In the Ciqing Palace early in the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Gao Hong, the eunuch of Shangyi and the eunuch of the palm print of the C-character library, was bringing people to measure the size of the holy body for Ye Xiang, and to prepare for the weaving of the royal crown, robes, shoes, boots and socks after ascending to the pole. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Gao Hong is an old eunuch of medium stature, with a square face, over sixty years old, and also an old man when Zhu Changluo was in the hidden mansion.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, the exchange of blood for the position of the inner government is also the proper meaning of the question, Ye Xiangxiang also has this idea in the first book, but he has just arrived, and he still does not know the current customs, let alone know people. Ye Xiang understood that he only had the people who continued to use Zhu Changluo's stay, but fortunately, these people had just taken up their new positions and had not yet become a trend.

Regardless of whether Wang Chengen's mention of Wang An's matter in the Heart Cultivation Hall was intentional or unintentional, Ye Xiang had to find out the details of the people around him to distinguish whether they were credible or not.

Ye Xiang yawned, he felt lacking in spirit last night because he had been looking through the recital approved by Zhu Changluo for too long, thinking that Wang An had never come back to recover his life, so he stretched out his arms to measure the length of his arms, and asked unintentionally, "What do you think of Wang An?" What do the people below say about him? ”

How could Gao Hong not understand Ye Xiang's intentions, figuring out the intention is the key to whether the internal officials can rise to prominence, he pondered for a while, and said in a hoarse voice, "Although the eunuch Wang is fair-skinned and thick, but his body is not too hard and sickly, he is usually quite strict with the rest of the attendants, has a wide range of contacts, and is good at trade, not only in the west of Lingji Palace (east of Beijing Lingjing Hutong), there is also a number of real estate, which is used for rent, so even if he has been treated coldly in the Qinggong for more than 20 years, he has a lot of money, and he has never heard him say that he is short of money. In addition, when he was in this Ciqing Palace in the past, he tried his best to protect Emperor Daxing, who was still the crown prince at that time, in front of the temple, which was meritorious. ”

After listening to Gao Hong's beautiful words, Ye Xiang smiled slyly, "Hehe, according to this, he has no shortcomings?" Don't brag for him with rhetoric, Bengong has eyes and brains, do you think that Bengong is the three-year-old child who is easy to deceive? Don't pick up nice words, is he like a saint, or are you afraid of his retaliation? ”

Gao Hong saw Ye Xiang's smile and felt cold all over his body, and the words of accompanying the king like a tiger were not false, and he thought to himself, if he was perfunctory again, maybe the palm print of the Shangyi supervisor who had not yet covered the heat was someone else's, so he quickly knelt down and said, "Your Highness forgives your sins, Your Highness forgives your sins, and the slaves are loyal to my great tomorrow. If Your Highness wants to know anything, please make it clear, the slaves naturally know everything and say everything. ”

Ye Xiang restrained his smile, asked the rest of the people to quit the warm pavilion and sit on the kang, and didn't ask Gao Hong to get up, "Well, then you can tell me in detail, how about he usually takes people to pick up things?" ”

"Yes. Wang eunuch Wanli years have been closed door many times to recuperate, it is said that here often indulge in all kinds of classics, no books do not read, but also often write fan face to send the face of the doctor, and the Donglin party people have a lot of friendship. He usually likes calligraphy, playing chess, and has a strong sense of competitiveness, and after losing chess, he has to win the other party with tricks before he will give up. ”

"In terms of personality, do you think there are any more?"

Gao Hong nodded, "Yes, Eunuch Wang is relatively arrogant and lacks self-cultivation, just take Li Xuan's maid Niangniang as an example, I have never seen him bow down." Although Emperor Daxing treated the eunuch preferentially, he was afraid of his strict requirements and often annoyed his outspokenness, so he was not very willing to get close to him. Eunuch Wang is more anxious, has he not been scolded in the celebrant this month? ”

Ye Xiang saw Wang An's kind look in the past two days, but he didn't expect him to be angry, "Oh? Why is it all because? ”

"The celebrant on behalf of the Son of Heaven approved red, where there is a document, when the eunuch Wang is on duty, he does not open his mouth to say it clearly, but only writes with the index finger of his right hand on his lap and on the desk or gestures with his eyes to deal with the opinions, so that if he is not often with the eunuch Wang, he does not understand the meaning at all, so he is often scolded for writing below. This is not made up by the slaves, and the writing is supported by Liu Shitai. Oh, Liu Shitai is Liu Ruoyu, who was changed because he avoided the Taichang era of Emperor Daxing. ”

"This, this palace will go to verify, so who is he usually close to?"

Gao Hong didn't have to think about it, so he blurted out, "Jin Zhong, the eunuch in the clerk's room at the time of the temple, and the "Yushi Renfeng" written by the Jin eunuch was edited by the eunuch Wang. This matter, now the eunuch Wang Tiqian of the Seal Bureau knows very well, because Wang Zhangyin was once a eunuch in the clerical room. ”

Ye Xiang saw that there was circumstantial evidence for what Gao Hong said, so he nodded, "Okay, you get up...... Well, why don't you move, what does it mean? ”

Gao Hong knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily, his eyes full of expectation, and pleaded, "Your Highness, the slave begs Your Highness to read that the eunuch has served the Emperor Daxing for many years, and for the sake of the ministers who have cooperated with you to protect him a few days ago, don't blame him." Although the eunuch Wang is straight and strict, he is quite happy and kind, and all those who are elderly cannot bear it. If His Highness wants to be the lord of benevolence, he must use people to know people, and the slaves think that they should let him help him. ”

Ye Xiang learned from Gao Hong's mouth that Wang An was a temperamental eunuch, which was enough, but he was still entangled in Wang An's friendship with the Donglin Party, waved his hand, and did not answer positively, "Okay, the palace has its own decision, you get up first, do your job well, let them come in and continue to measure the size." ”

Next, Ye Xiang asked the scope of Shangyi's duties, and Gao Hong naturally told the truth. It turned out that all kinds of clothes for the emperor, harem concubines, and princes were all tailored by the Shangyi Supervisor. At the same time, Wang An's needlework bureau specializes in manufacturing winter and summer clothes for eunuchs and palace maids; The scarves and hats of the internal officials, the various crown shoes of the horses and kings, and the python robes of the pen are the responsibility of the Scarf and Hat Bureau.

The clothes of the courtiers were not woven by the official in the Song Dynasty, but were made by themselves according to the grade. On the fabric, the Ming Dynasty stipulated that the first and second grades should be variegated Wenqi, Ayaluo, and color embroidery, and the hat beads should be made of jade; The third to fifth grades are made of variegated Wenqi and Ayaluo, the top of the hat is made of gold, and the hat beads can be used except for jade; Six to nine products with variegated Wenqi, Ayaluo, the top of the hat with silver, hat beads agate, crystal, fragrant wood; One to six products wear four-clawed dragons (pythons), and gold embroidery is allowed.

For complements, the Ming Dynasty also had clear regulations: Gong, Hou, Horse, Uncle, clothing embroidered unicorn Bai Ze, not in the number of civil and military; Civil officials use birds, like their literary talents; The military attache uses beasts like his fierce eagles.

The civil officials embroidered the crane on the chest of the first grade, the second grade of the golden pheasant, the third rank of the peacock, the fourth rank of the cloud goose, the fifth rank of the white pheasant [xián], the sixth rank of the heron, the seventh rank of the emu [xīchì], the eighth rank of the yellow oriole, the ninth rank of the quail, and the miscellaneous work of practicing magpies. Imperial history and other wind magistrates use hedgehogs. The first and second rank of military attachés are embroidered with lions on their chests, the third and fourth grades of tigers and leopards, the fifth rank of bears [pí], the sixth and seventh grades of biao, the eighth rank of rhinoceros, and the ninth rank of seahorses.

Although Ye Xiang also often watched costume dramas, he also knew nothing about them, and asked, "What clothes are you going to make this time?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, according to the usual rules, the Shangyi Supervisor should hurry up as soon as possible to make regular clothes, crown clothes, leather Ben [biàn] clothes, Yanju clothes, twelve regiments of dragon gon clothes, eight regiments of dragon robes, four regiments of dragon straight bodies, green robes, armor, armor, and so on."

Gao Hong still wanted to continue to show off, but seeing Ye Xiang's brows tightened, he continued, "Your Highness is growing up now, and the slave suggests that in addition to the crown clothes worn by Dengji, you only need to hurry up and make a few linen robes and regular clothes as soon as possible." ”

"What's the matter?"

"The crown dress is used to worship heaven and earth and canonization, because the crown dress is embroidered with gold dragons on the two sleeves, so it is more labor-intensive, and the Shangyi supervisor must work day and night. In addition, according to the rule, His Highness should serve 27 days, and then he should wear a linen robe for 100 days, and then he should wear regular clothes. ”

Ye Xiang didn't have time to think about how he wasn't the legendary yellow robe, but he was frustrated to find out that he had really become a puppet. This etiquette is all made up by the people in the Ministry of Etiquette, and he feels very unaccustomed to doing it rashly, but he has to follow the customs.

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In the southwest corridor of the Qianqing Gate, in Wang An's room, Wei Chaozheng was standing in front of him with a flattering face.

"Godfather, please let Ren enter the palace,"

Wang An slapped the table, pointed at Wei Chao and said angrily, "Nonsense, I forgot about Yang Lian's criticism of the selection of servants before?" Also, last night, Lu Weiqi, the director of the Literature and Anthology Department of the Ministry of Officials, said that the maid should not enter a person; Fang Congzhe and others said that the emperor's eldest son's blood is undecided, and his love is just beginning, and it is the time to cultivate the fundamentals. Can you afford the sin of causing trouble in the palace? ”

Wei Chao still didn't give up, and played the sympathy card, "However, this morning, the child patted his chest in front of Yin Yue and promised. ”

"As the eldest son of the emperor, why didn't she say it herself, but you came? Oh, I know you're 'the right eater', but aren't you a real husband and wife, aren't you afraid of being taken advantage of by her? ”

Wei Chao forgot that he had also begged Ye Xiang for the matter, and defended, "She won't, Yin Yue said that she had asked His Highness for Brother Wei's matter before, and it is not good to speak out at this time." ”

Wang An looked disappointed, they were not real men, and he felt that he had an almost paranoid desire for the opposite sex, but he was still a little disappointed that the Wei Dynasty, who knew that he had been carefully trained, was confused by women, "You praised the Ren family like flowers before, why don't you let her participate in the selection of concubines after the emperor's eldest son ascends the throne?" Besides, you have served the eldest son of the emperor for many years, why didn't you plead in person? ”

"Why haven't I thought about it, it's just that the selection of concubines is finally determined by the queen mother and the emperor, and it can't be adulterated. As the adopted daughter of a eunuch, Ren can't even pass the most basic 'origin', let alone guarantee that she will stand out among thousands of beauties, and her age is not up to standard. Wei Chao was very frustrated, and recounted Ke Yinyue's pillow wind to him last night, "Also, Brother Wei is still in the Dongchang prison, and it was the Ren family who volunteered to enter the palace to 'save his father'." Why don't you godfather help Brother Wei with a few kind words in front of His Royal Highness, my son feels that His Highness seems to be alienating me in the past two days, and he is far from being as close as before. ”

Wang An shook his head, he heard Wei Jinzhong say bad things about the Wei Dynasty in front of him more than once, and thought of Wei Jinzhong's pig-like staring at Ke Yinyue drooling, so he was unhappy, and said pointedly, "Brother Wei, Brother Wei...... How many times has the Father told you not to get too close to Him? You, you have to remember that 'scolding in front of you is a friend, barking behind your back is a dog', and be careful that he bites you back. ”

Wei Chao is cunning by nature, and many people around him are estranged, only Wei Jinzhong licked his face and took him as a friend, often treated him with wine and meat, and objected, "Godfather, you are too worried, Brother Wei is not that kind of person." ”

Wang An smiled angrily, "Well, then let's wait and see." ”

"What about Ren?"

"There is no door to this matter, and Hugh has to discuss it again. Otherwise, even if you have followed the emperor's eldest son for many years, you will be unkind to you as a father. ”

Wang An once promised the minister that except for the guest Yinyue, who Zhu Youxiao has always been inseparable, he would not let any woman approach until the wedding. He was afraid that he would not achieve the deterrent effect, so he added earnestly, "In just two months, the throne has changed hands twice, so in order to avoid panic in the world, the eldest son of the emperor should ascend the throne quickly." You have to look far, it is the right thing to serve the prince with your heart at the moment, why make wedding dresses for others? It's not early, I should accompany the emperor's eldest son to the Wenhua Palace, you go back first, think about it. ”

In the end, Wang An looked at the way Wei Chao left, and found that he had no intention of repenting, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, could it be that he had really lost his eyes before? It shouldn't be.