[Qing wear] Harem promotion expert

When the emperor entered the house and Jiang Heng followed, he thought of the house.

In today's Yonghe Palace, she lives in the main house in the shape of an apse.Although it is the main house, there are only three rooms, which can be regarded as two rooms and one living room. Jiang Heng simply divided the living room, dining room and bedroom into one. Or separated by a main hall, so as not to infect the books and bed with the smell of food.

There are five big houses in the front hall, and every time she passes by the front hall, she will first think about how to arrange for herself to move into the big house.At least the study room can be isolated separately.

It is a pleasant thing to think about.

Strive for an early promotion and stay in a big house.

The emperor looked at her smiling face, and for a moment thought of wanting to stay.

But soon the emperor clearly remembered that there were still half a person's tall secret books piled up in his Hall of Mental Cultivation.This is a job that no one can replace. He can only go back and do it slowly.

Since Emperor Kangxi, there are two types of excerpts: one is that the courtiers openly submit the excerpts, which can be read not only by the emperor himself, but also by the cabinet and officials of the six ministries who have handled the excerpts. The secret book on it is a locked box that goes directly to the front of the imperial court. Except for the person who wrote the book and the emperor, no one knows what is inside-it is very convenient for informants, and it is used to prevent the emperor from being far away from the mountains and the emperor being deceived by local officials.

After all, officials want to mess with the officialdom. If they make public reports with their real names, many people will not have the courage. They are afraid of being retaliated in the future, so they will basically silently join forces.

With secret documents, it is much more convenient to directly report wrongdoing to the emperor in private, and secret documents are also equivalent to the witness protection system to some extent.

The more people who have the right to secret documents, the more things the emperor can know about the world.

It’s just that this secret document has a disadvantage, that is, it takes the emperor a lot of time to approve it in person, unlike ordinary documents, which can be sent to the cabinet for the help of other ministers to approve first and then draw up handling opinions, the emperor can save trouble.

Therefore, in the time of the first emperor, there were not many people who had the right to seal secrets, and only a few dozen officials received this honor, which was a rare species in the Qing Dynasty.

When Emperor Yongzheng arrived, he felt that the number of people was not enough: only a few dozen people could play secretly?If these people are fooling around, wouldn't I still close my eyes and listen.Come on, let me expand it for you.

This expansion has expanded to more than 1000 people.Guarantee the confidentiality right to cover the whole country, all provinces, states and even individual county-level officials have the confidentiality qualification to 'secretly report illegal activities'.

Three months ago, when the emperor announced the "Secret Book Expansion System", the courtiers were shocked on the spot: more than 1000 people can use the secret book, your majesty, you are not afraid of getting tired.

Therefore, when the emperor first announced this policy, they all felt that it was impossible to implement it forever, and when the emperor could not approve it, they would naturally cancel it.

Especially in the first few days of the expansion, the Beijing officials who had just won the honor of the secret book were very excited, and they searched their brains to find something to hand over the secret book to experience it.So within three days, the emperor received more than 300 seals.

The ministers felt apprehensive thinking about the workload, and they all said in their hearts: Your Majesty, it's time to stop.

However, they didn't know what kind of Gandi's life the emperor went through, and the three hundred secret folds were like an appetizer to him.He even waved his hand and added another [-] secret-folding quotas.

The courtiers have since been convinced.

What else is there to say, the emperor is a model worker, everyone should eliminate the illusion of being lazy, roll up your sleeves and work hard.

But today, the mountain of secret books in the Emperor's Hall of Mental Cultivation was not because he couldn't move his liver, but because he deliberately kept out the secret books related to 'the money and food owed to the court by various places'.Finally, today, all the provinces have all the secret documents, so he made a plan, and prepared to read it all tonight, and calculate the general ledger - to see where and what bold officials still dare to delay paying him the money and food owed to him. !

He deliberately left the matter open for several months without dealing with it, just in time for long-line fishing.

Now is the time to close the net.

Because there was a big project tonight, the emperor came out to relax after dinner, and walked over to Jiang Heng's place to exercise his muscles.

When I go back and sit on the dragon chair, I have to concentrate on staying up all night and work hard to generate income for the treasury!

Unexpectedly, Mr. Xingui is really lovely today, the emperor had such a moment, he really wanted to stay.

But in the end, it is the current emperor, the enthusiasm and perseverance of work will always be the first place, the beauty is good, but in the face of generating income from the national treasury, you still have to retreat several times.

He stood up and said, "I'm going back first." Holding Jiang Heng's tea list in his hand, he didn't give it to Su Peisheng, but still took it by himself.

Ever since Jiang Heng confirmed who the emperor was, he knew that he had a strict schedule, so he naturally didn't do anything to keep him, so he quickly agreed and got up to see him off.

But the emperor suddenly took a step forward, grabbed the man with his free right hand, brought him to him, and said with a low laugh: "Why don't you make pomegranate tea, I like the taste of pomegranate."

Su Peisheng, who heard that the emperor was going to drive, had just stepped in half a toe, and when he saw this situation, he immediately backed out.

I'm blind, I can't see anything.

Jiang Heng was afraid of the word pomegranate now, so he only said softly, "Pomegranate...doesn't go well with tea."

The emperor shook his head: "I think it is very worthy. You just do it, and I will come to drink next time."

I really have something to do today, so I can stay when I come back later.

Speaking of which, the emperor remembered that he only invited her to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and never stayed in the Yonghe Palace.Thinking about being in her own palace, she would be more comfortable.

Zhou promised to pinch the handkerchief in his hand.

There is a box of handkerchiefs in the box she brought from home, each of which is wrapped in oiled paper to prevent it from losing its color due to moisture.

It's not that there are high-ranking and powerful families in the Han Army Banner, such as the Nian clan, but the Zhou family is obviously not.

Zhou promised that his father was only a co-leader from the Qipin Taipusi Horse Factory. Although the family did not have to worry about food, it was by no means a wealthy family.

Ama's salary will be carefully calculated by Erniang. Apart from the family's income, the big head is actually used to support the two brothers' education.These days, reading is really expensive.

But she has a beautiful appearance in Xiaosheng, and her parents can't help but say: Maybe my daughter will be the luckiest person in the family in the future.

After all, he is a banner man, so he has to take the step of general election.

And if he really got elected, Zhou promised to immediately become the hope and glory of the whole family and even the whole clan.Even uncles with different surnames and distant relatives immediately came to deliver things, thinking that if there was a concubine in the future, it would be the prosperity and wealth of the family.

The cage that Zhou promised to enter the palace was carefully planned by the family.

Among them, this box of handkerchiefs was brought in specially.According to the brother-in-law who sent it, this handkerchief was obtained by drawing and embroidering it from an excellent embroiderer in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is quite different from the ones popular in central Beijing.The flowers on it are not real flowers, but the patterns that the embroiderer figured out by herself.

The family taught Zhou to hold this handkerchief when he promised to serve the holy driver, maybe it could attract the attention of the Long Live Lord.

Then there is a topic, isn't it?

And Zhou promised that his embroidery skills are very good. If Long Live Lord sees it from this point, he will do some needlework for the emperor in the future, maybe the emperor will remember it.

Zhou was still excited when she agreed to enter the palace, but at the first month of staying in Chuxiu Palace to learn the rules, she had no confidence in learning.Everything in this palace is based on status, and the same status is based on favor, seniority, and family background: in this palace, no matter where she comes from, she is the bottom.

Especially when she was assigned to the Yonghe Palace, Ma Jia pointed out in front of her face that "this Yonghe Palace is for noble people, and she is just an extra." 'Zhou Zhou promised to break the defense immediately, and felt so ashamed that he couldn't hold back crying and ran away in front of everyone, even more embarrassing.

Thinking about it now, she is still very resentful.

He resents Ma Jia's lack of virtue in his mouth, but even more resents Xingui for comparing her to Timothy.It was like the first night when the couple had just divided the palace.The only newcomer in the Yonghe Palace, of course, is preparing to be flopped, but the two maids and two eunuchs on her side are obviously in a slump, which is completely different from the tense atmosphere of the trustworthy and noble people in the palace.

It can be seen that even her own maid feels that the flop will never turn over to her.

Zhou promised that his mood at the time was as if he was facing a big prize: he knew that the possibility of winning the award was slim, but he still couldn't help but hope that maybe a miracle would happen?

If the emperor's first newcomer is her, then no one will look down on her again!

Even...even if it wasn't her, she was praying that she wasn't the nobleman!It would be better to let the trustworthy people lose face.

When Jiang Heng came out to see the emperor off, Zhou Ying was already standing in the porch.

She obviously dressed up a bit, and when she saw the jade bamboo curtain moved and the emperor came out, she hurriedly knelt down and said: "I have seen the emperor." Her voice was gentle, her small face was half drooping, like a shy water lotus.

Zhou promised that the sign had not yet been turned over.

Although in the past few months, the other newcomers have not been flopped.But Zhou promised to feel that it was more embarrassing than others - because she lived in the first palace with Mr. Xin, compared with Mr. Youxin, she always felt that everyone was laughing at her.

Besides, it is rare for one person and one palace in the harem, and most of the concubines live in the same palace, which forms an unwritten unspoken rule.

Sleeping in the palace, usually after the emperor flipped the cards, the concubines went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to report, but sometimes, the emperor came to the harem to relax.

Whoever the emperor came to see, the rest avoided.This is not only a kind of etiquette, but also an expression of jointly maintaining peace and not tearing faces.

Everyone agrees that no one should be the one who breaks the rules.The emperor came to see me, don't bother me, next time the emperor comes to see you, I will naturally pretend that there is no one in the room without making a sound.

But there are always those who don't know the rules clearly, want to take advantage of the loopholes, or are really unwilling and would rather take the risk of offending others to fight.

For example Zhou promised.

There is also a court lady beside her who always teases her: "The young master is also the best in the palace in terms of appearance, but it's a pity that she is in the same palace with the nobleman Xin. It only depends on her Ama's official position, and everyone in the palace wants her Look at her high, pity the talent of the young master."

"Actually, the emperor just didn't see the promise, and he will definitely like it when he sees it."

"If the young master doesn't fight at this moment, and after a year or two, the trustworthy person will be named a concubine, and she will take care of the Yonghe Palace and move to the main hall to live, I am afraid that the young master will never have a bright future in her life - she is sure If you want to stop the emperor at the front, I'm afraid that the emperor will never set foot in the backyard of Yonghe Palace again." The maid whispered in her ear, her voice was full of steam, which made Zhou Xu's ears itch to his heart.

"Now everyone is the same newcomer. The young master ran out to greet the emperor. What can I do? If she really makes faces or even trips up the young master, then the young master can ask other empresses to make the decision. Trust me Now that the nobleman is favored, are there still few empresses who dislike her?"

In the end, Zhou Xu could hardly tell whether it was the maid whispering in her ear, or her own inner voice that urged her to change into the best clothes and go out to greet the emperor.

This is also the first time for her to face Long Yan directly.

The few times the emperor came to visit the nobleman, she always sat behind the window, looking vaguely at the figure of the emperor and the eunuchs standing in the courtyard.

I begged all kinds of gods and Buddhas in my heart, praying that the emperor would remember that there was a concubine living next to her, so he would come to visit her and fall in love at first sight.

But after a few failed prayers, she decided to walk out on her own.

All the concubines in the palace said that the emperor was very handsome, Zhou promised to come out boldly today and saw that it was true, she blushed even more, and felt that it was right to come out by herself.

In fact, the moment the emperor let go of Jiang Heng, in order to concentrate and calm down, he had already abandoned his charming thoughts and began to think about serious government affairs.

Finances have always been a major concern for him.

The tax money owed by various places is a big hole in the national treasury, but he is busy here to plug the hole, and there are people who are busy prying this hole to make money. The money received by each department is reported to itself for review. With a good relationship, it is convenient to pay money. One can imagine how much money was scraped into the pockets of officials.

As the emperor walked out, he thought: the Huikaofu established in my previous life should also be put on the agenda.

The emperor was thinking about the top priority of recovering the money from the treasury, and he fell into a brainstorm while walking, and he didn't care about the extra woman standing in the corridor, he just thought it was a maid from the Yonghe Palace.He didn't stop until the woman asked for peace and claimed to be a concubine.

The emperor's thoughts were interrupted from the affairs of state, and he fixed his eyes on the kneeling Zhou Xu for three seconds, and then walked away without saying a word.

Su Peisheng followed behind: Oh, it's really not the right time to promise to come out this week. Today the emperor obviously wants to stay with the nobleman and has no time to spare. Isn't it an eyesore for you to come out now?

Unexpectedly, when the emperor was sitting on the chariot, the first sentence he asked Su Peisheng was: "Isn't she living alone in this Yonghe Palace?"

The corners of Su Peisheng's mouth twitched slightly: "Long Live Lord, you didn't even read the list of newcomers who were sent to each palace by the Empress Dowager.

If you read it, relying on the emperor's photographic memory, he would definitely not ask this question.

Su Gonggong never delays his reply when he thinks about things, he said hurriedly: "Go back to the palace arranged by the empress, the nobleman and Zhou promised to live together in the Yonghe Palace. None of the newcomers who entered the palace this time lived alone... ..." Su Peisheng has always been good at saying good things, and he is never stingy.

At this moment, I just took advantage of the opportunity to explain for the queen: she arranged it very fairly, the newcomers would either follow the main position, or live in groups of two or three in the first palace.Therefore, Mr. Xin's promise to live with him in the Yonghe Palace is not because the queen has done something wrong or deliberately made it difficult for Mr. Xin.

The emperor closed his eyes for a while on the chariot, and when he closed his eyes, he saw Jiang Heng sitting under the sunset.

Thinking that just now when he was talking to her in the courtyard, stretching out his hands to stroke her hair, talking about body lotion and other things, there might be someone staring at her from behind the window, the emperor let out a 'tsk' unhappily.

Scared back what Su Peisheng said.

In Yonghe Palace, Zhou promised to flee back to the house like a frightened bird.

Besides, she didn't pay attention when the emperor was talking with Mr. Xin in the yard, she was busy dressing up.She knows that nobles like to wear all kinds of fresh and tender clothes, such as Xia Zi, Ye Xinqing or tender light yellow.Zhou promised to choose some sober moon white on purpose, this kind of soft light blue, which looks hazy and pitiful to a woman. Compared with the beauty that can be seen at a glance, Zhou promises to feel that this kind of feeling is more diminishing. .

It matches her beautiful and slender eyebrows.She is determined to make the emperor unforgettable at first sight, and feel that she is different.

But the emperor looked at her intently, but after seeing her, he walked away without saying a word.She squatted down and maintained the movement of paying respect, and did not dare to get up until the emperor's figure disappeared, feeling the hot summer wind blowing on her face like a big cold slap in the face.

She was numb for a while before she remembered that the emperor had left, but someone hadn't left and lived next door to her!

Zhou promised to look up at Mrs. Xin with some fear, just in time to see Mrs. Xin standing under the front eaves, nodding and smiling at her, the smile was so bright that Zhou promised to turn his head back to the room immediately, after sitting down My hands still feel numb.

"My lord..." The court lady who had just gone out with her, came up cautiously to comfort her: "The emperor must have something important to do..."

Zhou promised to slam her up in one breath, raised her hand and slapped her across the face: "You are the one who pushed me. If the trustworthy person remembers hating me and wants to torment me, I can't let you go."

The maid covered her face and wanted to retreat, but Zhou promised to stop: "Why are you running? Am I a ghost?"

The maid thought to herself that you are scarier than a ghost, and the ghost still makes sense, if you win it is yours, and if you lose it is mine!

"Go to the bottom of the wall and put a bottle on your knees. If you smash the bottle, I will send you to the Department of Punishment."

Zhou promised that he didn't dare to let the maid go kneeling outside, for fear that the nobleman would see it and take the opportunity to make trouble and blame her for lynching the maid.So the maid was only allowed to kneel in her room.Thinking about the rules in this palace is really annoying, if you are at home, you can beat the servant girl twice to vent your anger, but in the palace, the concubine can't do it herself, and she is only punished to kneel, which is really annoying.

"My lord, Zhou promised her too..." Qiuxue Qiushuang came in with a general indignation on her face.

Of course, the concubines will each give their treasures to compete for favor, but the competition is also divided into high, middle and low. This kind of blocking the emperor's door is breaking the unspoken rules of the palace, and it is the worst way.

Jiang Heng waved his hands and smiled at the two of them, "That's how she is."

Qiu Xue Qiushuang looked at each other in dismay: Why does the nobleman seem to be in a good mood.

Jiang Heng is in a good mood, and now the plot has long been twisted into a twist. From the emperor onwards, everything has changed, and Zhou Xu, who insists on following the characters and plot in the book, is a breath of fresh air.

It is also fate.

Although the heroine in "The Record of Concubine Xin" was not assigned to the Yonghe Palace, the one who lived with her in the same palace still agreed this week, and this person also has a lot of plot points.

To sum up, the behavior Zhou promised is: if you are stronger than her, she will be jealous of you and try to take advantage of you; if you are weaker than her, she will ridicule you and step on you as much as possible. Foot pads.

So from the beginning to the end, even if they lived in the first house together, Jiang Heng never had any intention of dealing with her.But Zhou promised not to approach Jiang Heng for the time being because he felt guilty.

Jiang Heng was not at all surprised that she came here today.

Qiu Xue thought that the nobleman was too kind-hearted to take this matter seriously, and this kind of thinking is not acceptable in the harem, so she tried to persuade her: "My nobleman, since the first day you moved in, I promised to wait to see you this week. It’s a joke, and now it’s even worse, and ran directly to our door to stop the emperor. If the nobleman doesn’t show her some color, she will think you are easy to bully.”

Qiu Shuang murmured: "It would be great if there were only nobles in this Yonghe Palace. The servants don't have to avoid people when they do anything."

Although the two of them didn't understand the term intellectual property rights, they always felt that the tea developed by their master could not be learned by others, so they were very careful to avoid people when they dried the citrons or went to the big dining room to get the jelly.

But Zhou promised to always send someone over there to probe the brain.

They were drying the dried citrons in the yard, but later they found out that the palace servant Zhou promised had come to steal two slices, and even refused to admit it when they were caught.Living in the same palace, Jiang Heng is not the main seat, and he can't search for the body of Zhou Xu's maid, so Qiu Xue has no choice but to do so.But she was so angry that she hurriedly opened another empty room in the east wing, and dried it in the shade without drying it.

It's a bad feeling to have someone watching everything you do.

"Soon it will be just us." Jiang Heng smiled.

Qiu Xue Qiushuang was stunned: "What did you say, my lord?"

"Don't do bad things, and don't be afraid of ghosts calling the door." Jiang Heng picked up a new pen, lit the tip on the fire, and pointed the pen in the direction promised by Xibian Zhou: "Originally, it is still possible to keep the well water from the river, today She did something bad on her own, of course she looked at me like a ghost, afraid that I would call the door."

In Zhiguai novels, when a family commits a crime and recruits a ghost, what will they do if they are afraid that the ghost will knock on the door?When they know that they are invincible to ghosts, they will quickly turn to external forces and find a Taoist priest Zhong Kui to collect ghosts.

Jiang Heng knew that Zhou promised to have such a mentality now.

She admits that she has offended herself, and she judges others by herself. She feels that Jiang Heng will never forgive her. That week, she promised that she would probably find a strong support outside after this panic. The ghost who wanted to knock on the door was charged.

Jiang Heng really wasn't afraid of her moving, she was afraid of Zhou's promise not to move.People panic and make mistakes only when they move around.

Jiang Heng now lives in a townhouse, and he can see his neighbors when he goes in and out, which is a little inconvenient.

She especially wanted to live in a detached villa, where the small door would be clean and refreshing.

However, Zhou promised that if he hadn't made any big moves and the cat was watching her every day through the crack of the door, Jiang Heng really had no way to get her out of the Yonghe Palace.Regardless of the temper of the emperor or the empress, no concubine would be allowed to kick out the other innocent concubines because of his favor.

Unless, Zhou promised himself to make a mistake.

No, Zhou promised to work hard and come to the plot?

When Jiang Heng saw her dressed up and standing on the porch to stop the emperor today, he felt a burst of joy that he expected to come true: You are here, you are finally here!I have been waiting for you for a long time.

So Jiang Heng smiled at Zhou's promise, it was a very sincere smile: Thank you for taking this step bravely!