Xiangmen black-bellied woman

Chapter 215 Blame me?
The dowry matter can be big or small. If it is small, it can be said that the Department of Internal Affairs has neglected its duties. After beating more than a dozen boards, the queen will deal more with it and make up the dowry. The slave bullied the master!

Judging from the queen's current performance, she wanted to make things bigger, preferably as big as possible. In this way, not only the Department of Internal Affairs, but also Baili Anning would be implicated.

After all, her dowry was not less, but much more.The lack of dowry in Baili Anqing was deceived by the slaves. At most, it was a loss of face, but it could also attract the attention and sympathy of the emperor. However, the extra dowry that Baili Anning got is worth investigating. Why do you, a princess, have so many dowries? People are flattering, and if it goes deeper, it will involve the second prince. It is not a good thing for a prince to attract the favor of the Secretary of Internal Affairs!
"The Emperor is here!"

The notification sounded, and Baili Qingcang, who habitually frowned, strode in: "The Queen invited me over, but what's the matter?"

Zhao Huiying stood up after saluting, and pulled the restless Baili Anqing over: "Your Majesty, it's all my fault for my concubine's negligence. There are too many things happening in the womb these days, and I didn't notice them for a while. Seeing that the two princesses, An Ning and An Qing, are going to die They got married, and today I helped them check their dowry, but I didn't expect to find that the dowry of these two people is very different."

Hearing this, Baili Qingcang frowned even tighter. He usually doesn't pay much attention to the princess, but after all, they are his own children. He can ignore them, but he doesn't allow them to be bullied: "Why? What's going on?"

Fang Xue immediately took the two dowry lists.

Baili Qingcang glanced coldly at the content above, and slammed the list on the table: "The dowry of the two princesses was sponsored by the Department of Internal Affairs, how could there be such a mistake?"

You don't even need to check carefully, you can tell at a glance that there are a lot of differences between the two lists.

Xiao Qi, the head of the Department of Internal Affairs, ran over with sweat on his face, and immediately knelt down to salute after entering the door: "Slave Xiao Qi has seen the emperor, the empress, and the three princesses."

Baili Qingcang held the dowry list and threw it in front of Xiao Qi: "Is this list prepared by the Department of Internal Affairs?"

Xiao Qi quickly took two steps on his knees, picked up the list and examined it carefully: "Report to the emperor, this list was prepared by the former head of the Department of Internal Affairs."

Zhao Huiying's eyes sharpened sharply: "Xiao Qi, I asked Fangxue to go to the Department of Internal Affairs to ask for this list this morning. You have been in charge of the Department of Internal Affairs for a while. Don't say that the princess is about to get married. The Secretary of Internal Affairs The gift list in the book hasn’t been replaced yet?”

Xiao Qi respectfully kowtowed: "Returning to your mother, the servant took over the Department of Internal Affairs for ten days. During these ten days, it was too busy to rectify the Department of Internal Affairs. The servant knew that the two princesses were about to get married, and the dowry was naturally more important, so he stepped up to handle it without any worries. Dare to slack off, the slave stared at the Department of Internal Affairs preparing the dowry all day long, and for a while did not know that the dowry list had not been replaced. It was only when the empress summoned the servant that he glanced at the backup of the dowry list of the Department of Internal Affairs. Unexpectedly, the list was not updated in time, slave The crime deserves ten thousand deaths, please forgive the emperor."

Baili Qingcang glanced down at Xiao Qi, and reluctantly accepted the statement: "You were chosen by me personally, and I also believe in your ability. Is the princess's dowry ready?"

"Reporting to the emperor, everything is ready." Xiao Qi replied respectfully.

"So that means, only the dowry list hasn't been updated yet?"

"Yes."

"In this case, the queen will follow me to see it in person, and the girls An Ning and An Qing will also see it in person."

Xiao Qi quickly got up and respectfully followed Baili Qingcang to the Department of Internal Affairs.

A smile flashed in Shen Ninghua's eyes, no wonder a few days ago, Chu Junyi said with a smile that she wanted her to enter the palace to watch a play. Now it seems that the so-called good show came out today.

The person in charge of the Department of Internal Affairs was from the Zhao family, that is to say, the dowry list was prepared by the Zhao family. The queen thought she had caught the small braid of the Department of Internal Affairs, but she didn't know that it was her family who exposed it!

The queen's face was as usual, but if you look carefully, you can find the anger in her eyes.The Xiao family is really tough, even a small head of the internal affairs department dares to challenge her!

When they arrived at the Department of Internal Affairs, the servants were already kneeling all over the floor, saluting respectfully to welcome Baili Qingcang and others.

Xiao Qi stepped forward: "Your Majesty, because Princess Anning and Princess Anqing will be married in eleven or twelve days, the servants and others are stepping up to check the dowry, and they dare not make any omissions, and the dowry is placed at the back of the store. Hall, please take a look at it, Your Majesty."

Baili Qingcang strode in. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a set of items placed in the hall. There were more than 100 boxes, some of which were open and some of which had been closed. A piece of paper, when he took a closer look, he saw that it recorded the contents of the box, and the person's name was signed on it.

"what is this?"

"Reporting to the emperor, this note is written on the items in the box, and the name of the person who signed it is the person who checked the contents of the box. If there is a problem, you can find the contents of the box through the number of the box, and you can also find the person in charge of the inspection. man of."

"You came up with this method?" Baili Qingcang's expression softened a lot. This method can be described as simple and clear. It is not easy to make mistakes in such a well-organized way. It is a good method.

"Reporting to the emperor, this servant was also very troubled before. Master Chu thought of this method. After experimenting, this servant found that it is very effective, so he took it out and used it."

"Chu...you mean Princess Zhaohua's husband, Chu Junyi?"

"Yes, it is the Concubine Chu."

"Yes, he has always been a very intelligent person." Thinking of the major events that Chu Junyi has accomplished recently, Baili Qingcang nodded appreciatively.

Shen Ninghua smiled, lowering her head as if shy, which made Baili Qingcang's smile more obvious.

She smiled and said: "Actually, this method was used when checking my dowry. At that time, the dowry was too much, so I asked the servants in the mansion to help check it. If it is damaged, someone will write a list and sign the contents of the box, and it will be much easier to check in the future."

Baili Qingcang smiled: "Okay, An Ning and An Qing have borrowed money from you."

Shen Ninghua smiled and said nothing.

Baili Qingcang turned his head to look at the Queen, with a slightly more worried look on his face: "Queen, you said that there is a problem with the dowry, let's see if we can solve it now?"

Zhao Huiying hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Reporting to the emperor, it was the concubine's negligence that caused such a mistake. Please punish the emperor."

Xiao Qi hurriedly knelt down: "Reporting to the emperor, the matter this time is due to the negligence of the internal affairs department. The previous dowry list was handed over to the empress, which made the empress misunderstand and alarmed the emperor. Please forgive me."

Zhao Huiying's eyes became colder and colder. This Xiao Qi involved the former head of the Department of Internal Affairs. This is going to be against me. I don't know if this is your idea or the Xiao family's idea?

Shen Ninghua stood quietly on the spot, her eyes swept over the dowry boxes in front of her eyes one by one, and suddenly, her gaze paused: "Are these dowry boxes exactly the same?"

Xiao Qi replied: "Reporting to Princess Zhaohua, because Princess Anning and Princess Anqing are of the same grade, most of the things are the same, but because the two princesses' mothers and concubines are of different grades, some things that need to be avoided are staggered. "

"Boss Xiao has a heart, no wonder I see things differently on it."

Baili Qingcang turned his head to look at the head servant: "Where are the two dowry lists just now?"

"Your majesty, I'm here with this old slave."

After receiving the form, Baili Qingcang scanned it once, and snorted heavily: "Queen, I remember that Zhao Yunde is in charge of the House of Internal Affairs, right?"

"Yes."

"Huh, what a thoughtful thought. I entrusted him with the management of the huge internal affairs department, but he didn't even know what the two princesses should taboo? And you, the queen, you are the mother of the country. If you are the mother of the child Not good, if you become a role model for women in the world?"

These words were so serious that Zhao Huiying's face suddenly turned pale: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"Xiao Qi, you've done a good job. Keep it up. I don't want to see the Department of Internal Affairs remain the same as before. If there are any dirty people in it, let's clean it up." He is clearly expressing his dissatisfaction with the queen.

"Yes, slaves follow the order."

Zhao Huiying knelt on the ground, her fingers clenched tightly into fists, her palms were pinched so bloody.Originally, she wanted to use this incident to show Baili Anqing how low the status of an unfavored princess is, and then use her private treasury to make up for her dowry, which can be considered as a way to win her over. I can be a good pawn in the future, but I didn't expect to be tripped up by a small head of the House of Internal Affairs first!

"Your Majesty, it was the concubine who was negligent and caused such a big omission, and made the Emperor suffer. The two princesses got married. As a queen mother, I was naturally worried, so I overreacted. Please forgive me. "

Baili Anqing stepped forward: "Father, the Queen Mother is kind to us. I am afraid that we will be wronged, which disturbs the Royal Father. The Queen Mother has a loving heart. If we are punished because of this, how should we daughters deal with us? Father, think twice."

Shen Ninghua glanced at the calm Baili Anqing, and suddenly remembered how shy she was when she saw Bu Jinglan in Chengqian Palace. Did such an introverted and plain princess start to change?Who would be stupid if he could live safely in the palace?

"Father, sister Anqing is right." Baili Anning also stepped forward to intercede.

Shen Ninghua knelt on the ground with them, and although she didn't plead for mercy, she had already stated her position.

Baili Qingcang nodded, feeling a little more impatient: "Okay, let's all get up, the queen will take care of An Ning's and An Qing's weddings, and the princess's wedding must be done with proper etiquette."

Zhao Huiying's heart shuddered, and she immediately understood that the emperor was angry at the last time she left Shen Ninghua's wedding banquet early. Although she didn't say it clearly, it was the first time for such a beating: "Yes, my concubine understands."

(End of this chapter)