Two days before the southern tour, the queen of Kun'an Palace sent someone to Huanyuzhai to summon Yan Siyun to accompany her, and Fu Xuechen accompanied her.

As soon as he entered Kun'an Palace, Fu Xuechen saw the queen sitting on the couch, with paper and pen on the small table beside her, as well as an abacus, and several thick account books spread out on the side for the lord of the harem to consult at any time, and it looked very busy.

Seeing the two of them, the queen raised her head from her busy schedule and smiled at the two of them kindly: "Hurry up and be polite!" Sit down first, there are still a few data to see here in the palace, and I'll talk to you when I'm done. ”

The two thanked each other, obediently sat down on the side, drank tea like this, and quietly watched the queen busy.

Fu Xuechen is secretly rare, in her impression, the queen's daily routine is to get up in the morning to accept the concubines' greetings, if there is a queen mother, she will lead all the concubines to greet the queen mother, and the queen mother is not there, so she chats with the concubines.

But now it seems that the queen in a normal state is not as idle as she is in the film and television dramas, she is the real master of the harem, with the phoenix seal in her hand, she has to take care of things!

In the palace, there is the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Estate, the Imperial Merchants, the Imperial Bureau, etc., these departments manage the property of the Imperial Family, layer by layer, the highest position of the Internal Affairs Office is the Great Internal Director, under the direct management of the Emperor, but in fact, the account books of the Internal Affairs Office are finally summarized to the Empress first, and the Empress exercises the right to manage, and the Emperor only has the final decision.

Therefore, the lord of the harem is not an empty word, if the queen has no phoenix seal and no stewardship, it will be almost the same as being abolished, and this stewardship will sometimes fall into the hands of the queen mother, such as the Empress Dowager Dou in the Han Dynasty, and sometimes it will fall into the hands of the emperor's favorite concubine, such as the concubine Ling during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

This time the situation is a bit special, the queen was also included in the list of the southern tour by Emperor Yuan'an, so she had to arrange everything before leaving, and then put the account on a plate, so that the phoenix seal and the account book could be temporarily handed over to other concubines for safekeeping, so she was busy with these trivial matters these days.

Fu Xuechen quietly observed the lord of the harem of the Darong Empire, and in a trance, he seemed to see a strong woman in charge of a large listed company in later generations working at the desk, serious, focused and strong.

After being bored for a while, Yan Siyun asked curiously: "Queen Mother, what are you busy with?" ”

"It is some of the materials needed for the southern tour, as well as the amount that needs to be set aside in the palace during the absence of the palace." The queen explained, handing the two account books to Yan Siyun: "Can Siyun understand the account books?" Help the palace take a look.,These two books were just sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.,Is it right to calculate the amount above.。 ”

"Oh!" Yan Siyun didn't refuse, she and her mother also learned to read the accounts, and immediately took the account book curiously to flip through it, but was shocked by the huge amount on it at the first time.

After receiving the queen's signal, a little palace maid also brought an abacus to Yan Siyun, Yan Siyun was in a cold sweat, and tried to add up the balance of various expenses listed in the account book, but her abacus skills were not good, and she had never calculated such a large amount, and she couldn't calculate the total at the end of this page of the account book after two or three calculations.

Could it be that she was so lucky that she flipped through the pages and found the error in the account book on the first page? Yan Siyun obviously couldn't believe his abacus skills, and couldn't help but look up at Fu Xuechen for help.

Every move of the people in the palace was obviously under the queen's nose, and as soon as Yan Siyun raised her head, her eyes glanced over, and she smiled slightly and encouraged: "If Miss Fu is willing to help, this palace can't ask for it." ”

Yan Siyun looked overjoyed, as if throwing away a hot potato, and stuffed the two account books to Fu Xuechen: "Sir, how can the amount I calculated not match the account books, take a look?" ”

Fu Xuechen took the account book and looked at it, but she was surprised to find that after more than two years of fermentation, the Arabic numerals called simplified numbers have gradually become popular in the hearts of the people, and even the account books in the palace have been used, which is convenient for her.

In her previous life, she could only be regarded as able to use an abacus, but in the current era without a calculator, with the frequent use of the abacus, her abacus speed is getting faster and faster, and it is becoming more and more accurate, but it is just to calculate some numbers, even if the amount is large, it will not be difficult for her.

Crackling and flipping the abacus beads again and again, Fu Xuechen quickly checked the two account books, found three of the numbers miscalculated, and the rest were also checked, and no further problems were found.

Record the fallacies on a piece of paper and clip it in the account book to facilitate the queen's verification, after doing this, Fu Xuechen was about to close the account book and hand it back to Yan Siyun, and when he looked up, he found that Yan Siyun looked stunned and couldn't return to his senses.

"County Lord?" Fu Xuechen called the other party lightly.

Yan Siyun came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly agreed: "Oh, oh! Got it? ”

Fu Xuechen nodded, Yan Siyun hurriedly took over the account book, and showed a frustrated look as soon as he turned around.

She had long heard Yegreka say that Fu Xuechen was good at counting, but she never had a clear concept, until today she saw with her own eyes that the other party's fingers almost made an afterimage on the abacus beads, and she finished two account books in less than a cup of tea, and she knew what a real counting genius looks like, and she can make an abacus like that, she is simply not a person!

The queen noticed the scene beside her, couldn't help but smile, took the account book handed back by Yan Siyun, and comforted: "Okay, don't be depressed!" In the future, learn more and practice! ”

Immediately looked at Fu Xuechen again, his eyes showed special appreciation and affection, and said: "I have heard that Miss Fu is erudite and talented, and today I saw Miss Fu to try the knife, and I know that Your Majesty has not said half a lie, and there is really a talent in the world!" ”

"Thank you for the praise, Xuechen is ashamed!"

The queen is more and more satisfied, she didn't pay attention to it before, but now it's like discovering a treasure, she has discovered the benefits of Fu Xuechen, a girl, who is modest and polite, but not humble or arrogant, calm and generous, and her temperament is mixed with the Sven of a literati and talented woman, and her appearance and figure are even better, if she is not from a martial arts family, it is more than enough to be a prince and concubine.

The queen opened Fu Xuechen's account book again, and re-checked the three mistakes she noted with a note, and her mood was even happier, and she couldn't help but think that if Fu Xuechen became a concubine in the future, maybe she could help her in many ways, but this was an unexpected joy!

With Fu Xuechen's help, the queen quickly finished all the accounts, and while instructing the palace maids around her to summon Zhang Yu, the head of the Internal Affairs Office and the uncle of the country, she threw away the account books and chatted with the two young girls cordially.

Fu Xuechen didn't know if it was her delusion, she always felt that compared to the last time the queen and Yan Siyun's aunt and nephew recognized each other, today's queen paid more attention to her, was it because she had just revealed her abacus skills? Or was she influenced by the emperor's comment to her at the feast? Unknown.

After chatting for half a pillar of incense, the little palace maid came to report, Zhang Yu was waiting outside for the summons, and the queen let Yan Siyun and Fu Xuechen go back.

Outside the palace, there was a middle-aged man, who looked more than fifty years old, but his appearance was white and fat, with a smile on his lips all the year round, and his smile lines were deep, and he looked a little bit of a shadow of Shen.

Yan Siyun came out to see him and saluted politely: "Siyun has seen Uncle Guo!" ”

Fu Xuechen also followed suit, and Zhang Yue hurriedly shouted with a smile: "The county lord is exempt from the courtesy!" Miss Fu is exempt! Zhang still wants to meet the queen, but he can only miss it! ”

"It's okay!" Yan Siyun watched him be called into Kun'an Palace, and then followed Fu Xuechen to go back.

Fu Xuechen secretly wondered, feeling that it was also his mother's family, Yan Siyun was much closer to the queen, but he was quite cold to this uncle.

As if guessing what Fu Xuechen was wondering, Yan Siyun explained: "Uncle Guo is just the cousin of the queen mother and my mother, he is the eldest son of the eldest concubine of the long house, and the queen mother and my mother were originally only the daughters of the third room. ”

I see! Uncle Guo is not the queen's brother-in-law, so it seems that the queen's mother's Zhang family should not be separated, and the queen has no brothers, and it may be inherited under the name of the long house, so the title of the uncle of the country will fall on Zhang Yu, no wonder Yan Siyun is not close to him.

The two had just walked dozens of steps, and they met the fourth prince Yu Zhen who was walking again.

Yan Siyun smiled unexpectedly, raised his voice and called first: "Cousin! "Just bowed down.

Fu Xuechen also followed suit: "I've seen the Fourth Highness!" ”

"Excuse me!" Yu Zhen was slightly surprised, he didn't expect to meet these two girls outside the Kun'an Palace, but thinking of the blood relationship between Yan Siyun and the queen mother, it didn't seem to be an accident.

Yan Siyun gossiped and said, "Is my cousin also summoned by the queen?" I saw that Uncle Guo also went in, just now the queen mother was in the account of the Internal Affairs Office, and found a few data errors, Uncle Guo will not be reprimanded, right? ”

When Yu Zhen heard this, his eyes moved, and he was not worried about Uncle Guo at all, not that he was not worried that the other party would be reprimanded, but he was used to the queen's unsympathetic temperament, and he must be reprimanded if he made a mistake, and Uncle Guo was no exception, worried about being useless.

Yan Siyun didn't care about Yu Zhen's silence and detachment, and chatted enthusiastically for a few more words before leaving.

Fu Xuechen seemed to see that at the moment when Yan Siyun proposed to leave, Yu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that Yan Siyun's excessive enthusiasm made this iceberg prince unbearable. It's inexplicably funny.

I don't know if Yan Siyun's natural closeness to Yu Zhenyun is purely for his blood cousin, or if he brings the admiration of a girl, if it is the latter, Fu Xuechen feels that he has to find a way to give Yan Siyun a knowledge that close relatives can't get married, so as not to make Yan Siyun like his cousin wholeheartedly, marrying his cousin, it will be a human tragedy.

Behind the two girls who couldn't see, Yu Zhen stood silently for a moment before continuing to move forward, and as soon as he stepped into the courtyard gate, he was surprised to see Uncle Guo Zhang Yu walking out of the palace gate with a spring breeze on his face, and he didn't look like he was reprimanded.

Seeing Yu Zhen, Zhang Yu smiled, walked over, reached out and patted his shoulder, and said, "Nephew!" You're happy again! Wait for the southern tour to come, and see that your uncle will set another side concubine for you, you can wait! ”

Yu Zhen was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and just wanted to ask for details, but Zhang Yu had already left quickly, and at the gate of the palace, Mama Su had already walked out of the hall and summoned with a smile: "Fourth Highness!" Summons the mother, go in quickly! ”

Yu Zhen didn't delay any longer, strode into the palace gate, and saluted the queen on the couch: "Son-in-law knocks to see the queen mother!" ”

"Cheer up!"

The queen smiled at him rarely, and said: "Just now, the palace asked Uncle Guo, saying that all parts of your palace will be repaired, and when the southern tour comes, I can almost pick a few auspicious days for you to get married." ”

Yu Zhen lowered his head and covered the resistance in his expression: "Queen Mother, the son heard that the other party is fifteen years old, and this is the end of the marriage, it is too early!" Why don't you wait for your son's twenty crowns? ”

The queen shook her head: "The main concubine of the Qi family is young, she can wait, but the two side concubines are not good to delay any longer, so they can only wronged you and the Qi family, and they will get married as soon as possible!" Don't delay the good years of the two side concubines. ”

Two side concubines? Yu Zhen knew one of them, the queen set him Chen Zijin of the Liguo family, this one year older than him, already nineteen years old, it is really difficult to delay any longer, but who is the other one?

"I don't know if the other side concubine of the son, which queen is the queen of the country?" Yu Zhen's tone was gloomy.

The queen smiled, her face was full of satisfaction, which she had never had when she set Chen Zijin, the princess of Liguo, and when she set Chen Zijin, she only had displeasure and helplessness on her face.

Yu Zhen looked at the look of appreciation and affection on the queen mother's face, and she couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"You've seen her more than once!" The queen smiled and uncovered the mystery: "It's Fu Xuechen, the concubine of the newly promoted Yasukuni family, Your Majesty said that she has 'Fengyi the talent of the world', how about it?" You should be satisfied with this side concubine? ”

Yu Zhen's pupils shook violently: "Fu Xuechen? ”

"I didn't pay attention to it before, it turns out that this Miss Fu is really a wonderful person......" The queen couldn't help but praise Fu Xuechen a few more words.

The blank space in Yu Zhen's mind had just passed, only to realize that he had forgotten to breathe, so he quickly took a few breaths, grabbed the moment when the queen's voice fell, looked up and asked: "Queen Mother!" According to the son-in-law, the Duchess of Yasukuni is the maiden of the noble concubine, and the son-in-law of the Yasukuni family is even next to the sixth brother. ”

The queen smiled "heh", grabbed the account book and phoenix seal placed on the small table next to her, and said: "If it is another concubine, the palace will be embarrassed by one or two, the concubine there, but it will never be an obstacle, you see, the palace is temporarily away for a few months, and the phoenix seal and the account book will only be handed over to the concubine, and the friendship between her and the palace can not be imagined!" ”

Yu Zhen's expression froze, he really didn't feel any particularly deep friendship between the queen mother and the concubine, and he didn't even see any intimate contact between their concubines on weekdays, how could he ......

"Don't worry!" The queen said casually: "Your queen mother acts, if you are not sure, you will not say it in advance, if the Duke of Yasukuni does not agree, the palace will ask the concubine to help be a lobbyist, do you think, what reason does the Duke of Yasukuni have not agreed?" In short, you don't care so much, on the southern tour, taking care of Miss Fu more is what you should do! ”

Yu Zhen was in a complicated mood for a while, and he was sluggish for half a step, so he responded with the word "yes".

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