Ling Xi returned to the Jiaofang Hall with the fourth female book in his hand, and Ginkgo looked at Ling Xi with a puzzled expression.

"Queen Mother, you went to the Flying Feather Hall and brought back so many books?" Ginkgo looked puzzled.

"From tomorrow, the palace will not go out of the gate, concentrate on studying the four books of women in the Jiaofang Palace, and the palace will copy a copy of the four books of the women every month, and then you will send it to the Feiyu Palace." Ling Xi said with some anger.

"Queen Mother, you're not kidding, when is this going to be copied?" Ginkgo asked puzzled.

"I don't know, maybe it's for a lifetime. After that, the gate of the Jiaofang Hall was locked. You go to the palace library and find some history books to show to the palace, even if it is to pass the time. Maybe looking at the stories told in these history books, life will pass faster. Ling Xi felt that this was more at ease than worrying.

"Queen Mother, are you grounded?"

"Almost, anyway, this harem doesn't stop, it's good, the Jiaofang Palace is big enough, it's beautiful, and there's nothing missing. Tomorrow you go to the Queen Mother, and say that I am sick and can't go to her old man's house to say goodbye. In the future, we will entertain ourselves in the Jiaofang Palace, regardless of the fact that his harem is turned upside down, and we don't ask anything. ”

Xiang Hongxuan sat in the front hall of the Feiyu Palace, and he looked at Cao Mo, the head of the household, kneeling tremblingly in front of him, holding a piece of the treasury deficit in his hand, and he was immediately angry. Cao Mo told him at length that there was a lack of east and west, and there was no war in Dongyu for ten years, and the country and the people were safe and smooth, not to mention that they were rich, but they were not so poor that they didn't even have the money to prepare for war.

Xiang Hongxuan glanced at Wang An, the right minister, Wang An looked calm, and leisurely drank the tea in his hand, it was obvious that Cao Mo had obtained the will of the Queen Mother, and he was crying with him here? Feeling his mother, he still doesn't want him to fight such a battle with Xihuaguo.

"Cao Shangshu, you have been talking to me here for half an hour, just to tell me that the treasury is out of money, what is the use of you telling me when you have no money, I support you ministers, not to eat dry food, and the food of the king bears the worries of the king, you are a household Shangshu who can't manage the treasury, then you let the virtuous give it to others, and see how people manage this treasury."

Xiang Hongxuan reprimanded Cao Mo is face, Cao Mo's face couldn't see anywhere, he was really aggrieved by the Hubu Shangshu, Dongyu and Xihua went to war, and it had nothing to do with him as a Hubu Shangshu, but as a result, his two lords, one had to fight, and the other was not allowed to fight, and the Hubu who contributed military expenses became the battlefield of the wrestling between the mother and son, and he also became cannon fodder.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty," Cao Mocheng kowtowed to Xiang Hongxuan in fear, and then he said slowly: "Your Majesty, Xihuabian Town has been stationed for more than half a year, and the food and grass for the soldiers and the winter clothes that are about to survive the winter every month are indeed huge, and the treasury is also very tight. ”

Seeing this, Wang An also began to talk, "Your Majesty, what Cao Shangshu said is not unreasonable, since ancient times, fighting wars is to burn silver, if you keep stationing troops endlessly like this, it is normal for this treasury to be unbearable." Wang An walked up to Cao Mo's side and said faintly.

Wang An glanced at Li Kun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites behind him, and Li Kun immediately walked in front of Xiang Hongxuan and said: "Your Majesty, Xihua has just sent a letter of state, and Emperor Kangqing of Xihua is willing to send the princess and the pro-Dongyu Kingdom to form a good relationship between the two countries in order to open up border trade." ”

"Your Majesty, since Xihua has the sincerity to marry a princess to our Dongyu Kingdom, if the two countries have a good relationship between Qin and Jin, why bother to fight and waste money and money?" Wang An said proudly.

Xiang Hongxuan sneered, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Ye Zhiyuan, the secretary of the military department, and asked, "Ye Shangshu, why didn't you report the matter of the withdrawal of troops from Xihuabian Town to me?" ”

Ye Zhiyuan immediately walked in front of Xiang Hongxuan, knelt on the ground, and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, the military report sent by the Xihua military camp yesterday said that Xihua is still stationing troops in the six towns on the border, and there is no sign of retreat. ”

"Emperor Kangqing of Xihua is really interesting, while marrying his daughter to me in a hurry, and at the same time not retiring from the border town, why do I think that Xihuaguo's sincerity is not much?"