"That little hooves usually looks honest, but who would have thought that she would do such a dirty thing! I asked her who did it and she still refused to tell... Xiao Chen, it's hard for Zhang Zifang to come forward in this matter, so just leave it to her.
Go and investigate, remember, the investigation must be secret and not public."
"嗻!"
"We must find out that bastard so that he can be cut into pieces and thrown outside the Changding River to feed the dogs, so that the palace discipline can be strictly enforced!" That's all the queen said.
No matter who they are found out, they can only be killed quietly and cannot make a big splash.
"嗻!"
"I'll give you three days to complete this matter. If you do it well, you'll get a reward. If you do it badly, you don't have to come back. Just go to the Baochao Department to cut grass."
"Hey..." Xiao Chenxin said, are you kidding me? It's not easy to find out such a big thing. Just give me three days, is that ridiculous?
"Huh?" Seeing Xiao Chen's hesitation, the queen's pretty face became even more frosty.
"Your Majesty, this matter is not easy to handle, and there is only one slave. I have no head or six arms. Besides, I am just a little eunuch with no position and no authority. It is really inconvenient to act in the palace..."
It means that you want people to have power.
There's no benefit at all. Why don't you ask me to work for you for free?
Although Li Wanjiang promised to reward him, he hasn't received the reward yet, right?
As the saying goes, the gold in your hands is not as good as the copper in your hands. Let’s get some benefits first.
"Yes, that's right. Let's do it this way. I will make you the chief eunuch and hold the position of scribe in the Baochao Department. This is also a seventh-grade title. In this way, you can have a reputation by helping me."
The queen thought so.
She knew the situation in the palace very well. There were dozens of concubines, thousands of maids, thousands of eunuchs, plus those imperial guards, imperial guards, and imperial guards...
It can be said that there is a mixed bag of fish and dragons, everyone is included.
If Xiao Chen is not given a title, it will really be difficult for him to do things.
"As for manpower... you can find it yourself."
"Thank you for your kindness!"
Xiao Chen was so happy that after thanking him loudly, he still refused to leave.
"What else do you have to say?"
"Please also ask the empress to give me a handwriting, so that I can have the confidence to do things."
Xiao Chen kicked his nose and was about to hit his face.
"You little servant, do you still want me to sign and pledge it for you? That's fine, I'll just give you a handwriting. I'll give you everything you want. If things don't work out..."
"Willing to be punished."
Xiao Chen didn't say he was willing to die.
After going out, he took the queen's chicken feathers as arrows and sent a few young eunuchs to rush to Cuihua Palace and seal the palace gate tightly.
Strive to ensure that not a single bird is allowed to fly in, and not a single hair is allowed to float out!
In fact, Zhang Zifang had already sent someone to lock Cuihua Palace, but Xiao Chen still did not do it in order to show that he was doing things in an orderly manner.
"Little Eunuch Xiao is really vigorous and resolute in his work. No wonder the empress thinks so highly of you. Then our family wishes little Eunuch Xiao every success?" Zhang Zifang had a smile on her face.
"We work as errands for the empress, how dare we not do our best? What are the abilities of my subordinates? If I don't pay back everything, I have to take care of you, Eunuch Zhang?" Xiao Chen also smiled happily.
When the two people looked at each other, there were invisible sparks.
Xiao Chen is the new rich man before the Emperor and the Empress, and Zhang Zifang is the head of Kunning Palace and one of the three chief eunuchs in the palace. The two are destined to have a passionate collision, and it is impossible not to be electrified.
First go to Zhao Gongming, who is the only person Xiao Chen can trust in the palace.
"What errand did that girl Murong Yueqiu ask you to do in such a mysterious way?" Zhao Gongming also had no basic respect for the queen and called her by her first name. It was really a crime worthy of death.
"Secret errand! If I tell you, I will kill you!" Xiao Chen sneered.
"Hey! I can't come to you for important things. It's nothing more than stealing and playing with chickens, dirty things under the dark light!" Zhao Gongming has been in the palace for a long time, and he guessed it when he saw Xiao Chen's pretending to be mysterious.
They are inseparable from each other.
"How do you know?" Xiao Chen was surprised.
"Have I guessed it? Huh, how do you think this palace is a clean place? The ashes are crawling on the ashes, the groomsmen are crawling on the ashes, the groomsmen are the groomsmen, and even the fair eunuchs in the palace of the queen are not saved, and they are used to vent the fire.
I don’t know anything. Now I just fold my wrists and tuck them into my sleeves. I think back then when I was in the palace..."
Zhao Gongming said it happily, but he made a mistake and quickly shut up, but it was too late.
"How was it when we were in father's palace?" Xiao Chen's face was already quite ugly.
"There won't be such nonsense..."
The way Zhao Gongming blinked his eyes showed that he was lying.
"Sigh... I asked you, Mr. Zhao, if you can have a guard in your mouth from now on?" Xiao Chen really had nothing to do with this loyal, yet arrogant old eunuch.
"Yes, yes, yes, when the late emperor was here, he always said that I am good at everything, but my mouth is not good. The late emperor was really mean to this old slave..." Zhao Gongming suddenly felt sad as he said this, and burst into tears.
, as if a dog and a horse are in love with their master.
However, although Zhao Gongming has no answers, his idea is actually a good one.
He told Xiao Chen.
Since we want to investigate the case, we naturally need to find several professionals to help. It is useless to just rely on a group of eunuchs.
The imperial guards were all uncles with eyes on their heads, and Xiao Chen could not give orders.
The Royal Forest Army is difficult to mobilize. Even if you just mobilize a small team, you need the command of the general, which is not troublesome enough.
So the best candidate is Jin Yiwei.
"Eunuch Xiao wants to borrow someone to run an errand, but he doesn't know what the errand is?" A guard with a mustache and a golden coat on duty looked arrogant towards Xiao Chen and Zhao Gongming.
"Our family is ordered by the Queen to investigate a small case of jewelry theft." Xiao Chen said in his heart that you are a Qianshi, and I am also a Qianshi. We are all at the same level. Do you want to be so arrogant?
In fact, they just have the same name and are not at the same level at all. Jinyi Wei Qianshi is a fourth-level official, three levels higher than him!
Besides, are ordinary people who can achieve this position in Jinyiwei?
Back then, they were all arrogant soldiers who followed Li Wanjiang through life and death. How could they take Xiao Chen, a little eunuch, seriously.
But this is actually a very abnormal thing. Xiao Chen made great contributions at last night's lantern festival, and the emperor will definitely give him a big reward. The palace is fully aware of this.
According to common sense, this mustachioed guy should be deliberately trying to curry favor with Xiao Chen, a popular guy. Why is he so arrogant?
This explains a lot of problems...
"Is it the Queen's decree?" Mustache restrained part of his arrogance, "Such a small case does not require many people, let's see who is idle..."
The ones who were idle were a burly man and a gentle and elegant young man. The man's name was Wei Yuntian and the young man's name was Zhuge Xiaosheng. They were both Jinyi captains, the lowest rank of junior officers.
When he heard that Mr. Qian asked them to investigate a small theft case, Wei Yuntian was very dissatisfied and started shouting.
"Sir Cheng, you, an adult, won't send us an errand. How can you finally send an errand like this? Do we still need to take action on such a trivial matter?"
"Fart! This is an errand sent by the queen. Why is it such a trivial matter? Are you disobeying me?" Cheng Qianshi was furious.
"Sir, please calm down, don't you know Yuntian's bad temper? If you talk without meaning, let's go right away." Zhuge Xiaosheng hurriedly pulled Wei Yuntian away.
Xiao Chen looked at it with surprise. How dare a little captain dare to openly yell at his immediate superior?