pungent peasant girl

Chapter 584 Prepared

"There is so much money, you mean Yan'an Hall?"

"That's right, this doesn't include the amount reported for the New Year. There is also the money for repairing Huashi's mansion, which is also paid by the concubine."

Meng Qianyan frowned even more when he heard the words, "Why are there so many? Didn't the emperor allocate the mansion?"

"Yes, but the concubine said that the Hua family has been wronged for so many years, and now that their reputation has been restored, of course they must make up for it. After thinking about it, I think it makes sense."

"Then why didn't you come to seek my consent for this matter?"

"Oh, I wanted to come, but at that time, the concubine used the emperor to suppress the minister, saying that the Hua Xingyun who came back was the emperor's uncle, so - so the minister dialed out."

After listening to Meng Qianyan, he sighed.

These words were indeed like what Hua Lanyi said.

But now Dahe's expenditure is really too much, and there is no tax, so it is really not right to make such a big show.

"Your Majesty." The officer in charge below called her, "Your Majesty, look at this money——"

"Forget it, since you have dialed it down, the renovation of Huashi's mansion is fast, and it is probably about the same, so let's leave it as it is."

"Then I'm afraid the total amount of expenditure will not exceed [-] to [-] silver."

Meng Qianyan thought for a while, then took the notebook back, "What, how about this, I will see if we have any extra things we need in Chaofeng Palace, let's reduce some, and the emperor's expenses, let's also reduce Some."

The steward was extremely surprised, "Your Majesty, is this cheating on your Majesty and the Emperor, is it—"

"It doesn't matter. I haven't seen such a big storm with the emperor. It doesn't matter."

"That's good, then Weichen can do what your mother said."

"Okay, let's just talk about it like this. However, next time you have any big expenses, you must definitely tell me or the emperor."

"Yes, I will keep it in mind."

"Go back."

The steward closed his notebook and withdrew.

Meng Qianyan raised his breath, "Su Cui, come on, get me a cloak, let's go to the Yan'an Hall in the west to have a look."

Before stepping into the door of Yan'an Hall, Meng Qianyan had already heard the low laughter coming from inside, it was Hua Lanyi's voice.

When the eunuchs outside saw her, they hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "Your servant sees the empress."

As soon as the eunuchs' voices came out, Hua Lanyi's laughter stopped abruptly.

The faces of the eunuchs turned pale.

Meng Qianyan acted as if he hadn't heard of it, he smiled and raised his voice, "Mother Concubine, my son is here to greet you."

As she spoke, she walked towards the palace gate.

The eunuchs on both sides opened the heavy fur curtains, and Meng Qianyan walked into the palace.

It was Hua Lanyi and Mu who were there.

Mu even stood up and saluted.

"Stay flat, General Mu."

"Hehe, thank you Empress."

"I have heard for a long time that General Mu and Concubine Mu have known each other since they were young. From today's perspective, it seems to be true."

"Hehe, yes, when Weichen and the concubine met in Weishi, even though decades have passed. It's Chinese New Year, and Weichen is not busy, so I came over to have a sit."

Mo Geyi nodded, "That's right, that's how it is. Ai's family is very boring alone in this Yan'an Palace. With the company of even, Ai's family will be much happier."

This vaguely explained the laughter just now.

"That's good. As long as the mother and concubine are happy, General Mu should come more."

"Come on, give me a seat."

"Mother Concubine Xie." Meng Qianyan sat down, his eyes wandered around, and he saw a large pile of high-quality silk on the table under the window. The silk was not neatly arranged at all. put it on.

Meng Qianyan withdrew his gaze, "Mother Concubine, good silk. Is this silk that Mother Concubine plans to tailor new clothes for the New Year?"

She took the initiative to ask, Hua Lanyi paused, "Oh, yes, part of it is for Aijia himself. There is also a small part for your cousin."

"cousin?"

"Yes, you should know. General Mu went to Jingcheng a few days ago, and he went to your uncle and his family of four. No, General Mu also came to tell the Ai family the good news. General Mu rode fast What, your uncle's family is riding in a carriage, the carriage is three to five days slower than riding a horse, but it is also fast, they will arrive in the capital, and they should be able to catch up with the New Year in the capital."

Meng Qianyan nodded slightly, and smiled lightly, "That's really great, I'm here to congratulate mother and concubine, the family is reunited."

"Hehe, Tongxi, Tongxi, Qianyan, we are a family. In the future, when your cousin and your cousin come back, I will rely on you to take care of me."

"Of course it will. However, Concubine Mu, there is one thing that I still have to say."

"what's up?"

"It's like this. This morning, Mr. Fan went to Chaofeng Hall and told his son carefully about the money spent on food and clothing for the New Year. Then, he told his son that this first day will come down. , I’m afraid it’s going to cost 8 to 2 taels of silver. And he told his son-in-law that we only spent [-] taels of silver in Yan’an Palace. Concubine Mu, is this true?”

Seeing Meng Qianyan talking about this, Hua Lanyi's eyebrows changed slightly, "It's true, the Ai family told the emperor about this, uncle is a real uncle, the emperor has seen it for the first time in more than 20 years, Of course this Huashi mansion must be tidied up in a decent way, Qian Yan, Ai Jia thought, a generous person like you should understand, right?"

Meng Qianyan smiled gently and decently, "Of course I understand. And I know that the money should have been spent by the mother and concubine."

"That's right, it's all been spent. Ai's family has completely rebuilt the mansion allocated by the emperor, and they can't get the money back."

"Hehe, I didn't mean to take it back. It's the mother concubine. You may have lived in the deep palace for a long time, and some things are not clear. For example, the money we allocated is all the money from the treasury. Most of the money in the treasury comes from the subordinate countries. The tribute and taxation of the people. When the emperor ascended the throne, he was exempted from tax for three years, and after the emperor ascended the throne, he increased the defense soldiers on the four frontiers. It can be said that Dahe’s treasury is now only inaccessible, and It’s really a huge amount of spending.”

Hearing these words, Mu unexpectedly turned his eyes over.

"General Mu, you should understand what I mean, right?"

Mu unexpectedly nodded, "The empress's words are true."

Hua Lanyi was displeased, "Unexpectedly, what did you interrupt, you asked the queen to continue talking, Ai Jia wants to know what the queen wants to say."

Hua Lanyi's displeasure was already written on his face.

Meng Qianyan's attitude was not humble, and his tone was calm, "Mother Concubine, this money has already been used, and I don't say anything. I just use it when I use it. I just hope that I will tell Mother Concubine here. Come on, we will be frugal when we should be frugal in the court."

"You let the Ai family be frugal? The Ai family is the emperor's own mother!"

Hua Lanyi used this identity again to suppress others.

Meng Qianyan was not at all surprised that she would do this.

She was also prepared.

(End of this chapter)