Not only Concubine De, but also several other high-ranking concubines in this palace are also upright. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Changle has been in the ancient temple all the year round, and he doesn't know much about the situation in the palace, but after returning to the palace and contacting him, he still found that these concubines are not simple.

Concubine Yuan is already very smart, she gives people the feeling that she can't make any mistakes, and Concubine Yuan and Yuan Jinyu are originally a family, and their style of acting is somewhat similar.

Concubine Shu, there should be some more powerful minions, and Yuan Jinyu also ran to the palace every once in a while, so she was not reckless.

After Changle talked to these concubines for a while, he said to Yuan Jinyu: "Princess Niangniang, the Queen Mother just called you in." ”

Yuan Jinyu thought that she would be able to leave with Concubine Shu, but when she heard this, she naturally couldn't disobey the order, so she stood up.

Concubine Shu still asked a little worriedly: "Do you need this palace to accompany you?" ”

Yuan Jinyu thought that Concubine Shu definitely didn't want to go, so she naturally shook her head: "No need, concubine." She smiled slightly: "The concubine will go back when she goes." ”

Changle's words were basically signaling that everyone could go back, Concubine De got up and left first, followed by Concubine Yuan and Concubine Shu, and Lin Zhaorong followed behind them.

Changle looked at Lin Zhaorong and then at Yuan Jinyu, and somewhat understood why it was rumored in the palace that the relationship between these two people was not bad.

The Queen Mother didn't like Lin Zhaorong very much, and Lin Zhaorong was not allowed to enter this palace a few days ago, but Lin Zhaorong still came over every day, and the Queen Mother couldn't really kick people out, so she could only turn a blind eye, but when facing Lin Zhaorong, she still didn't give her a good face.

Lin Zhaorong is also an open-minded person, but his style of doing things is a little different from Yuan Jinyu.

If the Queen Mother really stepped on Yuan Jinyu's bottom line, Yuan Jinyu basically fought back on the spot, Lin Zhaorong just smiled and listened, looking good-tempered, but anyone could see that she was in her left ear and out of her right ear.

From here to the inner hall, there is still a distance, Yuan Jinyu told Changle about the fact that the fire fox has been given away.

Changle really didn't care, covered his mouth and smiled: "That was originally given to Niangniang, and Niangniang can do whatever she wants." ”

Yuan Jinyu asked Changle about the situation of the Queen Mother again: "Is her old man really seriously injured?" ”

"No, it's just a twist of the waist, but when I'm older, I always have to raise it for a while, and the Queen Mother doesn't like to see these concubines very much, so she hasn't gone out recently." In previous years, when I returned to the palace, I took a picture with the emperor and left, and I don't know if the queen mother really took such a big effort for her marriage this year.

Yuan Jinyu listened to Changle's words, how could he feel that it was not the same as the Queen Mother he knew.

It's not that when the queen mother returned to the palace, she couldn't wait to tidy up and down the palace, and even went to the imperial study twice.

Now in everyone's hearts, the Queen Mother is a nosy old lady, who doesn't stay in her own good ancient temple, and has to come to meddle in the affairs of the palace.

However, Yuan Jinyu didn't feel deeply about these things, after all, no matter how long the old lady's hand was, she couldn't reach out to her Ning Wangfu.

Following Changle into the house, Yuan Jinyu smelled a smell of medicine, but her face was calm, and when she watched Changle open the door, she entered the room.

The Queen Mother is really lying on the bed at the moment, but she doesn't feel sick in bed, Yuan Jinyu watched her clean and neat, and there were several palace maids waiting for her.

When she entered the door, the Queen Mother's sharp gaze pierced, Yuan Jinyu was not afraid, but out of respect for the juniors to the juniors, she still lowered her head slightly.

The Queen Mother looked at it twice, and then said to Yuan Jinyu: "I heard that Princess Ning came to this palace yesterday. ”

Is this blaming yourself for not coming in time yesterday? But when I just entered the palace, even if I wanted to meet him, I had to find someone to spread it first, and this time, before I saw someone, it was dark.

Especially when she entered the palace herself, she didn't say that she was going to see the emperor first, why did the queen mother have to ask her to come over?

Yuan Jinyu originally thought that if the Queen Mother still talked about letting Mu Ze take a concubine, then she would definitely not have much respect for this old lady. But now that I think about it, the Queen Mother finds fault with her etiquette, and she still admits it, and she can't punish herself for anything anyway.

So Yuan Jinyu nodded: "It's the concubine's negligence, and I ask the queen mother to forgive me." ”

There seemed to be a glimmer of surprise in the Queen Mother's eyes, and she disappeared in an instant, and said a little sarcastically: "Is this still Princess Ning?" Where did the sharp mouth go? ”

Yuan Jinyu didn't want to worry about these things with the Queen Mother, the key was that Mu Ze was not by her side now, if something really happened and it reached Mu Ze's ears, how would he deal with official business?

So Yuan Jinyu relented: "This time it was the concubine's fault, and the concubine didn't think about shirking responsibility." ”

Changle said fairly on the side: "Queen Mother, Princess Ning has not entered the palace once or twice, and she is not even diligent in going to the Holy Lord, so don't let her go." ”

The Queen Mother snorted lightly, as if she had listened to Changle's words and let go of this matter.

But Yuan Jinyu stood there for a long time, and the Queen Mother didn't mean to give a seat, Yuan Jinyu was not in a hurry or annoyed, and she answered whatever the Queen Mother asked.

In the end, the Queen Mother also talked about this palace banquet: "The mourning family heard that this palace banquet has always been responsible for you and Concubine Shu?" ”

"Yes." Yuan Jinyu responded.

The queen mother said: "This year, the emperor toured the south, labored the people and lost money, and then there were droughts and floods in various places, which made the treasury empty, and now there is such a serious snow disaster, and even several princes have been going to various places recently, and the officials have shared the disaster relief plan, this palace banquet, should also be more frugal." ”

Yuan Jinyu thought, if he really wanted to talk about the palace banquet, then he should also go to Concubine Shu to say, why did he find himself?

But she still replied stubbornly: "What the Queen Mother said is true." ”

"In this case, cut the emperor's budget for you by half and use it for disaster relief, now the people of Dazhou are living in dire straits, and we, as a royal family, need to lead by example, don't you say?"

The Queen Mother's voice was still so old, and the speed of her speech was neither hurried nor slow, basically there were no ups and downs in her tone, but it still made Yuan Jinyu feel oppressive.

And these words finally let Yuan Jinyu know the queen mother's intention. It turns out that you don't want to let yourself do this palace banquet well, right?

The emperor had cut some of his expenses before, and if he cut it again, it would be really stretched, and he couldn't let Yuan Jinyu invest his own money, she was not a big wrongdoer.

So Yuan Jinyu raised his head and said to the Queen Mother with a slight smile: "Queen Mother, don't you know, the emperor has cut expenses before, and the money for the mother concubine is less than before." ”

"How many tens of thousands of taels of silver can be less? Without those tens of thousands of taels of silver, the palace banquet was not much worse than before. In this way, according to the mourning family, in the original budget, another 50,000 taels will be reduced, which can be regarded as a contribution to Da Zhou. The Queen Mother said 50,000 taels of silver, but her eyes didn't blink, which made Yuan Jinyu deeply doubt whether she knew what 50,000 taels meant to her.

You must know that the original budget for the palace banquet was 100,000 taels, but the emperor has already cut it by 30,000 taels, and now she has cut it by another 50,000 taels, so what is left 20,000 taels? I'm afraid it's not enough to even set up a feast!

Yuan Jinyu will never agree to this, this is simply a task that cannot be completed!

So she also wanted to fight again: "The Queen Mother, the settlement books are all in the concubine, if you want to see, the concubine can bring it to you at any time, even if the palace banquet is much smaller than in previous years, but 20,000 taels of silver is really not enough, please also ask the Queen Mother to be considerate of the concubine, the concubine is just helping Concubine De to organize the palace banquet this time, Concubine De Niangniang must not be so embarrassed by the concubine." ”

"Are you saying that the mourning family is embarrassing you?" The Queen Mother stared at her.

Yuan Jinyu is not the kind of person who slaps a swollen face and becomes fat, if she is embarrassed, she is embarrassed, if she doesn't admit it today, she will be the one who suffers next time.

So her eyes were firm and she looked at the Queen Mother: "That's right, the concubine thinks that you are embarrassing the concubine." 20,000 taels of silver, if the concubines can't hold the palace banquet well, will the queen mother punish the concubines again? ”

The Queen Mother tugged at the corners of her mouth: "You are quite a good person, if this palace banquet is really messed up, then of course the mourning family will punish you, and, you are right, the mourning family is embarrassing you, is it possible, you still have to appeal to the emperor to complain, complain and complain?" The mourning family advises you to save it, the emperor has all the opportunities, and the state affairs are too busy, so don't bother him with this kind of trivial matter. ”

Yuan Jinyu can be regarded as having seen it, and it turns out that he can find fault with him like this. She stared at the Queen Mother, and she didn't know what to say.

The Queen Mother saw that Yuan Jinyu was silent for a long time, and she had no intention of leaving, so she said to Yuan Jinyu: "That's it, the mourning family will add another 10,000 taels to you, but no more, there will be no more, anyway, this palace banquet is to be held to the extent that the mourning family is satisfied, you go back with you."