A few days later, Xia You handed over the already completed Wooden Palace to the Eighth Imperial Maiden.

The wooden palace is more than one meter long, the palace is erected inside, the courtyard flowers are blooming, and the wooden people come and go, lifelike.

Dropping the mahjong in her hand, the Eight Imperial Maidens carefully looked at the wooden palace in front of her and exclaimed.

"Yuko-chan, you're amazing! Even the best carpenter in the palace is no match for you! ”

"Basic operation, basic operation." Xia You was modest.

"It was done so quickly, you must have worked hard in private!" Sitting back in her seat, the Eighth Imperial Maiden thought for a moment and looked at Zong Ziming next to her, "Xiao Mingzi, give Xiao Youzi ten thousand taels of gold!" ”

Hearing the girl's words, the face of the other steward eunuch next to her changed greatly: "Your Highness, there are only ...... in the palace."

"Yes, Your Highness." Zong Ziming interrupted him and glanced demonstratively at the steward eunuch.

"This is an earth-shattering craft, if this palace doesn't have authority, it should be sealed as an official position." The pampered Eight Imperial Daughters did not know the importance of money.

The steward eunuch glared at Xia You hatefully and stopped talking.

Zong Ziming was calculating, and said again: "Your Highness, it's just the style of the palace, it's a bit ordinary, why don't you let Gonggong You carve an imperial city?" It can also give His Majesty a glimpse of the prosperity of his country. ”

"Good!" The Eighth Imperial Maiden slapped the table excitedly, "But this workload ......"

"Your Highness let it go, as long as the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace cooperate with you, there will be no problem in doing it before the emperor's birthday."

"Well, that's good." Looking at Xia You in the audience, the more the Eight Imperial Maidens watched, the more they liked it.

There are few people who have both craftsmanship and can endure hardships.

"But I don't have to do it today, just rest well." She sympathized with Xia You's body again, "In the afternoon, I will go with the palace to meet my father." ”

Xia You responded and walked out of the dormitory with Zong Ziming.

Behind the two of them, the steward eunuch caught up, he stopped in front of Xia You and Zong Ziming, his face was distorted, and he said angrily: "You rebellious ministers and thieves, what have your Highness become!" ”

Xia You turned his head to look at Zong Ziming, Zong Ziming laughed twice, didn't pay attention to the eunuch in charge, and walked around.

Later, the steward eunuch was still scolding "traitorous ministers" and "ministers" and the like.

Back in the room, Zong Ziming and Xia You talked about the results just now:

"The finances of the palace are already a little difficult, and the Eighth Imperial Maiden is extravagant and wasteful, it is estimated that the gold taels you are given are only nearly half of the silver, and the rest has to be made up with silk or something."

"Now the finances are even tighter, maybe there will be a gap!"

Finance is an extremely important thing, even the princess, without money, it is difficult to move an inch.

After taking a sip of tea, Xia You smiled:

"Then you fill the gap with the silver you get, so that the eunuch who is in charge of the money will have a handle in your hand."

"That's right!" Zong Ziming looked at Xia You happily, he felt that if he joined forces with Xia You, let alone a little princess, even the emperor could handle it.

When the time comes, he and Xia You will be in charge of the palace, and then let Suo Junchu lead the troops to fight and get the military power.

The whole big country is the three of his brothers!

It's a pity that his current master is just a little princess.

Alas, it was a blessing.

"When the time comes, you will hand over the Wooden Imperial City to the Eighth Imperial Maiden, and you will be able to get a wave of silver, and the gap will be even bigger at that time." Zong Ziming can already see the appearance of the Eight Imperial Maidens under his control.

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "The power of the Eight Imperial Maidens is basically under control, what should we do next?" It feels impossible to support the princess to ascend to the throne or something, and those big forces basically have masters, and it is not an ordinary difficulty to win their support. ”

"There is no force to follow the Eight Imperial Maidens, so we will make a force out ourselves." Xia You pointed at Zong Ziming, "From today on, you are Zhao Gao!" ”

Zong Ziming pondered for three seconds, and suddenly realized: "You mean, establish a eunuch party!" ”

"Yes, this difficult task is left to you, try to get on good terms with other fathers-in-law, and then pull them on board!"

"This needs to be carefully planned." Sitting at the desk on the side, Zong Ziming began to write the business plan.

……

At noon, after lunch, Xia You and the Eighth Imperial Maiden came to the old emperor's dormitory together.

When he arrived at the dormitory, Xia You stood outside, and the Eight Imperial Maidens entered it to greet the old emperor.

This kind of greeting has nothing to do with what eunuchs follow, and the eunuchs can only wait outside, but it has great spiritual significance.

The Eighth Imperial Maiden took Xia You to meet the emperor and said that Xia You was her closest eunuch.

Xia You waited for a while, and unexpectedly got a summons from the old emperor.

Entering the room, Xia You saw a large bed with curtains, and the Eighth Imperial Maiden was sitting on the edge of the bed, pulling the palm of the old man on the bed.

The old man's hair is thinning, his body is emaciated, and his face is old, but his eyes are particularly bright and piercing.

The old man is already seventy-nine years old, and in more than 20 days it will be his 80th birthday.

Wait a minute.

Xia You glanced at the old man again and determined that the old man was eighty years old.

He glanced at the Eighth Imperial Maiden again, who was seventeen years old.

79－17＝62

The spear is not old!

Xia You couldn't help but have a trace of respect for the old emperor.

The old emperor was touching the hair of the Eighth Imperial Maiden, and his eyes were loving.

In Zong Ziming's intelligence, the old emperor was more strict with the prince, but he was very tolerant of the princess.

The Eighth Imperial Maiden had a smile on her lips, and it could be seen that she was also very close to her father.

"You're the carpenter that Hachi said, right?" The old emperor looked at Xia You.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xia You said calmly.

Seeing Xia You's unfazed appearance, the old emperor's eyes lit up: "Not bad, not bad, better than the previous eunuch." ”

"Father, Xiao Youzi is not only good, but also very capable!" The Eighth Imperial Maiden interjected.

No, don't talk nonsense, I don't!

"Competent?" The old emperor looked at his daughter.

"When it's time for his birthday, the father will know, now let the child keep it a secret!" The Eighth Imperial Maiden sold a pass.

The old emperor was not unhappy in the slightest, but laughed: "Okay, when the time comes, I will see how capable this guy is." ”

I'm serious, but I can pierce the planet beneath your feet!

The ambiguous words between the two finally ended, and the old emperor talked to the Eighth Emperor about some other things, until an old eunuch outside came in.

"Your Majesty, it's time to rest." The old eunuch said.

The old emperor was on the rise when he was interrupted by the old eunuch, but he did not feel the slightest anger. He waved his hand to tell the old eunuch to stand down and continue to talk to the Eighth Imperial Maiden.

But he is no longer stirring up new topics, just putting an end to the conversation.

Xia You remembered the appearance of the old eunuch, and thought that when he turned around, he must ask Zong Ziming to pull this old eunuch into the eunuch party, there is no doubt that this old eunuch is a cronie among the old emperor's cronies.

The old emperor's words had already been finished, and he waved his hand to let the Eighth Imperial Maiden leave.

When the Eighth Imperial Maiden was leaving, she saw a picture book placed next to the bed.

"Is Father interested in alien beasts?" The Eighth Imperial Maiden asked.

"When people are old, they like some old legends."

"Erchen asked Xiao Youzi to carve a set of strange beasts for his father, he carved it like it! But it won't be until after my father's birthday. ”

"Oh? All right. The old emperor smiled and nodded.

Order~, you have a new woodwork order!