In this small private room, several young eunuchs were sitting behind their desks, looking down at the memorial.
Although the current emperor personally did the work, some less important memorials were reviewed by the eunuch Bingbi.
The young eunuchs sitting here are all carefully selected. Each one carefully lowers his head to read the memorial. Sometimes someone will suddenly stand up and walk towards the old eunuch in the top position.
That old eunuch was none other than Eunuch Xiao, who had discussed matters in the direct room of the cabinet last time.
Eunuch Xiao's cough was getting worse and worse, and his cheeks were red from holding it in. He was holding a silver hairpin in his hand, and his eyes fell on the oil lamp on the desk. The silver hairpin flicked the wick, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. , looked at the memorial on the side, and said calmly: "This matter, please submit it to the emperor. You must remember your identity. We are just serving His Majesty, we are slaves. Don't get carried away, as long as the memorial is more important." If the cabinet submits the document in error, do not approve it and leave it to His Majesty for disposal."
After Eunuch Xiao finished speaking, he picked up the tea on the table, took a slow sip, then coughed and covered his mouth with a silk scarf.
"Mr. Factory..." The little eunuch lowered his voice and said, "The emperor has left the palace."
"When you left the palace, where did you go?" A hint of coldness flashed across Eunuch Xiao's eyes.
“Dali Temple!”
boom……
Eunuch Xiao slapped the case, with an uncertain sneer on his face, and then shouted: "Get out, everyone out!"
The little eunuchs in the straight room were accustomed to such scenes, and they all tiptoed out.
"When Your Majesty went to Dali Temple, how long did he talk to Liu Chengfeng?" Eunuch Xiao said slowly.
"When I returned to the factory, I had been there for half an hour. According to the people inside, it seemed... it seemed that when His Majesty came out, his face looked much better than when he left. He returned to the palace and went to bed."
Eunuch Xiao's expression recovered and he said calmly: "Really?"
On the document was a white jade paperweight. Eunuch Xiao played with the paperweight in his wrinkled hands and was silent for a moment.
"It seems that Liu Chengfeng has some tricks up his sleeve." Eunuch Xiao took a breath and looked lazy. After coughing a few times, he continued: "If this person continues to let himself go, he will be in serious trouble. He and Tai The relationship with His Majesty is too close, and the day when his wings harden, it will be the time when Dongchang will be overthrown. This person... must die."
Eunuch Xiao's words became unacceptable and he looked directly at the little eunuch who was replying.
The little eunuch suddenly felt endless pressure, lowered his head and said: "What the factory master means is to let people from Dali Temple..."
Eunuch Xiao smiled slightly and said: "Xiao Bi'er, you have been with the Za family for so long, but you are still so reckless? The one who wants to kill Liu Chengfeng is not you and me, but your Majesty."
"Your Majesty..." The little eunuch couldn't help being stunned: "But your Majesty just..."
Eunuch Xiao ignored the young eunuch's question and sneered: "Your Majesty must kill him. A few days ago, I told you to follow Liu Chengfeng's example and open a newspaper office outside. Have you opened this newspaper office?"
Since the release of Liu Chengfeng's Xue Er Bao, various newspapers have sprung up in the capital. On the one hand, Xue Er Bao has made people jealous, and on the other hand, it is also because many interested people have noticed that This newspaper has a great effect. However, there are many imitations, but compared with the sales volume of Xue Er Bao, it is really far behind. Now the whole capital, because of those few articles, has become accustomed to drinking wine every morning. Have a cup of tea and take a look at Xueerbao. This habit has been formed, and it is difficult for many people to correct it. Therefore, although Xueerbao now publishes all the articles, the daily sales are still stable. It remains stable at around 100,000 copies.
The little eunuch hesitated and said: "Mr. Factory, this servant is not doing well. This newspaper has been built, but it can only sell a few hundred copies every day..."
Who knew that Eunuch Xiao didn't mean to be offended, he smiled and said: "That's enough. With this newspaper, it's enough to kill him. Do you have any impression of Zhang Fang, the imperial envoy?"
The young eunuch said: "He seems to have become a godfather to Eunuch Wu, the imperial eunuch."
"That's him." Eunuch Xiao chuckled: "Go find him and ask him to write an article and put it in your newspaper for printing."
"How to write this article?"
Eunuch Xiao pondered: "Just let him be bold enough to scold him. He can scold him whatever he wants. The more violent the scolding, the better."
"Who are you scolding?"
Eunuch Xiao's face darkened: "Under the sky, if something like this happens, as an envoy who speaks out for justice, who else can he scold?"
"You mean..." The little eunuch was startled and couldn't help but tremble. He knew who Eunuch Xiao wanted the emissary to scold: "Mr. Factory, I'm just afraid... I'm afraid that Zhang Fang won't agree."
Eunuch Xiao chuckled and said: "He will be willing. Just say that the Za family will keep him safe, and he can still be known as an upright person, but what's wrong with that?"
The young eunuch was full of hesitation, wondering what Eunuch Xiao was trying to do. Logically speaking, even if he wanted to scold, he should scold Liu Chengfeng, but why did he start scolding him instead...
The little eunuch didn't dare to think about it anymore. Eunuch Xiao had already leaned over the document and continued to read the memorial. He stared at the memorial and said calmly: "Go and do this."
, don’t let anyone know.”
The little eunuch had to carefully exit.
Seeing that the little eunuch was gone, Eunuch Xiao couldn't help but cover his mouth and cough, as if heartbroken. The candlestick leaning on his elbow was dancing with fiery red light. He raised his eyes, with unfathomable depth in his eyes.
, couldn't help but sigh: "This body is really not as good as before, old, old..."
It seemed that he was sighing at the wasted time, and also seemed to be a bit ridiculing.
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Early the next morning, we were still in the ceremonial office. The eunuchs working here were all waiting obediently outside, until Eunuch Xiao appeared with someone supporting him. He was the first to enter the direct room, and everyone filed in.
Eunuch Xiao sat down, and as usual, someone brought a cup of tea. Eunuch Xiao took a sip and asked, "Did your Majesty sleep well last night?"
Immediately someone said with a smile: "I slept well. Although I didn't sleep all night the day before yesterday, I went to bed on time last night. I'm afraid I'm awake now. I'll probably call the cabinet ministers in to talk. Say no.
I will definitely invite my father-in-law to come later."
Eunuch Xiao nodded and said, "Your Majesty, your dragon's health is a blessing to all the people. Have you handed over the memorial from the General Affairs Department?"
"Not yet, I'll probably hand it over after the cabinet ministers have sorted it out."
Eunuch Xiao hummed, then lay down on the chair and began to close his eyes to rest. Then he remembered something: "I heard that Prince Ning's injury has been healed, right?"
"Yes, yesterday afternoon, he came to the palace to apologize. Your Majesty was still sleeping at the time. When he heard them coming, he woke up immediately, met them, comforted them a few words, and rewarded them with many things."
Eunuch Xiao smiled: "That's good."
Just as he was talking, the little eunuch from yesterday came again. This time, with a newspaper under his arm, he walked carefully to Eunuch Xiao. Eunuch Xiao glanced at him, lowered his eyelids again, and said: "The miscellaneous family is tired...
"
When he said this, these people all knew what he meant, and except for the little eunuch who delivered the newspaper, everyone left.
"How about it? Did Zhang Fang agree?"
"I agreed. I wrote an article overnight and published it in our newspaper. Please read it, sir."
Eunuch Xiao took the newspaper, glanced at it briefly, and said with a slight smile: "Wonderful, this Zhang Fang is a good writer. His work as an imperial envoy was not in vain."
The young eunuch said: "The man surnamed Zhang refused at first, saying that asking for a royal staff would ruin his future. Later, I had no choice but to tell my father-in-law what he wanted, and he was not willing."
Eunuch Xiao hummed, put the newspaper on the desk, and then said: "This newspaper is called Dong'an News?"
"That's right."
"Who is the owner you arranged?"
"He's a man named Zhou, a distant relative of this slave."
Eunuch Xiao's face turned cold and he said: "This man is so bold, he actually dares to publish such rebellious remarks, and the imperial envoy Zhang Fang is so bold, as an official of the imperial court, he published it in the newspaper
Those words that slander the palace, Xiao Bi'er, these two people are both punishable by death. You quickly sign the note from Zajia, go to Dongchang immediately, tell the thousands of households, send someone to get Zhang Fang, and destroy this Dong'an newspaper office.
We took them together with the boss named Zhou and immediately put them in jail to scare the monkeys."
"Ah..." The eunuch named Xiao Bi'er trembled, looked at Eunuch Xiao in disbelief, and said in her heart, Eunuch, don't you dislike me and deliberately want to persecute the slave? This is all based on Eunuch's wishes.
It was done, but in the end, why did we still want to capture Zhang Fang, a distant relative of this slave?
Eunuch Xiao looked at Xiao Bi'er, his eyes flashed with fierceness, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What? You don't dare?"
"I...I...servant, no, father-in-law, smashed the newspaper office, and took the imperial emissary. This...I'm afraid it will cause dissent, and the cabinet will also..."
Eunuch Xiao smiled coldly: "I just want everyone to make a fuss. The more violent the fuss, the better. Go quickly and take down all the people involved. No one can slip through the net."
Xiao Bi'er felt that her feet were trembling and unruly, but she couldn't figure out which play Eunuch Xiao was singing. It was Eunuch Xiao who ordered people to scold this emperor, and now it was Eunuch Xiao who wanted him.
Take, what is this?
But thinking of Eunuch Xiao's methods, Xiao Bi'er lowered her head and did not dare to argue. She quickly took the newspaper and beat him in despair.
Eunuch Xiao couldn't help but sigh, looked at Xiao Bi'er's back, and said slowly: "This little guy is still young, I don't know when he will be able to experience it."