The Archives of the Worship Room is located on the ground floor.

When Bai Ling came here in the afternoon, he heard from the father-in-law here that there were about 5,000 palace people in this palace, not counting the subordinates who served in the palace set up by Emperor Jianxi in Jian'an Lake.

This made Bai Ling feel very incredible.

For the most part, the palace gave her the impression of majesty and emptiness.

From the harem to the former dynasty, the corridors between the countless palace walls are always silent. Even in the concubine's Chengqian Palace, there are only a dozen servants stationed on a daily basis. She couldn't imagine that there were as many as 5,000 maids in this palace......

So where are these people on weekdays and what are they doing?

When entering Bai Ling's information, Bao Yuan was negotiating and confirming the information with the palace people in the book office throughout the whole process On the way here, she had repeatedly told Bai Ling not to say anything after entering, not to ask anything, it was all up to her arrangement.

Bai Ling was also happy to do this, she followed behind Bao Yuan the whole time, let the handprint be pressed on the handprint, and let the name be written on the name.

Zheng Shu seems to have started to prepare for the investigation of the file since the last time Bai Ling mentioned Qinglian's suspicion, which is really a complicated and cumbersome errand.

After all, here is the storage of the original files of all the palace personnel from the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty to the present, from the queens and a number of concubines of the past dynasties, to the minions who do not even remember their names and only have a surname, and the files belonging to them have been quietly stored here for more than 300 years.

This is never the slightest mistake.

Originally, the most difficult certificate to obtain was the approval of the eunuch Bingbi, not because of how strict the approval was, but because the waiting time was very long, and it was reviewed and forwarded layer by layer, and it often took a month or two to get a reply.

But it just so happened that Emperor Jianxi had acted for the convenience of the sick Qu family, and quietly left three blank inner court edicts in the Chengqian Palace, which had been stamped with his imperial seal. In this way, even when he was in retreat and cultivating without seeing outsiders, Qu could use this edict to bypass the complicated rules of many palaces.

This edict had been used by Qu Xiu at the beginning of this year, and now Qu Shi almost did not hesitate, and took out one again and handed it to Zheng Shu.

After Bao Yuan left, Bai Ling tightened his grip on the key and followed the steps of his father-in-law who was in charge here.

The eunuch in charge led her into the door of the underground storehouse, and then an old man in good spirits came, leading Bai Ling to the ground with a smile.

The old man looked to have gray temples and a long beard that reached his chest, and he should be old.

He held a candle in his hand and walked slowly, the dim light of the ground reminiscent of a dungeon or something, and with every step he could hear footsteps and the echo of a bunch of keys at his waist colliding with each other.

"In our palace, there are a total of twelve prisons, four divisions, and eight bureaus, and they are called twenty-four yamen...... "The old man opened his mouth to himself, "Walk a little slower here, the steps are a little uneven." ”

Bai Ling held on to the wall with kindness, and his steps slowed down. Sure enough, after a few steps, the steps under my feet suddenly became much higher than before.

The old man turned around, "You're in Chengqian Palace...... What is Chengqian Palace doing? ”

"Medicine." Bai Ling replied softly.

The old man smiled and sighed, "Good luck, girl." ”

“……？” Bai Ling glanced up at the old man and tilted his head a little puzzled.

"The female officer of the medicine department, the last time is from the sixth grade, right?" The man said with a smile.

"Well, yes." Bai Ling nodded, "Although I work in the Chengqian Palace, the volume should be hanging under the Internal Bureau. ”

Bai Ling waited for the old man's next step, but the old man had stopped in front of a large iron gate.

He took out an iron ring from his waist, and a dozen or so keys hung from it. Bai Ling stepped forward to take the candle in the old man's hand, he squinted his eyes and searched for a long time, and finally found the right one.

The iron door suddenly opened, and the old man took the candle and walked in front, "...... The dossier twenty years after the Apocalypse is all in it. ”

Apocalypse is the era name of Emperor Jianxi's father.

Behind the iron grille, the middle aisle is dark and narrow.

The aisles are flanked by large compartments, also separated by iron fences, each filled with bookshelves four or five people high.

There was a faint smell of camphor in the air, presumably to prevent silverfish from eating the books.

After Bai Ling entered here, he couldn't help but look around, it was obviously underground, and there was no light in sight, but here he could feel the convection of a gust of wind from time to time.

"This is where the files of the Internal Affairs Bureau are located." The old man suddenly stopped again, and slightly lifted the candle in his hand, "Xiao Siyao's dossier should also be in it." ”

Bai Ling glanced towards the dark display room, and some outlines could be seen close to it, each layer of bookshelves was covered with a layer of gray-blue cloth, and a thin layer of gray was accumulated on the cloth.

Bai Ling guessed that most of the dossiers stacked on the shelves must have passed away.

This made her suddenly sigh a little emotionally, everyone here was like a small gear that turned, tightly fitting their position, silently supporting this huge imperial palace.

The princes in the history books will be famous for eternity, and here the silent majority is displayed.

"That's a lot of people." Bai Ling sighed softly.

"Is it much? Not much. The old man said softly, "Those who can enter the internal lawsuit file library are all palace people of the rank like you." In our palace, there are more than 5,000 people, from the powerful celebrant to the Huanyi Bureau, where everyone is miserable. But when the high-grade palace people were counted in the forty years of Jianxi, there were only more than 640 in total. ”

Bai Ling's eyes widened slightly, "...... Are there only more than six hundred? ”

"Yes, the rest are hard-working cattle and horses...... Occasionally, someone can take a leap with their natural ability and luck, and what about the others...... can only stick to a certain square world in this palace for a lifetime. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Bai Ling with a smile again, "Looking at it this way, is the girl lucky?" ”

The old man led Bai Ling to continue walking, and said as he went, "Female officials and maids like you will have the opportunity to go out of the palace to live their own lives after the age of twenty-five, and other palace people will have to wait until they are fifty years old...... Although such hope is also hope, but few people live to that age. ”

Bai Ling saw that he was like a treasure to the servants in the palace, and suddenly became curious about the identity of this person.

This man had a beard, which showed that he was not a eunuch, and he seemed to have stayed in the treasury under the ground of this scroll for many years, and was very familiar with this place.

"What about the old man this year," Bai Ling said softly, "...... It's supposed to be over fifty, right? ”。