royal girl

Chapter 206: Straight Talk
What is the inner court mansion?

In the simplest sentence, it is to manage various affairs of the royal family, such as clothing, food, housing and transportation.

The directly affiliated institutions are subdivided into seven divisions and three courts, among which the most important ones are the Guangchu Division, the Zhangli Division, and the Shenxing Division.The Guangchu Department is in charge of the inner court treasury, and leads the six treasuries of silver, leather, porcelain, satin, clothes and tea.Don't look at things as trivial, but if the masters and concubines in the palace want to wear better clothes, wear better clothes, and drink better, they have to deal with Guangchusi.The things in the order are given by the emperor. Although they are in the order, they should be divided into different categories, right?If you make friends with Guangchusi, the items in your case will always be one or two points better than others.

Being in charge of rituals and music in the inner court and assessing the grades of eunuchs, this is tantamount to grasping the lifeblood of the palace ladies and eunuchs. Who doesn't want to climb up?Hehe, come and deal with us first.

The Director of Shenxing is in charge of the inner court trial and prison cases. If there is an incident of poisoning, murder and frame-up in the palace, it will be under the supervision of the Director of Shenxing.

In addition, there are the Duyu Division, the Accounting Division, the Construction Division, the Qingfeng Division, and the Shangsi Court, the Armed Forces Court, and the Fengchen Court. In a word, they took over all the affairs of the inner palace.

Such an important place cannot be held by non-emperor cronies.

Ji Qiyu was suddenly appointed as the minister in charge of the inner court. The news was like pouring a ladle of cold water into a hot oil pan, and the oil splashed everywhere, shocking the whole city.

Because Ji Qiyu was busy taking over the inner court mansion, the posts and gifts that Huiyu handed in were piled up into mountains.

The former chief minister of the inner court begged for his illness and asked for his old age. After the emperor approved, this position was temporarily vacant, and no one was appointed to sit on it.Of course, many people secretly tried their best to snatch this good position with great power, but who would have thought that in the end this position would fall on the head of King Jing, who had been neglected by the emperor all this time.

Don't say that others can't think of it, even Prince Jing himself can't think of it.

A few days ago, Huiyu heard Ji Qiyu mention it once, saying that there is no leader in the inner court, and I don't know who will sit in it.But at that time, neither Huiyu nor Ji Qiyu was thinking about his family, but Ji Qiyu thought about whether he could secretly push the people close to him to that position.Unexpectedly, after a short time, Ji Qiyu sat on it by herself without pushing others.

Huiyu also felt a little headache looking at the pile of posts, most of these posts were Ji Qiyu's direct employees asking An to say hello.Because Ji Qiyu was too busy to see anyone, the family members of these subordinates sent Huiyu's greetings.Judging from the number of these posts, Ji Qiyu's taking over the Inner Court this time really... has managed a lot of people.

Huiyu first picked out the postings sent by Mrs. Langzhong who were in charge of the Seventh Department and Third Court of the Inner Court, and replied one by one with her own handwriting.Madam diplomacy is also a very important lesson. Now that Huiyu is pregnant, she can't invite them to drink tea and listen to plays to enhance their relationship. She can only write a reply to express her closeness.At the end of the day, I don't know how many posts I have replied, my back is sore and my shoulders are stiff.Xueying and Xueqi squeezed Huiyu's shoulders one by one, and rubbed Huiyu's legs by the other. Huiyu also ordered Nanny You to send out the written post, and said: "Let the decent mother in charge go in person, don't be perfunctory. It's all about the prince's face, so I want to know the importance of this matter."

"Yes, princess, please don't worry, the old slave will definitely do it properly." Madam You said with a bit of excitement, the prince has been promoted and has the power, and the slaves like them go out with glory , the spine is straight.That's the inner court mansion, hehe, I can wake up laughing when I fall asleep.

Huiyu nodded, and at this moment, she could see the gap between Mama Zhong and Nanny You.Mama Zhong would not be worse than Nanny You in the backyard, but it would not work outside the house.Huiyu should feel more at ease when Mammy You does this kind of thing, but she still added a sentence, "Mammy also knows the situation of the prince, the more stable it is at this time, if I know who in the mansion did it Inappropriate things..."

Huiyu didn't say anything after that, but Mother You tightened her whole body, and immediately said: "Princess, don't worry, this old slave must keep his eyes open, and he must not lose the reputation of the prince."

"Naturally, I can rest assured that Mammy is doing things. Go." Huiyu waved her hand, watching Mammy You retreat.

After leaving the main courtyard, Aunt You was blown by the wind, and only then did she feel cold all over. She was a little too happy, and almost couldn't control it.But after thinking about it, I became happy again. It is the prince's blessing that the princess can still be so stable at this time.

When Ji Qiyu came back, Huiyu was still reading the rest of the posts. He took a look at Huiyu and went to wash his face and change clothes. When he came back, Huiyu had pushed aside the posts on the kang table, looked at him and asked with a smile: "It's been midnight for the past few days, so early today?" Chu Chu took over the Inner Court Mansion, and things must have been chaotic. If it wasn't for her, Ji Qiyu, she wouldn't be able to live in the Inner Court Mansion's lobby.

"So many posts?" Ji Qiyu asked after sitting down, pointing to the pile on the table, and then said: "After reconciling the account books in the past few days, the rest will be simple. Now the account books basically have If you have a clue, you can come back sooner." Although the accounts in the inner court are clear, they are not so clean, and many things have not been checked, but it depends on how you check.

This matter is not easy. Since ancient times, the big fish eat the small fish, and the small fish eat shrimp. If he investigates too closely, I'm afraid that others will gang up on him.If he loosens his hand and breaks down one by one, things will be in his favor.

Huiyu is not ignorant of these things. Accounts are the most important thing, so he naturally understands the power of it.After thinking for a while, looking at Ji Qiyu, he asked, "Before, the chief minister of the inner court begged for illness and returned to his hometown. What happened to the account book when he left office?" The matter has been cleaned up, now who does Ji Qiyu ask for reconciliation, and what to do if there is a problem?

Seeing Huiyu's worried expression, Ji Qiyu couldn't help but twitched his lips. Was it because he was worried that someone would trick him?Looking at her, he said with a smile: "How could the group of people in the inner court let them go without a charter? When the chief executive leaves office, even if his deputies try to offend him, they will clarify the accounts before releasing him."

Huiyu thought about it for the same reason, but she was a little stupid, "This makes sense, so it shows that I am really stupid. Who would take risks for others, of course, you have to figure it out clearly, at least you have to clean yourself. gone."

"The inner court has always been a mess, and no one dares to say that there will be no difference at all in this position. But if you can match the books with seven or eight points, that's pretty good." Ji Qi Yu let out a long sigh, knowing that he knew, but his heart was not blocked.

Huiyu has never been in contact with such a complex unit before. A place like the Inner Court Mansion is in charge of the entire palace's basic necessities of life. How many people are there in this palace?There are many masters and more slaves, and everyone has an account. How can it be possible that there are no deviations in so many accounts?Not to mention taking advantage of this to enrich one's own pockets and profit from it, so it is overestimated to say that what Ji Qiyu said can be as much as seven or eight percent of Huiyu's.

Not to mention a place like the Inner Court Mansion, even a place like the Wangfu, when the account books are reconciled at the end of each month, there will be a loss ranging from a few dozen taels to hundreds of taels.The money is gone, but you just can't find where it was spent, and you can't find fault with the slaves. Everyone's accounts are clear, but there are deviations when combined.This kind of thing can't be explained clearly, but Huiyu understands what Ji Qiyu means. For example, chickens cost one penny today, but they can be reported for two pennies tomorrow.Another example is the report of the loss of porcelain in a certain yard. A vase is missing and a few teacups are missing. These are all losses, but are these things really broken?Can Huiyu have so much time to find the pieces and pair them up?
Those who follow the master don't want to be able to fish for oil and water. The master's fingers should not be too tight. The people below have nothing to gain, so they will find other ways.

Ji Qiyu sighed for a long time, but because she couldn't see this kind of behavior, but the world is as black as crows, and this cannot be changed by one person.The group of servants in the inner court have been working in this position for many years. They are very cunning. It is not easy to catch their pigtails, but if you are not careful, you may be punished by these people. You are not crying yet go.

As the saying goes, the King of Hades is easy to deal with, but little ghosts are hard to deal with, and the group of monkey spirits in the inner court are much more difficult to deal with than little ghosts.

This errand in the inner court seems to be a good job, but it is also difficult.

"If the account books are correct on the surface, does this count as a thing of the past?" Huiyu was afraid that Ji Qiyu would be serious, so she had to make sure all the previous account books were correct, which was really fatal.The group of people in the inner court must have gone crazy, but Ji Qiyu's situation is not good.And there is another joint here, that is, the emperor didn't want to take the inner court mansion under the knife, it was not for Ji Qiyu to rectify the inner court mansion, but for him to take over.Without the emperor's support, even if Ji Qiyu sat in this position, she would be pushed aside by a group of brats below, setting up obstacles openly and secretly, making Ji Qiyu unstable in this position.

Don't think they are afraid, if someone wants their job, can they not fight?
Unexpectedly, Huiyu would be so nervous, Ji Qiyu hurriedly held her hand and comforted her: "Look, you are scared, the inner court has been suffering from illnesses for many years, I can't move now with regret." If you have enough power, settle with them again!
Hearing this, Huiyu breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor put Ji Qiyu here so he can take care of this mess. If Ji Qiyu makes things worse here, the emperor might feel uneasy. In a fit of anger, Ji Qiyu was removed from this position, and it was only then that people would laugh at him.The point is that it's fine if the errand is gone, but Ji Qiyu's temperament is only afraid that she will piss herself off, so that's not worth it.

Hearing Huiyu's sighing voice, Ji Qiyu asked, "Is that why you are so worried that I will suffer?"

"Of course I'm worried, you are my child's father." If you have something, the sky will really fall.Modern women can hold up half the sky, but they really can't do it here. Without a man who is in charge of the house, those who have sons can only point at their sons to stand up.If you are so hard that you don't even have a son, you can only let others bully you.

Ji Qiyu's eyes fell on Huiyu's stomach and softened a little, "Don't worry, I'm not alone now."

Huiyu looked at him, no matter how sad it was to hear these words, she nodded heavily, and said intentionally: "You still want to earn face for your wife and children, so that we can live a happy life, of course it's not you One."

"Yes." Ji Qiyu laughed, "With you, the burden is even heavier."

Huiyu looked at him, "We are your burden?"

"Nonsense." Ji Qiyu reprimanded with a straight face, "I'm going to be a mother, and I still speak so unreliably."

Huiyu leaned against him and smiled, then changed the subject and asked, "Now you're going to take over the Inner Court and take care of all the affairs of Haiyun, can you be busy?" She was worried about Ji Qiyu's temper. No matter what you do, you must pursue perfection, and you will tire yourself out. I have never seen such an awkward person, who is so serious in everything he does.

"Your father is not alone. With so many people under his command, even if he is a bit busy, he will not be overwhelmed." Ji Qiyu laughed. If this stumps him, what else can he do in the future?
"Well, it makes sense. Let them do what you can tell the people below to do. One hero and three gangs. My lord, please don't put everything on yourself, or give them salaries and official positions. for what?"

After all, Huiyu was still worried that he would be exhausted. He understood this feeling, so he patted her hand lightly and said, "I understand. Don't worry." , worried, he knew he was really not alone.

Huiyu just nodded, still knowing this, it can be regarded as a salvation.

The most important thing for Dong Yunji to go to the south this time is to help Ji Qiyu find out the military talisman.The reason why the emperor was willing to climb down the ladder given by the Marquis of Bei'an was probably because the military pay in the south was hard to pay, and everyone cried poorly, so the Marquis of Bei'an He is happy to find a way to get his military salary back.Paying the army is an offending job, the emperor felt that the Marquis of Bei'an was able to share his worries in this way, and knew where his difficulties were. It was really easy for such a subject to use.

As for the beauty, anyway, let's check it out together.

It didn't take long for Chunwei's results to come out. Guo Tong's husband was awarded a Jinshi, and Huiyu sent a gift to express his congratulations.A day later, Guo Tong came to Xie in person, and Huiyu was also happy for her when she saw her happy face.I don't know how many people have won the imperial examination in their lifetime but failed to win the Jinshi. If they can pass the Jinshi exam, they can be awarded an official and released.And after all, the Wei family belonged to Ji Qiyu's boat, so if Wei Li's words were right, it was a good thing that Ji Qiyu had more power reserves.

After the big event of Chunwei, in April, the news came that the two side concubines of Su Wangfu gave birth one after another, and both of them gave birth to sons.

Huiyu sighed for a long time and gave birth to two sons. King Su was overjoyed, but Zhang Yuqiong didn't know what to do.Even though the side concubine gave birth, Huiyu still prepared two congratulatory gifts and sent them over.Just a few days after the good news from Prince Su's Mansion, another good news came from Prince Chun's Mansion. The concubine who was pregnant before also gave birth to a son.Princess Jin gave birth to the eldest son, and Concubine Xu, who was born half a month later than her, also gave birth to a second son.The one who is giving birth now is Concubine Han, who gave birth to a son, the third.

Throughout the month of May, there were news of children being born everywhere. Huiyu summed it up to Ji Qiyu, and the emperor gave birth to seven sons before he had a daughter.King Su now has one daughter and two sons, King Ning has one son and a daughter, and Dong Wan still has one in her belly.King Chun is the third son, and Huiyu is still in his stomach.That is, there are more royal sons than daughters, sons are easy to get, but daughters are too few in comparison.

Hearing what Huiyu said, Ji Qiyu also felt that this was true, so she smiled and said, "Our husband is a daughter, and girls are rare and more honorable."

Things are rare.

Although Huiyu prefers daughters, the princesses of the Great Jin Dynasty are always so aggrieved. She looked at Ji Qiyu and said: "If you have a daughter, if you are married by the emperor, it is better not to have one." How many princesses, The princesses are all suffocated to death, and Huiyu doesn't want her daughter to live such a hard life.

How many dear princesses can end up happy?
Ji Qiyu was taken aback when he heard that, but Huiyu would dare to speak so bluntly.

Huiyu fell silent after finishing speaking. These words were too straightforward. She slowly lowered her head and reached out to touch her stomach. She always felt that this child was a daughter, but if she really had a daughter, she felt that it was wrong. hold her.A daughter born in the royal family is not as good as born in an ordinary family. All the tribes outside the Great Wall are watching, and Da Jin does not know how many princesses have married.Although they professed their ministers to Da Jin, the princesses who were married by Da Jin did not really treat them kindly.

Sometimes in political contests, a status like Huiyu doesn't even have the status to say a word.

"Are you worried about this?" Ji Qiyu finally understood why Huiyu always looked sullen these days, so she was worried about this.

Huiyu nodded, "Can you not be worried? The emperor doesn't have a princess, and the daughters of the feudal lords are the ones who get married. But now that the royal family has princesses and princesses, no vassal king is willing to send his daughter away. "

Ji Qiyu also frowned, and said after a while: "Now there may be no such thing as finger marriage. If there is our daughter, it's not the eldest. There are still several in front."

Huiyu was stunned, how many more are there?The first one is the daughter of Emperor Xinde, the next one is Zhang Yuqiong's daughter, and the next one is Xia Bingyu's daughter...

Huiyu didn't want to talk anymore now, looking at the list, it's really frustrating.

Ji Qiyu patted Huiyu lightly, "It's still too early to say this, at least we have to wait for these children to grow up, at least ten years away, there will always be a way after so many years." At that time, he will have more The strength, more means to protect his wife and daughter, but now he still needs to work hard.

Huiyu nodded lightly. Not only did the princesses of the Great Jin Dynasty get married, but the daughters of various tribes outside the Great Wall also married into the Great Jin Dynasty.It's just that the emperor didn't like women outside the Great Wall, so he gave them all to the princes of various places as side concubines.But Huiyu also vaguely heard that those side concubines were not doing well in the Jin Dynasty, at least not prosperous in terms of children.Da Jin is not good to other people's daughter, why is he good to Da Jin's princess?Conversely, the outside of the Great Wall was not good to Princess Dajin, and Dajin was unwilling to treat their daughter well. In fact, it was because of political contests, but in the end it was always women's happiness that was sacrificed.

Many things are not what you want. When personal interests collide with national interests, personal interests are always sacrificed in the end.Huiyu knew this very well, and this was an unchangeable ending.If there is that day, then she hopes that at least it is not her child who will be kissed.

After that day, the two never talked about this topic again. In the blink of an eye, June entered, and Huiyu's delivery date was getting closer and closer.Entrusted by King Jing, Mrs. Dong simply lived in Prince Jing's mansion to accompany Huiyu to wait for delivery.There is no elder in the palace, and Ji Qiyu's mother is long gone, so it makes sense to invite an elder to come over to take care of the place at this time.Moreover, Ji Qiyu had a lot of official business recently, so after asking the queen for instructions, he invited Mrs. Dong Er to the palace.

Huiyu woke up in pain in the middle of the night, and Ji Qiyu, who was not sleeping soundly next to her, was awakened immediately by her muffled groans and moans. Almost instantly, the lights in the entire main courtyard were turned on.

(End of this chapter)