Mu Yan's right arm paused in mid-air, with a look of resentment, wondering if he had fallen out of favor?

Duanmu Fei didn't notice it, and pulled Mu Yan's hand with a light smile.

Last time, she asked the palm print eunuch to submit the account books of the inner carrier warehouse in and out of the warehouse in the last ten years, and after reading it hastily, she planned to go to the inner library to check and check, but this month she was too busy, and she patronized the accounts, so she never went to the inner library.

"Let's go." Duanmu Fei took Mu Yan's hand and went to the inner carrier warehouse excitedly.

Mu Yan looked at the hands of the two of them, and they became beautiful again, letting the palace people along the way look at them, wishing that the more people could see it, the better.

"See the emperor, the queen."

The palm-print eunuch of the inner carrier warehouse greeted him as quickly as possible.

He bowed again, saluted again, and said with a smile: "The slave checked the booklet a few days ago, and there are chessboards and chess pieces used by the chess saint Yan Yiming in the Tianzi Gui room; There is Pei Jian's calligraphy in the ugly room; There is a bracelet of gold millet inlaid with gold millet carved by Xu Mingcheng in the Shen number room......"

Since Duanmu Fei came to the inner carrier warehouse last month, the palm print eunuch has been thinking about what she likes, and in the past few days, he has instructed the inner attendants below to check the list of items in the inner transportation warehouse.

These fathers-in-law who can achieve high positions in the palace are all human spirits, and figuring out the master's intentions is a guess.

As a result, Duanmu Fei was immediately attracted to attention, especially when he heard the palm print eunuch talk about "Xu Mingcheng's carved Canan incense inlaid with gold millet bracelet", his eyes lit up.

"Bring me the Naganam incense and gold millet bracelet." Duanmu Scarlet Road.

Xu Mingcheng is a famous jade carving master fifty years ago, this Canan incense inlaid gold millet bracelet was originally his 60th birthday gift to his mother, but unfortunately Xu Mingcheng died young, the Xu family was down, Xu mother can only take this Canan incense inlaid gold millet bracelet to be, this is out, tossed and fallen into the hands of many celebrities.

Duanmu Fei also has a collection of Xu Mingcheng's jade carvings, and when he heard the palm print eunuch talk about this bracelet, he became interested, and forgot his original intention of coming here for a while.

"Yes, sissy." The palm print eunuch was happy, squinted with a smile, and felt that his hard work these days had not been in vain, so he hurriedly ordered the attendants under him to take the bracelet.

Mu Yan gave them an appreciative look, thinking that the eldest brother is good at training people, look, the eldest brother has a lot of eyes under these people, and they all know how to please Zhenzhen.

After a while, a middle-aged waiter in Tsing Yi came with a mahogany carved box, and after opening the lid of the box, he respectfully presented the box to Duanmu Fei.

As soon as the box was opened, a faint fragrance unique to Canaan wafted out of the box.

On the bright red velvet cloth, a string of Canaan incense inlaid with gold millet bracelet lies quietly.

There are a total of 18 beads polished from Canaan incense, each bead is engraved with the word "Shou" in a different font, and then the beads are inlaid with gold millet, which is gorgeous and elegant. The bracelet is also strung with red coral beads and pagodas, carved with the word "longevity" and cloud patterns, the knife is round and thick, and the lines are exquisite.

Duanmu Fei grabbed the bracelet inlaid with gold millet in his hand and played with it, but he shook his head in disappointment and put the bracelet back in the box.

"It's a fake." Duanmu Fei said affirmatively.

Duanmu Fei was a little disappointed.

She likes carving, occasionally carving some small seals or something, has studied the knife skills of many famous carvers in the past dynasties, Xu Mingcheng is also one of them, he is one of the four most famous carving masters in this dynasty, but unfortunately died young, leaving not many works.

But where the carving everyone, painting skills and calligraphy are good, these are the basics of the basics, imagine that the foundation is not solid, and how to carve a good work!

This string of Canaan incense inlaid with gold millet bracelet at first glance looks carved quite exquisitely, in fact, only its shape, a closer look will find that the carving on the beads is hesitant, the confidence is insufficient, not like those real carvings when everyone has a knife when they are confident, the knife is neat, with everyone's wind.

Mu Yan naturally saw Duanmu Fei's disappointment, and immediately coaxed: "Zhen Zhen, isn't it just a Canaan incense bracelet?" I'll have you find a better one right away! ”

Mu Yan said while pondering in his heart: Since Zhen Zhen likes this work carved by Xu Mingcheng, then he will let people find some.

The face of the palm print eunuch was dark, and he hated in his heart: It's actually fake again! Damn, it's so hateful, it makes the queen happy!

They originally wanted to please the queen's mother, but now it's good, but it's self-defeating to block the queen!

"Bring me the list of the houses with the number of the characters." Duanmu scarlet groaned and commanded.

The eunuch with the palm print hurriedly submitted the list of the land number room in person.

There are two sets of books in the inner warehouse, one is a record of the items that enter and leave the warehouse each year, and the other is a list of the collections in each warehouse.

Duanmufei took the list and went to the Shenhao room in person, and looked at all the collections in this warehouse against this list. In fact, she just sat there, looking at the names on the list, and the attendants would naturally find her the corresponding objects.

Duanmufei's eyesight is very good, and within half an hour, she found more than a dozen things that are not named.

Four antique furnishings from the former dynasty were replaced with imitation fakes, and there were seven or eight tributes that were not named correctly, such as writing that the list said that it was Ru kiln porcelain, but it was actually from the Ge kiln, Zhang Guan Li Dai.

As the problematic things were picked out one by one, the face of the palm print eunuch became more and more ugly, and he cursed the eighteen generations of the ancestors of the Inner Court Division in his heart.

Duanmu Fei spent nearly an hour, and finally finished reading the things in the Shenhao room.

After that, she didn't go to other warehouses, and just looking at this warehouse was enough for her to get a glimpse of the situation of other warehouses.

"Ah Yan, let's go." Duanmu Fei stood up elegantly, stroked his skirt, and looked very calm.

Mu Yan immediately got up, as if Duanmu Fei's little follower.

The young couple left the inner carrier again.

The palm print eunuch and a group of attendants followed the rear of the emperor to see each other off in person, and they were all dripping in cold sweat.

The Inner Court Division was bold and secretly replaced the tribute with counterfeit and defective products, but in this matter, their internal transport warehouse could not escape the suspicion of dereliction of duty, so many fakes actually went into the treasury under their noses.

The sun shone softly, Duanmu Fei and Mu Yan walked side by side, walking forward without hurrying, the two walked all the way, talking all the way.

"The Neuter is so daring!" Duanmu sighed.

From the account books in the palace over the years to what Fang Cai Neiku saw with his own eyes, the greed of this inner court division has reached a point that Duanmu Fei did not expect at all.

"It's not like my imperial uncle is used to it." Mu Yan's heart was bright.

Mu Jianming is extravagant and absurd, and loves vassal elegance, and likes those antique calligraphy and paintings, porcelain and jade ornaments the most, so the people under the head have paid tribute to treasures in order to please him, but Mu Jianming is greedy for the new and tired of the old, and many things have never been looked at after being collected in the inner library, so the inner court will feel that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, and he will be more and more bold.

"Indeed." Duanmu nodded approvingly.

The fakes she found out from the warehouse of the Dizi Shen number were all tributes presented by Mu Jianming during his reign, and in the early years, the court division would also replace the Ru kiln porcelain with the brother kiln porcelain, and in recent years, it has become more and more arrogant, so there will be a comb from the market.

It was Mu Jianming who raised the greed of the Inner Court Division step by step.

Anyway, it wasn't the first time he had dealt with the mess left by Mu Jianming. Mu Yan hooked the corners of his lower lip sneeringly, very open-minded.

His gaze moved downward, and he lowered his eyes to look at Duanmu Fei's little hand.

Duanmufei's hand was still holding Mu Yan's folding fan, when this folding fan was held in Mu Yan's hand, the size was moderate, but when it came to Duanmufei's hand, it was a little abrupt.

Her fair skin contrasted sharply with the dark red fan bones, and her skin was brighter than snow.

Mu Yan's heart was tickling, and he reached out and grabbed Duanmufei's little hand.

Who would have thought, Duanmu Fei suddenly stopped, which also made Mu Yan scratch the air, and his fingers brushed over the back of her hand.

Duanmu gently rubbed the fan bone with his fingers, and said to himself: "I have to think about where to start......

Mu Yan stared at the folding fan silently, feeling that his hand must be easier to touch than this cold and hard fan.

He stretched out his hand to her again, but at this moment, Duanmufei seemed to think of something, tapped it lightly on his left palm with the folding fan, turned his head and ordered the maid who followed behind: "Bi Cicada, just now there is a basket of ivory carved flowers in the house of the word Shen is very good-looking, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, I think it is good to make a nest for the dumplings, it must look good when it sleeps in that ivory basket!" ”

Duanmufei's eyes were shining, as if he thought of the little fox sleeping in an ivory basket, and he was overjoyed.

Bi Chan's eyes also lit up, and he hurriedly echoed: "Niangniang is right!" Slave and maid, go now! ”

After Bending his knees to receive the order, Bi Cicada turned around excitedly and trotted in the direction of the inner carrier.

Mu Yan looked at his hand that had fallen empty again, and then at Duanmu's bright smile, and pursed his lips pitifully.

He must have fallen out of favor!

He's not even as good as that stupid fox!

Mu Yan thought resentfully, Duanmu Fei turned around again, grabbed Mu Yan's hand with his free left hand and said, "Ah Yan, the comb you carved for me, I threw it away yesterday, let's go paint it today, okay?" ”

Feeling the soft, delicate and warm touch under his fingers, Mu Yan felt that he was fine again, and nodded without saying a word: "Okay!" ”

The young couple held hands and returned to Chonghua Palace with a smile.

The two of them never mentioned the matter of the Cabinet Division again, and seemed to have forgotten about it.

Early the next morning, Mu Yan got up early as usual and went to the morning court, Duanmu slept beautifully, and then announced the six princesses of the clan including Prince Yi and Princess Xing into the palace.

It was only natural for Duanmu Fei to enter the palace as the princess of the queen Xuanzong family, and several princesses were flattered, speculating whether it was the new emperor's signal.

Duanmufei casually chatted with Prince Yi and Princess Yi and others, and rewarded Prince and Princess Yi with a comb, and then sent them away.

When Prince Yi and the others came out of Chonghua Palace, it was already noon.

The weather at the end of May is getting hotter and hotter, and the scorching sun is hanging high in the blue sky, releasing a scorching sun, as if it has entered summer in advance.

The princesses relaxed a lot at once, and there were a little more smiles on their faces.

"Imperial sister-in-law," Princess Xing took two steps forward, walked to Prince Yi's side, looked at her with envy, and said, "The queen mother really values her sister!" ”

If the husband is honored, the wife is expensive, this is an eternal truth.

Prince Yi and Princess Yi are valued by the queen, in the final analysis, it is because of Prince Yi, after all, Prince Yi is the minister in charge of the Inner Court.

Princess Qing also smiled and said: "I have heard that this comb is a new tribute from Jiangzhou in Jiangnan this year, or it is made by a local famous general named Wang Qingren, and he only makes fifty combs every year, which is very rare." The queen gave it to her younger siblings, which was a great honor! ”

These princesses are all concubines, and they often come and go on weekdays, so they talk freely.

Several other princesses also flattered Prince Yi a few words, and their expressions were full of envy.

"Where, where, thanks to the queen's love." Princess Yi's smile was elegant and decent, and her eyes glanced lightly at the wooden box in Mama's hand.

A fine light flashed in her eyes, and she was very disdainful in her heart: it is said that the queen mother is famous in the boudoir, not only good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also very discerning for appreciating calligraphy and painting antiques.

In my own opinion, the name is too real, and when I see it today, it is nothing more than that, and I haven't even seen a fake!

Hmph, the dignified queen regarded this comb that was only worth a few copper plates as a treasure, and she was embarrassed to reward herself in public, she really didn't know anything!

The smile on Princess Yi's lips deepened, hiding a mockery that only she knew.

Princess Xing looked at the wooden box along Princess Yi's line of sight, and sighed with a smile: "Sister-in-law, you are a good blessing!" ”

Princess Xing was telling the truth.

Who doesn't know that the head of the Inner Court Department is fat, even if an ordinary official in the Inner Court Department can buy a high-rise mansion in Beijing with every inch of land and every inch of land for a year, let alone Prince Yi has been in charge of the Inner Court Division for so many years.

For example, Princess Yi is wearing a brocade of Shu brocade, and the hairpin crown on her head is also built-in, and the diamond diamond embedded in the hairpin crown is the size of a pigeon's egg.

It's like he has to be careful about chewing the palace on weekdays, like this year, even the summer clothes in the palace have been reduced.

Princess Yi enjoyed the feeling of the stars and the moon, her waist was straight, and her chin was slightly raised.

She gracefully stroked her sleeve and pretended to be modest: "Oh, this is nothing, it's just a comb, it's nothing." ”

"I also recently got a new comb, which was given by my lord, and the comb was applauded."

Princess Yi spoke with a bit of show-off and a little smugness.

Princess Xing was even more envious, "Prince Yi has always valued the imperial sister-in-law. ”

Another princess in her forties looked at Prince Yi curiously and asked, "Brother and sister, what kind of baby comb did Prince Yi give you?" Your words are also an eye-opener for us. ”

Princess Yi smiled slightly and said, "It is a gold-painted ivory comb, which is carved with double phoenix pearls, lifelike, and a few tourmalines are inlaid. ”

"This is also good-looking, the key is that this ivory comb dredges qi and blood and nourishes the hair. You see, is there less gray hair on my sideburns? Princess Yi pointed to one side of her sideburns and said.

"It's really less!"

"So this ivory comb still has this miraculous effect!"

The expressions of the other princesses became more and more envious.

At this time, they had already arrived at the gate of the palace, and the red wheels in the princess's mansion were also waiting outside the palace gate, and the subordinates saluted their masters one after another.

Prince Yi couldn't wait to say goodbye to the other princesses: "Several royal sisters-in-law and younger siblings, there are still some things in my family, so I will leave today, and I will catch up with you another day." ”

The other princesses invited her to take care of herself.

Soon, Prince Yi got into the Zhulun car with the help of the maid, and she was about to be unable to hold back, thinking about going back to the house to talk to her daughter.

Hey, their little queen really has no vision! It's ridiculous to treat fish eyes as pearls!

This feeling that only she knows makes Princess Yi very uncomfortable, and she just wants to find someone to vent quickly.

The vermilion wheel of Prince Yi's mansion gradually drove away under the shouting of the groom.

Princess Xing, Princess Qing and others outside the palace gate were not in a hurry to leave, looking at the Zhulun car that was going away.

As soon as Prince Yi left, the expressions of the other princesses became strange, some frowned tightly, some disdainful, some disapproving, and some sneered.

"The queen's reward, she actually said that it was not as good as her own family, what a big face this is!" Princess Qing said lightly. Prince and Princess Yi have really become more and more floating in the past few years, isn't it just that she has earned a few stinky money by relying on the Inner Court Division?!

The princess, who was in her forties, withdrew her gaze, her eyes flashed, and she sighed, "She is also telling the truth. ”

Princess Qing and the others felt that she meant something, but they didn't know why, and looked at each other in confusion.

Princess Xing has always been well-informed and understood the meaning of this sentence, she smiled mysteriously, and said to Princess Qing and the others: "This ...... You don't know, do you? ”

She looked around, and then lowered her voice and said, "I heard that now the tributes of our Dasheng Dynasty are all selected by the Inner Court Division first, and the second-class ones are sent to the palace!" ”

Just imagine, the best things are in Prince Yi's mansion, and Prince Yi and Princess Yi are naturally not rare objects rewarded by the queen.

The expressions of the other princesses were even more complicated, some of them had heard some rumors before, and some of them were completely unaware, and one of the princesses blurted out: "This inner court division must be too bold!" ”

"That's it!" Princess Xing clutched her handkerchief and pursed her lips, "I heard that the ginseng that was paid tribute in the northeast last month was blatantly sent to Prince Yi's mansion first. ”

This is really too flamboyant! Princess Qing and several other princesses were dumbfounded when they heard this.

The princess in her forties said: "In the past, when 'that one' was still in the capital, this inner court didn't dare to be so bold......"

She didn't mention her name vaguely, but everyone else knew that the person she said was Cen Yin.

When Cen Yin was in the capital, if there were any good things to pay tribute to from all over the country, they would be sent to Cen Yin's mansion first, and then sent to the palace after Cen Yin picked them first. Now that Cen Yin is not in Beijing, the Inner Court Division has no scruples, and his courage is getting bigger and bigger, so he directly takes the good things first.

Thinking of Cen Yin, who was not in the capital at the moment, several princesses were solemn, and subconsciously looked around, convinced that there were no chamberlains around, so they breathed a sigh of relief.

Discussing right and wrong in front of the palace gate, Princess Qing cleared her throat and said, "It's not early, let's go back early." ”

Princess Xing and others also echoed each other, and after saying goodbye to each other, they each got on their own vermilion wheels.

One by one, these vermilion wheeled chariots drove away from the palace gate and scattered in all directions of the capital.

Princess Xing's Zhulun was the last to leave, and before leaving, she also glanced in the direction where Princess Yi left.

The corruption of the Inner Court Division has been a long time, and now it is actually a trivial matter to pay some tribute, compared to the oil and water earned by the Inner Court Division over the years, it is a small matter, and even the eggs eaten by the emperor cost ten taels of silver!

There are many people in the court who know about these things, and envy and jealousy are one thing, but most of them don't care too much, after all, the Inner Court Division is not so easy to rectify.

Their little queen is afraid that she doesn't have the courage to do so, or rather, there is no need to find trouble!

Princess Xing thought casually and quickly put the matter behind her.

However, not long after she arrived home, she had just drunk a cup of hot tea when a round-faced little maid hurriedly came: "Princess, I heard that Prince Yi's mansion has just been surrounded by Jin Wuwei!" ”

What the?! The teacup in Princess Xing's hand almost didn't slip, and it took a while before she came back to her senses. She put down the teacup and asked, "Do you know why?" ”

"The slave doesn't know." The round-faced little girl shook her head.

Her news came so quickly because Prince Yi's Mansion and Xingwang's Mansion were very close, just in Liuli Hutong on the street.

When Jin Wuwei came to this side with a strong voice, the subordinates of King Xing's Mansion almost thought that Jin Wuwei was coming for them, but Jin Wuwei galloped past and went to Prince Yi's mansion.

Princess Xing only felt as if there was a feather scratching in her heart, and hurriedly said, "Go and investigate." ”

"Yes, Princess."

The round-faced little maid took the order and ran out of the house in a hurry.

Princess Xing was no longer in the mood to drink tea, and sat restlessly in the room, looking up at the window from time to time.

After a stick of incense, the round-faced little girl came back, panting and sweating profusely.

"How?" Princess Xing asked eagerly.

The round-faced little maid took a breath and said, "Princess, I heard that it is...... The queen mother lost a comb, which was 'taken' by Concubine Yi. The little maid said "take", but in fact, the implication is that Princess Yi stole the queen's comb.

What the?!

There was silence in the room.

Princess Xing's eyes widened, she couldn't believe her ears.

What is the queen trying to do?!

This kind of method of planting blame is too inferior.

Princess Xing and the personal grandmother beside her looked at each other, and this grandmother accompanied her into the palace, at that time in Fengluan Palace, they all saw Queen Duanmufei reward a comb to Prince Yi.

Not only did she see it, but the other four princesses including Princess Qing also saw it with their own eyes.

It's the end of the month, and you can clear the monthly pass~ It's double time.

(End of chapter)