Chapter 63: Recovering Face
Lin Yan looked at the roster in her hand.
This is the list of palace people that Mu Qing gave her and used to be loyal to her aunt.
When Lin Xian died, the palace power fell into the hands of Wu Guifei, Wu Guifei came to a big purge of the harem, and the palace people promoted or valued by Lin Xian were degraded and transferred.
But fortunately, when they were replaced, these people did not conflict with Wu Guifei's people because of this, they were low-key and cautious, and hibernated for the time being, so that they could all be preserved and wait for a new master to arrive.
From this point of view, her aunt is very good at employing people, and the people she promotes are at least people who are very clear and can see the situation.
If these people were dissatisfied with Wu Guifei's people back then, then Wu Guifei would have enough reason to send them all out of the Liushang Palace, then if she wanted to use them again today, she would need to spend more energy, or she would have to re-train the people herself, and cultivating loyal and reliable palace people would not happen overnight.
Mu Qing walked in from the outside.
Lin Yan looked up at her and asked with a smile, "Did the palace people who dialed it to Concubine Wu send it over?" ”
Mu Qing nodded, smiled and made a "two" gesture to her.
Lin Yan naturally understood the meaning, and nodded with a smile.
And in the Zhaoyang Palace.
Wu Guifei looked at the group of palace people who were kneeling on the ground and Lin Yan asked people to send over, pursed her eyes, spoke sarcastically, and hummed: "The queen mother is really kind to this palace!" ”
The palace man who knelt on the ground lowered his head and did not speak.
Her big palace maid Yu Yu reminded her: "Niangniang, be careful that these people have nails from Changkun Palace. ”
Jade is the palace maid brought in by Wu Guifei from the palace, serving Wu Guifei for the longest time, and also winning Wu Guifei's heart the most.
The last time the palace people of Zhaoyang Palace were tied up, Yu Yu was originally tied up and taken to Yeting Palace, but Wu Guifei personally went to ask her back. Lin Yan is also easy to talk, she will give someone to her if she wants to.
Wu Guifei raised her chin and said, "Since you are a newly assigned palace person, you must learn the rules in the Zhaoyang Palace of this palace first. Let people take them down, first ask their names, origins, life experiences, etc., and then take them down to learn the rules before entering the temple to serve. ”
Wu Guifei naturally wouldn't believe the person sent by Lin Yan, and this school rule naturally wouldn't be an ordinary school rule.
After Wu Guifei finished speaking, she entered the inner hall, and Yu Yu glanced at the palace maid beside her, asked her to take people down, and then followed her into the palace to serve.
Wu Guifei pulled out a hairpin on her head and played with it in her hand, and asked Yu Yu again: "What is the queen doing these days?" ”
Yu Yu looked at Wu Guifei and looked a little speechless, paused for a moment, and then said cautiously: "The queen said that her chess skills are itchy, and she has been pulling the emperor to play chess with her for the past few days." ”
Now everyone in the palace knows that the emperor loves the queen, and even the face of the concubine is down for the queen.
Wu Guifei was annoyed, slapped the hairpin in her hand on the table, and said, "The palace power is still in the hands of the palace, but she is not in a hurry at all." Then frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "The emperor is really leisurely, so many state affairs and political affairs are ignored, and he accompanies a woman to play these boudoir skills." Last time, I heard my father say that now the household is short of money, and he put on an excerpt to propose to increase the tax on the field, but it turned out to be like a stone thrown into the sea without any response, why don't you see the emperor concerned about these things. ”
This kind of major national political affairs is not a place where palace people can interject, and Yu Yu lowered his eyebrows and lowered his ears and stopped talking.
Wu Guifei's eyes suddenly lit up again, and she asked, "The quota of each palace for the next quarter should be calculated, right?" ”
Jade said: "Yes, I am waiting for the mother to show me." ”
Wu Guifei asked again: "What about the share of Changkun Palace?" ”
Jade said: "It's also ready." ”
According to the rules of Changkun Palace, it should have been sent to Changkun Palace a few days after the wedding, along with the shares of the previous quarter. It's just that after Wu Guifei took over the palace power, she changed the rules of the harem, and after the shares of each palace were calculated and divided, they were all sent to Zhaoyang Palace first, and each palace received a share in Zhaoyang Palace with a pair of cards.
But now that there is a queen in the harem, the palace power is still in the hands of Wu Guifei, and Wu Guifei seems to have forgotten about this matter and returned the palace power to the queen.
Now the Shang Palaces of the Liushang Bureau are also in a dilemma, and they don't know whether to send the Changkun Palace's share directly to the Changkun Palace, or to the Zhaoyang Palace first. If it is sent to Zhaoyang Palace first, and the queen is asked to receive a share of the case in the hands of a palace concubine, this harem will be a joke.
If the emperor doesn't pay attention to the new queen, it's just that, making jokes is also a matter between their masters, they are the people promoted by the concubine, and they naturally stand on the side of the concubine. It's just that now, seeing that the emperor is more and more fond of the queen, it is only a matter of time before the queen takes over the palace power, and they dare not offend the queen's authority.
But if they directly send the shares of Changkun Palace to Changkun Palace, the concubine Niangniang will be able to eat them now.
One mountain and two tigers are fighting, and the two tigers can't afford to provoke them, so they can only drag it, and even the shares of other palaces have not been issued.
At the end of each season, it is also the time when the shares of each palace are exhausted and the waists are tightened, especially the palace concubines who are not of high grade, all look at the cases to live, and there are already several palace concubines who have asked people to come to the Liushang Palace Bureau to inquire when the shares will be issued.
The corners of Wu Guifei's eyes turned up, and she suddenly said radiantly: "Go, let the Liushang Bureau send the share of Changkun Palace over, and the palace will personally send it to Changkun Palace." ”
When Lin Yan heard that Wu Guifei was carrying things with the people of the Liushang Bureau, and was vigorously coming to Changkun Palace, she was playing chess with her left hand and her right hand.
In the past two days, she was abused by the emperor in Go, her confidence was lost, and she almost committed suicide by jumping into the river.
But she insisted that she, the empress, should be consistent with him, the emperor, in terms of interests and hobbies, and maintain a common language, so although she was abused as an adult, she still became more and more frustrated and courageous, and studied the art of Go in depth.
Lin Yan flashed her eyes and said to Mu Qing with a smile: "The noble concubine is really a character who does not admit defeat. ”
The last time she was embarrassed didn't make her remember it for a long time, and she knew that she couldn't please her, so she had to do it again. Well, in this respect, she and her are similar, both of them are more and more courageous.
Mu Qing also smiled lightly and said, "The concubine can only use this way to get back face." ”
In fact, it is to let the people in the harem see the share of Changkun Palace to pass from her Zhaoyang Palace, what can the queen's status be there, and the emperor's favor is biased towards Changkun Palace, so the people in the harem will not think that the concubine is the shareholder wind and overwhelms the queen's west wind.
Lin Yan put down the chess pieces she was holding in her hand, clapped her hands, and said, "I originally wanted to come back in a few days to ask about the palace power, but it seems that I can't be idle." Let's go, let's go meet the concubine for a while. ”