"When did the fire start?" Ye Zitong asked her calmly.

Yun Duo replied in a low voice: "An hour ago, the nearby water source was too far away, and the fire was very big, there was no way to extinguish it at once......"

Although this is summer, it is not dry enough to cause a fire, Ye Zitong asked sharply: "How did the fire start?" ”

Yun Duo shook his head: "At that time, we were all sleeping in a daze, and we heard someone shouting about the fire, and when we came together, the cotton outside was already burning." ”

"Who shouted first?" Ye Zitong continued to ask, and then walked out of a little worker girl tremblingly, "What was the situation at that time?" ”

The little worker girl confessed one by one, and there is nothing particularly noteworthy, although it is not a period of high incidence of fires, but it is not impossible to start a fire, Ye Zitong had a headache, and said in his heart that this is really troublesome, not only can the goods not be rushed, but also have to compensate a large amount of liquidated damages.

Chu Litian also rushed when he heard the sound, and after asking about the situation, he looked at the courtyard again, and there was no remedy, so he had to comfort Ye Zitong and said, "It's okay, just hurry up and make it out." ”

Ye Zitong was already very upset, and he was even more annoyed when he heard his tone that was not a big deal: "Drive out? You say it easy, how to rush? There is no inventory, this month, there are 10,000 packages that should be given to the shops to supply to the palace, how to rush? ”

Chu Litian was speechless by her.

"Princess, I think we can rush to the palace first, after all, the concubines and palace ladies need this more." The clouds are built on the road.

"I don't want to hear such unequal words! If you want to rush, you can rush together, how many female workers are there now? ”

"There were fifty of them, and last night I burned two people, and there are only forty-eight."

"Recruit again, you immediately take someone to post the sign of recruitment, you don't need to review it, as long as it is used by both men and women with sound limbs, ask them to do part-time work, and give them twice the usual salary, you are the same, after this crisis!"

Surprised by Ye Zitong's quick and rational judgment, the clouds froze.

"What are you doing standing here stupidly? Why don't you go soon? ”

"Yes, the minion will go right away." Yun Duo hurriedly led people away.

"This courtyard won't be able to be done for a while, so let's do it, bell Liuxiang, you take the rest of the people back to the palace, I will contact the materials and ask them to send them to the palace."

"Yes."

In a blink of an eye, Chu Litian disappeared again, and Ye Zitong roared angrily: "Chu Litian, where have you been?" Hurry up and come out! ”

After shouting a lot and not replying, Ye Zitong walked into the courtyard and saw Chu Litian squatting in front of the burned cotton and looking at something.

"What? Did you find anything? Ye Zitong asked him with a headache.

"No, let's go." Chu Litian took her hand.

On the way back, Ye Zitong told him his worries: "I have to go into the palace to see the queen this afternoon, and ask her to use the sunflower cloth of the past for the time being, this thing will definitely not be able to be driven out so quickly." Moreover, how to settle the female workers is also a problem, the small courtyard of Yunju can accommodate up to ten people to work, and the land for materials must be vacated, where are the remaining 30 or so people? You can't let them work in the hot sun, can you? ”

Chu Litian was silent for a moment, and said, "How about the courtyard placed in the concubines' side concubines?" Their yard is about the size of yours and should fit it. ”

"Then I'll have to ask them to gather in your yard during the day and go back in the evening."

"What?" Chu Litian had a headache, "Then where do I hide?" ”

"Whatever, isn't it okay to hug left and right or something?" Ye Zitong teased.

Chu Litian took her into his arms unhappily: "I don't want anyone but you." ”

Back at the palace, Ye Zitong arranged where the female workers went, and within a quarter of an hour, a concubine and two side concubines came to her Yunju to complain.

"Princess, how can this be done? The courtyard is where we live, how can we stuff so many people now? Would you like the princess to move them somewhere else? Isn't there a lot of open space in the goldfish pond? Why don't you put them there? ”

"There's nothing to cover them there, can't you sunburn them? When the women workers are here, you can stay with the prince, the prince, don't you say? Ye Zitong looked at Chu Litian with a threatening gaze.

"Yes, it's a special time, just bear with it."

Zhang Ying's expression changed slightly, and she questioned: "When the female workers are working, can we really stay in the prince's residence?" ”

"Didn't the prince already promise you?"

Several people looked at each other and nodded: "Okay, it seems that it can only be like this." ”

Ye Zitong snickered in his heart, it seems that this beautiful man's plan really works.

After finishing the meal, Ye Zitong changed into his official uniform and came to the harem of the palace, and after explaining the situation, he knelt on the ground and asked for the queen's tolerance and forgiveness.

The queen already saw that Ye Zitong was not pleasing to the eye, but she had made great achievements before, and she didn't dare to provoke her if she was like a fish in water, but now it's okay, catch her with a handle, and see if she can't kill her.

The queen drank a cup of tea and frowned: "You mean, the sanitary napkins can't be delivered on time and in quantity this month?" ”

"Yes, although the female workers have been asked to move to another place to catch up with the system, it is still too late, and they can only pay as much as they want."

"Bold!" The queen threw the teacup on the ground in a fit of rage, "I said it well in front of the emperor before, and I will definitely deliver the goods on time and in quantity, but now I dare to drag the goods, you are a crime of deception!" ”

"Queen Mother, this is a natural and man-made disaster, and it is not something that the sons and daughters are willing to see, ask the queen for forgiveness, if the emperor is bound to be considerate of the sons, but the emperor is busy with state affairs, and the sons and daughters do not want to alarm the emperor."

actually took out the emperor to press her! The queen was shocked: "It's the opposite, you dare to threaten the palace, come here!" dragged out to beat sixty boards, first the crime of deception, and then the crime of disobedience, and beat the palace hard! ”

Ye Zitong raised her head and looked at the queen coldly, she would not be beaten obediently, the queen insisted on this, even if she slipped out of the harem, she would run to the emperor to complain, the emperor was so generous, he would never blame her.

"Queen Mother, if this is known to the emperor, I'm afraid it's not okay?" Concubine Jing, who was sitting on the side, said slowly, "Although the emperor said that the prince violated the law and committed the same crime as the common people, but if the prince really broke the law, the emperor would not punish him so harshly, not to mention that the emperor appreciates the eighth princess, if the queen hits her rashly, the emperor will be furious without asking the reason, what should I do?" ”

"Also, the emperor has always believed in appreciating Ye Zitong, what if he indiscriminately thinks that she is bullying Ye Zitong?"

Thinking of this, the queen hesitated a little. But after all, she is a queen, and it is impossible for her to be trampled under the feet of a little princess, so she cleared her throat and said, "Is she still reasonable?" threatened the palace not to say it, and also said big things, if it is not punished, wouldn't it be a joke? But after all, you are a daughter, so I won't beat you on the board, just let you fill all the water tanks in the palace today, Qingqiu, take the eighth princess to the water room, and teach her how to fetch water. ”

Ye Zitong raised her eyebrows unhappily, and actually asked her to fetch water for the eighth princess, which was too much and couldn't bear it!

"Eighth princess, let's go." The palace maid named Qingqiu walked up to her and said with a smile.

Ye Zitong turned his head and glanced at the sky outside, his face was slightly embarrassed: "Queen Mother, although the concubine also wants to do things for the palace, but it is not early, Prince Yong is still waiting for me to go back for dinner, so I can't stay in the palace longer, besides, although this batch of sanitary napkins may not be able to catch up in time, but the concubine has to try her best to catch up." ”

The queen raised her eyebrows, and her face darkened: "Do you want to resist the will of the palace?" ”

Ye Zitong smiled: "This ...... How so? The queen mother is the mother of a country, and even if the concubine has the courage to disobey the queen's will, but the concubine is really in a hurry, and I hope the queen will agree. ”

"This palace is too lazy to listen to your quibbles, Qingqiu Xiaodong, drag her down!"

As soon as she got the order, the two palace maids stepped forward and set Ye Zitong up, but Ye Zitong's expression suddenly changed, her facial features were distorted, she curled up, covered her lower abdomen, and sweat fell in large drops, which frightened Qingqiu and Xiaodong.

"The Queen's Mother...... This ......" the two looked at the queen in embarrassment.

"What are you pretending to be? Get up for Hongu! ”

"The Queen's Mother...... It may be that the fetus is kicking the concubine, and the concubine's stomach hurts......" Ye Zitong rolled on the ground while holding his stomach.

"Fetal ...... Fetus? The queen raised her eyebrows suspiciously, "Are you pregnant?" ”

"yes...... The concubine has been pregnant for a month, the queen mother, can you let the concubine send her back to the palace? ”

Being pregnant is not a joke, and the queen immediately raised her hand: "Quickly help the eighth princess up and send her back to the palace." ”

Shun lì got through the difficulties, on the way back, Ye Zitong secretly rejoiced, but also regretted, how could she tell a lie to the queen in order to escape, and even said that she was pregnant, but she had no children, if two months later, when it was time to show her pregnancy, what should she do?

Back at the palace, Ye Zitong got out of the carriage with the support of the maid, and met Chu Litian, who was hurrying out of the palace, and couldn't help but stop him: "Chu Litian? ”

He stopped and turned his head: "Zitong? You're back? ”

"Where are you going?" Ye Zitong tilted his head at him.

"No, I just heard that you went to the palace and haven't come back for a long time, so I thought something happened to you." Chu Litian stepped forward and took Ye Zitong's hand and walked into the palace, "Don't enter the palace alone in the future, you have to go with me." ”

"It's okay, didn't I come back safely?"

Walking into the palace, but hearing a burst of crying and insults coming from inside, Ye Zitong frowned and looked at the source of the sound: "What's wrong?" ”