Mama Li didn't understand her intention, sighed and began to crook the building: "Today, I am diligent, I am so busy that I can't take care of my food, how can I take care of □□." It's a pity that the queen mother is such a good person, and it is difficult to see her husband all the time...... That's a rare good guy. ”

Qiwen lamented in her heart, but she had no choice but to listen patiently for the time being.

The queen is a good person, this is the consensus of the entire Zhiyang Palace, but people's attitude towards good people is not necessarily heartfelt praise and support, and there are many people who are not happy to take good people as soft persimmons.

When the emperor went to Kunyu Palace today, he saw such a scene.

The sun was setting in the west, and the emperor stepped on the slanting sun and stepped on the Dan Majesty in front of Kunyu Palace, and heard the laughter of Concubine Ning Qing Lingling from inside.

After Yuji and the big wedding last year, Queen Taishang immediately organized a draft for him, and finally left four show girls, this Concubine Ning was the most outstanding because of her appearance, and was personally named a concubine by Queen Taishang, and ordered another talent, two candidates. Today is the first day of the new year, and as we all know, it is the day when the emperor came to Kunyu Palace, and Concubine Ning took advantage of this time to come, and the purpose is self-evident.

Hearing her laughter, the emperor's brow furrowed. According to the rules of the palace, no matter how high a person is, he can't make a loud noise, does Concubine Ning think that she can laugh well, so she can be unscrupulous?

The eunuch led by Hu Congli was Wang Zhi's apprentice Qian Yuanhe, who diligently stepped forward to open the curtain of the Qianying veil for the emperor and invited the emperor to enter. Someone had already reported the news, Concubine Ning's laughter had long since stopped, and everyone in the house held their breath and stared, and when they saw him enter the door, they all saluted and drove together.

"Get up." The Emperor glanced at the room in general.

Concubine Ning was wearing a peach-colored peony-patterned silk gown, wearing a full set of gold-inlaid ruby heads, and the teardrop-shaped ruby tassels hanging from the mouth of the tired silk golden phoenix hung down in front of her forehead, like a cinnabar mole.

She was originally born beautiful, but this elaborate dress was too much, and the whole set of bright red gold jewelry was almost dazzling, so that people could no longer notice her own beauty, and would only think that she was a vulgar person who had never seen gold.

Although the queen on the side was dressed plainly and her appearance was only middle-class, she was obviously much more dignified than Concubine Ning.

The emperor's eyes fell on the two tribute satins placed on the high desk: "What is this for?" ”

Concubine Ning raised her head slightly and replied with a smile: "This is what the queen's sister brought to the two sisters with her concubines. My sister is the most benevolent, and we all owe it to her compassion. ”

A slight sneer appeared on the emperor's lips: "Yes, if it weren't for the queen's kindness, how could you even dare to ask the queen?" ”

The expressions of the people present were all solemn, and the remaining mild atmosphere was swept away. Concubine Ning's face was bloodless, and she knelt down in fear and said, "The concubine doesn't dare, but it's just ...... It was Fang Cai who talked casually with the queen's sister, and he said smoothly for a while, asking the emperor for forgiveness. ”

The emperor didn't have the heart to worry about her, and said coldly: "You go, I have something to say to the queen." ”

"Yes, the concubine retired." No matter how reluctant Concubine Ning was, she didn't dare to stay longer, so she had to leave in a huff.

The queen couldn't bear it, but when she looked at the emperor's face, she didn't say anything, and just took advantage of the moment when the emperor didn't see it, and comforted Concubine Ning with her eyes.

The emperor stepped into the room and sat down on the kang under the south window. The queen took the teacup from the palace maid and handed it to him personally: "This is the new tea brew, the taste is similar to the original imperial offering hair, but the price is much cheaper, which is in line with your idea of reducing the cost of the inner court." ”

The person who can talk to him so cordially and equally, the second one can not be found in the Quanzhiyang Palace, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that they are more like close friends who have been tacitly understanding for many years, and there is no warmth between husband and wife.

The emperor took the tea and took a sip, without commenting, his eyes looked outside from the window lattice supported by the ebony pole of the copper hoop, and when he saw the attendant maid brought by Concubine Ning walking out holding the two tribute satins, his eyebrows frowned again: "I'm afraid you didn't reward them with those two satins, right?" What exactly did Concubine Ning come to do? ”

The queen sat across the kang table opposite him, and her tone was homely and casual: "A few days ago, a new batch of brocade was introduced to cut summer clothes for the palace people, and I sent someone to Concubine Ning to let her divide them among the two servants. Today, she said that she had divided the two servants with two satins each, but the king chose to go back and measured, which was two feet less than the Feng election attendant, so she pestered Concubine Ning to complain about her grievances, she didn't know how to make the decision, so she came to ask me. ”

The queen's palace does not live in other concubines, Concubine Ning is the lord of the first palace of Yonghe Palace, one of the six palaces in the east, in charge of the two servants, should be responsible for distributing things to the waiters, there is really something that can't do the lord, and it is time to ask the queen.

However, the emperor still heard that something was wrong: "Just for the sake of the two-foot satin, she came to you to call the shots?" And then, you took two whole satins from your own library and supplied them with them? You won't be unable to see that she came to you on purpose to fight the autumn wind, right? ”

It turned out that Concubine Ning came today, and the purpose was not limited to seeing him. The Emperor's heart was filled with irritability and disgust.

Choosing a concubine from a small family is not good, it is inevitable to run into a vulgar philistine, staring at the trivial little bargains, competing for a little more and being complacent, and being indignant if you get a little less, are all problems in the bones, and they can't fade away from the education of those months. The so-called outsiders would rather marry a maid than a little girl, which is the reason.

These concubines were never what he wanted, he opposed the initial draft, and he couldn't help his mother repeatedly persuaded him on the grounds of court decency, so he had to obey - he was more estranged from his mother than his father, and he really couldn't stand his mother's unruly nagging.

A few months ago, He Cairen had a bad thing, and he proposed to demote these women to palace maids and release them out of the palace to get married. There is also a precedent for the unused palace concubines to be disposed of in this way, and the marriage given by the royal family to the master is not a disadvantage to these women from low backgrounds.

But the result was the same as the persuasion and opposition of the mother. He had no choice but to continue to keep these women in the harem, and tolerate them from time to time to make things happen to annoy him.

What made him even more upset was that the queen couldn't even suppress such little people, and she didn't even want to play and suppress at all, so she just blindly tolerated and connived, making them more and more lawless. It's just because of the queen's creed that it is to suffer losses and make people pay for peace.

Sure enough, as soon as she saw him angry, the queen came to laugh and mud: "What's the big deal?" is also fighting the autumn wind, you are also serious. I can't use the things in this library anyway, and I'm waiting for insects to eat them, and people often come to dry them under labor, so it's just right to take more for my sisters to use. ”

The emperor said: "I know that Concubine Ning has asked for a lot of things from you in the past year, I'm afraid that even the dowry of the Siguo Mansion has been touched, you are the queen, why indulge them like this?" The harem has its own rules of the harem, and it is just a qiē according to the rules, what is there that can't pull down the face? ”

The queen still responded with a smile: "What you said is, don't worry, I know how to cook." ”

How did she cook, the emperor was clear in his heart, he suddenly remembered another thing, and looked out the window again: "Where did the silk on her body come from?" ”

This matter is much stricter than fighting the autumn wind. In recent years, the treasury has become increasingly empty, foreign enemies in Liaodong have invaded, and the Central Plains has caused civil unrest. The emperor had no choice but to give tens of thousands of taels of silver from the inner treasury to save the emergency, and at the same time, extravagance was strictly prohibited inside and outside the court, especially restricting the use of the inner court.

Silk is the most precious one of the silk, the pattern on it is not printed, nor embroidered, but woven by hand when weaving, the process is like carving on silk, the workmanship is extremely complicated, so the value is also extremely high, known as "an inch of silk and an inch of gold".

When it comes to scaling back, this luxury is the first expense to be cut. Under his explicit prohibition, there are still people who dare to accept tribute?

The queen gently scraped the water vapor on the lid of the cup in her hand, lowered her eyelashes and said calmly: "That is still when they were canonized last year, the queen mother rewarded them, and each person has two pieces." You haven't seen them a few times in a year, so you can't remember, and you think it's new. ”

The emperor was a little more angry, thinking that he had been worrying about various expenses in the court recently, and all he was thinking about was silver, so he would be so full of soldiers, right?

The queen looked at him and sighed: "These sisters are also pitiful, I thought that they were selected to enter the palace to enjoy wealth, but just in time for this year, you have to save money, they haven't even got a few sets of decent jewelry in a year......"

"If you wear a few pieces of jewelry, you won't die," the emperor interrupted her, his face gloomy as water, "Do you know how many people have died in this drought in Shaanxi?" The people there have already changed their children and eaten, and the people in the palace are still thinking about the yellow and white things on their heads? ”

The queen was stunned for a moment, and said in a daze: "I'm not ...... I don't blame you, but I just want you not to worry too much about them. ”

Although the emperor was dissatisfied with her style, he had never lost his temper with her, and it was not easy to think about her, so he tried his best to suppress his anger: "I know, you want to take care of the affairs of the harem, don't come to let me bother." But what kind of thoughtful way is it for you to blindly retreat and connive like this? I saw you in charge of the palace like this, how could I be at ease? ”

"It's nothing, you're wronging yourself, I'm still afraid of this grievance?" The queen laughed, "Besides, what kind of grievance is this?" It's just a small loss, just a change of peace and beauty. A little outside the body can be exchanged for home and prosperity, and it is worth it. ”

Her tone was set in stone. He wanted to make her business, but she insisted on making compromises, which was also due to her character in her bones, which was not so easy to change.

"What kind of family and everything is prosperous!" The emperor sometimes felt unbelievable, and heard that the Si Guo Gong was strict in governing the family, and Mrs. Wu was easy-going and gentle, and the daughter she raised could be seen to follow her temperament, and grew up in a calm and waveless house, and developed a good and gentle feeling with others, and never knew what a fight was.

However, does she know that she is now the queen and the mother of a country? Could it be that her mother, Mrs. Wu, is such a good old person as a housekeeper, and allows the concubine Diao slave to bully her, and she will only wipe the mud? If that's the case, it must be Si Guogong who can hold the scene, but he is not as idle as Si Guogong and has no time to help her.

"I've heard that even the female historians of the Sixth Bureau dare to disobey your control...... "The emperor is not in the mood to say more, the garrison transfer of Liaodong has not yet been determined, and the military salary for the Guanzhong Quelling Chaos has not yet been settled, and Han Lin, who he is trying to promote, has just been ruthlessly participated in a book, and the vestibule is a mess waiting for him to deal with, he really doesn't have the extra energy to teach the queen how to take care of the house, and he has a headache when he thinks about it.

"Go find the queen mother and sit down. Now that my father's body has recovered, and she has a little more energy, maybe she is also anxious to see your means, you go to her for advice, ask her to help you more, it will be good for you and her. When the Emperor had finished speaking, he walked out with his feet.

"Hey, today's dinner ......" The queen couldn't finish a sentence, and she had already watched the emperor step out of the main door, so she had to stop her mouth in a daze, and a sad look appeared between her eyebrows. I was also planning to let him have a good meal when he came to Kunyu Palace, take a rest, and replenish his body, but he didn't expect to say this for a while, so he ran away angrily, so that he would have to save his dinner today.

She is really annoyed and helpless, always thinking of being a virtuous queen to take care of the harem for him, so that he can worry about the future and concentrate on politics, she is willing to do almost anything for this purpose, but how can it end up, but it is more and more annoying to him?