"The bird's nest is gone?! Chengxing is trying to fool me, isn't he?! ”

There was a cold cry from Yuqing Palace, and the palace maids standing outside all tightened their bodies, and then gathered together and sighed.

Concubine Ru was angry again.

Since the emperor left Beijing and went to the Nine Immortals, Concubine Ru's temper has deteriorated day by day.

But this is also normal, the gold, silver and jewelry in her palace have been swept away, it is not bad to die here without anger, looking at the bare palace every day, Concubine Ru can hold back her temper, and it is not easy to have an attack only once in a few days.

The people in the palace all expressed their understanding, after all, their master is also a person who has contributed to the imperial court, and his weight in front of the emperor and queen is naturally very different.

There are three concubines in the palace now, one should eat and wear simply, all of them are close to the front-line war, Concubine Qing is a daily trouble, there have been problems, Jiang Wan didn't give the harem power to Concubine Qing before leaving, probably also knew that her brain was not good, and it was directly handed over to Concubine Ru, although Concubine Ru didn't want to care, but since it was entrusted by the queen, she didn't say anything, Concubine Qing was humming and chirping all day long, people were irritable in the summer, this year's ice supply was less, everyone had no appetite, and wanted to eat something refreshing, today the people in the inner house were called by Concubine Ru for questioning, After asking and asking, there was a lot of food left only for the prince, and she didn't ask for a bowl of bird's nest, saying that Concubine Qing was going to go a few days ago.

Concubine Ru was really angry, Jin Zhu saw that she was trembling, if she wasn't still a little sensible, maybe she would have kicked the head of the inner mansion first, and then went to Concubine Qing to scold people.

Jiang Wan went out this time, naturally she couldn't take Qi Yan with her, the child was so young, and she was also handed over to Concubine Ru.

Concubine Ru, this child is very tight, the coolest place in the palace is for Qi Yan and the nurse to live, she has moved to the side hall for a while, and she has not complained about these things at all.

Qi Yan is also close to her now, the emperor and queen are gone, and they will definitely not come back for two or three years, Qi Yan is a mother when she has milk, and she doesn't cry when she moves the palace, her heart is very wide, she eats and sleeps all day, and her spirit is also full, Concubine Ru looks at this child is the emperor's appearance, her eyes are black and bright, and she stares directly when she looks at people, which is very spiritual.

At this time, she was angry and restrained, and it was also because Qi Yan was napping in the room, she took a deep breath and let the head of the inner mansion go down.

The head of the inner house, who was scared of half her life, even crawled and withdrew, Concubine Ru got up and looked inside, the nurse hugged Qi Yan and coaxed, the little guy didn't know when he had woken up, he lowered his head and played with his hands, and when he saw Concubine Ru come in, he smiled at her, and stretched out his hand to climb on Concubine Ru.

Concubine Ru's heart melted into water by this smile, and she hugged the soft child, and she couldn't get out of her anger.

Jin Zhu was happy next to him: "Two days ago, Concubine Qing came to see, but the master still stopped her, but now it's okay, and I can't see her." ”

Concubine Ru had a cold face: "Everyone is Jane now, why is she so quick and fast-talking, and she has taken up everything?!" Concubine Yu is worse than me, and I had to go to the door to know when the ice ran out a few days ago, and Concubine Qing was too much. ”

As soon as Jiang Wan left, Concubine Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

She has the highest position, but now the real power is in the hands of Concubine Ru, and there is still a prince in the Yuqing Palace, and Concubine Ru should be overpowering Concubine Qing.

But Concubine Qing opened her mouth to ask for it, but the inner government didn't dare not give it, it was because it made Concubine Ru very annoyed now, she thought about it, it was useless to ask Concubine Qing to say that it was useless, and she had to solve the problem from the root, the queen said casually, can it really be so serious, fighting a war is expensive, but it won't be so harsh for the three concubines, right?

Concubine Ru looked down at Qi Yan, who was lying lazily on her shoulder, and now the time was just right, she gritted her teeth and asked Jin Zhu to pass the sedan chair, she wanted to go to the Jinchi Palace.

When Qi Ying left, he gave Lu Ran the power of supervising the country, and they held it in the side hall of the Jinchi Hall every day, this time should be just the time of the next dynasty, I don't know if I can stop Lu Ran in the past, and now the military situation will send a letter every other day, the emperor and queen are invincible, and the atmosphere in the court is extremely high, just two days ago, Concubine Ru knew that Jiang Tingye and Qi Dao led the army to capture the border city of Dongshu and advance the territory of the Great Jin, which can be described as a victory.

Lu Ran should stay a little longer every day, the prison country is not so easy to supervise, those old men have the most troubles, Concubine Ru knows it very well.

Sure enough, when she arrived outside the Golden Pond Palace, she had just gone down to court.

Concubine Ru sat on the sedan chair with Qi Yan in her arms, Qi Yan had the biggest face, and the old ministers also came forward to greet her when they saw it, Concubine Ru nodded lightly, her mood today is really bad, and her perfunctory thoughts are gone.

She and Qi Yan sat on a sedan chair, with shade and a large fan to shade the sun, but it was not too hot.

Waiting for Lu Ran's work to be handed over to Jin Zhu to watch, Concubine Ru held Qi Yan to the leaves next to him, the little guy was so small that he couldn't concentrate on doing things, he was staring at a leaf, he had to catch the piece he liked, Concubine Ru watched him play with the leaves with relish, it seemed that he really liked this leaf, and unlike other children, he threw things around or shredded when he was a little tired, Xiao Qiyan pinched the leaves and leaned on Concubine Ru, and didn't move.

Concubine Ru unconsciously softened her gaze, and she could imagine what it would be like for Qi Yannian to learn martial arts in the future, the best masters in Dajin have them, just waiting for him to grow up, the mountains and rivers that the emperor and queen conquered will be his world in the future, and his small shoulders bear huge responsibilities, Xiao Qi Yan, who has just passed a hundred days, obviously doesn't know how noble his identity is, and now his world is just a small leaf in his hand.

Waiting and waiting, everyone in front of the Golden Pond Hall was gone, and Lu Ran still didn't see Lu Ran.

Concubine Ru took a deep breath, closed her eyes and said silently: Don't be angry, there is no one to replace your body.

The blue tendons on her forehead jumped suddenly, what is wrong with this person, does he live in a side hall? !

Jin Zhu sensed that Concubine Ru's mood was wrong, and hurriedly whispered: "Master, slave maid go and take a look." ”

Concubine Ru shook her head: "Don't bother to run away." ”

She hugged Qi Yan and got down from the sedan chair: "Let's go over together." ”

Jin Zhu turned around and let the guard of honor wait here, and then he held up an umbrella and followed Concubine Ru to the Golden Pond Palace.

Because the people were gone, the footsteps sounded empty.

The eunuchs of the Jinchi Hall are all on the side of the main hall, and there are only palace people cleaning outside the side hall, and the one who is leaning against the door is Lu Ran's personal guard Yunjian.

Yun Jian yawned, just when he was seen by Concubine Ru who came around the corner, Yun Jian turned his face slightly, although he was not very familiar with the harem concubine, but as soon as he saw the child in Concubine Ru's arms, he immediately knew who was coming.

"Say hello to Concubine Ru!" Yunjian had a loud voice and shouted, which scared Qi Yan, and Concubine Ru, who was holding Qi Yan, naturally felt it, and her face turned black all of a sudden.

"What?!" Concubine Ru scolded in a low voice, "I'm scared of the three princes!" ”

Yun Jian picked his head in embarrassment, thinking to himself why this concubine Ru was so angry, didn't the third prince cry either.

Before he could figure out how to say it, Concubine Ru stared at him, and walked directly into the side hall, Yun Jian was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly stepped forward to stop: "Concubine Ru, you can't just go in like this." ”

Concubine Ru sneered: "What? Jinchi Hall is now going to change his surname to Lu?! ”

Yunjian's face turned two points white: "This... Don't talk nonsense! ”

Concubine Ru pursed her lips and glanced at Qi Yan: "You dare to stop the third prince?" ”

Yunjian silently wiped away his tears: "I don't dare to do that." ”

Concubine Ru raised her eyebrows: "Then you still don't get out of the way?" ”

Yun Jian was tired and didn't move.

He is here every day, but he really never thought that he would see the harem concubine and the prince, this concubine Ru. No matter how you look at it, you're here to find fault.

is so aggressive, does he dare to put it in?

Seeing that there was no movement in the clouds, Concubine Ru was about to have a seizure, and Lu Ran's voice suddenly came from inside: "In the clouds." ”

As soon as he shouted, Yun Jian immediately responded, and then let out the way, when Concubine Ru walked in, Yun Jian didn't forget to say happily: "Concubine Ru, slow down." ”

Concubine Ru didn't want to talk to him, Lu Ran was left alone in the side hall now, a large part of the folds that Qi Ying should have seen were placed here by Lu Ran, he still had that breezy appearance, it was already a daily routine to stay alone in the Jinchi Hall until lunch time every day, and try not to take the folds out of the palace if he didn't take them out of the palace, Lu Ran has always been very cautious in doing things.

He stood up at this time and greeted him slightly, but Concubine Ru ignored him and went straight to a chair and sat down.

Lu Ran glanced at Concubine Ru, and then at Yunjian, who immediately spread his hands innocently, saying that he didn't provoke this master, and he had such a violent temper when he came.

Lu Ran raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, no matter how complicated the national affairs are, he has a clue.

Why is this angry woman angry? There's really no clue about it.

Concubine Ru made up her mind and refused to be the first to speak, Lu Ran didn't let the atmosphere be so stiff, and after calling someone to serve tea, she thought about it and asked, "I don't know if Concubine Ru is here, is there something to ask?" ”

Concubine Ru only cared about hugging Qi Yan and replied with her eyes down, but what she said had nothing to do with what Lu Ran asked: "Lord Lu Ran is quite cool here, with everything, not much." As he spoke, he lifted the lid of the tea and took a look, and threw it back with a bang, "Tea is also good tea, government affairs are busy, and Lord Lu has worked hard." ”

Lu Ran: ???

He was stunned for a few seconds, and then found something wrong with Concubine Ru's words.

Lu Ran pondered for a moment, and felt that he still shouldn't guess rashly, the more he guessed later, the more angry he became, and most of them had to quarrel, so he still asked, "Does Concubine Ru think something is wrong?" Lu didn't understand it very well, and asked the mother to tell her clearly. ”

Concubine Ru originally came to solve the problem, she was hot-headed and talked nonsense just now, since Lu Ran asked her so sincerely, it was naturally not good to continue to play her temper.

She turned Qi Yan upside down, and the little guy was happy to see new things wherever he went, and suddenly laughed happily, and the frost on Concubine Ru's face melted a little.

Lu Ran patiently waited for Concubine Ru to speak, Concubine Ru pursed her lips and was silent for a while, then asked dryly: "The front line is tight, how much is the place to spend money?" ”

An Jihe collected money for the treasury, this concubine Ru donated everything she could donate, and now the ornaments on her head are also very ordinary, these Lu Ran all knows, it is with Concubine Ru who asked about the treasury, he is still willing to answer one or two: "The front line has won the battle, and the continuous food and salary have to keep up, although all places and the nine immortals can support, but more still have to rely on the treasury support, mainly now the border city has just been defeated, and it is necessary to attack all the way to the Dongshu Imperial City, and the follow-up supply can not be interrupted." Lu Ran paused for a moment and said seriously, "This is a protracted battle. ”

Concubine Ru took a deep breath, raised her eyes slightly, and looked at Lu Ran: "Lord Lu is in charge of the country under the order of the emperor, and I am entrusted by the queen to take care of the affairs of the harem for the time being, not that I feel that I have the power in my hands now to ask the lord something, but there are some things that the adult has to take this idea, so come and ask the lord, is the war ahead too tight, so that the application of the harem will continue to be harsh?" ”

Lu Ran was stunned by her question: "How much is the harem?" Why did the mother say this? ”

He really didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the harem, Lu Ran glanced at Qi Yan, the little prince was very good.

Concubine Ru frowned: "Look at what the prince is doing?!" We are all starving to death, and we can't starve him! ”

Not a prince? That's the concubine.

Lu Ran was surprised, and turned his eyes to look at Concubine Ru.

Concubine Ru took a deep breath and said unhappily: "Anyway, I'm a concubine, I can't eat a bowl of bird's nest if I want to, does Lord Lu think this is like words?!" ”

Lu Ran was dumbfounded: "There is still such a thing?" The head of the inner government over there is lazy and greedy for money, don't worry, I will investigate strictly. ”

Concubine Ru waved her hand: "He didn't have the guts, so he naturally bought things." ”

Lu Ran was puzzled: "Since you bought it, why is the mother? ”

"There weren't many in the first place, but they were all taken away by Concubine Qing." Ru Concubine said quietly.

Lu Ran choked.

"There are too few things, Concubine Qing always wants to give herself more." Concubine Ru frowned, the point that Concubine Qing took was actually what she should have on weekdays, but after everything was simplified, the concubine position was halved, and the rest should be Concubine Ru and Concubine Yu.

Concubine Ru was too lazy to argue with Concubine Qing for that little tongue, so she came directly to ask Lu Ran: "Can you add some?" ”

To put it bluntly, she reached out to ask for money for the harem.

Before Jiang Wan left, no one expected to get to this point, right? She didn't want to ask for money.

Lu Ran was silent for a moment, and beckoned to Yunjian, who was listening stupidly next to him, and asked him to go and pass on the household servant, and he had to ask him about the things on the account to be clear.

Lu Ran's decision was quite decisive, and Concubine Ru, who had replied, looked a lot better, she took Qi Yan to take a walk in the side hall, passed through the connected passages, and walked all the way to the main hall.

This is a place where Qi Yan wants to come often in the future, Lu Ran didn't stop it, and when the household servant comes, she also has to avoid it, and the matter of asking for money from the harem is not very good.

Ru Concubine went around, Qi Yan was not only not sleepy, but her spirit was getting better and better, when Yun Jian came in to look for someone, Ru Concubine hugged her arm a little numb, and after hearing Yun Jian say that Lu Ran had asked clearly, she hugged Qi Yan back to the place just now.

The household servant has already left, Lu Ran often asks about this, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong, the surplus of the treasury on the books is still considerable, Lu Ran feels that aside from the expenses of the emperor, it is more than enough for only three concubines and one prince.

The expenses of the Queen Mother in Yunde Palace have always been unique, and they do not affect it.

At that time, Jiang Wan advocated simplicity when she was there, and she also thought that she had just started to go on the expedition and had more peace of mind, and now she spread the amount of money when the emperor and queen were in the concubine, it would only be more and not less, it was difficult for Concubine Ru to endure it for so long, but fortunately, Concubine Ru was not patient all the time, otherwise she didn't say it, Lu Ran really wouldn't have thought of going to that place.

After listening to Lu Ran finish settling the account, Concubine Ru finally felt comfortable.

She was a little irritable just now, and her tone was not good, Lu Ran didn't blame her at all, but said that he was not thoughtful.

Concubine Ru and Lu Ran had no intersection earlier, but when they came over today, their good impression of Lu Ran skyrocketed.

Seeing that Concubine Ru was in a good mood, Lu Ran also stepped forward and hugged Qi Yan, the little guy was not afraid of anyone, and slapped Lu Ran on the face, laughing heartlessly, making Concubine Ru laugh too.

Lu Ran looked at Qi Yan with gentle eyes, took his little hand off his face, and Concubine Ru pinched her arm, but it was a little more relaxed.

Qi Yan's gaze fell on the table again, he reached out to grab the pen he was hanging, Lu Ran pretended to be serious and patted his hand: "It's dirty, you can't catch it." ”

Qi Yan, who was patted on the back of his hand, didn't understand what it meant, and still reached out to grab it.

Lu Ran could only walk farther to the side, and reasoned with a serious face to a child who had just passed 100 days: "The brush is stained with ink, you can't touch it, it's very dirty, and if you eat it in your mouth later, it will make you have stomach trouble." ”

Qi Yan: ???

There was really nothing fun in the Jinchi Palace, Lu Ran hugged Qi Yan to send Concubine Ru out, Yun Jian followed behind and made a grimace to tease Qi Yan, and the little guy leaned forward and leaned back with laughter.

When he returned Qi Yan to Concubine Ru, Lu Ran was still a little reluctant, the affection in his eyes was hidden for a moment, and before leaving, he told Concubine Ru that if there was anything missing in the future, he could come and tell him directly, as long as he could help, he would definitely help.

Concubine Ru was grateful, and when she calmed down and watched Lu Ran hugging Qi Yan, she felt that this was really a very gentle person, and she had such a bad attitude, but she could be so tolerant.

At this time, he nodded embarrassedly to Yunjian, and said to Lu Ran with a smile: "It's already very troublesome Lord Lu." ”

Lu Ran also smiled slightly, reluctantly poked Qi Yan's little hand with his fingers, and then slowly put away the souvenir that he had exposed.

Concubine Ru held Qi Yan all the way to the place where the sedan chair was parked, and it was not until the guard of honor could not see that Lu Ran turned around and returned to the Jinchi Palace.

The matter was resolved, Concubine Ru still breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, she went back to Yuqing Palace to return Qi Yan to the nurse, the little guy didn't seem to have had enough, Concubine Ru coaxed him and made him obedient, the nurse held the toy in her hand, and soon Qi Yan's attention passed.

After getting out of Qi Yan, Concubine Ru sent someone to pass the word to receive the money, and the use in the harem returned to normal.

After the arrangement, Concubine Ru walked out again.

Jin Zhu supported her: "Master, where are you going?" ”

Concubine Ru said in a deep voice: "Go to Tianhai Palace." ”