Great Zhou Empress

The arrow shot into the underbelly of the gangster on the wall, and he fell down from the wall when he heard "Ah~".

At this moment, the courtyard was suddenly as quiet as a vacuum.

Everyone was shocked by the sudden movement. After all, the bandit in red was very scary just now. He assaulted all the way to the inner palace, and he was able to climb the wall as high as a person with his bare hands. For the weak eunuchs and maids in the palace, Said that it was a character in a horror movie, and such a character was shot down by an arrow.

The scene of him falling was enough to make the eunuchs and maids in the courtyard jump in fright, and it would naturally alleviate a lot of their fear of him.

Xue Zhijing endured the torn pain in his arm, and shouted to the eunuchs and maids in the courtyard, "These religious bandits are nothing to fear, they are paper tigers, with so many of us, we can take them down at any time. "

The movement of the gangster in red clothes falling down from the wall as high as one person was too exciting for the eunuchs and maids in the courtyard. The morale that was already inspired by rewards for meritorious deeds was even higher, and the two went up to arrest the gangster. , the rest opened the door and rushed out.

The concubine's arm supported Xue Zhijing's shoulder, and a soft voice came, "Xiaojing, let's go into the house together."

After entering the main hall, a maid reported to the imperial concubine that someone had been arranged to find the Imperial City Secretary Du Zhi, who was guarding the palace city, to bring someone to rescue him, and he had also arranged for people to go outside the city to find the imperial guards to enter the palace urgently.

Xue Zhijing didn't care about anything else, and said anxiously, "Madam, the bandits are outside the yard, you should hurry up and hide in the harem."

The noble concubine hugged Xue Zhijing and sat down on the chair, and said calmly, "It's okay, they can't rush in."

Xue Zhijing heard the sound of running outside the door. There should be a lot of people gathered outside. Hearing the sound of footsteps, they seemed to have their own weapons. Did the guards of the Imperial City Division come so quickly?

Or does the imperial concubine have other secret guards?

Her eyes fell on the table next to the imperial concubine again, and there was a long sword placed on it at some point, obviously not for decoration.The imperial concubine has quite a lot of weapons. There are bows and arrows for long-distance combat, and long swords for close combat.Is the concubine a military commander?

Xue Zhijing looked at the noble concubine with a little surprise, and saw that she was calm and not nervous at all.Xue Zhijing was more inclined towards noble concubines and their trump cards that ordinary court ladies don't know, and he was relieved.

The imperial concubine picked up Xue Zhijing's hand to look at it, Xue Zhijing gasped in pain.

It turned out that her thumb had been cut due to drawing the bow, and now it was bleeding out continuously, and there was also pain like tearing her arm.

"Go, get hot water and wound medicine, get them quickly." The imperial concubine ordered the other maids, and then asked Xue Zhijing, "Is there any other injuries?"

Xue Zhijing said, "My arm hurts a bit."

The imperial concubine greeted another maid again, "Hurry up, go to the imperial hospital, and let all the imperial doctors on duty come over quickly."

Listening to the noisy movement outside, but seeing the imperial concubine so calm and calm, she also became settled down.Life in ancient society was not easy. In the previous life, I encountered some predicaments such as being tricked, losing money, and losing my job. In this ancient society, blood is everywhere at every turn. It really makes people burst with adrenaline every minute.

The maid brought hot water and wound medicine, and the imperial concubine personally helped Xue Zhijing treat the wound on his thumb.

While dealing with it, he said, "You are also amazing. You have never drawn a bow before. You don't have enough strength, but you can still be so accurate. You are also very talented. You really surprise me every time."

Said, "Courage is commendable."

"Thank you for your compliment, but I think I will practice riding and shooting a lot in the future, so as to protect my mother."

"Okay, I'll find a master to teach you, and I guarantee that you will be able to pass the martial arts exam."

The noise outside was much quieter. Xue Zhijing heard the sound of weapons dingdong and the voice of a man different from the eunuch. Is it the imperial army coming?

Someone knocked on the door outside the hall and said, "The imperial concubine, the imperial concubine and the lowly imperial city secretary all know Xu Jian, the rescue is late, how is the empress safe?"

The noble concubine replied loudly, "I'm fine, what's going on outside now, have all the gangsters been captured and killed?"

"Seventeen gangsters killed 15 on the spot and captured two."

"Xu knows it's hard work, so interrogate them well."

Soon, the imperial concubine breathed a sigh of relief when the forbidden army from outside the city entered the palace. The imperial doctor from the Imperial Hospital also came to treat Xue Zhijing's injuries, and the imperial concubine went out to meet with the former Si Duzhi of the Imperial Army Palace, the guards and other senior officers. Let the military officers investigate together, what happened to the palace break-in incident.

Xue Zhijing's arm was strained, the imperial physician prescribed medicine and told her to rest for a while.

On the second day of the court meeting, the noble concubine, who had not slept all night, told the courtiers about this matter at the court meeting. The courtiers all said that the important place of the palace allowed bad people to come and go at will, so they must be thoroughly investigated.

After the Great Court Meeting, the chief executives in the side hall and the Zhengshitang continued to talk about this matter. According to the preliminary investigation results, these bandits entered the capital pretending to be ordinary farmers, and then bribed a few gatekeepers of the palace city. The eunuchs said they wanted to come in to kill the emperor and change the dynasty, but only after they came in did they know that the emperor had gone to the hot spring to recuperate, so they thought of killing the noble concubine altogether.

The chief executives were all human beings, and they immediately thought, even if they bribed the eunuchs guarding the gates, all the gates of the palace would be unlocked at night, how could they break through one by one?Moreover, there are not only eunuchs and maids in the palace, but also guards and imperial guards on duty at night. Although there are not many, it is not enough for seventeen gangsters to break into the imperial concubine directly. The palace is not a small place.

Who should be responsible has been arguing all day.

After the quarrel ended in the afternoon, the noble concubine who came back to the study found that Xue Zhijing was still there, but a piece of cloth was hung on his arm to fix it.

"Didn't I let you rest?"

Xue Zhijing said with a smile, "Ma'am, I'm fine, I can't be idle, I have to find something to do."

"You're a hard worker at such a young age, why are you like me?" The imperial concubine was still in the mood to tease her, and said by the way, "Xiaojing, I've been busy all night and day, and I can't take care of you. That arrow has done a great job, is there any reward you want?"

"It's my honor to be able to come to my mother's side to do things. I really can't think of what kind of reward I want. I have a little sister in Shangshi Bureau. I don't know if I can bring her here to do things together?" Xue Zhijing has been with the noble concubine for less than a month, so it is not appropriate to ask for any reward.

Xue Zhijing doesn't want rewards, but the imperial concubine will not refuse to give them. Only when rewards and punishments are appropriate can the team be managed well, "This matter is easy to handle, just go and bring her here. You, brave and resourceful, are quite suitable except for being a little younger. I thought about it, you go to the Shang Palace Bureau to be a secretary, just to help me with something."

This is a promotion for her, and she is a high-ranking female official in the court.

The structure of Dacheng palace female officials can be roughly divided into six bureaus and 24 divisions, of which the highest status is the sixth bureau Shanggong, the fifth rank.The second is the chief of the 24th division, the sixth rank.The secretary is one of the 24 chiefs, and is already a middle and senior member of the court ladies.

From then on, Xue Zhijing can be called a "minister" in front of the imperial concubine, and no longer needs to call himself a "villain".

"Thank you, my lady."

Xue Siji, who took office, went to the Shanggong Bureau to register for the handover. Chen Shanggong of the Shanggong Bureau is a round-faced lady in her 40s. She looks very festive, but she has a nickname called Smiling Tiger, and she is very good at things.

Chen Shanggong praised Xue Zhijing, "I've heard about what happened last night, Xiaojing, you're a bit courageous."

Xue Zhijing waved his hand and said, "I'm not that good. The most important thing last night was that the imperial concubine had a good leadership and a good command. I just got lucky and got the shot.

Just a gangster. "

Chen Shanggong laughed, "Xiao Jing, you have never been in the Shanggong Bureau before, and you are not familiar with many things. You need to learn more from the old people, and ask if you don't understand. We are here to do things. A place, not a place to fight and kill."

Xue Zhijing looked into Chen Shanggong's eyes and evoked a gentle smile to make himself look more friendly but not to be looked down upon, "Yes, Chen Shanggong, I will learn from all my sisters and aunts."

Only then did Chen Shanggong explain to Xue Zhijing what her main job was.

"The internal and external affairs of the palace are now managed by the imperial concubine. Our Shanggong Bureau is therefore mainly responsible to the imperial concubine. There are four secretary secretary, who are in charge of the palace's documents. The imperial concubine said that you will be at your side, so The papers presented at the Political Affairs Hall will also be managed by you, and you have six female historians who can serve as your assistants."

Xue Zhijing understood, this is the personal secretary of the imperial concubine.

Chen Shanggong called another Dianji to come over, "Su Dianji, come here, you are handling some of the previous affairs, you can explain to Xiaojing."

Dianji is a seventh-rank female official, one level lower than her secretary.

However, Su Dianji's face was obviously sullen, and there was strong hostility in his eyes, did I offend her?