Promotion Letter for the Chief Executive

24 The place where the yamen is located, although it is in the imperial city, actually belongs to the outer palace.The inner palace is the residence of the concubines and princesses. There are only female officials, nuns and court ladies serving them. Even eunuchs rarely enter the inner palace on weekdays.

The outer palace will be much looser.In places like the Imperial Dining Room, there are still private chariots and horses entering on weekdays.Of course, this does not mean that the rules are not strict, but there are many people coming and going, so it seems noisy all day long, and there is no quiet place, which is in stark contrast to the inner palace.

However, even in this outer palace, there are secluded places.

Walking along the yard where the 24 yamen works, there are several warehouses at the end, which are used to store things used in daily life.Most of the time, even people who come and go here only go here.However, after passing these warehouses, there is a patch of flowers and trees behind, and a small courtyard looms in it.Every time eunuch Ma came here, he couldn't help sighing for this method of finding tranquility amidst the turmoil.

He's here looking for someone.

24 In addition to the chief eunuch in charge of the yamen, there is also a young eunuch as his deputy, and the bell and drum division is of course no exception.But after entering the palace safely for so long, I have never seen such a person, and there are some reasons for this.

Xu Wenmei, the young supervisor of the Bell and Drum Division, also had a background in opera, just like Xiao Bailong and the others.At that time, he still had a resounding nickname called "Poppy". He was born with a beautiful appearance and a graceful figure.

However, such a big expert is not liked by the current queen mother who likes foreign dramas.There is no other reason. It is rumored that the late emperor did not like to listen to operas, but every time this Xu Wenmei appeared on stage, the late emperor would definitely listen to him, and was very obsessed with him.There were even private rumors that the late emperor had some indistinct relationship with him back then, but there was no evidence for that.

Although the Great Chu Dynasty couldn't help the south wind, it never encouraged it. Even the ministers paid special attention to this aspect, let alone the emperor in the palace.

So after this rumor spread, Xu Wenmei seldom appeared on stage to sing.The smash hit "Poppy Poppy" naturally disappeared.Most of these eunuchs think highly of themselves, and they will end up being mediocre and quiet, with a bleak end.But Xu Wenmei was different. After he stopped singing, he quickly became the apprentice of the Bell and Drum Division, and soon he was promoted to the young prison.

Originally, he might even become the eunuch in charge of the Bell and Drum Division, so there would be nothing wrong with Cao Bingwen.

But at that moment, the first emperor died suddenly.The former empress became the empress dowager. Although she had no intention of doing anything to Xu Wenmei, Xu Wenmei herself was very sensible and gave up competing for the qualification to be in charge of the eunuch. In the small courtyard, it is easy not to go out to meet people.

This incident has been going on for more than ten years now, except for some old people in the palace, most people probably don't remember such a person anymore.

Even Zhonggusi, under the influence of Cao Bingwen, eliminated all traces of Xu Wenmei's past existence.

But Eunuch Ma never forgot him.

He had seen Xu Wenmei's scenery with his own eyes. At that time, he himself was similar to Ping An now, a rookie who had not entered the palace for long.And Cao Bingwen, who is now invincible, is so oppressed by Xu Wenmei that he can't breathe much.

What he relies on is not the backing behind him, but his own personal ability.

This is a person who can communicate with God.You can know that he is still alive and living in the palace.After all, although the Empress Dowager does not show it on the surface, I am afraid that in private, she would like to sleep on her skin and eat her flesh.Now that she has a noble status and Xu Wenmei has no backing, it is reasonable to say that it is easy to deal with him, but the Queen Mother just couldn't move him.

Naturally, it wasn't because Xu Wenmei was exceptionally lucky, or because the queen mother suddenly showed kindness.

This time Cao Bingwen directly tore his face, and eunuch Ma himself had little chance of winning against him.Because he is Cao Bingwen's subordinate, Cao Bingwen doesn't even have to go through the Ministry of Internal Affairs to deal with him.Since you are not sure about the match, then go find someone who is sure.

This is the purpose of eunuch Ma coming here today.

But when he reached the gate of the small courtyard, his footsteps suddenly hesitated.It was impossible for Xu Wenmei to remember him, so if she rushed to disturb him like this, if she failed to convince the other party, she might cause trouble for herself instead.

But the people in the yard had already heard his footsteps, and the lazy and lingering voice came through the fence, "Who's there?"

Those four simple words immediately lifted Eunuch Ma's heart.He had no choice but to reach out and knock on the door, then pushed the door and walked in.The man with long hair down to his waist and a suit of silver could not tell that he was an eunuch. He was lying on a rattan chair and blowing the wind. Eunuch Ma glanced at it, then lowered his head tremblingly, and saluted from a long distance, "I have seen Young Supervisor Xu."

"Hmm." Xu Wenmei opened her eyes and glanced at him, "Are you from Zhonggusi?"

"Xu Shaojian has sharp eyes." Eunuch Ma said succinctly.Obviously the other party looked lazy and leisurely, but he felt great pressure.

Xu Wenmei chuckled, "I thought no one in this world remembered me anymore. What's the point of coming to me?"

A ray of light suddenly shot out from Eunuch Ma's eyes.If Lei Yun Ye He really didn't want to take care of things, he wouldn't be able to say such a thing.I am [-]% sure of the purpose of my visit today.

……

When Ping An opened his eyes, the sky outside was still pitch black.

But he should get up and go to work now.After all, the palace is no better than other places, you can't clean it in front of the nobles and masters, and get dust everywhere, right?Although no master will come to the Bell and Drum Division, the reason is the same.

Therefore, you must clean up the place you are responsible for before other people get up, otherwise it is dereliction of duty.Ping An has already been punished here, if he makes another mistake and gets caught, the consequences will be disastrous.

Eunuch Ma didn't tell him how to deal with Eunuch Cao that day.But Ping An also knows that the other party must be exerting his strength, and he can't help, so don't hold back.

When I walked to the Bell and Drum Division with a broom, the sky was already slightly bright.Pingan opened the door and went in, rearranged the things that had been messed up yesterday, and then took water from the well and sprinkled it on the ground before starting to clean.After everything was done, Ping An himself was sweating all over.Carrying the broom, he was planning to go back to take a rest, but when he went out, he saw an unexpected person.

Zhao Can stood not far away, staring at him with slightly frowned eyes.

Ping An was stunned for a while before remembering to ask for greetings, but Zhao Can interrupted him before he could bend down, "Okay, what's the use of doing those kung fu? It's only been a few days, why did you make yourself like this?" ?”

It's a bit embarrassing to say a word safely.It's like meeting college classmates after many years. It started from the same starting point, but the family is flourishing. Now he is an executive of a certain group, but he is setting up a street stall on the street. This time, how can he be so ashamed?

It was getting late at this time, and someone could even hear someone talking in the distance, Zhao Can glanced at Ping An, "Find a place to talk."

"Yes." Ping An inexplicably felt that the person in front of him was very strange.But when I think about it carefully, I have never been familiar with the other party.It is just such a small intersection, there is no time to understand each other, and there is no need to understand each other at all.

Thinking about it is quite cruel.