Nianyun left the Chongwen Hall and went straight to Hui Niang's courtyard.

Hui Niang didn't expect her to come, but she was not very shocked, but her body was leaning on the couch, and she didn't get up, and said with a smile: "I've been tired these days, and I'm very dizzy when I stand up. ”

Nian Yun also smiled hypocritically: "What's this, since my sister has a body, she should naturally have a good rest, I am impatient with these false courtesies, so I can save it!" ”

Hui Niang refused to call her sister, but she wanted to remind her with "sister" and "sister".

In the white jade plate in front of her, there was a large plate of fresh loquats. Nian Yun showed a meaningful smile: "It's still my sister who knows how to enjoy it." Is this loquat good to eat? ”

Hui Niang wouldn't have been unaware of the loquat incident in the morning, but she expected that Nianyun would have nothing to do with her, and used the child as a disguise: "It's strange, I'm only two months old, so I'm so sour!" Lilac said that Xisan was a boy, and said that she was like this when she gave birth to Ning'er, and she didn't know if it was accurate. Madame also tasted it, it was very fresh! ”

Nianyun smiled: "Since my sister likes it, ask Si Shan to send more." This is a great joy for our entire East Palace, waiting for if a boy is really born, you will be a great hero of the East Palace! ”

"What heroes are not heroes, but it is the blessing of the county king." Seeing that she really had nothing to say, Hui Niang peeled another loquat and deliberately asked, "Madame rarely comes to me, don't you know what's going on today?" ”

Nianyun smiled and watched her finish eating the loquat, and said, "I heard that my sister has been unhappy since she was pregnant, and her body has been unhappy for three days. I thought that if my sister was tired of the affairs of the house, I understood that people could still say that my sister was heartbroken for the house. When I met those who didn't understand, I thought that my county lady couldn't tolerate people and deliberately wanted to harm my sister! ”

Only then did Hui Niang understand that Guo Nianyun was not asking for a few loquat masters, but to solve the problem directly from the root and take the golden seal away from her.

She underestimated Guo Nianyun.

In order not to come to greet her, and in order to bully Li Chun to see her from time to time, didn't Hui Niang pretend to be sick and tired for three days, but now she asked Nianyun to take this handle.

The small gold seal hung on Hui Niang's belt, and Nianyun smiled and looked at her hand and subconsciously touched the seal.

Hui Niang is naturally unwilling. She has a lot of power at this time, and if she has another little son, she will have a mother and a son. If Mrs. Jun is not favored, sooner or later, she will be the hostess of the East Palace.

But now that Nianyun has spoken, she can't find a reason to refute, so she has to smile and say: "Yes, Mrs. is the master, and I am just the custodian." It's just that the East Palace is a huge mansion, and there are always many things to be delivered, so I'm afraid I have to ask the king of the county for instructions. ”

Nian Yun nodded: "It's okay." ”

Unexpectedly, a voice came from outside the door: "What do you want me to do?" ”

When I looked up, I saw Li Chun walking in with his hands behind his back and smiling: "It turns out that you two are here." ”

Nianyun didn't wait for Hui Niang to speak, and said first: "It's not that Cao Cao Cao arrived!" The two of us are discussing, now that my sister has a body, everything is inconvenient, and I am afraid that my sister will be tired, so it is better to return the county lady seal to me. ”

Li Chun looked at Nianyun and said, "I'll just say, you should have taken over the affairs of the mansion a long time ago, so tired that Xiaohui complained to me three times a day, and she was so busy that she couldn't straighten her waist." On the one hand, he faced Hui Niang: "Xiaohui, the most important thing for you now is your body, just leave it to her." ”

Nian Yun secretly sneered in his heart, this time he should know what it means to be self-inflicted and not to live.

Hui Niang said: "Now it's all in my charge, and there are many things, my sister is afraid that she won't be able to remember it for a while." ”

Li Chun said: "What's the matter, didn't your mother and Niu Zhaoxun teach you little by little when you came here before?" You don't have to stop right away, if you have anything to settle, just take your time. She's new to the scene, and if there's anything she doesn't know, just ask you. ”

Hui Niang glanced at him, although she was a little surprised, but her cultivation was not bad, she didn't say much, so she had to slowly untie the small seal and hand it to Nian Yun.

Nianyun carefully tied the golden seal around his waist, looked at Hui Niang, and said with a smile: "Then it's hard sister, my sister is good to live and recuperate, just tell me what to eat and what to use." We don't have it here, but as long as my sister speaks, I try to get my mother and brother to get it. ”

She said this politely, but it was a pity that she didn't dare to really work if she borrowed ten more guts, so Princess Shengping and Langjun of the Guo family went to run errands for her. Only then did Hui Niang realize that Guo Nianyun's net worth background was by no means something that her little concubine could shake with a little favor from a man.

She wanted to play another bitter drama in front of Li Chun, and after brewing her feelings, she turned back delicately, but she was stunned. Where can I still see Li Chun's shadow!

When it was time for dinner, Nian Yun prepared a table of mountain delicacies and game, the taste seemed to be different from the ordinary diet of the East Palace, with all the color, flavor and taste, and it looked more appetizing.

The maids of Yiqiu Palace saw Li Chun and the prince coming together, although they didn't know what the reason was, they were basically sure that the lady must not want to be slaughtered anymore, so they were all happy to be busy.

Yuzhu hurriedly greeted: "These dishes are cooked by our wife herself, the flavor of Chudi, with dogwood and ginger, is very appetizing!" ”

Li Chunli smiled at the door: "Yes, the color and fragrance are complete." If the lady is determined to compete for favor, she still has some real talents. ”

Nian Yun smiled and said to the prince: "Your Highness, look at what he said, my dignified lady still needs to compete with the concubine for favor?" ”

Li Yu hooked the corners of his mouth uncomfortably: "Of course you don't need to fight." ”

Nianyun beckoned their father and son to take a seat, while personally pouring wine for them. The wine was Fenjiu sold in the market, although it was not as good as the one in the palace, but it was also considered to be of the highest quality.

When they were full of wine and food, the maids came to clean up the dishes and brought tea up.

Nian Yuncai asked: "Your Highness, the king of the county, do you know how much our table of meals cost?" ”

The prince roughly knew what she was going to say, but Li Chun was stunned.

The dishes are eight dishes and one soup, five meat and three vegetarian, fish, meat and birds. There are also a few small plates of pickles, which are also very crispy and delicious.

Li Chun rarely asks about the kitchen, nor has he ever bought anything, and he is always in charge of the accounts when he goes out, so he doesn't know anything.

Nian Yun smiled slightly, and asked again: "What is the usual diet of His Highness and the county king, how much does a meal cost?" ”

Li Chun didn't know either.

They usually follow the rules to pass on the meal, the county king's daily meal is sheep, pigs and other meat each ten catties, chickens, ducks and geese and other poultry three, fish five catties, all kinds of dried vegetables and vegetables twenty catties, in addition, according to different seasons, there are a number of melons and fruits.

In terms of dishes, he said that he did not go into details, but he only knew that the county king's portion was twenty-four dishes. As for the county lady, it is only minus the fish from the county king's portion, and there are eighteen dishes for each meal.

As for the prince, he has twice as many daily dishes.

Li Yu remembers that every year's food and clothing are a huge expense. But he didn't care about the specific algorithm and what it was spent on.

Nian Yun smiled: "It's all hands-off shopkeepers." So Your Highness will be fair, which is better than the food I have here and the food that the Pingsusi dining room gives you? ”

Li Yu said: "The food in the dining room is light and tasteless, so it is naturally inferior to you. ”

Nianyun's eyes were very complicated: "The raw materials for my table of mountain delicacies and game are all bought in the market today, and His Royal Highness has already seen it, and the portion is enough for the three of us and my four big maids and two little eunuchs to eat, plus firewood, rice, oil and salt, and the cost is only half a penny." ”

Li Yu nodded, he saw him today, and he already had a rough idea of the price in his heart.

Nian Yun continued: "His Royal Highness's share does not come out of the East Palace, and is directly subsidized by the inner government of the palace. As for the example of the king of the county, the price quoted by the dining room is 20 hangs per meal, plus the money for snacks, wine and fruits, and your diet alone is 50 hangs a day. ”

"Fifty hanging?" Li Chun was shocked: "How can I eat fifty yuan alone!" ”

Nian Yun pouted: "The four big maids and the four little eunuchs in your house are also counted from your share." ”

Li Chun was indignant: "Then there are no fifty hangings!" ”

Li recited. During the day, Nianyun had already taken him to see the actions of the envoys of the Five Fangs, and it seemed that this was not only the case in the palace, but also in the East Palace.

He muttered, "I remember that once upon a time a little maid told me that their family of seven would spend no more than five or seven dollars a year...... Is it true that our ordinary food costs dozens of hangings a day? ”

Nian Yun got up and took out a stack of papers on the desk, which was densely covered with small letters, "I'm all sorted out here, Your Highness can go and get the account books to compare." The accounts of the East Palace are very chaotic, for example, His Royal Highness saw him today, and the price of an egg bought by the pothos in the market was two dollars, but what was recorded in the account book was four dollars a penny! ”

If the meal is like this, then the cost of clothing and other aspects is also a considerable amount of money. The accounts of the East Palace were unable to make ends meet year after year, so much so that the crown prince had to accept some bribes to maintain it.

Li Chun bit his lip and looked at the prince. He underestimated Nian Yun, but he didn't expect her to discover such a shocking secret.

Li Yu kept his head down and listened carefully to Nian Yun's statement, and after thinking about it, he finally raised his head: "This matter is not trivial, but I am afraid that it will be involved in a wide range of cases, and the inner court will deceive the monarch and embezzle a huge amount, so you must not be unaware of it." I will report to the emperor when I enter the palace tomorrow and ask for a thorough investigation of the inner court! ”

Nianyun nodded: "This matter has been going on for a long time, and the people and businessmen of the two cities are complaining, and I am a female streamer, but I can't do it myself, and everything is up to His Highness Lao." If it is resolved, it will certainly be a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people. ”

Li Yu stood up and bowed down to her and gave her a deep look: "When I go back, I will summon Mr. Wang to discuss and draw up a good plan." Nianyun, I've worked hard for you, and you still have to worry about the inner mansion of the East Palace in the future. ”

This is an affirmation of the power of her palm print.

Nian Yun hurriedly got up and saluted back: "Your Highness's words are serious, it is Nian Yun's business." ”

Li Yu looked at Li Chun, and then at Nianyun, his expression was a little complicated: "Chun'er, it's getting late today, so you can stay in Yiqiu Palace!" ”

Miscellaneous...... What the?

Note: In the Tang Dynasty, dogwood was used to spice up, while chili peppers were only introduced to China during the Ming Dynasty.