In the Tinglan Water Pavilion, there was a moment of silence.

The surrounding maids and palace maids were all startled, stopped what they were doing, and looked at Duanmu Fei in unison, and even the little fox who was sleeping on a chair next to him was shocked and suddenly opened his eyes, confused.

Only the musician in the Qingzhi Water Pavilion didn't know what was going on, and was still playing the pipa with his eyes down and singing a little song.

Duanmufei's little face was tense, and her ruddy little mouth was pursed, like a cat ready to go.

Those palace people looked at each other, they rarely saw Duanmu Fei's appearance, and they were all frightened.

Especially the two little chamberlains who served on the side, one of them asked the other with his eyes: The queen is angry! Who the hell is this that makes the mother angry?

The other little chamberlain shook his head in confusion, and gritted his teeth and said: Even the queen dares to provoke, it really eats the bear's heart and leopard gall!

Look, the queen suddenly got angry when she looked at the account books, could it be related to these account books?

The two silently exchanged glances, and soon reached an agreement: the overseer is not in the capital, so they should share the overseer's worries, give the queen a head, and clean up those who are not long-eyed.

The little chamberlain of one of the details of "......" cautiously stepped forward towards Duanmufei, and considered his words to test it.

Before he could speak, he heard Duanmu Fei ask in a faint voice, "Who is the chief minister of the Inner Court Division?" ”

He knows this! The little chamberlain's eyes lit up, and he immediately replied: "Hui Niangniang, the head of the Inner Court Department is Prince Yi." ”

The chief minister of the Inner Court Division is naturally a rich fat poor, in the Dasheng Dynasty has always been served by those prestigious princes of the clan, this chief minister is Prince Yi, he is also the imperial brother of Emperor Chongming and Mu Jianming, and he is the fifth among the brothers.

The little chamberlain in the details talked about Prince Yi's life like a few treasures.

Prince Yi was a young man with great military achievements, and during the reign of Emperor Chongming and Mu Jianming, he had many military exploits during the reign of Emperor Chongming and Mu Jianming, and he had defended Liaodong for seven years for Dasheng Town, so that the Silla Kingdom surrendered to Dasheng and paid tribute every year.

In the sixth year of Longzhi, Prince Yi returned to Beijing in the name of foot paralysis and returned to the army.

To this day, Prince Yi has been in this position of Minister in Charge of the Inner Court for 14 years.

The little fox looked at Duanmufei, and then at the little waiter, and felt bored, so he shrank back and continued to sleep.

Luluo, Bichan and Jinse all silently took everything this little servant said to heart.

In the past, when they were in the Muguo Mansion, they only needed to manage one acre and three points of land in Zhanqing Courtyard; But now it's different, since they followed Duanmu Fei to marry into the palace, it means that their responsibilities are heavier, and they will inevitably have to deal with those clan nobles in the future, and it is inevitable that they will be involved in things like corruption in the Inner Court.

Even if they can't help the queen, they must not make trouble for the queen, they still have a lot to learn!

Luluo, Bichan and Jinse all listened intently.

"It seems that Prince Yi has a lot of prestige in the clan." Duanmu said with a smile, and casually closed the account book in his hand again.

There are so many clan princes staring at the position of the head of the Inner Court Division, and there are not a hundred clans in the history of Dasheng who have held this position, but there are also eighty, but those who have poor means can't sit steadily for even a year, and the person with the shortest tenure only sat in this position for three days and then resigned from illness.

Prince Yi has been able to sit in this position for so many years, and he is like a fish in water, which shows his means.

The little chamberlain immediately nodded and agreed, "Yes, Niangniang." Over the years, Prince Yi has faintly tended to keep pace with Prince Li in the clan. ”

Prince Li is Mu Yan's imperial uncle and ancestor, and he is the current royal order, he is highly respected, but Prince Li's son is mediocre in talent and learning, and he is not outstanding enough, and many clans secretly feel that Prince Yi is the next emperor nine times out of ten.

"No wonder you are so bold!" Duanmu Fei picked up the blue and white porcelain teacup and drank the tea slowly.

Duanmufei's words have been said very explicitly.

The two little chamberlains glanced at each other, they were not stupid people, and when they heard this, they didn't understand that it was Prince Yi who made the queen angry.

Wrong.

The queen has been looking at the account books in the palace for all these years, and that is the inner court that has made her angry!

There was a hint of anger in the eyes of the two little chamberlains.

Who doesn't know that the queen mother is the righteous sister of Lord Cen Governor, Lord Cen has always loved this righteous sister, whoever provokes the queen mother is provoking their twelve eunuchs in the inner court!

The detailed little chamberlain knew far more about the Inner Court Division than Duanmu Fei, he cheered up and talked to Duanmu Fei about the Inner Court Division, for example, the Inner Court Division has its own system, with more than ten subordinate institutions and more than 1,000 officials; For example, part of the treasury of the Inner Court Division comes from the appropriations of the national treasury, part of it comes from the income of the Imperial Estate, and some of it comes from the monopoly of the imperial family on the trade of ginseng, and in addition, the Inner Court Division is also engaged in the sale and lease of official houses.

Another long-faced little chamberlain occasionally added a few words, the Inner Court Division involves so many people in the palace, and its institutions are complex, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is intertwined, and the Dasheng Dynasty has long been a chain of interests for more than a hundred years, and the oil and water in it are too rich.

It can be said that every errand in the Inner Court Division is fat, and everyone who holds an important position in the Inner Court Division has a deep background, otherwise it will not be long before they do it.

I don't know when, the musician of Qingzhi Water Pavilion finished singing again, and she saw that Duanmu Fei was talking to people about business, so she stopped playing and singing, and stood by with the pipa on the side.

The kettle on the small red clay stove made a slight sound, and the water in the kettle was boiling to a "gurgling" sound, and the water rippled so that even the kettle was shaking gently.

The hot water boiled, and the palace maid who watched the stove hurriedly lifted the kettle and re-brewed the tea, silently replaced Duanmu Fei with new tea, and removed the cold tea.

Duanmu listened intently to the two attendants, listening and thinking, his eyes flashing.

A few days ago, when she returned to Muguo Mansion, she casually told Duanmu Xian that she was checking the accounts.

At that time, Duanmuxian was very solemn and pulled her through: "The water of the Inner Court Division is very deep, and when Emperor Xuanhe was Emperor, because of the serious corruption of the Inner Court Division, he wanted to govern it, however, the Inner Court Division was intertwined and involved the interests of many clan princes, so it was not easy to talk about." ”

"Four girls, don't be in a hurry about this matter."

"Although the Inner Court Division is greedy, it hasn't gone wrong for so long, if you want to move, it's better to slowly figure it out."

"When the time is right, then make a big move, and hit it with one blow."

“……”

Duanmuxian said this, Duanmu Fei understood.

She knew that her grandfather was worried that she had not yet gained a firm foothold in the new queen, so she rashly took the Inner Court Division, so if it fell into the mouth of others, it would inevitably be said that the new official took office three times, which is not a good name.

Duanmu Fei has also read history books.

During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the previous dynasty, the Inner Court Division was also seriously corrupt, but all the court applications were five times longer, so that the best white fox skins of the people were worth fifty taels of silver in the accounts at most. Emperor Xuanzong didn't know how expensive rice was, and his successor Liu helped his mother cook when he was at home, and Empress Liu had the heart to rectify the corruption of the inner court department, and asked Emperor Xuanzong for a thorough investigation.

Emperor Xuanzong approved.

However, at that time, the minister in charge of the Inner Court Department was not a vegetarian, insisting that a piece of white fox skin was for fifty taels of silver, and in turn asked Empress Liu to buy a hundred white fox skins for ten taels of silver to try if she could buy it.

In the days that followed, all fur shops from the capital to the surrounding states closed their doors for fear of the prestige of the Inner Court.

This game between the courtiers and the queen ended in the defeat of Empress Liu.

Therefore, the Inner Court Division asked Emperor Xuanzong to abolish the queen, and later, it was Emperor Xuanzong who accepted the granddaughter of the minister in charge as a concubine to settle the matter. In the decades that followed, no one dared to mention the Cabinet Division.

Whether it is the previous dynasty or the current dynasty, the Inner Court Division is a hard bone to gnaw.

At this time, the palace maid served the freshly squeezed sherbet.

Duanmu Fei slowly drank the sweet and sour sherbet, and the gang of the Inner Court Division were all greedy old foxes, and cutting off their wealth was tantamount to asking for their lives.

She'll have to think about what to do.

Like my grandfather said, you have to hit it with one hit!

Duanmu Fei then sent the two little chamberlains away.

When the musician saw that they had finished their business, his slender hand moved again, and he plucked the strings of the lute again, and the sound of the lute rattled and went away with the wind.

The two little chamberlains retreated as quickly as possible, and as soon as they went back, they hurriedly went to the top: "Gonggong Feng, the queen is angry today." ”

What the?! Gonggong Feng, who was originally drinking tea, immediately put down the tea cup in his hand and slapped the case angrily: "Who?!" ”

"Who ate the bear's heart leopard dares to make the queen angry! Is this a death?! ”

"When the overseer is not there, these cats and dogs are jumping up and down, don't you think that there is no one behind the mother?!"

The more Gonggong Feng spoke, the more angry he became, his smooth and beardless face turned red with anger, and his voice was thin and sharp.

The little chamberlain hurriedly complained: "Gonggong Feng, it's the Inner Court Division!" ”

"Recently, the queen has been looking at the accounts, and today I asked about the Inner Court Division, it must be the Inner Court Division that made the Niangniang angry."

"The Cabinet Division?" Gonggong Feng frowned and snorted coldly. Others are a little afraid of the Inner Court, they are not afraid!

Another long-faced little chamberlain said indignantly: "Gonggong Feng, this inner court division is too arrogant!" Now the harem is headed by the queen's mother, and they are still so blatant, they are clearly slapping the queen's mother's face. ”

He shook his fist in rage. These chamberlains live in the inner court all the year round, and how can they not know about the corruption of the inner court. It's just that there are some things that don't concern them, and it's not their turn to take care of them, and no one will have nothing to do and ask for trouble.

But now that things involve Duanmufei, it's different.

The little chamberlain continued: "Gonggong Feng, you don't know! I heard that last time, the Inner Court Division also took a box of broken combs and wanted to be said by the queen mother. It's also a shame that the queen's mother is a fiery eye, and she can see it at a glance. ”

Gonggong Feng frowned, slapped his palm on the desk again, and his voice rose two points higher: "Who are you trying to fool!" What kind of messy things dare to be sent to the palace! ”

As he spoke, Gonggong Feng remembered that the emperor and queen had been to Neiku together last month.

There are so many pairs of eyes staring at this harem, there is no secret, Gonggong Feng and the two little chamberlains all know that the queen found a fake "Lotus Lying Guanyin" in the inner library that day, which caused the queen to be disappointed on the spot.

It is conceivable that it was also the Inner Court Division who secretly exchanged the tribute to pass off the fake as the real one, and this is certainly not the first time the Inner Court Division has done this kind of thing.

Gonggong Feng didn't bother to care about the past affairs of the abolished emperor during his reign, but now the Inner Court Division has bullied the queen, that is, the Inner Court Division is not long-sighted.

Whoever doesn't give the queen face, that is to slap the face of Lord Cen and the face of the twelve eunuchs of the inner court!

The long-faced little chamberlain said again: "Gonggong Feng, you also know, the queen mother has always been very good-tempered, but now she is angry!" The little one is afraid that this inner court is too greedy! ”

Gonggong Feng's brows furrowed even tighter, his face was so gloomy that he was about to drip ink, and he said in a sharp voice: "If this year's expenditure is more than when King Yan was in power, wouldn't someone say that the queen mother would not be in charge?" ”

The two little chamberlains also felt so, and nodded frequently.

The little chamberlain of the details said boldly: "According to the small one, this inner court division is to see that the queen is young and bullying the mother's face is tender!" ”

The more the attendants talked, the more indignant they became.

For them, Duanmu Fei must not be wronged in the palace, otherwise how will they explain to the overseer in the future?!

Gonggong Feng stood up, stroked his sleeves, and said, "Let's go and ask to see Gonggong Shi." ”

The Gonggong Shi he said was the current eunuch of the celebrant Bingbi, Cen Yin's cronies, and the steward who stayed in Beijing after Cen Yin left Beijing.

Gonggong Feng said that he would go, and hurriedly walked out of the house and went in the direction of the celebrant supervisor.

The two little chamberlains hurriedly followed.

Along the way, many palace maids cast strange glances at him.

Who doesn't know that Gonggong Feng is a famous slow man, and he has always been slow and logical, and the people in this palace haven't seen him like this for at least ten years, and they can't help but secretly speculate: I don't know what earth-shattering events happened to make Gonggong Feng rush like this?

Gonggong Feng was immersed in his own thoughts, unaware of these people's speculative gazes, and only thought about one thing in his heart: the queen mother has been bullied to the head, but it can't make people think that there is no one in the twelve prisons of their inner court!

Suddenly, Gonggong Feng stopped under a hand-copying verandah.

He stopped in a hurry, and the two little chamberlains behind him were caught off guard and almost didn't hit it, but fortunately he stopped in time.

Gonggong Feng glared at them fiercely, pointed at their noses and scolded, "What are you two doing with our family?" ”

"......" The two little chamberlains were confused and didn't react yet.

The corners of Feng's mouth twitched, feeling that these two people were really stupid and blind, but fortunately, he knew that something happened and came to tell him in time.

"Why don't you hurry back to the queen mother and wait!" Gonggong Feng said angrily. What do they do with themselves, what if the queen wants to find someone!

The two little chamberlains were stunned, and then they reacted, but they only agreed.

Gonggong Feng continued to go in the direction of the celebrant eunuch, while the two little chamberlains turned around and ran towards the Imperial Garden.

In the Imperial Garden, the sound of the pipa and the singing have long since stopped.

The musicians and the palace people were all sent back, and there was one more person in the Tinglan Water Pavilion - Mu Yan in a bright yellow dragon robe.

After Mu Yan went down, he heard that Duanmu Fei was in the imperial garden, so he rushed over as fast as he could.

The young couple sat at the round table, arm to arm affectionately, and when they looked at each other, each other's eyes were rippling with thick smiles and sweetness.

Duanmu held back her stomach and wanted to speak, she opened one of the account books and talked to Mu Yan about the account: "...... I had just finished reading the April account book, and the Neting Division bought ice cubes on the pretext that it was a very hot year, and it was written that the price of ice was fifty taels per ice. ”

There are ice cellars in the palace, a total of five ice cellars, with a total of 25,000 pieces of ice, which are used for sacrifices, feasts, gifts, summer relief, funerals, preservation and other matters in the palace.

There is a rule for the use of ice every year, and the Cabinet will make slight adjustments according to the weather and actual conditions.

"In April alone, the Inner Court Division bought another 10,000 pieces of ice, costing 500,000 taels of silver."

Duanmu Fei said, Mu Yan listened.

While listening, Mu Yan also peeled the lychee for Duanmufei, and after peeling the lychee, he sent the white flesh to her mouth, and then peeled another one for himself.

Duanmu Fei swallowed the lychee in his mouth, and said: "My family also buys ice, and the price of ice last year was still two taels of silver per piece of ice, and even if the price is increased this year, it will not be able to increase by twenty-five times, right?" ”

She helped Duanmujun manage the feeder together, and she still had some understanding of the ice price in the capital. In the Dasheng Dynasty, ice cubes were considered a luxury, and the price of a piece of ice was enough for an ordinary person to live for a year.

Duanmu Fei pointed to the numbers on the account and showed it to Mu Yan, his eyes were clear and bright.

"Besides, it's not going to be too hot this summer!" Duanmu Fei said with certainty, "I also asked Qin Tianjian about it, they didn't say that this year would be a scorching heat, and they don't know where the news from the Inner Court Division came from. ”

At this time, Mu Yan peeled another lychee and stuffed the lychee meat into Duanmu Fei's mouth.

Duanmu Fei ate the sweet lychee, took the other two account books, flipped to a certain page, and then pushed the two account books to Mu Yan.

"Look at these two books, one is last year's lunar month, and the other is the account book of January this year, and the charcoal in them is not right."

"Last year, the concubines, princes, and princesses of the harem have all moved to Qianyayuan, and since January this year, you are the only one in the palace, but you see, the charcoal in the palace in the two months of Layue and January is not less than before, and it is more!

"And look at the Imperial Dining Room here......"

Duanmu Fei gave an example from clothing, food, housing and transportation, and said it dryly.

Mu Yan was very good at looking at his face, and hurriedly poured tea for Duanmu Fei in person, and sent a cup of warm flower tea to her.

Duanmu Fei drank most of the warm flower tea in one go, and finally felt comfortable.

She was still unsatisfied, and took another account book and continued: "And this spring coat too." You look at the price of these materials, although Shu brocade is said to be an inch of gold, but this price is not only an inch of gold, it is simply a house to wear! ”

Mu Yan also knew that the inner court was greedy, but he didn't know that he was greedy like this, mainly because he had not been on the throne for a long time and the government was busy, so he didn't have his hands free to take care of this matter for a while.

Now it seems that this inner court secretary has simply used the palace as their money bag.

Mu Yan flexibly turned the folding fan twice between his fingers, and then opened the folding fan with a "snap", and thoughtfully gave Duanmu the fan wind, one after another.

In the water pavilion, only Duanmufei's voice echoed in it.

When the wind blows, the flowers and trees outside the water pavilion sway, and the willow branches on the lakeside gently stir the surface of the lake, and the ripples on the water surface ripple in circles.

Mu Yan listened carefully while fanning Duanmu Fei.

The more Duanmu Fei spoke, the more angry he became, and his little face was puffing up.

Mu Yan was also not very happy, and a sharp light flashed in his black phoenix eyes.

Whoever provoked his family, he couldn't spare it!

And......

Mu Yan narrowed his eyes and looked at the account books in Duanmufei's hand.

Although Mu Yan has been busy with government affairs these days, he will accompany Duanmu Fei when he is free, and naturally he knows that Duanmu Fei has spent a lot of time reading the account books in the palace over the past month.

Duanmu Fei didn't feel tired, but Mu Yan felt distressed.

If it weren't for the Cabinet Division stirring up these things, why would his Zhen Zhen be so bothered!

Naturally, this account should be doubled and all credited to the people of the Inner Chamber. Mu Yan made a decision in his heart.

Duanmu Fei didn't pay attention to Mu Yan's expression, she was still angry about these account books. Arithmetic is a fun thing to do, and she likes to deal with those numbers, but these filthy account books are simply wronged!

Duanmu Fei said indignantly: "The Inner Court Division must be rectified!" ”

"Good!" Mu Yan immediately agreed.

Mu Yan diligently continued to fan Duanmu Scarlet, and said loyally: "Zhen Zhen, do whatever you want, no matter what, I am here." ”

Mu Yan also knew that many emperors of Dasheng also wanted to rectify the Inner Court Division, but the results were often not ideal, and they would always get twice the result with half the effort, because both the emperors and courtiers of the previous dynasties had too many concerns.

However, he and Zhen Zhen are so diligent and thrifty, and all this money is spent by others, what kind of reason!

Most importantly, this incident made Zhen Zhen unhappy!

Mu Yan said with a smile: "Zhen Zhen, I will give you the forbidden army to use, and you will fight when you should fight!" ”

Duanmu sneered and laughed, revealing a pair of cute pear vortices on his little face, with crooked eyebrows and eyes.

Ah Yan deserves to be Ah Yan!

She took the folding fan from Mu Yan's hand and fanned it gently, her movements were a little casual and a little free.

It's so cute! Mu Yan looked at Duanmu Fei fascinated, his phoenix eyes burning.

His body couldn't help but tilt towards Duanmufei, wanting to hug his own Zhenzhen.

However, before his arm could wrap around Duanmufei's waist, he saw Duanmu stand up scarletly.

"Ah Yan, let's go to the inner carrier!" Duanmu said with a smile.

It's time to double the monthly pass, give me the monthly pass! From today onwards, there is no limit to the number of monthly tickets, and the girls who were limited to votes before can vote again!

Girls who have voted for a monthly pass, don't forget to receive a red envelope.

(End of chapter)