In the blink of an eye, half a moon has arrived, and early in the morning of the fifteenth day, Gege entered the palace to see the Queen Mother. At that time, the Queen Mother sat on the main hall of Cining Palace, and accepted the concubines and ladies outside the palace one by one. Wait for Gege to kowtow and say: "Concubine Ai Ruoqing greets the Queen Mother, and wishes the Queen Mother good luck!" ”

The Queen Mother smiled kindly, and Mingge got up and approached to speak. Gege got up and walked over, and the Queen Mother stretched out a hand. Gege hurriedly took it over, and after taking a closer look at it by the Queen Mother, he said: "You look like a five-point and an eight-year-old person." It's a pity that the eighth child didn't come early, if you don't see your generosity and wit today, you must be a lot more gratified. After that, I couldn't help but shed a drop of old tears, and the palace maid next to me hurriedly handed over the handkerchief and wiped it.

Gege didn't dare to be emotional, so he had to comfort him: "Don't be sad Queen Mother, life and death are fateful, that is also the father's shallow fortune, I didn't wait for a good time." ”

Wiping away her tears, the Queen Mother ordered Gege to sit under herself. Gege said that he didn't dare to say again, but the Queen Mother ordered again, so he sat down carefully.

The palace maid brought a cup of Longjing. The Queen Mother said: "At this time, the new Longjing provided by the Internal Affairs Office yesterday, how about you taste it." ”

Gege obeyed the order, took a sip slowly, tasted the product, and saw that the Queen Mother just looked at herself, and praised it: "Ruoqing thought that this was the Longjing produced by the Tiger Run, the leaves of the view were delicate, the fragrance was strong, and the aftertaste was mellow, and it was really the best choice." ”

The Queen Mother pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "You are very good at drinking, and the mourning family is salivating, come, give the mourning family a drink." ”

The palace maid who served with her hurriedly picked up the teacup and leaned in front of the queen mother's mouth. The Queen Mother took a sip, her eyebrows furrowed slightly. said: "But what about the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Thinking that the mourning family is old, I can't even drink it in my mouth. Although this tea is also a good tea, it is by no means the new tea of this year. But it's like this spring's Ming Qian tea. Now that more than half of the summer has passed, I still use old tea to prevaricate the mourning family. Speaking of this, he snatched the tea bowl from the palace maid's hand, fell down in the hall, and the tea juice in the bowl flowed to the ground.

Seeing that the queen mother was suddenly angry, everyone was frightened, and the palace maid who offered tea didn't care about the slippery ground. knelt on the ground and begged the Queen Mother to calm her anger.

"Rest the wrath, rest the wrath. How to calm the anger of the mourners? Even the mourners dare to hide it, what else can't they do? ”

At this time, Gege said calmly: "Back to the Queen Mother's words, there are some things that the concubines don't know whether to say or not. ”

"You say!"

"The concubines are in Changchun Garden these days to inspect and rebuild the Buddha Fragrance Pavilion. He has been in contact with Cai He, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, many times. As far as the concubines know, there is a shortage of silver in the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the deficit is very high. Presumably, it can't squeeze out new tea, so it's impossible to say that it is shoddy. ”

"Nonsense! There is no silver in the Internal Affairs Office, so where has all the royal silver gone? Come on, bring Cai He to the mourning family, and the mourning family will ask him face to face. ”

A palace maid had already run out to find Cai He. After waiting for half a cup of tea, the Queen Mother had a calm face. All the concubines and ladies hung their heads, and they didn't dare to come out.

The sound of messy footsteps came with a hurry. In the blink of an eye, Cai He's figure was seen in the distance. When he was about to arrive in front of Cining Palace, he steadied his footing, walked into the palace quickly, knelt in front of the Queen Mother, and said in his mouth: "Cai He, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, greets the Queen Mother!" ”

The Queen Mother didn't look at him, nor did she tell him to get up, and was horribly silent for a moment before asking, "I heard that you have been busy lately?" ”

Cai He didn't know where to ask this, so he was stunned and replied: "If you go back to the Queen Mother, it is the duty of the old slave to do his duty." ”

The Queen Mother slapped the table, raised her voice up, and said: "If you are not busy, how dare you use Chen Tea to deal with the mourning family, even the mourning family dares to deceive, is there anyone in this palace that you dare not deceive?" ”

It turned out to be for those teas, Cai Hexin settled down a little, and replied: "Recently, the old slave has been busy with the affairs of the Buddha Xiang Pavilion, and he actually forgot the tea of the Empress Dowager. The Queen Mother is angry! The old slave went to check it out in person, and guaranteed with his head that the Queen Mother would drink new tea. ”

In this way, the Queen Mother's anger is indeed half down. Buddha Xiang Pavilion, she actually forgot about the Buddha Xiang Pavilion, so she asked again: "Is the Buddha Xiang Pavilion newly built?" ”

Cai He knelt on the ground, the beads of sweat on his face dripped down, but he didn't dare to wipe it, and then replied: "The old slave is trying to go back to the Queen Mother, the Buddha Fragrance Pavilion is completed today, and I am asking the Queen Mother and the Emperor to go up and check it." ”

The Queen Mother nodded slightly, her face slightly pale.

A rainstorm saw that the fog dissipated, and Gege said tepidly: "If the concubine says something that is not too important, Gonggong Cai has not bothered much about the matter of the Buddha Xiang Pavilion. ”

Cai He said happily, the silver was not in vain, and she would speak for herself at this time, but she didn't dare to be arrogant at all, and only said humbly: "That's the duty of the old slave, don't bother, it's too important." ”

Gege looked at the Queen Mother and said lightly: "Where! The Internal Affairs Office didn't have much money, if it weren't for Cai's father-in-law's good life, this Buddha Xiangge would not be delivered on time? ”

Cai He hurriedly said: "Qing Gege lifts the old slave, how can the old slave have great ability?" ”

The Queen Mother was surprised: "How can the Internal Affairs Office have no money?" How do you say that? ”

The Queen Mother's gaze was sharply nailed to Cai He, and Cai He only had the share of secretly complaining. I'm afraid it's going to make a big deal today, but fortunately, he's prepared. His forehead touched the blue brick floor, kowtowed loudly again, and said in a deep voice: "The Queen Mother is angry!" The Internal Affairs Office has indeed been a little short in recent years, but the Queen Mother, please believe the old slave, in a few days, the Internal Affairs Office will be full again. ”

The Queen Mother reprimanded: "Nonsense! For so many years, there has been no major construction and renovation in the palace, and I don't know how much money is handed over to the Internal Affairs Office every year, how can there be a deficit? ”

Sweat rained down, falling drop by drop on the blue masonry, and it was terrible to hear. Cai He knelt and his legs were numb, but he didn't dare to move. Sooner or later, there will be such a day, but fortunately, he has already left a way back for himself: "If you go back to the Queen Mother, since the old slave has been in charge of the Internal Affairs Office, he does not dare to have the slightest selfishness, and every account is remembered clearly and well documented." If the Queen Mother doesn't believe it, the old slave will go to get the account book, and the Queen Mother will know it at a glance. ”

The Queen Mother said sharply: "Okay, you go and get it, the mourning family is waiting here!" ”

Holding the ground with both hands and struggling a few hard, Cai Hecai barely stood up, his legs were still a little sore, but he still retreated and left Cining Palace.

A back and forth was only a cup of tea, and Cai He was anxious, so it only took more than half a cup of effort to return to the palace. He knelt on the ground, holding the account book in both hands, and held it high above his head. The palace maid took it and handed it over to the queen mother.

The Queen Mother was about to see it, and she heard someone shouting outside the hall: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

After going down to the court, before he had time to review the fold, Qianlong heard that the Empress Dowager of Cining Palace was angry, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he threw down the fold, and Qianlong hurried over. (To be continued......)