The four people in the sedan chair didn't pay attention to each other, Chu Litian and Ye Zitong sat together, and Ye Tiantong snuggled up to Chu Yatian's side with a bird, just like that, the four of them entered the palace, and after waiting for a little while, they got the permission to enter the inner palace to see the queen and the emperor.

They followed the eunuchs in the palace to the inner palace, where the emperor and the queen were sitting in the hall, and the queen's face was already impatient.

"Bengu, do you think you're too self-righteous? Now that the time has passed the morning and dusk province, it is too presumptuous and too indiscriminate to wait for you here with the palace and the emperor! ”

Being accused like this before entering the door made Ye Zitong, who had not been able to avenge herself, even more unhappy, she raised her head and glared at the queen, and Ye Tiantong had already stepped forward and knelt down: "The concubine is to see the queen mother, there was a delay on the way, and please don't be surprised." ”

"Delay? What is there to delay? The queen mother was obviously displeased, and the emperor didn't seem to intend to stop it.

Ye Tiantong glanced back at Ye Zitong, and stopped talking: "The concubine and my sister had some disputes, so ...... It's delayed......"

"Oh, speaking of which, Eighth Imperial Princess, why don't you kneel down and salute when you see this palace? Married to the Eighth Prince for so long, haven't you learned the rules? The Queen raised her voice.

The four princes had already lowered their heads and saluted, and pulled Ye Tiantong to sit side by side with him.

"There are clouds in ancient books, kneel down to heaven and earth, kneel down to parents, and at other times you can't kneel lightly, Queen Mother, you are neither heaven and earth, nor my parents, so I don't need to kneel to you." After that, Ye Zitong knelt down in the direction of the emperor and asked for an answer, "The concubine is the emperor." ”

Ye Zitong's words, the queen had never heard before, because of her noble status, she had never blushed at anyone, she said this, it was a great humiliation for the queen, so she stood up angrily, pointed to Ye Zitong's nose and said, "Okay, you are hard-boned, don't kneel, right?" If you don't kneel, this palace will want you to kneel! You get on my knees! ”

Ye Zitong's neck was stricken, as if he hadn't heard the queen's words.

Ye Tiantong raised an imperceptible smile, before she could sow discord, the queen was angry with Ye Zitong like this, she really dug her own grave and asked for her own hardship.

"Queen Mother, you should also know that Zitong's ribs were broken a few days ago, and they have only gotten better in the past two days, but you can't kneel, please be more tolerant of the Queen Mother."

"Your Majesty, do you think this is like a word? They came to say goodbye, but they didn't kneel down, what world, what parents? As the queen mother of your father-in-law, isn't this palace your queen mother? This palace is the mother of a country, and the emperor is not the same as the world? Eighth Princess, your words are really too rebellious! ”

"Queen Mother, I didn't mean to do that, in order to ask the Queen Mother to forgive me for my verbal conflict, I prepared a big gift for the Queen Mother."

"Oh? What is it? The queen showed an expression of disinterest, she was bent on seeing Ye Zitong, a person who did not know proportions and had no dignity, and was not pleasing to the eye, and wanted to find a way to rectify her.

Ye Zitong took out a piece of ...... with a butterfly fan from the small bag he was carrying The sanitary napkin was carefully handed over to the queen's maid, and solemnly introduced: "The queen's mother, this is the sunflower cloth I invented, and I plan to name it a sanitary napkin." ”

The palace maid who was about to hand the white thing to the queen shook her hand, looked back at Ye Zitong with an unbelievable gaze, and her footsteps stopped, I don't know whether to continue to move forward, or to watch Ye Zitong being killed by the queen, to be honest, she has never seen a woman with such a strong desire to die, looking for death over and over again in front of the queen.

The queen's face turned pale in an instant, and when she turned her head to look at the emperor, her face turned red with embarrassment, and she scolded angrily: "Ye Zitong, do you know what you're talking about? How can you say this in the presence of the emperor? ”

"Queen Mother, you listen to me, coming to Kwai Shui is not a shameful thing, but something that every woman has to experience, this inspiration is thanks to my maid bell and lingering incense, it was the two of them who woke me up, let me suddenly wake up, it turns out that we don't have to waste so much silk cotton every month, with this one I designed, at least twice the money."

"Don't say any more!" The queen was already furious, "Eighth Prince, did the Eighth Imperial Concubine have a strange mental illness, how did you stimulate her and make her crazy?" In front of the public, how can these things make the palace and the emperor embarrassed, come on! Pull her down! ”

Ye Zitong narrowed her eyes, and said in her heart You are a conservative woman in feudal society, my aunt and grandmother have worked so hard to develop it for so long, and you still want to send someone to pick me up, if those people really dare to touch her, she will do it immediately.

"Wait!" But just as the guards were about to step forward to imprison Ye Zitong, and Chu Litian was standing up to stop him, the emperor suddenly spoke. "You just said to save money, what kind of provincial law is it?"

Ye Zitong smiled proudly in her heart, she knew that the emperor was most concerned about money, once she could save money, she could say anything obscure like sunflower water.

So she spent a quarter of an hour talking about the highly money-saving plans that would come from the exchange of silk cotton for mesh and absorbent cotton, and told the Emperor a slightly exaggerated number that if all the women in the palace had abandoned silk cotton and had used her sanitary napkins, the rest of the money in a month would have built two refugee slums.

After hearing this number, the emperor was taken aback and looked at the empress: "How much does Kwai Water Cloth use in a month?" ”

The empress was originally red-faced, but after seeing that the emperor was asking this question so strictly, she had to reply in a low voice: "Hmm...... This thing is sloppy, and it is indeed a relatively large amount of money in the palace......"

"The use of silk cotton is neither breathable nor absorbent, the only advantage is skin-friendly, but the price is too expensive, and I have both breathable and super water absorption, I don't have to worry about leakage, more importantly, the cost of cotton is very low, the emperor, think about it, is this a way to save money?"

The emperor was already immersed in the joy of the abundant treasury, and he nodded vigorously: "This method is good, this method saves money, the eighth child, you are a good concubine, clever and capable, if you are a man, you are really a rare talent!" ”

Chu Litian had been secretly observing Ye Zitong's words and deeds and the facial expressions of the emperor and empress, if there was anything wrong with them, he would take out the jade coral that had been prepared long ago and offer it to quell the war, but to his surprise, although the empress looked bored, the emperor was very interested, and he had been patiently and even eagerly listening to what Ye Zitong said.

"Your Majesty, you are wrong, if the concubine is a man, you will definitely not be able to think of such a money-saving thing, because how can a man experience this? And I advocate equality between men and women, whether it is a man or a woman, they should be treated equally, and there are many capable women, because of their humble status, they are not valued and are buried in their talents, every time they hear this, the concubine is really sad, and they are also capable people, why can't they use her ability to bring greater benefits to the court? ”

The emperor nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "Then I will appoint you as a five-rank female official, responsible for the development and operation of this thing, and need to teach the women in the palace to learn to use this thing in a short period of time, and then develop it to the common people." ”

This time Ye Zitong knelt down quickly: "Thank you for the emperor's gift, it's just ......"

"Just what?" The Emperor raised an eyebrow.

Chu Yatian, who was sitting on the side, showed a surprised expression from time to time, the corners of his mouth were curved and never lowered, and his eyes showed a little softness.

He thinks that it is very smart for a woman to think of these things, as Ye Zitong himself said, she is a talented and wise woman, different from the woman who only sulks next to him, and different from all the women in this room.

"It's just...... There are too many women in the palace, and the concubine body of this thing has not done a lot, listening to the emperor's intentions, it should be put into operation in large quantities, in this case, it is estimated that a lot of funds will be ......"

"You can save a lot of money for expensive materials, so let's do it for you with five thousand gold first, and do as much as you can, implement it in the palace first, and then send it to the people."

Five...... Five thousand taels of gold?! Ye Zitong's eyes widened with joy, the one thousand taels of silver that Chu Litian gave her last time was said to be enough for an ordinary person to spend a lifetime without working, and the emperor was really extraordinary.

"The concubine has thanked the emperor, the concubine must do this well!"

The emperor nodded with satisfaction and said, "Later, I will let people send the money and your official card to the Eighth Emperor's Mansion, the queen is also tired, and it is also a constraint to keep you here to eat, so you can go back." ”

Everyone stood up and saluted and retreated, Ye Zitong still only knelt down to the emperor, after all, the current emperor is like her food and clothing.

On the way back, Ye Zitong hummed happily, and his mood was so good that he was about to fly.

"What's the song you're singing? It's hard to hear. Ye Tiantong was depressed, and he was even more upset when he saw Ye Zitong so happy.

"Yo, look at what you said, with your looks, how good a song can you listen to? If you don't like to listen, you can get out of the carriage, and no one will stop you. ”

"You...... The villain has a will! ”

Chu Litian turned his head to look at the scenery outside the carriage window, and didn't care about the argument between the two of them.

"Brother Huang, do you know that a batch of treasures transported from Ancheng to the palace has been robbed?" Chu Yatian suddenly talked to Chu Litian.

Chu Litian flickered, and the corners of his mouth subconsciously showed a thick smile: "No, why are the treasures transported from Ancheng to the palace?" ”

"It's an official in Anseong, because he was dismissed, he wanted to give gifts to please his father, but the goods were robbed in the middle of the way, and the official was also killed." Chu Ya's eagle-like gaze was fixed on Chu Litian's face.