The wives of the concubines are empresses

General Nan Shaoan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I plan to leave the capital and return to the border in half a month."

General Xuanwei and Concubine Wu - Xuanhua Feng glanced at him.

Shangguan Wanjun looked at General Anyong: "You too?"

General Anyong bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Shangguan Wei pursed her lips and said, "It's been a while since you returned to the capital, so go ahead."

The two men bowed, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Grand Secretary Lin Xuefu stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, in one to two months, we can start spring planting. I would like to select better seeds for spring planting."

He glanced at the Minister of Revenue, Mu Qinghai.

"Spring planting is a big deal. My dear, what you said makes sense. However, seeds are important, and so is the soil. My dear, please try different types of seeds and soil this year. We should find a way to increase grain production."

The Grand Minister of Agriculture bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will draft a set of regulations and have them reviewed by Your Majesty."

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wanjun nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, thank you for your help, my dear."

When Shangguan Wanjun saw the Minister of Taichang Temple, she thought of offering sacrifices.

"Minister of Rites, is there a spring festival?"

Zhao Renwei, the Minister of Rites, said: "Your Majesty, there are indeed spring sacrifices. The royal family will hold sacrificial ceremonies on the Spring Equinox to show their worship of the sun god.

People would hold sacrificial ceremonies to pray for a good harvest in the coming year. Throughout history, there have been specific spring sacrificial activities, such as offering sacrifices to previous emperors, and holding purification ceremonies and wine-drinking ceremonies on the Shangsi Festival.

Shangguan Wanjun, who had been sitting for a long time, stood up and walked around to relax her body.

"Then this year we will only offer sacrifices to the previous emperors, and also offer sacrifices to the shrine with the people, praying for a good harvest."

Zhao Renwei, the Minister of Rites, bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Shangguan Wanjun looked at the Minister of Revenue, Mu Qinghai, and said, "The selection of high-quality seeds will be handled by the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of Rites. You must not be careless. Do you understand?"

The two of them bowed together: "I obey your order."

"Where is the Kyoto Commander?"

A burly and strong man stepped out and said, "I am here."

"You, the commander of the Kyoto Camp, will take some soldiers to the inner and outer parts of the imperial city. The capital will be in chaos sooner or later."

The Kyoto commander was somewhat puzzled, not understanding the emperor's intention, but he still bowed.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

None of the ministers understood the emperor's intention, and after the court session, some officials could not wait to open the red envelopes.

For an official from an average family, ten taels of silver was an excellent subsidy.

"How much is yours?"

"Ten taels of silver."

Listening to what his colleagues said, the Right Prime Minister also opened the red envelope and found that it was indeed a ten-liang silver note.

In less than half a month, the emperor rewarded all court officials with two silver notes. The first one of five taels represented the end of the old year, and the second one represented the start of the new year. It was said that both were paid from the emperor's private treasury.

Someone looked at the Minister of Revenue, Mu Qinghai, and joked, "Master Mu, the Emperor gave silver notes to the officials who came to court, and even used private funds. Your Ministry of Revenue must have saved a lot of money."

Minister of Revenue Mu Qinghai stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Indeed, today is a grand court meeting. I'm afraid the emperor will shed some blood this time."

Zhao Renwei, the Minister of Rites, said, "That's right. There are nearly two hundred officials in our grand court meeting. Even if each person gets ten taels, that would be two thousand taels."

The Minister of Revenue Mu Qinghai did not say anything. The emperor would definitely not reward them only with red envelopes for the start of work. The concubines and palace maids in the harem would also receive some.

He shook his head: The emperor spent a lot of money this time.

On the way out of court, Shangguan Wanjun looked towards Liucheng.

"Let the palaces dine with me today, and then dine with the Empress Dowagers of the East and West Palaces in the evening."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will take my leave."

Returning to the study in the Imperial Study, Shangguan Wanjun saw Master Yun and respectfully performed the student's salute.

"The student has met the teacher."

"I see you, Your Majesty."

On the second day of the new year, Master Yun did not teach Shangguan Wanjun for too long, and it ended in just one hour.

"Goodbye, teacher. I'm leaving now."

In this era of respecting teachers, the status of teachers is extremely high.

In early spring, the weather is still extremely cold.

As soon as Shangguan Wanjun entered the main hall, Lianhua took the initiative to take over the thick cloak she took off.

"Your Majesty, please change to a warmer hand warmer."

Shangguan Wanjun took the hand warmer handed to her by Mu Xiang and walked to the desk and sat down.

In the new year, she started her life as a cowherd again.

As she reviewed the memorials, the number of them gradually decreased.

Su Yude walked in quickly and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Wen and Concubine Yun are here."

Shangguan Wanjun, who was reviewing memorials, was stunned: "It's almost lunchtime?"

Minglan replied, "There's still half an hour left."

"Are they here to help me review and classify the memorials?"

Minglan thought for a moment and said, "Maybe."

"Xiao Dezi, Xuan."

"Yes, the slave will leave."

Soon, two concubines wearing thick cotton coats came to Shangguan Wanjun and bowed.

"Your Majesty, your humble servant."

"There's still half an hour before dinner. Now that the two concubines are here, please help me review and classify the memorials."

They both bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

The concubines came to the imperial study one after another. Seeing that the time was almost up, Minglan reminded them.

"Your Majesty, it's time for lunch."

Shangguan Wanjun suddenly looked up: "Time flies. Okay, let's eat."

She put down the memorial, stood up, and took the concubines into the dining hall.

"Everyone please sit down, there are so many people here."

Minglan glanced at them and said, "Sixteen concubines in total."

Shangguan Wanjun raised her eyebrows slightly: "There are four more."

Minglan explained respectfully, "The Concubine De, Concubine Lu, and Concubine Xuan should be on duty, but I don't know about the Concubine Shu."

Book Princess?

She thought of their conversation yesterday morning.

"I remember now. Concubine Shu is returning home today."

Suddenly, Shangguan Wanjun pursed her lips and frowned: "Should I arrange it in the evening?"

Four people were missing from lunch this afternoon.

Noble Consort Wen - Bai Xuanyi said: "Your Majesty, didn't you say that we should all have dinner with Mother and Consort?"

"That's true. Never mind. Let's just leave it at that. By the way, give me the red envelope."

When they heard the word "money", the concubines were stunned. Does this require money for lunch?

Shi Qingxue came over with the red envelopes: "Your Majesty, the red envelopes are all here."

"Everyone can take one copy." She originally wanted to distribute it herself, but after thinking it over, she decided not to.

She has to personally send out gifts to each of the twenty concubines, which means she has to extend her hand twenty times. It's tiring, so she'd better not just endure it.

Concubine Wen - Bai Xuanyi felt the weight of the red envelope and guessed it was a banknote.

The palace maids had already reported this to him, and the emperor distributed red envelopes to the court officials during the court meeting.

I guess the emperor treated them all equally when he gave it to them, but it does feel quite fresh.

The virtuous concubine Lin Gong had never had this feeling before, and a strange feeling arose when she touched Li.

"This is the first time my husband has received a New Year's red envelope."

Mei Fei-Hu Siyang laughed and joked: "Why, you've never received a New Year's red envelope before."

Consort Lin rolled her eyes at him and said, "How could I not have accepted it? I was just saying that this was the first time I received a New Year's gift from the Emperor."

Concubine Zhengzhou Xing was speechless and said, "What the virtuous concubine said is nonsense. This is the first time for all of you to receive red envelopes from the emperor."

Concubine Kang-Su Kangqiao echoed: "That's right, we all have it, we don't envy the virtuous concubine and the side king."

Concubine Xian - Lord Lin was furious: "You...are just looking for trouble, aren't you?"