Straight hall superintendent yamen, in the study.

Zhou An held the seal in his hand and was stamping it...... He had been stamping it for almost two hours, and he had stamped dozens of documents, of course, after reading each of them, he would then stamp the seal of the palm seal of the direct hall supervisor.

He has not been to the direct palace supervisor for more than half a month, although he has arranged all the affairs of the direct palace supervisor to the young eunuch Lu Zhumin to be responsible, but the young eunuch is a young eunuch after all, and Lu Zhumin can only arrange the following things on behalf of Zhou An, but he cannot replace Zhou An to approve the documents.

However, the documents of the 24 yamen of the inner court are all sent to the celebrant every month, so it is not a problem to backlog for a while.

The documents that need to be stamped by Zhou An are some documents related to the internal dispatch of the direct palace eunuch, or fake notes, and some approvals related to money, such as the new cleaning tools that the direct palace supervisor will replace every month, as well as the approval of food expenses, and some special expenses.

For example, if a noble person in the palace is about to celebrate his birthday, the palace supervisor needs to clean the palace where he is located once and make some decorations.

At present, the number of "nobles" in the palace is not very large, but there are more than twenty, except for Empress Shenzhao and Princess Yunjing, most of the others are the concubines of Emperor Sejong, that is, the little mother of Empress Shenzhao.

When Emperor Sejong died, the Empress Shendu ascended the throne, and she didn't treat her "sisters" well, and Dongqian did not have a tradition of martyrdom, so Emperor Sejong's concubines still lived in the palace and rarely left their palaces, living a life that was not bitter, but not extravagant.

Da-da-da-da.

The footsteps were hurried, coming from outside.

Zhou An read another note about "sick leave" and stamped it.

The small pavilion hurriedly entered the study, and when he arrived at the table, he hung his waist and said, "Father-in-law, the ancient father-in-law of the Imperial Horse Supervisor is here." ”

"Oh?" Zhou An's hand moved, and he raised his head violently.

The second manager, Gu Huaiyong, is he coming?!

Zhou An frowned, what is he doing here?

"Where have the people gone?" Zhou An asked.

"When the little one came, he was in the front yard, and he was coming this way." The small pavilion said.

"Hmm...... Walk! Go out and greet you! Zhou An thought for a moment, then got up and walked out.

Gu Huaiyong has already entered the list of mortal deaths, and it is only a matter of time before he is killed, but at present, the empress can't move him, especially after Wu Xukuan transferred troops to Qianjing City, he can't move, because Da Nei can't make any more chaos in this critical period, otherwise, Wu Xukuan is likely to "justifiably" dispatch the army into the city to "escort".

So, now Gu Huaiyong is still the second chief, and he is still the eunuch with the authority of the inner court second only to Kang Longji, at least on the surface.

Even Kang Longji acted with him and expressed his trust.

Zhou An can't afford to slack off.

Zhou An didn't go far out of the study, and then saw Gu Huaiyong with a few eunuchs through the arch and into the courtyard.

"Oh, Lord Steward, you're here, and you're ...... far away."

It's time for real acting!

Zhou An saw Gu Huaiyong, quickened his pace, and even trotted a few steps to meet Gu Huaiyong, this is his normal reaction "should have", he wants to show at this moment that he doesn't know Gu Huaiyong's attitude of participating in the rebellion.

"Hahaha, Father-in-law Zhou, slow down, your body bones are not good yet, right? If you fall, His Royal Highness Yunjing asked, can our family afford it......" Gu Huaiyong laughed loudly, and when he saw Zhou An coming over to bow down, he hurriedly held it with both hands.

"Lord Steward, why are you here, look at it, if you have any orders in the future, just send someone to inform you, why bother to run in person, it's really embarrassing for our family!" Zhou An is very good at talking, one mouthful, one manager, and even two are saved.

"Look at what you said, you are now a celebrity in front of the saint, and you are deeply valued by the grandfather, don't say anything or not...... We're here today to see you! "Gu Huaiyong's words are also good, one bite at a time.

He really put down his figure, and it seemed that he had come to make friends with Zhou An.

Two drama spirits!

Zhou An welcomed Gu Huaiyong into the study and asked the small pavilion to arrange tea.

As soon as the two sat down, Gu Huaiyong motioned to a few eunuchs who came with him and put the gift boxes on the table.

"Lord Steward, what are you ......?" Zhou Anchi asked.

"Father-in-law Zhou, aren't you injured, for His Royal Highness Yunjing, now no one in our inner court knows, it was your father-in-law Zhou who desperately protected the life of His Royal Highness Yunjing, you have made great contributions, and our inner court also has light on its face, and there is nothing to be around, just some medicinal herbs, to replenish your body......"

While Gu Huaiyong was speaking, an old eunuch took a small rectangular wooden box with a very beautiful packaging from the crowd gift box, walked behind Gu Huaiyong in two steps, and handed it to Gu Huaiyong.

Gu Huaiyong opened the gift box, showed it to Zhou An again, and said, "Look, how is this mountain ginseng?" ”

Zhou An glanced at it and immediately nodded: "Good ginseng!" ”

"This is 1,500 years of wild ginseng, it has been more than ten years, at that time, our family was working for the Emperor Shendu, and this ginseng was rewarded by the Emperor of Shendu." Gu Huaiyong grinned, closed the box, and pushed it to Zhou An, "You take it." ”

"Oh yes, don't you dare!" Zhou An hurriedly got up and pushed the box back, "Boss, don't, our family can't afford it." ”

"Huh! What's not to bear? Gu Huaiyong hurriedly pushed the box back again, "This is for you to make up for your body, keep it away." ”

The two pushed back and forth, and Zhou An finally reluctantly accepted it.

Gu Huaiyong came this time, it seems that there is really nothing else, that is, to bring a gift to visit Zhou An, and praise Zhou An for a while, Zhou An is only sixteen, and Gu Huaiyong is over sixty years old, but the two are completely equal dialogues, of course, this is because Gu Huaiyong has surrendered himself.

I don't know what he is thinking, but Zhou An knows that after this matter gets out today, it will shake the entire inner court!

Gu Huaiyong is so optimistic about this upstart in the inner court, what about the others?

At the end of the chat, Gu Huaiyong also mentioned Sun Deyou, scolded Sun Deyou a few words, and also clarified the meaning of the relationship.

About half an hour, Gu Huaiyong got up and said goodbye.

Zhou An kept sending him out of the gate of the direct palace prison before he gave up.

……

Zhou An took the small pavilion and hurriedly returned to the study.

"Open them all and find out if there are any silver tickets!" Zhou An said to the small pavilion.

The small pavilion immediately went to open those gift boxes, and Zhou An was not idle, so he followed to find them.

Not long after.

"Father-in-law, where is this......" The small pavilion took out a folded silver ticket under a box containing pearls.

Pearls are not medicinal herbs, but they can also be used as medicinal herbs, and pearl grinding powder can be eaten.

The small pavilion handed the folded silver ticket to Zhou An.

Zhou An opened it and looked at it, and immediately folded the silver ticket again.

Five thousand taels!!

This Gu Huaiyong is really fucking interesting! Not to mention giving gifts in person, but also giving money! What does it mean? You want to use money to corrupt my bright and righteous heart?! Isn't he afraid to report him himself? Maybe he's not afraid! The gifts he gave were counted in silver, which was equivalent to thousands of taels.

Gu Huaiyong is a third-grade eunuch, and he gets a lot of money every year, plus the previous emperor's reward, he took out these things, and it must not be involved in corruption.

And he had no reason to bribe Zhou An.

It's not greedy silver, it's not bribing Zhou An, it's just giving Zhou An more money, what can you do if you say it?

After all, he used the name of visiting Zhou An, who was recovering from injury.

"Huh...... It's funny. Zhou An chuckled in a low voice.

******

Night, the north city of Qianjing City, Wuwenhou Mansion.

Marquis Wu Wenhou is Wu Xukuan's title, he was once the generalissimo, and later entered the cabinet, the word Wuwen, it is said that he can be literate and martial, which is the empress of Shendu, more than ten years ago when the empress of Shendu ascended the throne, he has made great contributions.

Therefore, Wu Xukuan is not only the head of the cabinet, but also the only marquis of ten thousand households in the Dongqian Dynasty!

Inside the Hou Mansion, in the bright hall.

Wu Xukuan, who was over sixty years old but still had black hair, was having dinner, and he was alone, and his food was light.

Squeak.

The door opened softly.

As soon as the old man in the green hat with a white beard entered the door, he relaxed his steps and walked quickly to Wu Xukuan's side, bowed his head and whispered, "Master, there is news." ”

"How?" Wu Xukuan asked lightly, put a peanut in his mouth, and did not stop eating.

"That Zhou An's family, the dead died, the missing disappeared, his father was an abusive gambler, Zhou An was nine years old, he lost on the gambling table, Zhou An was sold several times, and finally sold to Kuaidao Liu, then he entered the palace, these years, Zhou An has not had any contact with the family, his gambling ghost father, also drunk the winter before last, frozen to death on the street...... At present, it can be found that Zhou An also has a younger sister named Zhou Ying, when Zhou An entered the palace, his sister was just seven years old, and she is fourteen years old this year. ”

"Where's the man?" Wu Xu asked widely, never turning his head.

"In Zuihualou, now he is the most famous Qingqi person in Zuihualou, Zhou Ying was sold to Zuihualou by his gambling ghost father when he was ten years old."

"Bring it back." Wu Xukuan said.

"Yes!" The old man in the green hat took the order, bowed down and exited the room, and gently closed the door.