In the Ministry of Civil Service, Xiao Zongchang and Xiao Zongsheng summoned their staff to discuss countermeasures in a secret room. This time, the emperor suddenly took action and resolutely eliminated Wang Ying, the eunuch who was in charge of the East Factory. The East Factory was temporarily handed over to Meng Chong, while Xiao Dang was in the palace.

The nails placed in the house were also pulled out by Meng Chong one after another. The Xiao family was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. The key is that they didn't even know who was behind the attack.

It's definitely not Meng Chong. During this period, Meng Chong was pressed hard by Wang Ying, and the power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies was greatly eroded by Wang Ying. If he had such ability, he would have dealt with Wang Ying long ago.

Who is the mastermind behind this, and what is his purpose? The Xiao brothers are most worried about this unknown enemy.

Everyone present here is Xiao Party's confidants. Everyone has been studying for a long time, but they don't have a clue. Most people think that the person who took action this time is the prince, but of course some people don't think so.

Xiao Zongchang rubbed his swollen and painful temples, looked at Li Yan and said, "What do you think, Mr. Li?" Li Yan is the think tank of the Xiao Party. Although he is not a big official, he is very valued. Li Yan put away his folding fan with a swipe and arched his head.

He cupped his hands and said: "The prince himself is cowardly and incompetent, and there are no ministers under him who can take charge of his duties, so the student's foolish opinion is not the fault of the prince!

Xiao Zongchang twirled his beard and fell into deep thought: "In your opinion, who is the prince if he is not the prince?" He also felt that with the prince's ability, he should not be able to use such methods.

Li Yandao: "Two elders, the students feel that this incident really caught us off guard, but the most important thing at the moment is not to find out the mastermind behind the scenes, there is a more important thing that we need to do!"

Xiao Zongsheng said: "How do you say this?"

Li Yandao: "The imperial concubine has been favored for so many years, and His Royal Highness King Zhao is becoming more and more powerful. There must be many people who secretly want to make Tiezi stop him. No matter who it is, as long as we act cautiously and never reveal such obvious flaws, even if

No matter how powerful and capable the people behind the scenes are,

What can I do? This time we have lost Wang Ying, and there is a lack of candidates among the internal officials who can influence the emperor. At the same time, there have been many power vacuums. If not filled in time, that old man Meng Chong will definitely get the opportunity to install him.

If we lose his manpower, our losses will be huge."

Xiao Zongchang nodded and said: "But we don't have the right manpower at the moment."

Li Yandao: "I have already found a candidate for the two adults. Once this person is sent to the palace, he will definitely gain the favor of the emperor, and his achievements in the future will be far less than Wang Ying."

Xiao Zongsheng stood up happily: "If you take this seriously, why don't you call that person out to see him?"

Li Yan stood up, clapped his hands three times, and the door to the secret room opened immediately. Then he saw an unusually handsome man walking in. He kowtowed to the two adults sitting on his upper arm and said, "My servant Chen Jia kowtows to Master Xiao.

Kowtow to the Marquis!"

Xiao Zongchang accepted his courtesy and said in a deep voice: "Raise your head!"

Chen Jia raised his head, and everyone in the room let out a sound of surprise. It turned out that Chen Jia was young, only about seventeen or eighteen years old. He was extremely handsome with delicate features and delicate eyes. At first glance, he did not look like a man, but more like a

A charming and beautiful girl, a real boy and girl.

His face was pale and beardless, and everyone present here was mature. Naturally, they all saw that this man had been stabbed in the lower part, and his true identity was a eunuch. However, he was too young, so he presented himself to the emperor like this. The emperor liked masculine styles.

, at most, he can be a pet who is a pedophile. With his qualifications as the Supervisor of Ceremonies, it is certainly impossible for him to succeed Wang Ying as the second person in the Supervisor of Ceremonies and become the eunuch of the East Factory. If so, how can he have any influence on the emperor?

Compared with Wang Ying.

Xiao Zongchang glanced at Li Yan beside him in confusion, and saw him waving his folding fan, looking confident. He knew that this disciple was resourceful, best at calculating people's hearts, and full of bad ideas, so he asked patiently.

A few words from Chen Jia.

Chen Jia was neither humble nor arrogant, and answered the right questions appropriately. Especially his clear eyes made people feel good about him. Xiao Zongchang asked someone to take him down. The door of the secret room was closed, and everyone's eyes fell on Li Yan. Shen Bubu

Those who were angry had already asked Li Yan to quickly clear up their doubts.

Li Yan remained calm and said with a smile: "My lords, do you still remember Mr. Xi from Changxiu Palace?"

Xiao Zongchang was shocked and said: "But the noble Xi who was sentenced to death by the Queen Mother?"

Li Yandao: "Exactly!"

Xiao Zongchang was in a high position, and his daughter was an imperial concubine. He naturally knew a lot about the secret history of palace curtains. Thinking of Noble Xi, his expression changed. He suddenly reacted and lost his voice: "This Chen Jia is eight points like Noble Xi."

resemblance!"

Li Yan put his hands on his hands and smiled: "This is the wonderful thing."

It turns out that Lady Xi was a concubine of Emperor Taizong during her lifetime and the concubine of the current emperor. She was favored by Emperor Taizong because of her charming and handsome appearance. Emperor Taizong was seriously ill at that time, and the Emperor went to the palace to attend to the illness. After coming and going, she actually fell in love with Lady Lady Xi.

When the emperor ascended the throne, he often secretly went to the palace of the noble Xi.

Although Xi Guiren was born with a fragrant and beautiful country, there are many people with stunning beauty in the Sixth Palace. However, as the saying goes, a wife is worse than a concubine than a steal. It is this kind of forbidden love that makes the orthodox emperor who has become the emperor have a deep love for this father.

The noble lady Xi who was left behind by the emperor never forgets her. Compared with other concubines, Zhengtong loves this concubine much more.

Paper could not contain the fire. Sooner or later, the Empress Dowager knew about this matter. For the sake of the royal face, the Queen Mother poisoned Noble Xi to death with a glass of poisonous wine. The orthodox emperor suddenly lost Noble Xi and fell seriously ill. It took him a long time to recover from the illness.

After that, the Changxiu Palace was sealed, and no other concubines were allowed to move in for more than ten years. They often paid homage in person, which shows that the emperor never forgot this concubine.

What would be the consequences if such a eunuch who looked exactly like Mr. Xi was sent to the emperor? Xiao Zongchang felt excited just thinking about it. "What are you waiting for? I will send this person to the emperor tomorrow!"

Li Yandao: "No! Master Shangshu, please do not act too hastily. It is certain that this person will contribute to the emperor, but the opportunity needs to be grasped carefully. In three days, the emperor will summon Lou Zhenren from Jiuhua Mountain. That is the best time."

Xiao Zongchang had already understood Li Yan's trick, and laughed and said: "Wonderful! Wonderful! The emperor favors Taoism. If this eleventh generation descendant of Jiuhua Mountain tells him personally, this Chen Jianai will never forget him."

Endless kindness, reincarnation, how can the emperor not look at Chen Jia with admiration!"

Three days later, the emperor met with Mr. Lou from Jiuhua Mountain in the Wenhua Palace. Xiao Zongchang made some arrangements and sent Chen Jia to the imperial concubine's Chengqian Palace. The imperial concubine chose this day to give Chen Jia to the emperor. The emperor saw Chen Jia.

After Jia was stunned, Lou Zhenren was confused again on the spot.

Nao Nao did a fortune telling, and finally said that Chen Jia was the reincarnation of an old friend of the emperor. He came to repay the kindness of the previous emperor. The emperor couldn't help crying after hearing this. After seeing Chen Jia's appearance, he was convinced that he was about to

Chen Jia accepted it and asked him to wait beside him.

Not long after Concubine Xiao returned to Chengqian Palace, someone sent news: "The emperor has put Chen Jia on the dragon bed!" Concubine Xiao also personally sent such a man and woman to the emperor's bed.

She felt very depressed. The female officer Ding Xiang beside her couldn't help but interjected: "This is still during the national mourning period!"

Concubine Xiao sighed and said: "Then Chen Jia's wealth and life are in my control, so he will naturally work for us wholeheartedly!" Concubine Xiao murmured: "Minyu, Minyu, mother has done so much for you, you

But we must not lose to the prince!"

In a blink of an eye, Yulan's fifteenth birthday, the fifth day of July, is coming soon. In Dachu, getting a hairpin means that a girl has grown up. For people from high-ranking families, getting a hairpin is a very important day. Before the old lady

I once told her that I would hold a grand haircut ceremony for her.

Yulan didn't care about this. It happened to be another year of national mourning, and Yulan knew that this hairpin ceremony would probably be careless.

Because of Yuxin's relationship, the eldest wife's attitude towards her is getting better and better, and things like deductions have never happened again. However, it is fundamental for a stingy person like the eldest wife to treat her as her own daughter.

Unrealistic.

The eldest lady called her to Yining House the day before, showed her the list of guests invited for the next day, and said to her: "I originally wanted to hold a good party for you and make it fun, but now this time is not suitable.

I hope you can understand my difficulties when hosting a banquet."

Yu Lan did not accept the order: "It all depends on the mother. We are still in the midst of a national mourning. In fact, it doesn't matter whether we do the wedding ceremony or not. Even if we don't invite outside guests, my daughter will never complain at all."

Seeing that she was so sensible, the eldest lady couldn't help but said warmly: "I know you are a sensible kid, but this matter was ordered by the old lady herself. Your previous sisters have all done it. Although the current situation is special, I can't let you do it."

The hairpin ceremony was scrawled over."

Yulan then meekly said: "You all listen to mother."

The eldest wife said: "This time, I have invited Mrs. Zhou, the right minister of the Ministry of Etiquette, to be your guest of honor...the host is the wife of Lord Ma, the commander of the Jinyi Guards!"

For female elders to insert hairpins for those who have haircuts, they also need a secretary to serve the hairpins to those who have haircuts, and a praiser to assist the guests in saluting. The praisers are usually the sisters of the hairdressers.

Needless to say, there is a fifth sister above Yulan, and a ninth sister below, who can all be her praisers. However, the higher the status of Zhengbin and Si Zhi, the better, but Yulan’s status is at stake here.

, she is just a concubine, and her mother's status is so embarrassing, how can ordinary people be willing to serve as a guest and minister for her. The eldest lady's invitation to Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Ma was beyond Yulan's expectation.

Of course, Yu Lan was not dissatisfied. After thanking the eldest lady, he only made one request, which was to change the number of praisers from the fifth girl to the ninth girl.

She didn't want to have someone who was always jealous and resentful towards her help her complete such a solemn haircut ceremony on a day like this. She had to find someone who could truly bless her.

Of course, Yuqing is much more suitable than Yuxia.

The eldest lady glanced at her. Yuxia was her biological sister, so it was more appropriate for her to be the praiser. But the eldest lady hated Yuxia even more than Yulan. Seeing that Yulan didn't like using Yuxia, she agreed.

Come down.

The eldest lady talked to her about the hairpin ceremony procedures and some precautions. Yulan then said goodbye to the eldest lady and returned to Green Jingzhai.

As soon as Yulan left, someone came from the concierge: "Princess Qingjiang is here to visit. She has already arrived at the Chuihua Gate."

The eldest lady was surprised. Princess Qingjiang is Ye Fengqi's sister. She is of the same generation as the current emperor. She is also highly respected in the clan. The eldest lady only met Princess Qingjiang when she sent Yulan back to her home.

After passing her, she had no friendship with Princess Qingjiang. She didn't know what important business the princess had here, so she hurriedly led people to welcome her out of the Chuihua Gate.

The eldest wife welcomed the princess into Yining Residence, invited the princess to sit at the table, and after a few words of greetings, Princess Qingjiang directly stated the purpose of her visit: "I am really entrusted with this unexpected visit. I heard that

Tomorrow is the day for the seventh girl in your house to get her haircut, so I would like to recommend myself as a guest of honor. What do you think, madam?"

Princess Qingjiang is much better than the Mrs. Zhou she invited in terms of rank and qualifications. It is certainly better to have her as the guest of honor than Mrs. Zhou. The eldest lady was immediately petrified. She actively asked to be the guest of honor and the hairpin ceremony, and the eldest wife was still

First time I heard about it.

Although Mrs. Zhou was invited in advance, Princess Qingjiang's face was even more irrefutable, so the eldest lady happily agreed. But when the eldest lady asked Princess Qingjiang who was entrusted by her, Princess Qingjiang was...

Smiling but not answering. Ye Yichen and Ye Feng

With such a good relationship between Qi and Qi, Princess Qingjiang was naturally very friendly to him. Princess Qingjiang always thought that Ye Yichen was cold and arrogant and would never ask for anything from others, but she never thought that one day this cold and proud brother would ask for her.

Head up...

Princess Qingjiang had an elegant smile on her face and said clearly: "I also took it upon myself to choose the candidate for the position of governor for you. What do you think, Mrs. Hou Meng of Linjiang?" The eldest lady was a little dizzy, she couldn't

Knowing that Yulan had fallen in the eyes of that noble man, he asked a Madam Hou to give a tray to the guests? Even when her eldest daughter-in-law had hairpins, there was no such luxurious lineup. It was really unheard of to treat a concubine so favorably.
Chapter completed!