After setting the next goal, the first thing Wei Yunqing had to do was to collect intelligence.

When he first entered the palace, Wei Yunqing was planning to travel to the palace for a few days, and he was never prepared to meet anyone, and he had a very limited understanding of the people in the palace. Later, when she left the palace, she was even less interested in the affairs of the palace. and then forced to return to this place this time, she was bent on leaving the palace, and she couldn't spare any effort to give the people and things in the palace. Even if she thought about transforming Yang Yi before, her eyes never fell on other people.

But now, she must know the situation in the entire palace, even the previous dynasty. Yang Yi is an emperor, in addition to the harem, he has contact with the previous dynasty, and if he wants to change the people around him, he must become thorough.

This is a big project, but when Wei Yunqing was thinking about the whole plan, he still felt that it was much simpler than transforming Yang Yi alone. Moreover, judging from the incident in the imperial dining room, although Yang Yi is no longer coming to her, he still gives her the greatest support - thinking of this, Wei Yunqing is extremely complicated.

The intelligence in the palace is far from enough for Lucui and Lantian to understand, Wei Yunqing thought about it, and the only person he could find was Cao Jun. Anyway, she had some friendship with Cao Jun in the past, and it seemed that Cao Jun and Zheng Xiang were not quite right, so she might be able to pull him into an alliance.

Wei Yunqing sent someone to invite Cao Jun over without much effort, and after arriving, Cao Jun also smiled, and he didn't see any perfunctory meaning.

"Father-in-law Cao, please take a seat." Wei Yunqing said politely.

Cao Jun said with a smile: "What does Niangniang have to say, although the slave is not tired, she still stands and listens carefully." ”

"I just want to talk to Grandpa Cao, I guess I'll talk for a while, Grandpa Cao should sit down." Wei Yunqing said with a smile.

Cao Jun somewhat understood that Wei Yunqing was going to have a long talk, so he didn't shirk it again, sat down after thanking him, and the palace people retreated after serving tea, leaving only Cao Jun, Wei Yunqing, Lantian and Lucui in the room.

"I don't know ......if the mother is looking for a slave and a maid to come," Cao Jun asked with a smile.

Wei Yunqing said with a smile: "I didn't have time to understand the situation in the palace after I entered the palace, I was not sensible before, I am afraid that I have offended a lot of people, in the future, I will always have a longer memory, it is best not to offend people, but for the situation in the palace, I am a black eye, and I am familiar with you in the palace, so I can only bother Grandpa Cao to give me some advice." ”

Cao Jun was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Don't dare to be instructed." However, the slave maid is also an old man in this palace, and he knows a little about the situation in each palace, or he can tell a thing or two for his mother. ”

He thought silently, but you are covered by the emperor, even if you offend anyone, who would dare to cut you? However, this was an opportunity to curry favor with Wei Yunqing, and he didn't mind spending some time talking about the general situation in the palace.

"Then there will be Father-in-law Lao Cao." Wei Yunqing said, "I don't know anything about the things in this palace, Gonggong Cao can talk about it in detail, and it's good for me to listen to the story." The tea tube is enough, and it won't thirst you. ”

Cao Jun said with a smile: "Look at what you said, the slave must know everything, how dare you hide anything." ”

"It's serious, let's talk about it, you just treat me as a listener to the story, even if you let it go." Wei Yunqing smiled.

Cao Jun was happy to get closer to Wei Yunqing, and he was no longer polite, and said with a smile: "That slave is ugly." ”

probably felt that Wei Yunqing, as a woman in the harem, must be more interested in the situation in the harem, and Cao Jun first said that there were a bunch of concubines in the harem.

Before Wei Yunqing came, the most favored woman in the harem was Concubine Zhuang, her father was originally a small county prince, and her daughter was promoted to the title after being selected, and she lived quite nourishingly by relying on the court. Concubine Zhuang lived in the main hall of Jingren Palace, and the side hall lived in Lin Meiren and Li Cairen, two low-ranking concubines who had never slept in the palace. Wei Yunqing can understand this, with Concubine Zhuang's domineering temperament, it is strange that the concubine living in her palace can find an opportunity to hook up with the emperor. The two concubines had not had a good time, and she had never seen them in these limited days in the palace.

The second favored is Xu Zhaoyi, who made an exception to live in the main hall of Yonghe Palace, and lived in the side hall with the surname Wang and Liu. Xu Zhaoyi's personality is gentle and a little lively, which makes people feel like a spring breeze. Her father is a showman, and she was knighted after she was elected, her daughter was favored, and his life was also nourishing.

The tradition of choosing concubines in Daliang is to select outstanding women from poor families to enter the palace, so for hundreds of years, the problem of relatives is very rare.

The main hall of Chengqian Palace lived in the highest position of Xu Guifei before Wei Yunqing came, her father was the main guest of the Ministry of Rites, and she was already the highest family background among the harem concubines, perhaps because of the family education, she was cautious and etiquette, biased towards Mu Ne, and her position was the highest, but she was not favored, and the number of times she slept so far can be counted on one hand. However, Yang Yi has no queen in the harem, she has the highest position, and she is in charge of all the affairs of the harem, and no one dares to despise her. There is a Ma Zhaoyi living in the side hall of Chengqian Palace, who has never slept in bed, and has a very good relationship with Xu Guifei.

The rest are all low-ranking concubines, who are currently living in Jingyang Palace, and none of them have ever slept in the palace.

Yang Yi is not very old, there are not many concubines in the harem, he is more interested in playing, so there are fewer concubines who have slept in bed. And apart from his not big harem, there was only one concubine who lived in Changchun Palace with her daughter, that is, the emperor's half-sister, so Wei Yunqing had never seen them. The little eldest princess is now twelve years old, but few people know what her temperament is, and Cao Jun has not deliberately understood it.

Of course, this was all before Wei Yunqing came, and after she came, the pattern of the harem changed to a certain extent. She has become the highest-ranking and most "favored" concubine, although she has never served in bed, but everyone knows that if you provoke the emperor, you can't provoke her. Of course, there are also those who don't believe in evil, for example, that Concubine Zhuang, relying on the emperor's favor for her in the past, did not take Wei Yunqing in her eyes, and Yang Yi also had affection for Concubine Zhuang, the old person, when dealing with the conflict between the two, so Concubine Zhuang did not stop fighting.

As for the matter of being in charge of the Middle Palace, Yang Yi also knew that Wei Yunqing was forced to enter the palace by him, but he did not throw Xu Guifei's rights and obligations on Wei Yunqing's head without interest.

"Now, which concubine in this palace is as beautiful as Niangniang? Even when Concubine Zhuang was the most favored in the past, she was not as beautiful as you. Cao Jun smiled and patted his ass.

Wei Yunqing smiled reluctantly and asked, "Then I don't know what the eunuch institution in this palace is?" ”

Cao Jun said with a smile: "This inner court, our eunuchs are in charge of twelve eunuchs, four divisions, eight bureaus, and a total of twenty-four yamen. The celebrant where the slave and maid are located is the head of the twenty-four yamen, and all the big and small things in this palace are under the control of the celebrant and the eunuch. ”

He coughed and said, "At present, the position of Admiral Eunuch is temporarily vacant, and Gonggong Zheng is temporarily replaced, the previous ...... followed the emperor's personal expedition and unfortunately died on the battlefield for escort. ”

Wei Yunqing was stunned, and suddenly remembered what Yang Yi had been saying, listening to the slander of the inner servant and the royal driver, this is what he said. Yang Yi seemed to have a lot of resentment towards him, and she hadn't heard Yang Yi mention his name.

"Under this admiral eunuch, there is the eunuch of Gonggong Zheng, who holds the palm seal, and now he is also the commander and eunuch, which shows that the emperor trusts him, such an honor, but it is difficult for slaves and maids to pat horses." Referring to Zheng Xiang, Cao Jun's tone was a little strange, with a slight sourness, "The slave maid is currently a Bingbi eunuch, under Zheng Gonggong, and the slave maid is in the same position, and there are two fathers-in-law, Fang Jinfang's father-in-law and Zhou Quanzhong's father-in-law Zhou, Zhou's father-in-law and the commander of Dongchang, in addition, there are several eunuchs in the hall, I think I have never seen Niangniang, and I am not interested." ”

Wei Yunqing nodded, indeed she only needed to know a rough idea now. She is not very interested in the concubines of this harem, and their influence on Yang Yi is relatively limited, but the eunuchs in power among the most powerful eunuchs in the eunuch institution have a greater influence on Yang Yi. For example, that Zheng Xiang, the eunuch in charge of the seal, and the temporary acting eunuch of the Admiral, often follows Yang Yi's side, any bad ideas and bad ideas are all made by him, if you can get him away, I am afraid that Yang Yi's side will be much quieter.

"Father-in-law Cao, I seem to have offended Gonggong Zheng before." Wei Yunqing sighed, pretending to be worried, "Gonggong Zheng is so favored, the harem is almost in his hands, and I don't know how I should live this life in the future......"

"Mother, don't worry. The emperor's heart is with you, even if this Gonggong Zheng is favored, can he compare to you? You are the emperor's favorite, he is just a house slave, how can he compare with you? Cao Jun's eyes rolled slightly, and he said with a smile, "What's more, you are not the only one in this palace, the slave maid can't see that you are being bullied, and she always stands in front of you to teach you a lesson to those who dare to offend you!" ”

Cao Jun's words can be regarded as a sign of loyalty, and he wants to form an alliance with Wei Yunqing to deal with Zheng Xiang together.

Wei Yunqing couldn't ask for it, so he smiled and said: "Then I will thank Gonggong Cao, with you as an old man, no one will be able to bully me, and I can rest assured." ”

"If the mother has won the award, the slave and the maid will do their best to teach the maid to live comfortably, so that the slave and maid can be happy." Cao Jun said with a smile.

Wei Yunqing also smiled, and the two glanced at each other, knowing in their hearts.

Wei Yunqing wanted to borrow Cao Jun's power in the palace to investigate and deal with many people, including Zheng Xiang, and Cao Jun, in order to go a higher step, also wanted to borrow Wei Yunqing's position in Yang Yi's heart, and the alliance between the two was mutually beneficial, and they were both happy.

Subsequently, Cao Jun briefly talked about the situation in the previous dynasty. He thought that Wei Yunqing was not interested in the affairs of the previous dynasty, and when the alliance was first formed, Wei Yunqing did not want Cao Jun to find out about her "ambition", so she wrote down as much as he introduced, and did not ask about the excess. After all, this is ancient times, and Daliang has a tradition of "the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics", and it is understandable for her to ask the eunuch institution about the situation of the harem concubines, and it will arouse suspicion if she asks too much about the affairs of the previous dynasty. And her alliance with Cao Jun is still just beginning, and it is not stable, even if he will eventually perceive her purpose, he will try to do it as well as possible.

The highest authority in the previous dynasty was the cabinet. The first assistant of the cabinet is the boss of the cabinet, and the second assistant is secondary. There is no fixed number of cabinet members, but they are basically about six people, and they were also before, and after the death of Sun Shoufu, the position of the first assistant was temporarily vacant, and the second assistant Mao Yirong temporarily led the cabinet to handle political affairs. Under the cabinet are six ministries, which are in charge of various affairs of the country and have great power. In addition, there are six national government departments, the Hanlin Academy, the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, the Dali Temple, etc., etc., there are too many affairs to be in charge of by the state agencies, and there are naturally many departments, even Cao Jun does not necessarily know the situation of each department, he just said it briefly, so that Wei Yunqing heard a rough idea.

Wei Yunqing only listened to a rough idea, but he also felt a headache. The country is so big, and there are many government agencies, if you look for the emperor for everything, the emperor can't be busy even if he doesn't sleep, right? If she becomes the emperor, she probably only wants to be a faint monarch like Yang Yi who just needs to eat, drink and have fun, who doesn't want to live an easy life and have to find guilt for herself?

But Yang Yi, as an emperor, since he enjoys the right, he should fulfill his obligations, he just wants to enjoy the benefits of being an emperor, but he is unwilling to take on the responsibility of an emperor, why doesn't he simply give up the throne?

Thinking of Yang Yi Wei Yunqing felt angry, shook his head and didn't think about him, and only focused on her next plan.

Because of the attitude revealed by Yang Yi, she wants to do something to the people around Yang Yi, and the resistance she will encounter will not be absent, but it will not be so big that it will make it difficult for her to move an inch. However, if she moves too much, Yang Yi will react to a certain amount sooner or later, but I don't know if that reaction will be good or bad for her.

After sending Cao Jun away, Wei Yunqing thought that the first step in her huge plan was to establish her own power base. Everything is done by people, and when it comes to doing things, it is embarrassing that no one is available. The people she trusts now are Lantian and Lucui, and she is not familiar with other people in Yanxi Palace, so it is not realistic to let Lantian and Lucui do everything in the future.

Wei Yunqing asked Lucui and Lantian to summon the palace people of Yanxi Palace in batches, and she personally conducted interviews and looked at them one by one. The people who were sent to the palace were all adjusted. Teaching, etiquette are passable, but the difference in individual quality is still obvious. Wei Yunqing couldn't see whether the other party was loyal or not, and she wasn't ready to test anything, anyway, what she asked them to do in the future, it didn't matter if there was someone else who was loyal to them, what she cared about was whether this person was clever or not, and whether he could do it.

After a round of interviews, Wei Yunqing left three little chamberlains and four palace maids. The three chamberlains are not very old, but they are all very smart, and one of them is particularly clever, which reminds her of Xu Gui'er in the Qianqing Palace, but unfortunately Xu Gui'er is Zheng Xiang's person, and it is still unknown whether he can rebel, so he can only talk about it in the future. This particularly clever person is called Zhang Xiaocrab, saying that his mother wanted to eat crabs when she gave birth to him, so he took such a name. The other two chamberlains are named Kong Babao and Feng Tian. And the four palace maids are called Mingzhu, Xuemei, Chunlei, Yunxin, or steady, or careful, or intelligent, or thoughtful.

Of course, this is only a preliminary screening, and the specific situation depends on the results of their next work.

Although he got some information from Cao Jun, it was not too detailed, so Wei Yunqing summoned these seven people to him and asked them to find ways to get news from other palaces, the more the better, anything. Since these seven people are favored by Wei Yunqing, they are naturally smart people, knowing that the errand that Wei Yunqing arranged for them this time can be regarded as a test, and if they do it well, they will be able to get more into her eyes, and their future prospects are limitless, but if they do it badly, they will not be able to turn over.

Therefore, after receiving Wei Yunqing's orders, the seven people immediately took the order to go out, each giving full play to their own strengths, and trying their best to get the news of each palace.

However, before the results of the seven people came out, Wei Yunqing encountered one thing.

On this day, Wei Yunqing just learned from Lantian that Yang Yi didn't go to Wen Huai to study today, and he was worried about it, so someone came to report, and Liu Xuanzhi asked to see him.

Wei Yunqing didn't remember who this Liu Xuanzhi was, and Lantian reminded: "Niangniang, this Liu Xuanzhi is currently living in the side hall of Yonghe Palace, living with Xu Zhaoyi. ”

"What did she come to me for?" Wei Yun Qingqi said. Since she became the imperial concubine, there is only one concubine Zhuang who comes to trouble her...... No, that time she took the initiative to trouble Concubine Zhuang. Others may be taboo about something, maybe they are still waiting, or maybe Yang Yi said something, no one has come to look for her, the arrival of this Liu Xuanzhi is really a new thing for Wei Yunqing.

Since he was ready to meddle in Yang Yi's affairs, Wei Yunqing didn't want to hide in the turtle shell anymore, so he asked Liu Xuanzhi to come in.

"Niangniang, the concubine came to visit suddenly, and I hope that Niangniang will forgive her sins." As soon as Liu Xuanzhi came in, he bowed dignifiedly.

Wei Yunqing said: "No need to be polite. "The other party is polite to her, and she is also polite to others, as for being polite enough to make people not polite, and to be commensurate with her sisters or something, she can't do it.

Lu Cui immediately showed Liu Xuanzhi tea, Liu Xuanzhi smiled at her, and then looked at Wei Yunqing, and suddenly his eyes were red.

"Liu Xuanzhi, what are you ......" Wei Yunqing asked in surprise.

Liu Xuanshou took out a silk handkerchief, wiped his eyes, and then quietly looked at Wei Yunqing, and hesitated: "Niangniang, the concubines don't know about this matter...... When it is not spoken, it is not allowed to be spoken. ”

Wei Yunqing thought, you are clearly here for what you don't know what to say, why do you have to act like this?

She wanted to reply that since you don't know, then don't say it and go back, but the words she said were very polite: "Liu Xuanzhi said that it doesn't matter." ”

Liu Xuanzhi wiped his eyes with a silk handkerchief again, and said with a slight choked voice: "The concubine is actually not here for herself, but for Xu Zhaoyi. ”

"Xu Zhaoyi?"

"Alas, this matter really has nothing to do with the concubine, but Xu Zhaoyi swallowed it without saying a word, and the concubine really couldn't stand it, so she came to disturb the mother, and asked the mother to forgive her sins." Liu Xuan said.

"Liu Xuanzhi is kind, I naturally don't blame you, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Wei Yunqing replied patiently, but he had already complained in his heart: If you want to say it, just say it, there are so many crooked chirps, some are not annoying, are they not annoying, are they not annoying!

However, for the sake of the other party being a beautiful woman, Wei Yunqing suppressed the irritability in his heart and patiently waited for the other party to reply.

"Actually, it's not a big deal." Liu Xuanzhi said another nonsense before continuing, "This winter solstice festival is coming, according to the usual Xu Zhaoyi should be assigned a Xiangyun brocade from the Jiangyin Weaving Bureau, but Xu Guifei said that the Xiangyun brocade of the Weaving Bureau this year is insufficient, and they are all asked to leave by Concubine Zhuang, Xu Zhaoyi has to ask Concubine Zhuang for it, but Concubine Zhuang's temperament is ...... Niangniang, you also know, how can Xu Zhaoyi get her enshrinement back from her? ”

"Oh......" Wei Yunqing nodded, it turned out that this was just a bloody case caused by a piece of cloth. She looked puzzled: "But what does this have to do with me?" Liu Xuanzhi, it's not that I don't want to help Xu Zhaoyi, it's just that I'm just an idler in the palace, everything in this palace is in charge of Xu Guifei, if you want to seek justice, you still have to go to Xu Guifei, what I say doesn't count. ”

Liu Xuanzhi was stunned, but she knew that Wei Yunqing had a fight with Concubine Zhuang before. It's not an ordinary verbal fight, it's a fight! How much hatred must this have to make two harem women fight? She thought that with the hatred of Wei Yunqing and Concubine Zhuang, as soon as she heard that she had the opportunity to find trouble with Concubine Zhuang, even if she didn't actively help, she should express it, instead of hanging up like now.

"Yes...... Concubine Xu only said that she couldn't help Concubine Zhuang by herself, and she refused to uphold justice! Liu Xuanzhi was a little anxious, and his speed of speech became faster.

Wei Yunqing said solemnly: "Then you should still beg her." Begging and begging, maybe she will be willing? You see, she just won't, and I can't. If you come to beg me, you really might as well beg her. ”

"But, but...... Niangniang, you are the person on the tip of the emperor's heart, and what you say is much more useful than anyone else's. "Since Liu Xuanzhi is here, he won't give up so easily. She had also heard from others before that this new imperial concubine was also from the people, and she was very easy-going, especially to the palace people, very kind, and she didn't look like a high-ranking imperial concubine.

Wei Yunqing said solemnly: "Then you should still beg her." Begging and begging, maybe she will be willing? You see, she just won't, and I can't. If you come to beg me, you really might as well beg her. ”

"But, but...... Niangniang, you are the person on the tip of the emperor's heart, and what you say is much more useful than anyone else's. "Since Liu Xuanzhi is here, he won't give up so easily. She had also heard from others before that this new imperial concubine was also from the people, and she was very easy-going, especially to the palace people, very kind, and she didn't look like a high-ranking imperial concubine. 166 Reading Network