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  The wedding ceremony came to an end, and the grand imperial wedding was concluded. All that remained was for the new bride to pay her respects to the ancestors of the Liu family at the ancestral temple three months later, after which she would officially become a daughter-in-law of the imperial family.

  The wall was coated with pepper paste to keep warm and avoid evil spirits, warm and fragrant with many implications of having many children. This is the origin of the name of the Western Han Hou Dian Pepper Room.

  In her early years, Zhang Yan had spent a long period of time in the Pepper Chamber of Chang Le Palace with her maternal grandmother, but in fact, for Zhang Yan, after being favored by Empress Lü again, she was just a guest in the Chang Le Pepper Chamber. Time flies like water, and things change over time. Many years later, in the Weiyang Palace, which is only a short distance away from Chang Le, another palace of the same name was established. The difference is that this time, she became the first mistress of this palace.

  The new varnish smell of the round wooden pillar, the fragrance of pepper mud is faintly fragrant and refreshing. The Pei Fang Dian occupies a wide and solemn land, with elegant furnishings, Zhang Yan walks among them, measuring this palace where she will live for a long time. The solemn and ancient Pei Fang Dian is similar to the layout of the Chang Le Palace, I don't know if it's due to psychological effects or the new palace has a higher eaves, the old Pei Fang Dian in memory is covered with a faint gray, but the young Pei Fang Dian of the Wei Yang Palace appears brighter and fresher.

  "The Empress Dowager is fond of the Queen," said the old palace maid in a low voice, "Before the Queen entered the palace, she specially instructed the craftsmen to redecorate the Pepper Chamber again."

  "Hmm, I'll thank you in person another day for your kindness, Empress." Zhang Yan said with a smile.

  "Your Ladyship," the eunuch advanced with sleeves rolled up and bowed, saying, "Zhang Man, the Director of the Imperial Secretariat, and Yang Qing, who is about to depart, request an audience outside the palace."

  She stopped in her tracks and said, "Please let them come in."

  Empress Zhang was young, whether it was Empress Lü Zhi or Emperor Hui Liu Ying, even Princess Long and Marquis Xuanping, all tried their best to help her stabilize the situation in Weiyang Palace. The officials assigned to the inner palace were all selected from among the old, mature, loyal and experienced people.

  Among them, Xuan Xuanzhongming and Guantong Neiwai. The two eunuchs who assisted the empress in handling the affairs of the harem were Yan Qing, while Zhang Man, a member of the Xuanpinghou clan, was appointed as the head of the imperial household, responsible for the daily life of the empress and the management of the inner palace. It turns out that this Zhang Zhan Shi is also the uncle of Zhang Yan.

  "Your old minister pays his respects to Your Majesty." Zhang Man said slowly as he made a bow, his white whiskers fluttering.

  "It's too kind of you." Zhang Yan hastily made a gesture of modesty, and said with courtesy, "Your Excellency has watched me grow up, I hope you will continue to guide me in the days to come."

  "Thank you, Your Majesty," Zhang Man smiled and said. "The Empress has been married for three days and moved back to the Pepper Chamber. From now on, she will take charge of the miscellaneous affairs in the Weiyang Palace and share the worries with Your Majesty. The Empress Dowager and Your Majesty sympathize with the young age of the Empress and ordered me to assist Her Majesty wholeheartedly, so as not to make any mistakes. The Empress Dowager also sent two old palace ladies who are familiar with the affairs in the palace to help Her Majesty."

  "Oh?" Zhang Yan raised an eyebrow.

  "This is Master Kuang. Master Kuang once assisted Sun Fengchang in creating the ritual laws for the Han ancestral temple, and was well-versed in sacrificial rites. He was appointed as the Director of Sacrifices for the Central Palace."

  "This is Wen Nu Guan, single name Se. Skilled in poetry and books. Clear and orderly, appointed as the Secretary of the Imperial Palace, in charge of the imperial palace's documents."

  Zhang Yan smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager is a senior, caring for the palace is not to be refused, it's hard work for both of you." She also ordered, "Please ask Zhang Zhen Shi to arrange for Lord Kuang and Wen Girl to live and take care of their daily needs."

  Kuang Shi bowed solemnly and said, "I will definitely do my best to assist Her Majesty the Empress." Wen Se also lowered his head humbly and said, "I dare not."

  After the two withdrew, Zhang Yan said, "This palace is now the mistress of the central palace, and orders Mu Xi to be the central palace's official residence, with a salary of 600 stones. The master of the central palace asks for an imperial decree."

  Muxi stepped out and knelt down, saying "Yes."

  "He was appointed as the Magistrate of Yongxiang County. With a salary of 600 dan of grain, he was in charge of official tokens and envoys."

  "I promise."

  "Relieve worries as a private house order, in charge of the inner palace's stored silk and other goods. Ranked one thousand stones."

  "Agreed."

  "Chrysanthemum,"

  "In." Mu Yu replied faintly.

  Zhang Yan slightly turned her head, looking at the tall maid standing beside her. Although Tong Wei was not clever, she was loyal and straightforward. From the moment Zhang Yan arrived in this world, Tong Wei had been by her side, accompanying her every step of the way, a closeness that couldn't be put into words.

  "Will you be my personal lady attendant?"

  Tao Tao slightly stunned, her eyes slightly red, solemnly bowed and said, "I promise."

  Zhang Yan ordered the imperial seal of the empress to be brought, a wooden box with a lacquer seal inside, about a foot long and square, carved from white jade all over, with a dragon-shaped knob on top, vividly lifelike. It felt heavy in hand, one side of the seal was engraved with four characters in ancient script: Imperial Seal of Faithfulness. The strokes were delicate and ancient, still bearing some faint purple mud, which had long dried up due to years of disuse.

  Zhang Yan's sigh, the owner of this queen's seal is the mistress of this Han palace. The rise and fall between them determines the life and death of many people in Weiyang Palace. When she was young, she had seen it a few times at Lü Hou's place, and wanted to take a curious peek, but with Lü Hou's favor towards her, she didn't dare to look at it too much.

  At that time, could have foreseen that one day, I would also become its master?

  With a faint smile, she stamped the imperial seal of the Grand Empress Dowager on the appointment documents of the four.

  She also appointed Cen Niang as the Zhong Gong Shi Guan Ling, Bai Shi Yu Jing as the Ye Zhe Ling, and there was also a Zhong Gong Cang Ling, Yao Chang Zhi Gong, all of whom were under the jurisdiction of the official in charge of the imperial harem. When appointing the female historian, she gazed at the white-robed female official who stepped forward, slightly stunned, "I've seen you before, it was you who tied the imperial seal ribbon for me on the day I ascended to the throne."

  The female historian bowed down, "Yes, the female historian is in charge of the vermilion brush, recording merits and demerits. After bowing, it's also a duty."

  "Hmm." Zhang Yan suddenly remembered that the female historian should also record the order of the concubines' visits, and after holding back again and again, she finally couldn't help but ask, "During the three days of the grand wedding, were you also in the Xuan Shi Hall?"

  That's right.

  That's not all, everything about herself has been seen through by others, and it still needs to be recorded in black and white, Zhang Yan's face turned red with a brush, although, although her relationship with Liu Ying for the past three days was pure, even whiter than snow. However, she really wasn't used to having someone else around when she was with Liu Ying.

  If one day I were to be with my uncle... and there was still a woman by his side.

  She blushed and hastily told herself to stop, stop. Looking at the current stalemate between her and Liu Yin, such days seemed far away. Worry about tomorrow's troubles later, but first think about how to get her husband-to-be into her own hands properly.

  The road to chasing love is long and arduous, Ah Yan still needs to work hard

  Her Royal Highness, the female historian, saw the little empress's face with a colorful and varied expression, and finally, a hint of blush spread to her neck, beautiful and unmatched. She couldn't help but feel both annoyed and amused, advising, "The imperial family has no private matters. Your Majesty doesn't need to worry too much about this. Besides, if even the empress is like this, how are the other consorts in the Weiyang Palace supposed to live?"

  "Oh?" Zhang Yan's heart skipped a beat as she raised her head and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

  "In the palace, there are secret histories, which can be read by Your Majesty and the Empress only."

  In other words, the records of other palace maids entering the imperial harem are available for Empress Zhang Yan to review. However, the details of the interactions between the Emperor and the Empress, apart from themselves, were only recorded and known by this female historian in front of them.

  "What's your name?" she asked involuntarily.

  The female historian bowed and replied, "I am Shen Shi Dong Shou." Zhang Yan awkwardly said, "You bring me the crimson records of the grand wedding to take a look."

  "This..." Shen Dongshou did not expect the Empress to be like this, and a hint of hesitation appeared on his face.

  "What?" Zhang Yan's face turned stern, and she said lightly. "Didn't Shen Nu Shi just say that as the Empress, I have the right to review the imperial history?"

  Shen Dongshou reluctantly bowed and said, "Yes." He took out a bamboo book from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang Yan. Watching the young empress's expression as she flipped through the bamboo book, he felt slightly worried.

  Zhang Yan was slightly stunned.

  "What?" Shen Dongshou knelt down and asked nervously, "Your Majesty. Is there any inaccuracy in the records of your humble minister?"

  Zhang Yan looked up at the female historian, who was about twenty years old. The colors of the Han Dynasty officials' clothes changed with the seasons, white in winter, and she wore a strict and severe white official uniform without any softness or charm. Her hair was combed into a neat and stiff bun on her head, and her face was not painted with makeup.

  In her subconscious mind, she had always thought that the so-called imperial history was just a dry record of certain years, months and days when the emperor visited certain concubines.

  However, the female historian named Shen Dongshou turned what should have been a dull historical record into a brilliant prose of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the palace, there were matters of imperial decrees, even when the emperor married a new empress, the words used were no more than half a volume of bamboo books. But in just a few lines, the people and objects were vividly portrayed, with their mannerisms and expressions clearly visible before one's eyes.

  If she hadn't clearly known the circumstances of her own experience that day, what she saw in these words was not a couple with a dignified but awkward new marriage, but a young girl who had just fallen in love and a lover who accommodated her everywhere.

  It turns out that in just three days, one can see through a corner of their own heart.

  "There's nothing wrong with it." She rolled up the bamboo scroll, her expression complex. "It's also written very well, but I don't like reading it."

  Dong Shou was taken aback for a moment, then hastily knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I will definitely make amends in the future."

  After the selection of palace women, those who knew how to write were called female historians. She had been taught by previous generations of female historians for many years and naturally knew how to write orthodox history books. However, since the new emperor took over four years ago, there has been no mistress in the imperial harem, and as a young emperor with such a vast territory, he would not have the leisure to read the history books she wrote. Moreover, the emperor's private affairs were secret, and no one else dared to peek, so there was no one to supervise her, and she was left alone in the quiet palace, slowly enjoying herself, taking pleasure in writing history books that no one would read, according to her own preferences.

  "Are you saying," Zhang Yan hesitated and asked, "that Tong Shi normally doesn't let anyone else read it?"

  "It is," Dong Shou said, "Perhaps there are palace maids who are pregnant, and the female historian checks the date of conception. Apart from this, there is no one else who can be called to verify."

  "Well," Zhang Yan hesitated for half a moment before saying, "I just don't look at it myself. How you write is your own business."

  Zhan Shi Zhang Man walked out of the Pepper Chamber, slowly exiting through the South Sicheng Gate. Returning home, he changed into casual clothes and let out a long sigh, "Perhaps this young lady can indeed live up to what the fortune teller said back then and bring glory to the Zhang family."

  "Look what the master said," his wife took over his official uniform and hung it on the clothes rack, muttering to herself, "Zhang Dang's daughter becoming the empress isn't already a great glory for the Zhang family?"

  Zhang Da smiled slightly, his lips curling up in disdain. "Although the Empress is noble, she may not necessarily last long. In the past when our great ancestor was still alive, the Empress Dowager and he were husband and wife, sharing weal and woe together, and she was intelligent and capable. Yet, even with all that, they couldn't guarantee their position in court. It wasn't until the current Emperor ascended to the throne that she truly became a model for the world. I observe that the current Empress handles matters with dignity and propriety, is thorough in her dealings, and can delegate tasks clearly, distinguishing between those close and distant to her. Perhaps, she really can restore my Zhang family's prosperity and bring about our family's eternal glory."

  The wife regards the husband as heaven, and Madame Zhang also smiled with her eyebrows and eyes. However, she suddenly frowned and sighed, "I have seen Mrs. Zhang a few times from afar, she is beautiful and kind-hearted, if it weren't for the emperor's uncle-nephew relationship with her, she would definitely be very happy."

  Zhang Da's eyes slightly raised at the corners, and he said deeply, "That's also not necessarily true."

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