As soon as the Queen Mother left, the palace was uneasy. Xiao Luoyi's previous concubines were left in the palace, and Ling Moze promoted them to concubines, and they all relied on their status as concubines to try to get a lot of benefits from Mu Ranshuang.

For example, the ice cubes used in the summer for the dormitory, the charcoal used in the winter, and the fine cloth.

Mu Ranshuang didn't want to deal with such an unreasonable request, and because there were many things in the harem, she didn't bother with it, but her ignorance angered those concubines.

One by one, they all came to the door, waiting outside Mu Ranshuang's dormitory, Mu Ranshuang came back from a busy time, and heard the bustling sound from afar, when those concubines came to the door, there was immediately a smart person, who knew to wait for Mu Ranshuang at the door, and told her the ins and outs of the matter.

Mu Ranshuang listened, knew it in his heart, strode forward, and saw a group of concubines, all moved a chair to sit there, and there were maidservants with sun and moon fans to shade them behind them, and there were maids with pu fans to fan them on the side, the maids who were waiting in the Mu Ranshuang Palace did not dare to let the concubines in, so they simply accompanied them to bask in the sun outside, the maidservants were under the scorching sun, and the concubines were very leisurely.

Mu Ranshuang took a look, and immediately reproached the maids around her: "You are too sensible, the concubines are here, you should be invited into the palace, how can you let the concubines stand under the scorching sun?" ”

Although Mu Ranshuang was accusing the maids, she felt sorry for those maids, but in front of the concubine, she naturally couldn't say it.

One of Xiao Luoyi's favorite concubines immediately stood up and said: "Don't blame them, the queen, they are also not allowed to enter, in the queen's palace, without the queen's approval, we don't dare to enter, don't you say?" ”

Everyone else cooperated and responded, Mu Ranshuang smiled, and invited the concubines in.

Outside, the concubines also drank a lot of tea and ate a lot of snacks, and when Mu Ranshuang invited them in, and asked the people under her to be busy adding tea and snacks, they naturally couldn't eat it.

Mu Ranshuang knew what they were here for, but she didn't mention it, and only asked, "Are the concubines okay lately?" Can the hands and feet of the newly transferred people around you who have served in the past still be nimble? ”

"The people of the queen's mother's faction are naturally good."

"That'll be fine." After speaking, Mu Ranshuang picked up the teacup and took a sip, because she had just come back from outside, the people below took the initiative to fill a cup of cool water for her to cool off.

The person headed by the concubine couldn't sit still, and was about to mention the matter to Mu Ranshuang, "Queen, we came here because we have something to talk to you about." ”

"Concubine, please speak." Mu Ranshuang put down the teacup and looked at the concubine who was talking, waiting for her to speak.

Although Mu Ranshuang had already guessed what the other party would say, she still listened very carefully.

"Look at this weather, it's getting hotter and hotter day by day, we are not ordinary people, we stay in the palace every day, this ice cube is used up quickly, I don't know if we can get the Internal Affairs Office to give us more ice cubes?"

"It's not that the palace is unwilling, it's just that each palace has divided the ice cubes according to the grade, if you allocate more ice cubes to the concubines, I'm afraid that other people will gossip, and also set a precedent for the younger generations, breaking the rules, if you want to re-establish the rules in the future, I'm afraid it's not easy, as the saying goes, no rules are not a circle, what do the concubines think?" Mu Ranshuang spoke tactfully, she didn't want to break the rules for the sake of the concubines, and she also wanted to use this to cut off their thoughts in the future.

Someone wanted to say something about Mu Dye Shuang, but was stopped by the person in charge, and she smiled and said: "It's still the queen's mother who thinks thoughtfully, so compared to this, it seems that those of us who are elders don't understand the rules." ”

Mu Ranshuang smiled and replied politely: "The concubine is serious." ”

"I'm afraid the queen still has a lot of things to deal with, so let's not bother here, so I'll leave first." I didn't get a good deal with Mu Ranshuang, so naturally I wouldn't stay long, so I was ready to leave.

Seeing that the leader was about to leave, the others naturally did not stay, and left with her.

After leaving Mu Ranshuang's dormitory, the concubines gathered in the palace of the concubines headed by Mu Ranshuang, and said angrily about Mu Ranshuang: "Tell me, what kind of elders are we, so respectfully and respectfully make a request to her, but she refused, and it seems that we are ignorant!" ”

"That's right, I didn't expect her to be such a difficult person to get along with, this breath is really unbearable!"

"That's right! But you can't just be dumb and lose like that! ”

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Everyone said a lot of complaining words, these words were heard by the head of the concubine, she waited for everyone to complain, then slowly said: "Just these words, just say these words here with me, out of this door, let these words rot in the stomach." ”

"Is that all she can do with it?" Although some people know that this is indeed not to be said to the outside world, if it is heard by other people and spread out, they will really not be able to eat and walk around, but she is not willing to let Mu Dye Frost go like this.

"Naturally not, I have a plan." The leading concubine showed a smug smile on her face, and when she saw everyone looking at her expectantly, she continued, "Now she is the only one in this harem, if there are more people in this harem, I want to see how she behaves." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately understood, and as soon as everyone summed up and divided their labor, they hurried back to the palace and sent letters to their homes.

On the morning of the second day, all the ministers handed over the folds together, asking Ling Moze to draft a draft and spread the branches for the royal family.

When Ling Moze heard this, he frowned unconsciously, and only said lightly: "Put this matter aside for the time being, and discuss it later, do you Aiqing still have other things to play?" ”

As if they had all discussed, those ministers held the wat board one after another, bowed down and asked: "I hope the emperor will think twice, carry out the selection, enrich the harem, and open up branches and leaves for the royal family!" ”

Ling Moze was even more angry in his heart when he saw everyone working together like this, did they think that by doing this, they would be able to restrain him and force him to compromise?

"If you like it, then go ahead and play." After speaking, Ling Moze stood up from the dragon chair and strode down.

The ministers were very helpless about Ling Moze's departure, and they also knew the relationship between Ling Moze and Mu Ranshuang, so it would probably be a protracted battle for Ling Moze to agree to the selection.

Ling Moze didn't even go back to the imperial study, he went straight to Mu Ranshuang, and when Mu Ranshuang saw Ling Moze walking in angrily, he immediately asked the people around him to step back and personally stepped forward to serve him.

Mu Ranshuang went to massage Mu Ranshuang's shoulder, pressed it for a while, and then asked, "What did the ministers say that you don't like to hear?" ”

Ling Moze saw Mu Ranshuang asking, and knew that Mu Ranshuang minded about it, so he didn't talk to Mu Ranshuang about it, but said: "It's not just those things in the past, it's really a headache." ”

Mu Ranshuang knew that Ling Moze was lying to himself, if it was an ordinary thing, Ling Moze would not be so angry, since he had made up his mind to hide it from himself, it would not mention a word, Mu Ranshuang did not continue to ask, and comforted him: "Since it is an ordinary thing, then why be so angry, how bad is it to be angry with yourself?" ”

Ling Moze patted Mu Ranshuang's hand and said, "Do you have something to do today?" ”

"It's okay right now." Mu Ranshuang had already dealt with everything early, and she was very free at hand.

"That's fine, come with me for a game of chess, how about it?" Ling Moze didn't want to review the folds, it was rare to have a day when Mu Ranshuang was free, and he didn't have much to do, so he wanted to pull Mu Ranshuang to play a game of chess.

Since Xiao Jieyan dumped this mess on Ling Moze, the two of them don't know how long it had been since they sat together and played chess.

Mu Ranshuang knew that Ling Moze still had a lot of official matters to deal with, and those ministers would definitely ask to see Ling Moze in private if they couldn't solve it in the early dynasty, but she also hid her selfishness, so she asked her people to set up the chessboard.

All morning, the two of them stayed in the dormitory to play chess, and no one was allowed in.

Just as Mu Ranshuang thought, those ministers were really waiting outside the imperial study, and the people outside the door helplessly said to the ministers who asked to see them: "Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor really has never been to the imperial study today, and this Luan driver has never been around. ”

When the ministers came, they really didn't see Ling Moze's luan, and they knew that he wasn't lying, but they were all puzzled, where would Ling Moze go?

After lunch, Ling Moze took a nap, and then went back to the imperial study to deal with those ministers, he couldn't hide like this all the time.

Mu Ranshuang sent someone to ask Ling Moze's father-in-law about the early dynasty, and Ling Moze's instructions were in advance, and his father-in-law's words were the same as Ling Moze's.

In the early dynasty of the following day, the ministers still did not start anything else except for the matter of filling the harem, and Ling Moze simply left a sentence: "If you have nothing to do, then you don't have to enter the palace today." ”

After speaking, Ling Moze left the main hall in a dashing manner, and instructed his father-in-law beside him: "Prepare a carriage, I will leave the palace after lunch." ”

Ling Moze had lunch at Mu Ranshuang's place, and the table was full of cold dishes, because in the summer, the imperial dining room specially prepared a lot of cold dishes in order to relieve the heat, but Ling Moze didn't want to, Mu Ranshuang was full of cold vegetarian dishes here, and was about to let people serve a few meat dishes, but Mu Ranshuang said: "I ordered the dining room to prepare it, if you can't get used to it, just order it." ”

Ling Moze thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Then I'll eat first, and I'll take you out of the palace to eat delicious food in a while." ”

"Out of the palace?" Mu Ranshuang was dumbfounded when she heard this, she never expected that Ling Moze would actually take her out of the palace.

"I haven't been to see my mother for a long time, so I just have time today, so I'll go over and take a look." Since Ling Moze became the emperor, he had no time to worship, and after losing his temper with the ministers today, he prepared to go out of the palace to take a look, just to avoid their repeated bombardment.

Mu Ranshuang was not surprised when she heard this, and after having lunch, she rested for a while, and then followed Ling Moze out of the palace and arrived at the tomb of the previous saint.

The two kowtowed as usual, put on incense, Ling Moze talked to the former saintess, and Mu Ranshuang also followed Ling Moze to make peace, the two were talking to the saint and the other party.