The so-called court is the palace area built on the east and west sides of the emperor's and queen's bedroom. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info and the emperor's bedroom complement each other, and like two armpits to guard the emperor's bedroom, so these two palace areas are collectively called the court.

Originally, it was just an inconspicuous and low-status place in the imperial palace, but since Emperor Zhao in the Western Han Dynasty, because of the legendary experience of an emperor, the imperial family has not entered the stream, and it has affected the political pattern of the middle and late Western Han Dynasty for nearly a hundred years.

This emperor is naturally Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Liu Xun. Liu Xun's experience, as mentioned above, was he was imprisoned when he was a child because of the "witch curse", and was later rescued by Zhang He, who was carefully raised, and created a generation of Zhongxing masters.

And the Fuping Hou family also has an indissoluble bond with the court. The above-mentioned court order Zhang He is Zhang Anshi's brother. The reason why the Fuping Hou family was able to maintain the saint's family for a long time was that in addition to Zhang Anshi's own talent, Zhang He's kindness to the first emperor and the brotherhood between Zhang Pengzu and the first emperor were also important factors.

Unexpectedly, when Zhang Fang's generation of Fuping Marquis arrived, he once again had a relationship with Ye Ting. And this time, it's because of a woman, a woman who is definitely not ordinary.

The current court order is called Sun Pu, who has been in the palace for more than 20 years and is an old eunuch. may be because of his incompleteness, coupled with his long-term dealings with women, his whole person looks yin, his tone of speech, and his actions and mannerisms remind Zhang Fang of the drama of singing Danjiao during the Republic of China.

"Hey, isn't this the Marquis of Fuping? How do you have the leisure to come here to make rounds? Sun Pu was busy with the matter of selecting people from the palace recently, and he was really taken aback when he saw Zhang Fangwei.

The office of Yeting is located outside the gate of Yeting Palace, which is one of the districts of the Shaofu Official Office. The subordinate jurisdiction of the Shaofu is very miscellaneous, for example, the Zhongshu Zhuzhi Ling Shixian nominally belongs to the jurisdiction of the Shaofu. Even Zhang Fang, a servant, is one of the officials in the court under the jurisdiction of Shaofu. This means that Zhang Fang and Sun Pu belong to the same department, so it is not abrupt for him to come to the court to have a look, and it belongs to the scope of normal duties.

Zhang Fang, a servant, was an additional official, and he was not sent seriously, and there was no subordinate relationship between him and Sun Pu, but he was enough to crush Sun Pu, a petty official of 600 stones, with just one liege. So when Sun Pu saw him, he immediately took the official courtesy.

Zhang Fangshi Shiran approached and smiled slightly: "The court order has shared the worries of the Son of Heaven and worked hard for many days, which is really hard." ”

Sun Pujian smiled: "This is our family's business, how dare you say that it is hard." ”

Just listening to this person's voice and not looking at people's words, you will never be able to distinguish between men and women, and when you see people, you will definitely get goosebumps.

Zhang Fang originally wanted to be polite and get to the point again, but he really didn't want to talk nonsense with this person, so he looked left and right and saw that Ye Tingcheng was outside the middle hall, so he said in a low voice: "I want to see the list of winners of the Bird Screen." ”

Sun Pu opened his mouth, he didn't know what the allusion was to "the bird screen was selected" - in fact, Zhang Fang said that it was smooth, and this idiom has not yet been invented. However, it is not difficult to understand the meaning of the text. Sun Pu was in a dilemma for a while, although this thing was not confidential, it seemed that it was inconvenient to leak it.

Sun Pu said puzzledly: "What is the use of this list for the prince?" This candidate has not yet been decided......"

Zhang Fang said lightly: "It's not that I want to see it, but ......" He took the clear water used to soak the ink on the desk, stretched out his finger and dipped it a little, and wrote two words on the desk.

Sun Pu lost his voice: "Too ......"

Zhang Fang put his vertical finger to silence, raised his sleeve and wiped out the handwriting on the desk.

Sun Puji nodded as if pecking rice, didn't dare to say more, and went to take the list in person. Along the way, the scene of meeting the prince in the morning flashed in my mind from time to time......

At that time, Sun Puzheng was getting a new list from a long envoy, and on the way back, he unexpectedly met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince coming from the front. Sun Pu hurriedly flashed to the side and bowed to stand firmly. Unexpectedly, the prince actually called him over to inquire.

Sun Pu was quite flattered, and the prince first asked about the selection topic that was not painful, and then the conversation changed, as if intentionally or unintentionally: "The day before yesterday, I listened to the gossip of the queen mother, and said that some palace people were born lowly, lived in the palace for a long time, did not get lucky, and were resentful, so they wanted to take the opportunity of harmony and relatives to recommend themselves to Hu ...... Hehe, such a palace person, you have to be cautious. ”

When Sun Pu heard this, he didn't know who he was referring to, he saw sweat on his forehead, and asked carefully: "If this is really the case, why don't you push the boat down the river, let this cheap maid return to Hudi, taste the taste of sandalwood everywhere, and regret not being ...... at the beginning."

The prince's face turned pale: "Ye Ting only knows one thing, but I don't know the other." ”

"Please ask the prince to explain."

"Let me ask you, why does Your Majesty want to be close?"

"Well, for the sake of Hunu's sake, the border is at peace."

"Isn't this over, if you let a woman with a grudge become the Huns' clan, do you think you will hold a grudge and speak to Shan Yu, which is not good for my Han?" The prince sneered, "Remember the example of the Bank of China." ”

When Sun Pu heard this, a cold sweat came down. The Bank of China that the prince said was the old-timer of their eunuchs. It was this eunuch who married the Xiongnu with the princess, because of his resentment against the Han Dynasty for sending him to the Xiongnu, so he turned his gun and went against the mother country, using the knowledge of the Han people to help the Xiongnu, providing various information of the Han Dynasty, and making the Han army pay a heavy price in the war with the Xiongnu. This eggless guy can be called the ancestor of Chinese traitors.

Although Sun Pu felt that things didn't seem to be like this, the prince's words also made sense. After returning to the residence, he was hesitant. If this person named Wang Yan was not self-recommended, Sun Pu would have deposed him directly, and it would also be a matter of a pen. But she recommended herself, and she made a lot of trouble in the palace, which is not easy to do.

When I was worried, I didn't expect that there was a Marquis of Fuping, and it was on the order of the prince...... What did this little palace maid provoke?

Despite the slander, Sun Pu honestly brought the list - because he already knew what the Marquis of Fuping was asking for, he only took a copy.

Zhang Fang took it, unfolded the slip, and the two large characters written in cinnabar on the frontispiece came into view: Wang Yan.

Zhang Fang read it carefully, slowly rolled up the slip, but did not return it immediately, and looked directly at Sun Pu: "Is it possible that because of some small mistakes, the list of some selected palace people is lost?" ”

Sun Pu sweated and rubbed his hands: "This ...... This ......"

"There are 100 palace people selected, right?"

"One hundred and twelve have ...... so far"

"There are so many, it seems that it is quite normal to lose one or two copies."

"The prince doesn't know that this woman is self-recommended, and this move has spread throughout the inner palace. If the list is not seen, I am afraid that ......"

"What about spreading all over the Inner Palace? As long as it doesn't reach His Majesty's ears, who will come to check on you? Zhang Fang held the slip and patted his palm gently, "Could it be that the court order thinks that Your Majesty, who has all kinds of opportunities, will listen to this kind of internal matter?" ”

The probability of this happening is indeed not high, but there is a certain probability, so it depends on whether Sun Pu will take risks for him.

Zhang Fang seemed to see through Sun Pu's heart, stretched out his fingers, this time he didn't dip in water, but the void wrote two very simple and recognizable words on the case, and said leisurely: "You are not risking it for me, but for him." ”

Sun Pu sighed heavily and lowered his head.

Zhang Fang smiled and put Jian Mu into his sleeve and walked away.

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(Thanks to Feng Meng, Cai Pig, The Soul of the Dragon Prince, Yuhe, Tony Geng, Chuan Yi Life, String Moon Scar) (To be continued.) )