My status is neither high nor low, just right.

The so-called just means that the status is high enough, so that you don't have to work in person, and you have a younger brother to do it; Don't be too high, so you don't have to be responsible, and there are big things to do from your superiors. If something goes wrong, push it to your subordinates; If something goes wrong, push it to your superiors.

So I spent all day enjoying myself and spending my days in the Royal Library.

One day, I was reading a book in a library and rubbed my feet with excitement when I saw what was written on the banned book as I thought.

At this time, a eunuch came over and asked, "But Lord Dongfang Ju from the Internal Affairs Office?" ”

Me: "Huh? ”

Him: "Li Hongsi's eldest son is full moon, Dongfang Mingyue asked you to go to the Li family's mansion in Chang'an County." ”

I wondered: "Which department are you?" What does his son's full moon matter to me? What about invitations? ”

I also heard before that Li Hongsi's eldest wife Pu Qinghong just gave birth to a fat boy for him, although he already had a son before, but it was born to the second wife, so this time it is the "eldest son".

"I'm just passing on the news," he said. With that, he left.

I looked at his clothes and guessed that he was an inferior harem eunuch. I don't know if Dongfang Mingyue is too stuffy and wants to see me. Why is it so mysterious? Although Li Hongsi is no longer a royal family, his family's rules are still very strict, and it is difficult for Dongfang Mingyue to have the opportunity to go out.

She was looking for me this time, not her family, and I guess she's in a lot of trouble.

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Dongfang Mingyue is the fifth princess of the tenth prince Zhu Hongsi - now it is the fifth room of the scholar Li Hongsi, and there is a main room and three side rooms above her.

According to Dongfang Mingyue's status, she doesn't actually have to be a side room - let alone the fifth, but Li Hongsi's status is too high, so this is also a good match. What's more, according to her - there is "love" between them, and it is "free love".

Li Hongsi changed from the tenth prince Zhu Hongsi to the scholar Li Hongsi, and his status did not fall but rose.

When he left the palace, the emperor gave him a large amount of land and gold dollars, so he was extremely rich in land.

He is now free of the shackles of the imperial palace, and with the sudden increase in land and wealth, his momentum is no less than that of the Tianzi No. 12 family.

Li Hongsi's home is in the old prince's mansion in Chang'an County, close to the old palace. The emperor renovated the old prince's palace and almost rebuilt it, and the construction period was rushed at all costs, which consumed a lot of money in the state treasury.

Since my surname is Dongfang now, then I am a member of the Dongfang family, theoretically Dongfang Mingyue is my sister, and theoretically I am her brother - please note that this is theoretical, as if the eldest son is also the brother of the illegitimate child, but the eldest son will inherit everything, and the illegitimate child will be castrated, so this theory is useless. But theoretically, if his son is my nephew, I can use this excuse. In this way, they will think that I am bribing Li Hongsi under the pretext of looking at my nephew (at best, they will despise me and will not suspect me), but in fact, I am bribing Li Hongsi to see Dongfang Mingyue under the pretext of seeing Dongfang Mingyue.

What gift do I want to bring? Born in a royal family, there is no shortage of anything. After thinking about it, I heard that the ten princes liked to be vassals and elegant, so I dug out the original Tang and Song poems from the royal library that I don't know how many years ago. I wanted to take it directly, but Zhao Pumin resolutely refused, saying that although no one had ever checked it, I was afraid that the people above would check it by chance. I had to spend money to hire someone to copy it, hundreds of thousands of words, there are too few people who can write, and I spent a lot of money according to the principle that supply and demand determine the price.

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I went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ask for leave, and then took the thick book and took a special car to go directly to Chang'an County.

Chang'an County is even more lively than before, because the old palace is full of underage princes and princesses. When they grow up slowly and slowly change their surnames, the old palace will return to its former desertion. The eunuchs and palace maids who served them often went out to buy, and the people of Chang'an County also respected them very much, and everything seemed to go back to thousands of years ago when Chang'an County was still the capital.

Li Hongsi lives in the prince's mansion next to Weiyang Palace, but now it has been renamed the Li family's mansion.

Li Hongsi is a person who likes to be lively, so the full moon banquet of his eldest son was also quite grand. When there was still some distance from the Li family's mansion, I could already see the parked vehicles; And his doorway was almost crowded.

The vermilion gate of the Li family's mansion is extremely magnificent, and after entering, it turns out that it is even more luxurious.

The first time I saw the Oriental Hall in Luoyang, I thought it was like heaven; However, it was later found that the Oriental Hall was like a broken courtyard compared with the Oriental Mansion in Xi'an County; And I now find that the Dongfang Family Mansion in Xi'an County is also like a broken yard compared to the Li Family Mansion in Chang'an County.

The late autumn garden could no longer hide the luxury of the building, and every glance in front of my eyes was a perfect sight.

Everything in the Li family's mansion is at the royal level, and their shadow wall is the Eight Dragons Shadow Wall, and at first glance, the Nine Dragons Shadow Wall has eliminated a dragon. The carved cornices, the silk satin, and so on, these things are no different from what I saw in the harem of the palace. The courtyard of their house is paved with marble, the railings are all white marble, the candlesticks and faucets are pure gold, and the house is full of gold and silverware, cloisonné, jade carvings, and porcelain.

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I informed me of my identity.

The steward gave me a strange look.

I didn't bother to bother with him and went in.

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Li Hongsi's eldest wife is called Pu Qinghong, and she is the eldest daughter of the Park family in Liaodong.

The Liaodong Pu family is also one of the 12th families of Tianzihao, but Liaodong is too far away, and the people in Chang'an don't know them very well.

Park Qinghong just gave birth to a son, named Li Changgeng.

Li Hongsi was very happy and invited people all over the world, as if others did not know.

I was slowly studying whether the pattern on the curtains of the Li family's house was a dragon pattern or a python pattern, and I heard a sentence - "Oriental Horse".

The voice of Oriental Yongbai!

I rushed to follow the prestige and saw Dongfang Yongbai surrounded by a crowd.

I hurriedly walked over and was about to shake hands with him or something, but suddenly found that it was Li Hongsi standing next to him.

I quickly stopped and immediately saluted, "Lord Li, Lord Dongfang." ”

Dongfang Yongbai smiled and said, "Haha, Dongfang Ju, I didn't expect to see you!" I thought I was dazzled haha. How did you get here? ”

Of course I can't say your sister asked me to come. I held the thick book in both hands, and thought to myself, I was lucky not to have taken a bunch of royal bank passbooks or antiques, otherwise I would have died of embarrassment.

I said, "I heard that Master Li likes to write poems and lyrics, and I recently found an ancient book to dedicate to Lord Li, and by the way, I would like to take a look at Lord Dongfang and the eldest lady of our family. ”

Li Hongsi looked at me and said, "Dongfang Ju? The palace is common to you. ”

He took it and flipped through it and said, "Three Hundred Tang Poems"? ”

I said, "Almost, but it's "30,000 Tang Poems" - in fact, there are a lot of Song and Yuan songs." ”

Li Hongsi looked at it and said in surprise: "Hey, it's true!" I can't find that much, how did you get it? ”

Me: "In the corner of the Royal Library." Instead of being eaten by bugs, it is better to spread it out and let those who like it see. ”

Li Hongsi nodded and said, "This guy will come to trouble." ”

Dongfang Yongbai said: "Well, it will be a sycophant." ”

I couldn't tell if he meant it or if it was a joke. Explain it quickly afterwards, don't let him think I'm a second minister!

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There seems to be a misunderstanding, but I can't care so much.

I looked around, there were a lot of guests today, and the bold Li Hongsi almost invited all the Dashi clans in Chang'an, and there were all the major Shi clans and their subordinates everywhere.

I stared at it for a while, and I discerned a servant of the Li family who was neither high nor low, and I wanted to use the money to let him report to me.

Neither the high-status nor the low-status will work, the high-status will not care about the money, and may invite credit or something, and the low-status will not dare to do this, and they have no power to do it. I saw that no one was paying attention to us, and pulled him aside.

He looked at me strangely, at my clothes, at my face.

I said to him: "I am the imperial official of the Internal Affairs Office in the palace, and I have something to look for Dongfang Mingyue, your fifth lady." ”

I pointed to my clothes, which were very conspicuous yellow robes, reserved for palace officials, and the lowest palace officials were far greater than county magistrates. At the same time I took out three banknotes, each with a denomination of ten gold dollars, although the ten gold dollars on the market can only be spent as three or four gold dollars, but this money is enough for him for several years, if he has one.

He was a little nervous and looked around.

We were behind a tree, and there was no one around.

He said, "What is the matter with you?" What are you looking for our fifth lady for? ”

I continued to dig out money, took out a few more, and said, "Don't talk nonsense, I'll find someone else to do it if I talk nonsense!" You tell her that someone from the palace is coming, and she knows. ”

He said, "Why don't you go to the big butler?" I'm just a kitchen delivery guy. ”

I continued to pay for it: "Don't worry about it, I don't have much time." You pass the word that so much money is yours; If you talk more, I'll be gone. ”

I pulled out a bunch of money and put it in his hand, then pretended to take it back.

But he grabbed the money. He hesitated for a moment, looking at the money, at me, and at the surroundings. He finally gritted his teeth and put the money in his pocket, saying, "Wait for me, I'll be back soon." ”

I paced and waited, and in a moment he led a girl over.

The flamboyant girl said to me, "Follow me." ”

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We walked towards the depths of the Li family's mansion.

It was a very temperamental girl, she was not humble or arrogant when she walked, and she walked with no flaws, as if we were all normal.

Most of the people didn't react to me, and when I met the guards standing guard, the girl said "people from the palace", and the guards saw my clothes as a high-ranking imperial official, and they didn't speak, and let me go directly.

So I walked all the way into the boudoir of Dongfang Mingyue.

As the head of the Archives Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I have been to the harem a lot, so I don't like the luxurious boudoirs of those high-class women. The first time I saw it, I was absolutely shocked, and after watching it dozens of times, it didn't take it seriously.

I think Dongfang Mingyue's boudoir will definitely be more luxurious, because she is so noble, just like a goddess.

I was really taken aback when I went inside, not because of its luxury, but because of its simplicity.

The main color of blue and white is not at all the sparkling gold I imagined. The floor is logged, so is the dressing table, the bed, and the wardrobe. The curtains were light blue, as were the bedspreads, and there were blue lamps and blue and white clothes hanging from the clothes racks. The only exception is the black piano, which has black and white keys on it.

Dongfang Mingyue sat on the chair in front of the piano, as beautiful as I imagined.

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The maid who brought me was gone and closed the door.

I glanced at the closed door and said, "Hey, Miss, long time no see!" ”

Her: "It's absolutely safe here, no one eavesdrops." Because, I have something to tell you. ”

Me: "Cheating?" ”

Her: "How dare you make such a joke?" ”

Me: "It's not like no one is here." ”

Her: "Do you have this function?" ”

Me: "First, the important thing in cheating is the mind rather than the body, and second, you seem to have heard that eunuchs and palace maids in the palace can still eat together!" ”

Her: "Okay, Dongfang Ju, shut up!" Not kidding you today. I'll just get to the point. A month ago, I moved out of the palace, but a few of the maids didn't come out and were put in the prison department. As for me, I hope you'll do everything you can to get them out. I can tell you, money is not an issue. ”

Me: "Why are they being locked up?" Aren't they all sent to nunnery? ”

She: "Because they offended other princesses or princesses or something, you know that I have always been very arrogant, and they have caused a lot of trouble in order to protect me." ”

Me: "It's not uncommon for palace ladies to get out of line, and there are people who fight in groups, but I've never heard of them being so serious that they should be imprisoned in the prison department. ”

She: "That's right, after I left, because they were not the faction of the new princess, they were imprisoned by the new princess." ”

Me: "When the princess leaves, she must take the palace maid with her, why didn't you take it with you?" ”

She was suddenly speechless, and opened her mouth but could not speak.

I continued: "You can't even lie. No one ever dared to lie to me. In this life, I am the only one who lies, and no one has ever lied to me. If you want me to help you, don't lie to me. ”

Her big eyes suddenly filled with tears.

She threw herself on me and cried!