Huafanchunzhengming

Chapter 13 The new official takes office (3)

Zhao Hongtu came over, bent down and picked up the roster and handed it to Zhong Weiwei, with disapproval in his eyes: "Xiao Zhong, why are you doing this?"

Zhong Weiyi grabbed the roster in one hand and took her cold steamed buns with the other, smiling like a flower: "Old Zhao, I think I did a good job. Thunder, rain and dew are all thanks to Jun's kindness."

Weighing the roster again, winking: "I'm going to get rich."

Zhao Hongtu lost his temper because of her anger, gave her a nod, turned around and left.

When Zhong Weiwei returned to the house, the palace servant she punished hadn't left yet, waiting for her acceptance in fear.

Zhong Weiwei flaunted the roster in his hand towards the courtiers, then reached out and wiped it under the crack of the door, gritted his teeth: "Start again!"

The palace man kowtowed, picked up the rag and wiped it again.

Zhong Weiwei sat under the lamp and ate cold steamed buns with cold tea, looking at the roster of new concubines with one hand.

The first two names, one is Wei Rou and the other is Lu Chun, both of which were circled by Chonghua with a Chinese ink brush, proving that these two are at least one of the four concubines.

Zhong Weiwei paused for a moment, bit off half of the steamed bun in one bite, chewed vigorously, and continued to look through the roster.

The following candidates are nothing particularly outstanding, no one can compare with Wei Rou and Lu Chun.

This situation was all within Zhong Weiwei's expectation. Since the founding of Li Guo, the successor has been controlled by Wei and Lu, and the mother and concubine who succeed the prince are basically from these two families.

These two big families both colluded with each other and competed with each other, and strangled all the families that threatened their status.

Passed down to Emperor Yong's generation, they have become deeply rooted and luxuriant, controlling major political affairs, and even manipulating the heir to the throne is commonplace, seriously threatening the throne and imperial power.

That's why Emperor Yong sent Chonghua to Cangshan, where he studied under Zhong Nanjiang for many years incognito.

The purpose is to prevent Chonghua from having too much contact with his biological mother, the Empress Dowager Wei, lest he be held hostage and oppressed by the love of mother and child, and let the Empress Dowager Wei manipulate and exercise power.

It is true that Chonghua has a weak relationship with Empress Dowager Wei's mother and son, but he grew up far away from the center of government affairs, and few military generals of aristocratic families obey him.

He still had to bring the daughters of Wei and Lu into the palace in order to gain their support and gradually gain a firm foothold and take power.

The back position is vacant, and both Webster and Lu are determined to win.

Whoever conceives first and gives birth to the eldest son will have a much greater chance of becoming the master of the middle palace, so they will never allow women from other clans to win against Wei Rou and Lu Chun.

Zhong Weiwei closed the roster, staring at the dancing candles and thinking about the order of the servants.

It is really a nerve-wracking thing to satisfy Chonghua, Webster and Lu, and appease those ordinary clans that Chonghua wants to promote.The first emperor really left a mess.

Someone knocked on the door and tentatively asked, "Has Zhong Tongshi fallen asleep?"

Zhong Wei was the only one who glanced over, and the palace servant who was diligently cleaning the house immediately ran to open the door: "Not yet, what's the matter?"

Several palace people squeezed together at the door in embarrassment: "We are here to congratulate Zhong Tongshi."

Zhong Weiyi was delighted to see it, all of them were palace servants who blackmailed her money and belongings these days and made her angry.

Then he put away the roster, beckoned them to come in, and cut straight to the point: "How can you congratulate Faer?"

The palace man flattered and said a lot of congratulations and apology, not only returned the property blackmailed from her before, but also gave a lot of extra things.

There are food items, well-crafted gadgets, and even gifts of money.

Zhong Weiwei accepted everything according to the order, expressing that the past was not to blame, and then all the palace people put their hearts back to their original places and left happily.

Just as Zhong Weiwei yawned, someone brought hot face and foot water to her.

She accepted it with a smile, and casually rewarded the scattered silver from the filial piety of the palace servants, and went to bed comfortably.

When she woke up the next morning, because the person on duty was Wang Chu, she didn't go forward, but enjoyed her cold steamed bun breakfast with peace of mind.

Then tell the palace servants to pack up, go to Shangyi Bureau to inquire if the house is packed up, and prepare to move at any time.

She is not what she used to be. Although she eats cold steamed buns to satisfy her hunger, someone privately honors her with hot, fragrant vegetarian soup, accompanied by some exquisite pastries and fruits.

Zhong Weiwei soaked the cold steamed buns in the three delicacies soup and ate to his heart's content.

After rinsing his mouth, he heard Li Anren say hauntingly at the door: "Your Majesty asks, does Zhong Tongshi not need to be on duty? It seems that the rules in this palace should be tightened."

Zhong Weiwei dared not speak out: "Wang Tongshi is on duty today."

Li Anren lifted his small chin: "Wang Chuyu has lost his manners in front of him, he has been dismissed and investigated, and sent back to Yeting."

Zhong Weiwei felt a "thump" in his heart, hurriedly cleaned up, and hurried to the front.

Chonghua still had the look of being unloved, he was picky about eating breakfast, and when he saw her go in, he threw away the chopsticks, and said in disgust:

"Why do you still look so ugly? Do you think you're still an outsider? I think you're used to it! You need to find someone to teach you how to behave!"

Zhong Weiwei's female officer's attire hasn't been finished yet, and she still wears the official robe of the living man, but the official cap has been returned, so she just tied a boy's bun on her head, using only a plain jade hairpin, without applying makeup .

She was born delicate and slender, and her demeanor was even more peaceful and steady when she was not making trouble. No matter where she stood, she looked like a simple and elegant ink painting, which had nothing to do with being neither male nor female, nor ugly.

But since Chonghua wanted to be picky and find fault, she had to follow him and let him calm down.

She explained with a smile: "Your Majesty is right. I haven't finished the official dresses for the officials, so I can only wrong your Majesty's eyes these days."

Chonghua stared at her viciously, grinding his teeth: "It's not just my eyes that you feel wronged, did you get soft when you received the money?"

It seems that the matter of her selling the news to Wang Chu was leaked, Wang Chu is worthless.

Zhong Weiwei smiled and said, "It's all thanks to His Majesty's blessings. Congratulations to Your Majesty. The beauties in the palace yearn for Your Majesty very much."

Chonghua stared at her gloomyly for a long time, then smiled coldly: "The national treasury is empty, I am thinking about reducing expenditure and increasing revenue, Zhong Tongshi just reminded me."

Zhong Weiwei suddenly felt something was wrong: "It's just a small fight, and the scattered money is not enough for your Majesty's meal."

Seeing that she was anxious, Chonghua smiled more clearly: "A penny is money, so you have to save it, and I won't embarrass you. From now on, you can pay 3000 taels a month, and the rest will be rewarded to you. "

This is too dark, and she is rewarded, how can she get all the 3000 taels of silver?

Zhong Weiwei was taken aback and stuttered in fright: "Wow, how can there be so many, your Majesty, don't scare the Weichen, even if you sell the Weichen, you won't be able to get so much money."

Chonghua gave her a cold look: "Didn't you earn 120 taels of silver from Wang Chu yesterday just by saying a few words?

If you count 30 days in a month, if you count 100 taels a day, you can save at least 20 taels a day, so don’t be dissatisfied. "

(End of this chapter)