Empress Dowager Li thought for a moment and said: "Recently, there have indeed been many people who have talked to the mourning family about Qingya Xiaozhu when they entered the palace. This elegant little building was said by them to be like a paradise, and the mourners were envious when they heard it! It's just that the identity of the mourning family is different, so it's not easy to go around. ”

Chen Hong smiled and said, "What's so difficult about this? The slave maid notified Gu Ningbo's Mansion and asked him to seal the garden, so that Niangniang could naturally go and see it at will! If the mother feels bored alone, then bring a few more wives! ”

Empress Dowager Li relaxed her body, leaned on Zaijin Dun and said, "This is all for later, let's continue to talk about Gu Ningbo's Mansion!" ”

Chen Hong bowed down and said: "Actually, there are not many slaves and maids who can find out about the affairs of Gu Ningbo's Mansion for a while, I only know that they were quite poor before, and if they sink for several generations, they will be squeezed out of the ranks of nobles!" But I don't know how to do it, but it has suddenly started in the past few years! So the slave maid thought that there should be a master behind her! ”

Empress Dowager Li said with great interest: "Oh? It does look like someone has a superior move, but I don't know who this person's surname is? It is not easy to bring a dilapidated noble mansion back into the ranks of the top nobles! I'm afraid that this elegant little building is also deliberate, not a boring thing! But this man has good intentions! If you can recruit it, you can also be a helper for Long Live Lord! What else did you find!? ”

Chen Hong said: "That's all for now! However, when the slave maid came, she had already ordered someone to investigate. Although he ignored Gu Ningbo's Mansion a few years ago, after he got started in the past few years, the slave maid became interested and had already placed people in his business. It's just that it can't be placed in the house for a while! But it's enough to ask for some news! ”

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Li nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good!" Long live the Lord should have someone like you by your side, always help out! ”

When Chen Hong heard this, he secretly smiled bitterly in his heart! Where is he now on the edge of the Long Live Lord? Feng Bao and they guarded them all day long! But fortunately, Niangniang can still catch up here, so she won't be kicked out of the palace!

Thinking of this, he cheered up and began to gossip with Empress Dowager Li. Chen Hongjiu has been in the palace for a long time, and he has long known the Queen Mother, and the two of them can be regarded as able to talk. There are a few palace maids to help, and a conversation is full of laughter and laughter, which is very pleasant!

About half an hour later, someone outside reported that a eunuch had asked for an audience. Empress Dowager Li said: "I think the news has arrived, call someone in!" ”

A moment later, a eunuch walked in, and after seeing the Empress Dowager and Chen Hong, he held a document high above his head. Chen Hong took the paperwork and waved his hand to signal the eunuch to retreat. Then start looking at the sticker on the cover of the paperwork.

This kind of sticker is common in the inner courtyard, and it is basically used for all kinds of folds and hand folds. At that time, there were a lot of things such as folds, so the contents of the inner study were written in an abridged version and pasted on the cover. It's up to the people who watch to judge whether this thing is worth watching? If it's an important thing, review it yourself, and if it's not important, move it to another place.

Chen Hongjiu is used to seeing documents in the palace, and he has already practiced the ability of ten lines at a glance! When he took the sticker in his hand, he glanced at it and understood that Rao had already practiced the ability to be moody, and he still couldn't help but show a surprised expression on his face!

The Queen Mother could naturally see the change in his face, but she didn't speak. Anyway, Chen Hong will tell him exactly as it is. She just thought it was a little strange that an ordinary investigation could uncover anything that would make people happy or surprised.

At this time, I saw Chen Hong take off the sticker and hand the document to the Empress Dowager Li with respectful hands. Empress Dowager Li took it and opened it to study it carefully, but it didn't take long to see it, and she actually showed a surprised look!

The paper is not thick, but only a dozen pages. So Empress Dowager Li quickly finished reading it. She handed it to Chen Hong casually and said slowly, "You can take a look first!" ”

Chen Hong took the document and quickly flipped through it. After he finished reading it, he closed the book and said: "Niangniang, the slave maid always thought that Gu Ningbo's Mansion had recruited a character, but she didn't expect that it was a child who was the one who made the decision!" ”

If Liu Haojia could see the book in Chen Hong's hand, he would definitely be surprised! Because the above records the activities of Gu Ningbo Mansion in recent years quite clearly!

From how Liu Haojia found the secret recipe of snow sugar in the pile of old papers, to the opening of Shiwei Zhai, including the guess that the secret recipe used should also be obtained from the Liu family's collection, as well as the reasons before and after the opening of Qingya Xiaozhu, the list of shareholders, etc.!

There is certainly some speculation, but it is generally accurate. Even the guesses are eight or nine and ten! Fortunately, Liu Haojia paid attention to confidentiality at the beginning, and did not leak out the way of making snow sugar and seasonings. But this shows the imperial court's ability to control the nobles!

In fact, this is also a very normal thing, as the royal family is both dependent on the nobles, but also beware! The court relied on the nobles because they were in the same position with the country, and the interests of the two sides were highly aligned! In order to keep their wealth, they will also desperately support the continuation of the Ming Dynasty!

Just think of what Alexandre Dumas's character Athos once said: The king depends on the nobility to become powerful, and the nobility depends on the king to become powerful!

Of course, it is also very normal for the royal guard to be honored! Because of the successful rebellion of all dynasties, those who were able to establish a dynasty except for Zhu Yuanzhang were all noble figures! In other words, the royal family is just the one with the most power among the nobles! Since they can overthrow the previous dynasty and seize the throne, then sitting on the dragon chair naturally have to beware of people who are also nobles!

At this moment, another palace maid came to report that a document had been delivered. After Chen Hong took the paperwork, he found that there was no sticker on the paperwork. He knew that there were not many things recorded in it, so he handed it over directly to Empress Dowager Li. Empress Dowager Li opened the document and looked at it, and actually nodded again and again, as if she was very satisfied. This made Chen Hong have some expectations!

When the Queen Mother read the document and handed it to Chen Hong to read, he realized that it was originally recorded that it was the situation of Gu Ningbo in the past dynasties. However, Chen Hong didn't look at the previous specific instructions, and directly turned to the last page to see Jinyiwei's conclusion, only to see that it read: "Gu Ningbo in the past dynasties have been loyal, diligent, and honest, but most of them are people who don't know how to be flexible and are not good at management." The martial arts are acceptable, and he can be a rushing general. ”

Chen Hong didn't rush to speak after reading it, because the matter of evaluating the courtiers was done by the queen mother and the emperor, not his business. So he just stood there with the book and waited for the Queen Mother to speak.