After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the pomegranate grew big and red, and Youzhi specially asked the father-in-law of the Siyuan Bureau to send some more to Qifeng Palace. Jing Hui got up early in the morning and saw the red pomegranate in front of the bronze mirror, and he was really happy in his heart, so he took it in his hand and played with it.

Youlan saw that the concubines who came to invite An were almost there, but the positions of Mrs. Xuan and Mrs. Xian were vacant. After a pause in his heart, he pointed to Mrs. Xuan's position, and the little princess in the main hall understood, and said: "If you go back to the history of the woman, last night was Mrs. Xuan's bed, and according to the system, you can avoid this morning's greeting." ”

As for Mrs. Xian, Su Yusheng, she has been sick since Qi Guo's proton entered the palace. didn't go out of the gate of the Splendid Palace, as if to avoid suspicion, Youlan didn't pay too much attention to it. However, Mrs. Xuan's seat, I am afraid that the queen will see it for a while, and it is another knot.

This Madame Xuan would never fail to come to greet her because she was in bed, but she would always wait for everyone to arrive before she walked in, as if everyone, including the queen, was waiting for her. A few years ago, she always made excuses, but now everyone is used to it. What about the red eyes, it's not like watching people swagger in.

For the daily greetings, only the lord of the first house can enter the main hall, and each table is placed with a bouquet of flowers according to the preferences of the lord of each house. In autumn and winter, the real flowers are gone, and they are decorated with extremely realistic fake flowers. Only the queen's desktop, which changes and embellishments from time to time, is always true.

It seems to be reminding the concubines in the main hall who is the ruler in this palace. Let them learn to cherish it, after all, the years they can be favored are limited, and when youth is no longer there, it can only be an ornament.

Youzhi placed a portion of the red pomegranate on the queen's table, which was a signal that the queen was about to move over. The palace concubines also obediently stood up and waited for the queen's holy drive.

The father-in-law of Qifeng Palace, who was full of dust, sang loudly: "The queen has arrived!" All the rest of the palace people echoed together: "The queen mother has arrived!" ”

"The concubine participates in the queen's mother!"

Whether it is the main seat of each palace in the main hall, or the rest of the concubines standing outside the hall in two columns, they all kneel and sing.

Accompanied by the two female officials in the palace, Shang Gong and Shang Yi, the queen mother slowly moved to the main seat of the main hall and sat down. The female officials and eunuchs in charge of each bureau were waiting outside the Qifeng Palace, ready to implement the things arranged above.

Some people say that the middle palace is no less than the emperor's early dynasty, after all, the affairs of the entire palace must be reported and handled at this time. The queen also has to take the idea and deploy the work.

The first person to speak today was Du Xiting, a female official of Shangyi, who was dealing with all kinds of affairs of Zhu Zhiyi's funeral, and today was the end of the story, and she had to report the detailed situation to the queen.

"Niangniang, Mrs. Wen Shu has been dead for 14 days, and she has been buried in the imperial tomb yesterday. The funeral cost a total of 3,700 taels of silver, and the various expenses have been recorded and are now presented to the mother. ”

Youzhi took the document from Du Shangyi's hand and placed it on the table in front of the queen. The queen roughly flipped through it, and the records were detailed, and there was nothing overdone, so she praised: "Du Shangyi is careful and worthy of his real name." ”

From then on, Zhu Zhiyi will dissipate in the huge court like a gust of wind, and people will forget her as if she had never appeared.

"Niangniang, there are a few things here that you need to decide."

Zhou Shanggong stepped forward and said, "Since last year, the renovation in the palace has not stopped. It is not surprising that the Wei Palace has a history of more than 200 years, and many houses are old. However, the outer court thought that the palace renovation cost too much and needed to be tempered. Therefore, even the Yong'an Palace has been running for more than half a month, and it has been shelved and it is difficult to raise money for repairs. Please also ask the mother to call the shots, does this matter need to be reported to the foreign court? ”

Everyone thought that the root of this matter was that after the Qi State handed over the protons, it greatly reduced the tribute to the Wei State. However, he forgot how the first emperor was careful before the defeat of the Qi State. In the final analysis, it is still a bad habit to blindly rely on others.

"I also heard that the treasury is tight, and it has become an unstoppable trend to open up sources and reduce expenditures. We, the women in the palace, are lucky, and as soon as we enter the palace, we enjoy the benefits of the annual tribute of the Qi Kingdom, so many places are also slacking. Now that the Qi country has reduced its feathers, we should also think of ideas, don't always count on foreign courts, they are also under great pressure. Therefore, according to the meaning of the palace, the repair of Yong'an Palace has already been reported, so there is no need to repeat the report. At the same time, the embroidery room in the original palace should be operated. ”

The Wei state was a martial excesse, and in order to cultivate a strong army, military spending has always been large. However, the atmosphere of domestic commerce and trade is not strong, and the emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of business also restricts economic development. When the first emperor was there, there was an embroidery room in the palace, and he often recruited skilled embroiderers to embroider in the palace. First, it solves the problem of wearing the palace concubine, and second, it can also be sold to increase the income of the harem.

However, as more and more tributes were paid by the Qi State, this embroidery room was also idle.

Today, listening to the queen's meaning, it is to reopen the embroidery room. Zhou Shanggong also managed the work of the embroidery room before, and it was not difficult to redo it. It's just that the most skilled embroiderers in the embroidery room of the Wei Palace are now scattered in the Wei Kingdom. Life and death are still unknown.

If you want to recruit new embroiderers, then the previous unique double-sided embroidery and wrong silk embroidery techniques will be lost. If you sell the same thing as you do in the market, then there is no business to speak of.

Zhou Shanggong said his concerns, and the queen also frowned, after all, since she entered the palace, there has been no embroidery room. If you want to rebuild, you still have to listen to the opinions of these female officials in Zhou Shanggong.

"Zhou Shanggong, you go back today and write a plan first, and then leave a detailed discussion tomorrow about the difficulties. Of course, this is only the idea of this palace, and as for its feasibility, everyone needs to consider it. ”

"Yo, what's in your mind?"

As soon as the queen's words fell, a flamboyant question came from outside the door. Everyone looked at the door together, it was none other than Mrs. Xuan, who was sleeping last night. To be honest, Jing Hui really hopes that she won't appear, as the saying goes, out of sight and out of mind, maybe that's the truth. But her Xuan's wife, He Qingmei, not only came, but also came in such a high-profile manner.

Many concubines are waiting to see how the queen will send her, and she will come to such a show in the past. But they have never been so arrogant as today, knowing that the queen will be wearing red clothes this morning, everyone avoids this color. Only He Qingmei wore a red dress, and the pattern of gold thread embroidery can also be described as rich.

"How, the concubine's clothes are good-looking? Last night, the concubine told the saint that red was old when worn on the concubine, but the emperor just wanted to reward it, and said that it was a new pattern in Nanchu. He raised his sleeves and let everyone appreciate it.

Everyone only felt that the atmosphere was stagnant, and they couldn't see it, and they couldn't laugh or cry if they didn't look at it.

"It's really not suitable," said Mrs. Dun, after getting up and looking at it, "I don't have that temperament, and I'm really old-fashioned in dress." is also wearing red clothes, the queen's mother is called the mother's demeanor in the world's palace, my sister is this...... It's a waste of this good fabric. ”

"If you want to spend such a piece of fabric, you have to pay for it, Sister Dun!"

He smiled lightly and walked straight to his seat, leaving Mrs. Don behind.

"The concubine greets the queen."

He Qingmei stood on the edge of his seat and bowed. The queen raised her hand and said with a smile: "Mrs. Xuan, let's be flat, Yueqing always holds Jinyu by her side on weekdays, this silk material is easy to wrinkle, and the palace will find a good material for you in a while." Wearing red clothes in autumn, the colors are gorgeous, and they are really good-looking, who doesn't want to look good in women? ”

The topic returned to the embroidery room, and Mrs. Xuan made a fuss, but she was poked by the queen in the childless sore spot, and she was a lot of peace.

"Niangniang, the seventh day of the first month of next month is your thousand autumns, how to do it, please show me?" This is the second question that Zhou Shanggong wants to ask for today.

"This year, the treasury is tight, so it is not advisable to overdo it, so let's keep it simple. The palace thought that it would be enough to set up a banquet to invite the wives into the palace. ”

The foreign courts are accusing the harem of spending too much, and as a queen, she should naturally take the lead in frugality. Although, Jing Hui has not yet made any decision to ask the people in the harem to reduce their expenses, but the signs have already appeared. Careful, I'm afraid I'm going to make a fuss about this.

The harem had already been dissolved, and Jing Hui sat on the chair tiredly for a long time without making a sound. Youzhi found a red cloth and took it to Jinghui to show her. Jing Hui pointed to the red pomegranate on the table again, and said: "The pomegranate will send some to each palace, and it will be said that the pomegranate means many sons and many blessings, and it is a piece of the heart of the middle palace." ”

"Niangniang, this Mrs. Xuan is becoming more and more arrogant." Youlan grumbled.

"This palace has two sons, and he is deeply trusted by the emperor, and he is still humiliated by her. Have you ever wondered why? Have you ever thought about what the people in this palace will do to this palace once the palace loses its position? So, there are a lot of things that the palace doesn't have a choice. ”

Jing Wei took Youlan's hand, patted her gently, and ordered her to change her clothes, and the Queen Mother was still waiting for her to say goodbye.