The Lishan Palace is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and because it is the place where the royal family settles in summer, it is built in the shape of a Jiangnan garden. What seventy-two scenes, heaven and earth a spring, four seasons pavilion and the like, can not compare with the magnificent momentum in the capital palace, but it is famous for its exquisite and chic. Lin Yuan listened to the aunt who was waiting in the palace as a tour guide to make an introduction, and she had some liking for the scenery of this palace, but it was a pity that it was too late today, and she was very tired after a day, so she had to tell her to rest first.

My aunt smiled and said, "The house has already been cleaned up." Little Lord Lin, your residence is Qingling Residence, which is a refreshing place lined with green willows, and it is close to the Holy Residence......

Lin Yuan said: "Auntie's kind words are just good. I know that the emperor lives in Kyushu Qingyan, the queen lives in Jiyue Yaotai, and the two halls are adjacent, which is a rule. The settlement of the rest of the dormitory will depend on the position of the concubines, I am just a little master, where can I live in front of the emperor. ”

"Little lord, you are humble." The aunt still sneered: "You are loved by the emperor, even if the palace is assigned to the queen's mother and according to the palace rules, you will be given a little thin noodles." You will know that Qingling Ju is not a magnificent hall, but it is quiet and pleasant, and Kyushu Qingyan is only a stone's throw away. He said earnestly and led the way.

Lin Yuan smiled and stopped talking, and followed her aunt in a muffled voice. Behind him, Chu Xue, Chu Tao and Xiao Chengzi were carrying large bags of belongings.

Their relatives and nobles rushed over from the capital, and each of them only brought a few close palace people, and the rough servants were all prepared in the palace. In a place like the Imperial Palace, the royal family only comes to stay for two months a year, and many times even does not come. But in any case, there must be a group of idlers here, waiting for the Holy Driver to come over and serve.

These people are nominally palace people, but their actual status is far inferior to that of the palace people in the capital, and they have no chance to show their faces in front of their masters all year round, what future do they have? I didn't even get the oil and water rewards, what an idler. Just like Aunt Han who led Lin Yuan at this time, she has been in the palace for ten years, and she has never had the opportunity to be transferred to the capital if she has no money to flatter the steward.

The Lin Xiaoyuan in front of her was the only way out for Aunt Han. The favorite concubine beside the emperor, she can enter the capital by pulling her hand.

Qinglingju is really a good place. Next to the jasper pond, there are weeping willow forests on the shore, and the summer wind blows slowly from the lake, so it is very cool to live in. Entering the house is a bright spring hall, which is separated by a flower and bird painting screen rockery, bypassing the corridor of the painting screen before the main hall. A main hall leads five side rooms, the room is not big, but the front and back of the house are planted with magnolia, narcissus and other flower beds, the Danko-colored walls exude a clear mint fragrance, and the texture of gorgeous peony, auspicious clouds, and green finches is also depicted on it, and the whole hall is exquisite.

Lin Yuan yawned and sat on a tusk-carved chaise longue in the inner room, glanced at all kinds of porcelain, treasures and other furnishings in the room, and was very satisfied: "This Qingling residence has always been cleaned up by Aunt Han, right?" Well done, these furnishings are what I like. ”

Aunt Han listened to her praise and looked flattered.

Lin Yuan rewarded her with ten taels of silver, and ordered: "Okay, you all retreat." Chu Tao went to prepare some hot water for bathing, and the rest of the people didn't have to wait. ”

Aunt Han said: "I don't know what kind of dinner the little master will pass on?" ”

"Let's go to the Shangshi Bureau and get some porridge and side dishes. I'm a little tired, don't be too greasy. ”

So the people in the room retreated, Lin Yuan scattered her hair, and let Chu Tao wait to take a bath.

Lin Yuan slept very deeply this night, and when she got up on the second day, the sun was very big. Chu Xue waited for her to get up and change her clothes, and said with a smile: "The little master slept so late. ”

Lin Yuan said: "It's hard to get out of the palace, and I sleep well when I'm comfortable." He smiled as he spoke: "Lishan is a good place." ”

The rules in the palace are not as strict as in the capital, except that the emperor has to go to court every day, and the concubines in the harem do not need to greet the queen every day. The queen is also lenient, and she set the rules early on that those who go to the palace will only go on a single day and have a two-day holiday.

So most of the concubines today are sleeping lazy.

While the master and servant were talking, the messenger from outside came in and said to Lin Yuan, "The June order has been delivered." This little eunuch is also a person in the palace, and after saying a word, it is not enough, and he has to flatter him with a shy face: "The people of the Sixth Bureau are all attentive to the little master, and it is not too troublesome to send it to the door in person." ”

Lin Yuan smiled lightly: "You are also a courteous person." ”

"It is the blessing of a slave to serve the little master."

Lin Yuan waved him down, and then bowed to Chu Xue. Chu Xuefu went out to count the goods.

As the little internal supervisor said, the share provided to Lin Yuan by the people below has always been of high quality and sufficient amount. Chu Xue flipped through it casually, and saw that the palace clothes that were suitable for the occasion were all Ruan Yanluo's materials, so he nodded with satisfaction.

However, when she turned to the palace account book, Chu Xue's face was not good-looking.

"Little Lord, the amount of ice they gave is not enough!" Chu Xue frowned tightly and reported to Lin Yuan.

It's summer, and the value of ice cubes is more precious than any kind of ruan smoke, gold, silver and jade. Lin Yuan was a little surprised when he heard this: "Could it be that the steward who divided the things miscalculated?" Let Xiao Chengzi go to the Shanggong Bureau to ask. ”

Xiao Chengzi soon came back from an errand, but the news brought was even more unpleasant. It turned out that the Shang Palace Bureau was already crowded with people from all palaces, and they were all pulling the Shang Palace aunt to question, and the palace maid in charge of Concubine Mao was very powerful, and she almost started to make a move with the palace people of the Shang Palace Bureau.

Lin Yuan thought it was funny, and comforted Chu Xue and the others: "Forget it, let's not learn to make trouble with concubines." How much ice are there for us? ”

Chu Xue calculated in her heart and replied: "The ice cubes are not given to us at one time, they are all stored in the cellar of the Shanggong Bureau, and they are sent to each palace by the rough envoys every day, but how much to send each day is ordered by the ladies of each palace...... The booklet handed over to me by their steward today says 100 catties for a summer, but in fact, according to the cost of the capital, 100 catties is not enough for half a month...... It's cooler in the palace, and if you save a little money, you can use it for a month. Look, little master, how much do we let them send every day? ”

Lin Yuan said: "Just follow the use of the capital, and be comfortable for a few days." ”

Hatsuyuki persuaded: "Then the rest of the days will be sinned." ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "It's hot and doesn't die." The people in the palace are the most disciplined, how can they miscalculate the accounts of each palace, and we can't ask for it. It is certainly not enough in total. Besides, this total number is not enough again, we are the royal family, and the people who supply are all imperial merchants, how dare they lack two catties and deceive the saint. The first snow, you just wait and see, there must be a ghost here, maybe it's still an inner ghost. ”

Things in the palace are not as simple as they seem, everyone in the palace is short of ice, and it is not necessary to prepare for heat death when they finally come to the palace. In this matter, I am afraid that someone deliberately stumbles, and it is Lin Yuan who is too lazy to care, anyway, it is not herself.

Chu Xue was stunned when she heard this.

Lin Yuan said again: "Okay, you don't need to save ice cubes." In short, in less than two days, there will be a solution to this matter. ”

The Shang Palace Bureau was noisy, and the queen's Jiyue Yaotai Hall was also uneasy.

The queen didn't expect that she would have such troubles as soon as she arrived at the palace. She sat in the hall with a cold face, and there were two people kneeling in front of her, who were the palace officials and the stewards of the Shang Palace Bureau.

Although Gong Zheng is a minion, he is the official position of Zheng Sanpin, the head of the six bureaus, and even a favorite concubine like Lin Yuan has to give a few thin noodles on weekdays. The pawn is also a housekeeper aunt with a head and a face. At this time, these two people knelt and kowtowed tremblingly, and kept saying: "Queen Mother Mingjian, there has never been such a mistake in the palace, and the use of ice in summer has long been allocated, but the imperial merchant tributes from the Liu family and the Chen family are not enough......"

The queen said sullenly: "Isn't ice such a thing as chiseled up in winter and prepared in the imperial merchant early?" ”

Gong Zheng replied tremblingly: "Niangniang, it is precisely because the imperial merchants have prepared it a long time ago and the number has been counted, that the slaves and maids are quite relieved about this...... But when they came to an end, they couldn't take it out. As he spoke, he walked a few steps to the queen's feet and whispered, "Listen to them, it was a full weight, and it filled more than thirty cellars. But the trip to the palace went wrong......"

The queen sneered when she heard this: "Lost? Whether it is the capital or Lishan, it is the foot of the Son of Heaven and the foundation of the imperial city, will anyone blatantly rob the royal things? Besides, what's there to rob a cart of ice? Hongu had never heard of such a joke. As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows again, and said softly to Gong Zheng as if he had unintentionally said: "If it is said that the minions of the Sixth Bureau are greedy for ink things, it is still somewhat credible." ”

Gong Zheng and Zhangdian immediately softened, kowtowing like garlic: "Slaves and maids will never dare to be corrupt and pervert the law......"

Aunt Gong Zheng Nguyen only sat in this seat last year. Zheng Sanpin's real power official position, the future and life and death of many palace maids and internal supervisors in his hands, as a slave, he is even more beautiful than his master, and he makes a lot of money. She thought that if Gong Zheng could work for ten years, this life would be worth it. But I never expected that after less than a year, I smashed a big thing into my hands.

She didn't dare to look at the queen. The masters of the palace have no ice cubes, and the queen will inevitably eat and fall for such a big thing, not to mention that she is a minion.

But listening to the meaning of the queen's words, she actually wants to attribute all the sins to their palace bureau? Aunt Ruan was unhappy, and the errands for transporting goods to the palace were all carried by imperial merchants, and the people in the palace received the goods. The carriage and horse happened on the way, but when she asked the people below, the palace man who received the goods said that the imperial merchant had not handed over the things, and the imperial merchant said that the things had been handed over, and the ghost knew whose fault it was!

Besides, the imperial merchant Chen family is a relative of the Xiao family, the queen's mother, who can't be beaten; The Liu family is also a backer in the court's central cabinet...... It is not easy to buy and sell the imperial merchants. This matter implicates the Chen family, and the queen naturally protects her shortcomings, but does this basket have to be carried by the Shang Palace Bureau? Her Aunt Ruan had a few heads enough to cut off.