there must be many people who secretly want to make a stumbling block to obstruct it, no matter who it is, as long as we act cautiously and no longer show such obvious flaws, even if the means of the people behind the scenes are powerful, what can we do?" This time, we lost Wang Ying, and there is a lack of candidates who can influence the emperor among the internal officials, and at the same time there are many power vacuums. ”

Xiao Zongchang nodded and said, "But we don't have the right people in our hands now. ”

Li Yan said: "I have already found a good candidate for the two adults, once this person is sent to the palace, he will definitely win the emperor's favor, and his achievements in the future will be far inferior to Wang Ying." ”

Xiao Zongsheng had already stood up happily: "This is true, don't call that person out to see it." ”

Li Yan stood up, patted his hands three times, and the door of the secret room immediately opened. Then I saw an unusually handsome man walk in. Kowtowed to the two adults sitting on the upper hand and said, "Slave Chen Jia knocks to see Lord Shangshu Xiao, knock to see Master Hou!" ”

Xiao Zongchang accepted his salute and said in a deep voice: "Raise your head!" ”

Chen Jia raised his head, and everyone in the room let out a sound of surprise. It turns out that this Chen Jia is young, he looks like he is seventeen or eighteen years old, he is extremely handsome and beautiful, at first glance he does not look like a man, but like a beautiful girl, a real boy and girl.

His face was white and beardless, and everyone present was an old man, so naturally they all saw that this person had been stabbed below, and his real identity was a eunuch. It's just that he is too young, so he is dedicated to the emperor, the emperor loves men, at most he is a child pet, and his qualifications as a celebrant will definitely not be able to replace Wang Ying as the second person in the ceremonial supervisor and become the eunuch of the East Factory. If this is the case, how can his influence on the emperor be compared with Wang Ying.

Xiao Zongchang glanced at Li Yan beside him suspiciously, and saw that he was shaking a folding fan, looking like he was holding a bamboo in his chest. He knew that this protégé was resourceful, the best at calculating people's hearts, and had a bad stomach, so he patiently asked Chen Jia a few words.

That Chen Jia is neither humble nor arrogant, and his answer is right and decent, especially a pair of eyes that are quite clear, which makes people feel good. Xiao Zongchang asked someone to take him down. The door of the secret room closed, and everyone's eyes fell on Li Yan again. The people who couldn't hold their breath had already asked Li Yan to hurry up and solve their doubts.

Li Yan was still unhurried, and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, do you still remember the Xi nobles of Changxiu Palace?" ”

Xiao Zongchang was shocked and said: "But the noble man who was given death by the Queen Mother? ”

Li Yan said: "Exactly! ”

Xiao Zongchang is in a high position, and his daughter is the imperial concubine, so he naturally knows a lot about the secret history of the palace curtain, and he can't help but change his face when he thinks of the Xi noble. He reacted suddenly, and said in a lost voice: "This Chen Jia is eight points similar to Xi Guiren!" ”

Li Yan stroked his palm and smiled: "This matter is wonderful. ”

It turned out that this Xigui was the concubine of Taizong before his death, and the concubine of the emperor today was quite favored by Emperor Taizong because she was born handsome. At that time, Taizong was seriously ill, and now the emperor is sick in the palace, and he has come and gone, but he has the right eye with this noble person. When the emperor ascended the throne, he often secretly went to the palace of the Xi nobles.

Although the Xi nobles were born with the color of Tianxiang and the country, but the six palaces have three thousand fans, and there are not a few people who are stunning, but as the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine and a concubine is better than stealing, it is this kind of forbidden love that has made the orthodoxy of the emperor remember the Xi nobles left by this father, and the orthodoxy is much more pampered than the ordinary concubine, for this concubine.

Paper can't hold the fire, this matter will be known to the Queen Mother sooner or later, for the sake of the royal face, the Queen Mother will kill the Xi nobles with a glass of poisonous wine. The orthodox emperor suddenly lost Xi Gui and fell ill, and it took a long time to recover from the illness, and after the illness, he actually sealed the Changxiu Palace, and did not let other concubines live in it for more than ten years, and often paid tribute in person, which shows that the emperor has always been obsessed with this concubine.

What will be the consequences if such a eunuch who resembles a noble man is sent to the emperor? Xiao Zongchang felt excited just thinking about it. "What are you waiting for, I will send this person to the emperor tomorrow!"

Li Yan said: "No! Lord Shangshu must not be in a hurry, this person is certain to be dedicated to the emperor, but the timing needs to be grasped well, three days later, the emperor will summon Lou Zhenren of Longhu Mountain, then it is the best time. ”

Xiao Zongchang had already understood Li Yan's trick, and Da Yan smiled and said, "Wonderful! Wonderful! The emperor favors Taoism, if the eleventh generation of Longhu Mountain descendant personally told him that this Chen Jianai was a noble man who couldn't forget his past kindness and was reincarnated to find it, how could the emperor not be impressed by Chen Jia! ”

Three days later, the emperor met Lou Zhenren of Longhu Mountain in the Wenhua Palace, and Xiao Zongchang sent Chen Jia to the Chengqian Palace of the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine chose this day to send Chen Jia to the emperor. The emperor was stunned when he saw Chen Jia, and Lou Zhenren was chattering on the spot to look at the appearance, and finally said that Chen Jia was the reincarnation of an old man of the emperor, in order to repay the kindness of the emperor in the previous life, the emperor couldn't help crying, and when he saw Chen Jia's appearance, he was even more convinced, and immediately accepted Chen Jia and asked him to wait by his side.

Not long after Concubine Xiao returned to Chengqian Palace, someone sent a message: "The emperor has pulled that Chen Jia to the dragon bed!" "Sending such a guy who is neither male nor female to the emperor's dragon bed in person, Concubine Xiao also felt very depressed in her heart. Lilac, the female official next to her, couldn't help but interject: "This is still during the national funeral!" ”

Concubine Xiao sighed and said, "Then Chen Jia's net worth and life are in the hands of this palace, so he will naturally do things for us wholeheartedly!" Concubine Xiao muttered: "Min Yu, Min Yu, my mother has done so much for you, you must not lose to the prince!" ”

In a blink of an eye, on the fifth day of the seventh month, Yulan's fifteenth birthday is approaching. In Da Chu, it means that a woman grows up, and for people from a wealthy family, a woman and a woman is a very important day. The old lady had told her before that she was going to give her a grand ceremony.

Yulan didn't care about any of that. It just so happened that it was another year of national mourning, and Yulan knew that this ceremony was probably going to be sloppy.

Because of Yuxin's relationship, the eldest lady's attitude towards her is getting better and better, and things like the buckle have never happened again, but it is simply unrealistic to let a stingy person like the eldest lady treat her as if she were her own daughter.

The first day, Mrs. Da called her to Yiningju, showed her the list of guests invited the next day, and said to her: "I originally wanted to have a good event for you and make a scene, but now this time is not suitable for a banquet, I hope you can understand my difficulties." ”

Yulan didn't take the order: "It's all up to my mother." is still in the midst of a national funeral, in fact, it doesn't matter whether this and the ceremony is done or not. Even if you don't invite outside guests, your daughter will never complain. ”

Seeing that she was so sensible, the eldest lady couldn't help but say warmly: "I know that you are sensible, but this matter was ordered by the old lady herself, and the sisters in front of you have all done it. ”

Yulan said meekly: "Listen to my mother." ”

The eldest lady said: "This time, I invited Mrs. Zhou, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, as your guest...... The secretary is the wife of the commander of the Jinyi Guard! "The ceremony needs a guest, usually a respected female elder, to insert the flute for the person who is the curtain, and also needs a celebrator, for the tray of the person who is the curtain, and a praiser to assist the guest in the salute, and the praiser is generally the sister of the person who is the curator.

Needless to say, Yulan has a fifth sister above and a ninth sister below, all of whom can be her praisers. However, the higher the identity of Zhengbin and the secretary, the better, but Yulan's identity is here, she is just a concubine, and her mother's identity is so embarrassing, how can ordinary people be willing to be the guest and the secretary for her. It was already unexpected that the eldest lady could invite Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Ma.

Of course, Yulan was not dissatisfied, and after thanking the eldest lady, he only made one request, replacing the candidate for praise from five girls to nine girls.

She didn't want to be helped by a person who had always been jealous and resentful of her to complete such a solemn ceremony on such a day, so how could she find someone who could really bless herself.

Of course, Yuqing is much more suitable than Yuxia.

The eldest lady glanced at her. It is said that Yuxia is her own sister, and it is more appropriate for her to be this praiser. But the eldest lady hated Yuxia even more than Yulan, and when she saw that Yulan didn't like to use Yuxia, she agreed with her mouth.

The eldest lady talked to her about the procedures and some precautions of the ceremony, and Yulan said goodbye to the eldest lady and returned to Lujingzhai.

As soon as Yulan left on his front feet, someone came to the gatehouse: "The county lord of Qingjiang has arrived, and he has arrived at the Hanging Flower Gate." ”

The eldest lady was taken aback, the county lord of Qingjiang is Ye Fengqi's sister, and the current emperor is the same generation, and she can be regarded as highly respected in the clan, the eldest lady only saw her once when the county lord of Qingjiang sent Yulan back to the house, and she has no friendship with the county lord of Qingjiang, I don't know what the county lord is here, so she hurriedly brought someone out of the hanging flower gate.

The eldest lady welcomed the county lord into Yiningju, invited the county lord to sit on the head, and said a few words of greeting, and the county lord of Qingjiang said directly: "I came to visit this time, I am really entrusted by others, I heard that the seven girls of your mansion will be the day of the meeting tomorrow, I recommended myself to be a guest, what do you think?" ”

The county lord of Qingjiang is much stronger than Mrs. Zhou she invited in terms of grade and qualifications, and it is of course better than Mrs. Zhou to be the guest of honor. The big lady was immediately petrified. took the initiative to ask to be a guest of honor for others, and it was the first time that the eldest lady had heard of it.

Although Mrs. Zhou was invited in advance, the face of the county lord of Qingjiang was even more irrefutable, and the eldest lady happily agreed, but when the eldest lady asked the county lord of Qingjiang who entrusted him, the county lord of Qingjiang smiled and did not answer. Ye Yichen and Ye Fengqi have such a good relationship, and the county lord of Qingjiang is naturally very friendly with him. The county lord of Qingjiang has always thought that Ye Yichen is cold and arrogant and will never ask for help, but she didn't expect that one day this cold and proud brother would ask for her head......

With an elegant smile on his face, the lord of Qingjiang said clearly: "I also chose one for you on my own initiative, Mrs. Linjiang Hou Meng, what do you think?" The eldest lady's head was a little dizzy, she didn't know that Yulan had fallen into the eyes of that nobleman, and asked a Mrs. Hou to give Zhengbin a tray? Even when her eldest daughter and eldest girl were in power, there was no such luxury lineup, so was it really no problem to treat a concubine so well?