The Wenyuan Pavilion in the southeast corner of the palace city, although it is in the palace city, is the core of the outer dynasty; while the ceremonial supervisor to the west of the east gate with yellow tiles in the imperial city, although it is in the imperial city, is the core of the inner dynasty. Especially the first one.
The inner study hall to the south of the gate facing east and west is equivalent to the Imperial Academy for eunuchs. Once you enter it, your wealth will be a hundred times higher.
At this moment, Li Rong, the eunuch Li Rong, the eunuch of the Bureau of Rites, was standing at the window. Seeing the young people sitting upright inside, who were no more than seven or eight years old, reciting the "Book of Rites" aloud, he couldn't help but
He nodded happily.
"All kinds of memorials are piling up. Eunuch Li, do you still have the leisure and elegance to watch these little guys here?"
Dai Yi came in from the gate and saw a gray-haired man standing here from a distance. He couldn't help but walked over to take a look, but found out that it was Li Rong. When he saw Li Rong making gestures to signal him to be silent, he was still very interested.
As he stared at the book of rites being recited inside, he sighed softly, and after a long while, he backed out from the corridor with his hands behind his back.
"There is nothing leisurely and leisurely. People are getting older, so when you look at them and think about when our family was still young, you can't help but feel a little envious of them... Our family is not as young and powerful as Lao Dai and you, and the days are getting shorter and shorter every day." At this point,
He just put his hands on his sleeves, shook his head and said, "Speaking of which, our family is much older than Eunuch Xiao. I didn't expect that he couldn't hold on anymore."
Dai Yi knew that Li Rong and Xiao Jingming had been fighting secretly for decades. At this moment, it was not so much sympathy for his opponent, but a little emotion that he was about to reach the top. He was sneering in his heart, but on his face he smiled and flattered a few words, such as "the sword is immortal"
As the saying goes, seeing that Li Rong was really in high spirits and accepted everything, he originally wanted to advise Li Rong to be wary of the juniors around the emperor. But he finally stopped.
The two of them returned to the Office of the Supervisor of Ceremonies one after another. As soon as Li Rong entered, he saw Chen Kuan and others standing up to salute, so he greeted them one by one with a smile. When he was about to go to his own room in the innermost room,
However, he only heard a few exclamations from outside, followed by loud scoldings. Annoyed, he immediately turned around and walked out, but when he opened the curtain and looked outside, his pupils shrank suddenly. Those ten
Surrounded by several young and strong little firemen were none other than Liu Jin, the eunuch in charge of the Bell and Drum Department!
"Eunuch Li." Seeing Liu Jin smiling and saluting, Li Rong saw a servant in the yard who had been with him for many years. Half of his face was now swollen, and a bright red slap mark remained on it that was extremely dazzling, and he suddenly became angry.
He asked geologically: "Liu Jin, can you see clearly that this is the Supervisor of Ceremonies, not a place for you to act wild!"
"Eunuch Li is serious. The Chief of Ceremonies is the holy place for our lieutenants. Who am I to dare to come here and act wild?" Liu Jin replied slowly and calmly. Then he made another disrespectful salute, "What happened?"
It's all because of today's Wenhua Hall event. Xu Xun's memorial to the Chief of Ceremonies was transferred to the cabinet without being reported to the emperor, and the folder included in it was also lost during the process, so the emperor was furious. Let me
Bring someone to investigate thoroughly. In fact, I know that Eunuch Li has always been flawless in his work. How could there be such negligence? But because of the sacred mandate, I have to show off. Please don’t take it to heart, Eunuch Li.
." At this point, even before Li Rong turned his back, Liu Jin waved his hand and shouted: "Come here, check carefully and you can't find the clip. Don't blame me for sending you all to the imperial village to farm.
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"Eunuch Liu, only the Supervisor of Ceremonies can enter the office of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Even if you have obeyed the Holy Order, it is still a big violation of the rules! When the former court learns about this, I am afraid that Mr.
The monks will also have a lot of criticism." Although Dai Yi and Li Rong could not say that they had a deep friendship, they could not just sit back and watch at this time and had to stand up. Seeing that Liu Jin hesitated slightly, he struck while the iron was hot and said
, "How about we accompany Eunuch Liu to inspect it with you?" Liu Jin was just momentarily proud, and changed her usual attitude of being careless in front of these big men. At this moment, she saw many people around her come out to see them.
His gaze was quite dazzling, and he couldn't help but snorted in his heart. He knew that Dai Yi's words were just to prevent him from doing anything, but how could he leave such an excuse to others? When Xu Xun came out of Wenhua Palace before, he treated him
He was very confident during the face-to-face interview, and it was obvious that he was sure, so he said with a smile: "What Eunuch Dai said is true. Anyway, I will listen to you, let's go in and investigate together... Someone, please check the four
The surrounding area has been guarded, no one is allowed in or out of the house, and no one is allowed to leave the ceremonial office!" Seeing Dai Yi and Liu Jin go in together, Chen Kuan saw that Li Rong's face turned pale with anger, and hurriedly sent a little fireman to brew it.
When the tea came, he immediately half dragged and half pulled the person to stand under the shade of a tree, and then said in a low voice: "Why bother getting angry with these juniors? It's not like you don't know that this sharp-tongued guy is the most powerful, but
The emperor has great trust and affection for him. With Lao Dai accompanying him, he can't play any tricks. Lao Dai is very good at the threshold!" "Since he dares to come, he must have confidence... He is not afraid of ten thousand, just afraid.
just in case……" ….
Li Rong had a knot in his heart about the petition for meritorious service. Since the emperor was most concerned with the military, such a memorial should have been collected by the General Affairs Department of the Outer Court and presented to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and he should have presented it to the Imperial Council immediately - if Xiao
Jing Zai must have handled it this way - but at that time Xiao Jing was ill at home and the Chief of Ceremonies was in chaos. He had selfish motives again. In addition, the three ministers in the cabinet had entrustments, so he kept the money in his hand.
The imperial premise was just a vague statement that it was General Zhenglu and the General's Office asking for meritorious service. Sure enough, the emperor was impatient. The most important reason why he did this was that Xu Xun's memorial to ask for merit was not well written.
It was completely untrue, and he seemed to take the greatest credit for himself. In this case, the possibility of his actions being exposed was extremely small... He was getting entangled in his thoughts when he suddenly heard something coming from inside.
Liu Jin laughed loudly. When he came back to his senses, he saw the curtain of the public hall over there move. When he looked at it again, he found that Liu Jin came out with a few small pieces of paper in his hands with a smile. Dai Yi, who was one step behind him, had a look on his face.
It was very ugly. Although his heart skipped a beat, he quickly walked out from the shade of the tree and hurried forward.
"I don't know which little monkey did something careless and left such an important thing behind!" Just now, Liu Jin and Dai Yi went in to check. Liu Jin knew what those three or four clips were like because they had communicated with Xu Xun in advance.
After rummaging through the boxes and cabinets, he found the items without much effort. Now that he had a chance to win, he couldn't help but realize that his previous attitude towards Li Rong was too disrespectful, so he spoke first to excuse him.
After a few words, he said with a smile: "Eunuch Li is getting old, and some people below him are not careful when doing things. I am anxious to return my order to the emperor, and I dare not delay. I say goodbye!" After seeing Liu Jin, he bowed and immediately led a group of people to wait.
Leaving in a hurry, the large courtyard that was crowded just now became empty. Li Rong's expression changed several times. Finally, he looked at the eunuchs looking at each other below and sneered: "What else is there to see? The excitement is gone.
Maybe Chengdu is too busy, so they all dispersed!" A large group of people dispersed like birds and beasts, but he stood motionless under the bright sun. It was not until a long time later that he came back to his senses. He realized that Chen Kuan was beside him, with a worried look on his face.
He then smiled and said: "Don't worry, our family is quite old and has never experienced any big storms. We can survive this little thing."
"But the emperor is not the late emperor after all..." These words were like the chirping of a mosquito, but Li Rong heard it clearly. Didn't he know that Emperor Zhengde was not Emperor Hongzhi, and that he, Xiao Jing, Chen Kuan and others were all from Chenghua?
Those who were promoted to the Supervisor of Ceremonies during the year thought that no matter how tyrannical Wang Zhi was in charge of the West Factory, he still had to be courteous to them. However, after Emperor Hongzhi came to the throne, he recalled Xiao Jing who once went to the imperial mausoleum to serve as incense minister, and he treated them the same way.
They were appointed one by one, and the old people in the East Palace such as Dai Yi had to stand back. However, the attitude of the little emperor now is obviously very different. "It should be Xiao Jing." Chen Kuan was a little suspicious of this nonsense at first.
But he came to his senses in an instant - except Xiao Jing, who had been in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies for many years, who could have managed this matter so smoothly? He took a deep breath, and his brows were already furrowed.
One group: "Is Xiao Jing old and confused!" "He is not confused. If he wants to escape unharmed, how can he not do something." Li Rong couldn't help but think of the joy he felt when he learned that Xiao Jing had recovered from his illness, and how he almost celebrated with his hands.
Feeling that he had grown so much like a teenager, he gritted his teeth and said, "However, our family will not let those people be proud in vain. Old Chen, let's go to Kunning Palace to see the Queen Mother."
Chen Kuan's eyes lit up, he nodded and was about to leave. Suddenly, a man hurried into the yard. It was Wang Yue who was not there before. He saw Wang Yue approaching quickly and yelled angrily: "Those little bastards."
As for people, they dare to come to our ceremonial supervisor and act wildly, they are simply audacious!"
"Old Wang, the matter is over, don't say any more." Li Rong calmed down and then said in a deep voice, "Old Chen and I told him to go to Kunning Palace to meet the Queen Mother, are you going or not?"
"Of course, why don't you do this without me!" Wang Yue agreed immediately, but as the two of them walked out of the west-facing door of the Secretary of Ceremonies, he suddenly stopped, patted his head and said, "Look at me.
My memory has forgotten all important things. Do you know that I heard some rumors in the palace?"
Seeing that Li Rong and Chen Kuan were disapproving, he sneered and said: "If this rumor is not bizarre, I will not tell you about it. It is about our Long Live Lord and Xu Xun. Someone has the nose and eyes to say to the outside world, Xu Xun
Xu Xun is still unmarried, and there is no rumor that he has been blessed by any palace maid, because there are some unclear things. Think about it, Xu Xun can rise to his current position in one year, who knows if it is because of something
A trick that doesn’t work well on the stage?”
ps: Khan, the chapter number of the previous chapter is wrong, sorry...(*).