There are also smoothies, soups and other snacks, mostly chilled, and various melons and fruits, which are also cut to be chilled. Ice cubes are expensive. There are also ice cubes placed in the room to cool off, and in order to be pleasing to the eye, they have to be carved and shaped, which is very labor-intensive.

As for the melons and fruits, they are not the ones who are ordered, but there are also out-of-season melons and fruits, which are refrigerated in the ice cellar or transported from the north. It's already expensive, it's not as good as winter, and the melons and fruits are out of season, but they are grown in the Poli house!

The so-called "Poli" was originally a general term for natural gemstones, and later also referred to high-grade glaze.

Like Yu Heyan who played with a beautiful girl in the secret realm of Taoyuan back then, it is colored glass, which flows brilliantly between his fingers, like a gem.

The Central Plains is not because the ore quality is not good, or the smelting technology is too poor, and the glaze can't be burned too well, especially if it can't be burned very transparent and very large. This kind of thing must be imported from the Western Regions. It's Xijon and more west. They have good ore, as well as exquisite firing methods, can burn large plates, some similar to glass, but transparent and clear like ice, even natural crystal may not have such a clean texture, it is said that the emperor of the previous dynasty sighed after seeing the sample: "Collect my Central Plains gems, how can I pass?" "It's called Po Li.

Sent from the Western Regions, you can already imagine how expensive the freight is. This thing is fragile and fragile, even with the good ore and good technology of the Western Regions, it can't burn Po Li as hard as steel, or even as hard as crystal. No, no, this is a piece of water that cracks when it is smashed and shatters when it falls, so it must be heavily wrapped and very, very careful when transporting. After it was shipped, it was more expensive than gold.

Merchants carefully inlaid these into large boards, which could be used to make window panels or even entire walls.

Only in the palace. There is a whole house in Poli, which can make incense and grow melons and fruits out of season.

It turns out that this Poli only transmits light, but it does not breathe through the wind, and it can keep warm. In winter, as long as the sun is good, it can reach the heat of early summer, at least it can be a midspring. When there is no sunlight, wrapping the side with thick insulation material and baking it in a charcoal stove can also create a suitable temperature, so that spring and summer fruits can be grown in winter.

There are also techniques for growing off-season fruits and vegetables, but only for those that do not require much light. Because there is no Po Li among the people, it is necessary to protect against the cold and keep warm. I had to wrap it on all sides. Only on days when the sun is very good and there is almost no wind can the plants be sunned. Some plants can't stand this. No matter how warm it is, it's useless. Just like some women who are too idealistic, no love is useless, and no more money can be given to her. She's still withering -- of course there are fewer such women now. Most of them are not even if they have love and no money - whatever you may say. Due to the limitation of light, there are not many types of off-season vegetables and fruits that can be planted, and the quality of the planting is often not very good.

The advantage of the Poli room is that it ensures the maximum amount of light. The off-season fruits and vegetables grown in it are the best. In the summer, there is no need to grow anything in the Poli house, but it is not idle. With it, you can steam sesame oil!

Bring in fragrant flowers, such as jasmine. The summer sun shines through the transparent panels, bringing out the aroma of jasmine. After the door is sealed, the aroma can not be penetrated, all to the preset grease board sucked, after absorbing the full, the white grease will turn into an attractive ripe yellow, scraped off, you can make noodles, lipstick, hair oil and other toiletries.

This kind of sesame oil is richer than steamed dew.

This is also a convention, Cui Heng asked today, and Si Gong was helpless, so he had to reluctantly reply: The ice cubes were stored last year, and the cost is not much......

Before the words were over, Cui Heng turned his face. The eunuch next to him, in order to prevent the emperor from being too tired, helped to scold the palace: whether it counts or not, the emperor decides! What are you? Is it too much to tell the emperor?

Cui Heng saved himself the strength to scold, and was responsible for putting an expression background behind him to tell Si Gong: Yes! That's what I mean!

Si Gong kowtowed, and couldn't speak, and the female official next to him finally helped to reply, and estimated the cost of finding ice, essential oils, fragrances, vegetables and fruits, bath sets, and make-up after bathing, and reported it to the emperor first. He also said that the specific accounts could be taken to the emperor immediately.

Of course, they were reprimanded again: the accounts still have to be taken for the emperor to see for himself? What are you eating in front of this female official?

Finally, Cui Heng made a concluding speech.

He took the floor to give advice on how to deal with it. But unreasonable opinions are lacking in strength or hurting the image of imperial power. Therefore, he is accustomed to quoting a great truth before speaking, which should be praised and prescribed.

In connection with the recent war and the domestic situation, he made an impassioned speech. The palace people were about to cry and collapse on the ground when they heard this. I think the country is difficult, and the emperor is not easy! They are really derelict in their duties! A lot of waste in the palace is indeed excessive! What should we do if this goes on and the country is called?

How lucky they are, they have the emperor! The emperor told them what to do: First of all, the ice cubes are not allowed to be carved. Start with this one!

The palace people nodded one after another. Few people thought that when the weather got cooler, no one would use ice in the first place......

Cui Heng also instructed: The original point in the bath water is the essential oil imported from the Western Regions, which is nothing less than gold and silver, and it is necessary to avoid it from now on, and only use the fragrance dew, balsam and other things made by my own Daling, although it is lighter, and the bath can be made as much as possible, and in the end, it is the dynasty itself to look for, and the merchants can be encouraged to be independent.

The palace people said yes again and again, while thinking: There are a few mothers who are going to make trouble again. The girls are not happy, and they are going to take it down and get angry. Oops, awful......

And then there's the fruits and vegetables. Cui Heng demanded that all food and drink from now on should be fresh, and it was not allowed to use vegetables and fruits in the wrong season in the Poli house, nor did it use foreign tributes, let alone too rare ingredients, so as not to be wasted.

The palace people thought, who is going to deliver the message to the imperial dining room? When a group of people over there heard this, they jumped off the building and hanged themselves. Don't say it's a burden on chefs! The emperor only said that the materials are not allowed to be used, the tribute is not allowed, and the off-season is not allowed to be used, which is too precious, but he didn't say that the taste can be taken to the next level! In other words, when the available ingredients are limited, it is necessary to improve the taste. It's so hard, there's wood!

What's more, everyone knows that the imperial dining room is very fat, and one of the points is that the difference between the figures reported for various expensive ingredients and the actual expenses can fall into the pockets of the people. Do you think shark fin is more satisfying, or is it a turnip?

Cui Heng's ban is not to thrive, but to pinch the pockets of the people!

The palace people have their own ghosts, waiting: does the emperor have any other orders?

Cui Heng reprimanded some words, but there were no scary words above. This trip to Ezixie is over.

The woman who was immersed in the bath and waited for the emperor to relieve her boredom was waiting in vain.

After the Queen Mother heard the news, she was speechless for a long time. The little palace maid brought the soup cake. Zhang Shenying inspected it and held it on the table with his own hands. The Queen Mother said slowly: "Your Majesty, this is a temper tantrum." ”

No one dared to pick it up. The heat on the soup cake is steaming.

The person at the door reported: The emperor said.

There was still no one in the room who dared to speak, waiting for the Queen Mother to speak, and I really wanted to quietly glance at the Queen Mother's face, but I didn't dare to look at it. The master doesn't like people squinting at the bottom of the eyes to peep. The palace people in the Queen Mother's house are very well-behaved, even if they are curious, they all honestly bow their heads and only listen to orders with their ears.

The sound of the pearl bone horn on the sleeve of the Queen Mother. She said, "Don't take the car yet?" ”

So everyone hurriedly took over.

Cui Heng stepped into the queen mother's house and greeted him with a big salute, the same as before. The Queen Mother solemnly returned the salute and also asked the emperor for peace. The two exchanged pleasantries, both of which were fixed sentences, but after talking for a long time, they also brought their own emotions. The same words, different in tone and eyes, can be deep comfort, can be a confused inquiry, can be an intimate confirmation, can be a sharp confrontation.

Which one is it this time? None of the palace people who witnessed it at the scene would reveal the answer to the outside world.

In short, the emperor gradually talked about the "Ezixie thrifty discipline". The Queen Mother greatly praised the emperor's intention to cherish the people's power, and it may be more troublesome to implement? That is still presided over by the queen and implemented hard, and the effect may be better. It is better to call the empress and let the emperor personally instruct the matter, and the details can be discussed well.

This is actually to match the emperor and queen, give them a chance to get along, and it is best to let the emperor stay in the queen's bedroom today.

Why does the emperor still need someone to match? When he was able to make her the queen, of course he also had feelings for her! Based on the background of his life experience, among all the candidates that can be considered, Cui Heng is of course the most fond of this woman, so he asked her to be the queen. But time passed...... The rock may still be eroded, not to mention the feelings that are not strong in the first place.

Feelings are fleeting, and only interests in the world are permanent.

In other words, only a well-consolidated relationship of interests can stand the test.

The relationship between the Queen Mother and the Queen is very good, plus Princess Xueyi. Three people form an iron triangle. In addition, there are other accessories that have joined the network. For example, the Seven Emperors Hui Xue, it was completely from the Queen Mother's side. What the Queen Mother wants, she will obey everything. It is rare that she is also very favored in front of the emperor. That's why the wind is good and relies on its strength to help me go to Qingyun - the queen mother is sometimes a little cold to Huixue, thinking that the emperor loves her, so she is very enthusiastic about her; The emperor was sometimes slightly dissatisfied with Hui Xue, thinking that the Queen Mother favored her, so he opened up to her. It is not convenient for the two of them to say something in person, and they will even let Hui Xue convey it on their behalf. Huixue can be said to be a subtle conciliator between the queen mother and the emperor.

But this time, the snow is not there.

It seems that this time the issue is too delicate, and both sides have invariably avoided the return snow.

Because of this kind of problem, the Queen Mother hopes that the Queen Mother will be allowed to intervene.

Cui Heng did not object. When the Empress arrived, she came too quickly, given the distance between the Queen's palace and the Empress Dowager's palace. It can only be said that she is staying relatively close to the Queen Mother's palace, and it is very likely that the Queen Mother asked her to come and wait early - but Cui Heng didn't seem to notice it at all, and didn't ask at all. (To be continued......)