29. Chapter 29 The Poor and the Unlucky
After Xian Ruxing returned, he heard the news of Zhang Yong's resignation within a few days.
As a famous eunuch of the world, Zhang Yong experienced four dynasties in his life, and had ups and downs. Although he was in charge of more than a dozen departments of the inner court, he was all in order and never used his power to take advantage of others or exploit others.
Even with the courtiers, his reputation is actually quite good.
For such a person, Jiajing had to keep him even if he was pretending, but in the end he approved it with Zhang Yong's insistence. In order to thank him for his hard work over the years, he also gave him some treasures.
With Zhang Yong's proof, many eunuchs who held important positions during the Zhengde period also expressed that they did not want to do it anymore, hoping that the emperor could give him a good retreat.
However, Jiajing had no good face to them. He calculated the evil things he had done before one by one. Even if he was mean and ruthless, he would never tolerate him. He would be exiled if he should be exiled, and he would be searched if he should be searched.
This has completely renewed the atmosphere of the entire Forbidden City.
However, Xian Ruxing didn't feel anything about these things, mainly because she was too busy recently. Not only did she have to deal with the business at hand, but Deng Shiyi also had to keep an eye on him from time to time. The little emperor always asked her to discuss the government affairs...
But, although busy, this kind of life is not bad for the "King of the Book" Xian Ruxing. Some people may be born with energy. Although Xian Ruxing is thin, she has a good appetite. She will be energetic after three hours of sleep every day.
The daily itinerary is scheduled closely and can take time to exercise. People around me were extremely shocked. Queen Mother Jiang now believed more Xian Ruxing's words and urged her two daughters to go around the palace from time to time, even if she was not.
It's too far away and no longer takes a chariot.
Just after inspecting the industry, Xuan and his man came over and asked them a little embarrassedly when they could move into the leopard house. Now they live in too small places and they can't even use several production lines to add.
"Didn't Huang Jin come to notify you?" Xian Ruxing wondered, it shouldn't be. It's logical that this has been happening for a while. Huang Jin is the most neat person. Could something go wrong?
"No, the old Taoist has even found someone to customize the utensils, look..." Xuan looked at her with a look.
Xian Ruxing couldn't stand it because he saw it, so he could only say that he would enter the palace later.
When she arrived in the palace, she specially found the little apprentice beside Huang Jin to ask. The little apprentice is only twelve years old this year. She was respectful and afraid of Xian Ruxing, so she hurriedly said, "Go back to the immortal master, Master is now in the leopard room, why don't you wait
Come and look for it later?"
After hearing what he said, Xian Ruxing became even more curious, so he simply ran to Xiyuan to check it out. It was not until today that she finally saw this famous palace.
Strictly speaking, the leopard house was not the first to be built by Zhengde. As early as the Yuan Dynasty, nobles raised tigers, leopards and other beasts here for fun. When Zhu Di built the Forbidden City, he also designated this place as a beast garden. Zhengde just expanded it.
Several times.
As soon as Xian Ruxing got inside, he heard Huang Jin screaming and scolding in anger: "Hurry up! Come on, drive them all in! Waste stuff! Hurry!"
When he walked in, he saw Huang Jin's clothes were in a mess, one of her shoes fell off, and even the hat on her head was crooked, and her eyes widened in surprise.
You know, although Huang Jin is not old, he is almost the most stable person among the people Xian Ruxing has ever seen. Even Zhu Houcong's strictness cannot find any fault. After entering the palace, many servants from the royal palace were fighting for the past.
He showed off his power through the dragon, but this companion who grew up with the emperor was always in good manner.
Who can make him lose his composure with such a mind?
Huang Jin probably didn't expect Xian Ruxing to come, and he couldn't hold on his face. He straightened his hat and hurried forward and said, "I'm sorry, I won't deal with this trip, I'll do it in vain if I don't solve this place for so many years.
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"I can slow down here, but Eunuch Huang, your face..." Xian Ruxing pointed to both sides of her cheeks.
Huang Jin reached out to touch it, and found that there were a few blood marks on his face at some point.
"Oh! They were all those old ladies scratching me! Our family can't spare them today!" Huang Jin completely lost his manners and screamed. There was nothing else. When he was about to serve the emperor, he was seen by others.
The charge of losing etiquette in front of the emperor was gone.
At this time, there was a noise in the hall, and several eunuchs shouted: "Master, I can't stop you!"
Immediately, a large group of women ran out, and the leader looked at Twenty-five and sixth, with a beautiful appearance and a slim figure. When he saw Huang Jin, he pointed at his nose and scolded: "Damn eunuch! You dare to throw me something again and try it.
Try it! Look, I won’t peel you!”
Huang Jin was furious when he heard this, and the two sides immediately began a series of greetings from the ancestral hall.
Seeing the situation was messy, Xian Ruxing had to pull a little eunuch to ask what was going on. The eunuch explained tremblingly, so she understood the whole story.
It turned out that these women were all Zhengde's women, including those offered by their godsons and adopted sons, those who were taken by Zhengde's attention to him, and even some relatives of some ministers.
Zhengde lived here for fourteen years, and the women have never stopped. Although some old and debilitated people were released or died, there are still about two hundred people left. Zhengde is now.
After death, Jiajing wanted to requisition the leopard house, and the stay and departure of these more than 200 women became a problem.
Originally, according to the above meaning, he planned to send them all home, but unexpectedly, most of them expressed their unwillingness to leave. It was a bit embarrassing. Zhengde was more inclined to choose the harem and favored those who had married.
, a plump and beautiful, older woman lacks interest in the 15-year-old girl selected from the harem. Like his queen Xia, she looks like a little white flower, she was originally considered pretty, but because she was not liked by the emperor
The type of person who stays in the palace to stay a widow, sometimes he doesn't see his husband once a year or two.
If the superiors have something to do, the subordinates will follow him. The adopted sons of the eunuchs knew that the emperor liked these, so they often sought women with husbands to send them to the palace. Therefore, in the leopard room, most of the women had families.
At this time, the secular world valued women's chastity more than life. These women lost their innocence and were trapped in the leopard room for a few years. They had long died and left. Fortunately, they would not have to worry about food and clothing here, so they all planned to do it.
After a lifetime, when Huang Jin came over and asked them to leave, he rose up to resist under the leadership of several strong men.
Huang Jin had no choice. To put it bluntly, these women were all women of the late emperor. Some even had all the titles. Even Jiajing did not dare to go too far when facing them. If he was not careful, he would easily fall for disrespect to the late emperor and demolish the bridge across the river.
He had no choice but to slowly grind his reputation here.
Xian Ruxing didn't expect that because he caused such a big trouble to Huang Jin, he felt a little embarrassed. It happened that the two sides were tired and temporarily quit. So he took two steps forward and said to the woman in the lead: "I don't know Xian Ruxing.
What is it called?”
It was probably because she was just a 17 or 18-year-old girl. Although the woman was not angry, she still replied: "My name is Zheng Yao."
"I've met Empress Zheng," Xian Ruxing bowed.
"Just just call my name," Zheng Yao turned her face away in disgust. It could be seen that she was very resistant to this identity.
Xian Ruxing followed the good, and then continued: "Miss Zheng, Eunuch Huang is making things difficult for you this time. It is mainly because I want to use the leopard house. The emperor issued a special order. He also followed the orders, and had offended many people before.
I will apologize to you first."
Seeing her sincere words, Zheng Yao didn't say anything too bad. She just gave Huang Jin a blank look and said, "Master, we are not unreasonable people. Since you have said that, let's move away.
It's OK, I heard that there is a place dedicated to the residence of the concubines in the palace, so you can just arrange us there."
Huang Jin almost jumped up when he heard this. He was about to curse and was stopped by Xian Ruxing.
With a wry smile, I shook my head at Zheng Yao and said, "Miss Zheng, I can't agree to you. Now all the fortifications in the palace have stopped. You two hundred people can't stay in the harem. You can't squeeze in one room at all.
House."
"The empress in the palace has records. If you have innocent wealth, no one can get in!" Huang Jin couldn't help but mock him.
Zheng Yao was stunned. She also knew that the emperor had issued an order and her group of people would not be able to leave, but now she can't even enter the palace, so she has no way to retreat. She suddenly felt completely disappointed and just sat on the ground.
Crying bitterly: "Ouch - why is my life so miserable!!"
As soon as she cried, the woman behind her also cried. In an instant, the room was wailing everywhere, and the blue veins on Huang Jin's forehead leaped.
Xian Ruxing was not very angry. She squatted down and helped Zheng Yao up, then found two chairs and sat opposite her. After she was more emotionally stable, she said warmly: "I know that this is a bit sorry for everyone,
But now the matter has not yet been settled, and everything has room for negotiation. You can tell me what you want and let us solve it bit by bit."
"Call for appeal?" Zheng Yaoniang was confused. The more than 200 women behind her also stopped crying and began to discuss in whispers.
After a long time, someone whispered: "Can you agree to whatever you say? Can you make the decision?"
"Well... I am naturally not omnipotent, but to be precise, I can still do the most things about you." Xian Ruxing's tone was gentle, but there was a sense of confidence between his eyebrows.
Huang Jin waved impatiently, "A bunch of stupid girls, this Xian Xian Master who is very respectful to the emperor today. If you can catch this opportunity, why don't you catch it quickly!"
The women looked at each other, and after a long time, they stood up and saluted Xian Ruxing: "Immortal Master, my family lives in the suburbs of Beijing. I was forced to come here after going out to buy things with my parents. I haven't seen him for five years now.
Now I feel faceless, but I still want to take a look from afar. As long as I achieve my wish and I am willing to stay with the ancient Buddha of Qinglantern for the rest of my life, I will never cause trouble for you."
With her speaking out, many people also expressed their opinions.
"Yes, my parents didn't know when I left, maybe I thought I was abducted."
"As long as I can say a few words to them, I will immediately snatch my hair and become a sister-in-law!"
"Me too……"
Many of my previous attitudes were actually being held by people around me, but now I feel unbearable when I hear my parents.
"It's okay to lead you to meet your family, but after meeting you, you may not necessarily have to become a monk. There is also..." Xian Ruxing said helplessly, "There is a Taoist priest in front of you. How can you become a monk and you have to be released? At least consider me.
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The women were stunned and were immediately amused.
Seeing that the atmosphere was relaxed, Xian Ruxing continued, "Since that's the case, if you want to go home, you will register and send you back later. If you plan to stay at home, then I will give you some money, which is also a thank you.
Everyone will do it. If you don’t want to, then come back.”
"I can give you three choices."
"First, I have some business deals in Beijing. The store has just been put down and the store has not opened yet. It is a time when there is a shortage of staff. If you are willing, you can be a friend."
"The second is to provide everyone with houses, so you can live in for three years, so you don't have to worry about food and clothing. In the past three years, you can think about whether you want to remarry or do some business."
"In the end, if you really want to choose to become a monk, you can also stay in the leopard room and join me, but if you have to work with your disciples in the future, it will probably be a little harder."
"What do you think? If not, we can discuss it." Xian Ruxing asked.
The woman present did not expect that the female Taoist priest in front of him could arrange the matter so well in just a moment, and she didn't react much for a while. Finally, under Huang Jin's urging, some people gradually made a decision.
The most choice is to go home to see it. After all, it is hard to let go of blood and family affection, and if it really doesn't work, there is still a way out of Xian Ruxing. Many people left have decided on the second one, which is enough for them to adapt to the outside world.
A dozen people with strong temperaments planned to follow Xian Ruxing's store. In the end, only six or seven people finally decided to become a monk in Qingfeng Temple, and among them were Zheng Yao.
As she said, Zheng Yao's parents died early. They raised their two younger brothers alone with their embroidery skills and followed a carpenter with a generous dowry. As a result, the other party was a bad gambling ghost and ran away with a gambling debt. The debtor
So I paid her. In the critical moment, the two brothers were not attentive to themselves, and no one extended a helping hand. After several changes, they were finally given to Emperor Zhengde because of their beauty. In this way, they had been in the leopard room for a few years.
But she was already extremely disappointed with human feelings, especially men, and hated her even more. So she would rather work in the Taoist temple than go out.
Zheng Yao has a stingy personality and is very enthusiastic about the sisters around her. Everyone is taken care of by her a lot. She took the lead in this resistance. Now even she has decided where to go, let alone the rest. But after a long time, the matter was solved.
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In the evening, Xian Ruxing and Huang Jin returned and suddenly thanked him on the way. In fact, some of the ways to drive those people away were that the reason why they were delayed until now was that the other party showed mercy.
Huang Jin shook his head and said leisurely: "Where is the immortal master? When I was a child, I was killed and sold into the palace. I am a poor person. Those women were captured here, and they were also a poor person. The poor person was facing a poor person.
If you can, just help.”
Chapter completed!