Then, concubines, princesses and the like, including the most noble woman of the dynasty, Empress Dowager Da Lu, would not go to the library in person, which was located in the front half of the palace and was frequented by many foreign ministers and guards. However, they could ask palace servants to bring palace badges symbolizing their status and borrow and copy three to ten books from the library every month according to their rank.
Finally, others who were below the third rank, or were simply commoners but qualified to enter the palace because of their background or relatives and friends, could also enter the library from time to time if they obtained permission from the emperor or were accompanied by princes, princes, or officials of the third rank or above.
Of course, people of different identities and ranks can borrow and copy different types of books. Some very precious rare and ancient books are not available for ordinary people to borrow and read.
After listening to the library manager's chatter, Yu Zizhen felt grateful for his status as a prince for the first time.
As the prince of a vassal state, although she was still young, she had second-class authority in the library of the imperial palace, second only to the emperor, princes, and princes.
In other words, she could not only come to the library every month to borrow and copy ten books, but also have access to the rare and ancient books that were carefully kept separately on the third floor of the library.
Well, I'm quite satisfied.
Yu Zizhen stroked his chin and said to the eldest prince, "According to what Steward Feng said, we are all qualified to enter this library. That old eunuch just now deserved to be made to kowtow and confess his guilt."
After Yu Zizhen and the others followed the steward Feng from the library and left, the old eunuch stopped kowtowing, but he did not dare to stand up or leave without permission. Yu Zizhen and the others looked around in the library, while he knelt there with his head lowered, cursing the eldest prince and Yu Zizhen with a ferocious expression.
Of course, for the sake of his own life, he didn't curse in his heart for too long.
After cursing a few times to vent his anger, he began to rack his brains to think of how to protect himself.
Judging from the attitude of their manager Feng, these little brats obviously have great backgrounds and are not people he can easily offend.
In other words, apart from begging for mercy in a shameless and humble manner, he had no other way to deal with them.
After sorting out the pros and cons, the old eunuch gritted his teeth. It was just pretending to be a grandson, and he was very good at it!
Yu Zizhen, who was already immersed in the massive collection of books, had long forgotten that there was an old eunuch kneeling outside. She followed the eldest prince, looking back and forth between the books with sparkling eyes.
The others were not as troubled as she was. They had already found the content that interested them and were flipping through the books. For a moment, the only sound in the library was the slight rustling of papers being turned.
Everyone even forgot to eat and stayed in the library, reading the books that interested them. It was not until the library's manager Feng came over carefully to remind them that it was almost time to lock the palace gates that Yu Zizhen and the others came out of the library with reluctance on their faces.
Of course, when they came out, each of them brought one or even several books that they could borrow and read slowly.
Because she was in a really good mood, Yu Zizhen didn't think that the old eunuch deserved to die when she saw him again. When he kowtowed to her and the eldest prince and begged for mercy again, she kindly let him go.
"Forget it this time, but next time I find out you've offended His Highness, you'll just come back with me and become fertilizer for the flowers."
She was not a member of the royal family and could not use living eunuchs to serve her, but if she changed her thinking, she could still take back the dead eunuchs and reuse them.
She believed that both the emperor and the empress dowager would be willing to give her this face.
The old eunuch was so frightened that he trembled. Although he was a eunuch, he didn't want to die without peace!
You know, people in this dynasty were very particular about being buried in peace. They believed that only those who were buried properly would have a chance to be reborn into a good family in the next life, while those whose bodies were incomplete or thrown away casually would only be reborn as livestock or people with incomplete limbs or poor brains.
This is also why every eunuch who underwent castration in the Da Qi Dynasty would use a small jar to properly store the things they cut off.
Although their bodies were incomplete when they were alive, they hoped that they would be as similar to other people as possible after being buried.
Therefore, the old eunuch's fear of making flower fertilizer was even greater than Yu Zizhen's direct attempt to kill him.
After scaring the old eunuch, Yu Zizhen personally sent the eldest prince to the emperor.
She had figured out that the eldest prince could only live a happy life when he was under the emperor's supervision.
But that was in the past. Now that she was there, she would sooner or later allow the eldest prince to come and go freely in the palace, without having to worry about his own life, and without having to endure the contempt and insults from some palace servants.
After bidding farewell to the emperor and the eldest prince, Yu Zizhen left the palace with Yang Shixian and others.
As for the thoughtful look in Chen Hushan's eyes when he looked at her, Yu Zizhen simply ignored it.
This guy is of the same type as Fan Zhongming. Both are very smart, but they are also complete family supremacists. They can cooperate, but there is no need to be intimate with each other.
She even had to be on guard against these two people in some matters, so that they would not sell her to her enemies without hesitation when there were greater benefits.
While thinking about these things, Yu Zizhen got on the carriage and staggered back to the Prince of Zhenbei's Mansion.
On the way, she took the opportunity to close her eyes and look through her task list.
In addition to the long-term mission in which Fang Huaiying is the cannon fodder, she also has a short-term mission to complete.
She has already obtained all the points from Zheng's Restaurant and Ji's Incense Shop. Even Ji Haoyang and Mrs. Liang from Ji's Incense Shop have prepared the stock transfer documents, just waiting for her to come to them on her own initiative so that they can thank her and give her the compensation she wants.
She completed two of the three tasks, but she would have to wait until the right time to take action on the remaining one.
After reviewing the details of this last short-term mission, Yu Zizhen asked the baby-voiced system with his mind, "Tongzi, have you found evidence that Li, the doctor from the Ministry of Revenue, was framed?"
The system replied immediately, "Found it. It's at the home of his second brother and immediate superior, Minister Han. But how are you going to get it?"
The Li surnamed Revenue Doctor they mentioned was the target of Yu Zizhen's last short-term mission.
He was born in the Anqing Marquis' Mansion, but he was just an unfavored illegitimate son of the mansion. Since childhood, he has always been inferior to his legitimate brothers and favored illegitimate brothers.
Doctor Li was not the kind of person who had high aspirations. He could not compare with his brothers in terms of family status, food, clothing, housing, transportation, property distribution, education and political resources. He never complained about the unfairness of fate, nor did he resent his father who only cared about his own pleasure, and his stepmother and brothers who treated him harshly and oppressed him.
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