The head of the Inner Court Division seemed to sense the wavering of the Shangyi Bureau and the Shang Pharmacy, and turned his head to glare at them, both of them lowered their eyelids and stopped making unnecessary movements.

Shinobu and Qingyun stood under the porch, standing with the palace maids beside the other maids, Qingyun glanced at the aunts in charge outside the hall, and then quickly withdrew her gaze.

The atmosphere in the hall continued to condense, and after the evening grandmother was dragged away, the Fang clan became even more angry, pointing at Gu Banqin and saying:

"It's the opposite. But a little concubine, dare to be so arrogant, don't think that with the emperor behind your back, the mourning family can't help you! The mourning family is killing you now, you see if the emperor dares to take the mourning family! ”

Gu Banqin smiled disappreliantly: "The Queen Mother is not angry, you haven't said anything about what happened, why are you going to fight and kill, the concubine is very puzzled, is it because of the late grandmother?" What's this, the Queen Mother just asked her to go to Gongfang, and she would be summoned back when she wanted her, so why be angry. ”

"You! Darn! Don't confuse the public there, the mourners want to ask you, did you write these inexplicable things? Also posted to the departments and departments, what do you want to do? Want to overturn this harem? I'm telling you, as long as there is a mourning family for a day, it will not be your turn to fix these moths. ”

Fang didn't want to continue talking nonsense with Gu Banqin, and got to the point at once.

When Gu Banqin heard that Fang finally mentioned this, she also restrained her smile, and said seriously:

"The queen mother is angry, listen to the words of the concubine, all the departments and departments in the harem, each performing their duties, maintaining only the calm on the surface of the harem, nothing happens, everything is easy to say, but once something happens, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"The personnel of each department and department are complex, in charge of the daily life of the harem, there are only a few people in each department who can really make decisions, and everyone wears many hats, if there is a person who is not subordinate, it means that many places are controlled by people."

"What the concubine wants to do is not to overturn the harem and deliberately rectify the moth, but to let the harem develop in a more controlled direction, so that the positions in the various departments and departments are dispersed, so that even if one person is not a minister, it will not destroy the overall situation."

"The Queen Mother, you are angry, and you think that the concubines should not do this, but you ask yourself, do you really understand all the people standing outside? Do you trust them all? ”

Fang looked at Gu Banqin, his eyes were deep and flashing, as if he was considering the correctness of what Gu Banqin said, but Concubine Zhao Defei on the side couldn't sit still, and stepped forward to say to Gu Banqin:

"Gu Banqin, your tongue-in-cheek skills to sow discord are really good, the managers of all departments and departments are oppressed by you, and they have no choice but to ask the Queen Mother to administer justice, where did your malicious speculation come from?"

"You just want to repay your previous personal grudges, you have a grudge against the various departments and departments for their neglect of you before, and now you are promoted to a virtuous concubine, recruiting troops everywhere, not to mention the ascension of chickens and dogs, and now you still want to disturb the quiet pool in the palace."

"I think you just want to get rid of all the directors of the various departments and departments, and then install your own people in, the Queen Mother is wise, so that she will not be deceived by your rhetoric."

Gu Banqin's eyes fell on Concubine Zhao De's body, and looked her up and down, Fang's mood was still wavering, looking at Gu Banqin on the left, and then at Concubine Zhao De, she didn't know which side to stand on for a while.

Gu Banqin came to Concubine Zhao De, stared at her for a moment, and then said with a smile:

"I'm just talking about things, Concubine Zhao De is inevitably too anxious, as if all the departments and departments outside are Zhao Defei's people...... Oh, by the way, the managers outside the hall, nine times out of ten, are all the same as Concubine Zhao De, they are left over from the previous dynasty, oops, if you think about it like this, Concubine Zhao De, it seems that you can't say anything more about your position. ”

Concubine Zhao Defei was forced to retreat by Gu Banqin's words hidden in the needle, but she really didn't expect Gu Banqin to go out directly today, and she could even say this kind of thing, the tall and thin eunuch behind Concubine Zhao Defei stepped forward and said to Concubine Zhao De:

"Niangniang is angry, this matter is none of your business, but you can't see that the virtuous concubine is disrespectful to the queen mother, so you can't help but stand up and speak, how to judge things, you have the queen mother in charge."

Gu Banqin's gaze slowly turned to the tall and thin eunuch, and saw that he was fair-skinned, his appearance was not good, pale and sickly, and his eyebrows were slightly red, but he looked like he was born.

The words of Gu Banqin and Concubine Zhao Defei made the atmosphere in Cining Palace also change a little.

If Gu Banqin hadn't brought up this point, everyone would have really forgotten that many of the people from various departments and departments outside were left by the previous dynasty.

When the Helian clan entered the palace, there were 20,000 people in the palace, most of the people were cleaned up, and thousands of people were newly recruited from outside the palace, but no one can deny that there are still many old people from the previous dynasty in the harem today.

These people all entered the court during the Zhao Kingdom, in other words, now this Concubine Zhao De was their serious master at the beginning, if she thinks far-reaching, then Concubine Zhao De's position will be very embarrassing.

Concubine Zhao Defei also seemed to be aware of this problem, and as soon as she was reminded by the tall and thin eunuch behind her, she also shut up, and swept Gu Banqin up and down with cold eyes, and then returned to her position.

After she left, Gu Banqin turned her gaze back to the Queen Mother and asked:

"Queen Mother, do you think what the concubine said is right?"

Fang glanced at Gu Nianshu and Concubine Zhao De, and replied to Gu Banqin angrily:

"Hmph, how good the truth is? Do you dare to say that you have no selfish intentions? Although Concubine Zhao Defei's position is not good, what she said is not unreasonable, you rashly cleaned up all these people outside the hall, do you want to install your own eyeliner, isn't it? ”

Gu Banqin was not humble or silent: "Queen Mother, have you carefully read what the concubine wrote?" These people outside the palace, the concubines have never said that they want to clean up and replace them from beginning to end, they are still the chief managers, they are the aunts in charge, the salaries remain the same, the grades remain the same, but they just disperse the power in their hands, why would they be unwilling? The concubine didn't understand. ”

The Queen Mother hesitated a little, and Gu Nianshu, who had always been silent on the side, walked out and said coldly:

"Concubine Niangniang may have just been promoted, some inflated, some self-righteous, you said that others are confused, but as everyone knows, the most confusing thing is you, these managers outside the palace are reluctant to disperse the power in their hands to ask the queen mother to be the master?"

"If nothing has changed, as you say, why did they come? There are rules in the palace, and they have been operating like this for thousands of years, and since the emperor ascended the throne, the harem has been peaceful and smooth, and nothing bad has happened. ”

"This shows that there is no problem with the previous palace rules and systems, but Concubine De, you want to break this peace, use the prestige of your newly promoted position, and wantonly oppress with high-sounding reasons, if the Queen Mother allows you today, then will you still set rules for the Queen Mother and us in the future? The entire harem is at your mercy, doesn't that mean? ”

Gu Nianshu is a dog that doesn't bark, and when he opens his mouth, he bites.

Gu Banqin smiled slightly, and did not argue with Gu Nianshu, but turned around and shouted outside the hall: "Qingyun, bring the things in." ”

Gu Nianshu looked at Gu Banqin suspiciously, and then saw Qing Yun, who was holding a stack of things in her hand, walked in from outside, respectfully bowed and knelt down to everyone in the hall, and then bowed down and presented the things in her hand to Gu Banqin.

Like a few stacks of account books, before bending down, Qing Yun and Gu Banqin glanced at each other, and knocked lightly on the side of the account book with one hand, Gu Banqin saw this small action in his eyes, and remained silent, took one of the account books held by Qing Yun in his hand, and said to everyone present:

"Whether I have been oppressed or not, this account book will tell. If there really were no problems with the management of the departments and departments, then I would not bother to do this. This account book is one of the account books of the Purchasing Division over the years, and the account details on it are very clear, the amount is good, and there is no problem on the books. Come on, hand the account book to the Queen Mother and Concubine Shu and take a look. ”

Another grandmother beside the Fang clan looked at the Fang clan, the Fang clan was suspicious, nodded, and then the grandmother went to Gu Banqin and took the account book in her hand.

Gu Nianshu walked to Fang's side quietly, watched with Fang's family, and then said to Gu Banqin:

"Since the ledger is fine, what else do you want to say?"

Gu Banqin didn't sell Guanzi, and replied directly:

"Please take a look at the specific details of the Queen Mother and Concubine Shu, this account book is quite good, there are no mistakes, each page has a page number of the account book, the Queen Mother and Concubine Shu pay attention to the fifty-third page, which is written on the daily use of the palace, and the materials and ornaments are bought, that is, the imperial dining room, and the things needed by the Shangyi Bureau."

"These things were bought back by the Purchasing Division, and after being inspected by the Inner Court Division, they were distributed to the Imperial Dining Room, the Shangyi Bureau, and I didn't make a mistake about the process. Things are true, and the process is also true, but don't you think the price of things is strange? ”

"The price of one or two golden silk dates is almost worth the price of one or two blood swallows, and a pound of lotus seeds is grown on the Tianshan Mountains, and it is impossible to sell it more expensive than ginseng, right? Besides, the Shangyi Bureau, this roll of cotton thread for sewing and mending clothes, even if it comes out of the best clothing shop in Jiankang City, the price will not be more expensive than the price of gold thread, right? ”

After Gu Banqin's explanation, the Fang family and Gu Nianshu really saw the price problem, the Fang family was originally in charge, and they could read the account book, and this account was indeed not bad.

But as Gu Banqin said, there is a big problem with the price, Gu Nianshu used to learn the skills of a housewife, and she can understand it when she looks at the accounts, but she doesn't want to admit that what Gu Banqin said is right, so she took a deep breath and stood aside.

Fang slapped the handrail and said angrily: "Come on, let the purchasing department, the inner court department, the head of the imperial dining room and the Shangyi Bureau all come in and explain this matter to the mourning family." ”

As soon as the Queen Mother gave the order, the summoned person rushed in, and the head of the Inner Court Division glanced at Gu Banqin, and then hurriedly knelt down in front of the Fang Clan.