This is no small matter. For a moment, Cheng Jing did not dare to speak.
After pondering for a long time, he became respectful.
"Your Majesty, among the eunuchs who were promoted a few days ago, there is one named Shu Liang. I wonder if you still remember him?"
Zhu Qiyu nodded and said.
"Of course I remember that he made a lot of efforts to protect the safety of the mother-in-law and the queen during the court meeting that day."
Cheng Jing then said: "That's exactly it."
"Later, the minister discussed the incident with Shu Liang."
"Only then did I know that in addition to changing the charcoal fire in the Changchun Palace according to the instructions sent by the ministers, he also instructed his eunuchs to deliberately treat the people of the Changchun Palace coldly with Queen Duanjing's instructions to the Sixth Palace to be frugal. .”
"That day, the eldest maid of Changchun Palace went there in person. She was always treated with courtesy in every prison, but that time she was humiliated. After returning to the palace, she was so angry that she made her jealous of Concubine Zhou. Regarding the matter of Kunning Palace."
"In the opinion of the ministers, Admiral Dongchang needs to be scheming, discerning and knowledgeable, and Shu Liang is the right one."
Zhu Qiyu was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that there was such an inside story.
If that's the case, Shu Liang can give it a try in Dongchang's position.
But now that Shu Liang is close to Empress Dowager Wu, he has to ask her opinion.
The next day, after Zhu Qiyu came down from the morning court, he went to Jingyang Palace.
Regarding his idea of transferring Shu Liang away, Wu expressed his calmness.
"If you want to transfer people from the harem, just transfer them. The Ai family has its own people, so you don't have to worry."
So when Zhu Qiyu returned to Qianqing Palace, there was an eunuch in his thirties beside him.
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Shu Liang, like most eunuchs, came from a poor family and was sent to the palace since he was a child.
According to convention, every young chamberlain must first seek a godfather before entering the palace, and Shu Liang is no exception.
His godfather was a sweeping eunuch named Zhang Ping who was the supervisor of Zhidian at that time.
Life in the palace is difficult. You have to know how to read people's looks, be patient, and be able to flatter yourself, so that you won't be bullied.
No one taught these things, but Shu Liang slowly learned them after seeing them a lot.
In fact, because he knew how to read people's emotions, he curried favor with his godfather's godfather, an eunuch who served around Empress Dowager Zhang, and was even sent to study in the inner study hall.
After coming out of the inner study, he became one of the few eunuchs who could read and write.
He was quickly promoted and became the head of the Internal Affairs Bureau, and his future was bright.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and not long after, Empress Dowager Zhang died.
His godfather's godfather was merciless because he was once ordered to punish Wang Zhen with a cane by the Empress Dowager Zhang.
So he was found a pretext and tortured to death.
Of course, Wang Zhen still didn't bother to deal with a little shrimp like him.
But there are many people under Wang Zhen who covet his position.
So soon, he was sent to the Xinxing Department and became the deputy director.
The Xixin Department is located in the imperial city, but not in the palace city. The charcoal is mined directly from the coal mountains, so there is no need to purchase it. It can be regarded as a remote and oil-free yamen.
However, this is common among officials. Although he was disappointed at the time, Shu Liang quickly adjusted his mood and worked diligently.
He only hoped that after a few years, the prince would forget that his godfather's godfather had offended him, and maybe he would still have a chance to be promoted.
So after five years, the original Sizheng got old, and he was promoted to the new Sizheng.
Before he could find a chance to build a relationship, Wang Gonggong followed the Supreme Emperor on his own expedition.
Then, the army was defeated and the Supreme Emperor was captured. Shu Liang was secretly happy, but also a little disappointed.
Because the occurrence of such a major event means that the structure of the inner court is about to be completely reshuffled.
This level of reshuffle is directly related to the various imperial eunuchs and other big shots in the inner court, and has nothing to do with him.
However, no matter which company takes over, they will definitely reuse their own people first.
Just like when the Empress Dowager Zhang died, Wang Zhen deployed his own people unscrupulously.
A eunuch like him who has lost his backer and is working in a remote Xixin Department is destined to be unable to even drink soup.
If it weren't for the fact that Xixin Division had no luck at all, Shu Liang even felt that he might not be able to keep his position.
But fate is so magical.
Suddenly one day, Shu Liang saw someone.
When he was studying in the inner study, his instructor was Cheng Jing, the eunuch in charge of Prince Tan's palace.
A long time ago, he had a good relationship with this instructor.
Because every chamberlain who graduates from the inner study must have an instructor's approval before he can graduate, otherwise he will fail.
But since Cheng Jing was transferred to Prince Yin's Mansion, they had no contact.
Cheng Jing's sudden visit surprised Shu Liang.
Although he had stayed in the Xixin Division for several years, he had heard a lot of things. He knew that after Shengjia was captured, Prince Tan was in charge of the country.
So he was keenly aware that this might be his chance to make a comeback.
Therefore, when Cheng Jing told him that he hoped that he could send the best red radish charcoal in the next two days, he would not send it to Changchun Palace yet.
He agreed almost without hesitation!
Not only that, after Cheng Jing left, he immediately spent money and carefully inquired about the latest news.
The result shocked him.
There are rumors in the inner court that the bosses of the outer court want to make King Tan the new king.
He was cruel and spent a lot of money before he learned about it from the mouths of two young maids from Cining Palace.
The Queen Mother has had many conflicts with King Yi these days, and has also sent many new maids to King Yi's concubine Wu's palace.
Although there is no more news, it is obvious that at this critical time, Prince Tan will not care about the harem for no reason.
So, Shu Liang already had a bold guess in his mind.
He decided to take a gamble!
So he not only followed Cheng Jing's words and stopped the charcoal fire in Changchun Palace, but also sent all the best red radish charcoal to Jingyang Palace.
When the eldest maid of the Changchun Palace came to get the charcoal fire, she deliberately asked her subordinates to ridicule her.
What happened next made Shu Liang feel frightened.
But when everything was settled, he knew that he had won the bet!
Soon, King Tan ascended the throne and became the new emperor.
He, Wang Cheng, Zhang Yong and several other people who had a good relationship with Cheng Jing immediately became popular figures in the inner court.
From Sizheng of the Xixin Department, he suddenly became the eunuch of the Du Zhiyuan, and was transferred to serve the Empress Dowager Wu.
This is his opportunity to change his destiny, so he must grasp it firmly and work hard.
After staying in Xixin Division for so many years, Shu Liang did not do anything else, but he had a good relationship with Wang Zhen, an eunuch, and he did find out more about it.
Originally, I wanted to look for an opportunity to see if there was anyone among them that I could build a relationship with.
Unexpectedly, it came in handy at this time. After cooperating with the Queen Mother to kill a group of Wang Zhen's disciples, Shu Liang finally felt that his position was stable.
But what he didn't expect was that suddenly today, he would be taken from Jingyang Palace to Qianqing Palace by the emperor.
Although he was promoted by the emperor, to be honest, he had never really met the emperor.
He didn't even know if he had committed something. Along the way, he wanted to ask Manager Cheng, but in the face of his eyes, Manager Cheng smiled and refused to say anything.
With panic in his heart, when he arrived at Qianqing Palace, Shu Liang immediately knelt down on the ground and said.