not only scolded the fat man in the court, but also arrested the fat man's two mentors, Huang Huai and Yang Pu, to be imprisoned as punishment.

For a time, both inside and outside the government and the opposition saw the prince's fall from grace. On the contrary, Zhu Gaoxu, the second prince who made great achievements with the emperor in the northern expedition, his reputation has risen all the way, and even the emperor's sentence "reluctantly" has been re-translated, and it is believed by those in the court that His Majesty is likely to abolish the prince and set up the second prince instead.

However, a few days later, the result was that His Majesty ordered the crown prince to hand over all the powers of the prison state, and he thought about it behind closed doors in the East Palace, and he could not leave without a summons.

I feel very guilty in my heart, after all, the fat man missed the welcome because of me, and now he is difficult to protect and struggle.

As for the batch of arms, they were finally seized by the prince. However, to my surprise, the third prince Zhu Gaosui was not convicted, but turned into a hero who intercepted the Japanese arms.

And the one who became the scapegoat for the arms buyer was Boss Xu of Xu Ji Dockyard, who was beheaded all over the house for the crime of rebellion.

As for the whereabouts of that batch of munitions, and how the three princes "got a blessing in disguise", Pan Gongzi, who told me, deliberately avoided it, and I didn't ask.

Maybe the fat man and the third prince secretly reached some kind of deal, maybe the third prince has the support of the second prince who is like the sky, what's the matter, what does it have to do with me?

Today's girl, I, am a person who is ignorant of the world and drunk and dreams of death.

I wrapped my crow-colored cloak tightly and walked through the bustling city of the Lantern Festival.

As I headed north, my ears gradually calmed down, and I was relieved.

Climb up to the maple forest halfway up the North Mountain and stop in front of a small green mound.

There is no word and no monument, but a pinch of loess. After all, he committed such a heinous crime, and some people are willing to bury his body and find a place to return, which is already a great condemnation of the world.

Since that day of farewell, I don't care about him or hate, I just want a peace of mind. On the contrary, his smile, joy and anger are like maggots attached to the bones, which makes me think of it and linger when I dream back in the middle of the night.

What a nasty guy.

I squatted down, stretched out my hand to brush away the snow in front of the green mound, revealing a cold and smooth bluestone, I opened the food box I brought with me, put a bowl of fried glutinous rice dumplings on the bluestone, and muttered angrily: "I know you don't like sweet, but today is the Lantern Festival, something that should be the occasion, you ...... If you like to eat it, you can't eat it. ”

After that, he put a pair of chopsticks on the bowl, and took the empty bowl next to the bluestone.

It was the dumplings I brought to him on the fifth day of the first lunar month.

I stared at the empty bowl for a while, until my frozen legs and feet were numb and sore, and then slowly stood up from the ground.

I was so distracted that I was getting more and more hopeless.

I sighed and shook my head, turned and headed down the mountain.

It was noon when I came back, probably just after the dragon and lion dance performances, and the streets and alleys were full of men, women and children who wanted to go home for lunch. I had a great time navigating the bustling flow of people, so I simply abandoned the main road and turned into an alley.

At the mouth of the alley is a rice cake stall, and all kinds of rice cakes are skillfully made into different animal shapes by the shopkeeper, which looks very fresh and cute.

I thought about it, and went over to pick a white rabbit and a parrot-like one, and planned to bring them back to Ah Nuan. This girl has been taking care of me every day before and after the saddle and horse since I collapsed, and she has lost a lot of weight.

I gave the boss two copper coins, put away the rice cakes and bowed my head and left, only to realize after two steps that I forgot the food box on the rice cake stall.

Turning around, I saw a woman also wearing a black cloak in front of the stall, took out a copper coin from her purse and handed it to the boss, and a wrist was exposed from the black sleeve, revealing a small and bright red demon flower.

The demon flower pierced me in the eye, and I instantly gritted my teeth.

Purple smoke?

I dodged behind an old locust tree, and when I saw the woman carrying a paper bag of rice cakes, she turned around, but she had a completely unfamiliar face.

I hid myself and waited for her to walk a few steps away, and then followed from a distance.

Fortunately, today's streets and alleys are bustling, and even a master like Rao Ziyan can't walk fast, so I was able to follow all the way until I came to a high wall of green tiles.

The woman paused, took off her crow-colored cloak, showed a neat palace maid's uniform, showed her waist badge to the guard, and was let into the door.

I was puzzled outside the door for a while, then turned around and walked towards Pan Gongzi's mansion.

"Are you sure it's purple smoke?" Pan Gongzi looked at the middle-aged palace maid I drew and asked.

"Absolutely." I was determined, "Ziyan is good at disguise techniques, and it is also a piece of cake to change herself to the appearance of a middle-aged woman." I just don't understand, Ziyan is a subordinate of the second prince, and the second prince does not live in the palace, what does she want to enter the palace by pretending to be a palace maid? My fingertips tapped on the desk, "Mr. Pan often goes in and out of the palace, can you see such a palace maid?" ”

Pan Gongzi looked at the drawing and thought for a while, then shook his head, "There are more than 2,000 palace women's women working in the palace, except for the East Palace, I am familiar with them, and I really can't recognize the others." But if you are sure that this is purple smoke, I will have people pay attention to it in the palace. ”

After that, he put down the drawing and looked up at me, his eyes were as warm as jade, "How have you been doing lately?" ”

"Hmm."

"I didn't know about you and Kui Mu ......Wolf before," Pan Gongzi couldn't say anything when he spoke, and after a pause, Fang said softly, "As a brother, I still have to advise you: Siren has passed away and will not return, if you can't let go, you can force yourself to forget, and you can live better." ”

Forgot...... I sighed sadly in my heart, but my mouth responded, "Brother is right. ”

I felt that it was difficult to talk about this topic, so I simply looked left and right and said to him: "How is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lately?" ”

"Fortunately, I got my eldest son a few days ago, and I was born very much like him, and he is really cute." Pan Gongzi said, remembering that I have never liked the crown princess Miss Zhang, "A New Year has passed, and Your Majesty's anger has been mostly gone. His Majesty has just handed over this errand to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it is estimated that some of them have been busy for a while. ”

"Female officer?" My mind moved.

In mid-February, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and finally there is a bit of spring atmosphere.

"Oh, I copied it from the Ministry of Rites, and you want the roster of female officials who have entered the palace."

In my small courtyard, the Mishui Leopard handed me a booklet, a little puzzled, "What do you want this list for?" If you want to enter the palace, mention it to Your Highness, and he will be happy to keep it. ”

I heard what he was saying, so I glanced at him angrily, and looked down at the roster of female officials.

The Mishui leopard has a big temperament, but this time it is careful, and the twenty-five female officials to be selected into the palace are clearly copied from their family background to their specialty comments.

I read it from beginning to end, all of them are the daughters of official eunuchs or famous families, until the last one, "The daughter of Yang Yan, the political envoy of Jinan Prefecture, Yang Qingyue?" Glancing down at the girl's profile, it became clear why she was at the bottom: her father was only a seventh-rank official, and he couldn't compare with the previous illustrious backgrounds.

This is also the era of fighting for dads.

"Jinan Mansion is thousands of miles away from Jinling, entering the palace to be a female official is not as good as being a concubine, looking at people's eyes and looking at people, this girl is also willing to come?"

"Forced to make ends meet." Jishui Leopard shook his head and said, "When I went to the Ministry of Rites to ask for the roster, I really heard people talk about it, saying that this Yang girl has outstanding character and talent, but her family is poor. Her father's official position is low, and her mother is still born a year like an old hen, this Yang girl has three sisters and four younger siblings, and more than a dozen people rely on her father's money to feed, which is very hard. ”

I think when I first came to Leng's house, the walls of the house couldn't be opened, and I suddenly sympathized with this Yang girl.

"Although it is not easy to be a female official in the palace, it is good to do things for the heavenly family, and the money is still rich, and this Yang girl is probably here for this."

Yang Qingyue, I feel pity for this girl I have never met, "Brother Leopard, do you know, where do these female officials currently live?" ”

"Temporarily live in the Sifang Pavilion to learn the etiquette of the palace, and I will enter the palace in five days." The Mitsumi Leopard looked at me unconsciously, "You...... What are you going to do? ”

"Disguise? No! ”

The old Taoist priest wiped the oil star on his mouth and decisively refused, "Hey......"

Seeing that I was serving the plum vegetable stew in front of him far away, the old Taoist priest was very anxious, "Silly girl, listen to Master's advice, what is the palace?" That's the tiger's wolf's den that eats people and doesn't spit out bones! Even if you are a little clever, which master in the palace is not an old fox? It's easier to pinch you to death than to pinch an ant! ”

"I know." I sighed and put the stew back on the table, "But there are some things that I won't be at ease in my life if I don't figure them out." ”

"People are dead, what's the use of figuring it out?" Seeing my gloomy look, the old Taoist priest simply put down his chopsticks, "Besides, don't you also have a relationship with the fat prince?" Isn't it better to let him help you check than to put yourself in danger? ”

I shook my head decisively, "I can't let the prince know about this." ”

Seeing that the old Taoist priest still looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, I simply knelt down in front of him, "Master, you are the only one who can be asked by the apprentice now." If you don't want to help me, I have nothing to say, but I must enter the palace, in case I don't return...... Today, I bid farewell to Master, and I can only repay your great kindness in the next life. With that, he bowed respectfully to the old Taoist priest.

"You girl...... the old Taoist priest was saddened by my big salute, "The Taoist master will be angry with you sooner or later!" I have a friend who is proficient in the art of disguise......"

Five days later, dressed in a woman's official uniform, I entered the palace gate with the other twenty-four happy girls.

As for the real Yang Qingyue, she was stolen out by my master in a daze two nights ago, and when she woke up, I pretended to be a little eunuch in the palace, and I regretfully told her that she was defeated in the last round of review and had no chance to enter the palace. However, two hundred taels of silver were issued in the palace as a return fee.