Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 536 Chapter 536

With the lanterns removed and the red knots removed, the Spring Festival is coming to an end.

On the [-]th, the morning court in Zichen Hall.

The servant stood in front of the imperial court, holding a scroll of edicts that reached to the ground, facing all the officials, and read out loudly.

This is the "Forbidden Extravagance Order" written by the prince himself.

"Extravagant expenses are worse than natural disasters. The custom of lust and extravagance is a big thief. The ancients have said, don't make useless things that are beneficial to harm, and don't expensive foreign things and cheap things; extravagance is not inferior to thrift, but solidity is better than inferiority..."

"From now on, when building a house, you should be frugal; when you buy gold, jade, cars, and clothes, you should be in accordance with the rank; when you are married or funeral, you should not be extravagant..."

"...Clarify the establishment of bans, so as not to be ostentatious, I hope that all the ministers will be loyal to the country, and they will not compete with each other for extravagance!"

It took almost half an hour to read the long volume.

A group of officials sat under the throne, their eyes filled with tears, and they wanted to cry silently.

What does it mean to lift a rock and shoot yourself in the foot?

This is!
He glared resentfully at the group of officials in the East Palace.

Feeling full and wanting to blame the princess?This is a good move, instead of suppressing the princess who fell out of favor, it made the old man suffer along with her!
Complaining to each other, the emperor's voice came from above: "This edict was written by the crown prince himself. I haven't had time to read it carefully. I wonder if you have any objections?"

The officials subconsciously turned their heads and looked behind the jade curtain.

The phoenix throne inlaid with gold and jade was empty, and the ambitious queen regent did not come to court today because she said she was sick.

Everyone didn't say the reason, but they were all clear in their hearts - a few days ago, the crown prince beheaded the queen mother's confidant in the prime minister's mansion.

The queen mother fell ill that night.

As for whether it is a real disease or a fake disease, it is hard to say.

But no matter whether it is a real illness or a fake illness, it is estimated that the queen mother will not recover in ten days and a half months after she lies down.

Without the empress dowager's oppression, no one in the court would dare to defy the prince.

So, each one of them suppressed their grievances and knelt down to thank each other: "My minister has no objection!"

It wasn't until the court meeting was over and the officials left the palace that they let out a long breath and asked the confusion deep in their hearts: "Is this princess really out of favor?"

"It must have fallen out of favor!"

In Suichun Garden, a few young maids were busy counting clothes and jewelry, while whispering together.

"Holding the name of a crown princess, food and clothing expenses have been cut in half, and you can't see the face of His Royal Highness... Isn't this falling out of favor?"

"Hey, it's so pitiful, she has only been favored for less than half a year, and she has become an abandoned concubine in the cold palace..."

"Hey, you bastard, you still have time to pity her! No matter how pitiful she is, she is still a princess, so why should we, a lowly servant, be pitiful?"

"What do you know? As the saying goes, a down-and-out phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken, and a concubine abandoned by the prince is not as good as a slave! We are slaves, at least when we are old enough to be released to match others. But the princess What? I’m afraid I’m going to die alone in this other garden for the rest of my life!”

The maids believed in their hearts that the princess had fallen out of favor, so there was no taboo for gossiping.

"We have to be unlucky! Serving a concubine who has fallen out of favor, you can't get any money, and you have to be scolded by the group of aunts outside. Even if you go to the storeroom to ask for some charcoal for heating and candles for lighting, you have to look at it." The faces of the eunuchs..."

"Yeah, I went to the kitchen this morning, and the cooks were also gossiping, saying that we are cutting expenses now, and the supply of charcoal is just like this, and we are asked to boil the water by ourselves in the morning in Suichunyuan...Which one of the servants of the princess is not good enough?" Need to boil water?"

"Hey! People follow the master to eat and drink, but we follow the master to suffer and be scolded..."

"Really, His Royal Highness is really ruthless. Anyway, a couple is a hundred days a day, and they don't come to see it for a few days..."

Whispering sounds, like beans popping in a frying pan, came in through the window word by word.

Yinbao then complained: "I see, he probably has a new love!"

Jinxiu gave her a blank look, and said, "Okay, why are you chewing your tongue with those little hooves? What kind of new love is it? It's our young lady who wants to be quiet and quiet!"

"Nonsense!" Yin Bao didn't believe this set of rhetoric: "When Miss was in the main hall, wasn't life quiet?"

"Stop arguing, you two." Zhao Xiwei put down the account book and said with a smile, "It's serious for us to make the teahouse well while the days are quiet now."

The two immediately stopped the argument, and replied respectfully: "Yes."

Jinxiu stepped forward to hold her shoulders, and asked softly: "Miss, how do you feel about the ledger? If there is nothing wrong, the servant will send it to Miss Qiao in a while."

Zhao Xiwei yawned: "Don't be in a hurry to deliver, there are still several expenses that need to be replenished. You can ask someone to call her back and say that you can't move the money for the time being. Wait until the first month is out and find a day to start over again." Discuss."

Yin Bao was a little puzzled: "It's only fifteen today, so if you procrastinate like this, don't you have to procrastinate for half a month?"

Zhao Xiwei felt that he was too lazy to lift his energy, so he simply leaned on the big soft pillow, chatting with the two of them at random.

"The imperial court has just issued a ban on extravagance. At this time, we are selling thousands of taels. Isn't it slapping His Majesty and the Crown Prince in the face?"

Jinxiu agreed deeply, nodded and said: "Miss, what you said is true, besides, in business, it costs tens of thousands of taels, so you should think twice before acting."

"yes……"

Another wave of drowsiness hit Zhao Xiwei, and Zhao Xi slightly closed his eyes, "You can go to Qiao's mansion and call back later... By the way, send two or two of the newly made tea to Mrs. Qiao to taste..."

Jinxiu saw that something was wrong, so she stretched out her hand to touch her forehead, her face was full of doubts: "Why are you so sleepy these past few days, did you catch the cold at night?"

"No, I just want to sleep." Zhao Xiwei replied lazily, and then said: "Go get a cashmere blanket, I'll squint for a while."

I don't know why, she used to snooze too, but it was all caused by Li Xuanye at night.

Now that she moved to Bieyuan, although no one troubles her anymore, maybe she has developed a habit of sleeping in. The more she sleeps, the less she sleeps...

"What's wrong with the princess?" Suyu opened the curtain, walked in quickly, put the tea tray on the table, first touched her forehead, then shook her wrist, her nervous expression relaxed a little, and said hesitantly : "Crown Princess, it seems that you haven't been here recently..."

Could it be?
Jinxiu was taken aback, at this moment, is she happy or worried?
Before he could speak, the person nestled on the pillow laughed out loud: "How could it be so soon? I'm still recuperating—"

Suyu was dubious: "Really?"

Jinxiu came back to her senses, nodded quickly and replied: "That's right, our young lady's life has always been inaccurate, and ten days and a half months later is often the case."

Suyu was still a little worried: "Why don't I invite the imperial physician to come over and give you a safe pulse."

"Forget it." Zhao Xiwei pulled the blanket over his shoulders, "It's fine and there's nothing uncomfortable, why bother to make a fuss? This time the ban was imposed, and those people in front of the court were full of anger and worried. If you can’t find someone to vent your anger on, and then ask them to make a big fuss, wouldn’t you be asking for trouble?”

He yawned again, and told lazily, "You guys are free, so go and draw a few patterns. It's spring, make more spring shirts." After finishing speaking, he closed his eyelids, looking extremely tired. appearance.

Jinxiu and Suyu looked at each other, shook their heads, and retreated lightly.

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Staying up late recently made my heart a little uncomfortable, so I stopped updating for a few days, sorry.Second, I don’t know if I can come out today, so don’t wait.
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