The emperor's harem is also known as the inner court. The difference with the court and the outer court may lie in the jurisdiction and the person in charge...... The difference between men and women. The affairs of the outer court are decided by the emperor, and the affairs of the inner court are decided by the queen. Throughout the history books, there are often things about the inner court governing the outer court. The struggle for internal and external rights is also an entanglement between the imperial power and the family. The eldest grandson queen set up the "Female Rule" as a canon for holding oneself. It is deeply forbidden to replay the situation of the queen of the Han Dynasty interfering in politics and the dictatorship of her relatives, so she is very strict with her words and deeds.

The queen is the head of the inner court, and the queen's will determines where the inner court tree grows. And now the harem of the inner court, under the leadership and restraint of Empress Changsun, is undoubtedly the most satisfying for the emperor and courtiers. However, the master of the eldest grandson queen fell in this season of changing colors. The inner court tree, the slanted branches with ill intentions began to spread and breed quietly.

The division of labor in the inner court is more detailed than that of the outer court. The emperor's clothing, food, housing, and transportation are subdivided, and each of them has a special person or even a special agency to be responsible. The rank of the harem concubines and female officials is even more equivalent to that of the court officials. The palace maids and slaves are only the lowest class of laborers, and from the bottom to the top, the eight-rank female officials to the first-rank ladies, the hierarchy is strict, and the court officials, the clothes worn by female officials at all levels are all stipulated in the classics, and the upper and lower are inferior and insurmountable. Li Luoyun was new to the city, and he couldn't understand the complicated upper and lower systems in the emperor's harem. The women I saw were all palace maids and slaves, and it was difficult to see gold and jade on them, and there was no silk in them, and they occasionally applied powder, and there was very little color.

As for the eldest grandson queen who was surprised last night...... The situation is special and cannot be counted. However, Empress Changsun's bearing is extraordinary, even if she does not wear the queen's clothes, no one will confuse her with the palace maid. But the palace maid who was talking in front of him, no matter how dull Li Luoyun was, he could see the difference. Whether it is the butterfly dotted flower bead hairpin on the head, the gold pendant on both ears, the embroidered jacket worn on the body, and the eye talk, etc., all show the difference between it and the three palace maids behind him.

"This ......" Li Luoyun didn't know how to refuse, and he didn't know what to call this woman, so he hesitated, seeing that her age was only the same as the younger sisters of the Li family. But it seems rude to call my sister as soon as I come up, but let's call my sister......

"This sister ......"

The female official calmly accepted this sister, her still immature chest straightened, and she said with a slightly self-contained expression: "The slave family was born in the Wei family, and she was favored by Your Majesty and is a seven-grade royal maid." ”

Li Luoyun didn't know that there were only twenty-seven people in the palace of the Seven-Rank Imperial Maiden, which was much rarer compared to the Seven-Rank officials outside. Li Luoyun only understood the sentence of being born in Webster......

I just beat one Wei Yi outside, and I didn't see other Wei family members jump out when I passed the hall. I didn't expect to meet ...... in this inner palace Not to mention the seven-rank royal maid, this is just a leader, and there is still a first-grade lady Wei Guifei waiting for her. Li Luoyun knew that he couldn't hide in the inner palace, so he didn't prevaricate, and politely asked the royal lady to lead the way, thinking that no matter whether Wei Guifei was looking for trouble for Wei Yi or had other plans, it would be good to refuse. With His Majesty and the Queen Mother here, they can't do anything to themselves. But when he saw the guards of honor and phoenixes lined up on the royal road outside Lin Yuan, Li Luoyun suddenly woke up, I am afraid that he still thought about this trouble.

The Wei Imperial Maiden who led the way respectfully reported in front of a red Luo soft sedan chair behind Feng Yuan, and then led the three palace maids to stand in the queue behind Feng Yuan.

Li Luoyun looked at a total of eight palace maids standing on the left and right of Feng Yuan, and four eunuchs followed by him. Look at the six palace maids standing next to the soft sedan chair and two eunuchs. These people each hold incense burners, dusters, water bottles, food boxes and other objects in their hands, and are responsible for serving the concubine according to her needs. And Luo Yun dressed like the Imperial Lady Wei, and saw that there were four female officials with grades, and what they were holding was something draped in silk books. However, these people are not all, the eight wrestlers who carry the phoenix chariot, and the four healthy women who are in the soft sedan chair. So many people crowded the wide royal road.

There was no movement in the curtain of the phoenix, and Li Luoyun was hesitant and didn't know how to salute. The bead curtain of the soft sedan chair was lifted by the palace maid, and a palace beauty with a jingling dress stepped out of the sedan chair. Smiling brightly at Li Luoyun from afar, Lianbu walked over. This woman with a gorgeous look and elegant temperament has a thousand demeanors, smart eyes, not graceful but noble temperament.

Seeing the woman standing in front of her, she looked at herself with a slim gaze and did not speak. And the female officer behind him hung her head and stood without the intention of introduction. Although Li Luoyun didn't think so, he still bowed his head and said: "Zhou to Li Jialuoyun, meet Wei Niangniang." ”

Li Luoyun shook it to the ground, and then heard the woman speak: "Gongzi Li is a guest from afar, and he is a relative of Concubine Yang's sister, so there is no need to be so polite." Li Luoyun thought to himself that his origin seemed to have been investigated, and it was not surprising. When he got up, he listened to the pleasant voice and continued: "Concubine Wei Nizi, it is Your Majesty Zhaorong, and Concubine Wei is my cousin. ”

Li Luoyun was stunned when he heard this, thinking that it was no wonder that he was so young. This Wei family is really powerful, and they stuffed a pair of sisters into the emperor's harem. Suddenly, I thought of the Wei Imperial Maiden, and my eyes casually glanced at the queue. His expression remained unchanged and he saluted again, but he finally understood the meaning of the four words Jingzhao Weishi in his heart.

Wei Zhaorong once again calmly accepted Li Luoyun's salute. The smile on her face became more and more bright and moving, and she said softly: "My sister originally wanted to come to see Li Gongzi in person, but His Royal Highness Shen'er was infected with wind evil, and my sister was so worried that she couldn't get out of her body by staying in front of the couch. I have to entrust me to ......" Wei Zhaorong pointed sideways at the noble concubine phoenix, looked at Li Luoyun with soft and sharp eyes, raised his voice slightly and said: "Use the concubine Niangniang's phoenix chariot honor guard to pick up Li Gongzi!" ”

Wei Zhaorong was very satisfied with Li Luoyun's stunned appearance, and a trace of contempt couldn't help but slip through his eyes. She was also surprised when she first heard her sister arrange this, such a courtesy, to a white-bodied civilian boy, is no longer something that can be described by words like grace and blue eyes. But for the sake of His Royal Highness King Ji, my sister obviously can't care about the difference between respect and inferiority. But is this man really worthy of their condescension? If it weren't for the news that came this morning, the words were conclusive. She wouldn't believe that the stench, dirty, and unkempt young man in front of her would have some elixir in his body, so that Empress Dechangsun would run barefoot in the palace all night regardless of his manners.

Li Luoyun was indeed taken aback, even if he didn't know etiquette, he knew what kind of grace and courtesy he was expressing with the honor guard of the concubine. But he was not blessed with this courtesy. He knew why Wei Guifei put on such a battle and came to pick him up as a common man with great fanfare, and the palace miscellaneous servants were for his son Li Shen, King Ji. As far as his heart is concerned, no matter whether he has a disagreement with Wei Yi and the Wei family, it is impossible for a child's mother to ask him to treat his child. It's just that he has no more medicinal wine.

Wei Zhaorong saw that Li Luoyun was stunned for a long time and didn't come back to his senses, his eyebrows were slightly pursed, and then he smiled, looked Li Luoyun up and down, as if he had just discovered, and said angrily: "Such a slave, I don't know the identity of Li Gongzi." did not arrange for anyone to take care of Li Gongzi's diet and daily life. Rui'er~"

"Please give me the command."

After a while, he instructed the palace bureau to find a new place for Li Gongzi to live, and then arranged for two little slaves to wait. Then let Shangyi send someone over to measure Li Gongzi and remake a set of clothes. There is also Shang Yusi ......" Wei Zhaorong gave the order endlessly, and smiled at Li Luoyun with a kind and caring look on his face.

For some reason, Li Luoyun looked at Wei Zhaorong, who was smiling reservedly and kind, but suddenly remembered the eldest grandson, and the thoughtful arrangements actually made him worry and uneasy about the mother who was holding her infant daughter and crying helplessly in front of her.

"Thank you Zhaorong. It's just that Luo Yun was condemned by His Majesty and punished here, these ...... Luo Yun couldn't afford it. After using the emperor's name to excuse himself, without waiting for Wei Zhaorong to say something, Luo Yun then asked provocatively: "Luo Yun is dull and has no talent. I don't know what Luo Yun can do to the concubine Niangniang, please show it clearly. ”

Wei Zhaorong smiled, not having any dissatisfaction because Li Luoyun rejected her kindness. "The Wei family and the Hongnong Yang family have been in-laws for generations, not to mention that Your Majesty recognizes you as a nephew. You came from afar, and my sister and I are also half aunts, so we should entertain them. It's just ......" Wei Zhaorong's smile converged and showed a gloomy color, and the moment he turned around and looked up, Li Luoyun looked at Wei Zhaorong with a sad and dark look. The same pleasant sound made the smell feel pitiful.

"Li Gongzi probably doesn't know yet, yesterday there was a sudden wind and evil epidemic in the palace, and Shen'er couldn't escape it when he lived in the library and studied. Infected with a vicious plague, his whole body is hot and difficult to extinguish. The imperial doctor was incompetent and could not diagnose the cause of the disease. Although Zhen Taichang is a miracle doctor, he can't come up with a way for a while. Seeing Shen'er's pain, my sister and I were heartbroken, and we hated to replace her. Fortunately, I heard that Li Gongzi studied under the divine doctor Sun Daochang, and he was pregnant with the elixir given by the divine doctor Sun, so he specially invited Li Gongzi to go and save the life of His Royal Highness King Ji. We sisters must be thankful and never forget. ”

Li Luoyun looked at Wei Zhaorong's elegant and moving posture. I was full of emotion in my heart, and I was able to occupy a place in this harem woman, and sure enough, none of them were simple. In the end, it is a woman cultivated by the family, although she is not a few years older than herself at most, but she has just talked and behaved, but the women of the common people have not been able to learn it for ten years. If it was just a coy gesture, what shocked Li Luoyun the most was that he felt in his heart that Wei Zhaorong was sincere in every word, and he did not say a word of hypocrisy. Whether it was the dissatisfaction with the incompetence of the imperial doctor, or the admiration for hearing that Li Luoyun had studied under the divine doctor, and finally the ardent expectation for Li Luoyun's elixir. Li Luoyun thought to himself that if it weren't for the dirty and smelly body on his body, Wei Zhaorong would probably come up and grab his hand......

Hypocrisy is not terrible, what is terrible is sincerity. Such a request is the hardest to refuse.

Li Luoyun exhaled deeply, once again realizing the horror of the family. A loser like Wei Yi can't represent this Webster, which has been passed down for hundreds of years. However, after the exclamation, Luo Yun knew that he was only afraid that he was going to completely offend the family. Because of him in front of him, he can't help them. And the later resignation will only be seen as a rejection of Merriam-Webster's friendship. Sighing secretly, Luo Yun was pondering how to sincerely open his mouth to express his powerlessness, because his medicinal wine was ...... by the eldest grandson queen

"Empress Eldest Sun......" Li Luoyun suddenly woke up and couldn't help blurting out what he thought in his heart. When he looked at Wei Zhaorong again, he suddenly realized where his previous worries came from. If Empress Eldest Sun was fine, how could she allow Concubine Wei to come to her so blatantly! I'm afraid that something happened to the eldest grandson. Thinking back to the appearance of the eldest grandson queen when she left last night, I am afraid that she had just saved the little princess, and she herself fell ill again. Thinking about this section, Li Luoyun raised his eyes and saw Wei Zhaorong looking at him in surprise, so he simply asked directly, "Is Empress Eldest Sun sick?" ”

Wei Zhaorong's face was unhappy for the first time, and his expression turned cold, but he still spoke: "Niang Niang's phoenix body is slightly weak, and it is not a big problem. ”

"Don't dare to deceive Zhaorong and the concubine." Li Luoyun arched his hand and said: "Luoyun and Sun Daochang only met by chance. He was also one of Sun Daochang's patients, and he was not fortunate enough to study under Sun Daochang. There were indeed some health-nourishing medicinal wines given by the elders on his body before, but after coming to Beijing, he stayed for a few days, and there was not much left...... The rest has been dedicated to the queen. ”

"Didn't Li Gongzi leave a little left?" Wei Zhaorong's voice was still pleasant, but he couldn't hear his emotions anymore.

Li Luoyun looked at Wei Zhaorong's eyes and said sincerely, "It's really gone." Luo Yun lived up to the trust of Niangniang and Zhaorong, and couldn't help His Royal Highness King Ji. His Royal Highness is sick, so let's ask Daochang Sun to come for treatment. I believe that with Sun Daochang's medical skills, he will be able to cure the disease. ”

"Sun Daochang went out of the city to collect medicine the day before yesterday, and he has not returned yet. If there is no other way, how can my sister ......" Wei Zhaorong is young after all, seeing that he can't ask for anything, he is impatient in his heart, and the city government is gradually lost.

Li Luoyun understood the suffering of his relatives and did not care. However, when he heard that Sun Daochang was not in the capital, he was slightly surprised, but he didn't ask too much. Just a respectful thank-you.

Wei Zhaorong looked at Li Luoyun and asked tentatively, "Childe's medicinal wine, is there still it elsewhere?" No matter how far away, as long as I can save His Royal Highness King Ji, my sister will be grateful. ”

Li Luoyun patiently explained: "The medicinal wine is not brewed by my family, but a gift from a senior master of Yunyou. The whereabouts of the seniors are uncertain, and Luo Yun also happened to meet the seniors when he was in Yunshan. At the moment, being in the capital, there is no way to get it. This is a half-truth. If it is really urgent, Li Luoyun can find Yuanwu Baiyang if he can't find the ancestor. But the premise is that he can return to Yunshan. And for now...... The clouds covering the sky are above, and the fire poison of Yonghe is raging in the capital. Even if His Majesty lets him go and doesn't solve the problem of Yonghe, how can he let him go and hide back in Yunshan.

However, in Wei Zhaorong's ears, these words were indeed a prevarication full of loopholes. Wei Zhaorong's gaze at Li Luoyun gradually became cold, and he had already decided in his heart that Li Luoyun had attached the eldest grandson queen and did not take their sisters seriously. The cold face returned the salute, Wei Zhaorong said no more, turned around and left.

"Congratulations to Zhaorong."

Li Luoyun indifferently watched the noble concubine Luan leave in front of her, but what came to mind was the weak back of the eldest grandson queen who left alone with the little princess last night. He muttered to himself, "Is there something wrong with your heart?" That's right. No matter how polite Concubine Wei is, Li Luoyun still prefers the eldest grandson queen in her heart. Ask yourself, if it is the queen who is the little princess today, even if he has no wine on him, he will immediately let Xiao You return to the mountain to find a way. But in front of Webster, he didn't want to expose Xiao You's existence at all, and the fact that he still had a way to get medicinal wine.

Looking up at the lower and lower clouds, Li Luoyun knew that he couldn't delay it any longer, the queen fell ill again, and the fire poison of Yonghe was still permeating the city. But until now, the ancestor has not appeared to solve all this, what should he do?

In the dark, Li Luoyun seemed to have a hunch that he could solve all these troubles. However, looking down at his hands, he was still so weak. I'm just a mortal, why do I always dream of being a god? Whose memories are you seeing in those fragments?

After being distracted for a long time, Li Luoyun shook his head gloomily and turned to leave. Wei Zhaorong left simply, but the trouble caused by Li Luoyun came quickly with Wei Zhaorong's departure.

Wei Zhaorong sat in the sedan chair, holding the scroll with an indifferent expression, and wrote two letterheads in a moment. Sakura's lips opened slightly, and she exhaled to dry the ink, folded it and put it into two wooden boxes. The wooden box was no bigger than a palm, but it was very delicate, and it had its own news. After the buckle was closed, Wei Zhaorong fiddled with it a few times. Then he knocked lightly on the sedan curtain in exchange for the accompanying female officer and ordered: "You quickly leave the palace, hand over these two boxes to the Cheng Lang, and let him immediately transfer them to my brother." ”

"No, the slave will go to Wei Cheng to discuss." The female officer took the wooden box and left the team. The bead curtain fell, and Venizi's heart was uncertain.

Now that the wind evil has struck, the eldest grandson queen has fallen ill, and the situation in the palace has become delicate for a while. However, the seemingly fragile equilibrium is difficult to easily disrupt. Li Shimin has been in power for many years, and Empress Changsun is in charge of the harem. The husband and wife have a deep affection and have shared joys and sorrows for many years, and the relationship and trust between the two do not allow outsiders to comment at all.

Mo said that Empress Changsun is only seriously ill at the moment, even if the eldest grandson really dies, according to the emperor's temperament, it is difficult for the second person to wear a phoenix crown. What's more, the couple has ruled the court externally for many years, rectified the harem internally, and coordinated and balanced the forces of all parties. The selection of harem concubines was not entirely based on the emperor's personal preferences. It can even be said that several first-class ladies are the emperor's choice to envelop all forces. However, even so, the emperor's choice still strictly limited the growth of the power of his relatives.

Take her cousin, the first concubine in the harem second only to the queen. Her cousin, father and brother died early, and she was a remarried woman, older than His Majesty, so she had a promising personality, although she had a prince Li Shen, but she did not dare to give birth to the slightest arrogance. If it weren't for Wei's background, even if His Majesty was blue-eyed, his cousin would not be able to do the position of a concubine. And her entry into the palace and being canonized Zhaorong was just another appeasement of the emperor to Wei. Although she still has three brothers in the court, they are not reused, and the person who is now the leader of Webster in the court is not from their house. It's Wei Ting and others. Besides, she didn't even have an heir......

Without the support of the Outer Court family, even if the opportunity was in front of him, Venizi still felt that he was more than willing to do it. However, not only their Wei family, although Concubine Yang also represents the Hongnong Yang family, she is also a broken family. Yang Xuan, the prince of Chu in the previous dynasty, felt so majestic, and after the failure of the rebellion, only these orphans and widows were left, and they became a tool to envelop the indifferent clan behind the surname.

A gentle sigh, revealing helplessness and loss. This is the harem in charge of the eldest grandson queen. The concubines whose relatives have been cut off can only do their duty as a wife and mother within the walls of this palace.

It's just that the women in the inner palace are settled, but the men in the outer court are never willing to give up their ambitions easily. As soon as Wei Shenming got the letterbox, he put aside the work at hand, found a secluded corner, untied the wooden box he was familiar with, and unfolded the letter he wrote to him.

"I see...... Wei Shenming finally understood why the emperor was so protective of the Li family boy. It turned out to be an elixir. In an instant, Wei Shenming thought of many things. Combined with the current situation in Beijing, I gradually have a plan in my heart. Glancing at the busy scene in the hall, he put away the letter and another letter box, and turned to leave.