Zhang walked over and sat down on the stone bench opposite her, looking at her stupidly by the dim light of the lantern.

Calmly lowered his head and fiddled for a while, sighed, and shook his head.

"Tomorrow, I'll let the Rites pick up something for you." Zhang said in a dumb voice.

"No, I'm just on a whim, and it's a waste to use it well." Clapped his hands calmly and smiled.

"Is there a name for the song you just played? Good. Zhang Dao.

"Canghai laughed, Huang Zhan Huang Lao's lyrics." Calmly and honestly replied.

Zhang paused, silent. He has never cared about the affairs of the Rite and Music Division, and these lyricists and composers are even more ignorant.

"You seem to be in a bad mood, and the matter of military pay has not yet been settled?" Calmly asked as if unintentionally.

Zhang sighed and made a sad face: "No, I have been going through the old accounts with the manager of the household department for a few years in the past few days, and it is the same every year. ”

"When the first emperor was here, how did they solve it?" Calmly fiddling with the strings, he asked casually: "Shouldn't you just follow the example of your predecessors?" ”

Zhang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You can't imitate it, when the first emperor was there, there was Master Liao and them to help, and the royal family and clan were all submissive, and only the order of the first emperor was yes."

There were two years of famine, and the first emperor also reduced the private tax, and the resulting vacancies were filled by the royal family and clansmen, so they had to make a deficit.

I'm different, since I succeeded to the throne, I have no one to rely on, no one is willing to pay for me, I'm a real loner, everyone is on the sidelines, waiting to see my jokes. ”

"The concubine has a clumsy plan, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not." Calm and soft.

"Tell me quickly, it's all this time, what else should I not talk about." Zhang said urgently.

"The concubine is a woman, she doesn't know about the major affairs of the temple, if she is wrong, it will only be a joke, and Emperor Bo will laugh." Calm down.

"Tell me, I'm in a hurry." Zhang shook her arm.

Calmly and indifferently spoke: "According to the emperor's words, these royal clans are rich in their hands, aren't they?" just refused to take it out, and the concubine thought, since these people are not short of money, what is missing?

It's just a name, in the past two years, the country has been peaceful and peaceful, and there have been no major wars, and every time the royal family grows stronger, what comes out of the concubines is a bunch of births.

Then the problem comes, when Gaozu opened the dynasty, he set the rules, and the title can only be inherited by his own descendants, although these concubines can be included in the ancestral genealogy, but there is no name.

This is a way to make money, and you can coax them to pay for it willingly. ”

Zhang blinked, shook his head slightly, puzzled: "I don't understand, the concubine has no name, and he can't inherit the title, where is the money to be made?" ”

"How about selling the title of a hereditary king of Zhennan for 200,000 taels of silver?" Calmly smiled.

Zhang looked stunned and clenched his fists.

Calmly laughed again: "Of course, this is just a little insight of the concubine, and it is not expected to be on the table, and it can't solve the fundamental problem, the emperor should only listen to a joke." ”

Zhang nodded slowly, and said in a dumb voice: "Although this method can't solve the fundamental problem, it can solve the current urgent need." Calm down, you're really a master. ”

"The emperor is also a master, if this kind of thing is put on the table, he will laugh off his big teeth, so he has to find a confidant to operate secretly, and the emperor only pretends not to know.

It's just that when the time comes, there will be conflicts between clans, causing many contradictions, at that time, the emperor should come forward, set things right, and let Guanglu Temple reformulate the rank and title, and re-issue it according to the meritorious status.

If the emperor is still short of money at that time, he can find another confidant to cut a lot of silver. He smiled calmly.

Zhang waved his hand excitedly and knocked over the lantern on the table, and it was instantly pitch black between the two.

Calmly bent down to pick up the lantern, took the fire sickle and lit it again, and said with a smile: "The emperor is not excited, my idea is also naïve, is it worth using, please think twice." ”

"Calm down, it turns out that you are the hidden master, I have been taught." Zhang said excitedly.

"What kind of master am I, this is the insight of a villain, I can't govern the country and the country, but it's okay to coax two dollars to spend." Calm and lazy said.

Zhang leaned over and grabbed her hand, with thousands of wisps of love on his face: "Calm down, I am satisfied with you in this life." ”

"Your Majesty, it's getting late, go back and rest, the concubines are also tired, Ming'er will arrange the strings and play this song to you again."

Calmly hugged the guzheng and got up, and gave the order to evict the guests.

Zhang sat there, looking up at her, and said softly: "Calm down, I wait, I will wait until the day when you are willing to be with me." ”

Calmly and slowly walked towards the side hall where he lived, his face became colder and colder, he couldn't wait for that day, because there would be no such day at all.

And Zhang behind her, looking at this thin back slowly dissolving into the boundless darkness with a tender face, couldn't help but raise a smile on his face.

Keeping her was the most correct decision he had made over the years.

Although she came from a humble background and was someone else's woman, she had wisdom that ordinary people did not have, medical skills that ordinary people did not have, and even means and strategies that ordinary people did not have.

This is the best gift God has given him!

Calmly walked back to the side hall, Nan You was sewing clothes under the lamp, saw her come in alone, dropped her clothes, ran to the door to look, saw the emperor carrying a lantern out of the temple gate, turned around and closed the door, and rolled his eyes towards Calm:

"What a good opportunity, you won't eat it when you send it to the door, are you really crazy and want to enter the Buddha's door?"

Calmly ignored her, picked up the clothes on the bed and looked through them, and pouted: "The sewing is good, Ming'er found someone to take out the palace and sell it, change some Zhen Zhen and come back for you to eat, save every day as if you have eaten artillery medicine, and you know how to ignite and set off fire." ”

"Huh? I worked hard to pick it up, and I worked hard to fold it out, and I wore one, and I only wore it for a while, what are you trying to do? Nanyu asked puzzled.

"After the play, of course the props should be put away, I don't like to wear clothes that other people have worn, diaphragm." Calmly sat down in front of the dresser and unloaded the hairpin ring, and said coldly.

Nanyu was stunned and put away his clothes. Come and help her remove her makeup.

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A few days later, the emperor, who had always been worried, showed a rare smile and accompanied the Empress Dowager Guan to visit the imperial garden and watch the chrysanthemums blooming in late autumn.

Empress Dowager Guan took the medicine decocted out of the calm prescription, and the karma has been cured, and the old root of the cough for more than ten years has been completely removed, and she no longer has to lie down on her stomach or raise the pillow to lie down when she sleeps at night.

It's just that Jiang Feng said that if you want to eradicate the roots, this medicine can't be stopped, and you have to drink it all the time, at least for a year and a half.

This doesn't matter to the Empress Dowager Guan, she has been drinking all the time, and she will be able to drink for a lifetime, as long as she is so refreshed every day, her chest is not stuffy, her eyes are not dazzled, her ears are not ringing, and she is energetic when she walks.

More than a dozen concubines followed behind their mother and son, all with smiles on their faces.

Since the day the concubine was sealed, this Allah has never shown a smile, nor has he spent the night in any part of the harem.

He didn't even go to the nave.

I heard that except for the night of the wedding, the emperor stayed in the middle hall, and at other times, the queen mother who looked dazzling and had a prominent family background was like these little shrimps who had just entered the palace, and she never received the slightest grace from the emperor.

Therefore, these newcomers are very, very proud, very, very proud, very, very close, united, even the queen mother has not touched the grace of rain and dew, let alone them?

People are like this, everyone is snubbed together, no one will be jealous, they will get along very well and very friendly, once one of them is favored, they will immediately become the target of the public, and the people who are snubbed do not need to draw their swords, and the spitting stars can drown her, and their eyes will become murderous weapons.

A group of people who originally got along well will fall apart because of this favored person, and become enemies who play black hands against each other.

Since ancient times, it has been women who are the most ruthless to women, and the weak have always oppressed the weak.

The queen took the queen mother's arm and walked in the front.

is calm but lagging behind, the clothes are still simple, and there is still only a bamboo hairpin on his head.

Zhang, who was walking beside the Empress Dowager Guan, looked back at her from time to time, and every time he looked at her, he was exchanged for the eager eyes of a group of concubines behind, but he was not calm.

Calm either hung her head and bit her nails, or turned her head to stare at the scenery in the distance, her eyes never fell on Zhang's body, even if it was only for a moment.

Zhang's heart was lost for a while.

His happiness has a lot to do with her.

When he returned from Miaoyin Temple that day, he had a secret conversation with the cabinet chief assistant for two days, and he didn't think about it, and finally adopted a calm method and sold his official beard to make up for this year's military salary.

Lao Shoufu took on this matter, and said frankly that if he doesn't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, let him do it, sell his reputation in this life, and it is worth it to seek peace and tranquility in the border of the country.

Zhang was moved inexplicably, holding the hand of the old Shoufu, and thanking his ancestors for his selfless dedication.

Lao Shoufu is not a veteran of officialdom, and in just a few days, he successfully operated this matter, sold three titles, added one million taels of silver to the treasury, and the first batch of military salaries was solved, although the gap is still very large, but at this rate, within a month, the military salaries that urgently need to be solved should be solved.

The thorn that had been stuck in Zhang's heart for the past ten days was finally pulled out, and he was able to take a few breaths temporarily, so that he had the heart to accompany his mother out for a walk.

"Queen Mother, why does Erchen feel calm and this dress on his body is so familiar?"

When everyone was sitting and resting in Wen Fengxuan, Guan Rong lay on the shoulders of the Empress Dowager Guan and said half-coquettishly and half-seriously.

"Do you like it? If you like it, ask Si Yiji to make one for you. Empress Dowager Guan said with a smile.

"Erchen doesn't like it, Erchen just thinks he's seen it somewhere." Guan Rong replied with a smile.

"Silly girl, I've been wearing this every day for the past few days, but I don't look familiar." Empress Dowager Guan touched her hair and smiled.

Guan Rong is obedient and filial these days, and he changes his way to make delicious food for her, soup and snacks, cooking in person, and being busy before and after, which really moved the Empress Dowager Guan.

I didn't understand before, but I was just because I was young and pampered since I was a child.

Empress Dowager Guan made a good conclusion about Guan Rong's dominance.

"Queen Mother, you said, if a woman who shouldn't be a queen wears the queen's clothes, does it mean that this woman is very ambitious and wants to overthrow this queen and become a queen herself?"

Guan Rong hugged the neck of the Empress Dowager Guan and opened her mouth delicately.