Concubine GL

"What? The emperor wants to renovate the Yuanling Mountain Palace?" Chen Lai stood up, her eyebrows twisted into knots, "Why do you want to repair the Laoshizi's palace?"

Qingzhu just came over from the Internal Affairs Bureau, and her breath was a little unstable: "I heard that the maidservant is Yin Wanyi... No, Concubine Zhao suggested to the emperor, this is not in the emperor's favor, and she has achieved such a smooth career."

"Bitch!" Empress Chen gritted her teeth, her face extremely solemn, "How much money does the Emperor order the Internal Affairs Bureau to allocate?"

"It's 3000 taels, I'm afraid I'll ask for more." Qing Zhu's face was also a little ugly.

Chen Lai pursed her lips tightly and said slowly after a long time: "3000 taels, 3000 taels...that's too much. What did Eunuch Li from the Internal Affairs Bureau say?"

Qingzhu shook her head: "At that time, the servant was just discussing with Eunuch Li about the money transfer, so when the imperial decree arrived, the servant stared at him, and Eunuch Li was afraid of his empress, so he just looked at him with embarrassment and didn't say much. What."

Chen Lai breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm afraid that if you can hide it for a while, you won't be able to hide it forever."

"Your Majesty, what should I do now?" Qingzhu was also a little at a loss, "Eunuch Li later told the servants that the Internal Affairs Bureau only has about 1000 taels left, and there is still a gap of 2000 taels..."

"Fill in some money first, and it can't be too bad, or the emperor will become suspicious when he hears it." Chen Lai supported the dressing table with both hands, raised her eyes to look at the shadow in the bronze mirror, and said with a sneer, "It's always worse if it's worse." If you can get away with it, then ask father to prepare a capable person to take charge of the matter, and you can get back a lot of oil and water, so you won't lose much."

"Your Majesty is shrewd." Hearing this, Qingzhu also grinned.

Chen Lai snorted and narrowed her eyes: "The little fox has finally stretched out its claws in front of Ben Gong. Ben Gong wants to see what other skills you have."

At the same time, there was joy in the Biqin Pavilion, Wang Yin became a new concubine, although it was a position he had been in before, but regaining it after losing it is another state of mind.

"Concubine Zhao..." After seeing off Nan Xian and Dong Fang Bai who came to congratulate her, Yi Chuan kept talking about the new title with a smirk, as if he had won it himself, "My lady, alas, it's been a long time since I called the master this title." The name has been given, the servant girl is really happy!"

In contrast, Wang Yin was much calmer, glanced sideways at Yi Chuan, picked up the pen and licked it in the thick ink prepared by Huai Sang, and said with a smile: "When will you girl be as quiet as Huai Sang? ?”

As soon as Huai Sang was mentioned, Yi Chuan's crescent-shaped mouth drooped, he gave Huai Sang a blank look, and said, "Slaves, please don't be like her. You're like a bored gourd all day long. It's so boring!"

Over the past few days, Huai Sang has long been used to Yichuan's changing address every day, without even raising his eyes: "Now that the empress is aware of your mother's intentions, she must be more wary of her. For them, making money is a sure thing. It's just that the soldiers came to cover up the water and soil. And if the renovation of the palace is implemented..."

"Are you afraid that the prime minister will take the responsibility and fill your own pockets?" Wang Yin paused his pen, smiled slightly, and continued to write on the rice paper, "Don't worry, I don't want the emperor to really repair some palace, which would waste people's money, but I just want to take this opportunity to let the queen show her off. Whether she blocks it or hides it, she has to do something anyway, and there will inevitably be flaws if she moves, we just need to wait."

"What your mother said is true." Huai Sang said.

After writing in a few words, Wang Yin took a breath, took the pigeon whistle, and blew lightly. After a clear and melodious sound, a white snow came flying from afar from the darkness.

The snow pigeon was sitting on the window frame, its small eyes like black beans were moving around cleverly.

Wang Yin folded the rice paper in his hand, stuffed it into the small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's foot pole, lowered his eyebrows and asked, "Huisang, do you know the current drought situation in Sichuan?"

"The servant girl doesn't know that after the master returns, all matters are under her control, and she doesn't need to contact me again. Besides, the empress and the master...don't always use snow pigeons to communicate messages?" Huai Sang wondered.

Wang Yin saw that Huai Sang didn't seem to be lying, so he nodded and said: "It's nothing, I just asked a casual question."

After tying it firmly, the snow pigeon took a few mouthfuls of the pigeon food in Wang Yin's palm, and finally flapped its wings reluctantly and flew away.

Wang Yin stood at the window and looked at it for a while, then murmured after a long time: "Now we are about to reach the cusp, so don't contact me for the time being, lest I accidentally fall into someone's trap."

Yi Chuan and Huai Sang stood far away, neither knowing what to say, they just looked at each other and remained silent.

Facing the wind, Wang Yin raised his chin, stood with his hands behind his back, his lonely and conceited appearance was so similar to Qi Wuxue.The tip of Huai Sang's nose couldn't stop feeling sore, she lowered her head so that Yi Chuan beside her wouldn't see her red eyes.

Two days later in the afternoon, Wang Yin took the food box to the Rizhao Hall as usual, rain or shine, to "solve worries and problems" for Ruhuai.

Ru Huai was very happy to see Wang Yin, pushed the pile of booklets that were getting higher and higher, took a silver spoon to scoop up crab stuffed oranges, tasted it carefully and said with a smile: "This is your hometown dish, it's salty and delicious, Really well done!"

Wang Yin turned and stood behind Ru Huai, raised his hands, pinched his neck lightly and said: "Although this is the dish of my hometown, but I also learned it for the emperor. I think about the emperor's continuous cooking these days. After eating a lot of sweet food, I must be bored, so I changed the taste on my own initiative. If the emperor doesn't like it, he must tell his concubines."

Ru Huai laughed and said: "It's really hard for you. It seems that it is really right for me to give you the title of 'Concubine Zhao' again."

Wang Yin raised the corner of his mouth, his face was contemptuous, but his tone was still soft, and he sighed: "The concubine naturally understands the emperor's intentions, but there are many rumors in the palace, saying that the concubine is no more than the daughter of a criminal minister, just in the emperor's ears After a few days of wind blowing in my ears, it turned into a phoenix for no reason, and the ministers and concubines felt a little uncomfortable when they heard it."

"Oh? There are such remarks?" Ru Huai frowned.

"However, when you think about it, it's true that the concubines really didn't do much, and I really appreciate the wrong love from the emperor." Wang Yin said, "I think there are quite a few vacancies for concubines in the harem, and the emperor hasn't been drafted for two years. I have lost a lot of high positions, so why don't the emperor take this opportunity to bring up some sisters. In this way, the sisters will not be jealous of the courtiers or concubines."

Ru Huai chewed the pastry slowly, and said: "That's right, I'm busy with political affairs these days, but I've neglected the affairs of the harem. So, in your opinion, who should be mentioned?"

"Well, the concubine naturally doesn't want to talk too much." Wang Yin turned to Ru Huai, pursing his lips and smiling extremely, "The concubine only thinks of one person, and I have been serving the emperor for more than half a year, and I also contributed to exposing Concubine Rong ..." As he spoke, Wang Yin sighed pretending to regret.

Ru Huai said: "I heard that you used to have a good relationship with Concubine Rong, but this time you can still think about your nobleman. This thought is really touching. Speaking of it, I haven't visited your nobleman for some time. That day, I saw that his appearance was a little bit worn out."

"The so-called embarrassment caused by Yi Xiao, if you think about it, you must miss the emperor to reduce it a lot." Wang Yin opened his eyes and said nonsense, but he said it very sincerely.

Ru Huai finally nodded, sighed and said: "That makes sense, so let's mention her as Xiaoyi. After I finish processing the papers, I will go and have a look at her. For the rest, I will mention two or three more, so as not to cause trouble. The harem is too deserted. That Yu Xuan servant has been with me for many years, and now he has been out for a long time, and he is also obedient and sensible, so he can be promoted as a nobleman!"

"The emperor is wise." Wang Yin said with a smile.

Wang Yin was about to clean up the few dishes left, and was thinking about how to ask about the 3000 taels in the House of Internal Affairs, when a graceful figure appeared by the door of the palace.

"Concubine Zhao really cares about herself, and she doesn't find it troublesome to come to the Rizhao Hall every day." Seeing Wang Yin now, Chen Lai felt like seeing a thorn in his flesh, "My concubine pays my respects to the emperor."

"Get up, why are you free to come here?" Ru Huai raised her chin, "You came just in time, Concubine Zhao's craftsmanship is very skillful, the cakes she made are several times better than those in the Imperial Dining Room, and there are some left over, you Try it too."

Chen Lai glanced at the few cakes left in the center of the white porcelain on the table, then raised her eyes to look at Wang Yin who was smiling brightly, and said regretfully: "I ate too much at noon, and now I feel a little bloated, I'm afraid I won't be able to enjoy it .”

Wang Yin didn't force it, he took the porcelain plate, and said: "If the empress doesn't dislike it, I can just send the concubine to Fengxi Palace in person in the future, I just hope that the empress doesn't dislike it."

"What did Concubine Zhao say?" The Empress glanced at her, and then said to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, I heard Eunuch Li from the Internal Affairs Bureau talk about the renovation of the palace."

Wang Yin listened, and deliberately slowed down his hands.

"Well, what do you think?" Ru Huai said unhurriedly.

"The concubine thinks that it is a good thing to renovate the palace, but... Eunuch Li told the concubine that the Internal Affairs Bureau may not have so much savings." It’s another expense. Your Majesty, why don’t you think twice and reduce your needs.”

"Is there such a thing? Last year, I heard from Eunuch Li that the Bureau of Internal Affairs has a lot of silver taels, and there is a surplus of 2000 taels every year. If you settle down like this, you still can't afford the 3000 taels?" Ru Huai picked up. Eyebrows looked at Chen Lai.

"This..." Chen Lai was at a loss for words for a while, "Otherwise, the concubine will order Eunuch Li to do the math again?"

"If the Internal Affairs Bureau is really short of funds, the concubines don't need this year's autumn clothes. There are still a lot of clothes left to wear. The emperor's business is important." Wang Yin tidied up the food box, said with a smile, and glanced at Chen Chen casually. Queen, I saw that her face was really dark.

"My concubine is really considerate." Ru Huai shook Wang Yin's hand, then frowned and said to Chen Lai, "Now the Internal Affairs Bureau needs to deduct concubine's daily expenses to maintain it?"

"This... Your Majesty, this is not what I mean. I just said that the Internal Affairs Bureau can't afford 3000 taels for the time being, and it's not that they want to withhold the money for Concubine Zhao's new clothes." Chen Lai endured for a long time before she wanted to rush to Wang Yin The urge to roll your eyes.

"So, how much money can the Internal Affairs Bureau give?" Ru Huai was a little impatient.

"Probably... 2000 taels." Chen Lai said.

Ru Huai said: "Then use it first, if it's not enough, then draw the money out at that time."

Chen Lai breathed a sigh of relief calmly, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding."

"Okay, you guys should step back first." Ru Huai said to the two of them by pressing her temples as she felt a little headache after going through this.

"Concubine Zhao has been running quite a lot these two days." As soon as she left the Rizhao Hall, Empress Chen said with a half-smile.

"I don't dare, but I just feel that the emperor is working hard." Wang Yin nodded and said.

"Do you know what is the saddest thing about people?"

"My concubine doesn't know."

"The saddest thing is that you are destined not to be able to make pearls and jade, but you still have to work hard to sharpen them." Chen Lai smiled lightly, "If he can make gravel with peace of mind, at least he can seek neither pain nor suffering, and his life will be safe."

Wang Yin bent his lips and said without hesitation: "Your Majesty taught me well."