A touch of morning light climbed up the curtains, and the closed dormitory gradually brightened; Wang Jien, the personal eunuch guarding the door of the dormitory, saw Song Taizong walking towards the window curtain, and hurriedly said to the little eunuch Duan Li: "Quick, let's go forward and tear the window curtain; Don't let the emperor do it himself! ”

During the days when Wang Jien was injured, the great eunuch Zhou Shaozong took over his position; The little eunuch Duan Li was an assistant.

Now that Wang Jien has recovered his health, Zhou Shaozong has retreated to the second line; And Song Taizong had the habit of getting up in the middle of the night to think about problems, so Wang Jien and Duan Li waited at the door.

Needless to say, the work of a eunuch was very hard; They are the servants of the imperial palace, and there are naturally no worries about life; But the peculiarities of the work keep them in tension and trepidation all day long.

The work that eunuchs need to do often gives them headaches, and the subordinates in the palace generally include palace maids, eunuchs, guards, etc.; These people were the standing handymen of several categories who were responsible for the day-to-day services of the Imperial Palace.

The nature of the work of handymen includes serving tea, pouring water, cleaning, disposing of dirt, preparing various meals, and guarding the house.

Among these types of handymen, the eunuchs are the most difficult to do, and the eunuchs are due to the particularity of their own bodies; Destined to do unusual work.

From dirty work to some meticulous work, you can basically see the eunuchs.

The appearance of eunuchs was dedicated to serving the imperial palace, and in ancient China, special attention was paid to etiquette and shame; The royal family wants to live a comfortable life again, so the problem is; Some of the unspeakable secrets of a comfortable life can only be left to the eunuchs to complete.

The profession of eunuch was created to solve the difficult problems in the imperial palace, and they had great access to many occasions; Even serving the emperor or concubines to take a bath.

Eunuchs have a lot to do, many of which are even high-risk jobs; One of them is to wait for the master to sleep.

The honorific room of the Qing Dynasty imperial palace was a special institution for waiting for the emperor to sleep, although other dynasties did not have the title of the honorable room; But the reason is not the same as the worship room.

The right of the worship room seems to be very strong, and the emperor sleeps with the concubine at night by the respect room; The eunuchs in the respectful room also looked coaxing, and some concubines wanted to be favored by the emperor; had to bribe the eunuchs in the worship room.

The emperor has seventy-two concubines in three palaces, six courts, and countless palace maids; So many concubines dream of going to the emperor's bed, if there is no management, wouldn't the harem be messed up?

Every year, the emperor will select young and beautiful women from the people to enter the palace, so many concubines except for the queen and concubine who have a certain status, the low level of other concubines is generally very low, and the emperor does not necessarily know who she is; In this way, there is room for the right to worship the house.

The first function of the Honorable Chambers is to be responsible for managing the rewards and punishments of the female eunuchs in the palace.

This is a well-organized body, and it inevitably needs the top head of the institution; This person was called the eunuch of the Jingshifang, the person who was in charge of the emperor's private affairs.

The second function of the worship room is to manage the affairs of the emperor and the harem concubines. The eunuch had to write down the date of every sexual intercourse between the emperor and his concubine, so that the date could be matched for future pregnancies; The Emperor and Empress had to record it once they had intercourse.

If selected, the process is actually very troublesome; After the person in charge memorizes the sign, he gives it to his subordinates, and then there is a eunuch who is responsible for sending the concubine to the dragon bed.

The emperor had to go to bed first, with the quilt covered to the ankle joints and his feet exposed. Then the eunuch wanted to take off the concubine in advance, and then wrapped in a large cloak and carried it all the way to the dormitory, and then took the cloak away and put the concubine on the bed.

There is a particular point here that the concubine should enter the quilt from the end of the "dragon claw", and then "communicate with the emperor".

The eunuch entered the house and wrapped the concubine, and then the eunuch would ask the emperor "whether to stay"; If the emperor is not satisfied and says that he will not stay, then this concubine is unlucky, not only will the worship room not leave a record of having sex with the emperor, but will let her completely eliminate pregnancy through medical means.

If the emperor said to stay, then the eunuchs in the respectful room would record it according to the time, probably that is, a certain year, a certain month, a certain day, and a certain time; The emperor slept with that concubine, slept for a few minutes, that sort of thing.

When the emperor or his concubines were sleeping, sometimes they needed to have someone to keep vigil on the side; Or caregiving.

This requires the eunuchs on the side to stay awake, if they accidentally doze off or have other accidents, neglect or disturb the master's rest, it is easy to lose their lives.

Although the Song Dynasty did not have the strictness of the Manchu Dynasty, the eunuchs also took care of the emperor's affairs; So much so that Song Taizong, the emperor who was very unjust, did his homework while letting the painter copy it on the spot when he was in Xiao Zhou, the queen of Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The eunuchs of the Song Dynasty worked as hard as the eunuchs of the Manchu Dynasty, in order to deal with such things as the emperor sleeping; They think of a lot of countermeasures to prevent themselves from dozing off.

For example, often use needles to stimulate yourself to stay awake at all times, and in this way to drive away sleepiness; It's quite refreshing to be pricked by this kind of thing.

Wang Jien is the emperor's personal eunuch, and his serious position in Song Taizong is even higher than that of the prime minister; But his hard work is incomprehensible to ordinary people, in order not to derelict himself in his duties; The thing that is always on the body is the sewing needle, and when you are sleepy, you can solve the problem by pressing it on your body once or twice.

At this time, Wang Jien and the little eunuch Duan Li walked to the window and pulled the curtain open, and a ray of light hit the palace unstoppably.

Song Taizong saw that Wang Jien and Duan Li had torn apart the curtain on the window instead of him, glanced at the two of them and said to Wang Jien: "Wang Aiqing's injury has healed!" ”

"Qi Qi Guan's family, the villain's injuries have long been healed!" Wang Jien said with trepidation, nodded and said: "The official family must have not slept off so late, please let the official family sleep again!" ”

Song Taizong couldn't help laughing when he saw Wang Jien say it to his heart, and said: "Wang Aiqing is empathetic, but officials will get up every day; It's a habit that's been cultivated over the years! ”

"The emperor has worked hard for the Great Song Dynasty!" The little eunuch Duan Li wasted no time in saying, "But your old man must ensure sleep!" ”

Song Taizong saw that Duan Li was also a sweet mouth, and he was a little happy in his heart; Yang Yang took the cup of hot tea handed over by Duan Li, took a sip and asked casually: "Is there anything that the widow doesn't know after retiring from the dynasty yesterday!" ”

Wang Jien continued: "There are a few Tang newspapers sent from the border gates!" ”

Song Taizong listened to Wang Jien tell about the Tang newspaper sent from several border gates, and took a deep sip of the fragrant tea in his hand and handed it to Duan Li; looked at Wang Jien and said, "Let's talk about the Tang newspapers sent by those border gates!" ”

Seeing that the emperor asked like this, Wang Jien hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Qi Qi Sheng, after retiring from the dynasty yesterday, the villain received a report from the Tang Dynasty that the border passes include Qigou Pass, Yanmen Pass, Fengxiang Mansion, ......."

Song Taizong heard Wang Jien mention Fengxiang Mansion, and hurriedly interrupted him and asked, "What kind of Tang newspaper did Fengxiang Mansion report?" ”

"General Zhengxi annihilated the Khitan 300 cavalry Tielin Army in Fengxiang Mansion!" Wang Jien said bluntly: "Yang Yiyi, the envoy of the horse, arrived yesterday evening, and the villain arranged for him to live in the royal inn!" ”

When Song Taizong heard that Lu Chengyu annihilated the Khitan 300 cavalry Tielin army in Fengxiang Mansion, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded; The stunned boss said for a while: "This is true, didn't the master of the horse go to Kyushu in the north to deal with the rebellious Li Jiqian?" How could the Khitan Tielin Army be annihilated in Fengxiang Mansion? ”

Song Taizong asked in detail, and Wang Jien squeaked and whimpered: "Yesterday evening, Yang Heyi, the special envoy of the horse, rushed to the capital to meet the saint, and the villain didn't want him to affect the sleep of the Long Live Lord; Hastily asked a few words and asked his subordinates to arrange for General Yang to stay, saying that it was not too late to wait for today's court to report to the Holy Lord! ”。

After Wang Jien said the above words, he muttered for a while and said: "The official family asked why Li Jiqian went to Fengxiang Mansion to deal with the rebellion in the north, and the villain knew that there were three feasible roads to rush to the north from Bianliang Pass, and the road in Fengxiang Mansion was farther away, but it was relatively flat; The horse master must have considered from a steady and flat level before he met the Tartar soldiers! ”

Song Taizong frowned, and said: "The Fengxiang Mansion where the Khitan Tartars appeared must be related to our Fenghe Warehouse, Fenggu Warehouse, and Fengyu Warehouse......