Queen Cao hugged the little prince in her arms, feeling the admiration and intimacy of the little person in her arms. Her heart was filled with joy.

Looking at this little prince, the more I look at it, the more I like it, and the more I look at it, the more I spoil it.

So, he ordered someone to take the longevity lock he asked for in Daxiangguo Temple, put it on Zhao Xin's body, and recited the words in his mouth: "Bodhisattva bless, Buddha mercy, bless my son in spring and autumn, happiness and health!" ”

Seeing this, Zhao Xin immediately grabbed the longevity lock, and held it in his hand as if he had caught some treasure.

Seeing the surprise left and right, one of Queen Cao's personal maids was more courageous, so she asked softly: "Guogong, why do you need this longevity lock so much?" ”

Zhao Xin opened a pair of pure, innocent and lovely eyes, and replied seriously: "The body is skinned, and the parents who receive it should not be lightly damaged!" What's more, the mother? ”

When everyone heard this, they were shocked and shocked, and they knelt down one after another and congratulated Queen Cao: "Congratulations to Niangniang, congratulations to Niangniang......"

Queen Cao was even more happy to lose her manners, hugging Zhao Xin is kiss and kiss, but she couldn't wait to take this little liver with her all the time.

It's just that the palace has its own rules, and before the official family speaks, she, the queen, can only come to visit regularly every day.

That's a little unpretty!

After thinking about it, Empress Cao suddenly laughed.

She put Zhao Xin on the bed, and casually called the head of the inner hall sent by the official family to take care of this little prince, and commanded softly: "Wang Dutou, the prince is here, you must take care of it carefully, and you must not make the slightest mistake, otherwise I will not spare you!" ”

"Don't worry!" Wang Shougui is a eunuch in his fifties, he looks thin, his skin is tanned by the sun, he doesn't look like the pampered eunuch in this palace at all, but like an old peasant in the countryside, he bowed very respectfully in front of Queen Cao: "Earlier, Zhang Cairen had already ordered someone to entrust the old minister......

When Empress Cao heard this, her face changed slightly, and then she quickly laughed: "Sister Zhang's sister is careful!" I will personally go to Ninghua Hall to thank you! ”

Wang Shougui then bowed down and bowed again, with his forehead on the ground.

Empress Cao stood up, looked back at her little liver again, and walked away surrounded by many maids and eunuchs.

Zhao Xin took all this in his eyes.

He naturally understands that everything that happened just now is a classic scene comparable to that in the palace fighting novels of later generations.

The intrigue between the empress and the emperor's favorite concubine.

It's just that......

Zhao Xin took a deep look at the head of Wang Du, who was still kneeling in front of his bed, with his forehead on the ground, and did not dare to raise his head.

He chuckled slightly.

This eunuch is not an ordinary person!

This inner temple head king abides by the rules, but he is the absolute henchman of his father Zhao Zhen!

Although the official title is only the head of the inner palace, among the high-ranking eunuchs of the Great Song Dynasty, it is only a middle-level official rank, and there are six levels above it.

However, like the civil officials, the status and rank of the eunuchs of the Great Song Dynasty are not based on the official rank, but on what he is in charge of?

In addition to the eunuch rank of the head of the inner palace, Wang Shougui also has an additional official with imperial equipment.

This official position is not simple.

In later generations, the so-called guards with knives in front of the emperor were eunuchs with imperial instruments in the Song Dynasty.

They are the king's absolute cronies and confidants, and in the palace, they guard the emperor's front and left, as the king's last line of defense, and when they go out, they supervise the army and supervise, and exercise power on behalf of the king.

Moreover, Wang Shougui is not alone.

He has an elder brother named Wang Shouzhong, and this person is even more incredible!

The eunuch institution of the Great Song Dynasty is called the Inner Servant Province, and the most expensive Inner Servant Province is the Inner Servant Know, and the Interior Servant is known, which can be understood as the chief eunuch of later generations.

And Wang Shouzhong is now known to the inner servants, and he is known to be the official affairs of the Imperial City Division.

What do you mean?

To put it simply, Wang Shouzhong is now the governor of Yidong Factory and the commander of Jinyi Guard.

In the Song Dynasty, the eunuchs who could achieve this position were all the emperor's most trusted and trusted eunuchs.

The brothers of the Wang family, the elder brother is the factory father, and the younger brother is the imperial guard.

In today's Great Song Dynasty, it can be described as powerful.

To put it mildly, even the ruling and Zaifu of the current dynasty have to bow their hands when they see their brothers, and they are honored with the title of 'prince'.

At least he can be honored as an official!

But now Wang Shougui has made it clear that only Zhang Cai, who now lives in Ninghua Palace, is the first to look forward.

That's so much fun!

"I didn't know this in my previous life!" Zhao Xin laughed in his heart: "Interesting! Interesting! ”

The struggle of the concubines in the palace has nothing to do with Zhao Xin, and he doesn't really want to care about it.

However, Wang Shougui and Wang Shouzhong brothers, he has to take care of it if he doesn't want to.

Otherwise, I am afraid that I will not be able to sleep well at night!

"Wang Qing......" Zhao Xin looked at Wang Shougui and suddenly asked: "Aya is interested in entering Zhang Niangniang as a Xiuyuan in the near future?" ”

Since the Tang Dynasty, the rank of the emperor's harem concubines has been clearly established.

The queen is the most expensive, the mother is the world, she can be commensurate with His Majesty, and even be called a lonely widow!

When the late Empress Dowager Zhang Xianming Su listened to the government, she used to call herself 'I' as the title that only the emperor could use, and later changed to 'I' after the suggestion of the Taiwan officials.

Under the queen are the five concubines, and under the five concubines are the nine concubines, and under the nine concubines are all kinds of Jieyu, beauties, and talents.

Below the talented people are all kinds of ladies, county ladies, county kings and the like, whose status is equivalent to temporary workers or public institutions in later generations, and there is no establishment (name).

And if you are above the talent, you can be regarded as the emperor's official concubine, and she has a name.

But the talented people are only the lowest-level concubines, and they belong to the harem concubines and gatekeepers, and their status is just five grades.

And Xiu Yuan is one of the nine concubines, the second grade!

It just so happens that in the current harem, except for the queen Cao, the five concubines and nine concubines under it are all vacant.

This is because in the second year of Jingyou, Guo's violent death after the abolition directly caused Zhao Xin's father to be angry and expelled all the concubines he had previously sealed.

Therefore, in the current situation, as long as someone takes the position of nine concubines, they can in fact become the concubine second only to the queen!

And Zhao Xin happened to remember that in his previous life, in two months, his father Zhao Zhen was going to canonize that Zhang Cairen as Xiuyuan.

It broke the pattern of the entire imperial city at once, and triggered a series of chain reactions, and even led to a mutiny.

In his previous life, Zhao Xin was busy pretending to be stupid, and he knew very little about these things.

But now, when he heard the conversation between Wang Shougui and Empress Cao with his own ears, he saw with his own eyes that this inner temple head and imperial equipment were coldly contradicted in front of Empress Cao.

When he connected what he knew and heard in his previous life, his heart immediately opened up like a mirror.

Don't look at the history books of later generations, the eunuchs in the early and middle stages of the Great Song Dynasty seem to be invisible.

However, Zhao Xin, who has ruled the world for more than 30 years in his previous life, is very clear.

The eunuchs of the Great Song Dynasty have never been absent from this world, the game and battle of the court.

It's just that the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty are too strong.

The light of the civil officials is so strong that it obscures everything, making the world mistakenly think that this Great Song Dynasty is the civil official doctor who has the final say!

But how can it be so easy?

The emperors of the Great Song Dynasty tried their best to divide and dissolve the powerful group of civilians, scholars, and doctors, weakening their power with the strategy of 'controlling each other', and using the theory of 'dissenting theories to stir up each other'.

Where will the eunuch be spared this advantageous weapon?

The existence of the Imperial City Division is an example of the great Song Dynasty's unwillingness to give up the eunuch's weapon!

In Zhao Xin's previous life, he used eunuchs to contain and even monitor the generals of Wenchen.

I know all too well what these guys are thinking and thinking.

Most of the eunuchs in this palace are opportunists.

Loyal?

That's a quality that you can only have when it's favorable.

Tend to be inflammatory, see the wind and rudder, is the temperament of their generation!

Wang Shougui was taken aback, he looked at the prince sitting on the bed, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Guogong...... What do you say? He asked cautiously.

"Lone asked Aiqing, does Aya have any plans to enter Zhang Niangniang as a Xiuyuan in the near future?" Zhao Xin looked at this eunuch with a smile, his small body looked weak, but when he said it, it fell into Wang Shougui's ears, but it was like the yin wind blowing out of the underworld, which made him tremble and almost lose his soul.

So, Wang Shougui looked at Zhao Xin's eyes, and completely changed.

He trembled and worshipped: "Guogong, the old minister is just a servant of the official family, where can he have the courage to listen to the palace arrangements of the official family?" ”

"You, you've tormented the old minister!"

After speaking, the majestic eunuch outside kowtowed desperately.

The kowtow broke the blood, and the blood was dripping.

At this moment, a figure flashed outside the screen in the hall, and a pair of eyes quietly watched over.

Zhao Xin raised his eyes and smiled silently.

He knew that behind the screen was the newly promoted Hanlin Medical Envoy who was now ordered to serve him and take care of his body, and Xu Xi of the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Xu Xi is a scholar and a civil official.

This is exactly where Zhao Xin's confidence lies, and it is also the reason why he dares to test and even force Wang to abide by the rules.

The size is systematic, and different theories are mixed with each other.

The ancestral system of the Great Song Dynasty is not only reflected in the court, the military, and the locality, but also in the palace and concubines.

It must be one link after another, it must be mutual supervision, mutual crossing, mutual threat, balance everywhere!

Just like Zhao Xin's daily life now.

raised him, there were three concubines: the queen Cao, the talented Zhang, and the biological mother Miao.

The person in charge of arranging and serving him was the head of the inner hall in front of him, with the imperial equipment, but it was the Longtu Pavilion scholar who was behind the screen who had undergone all kinds of decoctions and supervised the upper and lower people.

Even the report, the two are separated.

Among them, Wang Shougui is mainly responsible for reporting, filing, and archiving to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Xu Xi, on the other hand, had to send the relevant documents, archives, and records to the Zhongshu Province and hand them over to the living room who was in charge of the royal archives for filing.

In other words, what is happening now is because it involves Zhao Xin, the prince and the country.

Therefore, it will be reported to the Zaisuke and the rulers in Beijing by this evening at the latest.

Therefore, Zhao Xin was fearless and did not worry about the story of Liang Ji in the Eastern Han Dynasty at all.

Under the current Great Song system, unless there is a mutiny and the soldiers are killed in front of Zhao Xin, otherwise, no one can touch his cold hair.

The ancestral system that gave him a headache in his previous life is now Zhao Xin's biggest talisman.

To put it mildly, even if it is an official henchman like Wang Shougui, as long as he says a wrong sentence now, or asks Zhao Xin to say half a word that denies him, tomorrow morning, the Taiwan officials will go crazy.

How crazy are the Taiwanese officials of the Great Song Dynasty?

Zhao Xin has seen countless times in his previous life!

"Okay......" Zhao Xin looked at Wang Shougui, until the latter's forehead was broken and blood flowed all over his cheeks, and then he waved his hand and said, "Why is Qing so sensitive?" Lonely, it's just a casual question! ”

"Since Aiqing doesn't know, then it's better to ask the others again......" he smiled: "For example...... Zhang Duzhi ......"

When Wang Shougui heard this, his neck was cold in an instant, and his hands and feet trembled.

Like the court, the eunuchs in the imperial city of the Great Song Dynasty were also divided into several different hills.

And the 'Zhang Duzhi' in Shou Guogong's mouth happens to be his sworn enemy with his brother!

Moreover, whether it is status, official rank and authority, they are far above him, and even his status in front of the official family is far higher than his 'mediocre' inner temple.

People are not only known to the province as his brother, but also lead the history of Enzhou Assassination, and promote the treasury affairs in Beijing with his own officials, and he is a great eunuch who has real power and can enter the palace and be called a minister!

To put it mildly, if that Zhang Duzhi was really summoned by Shou Guogong.

Then there are only two fates waiting for him: either get out of the imperial city in disgrace, go to a remote state in Lingnan and stay in the army, and pray not to die on the road; Or a glass of poisonous wine, three feet of white silk for the gift. Maybe he will be affected by Brother Nai, who will be demoted to the state county, and even have to go to the temple of the first emperor to sweep the sacrifices and eat cold pork.

So, Wang Shougui lay on the ground, not even daring to move, although it was still February, his underwear was already soaked.

"Qing is too nervous...... Zhao Xin looked at him and said leisurely: "Let's go down and rest!" ”

Wang Shou rules are like being amnesty, and he is busy kowtowing to thank him: "The country is benevolent and sage, and the old minister is grateful for the five!" As he spoke, ignoring his blood-drenched forehead, he kowtowed a few more times, then stood up, bowed again, and respectfully withdrew.

until he walked out of the temple gate and came into the cloister.

Looking at the flowers and trees in this courtyard that gradually became green, Wang Shougui sighed heavily: "I know the power of the saint today!" ”