There are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are kings.

Although the cold winter in the Old Summer Palace is getting cold, Yao Jiaxin's life is getting more and more moist. The Queen Mother is right, His Majesty the Fourth Master has a small harem, but it is not difficult to manage. As soon as the queen left, no one in the garden dared to be angry with her, a virtuous concubine, and Yao Jiaxin managed it, so she naturally became more and more handy.

In mid-November, good news came from Princess Huaike's mansion that the princess gave birth safely and gave birth to a healthy baby girl. His Majesty the Fourth Master has his first granddaughter.

Although it is only a granddaughter, His Majesty the Fourth Master is still very happy, and on the day of the third day, he directly issued an order to seal Huaike as Princess Gulun, and this little baby girl who had just completed the three dynasties was also named Gushan Gege. - Although the grade of Gushan Gege is not very high among the nobles of the clan, it is only the grade of the county monarch, but this has always been a royal noblewoman to enjoy the title, and now it is given to the newborn Xiao Gege of the Fucha family, which is really a great grace of the emperor.

In fact, if Huai Ke gave birth to a boy, His Majesty the Fourth Master would not have such an additional reward.

Now that Concubine Qi has been deposed and imprisoned, although the Fucha family does not dare to treat the pregnant Princess Huaike, His Majesty the Fourth Master is still worried that his daughter will be wronged, so in addition to crowning his daughter as Princess Gulun, even this little granddaughter has been grateful.

Huai Ke is the eldest daughter of the emperor and the first Gulun princess of this dynasty. Even the queen mother has lowered a generous reward, not to mention the harem concubines.

Yao Jiaxin also prepared a rich congratulatory gift and ordered someone to send it to Princess Gulun's mansion, including a stroller carefully built by the manufacturing office, which can be regarded as a gesture of affection.

Without the queen being an eyesore and a granddaughter, His Majesty the Fourth Master has always been in a very happy mood.

Yao Jiaxin took advantage of the good mood of His Majesty the Fourth Master and put forward a suggestion: "The garden is much colder than the palace, and most palaces are built near the water." Some concubines with low status are afraid that the charcoal case will not be enough. Can the emperor ask the construction department to donate more charcoal? ”

This little request, Yinzhen is not allowed. Tian'er has always been afraid of the cold, and now although she enjoys the degree of concubine, the case of charcoal used in winter is only 300 catties of red basket charcoal per month.

He waved his hand, "Then add fifty percent of the red and black charcoal!" ”

"Thank you for the emperor's grace!" In fact, Yao Jiaxin herself is not short of charcoal, the concubine is in winter, the red basket charcoal is indeed only 300 catties per month, but there are 1,200 catties of black charcoal, although the black charcoal is not as resistant to burning as the red basket charcoal, but the black charcoal sent to Yao Jiaxin here is also fast and dry high-grade black charcoal, mixed with the red basket charcoal, and the burning is also extremely vigorous.

Yao Jiaxin's main purpose is to give grace to the six palaces.

Yin Zhen grabbed Tian'er's little hand, fortunately it was hot, "The Yamen, the chief manager of Wula, has sent this winter's tribute to Beijing, with good mink, ginseng, and Dongzhu, I have rewarded some of the previous dynasty, and the rest will be handed over to you for distribution." ”

Wula Governor Yamen is located in the small Xing'an Mountains Longxing place, specially for the court to hunt local specialties as tribute, in order to pay tribute, even demarcated a large area of "Gong River" and "Gong Mountain", the entire Changbai Mountain, the entire Heilongjiang River Basin, are the territory of the Yamen of the Governor of Wula. Guarding such a large area of natural waters and mountain forests, the abundance of its products can be imagined. The Yamen, the governor of Ulla, pays tribute to honey, royal jelly, sturgeon and trout every spring, which is called spring tribute. In winter, the eastern pearls, ginseng and tanned mink skins that were harvested in a year are paid tribute to Beijing, which is called the annual tribute.

Now what is being sent is the New Year's tribute.

The distribution of the annual tribute of the Yamen, the governor of Ulla, is indeed a great right.

In previous years, this right belonged to the queen, but now it naturally belongs to her, the virtuous concubine who is in charge of the affairs of the six palaces.

Yao Jiaxin smiled and accepted this beauty.

Soon Zhang Bao, the chief eunuch of the Old Summer Palace, handed over the list of tributes, "First of all, this Dongzhu, Dadongzhu and first-class Dongzhu are filial to the Queen Mother, and Sancheng is sent back to the palace to the queen." Princess Huai Ke had just been crowned Princess Gulun, so she picked some second-class Dongzhu for her, and the remaining third, fourth, and fifth-class ones were given to the concubines of the Old Summer Palace according to the custom. As for this ginseng and mink......"

Ginseng Yao Jiaxin unceremoniously left a few more for herself, where the queen mother naturally has to be filial, the queen is naturally sick and can't give less, and the same is true for mink. Fortunately, the amount of tribute is very considerable, and His Majesty the Fourth Master has few concubines, so regardless of the position, Yao Jiaxin has given some profits. She also rewarded Concubine Ning with more ginseng and mink on the grounds that Concubine Ning was weak, and Concubine Yu had five elder brothers, so she also gave more. There is also Princess Huaike after giving birth, who naturally also needs ginseng to condition her body and keep warm.

And Yao Jiaxin's own stay is actually not much, and it is almost the same as Ning Concubine Yu's weight. It's just that she is a concubine, and the amount of satin and leather used in winter is also considerable, so it is quite sufficient.

The things sent to the Tranquility Hall are the most impressive in terms of quantity and quality, after all, there is such an existence as the Queen Mother, if you don't hurry up and brush up your filial piety value, wouldn't you waste this right in vain?

After all this is properly distributed, it is already in the wax moon.

In the Tranquility Palace, the Empress Dowager Wu Yashi looked at the needlework man's newly made sable fur, revealing a satisfied look, "The mink sent this year is in excellent condition." "—also more than in previous years.

Mama Rui smiled and said, "It can be seen that Concubine Xian Niangniang knows that you are filial to the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother smiled slightly, stroked the sable's rich and soft hair, and said slowly: "Concubine Xian is indeed a good person." Even the one sent back to the palace can be regarded as thick, and no one can get out of the problem.

Mama Rui said in a low voice: "The slave also heard that the big Dongzhu and the first-class and second-class Dongzhu, the virtuous concubine didn't keep any of them for herself, and most of them are filial to the Queen Mother." "—The rest was given to the queen and Princess Gulun Huaike.

The Queen Mother smiled, as a virtuous concubine, she could only enjoy the third-class Dongzhu, and she did this by doing so, she did enough to make a gesture of "self-denial and revenge".

Nian Gong was also quickly sent to the Forbidden City, two large carts.

After Lan Yu counted, he presented the list to the queen's sickbed, and returned to the palace to raise it for a month.

The queen was already ready to be deducted by Concubine Xian, but she didn't expect to sweep the list, and she didn't have to be young at all, and the queen showed a surprised look.

Lan Yu hurriedly said: "Look, the slave, this should be the emperor's intention." Niangniang, you see, there are enough ten Changbai Mountain old ginseng, as well as six big East Pearls, thirty first-class East Pearls, and fifty mink skins. The emperor is worried that Niangniang is still sick and needs good ginseng to nourish. ”

The queen smiled slightly, "After raising these days, this palace doesn't cough much, but her body is still very weak." ”

Lan Yu said: "The illness is like a thread, not to mention that the mother has been sick for two months before, she must be losing her body and needs to be recuperated." ”

The queen sighed faintly, "It seems that the emperor is not planning to return to Beijing for the New Year." ”

Hui Yun next to her couldn't help but say indignantly: "I must have been confused by Concubine Xian's fox!" ”

Lan Yu hurriedly said: "Niangniang, your body is still weak, but you must not be angry." In fact, it doesn't matter if the emperor doesn't come back, if the emperor returns to Luan, you still have to support the sick body, but I'm afraid that you will be tired and sick again. ”

"Besides, the emperor has a mother in his heart, doesn't he specially allow his mother's family to enter the palace to accompany you!" Lan Yu said with a smile.

The queen's face soothed a little, "It's useless to be in a hurry now, you can only slowly take care of your body!" ”

Lan Yu hurriedly said: "Niang Niang is wise! ”

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