On that day, not only Meng and Di were left in the two palaces.

She also took advantage of the opportunity to accept a dozen daughters from different relatives and noble families.

Of course, these people are not treated as well as Meng and Di.

Not only can they not enter the palace immediately.

Instead, he had to wait until the Holy Day of the Queen Mother to enter the palace.

And her identity is not that of the adopted daughter of the two palaces.

She can only be regarded as a female official. The status she was given for the first time is not a royal decree. She can only enter the palace as a palace servant.

The so-called palace people are a collective term for all unworthy female officials.

It was first given the name Zixiapi and started grinding and surveying. From Zixiapi to Hongxiapi, it was then divided into multiple transfer grinding and surveying routes.

But all routes ultimately lead to the same goal: to get close to the emperor, be intimate with the emperor, and then gain the emperor's favor.

Looks humble?

No!

In fact, this is a privilege that belongs to the daughter of a foreign relative, a noble scholar, or a minister.

Even if the daughters of common people were chosen to be in the palace, they could only be maids-in-waiting and do the most arduous and hard work in the palace. It was almost impossible for them to get close to the emperor or empress.

After these purple clouds enter the palace, they will be assigned to Qingshou Palace, Baoci Palace and even serve around Zhao Xu.

You don't have to do those rough things.

The cost of dressing is no worse than at home.

Even if she cannot become the emperor's concubine in the end, she can still get a royal title by serving the emperor and the empress, and even gain power in the inner court, becoming a high-ranking female official comparable to those big Diao Dang.

This is feudal society!

There are walls between people.

Class is everywhere! Superiority and inferiority are clearly distinguished by the system and etiquette.

As Meng and Di were granted titles, Wen Xunniang was also promoted.

The next day, the Empress Dowager personally issued an order and officially awarded Wen Xunniang a rank - Jiupin Sizheng, which was a female official position first established in the Sui Dynasty. According to the "Tian Sheng Nei Ming Women's Rank Order",

Master the rules of the female officials, including juju, punishment, etc.

Of course, this is just a nominal job.

But Wen Xunniang also gained the privilege of officially approaching Zhao Xu and serving him.

Therefore, Wen Xunniang needs to write a gratitude list to thank God for his great kindness.

Considering that she is too young now to write a thank you note by herself.

Therefore, Zhao Xu appointed Lin Dan, a member of Zhongshushe, to write it on his behalf.

Lin Dan readily accepted the task and started writing immediately.

In the afternoon of that day, Wen Xunniang took these three written letters of thanks to Qingshou Palace, Baoci Palace and Funing Palace respectively to express her gratitude.

When she arrived at Funing Hall, it was already evening.

Zhao Xu looked at the form of gratitude respectfully presented by Wen Xunniang, nodded slightly, and said: "Lin Bodhisattva's writing is indeed brilliant, and he is worthy of the reputation of being a Buddhist among thousands of people in the bookstore!"

Zhongshu Sheren, in the official circles of the Song Dynasty, had a common name: One Buddha was born, so many low-level officials privately referred to him as "Bodhisattva".

This is because Zhongshu Sheren is the ci official who specializes in writing the edicts of these people.

According to tradition, unless there is direct instruction from the emperor, under normal circumstances, Zhongshu Sheren will most likely praise the other party's political achievements in official orders.

What is this if not a Bodhisattva?

Putting down the thank you note, Zhao Xu looked at Wen Xunniang, who was kneeling in the hall, and said: "Master Wen is calling for you!"

Wen Xunniang paid her respects again: "I, my concubine, will continue to thank the officials for their kindness. I will work hard and sleep well at night to serve the officials and not make any mistakes."

"Good!" Zhao Xu nodded. He knew that he had to give Wen Yanbo a little sweetness.

Make him more motivated and motivated.

So, Zhao Xu said: "From now on, Sizheng can come to Funing Palace every day to sort out Donghe Zazi for me, and be responsible for some royal kitchen affairs together with Feng Jing."

Wen Xunniang lowered her head and said, "I, my concubine, would like to follow the sound of virtue."

…

The news from the palace naturally reached Wen Yanbo's ears very quickly.

After hearing the news, the old master was extremely happy.

My waist is no longer sore and my legs are no longer painful.

He immediately ordered people to give a lot of treasure money to the person who came to report the news - all of them were given by the late emperor, almost a dozen taels.

Because it was a gift from the emperor, it was beautifully made and the number of mints was very rare.

Therefore, the value is higher than that of silver ingots of the same weight.

After sending away the people in the palace, Wen Yanbo immediately called his son Wen Jifu in front of him and ordered: "Immediately take five hundred Guan Jiaozi to the home of Lin Dan, the scholar in Zhongshushe, and bring these five hundred Guan Jiaozi, if you give it to Shiren, it’s like thanking Shiren for polishing Thirteen Niang’s pen today.”

Wen Jifu was shocked.

"Five hundred strings?!"

Not to mention, nowadays there is no longer any bad tradition of polishing one’s pen.

Even if there were, according to the old rule, the number of people in Shushe who polished the pens would only be 100 pens.

Five hundred guan is too much, right?

And even if he dared to give it away, would Lin Dan dare to accept it?

This is five hundred strings!

But before Wen Jifu had time to express his opinion, Wen Yanbo had already looked at him fiercely: "Go if I tell you!"

Young people are simple-minded.

Is this a polish?

He is a great master, and he needs to give money to a junior to express his gratitude?

However, Lin Dan was personally assigned by the officials to write a thank-you note to Shisanniang.

Will officials randomly appoint an irrelevant person?

Will not.

At least, according to Wen Yanbo's observation, that petty official never makes mistakes without aim.

So, he must have his own thoughts when doing this.

Therefore, where is Wen Yanbo sending money to Lin Dan?

This is just helping the officials beat the drum!

At the same time, five hundred guan is not given casually.

After all, he had been an official for decades and although he had accumulated a lot of property, his money did not come from strong winds.

The five hundred guan is a message to the palace - please rest assured, the officials will definitely get the 5 million guan even if they sell iron.

The worst thing is, I'll give up this old face and go borrow it.

Feng Jing, Han Wei, Han Jiang, Han Zhen...

The old friends gathered together, but it was no longer possible to find juniors like Fu Shaoting and Han Zhongyan to fight against the autumn wind.

Wen Yanbo felt like he could scrape together five million dollars.

There was nothing he could do.

The competition in the palace is becoming more and more fierce. If you don't spend a lot of money, you may lose everything.

The only thing I can do is to put my old face aside and borrow everything I can.

"Maybe five million dollars may not be safe!" the old master thought in his heart.

"For the sake of my children and grandchildren, I'm afraid I have to think carefully about how to make money."

Originally, he had already given up.

Many of the transactions at home have been closed.

But there is no way now!

The daughter of the Meng family and the daughter of the Di family are coming fiercely.

In the future, I still don’t know what charming bitches will appear in front of the officials.

The only thing we can do is to raise as much money as possible to a level that the officials cannot refuse.

"I seem to have heard that... Gao Zunhui has a business in Guangxi, which sounds quite profitable."

"In addition, Gao Gongji and Xiang Zonghui seem to be building a large industry on Xihe Road. I heard that it is also a profitable business."

"I have to think of a way to blend in."

The old master was thinking in his heart.

There is nothing he can do!

Wen Jifu and Wen Yiqing, these two stupid sons, are not officials.

Wen Zongdao couldn't even lie down, his head was full of mud.

He did not pave the way for his descendants while he was still alive and influential.

When he kicks off his legs, the Wen family will probably be in a raging fire.

…
To be continued...