Chapter 197: Undercurrent
For now, let's feed the mother first.
Su Xiaojiu picked up the existing ingredients and made a few things, thinking that he would definitely talk to Niangniang about it later.
Qiwu Palace
Emperor Yuanhe looked at the fundraising list handed over by the emperor and did not speak for a long time.
The queen looked at his condensed face, and didn't dare to take a breath, although she proposed this fundraiser, but it was also instructed by the emperor, but she didn't expect that she had only raised less than five thousand taels in a busy job, and the emperor's face turned black immediately.
"There are more than a dozen concubines of all sizes in the palace, but they only donated so much"
The queen sneered, "Your Majesty, you also know the situation of your sisters, except for the concubines and Xiao Guifei from famous families, the others are from small families, and"
Emperor Yuan He shifted his gaze from the list to her face, "What do you want to say"
The queen's heart froze, but she still stubbornly said, "In this harem, the most lucrative private treasury is the imperial concubine, but you also know that she didn't come over today, so this fundraising is a little cold."
Xiao Guifei was born in a noble family, although it is expensive, but the focus is on Qing, and she can't take out much silver at all, and she donated two thousand taels this time, which is already the limit.
Needless to say, most of the other palace concubines were accepted by Emperor Yuanhe when he was still the prince, he was unknown at that time, and the concubine family could not have a high background, plus he had not achieved rain and dew over the years, and everyone had no rewards on weekdays, so they were very nervous at hand.
Emperor Yuan He looked at the pile of fifty hundred silver tickets, and couldn't help but feel anxious.
"A drop in the bucket, if the sky is going to kill me"
The silver had not been settled before, and today I received a fold, saying that the south had suffered a disaster and urgently needed the imperial court to allocate funds to deal with the aftermath.
The queen's face was shocked, and she hurriedly knelt on the ground, "The emperor doesn't dare to say that, let alone governing a huge country, even ordinary people also encounter difficulties, you are the king of a country, and you are the backbone of the people of Dayuan, if even you say so"
If it spreads, the people's hearts will be discouraged, and the mountains and rivers will be turbulent
Emperor Yuan He leaned back in the chair, pinched his temples that jumped suddenly, and smiled bitterly, "Then the queen said, what should I do?"
"Your Majesty, can't you really get a little silver in the treasury?"
Emperor Yuanhe closed his eyes, a little impatient with the queen's question, but he still said, "If you have money, do I still need to be so embarrassed?"
The queen looked at the emperor hesitantly, and gestured slightly to the maid behind her, who immediately bowed down and withdrew with the door.
"Your Majesty, the concubine has a thoughtful saying, but I'm afraid that I will dislike you if I say it."
Emperor Yuanhe was upset, and when he heard this, he said impatiently, "Since you know that I don't like it, then don't say it."
The queen was choked for a moment, and slammed her head on the ground as if she had made up her mind, "But for the sake of the country, the people, and the concubines, the concubines are trying to annoy you, and you have to say that since Lu Zheng served as the head of the household, every time the emperor needs money, he will only come with a bunch of deficits, but on the other hand, the Yongyi Marquis Mansion is glorious and rich, and he does not worry about eating and drinking, and the emperor has not doubted it at all."
The emperor looked at her deeply and did not speak.
This glance gave the queen the courage to continue, "Your Majesty, Mu Zhaoyi inadvertently mentioned it when she came to raise funds at noon, it was not yet the winter moon, and all corners of Ronghua Palace were already full of charcoal basins, and they were all burned with more than a dozen taels of silver and a pound of silver frost carbon."
Emperor Yuanhe thought about it, when he went to Ronghua Palace at noon, although he did not enter the inner hall, he felt much warmer than other places when he stepped into the courtyard, and it turned out that this was the reason.
"Yun'er is still young, and it's normal for her to burn the house warmer."
The queen was anxious, "But the emperor, there are more than a dozen warm pavilions in the main hall of Ronghua Palace, and I am afraid that the charcoal money for a single day will cost thousands of taels, and the imperial concubine is only five thousand taels per year, so where does the charcoal money come from?"
"She also has a few shops under her name, and it is easy to make some charcoal money."
"The Emperor"
The queen looked up in disbelief, she said it so bluntly, why did the emperor always speak for Lu Qi
In the past, the emperor had a cold war with Lu Qi for Mo Ran, and then there was the new Zhaoyi monopolizing grace, she thought that Lu Qi had lost the dragon's heart, as long as she provoked a few words, she would definitely be able to arouse the emperor's indignation, even if she didn't ask for the crime, she would be completely cold, but now the scene is different from what she expected
Afraid that saying too much would backfire, the queen's words turned around and said, "The concubine said this, and she didn't mean anything else, but she just felt that as the imperial concubine, she should be an example for the six palaces, and while she was extravagant, she should also worry about the world for the emperor, but she didn't even send a penny of silver, completely ignoring the life and death of the people, which is really unreasonable." ”
Emperor Yuanhe's eyes lit up a few times, and finally slowly got up and said, "The queen only needs to take care of herself, I still have something to do, so I will go first." ”
"The Emperor"
Seeing that Emperor Yuan and Emperor left with their hands in their hands, the queen gritted her back teeth angrily, almost crushed the handkerchief, and finally glanced at the scattered silver tickets on the table, and swept them to the ground.
Gonggong Zhang was waiting outside the door, and when he saw Emperor Yuan and Emperor come out with a blank face, he put on a big coat for him, but he didn't dare to ask more, and followed his footsteps, but found that the emperor went in the direction of Ronghua Palace.
"Your Majesty, are you going to Ronghua Palace for dinner?"
Emperor Yuanhe suddenly turned to look at him, Gonggong Zhang was shocked, and hurriedly lowered his head, "The slave is talkative, and I also ask the emperor to punish the crime." ”
"Hmph"
Emperor Yuanhe snorted heavily, stepped forward without saying a word, and personally pushed open the door of Ronghua Palace.
Su Xiaojiu was waiting for Concubine Rong to eat.
She used the tender core of Chinese cabbage instead of baby cabbage, put Jinhua ham, preserved eggs, made a soup baby cabbage, garlic open back shrimp, and stewed papaya milk blood swallow, and the beauty also ate it with relish.
The beauty was in a good mood, everyone also relaxed together, Xu Ying also sat at the table, but the mutton soup baked cakes she ate, Yun'er stayed in the baby chair, tied a bib on her body, held his special wooden bowl and spoon, and concentrated on fighting the multigrain noodles in the bowl.
Xiaowa is now ten months old, and every time he is fed, it is a vicious battle, considering that Yun'er's physical coordination ability is good, Su Xiaojiu simply let go of his hands and feet and began to exercise him to eat by himself.
At first, the dumplings were very excited about the fact that they got the spoon, looked left and right in their hands, and stretched out their hands to show their mothers, and couldn't wait to learn to go to the bowl to scoop rice like an adult on weekdays, but accidentally used too much force and pushed a spoonful of small noodles to the ground.
The villain was unwilling, and scooped it a second time, and without accident, pouted again.
The third time, the fourth time, and finally the dumpling got angry at the spoon's lack of cooperation, and snapped the spoon into the bowl, but the noodle soup splashed his face and was stunned.
"Hit the beat"
The angry little baby threw the spoon away, and finally simply used the killer feature
Grab it directly.
As a result, I caught too much and confused myself. ,,,
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