"I pay homage to His Royal Highness Prince Pingning and Princess Pingning."
While Chu Nanzhi was still thinking, he saw a burly middle-aged man leading a group of soldiers in armor to bow down and pay homage.
Yin Liuxuan deliberately looked at the middle-aged man who came before him, then corrected his posture and said seriously: "Back to Your Highness and Princess, this person is specially sent by the imperial court to handle the internal affairs of the palace for Your Highness, and to assist the imperial court in managing the royal family.
The long history of clan affairs, Mr. Song, Liao and Song."
Yin Erlang usually didn't talk like this, so Chu Nanzhi immediately understood from his eyes that this person was sent to monitor the couple.
The affairs of the palace are handled by Yin Liuxuan, the young master. There are other people in charge, so there is no need for a long history.
Fortunately, she is familiar with the history of various dynasties, and she is very clear about the responsibilities of the Palace Chief. He ranks first among the palace officials, belongs to the fifth rank, and is enshrined by the court. In addition to handling the internal affairs of the palace, the most important thing is to supervise.
The feudal king regularly reports to the court on the feudal king's actions.
Chu Nanzhi smiled slightly at Song Liao, who was looking solemn, and said seriously: "In the future, the palace will have to give Lord Song a lot of trouble."
"Princess, you're welcome. This is the duty of a lower official."
Song Liao replied neither humble nor arrogantly.
But my heart was filled with bitterness.
Although the Chief of the Royal Palace is a fifth-rank court official and has a big tree like the vassal king to rely on, he is the most troublesome.
If you can't do both well, you won't be pleased.
Being forcefully installed by the Empress Dowager with her family members in hand, he had already expected that his official career would come to an end.
I just hope that I will be lucky enough to survive until retirement.
Pointing to the soldiers and minor officials behind him, Song Liao introduced with a smile: "The six first-class guards, six second-class guards behind Xiaguan, and the eight third-class guards are all sent by His Majesty to protect the palace.
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After hearing this, Lin Jinxiao nodded towards Yin Liuxuan with a sly smile: "Leave it to Captain Chen to settle everything."
The personal guards of the royal palace were all promoted from the coastal defense camp in accordance with the imperial decree, and more than ten high-level guards were hired. This intention could not be clearer.
But now that he has entered the palace, he has many ways to divide and conquer them.
When Song Liao heard this, he was immediately stunned, but he didn't know what to say.
After that, the remaining minor officials behind him were introduced one by one. Among these people, there were two each of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades responsible for supervising the ceremony and the etiquette of the royal palace, two shepherds and one pantry official.
In addition, there are more than thirty people in total including the minor officials responsible for the palace, the affairs office, the attendant office, the secretary's room and the ancestral hall.
Finally, there are hundreds of handymen in the kitchen, tea room, garden cellar, guard stable, stall room, writing room, ceremonial room and large and small study rooms.
After meeting the officials and servants in the outer courtyard, another old man wearing a blue silk shirt came forward and bowed to pay homage: "My maid, Chief Hai Da'a of Guanfang Yuan, pays homage to King Pingning and Princess Pingning."
Hearing the name Guanfangyuan, Chu Nanzhi felt goosebumps in her heart. She couldn't help but look at the pale and clean old man and the group of "men" following him with equally clean and flawless cheeks and not even a trace of beard.
I was so excited that I really wanted to blurt out what I was hiding in my heart: Take off your pants and let me take a good look.
The thought flashed through her mind, and she pretended to be affectionate and replied: "Eunuch Hai, there is no need to be polite."
He also warned as he told Song Liao: "From now on, the palace will have to rely on Eunuch Hai for internal affairs."
"Princess, please be polite. These are the responsibilities that slaves should fulfill. I am afraid that I will not be able to serve His Highness well, the princess and the princesses, and it will chill the heart of the Queen Mother."
The last few words deliberately emphasized the tone.
Chu Nanzhi nodded with a deep smile.
I immediately understood that he was a personal attendant of the Empress Dowager.
"Eunuch Hai is joking."
Chu Nanzhi pursed her lips and smiled: "Eunuch Hai is an old man in the palace. He thinks about everything more thoughtfully than I and Your Highness. With Eunuch Hai taking care of the inner courtyard of the palace for me, I can rest assured."
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"Then thank you Princess and Your Highness for the promotion."
Hearing this, Hai Da'a's face was full of joy, and he pointed to the young men behind him and introduced: "These are all carefully selected by the Empress Dowager out of consideration for His Highness and Princess. She also learned that there are many little princes and princesses in His Majesty's house.
Hundreds of eunuchs, women's servants and maids came to serve you."
Chu Nanzhi glanced at the group of eunuchs, women and children, old and young, behind him, and said with a smile: "Since you have come to the palace, Prince Pingning's palace will be your home from now on. I will not always be in the palace."
, Eunuch Hai’s words are my words, and if you disobey me, I will never forgive you lightly.”
One sentence moved Hai Da'a so much that he didn't know what to say.
The people sent by Song Changshi were settled by King Pingning in a few words, but the princess still trusted her to manage the group of people under her. It seemed that it was because of the Empress Dowager's favor.
The maids did not wait for the eunuch and the nun to answer. Haidacheng immediately promised with fear: "Please rest assured, princess, if any short-sighted person dares to make your highness and the princess frown, I will definitely punish you severely."
When he was in the palace, Eunuch Hai was a popular figure in front of the Empress Dowager. Now that he has just arrived at King Pingning, he has won the respect of the princess. The servants did not dare to be disrespectful at all, and they all bowed their heads and said: "Slave, please remember Hai."
The words of the father-in-law and the princess will definitely live up to the princess and the teachings of the Queen Mother."
Both of them nodded with satisfaction.
Hai Da'a raised his eyes and looked out of the palace, his thick gray eyebrows trembling uncontrollably: "When I was in the palace, I often heard the Queen Mother say that Your Highness and the Princess have four children, a dragon and a phoenix. Why don't you see the little prince and the little princess?
Their figures? The old slave is eager to see them, and can’t wait to see the nobles on behalf of the Empress Dowager."
"The children were so playful that they followed their grandparents and Chang Lao and Nie Lao to the back garden."
Chu Nanzhi replied with a smile.
The old eunuch's one word, "The Empress Dowager," directly alleviated a lot of suspicions about him in his heart. He was really good at making friends with people.
Although not all of the attendants selected by the Empress Dowager were loyal, they all took great care.
From Yin Liuxuan, the steward of the palace, to the personal guards everywhere, to these maids, maids, and eunuchs, they must all be trustworthy to her.
Even though the Caiwei and Cailian sisters had some small thoughts, they were just trying to fulfill their duties and rushed to climb onto Lin Jinxiao's bed. Who would have thought that they would run into such an iceberg that was not easy to get close to.
The Empress Dowager cannot be chilled. Apart from superficial trust and closeness to these attendants, she can only secretly be wary of them and slowly identify those who are trustworthy.
As his eyes wandered back to Hai Da'a, Chu Nanzhi asked seriously: "The sealing ceremony will be held in a few days. Your Highness will have to stay in the Lin family's old house to recuperate for a few days. I also have some trivial matters to be busy with."
, during this period, Eunuch Lao Hai will take care of all the affairs of the palace, so nothing will go wrong before the sealing ceremony."
"Don't worry, Princess. I will definitely fulfill my duties and cooperate with Shaofu Yin and Changshi Song to handle the affairs of the palace."