Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 155
The next morning, Huo Qi woke up with two black circles under his eyes.

When Shen Yuning sent her back to Yupeng Hall last night, it was already past the third watch.She couldn't sleep yet, so she lay on the couch and sorted through the power relationship diagram in the palace that Shen Yuning had given her.

This picture records in detail the various forces in Daqi's entire front court and harem, in the open and in the dark, and there are even some extremely secret and subtle things that she never knew about in her previous life.If this picture is thrown out, the entire capital will be shaken.

She vaguely remembered last night, holding this picture, she looked at Shen Yuning jokingly: "It's no wonder His Highness has always been fearless and calm. With so many secrets in hand, it is natural to feel at ease."

However, Shen Yuning stepped forward and whispered in her ear: "But I don't know what your secret is."

When he looked at her, it was as if he was reading a half-understood book, and he might soon understand that what was hidden in it might not be a mystery, but a decayed soul.

She also became increasingly wary of Shen Yuning's abilities.

Cooperating with such a person can really be said to be seeking skin from a tiger.

After experiencing such a tragic betrayal in her previous life, it is difficult for her to believe in eternal life.Now that she is standing with Shen Yuning, she can naturally take advantage of his momentum to skyrocket.But if one day, times change and they stand on opposite sides, does she still have the qualifications to negotiate with Shen Yuning?

Putting aside her thoughts, she got up, cleaned her face, tidied up her appearance, quickly packed herself, and went to Simingxuan for breakfast.

Luo Rou got up earlier than chicken and arrived early.Seeing Huo Qi coming over, he quickly put down the poria porridge in his hand and stared at her without blinking: "Something is wrong, something is very wrong."

"What's wrong?" Huo Qi laughed dumbfounded, and sat down beside Luo Rou.

"There's something wrong with the circles under your eyes. They're as black as coal. Could it be that you didn't sleep a wink last night?" Luo Rouhu asked suspiciously.Don't blame her for being able to see it, it's because Huo Qi has fair skin, and those two dark spots make it even more obvious.

Luo Rou's words happened to be heard by Nie Ying, who came late. Her beautiful eyes lingered on Huo Qi's back for several times, until she sat in the armchair, she tilted her head and pretended to be casual: "My sister probably didn't go last night. Are you meeting someone privately?"

"It's just that I was late in reading." Huo Qi suppressed his smile and brought a bowl of Poria cocos porridge to eat.

Nie Ying didn't need breakfast anymore, and asked with a smile as if to break the casserole and ask the end: "What book did my sister read that can make a self-respecting person like you lose your sense of proportion? Could it be that you forgot that Yang Shangyi is coming today?" About teaching the rules?"

Li Jiayin glanced at Nie Ying strangely. How could she be so curious about Huo Qi?

Wang Rong, on the other hand, showed impatience, and dropped the silver chopsticks with a "snap": "Miss Huo's room is just across from me. At midnight last night, I got up and passed by the door of her room. The candles inside were still on, and the window paper You can still see people on the ground, so you know they are in the house. I read a book late, neither violated the palace rules, nor disturbed others, and today I have never woken up too late, why are you so aggressive?"

Nie Ying's face was turned blue and white by Wang Rong's choking, she blurted out and wanted to refute: Maybe Huo Qi had come back by then?But she didn't say anything anymore, she just snorted coldly.

Huo Qi didn't expect Wang Rong to stand up for her, so he smiled back.Seeing Nie Ying like this, I became more certain about my guess.

After the sound of eating, a palace maid suddenly came in and announced that Yang Shangyi was here.

The five of them looked solemn and went to the front yard together, where they saw three young girls dressed as palace maids.In addition, there is a woman with a head.She is about in her early forties, with her hair styled in a peony three-bun style, wearing a sky-blue cross-neck shirt with tangled sleeves and dark patterns, and a white horse-faced skirt. Her facial features are graceful and soft, and she has the style of a Jiangnan woman, but her face is cold and rigid. , forcefully suppressing the "softness".

Seeing the five of them coming, Yang Shangyi walked up to them and stood still, looked at them for a moment before saying: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am hereby ordering the empress to teach you the rules of the palace. I know that you are all the proud daughters of heaven. It’s just that you need to be strong in order to forge iron, and I hope you learn the rules well so that you can stand firm in the palace in the future.”

Upon hearing this, the five of them said in unison: "I would like to follow Yang Shangyi's teaching."

Yang Shangyi nodded slightly, and then said slowly: "It's not too late, let's start."

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Start studying at the beginning of the day and end at dusk.After Yang Shangyi and the palace ladies finished teaching them the rules, Huo Qi and the other five were almost tortured from head to toe.However, Yang Shangyi was under the guise of teaching new recruits to select girls. Even though she was strict, she was also a good teacher.

Before they could take a few more breaths, Yang Shangyi spoke again.

"In addition to the rules just mentioned, I also need to inform you of the current situation in the inner palace. There are currently six bureaus and one department in the palace. The bureaus are called Shang Palace Bureau, Shang Yi Bureau, Shang Fu Bureau, Shang Food Bureau, Shang Bed Bureau, In the Shanggong Bureau, one department is called Gong Zhengsi. Under these six departments, there are 24 more departments... They are under their respective jurisdiction... Within the six departments and one department, there are female officers. In addition, there is also a category of servants of the master. Female officers, and you belong to them. It’s just that before you officially serve your master, you need to practice in the six bureaus and one division for half a year..."

Yang Shangyi said dozens of things eloquently, and it took a whole cup of tea, and then she stopped without finishing: "You ladies should have remembered them all, right?"

Li Jiayin nodded with a smile, but the smile was very forced.

Nie Ying had a sullen look on her face, she was still angry about what happened just now, and she hardly listened to a word.They all come from aristocratic families, and they have been exposed to it since childhood, and they have not learned [-]% or [-]% of the rules.But in Yang Shangyi's eyes, they either raised their hands high when saluting, or they were sitting in a vulgar manner, which made their lunch useless.This Yang Shangyi is holding such a high shelf, who knows who to show her prestige to?

Wang Rong was also so tired that her whole body ached, but her face remained calm. Her recklessness in standing up for Huo Qi today seemed to be just an accident.However, I was also confused in my heart. Although they entered the palace after a competition, they were admitted to the palace by invitation. In principle, they were directly assigned to serve in each palace. Why didn't Yang Shangyi say this was the case?

Luo Rou rubbed her sore arm, and whispered to Huo Qi: "Yang Shangyi is so strict."

Huo Qi didn't speak, she always thought about things deeper.

Yang Shangyi is notoriously tough, but she is by no means intentionally embarrassing others.There is probably a reason for today's attitude.

The main reason is that the selection of female officials this year is extremely unusual.

According to what Shen Yuning said, this year was full of turmoil, and the emperor needed to use the daughters of aristocratic families to stabilize his power. However, it was not the year of the draft, so he turned his attention to the female officials and showed great importance to all parties in the court. The heart of power.

It just so happened that this year the palace order had reached the age of 20 and returned home, and there happened to be a vacancy in Shoukang Palace, and she was a serious first-class palace order female official as soon as she served.This is an opportunity that has not been seen in the past [-] years.

If there were no women from such aristocratic families like them, there would be a high probability that the palace magistrate would be selected from among the current second-rank female officials.They cut off the promotion channel as soon as they came, so it's no wonder that Yang Shangyi and the others felt uncomfortable.Huo Qi understood this very well.

Listening to Yang Shangyi's words now, they are not directly assigned to serve in various palaces as in previous years, but they have to go to the Sixth Bureau and First Division to practice for half a year.

This is probably a compromise thought up by the superiors.

If they can stand the test, they will be convincing, and they can be at ease in the harem.If the qualifications are not good, the Empress Dowager Pei probably dismissed them on the grounds of being incompetent and too young. If they are selected from the previous female officials, they will not offend the big families behind the selected girls.

This move can be used both offensively and defensively.

Yang Shangyi had a panoramic view of their faces, and a trace of impatience flashed in his eyes.She started as a court lady step by step, and was promoted to the current second rank after passing five trials and beheading six generals.How can it be like these noble ladies, relying on their backgrounds, can be ranked above the third rank as soon as they enter the palace?
If you don't make use of your learning skills and occupy a high position in the future, won't the whole harem be messed up?

All she knows is to do her job in her position, take her responsibilities and fulfill her duties.

We need to be stricter and raise the standards for these new female candidates.

Just as he was thinking, another group of people "whoosh, whoosh" came in the front yard of Yupeng Hall. The battle was so huge that it shocked everyone in the hall.They all wore round-necked gowns of arse color, the one in the head obviously wore more expensive clothes, and also wore an official hat on his head, with a solemn expression, not to be looked at directly.

Yang Shangyi heard the movement, turned around and looked, doubts gradually arose in her heart.

How could it be Wang Quan?

(End of this chapter)