(XX website www.xxx.***)(XX website www.xxx.***)(XX website www.xxx.***)## After that, Wu Zhi stayed behind closed doors for several days and saw no one. Even the Concubine Wang came in person, he was rejected and returned in dismay. During these days, Jinlian and other women tried to comfort each other. In fact, Wu Zhi did not pretend to behave, but he thought of Zhao Ji's feeling really uncomfortable, and he couldn't stand the attitude of some ministers in the court. These people seemed to have forgotten the previous emperor immediately and began to work hard to occupy a place when the court reshuffles, in order to be reused in front of the new emperor.

A few days later, the new emperor summoned all his ministers to discuss the change of the era, and Wu Zhi went to the Golden Palace for the first time.

On May 16, the seventh year of Chongning, the new emperor changed the reign name to "Xuanhe". This reign name was proposed by Wu Zhi. After Xu General quoted the classics and discussed by the Secretariat, no one expected that the noble king would also have a careful understanding of the reign name, especially Cai Jing, Xu General and others who knew Wu Zhi quite well. They looked at Wu Zhi strangely.

Wu Zhi just remembered that the Liangshan uprising was during the Xuanhe period, so he mentioned it casually, but he didn't want to make it true in a confused way, which was unexpected.

In May of the first year of Xuanhe, Hebei withdrew the General Secretary and established the Left-behind Office. Zong Ze was the governor of Peking Prefecture, Beijing was the governor of Lanzhou, and was responsible for the position of the General Secretary of the Lanhui Road of Juxihe. Since then, the two generals of Zongze, Hebei, the northwest, and the south finally took the stage. In order to appease Cai Jing, the Queen Mother of the Queen Mother probably also balanced Wu Zhi's strength. As a compromise, Liang Zhongshu was moved to the Minister of the Secretariat and became one of the auxiliary ministers.

On this day, the sun was scorching like fire and the sky was vast. On the bluestone square of the east courtyard of the Guiwang Mansion, hundreds of beautiful girls were wearing what they thought were the most beautiful clothes, like butterflies, showing their beauty with all their hearts. Their faces were either excited, uneasy, or curious. Although they dared not whisper, their eyes couldn't help but look around and look around. Is this the place that has made them dream of for half a year? After layers of selection, they finally walked into the Guiwang Mansion. However, the real competition has just begun, and most of them will return home in disgrace.

Looking at the palace dresses of the women who were walking in front of the square, he was Shang Yi, the noble palace who controlled their destiny. He was their future immediate boss.

Xing'er paced back and forth, looking at the awe and pleasing in the eyes of these girls in the square, and felt a sense of satisfaction. Isn't she the best?

As the land of the princess increased, the number of palace maids gradually increased, and it had reached nearly 200. Wu Zhi could only adopt the royal ancestral system and set up female officials in the palace maids. This would be convenient for managing the increasingly large harem. However, for convenience, Wu Zhi only set up six sects of palace, ritual, ward, food, sleep, and merit. The six sects were divided into female officials, called Shanggong, Shangyi, Shangfu, Shangfu, Shang food, sleep, and merit. Another palace chief was set up, and the precepts were ordered to punish.

The seven female officials were all seventh-rank, and the candidates were decided by several princesses. Gong Zhengyou had been working hard in Tokyo to manage the royal palace, and Xing'er was entrusted with Shangyi because of his friendship with Zhu'er, and the other female officials were also selected among the unscathed palace maids, all of whom were capable women.

The princesses will not participate in the selection of palace maids. Finally, they handed over to Xing'er, Shang Yi, who held the chicken feathers as an arrow, so naturally they had to show off their power.

"I'll ask you. Do you know what is the most important thing in your palace?" Xing'er shouted loudly. There are no tweeters in this era. It's really hard for hundreds of people in the square to hear her delicate voice.

Girls, look at me, and I look at you, but I don’t know how to answer.

"The most important thing is loyalty, loyalty to the noble king, and loyalty to all princesses! You just need to know that even if the prince and princess want our heads, it is for our own good!" Xing'er shouted loudly, feeling regretful, why didn't the princes pass by?

The girls looked at each other and couldn't speak. These girls were only fourteen or five years old, and some were even younger. Their hometowns were not strict in this era and developed early. It was not uncommon to falsely report their age and be selected into the palace. In their hearts, it was a great honor to enter the noble palace, but they didn't want Sister Shangyi to talk to him all the time, which made most of these girls uneasy, not knowing whether it was a palace maid or a dead soldier.

Xing'er then began to talk about the various rules of the royal palace. These girls would be assigned to the Liudiansi to learn various etiquettes. A month later, the dumplings would be left behind, and the rest of the country sent their money to return to their hometown.

Xing'er was as beautiful as her hands and feet talked. A guard came in from the garden gate and stood there from a distance. Xing'er caught a glimpse of it and waved her hand to signal the next step. The palace maid behind her went to measure the size of the girl, walked to the guard himself and asked, "Is there anything wrong with the guard?"

The guard nodded slightly: "Miss Xing'er, is there a girl named Xiaoqing among these palace maids?"

Xing'er said, "I don't know, I'll go check the list." He walked to the table in front of the square, picked up the list and looked through it, and looked through it from beginning to end. There was indeed a girl named Li Xiaoqing inside. He turned around and talked to the guards. The guard sighed, Xing'er smiled and said, "Brother Guard knows Miss Xiaoqing? She is from Shaowu, Jiangnan. Has the eldest brother been to Jiangnan?"

The guard shook his head and said, "Of course Jiangnan has been there, I have accompanied the prince, but I don't know this girl?"

Xing'er said, "Then how do you know her name?"

Jiwei sighed: "Forget it, I'll ask Miss Xing'er to make an idea about this matter. Just now, a young man from outside the mansion said he was from Shaowu, Jiangnan, and called him Li Gang. He came to find his sister and was clamoring outside. After being hit by more than a dozen sticks, he still refused to leave in front of the mansion."

Xing'er even more strange: "Don't he know that his sister is choosing a palace maid? How dare he talk about it at this time? It's so desperate!"

The guard said helplessly: "We told him too, who knows what he said would rather not win the imperial examination than sell his sister. He is thin and he will be afraid of killing someone if he hits a few more sticks!"

Xing'er was furious: "I'm going to be rebellious, and he can say this. If he says this, will the choice of palace maids in our mansion be a human trafficking? According to me, such people should be beaten, and if they die, they should be despicable..." Seeing that the guards looked embarrassed, he said: "If you arrest them and send them to the official position, you will be sent to Kaifeng Prefecture for punishment!"

As she spoke, Xing'er turned around angrily. She shouted to the girls in the square: "Who is Li Xiaoqing!" After shouting a few times, a little girl slowly raised her hand and said timidly: "I am..."

"You come out!" Xing'er said angrily.

Seeing Xing'er's face was not kind, the girls were so scared that they closed their mouths. They also stopped and retreated to the side with the soft ruler.

"I'll ask you! What's going on with your brother? Why are you making noise outside? The reputation of the noble palace?" Xiaoqing just walked out of the crowd, but Xing'er pointed at her nose and cursed her. She lowered her head with a pale face. She dared not say anything.

"What do I ask you? What's going on? Selling your sister? Are you here to sell your land? Why don't you talk? Are you mute?" Xing'er saw that she didn't say anything, and the more she spoke, the more angry she became.

"I...my brother is okay?" Xiaoqing raised her head and asked in a low voice, full of worry on her face.

"Now I still have the heart to ask your brother?" Xing'er shook her head in anger, "Forget it, you'd better go back to Jiangnan with your brother. Our mansion can't afford to raise people like you! Before we even entered the mansion, we'll cause a lot of trouble. We'll have to rush into the mansion tomorrow. Maybe we'll cause some trouble!"

Xiaoqing's face turned pale, Xing'er waved her hand and signaled the palace maid to drive Xiaoqing out. Xiaoqing was anxious and knelt down on the ground, saying repeatedly: "Shang Yi is kind, Xiaoqing can't leave..." The palace maid dragged her, Xiaoqing cried, and she was in chaos. The guards who came to deliver the letter shook their heads repeatedly.

"Sister Xing'er, what are you doing?" Sui said, a pretty woman walked in outside the garden, wearing a tender green skirt. She looked at the noisy people with big eyes curiously.

"Ah, the princess... Xing'er immediately changed Fu's face and went over to salute. The girl heard that it was the noble princess, and they all knelt down. But her eyes were curious and secretly looking at her, wanting to see what the noble princess looked like.

"Sister Xing'er, you... get up quickly..." It was Zhu'er. Although Wu Zhi recently asked an order to enthrone her as her concubine, she really did not have the awareness of becoming a princess. Seeing the people kneeling all over the yard, she was a little helpless.

Xing'er was pulled up by Zhu'er and smiled and said, "Why did the Empress come to the front yard?"

"I want to buy some things for the master, but... but the palace maid and the guards insisted on following him, making Zhu'er not want to go out!" Zhu'er said with a frown.

"The Empress's current identity is different. Of course, she has to talk about some pomp, otherwise the prince will be embarrassed..." Xing'er advised with a smile.

Zhu'er sighed, looked at Xiaoqing who was kneeling there and shed tears, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xing'er hurriedly told the story with great energy. Zhu'er was the softest. Seeing Xiaoqing crying, she sighed and said, "Don't cry, what's wrong with selling her sister?"

Xiaoqing hesitated and refused to answer. The guard next to him kindly said, "The princess asked, why don't he come to the truth? The princess is the best-in-law and can't say she will spare you!"

Xiaoqing looked at the guard gratefully, kowtowed to Zhu'er, and whispered: "The brother of the civilian girl devoted himself to taking a break from school and preparing for the next year's imperial examination. However... But after his father passed away, the family life was really hard, and he only relied on borrowing food to make a living. Brother... stopped studying for a livelihood and went to do some small business every day to support his family... The private girl was worried that she would waste her brother's studies, so she could choose the underground palace maid of the royal palace... Yes..." She didn't dare to continue talking about this.

Zhu'er was also from a miserable life. When she heard Xiaoqing's words, she felt a little sad when she remembered her past days.

"It doesn't matter if his brother is right?" Zhu'er turned around and asked the guards. The guards nodded quickly and said, "It doesn't matter, it's just some skin injuries."

"Then I'll pay some silver coins from the mansion. Is it enough? Is it enough to use the money for medicine to send his brothers and sisters back to their hometown..." Zhu'er said that she didn't know if her idea was right, so she looked around and only Xing'er was next to her and asked Xing'er, "Sister Xing'er, have you said it?"

Xing'er nodded repeatedly: "The Empress's words are orders, how can you succeed..." She turned to Xiaoqing and said loudly: "It's a good deal! Thank you very much!"

Xiaoqing was stunned when she heard this, and she gave her 50 stagnant money to the soup and medicine. This was enough for her brother and sister to spend the imperial examination next year. She immediately understood that the princess meant the same thing. She was shocked for a moment. She had been worried for half a year and could solve it easily?

"What are you doing while standing there? Why don't you kowtow and thank the Empress?" Xing'er was so angry. Why didn't all these palace maids have the cleverness of her own?

"Xie Princess, Xie Princess..." Xiaoqing kowtowed repeatedly.

Zhu'er hurried over and pulled her up. The little girl was so pitiful. She looked like she was about the same age as she had met the master. Zhu'er held Xiaoqing's hand and smiled and said, "It's better to return home with your brother quickly."

Xiaoqing felt the warmth in Zhu'er's hands, and was choked and unable to speak.

The girls in the square looked at Xiaoqing enviously. You felt even more complaining, why didn’t he have a brother to make a fuss? Maybe he was pulled by the princess, which would be a blessing for several lifetimes.

"Xiaoqing cannot leave, Xiaoqing wants to stay and make a cow and horse for the Empress to repay the Empress's kindness!" Xiaoqing lowered her head and said in a low voice but firm manner.

Zhu'er was amused. It was so similar to her back then. She remembered that she thought she was a wife now. She was spoiled and loved by the master, and her heart was extremely warm. "It would be better to take care of your brother. Since he was studying hard, it was always bad that he had no one to serve around him." Zhu'er comforted Xiaoqing softly.

"This..." Xiaoqing also hesitated.

"Sister Xing'er, be busy, I'm going to buy things for the master!" Looking at the sky, Zhu'er exclaimed, and no longer cared about the affairs of the yard, she ran out in a panic. Seeing Xing'er made Xing'er laugh. She became a princess, but her temperament has not changed at all. But isn't this the place she likes Zhu'er the most? Xing'er still treats Zhu'er as her sister in her heart.

Turning back to see the girl in the yard looking at the direction where Zhu'er disappeared, everyone's faces were surprised and shocked. Xing'er smiled disdainfully. What's so strange about this? If you saw the style of Concubine Ye, would you scream in fear? When you see the "etiquette" of the prince and several princesses again, your eyes will not fall off?

"Let's go, I'll take you to the account!" Xing'er didn't care that Xiaoqing was still hesitating, and had already pulled her up and headed straight to the account of the palace...

Li Gang, who was outside the palace, saw his sister coming out, and felt a lot of joy and sorrow. When he heard that the noble princess gave him 50 stags of money, he sent his sister out to return home with him. Li Gangteng stood up, looked at the plaque of the noble princess for a while, and took his sister's hand and left.

Wu Zhi naturally didn't know these episodes, and he didn't know that he had a big help in the future. At this time, he was looking at the special report sent by Lu Cheng. In the past few years, Wu Zhi has reintegrated his power, and the strategic significance of Wujiazhuang is no longer there. However, the training of Zhuangke Township soldiers has not stopped for a day. Wu Zhi firmly believes that the imperial guards have the use of imperial guards, and the Zhuang soldiers have the value of Zhuang soldiers. Sometimes the rural troops can do things that the imperial guards cannot or cannot do.

The rippy network has developed rapidly over the years. Without the huge red-yu black hole of Wujiazhuang, Wuzhi's silver and money are rolling, and Long Wu is also rich in money. All the rippy areas are all inclined. Now when it comes to Wuzhi's silver and money, he himself can't invite much. Wang Jin's annual income from private goods transactions is astronomical, let alone Wujiazhuang's "Shenxian Tea". When trading with several countries, Wuzhi only collected gold and silver exchange. If Wuzhi stored gold and silver in recent years, it would be much more reserved than some small countries' treasury.

"Old Wu, come and analyze this information, and my head hurts a little!" Wu Zhi pushed the thick mule paper in front of Wu Yong and rubbed his temples with a slight pain. With the improvement of the intelligence networks in various places, the amount of information has increased greatly. It is no longer an era when Wu Zhi can easily handle it while drinking tea and tasting snacks alone.

Wu Yong picked up the paper with a sad face. It was not easy to find some useful pieces of information from this vast sea of ​​information.

Wu Zhi sighed. It seemed that it was time to find some helpers with outstanding analytical skills. However, the matter of the ruffian Internet can be said to be extremely confidential, second only to the secret of Shenxian Tea. It is hard to find a loyal and capable subordinate.

Just as he was thinking about it, the guards outside the study knocked on the door gently, "Prince, the Empress Dowager summoned you to the palace to discuss matters." Wu Zhi responded and smiled at Wu Yong and said, "Sir, sit down, don't hurry, work hard..." Wu Yong was speechless for a while, and could only send him off to the prince.

Concubine Wang met Wu Zhi in Qinxin Garden. Concubine Wang in the pavilion was elegant and luxurious, and inviolable. Thinking of the pitifulness she cried with her that day, Wu Zhi could only smile bitterly in his heart.

"Second brother, come and sit here!" Seeing Wu Zhi's affectionate greeting, Concubine Wang pointed at the soft pier opposite him and signaled Wu Zhi to sit here.

Wu Zhi bowed slightly: "Great health of the Queen Mother!"

Concubine Wang was stunned for a moment, then waved her hand and smiled, "What's wrong with the second brother? I still like my second brother to call me the emperor's sister-in-law, so that I can be intimate. Come and sit down!" The palace maids on both sides offered tea and fruits without waiting for Concubine Wang's orders, quietly retreated.

"Where is Yuanyuan?" Wu Zhi sat down and looked around. The little guy was not here.

"Did the second uncle want to be Yuanyuan?" When Wu Zhi asked about his precious daughter, Concubine Wang smiled happily.

Wu Zhi nodded with a smile. In fact, he was just a little strange. Yuanyuan was always present when he saw Concubine Wang these days, and it was a bit unfamiliar to him if he didn't see him today.

"I told my second brother about some serious matters today, so I didn't call Yuanyuan over." Concubine Wang hurriedly explained.

"My sister-in-law, please tell me if you have something to do, I will listen carefully!" Wu Zhi bowed slightly.

Concubine Wang sighed: "As soon as the emperor left, the second brother was separated from me..." When she mentioned the emperor, her eyes were slightly red, and she took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the corners of her eyes.

Wu Zhi sighed in his heart, "The emperor's sister-in-law doesn't have to be too sad, and the emperor's brother doesn't want to be sad all day long when he sees the emperor's sister-in-law. Now the emperor's sister-in-law is the queen mother and is in charge of the welfare of millions of people in the Song Dynasty. She also needs to take care of herself!"

Concubine Wang nodded slightly, "I know these... but... but how can I control so much as a weak woman? Let's talk about the past few days... My brother wanted to go back to the capital... When Wu Zhi was confused, he explained: "The second brother has also seen him. He has been the governor under his second brother..."

Wu Zhi felt aware that it turned out that he was Li Zhizhou who was beaten by Qiqiao.

The Concubine Wang saw Wu Zhi nodding and signaled that she was listening, and then said, "Who knows... Who knows that the Secretariat just can't discuss it? I heard... I heard that the Taishi agreed, but the Taishi refused..." The Taishi naturally refers to Cai Jing, and the Taishi was General Xu.

Wu Zhi sighed in his heart, "Don't blame the emperor for saying that Concubine Wang has no mother's power in the world, but this is true. He has become the queen mother and is still as careful as before when doing things, and he wants to carry the Li family on the table. Even if you really want to, you don't have to be so anxious, right?" This is what the ministers think of you.

Wu Zhi was displeased and frowned, and he felt a little annoyed. He gave Concubine Wang to the throne of the empress dowager, but what the emperor thought of was Concubine Wang and Concubine Zheng. If Concubine Zheng became the empress dowager, she would rely entirely on Cai Jing, which was probably even more trouble. Although Concubine Wang was too selfish, she would not be too close to Cai Jing in the end. Women were small-minded, especially Concubine Wang, who had no talent and strategy, who was even smaller. She still was still worried about Cai Jing's initial recommendation of Concubine Zheng. Although Cai Jing showed kindness during these days, Concubine Wang always had a knot in her heart.

Seeing Wu Zhi frowned and thoughtful, Concubine Wang didn't disturb her, she picked up the tea and sipped her mouth. She was still very grateful to Wu Zhi. If it weren't for Wu Zhi, Concubine Zheng would have been very unbearable for her life. Looking at Concubine Zheng now, she would know that the new emperor did not like it. The empress dowager was thorny in her eyes. Apart from the few intimate palace maids and eunuchs around her, others would hide aside early, and she no longer looked domineering in the past. She was in panic all day long.

"Imperial Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I want to ask the Imperial Sister-in-law, do I want to ask the Imperial Sister-in-law to have a great life for generations and the people will be happy. Or do I want the Imperial clan to be powerful and enjoy the glory forever?" Wu Zhi stared at Concubine Wang and asked.

Concubine Wang was stunned. Unexpectedly, Wu Zhi would ask so directly, slowly put down the cup in his hand, and his face became a little embarrassed.

Wu Zhi sighed: "Imperial Sister-in-law, I don't know how to speak very well. What the emperor's favorite thing at the time was that I speak straightforwardly. Don't blame me for offending my elder sister-in-law. Let's talk to my elder sister-in-law in my heart. The emperor's honor now is the best in the world, and the world should be the most important in his actions. As for small matters such as the elder sister-in-law's elder brother, it is not worth the emperor's sister-in-law's worries. If you want to worry, you should imitate Empress Dowager Gao of the previous generation, and put state affairs first in everything. You should imitate them to avoid the power of the relatives and prevent the power of the relatives..."
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