became the queen, and in general, Xi Yunzhi felt that her life had not changed much.

In addition to the qualitative leap in the quality of life, the surrounding has become noisy, and everything seems to be done by someone for you, but Xi Yunzhi also has his own principles and retains the right to act on some things, such as coaxing the child to sleep, playing with the child, dressing and feeding the child, and then changing the child's father's clothes, undressing and other things.

Because Bu Qin did not have a concubine, the harem was relatively clean, and she didn't need to settle down every morning and dusk, go to ask for peace or accept an invitation, and her life was still relatively leisurely.

Kunning Palace has been repaired since Bu Qin entered the city, and it has been replaced with a bright color, which looks much brighter.

Xi Yunzhi didn't have any special requirements for the place to live, and now the splendid residence was just a luxurious palace given to her by her husband, which was not much different from the exquisite courtyard in the past.

Kunning Palace was originally equipped with one hundred and twenty palace maids, eighty eunuchs, a total of two hundred people to serve, Xi Yunzhi felt that there were many people upset, so he ordered the removal of seventy percent, leaving only more than 50 people, the chief mother in the palace in addition to the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Liu Ma also stayed by Xi Yunzhi's side as the queen's personal mother, Liu Ma every time she talked to someone, she would bring a Never thought that she could have such a great creation in her life, and she did her best to serve Xi Yunzhi.

Xi Yunzhi nearly 150 people all returned to the Internal Affairs Office, making the internal affairs of the housekeeper confused, originally heard the queen say that she wanted to return a few people back, thinking that those people were not serving well, and when they came back, they should play the board and hit the board, and they should be on the clip on the clip, but the queen returned so much at once, and said that it was not because of bad service, which made the Internal Affairs Office a little busy, after all, no concubine dared to retreat from the House of Internal Affairs so arrogantly in the past, of course, this time it was not the concubine who retreated, it was the queen, but, The Governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who had never received such a cold reception, still felt a little uneasy, so he reported the matter to the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wang Enze is the previous and the Ministry of Household Shangshu Li Rui, that is, the two people who advised the emperor to choose another lady next to him as the queen, the two of them relied on the power network in their hands is intertwined, and the emperor is helpless, after some discussion, together with some courtiers, jointly signed a letter, asking the emperor to expand the harem and hold a draft, which was rejected by Bu Qin on the grounds that at the beginning of the founding of the country, the foundation was unstable.

But Wang Enze and Li Rui can be said to have gone through three dynasties, for the challenge of the imperial power, it is already quite handy, this side was rejected by Bu Qin, and the Ministry of Rites began to select the palace maids, in addition to the draft of the emperor's concubine, the princess has always been directly ascended to the throne by the identity of the palace maid, and there are not a few in history, after all, the harem, the fight is luck and posture, as long as you succeed, who cares if you are born in a serious draft, or climb on the dragon bed in the middle of the night, and secretly accept favors.

Therefore, in addition to holding a draft for the emperors in the past, the Ministry of Rites will also have a private selection of palace maids, and generally adults who are anxious to send their daughters to the palace If they still want to fight desperately after losing their daughters' drafts, they will go through this way of the Ministry of Rites, and then implement it until they send their daughters into the palace as they wish.

And this activity is held privately by the Ministry of Rites, as long as the Ministry of Household approves the silver two, the Ministry of Rites can start to operate, and the reason for the operation is only the need of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so that even if the emperor asks, they can also pass the buck to each other, no one can fall into the real responsibility, even if the emperor is in charge of life and death, but they are helpless against this kind of behavior, but the Ministry of Rites does this, in most of the emperors are tacitly approved, after all, this is also in disguise for the emperor to choose a little wife, the emperor is willing to see more beauties, get this benefit, I just turned a blind eye.

***

The new emperor issued a decree to exempt all shops in the capital from paying taxes for one year, and the household department was instructed to supervise, and Bu Qin told them to restore the shops in the capital to their previous scale within two months.

Li Rui, the head of the household department, boasted in front of Bu Qin that it would not take two months to restore order to the market by the end of next month.

In fact, it is not without reason that Li Rui dares to boast about Haikou like this, most of the shops in the capital are controlled by the government, although now that the new monarch is on the throne, as long as he gives an order, all the shops in the capital will respond.

However, on the fifth day after the opening order was issued, only some shops were opened sporadically in the capital, and nearly seventy percent of the shops were closed and locked, Li Rui felt very strange, so he called someone to inquire, who knew that the result of the inquiry was unexpected, the remaining seventy percent of the shops in the capital were not open, but all the procedures were incomplete, because the title deeds of those shops could not be taken out, so they were all personal private property, and could not open normally, Li Rui was shocked, even if he asked someone to investigate the location of the title deeds of the seventy percent of the shops.

***

Xi Yunzhi asked Xiao Hei to take back the black sandalwood box she had hidden, and was counting them in the palace, and entering them one by one, because she was in a hurry before, so the account book had already been lost in the Evenki snow field with the two carriages, so the accounts had to be redone.

After doing this for several days, I finally sorted out all the lot accounts one by one, and was about to rest for a while, when the head of Kunning Palace came over and said to her:

"Niangniang, the emperor hasn't been to Kunning Palace for a few days, do you need to go to the Heart Cultivation Palace to have a look?"

Xi Yunzhi was stunned, didn't Bu Qin come back every night? After thinking about it, I immediately understood.

Bu Qin does come back every night, but it is always late at night, because there has been a precedent for her to be called up in the middle of the night by the third watch, so Bu Qin abolished the rule of leaving someone to guard in her room, and did not let the pass when she came, for fear of disturbing her and the child's sleep.

Then, because he had to go to the early court, he could only sleep for two hours a day, and he got up and went to the Yangxin Palace before dawn, so the people in Kunning Palace did not know the emperor's whereabouts.

Xi Yunzhi looked at the eager look of the mother in charge of the worry, thinking of Bu Tan's tiredness these days, he walked out of the door and went to the small kitchen of Kunning Palace in person.

"The queen is wise, the emperor is tired day after day, if you can eat the food cooked by the mother herself, you will definitely be able to remind the emperor of the old love."

Xi Yunzhi looked at the grandmother's expression, as if she was not cooking for Bu Tan now, but to give her food, but to give her such happiness, but when Xi Yunzhi brought the things out of the small kitchen, the grandmother's face changed again.

"Mother, that's all...... Wouldn't it be too ......"

Xi Yunzhi saw that she wanted to speak and stopped, and couldn't help but finish the second half of the sentence for her: "Too cold? ”

The lady in charge swallowed her saliva, plucked up the courage to nod and said, "It's indeed a little ......."

Xi Yunzhi looked at a bowl of white porridge and a plate of sliced white sugar cake on the tray, hooked his lips and smiled: "I have added several portions of sugar to this white sugar cake, and the emperor will not feel cold." ”

After speaking, he asked someone to put the things into the food box, and Xi Yunzhi walked out of Kunning Palace without looking back and walked next door.

The lady in charge followed behind crying with a sad face, alas, even if this lady is favored now, but if she wants to be distracted like this again, I am afraid that it will not be too long to fall out of favor. She has been in the palace for so many years, and it is the first time she has seen the concubine make something like white flour sugar cake for the emperor......

Their mothers are really rotten wood and cannot be carved.

***

Xi Yunzhi went to the Heart Cultivation Palace, there was a eunuch chanting in a high-pitched voice, Xi Yunzhi dragged a gorgeous skirt and walked in, Bu Qin was sitting behind the dragon case and looked at the fold, and when he saw her entering, he didn't react much, just beckoned to her and let her pass.

Xi Yunzhi took the food box from the palace maid's hand, carried it over personally, took out the white porridge and sugar cake inside, and then without waiting for Bu Qin to take the initiative, he took his hand and stuffed a pair of chopsticks.

Bu Qin looked at the white jade chopsticks in his hand, and then looked at the things Xi Yunzhi sent him, white porridge with sugar cake, he couldn't help but hook his lips and said:

"It's been a long time since I've eaten the white sugar cake made by my wife, so I miss it."

Then he put down the fold, picked up the porridge bowl, and took a sip, Xi Yunzhi stood aside to clean up the messy desk for him, and ate while walking, while saying a few words to her from time to time:

"How did you have time to come over today, didn't you settle accounts in the palace?"

Xi Yunzhi folded all the folds he had reviewed together, and after placing them neatly, he hooked his lips and said:

"The grandmother in my palace thinks I'm not motivated, so she specially asked me to come to the Sacred Heart."

Bu Qin's face turned cold: "These minions are becoming more and more bold. ”

Seeing him like this, Xi Yunzhi couldn't help but smile and replied: "They don't have any malicious intentions, you don't need to be angry, it's also that I haven't taken care of you for a while." ”

Seeing that she was not angry, Bu Qin suddenly remembered something, snorted and drank the porridge bowl clean, and then took a piece of white sugar cake and said while biting:

"By the way, there's something I've wanted to ask you for a long time."

Xi Yunzhi almost sorted all the excerpts, and when he heard Bu Qin say this, he raised his eyebrows: "Well, what? ”

"Today, the household department wrote a letter, saying that only 30% of the shops in the capital are now open, and 70% of the shops cannot open normally because they do not have land deeds."

Xi Yunzhi was asked by him but smiled silently, the two exchanged glances, Bu Qin didn't say anything anymore, and ate all the remaining white sugar cakes.

Only then did Xi Yunzhi return to Kunning Palace with the empty food box.

The lady in charge was lamenting in the palace that she had followed the fate of an unmotivated master, but she saw that the food box that Xi Yunzhi brought back was empty, and the emperor actually had a soft spot for the kind of things that even civilians tasted shabby......

***

After Xi Yunzhi returned to Kunning Palace, he sent someone to call Zhao Quanbao, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, Zhao Quanbao came to the new queen's Kunning Palace for the first time, and he couldn't help but be a little nervous, and he didn't even take Xi Yunzhi to salute Qian'er.

After Xi Yunzhi let him get up, he sat on the chair drinking tea and reading books, and hung Zhao Quanbao aside for a while, Zhao Quanbao was worried, but he didn't know what this master with a weak aura wanted to do.

From morning to night, Xi Yunzhi went in and out many times, as if he didn't see Zhao Quanbao in front of him, and when it was evening, Zhao Quanbao really couldn't stand it, and when Xi Yunzhi walked in, he knelt down at her and said:

"Niangniang, the slave is wrong, please make it clear."

Xi Yunzhi glanced at him, but still didn't speak, but waved his hand and asked him to get up and reply.

"The palace maids in the Emperor's Heart Palace have changed a lot, and Manager Zhao is tired."

Zhao Quanbao sighed secretly, sure enough, it was for this matter, but he didn't expect the queen to just go to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and found out that he had changed most of the people, and listened to the person on duty in the Heart Cultivation Hall report that the queen went to talk to the emperor, and she didn't even look around, but she didn't expect it to be hidden in her heart and not broken on the spot.

"This is a matter of the minions, the palace maids of the Heart Raising Palace will be replaced every once in a while, in order to be afraid that some palace maids will stay for a long time, and there should be thoughts in their hearts, if the mother doesn't like the people who are changed this time, then after the slaves go back, they will be rearranged."

Xi Yunzhi smiled on his face, but his heart was clear. It is indeed true that the Internal Affairs Office changes the palace maids every once in a while, but it is not so much to keep the girls from having undeserved thoughts, but rather because none of these palace maids have received holy favors, they have to change a batch.

Although he had not been in the palace, Xi Yunzhi could still guess one or two of these people's thoughts, and even if he didn't make a sound, he nodded to Zhao Quanbao and said:

"Okay, then go and change it. You must pick a good one, it is best to have some family background, so if you can win the favor of the saint, it is better to have a family background than no family background to help the emperor consolidate the throne, don't you say, Mr. Zhao? ”

Zhao Quanbao listened to Xi Yunzhi's words, but he was stunned, listening to the queen's meaning, did he have some intention of accepting people for the emperor's concubine? But he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly knelt down and replied:

"Niangniang, the slave knows that he is wrong, the slave goes back, and immediately sends the beautiful palace maid elsewhere, Niangniang, don't worry about this."

Xi Yunzhi greeted him with a smile: "You go back, I have already said everything that should be said, it is still the same sentence, if you want to pick and choose, you can pick a good one to come in, if you can really win the favor of the saint, I have many people to share the affairs of the harem." ”

“……”

After Zhao Quanbao answered, he took a step back and walked out of Kunning Palace, still figuring out the true meaning of this master on the way.

If the queen really minded that he arranged for a beautiful palace maid to serve in the Heart Cultivation Palace, then after drying him for a whole day, she could directly pick out with him, but she didn't, but unexpectedly reversed, asking him to arrange for him to come in more well, and also named him to have a family background, which is ...... What does that mean?

Could it be sincere, just because she has no power and no power, and she feels that she can't help the emperor, so she started to find a concubine with a strong family background for the emperor?

Wouldn't that be too silly? Zhao Quanbao thought as he walked, slapped his palms at the end, and came to a conclusion.

Yes, it must be like this.

This new queen thinks that she has no family background to support her, and she wants to sit firmly in the back seat, so she will come up with this way of pretending to be virtuous to win over the emperor's heart, so that the emperor feels that she is generous, and she has been making trouble for a long time.

Since the Lord he was most worried about had personally ordered it, what else could he be polite about, there were so many people in the Ministry of Rites, and he was worried that he couldn't find a place to settle it. In this way, he not only complied with the will of the queen's mother, but also was able to have a good explanation in the Ministry of Rites, killing two birds with one stone, currying favor with both ends, maybe through his hands, another concubine or something, then he Zhao Quanbao wants to walk sideways in the palace in the future, I am afraid it will not be a difficult thing.