Chapter 40 Conspiracy inside and outside the court - Yunxi and others
After Yunying was sent away, Yunxi immediately summoned the four eunuchs under his command. When he asked the young eunuch to pass them on, although Yunxi was uneasy, he was still distracted by thinking that everyone else was the "four" eunuchs under his command.
"Donkey Kong", "Five Tiger Generals" and "Thirteen Eunuchs" all sounded exciting; now he only had "Four Eunuchs", which was really funny. He could only comfort himself: I am only fourteen years old, what about Liu Bei, Yang
Lin was not as good as me when he was fourteen years old.
After a while, the four eunuchs Wang Jin, Wang Xi, Wang Gong and Wang Bu who received the message from Yunxi and were now in charge of Dongnuan Pavilion came to Yunxi's study. In fact, Yunxi also thought about whether to trust them, but because of these four
All the eunuchs were directly selected to be around him. If he had any shortcomings, these four people would not be in trouble. They are tied to Yunxi, so Yunxi trusts them, including the newly promoted ones.
Wang Bu and Wang Gong.
When Yunxi saw the four of them, he didn't talk nonsense. He didn't wait for them to finish their salutes and said directly: "Concubine Lu may want to poison me. Have you found any signs?" He was a man who had already died once.
, so although I am still not calm, I am not too panicked.
Wang Xi immediately shouted out loud: "Concubine Lu wants to murder Your Highness!"
And Wang Jin asked: "Where did your highness's news come from? Is it accurate? I don't have any sign here."
Yunxi said: "There is no guarantee. But even so, we should be prepared for any danger."
Wang Gong suddenly realized something and said, "It turns out that this is why His Highness did not eat the food in the palace tonight." His exaggerated movements made Wang Bu look askance at him. Others ignored Wang Gong's exaggerated movements.
Wang Jin thought for a moment and said: "Your Highness should indeed be prepared for any danger; but you cannot bring meals from outside the palace to the palace every day, nor can you always go to your Majesty to have meals. Besides, first of all, there is no accurate confirmation of Concubine Lu.
His Highness will be murdered by poisoning the food."
"Secondly, His Highness's meals are usually similar to those of ours. Only a few of us know what kind of food His Highness eats. The four people present are all closest to His Highness, and they share the same glory with His Highness. One loss will be a loss. I believe
No one will take refuge in Concubine Lu; and Concubine Lu can't poison us all, that would be too obvious."
Yunxi said: "Then you mean that Concubine Lu is unlikely to murder me by poisoning the food?" Yunxi thought about it himself, and it was indeed the case. It was not easy to determine the target without internal agents.
. But he immediately thought of another point, and continued: "Now that Dong Nuan Pavilion has access to my eunuchs, is it possible that some of them will seek refuge with Concubine Lu?"
Everyone habitually stared at Wang Jin again. But Wang Jin pointed his eyes at Wang Xi: This is your scope of work, don't let me do everything for you, okay? Besides, I am so busy during this period, how can I have time?
Do you have time to care about this anymore?
Wang Xi suddenly realized when he saw Wang Jin's face, and hurriedly said: "Normally, anyone who can get close to His Highness in Dongnuan Pavilion will suffer the same fate as His Highness, and now His Highness has a bright future, no one will take refuge in Concubine Lu. But if we can't protect everything, then
Concubine Lu got hold of someone's family, so from now on in this palace, only the four of us will know how to eat and wear His Highness's meals and clothes."
Wang Jin was a eunuch brought back by the army during the expedition to Guangxi. He had no relatives and no clues to arrest him. Wang Xi's hometown was probably from the Sanqin Mountains. He was sold at the age of five and passed through several hands before reaching the palace. , I can’t remember where my hometown is, so there may be no problem; Wang Bu and Wang Gong are both similar to Wang Xi.
This time is not like the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty: In the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty, being a eunuch was a very promising job. It did not require any capital investment. The competitive pressure was smaller than taking the imperial examination. Once successful, the return rate was high. Failure is only the loss of one son, which is nothing to a family with many sons. Therefore, there is a very large-scale eunuch origin and a complete eunuch-related industrial chain in Hejian Mansion, near Peiping.
At this time, there was no future for eunuchs even if they became eunuchs. Only the poorest people would sell their children to human traffickers, and only human traffickers would sell boys to become eunuchs.
Therefore, Yunxi trusted the four eunuchs under his command and said, "Then let's make arrangements according to Wang Xi's words. You will have to work harder these days."
Wang Jin hurriedly said: "I don't dare to say that it's hard work for Your Highness. This is what we should do."
Yunxi thought about it carefully and felt that it was too much to make him stand up with a warning that was unclear and without any evidence. After all, he was affected by the memories from later generations and could not adapt to being cautious at all times. The rhythm of saving lives. The following four eunuchs have never seen this because the inner palace was relatively clean not long after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, so although they are very nervous, they are not nervous enough.
When Yunying returned to Xinuang Pavilion, her mother, Concubine Li, was still waiting for her. Wenying hurried forward to get close to her mother.
Concubine Li wanted to get down to business first: "Did Yunxi keep you for dinner?"
When Yun Yunying saw her mother talking about business, she adjusted to a serious state and said, "Yes, concubine."
Concubine Li asked again: "Yunxi has just heard the reminder that he may be poisoned. Does he still want to eat the food in the palace?"
Yunying smiled and said: "No, third brother is very careful. What we eat are the 'steamed buns' he brought back from outside the palace, but third brother calls them steamed buns, which is very strange."
Concubine Li didn't care about the names of 'baozi' and 'steamed buns': "That may be the local name."
She added: "I know that Yunxi will not calmly eat the meal at Wenhua Palace tonight; you can't eat it either."
Yunying joked: "That's right, I'm also afraid that Concubine Lu will poison me today."
Concubine Li also smiled and said: "But Yunxi can't bring food back to the palace every day; and in a few days, Yunxi will definitely relax because he has never seen anything like this. Although there is no I believe that Mrs. Lu knows how to manipulate food, but this is the safest and easiest place to do it; she doesn’t have to poison Yunxi to death, she just needs to make Yunxi weak and not die from the illness."
Concubine Li's statement was correct. If Concubine Lu hadn't been able to find a suitable poison that could weaken Yunxi's body and prevent her from dying, she would not have taken the risk of using the poison.
Concubine Li continued: "I expect that Lu will take action in these few days. You go to Dong Nuan Pavilion diligently every day, regardless of time, and do not have a pattern, so that if I find any signs, I will ask you to remind Yunxi immediately; but
Be careful not to eat anything from there again.”
Yunying said: "My daughter has remembered it."
Concubine Li nodded, and the couple said goodbye for a while. It was at 2:00 p.m. that Concubine Li returned to her bedroom.
At three o'clock in the past, a palace maid from Wenyuan Pavilion quietly walked up to Concubine Lu who was taking care of Yunwen's clothes and said: "I'd like to report to you, the news came from Xinuan Pavilion. Concubine Li returned to her from Xinuan Pavilion.
Went to the palace."
Concubine Lu said calmly: "I understand, go down and tell the eyeliner to continue to keep a close eye on you." The palace maid withdrew.
When the palace maid was completely gone and Concubine Lu was the only one in the bedroom, Concubine Lu said through gritted teeth: "Ms. Li, we have been fighting for more than ten years. Let's see if you can win this most important battle; if you lose,
