After the banquet, Wei Qian took several female officials for a walk in the imperial garden.

The moon is in the sky, the shadows on both sides are quiet, and the flowers and leaves are swaying in the wind.

At night, the Imperial Garden is quiet and lonely, and the sound of crying is melodious from time to time.

The palace maid in front carried a lantern and illuminated the dark path.

Wei Qian didn't like to use eunuchs, and the number of eunuchs in the harem of the female official system was decreasing more and more.

Eight palace maids and four female officials were on the side, holding incense burners, colored fans and other things, and the gorgeously dressed Concubine Ning Niangniang walked along the sheep intestine path.

"Concubine Ning." Suddenly, someone from behind called Wei Qian.

Wei Qian stopped and turned his head to look. is the original princess of the fifth prince.

"Is there something wrong with Princess Zhongxiao?"

The princess was dressed in a five-color silk peony dress, and bowed: "The concubine and the prince heard that the concubine is unwell these days. I want to return to the palace to recuperate from my mother's concubine. ”

Please let Concubine Zhen out of the palace? No wonder the couple at the banquet just now was honest and daring to ask for help.

Wei Qian's heart moved, her face was silent, and she refused with a smile: "There are many imperial doctors in the palace, and there are many female doctors in the Shang Medical Bureau. If you can't even be cured in the womb, how can you recuperate outside the womb? Or ask the concubine to stay in the palace, and the palace will send someone to ask her for a pulse tomorrow. If the princess is okay tomorrow, she can come to the palace to say goodbye. ”

The fifth princess hurriedly said: "The mother's illness is a heart disease, and the mother concubine is depressed after the father leaves. The concubine and the prince wanted to leave the palace with their mother and concubine, and leave this sad place to relax and recuperate in the palace. ”

"What's sad?" Wei Qian immediately lowered her face: "If it is said that the palace is sad, could it be that only Concubine Zhen Gui is sad, and the Queen Mother and the concubine are not sad?" There are also two sisters who have died, don't we feel distressed? ”

Wei Qian waved his sleeves and said angrily: "There is no need to mention this. ”

The fifth princess hurriedly made amends, and while the two were talking, Wei Qian suddenly heard a rustling sound, and suddenly turned her head: "Who-come out!" ”

Nearby branches shook, but no one responded.

Xiangling took the opportunity to release the white cloud mink in her arms, the mink ran and screamed a few times, and a man and a woman hurriedly walked out with scattered clothes.

"The prince of the county and the princess of the county?" Wei Qian was surprised: "What are you two doing in the garden?" ”

The king of Zhongyong County is the ninth brother of Situ Yun, who was drunk, and the ninth princess helped him and hurriedly said: "My prince is drunk, and the concubine doesn't know much about the palace, so she can't find a way out of the palace." ”

Wei Qian glanced at the five princesses, and the five princesses retreated.

Wei Qian went over to take a look, the smell of wine was smoking, the Nine Princes were groggy, and his mouth kept muttering.

Wei Qian frowned: "Wine is a thing that hurts the body, and you don't know how to persuade your lord." ”

"The prince is in a bad mood these days." The nine princesses looked like they wanted to speak and stopped.

Wei Qian lamented in her heart, none of these princesses are fuel-efficient lamps.

The fifth princess just wanted to pick up someone, and the ninth princess wanted to test Situ Yun's attitude towards her younger brother.

"It's hard to defile yourself for the Nine Princes." Wei Qian saw through and said with a smile: "Feeling bad? The first emperor died, and everyone was in a similar mood. I can't eat well and can't sleep these days. But people like me from the heavenly family need to put the country's society first. Looking back, you also persuaded the prince of the county, if the prince of the county has always been like this, how dare His Majesty give him a heavy responsibility? ”

After Wei Qian finished speaking, she ordered Xue Baochai to guide the two of them away.

On the way back, the Nine Princes slowly opened their eyes.

The ninth princess said with a smile: "Congratulations to the prince, look at Concubine Ning's mother's tone, I am afraid that the prince will re-enter the court soon." ”

"It's just Concubine Ning's words, go back and ask a few ministers about it." Since the king of Zhongyong County was reprimanded by Situ Yun last year, the city government has become more and more profound.

The couple discussed in the carriage, and the five princes and their faces were sad, and they were also thinking about how to take back their mother.

Wei Qian returned to the Qingbian Palace, and Situ Yun also came here soon after.

couldn't have sex this year, Situ Yun didn't dare to go to those glamorous concubines, so he could only come to Wei Qian's side.

"You did a good job today. Well done! Situ Yun laughed: "It's rare to be able to suppress a few of them, and you will work hard during the New Year." ”

"Excuse me, my sister should be well cultivated at that time and let her come out." Wei Qian looked in the mirror and asked people to remove their makeup. Her hair was scattered, and Xiangling slowly combed her. And Wei Qian herself carefully took off the gold and jasper earrings.

Situ Yun sat on the bed with a pillow: "Every time I see you remove your makeup, I think it's so difficult for you women." ”

"......" Wei Qian rolled her eyes and ignored him.

Wei Qian doesn't like palace makeup, and removing makeup after every makeup is very cumbersome. Unloaded layer by layer, there are more than a dozen pieces of jewelry alone, not counting veneer Huadian and goose yellow and other things.

Slowly remove everything one by one, and you also need to wash it repeatedly to make sure that the fat powder does not hurt the skin.

"But you really look good, so you dare to completely remove your makeup in front of me."

Because of her cultivation relationship, Wei Qian's face is delicate, and she has a beautiful beauty even if she doesn't wear makeup. But when meeting the ministers and entertaining the court, showing such a beautiful face is simply death. Wei Qian has always been domineering and crushing outside, and she is not inferior to men. Who will show this beautiful face? The temperament of the Hollow Valley Youlan is obviously not suitable for the upper echelons.

It's okay for people to play and watch, but as the imperial concubine in power, you must not use this appearance.

Therefore, I can only learn from the appearance of other palace concubines, paint gaudy makeup, wear gold and jade, and take the glamorous pressure route.

Whenever this happens, Wei Qian yearns for the life of Nanqin. Because of the climate, Nanqin slowly adapted to the warm and humid climate of Nanyang in terms of clothing, and was more suitable for armless Han shirts.

Revising dresses and the like, Wei Qian prefers life over there.

Situ Yun looked at Wei Qian's appearance and was fascinated, just because Wei Qian removed her makeup every day, so he didn't dare to look at the faces under the makeup of those palace concubines. A palace concubine like Wei Qian who dares to remove makeup, there are only three in the harem. Among them, Bai Su and Shi Qinglan are also deceased.

"Majesty? 陛xià? ”

"Huh?" Situ Yun came back to his senses.

"Did you hear what the concubine said just now?"

"Oh, what are you talking about the fifth and the ninth? Now that the fifth child is idle and has no power, it doesn't matter if Concubine Zhen Gui is out of the palace, it should be regarded as my generosity. But this matter depends on the mother's mind. As for Lao Jiu, I really want to find him some work, what do you think of the military department? ”

"Let the prince of the county go to the military department? If His Majesty can still sleep at night, the concubine naturally has no opinion. ”

"You......" Situ Yun shook his head helplessly, but it was indeed as Wei Qian said. If his own Lao Jiu is in charge of the military, he should be suspicious and worried about the problem of the dragon chair.

"But the previous dynasty does need checks and balances."

The Wu family was full-fledged, and the people who used the Wu family to deal with the Emperor Taishang at the beginning, but now that the Emperor Taishang is gone, the Wu family has annexed a lot of the Emperor's forces. Become the leader of the noble forces. Some of the people promoted by Situ Yun in the past all took refuge in the past and opposed the emerging faction cultivated by Situ Yun.

Wei Qian's eyes rolled and ordered Xiangling to bring the pastry.

"Your Majesty xià try this Qibao cake."

The plate was handed to Situ Yun, and when Situ Yun saw the six pieces of pastry, he looked stunned: "This Qibao cake, is it based on Qibao rice?" ”

"Where, because there are seven pieces of pastry, it is called Qibao cake."

"Seven?" Situ Yun held the plate, no matter how you looked at it, it was six osmanthus cakes arranged in the shape of petals.

Wei Qian smiled slightly, reached out and broke off a little from one of the pieces, and put it next to him: "Isn't this seven pieces?" ”

"Strong words." Situ Yun smiled dumbly, suddenly thought of something, a smile fell from the corner of his mouth, and he stared at the seven pastries placed by Wei Qian.

"Haha...... I see! Situ Yun was overjoyed, and stepped forward to hug Wei Qian and kiss her. Wei Qian hurriedly plugged Situ Yun's mouth with pastries: "What does Your Majesty understand?" I don't know anything about the concubine. "Dodge and leave, don't pay attention to the crazy Situ Yun.

Yes, since the power of the six parts is not easy to control, what about another one?

Thinking about the feasibility of this matter, Situ Yun said: "Although this plan is good, the pressure on the DPRK and China is too great, and I am afraid that it will clash with them as soon as possible." ”

"Tomorrow, the concubine will invite the fifth princess and the ninth princess into the palace for tea." Wei Qian took advantage of the situation and said, Situ Yun heard the sound of knowledge, and said with a smile: "Then there is Concubine Lao." ”

The power of the six departments is too great, it is better to re-establish a new department to divide the power of the six departments, and place Situ Yun's people by the way.

Broken into parts, it can be arranged calmly.

The next day, Wei Qian invited two princesses.

The three daughters are all transparent people, and there is no need to explain the words, and the two princesses will naturally help persuade them after turning back.

One is carrying, and the other is the adoptive mother, and she will stand on Situ Yun's side in the following days. The six parts of rituals, soldiers, households, criminals, officials, and workers were divided.

The matter of the peasant cao in the household department, together with the popularization of agricultural tools and agricultural planting in the Ministry of Industry, formed a new seventh department.

Situ Yun can hold the Ministry of Agriculture in his hands, and divide it into two squires to manage, and there is no Shangshu.

In recent years, agricultural production has accounted for a large part of the income of the households. Take the Ministry of Agriculture, and take food as the sky, and you can really make a bold move.

For the new faction, the establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture meant the beginning of reform. The new dynasty has a new atmosphere, because the emperor did not die suddenly, and Situ Yun had already begun to slowly carry out his new policy in the past, so there is no saying that he has not changed his father's way for three years.

The Ministry of Agriculture was completed, and Jia Yucun and Jia Lian were all thrown to the Ministry of Agriculture by Situ Yun.

Jia Lian was already cultivating corn planting with Wei Qian, and from time to time he entered the palace to ask Wei Qian, and Wei Qian commanded him.

A few days later, the news spread, and the old ministers were in an uproar.

"The reason why the Ministry of Agriculture does not set up a book is to facilitate the control of this lady? This is to make the harem involved in politics! ”

"Don't make a book? Of course, there is no need to stand, the position of Concubine De is expensive in the first product, where can I see the second grade of Shangshu? ”

Scholar Mei was furious and immediately went to the Zichen Hall to ask Wei Qian to prohibit meddling in matters outside the palace.

However, in this matter, the Ministry of Rites remained silent. He knew the methods of the one in the palace and waited to see what happened.

Scholar Mei led many imperial histories, one by one, with clever words and sharp tongues, comparing Wei Qian to Lu Dou and others. There was even a large group of courtiers kneeling outside the Zichen Palace, forcing Situ Yun to express his position.

At this moment, Situ Yun threw it to the Qingbian Hall with the fold.

"Look, this is comparing you to Daji and the like, with the appearance of Lu Dou, and the disaster of the Empress Wu."

"Doesn't that regard His Majesty as a merchant of Xia Wei?" Wei Qian flipped through the folds and threw them into the brazier: "Okay, since these people dislike this palace is troublesome." Then let them go to the new farming. The promotion of new farming tools, and the records of the farmland, are clearly offensive. Since these people are iron-clad, let Scholar Mei take his students to do it. ”

Wei Qian and Mei University Scholar are simply impulsive. At the beginning, Scholar Mei pointed fingers at her when she was in Jinling, and now she still refuses to let go. Whenever Wei Qian did something, he had to come forward and say a few words. What kind of woman is not talented is virtue, the palace concubine must serve the emperor honestly, spread the branches and leaves, and don't think about meddling in the previous dynasty every day.

"It's just enough to expect them to recite poetry against me, these Confucian students, expect them to govern the country for me?" Situ Yun was dumbfounded: "Forget it, give them a lesson." When they messed up, I took advantage of the situation to rein in my power and send them all out. ”

The two emperors and concubines laughed and discussed properly. Situ Yun took advantage of the situation to close Weiqian's confinement, and handed over the corn planting to Mei Dashi and other old ministers to do.

Where do these old ministers understand Situ Yun's new policy? Even Wei Qian didn't know much about the new deal. In addition to the promotion of crops, Wei Qian still does not understand the farm tools and the summary of farming records. This is the policy that Situ Yun came up with, and he wants to regulate and control agriculture across the country.