Chapter 264: Removal and Appointment
"And what do you think of your mother?" Through the child's expression, Wang Jibao also knew that what this child heard the most when he was a child was his mother's complaints, which was negative energy, which was not conducive to the healthy growth of the child at all.
Xu Zhenhua shook his head, he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart. At that time, he actually really didn't like his mother sometimes.
He suffered a lot of grievances, and his mother didn't pay attention to it at all, only to complain to him. He had a deep feeling of not being understood, not being cared for. He felt that his mother didn't like him at all. It's more about wanting him to be the emperor, and his mother is the queen mother.
At that time, he didn't understand anything, and now he knows that his mother is actually just treating him as a pawn.
In addition to his mother, he also knew that the regent's family was also treating him as a pawn. He really didn't understand why he hadn't been treated as a human being since he was born. He felt that such a self was superfluous, but it was useful to others. So whether he lives for himself or for others.
At a young age, he really couldn't figure it out.
Wang Jibao felt that she had touched the edge of the child about to tell the truth, but the child quickly retreated.
Wang Jibao looked at Xu Zhenhua with encouraging eyes and said, "Then can you tell my sister what kind of person you have always wanted to be?" Do you want to be the emperor? ”
This time did not let Wang Jibao wait for a long time, Xu Zhenhua blurted out: "No, I never thought of being the emperor." ”
"Why? Isn't it bad to be the emperor? When you become the emperor, you can say whatever you want, and no one can bully you anymore from now on? Wang Jibao asked inducingly.
"No, no, I never want to be an emperor, I just want to be a free and easy person, a person who is not used by others. Me, I want to go out and see what it's like out there. In Xu Zhenhua's cognition, this palace is more like a shackle and a cage. He was surrounded not by the people who had come to take care of him, but by the people who watched him, and he was the poor prisoner.
"Then if this position of the emperor can give you supreme rights, you can do whatever you want?" Wang Jibao continued to ask.
Xu Zhenhua shook his head again and again: "No, no, no, they say that I, the emperor, am a puppet, and one day the regent thinks that I am useless, and he will kill me." I don't want to be this emperor. Xu Zhenhua paused, and said pitifully: "Sister, please talk to the regent, I don't want to be an emperor." I want to go outside. ”
I see.
It seems that it was the group of palace maids and eunuchs below who chewed their tongues in private and despised Xu Zhenhua to cause this incident. This is also the reason why Xu Zhenhua has not eaten well and slept well for so many days.
The child felt like a lamb waiting to be fattened and to be slaughtered. He was afraid that he would not know when he would be wiped by her father-in-law.
Although this may indeed be the truth of the matter, for a child, it is actually really cruel, especially the helpless waiting, which can be devastating.
Wang Jibao's face was unusually serious. This question is really tricky, and she doesn't know how to deal with it for a while.
Although the child seemed to have all his hopes in her hands, his life was not under her control, and she could not give him a clear answer right now.
Time passed little by little, and Xu Zhenhua regained his previous nervousness, fear and restraint. He continued to rub the corner of his dirty clothes with his hands.
Wang Jibao occasionally raised her head to glance at him. In the end, I couldn't bear it, and I exhaled deeply and said, "If you listen to your sister, maybe your sister can help you." ”
"Really?" Xu Zhenhua stared at Wang Xibao with wide eyes, for fear that this beautiful fairy sister sent to him by God would also lie to him.
Wang Jibao nodded and said, "As long as you eat well, sleep well, and be obedient, my sister can find a way to keep you." ”
If Wang Jibao had assured this child at the beginning, Xu Zhenhua might not have believed it, but now after Wang Jibao thought about it for so long, she said so, and Xu Zhenhua believed it even more for no reason.
This sentence is like a bright light in the night, allowing Xu Zhenhua to see the light and hope. It's the only straw he can hold on to at the moment. Even if the catastrophe awaited him was still devastating, he was not as helpless, lonely, and scared as he had been.
Wang Jibao didn't expect that the first palace affairs he had to deal with when he came to Shao Palace was actually this matter.
And this matter obviously can't just be left alone. And the one who caused all this is obviously Gonggong Wu.
This person had already raised his heart in front of Emperor Shaowen in the past. Although this matter seems to have nothing to do with him, Wang Jibao doesn't believe that he, a person who has been a chief eunuch for so many years, can't even handle this little thing? Will the people below chew this tongue in front of Xu Zhenhua? Will you see that Xu Zhenhua has been hungry for so long, and he hasn't slept well for so many days and doesn't pay attention to it?
Wang Jibao first talked briefly about this matter with Mama Lan Xiang.
asked Mama Lan Xiang to recommend a candidate for the chief eunuch to her. In this way, Chief Manager Wu, who thought that he had contributed to Zhu Yonghong and Zhu Linxi's father and son, was dismissed from his post by the newly appointed princess regent.
"Why?" Manager Wu looked at Wang Xibao with an incredible expression.
Wang Jibao lightly opened her lips and spit out four words: "Dereliction of duty." ”
"Why did the old slave neglect his duties?" Manager Wu asked with a look of abuse of power.
Wang Jibao said with a cold face: "It's not been a day or two since the emperor did this morning, and you haven't reported it. I didn't report it until today when I saw that things were not good, so is it wrong for Princess Ben to say that you are derelict in your duties? Wang Xibao paused and said: "The people below say some nonsense, and you ignore it, isn't it a dereliction of duty?" ”
"The old slave is only loyal to the regent Chitose, so the old slave feels that he is not wrong." At this time, Manager Wu still said with a straight look.
Wang Jibao narrowed his eyes, sneered, and said, "To be honest, what you should be more loyal to is Emperor Shaowen of Daxing." ”
When Mr. Wu heard Wang Jibao say this, his face turned pale with fright. This, if he finally had the first emperor, would he have to go to the funeral or.
Manager Wu hurriedly kowtowed to Wang Jibao and said, "The eldest princess is a thousand years old, the old slave knows that he is wrong!" The old slave really knows that he is wrong! ”
Wang Xibao now finally understood why the newly enthroned emperors had given the eunuch chief who had been left by the previous emperor to death. For one, they know too many secrets. Second, it's really a slave bully!
Wang Jibao waved his hand at him and said, "Your affairs are still decided by the regent." It's useless for you to beg me here. Come on, stay with Mr. Wu first. "Anyway, this person is her father-in-law's person, and she won't even have to beat her father-in-law's face.
When Mr. Wu heard this, he exhaled heavily. It's okay, it's good, there's the regent who can call the shots for him. So, he didn't resist, so he went down with the people brought into the palace by Wang Xibao.
Wang Jibao looked coldly at the eunuchs and palace maids who were punished to kneel for a day and said coldly: "The rest of the people here are all sent to the wasteland for this princess to open up the wasteland. ”
"Yes." Someone immediately went to do it.
Wang Jibao won't kill these people anymore, it's too bloody. She thinks it's better to use waste.
"Your name is Hong Fu, right?" Wang Jibao sat on the high seat, bowed his head and asked the eunuch who was standing at the front below.
Hong Fu, who was named by name, immediately walked to the center of the main hall and kowtowed to Wang Jibao: "The slave is Hong Fu." ”
"What palace did you use to work in on an errand before?"
"The minion used to be the head of Shaoqing Palace." Hong Fu replied truthfully.
When Lan Xiang was looking for someone to call Hong Fu over, he had already mentioned him. I didn't expect such a big good thing to fall on him, which he didn't dare to think of. Therefore, be extra careful when answering questions.
Shaoqing Palace is the place responsible for the palace banquet and does not belong to the jurisdiction of any concubine in the harem.
Wang Jibao nodded, very satisfied with his background.
"You were recommended by Mama Lanxiang, and you are also a very good and serious person."
Hong Fuqian hurriedly said: "The slave just did his own thing. ”
Wang Jibao said very solemnly: "Today, this princess will temporarily appoint you as the new chief eunuch, and then this princess will ask someone to draft a decree to invite the regent." I hope you will not forget your original intention, do your best to take care of the emperor, and be a good errand for the regent and this princess. ”
"Yes, the minion will do his best to do his best." Hong Fu didn't say any more unrealistic empty words, but kowtowed to Wang Jibao three times very seriously.
Wang Jibao instructed: "Then you will take the roster and help deal with the group of people just now." In addition, arrange some people with strict mouths and quick work to take care of the emperor. ”
"Yes, the minion is going to run an errand."
This is Hongfu's first errand since he became the general manager, and he will naturally do it extremely seriously, and Wang Jibao is very sure of this. Therefore, there is no too much interference. This is the so-called employment without suspicion.
This day was originally to deal with the harem concubines guarding the spirits of Emperor Shaowen, but it was delayed until the evening because of the little emperor's affairs. But those concubines of Emperor Shaowen, she also had to knock and knock, after all, the wake is a big deal, and it is a problem of Shaoguo's face.
So Wang Jibao asked Hongfu to find someone to immediately notify all the concubines in the harem to go to Shaokun Hall to discuss matters.
Shaokun Hall is the place where the queens of the past dynasties lived. Now she has also been requisitioned by Wang Jibao, when she is the place to deal with palace affairs. After all, it's also a manifestation of identity.
After Hong Fu received the order, in addition to calling people to inform the palace concubines, he also gathered a group of people to clean the Shaokun Palace.