The emperor's authority cannot be questioned, and he showed Cui Zhen's fold to Du Zhiyan.

Excerpt content: Your Majesty, are you okay in the capital? I heard that it is snowing in the capital, the snow is so thick that you can't step on it with one foot, and it is also snowing on the frontier, which is half a person deep. Seven horses froze to death in the barracks, Your Majesty, you have to be well.

Well, it looks like the style is a bit lacking.

In my memory, my cousin is brilliant, although he is not as good as Li Bai Dufu, but among the nobles in the capital, his reputation is also well-known. Why did you regress so much when you went to Biansai?

"What do you think of your cousin's memoraly?" The emperor asked.

Du Zhiyan hurriedly twisted his head to the side: "Back to the emperor, harem women are not allowed to participate in politics." ”

"I've given you permission to join politics."

"Concubines don't dare to disobey the ancestral teachings."

"The king of Yue sent another 800 li urgently, saying that Biansai suffered a snowstorm, and the livestock were killed and injured countless times, in order to expand the armament, the capital needs to allocate 50,000 taels of silver, although there have been small wars in recent years, there is no big chaos in the end, the people have just recuperated, and I don't want to increase taxes, but this silver."

"In the humble opinion of the concubines, the emperor should think about the 50,000 taels of silver."

"Why?"

"The emperor will look at the cousin's recital again, and there will be an answer above."

The emperor picked up Cui Zhen's fold and looked at it carefully, but it was just an excerpt to ask for peace, what is the answer to this.

Du Zhiyan pointed to a few words on the fold: "It's also snowing on the frontier, and it's half a person deep." Seven horses froze to death in the barracks".

"Although the concubine has never been to the frontier, she has heard that the frontier is bitterly cold, the winter weather is cold, and the snow is half a person deep, every year, it is not surprising, this year's snow is the same as in previous years, seven horses are frozen to death, it should be the same as in the old year."

"But the king of Yue said that in the snowstorm, the livestock were killed and injured countless times."

"As far as I know, my cousin is very arrogant on the surface, but he is a careful person in private, the so-called casualties are numerous, and my cousin probably counted, a total of seven horses, so my cousin gave the emperor an excerpt and told the emperor the truth."

The emperor was stunned.

Can Cui Zhen's excerpt be interpreted in this way?

I didn't expect it.

He turned out the folds written by Cui Zhen in the old years, each one was mediocre, in addition to asking for peace, there were also some words that were not light or heavy. It's like chatter.

For example, on the 16th day of the seventh month of the old year, he said, "There was a heavy rain in Biansai, which breeds insects and flies, and three people die." ”

On the eighth day of the ninth month of the old year, he said, "There were seven or eight soldiers in the barracks who had diarrhea, but they were cured after taking medicine for four or five days." ”

On the fifteenth day of the twelfth month of the old year, he said, "When the year is almost over, the soldiers have received their salaries, and they are overjoyed." ”

Then turn over the folds on the king.

On the eleventh day of the seventh month of the old year, the king of Yue wrote an eight-hundred-mile urgent excerpt: "A local plague broke out in the frontier, and there were 300 dead, so there were no households, so the emperor was asked to allocate 5,000 taels of silver for disaster relief." ”

On the first day of the ninth month of the old year, the king of Yue wrote an expedited excerpt of 800 miles: "There are seventy or eighty soldiers in the barracks who have diarrhea, in order to avoid local spread, the army has allocated more than 10,000 pairs of traditional Chinese medicine, and the daily disinfection matters continue for a month, consuming 3,000 taels of silver, please make up for it as appropriate." ”

On the fourth day of the twelfth month of the old year, the king of Yue wrote an expedited excerpt of 800 miles: "It is almost the end of the year, the soldiers have received the silver, because of the one-year war, the silver has not increased, the soldiers have complained, and now please 10,000 taels of silver as a reward, please decide whether it is okay." ”

In other words, King Yue's expedited excerpt was written in front, and Cui Zhen's please An excerpt followed.

But the content of the excerpt is very different.

The seriousness of King Yue, Cui Zhen understated.

In the past, every time the king of Yue came to fold the child, the court gave the silver according to his will, and when it was counted, there were not 100,000 taels, but 80,000 taels.

But if according to Cui Zhen's meaning, these silvers are not necessary.

Who's real and who's fake?

The emperor's heart is like a mirror.

"The emperor still sent someone to check, in case what His Royal Highness King Yue said is true, then 50,000 taels of silver cannot be saved, after all, it is a military affair."

The emperor was silent, and then picked up Cui Zhen's fold again and studied it carefully.

Could it be that Cui Zhen is reminding him with this kind of excerpt?

He sent Cui Zhen to the king of Yue, and with the king of Yue here, Cui Zhen was able to see the king of Yue in everything.

It is not a secret that the letter he wrote, perhaps King Yue had also read it.

Being able to tell the truth to Jingshi in this situation is enough to show that Cui Zhen has wisdom and strategy, and he is not so stupid on the surface.

"You have a good cousin." The emperor put down the fold: "Cui Zhen will return to Beijing in the next year, and I want to see him." ”

Du only said that he didn't have time to think about her cousin's good or bad.

She was still thinking about the business of the Eternal Blessing Temple.

The most taboo in doing business is three days of fishing, and two days of drying nets.

The takeaway business has just started, and it is late on this day, if you can't deliver food to the palaces on time, wouldn't it be smashing your own signboard and affecting your reputation?

Fortunately, Shi Jing was here, and the stove in the small kitchen was busy early in the morning.

Although the little eunuchs were in a hurry, they also sent out several takeaways, but no one coordinated, and two of them were late.

One of them is the wishful crisp that the queen wants, and it is half an hour late.

Du Zhiyan asked the small kitchen to make another wishful cake, and she personally carried it to Jingren Palace to make amends, and returned the queen's half-hanging money.

"This time it was the negligence of the Yongfu Palace, and if the wishful crisp is done and cooled, it will not taste good. I also asked the queen to take care of it, I made a new one, and it was hot, so please let the queen mother taste it. Du only said respectfully raised the Ruyi Crisp above his head, on the emerald green plate, the golden Ruyi Crisp had more than ten layers, and when you touched it, you could hear the rustling sound.

The heat of the fried is just right, and the delivery is fast.

The queen is quite satisfied, last night Du only said that he was sleeping in the Taihe Palace, the situation was quite tragic, I heard that the emperor directly stopped the day, and the sun was still in the Taihe Palace. Thinking about it, Du Zhiyan was not shallow in grace, but she did not lose her sense of proportion by relying on the emperor's favor.

The Ruyi Crisp sent by the first was unqualified, it tasted cold, and it was not soft, Wei Guiren took a bite and put it aside, saying that Du Chang was reaping the holy favor, so he forgot his duty, and the Ruyi Crisp that he bought with half a hanging money was not as good as the small kitchen of Jingren Palace, wouldn't he treat the queen slowly? and reminded the queen that it was time to give Du Zhiyan a reminder.

Now Du Zhiyan not only sent a new Ruyi crisp, but also returned the half-hanging money, and said that the queen's Jingren Palace ordering is her glory, and in the future, the queen's palace ordering does not have to give money every time, just settle it in January, so that everyone is also convenient.

The queen chewed on the ruyi crisp: "A month is over, isn't it a long time, if a day is the same, a month is thirty, that is also a lot of money, in case the palace forgets, or misses the calculation, don't you have to suffer?" ”

"I trust the queen and am willing to send food to Jingren Palace."

The queen smiled like a flower.

Wei Guiren sat on the side board, seemingly caressing the qin, but his hand did not move, staring at Du Zhiyan with a pair of eyes, thinking that this woman was really on the road, how could the dignified queen leak her silver, she still said it so beautifully.

In the northwest corner of Jingren Palace, Meng Yuzhu was holding the palace rules and books, so anxious that her neck was sweaty.

The emperor said that let her memorize the palace rules, and let the queen check it after she memorized it.

After everyone dispersed, she began to recite the palace rules, and it took half an hour to recite two or three of them, and she stumbled.

The queen used two wishful cakes, crooked on the brocade couch, and watched the palace maid longan do needlework.

Longan's needlework was done very delicately, and the queen asked Wei Guiren to play an elegant tune.

It's also very pleasant to listen to music and eat snacks like this, even if the concubine can't carry it in the corner of the wall, and she can't drive it away, and the pestle is quite redundant there.

The queen also knew that Meng Yuzhu didn't know a few big characters, and the thick palace rules were really difficult for her.

couldn't bear to be punished, so he said to her: "Concubine, it's okay to carry it today, you can go back." ”

"The queen said this on the surface, I'm afraid that she will sue the emperor behind her back. The concubines can't carry it, and it will be difficult to see the emperor in the future. ”

The strings in Wei Guiren's hand suddenly picked, and one of the strings was broken, obviously, Wei Guiren was unhappy: "Guifei Niangniang, you offended the emperor because of unruliness, and the emperor punished you for memorizing the palace rules, if you can't memorize it, or if you want to see the emperor, even if you go to Taihe Palace, like Du Changzai, stay overnight in Taihe Palace and let the emperor quit the court, which is also the ability of the concubine, why bother to come to the queen Niangniang here for nothing, I memorized it for half an hour, but only recited two or three of them, isn't it a joke." ”

"You're just a nobleman." Meng Yuzhu's face turned pale.

"Wei Guiren is the younger sister of this palace." The queen ate another piece of Ruyi crisp: "Concubine, you still can't carry it." ”

"Back." Meng Yuzhu gritted her teeth.

Meng Yuzhu insisted on reciting it, but the queen could only listen reluctantly.

Longan embroidered a pink peony flower, Wei Guiren played three tunes, Du Zhiyan finished eating a plate of nuts, the queen yawned, the earth was warm, the charcoal was full, and the snow was falling outside, it was a good time to sleep, Meng Yuzhu stumbled endlessly, like a fly that came in, buzzing non-stop.

"Don't make loud noises, don't move around, get up on time, turn off the lights on time, huh...... Those who are inferior can see high positions, and regardless of whether they are close or intimate, they must greet each other. Don't be anxious when the holy car is not fortunate for the time being, you are not allowed to be jealous, you are not allowed to intrigue, and you must not damage the queen's virtue......"

Carrying it on its back, how did it pull out the queen.

The queen opened her half-sleeping eyes: "You can't damage the virtuous ...... of the concubine, it's not the queen's virtuous." ”

Although the queen has a bad reputation in the queen mother, she is in a high position in the end, and she is a noble woman, and she is taught by a top-level grandmother after entering the palace, so in terms of rules, at least in terms of palace rules, it is not bad.

Meng Yuzhu obviously made a mistake.

After the queen corrected her, Meng Yuzhu picked at the gold and gem-inlaid armor: "You are not allowed to be jealous, you are not allowed to intrigue, and you must not damage the queen's virtues......"

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It's not going to be taught.

"The concubine is despising the queen, the queen mother has already told you where she made a mistake, but the concubine did not correct it."

Meng Yuzhu had to kneel down: "The palace rules are jerky and difficult to memorize, and the concubines are really hungry again." ”

The queen was also hungry after listening to the palace rules for such a long time, so she asked Gui Yuan to take out the menu sent by the Yongfu Palace, and ordered an avocado mixed with salmon and steamed cheese.

"The concubine also ordered a piece of beef and fruit mixed with salmon and a portion of steamed cheese with the queen's mother." Meng Yuzhu was a little greedy.

Du only accepted the queen's list, but rejected Meng Yuzhu's list.

"Are you afraid that this palace won't give you money? Du only said, why don't you take the order from the palace? Meng Yuzhu frowned.

"If you think about it, why do you have to memorize the palace rules in the queen's palace, you will understand why I don't take your order."

Meng Yuzhu knew it, so it was naturally not good to ask again.

The queen was interested: "Why? Why don't you take the concubine's order? ”

Wei Guiren put away the piano and smiled: "I heard that the Yongfu Palace has blacked out the concubine for a month, and within a month, no one from Changle Palace is allowed to order takeout." The reason is that the concubine beat the eunuch of the Yongfu Palace, so the emperor punished the concubine for coming to Jingren Palace to betray the palace rules, right, concubine Niangniang? ”

Meng Yuzhu's face turned red in an instant.

That's not good in the palace.

Sometimes you don't need to inquire about the news, you just dig into your ears.

The fact that she was punished by the emperor for violating the palace rules is well known.

The next day, Du Zhiyan asked the small kitchen to make a few delicate side dishes and a few hot pots. There are three series: cold dishes, hot dishes, and light soups.

I also borrowed a flatbed cart from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Pulling these cold dishes, hot dishes, and soup, I first went to the Queen Mother's Cining Palace.

"What is this?" The Queen Mother was puzzled, she hadn't ordered food yet, how could she send in such a large amount.

"Back to the Queen Mother, Du Chang is saying that every tenth of every month, Yongfu Hall launches a door-to-door delivery service. The dishes on this cart, which one the queen mother likes, can be taken off, and the unified settlement at the end of the month will be on the line. ”

And home delivery? Or month-end.

The Queen Mother was overjoyed and immediately ordered a wolfberry rice wine soup.

The small cart arrived at the emperor again, and the emperor thought that he was working hard, Du Zhiyan personally made a cart of food for him, so he pretended to be polite: "It's not easy for her to make a little money, this cart of meals is a few taels, and I can't use it all when I send it to Taihe Palace, you say yes." ”

Gao Rang whispered a few words to the emperor.

The emperor was embarrassed: "It turned out to be delivered to the door for you to choose, I said, why did the sun come out of the west, she could take the initiative to send me food." ”

"Then, is there anything the emperor likes?"

"Let's just pick a cart of beef."

Gao Rang picked a small cart of beef and brought it down, and Nijo and the others pushed the flat cart to Jingren Palace.

The trolley beef is as thin as cicada wings, the meat is pink, it is to cut the beef into slices after boiling and mix it with the boiled soup, and then freeze it into a piece, when eating, cut it into a piece with a knife, this is a great test of the cook's knife work, the cut into the trolley beef is almost transparent, the soup contains meat, the meat is with soup, tender and smooth, like eating jelly.

Chen Guo's harem, this is the first portion of the cart beef.

The emperor picked up a piece of meat and tasted it, it was really different, the beef made in the palace has always been hard, and if the beef is too hard, it tastes the same as chewing wax.

This woman is quite capable of research.

Ordinary beef was actually studied by her.

Gao Rang pinched the silver chopsticks and made dishes next to him: "Your Majesty, how is the dish that Du Chang is cooking?" The slave saw that this small cart of beef was white and red, thin and shiny, and smelled fragrant but not greasy, it seemed that Du Changzai had worked hard. Does the emperor like this taste? ”

"General."

"It's not delicious, so the minions will be withdrawn."

"Dog minion, you're getting better at serving."

Gao Rang laughed, and hurriedly took the silver chopsticks and put two slices of cart beef on the emperor's plate.