The whole city knows we are locked

in the Queen's Palace.

The imperial concubine and the queen sat in a row, and with the help of loyal female officials, they screened the list of personnel in the palace together.Yan Chuyin was sitting at the side, and the old lady who was most trusted by the queen was holding a comb and was braiding his hair again.

The queen sneaked a look over, and saw that the old mother was wearing a red hairband for Yan Chuyin, with various gemstones on it.This is clearly the prince's old thing!Unexpectedly, the prince gave Yin Nu his old favorite.

The prince doesn't use headbands very much now, because he has been crowned for many years, and now he often uses hair crowns. In order not to make people feel too extravagant, the hair crowns are mostly made of monochromatic jade.But the queen, as the biological mother of the prince, knows the prince very well.She knew that the prince has always liked gorgeous ornaments, just like the birds in the woods, they naturally like more colorful feathers.But the prince of a country hangs gems all over his body all day long, and the censors saw it, and they definitely wanted to participate.

The wealth of the people, as long as the family can afford it, the children are treasures from head to toe.

As a prince, the palace can afford it, but he can't do that.

The prince's liking seems to have ended in childhood.Just like this red hair band, gemstones of various colors are arranged in rainbow colors, the transition between colors is natural, gorgeous but not vulgar at the same time, it is the favorite thing of the prince when he was young.

It carries the limited freedom and longing of the prince.

If he didn't really like Yin Nu, the prince would definitely be reluctant to take it out.

The queen only felt sour and soft in her heart.She gave birth to two sons and a daughter, a total of three children. Neither the eldest princess nor the fourth prince had any restraints. Only the crown prince, who is both a concubine and an elder, has taken on many responsibilities at a young age...

"Lingyi," the imperial concubine called the queen softly, "Shoukang Palace should be clean. The maids used by the Eastern Empress Dowager can all be traced back to their origins. Only the eunuchs need to be investigated carefully. Fortunately, the Eastern Empress Dowager doesn't like to order eunuchs on weekdays." .”

The imperial concubine and the queen are used to calling each other's small characters.The queen's word is Lingyi, and the imperial concubine's word is Lanmei.

The reason for the noble concubine to enter the palace is very special. In name, she is the emperor's harem, but in fact she is more like the queen's right-hand man.The imperial concubine said that most of the people around the Eastern Empress Dowager were the dowry brought by the Empress Dowager from the Yan family.Even if some dowries are getting older and go out of the palace to be raised, they are used to promoting some people who know the basics before they are raised, and they still come from the Yan family.In fact, this is also the case with empresses and noble concubines. Since there are families behind them to protect them, most of the people who serve by their side are their own people, and they are sent to the palace during the selection of maids.

But this only ensures that the maids of honor are clean.Not necessarily the eunuch.Even if the family wants to give someone away, it will not send eunuchs.The noble concubine complained in a low voice: "Fortunately, like the queen mother, I usually use maids in the palace, and only leave a few eunuchs to help run errands. Even if their loyalty cannot be confirmed for a while, it will not hinder anything for a while."

The queen thought for a while and said, "Why don't you let a group of eunuchs go out of the palace through the mouth of the eminent monks of Fuguo Temple? Just say they are praying for me?" Especially the eunuchs around her and the imperial concubine, it is best to let them out first, in case there are any eunuchs inside. What's wrong?

"That's fine too. If we don't clean up our surroundings first, we will always feel that our hands are tied." The imperial concubine said.It is a big project to investigate the whole palace, and the queen will definitely be "sick" for a long time.At this time, letting people out of the palace does not seem abrupt.

Yan Chuyin couldn't help but interjected, "After these eunuchs leave the palace, the palace still cares about their livelihood?"

Neither the queen nor the concubine was surprised.At first glance, this question is something Yin Nu can ask.The imperial concubine deliberately teased him, frowned and said: "There must be some money for dismissal, but the palace can't control them for life."

"Can it be like this..." Yan Chuyin thought, "Don't we want to investigate the Orphanage? It's definitely not okay to send people to the Orphanage suddenly. It just so happens that the palace wants to let the eunuchs go out, and they are letting them go." Before leaving, gather them in one place for a month of training, and observe their character during the training. If there are good ones, send them directly to the orphanage after the training. At least they have a job."

Yan Chuyin knew that most of the eunuchs were pitiful.The family sold them as eunuchs and basically abandoned them.Even if they leave the palace, they can't find their way back to their hometown.And because of their physical disabilities, they can't do heavy work or get married. Even if they are lucky enough to adopt a child, the eunuch is easily looked down upon by others and has no future to speak of...

Although there may be "rats" among eunuchs, most eunuchs are innocent!

Even if they get a severance money when they leave the palace, eunuchs are vulnerable groups after they leave the palace, and no one can guarantee that this money can help them get old and sick... Most of them must have a bad life .

But according to the plan provided by Yan Chuyin, on the one hand, the emperor has a sufficient reason to place people in the orphanage.On the other hand, after the eunuchs were sent to the orphanage, they were on duty. The appointments given by the palace meant that they were on imperial missions. Say nasty things to your face.As long as the eunuchs remained faithful, they could continue to receive their monthly salaries.Another thing is that there are not many other children in the orphanage, and there are many children with disabilities. As long as they are taught well, they will not look down on the eunuchs. Maybe the eunuchs can adopt a adopted son and daughter and gain a family affection.

"That's a good idea!" The noble concubine clapped her hands and laughed, "We can announce this matter in a fair manner. Those who intend to go out of the palace to work in the Orphanage can sign up to take the initiative to participate in the training. And those who sign up by themselves are mostly No problem." Those mice managed to sneak into the palace, and they definitely won't leave the palace easily.For them, sneaking into the palace is the most difficult thing, but it is easier to sneak into the orphanage.It is absolutely impossible for the chess pieces that have successfully entered the palace to go out.

And this will reduce the difficulty of investigating the harem.

Because eunuchs buy in batches.If eunuch A voluntarily signs up to leave the palace, he is reliable, and he and eunuch B are fellow villagers, and they have known each other since childhood, which indirectly proves that eunuch B's identity is no problem.

Although this method is not 100% reliable, it is the first round of screening anyway, and there will be other screenings in the future.

The queen looked at Yan Chuyin and smiled gratifiedly.

Hey, Yin Nu has really grown up!As if it was only yesterday, this child was still tired of acting like a baby in the arms of an adult.In a blink of an eye, you can share your worries for adults!Look at what he has done recently, everything is impressive.

But in fact, Yan Chuyin's inner thoughts were more than that.

The old mammy had already braided his hair.He ran to the queen and said earnestly: "Although your illness is an excuse, my lord, it is also an excuse to let the eunuchs out of the palace for blessing. It is impossible to get sick when you are sick. You are blessed by the dragon spirit and the support of the people, and you will live a long life, my lord." , but blessings can be true. No one can have too much blessings, right? Let’s just do more good deeds, and God will see it, and blessings will come naturally.”

So, what is a good deed?

Naturally, after the eunuchs left the palace, they lived a very good life, which can be called "good".

If the eunuchs were not properly arranged, they would not have been valued by the master if they stayed in the palace. At least they could eat two meals a day, but they would be poor after leaving the palace... What kind of blessing is this praying for the masters?

After a pause, Yan Chuyin said again: "Since it is to pray for the mother, it is better to leave this matter to the fourth prince brother. Originally, I wanted to do it myself, but the second prince brother needs me and cannot do without me..."

The queen was very moved at first, but when she saw Yan Chuyin's proud little face, she just burst out laughing.When she didn't know, the second prince couldn't do without Yan Chuyin, he just wanted to take care of his younger brother!

For a time, the queen's palace was filled with a happy atmosphere.

The queen was "ill", and only a handful of people knew the truth of the illness.For concubines, even if the queen is sick, there are still noble concubines who can't get involved in palace affairs, so it's better to hope that the queen will get well soon, so that they don't have to run to the queen three times a day, To show their concern for the queen.

Although the queen hadn't seen anyone since she fell ill, the concubine had to come.

In the evening, the concubines once again made an appointment with each other to visit the queen. The concubine was still the one to help entertain, and it was still the same familiar process.However, this time was slightly different from the previous times. When the concubines got up to leave, Concubine De was actually stopped by the concubine.

The other concubines looked at each other.I heard that the reason why the Empress was ill was because she was hindered by the dirty star. Could it be that this dirty star was beside De Concubine...or was it De Concubine herself?Tsk, this is a big deal, I dare not watch the excitement.

They slipped fast under the wind.

Concubine De was also very disturbed.She gave birth to four children in this life, two princesses died young, and only the second princess and the third prince survived.And even the two children who survived were not in good health.With the body of the third prince, even if she was dreaming, Concubine De would not dare to dream of pulling the queen and the prince down and replacing her and the third prince.

Although she always likes to compete with other sisters and sisters on weekdays, she is indeed very indulgent to her natal family, and she also has some thoughts of wanting the third prince to overwhelm other princes in terms of marriage and future titles...

But she really has no bad intentions for the queen!

Well, private complaints don't count.

"I can't be the one who complained in private that the queen was being listened to, right?" Concubine De felt a little guilty.

She didn't know that her side had already been roughly checked.

First of all, the personnel deployment situation in the concubine's palace over the years has been sorted out.For example, Concubine De, at a glance during the rough check, she basically has no problems, all staffing is in accordance with the palace rules, only one, three years ago, Concubine De punished a court lady for no reason. Went to the clothing bureau.

The imperial concubine asked about it directly.

Concubine De was taken aback for a moment, apparently she had forgotten about the palace maid long ago.When she remembered something, a strange expression appeared on her face.She hesitated to speak, as if she was very unwilling to talk about things related to the maid.

The imperial concubine lowered her head and drank her tea unhurriedly.

Concubine De is not in a hurry, she is not in a hurry.If Concubine De didn't say anything, she would be exhausted with Concubine De.

Seeing the noble concubine's determination, Concubine De sighed deeply: "Well, it's easy to say. That court lady was too courageous, she said some nonsense to my eldest court lady. At that time, the elder The third illness, I was already annoyed... She told the big palace lady beside me that before she entered the palace, she had heard people say that those who do intercourse for others need to take Bizitang before giving birth to a child in the main room, while If you drink too much Bizi Tang, even if you are lucky enough to have a child in the future, most of the children will be in poor health and difficult to raise. I drove her away in a fit of anger."

Concubine: "..."

Concubine De's status back then was similar to that of Tongfang in ordinary people's homes.Mrs. Empress gave birth to the prince, and after two or three years of raising her body, she gave birth to the eldest princess. After the eldest princess had finished catching her for a week, Concubine De began to conceive her first child.You must know that there were only two women beside the emperor at that time, except for the empress who was the concubine De who was still the sleeping official at that time.

The noble concubine and others did not enter the palace until several years later.

There are only two women in total. The queen is always inconvenient, right?

After the queen is pregnant, she must not be able to sleep, right?

The sky is big and the earth is big, and the emperor is the biggest.The emperor will definitely not wrong him, so there must be many opportunities for Concubine De to serve her bed, right?She has not been pregnant for a long time, it must be because someone wanted to separate the age of the prince from the other princes, and gave her the soup to avoid children.She drank too much decoction, so that she later gave birth to four children, two of whom died young and two were weak.

The logic here is very smooth, right?

Thinking along this logic, when Concubine De faced the third prince who was sick every two days, she would definitely hate the queen.The more he loves his children, the more he hates the queen.But in the palace, this kind of hatred is the most easily exploited.

"Why are you angry?" the imperial concubine asked calmly.

According to the concubine's guess, Concubine De must spend a lot of saliva to express her loyalty to the queen.However, things were beyond the concubine's expectations.Although the imperial concubine is smart, there are many things she doesn't know!

Facing the probing gaze of the imperial concubine, Concubine De said aggrievedly: "...Because what she said is not human at all! It's so annoying! The whole house is because of the body damaged by the Bizi soup, so that they can't give birth to health. As for me, I am a good person, and I have been in good health since I was a child. I have never taken soup and medicine indiscriminately, and I have not been able to give birth to a healthy child."

The more Concubine De thought about it, the more angry she became: "Why is this happening? Is she mocking me for not cultivating merit in my previous life? I can't bear it! What happened to me driving her to the Clothes Bureau? Don't dignified concubines even have such a little right? "

Concubine: "..."

Unexpectedly, the truth of the matter turned out to be like this.

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An unexpected fact.

After the crown prince was born, the emperor observed it for three or four years, and felt that the child was worthy of being a crown prince, and he didn't need to work hard to raise a trumpet with the queen. At the same time, the queen felt that one son and one daughter were enough, and a woman passed the hell once she gave birth to a child. Can't be born again (although the fourth prince was born later), Concubine De just started to attend bed.

The emperor does not indulge in lust.Although, as an emperor who occupies the world, he never seems to have the idea of ​​defending himself for the empress—nor does the empress—but he really does not indulge in sexual desires, and at the same time, he wants to ensure the status of his wife and son.

There is really no such thing as avoiding soup.

In those few years, the reason why Concubine De was not pregnant was because she never served bedtime at all!

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A person suspected of being a spy appeared in front of Concubine De with an attitude of wanting to solve Concubine De's worries and problems. Has she been reused by Concubine De?No, Concubine De thought she was mocking her and drove her to the clothing bureau.

Just... absolutely.