Listening to her words, the concubines couldn't help but show a jealous look on their faces, Juhe Palace was originally one of the most exquisite palaces in the palace, with beautiful scenery, and close to the Qianqing Palace in Qilong, which was a rare feng shui treasure in the harem.

Shi Rouer just entered the palace and got such an honor, how could the concubines not be jealous.

"The concubine said with a smile," Shi Rou'er hurriedly smiled: "Rou'er's qualifications are clumsy, how can she compare to the noble appearance of your sisters, as for the Jade Palace, where do I have such a blessing, it is the emperor who sympathizes with the show girl who has recently entered the palace this time, let Rou'er and the sisters live together, the emperor and the concubines take care of the newlyweds, how can the concubines not understand?" It's not for Rou'er's own face. ”

Ni Guifei smiled faintly and didn't speak.

The queen said on the side: "I don't know how the Qiyan talent in my sister's palace is good lately?" Now that she is pregnant with a dragonborn, and she is taken care of by her younger sister, why didn't she come out to enjoy the flowers and relax today? ”

"Liu Cairen's fetal appearance has been stable recently, and Imperial Doctor Chen also said that there is no big problem, but the mother is young and frail, and she needs to recuperate." Ni Guifei said with a smile: "She has been sleepy and afraid of being tired for the past few days, and today she was afraid of noisy fetus, so she didn't come out." ”

Concubine Wen smiled: "That's not the case, I have an emperor for six months, I can't wait to lie in bed every day and can't get down, but I can't stop nausea and vomiting, and I can't even lie down, I don't know if Liu Cairen's symptoms of joy are terrible now?" I'll have to check it out later. ”

"A few days ago, I kept vomiting and nausea, but these days I am better, but I am sleepy in spring." Ni Guifei said with a smile.

"Sleeping more is also good for the children," the queen smiled: "Let's not bother, but I heard people say in the old days that the severity of the symptoms of this joy is also related to the mood, I heard that Liu Cairen's mother came to visit the palace a few days ago, presumably she was in a cheerful mood, and the symptoms were mild." ”

"I heard that Liu Quan donated a Tuzhou Tong, so it can be regarded as a serious six-grade official position." Zhu Guifei said.

"Listen to what my sister said," Ni Guifei glanced at her lightly, and said with a smile: "When did we have the matter of buying officials and selling lords in Daqi, but the emperor understands that although Liu Quan is a Shu person, in the past few years, he has lived in peace and abiding by the law in Qijing, which is exemplary, and his daughter has meritorious service in the dragon vein, so he specially rewarded the official lord to show his grace." ”

The concubines were stunned, because of the huge military expenditure in the past few years, Daqi gradually acquiesced to the fact that the wealthy families among the commoners could use a certain amount of gold and silver in exchange for official titles, which were just some false titles, without a trace of real power, and did not do any harm to the daily government affairs. The difference between the Great Qi Shishu is clear, and the poor family is extremely despised, so it is such an illusory name, which also makes many rich people from poor families rush to it. In this way, on the one hand, the treasury was filled, and on the other hand, these merchants also got rid of their humble background, and their waists straightened a lot, which can be regarded as a good thing for both sides. However, after all, this will damage the face of the Daqi court and famous nobles, so of course he will not admit that he bought officials and sold knights, and he talked about "awarding officials and knights".

Usually when the noble palace concubines talk about it, they often laugh at these businessmen from humble backgrounds, and they have no scruples, but today Ni Guifei is unusually unusual, and she is held accountable in such a trivial matter.

Zhu Guifei didn't dare to refute, and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Concubine Wen smiled and said, "I heard that Mrs. Liu went to meet the queen mother after entering the palace, I don't know how these country women behaved?" "According to etiquette, when a woman enters the palace to visit her family, she must first visit the queen.

"It's just that I met through the curtain, and I didn't even see my face clearly." The queen's eyes flickered and smiled: "I heard that she also specially visited the sister of the concubine after that, and talked in detail for a long time, I don't know how?" ”

"The queen said with a smile, my sister was ordered to take care of Liu Cairen's fetus, what is wrong with Mrs. Liu coming to visit?" Ni Guifei said lightly.

"Speaking of which, this palace heard rumors that Liu Cairen's father, Liu Quan, the richest man in the capital, recently donated 100,000 taels of silver to Ni Shangshu's army." The queen shook the feather fan gently, and the fan surface made of peacock tail silk reflected the colorful brilliance: "His official Ni Shangshu this time is still trying his best to promote it." ”

"One hundred thousand taels?" The concubines couldn't help but exclaim, the income of the Great Qi treasury was only about seven or eight million taels a year.

"Where is there such a sensational thing?" Ni Guifei also couldn't sit still, her face turned a little pale, and she reluctantly smiled: "It's just a crooked rumor made up by the likes of the market, it's true that Liu Quan gave gifts to the wealthy relatives of Daqi in order to donate officials, hasn't the Wang family received Liu Quan's offering?" ”

The queen's words stagnated, Liu Quan's business in the capital is rich and complicated, and the New Year's festival is naturally to tie up with the major famous families, on the one hand, to broaden the business scope, and on the other hand, to build a good relationship. As the No. 1 famous family in Daqi, the Wang family is of course indispensable to his generous gifts.

"As for the words of donating military expenses, it is pure fallacy, how dare he, a businessman, talk about military expenses in such a big way? And my father, as an official of the imperial court, naturally has the military expenses of the imperial court to support him, is it possible that General Wang Hao usually relies on the donations of his protégés to fight the war? Ni Guifei asked disdainfully.

Daqi by virtue of martial arts to build the country, all meritorious gate lords and nobles have fief ownership, in their own private fiefdom naturally have a certain number of private soldiers and horses, these soldiers and horses are not the imperial court in the enshrinement, naturally everyone wants their own idea, the Wang family territory in the northwest of Laizhou, is also one of the richest places in Daqi, in and out of taxes, merchants' offerings, rich income, there are more than 10,000 private troops stationed.

At this time, listening to Ni Guifei's selflessness, these original default rules among the nobles seem to have become rebellious.

The Ni family sits on one of the nine states in the world, Yongzhou, and the richness of Yongzhou is famous all over the world. Although Ni Yuan is extremely low-key, the children of the Ni family stationed in Yongzhou have at least twenty or thirty thousand soldiers and horses, right? Are these people all drinking the northwest wind?

The queen was sullen for a while, and was about to open her mouth to refute.

Su Mi smiled and said: "Now that the beautiful scenery is good, how can the queen mother and the noble concubine say some things that the concubines can't understand, these military affairs are not something that we can discuss, wouldn't they live up to this scenery." ”

The concubines also said yes again and again, and soon the topic turned to jewelry, clothing, and flowers.

"Now the flowers in bloom in this courtyard are not as good as the new beauties in our palace, I heard that the sister of the queen mother is also among the palace concubines selected this time, and she will definitely be a concubine in a few days." Luo Zhaoyi said respectfully. Although there are no explicit provisions in the palace rules of Daqi, when newcomers enter the palace, the highest is generally to be named a five-grade concubine, like Shi Rouer, who not only seals the concubine, but also gives the honor of the title, which is considered the extreme. The queen's cousin was born in the Wang family, and it is common sense for such a prominent family to be a concubine.