"The concubines welcome the holy driver."

The emperor couldn't stop it, and saw that the Qin family had a big belly, and knelt on the ground with the support of the two palace maids. Behind the Qin family, four elderly palace maids and three female officials gave up the embroidery frame and knelt down to greet them.

On the embroidery frame, several exquisite embroideries are nearing completion, and the lower left corner is embroidered with the iconic orchid and the outline of the temple.

"Flat."

The emperor's gaze slowly swept over several embroidery frames, and when it fell on Qin's face, there were three points of indifference, and seven points of discomfort.

"In addition to their own use, the stitches and threads of the harem concubines are used on my body, and the embroidery must not flow into the people. Are you guilty? ”

The emperor hesitated for a long time, and finally said these heavy words, although the voice was extremely soft, but the Son of Heaven did not need to pretend, he could be very majestic. He was still interested in guarding the strict rules of the palace, and if he could have foreseen his bleak situation in three years' time, he would be ashamed of the fuss he made today.

A few years later, he was confined to Nangong, and he was poor, relying on the queen who was in love to do needlework for some small money and chat. In the future, the queen will still be like this, and now the Qin family, who has a low status, is accumulating wealth with embroidery, what is the crime!

However, the present is not the future after all! As the supreme king of the world, even if there was a shortage of silver everywhere in the previous dynasty and harem, he was still under the divine aura that could not be desecrated in the slightest.

Qin's pregnancy is pregnant, and the elegant charm of "can be seen from a distance and cannot be blasphemed" in the past has been replaced by maternal tenderness, so his surprised expression is mixed with a hint of a shallow smile, and his innocent appearance is pitiful. The emperor's face softened, and the discomfort in his subconscious suddenly dissipated without a trace.

Princess Changde walked in from the backyard, bowed and saluted, her mouth pursed, and she didn't show half of her respect at all, "Your Majesty came to ask for the guilt indiscriminately, and you must have been bewitched by the villain!" His eyes swept to Wang Zhen, Wang Zhen was stunned, and immediately nodded at the Qin clan with a smile, as if he was clearing up his suspicion of being a "villain".

"Concubine Hui didn't move, she just moved her mouth, instructing these female officials and palace maids to do needlework, why, can't Concubine Hui speak?"

Dare to question me, it's against you! The emperor swept his eyes to Princess Changde, but in the next moment, the anger on his face was replaced by helplessness.

"Why is the royal sister here? Oh, female officials and palace maids are not good, and it will make people gossip when it is passed out. ”

Princess Changde pouted again, "The palace is so poor, how can you take care of a lot?" His Majesty didn't want to think about it, he was expecting to be able to fill the vacancy in the inner treasury within a few months, but now the Zhejiang and Fujian areas and the northern border have become a bottomless pit for burning money. ”

As soon as it came to silver, the emperor lost his temper, "In order to exchange for a little money, it is worth breaking the rules?" Even if I let it go, the price of embroidery is high, and I can't fool a few people. After so many days of busy work, I'm afraid you will get less than 20,000 taels of silver, right? ”

"Three hundred thousand taels." Qin said softly.

300,000 taels! The emperor immediately remembered the inner treasury with four walls of emptiness, and he couldn't believe his ears in a daze, "With so much silver, can Youlanxuan spend it?" ”

"Your Majesty, how dare the concubines spend it themselves? The treasury of the Shanggong Bureau is empty, and the concubines have ordered people to move those silver taels into the treasury of the Shanggong Bureau, in case the palace needs it from time to time. ”

The emperor looked at the Qin family for a moment, then looked at Princess Changde, his eyebrows furrowed, and a smile appeared in his eyes, "Imperial sister, in this way, in a few months, the treasury of the Shanggong Bureau may exceed one million taels?" ”

Princess Changde tilted her head and thought for a moment, "It's difficult." Scarcity is expensive, and the more embroidery flows outside the palace, the less valuable it is. ”

"I passed by here, just by casually asking. You guys are busy, don't think about it. The emperor came with a gloomy face, but at this moment he put on a casual appearance, waved his hand in a dashing manner, turned around and walked towards the door.

"Your Majesty." Concubine Hui chased a few steps forward, "The concubine is wooden and not good at words, but the concubine has never forgotten the scene when we first met. The concubines are good at embroidery, and have not dared to be idle, every time they think about the emperor in their hearts over the years, they take out the needle and thread to pass the time, and I don't know how many days and nights have passed, the concubines embroidered dozens of sachets and hundreds of square towels for the emperor, and I implore the emperor to pick out a few smiles, and the concubines are not infatuated. ”

The emperor stopped suddenly. It was the first time he had heard Qin Clan say so many words, and there was a heart-warming affection in and out of his words. He suddenly realized that Qin's voice seemed to come from the tent and the pillow, like a whisper when the ears and temples were grinding and the two were in love, at this moment, the Qin family was no longer the fairy on the clouds, and an illusion passed through his mind: I don't know what year and night, I had an unforgettable tenderness and secret with her.

"You sent them to the Qianqing Palace, and I took them all." After speaking, he walked out the door.

"Your Majesty! At present, the society is troubled, and the concubine is a woman who is the son of heaven, but she can't share her worries for the society, and her heart is uneasy. But the concubine has a grand wish, that is, to accumulate a fortune of five million taels of silver to repay the emperor's kindness in retention. ”

The emperor was shocked, "You are a person with a body, you have to learn to take care of yourself, don't be tired." I ······ I'll see you in a few days. ”

Walking out of Youlanxuan, the emperor stayed outside the door for a while, and said to Wang Zhen before leaving: "Choose a few capable servants to come to Youlanxuan on an errand." ”

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"Your Royal Highness, I heard that Xining was tortured at first, but she never said a word, and now this matter is hanging there, the emperor seems to be unwilling to pry Xining's mouth open, for fear of long nights and dreams."

Walking on the forest path by the verandah, Ouyang Tong's eyes were deep, chasing the scattered yellow leaves from time to time, and occasionally flashing a trace of fine light. Zhu Qiming on the side stared at the grassland in the distance for a long time, as well as the withered school on the sidelines.

"The Son of Heaven has the mind of the Son of Heaven, Xining has been serving the emperor for more than ten years, and some feelings are difficult to give up, even if the evidence is ironclad, it is extremely difficult for the emperor to believe the fact that Xining committed adultery. Alas, it's useless for us to be in a hurry, it's better to find an opportunity to see Xining. ”

"Before seeing Xining, there is one more person worthy of seeing His Highness." Ouyang Tong approached Zhu Qiming's ear, "Does Your Highness remember Xiao Hai, the young eunuch of the internal officials?" He disappeared a few days ago and is said to have been confined to a secret room for unknown reasons. ”

Zhu Qiming immediately remembered the scene of the emperor's wedding day, when an elderly official with extremely long eyebrows once passed by him, and made an appointment to meet in the courtyard the next day, but a drastic change disrupted the original rhythm.

"Ouyang Changshi quickly found out Xiao Hai's whereabouts, this king must see this person!"