"How could he be injured? Who did it? How could this happen..." In Duanben Palace, Zhu Cixiang walked around Chang Yu, his brows furrowed, his face worried and slightly angry, and he kept mumbling. .
"The world is dangerous, and being stabbed is a common occurrence. How can you expect it in the palace?" Chang Yu smiled, and Linglong gritted her teeth and tried to sew up his wound. She couldn't understand why a good imperial doctor didn't use it. If you have to treat it yourself, why do you need to use needles to sew it up? Why don't you just sprinkle some hemostatic packs on it and that'll be all.
Chang Yu just explained lightly that "suturing the wound will heal faster." But without anesthesia, suturing the wound was really painful. In fact, there were anesthetics in this era, and more than 1,600 years before Western medicine, our ancestor Hua Tuo invented Ma Fei San specifically for surgical operations. Unfortunately, it was later lost, but many Chinese medicine practitioners have other methods. The formulas are almost the same, except that these anesthetics need to be taken with wine. Chang Yu doesn't like wine, let alone the smell of medicine, and the wound is not serious, so he refuses anesthesia.
"Then you really need to be careful every step of the way in the future. Don't be so careless. If something happens to you, I, I don't know what to do." Although Zhu Cixiang's words were a bit sentimental, Chang Yu could see that. I felt that every word he spoke came from the bottom of his heart. After all, at this moment, he was really Zhu Cihong's spiritual sustenance, even Empress Zhou.
Chang Yu was a little moved and smiled slightly at Zhu Cixiang: "I know, you can rest assured. By the way, you went to collect the debt today, did you get it?"
As soon as he mentioned this, Zhu Cixiang's expression changed. He was a little excited but also a little angry: "Zhu and Li are really good at pretending. They said that they had no cash at home. They gave me 5,000 taels first and gave me a few days to sell the rest." Real estate to pay debts... My uncle-in-law and I refused to allow it. After a long quarrel, we gave another 5,000 taels. Each of them asked for 10,000 taels, so the total was only 40,000 taels. However, Xu Yunzhen and Song Yude settled the debt quickly."
Chang Yu laughed loudly after hearing this: "None of these honorable men are old fools. When the emperor asked them to donate their salary, they all acted like dramas and cried about their poverty. If they took out tens of thousands of gambling debts, wouldn't it be a slap in the face? So, Any grace period and selling off the property are just adding drama to oneself. As for Xu and Song, they are so happy just because they owe less. If it is tens of thousands taels, it will not be enough."
Zhu Cixi couldn't help but nod after hearing this: "If I had believed them before, of course I would have believed them, but now... hum" as he said this, his face suddenly darkened: "I think how tiring my father is when he has to deal with these old fritters every day."
"Your Majesty has a different status, and you have to be decent when dealing with them. You are different. Who cares? If you owe money, you will make trouble if you don't pay. If you don't pay, you will bring people there tomorrow. If you don't pay, they will smash it. I guarantee you can get it within three days." arrive!"
"Hehe, I thought so too. To be honest, I'll go there now." Zhu Cixiang's eyes lit up, and his face was full of excitement.
"Come on, you have to continue singing tonight, and I have to move. By the way, are you ready over there?"
"Everything is ready," Zhu Cixi straightened his face and said.
How many treasures are there in the palace? This question has different answers in different eras, but the answers are the same, that is, many, very many, too many.
The current number of cultural relics in the Forbidden City is more than 1.8 million, which is already shocking. However, this number has been recorded after the occupation of the Forbidden City by the British and French Allied Forces, the occupation by the Eight-Power Allied Forces, and the period of the Little Palace (when Puyi moved out of the Forbidden City, eunuchs stole, Covering up the investigation and deliberately setting fire to the treasure house, it was estimated that 2,665 golden Buddhas, 1,157 calligraphy and paintings, 435 antiques, and tens of thousands of ancient books were burned. The pen is a confused account. Only the eunuchs know whether it was burned or where it went.) Statistics after the five major catastrophes: Japanese invaders invaded China and cultural relics were moved to Taiwan (more than 230,000 items).
It can be seen that the number of treasures in the imperial palace during the Qing Dynasty was huge, but compared with the 400-year-old foundation of the Ming Dynasty, it was nothing, not to mention that there were three plunders by thieves who broke into the palace, although most of them were still returned to the hands of the Manchus in the end. But after all, most of the lost folk are missing, so the Ming Palace at this time is the real treasure house.
In the harem, Queen Zhou personally ordered a massive inventory and sealing operation of treasures in the past few days, mainly targeting calligraphy, paintings, porcelain, gold and jade, etc. The boxes were sealed immediately after the inventory, and it was a 24-hour work day and night.
Empress Zhou personally gave the order, but it was the Supervisor of Ceremonies who came forward to supervise and coordinate the affairs. After all, the Supervisor of Ceremonies was specialized in doing this work, similar to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Qing Dynasty.
After all, he is coordinating the treasures of the palace and needs a trustworthy person to assist him. Normally, Wang Chengen would do this job, but at this moment, Lao Wang has no time to accompany Chongzhen every day, not to mention Zhou Yufeng deliberately keeps this matter secret, both public and private. They all let Chang Yu take charge.
Although Chang Yu did not have any official position in the ceremonial department, none of the tens of thousands of eunuchs and maids in the palace knew that he could be equal to Wang Chengen and that he was favored by the prince and the queen.
In a word, Queen Zhou is responsible for coordinating the palace treasures, and Chang Yu is responsible for managing.
It was dark, the imperial city was locked, and the harem was about to be closed. Chang Yu, Chunxiang, Jiang Chun, and Lao Hu hurriedly entered the harem and went straight to Kunning Palace.
After the announcement, they immediately entered the palace, and Chunxiang and three others stood outside the palace.
The palace was warm and deserted, and there was not a single eunuch or maid in the palace. This was normal. As long as Chang Yu came over, it would be an extremely confidential matter as Queen Zhou said, so outsiders were naturally not allowed to be present.
But there are some exceptions tonight. Is she an outsider? Chang Yu looked at Zhu Yuluo, who was sitting next to Queen Zhou, with a faint smile on her face. Well, although she didn't know the inside story, she was the emperor's daughter after all, so she couldn't be considered an outsider. Since she wasn't an outsider, she was an insider. Well, Wife, wife, not bad, not bad...
Zhu Yuyao stared curiously at the fair and capable eunuch in front of her. Ever since he entered the palace, the little eunuch's expression was really rich. First he had a solemn look on his face, then his eyes lit up when he saw her, and then there was a faint smile on his face. Well, she looks pretty when she smiles, but even so, it's still hard to put her in a good mood.
After all, they are Empress Zhou's own flesh and blood, and the love between mother and daughter is deep. Although Zhou Yufeng kept in mind Chang Yu's advice that the law should not be passed on to two ears, she could not help but lament to her daughter intentionally or unintentionally that the old Zhu family was in big trouble. It's the kind of trouble the sky is falling from.
But no matter how Zhu Aona asked, Zhou Yufeng would not point it out. She just sighed every day, or secretly felt sad and shed tears. This made the already sentimental princess even more angry.
It was dinner time today and she came to Kunning Palace to accompany her mother to relieve her boredom. Suddenly she heard the eunuch on duty informing Eunuch Chang Yu that he wanted to see him. So the originally depressed Queen Zhou suddenly seemed to be in high spirits and immediately summoned him: "Please come in quickly" and ordered any orders. No one except Chang Yu is allowed to enter the temple.
Who is Chang Yu? Zhu Aona was a little surprised. No other man could enter the harem at this point, only eunuchs. But when did the queen mother use the word "please" to be so respectful to a eunuch?
Out of curiosity, he asked Queen Zhou, but still didn't get any answer. He just heard Zhou Yufeng say: "The only stranger who can possibly solve the problem!"
Eunuch alien? What the hell, Zhu Ainao’s brows were all squeezed into waves.
The beauty frowned, looking amused. Chang Yu was moved by the sight, but he also knew the purpose of the trip and had to forcibly look away, otherwise it would be bad to be regarded as a stooge and affect his tall image in the eyes of the beautiful young lady.
"Greetings to the Queen, and greetings to Princess Changping." Chang Yu knew the general etiquette.
"Eunuch Chang, there is no need for these vulgar etiquettes." Empress Zhou stood up and approached, stretched out her hand to support him, and said with a solemn expression, "Is the matter settled?"
"We can do it tonight." Chang Yu glanced at Zhu Yu'a who was confused and said, "How about the Queen's side?"
"This matter is secret and special. For your convenience, here, I have specially requested the token and imperial decree for you from the emperor. You can temporarily enter and exit the palace and even the harem at will. As for the token from the outer city, the prince has given it to You do it?" Queen Zhou said, taking a token and an imperial edict and handing them to Chang Yu.
The token is made of copper, with the words "palace forbidden" on the front and access on the reverse. The imperial edict consists of four characters: If I come in person, I will give you my royal seal!
"Where's the other one?" Chang Yu asked after reading it.
Oh, by the way, if you don't tell me, I almost forgot. Zhou Yufeng went back behind the curtain and took an imperial edict to Chang Yu.
Chang Yu opened it and took a quick glance at it, then said to Zhou Yufeng: "It's urgent. I'll go and do the work first."
Zhou Yufeng nodded, and Chang Yu turned and left.
When Eunuch Chang arrived at the entrance of the palace, Queen Zhou suddenly called out to Chang Yu: "Eunuch Chang, you did a great job on the salary matter!"
Chang Yu turned around, smiled, and winked at Zhu A'ao, who was still confused. Yes, he actually hooked up with Princess Changping.
Is he winking at me? Zhu Yuluo had a look of astonishment on her face and rubbed her eyes vigorously. She was too fast just now. Could it be that I saw it wrong? If I saw it right, this dead eunuch is very courageous!
Chang Yu's expression returned to normal after coming out of Kunning Palace, and he followed Chunxiang and the others towards the deep palace because he was not familiar with the road!
Within the palace, there are countless palaces, each with its own purpose. The royal family is so rich that countless treasures of the country naturally have special storage places, such as the Jianfu Palace of Emperor Qianlong during the Qing Dynasty, which was the treasure hall that was set on fire by eunuchs in the late Qing Dynasty. Similarly, Chongzhen also has a treasure house, but it is just an unknown palace (the fact is that I did not find out)
Following Chunxiang's confusion, Qixunbasu finally came to an independent small courtyard on the west side of the harem. The courtyard was not small, but there was only one hall.
The lights in the courtyard are bright, and dozens of eunuchs are working overtime, counting and sealing treasures. There is a constant sound of boxes being nailed. The front hall and the hall are filled with wooden boxes. At a glance, they look like small hills.
Seeing someone entering the courtyard, the leader of the eunuchs on duty was about to yell, but his expression immediately softened and he smiled: "Eunuch Chang, why are you here free?"
Chang Yu is now famous. It can be said that nine out of ten eunuchs and maids in the palace have heard of him, and fifty-six out of ten have seen him. For example, the person on duty must have seen him, otherwise he would not recognize him at a glance. Of course Chang Yu Yu has no impression of him.
"The Queen is supervising the treasure storage, so we have to come over and take a look." Chang Yu smiled slightly, walked into the palace and took a look around, trying to figure out whether the tunnel dug could be saved.
"Oh, that's hard work, Eunuch Chang. You are a busy man. This kind of hard work is just a formality. After all, you are still busy over there in the grass farm." The eunuch on duty is very good at flattering.
Chang Yu nodded slightly and curled his lips: "Yes, just going through the motions and mentioning something by the way."
"Carrying something, what are you carrying?" The eunuch on duty was stunned, and Chang Yu directly handed over an imperial edict in his hand.
When the eunuch on duty opened it, Lao Gao raised his eyebrows. The general idea of Chongzhen's imperial edict was that the prince had been diligent recently and he was very happy. He then asked someone to take some items to the prince's mansion.
So here comes the question. Since ancient times, it has been normal for emperors to reward courtiers or concubines with palace treasures. However, the reward has a clear target price, such as a few Ruyi jade. But the imperial decree in front of me only said to take some objects, what to take, how many to take.
The eunuch on duty was a little confused, but Chang Yu ignored him and looked at the labels on the boxes: "This, that, and that..." He pointed at more than forty boxes at once, all of which were paintings, calligraphy, gold and jade.
These things frightened the eunuch on duty. What kind of operation was this?
"Why are you still standing there? Get someone to take him to the Prince's Mansion quickly." Chang Yu glared at him. The eunuch on duty was so excited that he wanted to say something, but then he thought about it, why am I talking so much? He is the real big deal. The supervisor was the one who took care of things, so he immediately started to organize things.
The keys to the harem were locked. There were forty large boxes piled up in the courtyard of the Prince's Mansion. Tang Potian led several guards to guard and forbid the eunuchs and maids in the mansion from approaching. To be precise, those eunuchs and maids in the mansion had already received the ban and stayed in the room. They were not allowed to leave the house. They had no idea that someone had just delivered so many boxes.
"Xiao Chang, what's in this box?" Tang Potian was very curious and couldn't help asking Chang Yu who was watching the sky at night.
"A secret that cannot be told" Chang Yu chuckled: "How many times have I told you, curiosity killed the cat, why don't you have a long memory?"
Moreover, Tang Potian curled his lips and then changed the subject: "Aren't you going to watch the boxing match tonight? Do you have any inside information that you can share with your brother?"
"Let's be honest, boxing matches are always fair and just, how come there are so many inside stories?" Chang Yu rolled his eyes: "You will come out of the palace with me soon, so don't even think about tonight's match."
"Ah, I want to go out too? Then, do you want to come back? I still want to play a few games..."
Tang Potian was talking nonsense, and Chang Yu smiled and said nothing. It wasn't until the sound of horse hoofbeats outside the door that he shushed him and motioned to a guard with his eyes to open the courtyard door.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Thank you to the book friends who voted for collection. Thank you for your likes. Coding is very hard. Please support me. If you like it, please remember to collect it and recommend it.
