Dressed as Concubine Xian [Comprehensive Yanxi Palace]

Qianlong's interest in Concubine Xian was indeed temporary.

After the lychee banquet, he never came to Chengqian Palace to see She Shuxian again.

She Shuxian had no intention of competing for favor, and Qianlong was not here, so she was happy, and the women in the harem who were like fighting cocks saw that the emperor did not continue to come to Chengqian Palace, so they also faded their hatred for her. It's like a long-lost sister.

The friendship of women in the harem is really like a plastic flower, very fake, but it will never wither.

She Shuxian slandered, and chatted with the queen mother together with the concubines.

The queen mother also had a fit of playfulness, and suddenly said: "Yesterday, the prince and the prince sent a dwarf to the palace. He is especially good at telling jokes. Guess what he said?"

"The concubine doesn't know," the empress took up the empress dowager's words gently, and said, "I also ask the empress dowager to expressly—"

"The dwarf came from the folk, learned a lot of folk songs, and sang a piece of "Bao Gong's Tour" to me, which made me very happy."

"Mother Zhang, what did the dwarf sing to make the Queen Mother happy like this?"

Concubine Chun was also very supportive.

Seeing this, Zhang Momo glanced at the Queen Mother, and after getting permission, she walked among the concubines, imitating the tone of the dwarf, and sang: "I heard that the old man is going to leave Beijing, and he is busy with the East Palace and the West Palace. Cake, Empress Nishinomiya..."

"Hahaha! Hahaha!"

Concubine Shu is a lively person, before Madam Zhang laughed, she covered her mouth in feigned surprise after laughing, and said, "This concubine is disrespectful, please be punished by the Empress Dowager!"

"It's all right," said the Queen Mother. "When I heard the dwarf sing this passage yesterday, I couldn't help laughing like Concubine Shu."

The queen said: "The concubine thinks that although this aria is absurd, it is very simple and down-to-earth. For the villagers in the mountains, the fragrant pancakes and the peeled garlic... are far more real and beautiful than the delicacies of mountains and seas. .”

"The queen is right."

The Empress Dowager nodded approvingly, and asked She Shuxian, "Concubine Xian has always been solitary and honest, what do you think of this libretto?"

"Chen Qie once heard a story told by Ama to Chen Qie when she was a child. There was a peasant woman who was doing farm work hard under the scorching sun, and suddenly raised her head and sighed, and said, 'The empress really doesn't know how happy she is. I'm afraid she is still sleeping on the bed at this moment. After taking a nap, when I woke up, I shouted: "Bring a persimmon!" When Ama told me this joke, I also thought it was ridiculous, but Ama told me that the extravagance of the palace is not non-existent, but It's all outside the peasant woman's world."

"Concubine Xian wants to say this..."

Concubine Gao Guifei, who finally escaped the confinement, intentionally made things difficult for She Shuxian.

However, Concubine Chun has always been protecting the Empress, so Concubine Gao started to talk, and Concubine Chun immediately said: "My concubine thinks that peasant women have little knowledge and think of persimmons as the most delicious thing in the world. It shows how difficult people’s lives are.”

"That's right, when the emperor was here, a blanket in the palace could be used for many years, but now everyone adores emerald gold ornaments, and some extravagant people use ivory as a seat and gemstones as inlays, and even put the whole piece of blanket on the table. The beautiful jade was hollowed out and carved into exquisite sachet balls..."

Empress Fucha sighed and said, "Extravagance is not advisable. The royal family should set an example by reducing palace expenses and advocating frugality."

"Frugality is the right thing to do," said the Empress Dowager. "Since it is the Empress' proposal, let the Empress arrange for someone to do it!"

"The minister and concubine follow the order."

……

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After the empress walked out of the Shoukang Palace with a group of concubines, she said to She Shuxian and Concubine Chun, "Sister Concubine Xian, Sister Concubine Chun, follow me."

"Queen?!"

She Shuxian believed in the queen's character, but she was a little surprised when she heard this sound suddenly.

Seeing this, Concubine Chun deliberately walked a few steps slowly, and explained to She Shuxian: "Sister Concubine Xian, the Empress has just received the order from the Empress Dowager, and most likely it is to arrange for you and me to manage the affairs of the Six Palaces together."

"This……"

She Shuxian looked embarrassed, and thought to herself: I can't even sweep my own house, so asking me to take care of the harem, won't it kill me?

But thinking that Huifanara would become the successor in the future, and that managing the Six Palaces would become her part of the job, She Shuxian didn't dare to evade, so she could only slap her swollen face and pretend to be fat: "Thank you, Empress Empress, for your attention. I'm just afraid that I'm too ignorant to use it, but let the empress..."

"The affairs of the harem have always been managed and dispatched by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. We only need to explain clearly to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and occasionally do some supervision and management to ensure that everything goes smoothly and worry-free."

Concubine Chun is very confident in assisting the queen in managing the harem.

She Shuxian also smiled relieved when she heard the words.

With such a large harem, how could it be possible to send all matters big and small to the queen for adjudication. It can only be that most of the matters are thrown to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for unified scheduling and distribution, and the final result is handed over to the queen, the CEO, for review. If you are satisfied, you will sign and execute it. Just go back and redo, a very standard company business process.As for her, she will also serve as a coordinator equivalent to the assistant secretary of later generations, responsible for reviewing the documents sent to the Queen by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and supervising the implementation of the orders of the Queen by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

How difficult is this!

She Shuxian thought smugly, and glanced at the value of the snake spirit disease on Concubine Chun's head: the color was a little greener, as green as if a few drops of azurite had been mixed into a pool of thick ink.

Concubine Chun, what kind of woman is she?

She Shuxian muttered to herself, and entered Changchun Palace with Concubine Chun.

……

In the Changchun Palace, the empress was sincere and said: "In the Shoukang Palace today, the empress dowager ordered me to be in charge of reducing the expenses of the harem. I would like to hear your opinions?"

"The concubine thinks that the reduction of harem expenses should start with the concubines," Chunfei said, "Ordinary court ladies and eunuchs do not have any money income on weekdays. If they are further reduced, their life will be even more stretched."

"Sister Chunfei is right. The harem expenses should be reduced, but only the concubines' expenses should be reduced. The treatment of ordinary court ladies and eunuchs should not be reduced, but should be slightly increased."

"Increase?"

Both the queen and the pure concubine were surprised.

She Shuxian said: "Bai Letian has a poem saying, 'A clump of dark-colored flowers is a gift from ten households'. Countless poor people can be benefited by cutting back just a little bit of enjoyment."

"You're right," Empress Fucha sighed, "The harem cost reduction, let's start with this palace!"

"Your Majesty is merciful!"

Concubine Chun compliments the queen.

She Shuxian said again: "Madam, I heard that there is a backlog of inventory in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Why don't you sell all the silk and satin that have been accumulated in previous years, and exchange them for money and hand them over to the treasury for disaster relief. I know that, selling off the inventory from previous years The backlog of money obtained is a drop in the bucket in terms of disaster relief, but in the end it is worse than nothing. As the saying goes, if everyone donates a penny, great things can be done.”

The queen smiled approvingly, and said: "Concubine Xian, you have such vision, you are really wronged to be born as a daughter."

"Thank you, Madam, for your love."

She Shuxian resolutely gave up the credit.

Afterwards, the empress discussed with Concubine Chun and She Shuxian the specific details of reducing the concubine's expenses, as well as the actual implementation of selling the backlog in the palace, and finally knelt down and returned to the palace until it was getting dark.

Zhongcui Palace and Chengqian Palace belonged to the Sixth East Palace. After leaving Changchun Palace, the two sets of guards of honor went side by side for a long time.

On the palace road, Concubine Chun suddenly asked: "Sister Concubine Xian, what you said today is from the bottom of your heart?"

"Why does Sister Chunfei ask such a question?"

She Shuxian has been particularly wary of Concubine Chun since she discovered that the color of the snake spirit disease value on Concubine Chun's head was particularly dark green.

Concubine Chun said: "Yesterday the emperor came to Zhongcui Palace and told his concubine something about Sister Concubine Xian. After listening to Concubine Xian's words today, I suddenly felt that what she said was insincere..."

"What did the emperor say?"

She Shuxian pretended to be careless.

Concubine Chun shook the palace fan and said: "The emperor said that Na Erbu is a father in vain."

"Narbu...Amata..."

Before She Shuxian could react, her body had already swayed. She knew that it was the remaining consciousness of the original owner of the body who was worrying about her father.

She took a deep breath, stabilized her emotions, and said, "Pure Concubine, has something happened to my Ama?"

"Prince Yi was ordered to investigate the matter of bribery. Naerbu actually bribed him in order to escape for his son. What is the identity of Prince Yi, how could he accept bribes?"

Concubine Chun glanced at She Shuxian, and said: "Now the emperor knows about this matter, and put Naer in prison!"

"what!"

She Shuxian pretended to be calm and held the handrail of the guard of honor, and said, "I don't believe this is true."

"The emperor said it himself, can it be false?"

Concubine Chun looked at She Shuxian with pity, and said, "Sister Concubine Xian, the water in the harem is deep, so be cautious in your words and deeds."

"I understand, thank you, Sister Chunfei, for your concern."

She Shuxian said with a sad smile, knowing that most of this incident was caused by the 100 taels of gold she gave to Mrs. Huifa Nala!

Concubine Chun saw that Concubine Xian was preoccupied, so she stopped adding fuel to the fire, suggesting that the eunuchs slow down and make room for She Shuxian to calm down.

She Shuxian is not the real Huifa Nala family, and has no father-daughter affection for Naerbu. Although she is in a trance gesture at this moment, her attention has always been on Concubine Chun.

After discovering Concubine Chun's little trick, she raised her eyebrows and said to herself: Concubine Chun is indeed not half as pure as her title.