The abstraction mentioned above.
In fact, the trap set by Chen Hong was simple, but very deadly.
Zhu Ping'an could tell from Feng Bao's frown and expression on the verge of collapse that after listening to what Feng Bao said, Zhu Ping'an understood Chen Hong's plan. It was really simple, but the simpler it was, the more it showed how vicious the person who planned it was.
It can be so simple that you are caught off guard, and so deadly that you cannot guard against it at all.
Chen Hong's plan started with the Wenshufang, which belonged to the Hanlin Academy of the inner court. However, the biggest difference between the Wenshufang and the Hanlin Academy was that it was the inner court, and it was an institution composed of eunuchs. In addition to handling all confidential documents such as imperial edicts and sending them to the inner and outer courts, the Wenshufang, as an inner court institution, also had a responsibility, which was to record where the emperor slept every night and the names of the concubines he visited.
In order to ensure the purity of the royal bloodline in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's private life was recorded twice. That is to say, there were two institutions responsible for recording the emperor's life, one was the secretariat, and the other was the female official Tongshi.
The female official Tongshi was the place where records were kept of the concubines and palace maids who visited the emperor; the secretariat recorded where the emperor slept at night and the names of the concubines who visited the emperor; the two had different perspectives, as the female official Tongshi recorded from the perspective of the concubines and palace maids, while the secretariat recorded from the perspective of the emperor.
In addition to recording the emperor's daily life, the Shushufang also had a function that the female officials did not have, which was to arrange the emperor's daily life, that is, to arrange the emperor's sexual intercourse with the concubines. In this function, the Shushufang of the Ming Dynasty was similar to the Jingshifang of the Qing Dynasty. The Jingshifang of the Qing Dynasty was responsible for recording and arranging the sexual intercourse between the emperor and the concubines. Many people think that there was a Jingshifang in the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, there was no Jingshifang in the Ming Dynasty. The Jingshifang was affiliated to the Neiwufu. Both the Jingshifang and the Neiwufu were unique institutions of the Qing Dynasty.
Chen Hong's plan was based on the function of the Shushufang, which was similar to the Jingshifang.
When Feng Bao first entered the office, Chen Hong enthusiastically helped him, asked about his well-being, imparted experience, and reminded him of taboos, acting like a caring elder brother. Of course, Feng Bao was not so easily deceived to get into the office. At the beginning, Feng Bao remained fully vigilant. No matter what Chen Hong said or did, Feng Bao would think twice before acting and be cautious in what he said and did.
But no matter how Feng Bao considered it, his conclusion was that everything Chen Hong did was beneficial to himself.
From small things like serving food to big things like issuing confidential documents such as imperial edicts, everything Chen Hong did was beneficial to Feng Bao.
Even if Feng Bao used the most petty mind to guess, Chen Hong was indeed a gentleman (not physiologically).
Thus, Chen Hong achieved self-cultivation as an actor.
Feng Bao was paralyzed by Chen Hong's perfect performance. More than half a month ago, during a work adjustment in the secretarial room, Chen Hong completed the curtain call performance for Feng Bao's play with the most perfect performance and superb acting skills.
The result of the performance was that the job of arranging the sexual relations between the emperor and the concubines in the secretariat fell on Feng Bao.
And Feng Bao, like Fan Wei, kept looking back to thank Chen Hong for taking care of him and giving him a good job.
Thank you, good brother!
Give me this good job!
Feng Bao recalled what Chen Hong had often told him before, that eunuch X had received a golden hairpin from master X, that eunuch X had been promoted two levels for his service to concubine X, and so on. There were countless examples of people who had become extremely wealthy overnight and changed their fate against all odds. Feng Bao had also personally seen several eunuchs with little ability showing off with their master's rewards in front of him, and he was somewhat envious of their good fortune at the time, otherwise it would be useless for them to work hard for another ten years.
Now, he doesn't have to envy them anymore. With this job, he will be able to get the upper hand... Thinking of this, Feng Bao felt grateful to Chen Hong.
However, it was not until Feng Bao took charge of this assignment that he realized that this was not a good job at all, it was actually a guillotine!
The task of arranging the sexual relations between the emperor and his concubines involves the emperor and all the concubines in the harem. Doesn't it look grand and noble
However
This is where it gets fatal.
Anyone involved in this mission could crush a eunuch like himself, who was at the bottom of the imperial palace, with just a finger.
There is no need to mention the Emperor, the supreme ruler of the entire harem, who could kill himself with a fart; there is no need to mention the masters with titles such as the Empress, Imperial Noble Consort, Noble Consort, Consort, Imperial Concubine, Imperial Concubine, Zhaoyi, and Noble Lady, all of whom could crush him to death with a single finger; even the beauties, talented ladies, selected concubines, and ladies are all masters, and a little eunuch like himself cannot offend them.
If he were a high-ranking eunuch like Huang Jin Huang Gong, he naturally wouldn't have to worry too much except for the empress, imperial concubine and concubines. But for a low-ranking eunuch like himself who has not yet made a name for himself, he has to worry about the head above him all the time.
The lower head has already fallen off, but the upper head cannot fall off again!
Ever since Feng Bao took on this assignment, he has been worried about losing his head all the time.
This is not an exaggeration.
Generally speaking, there are two dangers in this job. One is Emperor Jiajing, the ruler of the world, and the other is the ladies in the harem.
Let's talk about Emperor Jiajing first. It is said that serving an emperor is like serving a tiger. Serving Emperor Jiajing is like serving a crazy tiger, which is even more dangerous. Emperor Jiajing often took elixirs, which are all heavy metals that stimulate nerve centers and are even more unpredictable. He was completely moody and had a fiery temper that could explode at any time. As recorded in history books: Jiajing was cruel and merciless, and moody.
In the harem, Emperor Jiajing appeared even more tyrannical.
Emperor Jiajing established and deposed empresses three times, setting the tone of brutality and bloodshed in the palace.
Empress Chen was the original wife of Emperor Jiajing, but she was frightened to death by the Emperor's erratic temper. Empress Chen was already pregnant at the time, and she was drinking tea with Emperor Jiajing. Fang, who was still a palace maid at the time, came to serve tea. Emperor Jiajing saw that Fang's hands were white and beautiful, so he held Fang's hand tightly. Empress Chen was jealous and put the teacup on the table with force, and stood up to express her dissatisfaction. Emperor Jiajing flew into a rage on the spot and scolded Empress Chen. Empress Chen was so frightened that she didn't know what to do, so she miscarried and became ill. She died.
Only one month after Empress Chen died, Emperor Jiajing appointed Empress Zhang as his successor. During the New Year, Emperor Jiajing had a dinner with his concubines, and Empress Zhang made a suggestion during the conversation. Emperor Jiajing got furious and ordered people to take off Empress Zhang's crown and clothes, and whipped her more than ten times on the spot, and then deposed her and sent her to the cold palace.
After Empress Zhang was deposed, Empress Fang was appointed. In the 21st year of Jiajing, palace maid Yang Jinying and others plotted rebellion and intended to strangle Emperor Jiajing with a rope. Empress Fang arrived in time to save Emperor Jiajing. Late one night in the 26th year of Jiajing, a fire broke out in Kunning Palace where Empress Fang lived. Emperor Jiajing refused to put out the fire, which resulted in Empress Fang and hundreds of palace maids being burned to death. Rumors in the harem said that the fire was set by Emperor Jiajing to avenge Concubine Cao Duan, the favorite concubine who was executed by Empress Fang during the "Renyin Palace Change".
Emperor Jiajing was so cruel to his first empress, not to mention the young eunuchs in the harem.
Although Emperor Jiajing called Huang Jin "Huang Ban", he was not so polite to other eunuchs. Emperor Jiajing was quite disdainful of eunuchs. In his mind, eunuchs were just cleaning toilets and emptying toilets. He was very strict with eunuchs. Once a eunuch made a mistake, the punishment was quite heavy. Emperor Jiajing could be said to be the most severe emperor to eunuchs among all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, except for the founding emperor Yuanzhang.
It would be strange if Feng Bao, a young eunuch with insufficient experience, arranged for Emperor Jiajing to have sex without danger. (To be continued)