Chapter 223: Turmoil
A turmoil dissipated invisibly, and life in the palace returned to peace.
However, what made Siyu strange was that the Queen Mother of Bingxia Palace did not make any sound during the whole thing.
This is also very chilling in her opinion.
Since the Queen Mother is like her own daughter, why didn't she send Mother-in-law Ji to remind her in the whole matter, and she didn't see her comforting afterwards.
It seems that he is like an outsider in the whole thing, and he doesn't know about it at all, but in fact, according to Siyu's secret line, the Queen Mother is not unaware.
It should be that the Queen Mother knows everything about the whole thing.
However, from the beginning to the end, the Queen Mother did not send Granny Ji over to greet her, in fact, she had not seen the Queen Mother to comfort herself in the past, as if she didn't know anything.
This made Siyu feel a little chilled, it can be said that he treats the Queen Mother sincerely, but the Queen Mother is as strange to herself as a passerby.
Maybe being silent in this deep palace is the way to survive, but as the head of the six palaces, she can completely prevent the development of the situation.
But from beginning to end, he was like a spectator, quietly watching Siyu's performance, and waited directly until the end of the whole scene, but did not say a word.
Siyu was a little sad, she thought that the Queen Mother treated her as a daughter, but this was not the case.
Siyu looked at the Buddhist scripture copied in his hand, almost not a single stroke did not dare to get tired, and every word in the entire Buddhist scripture was poured into his own efforts.
He treats the Queen Mother so attentively, but others treat him like an abandoned pawn.
Although she doesn't know what the reason is, maybe this is because she is in the emperor's house, between people, the emotions are very weak and cold.
Even if you give it wholeheartedly, you don't want to get back the other party's slightest return.
There is only the relationship between using and being used, and there is never a heart-to-heart exchange, if you see that you don't have any use value, you will be kicked away by the other party.
This is true between concubines and concubines, between palace maids, and between eunuchs.
At that moment, Siyu felt extremely lonely, since her mother's death, her younger brother was in the Shen family's medicine store, and she was almost unable to contact her.
The huge harem, the huge capital, no one of my relatives here can help me.
In this deep palace, without relatives, even if it is the prince next to him, it is impossible to completely entrust his sincerity.
It's ridiculous to think about.
I even gave him my body, but I couldn't give him my heart completely.
Sometimes Siyu is also thinking about what kind of existence he is in the eyes of the prince?
Is it a plaything, or a think tank, or both.
But he never regarded himself as a partner, and he was just one of the many concubines in this harem.
If he provoked the crown prince one day, he could find another one, or go to the people to search for a woman, which was a completely easy thing for the royal family.
Sometimes Siyu feels very helpless, as if he is a defective product that will be replaced at any time.
What can a woman have to live forever?
A woman's appearance at her peak is no more than ten years, and sometimes she is not properly maintained, but she is afraid that she will not be able to use it for even ten years.
But how many decades are there in life?
After these ten years, will the prince still pamper himself as before?
Even if you think about it with your toes, Siyu has made up her mind and tried everything to climb to a high position as soon as possible in this decade.
Otherwise, you will be miserable.
Although she knew that the Queen Mother's mind to treat her was just a spectator, she just used herself to copy Buddhist scriptures and paint Buddha statues, but she also tried her best to show favor to the Queen Mother.
Because she knows that as long as the other party moves her little finger and touches her lower lip with her upper lip, it is all in her thoughts.
Thinking of this, she had to force herself to stop thinking about these useless things, because it seemed useless to think about it.
In the blink of an eye, the ceremony began to be held just three days later, and the prince obviously looked very restless.
On the one hand, there is no indication that even if the emperor is seriously ill, he has no idea of handing over the jade seal to him at this point.
Sometimes Siyu feels very speechless like this, everyone is dying of old age, maybe if one breath is not replaced, the emperor will die.
It's all come to this, and the emperor is still unwilling to let go of power.
She really doesn't understand that since power is so important to a person, any family affection can be ignored.
And Shen Ergongzi and Mu Shaoqing's progress seems to be very unsmooth, the two of them almost completely rely on that abacus Zhang, carefully check the accounts, if there is no person before leaving, the two of them will definitely be blind.
It's not bad though.
Four prefectures and counties were investigated in a row, four prefects were dismissed, and the officials of one province in Zhili were shaken, and the governor of Zhili had already submitted his resignation and was guilty of petitioning.
At this rate, if you go all the way to investigate, I am afraid that the thirteen provinces of Daming will soon be investigated.
The newly arrived governor of Zhili, who was installed by the prince, immediately acted vigorously and resolutely and ordered his subordinates to immediately fill up the deficit one by one, and the deadline was only two months.
It seems that it is also to make an exemplary role, and in just a few days, almost all the holes in the silver of the treasury of Zhili have been filled.
This has made the officials below miserable, and some of them are almost bankrupt, and even their lives have been lost.
But the prince knew that it was better to investigate them than to investigate the common people, and it was much better than to drive the people to a dead end.
In this action, a province was directly subordinate to the province, and the deficits of the past years, as well as the falsely reported silver taels in the accounts, were recovered one by one.
It also allowed a province to pay in full, and the shortage of silver taels that should have been paid to the treasury for nearly ten years.
There is a total of one million taels of silver drama, which also shocked the government and the opposition for a while, with this money, it is completely possible to step up the repair of the river embankment in the spring of next year.
Effectively preventing rivers from flooding and preventing farmland from flooding can increase grain income on the one hand, and reduce the number of disaster victims on the other.
Such a win-win initiative, who would not welcome it.
It can be said that the prince has not yet completely pro-government, so he did such a beautiful thing, not only did not add taxes to the people, but also did such a big thing, which made his reputation famous for a while.
The people have spread wildly that the prince has the demeanor of a Ming monarch, and the people are looking forward to the prince succeeding to the throne soon, so the prince is very proud.
And the next stop of Shen Ergongzi and Mu Shaoqing is to investigate the King of Chu.
This is entirely the will of the crown prince.
Because according to Siyu's analysis of the advice given to him, he knew the most important thing in the whole Four Kings.
The most important person is the king of Chu, as long as the king of Chu is taken down, then the actions of these four kings can be resolved invisibly.
However, at this moment, the king of Chu seemed to be trying to please the crown prince, and even offered a beautiful woman to him.
This woman is almost the same as Siyu's appearance, but she is two years younger than Siyu.
Maybe it was the King of Chu who focused on cultivating, it can be said that he knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and what is even more rare is that the most unique thing about this woman is her dancing skills.
The body is soft, the body is weak and boneless, and every time the prince feasts the guests, he will ask her to dance for the guests.
And she is also very pleasing to the prince.
Her arrival soon made Siyu feel threatened, and the prince actually didn't come to Cuiwei Hall for three days, and just pushed a bunch of twists and turns to her.
However, Siyu had no complaints.
This is completely a dangerous signal in Xiaolu's opinion, the new favorite concubine is so fascinated by the prince, so that the prince can't extricate himself, I'm afraid that as time goes by, the prince will empathize with him.
Xiaolu, Miaoyu, and Miaoli were all worried about what happened to Siyu, but Siyu didn't react at all.
"Niangniang, don't you think the prince hasn't been here for a long time?"
Xiaolu said to Siyu.
"I know, but I'm not worried about this, what I'm worried about is that this woman's intentions will not be so simple, and she will not pose any threat to me!"
Xiaolu was a little surprised when she heard Siyu say this, she thought about it, but she really couldn't understand why Siyu felt that he was not a threat to herself?
"Your Royal Highness, but I haven't been here for three days, in the long run, I'm afraid that we and Princess Gu and Concubine Su will all end up together!"
Xiaolu couldn't help but say worriedly.
"It's not bad to end up, after all, someone is still in charge of eating and wearing, don't think too much, what I'm worried about is not this, I'm worried, I'm afraid the intention of the King of Chu is not so simple!"
Xiaolu was a little puzzled when she heard Siyu's words, and hurriedly asked: "You mean that this woman must have a deep meaning when she comes, but the prince has not found it for the time being!" ”
"The prince is not a fool, this is because he is temporarily fascinated by this woman's beauty, someone has to give him a wake-up call!"
At this time, Siyu's face was full of doubts.
She knew that she didn't need to worry about the threat that the woman brought to her at this time, just because Yang Hai had sent him the piles of twists and turns every day, this alone could make her invincible in the harem.
Even if one day he is not favored, but no one can replace this, even if he can't be the prince, the most favored one is also the person the prince can't do without.
This alone is completely enough to take the place of Princess Gu.
On the other hand, the new favorite concubine, from beginning to end, is just a show of color, a woman, her appearance at her peak will maintain her most beautiful appearance for ten years at most, and her face will not be more than three to five years at most.
What about three or five years from now?
Or much later?
A woman who has not taken deep roots is destined to not go far in this harem.
Thinking of this, she said to Xiaolu: "I used to think that a woman's appearance was extremely important, but today in my opinion, in fact, a woman's appearance is very important!" ”
Xiaolu was a little stunned when she heard this, and then she smiled again: "Siyu, you are talking stupidly again, I think if you weren't more beautiful than me, how could you take the prince away from me?"