An Lingrong's Rebirth: The Lock of Qingqiu

Concubine Hua lowered her arms calmly, changed her posture, and smiled at Concubine Li who was standing on her side: "Your Majesty, Queen, who in the palace has deducted money from others? Why don't the Queen say it clearly? I am afraid of scaring all the sisters in the palace."

The queen seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, and she whispered: "Concubine Li, tell me, has all Kang Luhai's money in your palace been confiscated?"

The Queen pointed out Dao Sheng, and Concubine Hua's face turned red with anger, her eyes widened, her eyebrows furrowed, and her anger gradually surfaced.

Li Bin is hers! The queen didn't leave any face to her.

Concubine Hua said angrily: "Li concubine, you step forward and speak. The queen asked Kang Luhai where is his money? Have you deducted his money? How come I don't know about this? I don't even know if I, the associate minister of the Sixth Palace, Does the Queen know things better than I do?"

Concubine Li was so frightened that she did not dare to raise her eyes to look at the queen or the emperor.

Li Bin pondered for a moment, her face turned slightly red, and she said softly: "Back to the emperor, Kang Luhai was not doing things well. Every time he asked him to do things, he was always a little short of being done. In order to wake him up, he had to deduct money from him. As punishment, Kang Luhai's work started but failed. Sui Yuxuan used to be the chief eunuch, but Wan Changzai withdrew from it. Sui Yuxuan no longer wanted him, so he came to seek refuge with his concubines."

An Lingrong was stunned. This concubine Li was so driven that she bit people. Kang Luhai had obviously added insult to injury when Wan Changzai was not favored. He deserted Wan Changzai and went to Li concubine again. Li concubine beat her up. Instead, it was said that Wan Changzai no longer wanted Kang Luhai.

Wan Changzai didn't say a word with cold eyes. It was estimated that she didn't want to go through this troubled water at all, and she didn't intend to argue even if she was bitten by Libi.

There was silence in the main hall for a while. The emperor looked at Li Concubine and gradually became silent.

The Queen explained: "If the servants don't do things well, a little punishment is enough. Withholding money for a long time is not the answer. These servants are also human beings, and they all have to support their families. Your Majesty, Kang Luhai doesn't do things well, but since he followed After Li Concubine, Li Concubine has not sent any money to Kang Luhai."

An Lingrong was stunned: the queen was more admonished, Kang Luhai was only deprived of nearly six months of silver, but the queen said it was true, Concubine Li had never given any money to Kang Luhai.

This was because the queen noticed that Li Concubine was talking nonsense, and she responded to her in the same way as she did. Li Concubine opened her mouth, but she did not explain.

The emperor looked at Concubine Li with cold eyes and said, "Concubine Li, is this really true?"

Concubine Li held up the hem of her clothes and knelt down hopefully. She bowed to the ground and gave a great salute to the emperor: "Please give me a clear warning."

Concubine Li neither admitted nor denied, which angered Concubine Hua who was standing by.

Concubine Hua pretended to be sad and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the treasury is empty, and the emperor also knows that it is normal for the palace to have insufficient money. Not to mention that Kang Luhai has not paid any money, and I also assist in managing the Sixth Palace. Well, all the moon silver I received was confiscated! I work for the emperor and the harem, but I never complain."

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The queen said calmly: "I am not saying that I want to hold on to Kang Luhai today. Everyone must know about Zhang Mi of the Taiyuan Hospital. Zhang Mi and Kang Luhai, the doctors of the Taiyuan Hospital, are from the same hometown. Kang Luhai Kang Luhai asked Zhang Mi to borrow some money for six months. Kang Luhai said that a relative of his family was ill, very seriously, and he needed money urgently. So he lent him his monthly silver, but Kang Luhai didn't have the money to pay back now, so he defaulted on the debt. Zhang Mi asked Kang Luhai to pay back the money, and the two of them started fighting over this. What do you think, a dignified imperial physician from the imperial hospital? It's so embarrassing to have a fight with a leading eunuch in the harem in broad daylight. Fortunately, the maids of Cuihe Palace came across this incident and stopped the fight in time, so it didn't cause a big disaster."

The emperor said slowly: "Li concubine, go and ask Zhang Mi and Kang Luhai how much money Kang Luhai owes Zhang Mi, and you pay it off for him. The money that was paid back was Kang Luhai's six months. After deducting the money, all the rest will be returned to Kang Luhai. As for whether you should deduct Kang Luhai’s money next month, you can decide for yourself!"

The emperor's last words sounded like a warning and a threat. It sounded like, if you dare to take my slave's money again, you will come to me with your head held high!

An Lingrong couldn't help but smile after hearing this.

The emperor calmly ordered: "Queen, all the masters in the palace are not allowed to withhold the silver coins issued. This is a long-standing rule. By the way, Concubine Hua, ask the Internal Affairs Office to check the whereabouts of the silver coins every month, and send each of them to the palace." The monthly account details will be handed over to the queen for review to check for any omissions."

Concubine Hua was so angry that she was biting her silver teeth secretly, and there was nowhere to start the anger.

Concubine Hua simply said: "Your Majesty, the money that Concubine Li stole from Kang Luhai was reported to me, and it was with my consent. Originally, the palace did not have enough money to hold events, and it was my own and Concubine Li's money. , Cao Guiren and other concubines had their money confiscated. The confiscation of Kang Luhai’s six months’ money was really nothing. If the money had to be paid back, Li Concubine must have been penniless. If the queen wanted to see As for the account books, it is estimated that the Ministry of Internal Affairs still owes me a lot of money every month. Let’s wait until the queen reads the accounts! After the money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs is replenished to me, I will ask Concubine Li to send Kang Lu away. Hai sent the silver to Zhang Mi."

The emperor was so angry that he stretched his neck and could not say a word.

The Queen thought for a while, pretending to be reasonable and said: "Since Sister Hua Fei said so, I will use my discretion once. I will repay Zhang Mi's money for Kang Luhai, but in the future, Li Concubines can no longer deduct money from Kang Luhai. Not only concubine Li, but also all the concubines in the palace can not deduct money from others without authorization, do you understand?"

The emperor said: "Just do as the queen said! Dismiss the meeting."

Concubine Hua opened her cold eyes, snorted lightly from her nostrils, twisted her waist and walked out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Xia Ruchun watched Concubine Hua go away and whispered: "The Queen is still reasonable. She not only solved the grudge between Imperial Doctor Zhang and Eunuch Kang, but also shared the emperor's worries."

The queen sighed and said: "I hope they can all understand me like Xia Changzai, and I don't deal with people. Xia Changzai did a good job this time. He reported what happened in the palace to me in time, so that he wouldn't It makes small things drag out big things.”

But Kang Luhai brought this matter to the attention of the Queen and the Emperor. He was scolded at first and beaten at worst.

An Lingrong passed by Chuxiu Palace and saw Concubine Li throwing Kang Luhai's things out in a swarm, making a clanging sound.

Kang Luhai lay on the ground and kept begging for mercy: "Empress Li, it's really not the slave who complained to the Queen and the Emperor. Zhang Mi from the Imperial Hospital drugged the slave that day, and he also beat the slave. Many people saw it."

Li Bin said angrily: "You deserve to be beaten! There are so many people in the palace, why did you go to Zhang Mi from the Imperial Hospital to borrow money? Are you out of your mind? Don't you know that Zhang Mi belongs to the Queen?" idiot!"