Changchun Garden, Ningju, apse.

With the determination of the date of the draft girl, Zhenwu's harem concubines also began to get nervous, Queen Hairuo is also very concerned about this, Zhenwu's prince is still young, there is no marriage for the prince, and there are not many princes and princes who are suitable for marriage.

Compared with the worries of other concubines, the lord of Xianfu Palace, Concubine Qi Zhang Mengjiao is a little more expectant and excited about the draft girl, the palace is too boring, more sisters come in, not only more lively, but also able to do a lot of things out of thin air, as for the competition for favor and palace fighting, she is more looking forward to it.

Of course, she is not idle, she is calling the old people in the palace to inquire about various palace fighting methods and some secrets in the palace, there are some things she can't imagine, if you want to be comfortable in the palace fight, you must know yourself and the other, she doesn't dare to underestimate those show girls, after all, all of them have a good family background, and under the influence of the ears and eyes, it is impossible to be too simple.

I was listening attentively, but I heard the sound at the gate one after another, "The queen has arrived, and Concubine Ning has arrived." ”

As soon as she heard that it was Queen Hairuo and Concubine Ning Jianing who were coming, Zhang Mengjiao already knew the intention of the two of them, and immediately got up and led a group of palace maids and eunuchs to greet them, and when she went out, she saw that Jianing had already entered the gate with Hairuo, she hurriedly stepped forward, squatted for a thousand blessings, and said: "The concubine asks the queen mother to say goodbye." Getting up, she squatted for Concubine Ning Jia Ning again, and before she could speak, Jia Ning had already rushed to say: "Sister doesn't need to be polite." ”

Hai Ruo also smiled and said, "I took the liberty to come here and disturb my sister." ”

"The queen arrived, and the Xianfu Palace was full of splendor." Zhang Mengjiao smiled slightly: "Two sisters, please." ”

After entering the room, after the palace maid served tea, Zhang Mengjiao pulled everyone back and said with a smile: "The two sisters came together, I don't know what to order?" ”

"My sister is born like this, but she will see the outside." Hai Ruo feigned anger and said, "We sisters, get along in private." What do you command? ”

Jia Ning covered her mouth and chuckled: "Sister Bing Xue is smart, I think I have already guessed the purpose of our waiting, why do you knowingly ask?" ”

Zhang Mengjiao was willing to take the initiative to mention this topic, and immediately pretended to be confused: "My sister's false praise really makes my sister ashamed." ”

Seeing that Zhang Mengjiao was reluctant to take the initiative to speak, Jia Ning said solemnly: "My own sister, I won't go around in circles, the show girl will enter the palace soon." We can't be indifferent, even if the emperor is covered in iron, how many nails can he make? Now that the Queen Mother is not in the palace, we must take care of it, what does my sister think? ”

Gatekeeper? How do I do this? Could it be that he could still stop Zhenwu from choosing a nun? After thinking about it, Zhang Mengjiao understood that they wanted to use the eunuchs, so she smiled and said: "My sister knows very little about the things in the palace, and she wants to be the queen in everything, but." My sister secretly thought that she couldn't be too wronged by the emperor. ”

"It's nature." Hai Ruo smiled slightly. said: "The emperor likes to pay private interviews, so naturally he can't go too far." After a pause, she changed her tone to a very sincere tone and said: "My sister is lazy and generous, and the expansion of the harem is imminent, and I hope that my sister will help her to help her take care of the harem." ”

Zhang Mengjiao was born in a family of Jiangnan merchants. This is a big flaw for her, although she has always been favored by Zhenwu, but she has never had the ambition to stand up. Hairuo has a soft temperament and is not very jealous, as far as she is concerned, Hairuo is the main palace in the middle palace, which is the most beneficial to her, besides, Zhenwu has also hinted many times that she should have a good relationship with the queen.

At that moment, Zhang Mengjiao got up and squatted for a thousand blessings, and said: "Thanks to my sister's love, how dare my sister refuse?" ”

Seeing Zhang Mengjiao's acceptance, Hai Ruo finally put her mind at ease, although she had never seen Zhang Mengjiao's power, but Zhenwu, who had heard it many times, mention this Qi concubine in front of her that she was scheming, and with her and Jia Ning to help, it would not be too much trouble to take care of this harem.

The next morning, the Ningju house, the front hall.

Zhenwu buried his head in the review step by step, and he was not ignorant of the waves caused by the draft girls and the cattiness in it, but he didn't take it to heart, no matter what the cats were, all the eight flag show girls of the right age must come to participate in the draft.

Outside the palace gate, Bao Fuquan habitually bowed slightly and stood at the door, but he was secretly thinking about how much filial piety he could get from the eunuchs in this draft, and the triennial draft girl was a rare opportunity to make a fortune for the eunuchs in the palace, and for him, it was naturally a rare opportunity to make money.

A little eunuch rushed to him at this time, neatly pierced a Qian'er, and said softly: "Chief Administrator, Lord Zhang in the study is handing over a sign to ask to see the emperor." ”

Bao Fuquan raised his eyelids and glanced at the little eunuch, then nodded slightly and said in a low voice: "Got it." So saying, he turned and went into the temple to give a report.

Hearing that it was Zhang Pengxi who asked to see him, Zhenwu ordered without raising his head: "Let him in." ”

After Zhang Pengxi came in to ask An to see the ceremony, Zhen Wucai put down the pen in his hand, gently rubbed his wrist, he reviewed the folds every day, probably had to write thousands of words, and they were all brush Xiaokai, it was really exhausting, after a glance at Zhang Pengxi, he said: "No courtesy, give a seat." ”

After Zhang Pengxi thanked him, he presented two copies of the folds and said, "Your Majesty, these are the two folds that were just sent in." ”

Zhenwu couldn't help but glance at him, as usual, it's not an important matter, today's excerpt is to be submitted to the general tomorrow morning, is there another big incident? I took the fold and looked at it, it was Zhao Shenqiao, the imperial history of the left capital, and he said: Zhili provincial temples, often harbor people of unknown origin, and do illegal things. In addition to the original temple, please do not allow the establishment of the temple, the current temple resident monks, find out the origin, order the quarterly report to Ganjie, do not tolerate suspicious outsiders, if the incident occurs, the official in charge will be punished as usual.

This is not a big deal, such as today's peace, the people are rich, the more temples are built, the imperial court is also repeatedly built temples, and there are more and more monks who do not produce, and negligence in management is indeed a big hidden danger, Zhenwu couldn't help but glance at Zhang Pengxi again, and the Baba who is worth this matter will be sent immediately?

He opened the second excerpt suspiciously, and after a rough glance, he frowned, this excerpt was the Shanxi governor Su Keji's impeachment of Zhao Fengzhao, the prefect of Taiyuan, for embezzling more than 300,000 taels.

After a little hesitation, he asked, "This Taiyuan prefect Zhao Fengzhao is the son of Zhao Shenqiao, right?" ”

"Go back to the emperor. Yes. Zhang Pengxi replied succinctly.