"PS: I finally paid off the debt, and I will be a free man from now on, hahahaha."
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The Six Shang, also known as the "inner court of the harem", are the six departments of "Shang Gong Bureau", "Shang Yi Bureau", "Shang Shan Bureau", "Shang Bed Bureau", "Shang Fu Bureau" and "Shang Gong Bureau"
Department.
In terms of authority, the "Six Shang" are mainly responsible for taking care of the daily life of the concubines and palace maids. To put it harshly, they serve as assistants to the eunuchs. Therefore, in terms of status, the "Six Shangs" are under the "ein eunuchs", but strictly speaking,
There is no real superior-subordinate relationship between the two. At best, it can only be said that the eunuch is responsible for instructing the six ministers on what to do, which is equivalent to the relationship between the family leader and the maid (the hostess) in a general mansion.
Under normal circumstances, the Six Shang also obeyed the orders of the eunuch, but not completely, because the Six Shang were under the management of the queens of the past dynasties.
If we use the simplest method to distinguish the responsibilities of the two, then for example, the six ministers are responsible for taking care of and managing the women in the palace (including princesses), while the eunuchs are responsible for taking care of and managing the men in the palace (including princes and eunuchs who have not left the cabinet).
In addition, the inner chamberlain also has the power to dispatch imperial guards, Lang Wei, and even controls a hidden weapons manufacturing department called the "Palace Building Bureau". Therefore, the chamberlain's status in the palace is higher than that of the six nobles.
When the sun was about to set, Prince Xiang Zhao Hongjing first went to his mother's "Qingzhi Palace" and then came to the Shang Palace Bureau in the palace.
The so-called Shanggong Bureau is the place in charge of "palace registration". Of course, the palace registration mentioned here refers to the palace registration of the concubines and maids in the palace, as well as the eunuchs, imperial guards, Lang Wei, etc. in the palace.
Palace records are kept under the jurisdiction of the chamberlain eunuchs.
The Sanggong Bureau has very powerful powers, and is the agency that the king and queen rely on most to manage the harem, but it is limited to the palace. If a woman in the palace needs to leave the palace to purchase something, she needs to register with the chamberlain supervisor.
After arriving at the Shanggong Bureau, a female official came up to him and respectfully addressed him: "His Royal Highness King Xiang."
"I wonder why His Royal Highness Prince Xiang came to our Shanggong Bureau today?" the female official asked.
King Xiang Hongjing said with a faint smile: "I want to find the palace registrations of several palace maids?"
"I wonder why His Highness Prince Xiang is looking for the palace records of those maids?" the female official asked in confusion.
Prince Xiang Hongjing smiled and said nothing, just looking at the female official.
Seeing this, the female officer suddenly woke up and said quickly: "I am talking too much. I will take His Royal Highness Prince Xiang there."
After that, the female officer took him and Liang Xu, the chief of the Zongwei, to the warehouse of "Si Baosi" in the Shanggong Bureau.
Seeing King Xiang Hongjing looking through the palace records of the maids in the palace, the female official hesitated slightly. After leaving with an excuse, she immediately reported the matter to her superior, the "dianbo" responsible for managing the warehouse. "Note: The specific official positions here are
It’s different, if it’s “Si Ji Si”, it’s “Dian Ji”, if it’s “Si Yan Si”, it’s “Dian Yan”, and so on. It’s taken from the real official position.”
According to the official positions of "Shang (Shang Ling), Si, Dian, Zhang, Shi (female history)" within the Six Shang Dynasty, the level of "Dian" is equivalent to the deputy position of "Si Shilang" in the six departments of the imperial court, which is already regarded as a different position.
A small official position.
Of course, this is just a comparison. Otherwise, how can the inner court department, which has only twelve people, be compared with the outer court (i.e., the imperial court), which often has dozens or hundreds of people?
After a while, the thirty-year-old female official with the title of "Dianbo" came to the warehouse and greeted King Xiang Hongjing: "Secretary of the Shang Palace Bureau, Dianbo, Xu Qiu, has met His Highness King Xiang."
"Xu Dianbo." Xiang Wang Hongjing returned the gift with a smile, but he was still looking at the palace records in his hand.
Seeing this, Xu Dianbo asked cautiously: "His Royal Highness King Xiang came to our department today. What is his mission?"
Although she said this very politely, as long as Xiang Wang Hongjing's answer did not satisfy her, then she would definitely report the matter to the Queen's Palace Bureau. Is this a place where she could break into casually?
Even if the opponent is the third prince in front of him, His Highness Prince Xiang.
Prince Hongjing of Xiang was naturally someone who knew the rules in the palace. After hearing this, he lied and said, "That's it. Today, the king went to visit his mother and concubine. He saw that she misses the maids who once served her. I want to please my mother and concubine.
So I came here to see if I could find the hometown of those palace maids from their palace registrations..."
"Oh..." Xu Dianbo's eyes moved slightly, thoughtfully, and after a while he smiled and said: "In that case, I will not disturb Your Highness."
After saying that, she bowed to Xiang Wang Hongjing and turned around to leave.
Seeing the back of Xu Dianbo leaving, Zong Wei Chief Liang Xu frowned and said, "This woman must have gone to report to the Queen."
"So what?" Xiang Wang Hongjing laughed and didn't take it to heart at all.
No matter how bad his excuse is, as long as he insists on saying so, Queen Wang will not be able to convict him. As Zhao Hongrun said back then, as a prince, he has some privileges in the palace.
But what made Xiang Wang Hongjing feel regretful was that he searched for a full hour and still couldn't find what he wanted.
Seeing this, Zongwei Chief Liang Xu thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty should still be in Prince Jing's Mansion at that time, right?"
Xiang Wang Hongjing glanced at Liang Xu, smiled, and said with a half-smile: "You want me to break into Lao Ba's mansion right now and turn it upside down?"
"Being humble doesn't mean that." Liang Xu looked embarrassed and quickly explained: "Being humble means, will you be in the clan?"
"How is it possible?" King Xiang Hongjing shook his head and said: "In this Shang Palace Bureau, there can be no mistakes... At the beginning, the situation of my father was not good at first. Most of the maids in his Prince Jing's Palace were sent by the palace.
Some of the palace maids are even from the East Palace... The current queen is the same person who was sent by the East Palace to monitor my father. However, this woman is really powerful..."
"Your Highness, Your Highness." Liang Xu looked around with an anxious expression, reminding His Highness to be careful what he said.
Seeing Liang Xu's panic, Xiang Wang Hongjing said mockingly: "What are you afraid of? I'm about to be sent to Yangdi, what else is there to be afraid of?" As he said that, he looked around depressedly.
He said regretfully: "It's a pity...it's a waste of time."
After saying that, he shook his head and walked out of the house: "Let's go, Liang Xu."
"Your Highness, you are not looking for me anymore?" Liang Xu asked curiously.
"I'm not looking anymore... I'm looking for a needle in a haystack, what else are I looking for? Now that things have happened, I'll use another method."
With that said, Prince Xiang Hongjing left the warehouse.
However, after Xiang Wang Hongjing and Zongwei Chief Liang Xu left, Xu Dianbo turned out from behind the warehouse. After taking a look at Xiang Wang Hongjing and the two left, he walked into the warehouse and came to
The latter was in the same position just now, looking at the palace records that had just been read by Xiang Wang Hongjing.
"These are..." Holding a palace book in his hand, Xu Dianbo read through it under the light of the lampstand, frowning slightly.
Because she discovered that what Prince Xiang Hongjing was looking for was the palace registration from nearly twenty years ago, and it was also the palace registration of some palace ladies who belonged to the East Palace at that time.
Suddenly, Xu Dianbo saw two familiar names: "Wang Dan, Shi Hui..."
These two people have incredible names. They are the Empress Wang and Concubine Shi, the two most powerful women in the harem today.
"..."
Glancing at the door of the warehouse, Xu Dianbo was thoughtful.
After thinking for about ten seconds, Xu Dianbo immediately arranged the palace records that had been disrupted by Xiang Wang Hongjing in their original order, and then exited the warehouse.
As soon as he walked outside the door, he met an eunuch who was over forty years old. The eunuch frowned and asked, "His Royal Highness King Xiang has been here just now."
After taking a look at the clothes of the eunuch opposite, Xu Dianbo lowered his head and said, "Reporting to my father-in-law, His Royal Highness Prince Xiang has indeed been here."
"What's the matter?" the eunuch asked.
Xu Dianbo then told King Xiang Hongjing's excuse that was full of loopholes, and the eunuch frowned.
But just like that sentence, the prince has more or less privileges in the palace. Therefore, even if he knew that Prince Xiang Hongjing had broken into the Shang Palace Bureau, he could not be held accountable.
"If King Xiang comes again next time, report it immediately."
"yes."
The next day, September 18th, was the day when King Su Zhao Hongrun got married.
For this day, King Xiang Zhao Hongjing had prepared generous congratulatory gifts early.
After instructing the clan guards to load the gifts onto the carriage, King Xiang Hongjing sat in his study and joked with Liang Xu, the chief of the clan guards: "He refused to come forward to protect me so that I would not be sent to Yangzhai. Today he is getting married. I
But you still have to give generous gifts, do you think I’m full?”
After hearing this, Liang Xu said with relief: "Even so, it's not easy to offend His Highness..."
"That's right." King Xiang Hongjing laughed at himself after hearing this: "One day when I am sealed off to Yangzhai and suffer from the intrusion of bandits, I might even ask him to send troops to help drive away the bandits from Yangzhai... Haha."
At this moment, Tao Fei, the imperial guard of King Xiang Hongjing, walked in with a package in his hand.
"Your Highness." After greeting him, Tao Fei placed the package on Prince Xiang Hongjing's desk.
"What is this?" King Xiang Hongjing looked at Tao Fei in confusion, but the latter shrugged and said: "Bizhi is in front of the mansion, carrying the generous gifts sent to Prince Su's Mansion onto the carriage, waiting for Bizhi to check afterwards.
At that time, I found this object in the carriage, as if someone had thrown it in from the window at some point..."
Xiang Wang Hongjing opened the package out of curiosity and glanced at the contents, only to find that there were only some rosters that seemed to be from a long time ago, and the pages of the volumes were all yellowed.
"Huh?" He was slightly startled. Xiang Wang Hongjing was a little familiar with these rosters. He carefully picked up the roster and flipped through a few pages, and then his eyes lit up involuntarily.
It turns out that these rosters are exactly what he went to Sibosi of Shanggong Bureau to search for yesterday without success!
He looked at the rosters carefully, which made Liang Xu, the chief of the clan guard who was standing next to him, look anxious. After all, it was getting late and they should get up and go to Prince Su's Mansion.
After a full hour, Xiang Wang Hongjing closed the roster again and murmured to himself: "Now, I am 50% sure, and the other 50%, huh..."
Having said this, he lowered his head and glanced at the ancient rosters on the desk, with a strange expression on his face, and said with a half-smile: "This is really... an unexpected gain. Ha... great magical powers.
Ah, tsk tsk, interesting, interesting."
Seeing this, Zongwei Chief Liang Xu urged from the side: "Your Highness, it's getting late, it's time to go to Prince Su's Mansion."