On this day, Lu Yao came back from the Qinzheng Palace, it was already afternoon, and she also participated in the morning court meeting, and Emperor Longqing specially set up a special seat for her in the court. A large number of courtiers were standing, and only she and the emperor were sitting. However, the emperor sat on the dragon chair, high on the top, and she was the first to sit on the left hand. The first person standing on the right hand is the crown prince.

This is the left-handed respect. Moreover, the prince stood, she sits. For this, there are also ministers who say that it is not appropriate. However, Emperor Longqing said that Lu Yao is a girl, and her body is not as good as a man, so she naturally wants to sit. Also, Lu Yao's voice is small, if he is far away from the emperor, the emperor will not be able to hear clearly.

Hearing such a reason, the ministers were also speechless, so they could only do so. Fortunately, she is a princess and will not affect the future storage position, so the ministers have turned a blind eye.

Moreover, after these few months, the ministers have clearly known Lu Yao's ability, and he is indeed a talent who has managed the government through heaven and earth. The ministers also had to admire, and even some ministers regretted that such a person was not a prince, but a princess?

After Lu Yao attended the court meeting, he went to the Qinzheng Hall and convened several ministers with his father to discuss the construction of the canal. After the discussion, Lu Yao hurried up to deal with the twists and turns, and it was already afternoon after such a delay. She was also a little tired, so she came out of the Qinzheng Hall and went to Concubine Shun's Phi Xiang Palace. As for her father, as early as when she was reviewing the recital, he went to the water grooming to enjoy himself.

Lu Yao was sitting in the sedan chair, closing his eyes and recuperating, still thinking about the Grand Canal in his mind, but suddenly the sedan chair stopped, Lu Yao frowned, at this time, he should not have walked to the Phixiang Palace. was strange, and the palace maid reported outside the sedan chair: "Princess Qiyu, the queen invites the princess to sit in Kunning Palace." ”

It turned out that she had arrived at Kunning Palace, but the queen had always looked at her unpleasantly, and, recently, it was likely that she was preparing to deal with her, at this time, it must be no good thing to invite her over. She said: "You go and tell the queen that I am tired, and my father asked me to go back to the palace to rest now, and the imperial doctor will give me a pulse in a while." ”

The palace maid was about to come down when a voice suddenly came: "Is Yao'er unwell?" Let the queen mother take a look. ”

This is the queen's voice, and there is already a sound of the palace maid and eunuch visiting the queen's mother outside.

Lu Yao's heart tightened, the queen mother actually came to invite her in person, which was too unusual. The queen mother is the master of the harem, or her nominal mother, as a child, filial piety still has to enter. Lu Yao reluctantly got off the sedan chair, saluted the queen and said, "The child sees the queen mother." ”

Before kneeling down, the queen had already affectionately helped Lu Yao up and said, "Good boy, if you are not feeling well, don't salute." Where are you uncomfortable, I happen to be a doctor here, so I'll show you. ”

Lu Yao secretly hated in his heart, this queen mother was really well prepared, and the imperial doctor was called, so she couldn't pretend to be sick.

Lu Yao hurriedly said: "Qiyu Queen Mother, Yao'er has nothing to do, but she is just a little tired. You don't need to look at it. ”

The queen said with a smile on her face: "That's good, your body is important now, if you don't take care of it when you're young, you'll suffer when you're old." ”

"Such a small person, the emperor entrusts you with all the major affairs of the country, can you not be tired? Okay, today, don't think about those chores, follow the queen mother well, go to the queen mother's harem to relax quickly, the queen mother has left good things for you. ”

Lu Yao had no choice but to follow the queen to Kunning Palace.

According to Lu Yao's original intention, he didn't want to go in. I know that the queen is so enthusiastic and will not be for no reason, it is a weasel giving a New Year's greeting to the chicken, and she is uneasy and kind, but after all, the queen is her nominal mother-in-law, and it is not very appropriate to see her like this, after all, this layer of skin has not been torn yet, and it is still necessary to maintain it.

As soon as Lu Yao's heart was crossed, he took the guards and the palace maid in. Since Lu Yao began to help the emperor deal with the government, the authority and kindness have become more and more important, and the emperor specially gave her some very good guards.

Lu Yao relied on these guards to dare to enter the queen's palace.

When he arrived at Kunning Palace, the queen had already asked someone to sit for Lu Yao. Lu Yao was mentally prepared, but the queen didn't do anything, but praised her with a kind color.

The queen said: "Rongqing, during this period of time, the entire Yu country is praising you, a little woman, but she has extraordinary ability to help the emperor solve problems." During this period of time, under your tidying, the atmosphere of Yu Country has been renewed, the political affairs have been smooth, the people have benefited, and the treasury has been enriched a lot. The government is also much clearer. Even your prince's brother admires it very much, and told the queen mother several times that he wants the queen mother to reward you. ”

"Rongqing, you can give the women of the world a breath of air. Who says we women are inferior to men? However, the queen mother also feels very sorry for you, after all, you are only fourteen years old, you are still a child, the child of an ordinary family, at this time, you can't even manage the housework of a family, but you have to manage a country, a thousand things, how hard it is. ”

Lu Yao hurriedly said: "The queen mother is here. Yao'er is not as good as the queen mother said, nor is she as capable as the queen mother said. Yao'er just helped his father sort out the paperwork, and sometimes, he gave his father ideas, and the real ideas were his father's, and the child was a woman, where could he have the ability to manage the country. ”

Just kidding, Lu Yao can't admit the queen's praise, otherwise, I don't know if the queen will find her fault because of this, it's better to be careful.

The queen still smiled and said: "Rongqing, don't be modest, your ability and your contribution are all there." Hey, it's a pity, the queen mother is a harem woman, and she has a short knowledge and can't help you anything. Seeing you working so hard, I also feel distressed and panicked. Thinking about it, the queen mother can't help anything else, she can only reward you, and show it to your brothers and sisters in the harem, as long as you have talent and can help the emperor do things, you will be rewarded, and it is also the meaning of motivating everyone. ”

The queen said so, and Lu Yao couldn't postpone it.

The palace maid beside the queen team made a look.

The palace maid hurriedly clapped her hands at the back, and four palace maids rushed out. Each maid took a large red plate of red sunflowers, covered with a brocade.

The queen said slowly: "Rongqing, you have worked so hard for state affairs, and you have become a lot haggard when you look at this flower-like little face these days." The palace has people prepare some high-quality rouge gouache, which are carefully made by the internal affairs office of our palace. It's different from the ones that are normally distributed in the palace. Although you are naturally beautiful and generally don't use these fat powders, some of the decorations are still good. In particular, there is a kind of fragrant honey in it, which is the most nourishing for the skin. ”

After speaking, a palace maid had already stepped forward and lifted the brocade, revealing a pile of blue and white porcelain vials and jars.

Seeing that the palace maid brought these things up, the queen also looked at it with an earnest face, Lu Yao had no choice but to open one of the blue and white porcelain boxes casually, and immediately a burst of fragrance filled his nose, and there was some balm inside, which was the kind of fragrant honey that the queen said, in fact, Lu Yao had also seen it in Concubine Chen before.

Carefully prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the production was very small, and only a few of the most powerful concubines in the palace had it. In fact, during this period of time, because of the increase in his power, the Ministry of Internal Affairs also sent these precious fragrant honey in order to come to the knot. However, Lu Yao didn't like to use these things, so he gave them to Concubine Shun, who had obtained the treasure.

Therefore, Lu Yao's face was calm, but he still thanked him very seriously.

The queen saw it in her heart and knew that these things were not enough to impress Lu Yao, so she was not angry, but continued: "People rely on clothes, although Rongqing is born beautiful, he must also rely on good clothes to dress up." This is the palace a while ago to get the best feather satin, made a set of clothes, the embroidery on it is the top embroidery in the palace made out, you look good? ”

After speaking, a palace maid walked up to Lu Yao, lifted the brocade, revealing a set of gorgeous clothes, and unfolded it to see that it was a golden and red butterfly dress wearing flowers, which was very gorgeous.

The queen did not pause, and then said: "This palace sees that Rongqing enters and exits the court every day, and there are only a few pieces of jewelry used, which are very unworthy of your identity. Therefore, the palace let people carefully make some head jewelry and give it to Rongqing to wear. ”

After speaking, the third palace maid walked up to Lu Yao, opened the brocade and took a look, and suddenly, the jewels dazzled Lu Yao's eyes. I saw a jade hairpin, a red gold gemstone distraction, a white jade hairpin, a pearl necklace, a beeswax collar and so on.

There are so many of these things, and each of them is exquisitely made, which makes people's eyes dazzle. Lu Yao managed the government during this period of time, and he was very familiar with the money and grain of the household department and the treasury in the palace, and naturally knew the prices of this era, and the value of these things must be more than 20,000 taels of silver.

This is a big deal, this is different from those fat powders, and it is also different from a gorgeous dress, such a big arm, Lu Yao not only did not rejoice, but became more vigilant in his heart. How could the queen be so good, bleeding profusely, and getting so many good things for her?

The queen smiled and groaned, and showed her one by one to admire. Lu Yao had no choice but to thank him patiently.

The queen finally said: "I don't think this palace alone is enough to praise you for your hard work during this period of time. So, Hongu took something from his own private property and gave it to you. ”

The last maid also came over and lifted the brocade, this time there were no of those things, but a small square box of red flowers. Open the box, and there are several deeds neatly placed inside.

The queen said: "This is the most lively place on the Vermilion Bird Street in the capital, there is one restaurant, two shops, and two Zhuangzi outside the city, each with 3,000 acres of land. The output of these can also have about 5,000 taels of silver every year, which is used to make up for Rongqing's pocket money on weekdays. ”

This is a bigger deal, these fixed assets, especially the restaurant, are cash cows. The shops in the capital, the surrounding land has always been priceless, so if it is sold, it can be worth 100,000 taels of silver.

And, as the queen said, these assets can have an income of five thousand taels of silver per year, which is not a big deal?