After hearing the Queen Mother's decree, Fang Yingwu sighed and had no choice but to turn around and go back to the Wenhua Hall. There was only one reason for his sigh. Everyone else had lunch, so it didn't matter if he went to the Wenhua Hall to work in the afternoon.
When the food is gone.
But Fang Yingwu hadn't eaten a grain of rice at noon today. He spent a long time in the Wenhua Hall, and now he's hungry and has to go back to waste time. How can he really tolerate this?
According to the design concept, Wenhua Hall was supposed to be the emperor's daily office space, so Wenyuan Pavilion and the Chief of Ceremonies, where the emperor's assistants were located, were not far from Wenhua Hall.
The Chief of Ceremonies is located to the west of the Wenhua Hall, and the Wenyuan Pavilion is located to the south of the Wenhua Hall. They are only a few steps away. Therefore, the Queen Mother invited the eunuchs of the Chief of Ceremonies and the elders of the cabinet and the officials of the East Palace to come to the Wenhua Hall. Everyone came.
All very quickly.
The first person to arrive was Fang Yingwu, but his status was too low and he did not dare to wait in the hall. He had to stand at the foot of the steps outside the hall in a welcoming posture.
Not long after, other people who had been invited arrived one after another. Some glanced at Fang Yingwu, while others entered the hall one after another without even looking.
The second assistant, Liu Ji, deliberately took a few steps slowly and fell last. The other party responded and asked, "What trouble did you cause again? Is it related to the prince?"
Fang Yingwu replied concisely and concisely: "It's hard to say anything at this moment." Liu Mianhua thought for a moment, "There are ministers and eunuchs in the palace. You are a junior, so you can show your boldness without sticking to trivial matters."
Fang Yingwu thought of something and looked up at the sun: "Old Taishan, you always go home at noon, why are you still here today? Fortunately you are here..."
Liu Mianhua hummed and said: "Today you are going to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit. I thought that I should be just in case, and it turned out to be just in case."
Fang Yingwu was thoughtful and watched Lao Taishan enter the palace. He entered last. At a glance, the civil servants standing in the east class were all familiar faces. In order, they were Wan An, Liu Ji, Liu Jue, the four most powerful figures in the cabinet.
Peng Hua, ranked by status;
Then there are the ministers of the East Palace who are on duty today, and the very likely future cabinet ministers Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Wu Kuan, and Fang Qingzhi, ranked according to the time they entered the Imperial Academy.
The eunuchs of the Si Li Jian were standing in Xiban. They were all very strange existences to Fang Yingwu. After all, at Fang Yingwu's level, there would be no chance of coming into contact with the eunuchs of the Si Li Jian.
Although civil servants often refer to the cabinet as the center, in fact, today the east-west cabinet in the Wenhua Palace plus the ceremonial supervisor can be considered a complete center. Even the ceremonial supervisor, who holds the power of approving the red, is even more critical.
There is a special term for the meeting between the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies called "Confidential Affairs". Among the non-ceremonial occasions in the Ming Dynasty, it was the most important one. And most of them were accompanied by important military and national affairs that were directly related to the security of the country.
, and it always involves the weight and face issues between internal and external affairs, so the atmosphere is often extremely serious.
The Chief of Ceremonies is the internal minister, and the cabinet is the prime minister and assistant. Compared with the collision with the internal minister, the prime minister, and the assistant, the civil servants and court discussions can only be regarded as bluffing...
But he said that although Fang Yingwu did not know many father-in-laws whose status was comparable to that of a bachelor, it did not prevent Fang Yingwu from knowing their names.
As a positive and ambitious young man, how could Mr. Xiaofang not pay attention to the news in the center? How could he not remember the names of the eunuchs and eunuchs?
So Fang Yingwu seized this eye-opening opportunity and fumbled to match the names of the great eunuchs with the people in front of him.
Counting them one by one, they are probably Huaien, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, Xiao Jing, the eunuch who holds the pen, Chen Zhun, Huang Gao... plus a few other eunuchs who came here to make soy sauce, there are almost ten Spanish eunuchs.
Here comes someone who happens to be in perfect opposition to the Dongban civil servants.
In fact, there is still one eunuch who is still missing, that is Qin Chang. He went to repeat the performance to the emperor and did not come here.
Seeing the row of father-in-laws who were in charge of rituals, Fang Yingwu somehow thought of Wang Zhi. Her biggest dream at the moment is to be one of them...
Among these eunuchs, the most famous and influential one in history books is of course Huai En, so Fang Yingwu's eyes most of the time fall on Huai En.
Seeing that this prestigious eunuch, the Chief of Ceremonies, is very old. His hair is as white as snow, even his eyebrows are as white as snow, his face is extremely serious and unsmiling, and his waist is particularly straight, standing like a pillar at the head of the class.
Several other eunuchs may occasionally have casual conversations, but no one dared to disturb Wynn, whose eyes were half closed. Fang Yingwu seemed to be able to feel the oppressive aura on Wynn's body even though he was several feet away.
It almost made Fang Yingwu sigh with emotion such as "This is what a man should do." No wonder Wang Zhi, an arrogant and domineering man, never dared to offend Hua En.
At this moment, even Fang Yingwu himself was surprised that such an aura could be felt from a physically mutilated eunuch.
What's even more surprising is that he never believed that he could feel the nonsense-sounding "aura" from people before. This is not a fantasy fairy tale. But after seeing Wynn, he really felt this way, invisible.
You can't touch it but it's there.
Compared with Huai En, Wan An, the first assistant to the civil service, is a scumbag... Fang Yingwu couldn't help but shake his head. As a member of the civil service, Mr. Xiao Fang was ashamed of this.
Fang Yingwu counted the heads again. There were eight in the west class and eight in the east class. By the way, he almost forgot about himself. The east class also had his little tail. Counting him, the number was nine. And his position
, just below his father Fang Qing, and at the end of the East Class.
Originally, Fang Qingzhi, Bachelor Fang, was a little proud. He could stand here before he was forty years old. He couldn't be better than me. But when he saw his son in his early twenties next to him, Bachelor Fang felt a deep pain in his balls.
It's lively...
Wynn suddenly opened his eyes, and the hall suddenly became quiet. Then Wynn asked, "Is everyone here?"
The eunuch Chen Zhun, the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch next to him, replied: "On the eunuch's side, Qin Chang is probably next to the emperor, and the rest are all here." Wan Shoufu, who was directly opposite Huai'en, also nodded, "It's time to come.
Everyone is here, it’s time to start.”
Just as Wynn was about to open his mouth, the young man at the end said, "Someone hasn't arrived yet!"
This forced Eunuch Huai En to hold back his words. Just now he asked if everyone was here. It was just a formality. Regardless of whether everyone was here or not, the rest had to start, but he didn't expect that there would be an episode.
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Fang Yingwu ignored the strange looks from others and said loudly: "Xie Qian, the concubine of the Zuo family, is supposed to be serving the Bandong Palace today. We will see you at noon, but now we don't know where to go. I dare to ask how someone who is careless and neglects his duties can teach the prince?"
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Those who don't know the inside story only think that Fang Yingwu or the Fang family is at odds with Xie Qian; those who know the inside story know very well that Fang Yingwu spares no effort and misses every opportunity to clear obstacles for his father.
It's just that he left early. It's a good thing that no one mentioned it. If someone was specifically thinking about it, it would be an unforeseen disaster for Bachelor Xie this time... Although it was just a small episode, it was enough for Bachelor Xie to drink a pot.
Fang Qingzhi stared at his son with complicated emotions. He had such a long brain that he could even think of this opportunity!
PS: There were frequent errors in the background, so I just posted it now... In addition, I eliminated trivial matters and stayed up late at night to see how many words I could hold in.
