Eunuch Guo lowered his head, thinking that summer had indeed passed.
Eunuch Cao lowered his voice: "Is Your Highness awake?"
"Young man, go take a look." Guo Gonggong said.
Before he could turn around, Eunuch Cao stopped him.
"Sign up with someone else." Eunuch Cao said, slightly raising his chin to signal Eunuch Guo to take a step to speak.
Younger father-in-law stood aside with no expression on his face.
He was acting on the orders of the Empress Dowager. He originally thought that his job today would be simple, just running errands, but he didn't expect that something unexpected would happen in the East Palace.
However, it was not his turn to say anything, Eunuch Cao had to worry about it.
In the corridor, Eunuch Cao asked in a low voice: "Who is in charge of the warehouse now?"
Eunuch Guo replied: "Little Zengzi is taking care of it. I just asked him. He said that he did an inventory of the warehouse last month and indeed he didn't see any tiger bones, nor in the booklet."
Eunuch Cao showed no emotion on his face: "What do you think?"
Eunuch Guo chuckled.
He couldn't feel it.
Seeing that Eunuch Cao was waiting for his answer, he could only bite the bullet and said: "The Duke of Fu came back to visit His Highness. The younger one was waiting beside him and did not notice any discord between the two.
Since there is no discord, His Highness will certainly not deny it.
Come to think of it, there really is no more."
This can only be said, but Eunuch Guo may not be too sure in his heart.
There are so many things in the East Palace warehouse, how can His Highness know what is there and what is not?
Even the person in charge of the warehouse can't figure it out without looking at the book.
The prince opened his mouth but said "it's gone" and didn't even let him search the warehouse.
This is somewhat unreasonable, or in other words, disrespectful.
After all, no matter how troublesome it is to go through the warehouse, it is still done by the subordinates, so His Highness does not need to worry about it.
Unless His Highness clearly knows where it was used.
That's all there is to say. Whether the prince used the items in the East Palace or rewarded them, it happened three or four years ago. It's not a problem. If we give Cining Palace a clear explanation, there will be no need for Eunuch Cao.
Come here.
There is a process and dignity in doing things. In Eunuch Guo's opinion, the prince's response today really did not take any consideration or dignity into consideration.
Not really.
Just as he was thinking about it, the chamberlain came out of the palace and respectfully replied: "Your Highness has just gotten up."
Eunuch Cao walked up to the inner hall and met Li Shao along the way.
Li Shao was sitting on the bed, propping up his legs, looking like he had not slept well and was in a state of exhaustion.
Xu Shi just woke up and he was in a depressed mood. When he saw Eunuch Cao saluting, he frowned and said, "Why is Eunuch Cao here? It's rare."
Eunuch Cao said: "Your Majesty asked me to come here and ask about the tiger bones."
Li Shao's face turned even more ugly: "In other words, if it weren't for Xu Jian's injury, I wouldn't be able to see Eunuch Cao, right?"
Since the lockdown, he has been isolated from the outside world for several months. Although he is not used to it, he is not particularly upset because he thinks he will be able to go out in late September at the most.
But as the date gets closer and closer, I feel a little more impatient, or in other words, I feel excited.
He has really been locked up for too long.
This huge East Palace is not interesting at all. How can it compare with the excitement outside?
Even if Xu Jian was watching the government in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites every day, it would be much more pleasant than being grounded. After all, Xu Jian didn't care about him after he went to the yamen.
Li Shao was waiting for the word of mouth to lift the ban. Unexpectedly, the first person to appear outside the East Palace in recent days would be Younger Eunuch.
Eunuch Yu did bring his father's oral instructions, but unfortunately it was not a "grounding", but a tiger bone for Xu Jian.
Li Shao suddenly lost interest, so he immediately refused.
As a result, Eunuch Cao came again.
In the past few months, not only did his father come to visit him in person, but even the little chamberlain around him came to say hello once every half a month. It was unusual today that Eunuch Cao showed up in person.
Funny, really funny.
Li Shao stared at Eunuch Cao and asked coldly: "What happened to Xu Jian's injury?"
Eunuch Cao said: "Prince Jin recently found a famous doctor to diagnose and treat the Duke. Now is the critical moment. The Duke has leg pain and has not been in court for a few days. Your Highness, I am currently lacking a good tiger bone to use in medicine. You can
look……"
Li Shao chuckled: "There are so many tiger bones in the Royal Pharmacy, but he doesn't like them? Why do you want the ones from me?"
When Eunuch Cao heard this, he asked Eunuch Guo to withdraw from the others and talk to Li Shao alone.
"Your Highness, this was proposed by Cining Palace for your consideration."
"The Duke is loyal to you. If he gets better, he will be able to assist you better in the future."
"His injury is difficult to cure. If someone knows the cause, it will have an impact on you."
These words cannot be said to be heartbreaking.
This means that Eunuch Cao would not speak in such detail when facing His Highness the Crown Prince.
Unfortunately, Li Shao didn't listen.
He always felt that Xu Jian was looking for trouble by asking for tiger bones.
Tiger bones are valuable, but they are not that rare to the royal family.
Li Shao didn't know the remaining quantity in the Imperial Pharmacy, but a dozen sticks were the minimum, and since they could be hidden in the Imperial Pharmacy, it showed that the quality was definitely the same.
Obviously, there is only one available at the Royal Pharmacy, and you can also get a few more, but Xu Jian didn't want it, and even moved out of Cining Palace to ask for it from him.
If this isn't "looking for trouble", what is it?
Eunuch Cao explained what "considering him" meant. If Xu Jian really had the idea of considering him, why would he bring up old things again?
Does his injury still need to be treated?
Li Shao would say, this is a cruel trick.
Xu Jian not only sang by himself, but also took Ning An to the Cining Palace to raise the banner. He could clearly hear the crackling abacus in the East Palace.
If Xu Jian was really of the same mind as him, would Ning'an go to the palace at night to ask for tribute wine?
Li Shao thought that he saw these things very clearly, but at the same time, he also had some things that he didn't quite understand.
Xu Jian's attitude is really strange.
Cause trouble for him. He did cause a lot of trouble. He is still making a fuss about tiger bones. But if Xu Jian doesn't like him at all, it doesn't seem to be the case. In the case of Chen Mi Hutong, Xu Jian looked at it.
Think less.
Chenmi Hutong is indeed disgraceful.
The disgrace was also due to the fact that the house was broken open by Shuntian Mansion and the garrison yamen. As a crown prince, his appearance and clothes were disheveled, which was always disgraceful.
As for getting drunk and playing with women...
My father will definitely be unhappy, but this is human nature.
The father himself also drank wine, and the father also had concubines in the harem.
The incident happened suddenly, and it was enough to be scolded and punished. But in the final analysis, the fool Liu Xun was deceived, and he was involved in a bunch of messy things involving Li Mi, Gu Yue, etc., and he was calculated.
Xu Jian was ordered to assist Shuntian Mansion and solve the case for him, which was only natural and right.
Of course, Xu Jian did not take the opportunity to make trouble and used this matter to embarrass him. Maybe he had guessed what his father was thinking.
Yes.
His father always hoped that Xu Jian could assist him, and Xu Jian could not dissent from his father.
So this is a lively event...
oh.
Li Shao suddenly had an enlightenment.
Xu Jian should want to take advantage of him.
The king and his ministers are kings and ministers. A king who cannot suppress his ministers will be led by his ministers.
In the past few years, Li Shao thought that in his interactions with Xu Jian, Xu Jian was really "strong" for several years.
Outside Yumen Pass, he tied him up as he was told and threw him on horseback and knocked him all the way back to the pass. His internal organs were almost knocked out.
The Ministry of Rites watched over the government, forcing him to read old documents one by one, and forcing him to write various reflections to his father every day, which made him terribly annoyed.
This is still just the beginning.
In the future, when his father will pay more and more attention to Xu Jian and Xu Jian will stand more firmly in the court, Xu Jian will intensify his efforts.
Then Li Shao, can he still have a chance to breathe?
He is the one sitting on the small throne, and he is also the one sitting on the dragon throne behind him. He will be above tens of thousands of people, but Xu Jian can dictate.
Like a puppet emperor and regent.
The more Li Shao thought about it, the more irritated he became.
Why?
Why would Xu Jian try to treat him as a puppet?
If you want to cover the sky with one hand, why don't you try to pull some of his younger brothers who have not yet been weaned? I don't even think about whether your father can tolerate it!
Li Shao lifted the thin blanket and got off the bed.
There were only him and Eunuch Cao in the room, and he didn't let Eunuch Cao wait on him. He poured a cup of herbal tea and drank it.
He didn't care if Xu Jian helped or not, but he wouldn't let Xu Jian really pull the young ones back. He had to be stronger and not let Xu Jian succeed.
"He wants tiger bones?" Li Shao asked Eunuch Cao coldly, "In your opinion, should I open the warehouse and let people search for it?"
He can give it, but he has to be aloof. This is his gift to Xu Jian.
Cao Gonggong said: "Previously, the East Palace had a change of hands, and there was no good handover. Why not take this opportunity to light up the warehouse? Seeing that autumn is coming, taking advantage of the good weather these days, you can also dry what should be dried. The people below are working.
, you don’t have to worry.”
Li Shao turned his head and said: "Open it then, take it if you have it."
Eunuch Cao agreed, turned around and left.
Li Shao suddenly stopped him: "What else did your father say?"
The Holy One did not explain anything unnecessary, and Eunuch Cao could not talk nonsense, so he could only say: "The Holy One did not explain anything else."
Hearing this, Li Shao's face looked very ugly.
Eunuch Cao saw this and didn't say much. He went out and asked Eunuch Guo to arrange for manpower to open the warehouse.
Uncle Yu followed him over and took a look at the open warehouse door.
There are many things in the warehouse.
It's at Cining Palace. Every time I sort it out, I have to be busy for a day or two.
The posture of the East Palace does not look like it can be completely organized in just a little bit of time.
"Would you like to go back first?" Eunuch Yu Yu suggested to Eunuch Cao in a low voice, "Your Majesty, you have something to do before you."
Eunuch Cao knew his good intentions, but did not move.
He also saw it just now. Although His Highness agreed to open the warehouse, he still had a temper in his heart.
He is here, representing His Majesty, and it is a matter of face. The people below can do things more smoothly. If he is not here, nothing is found in the warehouse for a long time. His Highness is annoyed and changes his mind. He goes to the imperial study to move him in.
…
He is not afraid of running errands back and forth, he is afraid that the Holy Father will get angry if he hears it!
At the same time, Eunuch Cao was also muttering.
This matter is obviously beneficial to His Highness, why did His Highness still shirk the blame earlier?
He just talked about it in detail, but he also believed that His Highness himself could not have thought of it at all. He could not understand this point in a roundabout way, and Sangu's hard work over the years had been in vain.
His Highness must have lost his temper, and there was a rift between him and Duke Fu.
Where did the rift come from?
Thinking of this, Eunuch Cao's heart sank.
What did Duke Fuguo say in the imperial study last year?
"It is precisely because of His Highness's thoughtfulness that I don't want to walk in front of His Highness. That would remind His Highness all the time how my legs were injured. It would be easier if Your Highness were careless."
This seems to be correct.
He is so thoughtful that he cannot relax.
Eunuch Cao's expression was a little more serious.
We still have to heal the wound, and only then can the knot in our heart be untied.
Otherwise, what will we do in the future?
Thinking like this, Eunuch Cao felt more and more sympathetic to Xu Jian.
The prince's mischief at Yumen Pass cost Xu Jian's legs and ambitions. His career as a military commander was at an end. If he wanted to rule the world as a civil servant in the future, he must have his legs healed to avoid unnecessary trouble.
This is really...
Seeing that Eunuch Cao had no intention of leaving, Eunuch Guo had two chairs brought over and asked him and Eunuch Yu to sit down.
Little Zengzi looked through the booklet and broke into a sweat.
There used to be a set of methods for warehouse reconciliation, from big to small, step by step, but that no longer applies. They had to find the tiger bones first and explain them to the two chamberlains.
The tiger bone is just like a thin stick. It is not surprising that it is hidden anywhere. Several people went through it one shelf after another, and finally found it in a white porcelain painting jar.
Little Zengzi turned his head and met Eunuch Guo's face.
Eunuch Guo looked calm, took the tiger bone, wiped it carefully with a handkerchief, and whispered to little Zengzi to find a similar box to put it in before sending it out.
He knew that they had taken over the job in a hurry, and the most important thing for them was to take care of the prince, and they did not rush to deal with other things.
There was a brief inventory of the warehouse before, but he didn't look at it personally. He didn't expect it to end up like this.
Xiao Zengzi didn't pay enough attention to his work, and the previous person in charge of the warehouse in the East Palace didn't do his job well at all.
If Eunuch Cao were to know that the tiger bones were in the painting vat, he would be in trouble.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Eunuch Guo first took the tiger bones to deliver the work.
Uncle Yu opened it and took a look to make sure it was correct. Then he smiled and thanked Li Shao.
"Have you found it?" Li Shao was in a bad mood and said, "Then take it to Ning'an. What a big deal. It was the Empress Dowager who spoke and alerted the father. She also asked her to tell Xu Jian that I am a tiger.
The bones have been hidden for several years, so don’t waste them."
Eunuch Cao was outside, listening to a lot of things, and even glanced at Eunuch Guo.
Eunuch Guo chuckled.
After Eunuch Yu left, Eunuch Cao called Eunuch Guo aside to talk.
"The Za family trusts you and lets you work with His Highness. As long as His Highness goes well, you will have a bright future," Eunuch Cao said in a low voice, "But you have to remember that you are not in the East Palace to please His Highness, but to persuade him.
Your Highness, there are two lessons to be learned from the past, don’t make the same mistakes again.”
Eunuch Guo's back was dripping with sweat: "I remember it, little one."
Eunuch Cao went back to the imperial study.
Eunuch Guo went inside to serve Li Shao.
"Didn't you find the tiger bones?" Li Shao asked, "What are you still doing in the warehouse? Do you really want to take out all of Eunuch Cao's things and dry them in the sun? It's nothing to do. I'm annoyed by it, so don't do it."
Eunuch Guo had no choice but to say: "Young ones, please tell them to be gentle."
"This is the East Palace!" Li Shao raised his voice, "What I said is useless? They two can use their father and queen to suppress me, do you think you can do it too?"
Eunuch Guo was frightened and hurriedly knelt down and said, "I don't dare, little one."
"Get out!" Li Shao said, "Xu Jian is also lucky. If he hadn't been engaged to Ning'an, how could he have done all these things?"
Eunuch Guo naturally did not dare to answer the conversation and simply got out.
After leaving the main hall, he went to the warehouse again and told Xiao Zengzi not to continue renovating today because there was too much noise.
Xiao Zengzi probably guessed the reason, and said with an apologetic smile: "You see, it's not that we guys were lazy before, but His Highness didn't like to hear these things, so he hasn't sorted them out in detail.
If we stop here today and ask what's in the warehouse later, I won't be able to answer immediately, so I'll have to look for it slowly.
Besides, are you sure you really want to dig through it?"
Eunuch Guo looked at him.
Seeing this, Xiao Zengzi said again: "You can throw tiger bones into the painting vat. It's really messy. If you look at it according to the book, it's not surprising that there's nothing missing. The first group of people have long since disappeared. Who should we break up with?"
How much does it cost?"
"That can't be done haphazardly," Guo Gonggong said, "Sooner or later, something will happen. You should keep your hands and feet clean, and don't let others mess around. This is the East Palace's thing! If something goes wrong, no one will get any good results!
"
Little Zengzi smiled and said yes.
The warehouse was simply packed up and locked again.
Eunuch Guo stood in the corridor and watched, his heart pounding. Eunuch Cao's words echoed in his ears repeatedly, making him sigh.
