Hu Zhaorong glanced at Wu Guifei, then at Lin Yan, smiled, and said to Lin Yan: "What Niangniang said is that the emperor advocates frugality, and he still ordered that everything for the emperor should be simple, and we, as palace concubines, should lead by example with the emperor." As he spoke, he got up from his seat and knelt down to Lin Yan and said, "The concubine proposes that starting from the concubine's Huayang Palace, the share will be reduced by half every year to be used for national use." ”

Concubine Cui Xian paused, and also said: "There are few people in the concubine palace, and the items that are distributed to the concubine palace every year are not used up, and the accumulation in the treasury every year is also a waste." Since Zhaorong has already proposed, the share of the concubine's Yong'an Palace should also be reduced. Without the emperor living frugally, we are still extravagant in the harem. ”

Several of the last girls also glanced at each other, and then knelt down and said that they were also willing to reduce the equal share.

He Baolin saw that the other palace concubines had already expressed their positions, and he was also a little uneasy in his heart, but he just looked at Wu Guifei, but looked at Wu Guifei and planned to agree, so he had to lower his head and hold back with his fists.

Wu Guifei let out a "heh" in her heart, and turned her face away angrily and annoyed.

Lin Yan was not ready to ask for her opinion, and said: "There is no need to reduce the share by half, let's reduce it by two or three percent." Although it is said to be frugal, there is no reason for everyone to live in a stretched capacity. The palace will make a break to the emperor in the name of the harem, and make it clear that the proportion of the harem will be reduced. ”

Lin Yan said: "The previous example in the palace was to issue a copy once a quarter. However, after observing the palace, it was found that after the decentralization of the rules of each palace, it was not possible to control the use of the rules well, and the first two months were more than enough, and in the third month, the cases were exhausted, and they were stretched thin. Therefore, the palace changed the rules, and the case was issued once a month. How to distribute it is still according to the original rules, and each palace takes the palace card to Changkun Palace to receive it. Each palace can come to Changkun Palace tomorrow to receive next month's share. ”

Concubine Cui Xian, Hu Zhaorong and others said yes one after another, but only Concubine Wu Guifei sat still, looking unimpressed.

After Concubine Cui Xian and Hu Zhaorong came out of Changkun Palace, Hu Zhaorong smiled and sighed to Concubine Cui Xian: "It's really three fires for new officials to take office, but I don't know if this fire can burn." ”

Concubine Cui Xian smiled shallowly and did not speak.

After Wu Guifei returned to Zhaoyang Palace, she directly reached out and smashed a blue and white porcelain plum bottle on the small table, and scolded with burning eyes: "Little slut!" ”

He Baolin followed behind step by step, and looked at the palace maid next to him.

The palace maid stepped forward and softly cleaned up the pieces that had fallen on the floor.

He Baolin stepped forward and cautiously persuaded: "Don't be angry, Changkun Palace just wants to earn a good name, doesn't Niangniang still have a trick?" ”

Only then did Concubine Wu ease the anger in her heart, and then ordered: "Go, call the second prince to the palace." ”

He Baolin bent his knees, then went out and ordered the eunuchs of Zhaoyang Palace to call the second prince.

The second prince didn't come quickly, and when he came into Zhaoyang Palace, Wu Guifei even asked a little angrily: "What are you doing, why did you come at this time?" ”

Compared with the crown prince and the third prince, the second prince does not look much like the emperor. He looks more like a member of the Wu family, especially the pair of narrow phoenix eyes, which is very much like Wu Guifei.

He is one year younger than the crown prince, not too old, but he has an old age that is not out of age. Wearing a dark purple deep coat, embroidered with four-clawed dragon patterns, although not weak crown, but hairpins.

He walked in and said, "What is the matter with such a big anger from the concubine, is Changkun Palace angry with you again?" ”

Wu Guifei's originally suppressed anger suddenly rose again, frowned tightly, and said, "Speaking of this, this palace will be angry." ”

The second prince walked up to Concubine Wu and sat down, pulled her sleeve, and said with a smile: "Mother, it has been less than half a month since the new queen entered the palace, and the retainers have made you ten years old. The minister said, why do you have to compete with her like this, my father is now going to her palace every day, just for the sake of her being the daughter of the Lin family and the queen. Speaking of affection, it is natural that you, the concubine, who has accompanied your father for more than ten years, have a deeper affection for your father. ”

Wu Guifei was comforted by her son, and her anger really disappeared a lot.

She turned her head, reached out and touched her son's head, and while she was proud of having this son, she said Chunchun: "Jing'er, if you want to fight, you must fight for your mother." ”

The second prince frowned, and he was a little unhappy in his heart.

This sentence is almost a sentence that Wu Guifei will tell every time she sees him. When I was a child, I saw her being pressed down by her mother-in-law, and when I listened to her advice, I would feel something, and I would make up my mind to behave well in front of my father and fight for my biological mother. It's just that after hearing too many such words, he is also immune, and some feel a little bored - she is angry, why should she let him fight, she will not fight herself.

Sometimes the second prince really thinks that this mother concubine is a little uncompetitive, she was pressed by Lin Xian in the past, and now Lin Yan is a girl who is more than ten years younger than her, and she is not two years older than his son, and she can still suppress her.

The second prince asked, "What is the reason why the concubine called her sons over in such a hurry?" ”

Wu Guifei then remembered and said: "Don't you say that the mother concubine forgot, let me ask you, why is the monthly expenditure in your palace so large, more than in the palace." ”

The second prince was dissatisfied: "The mother asked what she was doing here, although the son-in-law spent a lot of money, it did not exceed the regulations." ”

Wu Guifei snorted and said, "What do I ask this for, you are my son, what can I do if I ask this?" Today, the queen asked, saying that the prince was thrifty, and that you should learn from the prince. ”

The second prince said disdainfully: "She has a really long hand, she has only been the queen for a few days, and she has even taken care of the affairs in the palace." ”

Wu Guifei said: "You can reduce your expenses a little, where is there an impermeable wall in the palace, the queen's words are only afraid that they will be spread outside in a few days, and it will not be passed on to the prince to be thrifty, but you, the second prince, live a luxurious life." The queen has just taken the palace power and is on the rise, and even the shares of the harem are ready to be reduced. ”

The second prince frowned and said, "How to reduce, the sons and daughters now feel that the expenses are stretched, and the northwest wind will be drunk in the palace of the sons and daughters." ”

Wu Guifei said: "Why are you spending so much, the prince doesn't spend as much as you, but I don't see him coming to call him poor." ”

The second prince said: "How can the sons and daughters compare with the prince, now neither the sons nor the princes have not yet gone to the court to discuss matters, and the main thing to do now is to build a good relationship with other clan relatives and noble sons to cultivate contacts, don't you need money to go out to socialize." As for the crown prince, the identity of a prince is here, and others are eager to scold him, where do you need him to use money. ”

Wu Guifei thought about it and felt that it made sense. After thinking for a while, he said to the second prince: "If you don't have any money, you can ask your grandfather and your uncles to subsidize you, and the use in the palace will be reduced." ”

Speaking of which, although the prince is the prince, he still has to use silver when he should use silver, and he spends a small amount on his books, so he can't say that the Lin family is subsidizing him in private. He is clever, knowing that he does not take money from the books, but he seeks subsidies from the Lin family, which not only earns fame but also benefits. On the contrary, they let people seize the handle in vain.

Wu Guifei snorted, is it better than silver, she doesn't believe that the Wu family is still inferior to the Lin family.

The second prince said again: "Speaking of which, the queen's actions are all aimed at the mother concubine, is the mother concubine allowed her to be bullied by Changkun Palace like this, didn't you say that the six palaces and twenty-four divisions, and half of them are your people?" You asked them to make some trouble for Changkun Palace. ”

Wu Guifei said: "Don't worry, the mother concubine is measured." Hmph, this palace is to see, how can she manage the palace without anyone. ”