Come over suddenly, if it is a whim to say goodbye to the Queen Mother, it will be a bit too contrived. The emperor didn't mean to hide it, he greeted the queen mother, sat down and drank a few sips of tea, and said, "I heard that this girl Xiao Xun is poking the basket again, I hurried over to take a look, mother, you didn't make her angry, right?" ”

The Queen Mother glanced at her son, "What if I'm angry?" ”

"Then the son won't let her take care of the palace," the emperor's attitude was still very upright, "By the way, scold her a few more words, and let her come over to make amends for you." ”

Seeing that the Queen Mother's tone was gentle, not like she was really angry, the emperor made a little joke, "That's it, most of her is still in the middle of it, I estimate that she is making trouble like this, but I'm afraid it's because I don't want to take care of the house from the bottom of my heart." ”

People are better than men, more than dead people, this is really not empty talk. If she is someone else, she can't do her best to manage the palace, which makes people feel that she has an attitude problem, and she doesn't know how to lift up four words and cover it, what good life will she have in the future? When he arrived at the concubine, he just stiffened the face of the queen mother, and the emperor was still protecting it openly and secretly, listening to the tone, the blame was full of intimacy, and he put his attitude out first: It's just a trivial matter, there's nothing to worry about, and it's over after saying two sentences.

Thinking of Jingci Immortal Master, the Queen Mother couldn't help but feel a little emotional, if the emperor could move his favor for Xu Xun over even two points, and there would be more tolerance between husband and wife, what hurdle could not be overcome? It's a pity that Jingci Immortal Master didn't have this life. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't be idle, and I would have to be angry with my juniors and make such a series of things, how much meaning could it be? is getting old, but he still has some trouble with his son.

However, this thought was only fleeting, and she suppressed all negative emotions and said with a smile, "Are you interceding with her, or are you pulling her back?" Don't underestimate your mother, how many years have you been in charge, first the queen didn't tell me, after all, I didn't expect the expenses in the palace to have increased so much over the years, but it was going to make trouble to the point of reaching out to the inner library. Since the concubine said this, do I still have a reason not to allow it? ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows, and he owed a debt with a smile, "Niang Xianming." ”

The queen mother is a little tasteless, and she knows that she can't fool her son: the child is older, and he is no longer a boy in his teens and twenties.

"It's that she's almost thirty years old, and her temperament is a little too big, so she said to me, what don't I agree? I also wrote an abridgement, but it was the same as the advice of the Imperial Historical Observatory outside. If I don't agree, does she still have to go to the temple to kneel? She grumbled half-truthfully.

The emperor's attitude has always been very exemplary, as soon as the Queen Mother said, he said, "Gai Ming'er will definitely ask her to make amends for your sins, it is estimated that she is calculating, she was too surprised, so she didn't restrain her emotions." ”

Fortunately, he didn't seriously calculate the accounts in the palace with the Queen Mother in the past few years, but he didn't embarrass his mother too much, but he also examined himself, "My son didn't expect it, but it was just tinkering and connecting Nannei and Miyagi together. Xiao Xun mentioned this, but reminded me that the cost of the harem, compared with my account, is just a dime, and I have to rectify it when I turn back. Now that Curry doesn't have any money, don't borrow money from the six departments at the end, won't those officials fall into the talk again? ”

It is said that in the past few years, the emperor has been a safari, and has vigorously expanded the academy, recruiting and searching for many famous artists to worship in the academy, and he has a wide range of hobbies, such as fighting crickets, playing polo, and visiting the beautiful scenery of the courtyard -- these hobbies certainly show that he is a very elegant and interesting person, but they also show how many new places to spend money in the palace in recent years. And the internal transport depot and other inputs are certain, although now it seems to be peaceful for a long time, disaster relief and other things have their own six ministries, the treasury to do, but spend money to go a lot, even the emperor feels that the money is spent in a daze, just now I listened to Ma Shihui's words, he remembered to ask, the inner transport depot over there, is already a river dry and the sea falls, a few years ago, a little savings, now there is not much left.

"Actually, if you can straighten out Guanglu Temple, you don't know how much money you can save." The Queen Mother snorted, "It's true that the concubine has never seen the world, otherwise, how would she take these mere silver taels to heart." Anyway, the whole body is full of holes, I am also a broken jar, anyway, the meat is rotten in the pot, when is there a shortage of money, the purchase of Guanglu Temple has not been copied, and the river in the palace can rise by one and a half points. ”

This is not much contradictory to her reluctance to praise the new tea from other places, because the input of the internal carrier warehouse is also from the national treasury, and there is no need to directly exploit the people.

"That's the financial thing." As soon as the emperor heard about this, he also had a little headache, shook his hand and said, "She just took care of it, if she has been in charge for a long time, she will be like a son, and she is too lazy to think about this." Horizontally and vertically, it is either cheaper for insiders, or cheaper for outsiders, and when the water is clear, there are no fish, and turn a blind eye. With the factory guard, it won't be too much. ”

"Having said that, but her spirit is still haode," the queen mother turned the conversation back, she said lightly, "Although the means are a little intense, but it really reminds me, in fact, this is all a custom learned from outsiders, not when relatives enter the palace to ask for peace, they talk about the fashion outside, and the palace will not learn the same, I didn't expect this rule to stand, and the big and small banquets are all costly, and it is extravagant and prosperous - this is also mine." If so, I don't know how many blessings in the world are going to be trampled, I think, it's better to take this opportunity to educate the ministers, reiterate the ban when Taizu, don't say that the grade is not enough, even if the grade is reached, you can use colored satin, but only wear, not to use it like this. How are you, Dalang? ”

is really open-minded, as soon as the queen mother's words come out, no matter who wants to praise it: when you are a daughter-in-law, others find fault with you, but now you are the queen mother, and you can admit your mistakes so calmly, which is not something that every superior can do. Not to mention the small to see the big, once the problem is realized, it is necessary to issue an edict to warn the people of the time, if the queen mother and the concubine are replaced by courtiers, this story can simply be noted by the people of the time. Of course, the reckless character in this must be the concubine, and the positive character who is broad-minded, turns hostility into jade silk, and educates the world with small views is undoubtedly the queen mother.

The emperor hooked the corners of his lips slightly, and he had the beauty of an adult, "My mother is right, my son will let the Hanlin people draw up a decree when he turns back, and this will will be issued a year ago, but I am afraid that this year the capital will be able to cut less silk and satin." ”

The Queen Mother also showed a smile on her lips, "This matter is a reminder from the concubine, although there are flaws, but it is not enough for outsiders, and this section can be hidden from the will." I have no intention of robbing her of the credit, if you don't mention the reason, if you do, it is better to take a contract with her. ”

actually gently and skillfully sent the credit of this virtuous and good advice to the top of the concubine's head...... It seems that the Queen Mother is determined to hold her up to the queen.

The emperor's mind was racing, and he couldn't help but think of the emaciated empress who was sick in the Kunning Palace-no matter how big her mistakes were, she had indeed done her best to take care of the palace affairs in the past few years, and she had suffered from many troubles and rubbings, and she had become much older. If he heard the news again, he was really afraid that she would die of anger.

"The will of the previous dynasty, it is a little inappropriate to bring out the harem after all." He rejected the Queen Mother in a gentle tone, "Besides, the concubine is not the queen, and her title is not appropriate, and it is not good for her to appear rashly in the will." ”

Although the Queen Mother's proposal was frustrated, she was not angry, and she had a good temper today. "It's that I think it's wrong, this person is old and confused...... Okay, then issue an edict in the palace, not only do you not do this kind of banquet in the official house, but even the palaces are not allowed to be so extravagant in private. ――Now that the queen is sick, Dalang, you say, is this for you to write, or for me to write? ”

As soon as she opened her mouth, the emperor understood her mother's true purpose, but she had just replied to the Queen Mother, and now she couldn't erase her face if she refused-today's performance of the Queen Mother was already good enough temperament, and compared with her usual temperament, it was simply the opposite of her.

"Then let my son do it too." He simply took the matter on himself, at least he could consider some words and phrases to protect the queen's face.

Even if this matter is decided, the mother and son can't help but discuss the government a little, and the queen mother told the emperor, "Although it is the son of peace, but you can't be too ridiculous, in the past two months, I heard in a trance that you either go out to play polo every day, or lock up in the palace to pull people to fight crickets, this is not good......"

The emperor patiently listened to his mother's nagging, and had to repay the favor, make a certificate of education, and finished the performance of 'Mother and Child', and saw that it was not early, and accompanied his mother to dinner, before getting up and leaving Cining Palace.

Coming out of the warm room, as soon as the cold wind blew, the emperor only felt refreshed, and the faint feeling of annoyance gradually dissipated. He took Ma Shi's hand out of the palace gate, bowed the sedan chair, and ruled out the candidates of each palace in his heart, and at the end, he sighed softly and knocked on the sedan wall.

"Let's go to Yong'an Palace." He raised his voice to command Ma Shi, and muttered softly to himself.

"At least, you can still hear a few words of truth there."

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Xu Xun was naturally a little happy to see him coming, she had dinner for a while, and also changed out of her daytime clothes, because she didn't prepare him to come, she was wearing a cotton jacket, her hair was tied with a big braid hanging down behind her, and the pearl and gold thread were not embellished at all, looking like a small person who had just entered the palace, she was as simple as a small person who had just entered the palace, and when she saw the emperor coming, she greeted her and said with a smile, "Have you eaten?" If they don't eat, let them serve another meal. ”

"I've eaten in Qingning Palace." The emperor said naturally, he stopped a few grandmothers walking inside, "Just wear it, you don't have to change your clothes, you can sleep for a total of one or two hours, how troublesome is it?" ”

Xu Xun led someone forward to take off his coat for him, "What is the attitude of the old lady?" ”

"You know everything." The emperor's fingers suddenly itched, he obeyed his wishes, and twisted Xu Xun's face fiercely, "What about my daughter and son?" ”

"Let's take a shower." Xu Xundao, "Now that Zhuang'er is older, it is the same as a little bit, he is always playing with a stinky sweat, but fortunately, he can take a bath and be well-behaved, he can wash it in the warm pavilion, otherwise he will wash it once and it will be a place of water, I really don't know what to do." ”

The two cleaned up and sat down by the kang, Xu Xun took the orange to peel for the emperor, "I don't know where to send the tangerine, it's quite fresh and sweet, eat one?" ”

"Leave it aside, it's a little cold when you come in, and you'll eat it when it's warm in a while." The Emperor said, "You know to turn the conversation away." ”

Xu Xun didn't seem to be weak at all, she smiled calmly, "Didn't you ask, what is the attitude of the old lady?" ”

"Guess what?" The emperor especially wanted to scare Xu Xun.

"I think I agreed, otherwise you wouldn't have this expression, big brother." Xu Xun knew him very well, and she glanced at him, as if she couldn't help but smile slightly.

"What's my expression?" The emperor was a little puzzled and touched his face.

A slight smile turned from dark to bright. "The expression of the invitation."

This guy! The emperor has no strength to be angry, so he helped to persuade the queen mother, or should he be it? What if he doesn't persuade? She just handed over the abridgement and waited for the Queen Mother's response?

He felt a little bit that he was a cute man who threw his eyes to the blind man, shaved his head and was hot, and he was still a little proud, but he turned angry, he didn't want to pick a thorn, but now he also picked it, "How can this be considered an invitation?" It's because you're too unharmonious in your own affairs, and I have to come forward to clean up the whole thing for you. If you don't want to go to Qingning Palace to beg her, you can also tell me first. ”

"I'll tell you first, you definitely don't care." Xu Xun said very old-fashionedly, seeing that the emperor had the intention of refutating, she glanced at him, squinted her eyes and pinched her hands, "To be honest, if I told you first, do you definitely think it doesn't matter, big brother?" ”

Compared with the expenses of Guanglu Temple, as well as the number of private pockets in various places, what is the waste of the harem? The emperor really didn't want to have a conflict with the queen mother because of this money, he snorted and didn't speak, Xu Xun explained, "As for finding the old lady first, it can only be one result...... Can't you think of it, big brother? ”

Don't look at the Queen Mother's generosity now, if Xu Xun discussed with her in private, the Queen Mother designated that it was a beating and reprimand, how could she take the initiative to save face. When the time comes, she will directly refuse, what else can Xu Xun do? If she insists on cutting, it will really not give the queen a son, and there is a suspicion of disobedience. -- The emperor pondered for a moment and hissed, "You are still scheming, and you will act after you have made up your mind." ”

"Otherwise, am I really stupid?" Xu Xun made a joke before explaining, "Actually, it's not, I didn't know that it was the old lady who made it, and I had already said it to be deleted, and then I knew that there was no way." The words are all said, no matter how neatly it is, as long as I move this matter, outsiders still don't know that I did it? The old lady has no face, so it's better to just make a mistake, and the old lady may not do anything to me, and she also pointed to lifting me to the Kunning Palace. ”

The same is reasoning, Xu Xun's reasoning is so real, as soon as she heard it, she knew that she was telling the truth - she was originally a person who had no plans, and the emperor listened, regardless of whether he agreed or not, his heart was steady, and he was willing to tell her the truth. "It's a bit of a brain!"

"Did I guess right?" Xu Xun's eyes lit up. "The old lady really agreed?"

"Not only did I agree, but I also pinched my nose and said a lot of good things about you, and I want to post a commendation for you." The emperor couldn't help but smile, "It's also embarrassing for the mother, if you can find a second concubine with a son in the palace, she won't be so wronged." ”

Xu Xun pursed her lips, and she could see that she was a little disapproving, but she didn't speak. The emperor is also well aware of her possible comments - whether it is the queen mother or the empress, she is not the same person at all.

To a certain extent, he also agreed with Xu Xun a little, so he did not correct her disrespectful performance, "Let's go over and ask for a crime another day, if you don't even want to do a full set of plays, then you will really be resentful." ”

"Hmm." She readily agreed. "Big brother, don't worry, it won't make it difficult for you."

"Won't it make it difficult for me?" The emperor couldn't help but smile again, "Who is that one who is in a hurry to get on fire and run to Qingning Palace today?" ”

"Isn't it all your money that I'm saving?" She gave him a bold look, "Can it still fall into my pocket?" ”

"The family is big, I don't care about this." The emperor deliberately hit her with words, "As far as you are worried about, you are still a concubine, you are stingy, and you don't have any demeanor at all." ”

"I'm originally from a small family, but I'm very stingy!" Xu Xun replied to the emperor confidently, and he didn't hold it, so he laughed, "Although it is a big business, you can't do things so badly, it's not that you can't spend money, you always have to spend it on the knife, this is originally the money for disaster relief...... Emperor Gao's hadith also said that the people and kings take the four seas as their home, and the wealth of the world is used for the world, so what is the difference between public and private? This is not our own thing, at least not the private property of the harem, how can it be used so indiscriminately? ”

Seeing her muttering and muttering, the emperor found it interesting, thinking about it, it was also reasonable, anyway, things were like this, so he didn't argue with Xu Xun, but said, "Yes, yes, you, the female Yao Shun, really let you be in charge, I don't think it will be a few years, the palace maid's skirt can't even cover the top of the feet." ”

Xu Xun snorted him, "Mrs. Shen is not dressed on the ground, big brother, you will laugh at me." ”

"What am I laughing at you?" The emperor was still a little surprised, "I want to have the reputation of Emperor Wen, it's too late to be happy-I don't know, you have recently taken a fancy to the Book of Han?" ”

"Just take a look at it when you were idle a while ago," Xu Xun said lightly, "The stories of the two Han Dynasty are not written with a wonderful pen, otherwise, it is not more exciting than "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?" ”

"The romance is more shallow, and the people in the market love to say, where can the history books compare?" The emperor commented casually, and then turned the topic back, "It's good to be thrifty, but it doesn't have to be too much, a piece of meat rots in the pot, and the ones who have good fat are also our own people, otherwise, the rest of the money is released for disaster relief, and a lot of it falls into the pockets of those officials...... When the inner carrier depot ran out of money, it was natural to go to the treasury to ask for it. Don't think too much in your heart, the colorful flowers are indeed too luxurious, it shouldn't be, but it shouldn't be too economical, it's not good to fall into the dignity of the heavenly family. ”

Xu Xun didn't reply for a while, just looked at him like a stranger, and the emperor was a little strange, "Huh? How? ”

"It's nothing...... she shook her head, her shoulders softening again. I thought, it's my own family who is fat, who is fat...... I was stunned for a while before I remembered that since Emperor Wen, this eunuch is our own person. ”

She smiled a little self-defeatingly and knocked her fist on the head, "Hehe, look at my memory......"

Although the emperor was slightly suspicious, he thought about it, why did Xu Xun need to lie to him?

Even so, he was still a little uneasy, and when he wanted to tell her about the dirtiness of officialdom and emphasize the legitimacy of using the internal carrier warehouse as a large internal envoy fee, Xu Xun had already stretched his waist and said casually, "Big brother, it's still early to go to bed, why don't you come and play nine consecutive chess?" After a while, I can come in a little bit, and I can coax her to play chess and raise her temperament. ”

The emperor's attention was immediately distracted, "What's so fun about the Nine Consecutive Chess?" Let's play Shuanglu, that's the fun. ”

The warm window on a winter night, the beautiful woman is on the side, the delicate child is around the knee, and everything is worry-free when you are idle to play chess...... The emperor didn't know what happiness was, but he did feel peace and joy now, and a small thought unexpectedly arose in his heart: it would be good if such days, years and months, could last forever.

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