Chapter 21: Tribute (2)

Women, if life and death are put aside, .cOM several concubines who came to visit all gathered in a circle to read the booklet, and the more everyone looked at it, the more happy they became, and their faces were full of smiles. These tributes are not only precious and rare, but also large in weight. The king of Mongolia was particularly generous, he swallowed half of the Xia country in one trip to Qin, can he be stingy with this little capital?

Even if you are humble and unfavored, you can get a little bit of goodness......

"We're all in a hurry, why don't you give an order to distribute it now!" A Jieyu was anxious, took the account book and held it to Concubine Jing with both hands.

Concubine Jing took it with a smile. It's also good to strike while the iron is hot to win people's hearts.

She nonchalantly opened the account bookβ€”something that had once been familiar to her. Although she is not as handy as the queen in hosting, she is also consciously competent.

However, for a moment, her face froze.

The thick ledger in his hand, the four big words on the first page - accounting entries.

Turn again, every page is so weird, a horizontal bar and a vertical bar are erected, and the vertical bars are full of numbers on both sides. Borrow? Borrow? Asset? Liability?

And the occasional "off-balance sheet business income"?

What the hell is this Nyima!!

Concubine Jing, who was of noble birth and had a good family education, burst into foul language in her heart for the first time.

Several of the concubines were still gathered around her. Fortunately, these people's eyes were fixed on the gift booklet, and they didn't see the ghost drawing talisman on the account book, nor did they notice that Concubine Jing looked stupid.

Concubine Jing forced herself to close the account book calmly. She must not let others find out that she can't read it.

"Hongu is a little tired." She said lightly: "Sisters, rest assured, at the latest three days, the rewards of the various palaces will definitely come to you." ”

Concubine Jing shouted that she was tired, and several people thought that her body had not recovered after giving birth, so they didn't dare to pester her anymore.

The concubines all retired one after another.

When Gao Meiren's shadow disappeared from behind the curtain, Concubine Jing Huo Di got up from the rattan chair and threw the account book on the case: "Come on, pass Hui Zhaoyuan to the palace!" ”

***

Concubine Jing, who was furious, felt that she had been tricked by Lin Yuan.

At first, I wondered why the Lin family changed his face and obediently handed over the Feng Ling? It turned out that he was waiting for himself here.

The unusually large families in the palace not only have the emperor, the queen mother, and the queen, but also countless concubines, concubines, and concubines, princes, emperors, concubines, female officials, eunuchs, and tens of thousands of palace people. With such a big family, the ledger is not a simple thing.

And the matter of managing money and accounts, every year must be in contact with the previous year, and there is no reason to throw away the previous loss or surplus silver, and start from scratch this year.

If Concubine Jing wants to take over the palace affairs, she must understand what Lin Yuan left behind.

Otherwise, at the moment, even the work of distributing tributes cannot be carried out - the price of things must also be considered, looking at the account book to do things, the high price will be sent to the Queen Mother, and the less expensive ones will be distributed to the concubines. In the end, we have to make a co-ordination to see how much the total price of the things that are divided this time is and record it in the book.

Concubine Jing went crazy in the Hehuan Palace. Sure enough, half an hour later, her palace maid came to report that Hui Zhaoyuan was now serving the emperor and couldn't pull away.

Concubine Jing pulled her hair in a broken down, picked up the ledger and looked at it in a vain attempt to be self-reliant, but she collapsed even more.

Three days later, she was unable to come up with arrangements for a tribute.

At that time, Lin Yuan was still pestering the emperor day and night in Jianzhang Palace, the beautiful man was on the side, the spring night tent was warm, and the days were not too chic. When I got up in the morning of this day, I was in a daze to serve Tuoba Hongshang in the early court, and suddenly saw a few concubines outside the gate of Jianzhang Palace asking to see her, and she waved to the people of Tongyu Palace irritably: "Let them go back where they came from!" It's getting more and more disagreeable, and you dare to go here and rob the emperor with the palace? ”

The palace man only said: "No...... Liu Jieyu, they are here to ask to see Niangniang......"

"Hmm, Concubine Jing is in charge of the palace, what are they begging me to do?" Lin Yuan was drinking porridge with her hair scattered, and said impatiently.

"Niangniang, Concubine Jing originally promised the ladies of the palace to distribute tributes from other countries, but three days later, Concubine Jing unfortunately fell ill again...... Liu Jieyu and others were greedy for treasures, so they came to beg Niangniang to be the master and wanted to get the reward as soon as possible. ”

Lin Yuan's hand holding the bowl was stunned.

Hey, what's wrong with Concubine Jing, can't you do such a trivial thing?

She frowned and thought for a moment before she remembered - oh, she couldn't read the ledger!

Lin Yuan really didn't mean to cheat her on this, but she forgot it when she handed over at that time.

At this time, I thought that it was just a ledger, and it could kill Concubine Jing. Well, that's a good idea, just let her get stuck like that.

Lin Yuan stretched out his hand and stroked his hair, and said casually: "You go to pass the word, the palace has just gotten up, and when you are freshened up, you will preside over this matter, so that the concubines can wait with peace of mind." ”

After that, he continued to eat breakfast slowly and methodically, and washed up. The palace people went in and out with a golden basin sprinkled with osmanthus petals, and the noble and square Hui Zhaoyuan Niangniang needed to clean her hands and face three times before she could start wiping the fat powder, and the bun had to be finely curled with a peach wood comb and grate oil for an hour before it could become a bun, and the habit of changing her shirt before breakfast and changing her clothes again after dressing up was also learned by her from Queen Xiao.

Finally finished, she helped her to leave Jianzhang Palace. It was not to go to Huayang Palace to help Concubine Jing distribute tribute, but to go straight to Yanqing Palace.

Emperor Shujia of Yanqing Palace has an uncomfortable spleen and stomach. Zhao Zhaoyi became more and more unaware of palace affairs, her own daughter Changning was fighting with Xiao Gongzi in the fifth institute in Qiannan all day long, and her adopted daughter Shujia was in the most difficult moment to take care of in infancy. The two daughters are not worried, she is very busy.

When Lin Yuan passed, Shujia was making a fuss about refusing to drink milk, and Zhao Zhaoyi and Bo Xiaoyi were hurriedly coaxing. Lin Yuan, as the concubine of the assistant manager, dutifully went up to help coax, but it turned out that Shujia, who was surrounded by a group of people, was even more disobedient.

"Niangniang, the concubines in Wanchun Palace and Lintoe Palace have all gone to Yuzhao Palace to ask to see you, I heard that you are here, and there are already several helpers coming to Yanqing Palace......" Xiao Chengzi pushed the door in from outside, and took a look to report to Lin Yuan.

"Hey, Xiao Chengzi, don't you see that this palace still has business at hand!" Lin Yuan looked at him with an inexplicable expression: "You say, is it important to distribute tribute, or is it important to pay tribute?" ”

Xiao Chengzi had an epiphany and ran out to send the concubines.

Soon, Liu Jieyu, An Xiaoyi and others didn't dare to bother Lin Yuan anymore. No one dared to risk the crime of snubbing the emperor to make a noise in Yanqing Palace, their hearts were all broken, and they clearly said that they would divide things, but now they haven't seen it at all, and it is unlikely that they will see it in the next few days.

On the second day, as Lin Yuan expected, the palace became more and more chaotic.

Concubine Jing made up her mind that she couldn't get sick, Lin Yuan and Zhao Zhaoyi circled around Emperor Shujia, and they didn't want to pay attention to the group of women at all.

The anxious crowd eventually began to complain.

Concubine Jing couldn't sit still. She is the concubine with the highest score, and this time after recovering the palace power, she is naturally in charge, and Lin Yuan and Zhao Zhaoyi have already made it clear that they are just assistants to help her. The concubines in the palace were reluctant to pay tribute, and it was she who was infamous in the end, not Lin Yuan.

And rumors gradually spread in the palace - saying that she was pretending to be sick.

On the tenth day of the first month of March, Concubine Jing had no choice but to come out to meet people under pressure. She let it go, and it was a big deal to divide a part of the tribute at will first to appease people's hearts. Wait until you understand the ledger later, and then make plans.

When the concubines of the six palaces got the news, they all came to Huayang Palace to meet her in surprise. Concubine Jing forced herself to sit upright, and ordered the inner supervisors to carry several large boxes out of the warehouse.

There was a smile on everyone's faces. The women whispered, gathered around and wanted to take a fresh look, and discussed on the wall: "Do you say that the mutton fat jade of our Qin Kingdom is precious, or is the flame agate of this Loulan noble?" ”

"I heard that the bone marrow of the Mongolian white tiger is the best grade of beauty, if it is made into fat powder to rub, that Yu Ronghua is afraid that it will not be the first white beauty in the palace......"

In the middle of the bustle in the Hehuan Palace, a small inner supervisor trotted in, and the eunuch's service was still stained with muddy water on his trouser legs, and he stepped on a long series of mud marks in the Hehuan Hall covered with valuable orangutan felt.

The aunt beside Concubine Jing was immediately furious, and she stepped forward to scold, but the little inner eunuch knelt down very boldly and shouted:

"Niangniang, something is wrong! The master of the queen of Changxin Palace was born prematurely! ”

***

When Concubine Jing led the people of Huayang Palace to Changxin Palace, a large number of people had already stood in the front hall of the palace.

Lin Yuan and Zhao Zhaoyi came a little earlier than her, and supported the palace maid to ask for the imperial doctor, boil medicine, prepare the delivery room, and so on. Queen Xiao happened suddenly, fortunately, everything in the Changxin Palace had been prepared in advance, the four grandmothers and the four medical women calmly moved the queen to the delivery room, and the palace people quickly boiled hot water with their hands and feet, and fried the Yimu soup for the queen in a quarter of an hour before the arrival of the imperial doctor.

I heard that the queen had just turned red, and now she is still awake and can eat.

Whether it is evil or good is not yet known.

Concubine Jing looked at the concubines with different expressions in front of her, frowned slightly, and waved her hand: "If so many people are crowded together, it won't help, but it will make a noise with the queen." You might as well go back to the palace and wait. ”

"The queen is like this, if the concubines and others don't wait in front of the palace, how can they rest assured?" Concubine Jing gave an order, but someone refuted it on the spot, but it was Hua Liang who spoke. She was slightly humble, raised her eyes and raised her eyebrows to look at Concubine Jing's appearance but was very unruly: "I came to visit the queen's mother, and I hope that the mother can save the day. ”

Concubine Jing was speechless when she said something. She really doesn't know how there is such a strange thing as Hua Wanying in the harem, a little beloved, and she dares to confront herself in public!

And this is not the first time...... The last time she was playing right and wrong in front of the emperor, causing Fang Cairen to be punished in the cold palace!

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