Xie Jinyun has the resources, so it is not difficult to implement this plan.

But Xie Jinyun would do anything to attract customers.

When the ministers were rushing to the court meeting, two groups of eunuchs carried food boxes in their hands and shouted all the way, "Palace snacks, the Queen's favorite flavor, first come first served, limited quantity."

The ministers were speechless when they saw more than twenty eunuchs walking in an orderly manner from the palace gate into the street and then entering Xie's dim sum shop.

The head of the Ge family looked very unhappy. He pointed at the eunuchs carrying the food boxes and angrily said, "How disgraceful this is."

"As the mother of a country, you should fill the harem for the new emperor, have children and grandchildren, advise the emperor, and fulfill your duties as a queen. But instead of doing what you should do, you make some things that are immoral and corrupt, and show them off in public, corrupting the morals. This is not what a mother of a country should do!"

The head of the Ge family stood in front of the palace gate, pointing fingers and cursing at the group of eunuchs, with a very ugly look on his face.

The ministers who were traveling with him stopped and looked at the eunuchs who ignored the head of the Ge family. No one dared to follow suit and speak out.

Nowadays, there are not many people in the court who dare to scold the emperor and the empress.

The head of the Ge family was able to maintain his usual character, which made both new and old officials secretly admire him.

But no one dared to persuade the head of the Ge family.

Lord Ge is now like a mad dog, biting anyone he sees.

The palace dim sum sent to Xie’s dim sum shop was quickly snatched up by the rich.

Six in a basket, sold for two hundred coins.

The leader of today's team is eunuch Andeshun.

He held up the heavy money box with both hands and said, "Your Majesty, the twenty-eight baskets of dim sum sent out from the imperial kitchen have all been sold out. Moreover, as soon as I delivered the dim sum to Xie's dim sum shop, it was snatched away by the guests who were having tea there. They even asked me if Xie's dim sum shop would still be able to eat dim sum taken out from the imperial kitchen tomorrow."

Hua Xi took the money box from Andeshun, handed it to Xie Jinyun, and said with a happy smile, "My lady, take a look."

When Xie Jinyun was a girl, she spent money like water.

The money in the cash box is not enough for Xie Jinyun to spend on a trip.

Now that he was making money, even if it wasn’t as much as Xie Li gave him, it meant something different to Xie Jinyun.

Huaxi opened the money box.

Xie Jinyun picked up the small string of copper coins and said, "Tomorrow we will not go to Xie's shop on East Street, but to Xie's teahouse in Jiangnan. Huaxi, pick a few clever palace maids to serve tea and snacks with An Deshun."

"Yes." Hua Xi responded with a smile.

Andershun raised his eyes slightly, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

Seeing this, Nanny Yuan asked, "Xiao Anzi, do you have any questions?"

An Deshun told the truth: "When I led the eunuchs out of the palace, the head of the Ge family stood in front of the palace gate and cursed. His words were very unpleasant to the ear."

"I know." Xie Jinyun handed the money box to Nanny Yuan to take care of, and asked her to take it to bribe the fleeing eunuchs and the imperial kitchen, and then said to the lower people: "I am doing something heretical. There are many people in the world. You can cover one mouth, but you can't cover the mouths of the world. Let them talk if they want. Whoever has a problem with money, tomorrow do as I ordered just now, prepare 20 more baskets of dim sum, send 20 palace maids, and go to Jiangnan Teahouse with An Deshun."

"Yes." The palace servants in the hall replied in unison.

There was a court meeting the next day.

When the palace gates were wide open.

The ministers saw the eunuchs running out of the palace gate quickly with food boxes in their hands. This time there were twenty more palace maids than yesterday.

They are all in their prime, with bright and energetic faces.

The head of the Ge family had already severely complained to the court yesterday about the Empress's lack of virtue as a woman. He had thought that the Emperor would discipline him, but he went even further and even asked the palace maids to follow him out of the palace to deliver palace snacks.

"How can this be so shameless?" The head of the Ge family shouted angrily, "What dynasty's queen can do such a ridiculous thing? It's ridiculous."

"If this gets out, I'm afraid we'll be laughed at by neighboring countries, and the mother of a country will be reduced to the queen of dim sum."

The four words "Queen of Dim Sum" are a good sign.

On the second day, Xie Jinyun had someone make a flag with the words "Queen of Dim Sum" on it, and also had someone print those words prominently on the food boxes.

When the head of the Ge family saw the red flag flying in the air, he didn't know what to curse for a moment, and finally uttered four words: "What a disgrace."

Xie Jinyun continued to deliver palace snacks to Xie’s shop.

He scolded the head of the Ge family, and half a month later, the head of the Ge family's complaints caused quite a stir. Even the literati began to think that the queen was indecent, and it was a matter of concern to the Xie family.

Since the head of the Ge family could not enter the harem to find the queen, he went to find his own wife.

He asked Madam Ge to wear the imperial robes and brought six other ladies who were also first-rank imperial ministers to kneel in front of the Wude Gate, demanding that the empress stop this absurd behavior and set an example as the mother of a country.

Gu Changning held Xie Jinyun's hand and said, "I will go there myself and send them away."

"No." Xie Jinyun stopped him, "I'm waiting for them."

Huaxi walked into the hall holding the phoenix robe and ceremonial crown.

Gu Changning stared at the clothes in Huaxi's hands and understood Xie Jinyun's thoughts: "Then I will accompany you to meet them."

"Okay, I'll go change my clothes first." Xie Jinyun stood up and put on the phoenix robe and crown.

Gu Changning took her hand and sat on the palace sedan chair.

The gate of Wude Gate slowly opened.

Gu Changning stood inside the palace gate and watched Xie Jinyun walk out of the Wude Gate at a leisurely pace.

It was heavily guarded on all sides and protected by the imperial guards. In a blink of an eye, the mighty formation appeared in front of the ladies.

Madam Ge took the lead and saluted Xie Jinyun first: "I, your humble servant Ge Zhu, pay my respects to the Empress. I wish the Empress good health and happiness, and that her children are safe."

The other ladies followed Madam Ge and bowed.

Xie Jinyun stood in front of them calmly, with no intention of letting them get up.

The ladies were also proud and knelt on the ground motionless.

Half an hour passed.

Their queen then asked, "Madams, you have been kneeling on the ground for so long, are you tired?"

Many of the ladies were spoiled girls before they got married, and they chose their husbands from wealthy families. This kind of kneeling ceremony, unless it was a heavenly sacrifice or worshipping the emperor, they rarely kneeled for as long as they did today.

I'm tired after kneeling for a long time.

The ladies remained calm.

Because the shackles imposed on them by the aristocratic families are integrated into their bones, they feel that living deep in the backyard, managing backyard affairs, serving their parents-in-law, taking care of their husbands, disciplining their children, and advocating family rules are their duties.

If you take even a single step out of the backyard, you'd be considered unfaithful to your husband.

Madam Ge raised her head first and said to Xie Jinyun in a reprimanding tone: "Empress, the new emperor has just ascended the throne, the harem is empty and the heirs are few. You should consider the country and the people, fill the harem and expand the family, instead of betraying the virtues of a woman, corrupting the customs of Yan State, and setting up bad habits for young and ignorant women. As a wife, you should regard your husband as the sky, the husband is the master outside, and the wife is the master inside. What you have done recently has exceeded the etiquette and law, and does not meet the model of a mother of a country!" (End of this chapter)

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