Kant shouted loudly: "Shen Shi is here, the family banquet of the New Year's Festival, the feast begins!" ”

The concubines raised their glasses to the emperor and said: "The concubines wish the emperor an auspicious start to the year, long live long live, long live, long live." ”

Duan Jingyan raised his glass together and drank together: "Tong'an." ”

Jiang Yao ate a few bites and felt that the taste was very good, and she had to admire that she could make the big banquet so exquisite.

Zhao Guifei looked at the dishes on the table and said, "The family banquet prepared by Concubine Shu this year is really grand, but it is more grand than in previous years. ”

The queen smiled, glanced at Duan Jingyan and said: "It must cost a lot, although the grandeur is good, but the emperor has always paid attention to frugality, Concubine Shu is so extravagant, in the end, she is still young, and this meal is worth ten years of expenses for ordinary people." ”

"The treasury was empty, and it was time to recuperate, how could it be so squandering."

Jiang Yao smiled slightly, knowing that they would not eat this meal with peace of mind, and said: "The family banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, but the dignity of a country, if it is going to be today, how can the people firmly believe that the Great Zhou Dynasty is rich, it is even more for other countries to look down on." ”

The queen didn't expect Jiang Yao to think so far-reaching, and she originally wanted to play her a game, but she seemed to be short-sighted.

She turned sideways and asked Liuli beside her, "How much silver was used for this year's family banquet?" ”

"Hui Niangniang, a total of 500,000 taels."

This question and answer were clearly heard in the entire Qianqing Palace.

The queen smiled with her eyebrows and eyes, but she still looked at Jiang Yao with a serious face, this accusation in the open and in the dark, it was not good to say that it was shabby and lost the royal face, and it was good to say that it was extravagant and wasteful, and this assistant sixth palace was really thankless.

"Concubine Shu, this cost one-tenth of the treasury in exchange for a dinner party, which is really unreasonable."

Duan Jingyan's heart sank, and his face immediately turned cold, his face instantly darkened, if he couldn't calm the harem and the previous dynasty, he wouldn't be able to have a reunion dinner.

The Queen Mother also put down the dishes and chopsticks, her displeased expression was revealed, and seeing that Duan Jingyan didn't say anything, she just watched the changes.

This is no more than 500,000 taels, which is exactly the same as the amount of money for the construction of the embankment, and the Zhao family is really ruthless and scheming.

If Duan Jingyan refused to approve the money for the construction of the embankment, those ministers of the Zhao family even said that Concubine Shu abused her power and was extravagant, just for a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, pushing Concubine Shu to the forefront.

When it spreads to the people, it will arouse public indignation, saying that he is taking human life as a child's play.

When Jiang Yao heard this, she knew that these long-tongued women must not be able to look at her, and no matter what they do, they must point fingers, and they must be sour.

She turned around and asked Yun Sleeve on the side, "But is it true?" ”

"Niangniang, we all compared the money of previous years, and only used 80,000 taels, which is 20,000 or 30,000 yuan less than in previous years. But the day before yesterday, the queen mother instructed the internal affairs office, in the name of your mother, to give all the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace, each with a set of winter clothes. ”

"I also rewarded a lot of money, and bought a lot of wine bottles and utensils used in the Western Regions from outside, and used them for today's dinner, I think they are all made in the name of Niangniang, and they are recorded in Niangniang's name."

"Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"I only heard from the Internal Affairs Office yesterday, but Niangniang has always been with the emperor, and the slave maid didn't find a chance to tell me."

Jiang Yao frowned, and then looked at the extravagant extravagance on the table, all of which were added by the queen behind her back, and she Jiang Yao had to thank the queen for her hard work and help her do it perfectly.

She got up, looked at Duan Jingyan with a smile on the corner of her lips and said: "Your Majesty, speaking of which, the concubine has to thank the queen, the concubine organized a family banquet for the first time, and many places did not think of it, it was the queen's mother who helped the concubine buy it." ”

"Look at this glass crystal wine bottle, this golden topaz plate, and this green jade bowl," Jiang Yao glanced at the brand-new clothes of the palace maids, "And the clothes of the people in the Forbidden City, the queen is so worried about the concubines, and the concubines are ashamed of it." ”

She Jiang Yao doesn't carry such a black pot, she is arrogant and arrogant, she doesn't know moderation, and if it is serious, it is the sin of bringing disaster to the country and the people.

What she Jiang Yao has never done, no one can buckle her head.

The queen on the side immediately stiffened, but she didn't expect Jiang Yao to shoot back immediately, obviously she did not leak, but she didn't expect that the minions of the Internal Affairs Office would be more good at being people.

"Concubine Shu's words are a little funny, this palace has been recuperating in Zhaoren Palace, how can you organize a family banquet for Concubine Shu?"

"Queen Mother, if you want people to know, you can't do it unless you do."

Duan Jingyan snorted coldly, immediately slapped his hand on the table, and said loudly: "Kant, go!" Call someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ”

Immanuel Kant responded, "Yes." ”

Soon the people from the Internal Affairs Office held the booklet and presented it, Duan Jingyan took it and looked at it, looking at the large accounts, the signature was Yun Sleeve, but the handwriting was not the same, and immediately threw the booklet across the table to the hall.

"Is the queen a three-year-old child?"

Jiang Yao immediately got up and walked over, picked up the booklet, and looked at the signature of Yun Sleeve, but it was not signed by Yun Sleeve himself, the small block letters of Yun Sleeve were neat and tidy.

However, the handwriting on the accounts was sloppy, and the words were blurry and unfamiliar, Jiang Yao couldn't help but glance at Duan Jingyan gratefully.

He insisted on checking the accounts and returning her innocence, and there was no blame for the matter, such Duan Jingyan was different from the palace fighting scenes she watched, Duan Jingyan's heart was too clear.

The queen immediately walked down in fright, stood next to Jiang Yao and knelt down, and said: "Please Emperor Mingjian, the concubine has been staying quietly in Zhaoren Palace, and has never ordered anyone to do this, presumably Concubine Shu is confused." ”

Jiang Yao rolled up her sleeves, stretched out her hand to hand the account to the queen, and said unhurriedly: "Niangniang see if you can recognize this handwriting, but the concubine can know the small block characters of cloud sleeves, and Niangniang will argue by herself." ”

The queen glanced at it, begged Duan Jingyan with red eyes, and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't know it, how can the concubine know the notes of a palace maid." It must have been Concubine Shu who squandered the silver taels to accuse the concubines. ”

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs, who signed it?"

Duan Jingyan shouted, which frightened the eunuch in charge of the Internal Affairs Office, knelt down, kowtowed, and replied: "Yes...... Liuli, who was next to the queen's mother, said that she would do it for the concubine. ”

"Okay, I have banned your feet, and I can't stop your hand from reaching out to the Internal Affairs Office, your Zhao family is really good at stealing the country's money."

The Queen Mother, who had been sitting on the side, couldn't sit still at this time, and immediately scolded: "The queen, as the mother of a country, actually did such a thing, come here, go and search Zhaoren Palace for me." ”

Jiang Yao didn't expect that this good Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet was actually the empress digging her own grave, and she was really anxious to get rid of her.

After waiting for a while, the grandmothers around the Queen Mother came back and carried three large boxes to the palace, and when they opened, they turned out to be white silver.

Mama said: "Back to the emperor, the queen mother, these silvers are all found in the Zhaoren Palace, in the glazed room, a total of 230,000 taels of snowflake silver. ”

The queen was so frightened that her face immediately turned pale, and she stood up in a fit of rage, and immediately gave Liuli next to her a slap.

She clearly instructed Liuli to do things cleanly, and the money could not be overnight, so she had to send it out to her father immediately. didn't expect Liuli to do things well, so she left a handle for others, so don't blame her for abandoning her.

"! You actually did such a shitty thing in my palace, did you deliberately steal money and slander the concubine? This kind of unsightly thing actually accumulates money under my nose, you hurt me like this, how can I gain a foothold in the harem? ”

"Mother, I didn't! Queen Mother, you can't say that, you save me! It's obviously a mother, you ......"

The queen slapped down again and interrupted loudly: "I think you will take good care of your father and mother for the sake of taking care of me for more than ten years, but you have to bear the wrong things yourself." ”

Everyone knew it, and Liulifu got down and recognized it.

"Your Majesty, everything is done by Liuli, and it has nothing to do with the queen."

Duan Jingyan had a cold face, looking at the queen's acting skills with disdain, and the queen mother also picked up chopsticks, this kind of method in the harem is not strange.

As soon as Jiang Yao turned around to sit back, she was pulled by the queen and grabbed the hem of her skirt and said, "Concubine Shu, this matter has nothing to do with me, you can't splash dirty water on me, you can't target me." ”

The queen's voice lowered, and her eyes looked at Jiang Yao who turned around fiercely, and said, "Otherwise, you don't want to know how your grandfather died!" ”