[Qing wear] Harem promotion expert

The emperor came into the door and bumped into Jiang Heng rereading the boxed lunch, he couldn't help being stunned.

Fortunately, soon, Jiang Heng explained clearly to the emperor.

"It was the day when the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother came over. The concubines were afraid that they would eat too much fried food and they would not be able to digest it. So they used the limited quantity in the box and gave them to eat."

"I think it's fresh today, so I eat it myself."

Only then did the emperor nod his head: "It's common to save boxes during the new year, but they are only used to put various kinds of preserved fruits and snacks on weekdays. This square... I remember that when I went out of the palace with the emperor, I saw a square box similar to this twice. , but it is rarely used in daily life, and it is mostly used to bring some cold dishes and marinated products when the family goes out for a picnic."

Sure enough, it's about eating. The wisdom of the ancestors is always infinite. Hot pot was invented early, not to mention the small lunch box.Including going out for a picnic and drinking a glass of water, these are all played by the ancestors.

In winter, when the emperor entered the door, he took off his furry winter hat first, took the hot towel that the court lady quickly twisted up, wiped his hands, and then sat down.

At this time, the room was steaming hot, and the emperor was hungry.But there are many imperial meals, Su Peisheng is leading people to set up two other big tables, the emperor won't be able to use his own meals for a while.

I couldn't help but glanced at Jiang Heng's lunch box a few more times.

I saw that the green vegetables in the grid-shaped lunch box were almost used up, but there were three crispy shrimps that had been placed in the grid for a long time-they were decorated with sweet and sour shredded carrots.

The emperor didn't need chopsticks, and he didn't need people to serve meals. He directly took the fried and crispy shrimp tails, and ate the plump and crispy shrimp meat one by one. He only left three red fried shrimp tails for Jiang Heng. .

Jiang Heng was stunned.

The emperor also said: "I've touched all the dishes next to it, just don't touch this one - I dare not eat oil at night? Then next time, let the dining room not send you fried ones, but some stewed ones."

The emperor felt that he was very considerate: a woman, I am afraid she would not eat it because she finds it greasy, so I will eat it for her.

And Jiang Heng almost cried for lasagna: This is my favorite food, so I want to save it until the end!My shrimp!My spicy crispy delicious prawns!

Fortunately, the emperor is willing to share his case with Jiang Heng.When Su Peisheng finally sorted out two tables of the emperor's usual meals, the emperor asked her to change tables to eat some more.

Jiang Heng ate two spoonfuls of Longjing Shrimp, which was barely enough to make up for it.

But the emperor looked at the assortment of dishes and the complicated dishes and cups, and suddenly realized the strengths of the lunch box, which is really convenient and compact.

I made a note in my heart that I will ask the manufacturing office to make more square storage boxes later, and make them bigger—now that the shelves of the military aircraft department have been set up, there are often officials who have to stay in the duty room to work overtime, and sometimes they are busy. No dinner.

Moreover, the officials were tightly restrained everywhere in the palace. Even if the emperor ordered a table of meals according to the rule of rewarding banquets, they had to rush to the imperial court to kowtow to thank them, and then come back to receive the meal.When using it, I only dared to move a few chopsticks, and I had to go to thank you after quickly eating the two dishes in front of me.

Basically, what a table of food looks like when it is served, it is also the same when it is withdrawn.The officials couldn't get enough to eat, and a large table of food was wasted.

The emperor looked at this kind of lunch box and felt that it was very efficient. Instead of passing the meal to each table, he asked the dining room to deliver the lunch box directly. Everyone ate it quickly so that the discussion could continue.

What's more, it is also possible for people to put more cold food storage boxes in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the Military Aircraft Office, etc., so that they will not starve to death in the palace.

The emperor still remembered that once Ertai suddenly turned pale, broke out in a cold sweat and almost fell down.Immediately announced to the imperial physician, the imperial physician said that he was over-intentional, a transient loss of Qi and blood, that is, the space in the abdomen, and he dared not say that he was almost fainted from hunger.

The emperor himself also experienced that if he was thinking about big things, he would always be more likely to be hungry than usual.

After the meal, the emperor remembered another thing besides the meal: "Nian Shi gave you two goldfish before, didn't he? Take them out and let's see."

Jiang Heng was startled: Time has passed, why did the emperor suddenly ask this?

But he still quickly found out his account book for recording 'fixed assets', and quickly found out where the two big goldfish were placed: "Qiu Xue, go find it in the fourth box of No. [-] warehouse."

Now that she has been in the palace for a long time, she already has a loose-leaf booklet, and the account book that was first established has been eliminated.

The fixed asset account was replaced with an extremely thick loose-leaf book. The cover was made of half-finger-thick sandalwood board with a delicate fragrance, and some flowers and birds made of broken gemstones were embedded on it. It's almost like a delicate ornament.

Qiu Xue went out in response.

The emperor stretched out his hand in interest: "I'll take a look at your treasury account."

Jiang Heng hesitated a little before handing it out, the emperor couldn't help laughing lowly when he saw this: "What? Are you afraid that I will take your private house?"

After receiving it, it was very novel to see the accounts in Chinese, Manchu and pictures.

Jiang Heng smiled embarrassedly and said: "The concubine was thinking about some doodles on it, so I was embarrassed to hand it to the emperor just now." She followed the stick figure style, which is similar to the fine flower and bird figures or figures popular in the palace today. Freehand and romantic have nothing to do with it.

The emperor saw that the hibiscus frozen stone tripod he had given was at the top of the first page of the account, and couldn't help but smile.The original body of the Furong Ding was still outside at this time, but she specially marked the box delivered that day as 'the original mahogany double-door box is placed in the No. [-] Warehouse No. [-] Box'.

Of course, what made him laugh was not only that Jiang Heng solemnly put the things he gave him first, but also the picture that the girl in front of him seemed to have drawn at random, a bulging tripod, which looked... a bit naive cute.

Then the emperor understood why she had to add these stick figures after the names of the utensils.

Apparently it was for the court ladies to see.

After each page of the utensil record list, there is a page of approval form.

The date is written in the top column, the column for January, the name of the utensil is on the far left, and the clear and straight squares corresponding to the month are drawn on the large blank space on the right with fine strokes.

In the grid, it was obviously the maid's notes, with the word 'full' clumsily written.

Occasionally, there is a grid that is not the word "full", which is her handwriting, such as a small kang table with gilt powder, which indicates that the gold powder is incomplete and has been taken back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make up the gold powder, and the details of sending it away and returning it are also noted below. date.

And at the end of each column, there is also the signature of the court lady, which shows who is responsible for the verification and who is responsible for signing.

Most of them are a snow character, or a double character (shuang is really difficult to write).

The emperor looked at it intently for a while, and then raised his head: "This is very good." The warehouses in the palace, especially the rules around the emperor's various files and valuables, are naturally stricter than Jiang Heng's, and this way of keeping accounts will not make him more He was surprised and admired, but he felt very good about being willing to record, and being able to change flexibly according to the situation in his palace, and keeping his things in order.

"The Jingyang Palace at the back of the Yonghe Palace. Although the palace people in it belong to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs also has its own stalls, and there are often things that are left unattended. After the New Year, apart from the Yonghe Palace, the scene behind You should take care of the palace servants in the Yang Palace as well."

Jiang Heng was startled: "Jingyang Palace? Concubine..."

The emperor comforted: "There is a precedent for this matter. When Empress Empress lived in Yonghe Palace, she once supervised the maids and eunuchs of Jingren Palace."

Jiang Heng didn't refuse, and agreed.

Qiu Shuang next to her heard the words and held back her laughter so hard: the empress dowager was in charge of the Jingren Palace back then, but she became the Empress Dowager Defei!

The emperor said this to his master today, that he has decided that the master will be crowned as the master during the Chinese New Year.

Of course, the position of concubine is impossible, there is no such rule in this palace that leapfrogs the title.But the concubine is definitely stable.

With the help of carrying water, Qiushuang smiled at the pomegranate tree for a long time after she came out.It happened that Qiuxue and Xiao Luzi were going to bring goldfish in. Seeing Qiushuang giggling outside, Qiuxue wondered, "Are you stupid girl?"

Qiushuang grabbed Qiuxue with too much force, and Qiuxue bared her teeth in pain: This girl has really black hands!

Qiu Shuang quickly pressed Qiu Xue's ear, and told about the matter that the emperor had just let the nobleman take care of Jingyang Palace. Qiu Xue stretched out another hand after hearing the words: "Why don't you pinch me twice, or I'm afraid that I will I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.”

With pain and joy, Qiu Xue entered the house.

The emperor motioned for people to open the box.

Before he came, he asked Su Peisheng for the small goldfish that Nianshi always gave as a reward. He had seen it, and compared it now, he confirmed that Nianshi must have sent such a fish on purpose: there are many auspicious patterns of fish in the palace, but Such an identical posture and shape is obviously not accidental.

The emperor directly ordered: "Take these two goldfish away and tell the gold and silver workshop to melt down!"

Jiang Heng almost blurted out: My big gold bar, my big hundreds of thousands!

Reason made her bite her lip.

Fortunately, the emperor's next words soothed her heart that was almost bankrupt.

The emperor ordered: "The opal on the top is not of good quality, so take it off and throw it away. Double the melted red gold, make a long Ruyi with 'One Life Wishes', and pick a good emerald for the wishful pattern on the head. Heart."

Not losing but gaining, Jiang Heng's mind regained the tranquility nurtured by money.

After the emperor finished giving orders, he also checked her fixed assets ledger, and said with a smile, "how? I can't just read your private house ledger once in vain."

After finishing speaking, he asked again: "Concubine Nian sent such a pair of goldfish here, and I didn't see you telling me or the queen that it was a grievance for nothing. If I hadn't asked, wouldn't this pair of fish be for nothing."

Jiang Heng: How can you be wronged about Jin Zi, let alone...

She said to the emperor: "The concubine didn't understand at first when she took the pair of goldfish, but she realized her intention after seeing the goldfish rewarded by the concubine Nian." She had a smile on her face: "Besides, the concubine didn't take this grievance for nothing. When the concubines gave gifts, they made two goldfish-shaped loose-leaf albums and sent them back."

She didn't mention the birthday gift given to Concubine Nian on her birthday, it was not vague, but it was recognized in the palace that Concubine Nian's birthday belonged to the emperor's Ni Lin, who almost fell asleep after drinking bad memories.

So no one mentions it.

It is estimated that the concubine will not have to celebrate her birthday in the future.

The emperor couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "That's the best. You have to pay back what you suffer, that's the truth." If she endured any grievances, she would need to be protected by the emperor, and she would be tired too.

It is just like this, it is good to be able to distinguish right from wrong, to be neither humble nor overbearing, to face the bullying of others, even if you endure it for a while, you can use your strength to return it later, that is good.

After this night, seeing her careful handling of the assets in the palace, and seeing her being able to resist and preserve her dignity in a timely manner despite being in a low position temporarily, the emperor really believed it.

She can afford this position.

There's nothing too young to afford.

Some people are old enough, but they can't be the master.

Seeing that she still had a smile on her face, the emperor couldn't help poking the tiny dimple on her cheek, "Why are you so happy?"

Jiang Heng said in his mouth: The emperor trusts me, so I am very happy.But in fact, I was thinking about my net income in gold.

The imperial concubine gave her two big three-dimensional goldfishes, but she only gave back two gold flakes embedded in the cover of the loose-leaf book, which greatly reduced the value—so she made up for the imperial concubine with emotional value.

Now that he has doubled the amount of gold, Jiang Heng feels happy to pay the year-end bonus in advance.

With the emperor's order, Jiang Heng soon received a huge wishful handle.

It is big enough to be placed in a bullet-proof glass cabinet in a modern gold shop and used as an exhibition in a shop.

Jiang Heng admired it for a while, then said to Qiu Xue: "Put it away first, and put it out as soon as the twelfth lunar month enters!"

Then tied a red ribbon to it, and when it was about to enter the twelfth lunar month, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for Dajin Ruyi.

December in Beijing is full of New Year flavor.

Jiang Heng knew that the ancients valued the New Year, especially the court, but only after experiencing it first-hand, did he know how special the New Year is.

Not only are all kinds of material preparations for the New Year, but more importantly, people attach great importance to it spiritually. All topics revolve around the New Year, without exception.

The queen herself is not a lively person, but in this position, she must respond to this general trend.

So she paid attention to her attire, at least one piece of her hair was a bright ruby, and the hand stove she held in her hand was also chosen to be bright in color.Even the fruit box used to put the fruit in the house is a big birthday peach with red lacquer and gold, and the partitions inside are all ingenious peach-style, which looks festive.

Today, she was talking about major events such as offering sacrifices to the Kunning Palace during the New Year's Eve, the New Year's Eve banquet, and the New Year's Eve banquet.

"In the past years, there were not so many rules and regulations in the palace. Last year... don't mention it, this year, I will ask Concubine Qi and Concubine Xi to come to this palace to help me more." Liugong, the history of fighting against her in the same court can be summed up without mentioning it.

Concubine Qi and Concubine Xi both stood up and responded: "It is the duty of ministers and concubines to share the worries of the empress."

Especially Concubine Qi, when she heard the queen call her name first, she was very satisfied and answered with confidence.

In fact, ever since Nian Shi entered, the empress was most annoyed by Concubine Qi. Seeing Tian'er dangling in front of her, he reminded her of the old calendar, as if she was extremely wronged by being Concubine Qi.

The queen got annoyed once, and couldn't help saying to Gongmei: "Is it wrong to be a serious concubine? When the first emperor, how many concubines who gave birth to sons were just concubines." The posthumous Concubine Min.

"You still feel wronged like this, do you want me to give up the phoenix seat to her?"

It's not easy to turn one's face out of favor: Concubine Qi has the emperor's eldest son after all.

With the guest-like couple relationship between the emperor and the queen, she couldn't figure out the emperor's true thoughts on the princes: Although the emperor didn't bring Hongshi to the hunting garden, it might be the emperor's deep love for the eldest son. , refused to indulge the eldest son's playfulness.

In short, when the queen is not sure about the reserve position, she will not really turn against the concubine who has a son.

Gong Mei laughed beside him and said: "The position of empress, I dare not think about it, and I can't even think about it when I look at Concubine Qi." The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, must be under the Queen Mother.

"But for the position of noble concubine, or even the position of imperial concubine, Concubine Qi must think about it."

The queen held the tea, thought for a while and asked Gong Mei: "When Er Niang enters the palace during the Chinese New Year, I will ask her again what the courtiers outside think of the princes."

Then he asked Gongmei: "Are you asking?"

The king's heart is unpredictable and cannot be guessed, but the king's behavior can still be seen by everyone.

For Jiang Heng, Qiu Xue can only be regarded as half an intelligence officer.But similar to the queen's place, the former imperial concubine's place has a professional intelligence network.

Gong Mei thought for a while: "The voices of the little eunuchs serving in the study, the emperor scolded the third elder brother a lot, and he was stricter with the third elder brother's master than others. It's just that the empress also knows that Ama treats her son very rarely. Those who are pleasant in appearance are mostly strict."

The queen thought about it with a headache.

"Although the emperor has decided not to have a prince, he only wrote the name of the prince who is expected to be the crown prince in advance and hides it behind the upright plaque. It also means to prevent the princes from fighting. But..."

But how can the battle for the crown prince that has been passed down for thousands of years be eliminated so easily.

In the twelfth lunar month, not only the concubines are anxious to wait.Both the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Clothes Supervisor were very anxious.Although the meaning above is that the canonization ceremony of Jin concubines should be waited for the beginning of spring, but the production of auspicious clothes is not so easy.Especially the court clothes and crowns of imperial concubines and imperial concubines, the work on them is extremely meticulous, and it is impossible to finish it in three months without working overtime or extra people.

In the Cining Palace.

The mother will finalize the final list with the emperor.

With these two sitting on the kang under the south window, the queen, the lord of the six palaces, lost the right to be on the kang, so she had to sit on the top chair below and listen to the final arrangement of the two.

The current positions, surnames, years of entering the palace, and heirs of all concubines in the palace (the ones who died young are also recorded later, and marked with "already") are all written on a piece of gold powder paper.

The queen mother even put on reading glasses, ready to confirm with the emperor one last time.

"Concubine Qi...let's stay like this." The Empress Dowager recalled the behavior of the emperor complaining about her life, and Concubine Qi's performance of jumping up and down recently.

The Empress Dowager was afraid of mentioning too much, and Concubine Qi would have to become a Concubine Qi to celebrate the new year.

The queen also breathed a sigh of relief.

She doesn't want a noble concubine like Nianshi, nor does she want a concubine like Concubine Qi who is full of sons and sons, and I gave birth to the eldest son.

This time she asked Concubine Qi and Concubine Xi to help her, and found that Concubine Qi wanted to suppress Concubine Xi everywhere, and Concubine Qi would always criticize and criticize Concubine Xi with a superior attitude. .

So much so that Concubine Xi didn't talk much afterwards, expressing that she had little knowledge, and she should listen to the empress's orders and to listen to the opinions of Concubine Qi's sister.

Concubine Xi's stable temperament is rare for a yin and yang person to say, Concubine Qi hasn't heard it yet, and said to Concubine Xi generously, "You have only been a concubine before but not a side Fujin. Of course you won't be the head of the family. I will use myself Under the guidance of your insights'.

The queen looked exhausted from above.

Concubine Gui is arrogant and defiant who knows it in her heart, while Concubine Qi is superior to others without knowing it.

The queen would like to ask the emperor: You used to love Li Shi, and then you dote on Nian Shi—what's going on? Do you like this one?

The Queen's contemplation was pulled back by the Queen Mother's voice: "Concubine Yu Shengyu Concubine, Queen, you have no objection."

The empress dowager discussed with the emperor the initial list of promotions, even the empress didn't know about it, but now she heard the empress dowager talking about it, she quickly got up and said: "It is natural for the emperor to decide with the empress. Alright, be generous."

But he was shocked in his heart: In this way, the biological mothers of the three princes are all concubines.

Look at what the emperor means, he is not satisfied with the third elder brother mother and son.

Going down, the queen heard the queen mother nod the name of the nobleman without any surprise.

Sure enough, she was promoted to Xinfei.This one is actually the least suspenseful.

After that, except for the Guo family who was promoted to noble, no one among the newcomers was promoted, and the Queen Mother picked the two most senior ones and promised to be permanent.

These two are the emperor's concubines who had been in the palace since he was a teenager, and they followed him out of the palace and into the palace, and finally got mixed up with Chang Zaishang.

"Ai's family is getting old and mentally weak. Queen, can you see if there are any omissions?" The queen said in her heart: You are taking care of yourself every day, and you seem to be more energetic than me.

The queen mother asked the queen to arrange the House of Internal Affairs, and the queen left after she agreed one by one.

Here the queen mother continued to talk to the emperor.

She first pushed the dried lychees to the emperor: "This is a new pickling method this year, try it." The emperor was about to reach out, and the queen mother said: "Aijia asked them to mix citron juice and plum juice to pickle, and It’s not as sweet as it was pickled in honey water before, but now it’s sweet and sour.”

The emperor's hand was silently put down again.

The Empress Dowager's taste really matches that of the nobleman, they both like sweet and sour things, and the sour taste is quite strong without knowing it.

The emperor thought of Jiang Henglai here, and the queen mother happened to mention her again: "Aijia originally thought that if the nobleman can diagnose the happy pulse before the Jin Dynasty, the name will be changed to justify the double happiness."

When the queen mother mentioned the child, the emperor inevitably thought of Hongshi again.

The feeling of sadness bursts instantly.

Immediately after Xiaonian, Hongshi didn't know who was instigated by the old ten again, and came to intercede for his beloved and dear eighth uncle who never forgets.

It can't be that Lao Jiu instigated it, because Lao Jiu protested to the emperor that the starling was not in good health and could not go to see the grave in ice and snow. I can accompany my starling who is not in good health—go to the grave to love my elder brother.

But he didn't want Hongshi to miss the friendly Eighth Uncle very much, so he ran to the emperor and said, "Huang Ama, I heard that Eighth Uncle is not in good health. Huang Ama, do you want to take Eighth Uncle back to celebrate the new year?"

The words 'take it back well' made the emperor's blood soar to the top of his head again.

I'm sure, I'm in my previous life, no, I've already passed my previous life, it must be my last life, I owe this son a lot of kindness, so that he has to torture me for two consecutive lives.

Fortunately, the Thirteenth Master was nearby and persuaded the unlucky child in time: "Hongshi, Prince Lian is going to give you the mausoleum of Emperor Mafa. It is a great honor for the descendants of the royal family. How can you give up halfway? Isn't filial piety incomplete?"

Then he coaxed Hong Shi to leave quickly: "Your Fourteenth Uncle was summoned back to Beijing today, you might as well go out of Beijing to pick up your Fourteenth Uncle."

Hongshi seemed to really want to pick him up, but when he heard that he couldn't pick up the eighth uncle, he suddenly felt that it would be okay to pick up the fourteenth uncle, so he resigned, held his chest up and was ordered to go out of Beijing to pick up the man.

The emperor pointed at his back, and after a while he could not say: "I really owe him."

The emperor was also very speechless, he could see that Hongshi here was not the same as he used to have a deep collusion with Lao Ba.It may also be that Hongshi was still young at this time, only fourteen or fifteen years old, and he did not have the scheming of the city when he was around 20 years old in his previous life.In short, the emperor looked at him, not so much that the son's roots are broken, it is better to say that his brain is broken.

The emperor's speechlessness was greater than his anger.Moreover, the emperor couldn't bear to kick him out of the royal family for such a stupid child who didn't know himself - as long as the child's heart is not very bad, just being stupid is not enough.

So I wanted to lead Hongshi to the right path many times, but found that I couldn't understand this child at all, as if we were separated by species!

The Thirteenth Lord comforted the emperor: "Many courtiers have been confused by myna's 'goodwill'. He wants to win over, but Hongshi's lack of knowledge can't be blamed."

Thinking of his arrangement for Lao Ba, the emperor secretly made up his mind: When Lao Ba leaves here, he won't be bewitched every day. If Hong Shi is still obsessed with his obsession, don't blame himself for punishing Hong Shi.

When the queen mother saw that her son was mentioned, the emperor frowned deeply, and couldn't help saying: "But what's the trouble?"

The emperor decided to hint to the queen mother first: don't rush, the fate of his heirs is shallow.