Jin Ying returned to the celebrant and happened to be Yan Yong, who stepped forward and said, "'Lord Chief', you are here?" As he spoke, he poured a glass of water and handed it to Jin Ying.

Jin Ying took a sip of water and said, "Yan Yong, how is Qingyu?" Yan Yong said with some embarrassment: "'Lord Chief' has a lot of things in the palace these days, so I haven't gone to Liu Qing yet, and I hope that 'Lord Chief' will punish me." Jin Ying casually put the teacup on the table next to him and said, "Forget it, you guys have a lot of things to do, but I made it difficult for you." ”

Yan Yong said: "It is Yan Yong's great luck to be able to serve the 'Lord Chief', but it is a pity that he disappointed the 'Lord Leader'. ”

Jin Ying said: "Things can't be perfect, you don't have to blame yourself." You put aside the things in your hands tomorrow and go to Liu Qing's for a trip. Yan Yong said: "The subordinates obey the order, but in this way, I am afraid that the things handed over to Yan Yong by the 'deputy leader' will not be completed." Jin Ying asked suspiciously, "What did Wang Zhen give you?" ”

Yan Yong said: "That's the case, I don't know why the 'Deputy Leader' recently asked his subordinates to classify the eunuchs and palace maids of the three palaces, six courts, twelve eunuchs, four divisions, and eight bureaus who have reached the age of forty-five. Yan Yong paused for a moment and then said: "The 'Lord Leader' said a lot of words angrily, Yan Yong always felt that something was going to happen, and vaguely felt that the 'Deputy Leader' had a plan. ”

Jin Ying was very angry when he heard Yan Yong's words, slapped his palm on the table and splashed the water in the teacup all over the table, and said angrily: "Hmph, he is not a fake public and private, using the emperor's rectification of the rule of officials and the reduction of redundancy, he spent his mind on what to do to alternate the old and the new to reduce the elderly eunuchs, this is obviously to pull the party and form a faction to cultivate cronies for himself, the last time I told me in this master of ceremonies, I also think it will take two or three years, who knows that today in the Qianqing Palace in front of the emperor to re-mention this matter The emperor immediately agreed, As soon as this happened, I don't know what kind of moth will come out. In short, the situation is a little complicated now, so we have to quickly take Qingyu into the palace. I'm afraid that when the emperor is whim, the palace people are only allowed to go out and not enter, and the situation will not be good. ”

Yan Yong said in a low voice: "Yan Yong knows, I will go to Liu Qing early tomorrow morning and take Qingyu into the palace." By the way, did the 'Chief' take Qingyu into the palace or stay on duty in the 'Siyuan Bureau'? ”

Jin Ying thought for a while and said, "Let's stay in the 'Siyuan Bureau' and practice for a while as I said before." "Well, Yan Yong knows, Yan Yong retires." After Yan Yong finished speaking, he left the celebrant supervisor.

"Where's your lord?" Yan Yong came to Liu's Mansion and asked his subordinates, and the subordinates replied: "The master is talking to Qingyu in the house." Yan Yong said to Liu's subordinates: "You go and report to your master first, and let him be sure to talk in the living room." "Okay." The servant ran away from the front.

The subordinate ran to the house where Qingyu lived, stood outside the door and shouted softly: "Master, Master Yan is here, he will let you go to the living room." ”

"Quick Knife Liu" said: "Why is it so troublesome to come." I really took this as my own home, and the guests came to tell the host, not to go. Then "Kuaidao Liu" said with some anger: "Last time, I asked people to send a message to Jin Ying and him, and neither of them was a fart, but now they want to come to me if they have something." Hmph, don't go. ”

The subordinate whispered: "Master, it seems that Lord Yan has a very important matter to discuss with you. Listening to the words of the subordinate, "Kuaidao Liu" hesitated slightly, and asked the subordinate standing at the door: "Did he come to say anything?" I heard the interrogation of "Quick Knife Liu".

The subordinate said with some difficulty: "Master, Lord Yan, he didn't say anything important, but when I came, I saw that the horse he was riding was still thrown at the door, and he didn't tie the reins." Speaking of this, Qingyu, who was on the side, also felt that the situation was urgent, and said to "Quick Dao Liu": "Uncle Liu, let's go and take a look, maybe there is something important." "Kuaidao Liu" stood up, dusted off his shirt, straightened up and said, "Nacheng, I'll go see him and lead the way." "Quick knife Liu" said to the subordinate at the door.

Seeing the figure of "Kuaidao Liu" in the distance, Qingyu felt an inexplicable melancholy in his heart, vaguely feeling that Yan Yong's arrival this time was for his own entry into the palace, and he unconsciously panicked when he thought that he was about to enter the palace.

"Master, Master Yan is already inside." The servant said, "Kuaidao Liu" said "um" in a thick nasal voice, and strode into the living room. Entering the living room, "Kuaidao Liu" sat on a chair next to him and said: "The first two **** asked people to send news, you and Jin Ying have no news at all, why did you come here in a hurry today." Yan Yong said with a smile: "Brother Liu, why do you come every day with a face, as if you are bitter and sad, your hospitality is really poor." Every time Yan Yong comes, he will habitually tease with "Quick Knife Liu" and talk about business.

"Quick Knife Liu" was even more angry when he heard it, and rolled his eyes and said to Yan Yong: "Hey, you yellow-haired boy has also trained the old man, the old man's hospitality is used to greet guests and friends, you can see that you can be regarded as the master of half of Liu's mansion." Yan Yong was not annoyed and said with a smile: "Brother Liu, I am like half a master, at most I am just familiar with you." ”

"Kuaidao Liu" pointed at Yan Yong dissatisfiedly and said: "You are not the master, you are almost commanding, how can there be the position of the guest seat, the position of the host seat." ”

was said by "Quick Knife Liu", Yan Yong looked at himself again and stood up a little embarrassed and said: "I am too familiar with you, so you just turn a blind eye and don't see it." Saying that, Yan Yong pulled the "Quick Knife Liu" from the guest seat to the host position, and Yan Yongzai said with some "grievances" in the guest seat: "Your position is back to you, you can talk about things." ”

"Quick Dao Liu" smacked his lips and said, "Say, what are you doing in a hurry to reincarnate." ”

Yan Yong ignored the run of "Quick Dao Liu", and said casually: "The situation in the palace has changed, Qingyu will follow me into the palace tomorrow." "What? How can it be so fast all of a sudden. ”

"Quick Knife Liu" was obviously surprised by what Yan Yong said. Yan Yong said: "I just listened to the 'Lord Chief' say a few words. Wang Zhen mentioned something to reduce all the old eunuchs and palace maids who were over forty-five years old in the palace and send them to the 'Anle Hall' and the 'Siyuan Bureau', and only gave them two hangings per month. "How do you live with so little?" "Quick Knife Liu" asked in surprise.

Yan Yong also said with a look of pity: "No, I felt incredible when I heard it at the time." But then I think about it, these are all the laborious efforts of their big men, and they just need to be slaves and maids and serve good masters. "Quick Dao Liu" nodded and said, "Sure enough, she is a good slave." ”

"How are you going to arrange Qingyu when you take him into the palace?" "Kuaidao Liu" is most concerned about where Qingyu will go to the palace, and Yan Yong said with a sad face: "Go to the 'Siyuan Bureau'." "What? You tossed people into the palace in every possible way to become eunuchs, but you put people in the 'Siyuan Bureau', what is the 'Siyuan Bureau', you must know better than me, it is a place where the old, weak, sick, disabled, powerless, and pitiful worms stay. ”

Yan Yong said: "Brother Liu, can you sit down and listen to me first?" "Quick Knife Liu" glanced at Yan Yong's buttocks and sat on the chair fiercely, and Yan Yong explained: "The 'Siyuan Bureau' is almost unsatisfactory compared to other places, but the more bitter and tired the place, the more tempering it is. The 'Chief' said that it would be better for him to be tempered by the 'Siyuan Bureau' first. ”

"Kuaidao Liu" said unhappily in his heart: "How to temper the 'Siyuan Bureau', that is not to temper people is to consume his will, to consume the few illusions in his heart, Qingyu's mind is now full of fantasies about the beauty of the palace, these fantasies are his motivation and comfort, but what you bring is bad news and despair, you and Jin Ying are pushing him to death." "Quick Knife Liu" pointed out towards the place where Qingyu lived.

Yan Yong also said with some displeasure: "How can he survive in the place of blood and rain in the palace without going through these tribulations, and how can he protect you, me, and the 'Lord Chief' in the future, how can he protect me and enjoy my old age in peace." If you don't be ruthless to Qingyu, the miserable fate of the old eunuchs who were driven away behind is the real emergence of me and the 'Lord Chief', if he can't become a dragon and phoenix among people, he will be pinched to death like ants sooner or later. If you think about the fate of me and the 'Chief', how can you be alone. The things in this palace don't mean that you can do your part and not cause trouble, and sometimes you can't hide. ”

"Quick Knife Liu" was stunned by Yan Yong's words and sat on the chair in a daze. Seeing this, Yan Yong felt that his words just now were a bit too heavy, and said again: "In short, Qingyu will enter the palace tomorrow, and the fact of going to the 'Siyuan Bureau' cannot be changed, if he is really capable, he can leave the 'Siyuan Bureau' in two or three years, otherwise he will only stay there for the rest of his life." It's worth taking some risks in the midst of wealth. That's all for you, you go and tell Qingyu to be prepared, I'll pick him up tomorrow. After speaking, he said goodbye to "Quick Knife Liu" and left Liu's mansion.