Chapter 18 Spending money is like running water, earning money and plowing the ground
Last time in Zichen Palace, Concubine Zheng Guifei felt that the rocking chair was very comfortable, and after she came back, she also asked the inner chamberlain to make one.
Then I lay on the rocking chair every day, snorted melon seeds, and read the script.
Speaking of which, I have to thank that Wen Ling. Thanks to her, she was able to find out that she could still live such a fairy-like life in the palace.
I heard that a few days ago, she rectified the concubine and punished a group of palace concubines for copying Buddhist scriptures.
Haha, you deserve it.
I have long seen that the lady concubine is not pleasing to the eye, and she pretends to be dead all day long, "I am the most sensible in the whole harem, and I know the general best".
Every time she speaks, it makes people feel uncomfortable, and she can't catch her mistakes.
This time, let's plant it! The wicked have their own ...... Why are the wicked here?!
Wen Ling wore a snail blue dress, her face was snow-white, and she stood at the door of the Linhua Hall with a plausible smile on her face. He was followed by a group of eunuchs.
Concubine Zheng stood up in surprise and asked with a wary face, "What are you doing here?" ”
Fortunately, they were of the same rank, and if she was allowed to salute this wicked man, wouldn't she be angry to death?
"Let's take a look at Concubine Zheng Guifei," Wen Ling Shi walked to the chair opposite the rocking chair and sat down, "I don't know if I don't know this, Concubine Zheng Guifei has been living a very nourishing life this day." ”
Concubine Zheng Guifei didn't greet her, she poured tea for herself by herself, and didn't treat herself as an outsider at all.
"We don't have much friendship, what's there to see? Nothing to do. Concubine Zheng kept a straight face and refused to give her a good look.
Wen Ling was not angry, picked up the teacup, and took a leisurely sip.
The tea soup is golden with a bamboo fragrance. It is gourd tribute tea.
This Concubine Zheng is really extravagant enough.
"Concubine Zheng Guifei is out of sight, they are all sisters, of course they should come and go often." She glanced at the hall again, and the furnishings were even more elaborate than those of Yilan Hall and Zichen Palace. It seems that this girl didn't make a lot of money for herself when she was in charge of Fengyin before.
Concubine Zheng Guifei's eyes were fixed on Wen Ling, and she sat down opposite Wen Ling in a posture of preparing for battle to meet the enemy.
Unexpectedly, Wen Ling looked relaxed and said with a smile: "But I do have one thing I want to ask Concubine Zheng for help." ”
Zheng Guifei: "Don't help!"
Wen Ling: "Let's move." ”
As if she had expected Concubine Zheng's reaction, Wen Ling didn't give her a chance to react, and with a wave of her hand, the eunuchs began to move things.
Wen Ling was still stretching his neck and reminded: "Those antiques, jewelry, mahogany furniture, and the set of emerald noodles that I wore last time I went to Zichen Palace, all of them will be moved away for me!" ”
Zheng Guifei stood up with a "rub", pointed to Wen Ling's nose and said, "The surname is Wen, don't deceive people too much!" These are all gifts from His Majesty, why did you move away?! ”
The palace maids of Linhua Hall opened their arms and stopped in front of the eunuchs, and the scene was tense for a while.
Wen Ling leaned back in his chair and said slowly: "With me now in charge of the phoenix seal, if you are not convinced, you can go to your majesty to sue me." ”
Zheng Guifei's fingers stiffened as she pointed at Wen Ling.
The last time she was in Zichen Hall made her realize that it was impossible for her to snatch His Majesty back in her life.
In the harem, Wen Ling was the first person who dared to point at the emperor's nose and scold him for being sick. He was also the first person who dared to throw the sick emperor on the bed and go to eat melon seeds himself.
But even so, the emperor still looked at her differently.
Filing a complaint is also self-inflicted humiliation.
But she also knew that the wicked Wen Ling was different from the wicked Concubine Shu.
Otherwise, when she was in Zichen Palace, Wen Ling would not have scolded the emperor for being sick for her.
Hmph, don't you just want to ask yourself to help?
If there are steps, go down.
After turning these corners in her heart, Concubine Zheng Guifei got up calmly. He withdrew his hand, lay down on the rocking chair, and asked, "Say, what's the matter?" ”
Wen Ling smiled triumphantly: "It's nothing, it's just that now the treasury is empty, and Your Majesty is in urgent need of money, I see that there are a lot of good things in this palace, and I want to start from the Ministry of Internal Service and the Inner Division, and get some cash for Your Majesty." ”
"You mean selling your property?"
Wen Ling: "......" is used to say so ugly?
Zheng Guifei didn't think there was anything wrong with her words, and said: "If you want to sell it, you can sell it, what does it have to do with me?" Anyway, it's going to be bitter, and everyone is suffering together. ”
This is true.
This is also one of the reasons why Wen Ling found her.
At the time when Concubine Zheng Guifei was in charge of the phoenix seal, the colleagues in the palace were fighting, but there was never anyone short of food and clothing. Even when Wenling was "favored", Concubine Zheng Guifei did not stumble on her in this regard.
It's just that the things that the inner divisions send to the Linhua Hall are always the best.
It's even better than Zichen Palace's.
Seeing that Wen Ling didn't answer, Concubine Zheng Guifei looked clear and said, "It's not easy to deal with those people in the Inner Division, right?" Spending money is like running water, earning money and plowing the ground, and when the money arrives in your hands, you don't know how many times it has been stripped away. ”
Wen Ling followed her and said, "So, does Concubine Zheng have a way?" ”
"Hmph, you don't want to see who my dad is."
This is the second reason why Wen Ling found her.
Zheng Guifei's father is the current Hubu Shangshu, one of the few royalists. However, he is not a courtier, blindly following the emperor all day long, trying to squander money for the emperor, and he has a share of the credit for the current deficit of the treasury.
But fortunately, he is a faithful man.
Moreover, she has been in charge of Fengyin for several years, and there are still some means to deal with the internal divisions.
Wen Ling gave Xi Xin a look, and Xi Xin handed a box to Concubine Zheng.
"What is this?" Concubine Zheng opened it and saw that there was a phoenix seal inside, "What do you mean by this?" ”
Is there something wrong with this woman's brain?
Wen Ling said: "In order to facilitate you to sell your property, the phoenix seal is temporarily in your hands, but the money from the sale cannot go into the treasury, nor can you let your father know, if you dare to fill your own pockets, I will let Your Majesty demote you to the cold palace to be a companion of the abolished queen, you only have one month, and after a month, I will collect the accounts." ”
After that, Wen Ling patted his clothes, got up and left.
Zheng Guifei: This is the attitude of asking for people?
It was a long time later that Concubine Zheng Guifei realized that Wen Ling's behavior was called "digging a pit".
On the last day of King Kang's seventh day, Concubine Shu sent the Buddhist scriptures over.
She first went to the Yilan Palace, and was told that the concubine had been in the Zichen Hall these days, so she came to the Zichen Hall with the Buddhist scriptures, and waited for the eunuch at the gate of the hall to pass it on.
When she first entered the palace, the emperor loved her very much, and she also stayed in the Zichen Palace and got the concubine position. But there are no flowers in the harem that bloom undefeated, and her appearance is not the most outstanding. It didn't take long for the emperor to have a new love, and he never remembered her again.
She really didn't understand, what was the ability of the new Concubine Wen to make the emperor so fond of her?
When Dexi took her in, Concubine Wen was sitting next to the desk and commenting on the chapter.
Since Wen Ling began to help Gongye Han criticize the chapter, her emotions have also begun to be unstable.
Where are these rotten people talking so much nonsense all day long?!
Obviously, if you can explain a sentence clearly, you have to write thousands of words and summarize the central idea like reading comprehension.
Some have no central idea at all, scold one sentence on the left, one sentence on the right, and finally another sentence: Your Majesty, if you don't change it, the old minister will hit the pillar!
There are so many pillars in the main hall, you are especially bumping!
Some of them have nothing to do and have to join in the excitement and present a concert, so they ask the emperor if he eats well, sleeps well, and pays attention to rest and not too hard......
Damn it! If you don't play this chapter, the old lady will be able to sleep for ten minutes more!
Wen Ling scolded while criticizing: "A bunch of nonsense! ”
Dexi said: "Guifei Niangniang, Shufei Niangniang is here." ”
"The concubine Niangniang is blessed with Jin'an." Concubine Shu saluted, her gaze lingering on the piece of the case for a moment.
"Well, let's put down the sutra and go back." Wenling Road.
Concubine Shu put down the Buddhist scriptures, but she had no intention of leaving.
Wen Ling glanced up at her between the lines, and continued to criticize the dragon and phoenix, and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”
Concubine Shu took two steps closer, then suddenly knelt down, and said in a poignant tone: "The concubine didn't know how to advance or retreat last time, which annoyed the concubine Niangniang, and now the concubine body already knows that it is wrong, can you ask the concubine Niangniang to see that the concubine body is also dedicated to the sake of His Majesty, and forgive the concubine this time." ”
The pen in Wen Ling's hand still didn't stop, and said: "The Buddhist scriptures have been copied, and the palace has not embarrassed you, what do you mean by this?" ”
Concubine Shu said: "A few days ago, Concubine Zheng said that you asked her to assist in the harem, ran to the palace of the concubine, and took away most of the things that His Majesty had rewarded before, and the amount of food and clothing was much reduced compared to before, Concubine Zheng has always been a person who says nothing, and it is useless for the concubine to beg her, she said that this is what you meant, let me come to you......"
As he spoke, his eyes began to redden.
The pen in Wen Ling's hand stopped and said: "Now that the treasury is empty, it is Your Majesty's intention to reduce the expenses of the palaces, and it is not intended to target you, you think too much." ”
Concubine Shu looked up, her expression as if she had been sentenced to death.
Although Wen Ling told the truth, in Concubine Shu's opinion, this is that she was isolated by everyone, and she was rejected for refuge, and she was exiled in the palace in the future.
Wen Ling saw what she was thinking, so she said again: "Besides, Concubine Zheng Guifei has shown me the list, although it has been reduced, it is completely able to ensure a normal life. Before, it was because Concubine Zheng was sympathetic to the sisters of the palaces, so the expenses of the palaces were beyond the norm. For example, Jiang Concubine, she is just a concubine, but Zheng Guifei is given to her according to the treatment of the concubine, Zheng Guifei has always been favored by His Majesty, and there is no need to use this method to win people's hearts, she does this because she knows that it is not easy for the sisters in the palace, so she is blessed to enjoy it together, but now even His Majesty can't eat, do you still want to continue to hold your few pieces of jewelry and not let go? ”
Concubine Shu was stunned for a while before she said, "It's the concubine who is narrow-minded." ”
Wen Ling's words are all about this, as for whether Concubine Shu is really innocent, she doesn't care very much, and she still has a bunch of unfinished notes.
She said, "Let's go back if there's nothing to do." ”
After Concubine Shu left, Wen Ling did not raise his head until his neck was stiff. She turned her neck from side to side, rested for a while, and then got up and went to Linhua Palace.
Because at that time, she told Concubine Zheng Guifei that she would sell her property first, and then cut back on food and clothing. Now that Concubine Shu's use has begun to shrink, it means that it is time for her to collect her debts.
I didn't expect Zheng Guifei's efficiency to be quite high.