Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 275

In the evening, the emperor finished the papers in the main hall, and went to rest in Chen Wenxin's courtyard.

"The unimportant papers are all in Beijing, and Mingzhu and Tong Guowei are handling them, so I can breathe a sigh of relief."

As the emperor said, Chen Wenxin came up and took off his coat, "The emperor has spent a lot of time thinking about these local officials. This newly made satin-embroidered gown with five colorful cloud bats and golden dragon chapters is nothing more. It's just a night of heat." , even more rare than this robe."

These words were teasing the emperor, and Bai Lu had a smile on her face as she waited on the side.

The emperor also sneered, "Then you are dressed in gorgeous makeup and clothes, what do you say?"

Both of them laughed loudly, the emperor changed his clothes, and then sat cross-legged on the couch to drink tea.

"There's no one here, tell me quickly, what's going on?"

Bai Lu and the others left after changing the emperor's clothes, and now there are only two of them in the room.

Chen Wenxin would not believe that the emperor just wanted to win over these local officials, so he treated them with such enthusiasm.

There is nothing to be courteous, and it is either a traitor or a thief.

Chen Wenxin firmly believed in this point.

"Can't it be because I'm in a good mood?"

The emperor smiled and nodded her forehead, "You are clever and know everything."

"Does Nian Nian feel that the current war is at a critical juncture. I should continue to maintain an appearance of thrift. How could these Jinling magistrates be allowed to host such a big banquet?"

"That's right. It would be great if the money from these banquets was spent on military expenses. If you don't move a chopstick like Ding Chang, wouldn't all these delicacies be wasted?"

The emperor smiled and said: "It's hard to think that you were at the banquet just now, and you can still take care of her. You really have the air of a mistress."

"Don't change the subject, what exactly is Xuan Ye's plan?"

Seeing that Guan Zi was almost sold, the emperor said, "I know how much money they will waste in a big banquet. In fact, it is more than what we have seen."

"They prepared the meals, and the people who supervised them were the eunuchs serving meals. The benefits they wanted to give these eunuchs serving meals were more expensive than making these dishes."

"Think about it, those who choose the menu, those who test drugs, those who monitor, how much money will be stripped from them layer by layer."

When the emperor said this, Chen Wen became even more anxious, "Oh, what's so good about spending money like this?"

Seeing Chen Wenxin's anxious appearance, he couldn't help laughing, "I'm not in a hurry, I see how anxious you are."

"It's not just the banquet tonight. Come to think of it, there's also the layout of the palace. Why isn't someone handling every step of the way? For example, this thin-necked vase is rare outside the palace."

"They have to go to Beijing to buy them when they are arranging them. The cost of making them is only four or five taels of royal vases, and they cost four or fifty taels to buy them. There are still many things like this in the palace."

Then there will be a lot of silver, which is earned by those who supervise and resell it in the middle.

But the emperor was not only not angry when he said it, but also looked a little complacent.

Could it be that the emperor took the money away in the end?
"Those who changed hands in the middle are all the emperor's people?"

Chen Wen's heart was clear, and he quickly figured out the key point.

The emperor smiled secretly, confirming her guess.

God, this trick is too powerful!

The emperor kept his composure and said that just by eating like this, he could extort a lot of money from these wealthy local officials.

It wouldn't be too much to talk about, after all, those who took those benefits layer by layer were all palace people.

"Of course, among those slaves, there must be some benefits for themselves. As long as it's not too much, I'll just turn a blind eye and let it pass. The big head is still mine, but I can't see it."

"Then how does Xuan Ye plan to put these shady money into the treasury?"

"What are you busy with now? It's just a rainy day. The military pay in Fujian is enough, but the treasury is not enough. I'm worried about things in the north."

Chen Wenxin knew what the emperor was talking about in the north, a Tsarist Russia and a Zhungeer were very difficult to deal with.

It's just that they haven't put it on the surface to cause a conflict after all, just in case.

The emperor said: "I have received this kind of money into my private treasury. If something happens and donated to the national treasury, it will also get a good reputation."

"Xuan Ye..."

Chen Wenxin looked at him with a complicated expression.

"what happened?"

"You...you are a chicken thief."

The emperor grew up in the palace, it doesn't mean he can't even understand the spoken language of the people.

"Okay, you are getting more and more unruly. How dare you say that? If you don't tell you to try it out, you won't be afraid."

He put his hands to his mouth and took a deep breath, creaking in her armpits.

"See if you dare!"

"Oh, don't dare, don't dare, hahaha, stop scratching!"

……

There was nothing to say all night, and the two of them got up late the next day.

Because of the reduction of government affairs, the emperor sent most of the memorials to the capital for handling by the ministers, and only a small number of important ones were sent to Jinling.

Chen Wenxin was tired from traveling and traveling. She is lazy by nature, so she naturally wanted to go to bed late.

But the emperor got up late, that is, he didn't get up until after six o'clock, and Chen Wenxin didn't get up reluctantly until eight or nine o'clock.

Bai Lu stepped forward and opened the curtain to help her change clothes, "If the master doesn't wake up again, the servants will announce that the master is not feeling well."

Dingchang sent someone over there to ask, and said that Dingchang's parents who were at home wanted to visit her in the palace, and asked Chen Wenxin for instructions.

"The little palace lady who is always sent is outside, and the servant is not knowing how to send her away. How should the master show her?"

Chen Wenxin heard this just after waking up, and said in a daze, "Didn't I tell you yesterday? If you want to see your family members, you should be more relaxed."

"That being said, how can the servant not come in and report? I let her see it on my own initiative, and it's not like the master's will for others to watch."

This is true.

Chen Wenxin nodded, "Just tell her, I agree to this matter. There is no need to be impatient like the palace, they have been separated for many years, let them talk as much as they want."

"Yes."

Bai Lu called Bai Shuang to wait on her, and went outside to pass on Chen Wenxin's intentions.

On this day, there was no news from Fujian, and the enthusiasm of Jinling local officials to pick him up has not faded.

The emperor and his ministers went to take a boat on the Qinhuai River. Because they went there during the day and the martial law was enforced for the sake of the emperor, there were no idle boats on the river.

Enjoy the scenery of the Qinhuai River all the way, go to the Confucius Temple to see the relics left by the ancients, and visit the Jiming Temple.

Chen Wenxin didn't follow, and she felt uncomfortable in putting on a fake face in front of those ministers.

Just like the banquet last night, it will be over in at least an hour.

If this is the end of the day, her smiling face will collapse.

And with her standing beside the emperor, it was very inconvenient for those local officials to get close to the emperor.

After all, there were a lot of people following this time, unlike the last Southern Tour, but there were only a few Wang Xi, and there were only a handful of them.

When the emperor came back in the evening, she ordered Bai Lu to serve boiling hot soup with those precious herbs brought from the palace, to scald the emperor's feet.

"You must be tired from walking today? Where have you been?"

The emperor was lying on the couch of the imperial concubine, with his feet only in the wooden basin on the stilt.

Chen Wenxin lay beside him, moved her body down, and stretched her feet into the emperor's foot basin.

The emperor was alert: "What are you doing?"

"Massage your feet."

She stepped on the emperor's feet with her own feet. Is this called a massage?

Shouldn't he squat next to the tub and pinch his feet with his hands?
The emperor thought about it, and it seemed impossible.

Forget it, I can reluctantly accept the foot massage, she always has a lot of crooked reasons.

He told Chen Wenxin what he had seen and heard about visiting during the day, and said: "When you were in the palace, didn't you say you liked Jinling? Why do you want to visit today, but you refuse to go?"

"There are so many people, there is a panic."

She doesn't like the feeling of being surrounded by people and unable to move an inch.

What's more, she can't show her true thoughts in front of these people, and she doesn't want to pretend to be a dummy.

Just like when she was in the palace at the beginning, she hated the big and small gatherings of the concubines the most.

She didn't want to pretend to be anything, so she had no expression on her face, looking a little cold.

Later, she got used to it in the palace for a long time, and her status changed from a small participant to a leader.

But facing so many courtiers in Jinling, she was still not used to it.

"Besides, Xuan Ye wants to get close to these grown-ups. It would be inconvenient to have me as a woman in the palace."

She suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "I used to listen to a poem called Bird Clothes Lane, which was very touching."

She smiled and read the poem, "Weeds and flowers by the Zhuque bridge, the sunset at the entrance of the black clothes alley. In the old days, the swallows in front of Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people."

"If one day we can bring fewer people, just a few of us who are close to us will go and have a look."

The close people she mentioned are naturally Chen Xihai and his son, Wang Xi and Huang Ji.

These people are familiar and close, and everyone travels like ordinary people on a spring trip, and of course they are much more comfortable.

The emperor said: "Okay, let's go in a few days. At that time, those local officials will be given a leave. Let's just take the guards out and let them follow behind."

"That's it."

She smiled and stepped hard on the emperor's feet several times.

"Comfortable?"

The emperor really wanted to tell her that the acupuncture points on the feet were all on the soles of the feet, and it was useless to step on the insteps.

Seeing Chen Wenxin's happy smile, he swallowed the words back.

"Uh, it's comfortable."

(End of this chapter)