Because Emperor Hongzhi was really uneasy about Zhu Houzhao's son before his death, he couldn't even care about the three-year filial piety period, and insisted on explaining to Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian, the three cabinet ministers, and asked them to choose the concubine as soon as possible and let Zhu Houzhao get married, so this primary election of two choices, three selections and four selections was faster than any previous selection.

It's just three months of work, and the 1,000 people selected in the end have already entered the palace, even if they don't have the share of the concubine, they will stay in the palace as palace maids for the rest of their lives. And since Li Rong and Gao Feng came to report on how to settle this thousand people, Kunning Palace knew that it was only a matter of time before Empress Dowager Zhang moved. After all, there has never been a reason why the Queen Mother has always relied on Kunning Palace, the queen's main palace. Even if the emperor is filial, the queen mother can't keep the handle and let the court talk about it.

Therefore, with the acquiescence of the Empress Dowager Zhang, several favored female officials took the palace maids to begin to count all kinds of utensils and furnishings, and some people quietly went to Renshou Palace to see the place to measure the size, and discussed how to place all kinds of things at that time. And as the Empress Dowager Zhang herself, who really wants to move the palace, she is not interested in going to Renshou Palace to have a look, even if the Mid-Autumn Festival has long passed, she is still a little lazy.

In the evening of this day, I heard that Gao Feng asked to see her, and the Empress Dowager Zhang, who was a little unpopular, didn't want to see her, but the female official who could be sent out turned around and said that Gao Fengdao was asking to see her because of this selection, and she hesitated for a moment before announcing that someone came in. Because Gao Feng has served several generations of emperors, she originally reclined on the couch and asked the palace maid to help her sit up straight, and after waiting for someone to come in and kowtow, she rewarded the brocade again, and then leaned on the tiger stripe pillow sent by Zhu Houzhao.

"It's not all said, I'll leave the matter of this selection to you, and you don't need to ask for instructions again and again."

"The queen mother trusts her so much, and the slaves and maids should do their best to live up to their trust, but how dare they really make their own decisions? It has been some time since these thousand people entered the palace, and Gonggong Li has selected 300 people, and after teaching etiquette, he plans to let the Queen Mother pass through your eyes first, after all, where can our little knowledge compare to the Queen Mother's eyes and ears after following the first emperor for so many years? ”

Gao Feng looked at the face of the Empress Dowager Zhang as he spoke, and saw that the Supreme Mother of the Nation really looked kind, so he struck while the iron was hot and said, "There is just one more case, which the slave maid has to tell the Empress Dowager." The emperor had specially instructed the slaves and maids before, but this time, since a thousand people were selected to enter the palace, he couldn't use that much anyway, so he once ordered to choose a few smart and clever people to serve the queen mother. Although there are handy people around the queen mother, adding a few is also a piece of filial piety for the emperor. The emperor also said that if the people who have been around the Queen Mother for many years want to be released from the palace to match one or two good people, it is also the Queen Mother's benevolence. ”

As soon as Empress Dowager Zhang heard that Zhu Houzhao said that she would send someone from these palace maids to serve her, her expression disappeared all of a sudden, and was replaced by a joy that could not be hidden. Since ancient times, the most feared thing about a mother is that her son has a daughter-in-law and forgets her mother, so after the new daughter-in-law enters the door, the mother-in-law often has to put on a shelf to deter one or two. Empress Dowager Zhang now has no husband, and her two younger brothers say that they are the Hou Ye, but of course she doesn't have a lot of ability in her heart, and the only one she can rely on is her son. Her son is going to get married, and she wants to say in her heart that it is of course impossible to have some emotions.

So, she easily calmed down her joy, and immediately laughed: "This kid, this is all specially chosen for him, and he still remembers me!" ”

"Filial piety comes first, in the emperor's heart, now it is naturally the most important queen mother." Gao Feng took out a fold from his sleeve, bowed and respectfully presented it with both hands, and when a female official held it and gave it to the Empress Dowager Zhang, he said, "These are the eight people selected by the slave according to the emperor's will." Because they are too young and not safe enough, these eight people are all twenty-eight years old, and their surnames are docile and dexterous. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang was in a good mood, and even made fun of Gao Feng: "Your choice, they originally had a share in being a mother, don't they want to blame you?" ”

"Queen Mother, you are ...... The queen concubine also wants to be filial to the queen mother, they have this blessing now, isn't it too late to be happy? It's not the slave and the maid who boast, if the queen mother sees that they are reluctant to come, the slave and maid will be blind! ”

"You, when you're old, you'll make me happy!" Empress Dowager Zhang opened the fold casually, and saw that there were sixteen names on it, both single and double names, the only thing that was the same was that there were no kitsch Lan Ah Yan Jin Ah Lian, it seemed that she was more satisfied, and after closing it, she handed it to a female official beside her, "In this case, you will follow Gao Feng on this trip, and bring people to me to see how they are carefully selected." ”

"Yes, slave and maid." Gao Feng has always been a good person, and the female officials and palace maids of Kunning Palace, no matter how big or small, often get the benefits of his care, so at this moment, the female official naturally smiled playfully, "Father-in-law Gao is good at selecting people, and the Queen Mother is good at regulating people, not a slave and maid boasting, being here for a month is better than following those palace maids for a year and a half." ”

"All of them are flamboyant!"

With a smile and scolding in her mouth, Empress Dowager Zhang was very proud in her heart, and seeing Gao Feng and the female official retreat together, she breathed a sigh of relief. In the end, it is the flesh and blood that I have worked hard to conceive in October, how can I not kiss myself? She was thinking about how to reward her son, who was now becoming more and more filial, but thinking about it reminded her of another stubble.

These days, Xu Xun still often enters the palace, and the two of them are mixed together, even if those gossips are intentional, but it is not the same thing to go on like this. Otherwise, when Gao Feng sent the eight women, she would see if there was a suitable one and send it directly to Xing'an Bofu? The more she thought about it, the more she thought it was a good idea, and before she knew it, she sat up straight again, and unconsciously rubbed the big blue satin cushion with one hand.

In the past, she thought that her niece Zhang Jingxuan was smart and clever at a young age, but she didn't expect it to be a private agreement with someone for life, and she also said that she moved Zhu Houzhao to tell Zhang Heling. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty has never had two generations of concubines, she thought that the two cousins were so affectionate, and it was also beneficial to the future of the Zhang family, so she could only ask for the surname to pretend to be deaf and dumb, otherwise she would have to die of anger. If it weren't for Zhang Jingxuan's lack of courage and Xu Xun, who had a good future, wouldn't it be a match made in heaven, much better than she could only think about giving people away at the moment!

Early in the morning, I got the emperor's urgent order, and accompanied the people I was most unwilling to accompany Ma Wensheng and Han Wen, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, to go to Guangping Warehouse, Fucheng Factory and Xichengfang Grassland to check the inventory, this consumption was a whole day, and as soon as I returned to the direct room of the celebrant eunuch, Li Rong, the eunuch with palm prints, had already collapsed. After letting a few small firefighters serve him to wash his feet and face, and pouring hot tea down, he finally had a little appetite, but he drank half a bowl of light egg drop soup. It was easy to rest enough, and he remembered that he had asked his head to investigate, and immediately ordered someone to call Du Jin up.

"How are you doing with the matter of the Suihan Pavilion?"

Seeing that Li Rong's eyes were half-open and half-closed, his feet were soaked in a copper basin filled with hot water, and he didn't even lift his eyelids. But thinking that he couldn't hide it, he had to bite the bullet and say: "Back to the old ancestor, Gonggong Gao took Rong Shangyi in front of the Queen Mother to the Suihan Pavilion, and took Zhou Qiniang and the other seven palace maids to Kunning Palace. ”

"What did you say!" Li Rong's eyes widened suddenly, and he shouted in shock and anger, "Such a big thing, why don't you report it to me as soon as possible!" ”

"The old ancestor is angry." Du Jin knelt down and kowtowed two heads with a frightened face, "Gao Gonggong and Rong Shangyi came really suddenly, and said that the emperor ordered someone to serve the queen mother, and the sun was about to set at that time, and the small one didn't dare to stop it, so he sent someone to report to the ancestors, and it was expected that he had taken a fork in the road......"

Before he finished speaking, Li Rong had already kicked over the copper basin, and the foot-washing water splashed all over his head and face all over his body. Even so, he didn't dare to move at all, and he knelt on the ground that suddenly became a pond in embarrassment, not even daring to say a word. I don't know how long I maintained this stiff posture before I heard an angry cold snort from above.

"What a Gao Feng...... What a Liu Jin! What a Xu Xun! ”

Li Rong and Gao Feng have similar qualifications, but they have always pressed Gao Feng to the death, of course they know that this old eunuch does not have that kind of courageous ability, although Gao Feng was in charge of the East Palace Seal Bureau, but most of the time it was Liu Jin who moved behind his back. And Liu Jin is certainly cunning, but if it weren't for Xu Xun's tipping report, this guy would have known what happened in the Suihan Pavilion so quickly? Thinking of this, he only felt bitter in his throat, and took several deep breaths, which finally suppressed all the anger in his stomach.

"Get up, and you are not to blame for this."

Seeing Li Rong's thunderous anger at first glance, and talking with a pleasant face at this time, Du Jin only felt even more frightened, but he didn't dare to disobey at all, so he had to stand up slowly on his knees, and hung his head and waited for the next signal. However, the command from above made his heart beat more urgently in an instant.

"You go to Kunning Palace, bring a sentence to Jia Shichun, the manager of Kunning Palace, and ask him to come to see our family at three o'clock no matter what method he uses. If he pushes back, you tell him that the account he set up for our family before, our family has always remembered it, and we have not yet settled it with him! ”

Although Jia Shichun had already lost face, he was still the steward of Kunning Palace after all, so although Du Jin knew that this trip was over, and he was saying such threatening words, he would inevitably offend people to death, but he didn't dare to say a word, and tiptoed out of the door in response. As soon as he stepped out of the door, he heard the sound of broken porcelain coming from the door behind him, and his heart couldn't help jumping.

Since he followed Li Rong after he returned to Beijing, Li Rong seems to have become more and more difficult to suppress his emotions, although it is caused by his old age and short temper, but is this not because everything is not going well? The more this is the case, the more you have to take the sword sideways, the more the sword goes sideways, the easier it is to be frustrated, and the more frustrated you are, the more you have to take risks...... Now, what does this ancestor want to do?

(To be continued)