Chapter 36: First Meeting with Zhang Guifen
Generally speaking, eunuchs in the palace will be released from the palace and go home to take care of themselves when they grow old.
However, Eunuch Liu, as a confidant eunuch around the official family, whether it was the things he handled or the secrets he accidentally learned, he was destined to either be buried with the official family after his death, or be buried with the official family after his death. He died of old age in the palace.
That’s why he recognized Liu Sanshi’s cleverness and accepted him as his adopted son.
Otherwise, if he takes in an adopted son, he will also take in a healthy one, so why take in a eunuch.
In the past, he admired Liu Sanshi's intelligence. Only smart people could do well in the palace and live long.
But now he discovered that Liu Sanshi was indeed a little clever, but he was just being smart.
He was right to try to figure it out, but he shouldn't take the initiative to bring it up.
If Zhao Xing asks, he will tell people what he said, and he will give the impression that he is smart but not overstepped.
This can also prevent Zhao Xing from leaving a bad impression if he guesses wrong.
But he just wanted to ask for credit and took the initiative to mention it, which was self-defeating.
"My foster father has already realized his mistake."
Although Liu Sanshi was punished, he was not too alert. Now that he saw how serious Liu Eunuch said it was, he really realized what was going on. the severity of.
"Your Highness is so kind, otherwise it would be easy to kill you. When you go to His Highness to listen to his advice, you'd better put away your little cleverness. Just do what His Highness asked you to do, and he didn't ask you to do it." It’s best not to do it,” Eunuch Liu said coldly.
"My child must remember the teachings of his adoptive father and never dare to do it again!" Liu Sanshi said quickly.
Eunuch Liu saw that Liu Sanshi had a good attitude in admitting his mistake, and his expression softened a little. He gave him a few words and asked him to take good care of his injuries, and then left.
Enter Longtuge through the side door, and quietly come to stand behind the official who is reviewing the memorial.
The officials reviewed the memorial tirelessly. I don’t know how long it took, but I felt my eyes were sore and stopped.
Rubbed his sore eyes and stretched.
"Your Majesty!" Eunuch Liu called softly.
"What's the matter?" the official asked.
"The adopted son of the old slave has returned from Yangzhou. His Highness..."
Eunuch Liu told the story of Liu Sanshi being punished by Zhao Xing.
The official smiled slightly after hearing this, feeling a little relieved.
Zhao Xing's little tricks can't be hidden from him. Although the methods are a bit rough, at Zhao Xing's age, it is very rare to be able to do this.
"By the way, your adopted son didn't tell you what Fu'er told him to do?" the official asked.
Eunuch Liu said calmly: "This matter concerns His Royal Highness, how dare I ask. My adopted son didn't say anything either. If your Majesty wants to know, I can ask him to come over and your Majesty will ask him personally."< br>
"No need, Fu'er is basically in the palace. Any interaction with Yangzhou is just related to the Sheng family, it's not a big deal."
The official waved his hand. , pondered for a while and said: "You ask someone to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to get the resume of Yangzhou Tongpan."
His only impression of Sheng Hong was that his calligraphy was good, so he knew that there was such a person, and the rest I don’t know.
There were so many officials in the Song Dynasty, and it was impossible for him to remember them all. It was already very rare for someone to leave a slight impression on him.
Before, Zhao Xing said that he wanted to summon Sheng Changbai to be his companion, and Zhao Xing said that he wanted the person sent to deliver the order to meet him once before, but the officials didn't pay much attention to it.
Now that he heard Eunuch Liu mention it again, he became interested and wanted to see what was special about this Sheng family.
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Zhao Xing waited for Sanshui to come back after supervising him, and asked Sanshui to go through the procedures required for Sheng Changbai to enter the palace and have someone send him there.
Considering that Sheng Changbai entered the palace for the first time, he also sent someone to inform Gu Tingye of Sheng Changbai's arrival in Beijing, and asked him to wait until the school started after the Lantern Festival to bring Sheng Changbai into the palace.
After arranging these, Zhao Xing left it alone.
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In ancient times, the New Year was not the most lively time of the year, but the Lantern Festival was the most lively time of the year.
Every year during the Lantern Festival, the imperial court spent a lot of money to build a giant lantern composed of many lanterns and lit it in the square outside the palace gate.
Because the lantern is huge, like a giant turtle, it is also called Aoshan. At that time, not only the people of Bianjing can come to watch, but also the officials, civil and military officials and their family members will enjoy the lanterns on the palace city and enjoy it with the people.
On the evening of the Shangyuan Festival, the officials and the queen held banquets in Jiying Hall and Renming Palace respectively to entertain the officials and their family members who entered the palace.
More than half of the Youshi hour, it was getting dark, and the official family took all the civil and military officials and a group of clan members to the Chenglou Mountain of Xuandemen.
Not long after the officials and civil and military ministers boarded the tower, Queen Cao and several concubines also boarded the tower surrounded by a group of official family members.
Men and women, one on the left and one on the right, are clearly distinguished.
Zhao Xing followed his father up to the city tower and looked around. He saw that the entire Bianjing city was brightly lit and very gorgeous.
The square outside the palace gate was dark and full of people.
There was a giant lantern in the center of the square that was not lit. The imperial army used the lantern as the center to isolate the people.
With the official's order, nearly a stick of incense was used, and all the candles in the giant lantern were lit, illuminating the entire square like daylight.
The sight of thousands of houses with lights and singing and dancing in front of them made the officials very happy. They said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you should write poems to cheer up this scene. We are all erudite and talented people. If you can write poems and lyrics, it will not only cheer you up." "It's also a good story."
"Your Majesty, I have some feelings and am willing to show my shame." A middle-aged official stood up and saluted.
This kind of opportunity to show one's face in front of officials is rare. No matter how good the poems are, officials will not promote people on the spot.
But it is also good to leave an impression on the officials.
To be able to enter the palace today and enjoy the lanterns with the officials, only those with a minimum rank of five civil servants are eligible.
When they have reached this stage, promotion cannot be decided directly by the officials, but needs to be reported to the officials for review.
When an official position is vacant, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will give out several candidates and report them to the official, who will select one from them.
The competition at this time is who the officials have an impression of.
The official composed a poem, which sounded pretty good and was praised by the official.
Seeing this, the others were inspired and rushed to write poems and lyrics.
Zhao Xing listened for a while and lost interest. These people obviously came prepared and did not do it on the spot at all.
"Father, I would like to visit my mother." Zhao Xing turned his head and whispered.
"Go ahead." The official nodded after hearing this.
Zhao Xing stood up and bowed, and then, accompanied by Sanshui and others, went to the direction of the female family members on the right.
Compared to men, women are much more relaxed.
The ladies sitting next to each other were talking in groups. To the left and right of Empress Cao sat Concubine Rong and Concubine Zhu, Zhao Xing's biological mother. At this time, they were smiling and talking to the one in front of them who was looking at a seven or eight-year-old child. The girl is talking about something.
Seeing Zhao Xing coming over, the concubines who were chatting stood up and saluted. It was a little noisy at first, but slowly became quiet.
When Empress Cao saw Zhao Xing, she smiled and waved: "Fu'er, come here quickly."
"I have seen the Queen Mother, the Concubine Mother, and the Concubine Rong." Zhao Xing Salute.
"No need to be polite, come to the queen mother." Empress Cao said with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhao Xing stepped forward, stopped next to the little girl, and said with a smile: "My son felt a little bored over there, so he came to stay with his mother and concubine."
"Haha, we were just doing this. Speaking of you."
Empress Cao smiled, pointed at the little girl and said, "This is the daughter of the British Duke."
Zhang Guifen bowed and said, "I've seen her before. Your Highness.”
“Miss Zhang, please excuse me.”
Zhao Xing stretched out his hand to give him some support and looked at Zhang Guifen.
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