The next day, he sat up on the big couch in the water hall, looked at the dense embroidery on the tent, and was a little distracted for a while. With a puff of black hair beside him, an unfamiliar face lying in the brocade quilt, with a bit of shameful blush on his face.

He almost wanted to summon someone in and ask what was going on, but it took a long time before he remembered that this was not Penglai Palace.

He had never had the habit of getting up early to take a bath, and suddenly said to the door: "Liufu, prepare water, I want to bathe." ”

The woman next to him was awakened, looked at him with sleepy eyes, and then also woke up, smiling slightly, with a hint of green shyness.

But he didn't want to look at it anymore, got up and put on his clothes, and went straight to the next door to bathe.

When he was bathing, he ordered someone to add an extra handful of bath beans to the water, as if this would wash away the filth of his body and mind.

He suddenly felt a little disgusted with the beautiful fragrance and ...... on his body The smell of other women.

Hanshui Hall is slightly far away from the previous court, and Liufu prepared a chariot for him this time, and went out a quarter of an hour earlier than usual to go to the Zichen Palace.

He didn't sleep well last night, and he rested with his head on the chariot. When he walked to the edge of the Taiye Pool, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "The one who slept yesterday...... But is Qinzhou too guarding Liu Shu's niece? ”

Liufu said: "Exactly, Your Majesty has a good memory." ”

Li Chun nodded: "Later, ask the concubine to send a bowl of soup and medicine." ”

Liufu's face froze, and he responded in a low voice: "Yes." ”

The so-called "decoction" in the palace has many meanings, and this decoction given after the first time of sleeping may be a tonic given by His Majesty to take pity on the newlyweds, or it may be a tonic......

His Majesty didn't say what kind of decoction it was, and Liufu, as a minion, knew how to be measured, so he didn't ask again. He didn't have to know, as long as he passed the word according to His Majesty's instructions, it was enough for the concubine Niangniang to know what the decoction was.

Here, the concubine Niangniang had already taken a red pen to calculate the income and expenditure accounts of Daming Palace, and an abacus in her hand crackled.

Since moving into Daming Palace, although there is no need for people to say hello in the morning and evening, she has gotten up earlier than when she was in the East Palace. When His Majesty stayed in Penglai Palace, she always got up with His Majesty, and when His Majesty was away, she even got up earlier, and it was only five watches after washing.

After thinking about it, no matter how you look at it, I feel that the expenditure of this Daming Palace is too huge, and it is almost every year that I can't make ends meet. Even the Emperor Taishang cut some personnel at that time, but it still didn't play a big role.

She looked at the pothos quietly embroidering beside her: "It's not okay to go on like this, starting tomorrow, I should discuss with Your Majesty whether the food under the corridor can be cut by one or two." In fact, the yamen of the three provinces and six ministries also allocated a portion of food, but every day the court discussion dragged on until noon, and the palace had to give a meal. My Penglai Palace, you can see what else can be saved, and you can save it. ”

Green Pothos pondered for a moment and said: "I don't know the slaves and maids outside, but there are no small kitchens in the newly canonized Niangniang Palace, and they are all arranged by the Shangshi Bureau according to the regulations in the palace, and the waste is also large, but do you want to cut it down?" ”

Nian Yun thought for a while, shook his head and said, "That's it, don't touch them." A teenage girl is uprooted from her hometown, and life is not easy. The Shangshi Bureau doesn't know how much they have been deducted, and if I cut it again, I won't see much discrepancy in the account, but I have wronged them plainly. ”

At this time, the little eunuch sent by Liufu came to pass the word, saying that His Majesty asked Niangniang to give the decoction medicine to the water hall.

Nianyun smiled bitterly at the pothos: "Look, he himself was very happy for a while, but he told me to be a villain in the future." ”

As soon as he raised his voice, he called Chonglou: "Chonglou, the blood swallow I ate before was good, add a piece of Juezi soup and send it to Liu Baolin." ”

Chonglou hesitated slightly, suspecting that he had heard it wrong, and asked again: "Niangniang, is it a child soup or a child soup?" ”

"This palace is not wrong, it's a Jezi soup, let's go."

If the palace does not want some concubines to get pregnant, there are many different methods. This soup came out of the workshop, and its purpose was naturally contraceptive, and it was impossible to conceive for a short time after drinking it.

In contrast, the Juezi soup is much more ruthless, a bowl of soup and medicine will go down, even if you are pregnant, you can also fall into the fetus, and the inpregnant person will also hurt the root, don't think about conceiving a baby in this life.

Yesterday, it was the mother who took the initiative to ask His Majesty to spoil the newcomer, and the reward was the same, but I heard that the mother took pity on them and did not call it a cut, how could it be such a cruel means when you turned around?

Nian Yun dialed the abacus a few more times in his hand, and saw that Chonglou had not left yet, so he said slowly: "Liu Baolin's foreign family, a Lulong Jie envoy, and a Qinzhou Taishou, the combined strength is not inferior to the Shence Army. When the time comes, if she is pregnant with the imperial heir again, in order to prevent these people from having ambitions that they dare not have, His Majesty is afraid that she will not be able to keep her. simply broke off her thoughts, but she could still save her life. Chonglou, how can you not live your brain over the years, and you learn more from Yuzhu on weekdays! ”

Chonglou understood the key and hurriedly agreed.

Baolin Liu Qingqing in the water hall got the reward of the concubine early in the morning, she is used to seeing the generous stroke of the concubine in Penglai Hall these days, and has long heard of the good reputation of the concubine Niangniang, and saw that it is a bowl of extremely precious blood bird's nest, and a set of new clothes, thinking that it is the practice of serving for the first time, and there is no doubt about him, so she thanked the reward and ate it all in one go.

Chonglou watched her finish eating, went back with a bowl to resume her life, Liu Qingqing wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief with satisfaction, and went to change into new clothes.

The emperor didn't have any special instructions, so Rao was a little unwell when she went to bed for the first time last night, but she still got up on time and went to Penglai Hall to greet Lu Muying, the maid who lived in the side hall.

As soon as he went out, he met the two people from the Zilan Palace.

The Wang family has produced many queens, and they are also Baolin, Wang Linlang thinks that her appearance is not worse than her, but the first favored one is Liu Qingqing, who was born as a military general, Wang Linlang is naturally unconvinced.

As soon as he saw Liu Qingqing's face full of spring breeze, Wang Linlang didn't feel good in his heart, but he still smiled on his face: "Sister Liu, was the emperor gentle yesterday?" ”

Liu Qingqing's face suddenly turned crimson, covered his face with a handkerchief, and said: "Sister, don't worry, don't you know when it's your turn one day!" ”

Lu Muying on the side also smiled and helped: "I think the concubine is also a kind person, maybe in a few days, Sister Wang will know!" ”

Wang Linlang was not ashamed or impatient, and said with a smile: "What do I do with jokes, when I know, I'm afraid that none of you will be able to fall behind!" ”

Seeing a new skirt on Liu Qingqing's body, he asked again: "This is also a new reward from the concubine?" ”

Liu Qingqing nodded: "The concubine has always been generous. ”

Wang Linlang stretched out his hand and touched it, seeing that it was a good Liuyun Jin, he couldn't help but be full of vinegar, and sighed, "Isn't it, it's different to be favored, even the mother looks at it, this Liuyun Jin heard that there are only dozens of horses in the palace a year!" ”

Pei Yun'er echoed: "I see, the concubine is afraid that she knows that she is not young, and she is not as good as our sisters, so she is flattering everywhere, and she has taken out all kinds of good things!" ”

Wang Linlang agreed: "When I greeted yesterday, I peeked at the corners of the concubine's eyes!" ”

A few little girls, every word you say, the more and more you feel that the old and decrepit concubine Niangniang just relied on the power of the Guo family, married His Majesty early, and gave birth to children before she became a concubine, in fact, she would have fallen out of favor a long time ago, otherwise why wouldn't Your Majesty make her the queen?

To say that they are all young and beautiful, and their family backgrounds are not weak, which one is worse than the concubine? is just waiting for the birth of the imperial heir in the future, and the position of the third lady is not just around the corner!

Lu Muying gently pushed Liu Qingqing and said with a smile: "I saw that there is a coral tree more than four feet high in the Penglai Palace, it is really beautiful, I think it must have been given by His Majesty." If my sister goes to beg for a try, if the concubine agrees, it can be seen that she really wants to please our sisters. ”

Although Liu Qingqing doesn't have much scheming, he still understands this. Although she also likes that coral tree and hopes to put it in the water hall, but the four-foot-tall coral tree is rare in the palace, how can a little Baolin who has just been favored once casually ask for it?

If she opens her mouth rashly, she is afraid that she will offend the concubine Niangniang, it is a temptation, and she must really sit on the status of the favorite concubine.

She then smiled and said: "If you want to talk about temptation, you have to wait for a few of our sisters to be favored, I just happened to be so much, what is it, in the future, I don't know which sister is the most favored!" ”

Walking and walking, they arrived in front of the Penglai Palace, no matter how bold they were, they didn't dare to make up the concubine Niangniang in person like this, so they all kept their mouths shut, entered the hall in an orderly manner, and greeted the concubine Niangniang.

The concubine still kindly gave them a seat.

In the main hall, there are only two people, Ji Cai and Mao Cainu. Wang Linlang looked around and asked, "Why haven't you seen Sister Li and Sister Xiao yet?" ”

The concubine Niangniang, who was sitting at the top, took a sip of the teacup and said: "Mo Yang said last night that he suffered from some wind chills and coughed badly, and the palace ordered the imperial doctor to take a look overnight, saying that he had some weakness in his mother's womb since he was a child, although he didn't care, but he had to recuperate for a while." Coincidentally, Mei Yi also sent someone to say that she was sick this morning. ”

Ji Dingxiang said: "The concubine looked at Sister Moyang and felt that she was weak, and her face was so white!" What's going on with Mei Yi, is it because she is not adaptable? ”

Nianyun said: "Mei Yi's hometown is from the south of the Yangtze River, and there are people who are afraid of water and soil. The palace also ordered the imperial doctor to take a look, and the two of them will have to recuperate for a while before they can sleep. These days, you sisters have to work a lot. ”

Everyone should have said.

The concubine talked to them for a while, and asked them about their hometown customs and family members, friends, etc., she always smiled and spoke softly and slowly.

After a while, Liu Qingqing only felt some discomfort in his abdomen, and sat there upright, only to feel cold sweat, and his face was a little pale.

The concubine noticed it, so she said gently: "Qingqing didn't think he had a good rest yesterday, and you also worked hard, so go back and rest early." ”

Everyone retreated, and she thoughtfully instructed: "Give Liu Baolin shoulders, since you are uncomfortable, sit back, don't be tired." ”