Today's Dark Guard Mansion, set up six sub-mansions, under the sub-government set up a division, under the division of the guard, the imperial capital is called the White Tiger Hall, the entire Dark Guard Mansion has a total of three governors, the governor of the same person, the governor of six people, these ten people constitute the high-level rule of the great Dark Guard Mansion.

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However, there is also a branch outside the Dark Guard Mansion, called Peony, in which all members are composed of women, this organization comes from the hands of a confidante of Emperor Wuzu Xiao Lie, and will be taken over by Empress Lin in the future, and the main responsibility is to protect the safety of royal women.

In the first year of Chengping, Lin Yinping, who was already the queen mother, collapsed in the Feishuang Palace, and was on the sickbed before his death, one of which was about the inheritance of the peony, first by the eldest aunt Moshu and the eldest princess Xiao Yuyi were jointly in charge of the peony, and after Xiao Zhinan became an adult, the two of them gave up power to her in accordance with Lin Yinping's will.

Although the peony is not as powerful as the Dark Guard Mansion, it has its own way of survival, men are masculine, women are feminine, and softness can overcome rigidity, especially in the imperial capital, where dirt and dirt are hidden, there are too many powerful men who regard women as playthings, but it is these women who play tricks and can make men unable to come back to their senses for more than ten years.

In the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, the lady of the main room did not dare to say, but it is not sure which family's maids, courtesans and even concubines are peony people, these women are good at spying and incitement, there is a saying above the temple, called "the wind in the sky is not as good as the woman's pillow wind", the hidden power of the peony can be seen.

Xiao Zhinan is in charge of Peony, and her power is not small, but after all, she is not the grandmother Lin Yinping who listens to the government, her foundation is still shallow, and there is really a gap between her hands and eyes.

As for how powerful Han Ge Lao is, it is needless to say that Chen Qiong, one of the dignified governors of the left capital, lost his official position, and even lost his life, and made the blue party who had been in the temple for 60 years embarrassed.

A carriage departed from the imperial capital and headed southeast.

The coachman was a white-faced and beardless old man, gloomy and taciturn.

The carriage was full of women, and a mediocre-looking woman was sleeping deeply.

This ordinary woman at first glance is Xiao Zhinan after the disguise, the reason why she wants to change her appearance is not because she wants to deceive anyone, but simply because Xiao Zhinan's own appearance is too eye-catching, and covering up one or two can save a lot of unnecessary trouble.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Zhinan finally woke up from his slumber, his eyes were blank and silent.

The silver candle that was kneeling and letting Xiao Zhinan pill on his lap said softly: "Your Highness, you are awake." ”

Xiao Zhinan's eyes gradually brightened a little, his pale lips moved lightly, and he asked in a weak voice, "How long have I been asleep?"

Silver Candle couldn't hide the gloom in his expression and said: "Three days and two nights." ”

Xiao Zhinan sighed softly and asked again, "Where have we been?"

Liuying, who was leaning against the car window, opened the curtain and replied softly: "Your Highness, we have already left Zhili Prefecture yesterday, and we are now in the territory of Qizhou Plain Mansion, and we will arrive at Langya Mansion in about three days." ”

Xiao Zhinan let out a long breath, closed his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Three days, do you think King Qi will have a way?"

Silver Candle and Liuying glanced at each other, and neither dared to speak rashly.

However, Qiuguang thought about it carefully, and said cautiously: "According to the foolish opinion of the slave, His Royal Highness the King of Qi is mostly in the army, so I am afraid that it is."

She didn't dare to continue.

Xiao Zhinan opened his eyes and muttered to himself: "I'm afraid he doesn't have a good way, do you want to go to Jiangnan again?"

Silver Candle couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, why didn't you report this matter to Your Majesty?"

Xiao Zhinan had no intention of concealing it, and said frankly: " Since Emperor Wuzu, the peony has been in charge of the mistress of the Xiao family, but when it came to the queen mother, the imperial grandmother insisted on crossing the queen mother and asked me to take over the peony, even if the transition in the middle, it was also jointly handled by the aunt and aunt of Moshu, and the imperial grandmother could be seen in the mustard of the queen mother, in fact, I understood in my heart that the queen mother was angry even with me because of this matter, and our mother and son have been at odds with each other over the years, and they are really not like a pair of mother and son. ”

"In fact, in the final analysis, it's all for a right word, I don't want to let go of this authority, because without it, I don't have today's leisure, the queen mother thinks I have broken her queen's face, and my heart is unhappy, and my father has never cared about these housework that no one can tell right or wrong, so even if I have my brother's protection, I have been walking on thin ice all these years, cautious, not daring to get too involved in the troubled waters of the temple, for fear of a wrong step and a wrong step, I never thought that I was still plotted by others. Xiao Zhinan said calmly: "Fortunately, it has not reached the point of exhaustion, and the situation in the palace is unclear, so it is better not to rashly involve it, so as not to have more accidents in your life." ”

The three women all bowed their heads and remained silent.

Xiao Zhinan muttered to himself: "All evil and fornication are the first, and the deeds are not careful, and there are few perfect people in the world." Filial piety is the first, no trace of the heart, no trace of the poor family. I was born in this so-called heavenly family, how dare I dare to talk about my heart. ”

The heavenly family has no relatives, and it has never been an empty word.

The carriage slowly stopped, and the old coachman outside asked softly through the carriage: "Your Highness, we are not far from the Pingyuan Mansion City, and we have really entered the territory of Qizhou, has Your Highness entered the city?"

Xiao Zhinan didn't speak, and Qiuguang said softly: "It's Gonggong Chen of the celebrant supervisor." ”

Xiao Zhinan sighed and asked outside, "Is it Chen Zhijin and Chen Gonggong, one of the four great masters of the celebrant and supervisor?"

"If you go back to Your Highness, it is the old slave. The old man leaned forward slightly even through the carriage, and the etiquette was not bad at all, and said softly: "The old slave is ordered by the palm print to escort His Royal Highness to Langya Mansion." ”

The celebrant is the head of the 24 yamen of the inner court, similar to the cabinet system, there is a palm seal eunuch equivalent to the first assistant of the cabinet, a chief bingbi similar to the second assistant, also known as the admiral eunuch, and four eunuchs equivalent to the cabinet member, Chen Zhijin, as one of the four eunuchs of the pen, is not only a high authority, but also a high cultivation, as early as many years ago, it has been ranked among the immortals.

Xiao Zhinan motioned to the silver candle to help him sit up, and then asked Qiuguang to lift the curtain of the car, and said softly to the old man: "Since Gonggong Chen is here, the palace will be relieved, and after the palace returns to Beijing, I will go to thank Zhang Daban and Gonggong Chen." ”

The old coachman shook his head and said, "It's the old slave's business, and I dare not be His Highness." ”

Xiao Zhinan leaned on the silver candle and smiled weakly, "The palace will not enter the city, and if you go to Langya Mansion one day earlier, the palace will be at ease one day sooner, and there will be Gonggong Chen." ”

"Don't dare to call it quits. After Chen Zhijin saluted again, he lowered the curtain and drove the carriage forward again.

When the carriage was about to leave the territory of the Plains Mansion, a long-overdue wave finally arrived.

Chen Zhijin looked up sharply to the south, and a tall old man in black was walking in the direction of the carriage, seemingly slow and fast, but in a moment, he was already less than ten zhang away from the carriage.

Chen Zhijin's face became more and more solemn.

The person who came was full of white hair and scattered at will, his cheekbones were slightly prominent, his eye sockets were deep, his nose bridge was high, and what was even more surprising was that he was born with a pair of blue eyes, which did not look like the Central Plains at all, but was quite similar to those Western seafarers.

The old coachman clenched the reins with both hands, the green tendons on the back of his thin hands were exposed, and he squinted his eyes and gently spit out two words.

"Xiao Lin. ”