readx;?“ The spring cold flowers in Wudi are getting late, and the north returns all the way to pick incense. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info: "The old eunuch An Ji held the flower notebook of the beautiful courtyard and read a sentence.

The early morning sun shines through the pale cyan streamer veil on a glazed three-color painted crane deer with a spring bottle under the window, and a few branches of tulip are inserted in the bottle. The dew knots on the whitened petals, Qiong Yao is crystal clear, and the fragrance hits people.

Concubine Chen stood next to the flowers, and shook her head gently after listening to An Ji's words: "There is no rhyme." ”

An Ji immediately lowered his eyes and read again: "Chunguang didn't want to take his heart, but he was in the shadow." ”

After a deep groan, Concubine Chen's voice fluttered, as if she had gone back to many years ago: "When King Rui was just born, every day when the emperor returned to the house, the first thing he had to do was to come over to see his eldest son...... and Hongu. ”

He loves to hold King Rui in his arms and stand in the sunset in the courtyard. At that time, the tulip flowers in the courtyard were in full bloom, and the kind of white was really a little more translucent and fragrant than the pear blossoms......"

Concubine Chen lowered her head and stroked the flower branches in the vase and said: "The soil in Luoyang is hard, and it is difficult to improve the craftsmanship of the beautiful courtyard, and the cultivated tutu is not as good as a year......

An Ji looked at Niangniang's expression, rolled his eyes, and then said: "There is also a flower note - there is a fragrance everywhere in the breeze, and I know that it is a short wall." ”

Concubine Chen nodded: "That's it, let people record it in the imitation of the Song Dynasty Tibetan scriptures, and send it to Changxin Palace together with this bottle of Tu Tu, and put it on the emperor's breakfast table." ”

After An Ji went out, the pink and purple twisted gold beads and hibiscus double duck library satin thin cotton curtain at the entrance of the hall had not yet settled, and Yue Tao, the big palace maid of Chongluan Palace, lifted a corner and walked in.

She held the navy blue covered account book in her hand, and looked unhappy: "Niangniang, only a few days have passed this month, and Longkang Palace replied that most of the food silver for the queen's mother has been used. He stood at the gate of our palace early in the morning, waiting for the money to be allocated here. ”

Concubine Chen didn't take the book, nor did she look at Yue Tao, but picked up the glaze red three-fish teacup at hand and put it in the cup, thinking about something a little absentmindedly.

Yue Tao waited for a while, and said softly: "Niangniang, or the slave will block the people from Longkang Palace back, and let them go back and wait for the letter first." ”

"No need," Concubine Chen took a sip of the warm Shengxue tea, and then said, "They can just dial it over." ”

"Niangniang, as soon as this opening is opened, I'm afraid that Longkang Palace will have to make more inches in the future." Yue Tao frowned a little angrily.

"The queen won't send someone here, firstly, she is not short of these money, and secondly, she also knows the emperor's temper, and hates the poor and extravagant the most, if this matter is big and reaches the emperor's ears, it will not be good for her." Concubine Chen looked at the tea foam floating in the shape of spring apricots in the bowl and said.

"The queen sent someone this time, just because she deleted the dish she loved to eat a few days ago. She wanted to see that the palace was angry and unspeakable, so the palace relied on her, and her anger naturally disappeared, and she would not make trouble again. ”

"Niangniang, why bother wronging yourself like this?" Yue Tao said, "A moonlight incense in Longkang Palace will cost thousands of taels!" Why do you still carry them around, why don't you go back to the emperor happily and let the emperor order the rectification of Longkang Palace? ”

Concubine Chen put down the teacup, and a trace of bitterness flashed at the corner of her mouth: "The emperor misses the old love the most, and no matter how tight his money is on weekdays, he will not treat his wife and concubine harshly, not to mention that the queen's family is still kind to him." ”

"No matter how extravagant the queen is, as long as the Longkang Palace is stable and the King of Alcohol does not cause trouble, everything else is a trivial matter in the eyes of the emperor. I really can't see it, and he won't say it himself, but move the palace out and make the queen angry, that's all. ”

"But Niangniang," Yue Tao flipped through the account book, and said a little unwillingly: "This hundreds of taels of silver should not be produced by our Chongluan Palace!" Since Longkang Palace can't be moved, why don't you reduce the incense and fat powder money of Qiao Palace as appropriate? ”

Concubine Chen's eyes were raised, as if she was a little moved, but soon her eyes dimmed: "Qi Ao Palace can't move either." On that day, the palace heard that the emperor wanted to increase next year's taxes because of the emptiness of the treasury, and urgently summoned Prime Minister Luo and Feng Shu's envoy to the Yangde Hall to discuss. ”

"So in order to seize this opportunity, the palace proposed to revise the imperial menu, and the emperor was reluctant to do so, but in front of the minister, he had to show an attitude of leading by example and taking the lead in setting an example, so he happily agreed to this request."

"With the emperor's intelligence, how can you not know what this palace is actually for? Therefore, during this period of time, you can't mess with Qiao Palace again, lest the emperor be annoyed and blamed at that time. ”

"As for these few hundred taels of silver, at the end of the year, when the harem arranges the Spring Festival banquet on the first day, take out some points from the silk and interior, and settle the account here."

When Yue Tao heard this, her eyebrows raised, and she lowered her voice and said, "Niangniang, there is a good errand in front of you that can be entered, can you remember?" ”

Seeing that Concubine Chen didn't speak, Yue Tao leaned over to her boldly: "In eight days, it will be the beginning of winter, and it is customary to hold a hook competition in the courtyard with the participation of hundreds of civil and military officials and children of the royal family." After the competition, the jugglers will have a good show. ”

Hearing this, Concubine Chen seemed to have understood what Yue Tao was going to say next, and a faint smile appeared on her face.

"In previous years, Hanyang Palace invited all the royal jugglers in the east of Luoyang City, these people are used to eating royal jugglers, not only their skills are getting more and more regressive, but they also raise a lazy meat, even those few juggling jokes have long been tired of it."

"If you invite the night juggling team in the west market of Luoyang City to come in this year, not only the faces are brand new, but the juggling jokes have never been seen in the palace, and the most important thing is ......" Yue Tao put her mouth to Concubine Chen's ear.

"If you change to the juggler, you can save a few thousand taels. Now that the end of the year is approaching, Niangniang is in charge of Hanyang Palace for the first year, so she naturally has to be generous to the palace people. If you get the money, all of these things will be solved. ”

Concubine Chen thought about it, and was still a little relieved: "Who are the people in those night juggling teams, do they understand the rules, and what are their skills?" You can't lose the face of the Daqi royal family for this few thousand taels! ”

Seeing that Niangniang had been sitting for a long time and stretched her waist slightly, Yue Tao hurriedly ran over and stretched out her hand to beat Concubine Chen's shoulder: "If Niangniang is still worried, it is better to secretly ask the masters of Ouchi to check them one by one." ”

"Those who know martial arts are not allowed to enter the palace, and all gold, silver, copper and iron utensils on the body cannot be carried, so that Niangniang does not have to worry about the emperor's safety."

"I don't know martial arts, I don't have weapons, and I am surrounded by Ouchi guards, no one will be stupid enough to do something unfavorable to the emperor at this moment. If you do, you will be to blame, and it will not be an exaggeration. ”

Concubine Chen nodded: "It's true." Since you have the right word, I will leave it to you. It's your own good, and if something goes wrong, you know how to take it! ”

Yue Tao was so happy that she almost laughed on the spot, and she hurriedly knelt down in front of Concubine Chen: "The slave is willing to smear her liver and brain for her mother, and she will never give up." ”