The carriage drove away from the Muguo Mansion with Duanmu Fei and Mu Yan.

Duanmufei didn't put down the curtain until he couldn't see Duanmujun in the back, and his little face was still reluctant, eager to let the carriage turn around and bring Duanmuyu on.

Mu Yan could naturally see her sadness, and he knew that Duanmu Fei really regarded Duanmu Jun as her sister and her relatives.

Mu Yan gently took Duanmu Fei in his arms, his voice was soft, and said: "Zhen Zhen, you can see whoever you want to see in the future, and if you want to go back to your parents' house, just ......come back."

He blinked his beautiful phoenix eyes and looked at her "pitifully", "As long as you don't think about it." ”

As long as she doesn't forget, he's still waiting for her at home! Mu Yan smiled at the corner of his lips, he married her to make her show her face, but not to make her sad.

Duanmu Fei was amused by him, his smile was bright, and the little sadness before was swept away.

"Hmm." She answered sweetly, found a comfortable position in his arms, and snuggled up to him lazily, "I have a good memory!" ”

Mu Yan played with her white fingers, her fingers were so beautiful, very different from his.

Her softness, his hardness;

Her dexterity, his strength;

Her delicacy, his roughness.

But when the fingers of the two are intertwined, it is indescribable harmony.

Mu Yan kissed her finger lovingly, and said, "Zhen Zhen, tomorrow I will accompany you to the Li family to see your grandfather and grandmother." ”

"I'll go to the Chu family the day after tomorrow ......" After a pause, Mu Yan continued, "Look at Old Lady Chu, Old Lady Chu has had a gout attack recently, Xiao Tian came to me a few days ago to ask for tiger bones, saying that he got a recipe for tiger bone wine from Jinzhou to treat gout." ”

"Hmm." Duanmu nodded and smiled sweetly. With her younger brother taking care of the Chu family's grandfather and grandmother, she was naturally relieved.

Rest assured, Duanmu Fei was already thinking in his heart about the day when he would try to find some medical books for the treatment of gout, and see if he could study it again with the imperial doctor to see if there was any good way to treat gout.

"Zhenzhen, shall we go boating in the Imperial Garden later?" Mu Yan kissed her tender palm again.

"Hmm." Duanmu Fei nodded again, and then said, "Bring the dumplings too!" ”

"......" Mu Yan was dumbfounded, he wanted to go boating with her, the two of them talked, played in the water, what are you doing with a stupid fox!

Duanmufei's thoughts had already run to the little fox, and he couldn't help but say: "Bi Cicada said that Tuanzi has been making a lot of trouble recently, and he always goes to chase the cats and birds in the palace......"

Duanmu Fei used to think that the little fox was a good brother compared to the little starling, and rarely took the initiative to tease the cat and the dog, but he didn't expect to follow her into the palace, but the skin was up, it was only two nights, it is said that it has run all over the palace out of nowhere, and it scared the palace people who kept vigil so much that they almost thought they had seen a ghost.

The more Duanmu Fei thought about it, the happier he became, covering his mouth and laughing in Mu Yan's arms.

Mu Yan hugged her, sniffed the fragrance on her body with satisfaction, and said secretly: Forget it. How to say that it is also Zhen Zhen's "marriage", he endures!

The carriage went all the way smoothly, and soon arrived at the palace gate, at this time, those officials of the Ministry of Rites and the flag-bearers had already dispersed, and waiting there was Fan Peizhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who heard the news.

"Your Majesty, can you discuss it with your ministers in the future?" Fan Peizhong looked at the young emperor and queen without tears and waved his hands.

Fan Peizhong was very sure that this must be the idea of the new emperor!

The queen has always been a courteous person, but the new emperor has a lot of tricks, and the queen has been ruined!

Fan Peizhong was suddenly a little worried about the future prince, with the character of the new emperor, he was afraid that the prince's temperament would also be crooked. No, after the queen gives birth to the crown prince in the future, he must propose to Shoufu to choose a reliable prince for the prince!

Fan Peizhong didn't think about it carefully, and his thoughts went astray.

Mu Yan had no guilt about getting rid of Fan Peizhong, an official of the Ministry of Rites, and said righteously: "Fan Peizhong, I am marrying a daughter-in-law, and I didn't go to Yue's house to put up a fight, what are I like with so many people!" ”

"......" Fan Peizhong's mouth opened and closed, and he couldn't say a word.

Their new emperor has always been crooked, one set of another!

Fan Peizhong decided to go to the Muguo Mansion to find Shoufu later, their Ministry of Rites was too difficult, and they had to let Shoufu persuade the new emperor, and they couldn't rely on the new emperor's temperament anymore......

Mu Yan also wanted to go boating with Duanmufei, and he was too lazy to delay time here in Fan Peizhong, so he pulled Duanmufei and walked in the direction of the palace.

The oncoming breeze brought their conversation into Fan Peizhong's ears:

"Zhenzhen, when we go boating, let's pick a few lotus leaves, and I'll roast and call the flower chicken for you to eat at night, okay?"

"Hmm. Call the flower chicken with a pot of Huadiao wine, that's a perfect match! ”

"It's a pity. The Huadiao wine in the palace is still a little worse than that in Jiangnan. ”

"Then drink the peach blossom bar I brewed."

“……”

The voices of the two grew apart, and gradually, nothing could be heard.

Fan Peizhong pursed the corners of his lips, turned around, and walked slowly in the direction of his carriage with his hands in his hands, and said with a bit of schadenfreude: Tomorrow, the emperor's marriage leave will end, and the three-day days of leisure will come to an end, and he will go to the morning court again.

Fan Peizhong casually dusted off a residual leaf on his robe, and his mood suddenly improved.

Fan Peizhong left, and calm returned to the palace gate.

Because of the wedding, Mu Yan gave himself a three-day vacation.

The next day, March 23, he was finally going to court.

Only then did the rooster crow, and Mu Yan got up early.

Duanmu also felt the movement around him in a daze, and his eyelids trembled slightly. Mu Yan was afraid of waking her up, so he quickly lightened his movements and folded the quilt for her.

Before leaving, he reluctantly stared at her peaceful sleeping face for a while.

Mu Yan deeply felt that the time of the dynasty was still too early, and he had to change it...... Yes, it has to be changed. What's wrong if it starts an hour late, isn't it just an hour later to end?

It's not a king, and it's not a king!

Mu Yan muttered in his heart, and at the same time, he also copied away the little fox who was sleeping in the fox nest next to the couch, and quietly left Chonghua Palace, remembering to tell the cicadas outside not to disturb Duanmufei.

There was no early court for three whole days, and some courtiers had already held back their bellies, and they finally sentenced the early court.

As soon as the monarch and the ministers were in power, an old envoy who was known for his old-fashioned attitude couldn't wait to jump out and issued an impeachment in a righteous manner:

"Your Majesty, Han has Jiaofang Palace, Zhou has North Palace, and the former dynasty is also divided into Qianqing and Kunning Palaces, the emperor is Qian, and the latter is Kun. Since ancient times, there has been no reason for the queen to live in the emperor's bedroom, that is, the ministers, and the husband and wife also have their own residences. ”

"The emperor and the queen live together in Chonghua Palace, which is really against the norm and breaks the rules of the ancestors!"

"If this matter spreads, it will only be criticized by the world and ruin the reputation of the emperor and the queen."

The old imperial history spoke, chewing the words, and those who knew it were also, but he didn't dare to say "If the emperor accepts a concubine in the future, what will I do".

Some old-fashioned civil officials also nodded slightly, deeply sympathetic.

Since ancient times, emperors and queens have had their own palaces.

This palace is left by the previous dynasty, in the previous dynasty, the emperor lived in the Qianqing Palace, the queen lived in the Kunning Palace, to this dynasty, the rules have changed, the emperor and queen will only live in the Kunning Palace on the third day of the wedding, and then the queen will move to the Fengluan Palace.

This is the rule of the Dasheng Dynasty for several generations, and the previous emperors also did this, and he was born to Mu Yan, who only stayed in Kunning Palace with Duanmu Fei on the wedding night, and then Mu Yan took Duanmu Fei to live in his own Chonghua Palace.

With so many pairs of eyes staring at the palace, this kind of thing naturally can't be hidden, and it suddenly came to the ears of these imperial historians.

The old imperial history solemnly bowed to Mu Yan: "Your Majesty, the emperor and queen should be an example for the people of the world, and please think twice." ”

Duanmu Xian was also on the Jinluan Palace, and he had the urge to splash tea on the old imperial history.

Han Luchang, an old thing, as an imperial historian, doesn't stare at those corrupt officials and unjust cases, but has to stare at the emperor's harem, he just doesn't know what to do!

Since Han Luchang is so free, then he should find him some serious errands! Duanmu Xian said secretly in his heart.

Mu Yan raised his eyebrows and leaned back on the back of the Golden Luan Throne leisurely.

He happened to be in a bad mood, he was very annoying when the rooster crowed every day, and he met such an envoy who didn't know how to look at him, could it be that the tiger didn't use his power to treat him as a sick cat?

The little fox who was originally curled up at Mu Yan's feet to sleep keenly felt a certain murderous aura, and opened his ice-blue eyes vigilantly.

It quickly jumped onto the armrest of the Golden Luan Throne, squatted on the armrest, and tilted its little head to look at Mu Yan.

"Oh." Mu Yan replied lightly, and casually proposed, "Since this is the case, then I will make a holy decree, in the future, anyone who is an official in the court must live with his wife, otherwise, he will be dismissed." ”

“？？？”

“！！！”

Not only Han Luchang, but even the other civil and military officials present were stunned.

What kind of road is this?!

"......" the corners of Fan Peizhong's mouth twitched.

Compared with other courtiers, Fan Peizhong is much calmer, and he "admires" the new emperor in his heart.

On the other hand, Fan Peizhong had a very subtle sense of pleasure in his heart.

In the past few months, he has been heartbroken and white-headed for the new emperor's accession to the throne and the establishment of the new emperor, and when he complains to others, others will only say cool things, as if he, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is just moving his mouth.

This is good, and it also allows these people to see the ability of the new emperor to play cards unreasonably!

He'll be in charge of watching the show today! Fan Peizhong stood calmly with his hands down.

The ministers in the palace didn't react for a while, they were dumbfounded, and they just pinched themselves without losing their temper.

The little fox glanced down at the ministers, waited and waited, and before they could fight, he lay on the armrest boringly, closed his eyes again, and continued to sleep.

Mu Yan cupped his cheek with one hand into a fist, and said leisurely: "Since Imperial Envoy Han said that it is not in accordance with the rules, then let's just change it together, and this will be the new rule in the future." ”

He is the emperor, and of course he sets the rules.

He is the emperor, if he doesn't even have the power to make rules, why should he be this emperor?!

Mu Yan looked down on the ministers as a matter of course.

"......" Han Luchang didn't know where to refute at all, and the corners of his eyes twitched. He had expected many reactions from the new emperor, and even threw himself away, but he didn't expect it to be the current situation.

As for the noble ministers below, they were going crazy, and their hearts were all holding their breath.

Neotiq is simply inexplicable!

He himself has just gotten married, and only the queen, without three palaces and six courts, can say this kind of thing, but they all have concubines in their families, they don't hug the concubines, why do they have to go back to the main house and live with the yellow-faced mother-in-law?

Some of the ministers looked at Duanmu Xian, the first assistant, expecting him to stand up and persuade the new emperor to say a few words.

However, Duanmu Xian stood there calmly, his eyes half-closed, noncommittal.

Mu Yan stroked his palm lightly, and said with a smile: "Han Yushi is reasonable, I should be an example for the people of the world. In the same way, you officials should also set an example for the people, and that is right. ”

"It's a good story!"

Mu Yanle talked to himself, and his head was dumbfounded.

Almost all the ministers of civil and military affairs in the hall had a voice shouting in their hearts: Hell, a good story!

The vicious gazes of those ministers all shot at Han Luchang, and they all had the heart to kill him.

This Han Luchang is old and confused!

He can't even speak to anyone, why does he want to keep an eye on the emperor's harem and involve them? Asking for trouble!

The new emperor loves to live in the same palace with the queen, so he lives there, he is not extravagant, he is not tyrannical, and he is not a disaster to the country and the people, Han Luchang's hands are inevitably too long, what do you care about this idle matter? !

"......" Han Luchang was dripping with cold sweat, he really didn't mean that!

Mu Yan felt as if he had punched a set, his whole body was comfortable, and he asked with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, what else do you have to play?" ”

Mu Yan rested for three days because of the wedding, and in these three days, even if there was a big event, the hundred officials did not dare to disturb him, and there were a lot of things backlogged in the court, but at this moment, the hundred officials present were all stunned, and most of them had not yet come back to their senses.

They all felt that they had suffered an unjustified disaster, and they were so aggrieved that they almost vomited a mouthful of old blood.

Duanmu Xian looked around the hall quietly, feeling that these people deserved it.

He straightened his sleeves, lined up, and said: "Your Majesty, the water level of the Yellow River has risen recently, and the political envoy of Yuzhou has built a high and consolidated embankment, dredged the south and the north ......."

The flooding of the Yellow River has been a difficult problem for dynasties for thousands of years.

Duanmu Xian's mention of it immediately attracted the attention of other ministers.

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that in addition to strengthening the embankment, it would be better to narrow the river channel to speed up the water to wash away the river sand."

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the flood distribution area should be built."

“……”

Many ministers also expressed their opinions on this matter, and the atmosphere in the court became lively again, and the ministers expressed their opinions.

The Jinluan Palace was lively, but there was silence in the Chonghua Palace, and the palace people knew that the queen was still resting, all of them walked silently, and they didn't even dare to take a breath of air, for fear of alarming the nobles.

Duanmu Fei didn't open his eyes until he was halfway through his sleep, and Mu Yan hadn't come back yet.

She was in a daze, and a few waiters for her to get up and dress, and then ate some breakfast, and continued to be in a daze.

When it was time for lunch, a little chamberlain came with a little fox in his arms and said, "Queen Mother, the emperor also summoned the minister in the imperial study and invited the mother to eat by herself." ”

Duanmu Fei found out that the little fox had been taken away by Mu Yan before, she sent the little chamberlain, and ordered the palace people to prepare lunch for the little fox, and each person and one fox had their own meals.

After lunch, she hugged the little fox, while brushing the fur, while in a daze, and then it was the singing of the Western clock that woke her up, she looked at the clock face, only to realize that she had been in a daze for half an hour.

Duanmu Fei reflected on his wasted time, and said in his heart: Ah Yan is so busy, she doesn't seem to be so idle all day.

Duanmu Fei held up his spirit and instructed Luluo: "You have people bring the roster and account books in the palace." "She's going to have to start taking care of the palace too.

Since he was sent by the new emperor on the second day of the wedding, the chief eunuch did not dare to disturb the queen with these "little things", until the queen asked today, he quickly ordered to go down.

After a stick of incense, all those rosters and account books were sent over, box after box, all of them were loaded heavily, so many boxes were piled up in the Dongnuan Pavilion, which looked messy.

The chief eunuch with kind eyebrows smiled so much that his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he flattered Duanmu for a while, "Queen Mother, the roster and account books are here, if you have any questions, just ask the slave." ”

"Niangniang, everything is here, you look at it slowly, don't be in a hurry."

The chief eunuch was afraid that Duanmu Fei would tire himself, so he deliberately emphasized it.

Duanmufei casually sent the chief eunuch away, and instructed the palace maids to open the boxes, and the room was filled with a strong "smell of books".

The little fox was very curious, and drilled into each box, smelled it again, and finally found it bored, so he ran out of the window to the courtyard to have fun.

Duanmu Fei nestled by the window and flipped through the account books.

She hastily flipped through one or two books, quickly mentally calculated, and frowned slightly.

These books are the books of the previous year.

During the reign of the abolished emperor Mu Jianming, the expenditure in this palace was too extravagant.

There are 9,000 palace maids in the palace, and there are 10,000 attendants, which is equivalent to the population of a small town, and these people are just to serve Mu Jianming and a group of concubines.

The average palace maid can get two or three taels of silver per month, and the inner maid has two or three more buckets of rice than the palace maid, in addition to the Yulu, they also have various rewards such as festival rewards, birthday rewards, overtime rewards, etc., in addition to the clothes of the four seasons, chewing, ice charcoal, etc., calculated down, but the expenditure of these palace maids for a whole year is a very large amount.

In addition, there are nearly 100 concubines in the harem of the abolished emperor, and these people also have monthly salaries according to their grades, as well as various regulations.

In addition, there are various repairs in the palace every year, which is also an expense.

……

Duanmufei flipped through those account books casually, and every page was swept twice, and then turned over, so he could read it quickly.

As she watched, she slowly drank tea, ate snacks, and occasionally touched a handful of fox fur, not knowing the passage of time.

The setting sun turned the sky a brocade of orange-red.

Duanmu Fei didn't realize that the lanterns were lit in the Dongnuan Pavilion at some point, and he didn't pay attention to how many account books he had read...... Until it darkened in front of him, and a shadow fell on his face.

Duanmu Fei subconsciously raised his head from the account book, and Mu Yan's handsome face came into view.

Duanmu Fei immediately threw away the account book in her hand, and happily took Mu Yan's hand, she originally wanted to pull Mu Yan to sit down next to her, but instead she felt her arm tighten, and was pulled by Mu Yan, and then as soon as the world turned, she found Mu Yan sitting on the high-backed chair she was sitting on, and she was sitting on his lap.

Both of them were very satisfied with this sitting position.

One felt that nephrite was in his arms, and the other felt that the chair was no longer awkward.

Duanmu Fei happily looked up and kissed him on the chin, "Ah Yan, you're back." ”

Mu Yan frowned and glanced at the mess in this room, wanting to say that she didn't have to be so busy, there was no shortage of people in this palace, and she raised so many people just to share her master's worries.

However, he still didn't say anything after all.

If she is not allowed to do anything, there will definitely be some people who want to mutter that the reason why the queen "does not do" is because the power is hollowed out by herself, and then the three of them become tigers, and some people want to have some thoughts and toss around.

Mu Yan asked her casually, "What did you eat for lunch?" ”

Duanmu Fei was absent-minded when he was eating lunch, he didn't remember what he ate at all, and turned his head to ask the maid, but the Dongnuan Pavilion was empty, and Bi Cicada and Green Pothos had already retreated when they saw Mu Yan returning.

Duanmu Fei has a kind of helplessness of "people hate less when they use it".

The little fox outside the window saw that there was one more person in the house, and "whined", jumping among a cluster of moon flowers, his tail brushing over the flowers, and the branches of the flowers rattled.

Duanmufei's eyes lit up, remembering the little fox's lunch, and blurted out: "Roast chicken!" ”

Immediately afterwards, she added sweetly: "It's not as delicious as your roasted chicken!" ”

Duanmu smiled very sincerely, and his eyes were shining.

Mu Yan's tail was raised high, triumphant, "That's!" ”

Duanmu Fei was afraid that Mu Yan would ask her what else she had eaten, so she took a piece of horseshoe cake from the side and plugged Mu Yan's mouth, and then pointed to those account books and changed the topic: "Ah Yan, I see that the expenses in this palace are really scary." ”

Mu Yan replied vaguely.

He has only been on the throne for four months, and he is too busy with the affairs of the court, and he has no time to pay attention to the trivial matters in the palace during this time, and he has not checked the expenditure in the palace, and he does not know how "scary" it is, but it is conceivable that with Mu Jianming's extravagance, this expenditure is not much less.

Mu Yan ate the horseshoe cake fed by Duanmu Fei, which was delicious, and felt that it was many times better than what he ate in the imperial study.

Duanmu snapped his fingers and counted with him: "There are 9,000 palace maids in this harem, and 10,000 chamberlains ......."

"And those who moved to Qianyayuan."

“……”

"In this way, the current monthly expenditure is four or five hundred thousand taels of silver."

That's a lot of money!

Mu Yan raised his eyebrows in surprise, wrapped Duanmufei's slender waist with one hand, and touched two cherries from the fruit pot with the other hand, fed one to Duanmufei, and stuffed one in his mouth.

It's the season to eat cherries, which are sweet, sour, juicy and fruity.

Duanmu Fei was eating cherries, while holding an account book, and said worriedly: "The silver is not enough to spend." ”

Speaking of silver, Mu Yan perked up, fed Duanmu Fei a cherry, and said loyally: "In the future, my private treasury will be under your control." ”

The emperor's private treasury is the inner treasury, which is not as rich as the national treasury, but it is also very rich.

Mu Yan said energetically, and proposed, "Zhen Zhen, do you want to go and see my private treasury?" ”

Duanmu Fei was bored, so he responded.

Before the words fell, her waist tightened, and she was stopped by Mu Yan and hugged her.

She let out a low snort and subconsciously hugged Mu Yan's neck.

Mu Yanle was happy, and jumped out of the window with her in his arms, and landed silently when he landed, but Rao was like this, and he still alarmed the little fox who was closing his eyes on a stone bench.

The little fox glanced at them lazily, not bothering to pay attention to them.