The weather was hot in June, and the courtroom was even more noisy.
The ministers impeached each other, accused each other in the court, and even cursed and fought.
Many ministers even joined forces to remonstrate with each other, begging the emperor not to favor Cen Yunchu, lest relatives and friends of the Cen family take advantage of their power to bully others with ulterior motives.
In fact, there were many remonstrances like this in the past, but since what happened to the Wu family, the atmosphere has become even more tense.
Compared with the previous dynasty, the harem has been surprisingly peaceful these days.
"Your Majesty, the drinks are ready, let's take a sip!" Fulan fanned Cen Yunchu, and Linxi came over with a small ice porcelain white glaze bowl.
"Leave it alone, I'm not hot." Cen Yunchu raised his eyebrows with one hand, his eyes half-squinted, and his face still had that indifferent look, as if he was a little tired of everything.
Linxi and Fulan looked at each other, but neither of them said anything, for fear of upsetting Cen Yunchu.
Naturally, everyone has heard about what happened in the previous dynasty.
Many fingers are pointed at his wife, but the harem is still so peaceful, which makes people feel even more unsure.
The shadow of the sun was getting higher, and Bai Fu came in from outside. His attitude was still as respectful as before. After greeting Cen Yunchu, he said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty is handling government affairs in the imperial study. You can eat today's lunch by yourself!"
"Okay, I understand. You will be able to serve the Emperor well." Cen Yunchu said.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I know this."
After Manager Bai left, Fulan asked Cen Yunchu: "Is there anything you want to eat?"
"Let's have lotus root starch dumplings and stir-fried pu bamboo shoots!" Cen Yunchu stood up slowly and said, "Put less lotus ice in the lotus root starch balls."
After lunch, Cen Yunchu took a nap for half an hour as usual.
Take a shower as soon as you wake up, and put on your cool evening makeup after getting out of the shower.
After dressing up, the palace maid brought exquisite tea and snacks.
Cen Yunchu also only ate one piece and drank two cups of tea.
Then the maid from the queen's palace came to invite you, saying that the queen invited all the queens to come over to discuss matters.
When Cen Yunchu came to the Queen's Palace, he saw that all the concubines except her had already arrived.
They all sat upright and looked at her with half-smiling smiles.
Cen Yun was calm at first, but he knew in his heart that this scene was a deliberate attempt to squeeze her out.
Obviously the maid in the Queen's palace had just left, and she came right after her. Her bedroom was not far from the Queen's place, so why was she the last one to arrive?
It was obvious that she deliberately asked the palace maid to inform her last, and then she came slowly after everyone had arrived, creating the illusion that she was deliberately neglecting her.
Most of the concubines in the palace are scheming.
Every smile and every raised eyebrow has its meaning, and the most important thing is to make people suffer hidden losses.
Like today's incident, Cen Yunchu knew that he was being plotted, so he could only pretend to be nonchalant.
If you explain it seriously, you will definitely say what is this? Sister Yun is making a fuss out of a molehill.
If you don't explain, everyone will assume that you are putting on airs and deliberately being lazy.
Not to mention pursuing it, even though it was the Queen's order, she would never admit it.
In the end, he could only scold the palace maid for not delivering the order in time.
It's impossible to really do anything to her, after all, it's just a trivial matter.
After Cen Yunchu sat down, the queen smiled and said to everyone: "All the sisters are here, let me talk about the matter! Let's talk and leave early, so as not to panic here.
The day after tomorrow is the birthday of Zhen Yuan Tai Tai, and according to the rules, it will be even more grand than that of Empress Dowager Mingxian a few days ago.
Coupled with the great victory at the border, it is a happy event celebrated by the whole world. Therefore, the Holy Father specially ordered me to handle it well.
But Mingshou has the rules of Mingshou, and it is more about worshiping with sincerity, so a longevity platform was set up in Haide Hall of Ningshou Palace.
It is for the concubines in the palace and people from various noble houses to offer incense.
According to the emperor's wishes, if we want to complete nine days, we will start from the day after tomorrow to the twenty-first day.
Because the weather was hot and the time was long, I thought I couldn't always ask those one or two people to take care of everything from beginning to end.
Then assign the affairs of these days to everyone.
On the first day, it was Ruifei and Feng Zhaoyi, Lan Meiren and Yu Cairen.
On the second day, it was Concubine Hui, Shui Zhaoyi, Jiao Meiren and Tong Cairen.
On the third day, Cen Zhaoyi and Han Zhaoyi, as well as Song Meiren and Wei Cairen..."
The queen assigned them one by one, and finally arranged all the people for nine days, and then said: "Sisters, let's see if this arrangement is appropriate? If you have any different opinions, just say it and we will change it."
No one had anything to say. No matter who was assigned to do something like this, it would just happen.
"Since everyone has no objections, it's settled. If anyone has something they don't understand, ask each other to make sure nothing goes wrong." The queen said with a smile, "Thank you for your help, sisters."
, I am not in good health and cannot do many things myself, so I can only ask you to help me share my worries.
Let’s finish this matter properly and satisfactorily, and I’ll treat all the sisters to a drink.”
"Thank you, the Queen, for giving us the opportunity to practice," Feng Zhaoyi said with a smile, "After we finish the work, we still have wine to eat. Isn't this a good thing that we have to share?"
Cen Yunchu was keenly aware that Feng Zhaoyi had been more active than usual recently. It seemed that Cui Ruifei's family was vaguely unstable, and she could not help but have other thoughts.
You must know that Feng Zhaoyi was not younger than Cui Ruifei when she entered the palace, but for all these years when Cui Ruifei was on the throne, she has always been Zhaoyi.
If Cui Ruifei's status is not guaranteed, then someone will naturally fill the vacant position.
Feng Zhaoyi inevitably felt that she had worked hard for many years in the palace without any merit, and it was possible for her to take a step forward.
A few people said a few fun words, and then the queen said: "Okay, that's it for today! I don't want to keep you here in vain. Go back and evacuate. After sitting here for a long time, I'm afraid everyone
tired."
Everyone then stood up to say goodbye and went out one by one.
"Your Majesty, are you hot? Can I lay the ivory mat for you that the Emperor gave you a few days ago?" Fulan asked Cen Yunchu softly after returning to the palace.
"I don't want that thing," Cen Yunchu said, "just put the Liuli mat on it."
"The ivory mat is the coolest and warmest. Why is the queen not happy?" Linxi was puzzled. "This is a tribute from the South Dian Kingdom. There are only two collars in total. The emperor gave the big one to the queen. Today we are going in.
When the time comes, the queen’s bed will be covered with it.”
"This ivory mat is not only valuable, but also rare. But it is too extravagant. Needless to say, it requires dozens of large tusks. Just cutting the ivory into thin slices and weaving it into the mat will take several years.
Besides, one out of ten mats may not be able to produce a finished product. If the mat is not finished, the craftsman will often have his hands chopped off. It is really too cruel."
"Oh my God! So that's what happened." Linxi was so frightened that he bit his hand, "Mother, don't use it if you don't need it! This thing is really scary."
"Since she entered the palace, I have always been economical and never extravagant. This is really rare." Fulan said, "If it were someone else who was as favored as you, I don't know what luxury would be like."
"Yes, no matter what it is, if I say I like it, it won't take long before it will be piled up in front of me." Cen Yunchu said, "It is precisely because of this that we have to be cautious. None of these exquisite and gorgeous things are not
Made by the hard work of ordinary craftsmen?
What is good at the top must be bad at the bottom. The trend of extravagance has always originated from the harem. I don’t know how many people will suffer if I like it. How can I not be cautious?"
