After spending the night in Qiankun Palace, Wang Ni found that everyone looked at him differently.

There is disgust, coveting, scrutiny, and even envy, but there is no previous admiration and appreciation.

Wang Ni could guess what they were thinking, because he felt that he was blessed by His Majesty the Emperor, and he would soon rise to the sky in one step, becoming a nine-thousand-year-old concubine, and even entering the harem to be a concubine is not impossible of.

But Wang Ni knew in his heart that things were not what everyone thought.

That night, he didn't even see anyone around the emperor, let alone the emperor himself. He just stayed in the Qiankun Palace for one night, and then he was sent out of the palace. During this period, no one even gave him an explanation. .

But even if such a thing was told, who would believe it?

Even if he believed it, what good would it do him?

Wang Ni didn't know why His Majesty the Emperor wanted to keep him in the palace, but no matter how he thought about it, it couldn't be for no reason.

Maybe His Majesty the Emperor originally wanted to be lucky with him, but changed his mind temporarily; maybe His Majesty the Emperor wanted to arrange something for him that he didn't want to be known, but finally chose someone else.

And he, as a courtier, no matter if he was relieved or disappointed, he could only act calmly, keep his mouth shut, and let others ridicule and doubt him, so as not to make His Majesty feel that he couldn't bear the secret and was not worthy of reuse.

Wang Ni didn't even tell the Wang family the truth, allowing them to speculate wildly like outsiders.

The grandmother who had been secretly nurturing him was calm and calm, neither urging him to do anything, nor asking him if he had done anything.

After that night, Wang Ni has been waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to summon him again.

However, it did not.

Apart from being isolated by his colleagues in the attendant room, Wang Ni did not wait for any changes.

Fortunately, during that period of time, the attention of the courtiers was all focused on the riots on New Year's Eve, and most of the attendants were eunuchs and maids of honor. Even if some rumors arose, they would not spread quickly outside the palace.

It wasn't until His Majesty's birthday passed, and the imperial concubine Ouyang left the capital again, that the officials outside the attendant room noticed the fact that Wang Ni had been staying in the Qiankun Palace because they were looking for the reason behind it.

Then, although the emperor's husband left the capital in the name of supervising the construction of the mausoleum for His Majesty, when he left, His Majesty personally went out of the city to see him off, and he reluctantly returned until it was approaching night. The cause of the matter was attributed to Wang Ni, who believed that His Majesty liked the new and disliked the old, so in order to prevent the new love from being bullied by the old love, he sent the old love away in the name of supervising the construction of the imperial mausoleum.

In fact, there is another theory. People who insist on this theory believe that Jiuqian was sent out of the capital because he was involved in the riot on New Year's Eve.

Wang Ni, who knew part of the truth, felt that this statement might be more true. After all, everyone knew about the bad relationship between Duke Qin’s government and Nine Thousand Years, who were nearly wiped out during the New Year’s Eve riots. Before the New Year’s Eve riots, the Northwest In the border town, a case of massacre of merchants by the garrison once broke out.

Although this incident was finally brought to an end under the influence of the riots on New Year's Eve, and the Northwest generals had only received a few mild reprimands, the mastermind of this incident was Song Gong, the second son of Duke Qin, and Jiu Qiansui's subordinates A caravan from China was also wiped out in this incident and suffered heavy losses.

Many people don't know that on the same night as the New Year's Eve riots, similar riots also occurred in the northwest border town. Song Gong, who was supposed to go back to Beijing for trial, had a strange intersection with other Song family members. Way, died unexpectedly.

Anyone with a little brain will inevitably associate the two things together, giving birth to the guess that someone used the riot to take revenge on the Song family.

Of course, this incident may not be the work of Nine Thousand Years.

Which businessman who dares to do business in a chaotic place like the border has no backer?Nine Thousand Years was only exposed by chance, maybe there are other unknown people whose financial resources were ruined by Song Gong, but he held back and secretly arranged the riot on New Year's Eve,

With Wang Ni's current position, he can't get in touch with the core of these inside stories, but he just eavesdrops on the discussions of people around him, and then secretly guesses.

What is the truth, Wang Ni also does not know.

But Wang Ni has long since lost interest in the truth about New Year's Eve. He only hopes that Nine Thousand Years is really rejected by His Majesty the Emperor, and he...

You can take advantage of the opportunity.

Up to now, the name of Ning Xing has already been memorized, it is better to sit on the name, in exchange for His Majesty's favor and pity, and forge his own road to Qingyun.

However, Wang Ni waited and waited, but couldn't wait for His Majesty the Emperor to summon him.

At this time, the appointment document, which had been delayed for several months, was issued.

Normally, after the [-]th day of the first lunar month, when all the yamen reopened to serve as directors, the newly recruited Jinshi would also finish their probation, get the official appointment documents, and either stay in the capital or go to other places.

But this year's New Year's Eve caused a big disturbance. Although His Majesty announced the result on the third day of the first lunar month, the result was only used to appease the people. In the court, there was such a big event and so many officials died. How can it be settled so easily?

Even though the adults in the court have reached a consensus that this matter must be reduced to a minor one, and it must not continue to deteriorate or expand. The various yamen in the capital still have to conduct self-examination and self-examination to screen out scapegoats. Lamb, elect another example of incorruptibility...

In this way, it was busy until the end of February.

Affected by this incident, the whereabouts of Wang Ni, a group of new scholars, was also put aside, and it was not until mid-March that a final decision was finally made.

To Wang Ni's disappointment, he couldn't stay in the attendant's room.

Of the three Jinshi trainees in the attendants' room, only the one whose name he didn't remember and only knew his surname Xie stayed. Ou Kui went to the Ministry of Officials, but he was assigned to the Ministry of Punishment.

Wang Ni couldn't figure out why he was assigned to the Ministry of Punishment.

Among the six yamen, the Ministry of Punishment is the most difficult to do. It is difficult to do well, and it is troublesome to do badly. Except for the reputation of Master Qingtian, it can hardly get any practical benefits. Promotion is much more difficult than other yamen.

Zhu Bian, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, is such a eccentric and hard-to-serve guy. When working under him, he has to worry about it every day. Once something goes wrong and he finds out, he will probably be sent home by him. official career.

However, no matter how dissatisfied, Wang Ni did not dare to disobey the will and give up his official position.

The days in the Ministry of Punishment are far from as relaxed as in the attendant's room, and colleagues in the Ministry of Punishment are not as cautious in words and deeds as colleagues in the palace.

More importantly, most of the attendants are eunuchs and court ladies, no matter how much they are trusted by His Majesty the Emperor, they will not be able to receive official positions. In terms of status, they are naturally inferior to Jinshi like them, even if they look down on them in their hearts. , It will not be revealed on the surface, but it is just a few words behind the scenes.

But in the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, a newcomer like Wang Ni is at the bottom. Even the old officials in the yamen dare to reprimand them a few words, and other officials can say whatever they want, and don't put him, a Tanhualang, at all. In his eyes, he was even less afraid of his superior queen cousin.

"The empress is not close to the ancestral family, who doesn't know?"

"If you can speak in front of the empress, how can you end up in our place?"

"It's just a traitorous son who is not even as good as my little mother raised, so why are you so arrogant!"

Those who can secure official positions in the Ministry of Punishment are all sharp-eyed old criminal names, and those who are quick-talking have pierced the tiger skin that Wang Ni wanted to wear on his body.

Wang Ni could not refute.

When he was still working in the attendant's room, Wang Ni tried to ask the palace servants to pass on a message, wanting to get close to his cousin, but the cousin refused to let him in, and ignored him, and even refused to admit him. He is his cousin who is related to him.

He tried to complain about this to his grandmother, but the grandmother told him not to have illusions about the empress in the palace.

Obviously, the relationship between the cousin and the grandmother was even worse, and she almost broke her face.

But Wang Ni didn't want to endure it any longer.

He has endured three years in the Wang family, and another three months in the palace. Now, he just wants to seize the opportunity and make his way to the top so that no one dares to bully him anymore.

Returning home that day, Wang Ni finally told his biological mother Liu Shi that he was not lucky enough to be visited by the emperor.

After hearing what he said, Mrs. Liu was not surprised at all, she just laughed mockingly, "If you are really blessed by His Majesty, can you walk into the Wang's house by yourself the next day? It's because of your extraordinary talent that you didn't get carried back!"

Wang Ni didn't understand Liu Shi's meaning, he just thought it was not a good word, and couldn't help blushing, but then, he thought, if his biological mother could see through this matter, how could his grandmother Mrs. Wang not be able to see it.

That grandmother, don't necessarily laugh at him so much!

The more Wang Ni thought about it, the more depressed she became.

But the birth mother, Mrs. Liu, refused to let Wang Ni waste time on meaningless depression, and soon forced Wang Ni to list the emperor's confidantes he knew, and then pointed out Gao Ming, the governor of the imperial guard, and asked him Try to make friends with this person.

"If your majesty really has the heart to hunt for beauty, this person is your best ladder." Liu told Wang Ni, "If you have climbed up to him but still haven't seen your majesty, then you can only say that this person is rumored Things are unreliable! You, you should concentrate on being an official!"

Wang Ni was dubious about what his biological mother said.

But at this moment, he has no better way, and he doesn't want to go to his grandmother for help, so he can only follow the instructions of his biological mother Liu for the time being.

Climbing to a high reputation is not an easy task.

If it had been two months earlier, when Wang Ni was still in the attendant's room, he might have had the opportunity to recommend himself in front of Governor Gao.But now, after leaving the palace, he can only do odd jobs in the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, but it is not easy for him to even meet Gao Ming.

Wang Ni has no private property, so the way of bribery will not work.

After thinking about it, Wang Ni suddenly remembered that he had heard someone in the palace say that Gao Ming had a nephew who also worked in the Ministry of Punishment.It's just that the man has a bad reputation. The reason why Gao Ming put his nephew in the Ministry of Justice is because the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Zhu Bian, will not be soft and hard. Nephew will not condone either.

However, the Ministry of Punishment is very large, with many branches under it, and the officials in it are even more difficult to count.

Wang Ni didn't know where Gao Dudu's nephew was working, and he didn't know where to find him.

More importantly, Wang Ni didn't dare to look for it blatantly, so he could only insinuate quietly, listen with his ears, and think with his heart.

Fortunately, hard work pays off. After more than a month of suffering, Wang Ni not only successfully inquired about Gao Ming's nephew named Gao Li, but also made a few "confidant friends", so that he was no longer isolated in the yamen. .

The process of getting close to Gao Li was far smoother than Wang Ni expected.

Wang Ni just seized the opportunity to show his face in front of Gao Li, and Gao Li took the initiative to chat with him.

Although Gao Li's eyes made Wang Ni very uncomfortable, gloomy, like a wolf dog who had been hungry for a long time on the street, but thinking of the goal he needed to achieve, Wang Ni gave birth to the heart of humiliation, and forcibly endured the pain he faced. Gao Li's dislike and disgust, pretending to hit it off with him.

After coming and going, the two became acquainted. Wang Ni also met some of Gao Li's friends under Gao Li's recommendation.

After the relationship was completely acquainted, Wang Ni pretended to be drunk at a banquet and complained to Gao Li that he had been stayed in the palace.

"Obviously nothing happened, but I bear the reputation of being a sycophant. It's really..." Speaking of this, Wang Ni sighed, showing a sad face.

Gao Li immediately asked questions as Wang Ni hoped.

Wang Ni told the truth about that day, and tentatively mentioned Gao Li's uncle, Gao Ming, hoping that if Gao Li had the right opportunity, he could help him ask what happened that day.

Gao Li chuckled, leaned into Wang Ni's ear, and asked in a low voice: "If His Majesty really has that kind of thought for you, how should you respond?"

"How else can I deal with it?" Wang Ni sighed again, "The king wants the minister to die, but the minister must die. Let alone life, let alone..."

"That's true." Gao Li raised the corners of his mouth, with a smile that was not a smile, but then changed his voice, "If you are worried, brother, you might as well come to my house and have a talk with my uncle in person—choosing a day is worse than hitting the sun, Tomorrow is rest, brother, why don't you go to my house to rest tonight, and you will meet my uncle tomorrow."

"Is this... suitable?" Wang Ni was overjoyed.

"What's inappropriate, after a while the banquet is over, my virtuous brother will go home with me directly!" Gao Li took Wang Ni's hands and squeezed them twice.

Wang Ni was only interested in being happy, and didn't notice Gao Li's small movements.

And Gao Li didn't push forward, so he laughed and didn't mention this matter again.

That night, Gao Li really brought Wang Ni back to Gao's house.

Wang Ni was full of joy.

When Gao Li proposed to sleep with him, Wang Ni happily agreed without thinking too much.

However, after taking off his outer shirt and lying down on the bed, Wang Ni was surprised to find that what Gao Li said about falling asleep was not just a simple sleep——

Seeing that the obscene clothes were torn, his legs were separated, and Gao Li, who had just called him a brother, showed a ferocious face like a hungry wolf, Wang Ni finally struggled in horror.

But the result of the struggle was Gao Li's slap in the face, which made Wang Ni's ears ring and his eyes turned black.

"Be honest!" Gao Li threatened viciously, "Don't you want to sleep with the emperor? My uncle will help you open a bud today and teach you how to serve the emperor!"

"No...no way!"

"What's okay, you're not the first woman to bleed! Don't tell me, I won't tell, who knows who has slept with you? Hurry up and let the uncle fuck! After serving you comfortably, the uncle will take you to meet your uncle and send you to the emperor!"

"Do not--"

Wang Ni couldn't tell what he was resisting, but felt that if he was really raped by Gao Li, it would be impossible for him to serve the emperor again.No matter how confident and well-founded Gao Li said, he still couldn't relax his body and let him abuse him.

Fortunately, Gao Li's body had already been hollowed out by alcohol, Wang Ni saw the opportunity, pushed hard, finally pushed Gao Li away from his body, took the opportunity to roll off the bed, shouted "Help", while rolling and crawling Rush towards the door.

Seeing the door in front of him, Wang Ni was about to reach out to push it, when he suddenly felt a wind blowing from the back of his head, as if something had hit him.

But Wang Ni couldn't dodge in time, only felt a sudden pain in the back of his head——

Then, there is no more.

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