Si Yiluo was so close and it was so quiet in the main hall that it was difficult for her not to hear him.
Wei Heyan's eyes fell on her involuntarily. The prince's concubine was to be selected from young ladies of the right age who belonged to officials of the third rank or above in the imperial court. He didn't know if the commander of the imperial guards of the third rank was considered a preliminary candidate.
Si Yiluo didn't think about it. She was ready to find out as soon as possible. No matter how unpopular Shen Moran was in the Prime Minister's Mansion, her identity would be attractive enough.
This time she and Shen Moran must take the initiative and can no longer passively accept arrangements.
After the dispersion of the dynasty, Wei Heyan needed to stay in the palace to help Emperor Yao read the memorials and criticize the emperor.
Si Yiluo didn't need it. If Emperor Yao had something to do, she would stay and wait for a while. If nothing happened, she could go to work at the Jinyiwei Yamen as usual.
It just so happened that she had to take a closer look at the criminal records of the adults who gave her gifts yesterday.
There are several secret rooms in Jinyiwei Yamen, named after the mysterious and yellow colors of heaven and earth.
The Tianzi Secret Room archives the information of Beijing officials, and the information is detailed from the words and deeds of each official at the Yamen office to the origin and family background of the concubine in the house, daily interpersonal relationships, etc.
The secret room with the word "Di" archives the information of military generals.
The Xuanzi Secret Room archives the information of foreign officials.
The yellow-lettered secret room archives the information of noble families from all over the world.
In addition to these four secret rooms, there is also a document library. Access to each secret room where information is stored must be based on a waist badge. Except for the commander of the Jinyi Guard who can enter and exit freely, all entrances and exits of more than 100 households need to be reported.
When passing by the secret room with the word "Di", Si Yiluo went in on a whim and found his information.
Unfolding the scroll, there is very little information about her, most of which are related to the records of the Liangzhou Wei Dynasty. In just a few words, she recorded her journey from a small soldier to a thousand households.
The last sentence: In early March of the seventeenth year of Tianwu's reign, he took over as the commander of Jinyiwei.
In the seventeenth year of Tianwu... In her previous life, she died in the first year of Shengwen. In this life, she still has eleven years left.
Si Yiluo put down the scroll, turned around and entered the Tianzi Secret Room. She happened to have Chi Chengsu's information at hand, so she picked it up conveniently.
The latest news: Chi Chengsu, the imperial censor of Zuodu, impeached Cui Jin, the co-law official of Taichang Temple. Cui Xuzi slept in flowers and willows, and his reputation was stained. Cui Xu threw himself into the lake, and Cui Jin and his wife also died.
The second-ranking censor of Zuodu impeached the little-known only son of Xie Lü Lang?
Si Yiluo dug out the information about the two families.
On the surface, the two families have nothing to do with each other.
Chi Chengsu is so full that he can't get along with a Xie Lulang?
After laying out the information about the two families, Si Yiluo glanced at ten lines and saw another name.
The Cui family and Ji Hongdian, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, had decided to marry their children. Chi Chengsu was interested in getting married to the Ji family, but the Ji family refused to accept it because the timing was not suitable.
Deduced connections.
Chi Chengsu, the imperial censor of Zuodu, who was famous for his uprightness, forced the Taichang Temple Xielulang family to death for the sake of his son's marriage to the third lady of the right minister of the Ministry of Industry.
The method was also very bright. Taichang Temple was in charge of rituals and music, so it was inevitable that he would have contacts with some musical concubines, and secretly set up a scheme to add a stigma to the prosperous young master of the Xielulang family.
Scholars with a bad reputation could not take part in the scientific examinations. Chi Chengsu's impeachment memorial ruined the future of the son of the Xie Lulang family.
The young man couldn't bear the blow and committed suicide.
The Xie Lulang couple, who lost their only son, passed away not long after.
Ji Hongdian, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, originally wanted to break the engagement with the Xielulang family and try to get a higher position, but Chi Chengsu took action, and he was naturally happy to see it succeed.
But he has not yet agreed to Chi Chengsu's marriage proposal. After all, the princes have not married yet. With his status, his daughter is not qualified to be a concubine. If she can marry the eldest son of the emperor, King Rong, as a concubine, or the third prince, King Chen, can become a concubine. Concubines are excellent choices.
A string of people can be identified from one person's secret files. Si Yiluo also found out the secret files of Ji Hongdian, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry. I dare not touch the money from the imperial mausoleum.
Si Yiluo clicked his tongue and followed the direction of the money to find the Minister of Industry and the Cabinet.
The archives of more than 20,000 officials of the Zhou Dynasty are stored in the secret room, and only a small part can be dug out in a day or two.
But almost no one is clean. The imperial court has deep-rooted abuses. Corruption and bribery have become the norm in official circles, and using power to bully others is also the norm.
The morning passed quickly.
Si Yiluo left the secret room and planned to go home for lunch at noon. Along the way, he pondered over the information he had read in the morning, and unknowingly arrived at the door of his house.
There was so much traffic on the street that she almost didn't get in even on foot.
"what happened?"
Prince Min's Mansion was silent for a long time. The little maid had never seen this formation before and was waiting at the door.
"Sir, you are back. From this morning to now, the threshold of our house has been almost broken. Madams from various families have come to visit with their ladies, and now everyone is inside!"
Shen Moran successfully entered the Jinyiwei Commander's Palace, which is another signal.
After all, Si Yiluo is a woman, and letting her daughter have a handkerchief relationship with her is another way of currying favor. The key is that letting her daughter befriend Si Yiluo will not lead to scolding from the official.
Even if the officials have nothing to do, they will not care about the friendship between women. If they want to impeach, they will just gossip, no different from women in the market.
The courtier who came to give the gift yesterday regretted it and asked his wife to prepare a gift and visit again today.
For those who were not here yesterday, I asked my wife to come directly to my door with my daughter today.
Si Yiluo did not expect this level and was a little confused by the current situation.
Fortunately, Shen Moran has seen the world, and everyone refuses to leave. She is not the master, and she cannot open her mouth to chase people away.
So she asked her servants to rent some tables and chairs in the teahouse outside, rent the teahouse's manpower, and use the teahouse's snacks and tea to entertain the ladies and ladies who wanted to "compete" with her.
The tables and chairs in the teahouse are all of the same shape, so that the servants will not put tables and chairs in different shapes and make people laugh.
Tea, snacks, and snacks are all included in the restaurant, and the servants in the house only have to wait and greet the guests. Therefore, although there are many guests coming to the door, the maids and servants are interspersed among them without appearing panicked.
The tea party was held in the back garden. As soon as Si Yiluo stepped through the corner door connecting the front and back yards, he saw the yard full of orioles, all dressed up in fancy clothes, as if they were choosing a concubine.
Shen Moran drank tea calmly and looked at her with a smile.
It was easy for her to deal with all this, and her expression said these were just small scenes.
Si Yiluo, who was wearing official uniform, stood in the crowd, and the noisy place fell silent instantly.
Everyone looked at her curiously, but her aura was too strong, her face was too cold, and the Xiuchun knife in her hand was too cold.
The young ladies who were originally eager to give it a try suddenly became intimidated.
What kind of person would be able to stand in the court and make men fear him?
Shen Moran took everyone's expressions into consideration, stood up and said with a smile: "Everyone, please calm down for a moment and let Mr. Si go change his clothes."
She stepped forward and put her boss Yiluo's arm on her arm, and whispered: "You look even more sinister than Wei Heyan. All the women coming today are women from the back house. Be careful of scaring others!"
Si Yiluo glanced around and saw that everyone had fear on their faces, but a few of the more stable ladies were still calm, so their status should be unusual.
"There is a lot going on in the Yamen, so please forgive me for any rudeness, ladies."
Logically speaking, you need to send an invitation first when visiting your home. It would be considered rude to come directly to your door like this, so ladies hurriedly returned the favor.
Si Yiluo followed Shen Moran back to the room. Shen Moran opened her closet. There were not many clothes in the closet, and they were all black outfits.
"My Lord Si, don't you have any decent clothes?"
Shen Moran told Bi Tao, "Go and get my purple-gray chest-length undershirt to match with my sapphire blue wide-sleeved gown, and then bring my jewelry box."
Bitao couldn't get it by herself, so she called two maids to come with her.
"Let me comb your hair first."
Shen Moran untied her hair. Si Yiluo's hair was very dark. It was just because she had not taken care of it for a long time that the ends of her hair were a little frizzy.
"I didn't say that women should treat themselves better. If you find it troublesome, you can let servants serve you in the future. Isn't that how you served Wei Heyan back then..."
"I'm an official of the imperial court. I just want to meet a few women in the back house. I don't need to go to such trouble."
Si Yiluo thought official uniforms were quite good.
"Don't you look out of place in the back garden wearing official uniform?"
Shen Moran helped her straighten her hair.
"Don't underestimate those women. It's true that women have long hair and short knowledge. The ladies sitting in front of the hall are of noble status. They have lived in the back house for a long time and have heard of the bad reputation of Jinyiwei. However, they are not necessarily afraid of you because they think they are in prison. Those punishments here will not apply to you."
"A blind eye can make them do a lot of things you don't expect."
"And these people value face the most, like compliments the most, and pay the most attention to etiquette. There is nothing wrong with being more considerate."