Chapter 461: Report to the Emperor
After coming out of Concubine Cen, Xiao Lingyan gave Xiao Liuzi a few small gold and jade objects and gave him some instructions.
Xiao Liuzi went out, picked the right moment, and looked for an opportunity to find the eunuch. He said: "Your Highness the Second Highness is getting married and building a mansion. The Imperial Concubine is now focused on arranging marriage arrangements for our Fifth Highness. Although Your Highness has a girl he likes,
He hasn't been able to get the girl to nod yet. His Highness is now worried that the imperial concubine will mess with him, and he's also worried that the girl will be overtaken first."
"Eunuch Zhang, you serve the Emperor closely and are well-informed. If someone comes to the Emperor to ask for a marriage, no matter who it is, can you give us some news? His Highness the Fifth Prince said that as long as he delivers the news, he will be greatly thanked.
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With that said, he quietly handed the prepared gold and jade objects to Eunuch Zhang who was in front of the emperor.
Eunuchs have no spouse or children. Once they get old, only money can make people behave filially and avoid ending up in a miserable state. Therefore, they are all greedy for money.
This Eunuch Zhang was in his thirties, and he had not been reused in the past. In the past year or two, by chance, he was favored by the emperor and was called to serve him. The money he had saved in his hands did not give him a sense of security.
Xiao Lingyan was not allowed to pry or pass on court secrets, nor was he allowed to hear news about other royal highnesses or concubines. He just wanted to know about the marriage. In addition, Xiao Lingyan was generous, so it was an easy and profitable job.
Eunuch Zhang was naturally very happy to take on this job.
He patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I'm keeping an eye on this matter for Your Highness. As long as someone comes to propose marriage, no matter who it is, I will immediately send news to your palace."
"Then I'll leave it to Eunuch Zhang."
Xiao Liuzi deliberately followed Xiao Lingyan's instructions and took this opportunity to find Eunuch Zhang. This was not the time for Xiao Ge to review the memorials, and they were standing where Xiao Ge could still see them in the palace.
Therefore, as soon as Eunuch Zhang returned to the palace, Xiao Ge asked Eunuch Zhang: "What does the attendant Xiao Wu want to do with you?"
Eunuch Zhang didn't panic, he showed Xiao Ge the gold and jade objects he got, and reported to Xiao Ge one by one what Xiao Liuzi had entrusted to him.
Xiao Ge waved his hand and didn't care about the reward Eunuch Zhang received. He only smiled and cursed: "This kid doesn't come to me to ask for help, but he secretly looks for you to do things for him."
Eunuch Zhang smiled and said: "Your Highness, the Fifth Highness, has not captured the girl's heart yet. It is definitely not easy for me to ask you for anything that has not yet been revealed. If you know about it, tell the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine will definitely think about it anxiously."
Knowing which girl it is, wouldn't His Highness be under great pressure? So His Highness has nothing to do."
"You're an old slave. If you get a reward, just speak for him." Xiao Ge nodded at Eunuch Zhang from afar and scolded with a smile.
Eunuch Zhang bowed and slapped a rainbow fart: "That is the emperor's mercy."
"Okay, I understand." Xiao Ge said.
He was busy with everything, and he had no time to worry about which girl his son was attracted to. Anyway, things would have to be known sooner or later, and he didn't bother to ask.
Although Xiao Ge suppressed the two brothers Xiao Lingpu and Xiao Lingyan for the sake of the prince and the third prince, as well as fear of the Cen family. However, due to the nature of father and son, in the past six months, Xiao Lingyan has come to him from time to time to refresh his favorability, and he has become more and more fond of this fifth son.
Liked it.
Therefore, he also took Xiao Lingyan's matter seriously.
After registering in front of the emperor and eliminating the possibility of a sudden marriage, Xiao Lingyan finally felt relieved.
Concubine Cen, on the other hand, took the opportunity to call Xiao Liuzi and asked him for a long time. Xiao Liuzi was stubborn and didn't know anything about it.
Xiao Liuzi knew his master's character. If he dared to tell the imperial concubine about His Highness, even if she was His Highness's biological mother, he would not end up well.
He has not forgotten that just half a year ago, His Highness sent away the young eunuch who had served him for many years, so that he had the opportunity to serve His Highness. The lessons of the past are still in front of him, and he does not want to make the same mistake again.
Xiao Lingyan was busy with marriage affairs here, Fu Yunkai was in a low mood at home, and Zhao Ruxi was like a scumbag, not caring about these things at all, and started busy with his career again.
"Zhiwei, I called you here because I want to ask you about the newspaper shop." Mrs. Cui said to Zhao Ruxi sheepishly.
The academy caused so much trouble for Zhao Ruxi and made her directly confront Concubine Jin and Princess Pingyang. Therefore, when they encountered trouble running the newspaper, the eldest princess and Mrs. Cui were too embarrassed to come to Zhao Ruxi.
In addition to being embarrassed, the two of them were also a little ashamed.
After all, one of them was the eldest princess and the other was the manager of the academy. They were both in their thirties or forties. As a result, Zhao Ruxi told them most of the ideas for running a newspaper, but they still couldn't get it started.
Both of them felt ashamed.
But Princess Shangde had already gone to the emperor to ask for permission before filing the report. She only started to take action after getting the emperor's consent. Now she said no, not only was she unwilling, but she also couldn't explain it to the emperor.
So today Mrs. Cui had to bite the bullet and come to find Zhao Ruxi.
"Master is too polite. I don't dare to take the word 'asking for advice' seriously. If you have anything to do, just ask me." Zhao Ruxi said.
Mrs. Cui took out a newspaper and handed it to Zhao Ruxi: "This is a newspaper we made according to your instructions. You first have to see if there are any problems."
Zhao Ruxi looked at it.
The newspaper was about the same size as a modern newspaper, and it was divided into several pages as she had originally suggested.
The first page summarizes some laws and regulations related to women, and two related cases are written below. The second page promotes the importance of women's education and literacy. There are also two case reports of "knowledge changes destiny", but they are hidden.
Went to real name.
The third edition is more relaxed, with some life tips and two recipes. The fourth edition is a serialized storybook.
Zhao Ruxi could tell at a glance that the style of this storybook was written by Xu Xue.
There are no big problems with the content, but there are some deficiencies in the layout.
In ancient times, it was a custom to write in vertical lines, so this newspaper is all vertically typed, and there are no borders or illustrations, which makes it look very rigid and completely devoid of beauty.
The most important thing is that this newspaper is a handwritten newspaper, all copied in beautiful small regular script with hairpin flowers.
Zhao Ruxi knew it clearly as soon as he saw it.
She asked: "Are you having a printing problem?"
Mrs. Cui was not surprised by her intelligence.
She nodded and said, "Yes."
She pointed at the newspaper and said: "If the characters are too big, the content of the newspaper will be too little; but if the characters are so small, there will be problems in printing. And the borders and illustrations you mentioned cannot be done at all. Looking at it, there is only
Chapter completed!