Early the next morning, I packed up the things I should bring, took Liu Lianjiang out of Yuma Lane on horseback, came to Donghua Gate, handed over the horse to Liu Lianjiang and took it back, and then checked the waist card and checked the luggage, and then entered the palace, and began my half-month palace life.

First go to the guard yamen to report, and then the manager arranged for a few of us to go together for last night's duty, we are two shifts, I am now arranging the day shift, that is, six hours, a shift of four people, we are a class of four people except for myself is a second-class guard, those three are first-class guards, and they are all over forty years old.

Although everyone knows each other, they haven't spoken before, and a few first-class guards obviously discriminate against me, but I am very peaceful, in front of the emperor, everything is fake, and it still depends on luck and eyes. It's not that you are a first-class guard who is better than me, it's okay, a few people took weapons and put on armor, and walked to the Qianqing Palace to replace the few guards on duty last night.

When I passed by the courtyard where I was eavesdropping, I looked at it, but I didn't find that there was a door facing west, it was strange, how did the woman get in, how do these people usually eat.

When I arrived at the Qianqing Palace, the emperor had already gotten up, after a few of our guards handed over, he led our first-class guard team leader and gave us a few arrangement duties, I and another guard were responsible for the emperor's travel route arrangement and going to the front station in advance, and the two of them were responsible for the emperor's close safety, in fact, I also knew that doing this kind of errand, there are many opportunities for mistakes, and there are few opportunities for meritorious service, who dares to assassinate the emperor every day, that is not to live.

The emperor is still having breakfast, I am standing outside the palace gate, there are two of them inside, the emperor has no intention of going out, so the two of us are idle outside.

After a while, a small eunuch came out to spread the word that the emperor was going to drive Changchun Palace, and the eunuchs and palace maids waiting below were busy packing up, and a few guards outside were also preparing to escort them, and the first-class guard who was with me said to me: "Let's go to Changchun Palace to serve first." "I didn't ask much, followed him through the Longfu Gate, and walked a short distance to the Changchun Palace, there were no guards on duty outside the palace gate, not even the Shence Army, only a little eunuch stood at the door with a cower, seeing that we were coming. ran down and saluted the eunuch and said, "Two adults, is there something wrong here?" ”

The guard who took the lead said: "Inform the palace master to prepare, the emperor will come later." Get ready to come out and say, we're going to go in and check. The eunuch agreed, and quickly ran into the Changchun Palace, shouting as he ran, "The emperor will come in a while, everyone is ready." ”

I smiled at the guard, and I saw that the guard was not very cold, so I asked, "My lord, who lives here?" ”

The guard patted me on the shoulder and said, "Guard Lan, don't complain about our coldness, in fact, we also came here like this, there are a lot of intrigues in the palace, I see that you rise quickly, be careful that some people with small bellies and chicken intestines make you stumble." I'll just say so much, I will have more eyes in the future, as for the person who lives here is Chen Guifei, who was favored by the emperor in the past, I don't know what's wrong The emperor hasn't been here for more than a year, you can see the deserted appearance in front of the door, I won't say much else, you will slowly know in the future. ”

I said, "Thank you for your advice, please take care of me in the future, I don't know your surname." ”

"What adults are not big, my surname is Cao, Cao Cao's Cao, you can call me Brother Cao in the future, you don't have to be polite when we are together, you can follow me to learn how we work, and you don't need to teach you specifically."

After a while, the little eunuch who was at the door just now came out and said, "The two adults are ready inside, and the palace master invites you to go in." ”

The two of us followed the little eunuch into the palace gate, and now we looked around the courtyard, there were no idle people, etc., and followed the Cao guards to the house, but I saw four palace maids and four eunuchs standing next to a stunning beauty, this person was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with the innocence of a girl, and with the mature charm of a young woman. It is not an exaggeration to describe this woman with the fragrance of the country, this emperor is really glamorous, such a beauty has not come for more than a year, it is really a tyrannical thing.

Cao Guard, who was walking in front, bowed to the young woman and said: "Chen Guifei, the emperor will come in a while, you also know the rules, the two of us are here to fight the front station, I don't see any idlers or anything here, we won't look inside, please prepare for the concubine, let's go to wait outside the palace." ”

That Chen Guifei is also a shrewd person, knowing that this is to give him face, if we say that there are people here or there are some unsafe factors, the emperor will not come, so seeing what Cao Guifei said, Chen Guifei said with a smile on her face: "Then there are two big brothers of the guards, Xiao Lizi, go and get twenty taels of silver to drink for the two big brothers of the guards." ”

Just now the little eunuch at the door went to the back room, took out two ingots of silver, and gave each of us one ingot, we even said thank you, reached out and took the silver and put it in our pockets, came out of the house, and came to the gate, the little eunuch also came out, I think, it is really good to be a guard, ten taels of silver will be in hand so quickly, no wonder the old man has saved such a big family business in his forty years of guard career, it seems that this is not Qingshui Yamen.

After waiting for another cup of tea, I saw the emperor coming, I wondered in my heart, why didn't the emperor go to the court office to find a woman in the daytime? Later, I learned that our lovely emperor is lustful, you can skip meals or not find women, and you hardly go to court during the day, his task is to collect **, to do the man-making movement, his advantage is to completely delegate power to several ministers, fortunately, the traitors of this era have been dealt with, and the rest are loyal ministers, but loyal ministers are not necessarily Qing ministers may also be corrupt, but they are very good at handling government affairs.

Xiao Lizi saw that the emperor's chariot had appeared, and hurriedly ran back to report the news, and Chen Guifei came out with a group of palace maids and eunuchs to greet the lustful emperor.

The emperor came to the palace gate and came down to take the chariot, we all knelt down together to take the car, and the emperor came to Chen Guifei and said: "Aifei is flat, I haven't been here for a long time, and I suddenly miss Guifei, so come and see, I don't know if Aifei welcomes me." ”

Chen Guifei said with a spring breeze on her face: "The emperor's concubines think about the emperor every day, but they just know that the emperor is busy with government affairs and has no time to come to the concubines, but the concubines are looking forward to the emperor's arrival every day." ”

I estimate that except for a few inhumane eunuchs, these people are all ready to move when they hear Chen Guifei's charming words.

The emperor entered the palace with the support of Chen Guifei, I saw that the Cao guards did not move, and they did not move, only those eunuchs followed into the palace, I saw that Chen Jiu also followed behind the emperor, and Chen Jiu nodded when he saw me, it seems that this guy still knows me, although the impression of the eunuch is not very good, but my promotion is also the credit of Chen Jiu. It's still appropriate to find a chance to thank people.