The Honor of the Harem

Looking at the back of the emperor leaving, the middle-aged man said to the screen: "Helper, the BMW was obtained by his subordinates who searched the grassland with great difficulty, you cut your love and give it to Your Majesty, this is ......."

After a long time, a long sigh came from behind the screen, followed by two helpless wry smiles: "I am already a waste person who can't get on a horse or pull a bow, and the BMW is placed here with me, just raise fat......"

After the emperor seemed to be in a hurry to return to the palace, he settled down the sweaty horse he had just gotten and was about to go to Chongwen Hall to rest, but he met Concubine Yang who was returning from the imperial garden halfway. The emperor knew that this Concubine Yang was a relative of the Dugu clan who framed the princess. Since the incident of beating the princess, the emperor has no good impression when he sees her, and when he saw Concubine Yang coming to ask for peace, he asked coldly and casually: "How are you doing?" ”

Concubine Yang saw the emperor's greetings and happily returned: "Thank you Your Majesty for your greetings, everything is fine with the concubines, but Your Majesty has not been to the palace of the concubines for many days......"

"I still have something to do, you can go back." The Emperor dropped a word and left.

"Hey—Your Majesty—" Concubine Yang shouted from behind, but the emperor had already gone away, so she had to stand there for a long time, and then went back angrily.

"Don't be angry, your majesty may be in a bad mood, so you ......," the personal palace maid behind him, Lu Luo, said cautiously.

"Hmph, this palace sees that Your Majesty is in a good mood, this new Turkic queen doesn't know what kind of demonic charm she used to charm Your Majesty, a few days ago His Majesty was angry with her because of the princess, but I don't know why His Majesty went to Jinghe Palace once last night, and ...... today" Concubine Yang was indignant as she walked.

"Master, don't be angry, Your Majesty just sees that she is a newcomer, and she has been spoiled for a while, where can it compare to the relationship between Niangniang and Your Majesty in the past few years? Your Majesty is to like the new and hate the old for a while......" The pothos continued to consol.

"Love the new and hate the old? Who's new? Who is the old? Are you saying that Your Majesty dislikes me when I'm old? Concubine Yang turned around and asked sharply.

Green pothos hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "The slave and maid lost their words, the slave and maid said the wrong thing, please punish the mother!" ”

"Humph!" Concubine Yang didn't go back to her palace without looking back, and the pothos hurriedly got up to keep up.

At noon, Jingtai Palace.

The queen mother sat in the middle in formal clothes, and below her were Princess Yiyue, the queen, and Concubine Yang, and there was a large area kneeling at the bottom, which was the person in charge of food, needlework, washing and dyeing, medical women, chariots and horses in the palace.

The Queen Mother said: "I heard that the treasury is a little tight today, in order to help the victims, His Majesty and Tsukasa Zai have convened important ministers to discuss the solution, and all the people in our harem are ministers of the heavenly family, so they should share their worries for the monarch and sympathize with the difficulties of the people's livelihood." The palace and the emperor have discussed, decided to take the lead in austerity and tailoring, put an end to the extravagance and waste in the palace, from today onwards, all palaces and halls, found that there is extravagance and waste, will be punished. Are you all clear? ”

The kneeling men at the bottom kowtowed in unison, "Yes!" ”

"Also, it is not enough to just eliminate waste, the expenses of the palaces should also be reduced, you can eat, wear, and use, save a little, and help the emperor pass this difficulty first. I'm old, and I don't have the energy to do everything myself, Queen! The Queen Mother shouted.

"The queen mother, the concubine is here," the queen stepped forward and replied.

"You are newly settled in the main palace, and you are the queen of the world, and you should be the home of this harem. The specific affairs of austerity and tailoring are up to you! The Queen Mother commanded.

The queen hurriedly knelt down and said: "Thanks to the queen mother's wrong love, the queen mother's phoenix body is healthy, how dare the concubines pretend to be the mother of the world?" The concubine is new to the palace, and she is not very familiar with the things in the palace, the home of this harem, how can you also be the queen mother, and the concubine is waiting for the will below, oh, and Concubine Yang's sister, the concubine does not dare to call the shots. ”

"Well, there are a lot of people in the palace, things are entangled, right and wrong are constant, are you afraid that it will be difficult to solve the emperor's worries if you don't do it well? This palace is telling you now, and I officially tell you, the queen is the lord of the harem that I told the world and the emperor canonized by the Great Zhou, and you are all his subordinates, and the queen is the master of everything in the harem, and the queen's meaning is the meaning of the palace. The Queen Mother announced.

"Slaves and maids will obey the will of the Queen Mother, and in the future, only the queen's orders will be obeyed—" Everyone kowtowed and replied.

"The queen mother can rest assured, the sisters will obey the will of the queen mother and do this frugal thing first." Concubine Yang stepped forward and said.

"That's right, the queen can rest assured, from tomorrow onwards, Yi Yue will only eat two meals a day, only a little at a time, and only make a new set of dresses every month, well-only a new piece of jewelry." Yi Yue said seriously.

The Queen Mother, the Queen, Concubine Yang and others laughed, and the Queen Mother smiled: "You have to do what you say, don't just eat two meals and go to the imperial dining room to make trouble when you are hungry." ”

"No, Yi Yue definitely only eats two meals." Yi Yue assured.

"Don't worry, Sister Yiyue." The queen pulled her over and said, "No matter how frugal my sister-in-law is, I won't starve my sister-in-law, otherwise, let your emperor's brother know, and my sister-in-law can't afford it." ”

"Queen, come here, sit down, and stand down." The Queen Mother stretched out her hand and shouted.

The kneeling one kowtowed and bowed respectfully.

The queen passed, sat down next to the Queen Mother, and said, "What does the Queen Mother command?" ”

The Queen Mother took the queen's hand and said: "The head of the house in this palace is the same as that of ordinary people, nothing more than firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, you don't have any worries, just let it go, if you don't understand, come and ask me, disobedient, hum!" The country has national laws, and the palace has palace rules, and you can dispose of it. However, there are also difficulties in being in charge, you must first set an example, deal with it fairly, and set an example for the people below, so that people can be convinced, understand? In short, the harem is based on peace and tranquility, and don't let others say that the emperor's harem is unstable. ”

"Yes, the daughter-in-law remembers, and the daughter-in-law will do her best." The queen nodded.

"I'm old, I've been following King Wen through ups and downs for decades, I'm used to seeing fights and killings, I've heard too much about the rights and wrongs and intrigues in the palace, and now I'm tired and tired, and I put this burden on your shoulders, you are still young, and you are far away from your homeland, it really hurts you." The Queen Mother said abruptly.

The queen's eyes turned red at once......

At night, in the Jin State Mansion, in the Shanhai Hall.

Ximen Bai, the doctor in the Heavenly Palace, held a few copies of the folds below, and said: "Qi Tsukazai, this is a detailed table of the cutting expenses of the Heavenly Palace, please take a look at the Tsukasa." ”

"Don't look at it, hand it over to the prince to seal and execute." Yuwen Wu didn't seem interested.

"Yes, there is another one, which is the expenses of each palace agreed on that day, and Tsukasa asked his subordinates to show it to His Majesty, and His Majesty has already seen it." Simonai said again.

"Does Your Majesty have anything to say?" Yuwen Hu turned his face to look at Ximen Bai.

"Back to Tsukazai, at first His Majesty didn't look at it, saying that since it was the meaning of Tsukazai and a few courtiers, there was no need to look at it again, and then the minister said that it was Tsukasa Zai's meaning, so His Majesty opened it and flipped through it casually, and asked the minister to say that he had already seen it, and there was nothing more." Ximen Bai said truthfully.

Yuwen listened to it. He lowered his eyelids and said, "Okay, you can go." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty will retire." Simon Bai retreated.

Yuwen Hu was fascinated by his eyes, thinking about Ximen Bai's words just now, the emperor's performance seemed to make him very satisfied, but he still continued to ask, "What is the movement in the palace?" ”

Gonggong Xiao returned on the side: "Your Majesty stayed in Jinghe Palace last night and talked about raising flowers with the queen. This morning, I took Qin Cheng and a few Imperial Forest Soldiers out of the palace. ”

"Out of the palace?" Yuwen Hu opened his eyes again.

"Yes, those Royal Foresters are our people, and they said that they first went to the morning market for a walk, and then went to the horse market outside the city, and chatted with a horse dealer for a long time." Xiao Gonggong reported.

"What did you talk about, did you hear clearly?" Yuwen Hu asked.

Gonggong Xiao replied carefully: "That horse dealer travels and sells horses in the Turks and the Great Zhou all the year round, and His Majesty talked to him about some Turkic customs and other irrelevant words. ”

"That's all?" Yuwen Hu seems to be very uneasy,

"Your Majesty bought a sweaty and bloody horse from the horse dealer and returned to the palace." Xiao Gonggong added.

Listen up. Yuwen straightened his robe and said dissatisfied: "Hmph, we are desperately raising money here, but he is free and profligate. ”

Listened to the words of the master. Gonggong Xiao hurriedly went down and said, "Tsukazai, do you know what Your Majesty used to exchange the horse?" It's the tears of the East China Sea. ”

"Tears of the East China Sea, Pearl of the Night?" Yuwen Hu looked at Xiao Lun.

"Yes, this thing comes from the East China Sea, and it was captured from the army of He Bayue by King Wen and His Majesty when he was young, but it is the best among the pearls of the night, and it is worth a lot of money." Father-in-law Xiao leaned closer and said.

"What a loser." Yuwen Wu seems to be a pity.

"If Tsukasa likes it, or the old slave will ......," Xiao Gonggong said tentatively.

"No need, a broken bead, Your Majesty likes that horse, okay! Very good! "Yuwen Hu's attitude seems to have changed dramatically.

Xiao Lun also hurriedly smiled: "Yes, I heard that Your Majesty is indeed very happy." ”

"Playthings will lose their minds." Yuwen Wu sighed.

Xiao Lun didn't dare to answer this, so he was silent for a while, and said another thing to Yuwen Hu: "Also, today, the queen mother of the harem summoned everyone, saying that she wanted to share worries for the monarch and cut it modestly, and also said that the queen would do this, and let the queen take charge of the harem in the future." ”

Yuwen Hu was a little strange: "Let a young queen be in charge of the harem? What kind of medicine is sold in this queen mother's gourd? ”

Xiao Lun returned: "The Queen Mother just said that she was tired......"

"When I'm tired, find someone to rest by myself, hey, I'm so envious, when will I unload this burden, so that I can also live this pure life." Yuwen Hu thought of his sons who gave him a headache, and let out such an emotion.

This time, Xiao Lun didn't follow the words of the pillar, but said: "Tsukasa Zai, can you rest, Da Zhou's car, you won't walk." If nothing else, I still need you to solve the current problem of the treasury. ”

"Treasury, treasury." Yuwen Hu muttered twice, and then suddenly asked, "How is Zhang Yue's side, where is it now?" ”

Xiao Lun hurriedly replied: "I have received a secret report from Wuyu Prison, saying that Zhang Mi Envoy has obtained the evidence that Jingzhou Assassin Shi Ruan Hong colluded with the temple to embezzle land, grass and people's lives, and robbed the people's daughters, and the monk has already confessed to the painting, as long as Zhang Mi Envoy escorts the monk to Chang'an, hands it over to the Grand Si Kou for interrogation, and recruits another main culprit, Ruan Hong, then Ruan Hong can be convicted." ”

"Let the fishless supervisor send someone to answer it, and don't let Zhang Yue have any accidents on the road." Yuwen Hu specially advised.

"Is the master afraid that someone will kill people halfway?"

"It's a little safer this way, and it is also necessary to ask someone to watch Ruan Hong, don't let him jump over the wall in a hurry and do anything stupid." Yuwen Wu doesn't seem to want to mention that the one who is most likely to kill people is his second son.

"Okay, the old slave will do it."