The capital is a melon field, I happily eat melons

Lin Mo's proposal directly opened up new ideas for the concubines in the harem.

Master Kobayashi is right! Why didn't they think of this?

Moreover, they are naturally advantaged to write about this subject since they live in the harem. As for the fear of the harem secrets being spread, there is no need to worry about that at all.

There is really no secret in their harem now. The only secret is that they are poor. However, if people tell others that the Empress and the Emperor are poor, I guess no one will believe it.

After all, before Lord Kobayashi came to court, the emperor and his ministers cried poor and the ministers thought the emperor was deliberately deceiving them.

After returning to the imperial palace from the temporary palace, the empress and the ladies in the harem began the great task of writing storybooks.

But the problem is that there is still something that needs to be resolved.

"Empress, how are we going to write about competing for favor? It seems like we have never done anything like this."

Defei had no idea where to start with a pen in her hand. It seemed that they had never competed for the emperor's favor before.

The queen was also stumped by this question. She didn't know how to write about this matter.

The main reason is that there are few concubines in the harem now, and everyone is busy with their own affairs and has no time to compete for favor.

You say that if you can improve your treatment by competing for favor, then go for it, but the problem is that the emperor is also poor. When he comes to their palace, he has to take one or two things with him. They even hope that the emperor will come less often.

At this moment, Emperor Xuande, who was reviewing memorials in the imperial study, sneezed loudly.

Eunuch Li quickly took the handkerchief and handed it over: "Your Majesty, why don't you take a break? You have been busy all day today, so you can rest for a while."

Emperor Xuande wiped his nose and said irritably, "It's true that it doesn't take a while, but they are pushing me too hard. I am the only one and there are so many things for me to deal with and review. Those ministers are so good, pushing me every day, it's really annoying."

The main thing is that my three sons are running away every day for some unknown reason.

I don't know if he can help his old father share the official duties. The same goes for the prince. I don't know what he has been busy with since he came back.

The emperor was very worried, and the situation in the harem was not much better.

In order to collect materials, the queen even asked the concubines to ask the concubines how they competed for favor when the previous emperor was alive.

The concubines who were suddenly pulled over: …

No, are you asking this question to humiliate us!

The concubines refused to answer, which made the other concubines very anxious.

"My Lady Concubine, this matter concerns the survival of our harem. Please help me with this. Don't you want to live a better life in the future?"

"Yes, yes. The harem is in financial difficulty now, and the emperor is also poor. Although the national treasury is abundant, we cannot use the money in the national treasury. The previous emperor had his own private treasury, but the emperor doesn't even have his own private treasury. If he wants to reward anything, he has to save up from his own teeth. You have also watched the emperor grow up, don't you feel pity for him?"

The concubines: ...How come you say that the emperor is even worse than a beggar on the street? He can’t be that miserable.

In fact, the emperor did have a private treasury in the early days, but later on, the national treasury was empty and he used it to subsidize the national treasury, so he invested all these things into it little by little, and in the end he had nothing left even his underwear.

Now the national treasury finally has money, but his private treasury is still poor. It is not as rich as those concubines. Otherwise, why would the emperor always take things from them?

Moreover, every year on the Queen’s birthday they can receive a large amount of rare treasures. The Queen is kind to them, so they have plenty of good things.

It’s just that the Emperor would say some nice things on his birthday every year, but before that they were all converted into money to subsidize the national treasury. Even the gifts from the Empress had to be divided into half to subsidize the national treasury, and the remaining half was kept for living.

It is true that I have never seen such a poor imperial family in all my years. Before entering the palace, they had never imagined that they would live such a life in the future.

After a day of persuasion, they finally convinced the concubines.

A concubine sighed and said seriously, "It's not that we don't want to tell you, it's mainly because we don't understand. The former queens and concubines who fought fiercely all died, and the slightly more powerful ones also left the palace when the emperor ascended the throne. We are just some small flowers and grasses. To put it bluntly, we have never been involved."

Another concubine also said: "That's right, we have no family background, no money, and we are not that good-looking. For example, I only met the late emperor once, and that was at a palace banquet."

Others also echoed, "Yes, if you really want to know, you can go to Duke Chen's house and ask Concubine Chen. She was once favored, and now she is the only concubine who has participated in the more intense palace battles. But I heard that her mind has become increasingly unclear recently. I don't think you will get anything out of her if you ask her."

Those who remained in the palace were really nothing, so when they heard these concubines coming to ask about the palace fighting of the late queen, they thought that these people came to humiliate them on purpose.

If palace fighting is a circle, they probably haven't even entered this circle.

The expressions on the concubines' faces when they heard these words were extremely complicated.

Is this the truth? So there is really no one who can solve their problem, right?

The queen was also stunned when she learned about this.

However, she still said with emotion: "I have heard that the fighting in the harem of the late queen was fierce, and there were many cases of harming people and children. I just didn't expect it to be so fierce that there were not many people who survived."

It turns out that the few concubines left in the harem have never participated in palace fighting. This is indeed quite surprising.

Actually, it's quite funny. Those who participated in the palace fighting are dead, but those who did not participate are now enjoying the treatment of ancestors in the palace. Isn't this ridiculous?

"My lady, what should I do? I really can't write this!"

This opportunity to make money is about to fly away, they really can't bear to give it up!

At this moment, Lin Mo was lying on the bed and snoring, completely unaware that a word she casually said had kept the concubines in the harem awake for several days.

Bai Xiao turned into a small size and slept soundly on her forehead. If you didn't know him, you would think he was a human-shaped fever-reducing patch.

The maid who came to help them cover the quilt shook her head helplessly when she saw this scene.

These two people are really becoming more and more outrageous. They are really not afraid of being discovered at all.