Sixi was very quick to do things, and soon came back and reported to Xi Zeyu: "Your Majesty, Liu Yuan, the manager of the Internal Affairs Office, is here!" ”

The original Huang Qin had already retired due to physical reasons, and the current steward was the newly promoted Liu Yuan. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

This Liu Yuan grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he knows how to observe words and emotions the most, see the wind and make the rudder, worship high and step low, this person is very greedy for money, if the people in the palace want to live a good life, they must first scold him, those concubines who have no money live a hard life, like Yuan Chang Zai, Yang Meiren and the like, the carbon fire sent is very limited, and it is the most inferior, they have long had no carbon fire available.

Not only that, Liu Yuan is also very greedy for power, he knows that the wind direction of the harem is the most favored in Weiyang Palace, and any good one will be sent to Weiyang Palace to please Yun Tian, but unfortunately, Yun Tian is seriously ill and can't see guests, he hasn't seen Yun Tian once, let alone what oil and water he got in Weiyang Palace, over time, Liu Yuan is also a little disgusted with Weiyang Palace, and the good silver ash carbon purchased by the little inner servant outside, he privately withheld a load for his own use, this matter is only known to his two apprentices, but it is hidden from the outside world!

Now that Xi Ze has passed him, he naturally knows that he is going to talk about carbon fire, he hunched his waist and said with a smile: "The slave asks the emperor for peace, the emperor is safe!" ”

Xi Ze raised his eyes and glanced at him, and said slowly: "Steward Liu, I heard that it was Concubine Cai who recommended you to the queen as a housekeeper, and you are Concubine Cai's fellow countryman?" ”

In fact, this Liu Yuan has only been in office for more than half a year, but it is the first time to come to Chengguang Palace, he has seen Xi Ze many times before, but he has not looked back as much as he looks at today, of course, this real appearance is just a glance, he didn't dare to look more, hung his eyebrows, looked at the ground, hunched his waist, and replied: "The emperor has a good memory*** is indeed the same township as the little master of the concubine!" ”

Xi Ze clasped his hands together and said casually: "Concubine Cai has been raising the six princes for some days, how is it now?" ”

For this person who promoted himself, Liu Yuan of course praised without hesitation: "That's very good, the little concubine is virtuous, the six princes are well-behaved, the mother is kind and filial, and they are happy, although the emperor can rest assured!" ”

Xi Ze snorted coldly when he heard this, and Liu Yuan trembled when he heard this, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak.

Xi Ze stared at Liu Yuan and said: "Yesterday, someone came to report to me, the six princes cried at Cai Concubine, they all passed the New Year, and they still refused to study hard!" How many benefits did you receive from the concubines, and you came to me to say this sentence of mother's love and filial piety? ”

Liu Yuan was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he hurriedly opened his bow left and right, slapped himself and said: "The slave is guilty, the slave is guilty, the slave doesn't want the emperor to worry, it's not intentional to lie, the slave doesn't dare to deceive the emperor, the slave knows the guilt......"

Xi Ze threw stones to ask for directions, just to explore his reality, he tilted his upper body slightly, pressed one hand on the table, stared at Liu Yuan deadly, and said slowly: "You are also the manager of the Internal Affairs Office now, I only ask you, how much carbon fire is still in the Internal Affairs Office?" ”

Liu Yuan's face was stunned, and he turned to a bitter face and said, "The emperor is short of carbon fire here?" The slave should be damned, Ming'er will definitely send a charcoal fire over immediately! ”

Xi Ze slapped the table fiercely, accentuated his tone, and shouted: "I asked you how much carbon fire you still have there, you tell the truth, you don't have to detour me, if you are still like this, I will immediately withdraw your position!" ”

Liu Yuan was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and said truthfully: "Your Majesty, the palace shares were distributed before the New Year, and now there is no charcoal fire in the Internal Affairs Mansion!" ”

Xi Ze's eyebrows frowned: "There is no basket left?" ”

Liu Yuan replied: "There is no basket left!" If there is a lack of carbon in the palace, you can only go out of the palace temporarily to find it! ”

Xi Ze snorted heavily: "I remember that when Huang Guan was on duty, there had never been such a thing in the palace, and I didn't have it at all when I wanted to!" There is always some surplus in previous years! You are a new official, but you don't know the way to do it! ”

Liu Yuan hurriedly said: "Emperor Mingjian, the slave does not dare to slack off, the day before yesterday, the slave came to the Chengguang Palace to ask, saying that the silver gray carbon in the Chengguang Palace is still there, so the slave is not prepared!" Besides, now that the carbon price in the capital is soaring, where can the minions buy the silver? Even if you go to buy ordinary black charcoal, you can only buy half of the original one, not to mention, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has to buy other things...... Minion ......"

Xi Ze looked at Liu Yuan coldly, and interrupted angrily: "I haven't told you to buy yet, so you will come to cry for me first!" Who gave you the guts? You don't have loose bones and need me to give you a long memory, right? ”

When Liu Yuan heard this, he kowtowed in fright: "The slave doesn't dare to deceive the emperor, and he won't cry poor, what the slave said is the truth!" ”

Xi Ze said angrily: "I don't care what your situation is, I have decreed that the expenses of each palace will be reduced by half, but you still have to buy this carbon fire for me, and the expenses have been reduced by half, if you still want to cry poor, I will carefully turn over your old bottom, if I know that you are full of private pockets, and I will let you die without a place to bury!" ”

Liu Yuan believes that Xi Ze is not joking with him now, if he really sends someone to check his old bottom, first of all, he can't hide the basket of silver and gray carbon he secretly hidden, not to mention the silver taels that he secretly withheld before, he only has a dead end, and if he wants to strengthen his pocket under the nose of the Son of Heaven, it is absolutely impossible, he didn't dare to make excuses, and hurriedly said: "The emperor can rest assured, the slave will definitely solve this matter!" ”

Hearing this, Xi Ze curled the corners of his lips slightly, and said slowly: "Although each palace has reduced its use, but the silver gray carbon of Weiyang Palace can only be more than less, you will carefully find a few loads of silver gray carbon for me to send to Weiyang Palace, if the minions of Weiyang Palace come to report to me that Weiyang Palace lacks carbon fire, I will tell all the minions of your internal affairs government to die well, and no one will be spared!" ”

Liu Yuan's face was like ashes when he heard this, he didn't know where he got the courage to raise his eyes and look at Xi Ze's eyes, and said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, now there is no silver ash carbon to be found in the capital at all, and there is nothing for sale...... There is nothing the minions can do...... And silver gray carbon has risen to a sky-high price......"

When Xi Ze heard this, he picked up the cup and threw it out, smashed it to the ground with a loud noise, and said angrily: "Your internal affairs office is getting bolder and bigger, and my will can't be issued, do you think I really don't dare to do anything to you?" ”

Xi Ze was furious, Liu Yuan didn't dare to say any more, Sixi heard the sound, opened the door from the outside and came in, walked to Liu Yuan's side in a few steps, plucked him with his foot, and said: "The emperor has an order, you just have to do it, and you dare to be verbose, but you don't want your head?!" Why don't you do it quickly? What are you doing here? ”