Chapter 59: Waiting to see the joke
After Moyu left, Jiang Yu continued to look at the account books. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Xu Zhaorong probably came back at the end of the day, and when he came back, he put the water urn containing the lotus dew on Jiang Yu's table, and said in a cold voice: "Guifei Niangniang, the lotus dew has been collected back, I don't know what else Niangniang has to order?"
Jiang Yu raised his head to look at her, then the corners of his mouth curved, and said with a smile: "Zhaorong has worked hard." ”
Xu Zhaorong was a little embarrassed, his clothes were dirty in several places, his hair was slightly scattered, and his forehead was sweating.
Jiang Yu thought that she had never been so embarrassed, so she couldn't hide the anger in her gaze.
Gu Yu followed behind her, and she couldn't hide the gloating smile on her face.
Jiang Yu looked at the water in the urn, it was not full, it was about half an urn. But at this time, the lotus dew had already been almost sunburned, and being able to collect this half urn of water was afraid that Xu Zhaorong would suffer a lot.
Jiang Yu smiled again and instructed Gu Yu: "Gu Yu, go and serve you Zhaorong Niangniang a cup of tea." As he spoke, he looked at Xu Zhaorong again and said with a smile: "Looking at the sweat on Zhaorong's face, he must be thirsty." ”
Xu Zhaorong said in a proud tone: "No need, the concubine is not thirsty." ”
Even if she dies of thirst, she won't drink the tea of Zichen Palace. What's more, who knows what tricks Meng Yuyu will make, and she doesn't dare to drink the tea of Zichen Palace.
Jiang Yu said lightly: "Since you are not thirsty, forget it." ”
He also said: "Gu Yi will wash Zhaorong with a basin of water, and then Zhaorong will come to help the palace keep accounts." As he spoke, he smiled kindly at Xu Zhaorong and said, "We may have a lot of things to do today." ”
Xu Zhaorong also knew that she was unkempt now, she could bear not to drink the tea of Zichen Palace, but she couldn't stand her embarrassed appearance, so when Gu Ying came over with warm water, she finally had to give in and said, "Xie Niangniang." ”
Then he walked over and washed his face with water and straightened his hair.
The makeup on his face had been washed away, Xu Zhaorong looked left and right, and finally couldn't help but ask Jiang Yu for rouge gouache.
Jiang Yu glanced at her, then sat down on the couch, picking up the melon seeds on the table and knocking them while reading the account.
After Xu Zhaorong finished freshening up, Jiang Yu pointed to the four treasures of the study room on the table, and said: "Zhaorong will help the palace keep accounts, the palace will read you to remember, and the pen and ink will help you prepare." ”
Xu Zhaorong snorted, Meng Yuyu had never learned to be a housekeeper, she really thought that managing the harem was as simple as her writing and painting, governing a big country was like cooking a small fresh, it looked simple, but everything in it needed to be mastered, neither too much nor too much.
Xu Zhaorong walked to the table and took a brush and dipped it in ink, she wanted to see how Meng Yuyu would take care of the harem.
Jiang Yu began to read: "Egg, three copper plates, one chicken, two cents of silver, duck, two cents of silver, goose, three cents of silver, one ......."
Xu Zhaorong was stunned at first, and then quickly understood what Jiang Yu wanted to do, and then gloated in his heart.
She likes to be smart, thinking that no one else knows the doorway in the account books, but she knows.
Want to change the purchase price on your own initiative, I don't know how many minions in this harem will be offended, from the Liushang Bureau to the Inner Chamberlain to the Internal Affairs Office, touching their interests, do you want these minions to sell her account?
And these queen mothers of Jing'an Palace, do you really think that no one dares to support these slaves to be so bold? Half of the slaves in the harem are the queen mother's people, and seventy or eighty percent of the silver that these people are greedy for is into the queen mother's pocket, and they want to cut off the queen mother's financial route, and see if the queen mother agrees.
When Meng Yuyu first took over the palace power, she wanted to make a big move in the harem, she really thought that she had a diamond, so she worked on porcelain.
Xu Zhaorong didn't say anything, according to Jiang Yu's copy, she waited to see Meng Yuyu's jokes later.
Jiang Yu moved the account book down a little, knocked another melon seed, made a "da" sound, looked at Xu Zhaorong's face with an unlucky expression waiting for her, didn't say anything, and continued to read: "...... Rouge rice, two taels of silver for a catty, good white rice, ten taels of silver, medium white rice, five taels of silver, brown rice, one tael of silver, japonica rice, two taels of silver and one ......"
From firewood, rice, oil and salt to rouge gouache, I read it for almost half an hour.
After Jiang Yu finished reading, he put down the account book in his hand, spit out the melon seed shell in his mouth, took another sip of tea, and said, "Okay, that's all for the time being." Zhaorong remembered to copy fifty copies of this list, and the palace wanted to give one copy to the person in charge of the purchase. ”
After speaking, he stood up, stretched his waist, yawned, and instructed Gu Yu while walking towards the inner hall: "Gu Yu, you help me take good care of Zhaorong, and the palace will go to sleep first." Alas, I served the emperor too late last night, and I didn't have a good rest......"
In the Xuanqing Palace.
Yu Wenhong stood by the window, looking in the direction of Zichen Palace in the distance, lowering his eyes and not knowing what he was thinking.
Wan proudly walked over and called softly: "Your Majesty ......"
Yu Wenhong didn't speak, just glanced at him faintly with his eyes.
Wan said proudly: "Jiaolan Palace asked people to ask, the emperor couldn't pass the night, saying that the lady concubine Niangniang wanted the emperor a little." ”
Yu Wenhong paused for a moment and asked, "I seem to have been snubbing Jiaolan Palace for a long time?"
Wan said proudly: "Except for sitting in Jiaolan Palace on the day I returned to the palace, the emperor hasn't stayed in Jiaolan Palace for some days." ”
Yu Wenhong said: "Go, if you don't go, the Cui family of Jing'an Palace should be suspicious." ”
After Yu Wenhong finished speaking, he looked in the direction of Zichen Palace again, and asked again, "What is the concubine doing today?"
Wan replied proudly: "In the morning, I asked Xu Zhaorong to collect half an urn of lotus dew, saying that I wanted to make tea for the emperor to drink, and then asked Moyu to send the tourmaline to the Zhou family, and then I looked at the harem account book sent by Xu Zhaorong and recalculated the accounts." ”
Yu Wenhong suddenly asked, "Has the concubine ever taken care of the house in her mother's house?"
Wan Smug did not answer.
In fact, Yu Wenhong knew that Meng Xuanyu didn't like housekeeping, and the Meng family's Xiao Chen and Zhao Guogong were not in harmony with each other, and it was Meng Xuanyu's biological mother, Aunt Xia, who was in charge of the back house, so Meng Xuanyu had not learned housekeeping.
However, Meng Xuanyu, whether it is piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or the royal family, has learned everything to stand out, and lives more like a concubine than Meng Xuanyu.
Yu Wenhong asked again: "When will Lin Yuan arrive in the capital?" ”
Wan replied proudly: "Your Majesty, the Western Regions are far away from Gyeonggi, and Master Linyuan will first go to the Western Regions to deal with his master's affairs first, and then rush back to Gyeonggi, which will take at least more than a month." ”
Yu Wenhong said: "Let someone send a letter, and let him rush to Gyeonggi as soon as he finishes cooking his master's affairs in the Western Regions, don't delay too much." After a pause, he continued, "I need him now!"
Wan bowed proudly and said yes, and then withdrew to prepare to write a letter and have someone send a letter to Lin Yuan.