Morning meeting.

Zhang Xuan saw that the ministers had finished reporting on state affairs, so he looked at Guo Ziyi and Zhang Jiuming, the king of Qinghe County, with a smile.

He only recently moved the idea of marrying Zhang Jiuming's youngest daughter Zhang Mei, just to slightly appease Zhang Jiuming, the imperial uncle.

A few days ago, for the sake of Zhang Changguo's affairs, Zhang Xuan was selfless, and the face and prestige of the Qinghe County Mansion were suppressed to a certain extent. However, this kind of suppression is what Zhang Xuan is happy to see. He does not eliminate the people in his own family, he is as arrogant and domineering as the Li Tang royal family, and he can't see the children of the clan who ruin his reputation among the children of the clan.

Zhang Jiuming entered the palace and found the Empress Dowager Liu, but he did not ask for mercy∨ Changguo was scolded by the rod and migrated, although his life was safe, but he was far away from Jiangnan, and the palace of Qinghe County was also very depressed.

Zhang Xuan considered it for a long time before choosing Guo Yao, Guo Ziyi's eldest son. Although Guo Yao is over 23 years old, he has never married. Because his fiancée died of illness last year, and Guo Ziyi was away with Zhang Xuan, he was delayed.

Guo Yao is a young Zhuang official in the court that Zhang Xuan admires, loyal and straightforward, and quite stylish. And Zhang Jiuming's daughter Zhang Mei is also Zhang Xuan's favorite cousin, with a gentle and dignified and virtuous temperament, in Zhang Xuan's opinion, she and Guo Yao happen to be a couple.

Of course, there are also political considerations for his marriage arrangement.

The marriage between ministers and the royal family has been common sense since ancient times. His subordinates relied on this to gain a position of power, and the emperor relied on this to win over his subordinates.

Zhang Xuan has now begun to lay out for the imperial court many years later.

Chen Xian is old and will retire sooner or later. As soon as Chen Xian left, in this court, Zhang Xuan still eliminated Guo Ziyi and Zhang Xunneng to stand up and suppress Yang Guozhong and others.

But to be honest, although Guo Ziyi and Zhang Xun are the founding fathers of Zhang Xuan and are also famous generals in the army, they are slightly lacking in experience and background compared with ministers such ∈as Yang Guozhong, Pei Mian, Gongsun Liang, and Yang Xuan. And the background of the family is even more incomparable☆ Guozhong and these people have been entrenched at the peak of power in the DPRK for many years∑ their power is intertwined, Guo Ziyi's family power is very thin and cannot be compared.

If Zhang Xuan does not do his best to cultivate and support, it will be difficult for Guo Ziyi to control the scene in the future.

This is the key to Zhang Xuan's preparation for the Guo family to marry the Qinghe County Palace.

But after all, Zhang Xuan is a time-traveler from modern society, he will not forcibly use the emperor's authority to give marriage, but wants to ask for the wishes of the two families first‖ but also see what Guo Yao and Zhang Mei themselves mean.

Ziyi ∨ Xuan suddenly said loudly.

Guo Ziyi was taken aback and immediately went out of class to worship. "Your Majesty, the minister is here!"

"Ziyi, I heard that your son Guo Yao is not married yet?" Zhang Xuan said with a smile.

Guo Ziyi was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"Ziyi∞ I want to be a matchmaker for Guo Yao. What do you think? Zhang Xuan smiled, raised his hand and pointed at Zhang Jiuming, the king of Qinghe County, and said, "The small county of Uncle My Emperor's family advocates that Mei is gentle and graceful, and she is a good match, and I intend to match the two of you as a matchmaker, I don't know what you think?" ”

Guo Ziyi was very surprised, and then she was a little happy. It is naturally good to be able to marry the royal family, and the other party is also the emperor's cousin's concubine. The son marries the daughter of the imperial uncle, and the powerful position of the Guo family will definitely be more stable.

And Zhang Jiuming is also happy, Guo Ziyi is a new upstart in the court, the emperor is favored, and he will definitely take over Chen Xian's class in the future, and his daughter Zhang Mei can marry Guo Ziyi's son, which can be regarded as an excellent match.

But this kind of thing. After all, it is still necessary for the man to express his position first∨ Jiuming was reserved and silent.

Guo Ziyi glanced at Zhang Jiuming and bowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty, what a noble status the little county lord has." The dog can marry the county lord, it is really scary! ”

"Say so. Do you agree? Uncle Huang, what do you think? Zhang Xuan looked at Zhang Jiuming with a smile.

"But with His Majesty's marriage, the ministers are overjoyed." Zhang Jiuming nodded in agreement.

Zhang Xuan laughed, "Okay, this matter is decided." However, the marriage of men and women requires the nodding of both parties, even if I can't force ♀ it, after the dispersal of the dynasty, I set up a banquet in the palace and invited Guo Yao and Zhang Mei to meet. ”

Zhang Xuan held a banquet in the palace, and there were not many people attending the banquet, Guo Ziyi, Zhang Jiuming, as well as Zhang Jiuming's daughter Zhang Mei and Guo Ziyi's son Guo Yao∨Xuan took Guo Fu to attend, which was a blind date banquet arranged by the emperor himself.

While the banquet was in progress, a well-dressed young man came to the clean room of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Nanchang Street in the Imperial City. The eunuch supervisor and the relevant officials of the cleansing workshop couldn't help but be surprised to find that the man who accompanied him was actually a five-grade master of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The people who come to the cleansing workshop are all people who want to enter the palace to be eunuchs, and no one usually comes to this place, who has nothing to do when they are full, and drills into this kind of place where eunuchs are castrated?

But this kind of person who wants to be a eunuch is accompanied by officials, and it seems that his identity is a little different.

The steward eunuch Li Er hurried over and said with a smile, "Lord Xue, this is"

Xue An, the chief secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, looked back at the young man beside him with complicated eyes, clenched his fists and smiled bitterly, "Manager Zhang, have you thought about it?" I beg your pardon for saying that this is if"

Xue An wanted to speak and stopped.

Although the person next to him is a subordinate, he is the chief manager of the emperor's previous mansion. The people around the emperor, even if they are subordinate, are not inferior to lower-level officials.

Zhang Zhang smiled indifferently, gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Xue, Zhang has made up his mind, and I ask my lord to help Zhang be accommodating." ”

Xue An sighed, he couldn't understand why Zhang Li had a good life, but he had to enter the palace as a eunuch. The emperor has given him a mansion, in addition to his slave status, now he is a rich man in the capital, and ordinary officials dare not offend him. But he was determined to enter the palace, although he was the emperor's former confidant, but if he wanted to enter the palace to serve the emperor, he had to be castrated as a eunuch, otherwise he would not be able to enter the palace.

It's an iron rule. The men in the palace must be eunuchs, otherwise the inner court will be chaotic.

People who want to be eunuchs are poor and helpless, and people like Zhang Li, who have a good life but enter the palace from the palace, are really rare to see in thousands of years.

Xue An said loudly to the eunuch in charge, "Li Er, this Chief Manager Zhang, but the chief manager of the palace before His Majesty, now that Chief Zhang wants to enter the palace to cleanse himself, you can help arrange one or two." ”

Li Er was shocked, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.

"Yes, we'll arrange it."

In the afternoon of the second day.

Zhang Zhang came to the cleansing room again. The steward eunuch Li Er accompanied him into the palace, and the knifesmith who was in charge of the punishment had already been instructed to carefully perform "surgery" on Zhang Li, because Zhang Li's identity was not ordinary. And a person like him, once he enters the palace, must be a big celebrity around the emperor, and they can't afford to offend.

Entering this airtight silkworm room, two fierce knife makers stood on one side with a sharp dagger that had been sterilized, the light was bright, the light was swaying, and there was a dark and cold aura∨ and his heart sank, but he suddenly gritted his teeth and said categorically, "Let's start!" ”

"Please." Zhang Zhang lay down, allowing the steward eunuch to tie himself up firmly.

The steward eunuch Li Er looked at Zhang Zhang and sighed, "Manager Zhang, let's ask again, but do you really want to go from the palace?" This palace punishment is no better than others, if you really want to use the knife, it will be too late to regret it. Moreover, in the midst of this suffering, Manager Zhang must also be prepared. ”

Zhang Li's eyes slowly closed, and he said categorically, "I have made up my mind, please everyone!" ”

Li Er didn't hesitate anymore, he had done a lot of this kind of thing, so he naturally wouldn't be merciful.

Li Er waved his hand, and the two knife makers began to lean down, making the final preparations before the palace execution. And with the knifesmith's loud shout, the knife light flashed, the blood light collapsed, and the tension let out a heart-rending and earth-shattering scream!

The first to get the news of Zhang Zhang from the palace was Xiao Shisanlang, Xiao Shisanlang was greatly shocked, and immediately informed Cui Huan's wife, the eldest princess Zhang Xiuxiu∨ Xiuxiu was also very surprised, because Zhang Zhang was the loyal of the Zhang family, the former head of the Yongning Palace, they were very familiar.

Zhang Xiuxiu immediately entered the palace and told Queen Cui Ying, Cui Ying got the news and asked Ruyu to go straight to Zhang's imperial study.

Zhang was flipping through the folds, and suddenly saw Cui Ying coming in a hurry, and couldn't help laughing, "Ruyu, why do you have time to come here?" ”

Ruyu's face was extremely complicated, she bowed down, and said quietly, "Your Majesty, Zhang Zhang went to the palace to clean himself ten days ago, and he has been registered in the palace." ”

Zhang Xuan's hand trembled, the pen fell on the desk, he suddenly raised his head and said in a deep voice, "Is this true?!" ”

Ruyu nodded silently.

Zhang Xuan slapped the table and sighed.

He got up, ran out of the imperial study, got up and drove to the clean workshop in the imperial city. Generally speaking, the eunuchs who are ready to enter the palace after the cleansing are first filed with the relevant government offices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then the Ministry of Internal Affairs will uniformly allocate them according to the needs of the inner court. And because Zhang Li's identity is somewhat different, Yan Zhenqing, the governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has already ordered him to arrange Zhang Li's side with him.

After a hellish ordeal, Zhang Li has just survived, and this kind of inhumane surgery cannot be described in words.

Zhang Xuan stood outside the cleansing workshop, and the two little eunuchs slowly walked over with Zhang Li.

Zhang Liqiang knelt down and said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, the small tension has given Your Majesty a salute." ”

Zhang Xuan stretched out his hand, and weakly retracted it, he let out a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice, "Zhang Li, why are you like this?" ”

"The little ones want to serve by His Majesty's side, the little ones are His Majesty's servants from childhood to adulthood, His Majesty's kindness to the small ones is like a mountain, and the small ones have nothing to repay, so they can only enter the palace and serve His Majesty." Tension burst into tears, "Please ask Your Majesty for permission!" ”

Zhang Xuan looked up to the sky and sighed.