In her conversation with Su Lan, Wu Xi learned about the emperor's daily life and learned some of his habits and habits, which can be said to have subverted her perception of the little emperor. In the following conversation with Chen Shu, she learned about the other side of the emperor, understanding that he is not as rigid as he seems, but has extraordinary courage and cunning, but there is a weak side in his heart that is difficult for people to detect.

Now the emperor is like an incomprehensible contradiction in Wu Xi's heart, making her feel uncomfortable and not knowing how to face it. At this moment, he is sincerely envious of Chen Shu, who has known the little emperor since childhood, and has experienced so many things together, and has indescribable intimacy and tacit understanding. This made her feel a little sad in her heart, the emperor could tolerate Chen Shu's 'bullying' and rudeness, why couldn't he be more tolerant of himself.

"The emperor is very angry this time, it seems that it is difficult to be good!" After listening to Chen Shu's words, Wu Xi's face was gloomy.

"Don't worry too much about the queen, although the official family is angry this time, they will not expel the mother from the palace!" Chen Shu finished eating the cooking cakes, picked up the spoon and drank the porridge.

"Why? Could it be that the official family has consulted with the concubine? Wu Xi looked at Chen Shuhu and said suspiciously.

"This kind of major matter related to the fortunes of the country, how can the official family discuss with me, this is what I guessed!" Chen Shu ordered the food on the table and grimaced.

"With a breakfast, the concubine can guess the thoughts of the official family?" Wu Xi still couldn't believe it, and said suspiciously.

"During the banquet yesterday, the official family said that they would compensate the lamp households, and said that they would cut back on food and clothing to save money to pay off the debt, and I guessed it." Chen Shu looked at the queen who was still confused, and said with a smile, "The official family is the most protective of his shortcomings, as long as it is his own things, he will not easily damage and deal with others." Now that the official family has taken the initiative to bear the cost of lighting for the queen, it shows that although he is angry, it is not serious enough to abolish the establishment. And the self-lowering standard is also to give an explanation to the government and the opposition, and at the same time, it is also self-reflection! ”

"In this way, the official family eats so rudely because of me?" Wu Xi said with some emotion.

"Exactly." Chen Shu nodded and said, "The official family is busy with daily affairs, and it is very hard to practice martial arts and train soldiers. If you don't eat well every day, how will your body bear it......"

"That's why the concubine will prepare a meal and send it, it's really heartfelt!" Before Chen Shu finished speaking, Wu Xi had already understood the reason and said in a sneering manner.

"The queen does not know that although the inner treasury has some savings, His Majesty rarely uses them for personal purposes, but asks for a salary just like us. But it's not for his own personal use, and he has to subsidize the guard camp and the inner chamberlain, so he won't be rich for his own use. I thought that I could share some of the burden for the official family, but the queen also saw it, and he didn't go to Yinuo, so the concubine could only send it over! Chen Shu said helplessly.

"It's still the concubine who understands the official family, so why don't we share it together and send meals to the official family in turn!" Wu Xi thought for a while and said.

"It's better not to be a mother, the official family has its own principles, and since he said he wants to do it, he will never give up easily. It's okay to do it by chance, but it must not be done, otherwise once the official refuses, there will be no room for maneuver! At this time, Su Lan, who was cleaning up the dishes, interjected.

"Can't even be a concubine?" Wu Xi said with some disappointment.

"What my sister said is that my sister knows the thoughts of the official family best. The same is true when the official family was a child, although I am older than him, but sometimes I think about it, it is often the official family that let me, tolerate my willfulness and nonsense, and take care of me like an adult from time to time, and I must have been afraid that I would be disappointed and sad just now so I did not refuse. Chen Shu thought about it, pouted and sighed.

"In fact, the official family doesn't value things outside the body, although there are many millions, it is not so important in the eyes of the official family!" Su Lan re-presented the tea ceremony to the two mothers.

"Well, my sister is right, I heard that the official family alone lent nearly 10 million yuan of silver to the imperial court, but I never asked for it. When he was in Qiongzhou, the formation of a new army and the replacement of firearms are said to be from the inner treasury, which is also a huge expense, and I have never seen the officials stingy! Chen Shuyan said.

"The two mothers can know the common words of the official: money must be used on the blade." Su Lan chuckled.

What do you mean by that? Please also ask Shang Gong to explain a thing or two. Wu Xi shook his head and asked Su Lan to sit down and say.

"Xie Niangniang!" Su Lan thanked him before sitting down next to him and said, "The meaning of the official family is that the money should be used for practical purposes, not for the sake of face, and it is a sin to spend money on money in order to win a pleasure and temporary comfort, and it is not worth it to dress and eat for a picture, and it is not worth it!" ”

"yes, I see." Wu Xi nodded and said, "The official family has the world in mind, and what they think about is not the food and clothing of one person and one household, but the food and clothing of hundreds of millions of people in the Great Song Dynasty, and the safety of the world. ”

"Niang Niang is wise, now that you know the cause, you don't have to worry, the official family ...... Alas, the recent internal and external troubles have made the officials feel anxious, and it will be good to wait for the results to be achieved! ”

"Thank you Su Shanggong for explaining, I'll see if the other sisters can come, and I can discuss how to arrange today!" Wu Xi got up and left his seat.

"Congratulations to the mother!" Su Lan and Chen Shu also got up and said, seeing the queen go out and walk towards the garden, Chen Shu pulled Su Lan to sit down and said, "Sister does it have something unspeakable, why do you want to stop talking?" ”

"Concubine, have you noticed something strange?" Su Lan thought for a while and said.

"Strange things? Nope! Chen Shu tilted her head and thought for a moment and shook her head.

"On that day, the official family only spent 100 times to repair this Zhiyuan Hall, which was impeached by the imperial history, and hundreds of officials participated, so that His Majesty had to go to the palace to defend himself. But the queen spent millions of yuan to preside over the Shangyuan Lantern Festival this time, but the court was silent, and no one raised any objections. Isn't it strange that the concubine doesn't think so! Su Lan said.

"Oh, indeed. It must be because the officials are afraid of the power of the Wu family that they collectively lost their voices! Chen Shu thought for a moment and said.

"The slave maid just wanted to persuade the queen to strictly restrain her family and not cause trouble to the official family, but after thinking about it, the queen's family power can control the court, so she feels redundant." Su Lan said with a wry smile.

"It's no wonder that the official family doesn't give the queen a good face, I think it's because of this incident, and the seventh son of the Wu family is also unlucky, he happened to hit the muzzle of the official family, and he dared to ask Brother Ni to kowtow to him in the street to make amends." Chen Shu said suddenly.

"The Wu family's power is all over the south of the Yangtze River, and now that I think about it, it has aroused the vigilance of the official family, and it is also the reason why the official family is depressed!" Su Lan saluted Chen Shu again, "But the slave maid wants to congratulate the concubine, if it is not surprising, the concubine will preside over the harem in a few days." ”

"Sister, don't talk nonsense, with the stingy nature of the official family, she will not depose the queen, so he is reluctant to spend money to marry another one. And if you are commensurate with a slave and maid in the future, you will never pay attention to your sister again! Chen Shu pretended to be angry.

"Okay, in the future, we will still be called sisters in private!" Su Lan pulled Chen Shu's hand and said with a smile. Although she couldn't see the direction of the court, she had already expected that the defeat of the Wu family was imminent, thinking that the situation in the country was even more dangerous than it was now, and the little emperor was still able to fight back and subdue the opposition forces one by one. Although the situation is complicated now, the strength of the little emperor is not what it was back then, the Wu family is completely unreasonable, and it is inevitable that the queen will fall out of favor. But the Chen family brothers are all His Majesty's favored ministers, relatively speaking, the foundation is still shallow, and they must be the objects of support to counter the influence of the Wu family, so Chen Shu's status has also risen with the tide.

"Well, but I don't want to preside over the harem, I just want to be by the side of the official family......" Chen Shu, who didn't realize that her family would become the new upstart of the Great Song Dynasty, frowned and muttered......

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Although this visit to the garden is the first time for Zhao Yu and the concubines to play in the garden, he still adheres to the tradition of thrift, but in order to let everyone spend an unforgettable day, he can only work hard to prepare a big meal for his daughters-in-law. Knowing that his cooking skills are limited, but the most important thing is 'innovation', he thought about everything he had eaten, seen and what he would do in his previous life, and what he would do now, and then made a table of home-cooked dishes that set the flavors of the north and the south, and the essence of Chinese and Western.

I don't know if Zhao Yu's cooking skills have risen sharply after the crossing, or the taste of people in this era is too low, his table dishes are actually very popular, especially a few imperial chefs who serve as small workers praise it, and His Majesty must leave a recipe so that it can be carried forward. This made him, who has always been very thick-skinned, feel ashamed, but fortunately, they are all his own family, even if he is embarrassed, he is left at home.

Because it is the early spring season at this time, the plum blossoms are in full bloom at first warm, and the banquet is also placed in the plum garden. Several extremely talented wives took turns to go into battle, chanting poems and lyrics, which made Zhao Yu feel embarrassed, and after being fined a few glasses of wine one after another, he suddenly remembered the theme song of the TV series "One Cut Plum" that he had watched before. It doesn't matter if it's right or not, anyway, it's not off-topic if there is a plum character in it, so I sang a song with wine.

Zhao Yu is also crooked, in the Song Dynasty, people called a branch a cut. The meaning of a cut plum is a plum blossom, and people who are separated from each other often express their lovesickness by giving each other a plum blossom. Although this song is a modern song, the lyrics are very cultural, which is borrowed from the artistic conception of ancient poems, and uses a variety of metaphors to portray the image and emotions of the characters, which can be regarded as a suitable topic.

And the melody of the whole song is melodious and tactful, Zhao Yu has also passed the period of voice change, just in time to catch up with the troubles, the sadness in his heart, just successfully deduced the persistent poignant, successfully expressed the softness and warmth of the song, sincere and affectionate, moved a group of innocent girls, and the emperor's melancholy and deep eyes passed, so that they all felt that His Majesty was confessing to themselves.

Again...... After that, Zhao Yu got drunk under the respect expressed by his wives in turn, completely broke the piece, and woke up the next day and forgot what he did yesterday, and he felt a splitting headache and didn't want to get up.

"Sister, what indecent things did I do yesterday and what did I say too much?" Zhao Hao took a bath before he felt better, and asked after drinking a cup of tea. He knew that he was not an ordinary person, and as soon as he spoke, he had to count, and he had to pay off the debt.

"Don't you remember the official family at all?" Su Lan asked with a smile.

"I just remember singing and drinking a lot of wine, and I don't know what happened after that. Sister, let's talk about it! Zhao Yu pinched his head and thought about it for a while, but he couldn't remember it at all, and urged.

"Hehe, the official family was in the limelight yesterday, first told everyone about the current situation, and then expressed his ambition, not only to set foot in the north, drink the Danube, but also to ride the wind and waves in a giant boat, leading everyone around the world, going to Oceania to catch kangaroos, eating peppers in the Americas, watching giraffes and lion hunting in Africa, watching penguins in Antarctica, etc., are all nonsense, slaves and maids can't remember!" Su Lan said with a smile.

"Looks really drunk, where have you heard of these things. What else did I do? Zhao Yu listened to the truth, but he put his mind at ease, these things he said were all nonsense in the eyes of people at this time, and naturally he would not reveal his identity as a traverser.

"The official family drank a few glasses of wine at that time, and they were even more drunk, but they said some love words to the mothers, and they were all moved to tears, especially when the concubine couldn't cry silently, and the slave didn't expect that the official family was also witty when they talked about love, which made people ......" Su Lan said and blushed, unable to continue.

"I'm not going to mean 10,000 years, am I?" Zhao Yu pondered that he had never been in love in his previous life, but he remembered a lot of the lines after hearing and witnessing them, and he thought that it could only be these.

"Well, it was these words that made the concubine cry, and then the official family lay down, and everyone was frightened, fortunately, the imperial doctor just said that he was drunk, and it was no big deal!" Su Lan nodded.

"What did I tell my sister?" Zhao Yu looked at Su Lan and suddenly asked.

"Official...... Isn't the wine awake yet? Su Lan blushed and turned her back to say coquettishly.

"Official, at the request of the governor, I will meet you!" Just when Zhao Hao wanted to tease him again, Wang De trotted in and said.

"Please!" Zhao Hao could only put away the joke. He knew that the affairs of the Wu family should be eyebrows, and their fate depended on what was discussed.

After a while, Ying Jieyan was in the study of Zhiyuan Hall under the guidance of Xiaohuangmen, and after greeting each other, Zhao Yu was not polite, and asked bluntly: "Sir, can the Wu family agree to my conditions?" ”

"Your Majesty, Xu Guogong agreed!" Should be strict with the beard.

"It seems that the Wu family is quite smart, so it can avoid a bloody incident and let me have less blood on my hands!" Zhao Yu said with relief. In fact, he spent these two days in torment, although he was ready to use force, but it was also a last resort to wash the court in blood, after all, it was the talents of the Great Song Dynasty who were lost.

"Your Majesty, although the Wu family has agreed to Your Majesty's conditions, I also hope that Your Majesty can treat the queen well, be able to do what you promise, and spare the life of Marquis Xianping!" Ying Jieyan said again.

"They keep their promises, and I will naturally keep them, but that thing really deserves to die, and it will be a disaster to keep its life!" Zhao Hao sneered and said......