After a moment of silence, Butler Qi still couldn't help but asked in a low voice with worry: "Princess, are you going back to Beijing this time...??"
His princess had received the emperor's order to go on an errand. Normally, it was normal to come back after completing the errand, but his princess came back quietly.
Early in the morning, Twelve quietly entered his room and told him to come here to meet the princess, but he was frightened.
Acting in such a secretive way doesn't look like he came back in an upright manner.
It is a serious crime to return to Beijing privately before the business is done.
Qi Bao'er gave him a comforting look, but what he said scared Butler Qi to the point that he almost lost his breath.
"So I returned to Beijing privately, but I have to go to the palace tonight, and it won't be considered private after I meet the emperor."
Qi Guanjia: "..." Sure enough.
He wanted to shake his princess, how could you say such a fatal thing so lightly?
However, Butler Qi is indeed the person specially chosen by the prince. His mind is always online, and he immediately heard another meaning of Qi Baoer.
Being cautious as a servant is the most important thing. Butler Qi guessed it but didn't say it out loud. He just nodded with relief and talked about the affairs of the house.
"Everything is going well in the mansion recently, because everyone knows that the princess is not here, but no one comes to visit the mansion. Even after the princess received the emperor's order and left, many people in the capital gave gifts to the mansion, and the old slaves all
Return the gifts one by one according to the rules."
"I can rest assured that you will do the work."
Butler Qi was very happy to be trusted by his master, and the smile on his face deepened a lot, "At first, those who gave gifts were from small families. After the emperor often sent rewards to the princess, many aristocratic families and the families of important officials in the court sent people
Gifts have been sent, and everyone who is in charge of me has given gifts in return. Even the gifts from Yi'an Bo Mansion and Youxiang Mansion, I can't make up my mind."
After looking at the princess's face and seeing that she didn't ask any questions, Butler Qi continued: "The second son of Yi'an Bo Mansion came to deliver the gift in person. He said he wanted to thank the princess for your gift, and he sent two large cars.
Original stone. On the day of the Lantern Festival, the chief steward sent by the Youxiang family came to present a white jade Guanyin."
Butler Qi gestured at the size of the white jade Guanyin, which was almost as big as a two-year-old child. "I don't dare to make decisions about such a big jade Guanyin statue. I didn't dare to accept it at first, but it happened that Eunuch Qi also sent it at that time.
The emperor's reward, Eunuch Qi said, 'The right minister should be regarded as the ancestor of the princess. As the saying goes, the elders dare not refuse the gift, the steward can accept it on his behalf.', so the old slave accepted it first."
Butler Qi was still a little uneasy. The gift was too heavy. If it were to be exchanged for silver, it would definitely not be worth ten thousand taels. In other words, even saying this could be regarded as accepting a bribe.
And he, a butler, accepted such a heavy gift on behalf of his master...
It’s just that what Eunuch Qi said is not unreasonable. It’s the first time that the right minister gives a gift. No matter what the other party’s intention is, if he doesn’t accept it and just has someone carry it back, it’s a slap in the right minister’s face; their princess is in Beijing.
The foundation of the middle school is not deep, and soon after he was granted the title of princess, he slapped the right prime minister in the face. From now on, he will not be allowed to wear small shoes all day long?
It was fortunate that Eunuch Qi was present at that time and said the words "gift from the elders". Firstly, the chief chamberlain beside the emperor witnessed with his own eyes that the Youxiang Mansion only came to give gifts, and there was no other exchange between the two houses; secondly, the gift was for Qi.
The Duke accepted it openly, and even if the Right Prime Minister's Office wanted to use this gift to do something detrimental to the princess, they would no longer dare.
Don't blame him for thinking bad things about people. The powerful people in the capital don't look at each one of them as a righteous person. Everyone counts them. If they really want to do something bad, their methods are dirty and so insidious that people can't guard against them.
Qi Baoer also fell silent after hearing this. She didn't expect that someone would be targeting her so quickly. However, she didn't think that the right minister's move was to harm her immediately. It was more likely to be a test or to bribe her.
she.
After all, at her age, she seems to be quite favored.
This has to mention the emperor's harem.
Our emperor is also very funny. After he established the queen, his exclusive favoring attitude was really that one man was in charge and no one else could get rid of him. He directly waived the ancestral rule of the three-year draft.
However, before the emperor established a queen, he already had concubines in his harem, but not many.
This draft affair lasted for more than ten years.
However, the courtiers still petitioned the emperor to expand the harem every three years. The reason was very simple. The emperor was really short of heirs. At his age, he only had four cubs, two of whom were still princesses who could not inherit the throne.
Unexpectedly, after insisting on not having a draft for more than ten years, the emperor suddenly agreed to the draft. [The rumors that Qi Baoer heard at the beginning that the emperor only doted on the emperor and did not have a harem or concubines in the palace were just rumors from Qijia Village at that time.
The news that it is too far away from the capital does not make sense. The fact is that the emperor had resumed the draft more than 20 years ago].
There is only one rumor that is relatively true, that is, although the emperor is always recruiting new people and new people are entering the palace, he hardly ever steps into the harem. The entire harem is almost empty. Among the concubines in the harem, except for the queen and
Except for the two concubines, the other concubines are not of high status.
Based on the above premise, although many ministers have their own family members in the harem, it is useless to say that the eldest daughter of Youchao is the emperor's Jieyu. Who told the emperor not to go to the harem? Pillow style
Can't blow it.
No, if you want to be more eloquent and honorable in front of the emperor, you have to think of other ways.
This little baby girl who seems to have won the Holy Heart seems to have caught the attention of many people.
Qi Baoer sometimes thinks about it, things are really bad and bad nowadays.
According to what she learned from the emperor's ancestor Piao Na, the emperor did not enter the harem, but there were always rewards for the harem. For example, the emperor would take the dishes that he had not touched during his own meal and give them to a certain palace.
Concubines, or other things, would occasionally invite concubines to his palace to sit for a while, etc.
If there are more women, there will be more fights. The emperor's behavior is regarded as favor by the concubines in the harem, and the harem is connected to the previous dynasty. If the concubines in the harem pinch, can the former dynasty still be together?
Thinking of this, Qi Baoer also understood why the emperor would start the draft again. To put it bluntly, if the emperor does not bring the girls from the courtiers' families into the palace, those girls will marry into other palaces. The emperor will not have relationships with the courtiers.
Then the courtiers will be united because of their in-laws, and then the whole court will be full of their own people, and only the emperor will be an outsider?
Although Qi Bao'er had many thoughts in her mind, it was just a passing thing. She said to the somewhat uneasy Butler Qi: "When you go back, prepare a gift of similar value but slightly higher. Soon after,
If it’s the right minister’s birthday, you can just send it up.”
Butler Qi's heart finally fell to the ground. He had originally planned to do so, but since the princess had already said this, he would not say it again to show his own self-interest, and it would also appear to be an afterthought.
"Look at this old slave's brain, why didn't he think of this?"
Qi Bao'er raised her eyes speechlessly, not saying that his acting was fake. This was a personal essence, but this was exactly what her housekeeper needed. As long as people were loyal, she still had some tolerance.
"Go back, I'll leave the affairs of the house to you."
"Yes, Princess, please be careful in everything you do. I will do my best to handle the matters you tell me."
