After introducing the middle hall, Eunuch Fang saw Lu Qian's eyes looking at the maids from time to time, so he said, "The Imperial Ancestral Temple enshrines the emperors of the past dynasties, and it is the most sacred place. Therefore, the maids serving here are not A girl who will be a virgin until she is twenty."
Lu Qian smiled and nodded, feeling more and more good here.
When he walked to the door leading into the inner hall from the middle hall, he said, "As for the inner hall, it is a forbidden area for the entire Ancestral Temple. No one can enter except me without a summons."
"What's in here?" Lu Qian asked curiously.
"Eunuch Lu, don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. Don't you understand this simplest truth?" Eunuch Fang said in a somewhat cold voice.
Lu Qian smiled awkwardly and stopped asking.
As Eunuch Fang spoke, he summoned the eunuchs and maids.
After a brief introduction to Lu Qian, he left and returned to the inner hall.
Lu Qian didn't keep this strange old man.
He couldn't help but look at the palace ladies who were waiting to bloom.
"Wow...the steward is so young!"
"I heard that it was he who single-handedly defeated the greatest scribe of the Zhou Dynasty. He was called the greatest scribe in the world by the scribes of that time!"
"Not only is he talented, he is also so handsome."
"That's right, that's right... What a pity, it's a pity that he is a eunuch."
...
While everyone was whispering, a young eunuch walked out and said, "Quiet, everyone! Let's listen to the adults speak to us."
As he spoke, the little eunuch nodded and walked to Lu Qian's side and said, "Sir, please tell me."
"Hello everyone, my name is Lu Qian. Actually, there is nothing to say. Whatever you did before, do it now. We will be a family from now on. If you have any problems at work or in life, you can come to me." Lu Qian behaves very kindly and thinks very simply.
It is to win over people's hearts. If you want to climb up in the future, you will inevitably need some of your own people.
"Why are you still standing there? Just go ahead and do what you have to do." Seeing everyone standing there stunned, Lu Qian said with a helpless smile.
Only then did everyone disperse.
Lu Qian walked towards his room. The attentive little eunuch just now came forward and said, "My lord, my name is Xiao Lizi. I used to serve Eunuch Fang. Now, Eunuch Fang has returned to the inner hall. I will serve you from now on. My lord, You can give me any orders."
Lu Qian looked at this little plum. He was quite smart and had a cute round face. He said, "Okay. Who is that Eunuch Fang? I don't look like an ordinary person." Eunuch."
Xiao Lizi shook his head and said, "I don't know, little one. When I arrived, Eunuch Fang was here. I heard that because the previous eunuch in charge was executed and there was no new chief merchant, Eunuch Fang has been here temporarily." The position of general manager."
Lu Qian asked more and more curiously. "Why was the steward executed before?"
"It seems that he was executed for trespassing into the inner palace!" Xiao Lizi replied.
"Do you know what's inside?" Lu Qian also asked curiously.
Xiao Lizi looked around for a while, then moved closer to Lu Qian and whispered, "There seem to be some concubines living inside, but no one can go in except Eunuch Fang."
Lu Qian nodded after hearing this, but also completely lost interest.
The housekeeper's house is quite clean, but it's still the same as Jingxinyuan, too cold.
Lu Qian first asked Xiao Lizi to prepare some crushed carbon and materials for the heating stove. I'm afraid it will take him some time here.
We have to improve the living standards here.
I was lying on the bed, thinking about how to rescue Shu Bin's brother.
Then I thought of these two women, Concubine Li and Concubine Shu.
A woman who is willing to protect herself regardless of her own safety.
The other is the woman who gave her virginity to him.
Lu Qian didn't allow them to be harmed anymore.
And want to protect
To live them comprehensively, you need rights.
He first needs a backer and a platform for him to rely on.
This backer is naturally Queen Xiaojing.
However, Queen Xiaojing and the others didn't seem to care that much about him.
He obviously needs to give them a big gift first to let them know his strength.
...
Inside Jingren Palace
Queen Xiaojing frowned and asked Li Shoufu.
"Father, what should we do now? No matter which one we choose, it will be difficult for us to complete it. His Majesty is obviously trying to make things difficult for us because of yesterday's external examination."
Two major events occurred in the court today.
One is that a group of tens of thousands of bandits has appeared in Futai Mountain. It has reached a scale that makes more than a dozen surrounding cities unbearable. Recently, they have become even more arrogant. They directly seized Lin'an City near Futai Mountain, killed the defenders and the city lord, and occupied the city as king.
Secondly, there was a flood and famine in Huaibei, and one million silver was needed for disaster relief. In recent years, natural and man-made disasters have occurred continuously in Daxia, and the Ministry of Household Affairs has no extra money to provide disaster relief.
Xia Jiuyuan asked his eldest son, Xia Wenzhi, to choose one of the things to solve.
Xia Wenzhi left the rest of the selection to Xia Xingbang, the son of Concubine Hua.
Everyone knows it.
The reason why Xia Jiuyuan did this.
Firstly, it was to dampen the spirit of Li Xiaozheng and his party.
Secondly, it was to silence the people headed by Li Xiaozheng who wanted to establish the eldest son as the crown prince.
In fact, Xia Jiuyuan knew very well that Xia Wenzhi could only choose disaster relief.
Because almost all the military power in the DPRK was in the hands of Concubine Hua's father's family. If Xia Wenzhi chooses to suppress the bandits, he will face a situation where he has no troops to mobilize.
As long as Xia Wen's administration failed, Xia Xingbang succeeded.
Xia Jiuyuan could justifiably make Xia Xingbang the crown prince.
Li Xiaozheng frowned slightly and said, "We have no choice but to choose disaster relief."
"However, it is not easy to raise one million taels without going through the Ministry of Household Affairs. Otherwise, let's go and admit our mistake to Your Majesty." Queen Xiaojing said.
Li Xiaozheng said sternly, "We have no way out. This time, we must handle this matter well. Do you think His Majesty wants us to admit our mistake? Your Majesty is taking this opportunity to make Xia Xingbang the crown prince."
"Mother, what grandpa said is true. I'm afraid we have no way out. We can only make a desperate move and give it a try."
"Li Shoufu, the Queen. I wonder if you still remember what my master told you before?" Liu Shiqing, who had been silent until now, said.
"You mean, Eunuch Lu?" Li Xiaozheng looked at Liu Shiqing with some confusion.
"That's right. I remember that my master told you, Li Shoufu, that you can come to him if you have any difficulties. My master is a man of God. Maybe he could have guessed the difficulty the Queen is in today. If you don't have a good way, Maybe you can ask my master." Liu Shiqing said to Li Xiaozheng.
Seeing what Liu Shiqing said was mysterious, Li Xiaozheng said with the thought of treating a dead horse as a living horse, "Then, nephew Xian Liu will go for us."
