Concubine De immediately clenched the handkerchief in her hand, "That's impossible, the courtiers won't agree. Not everyone can be the queen."
Ning Yue:...The court officials also said that the child in Su Linglong's belly could not be kept. Why don't you do well now?
"I must say that if you stay in the palace, you won't get any sympathy from the emperor. In fact, leaving the palace is not necessarily a bad thing. Nowadays, everyone knows that if there is a demon concubine in the palace, she will cause harm to others.
It is also exaggerated to say that the demon concubine can eat people. Most concubines are sympathized with when they are sent home. As long as they quietly have sex at home for a year or two, the matter will be over. After that, they want to get married.
Or if you want to make a living and support yourself, shouldn’t you just let them do what they want?”
Concubine De pursed her lips. What she said was true, but she still didn't want to be sent home. She didn't have a good life like the Queen. The Duke of Zhen was famous for doting on his daughter. He wanted the stars but not the moon. If he really wanted to
After being kicked out of the palace, she was close to death.
Mentioning the demon concubine Shu Fei, she had something to say, "It's strange to say that that woman has been pregnant for several months. Except for her belly being a little bigger, her figure is not out of shape at all. She obviously looked like that when she entered the palace, but
Now she looks more and more charming, I can hardly remember what she looked like back then."
Concubine De: "Perhaps she is really from a goblin. Otherwise, how could she be able to seduce the emperor so much that he wouldn't even look at us?"
Ning Yue deliberately scared her: "If you know she is a goblin, don't provoke her. In addition to bewitching people, goblins can also harm people!"
The three concubines and concubines couldn't help but shudder when Ning Yue said this, "We will remember your words."
Anyway, Emperor Su Linglong would not have looked at them twice, so they might as well stay away to avoid getting themselves killed. Thinking of Mi Cairen's death, the three of them couldn't help but feel a little scared!
Concubine De didn't want to mention Su Linglong anymore, so she changed the topic abruptly: "The emperor's birthday is still half a month away. Unfortunately, it is impossible to hold a birthday banquet during the filial piety period, but we still have to send some gifts to the emperor. What do you think, the queen?"
Okay, what do you want to give?"
Ning Yue was stunned when she was asked. She really didn't know that the emperor's birthday was coming soon. She only remembered it after Concubine Shu reminded her.
The original novel mentioned this birthday banquet. An assassin followed the troupe who entered the palace to celebrate his birthday and sneaked into the palace. Originally, the emperor was going to be seriously injured, but the original owner was stupid and blocked an arrow from him before picking it up.
It's a pity that Xuanyuan Hao, a white-eyed wolf, didn't appreciate it at all. He didn't even look at the queen and went to care about her careless fingers.
Now that the Queen Mother is dead, all banquets and entertainment activities in the palace have been stopped, and those assassins cannot come. Hey, if I had known better, I should have given the Queen Mother some peace of mind.
Concubine Shu said: "Concubine Yichen said that it's a birthday or not. Let's just not mention it to anyone. If we don't have a banquet, why should we receive gifts? I only want to keep the good things in my hands for my empress."
She had long received a letter from her family that was delivered to the palace. The third son of the Duke of Zhenguo had rescued her biological brother, otherwise their family would have been ruined.
The emperor is generous to himself, but he is mean to the queen. He had celebrated several birthdays when he was a princess, but he has never held a birthday party for the queen since he came to the throne. This alone shows how much the emperor cares about him.
The Queen has no sincerity, and her true feelings in the past were just an act.
Recently she observed that the empress seemed to have a preference for warm jade. Most of the jade pendants and bracelets she wore were made of warm jade. She wrote a letter to her family and asked her father to help find it. It will not take long for her father to bring the things to her.
It's a palace gift.
Concubine De glared at Concubine Shu: "I'll give you twelve sons."
"Why did you give me the money?" Concubine Shu was confused.
"Stop what you said before and let me do it."
Concubine Xian also joined in the fun: "I'll give you ten taels of gold, so just let me do it."
The maids who were guarding outside the palace door heard the laughter of several empresses coming from the inner palace, and then they looked at each other and smiled. The concubines were harmonious, and their days of personal service were much easier!
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The next morning, the Censor of Shangliang suddenly impeached the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Liang, for selling his official position and receiving at least one million taels of money. There was an uproar in the whole court.
Xuanyuan Hao, who had been sitting on the dragon chair in confusion, suddenly sat upright. Zhang Chengwang had taken refuge with him when he was still a prince. At that time, he was only a small sixth-rank official. He became a high-ranking official because of his promotion several times.
He became the right minister of the fourth rank and could be regarded as his confidant.
Damn it, why are the people who made the mistake not the officials he dislikes? Otherwise, he could take this opportunity to get rid of them all!
Liang Yushi said categorically: "I received some account books a few days ago. I looked at them out of curiosity, and I saw the dense records on them. How much money was collected from whom, how much things were done, and what officials were given. Not only that.
You can also buy official evaluations. As long as you give money, a poor score can be turned into a good one, and a good score can be turned into an excellent one.
I originally thought that this account book was fake and that someone was deliberately framed by Mr. Zhang, but after checking it, I found that the reputations of those officials who appeared in the account book were not very good, but they could just pass the annual performance appraisal. One of them was named Feng.
It took Guangzhao only eight years to become a seventh-grade county magistrate from a ninth-grade official, and the amount of silver he used to buy official posts and performance appraisals was as high as 10,000 taels!"
Oh my god! He was promoted from a ninth-grade official to a seventh-grade county magistrate in eight years. The official performance appraisal in the Great Xia Dynasty was conducted once a year, but only for three years. How much did Feng Guangzhao do?
How can good things rise so quickly?
Moreover, how much is the annual salary of a Qipin county magistrate? The salary of officials in the Great Xia Dynasty mainly came from several aspects: salary, salary, land, servants, and some physical rewards.
In addition, officials can enjoy a free lunch.
But when all these are added up, the annual income of a small seventh-grade county magistrate will never exceed one hundred taels of silver.
But Feng Guangzhao's bribe money alone was as high as ten thousand taels, so where did he get all this money?
Moreover, going from the ninth grade to the seventh grade is simply a qualitative leap. Even if you evaluate the merits every year, it is impossible, because there are strict rules for promotion in the Great Xia Dynasty. Officials who are not selected through the imperial examination can only reach the eighth grade at most.
In other words, officials of seventh rank and above must at least be Jinshi.
If a high school Jinshi wants to become an official, he must be at least a seventh-grade official.
Therefore, it would be impossible for this petty official to be promoted to the rank of seventh-grade county magistrate in eighty years, let alone eighty years.
Xuanyuan Hao looked gloomy, "Where are the account books? Submit the account books!"
Liang Yushi quickly stepped forward and handed over the three account books, "These account books were first recorded eight years ago, but there are a few missing in the middle. The remaining two are from the year before last and the year before last. I want to return them."
There should be a ledger in the other party's hands."