The dowry can be big or small, to say that it can be said that the Department of Internal Affairs is derelict in its duties, and more than a dozen boards will be beaten and then the queen will do more, and the dowry will be made up, but if it is bigger, it is to despise the majesty of the royal princess and bully the master!

And judging from the queen's current performance, she wants to make things bigger, preferably as big as possible, so that not only the Department of Internal Affairs will be implicated, but also Baili Anning.

After all, her dowry is not less, but a lot more. Baili Anqing's lack of dowry is deceived by the minions, at most it is a loss of face, and it can also arouse the emperor's attention and sympathy, and the extra dowry of Baili Anqing is worth studying, why do you have so many people stammering as a princess, and if you say it deeply, it will involve the second prince, and it is not a good thing for a prince to attract the internal affairs secretary!

"The emperor has arrived!"

The announcement sounded, and Baili Qingcang, who was habitually frowning, strode in: "The queen invited me over, but what's the matter?" ”

Zhao Huiying stood up after saluting, and pulled Baili Anqing, who looked uneasy, over: "Your Majesty, it's all to blame for the concubine's negligence, there are too many things happening in the womb these days, I didn't notice it for a while, seeing that the two princesses Anning and Anqing are about to get married, I helped them check the dowry today, but I didn't expect to find that the dowry of these two people is very different." ”

Hearing this, Baili Qingcang's brows furrowed even tighter, he didn't pay much attention to the princess on weekdays, but in the end, they were all his own children, he didn't pay attention to it, but he didn't allow them to be bullied: "What's the matter?" ”

Fang Xue immediately took the two dowry lists.

Baili Qingcang glanced at the content of the above with cold eyes, and slapped the list on the table suddenly: "The dowries of the two princesses are sponsored by the Department of Internal Affairs, how could there be such a mistake?" ”

You don't need to check it carefully, and you can see that there are a lot of differences between the two lists.

Xiao Qi, the head of the Department of Internal Affairs, ran over with sweat on his head, and immediately knelt down and saluted after entering the door: "The slave Xiao Qi has seen the emperor, the queen's mother, and the three princesses. ”

Baili Qingcang pinched the dowry list and threw it in front of Xiao Qi's eyes: "This list was prepared by the Department of Internal Affairs?" ”

Xiao Qi hurriedly took two steps on his knees, picked up the list and checked it carefully: "Back to the emperor, this list was prepared by the former head of the Department of Internal Affairs." ”

Zhao Huiying's eyes sharpened: "Xiao Qi, this list was only asked by the palace to go to the Department of Internal Affairs this morning, and you have been taking over the Department of Internal Affairs for a while, don't say that the princess is going to get married, and the gift list in this Department of Internal Affairs has not been replaced?" ”

Xiao Qi bowed respectfully: "Back to the mother, the slave took over the internal affairs department for ten days, the rectification of the internal affairs department in these ten days is too busy, the slave knew that the two princesses were about to get married, and the dowry was naturally more important, so he stepped up the handling, and did not dare to slack off, the slave stared at the internal affairs department all day to prepare the dowry, and for a while he didn't know that the dowry list had not been replaced, until the mother was summoned just now, the slave took a look at the backup of the dowry list of the internal affairs department, but he didn't expect the list to be updated in time, the slave deserved to die, please ask the emperor to surrender. ”

Baili Qingcang glanced down at Xiao Qi, and reluctantly accepted this statement: "You were personally selected by me, and I also believe in your ability, but the princess's dowry is ready?" ”

"Back to the emperor, everything is ready." Xiao Qi replied respectfully.

"So that means that only the dowry list has not had time to be updated?"

"Yes."

"Since this is the case, then the queen will go with me to see it in person, and the two girls Anning and Anqing have also seen it in person."

Xiao Qi hurriedly got up and respectfully followed Baili Qingcang towards the Department of Internal Affairs.

A smile flashed in Shen Ninghua's eyes, no wonder a few days ago, Chu Junyi smiled and said that she wanted her to enter the palace to watch the play, and now it seems that the so-called good show is today.

The person in charge of the Department of Internal Affairs was the person of the Zhao family before, which means that this dowry list was prepared by the Zhao family, and the queen thought that she had caught the pigtail of the Department of Internal Affairs, but she didn't know that it was her own family that was exposed!

The queen's face was as usual, but a closer look revealed the anger in her eyes. The Xiao family is really hard-boned, and a small head of the Internal Affairs Department dares to argue with her!

When they came to the Department of Internal Affairs, the subordinates had already knelt on the ground and respectfully saluted to welcome the arrival of Baili Qingcang and others.

Xiao Qi stepped forward: "Your Majesty, because there are eleven or twelve days to be the wedding date of Princess Anning and Princess Anqing, the servants and others are stepping up the verification of the dowry, and they dare not have the slightest omission, the dowry is placed in the apse of the storage, please take a look at the emperor." ”

Baili Qingcang strode in, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a number of items placed in the hall, about a hundred boxes, some of them were open, some of them had been closed and pasted, and there was a note on each box, and when he looked closer, he saw that the things recorded on it were the things in the box, and the name of the person was signed underneath.

"What is this?"

"Back to the emperor, this note is written on the items in the box, and the name of the person signed below is the person who checks the things in the box, if there is a problem, you can find the things in the box through the number of the box, and you can also find the person in charge of verification."

"What do you think?" Baili Qingcang's expression eased a lot, this method can be described as simple and clear, it is not easy to make mistakes in such a clear manner, it is a good method.

"Back to the emperor, the slave was also extremely troubled before, it was Lord Chu who thought of this method, and the slave found that it was extremely effective after testing, so he took it out and used it."

"Chu ...... Do you mean Princess Zhaohua's husband, Chu Junyi? ”

"Yes, it's Master Chu."

"Yes, he's always been a very intelligent man." Thinking of the recent major events that Chu Junyi has done one after another, Baili Qingcang nodded appreciatively in agreement.

Shen Ninghua smiled, lowered her head and seemed to be shy, which made Baili Qingcang's smile more and more obvious.

I only heard her smile and said: "In fact, this method was used when I checked my dowry, and there were too many dowries at that time, so I asked the people in the house to help check it, and I was afraid that it would be unclear or damaged at that time, so I asked people to write a list of the things in the box and sign their names, and it will be much easier to verify in the future." ”

Baili Qingcang smiled: "Okay, An Ning and An Qing can also be regarded as borrowing from you." ”

Shen Ninghua smiled silently.

Baili Qingcang turned his head to look at the queen, and his expression was a little more worried: "Queen, you said that there was a problem with the dowry, now let's see if it can be solved?" ”

Zhao Huiying hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Back to the emperor, it was the concubine's negligence that caused such a mistake, please punish the emperor." ”

Xiao Qi hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Back to the emperor, this time the matter is all the dereliction of duty of the Department of Internal Affairs, and the previous dowry list was handed over to the queen's mother, which made the mother misunderstand, alarmed the emperor, and asked the emperor to condemn the crime." ”

Zhao Huiying's eyes became more and more cold, this Xiao Qi involved the former head of the Department of Internal Affairs, this is going against the palace, I don't know if this is your idea or the Xiao family's idea?

Shen Ninghua stood quietly in place, her eyes swept over the dowry box placed in front of her one by one, and suddenly, her gaze paused: "These dowries are exactly the same?" ”

Xiao Qi replied: "Back to Princess Zhaohua, because Princess Anning and Princess Anqing are of the same grade, most of the things are the same, but because the two princesses have different grades of mothers, some things that need to be avoided are staggered." ”

"Mr. Xiao has a heart, no wonder I see things on it differently."

Baili Qingcang turned his head to look at the chief waiter: "What about the two dowry lists just now?" ”

"Your Majesty, here is the old slave."

After taking the list, Baili Qingcang swept it over, and snorted coldly: "Empress, I remember that it was Zhao Yunde who was in charge of the Internal Affairs Office, right?" ”

"Yes."

"Hmph, what a good intention, I handed over the huge Department of Internal Affairs to him to manage, and he couldn't even figure out what the two princesses should be taboo about? And you, the queen, you are the mother of the country, if you can't even be the queen mother of your children, if you become a model for women in the world? ”

These words were extremely serious, and Zhao Huiying's face turned pale suddenly: "Please forgive the emperor." ”

"Xiao Qi, you did a good job, keep it up, I don't want to see the Internal Affairs Department still the same as before, there are any unclean people inside, let's clean it up." As soon as these words came out, they were basically expressing their dissatisfaction with the queen.

"Yes, the minion obeys."

Zhao Huiying knelt on the ground, her fingers clenched tightly into fists, and her palms were pinched and almost bleeding. Originally, she wanted to use this incident to let Baili Anqing take a look, see how low her status as an unfavored princess was, and then use her own private treasury to make up the dowry for her, which can be regarded as wooing her one or two, and she can be a good chess piece in the future, but she didn't expect to be stumped by a small head of the Internal Affairs Office first!

"Your Majesty, it was the concubine's negligence that caused such a big omission, and the emperor was also affected, and the two princesses got married, and I, the queen mother, were naturally worried, so I reacted too much, please forgive the emperor."

Baili Anqing stepped forward: "Father, the queen mother is kind to us, for fear that we have been wronged, which disturbed the father, the queen mother is a motherly heart, if we are punished for this, how should we deal with ourselves as daughters, please think twice." ”

Shen Ninghua swept over Baili Anqing, who had a calm face, and suddenly remembered that when she was in the Chengqian Palace, she looked shy when she saw Bu Jinglan, such an introverted and plain princess actually began to change? If anyone can really live peacefully in the palace, which one will be stupid?

"Father, Sister Anqing is right." Baili Anning also stepped forward to intercede.

Shen Ninghua knelt on the ground with them, although she did not open her mouth to plead, but her attitude had already made her position clear.

Baili Qingcang nodded, feeling a little more impatient in his heart: "Okay, let's get up, the queen should take care of the wedding of Anning and Anqing, and the princess's wedding can't lose etiquette." ”

Zhao Huiying's heart froze, and she immediately understood that the emperor was angry at the wedding banquet where she left Shen Ninghua ahead of schedule last time, although she didn't say it explicitly, but this is the first time she has been beaten: "Yes, the concubine understands." ”