Gu Banqin expressed her opinion to Wang Shun's father-in-law: "I asked them to compare not with speed, but with observation, those three or four are faster than her, and they are all female officials of the Shang Pharmacy Bureau, and they are more neat, but this peony, she is calm and careful enough." ”

Regarding Gu Banqin's explanation, Wang Shun's father-in-law didn't want to argue with her anymore.

It's like Gu Banqin said it herself, anyway, she picked it herself, and it has become a thing, even if he says more, it's useless, although he feels inexplicable to these people selected by Gu Banqin, there is actually one of them that can be eaten, do you dare to believe it?

Ouch hey, what kind of cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods are they, they were picked by the eyes of the virtuous concubine, and Wang Shun's father-in-law also felt speechless.

Gu Banqin asked him to go back to the Taihe Palace first, and these candidates were temporarily placed on the west side of Lihua Palace, and after she arranged the work one by one, she would arrange the post or something.

Gonggong Wang Shun was ordered to return to the Taihe Palace, and told Helian Hongyi everything Gu Banqin had done during this time, but Helian Hongyi didn't have any special reaction, only said:

"She has a good eye, let her toss. Go and pass Liu Youcheng into the palace, and let the Ministry of Rites prepare the entry of the vassal kings into the capital. By the way, let Commander Bi come to see me. ”

Wang Shun's father-in-law got the emperor's order, and he didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly went down to do it, and suddenly understood in his heart why the emperor would let the virtuous concubine go like this.

That's because the time period is wrong, after a while it will be the emperor's birthday, and the feudal kings scattered all over the country will enter Beijing to congratulate, although Wang Shun's father-in-law is the head of the inner house, but he is not very familiar with the princes who are away all the year round.

However, he has seen it twice, and he knows that all of them are powerful characters, and with so many vassal kings entering Beijing at the same time, the emperor's mind is undoubtedly all on this matter, where is there any mind to care about the virtuous concubines in the harem, and who is chosen around him.

Helian Hongyi has no objections there, and Gu Banqin has no worries here.

It took her two days to sort out all the information of these newcomers who were about to join Lihua Palace, and then first selected four of the sixteen people who were literate and hyphenation, and asked them to sort out the detailed information.

The four literate and hyphenation palace maids, the names are Tanyun, Caiping, Chunyan, Qingyun, each has its own ability, Tanyun wrote a particularly good-looking hairpin Xiaokai, Caiping will compose poems, Chunyan and Qingyun are full of poetry and books, and can write eight strands of text.

None of them are female officials in the palace, just ordinary palace maids in the Hongwen Pavilion, because of Gu Banqin's selection, they have the opportunity to show their talents in front of everyone, in fact, in a place like the Hongwen Pavilion, there is nothing special about their talents.

But in a different environment, for example, here in Gu Banqin, it is still quite a selling point, as long as the character is fine, Gu Banqin naturally has a way to teach them how to do things in the future.

The sixteen people she has selected now are not all to be by her side to serve her, but she hopes that these people can perform their duties and do the things she tells her to do well.

Her Lihua Palace was given a high right by Helian Hongyi, and Gu Banqin hoped to use this right to take care of the harem.

There are no rules, everything must be in accordance with the rules and regulations, in order to correct the previous irregularities, all corrected, this is an extremely huge project, it takes a lot of people to work together to complete.

In addition to this, for Gu Banqin, there is another external factor that is more difficult to handle, that is, everyone in the harem is not satisfied with her, Concubine Gu Xian, so if she wants to make everything regular, she has to pay several times more energy than others, or even more than ten times more energy.

There will inevitably be a lot of disapproval, and there will even be a lot of uncooperation, all of which need to be taken into account by Gu Banqin.

Therefore, Gu Banqin wants to recruit troops, and these sixteen people have only preliminarily passed the test, but whether they can stay and be entrusted with important tasks depends on their own ability.

The opportunity Gu Banqin gave them a chance, and it was up to them whether they could stay or not.

Helian Hongyi was rarely free and came to the Xinlihua Palace that Gu Banqin had already cleaned up.

The location of Gu Banqin's dormitory has not changed, but the place is much larger, when Helian Hongyi went, Gu Banqin was making sugar in the kitchen, and when he heard that Helian Hongyi was coming, he hurriedly put down the things in his hand.

Put the finished product into a jade box, take it out of the kitchen, and take a look in the yard, Wang Shun's father-in-law secretly pointed to the place where Gu Banqin kept his own land, and Gu Banqin walked over.

Helian Hongyi's expression was solemn, standing in front of Gu Banqin's self-reserved land that had expanded by two or three times the size, staring at a freshly unearthed vegetable seedling, it seemed to be very focused, even Gu Banqin walked over He didn't notice it, or Wang Shun's father-in-law reminded him loudly:

"Your Majesty, Concubine Xian is here."

Helian Hongyi came back to his senses at this time, and turned his head to look at Gu Banqin, who was smiling, with white teeth and starry eyes.

Helian Hongyi exhaled, only to feel that Gu Banqin was in a much better mood, and involuntarily reached out and pinched her cheek, and asked sincerely:

"Whenever I come, I haven't seen you idle, aren't you tired?"

Gu Banqin saw that his face was full of 'I have something on his mind', and couldn't help but smile even brighter, and instead of answering his question directly, he took his hand and walked under the grape trellis in the yard.

Because Helian Hongyi also liked the rocking chair under her grape trellis, Gu Banqin asked the Inner Court Division to make another one, and the two chairs were placed side by side, sharing a coffee table in the middle.

Helian Hongyi was pulled by Gu Banqin to sit on the rocking chair, and naturally leaned into the back of the chair, Gu Banqin handed the jade box in his hand to Helian Hongyi:

"The flower candy I just made, the emperor tastes it?"

Helian Hongyi's eyes fell on the jade box, as if he remembered that this box was a Persian tribute, and there were only a dozen of them in the harem, and this silly girl would use these things as daily things.

The jade box contained pieces of boxy, amber-colored sugar syrup, which looked like clumps of honey, very sweet.

Helian Hongyi didn't like sweet food very much, and he didn't want to try it, but when he saw Gu Banqin's simple eyes full of expectation, his heart moved slightly, and he reached out and took a piece for the first time, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it again, and then put it in his mouth.

The taste is not as sweet as he imagined, and even has seven or eight points of freshness, which is very different from the taste of sugar syrup that Helian Hongyi tasted in the past, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Gu Banqin, only to see Gu Banqin holding a sugar box, and also sat on another rocking chair, lying down comfortably, and then took out a piece and put it in his mouth, and said while eating:

"I used to like to eat candy the most, but I haven't eaten it in years."

Gu Banqin put the sugar on the tip of her tongue to taste it, but she didn't expect this sentence to make Helian Hongyi feel a little strange: "The first time I have eaten this kind of sugar, when have you ever eaten it before?" When you were at the Gu family? ”

Gu Banqin's expression froze, and then he turned his head to Helian Hongyi and asked in a surprised tone, "Hasn't the emperor eaten this kind of candy?" Some of them are sold on the street, but the emperor is from the north, so he may not have eaten them. ”

Helian Hongyi looked at Gu Banqin for a long time, and his eyes revealed the meaning of 'I don't speak, just watch you pretend to be forced quietly', obviously not believing what Gu Banqin said.

Gu Banqin touched her nose in embarrassment, sent the box to Helian Hongyi again, and smiled flatteringly, Helian Hongyi glanced at her coldly, shook her head, and said that she hadn't finished eating what was in her mouth.

Gu Banqin's fart slapped on the horse's leg, but she knew that Helian Hongyi would not bother with her in these small things, seeing Helian Hongyi's gaze was always empty, looking like his eyes were staring at the grape trellis, but in fact it was not, Gu Banqin put the box away, turned around in the rocking chair, and asked Helian Hongyi:

"What is the emperor thinking?"

Helian Hongyi came back to his senses and glanced at Gu Banqin: "I didn't think about anything, but it's you, have the candidates for Lihua Palace been decided?" How did I hear that the people you chose are strange? And those who can tell jokes, especially edible? ”

Gu Banqin saw that Helian Hongyi had changed the topic, and he didn't ask questions, so he smiled:

"They all have specialties, there are so many people in the world, it is impossible for everyone to be the same, there must always be specialties, if you just can serve tea and water, and the rules are like a mold carved out, how boring is that?"

Seeing what she said, Helian Hongyi hooked his lips and smiled:

"You always have a bunch of truths, I don't want to argue with you about this, in a word, you have seen everything in the harem, starting next month, the vassal kings from all over the country will enter Beijing, there are many things in the previous dynasty, and you must be stable in the harem, don't make any moths."

Listening to Helian Hongyi say this, Gu Banqin seems to understand a little bit of the reason why Helian Hongyi is not very happy these days, and next month will be Helian Hongyi's birthday.

If it's just his birthday, at this time, the vassal kings scattered all over the country have to return to Beijing to celebrate his birthday, Gu Banqin guessed that those vassal kings should not be fuel-efficient lamps.

So after Helian Bai passed the throne to Helian Hongyi, he scattered his other sons to various places, in order to create a better environment for Helian Hongyi, and now, Helian Hongyi has been on the throne for two years, and the vassal kings are also sitting firmly in various places, which is also an invisible pressure for Helian Hongyi.

After all, according to what Gu Banqin knows, Helian Hongyi is a child raised by Helian Bai personally since he was a child, and the environment in which other children grew up is not the same, and there is no relationship that grew up together, the relationship can be imagined, plus Helian Hongyi is such a suspicious person, it is naturally impossible to trust others too much.

Helian Hongyi waited for a while, but didn't hear Gu Banqin's response, and when he glanced at it, he saw Gu Banqin's two eyes staring at him darkly and brightly, Helian Hongyi subconsciously touched his chin, thinking that there was something on his face, and asked again:

"Did you hear me?"