The matter of releasing the three thousand palace people immediately became a major event in the Inner Servant Province, and the Imperial Court Bureau, the Inner Servant Bureau, and the Palace Servant Bureau under the Inner Servant Province were constantly operating.

Ye Tingcheng, who was at the bottom of the eighth grade, had not been so busy for many years, and he took the palace account book directly into and out of the suite of Lord Lu, the inner chamberlain, and presented the preliminary list of people who left the palace to Lord Lu.

In the past, he rarely had direct contact with Lord Lu, and Lu Chongdao, the inner attendant, was the first official of the Sanpin Inner Service Province, and Ye Tingcheng was one of the six bureaus under the Inner Service Province, one of the bureaus, and one of the three deputy positions.

Lu Chongdao flipped through the roster casually, some of them were palace tricks that had been dismissed from the inner teaching workshop, some were good at singing and dancing, and some were good at calligraphy and musical instruments.

Some are the female palm fans and pinching in the palace, some are the concubines, the lanterns and feather instruments that are not used in the harem, the flower workers in the inner garden, the weaving and dyeing of the Shang Palace Bureau, the bathing of the Hot Spring Palace, the bed making and the sprinkling and sweeping of the Shang Sleeping Bureau......

Some of them are dressers, maidens, and women who have never been pampered by His Majesty......

There are also a large number of family members of the criminal officials who are not assigned by the court bureau, but this time the ones released are the young ladies from the original criminal officials' families and the personal rings of the young lady, and those who are married are not among them.

Lord Lu watched as he picked out the people he had noticed, and then pointed to their names and asked Ye Tingcheng for thoroughness.

"What's the matter with this person? is over twenty-five years old, this is not allowed, this is not an ordinary release, why don't you take an old woman from the Huanyi Workshop to let the official review! ”

Ye Tingcheng saw sweat on his forehead and explained, "Lord Lu, this is the number of bureaus that have been eliminated according to the number of names, but your lordship, you know, there is a holy edict, and they don't dare to report an old woman to come up, but it's really good...... Who wants to delegate it! ”

"Ridiculous! His Majesty is letting them out of the palace in order not to mislead their youth. What's more, this time to marry Xiazhou, you can't be too old, right? The matter of age seems to have been mentioned by Shang Shuling! ”

Lord Lu looked down again, and saw several picking girls, and there was actually a talented person in the fifth grade! His eyes widened immediately.

Ye Tingcheng hurriedly said, "This martial artist was asked by Lord Chu of Zhongshu Province to report it!" ”

Lord Lu no longer doubts which person is doing the wrong, this is not a trivial matter, it is only the palace people who are released, but a talented person with a positive fifth grade is released, and it is the crime of killing the head if the person concerned is not good, and he, the inner eunuch, is almost at the end of his work.

If Lord Chu has something to say, it is authorized by His Majesty the Emperor, there are nine talents, maybe this is a resentful woman who has never received holy grace, then there is nothing wrong with her going to Xiazhou.

Mr. Lu solemnly signed the roster and then submitted it for approval.

He looked at the Ye Tingcheng in front of him and said to him, "It's noon, you and the official have dinner here, and then accompany the official to play a game of chess!" ”

Ye Tingcheng was flattered, "No one knows the chess skills of adults, where to do their humble duties, and they should ask for advice."

……

The two sisters, Lirong and Lilan, got permission from Xie Jinlian and got 85,000 yuan to buy the land in the south of Xingyuan Mountain in Meridian Valley.

After Liu Yuru and Gao Jun returned to Beijing, they didn't mention it again, and Xie Jinlian didn't mention it either.

Today, the two saw that the weather was good, so they made an appointment to go out of the house together, to go to the field to have a look, and then the matter was done.

Su Yin also happened to go to the garden of Meridian Valley, today happened to be the day of the completion of this royal garden, and the prince said that he would attend the completion ceremony in person.

His Majesty the Emperor is in Cuiwei Palace, and His Majesty will come in person if he doesn't get it.

The three of them came to Cuiwei Palace together, and Lilan whispered to her sister, "I haven't seen the emperor yet!" ”。

Lirong hadn't seen it either, and she was also a little expectant, "However, now that our sisters are the ladies of the Shang Shuling Mansion, how is it different from those princes' families?" It's even stronger! You see, our retinue today is more sophisticated than the military department was at that time. ”

Lilan also felt the same way, "When we were in Jiaohe County, we couldn't even see the county prince easily, how could I ever think of seeing the prince!" ”

Lirong said to her sister, "You are really a frog at the bottom of the well!" If you have a different vision, you will see a different way! Ordinary people want to produce a Sima and a long history, that is a great glory, but if you look at my family, Sister Siqing got a thorn history out of thin air, and she doesn't have to go to work, who would dare to think about it? ”

Listening to Lilan, she felt that her sister's vision was a hundred times stronger than her own.

They broke up with Su Yin outside the Xingyuan and rode up the mountain from the mountain road outside the wall, and the land of Lilan was in the south of the mountain.

With the elevation of the mountain road, the appearance of the garden at the bottom is presented little by little, the pavilions and pavilions, the small bridges and water pavilions, and the winding pond corridor gradually come into the eyes, and the neat white stone road is looped with the mountain, and a lot of people and honor guards have gathered inside.

Lilan said that in the future, whoever rents her land will be able to see every move in the garden and enjoy the beautiful scenery in the garden when she stands on the top of the mountain.

As they were talking, the two saw two young women flash out from behind the mountain road, they were not ordinary women, they were all dressed in the court, and they did not bring their companions.

One of them has a gorgeous face, dignified and graceful, just two points for Liu Yuru, two points for Fan Ying, two points for being stubborn, and some points like Li Wanqing, and a little bit like her sister Lirong.

But she heard Lirong greet her, "Sister Wu, why are you here?" I said that we were sisters as soon as we met, and if you look at it, it will be seven points like my sister Lilan! ”

Lirong introduced Wu Meiniang to Lilan, and the woman who accompanied Wu Meiniang was a little younger, and Lilan saw that she was pregnant, and her name was Yang Lizhen.

Wu Meiniang and Yang Lizhen came halfway up the mountain today, in fact, they also looked at the garden at the bottom of the mountain.

The crown prince Li Zhi has not come to the Anxi Hall for some days.

However, the Ministry of Internal Service had informed Wu Meiniang that she would go to Xiazhou with this group of 3,000 palace people and ration one of the 3,000 cavalry who had returned from the Goryeo front from the Jieli Division.

She is a talented person, and her identity is different from those washing, florist, and weaver. This is not mainly because she doesn't want to leave here, she is no longer the talented person who was stranded in the cold palace and no one cares about her.

Wu Meiniang didn't know if the crown prince Li Zhi knew the news, but since the Ministry of Internal Affairs clearly notified her, this must be the emperor's intention.

So what can the prince do? If he doesn't come, he may be avoiding.

For a while, Wu Meiniang thought of many possibilities for the reason for this incident, and she was even frightened and worried, and she never closed her eyes all night.

Yang Lizhen knew the status of this sister Wu in the prince's heart, and she didn't want Wu Meiniang to go to Xiazhou, otherwise the two would be even more lonely.

Today is the day of the completion of the Meridian Valley Garden, and the prince will definitely come in person. It was inconvenient to enter the gate, but they could stand on a high vantage point and watch, and perhaps observe the Prince's whereabouts after the ceremony.

Wu Meiniang thought that if the prince did not return to Anxi Hall after the ceremony, and went back to Chang'an as soon as he left the garden, then he would have little hope.

Yang Lizhen told Lirong about this, and Wu Meiniang did not stop her when she said it, but showed a sad look on her face. Yang Lizhen knew that Lilan was not an outsider, so she said to Lirong,

"Sister Wu has been notified to be released, but I don't want her to go! Sister Lirong, the tall man of your family is Shang Shuling, and this roster was finally presented to him, can you think of a way for us to keep Sister Wu. ”

Lirong said, "But Sister Liu has never asked us to get involved in public affairs, otherwise when she finds out, my sister and I will be harshly reprimanded!" Besides, this matter must have a big origin, and my tall family will not succeed, right? ”

The one who whispered to her today and asked for something was the people in the prince's palace, Lirong groaned, and Lilan secretly signaled to her sister several times that this matter should be rejected persistently.

Because there are many unknown things, if you come to the nonsense, you may be against the holy will. Otherwise, why didn't Wu Meiniang go directly to the prince and tell the prince, but ran out to beg their sisters?

Lirong finally said, "I see...... But what can our sisters do? Mr. Gao will not take his official business back to the house, and I don't think he will even see this roster. ”

Lilan also said, "Yes, talented, we still have something to ......."

Behind them, Wu Meiniang and Yang Lizhen knelt down together, and Wu Meiniang wept and said, "It's okay...... Then I don't need to go back to Anxi Hall today! Instead of going to Xiazhou, it is better to die in the mountains. ”

Yang Lizhen said, "Sister Lirong, Sister Wu and I really have no choice, the prince is not easy to talk about this matter." And you have a silver lining,"

"As long as this can be done, what I have in the future will be indispensable to my sisters!" Wu Meiniang said.

The prince's words made Lirong's heart move, and she felt in a trance that this talented person did not belong to the palace.

She said, "Okay...... Who made us sisters, but I can only try, and there is no way at all. And whether it succeeds or not, this matter must not be known to Lord Gao and my sister Liu...... It's only for the four of us. ”

……

Leaving Wu Meiniang and Yang Lizhen, Lirong and Lilan hurriedly went to Shannan to take a look, and they didn't have much thought, and when they came back, they saw that the ceremony of the Meridian Valley Garden had ended.

They didn't find Su Yin, nor did they see Wu Meiniang, but on the side of the avenue back to Chang'an from Cuiwei Palace, Yang Lizhen and two palace people were waiting there.

She opened the two palace people, stuffed a small package in her hand into Lirong's hand, and said, This is a little bit of Sister Wu and my heart.

Lirong refused to do it, but Yang Lizhen gave it stiffly, "It's not a valuable thing, it's the important thing, and there won't be a few days left!" ”

The matter was urgent, and besides, the palace people brought by Yang Lizhen were not far away, so Lirong accepted it.

When parting, Yang Lizhen said again, "If you need me and Sister Wu to do something, it is advisable to send someone to the prince's palace to report the news, and even if we beg His Royal Highness the prince, we must do it on both sides." ”

Back in Yongning Fang, the two entered Lirong's bedroom, opened the package, and found that it was full of gold and jade ornaments used by women in the palace, all of which were exquisite, Lilan sighed with emotion, "Ah, this is worth my more than 100 acres of land for more than ten years!" ”

Lirong said that you are quiet, are you afraid that Sister Liu will not know?

Lilan has been in the mall for a long time, but she doesn't have any ideas at this time, like a sister, "We two do this...... Is it really good? In case of an incident and Jun is implicated, it is a fault that cannot be made up! Besides, what do you and I lack? ”

Lirong said, "Sister, look at the house, there are no one in Sister Liu, Xie Jinlian, and Siqing's mother's house, but what about anyone?" Fan Ying's uncle is the fourth grade Zhongshu Shilang, Cui Yan needless to say, Wanqing's father is the Liangzhou Thorn History, and Su Yin's mother's family is the first official in Taizhou, who is not more prominent than our mother's family? Shouldn't you think about your parents? Only our father and mother are in Xizhou! ”

"But how is it going to be done? I will never do anything that causes trouble. Lilan asked.

Lirong said, "Go find Sister Siqing, she is the assassin of Xiazhou, and she should care about the merits of those palace people the most, let her talk to Jun, it is estimated that most of them will be able to see that roster in the mansion." ”

Lilan sincerely admired her sister's fast turn, got up and lowered her voice, "I'll go and talk to Siqing quietly." ”

Lirong said, "Are you a thief?" ”

……

Shang Shu Ling Gao Jun, these days are very pleasant, the emperor has returned to Cuiwei Palace since the last morning court, everywhere in the yamen, are low-brow subordinates, and the flying letter to Longxing Ranch has been sent.

What made him feel most assured was that Simo's matter had been properly handled, the roster of three thousand palace people released to Xiazhou had been confirmed, and Siqing's mood at home had also stabilized.

Yongningfang Gaofu once again returned to a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere.

When he returned to the house, it was just in time for dinner, and he found that each lady had a good expression and mood.

Cui Yan greeted Wan Fu, "The slave and maid greet the Zhongshu order." ”

Gao Jun pouted and sat down, straightened his waist, and twisted his duck legs, "Well, your performance is good, do you need to rub it somewhere at night?" ”

Cui Yan was choked, and she couldn't think of anything to fight back, and was laughed at by everyone.

Serving wine, Siqing said, "I want to see what kind of color those three thousand palace people are,"

Lirong ran over and filled the wine first, "That's right, Your Majesty's grace to Xiazhou, Sister Siqing should have looked at it, in case she sent it over to vomit, wouldn't it be a joke,"

Gao Jun said, "Look at what you said, it's the palace, not the Shamao Ping and Qinggangping,"

Fan Ying said, "Yes, the palace is like Qinggangping, there is only one young one in the whole ping, and he has sent prison meals to his senior brother twice, and he has not forgotten it until now." ”

Gao Jun would never quarrel with Fan Ying in public, for fear that she would be annoyed if she suffered a loss, so he said to Siqing, "Okay, come with me to the yamen tomorrow, and Lord Shi will see it." ”

Siqing said, "It's not good to go to Shangshu Province, and I still have filial piety!" ”

Gao Jun was obedient to Siqing at this time, and when he heard that she was reasonable, he instructed Gao Bai, "You send someone to go to the yamen immediately, and bring the list of people who have been released from the palace, and this official will inspect it overnight." ”

When the roster was brought in, people gathered around the atrium and expressed their opinions.

When Lilan was at the dinner table, she looked at her eyes from time to time, and deliberately touched her glass twice with Shang Shuling. At this time, Gao Jun said, "You accompany Master Assassin Shi to the study to see, this official is going to sleep." ”

Lilan followed the tall man back to the back house, and everyone became bored, Cui Yan said,