Xie Ying watched the ministers of several powers led by her grandfather and Wei Yuanping out of the right hall door from the corridor on the east side, and soon after Xu Xiuneng also turned into the duty house, then she slightly carried the long and wide embroidered skirt, and walked in the direction of the council hall, and sure enough, she met the queen mother on the way, and her left hand supported the flat arm of Gao Yuxiang, who bowed to the waist, and slowly walked towards the inner hall with a slight frown. She hurriedly chased a few steps, smiled and held the Queen Mother's other arm, and didn't say much, until the Queen Mother sat down by the window in the bedroom, and Gao Yuxiang flatteringly pinched her shoulders, Xie Ying reported the various dishes in today's lunch place.

At the end, he flattered and said: "Seeing that my aunt and grandmother have not had a good appetite for the past two days, Gao Nei Shi specially instructed the imperial kitchen to prepare manna soup, soup embroidery pills, and water refining calves, all of which are my aunt's habitual love." ”

Gao Yuxiang accepted this favor and immediately reciprocated: "Liuniang really has a good memory, from beginning to end more than 30 kinds of dishes, she can remember it clearly, her mouth is clever and her voice is also light and crisp, and the slave listens like she is singing." ”

Xie Ying smiled slightly, but her mood was a little lonely.

She has tasted a lot of delicacies in later generations, all of which are much more delicious than these dishes now, which could have been used to please the queen mother, and to show off her ingenuity, especially after entering the palace, she learned that there was already stir-fried food at this time, but it was not popularized,—— even noble families rarely tried, let alone ordinary people.

Xie Ying immediately thought of the delicious and delicious dishes in later generations, such as kung pao chicken, fish-flavored shredded pork, spicy crayfish, etc., but she only knew how to eat, and she didn't know the specific method at all, not to mention that the condiments in this era were far less complete than those in later generations, such as chili peppers, and even salt was extremely expensive.

She had no way to rely on these "talents" in later generations to make a trick, so she had to memorize by rote and strive for a strong memory.

This is quite a kind of grievance that is obviously well-informed but cannot be used, Xie Ying regrets it but is helpless.

If she is in power, she will have to order the envoys to sail away and bring in those peppers, potatoes, corn, etc., which are common ingredients in later generations, but they have caused a great sensation in all kinds of time-traveling novels! Xie Ying is very much looking forward to the scenery where the world looks up to her, admires her, and shouts long live.

But the skinny reality is that at this time, she had to restrain her arrogance and whisper to please this ancient old woman who was in her eyes, but she was actually shallow and didn't know anything, but she was extremely lucky, and even with the palace maids and eunuchs trusted by the old woman, she had to be careful to flatter, because she knew very well that although the queen mother was backward and ignorant, she was the only person who could help her achieve her ambitions.

So she laughed very happily at this time, trying to dispel the haze in the queen mother's heart.

Empress Dowager Wei is really irritable these days, of course, there is the reason for the little sister Princess Yichuan - after the Yao Ji incident, Yichuan and Yuan Dezhi were both beaten, and the two gradually drifted apart, and on the surface they seemed to be very docile, otherwise even if the little sister was rude and stupid, with Yichuan in the back of the persuasion, there was no nonsense in the past to such a point, but Yichuan seemed to be shocked and put away his minions, but the Queen Mother was not sure whether he was serious and cautious and just wanted to live in peace, or just pretended to hide his ambitions.

But just this housework, Empress Dowager Wei is not too anxious, and there is another thing in her heart that is depressed.

According to the covenant, since the new Turkic monarch has returned to the Great Zhou, then he will pay tribute to the eldest year, but this year, the new Turk monarch will not come to Chang'an to pay tribute, and even an envoy has not been sent, which is quite a sign of breaking the contract.

The new Turks did not even fulfill the title of minister, let alone crusade against Pan Shun and Northern Liao, which greatly violated the original plan of the Queen Mother and made her very troubled.

Some ministers have written letters suggesting that the imperial court send envoys to reprimand, and some people even clamored for soldiers to fight for the new war.

However, in order to conquer the barbarians, there were many financial losses, and although the Queen Mother wanted to teach the new Turks a hard lesson, she couldn't come up with the money to fight.

In March this spring, the mourning period of He Yan's third year (actually twenty-seven) has passed, and the Queen Mother is still thinking about expanding and renovating the Penglai Palace, and the mausoleum that she has been stopping wants to be completed according to the original specifications, and it requires a lot of money, and money is needed everywhere, but the household officials are crying poverty to the Queen Mother, and they move out a stack of papers, which record all the deficits owed over the years.

The Queen Mother did not think about increasing the income to fill the treasury, but at this time, although she was in the court, there was still the King of Ruyang eyeing her, just waiting for her to lose the people's hearts and take the opportunity to make trouble, not to mention that she tentatively consulted Xue Xuanzhi's opinion, and was advised by that person, saying that it was not appropriate to increase the weight and increase the income to cause the people to be displaced.

These things made her troubled and embarrassed, and where would she be happy because of Xie Ying's flattery?

So I was a little impatient when I listened to it, and my eyebrows were even tighter.

Xie Ying said: "Aunt and grandmother, I happened to hear a few female officials discuss, Daodongying, Silla and other kings are very fond of our country's glass, porcelain and other things, and the envoys of several countries have been ordered by the king to buy heavy money in the two cities, so I thought that if the imperial court opened more glass and porcelain workshops, and exchanged these items for gold and silver and other tributes from other countries, maybe it could alleviate the financial needs." ”

In Xie Ying's opinion, the glass and porcelain are just mudstone firing, and the raw materials are not valuable, but they are very loved by the nobles and kings of various countries, regarded as treasures, and they do not hesitate to buy them, and they can be used to make money and enrich the treasury, what is there to worry about?

She didn't know that although the raw materials for firing these utensils were not valuable, but the labor and kiln consumption were also a lot, especially the glaze, which was originally introduced to the Central Plains from the Western Regions, and was later mastered by the Central Plains, but the production process was quite complex, and the probability of success was very low, and it was common to spend time and effort to burn out a kiln waste, so although there are also businessmen who operate glaze, it is not extensive, and it is not common on the market, but there are finished products, which are often bought out by their own nobles first, so the envoys of Dongying and other countries will ask for a lot of money.

It's just that Xie Ying's suggestion greatly moved the Queen Mother.

That's the truth! Although glaze is rare, if the imperial court recruits craftsmen to set up workshops, who says that it can't greatly expand production? Not only glaze and porcelain, but also silk, tea and other items that were in great demand in Tu and other countries could be used in exchange for tribute.

"Your idea is wonderful, it can not only ease the finances, but also not increase the burden of the people, and benefit the country and the people!" The Queen Mother finally had a smile on her face.

Xie Ying saw that she had successfully pleased the Queen Mother and was praised, so she began to play right and wrong: "Today, I went to see the eleventh sister, and I happened to meet the people of Heshe, and I thought that the people of Heshe were going to discuss with the eleventh sister because of official business. ”

The Queen Mother didn't care: "Xu is Yingyang has something to say, Fourteen Lang and Eleven Niang have always been brothers and sisters because of Yingyang, since they are now in the Penglai Palace, it is reasonable to occasionally meet and gossip, Ying'er is curious, but don't be upset because Yiyi is unwilling to tell, you are cousins and sisters, you can't make contradictions and let others laugh." ”

Xie Ying pouted and rubbed the queen mother's arm coquettishly: "Ying'er knows that she was rude and willful in the past, but she has already known that she has changed her mistakes, where can she be so ignorant, even if the eleventh sister is more pleasing to her aunt and grandmother, and her heart is a little pantothenic, but when she thinks about it, who makes Ying'er not like the eleventh sister, she can share her worries and solve problems for her aunt and grandmother, and it is reasonable for her aunt and grandmother to love the eleventh sister more, and Ying'er does not dare to complain." ”

The Queen Mother stretched out her finger and poked Xie Ying's forehead, and joked with a smile: "Look, it's really sour and jealous, it's my fault for being eccentric." ”

Gao Yuxiang saw that the Queen Mother's mood was improving, and he also made fun: "It is the greatest honor in the world to be able to win the favor of the Queen Mother, and it is no wonder that Liu Niang is red-eyed and hot-hearted." ”

Xie Ying restrained her joking posture, and suddenly said seriously: "Ying'er sees that the eleventh sister has a lot of affairs, and she doesn't even have a lot of lunch to use slowly, and she often copes with things, and she really wants to share some of it for the eleventh sister, otherwise she really can't go." ”

She doesn't have the ability to draft the chapters, and she is responsible for the work of different categories, she doesn't want to always beg for the palace maid's affairs, and the real red eye is that the eleventh mother can contact government affairs, which can greatly benefit her ambitions, and must be fought for.

The Queen Mother got Xie Ying's advice to solve a big problem in her heart, and at this time, she didn't care about Xie Ying's ambition, and agreed: "It's good that you have this heart, I'll give it to Yiyi later, let her teach you some chores, and you can ask Yiyi for advice." ”