The Empress Dowager thought that she had misheard, so she was stunned for a while before she asked, "Furui, did the mourning family mishear what you meant?" What you just said was that you want to cut the palace people in the palace and release most of the palace people out of the palace? ”

When the Empress Dowager asked this, her eyes were firmly fixed on Fluffie, and there was a hint of intolerance in her eyes, as if as soon as Fluffie admitted it, she was about to have a seizure on the spot.

In the face of the Empress Dowager's reaction, Fu Hui nodded without hesitation, she did not wait for the Empress Dowager to get angry, and said: "The concubines have been thinking about this matter for a long time, and the concubines have also asked the people below to investigate the situation of the palace people, and now there are not many masters in our palace, but in many palaces in the harem, the manpower still maintains the appearance of the emperor when he was alive, so that most people actually have nothing to do in the palace, and these people have nothing to do in the palace, so they only know how to provoke right and wrong and talk nonsenseIn this way, it not only added a lot of incidents to the palace for no reason, but also increased the expenses in the palace......"

"Just because of this, you want to cut the palace people?"

The Empress Dowager looked at Fleur sharply.

But Fu Hui looked at the Empress Dowager without fear, with a faint smile on her face, and said calmly: "For this reason, the concubine thinks that it is enough, although our treasury is not tight, it is always a good thing to save some." The concubines let the palace people carefully investigate, a medium-sized palace, if there is no master to live, only three or five people can maintain daily maintenance, but in fact, now the palace is mixed with personnel, obviously three or five people can do things, but arranged a dozen or even dozens of people, or even hundreds of people, in this way, the palace is only in the maintenance of these palace people, there are a lot of unnecessary expenses, one day or two days is okay, but in the long run, it will definitely cause a lot of unnecessary waste. ”

What Furao said was reasonable, but the look on the face of the Empress Dowager became more and more cold, she didn't interrupt Furao's words, just waited for Furao to finish saying this, and then said: "Since ancient times, the palace maids in the palace have had a set of palace rules from entering the palace to releasing them out of the palace, which has not changed in the slightest for hundreds of years, so that our court has maintained normal operation, Queen, you suddenly want to change it, have you ever thought that it will cause turmoil because of this?" ”

"It is precisely because the rules have never changed, and they are no longer in line with the situation in our palace today, so the concubines dare to try to change."

In the face of the Empress Dowager's question, Fu Hui answered without hurry, obviously expecting the Empress Dowager's question. As for the deep meaning of the Empress Dowager's words, Fu Hui pretended not to understand.

The Empress Dowager's words were obviously also saying that Fu Hui did not know the height of the sky, and not long after she entered the palace and became the queen, she tried in vain to change the rules passed down by her ancestors.

Fleur is like this, the Queen Mother knows that she is talking to Fleur like this, and she will definitely not be able to say Fleur.

But she was not in a hurry in her heart, and even simply said directly to Fu Hui: "It is impossible for the mourning family to agree to this matter, the queen now sees that these people are useless, but the queen has not thought about the future?" ”

The Empress Dowager said as she looked at Fu Yuan's eyes, and slowly spoke: "Now there are indeed not enough masters in our harem, so that these people stay in the palace, and there are not many errands they can receive, but in the harem, there will be other masters sooner or later, more or less, is it possible that when they enter the palace, you plan to let them bring their maids into the palace by themselves, or just let these three or five people serve them?" Spread the word, wouldn't it be a joke for our royal family. ”

The Empress Dowager's words really made Furao stunned for a moment, and it also pointed out the side that Furao had never thought of.

The master will come in the palace, which means that Zhao Jinyan began to accept concubines in the palace after that.

She was a little silent, in fact, the reason why she would use this aspect at the beginning was not only because she was inspired by Yang Cairen's affairs, but also because of her selfishness, she felt that Zhao Jinyan would not let the harem enter again, whether it was Zhao Jinyan's commitment to her, or what she had always said. All of this made Flax couldn't help but think about which direction, or rather, she would rather think about it.

So today, the words of the Queen Mother, listening to it, really caught Fleur off guard.

But at this time, it was absolutely impossible for her to express the weakness in her heart, she was silent for a while, but she raised her head, looked at the Empress Dowager and said in a flat tone: "Then when there is that need, the palace can go to the people to elect palace maids." ”

What Fu Hui said was categorical, but obviously the Empress Dowager didn't buy it at all, she looked at Fu Rui, and said with only a hint of mockery in her eyes: "Is the queen joking when she is a person in the palace?" If you really wait until then, it will be too late. ”

"The palace people in the palace have always been selected from the immature age to enter the palace for training, in addition to learning to do things, but also to learn the palace rules, training a good temperament, and then choose from the best, one by one in a variety of arrangements, this is a long process, the queen is now thinking, waiting for other masters in the palace to enter the palace, there are not enough manpower, just before planning to start choosing palace people to enter the palace, it is really a lack of worry!"

The Empress Dowager, one after another, said the words loudly, and Fleur opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something.

And the Empress Dowager didn't wait for Fu Hui to speak again, so she said: "The mourning family originally thought that the queen should know this, and those subordinates in your mother's mansion were also bought and trained in Zhuangzi since childhood, and only when they were old did they choose the best from the village to serve in the eldest princess's mansion, I am afraid that even your mother's set of rules are learned from the palace, you have grown up in the eldest princess's mansion since you were a child, and your mother is really too simple and ignorant of you, so that you are naïve and tight, and you don't know anything about these mundane things." ”

The last sentence of the Empress Dowager was a bit heavy in tone, although she was not explicitly scolding Fleur, but she said such a thing to Fleur in front of a room of palace people, I was afraid that the palace people present could hear the Empress Dowager's dissatisfaction with Fleur.

Of course, these are not nothing, after all, when Fu Hui proposed to cut the palace people, anyone with some brains understood that the Empress Dowager would definitely not allow it, and would even be angry. After all, the Empress Dowager has been in charge of the palace for many years, and everyone knows that most of the palace people in this palace belong to the Empress Dowager's camp, and the Empress Dowager suddenly proposed to cut the palace people, in fact, she is cutting the power in the hands of the Empress Dowager, and how can the Empress Dowager not be annoyed by this.

The Empress Dowager is both an elder and a venerable, if there is a reprimand, Furao, the master of the harem and the mother of the world, can only listen and suffer. What's more, the Empress Dowager's every sentence is reasonable, and she is also talking about ideas, and the palace people originally thought that Fu Hui would leave in disgrace.

But I didn't expect that after the Empress Dowager said these words, Furao did not show embarrassment because of this, the look on her face was still very indifferent, just waiting for the Empress Dowager's voice to fall, she slowly spoke: "The words of the imperial grandmother, Furao understands, but the imperial grandmother does not know, although those subordinates in the princess's mansion, although they have been trained in the Zhuangzi under the princess's mansion since they were young, but they are all children sold by families who are poor and have difficulty in eating. ”

Fu Rui's words are naturally refuting the Empress Dowager's first words when she said that she was simple and ignorant, and she is also refuting the Empress Dowager's first words.

And the Empress Dowager's eyes have revealed displeasure, she may have survived her husband, except for the eldest princess of Jinyang, the Empress Dowager has never met anyone who talks to her like today, and this person who speaks to refute her is a deferential and well-behaved Fu Hui who has always been to her.

The Empress Dowager's voice was very cold, and she didn't even look at Fu Hui with her eyes, but just said: "Although the mourning family has lived in the palace for a long time, it is not really ignorant women and children, the subordinates who are now summoned by the eldest princess's mansion are not just these people who are said by the queen, not to mention, the subordinates made by the eldest princess's mansion are all poor people, and those in the palace who can sell their sons and daughters into the palace are not the daughters of rich families......"

"What the imperial grandmother said is that the people in the princess's mansion, in addition to the children of those poor families, there are also some children born to old slaves, but these children are not sent to the village for training since they were young, but they have learned the rules at home. The palace people who sell their sons and daughters into the palace in the palace are naturally not the daughters of rich families, but according to the concubines, many families are not so poor that they want to sell their children and daughters into the palace, on the contrary, their families are enough to maintain three meals, although the family is not rich, but it is enough to make a living, but every time the palace needs to select palace people, they will issue indicators to various places, so that local officials and township chiefs have to select school-age children who enter the palace according to the number of people in their own areas. Most of the children sent to the palace, the children of too poor families, cannot meet the requirements for being elected to the palace, and the wealthy families are also willing to spend money to eliminate disasters, so that most of the children who suffer in the end are children who do not need and are unwilling to enter the palace, but have no choice but to enter the palace. Therefore, the concubines thought that it was an unkind rule to choose these children into the palace since childhood......"

With a "bang", the cup in the queen mother's hand was heavily placed on the coffee table at hand, she looked at Fu Hui coldly, and her voice was as if it had been quenched with ice: "The queen is questioning the rules set by the ancestors?" How long has the queen been in the palace, and she is so arrogant! ”

"The concubine doesn't dare."

"The mourning family sees that you dare very much, the mourning family has always thought that you are well-behaved and lovely, and you are the most filial and gentle, now look, it is really the mourning family to look away, you are not only very daring, but also very daring!"

The Empress Dowager's words were obviously overt and negative, and her cold face showed her dissatisfaction.

Furao didn't speak, just listened to the Queen Mother's count, but her calm expression also showed that she didn't really take the Queen Mother's reprimand to heart, on the contrary, she didn't give an inch today.

The masters confronted each other, and although the palace people standing in this hall were not affected by the war, they were also shocked, and they all held their breath, lest they would be pulled out by the two masters at this time to vent their anger.

At this time, the Empress Dowager seemed to be very angry and did not speak again, and Fu Hui also sat quietly on one side.

The atmosphere of the entire hall was completely deadlocked, the Empress Dowager and Fu Hui were unwilling to give in, and the palace people did not dare to go up to reconcile the atmosphere, so I don't know how long it took, and when there was a sound outside the door, the palace people breathed a sigh of relief.

The emperor is here!

When Zhao Jinyan walked into the main hall, although the Empress Dowager and Fu Hui no longer had the same appearance on their faces, Zhao Jinyan still clearly felt the strangeness of the atmosphere in the hall.

But he didn't know what he did, he just walked into the hall with a smile, and after bowing to the Empress Dowager, he did not sit down on the couch opposite the Empress Dowager, but sat on Fleur's side.

Zhao Jinyan's move couldn't help but make the Empress Dowager look sideways, and also made a sneer rise at the corner of her mouth, she would not be the emperor This move is unintentional, obviously the emperor is using this move to show his position, and he really should be husband and wife.

Although the Empress Dowager and Zhao Jinyan are not grandchildren, they have never been very close in relationship, so she is not sad when she sees Zhao Jinyan's move, and what she has in her heart is just an angry and mocking sneer.

But let her relent, and just watch Fleur prevail, obviously she is unwilling and will not allow it.

So after Zhao Jinyan sat down, she spoke: "Your Majesty, does the emperor know what kind of idea your queen and the mourning family just proposed?" ”

When Zhao Jinyan heard this, he glanced at Fleur, but he really didn't know what the amazing idea of Fleur was in the mouth of the Empress Dowager, he and Fleur are now eating and living together, what Fleur wants to do, naturally he can't hide it from him, he also knows what Fleur seems to be planning to do recently, but he said that he only let Fleur let go of the palace affairs, and Fleur didn't encounter any difficulties when he looked at it, he naturally wouldn't inquire, so as not to make Fleur feel that he didn't trust him, anyway, something went wrong, and he had everything in his pocket.

Hearing the Empress Dowager's question at this time, although Zhao Jinyan didn't know what Fu Hui and the Empress Dowager said, Zhao Jinyan didn't show anything on his face, just looked at the Empress Dowager and smiled: "Imperial grandmother, the queen's idea is a bit amazing, but I know it and approve of it." ”

"What?"

The Empress Dowager didn't expect Zhao Jinyan to say this, this time she was really stunned, she took a deep breath, and it took a long time before she confided: "So, the emperor also agrees with what the queen said about cutting the palace people?" ”

“…… Self-agreeing. ”

Zhao Jinyan really didn't expect Fu Hui to hold back such a big idea, so he was surprised in his heart, but his face was still dripping and he responded with a smile.

After he said this, he glanced at Fleur, who was really a little embarrassed, pursed his mouth, and showed a little flattery in his eyes.

Zhao Jinyan looked at Fleur's appearance, and just sighed in his heart, and he was willing to bear it for Fleur.

"Your Majesty, the queen is simply ignorant, why are you messing around, is this matter of cutting the palace people a child's play, can you be allowed to mess around?" The Empress Dowager took a deep breath, and reprimanded Zhao Jinyan with her anger, "Release out of the palace today, and tomorrow when the emperor chooses a concubine to enter the palace, there are not enough people, and then you are elected to the palace, do you plan to let everyone in the world look at our royal toss and make jokes?" ”

The Empress Dowager was obviously furious, and her tone towards Zhao Jinyan became heavier and heavier.

Fu Hui was a little uneasy, and couldn't help but look at Zhao Jinyan, but at this time, Zhao Jinyan suddenly reached out and held her hand, patted it comfortingly, and then looked at the Queen Mother, smiled and said: "Since it is released from the palace, then it will not be so quick to choose the palace people to enter the palace, the Queen Mother said that I have no such plan to choose a concubine to enter the palace." ”

"What does the emperor mean?"

The Empress Dowager looked at Zhao Jinyan and Fu Yuan below in astonishment, and didn't dare to think about it for a while.

And Zhao Jinyan was very kind to explain for the Queen Mother: "Only one scoop of 3,000 weak water is taken, and there are 100 beauties, but it is not as good as the queen alone, I now have a queen, it is enough, and there is no need to choose other women to enter the palace." ”