Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 663
Jingfen could see clearly, but she didn't say anything, she immediately smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you don't need to shuffle, Jingfang just shuffle the cards."

Guan Xuqing could only smile and withdrew his hand, and said to Jingfen: "I was discussing in the study room yesterday, and Zaiyi was going to Guangdong and Guangxi to urge the tribute, as well as the tariff money of the southern provinces, so we can't delay any longer. What fresh fruits and vegetables does the queen want? Or something rare, just tell Jingfang and let Zaiyi bring it back."

Jingfang didn't know about this, and while touching the cards, she smiled and said, "Sister Empress just said that the lychees and lucky oranges in Guangli are delicious." She stopped talking suddenly, it turned out that Guan Xuqing's foot under the table touched her feet, so he sneaked a glance at the emperor, and swallowed back the second half of the sentence.After pausing for a while, he said: "The Jade Guanyin offered by my sister has not been invited after several times. I heard that the incense in Wuyi Mountain is very popular. This time, Zaiyi will go and ask him to invite him in person." Before she finished speaking, her foot Touched by something, Guan Xuqing took a look at Guan Xuqing, and Guan Xuqing concealed a smile and said: "Put away the cards first, seeing that it's time to eat, Jingfang don't leave, and use it in Kunning Palace with your sister. I'm not going either."

While talking, the food has already been served, Jingfang went down to the kang to help arrange the dishes on the small table, made a blessing to the emperor and queen and said: "The concubine first goes to the small Buddha hall to pay homage."

Guan Xuqing instructed the maid: "Tell Concubine Wang that dinner will be served at the Empress's place, and she will be served later. Go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and deliver the wishful handle on the jade case to the Small Buddha Hall and give it to Jingfang Fujin. "Jingfang thanked En and left first and went to the small Buddhist hall.

Jingfen said: "Your Majesty, although I don't go out, many people come in to greet you and talk, and I probably know something. There are disasters in many places, such as the drought in Gansu, the flood in Guangxi, and the insect plague in Henan. My concubine dared to say In a word, is the emperor thinking of a way to rescue and fight disasters?"

Guan Xuqing said: "I have thought about this too. Nowadays, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs have a large amount of income, but the output is also scary. In the past, wars were built from mountains of gold and silver. The Ministry of Finance is not a place to make money. It is not a place where wool comes out. On the sheep? In the future, I plan to repair these gardens in Beijing to accumulate some blessings for the descendants, but this is a lot of money, and I have to go through the test of those direct ministers. Zhen I am thinking about increasing income and reducing expenditure in the palace in the future, what we can save at home can be used elsewhere to do a lot of things and save a lot of people, it can be regarded as the virtue we have accumulated for the common people."

Jingfen nodded and said: "It's still the emperor who is thoughtful. In fact, the concubine is also blind. If we want to increase income and reduce expenditure, the concubine will first save money from the cosmetics."

Guan Xuqing held Jingfen's hand and said, "You are the heart of a Bodhisattva."

The two ate while talking, and after they finished using it, Guan Xuqing wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and rinsed his mouth with tea, and said, "What you said is all right. I know it well and remember it. Wherever there is a disaster, I will definitely take it." Pay attention to the relief, not only food, but also cold clothes and anti-plague medicines. It is not a trivial matter if something goes wrong. The hateful thing is that these officials are often obedient and obedient. They only care about filling their pockets. The book below has turned into drizzle. The city gate taxes and crime money in various places, although they are also from the sheep, are not collected from the people in a hurry, and the amount is limited. In short, the world is so big, things With so many, it’s really hard to be comprehensive.”

Jingfen held the emperor's hand and said, looking at the emperor sympathetically: "In such a big country, at least one place is full of troubles. Naturally, the emperor's laborers and concubines know about it, just hope the emperor pays attention to his bones."

Guan Xuqing said with emotion: "The money for crimes and the customs duty of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are actually the official money for private use, and it has become our royal family's personal money. It can coax the common people, but not the civil and military courtiers outside, so we have to keep an eye on it." With one eye closed, this matter cannot be clarified in writing. However, the number of people in the Yuanmingyuan and other palaces in the Forbidden City has increased by almost ten times compared with the previous dynasty, and it is not good to directly increase the money from the Ministry of Households. Otherwise, there is really no way. Forbidden City It is the center of the whole country. If you spend some money in the palace, the people all over the country will look at it, making me, the emperor, like a thief. If you loosen your hand a little, those direct ministers will move you out of Yaoshun, Tang Dynasty, etc. Emperor Taizong and Lord Kangxi came and talked endlessly about the way to be a king, it's annoying to death."

The two chatted about homework for a while, Jingfen's eyelids gradually became heavy, Guan Xuqing took a look, and whispered to the maid: "Please wait, I'm going out." Then he walked out of Kunning Palace lightly, and stood guard outside the palace. Xiao De'an said: "I'm a little tired, I want to go inside to rest for a while, you go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and I will go back to the hall to do business in an hour." Xiao De'an agreed and left.

Guan Xuqing walked north along Yongxiang alone, hesitated at the gate of Yonghe Palace, and then stepped into the small courtyard of the Buddha Hall.At this time, the eunuchs all went to the kitchen to eat, and several nuns with hair and practice in the small Buddhist hall also had their fast in the inner wing room, and the sound of chanting sutras could be faintly heard from the Buddhist hall.Guan Xuqing looked left and right and entered the Buddhist hall, touched the copper crane, looked at the incense burner, and looked at the bonsai inside through the glass, and then saw Jingfang sitting cross-legged on the futon, he raised his legs and went in, smiling. : "My sister did her homework before the Buddha so piously!"

"It's the emperor." Jingfang had already felt that the emperor had arrived, she let out a soft cry of feigned surprise, kowtowed to the emperor on the futon, smiled lightly, then lowered her head and said nothing.

Guan Xuqing smiled and said, "I just finished my meal and went out for a walk. I remembered that you were offering incense here, so I stopped by to have a look." As he said, he lit three sticks of incense in front of the Buddha table and lit them on the Buddha lamp. Inserting it into the incense burner, he took a step back and put his palms together, muttering something.After reading, he said to Jingfang: "Since we have all bowed, let's talk in the East Hall."

The East Hall is the lounge on the east side of the Avalokitesvara Buddha Hall, which is connected to the Avalokitesvara Hall, and it is specially used for the empress and concubine to rest and rejoice with the Buddha.Jingfang had already seen the emperor's implication, looked left and right for no one, but suddenly panicked, her heart beat fast, and her cheeks felt hot.

At this time, I saw a little nun walking in, quickly calmed down, and said lightly: "Long live Lord, come to offer incense. You bring some food!"

Only then did the two enter the east hall one after the other, and sat down around the small square table.Guan Xuqing was also distracted at this time, the nun brought the tea in, Guan Xuqing said: "Put it at hand first, you don't come to wait on it for now, I want to be quiet for a while."

The little nun agreed and stepped back lightly.The room was quiet, Guan Xuqing sometimes looked around, sometimes stared at Jingfang, Jingfang lowered her head and rubbed the corners of her clothes with both hands, after a long time, she suddenly burst out laughing.Guan Xuqing turned to look at her, and asked with a smile, "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at the emperor." She suddenly raised her head to look at the emperor and said, "What scriptures are you reading? Why can't I understand a single word?"

At this time, Guan Xuqing saw her dizzy cheeks, drooping black temples, and a shy look that seemed to be angry or not angry, and his heart boiled like a pot, and he smiled: "Not only do you understand, I also don't understand, then It is a Sanskrit scripture, the first is to eliminate disasters and diseases, the second is to prolong life, the third is to prolong the descendants, and the fourth is to bring peace to the country."

Jingfang laughed softly: "The emperor is the son of heaven, and he can go to heaven to listen. If you pray like this, even the Jade Emperor must know it."

Guan Xuqing laughed with his face up, and said: "The Jade Emperor may not be sure, but Guanyin Bodhisattva must have heard it. One of them is Taoism, the other is Buddhism, and the two have nothing to do with each other." As he spoke, he reached for the teapot to pour tea, and Jingfang hurriedly got up to take it. Passed the teapot to pour tea for him, and said in his mouth: "This is our woman's business, you just ask when you are thirsty. The queen sister must have gone to sleep after finishing her meal."

Jingfang was about to put down the teapot when Guan Xuqing wrapped her arms around her and held her hand tightly.For a moment the air seemed to freeze.Jing Fang was holding the teapot in one hand, and the other hand was held by the emperor, whether she was standing or sitting, she wanted to pull her hand out, but the emperor held her hand even tighter.He had to turn his face to one side, his neck was blushing, and after a while he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, don't be seen by others." Guan Xuqing said, "What does it matter if you see it? Who dares to talk nonsense? Put the teapot down, why are you so coy?" Jingfang put down the teapot gently.Guan Xuqing immediately embraced her, and Jingfang's body fell into the emperor's arms and sat on his lap.At this time, when we got close, Guan Xuqing saw her eyes closed shyly, couldn't help burning himself up, kissed her lightly on the cheek, and laughed softly: "It's only natural for brother-in-law and sister-in-law to get along. You are really a person You beauty, Zaiyi can't stand your beauty, it's fake to have a fever, but the kidney deficiency is real, right?"

Although Jingfang and Empress Jingfen were born to the same mother, they are like two peaches with different flavors on the same branch, one is dignified and virtuous, the other is open and aggressive. Because of his scheming, he was busy making friends with courtiers every day, and he didn't care about the beauty around him at all. Although Guan Xuqing was older than Zaiyi, he was well maintained and his body was much stronger. Even in his 30s, he could still say He is a beautiful man in Yushu Linfeng. Right now, the two of them sniff each other, eye to eye, and skin to skin. Their hearts are already on fire, and their bodies have softened into a ball of cotton. They buried their pink necks in the arms of the emperor, and murmured : "Your Majesty, if it's not good, let's talk about mother... I am your sister-in-law Zaiyi is your cousin"

"The so-called fat water is not left to outsiders, Zaiyi can't take care of you, and I can help you feed you."

"Your Majesty, you are not mature yet, what is this tough guy's waist and eyes?"

"This? This is Longen." Guan Xuqing smiled and whispered in her ear, "You keep pouring tea for me, but you don't know that Longen is also thirsty and is about to drink water." He said like hugging a baby He hugged Jingfang to the spring bench by the north wall, held her shoulders tightly with one hand, freed the other hand to randomly pull Jingfang's front, and said in his mouth: "I've been so busy these days." There is no excitement at the top, it was so easy to stir up a fire yesterday, but it was extinguished because of other things, if you can relieve me from fatigue, it is really indispensable."

(End of this chapter)