The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 393 Li Palace

In the early morning of the next day, after finishing her greetings at Chengqian Palace, Wanyu was walking in the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers, and she saw Liang Jiugong who was rushing to the construction office to announce the decree, so she called him to keep him.

Behind Liang Jiugong was a team of inner eunuchs. He had a majestic and dignified expression on his face. He turned his head to see Wanyu, and immediately gave a respectful slap on his face, "What is your order, Concubine Wan?"

Wan Yu said: "Eunuch Liang, can I take a step to speak?"

With a wave of his hand, Liang Jiugong ordered the eunuchs to stay here for a while, and he bowed his waist and walked to Wanyu's side: "Is there something you want to tell your servant, Concubine Wan?"

Wan Yu nodded with a smile: "I heard the news from the respect room that Emperor Ye turned over my signboard."

"The empress is overjoyed."

"My father-in-law is willing to help me, so I am very happy." Wanyu gave him a meaningful look, and then took out a black jade chess piece from her sleeve and pressed it in Liang Jiugong's hand.

Liang Jiugong took a closer look, the chess piece was cool to the touch, crystal clear, it was the excellent black jade from the Western Regions, he wondered: "This is the Yin-Yang jade chess piece from Fanbang?"

"My father-in-law has served in front of the emperor for a long time, so he is naturally well-informed." Wanyu took two steps forward, leaned in front of a peony flower, sniffed the fragrance of the flower, and said, "I heard that my father-in-law is a good chess player. Wu Lu, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, has obtained such a rare treasure, so he wants to dedicate it to the palace. I know nothing about chess, calligraphy and painting in this palace. Thinking about such a good thing, it should be given to someone who is good at chess , it is considered to make the best use of everything. Could it be that you are going to waste everything?"

Liang Jiugong held the chess pieces tightly in his hands, and hurriedly echoed: "Your Majesty is smart and has a noble status. How can you be considered a waste of money when you get such a good thing?"

Wanyu raised her eyebrows and smiled at her, and said calmly: "I just feel that this jade chess piece is more suitable for my father-in-law."

Having served the imperial court for a long time, he naturally understands the principle of not being rewarded for meritorious service.

Unlike Rong Yue, Wan Lai never engages in relationships with those in front of the imperial court to inquire about the holy will.

Now that people have given themselves such a great favor, they are bound to ask for something.

He, Liang Jiugong, is not a master who is easy to deal with. Even if he likes the jade chess piece, he is determined not to have any relationship with the concubine, so he respectfully handed the jade chess piece to Wanyu, and said in a solemn voice: "Your Majesty loves you, my humble minister I can't bear it."

"My father-in-law didn't ask me why, so I was busy evading it?" Wannao took the jade chess piece, walked two steps to the side of the imperial lake, and was about to throw it into it.

Liang Jiugong felt distressed when he saw it, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, think twice, don't want such a good thing."

"If my father-in-law doesn't accept such a good thing, I will keep it as a child's marbles to play with. It's better to drop it in the lake and listen to the sound." After speaking, the man gathered his energy and wanted to throw it away. Liang Jiugong was in a hurry and shouted : "Wait a minute, ma'am."

Wan Yu hung her hands in the air, glanced back at him, and said: "If you don't want to be a father-in-law, let's listen to what's going on in this palace, and then make a decision."

Although he has been in front of the imperial court for a long time, he is used to salary and benefits, how can ordinary gold and silver be moved?

It has to be something on the tip of his heart to make him let go of his principles.

Liang Jiugong sighed, nodded in shame, and Wanyan threw the jade chess piece at him.

Liang Jiugong stretched out his hand to catch it, and almost dropped the jade chess piece to the ground, holding it in his palm with great distress.

"How do you deal with an elderly lady living in a verandah in the palace?"

Liang Jiugong replied: "Mostly it's because of trembling hands and blurred eyes. I can't do anything. I will be raised in the palace. Over time, there will be more people and less land. There may be three or forty people crowded in one place."

"There are so many useless people raised in the palace. No wonder the harem's expenses are in vain." Wan Yu shook her head and sighed regretfully, and said, "At night when I was serving the palace, Eunuch Liang watched the palace and the emperor finish their meal. Enter inside, report to the emperor, and say that there are many elderly women in the palace living together, one person is sick or the infection affects the other room, please ask the emperor's order, and see if you want to send an imperial physician to treat it."

Liang Jiugong asked suspiciously, "Why did your empress do this?"

Wanyu smiled indifferently: "Eunuch doesn't need to say much, just do it. After this matter is done, the emperor rewards you. The yin and yang jade chess pieces in this palace are set up completely and will be given to Eunuch hands."

After dinner with Qianqing Palace at night, Liang Jiugong really came in at the right time. At that time, the emperor was lying with Wannai. He was very frightened by his sudden intrusion, so he smashed the Boshan stove next to the case at Liang Jiugong: " I am surprised, why do you have to join in the fun every time I attend Concubine Xuan Wan's bed?"

Liang Jiugong respectfully picked up the Boshan furnace and put it on the table again, then nodded and bowed his head and smiled apologetically: "The words from the emperor are just a slave who can't make up his mind about one thing. The slaves are not good to bother, then."

"Is it really bothering you?" The emperor snorted and ignored him.

Wan Lai comforted the emperor while patting on the emperor's chest, and said to Liang Jiugong: "Just say what you want, and you don't have to hinder the emperor's eyes."

Liang Jiugong nodded, and hurriedly said: "The elderly palace ladies living in the Lufang may suffer from tuberculosis. There are three or fifty elderly palace ladies living in one room, and if one person gets sick, the whole house will suffer. The servant personally ordered the emperor, this...do you want it?" Send the imperial physician to take a look?"

Hearing this, Wannai covered her nose with Juan, with a look of disgust on her face: "How can tuberculosis be cured? What if the sickness is passed on to the palace servants who serve the Sixth Palace?"

The emperor was silent for a while, then frowned and said: "It's a life after all, I've found the imperial doctor, go and have a look."

Liang Jiugong took the decree to resign. Seeing that the emperor was frowning, Wanyu stretched her brows lightly, and said softly: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. In fact, this is a normal thing. A few days ago, my concubine looked through the accounts, It can be seen that only these elderly palace ladies spend thousands of taels of silver every month. Not to mention that they are suffering from illnesses, and the cost of medicine is not known."

The emperor sighed helplessly, shook his head and said: "What's the way? People have been on duty in the palace for half their lives, so they won't be driven out of the palace because they are old and have nothing to depend on?"

"Old age has no one to rely on, driving them out of the palace will cut off their way of life. But." Wan Yu hesitated to speak, the emperor asked: "What is it, but it doesn't matter."

Wan Yu said: "But what if you order the maids to leave the palace in advance and find another job? The maids serve in the palace, and they all have special skills. If they go out to do some weaving work, they will not be poor in their old age. And when you are young Serve the palace with heart and strength, and send them out of the palace when they are a little older, so wouldn't it save a lot of money?"

The emperor thought for a moment when he heard the words, and then said: "Wan'er's method is very good, but it hinders the family law of the ancestors. It is a matter of life and death for palace servants to serve in the palace. Now."

"The eunuchs have been stabbed. They are destined to have no children. They originally served half their lives in the palace. It is not impossible to die in the palace. But all the palace ladies are young. We can control people's bodies and Do you control people's hearts? If everyone has a hope, enters the palace to serve, and has a day to come out, then the concubine thinks that the confusion in the harem will definitely be solved by itself."

(End of this chapter)