On the fifth day after Wen Xi returned to the palace, someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent some furs for this winter. According to the imperial concubine's rules, there are thirty mink skins and forty mink skins every year. They are usually delivered at the end of autumn.
, it does not affect the preparation and use in winter, but Wen Xi stayed in the palace for a long time, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs was unable to send it to the palace, so it was delayed until now.
The quantity of Wenxi is not bad, but the quality of the leather is not the best. The mink is not the sable with the softest and warmest fur among the minks, nor is it the ferret with the best coat color, but the second-class silver mink.
The color is silver gray or darker grayish yellow! Even though the quality is not good, only half of it is mink, and the other half is miscellaneous leather!
The eunuch who came to deliver the skins was only in his twenties. He hurriedly smiled and said: "The imperial concubine is so honored. There are not many mink skins to be donated this year, so I will use other skins to make up for it! The same is true for other palaces!"
Zhu'er couldn't help but sarcastically said: "The leather in Chengqian Palace has always been the best! Either sable or ferret, and in previous years there were a few black foxes! Even if mink skins are insufficient, good lynx skins must be used.
Sea dragon skin or fox skin can be supplemented! These inferior skins are too rough for the imperial concubine to reward her slaves?! Do other palaces also use chinchilla skins, badger skins, otter skins and other inferior skins to make up for the shortcomings of mink skins?
!What kind of place is Chengqian Palace? It’s your turn to be humbled by those of you who are short-sighted?!”
Zhu'er was so merciless that the eunuch's face turned red and white, and he held back and said: "Aunt Shen, why should I take it out on my slave? I'm just an errand boy!"
Wen Xi snorted coldly, "The Crown Princess is in charge of the distribution of harem status. Do you mean that the Crown Princess asked you to send these inferior leathers?!"
When asked like this, the eunuch immediately broke into a cold sweat and said hurriedly: "The Crown Princess naturally ordered all the palaces to follow the rules!"
"It just can't be less?!" Wen Xi sneered again and again, "Is it allowed by the Crown Princess to pass off inferior goods as good goods?!"
When the eunuch listened, he immediately knelt down and hurriedly said: "This slave is only responsible for delivering the certificates. It's all explained by the superiors!"
Wen Xi turned around and told Zhu'er: "Go and invite the Crown Princess here. I want to ask, what happened this year? Even my own palace is full of such inferiors. I can't tell what it is like in other concubines' palaces."
Where is the son!" Wen Xi left for three months. It has been four or five days since she came back, and Kangxi has not come. Is it because the servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have taken a fancy to this that they are so bold?! Ling Pu is in front of Chengqian Palace.
, I always try to please you like a grandson, but now I feel itchy!
Unexpectedly, Zhu'er actually took more than half an hour to come back. Although Yuqing Palace is to the south of the East Sixth Palace, the distance is not too far. As usual, it doesn't take that long. Zhu'er also looked depressed.
He said: "Master, the Crown Princess left the palace this morning and went to Prince Cheng's Mansion. Prince Cheng's little brother is one month old."
"It's just a concubine, but the crown prince has gone!" Wen Ru said with irony. The third elder brother's direct descendant Fujin had already given birth to two sons, and now this one is the son of the concubine Wang. Logically speaking, the prince
As a concubine, there is no need to go, but now that the prince is fighting with the eldest brother, does she, the princess, want to win over the third prince? Or is she deliberately calling these people on the day when Prince Cheng’s younger brother is full moon?
Is the slave here to act so arrogant?!
After saying that, Wen Xi cast a sidelong glance at the eunuch who had been kneeling on the ground for most of an hour, "The Crown Princess has a lot of things to do every day. Where can I be disturbed?" Wen Xi said with a smile, which frightened the eunuch. "She has a lot of things to do every day."
These four words can only be used for the emperor. It would be disrespectful for others to use them! Wen Xi’s words are truly heartbreaking!
Wen Xi added: "I remember that I asked Concubine Hui to take charge of the messy affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Then leave these things and these minions to Concubine Hui for disposal!"
"Imperial Concubine, spare your life!" Several eunuchs were frightened and hurriedly kowtowed. Although they were just a few slaves, they also knew about the fight between the prince and the eldest brother. If they fell into the hands of the eldest brother's biological mother, Concubine Hui, would they still have a good life?
!So he was so frightened that he kowtowed as if pounding garlic.
Wen Xi was tired, so she ordered Xiaoluzi to escort several stout eunuchs to Concubine Hui's Zhongcui Palace. Wen Xi then went to Nuan Pavilion and took a nap on the beauty's couch.
When I woke up from my nap, I saw that the hour hand of the Western clock had already pointed to two o'clock, and I was about to get up. At this time, the Western pendulum clock was still a rare object, and it was just a novel decoration in the concubine's palace, and few people saw it.
Use it to time yourself.
I woke up a little sleepy and saw that the sky was a little dark, so I asked Zhu'er: "Is it snowing outside again?"
Zhu'er served the five-spice soup for Wen Xi to cleanse her face and hands. The so-called five-spice soup is made of fragrant wattle, cinnamon twigs, green wood incense, white sandalwood, and poria cocos soaked in water. This warm soup is used to cleanse the face in winter. Wen Xi is used to adding mint.
It's just that there is no mint in winter, so it can only be like this.
After cleansing her face, Wen Xi didn't plan to go out, so she just touched her face with Snow Lotus Moisturizing Cream as a moisturizer, and lightly drew her eyebrows with Luo Dai.
"Master, Concubine Hui severely punished those slaves. After discussing with Concubine Cheng, she ordered the Luoshen Punishment Division to eat thirty boards and then sent them to Xinzheku." Zhu'er reported in a calm tone.
Such a punishment can be considered as expected by Wen Xi. Not to mention the tit-for-tat confrontation between the eldest brother and the prince, Concubine Hui will not let go of this opportunity to suppress the prince. Now that the person is handed over to Concubine Hui, she will not dare not to deal with it.
, otherwise Wenxi would have reason to seize her palace power!
Since she didn’t plan to go out, she didn’t need to wear too bright and eye-catching clothes, so Wen Xi chose a light lotus purple dress with floral Ruyi pattern, paired with a moon white pipa placket, magnolia butterfly pattern, silver fox trimmed waistcoat. After changing clothes, she wore it diagonally.
She was leaning on the beauty's couch, and a well-skilled palace maid was kneeling on the footrest to serve and pinch her legs. It was a fairy-like day, but a little boring.
Not long after, I heard a report from the eunuch outside that the Crown Princess had asked to see her, saying that she had brought a heavy gift to apologize.
Wen Xi sneered and said, "The Crown Princess has so many things to do, how dare I disturb her time. Let her go back and just accept the things!" Wen Xi would not refuse the gift that came to her door, but she also
Too lazy to deal with her face.
Zhu'er smiled and counted the things and said: "Master, these are all good things, and there are two pieces of black fox skin in them! Some of the best silk and satin materials are very novel in style, and there are thirty gold flowers.
It's a red sachet. The New Year is here, and the master can use it to put gold and silver coins in it to reward people."
Wen Xi expressed her kindness and said, "When did she return to Yuqing Palace?"
Xiaoluzi took a step forward and replied: "I checked, the princess will be back at noon."
Wen Xi reached out to fiddle with the half-opened jade platform marigold. The flowers were elegant in color and the fragrance was leisurely. She picked one off and played with it while saying, "Yuqing Palace is testing me!"
Zhu'er was slightly startled. Then he said with profound meaning: "The Crown Princess is no longer the Crown Princess she was before, and her thoughts are becoming more and more complicated."
The Crown Princess Guarjia was so miserably plotted by several people that she almost couldn't bear children. Unfortunately, even if she recovered her health and finally got pregnant, she only gave birth to a princess. However, her status made her pregnant.
It became more and more stable. The prince's eldest son Hongxi was raised by her, and his wrists gradually became more flexible, and he actually dared to plot against her! Thinking of this, he cut off the stem of the narcissus with his nails and dyed it.
The juice that covered the nails was a bit greasy. No matter how good it was, it was not good if it was crushed, so I threw it aside casually.
Wen Xi ate the newly made candied crabapples in the dining room. She always felt that the candied crabapples in the palace tasted better. So before leaving that day, she asked him to bring two jars to Xiao Pomegranate and asked him to give one jar to Xiao Peach.
I was holding a piece of crab apple in my hand. At that time, Kangxi and I were already getting cold, so we didn’t give it to him...
"Take a few slaves to test whether this palace is still the same as before. Even if it fails, the compensation will only be a few slaves!" If it were before, Guarjia would not dare to test her no matter how thoughtful she was!
I was eating crabapples. Li Dequan from the Imperial Palace came in person and brought some skins. Wen Xi asked Zhu'er to order some, so she got more skins this year than in previous years!
Li Dequan calmly accepted the reward with a somewhat flattering smile: "Does your master have anything that you would like me to hand over to the emperor?"
"No." Wen Xi said in a calm tone. He could stay as cold as he liked, "It's almost the end of the year and the emperor is busy lately, so I won't disturb the emperor."
Li Dequan stiffened half of his face and said hurriedly: "Then your master must have something to say to your servant, right?"
Wen Xi still shook her head and said leisurely: "Everything in this palace is fine. The emperor is in better peace than this palace, so I have nothing to say."
However, Li Dequan still did not give up and reminded: "The emperor coughed twice yesterday and was thinking about the Sichuan clams and snow pears made by your master."
Speaking of which, Li Dequan, as an eunuch, had done enough for his job. He looked like he wanted to connect Wen Xi and Kangxi. However, Wen Xi was too lazy to please Kangxi and said, "Is there even a kitchen in the Yangxin Palace?"
You don’t know how to stew Sichuan clams and snow pears?”
Li Dequan had no choice but to send a lot of things, but came back empty-handed. When he went back, he had to say a good word to the imperial concubine. Although Li Dequan loved money, he also remembered old kindness. If not for the imperial concubine's intercession, he would not have been able to do so earlier.
How could we be where we are today when the emperor was waiting for her? More importantly, Li Dequan also had his own plans. If they reconciled, would he be afraid of losing her silver reward and a lot of benefits in the future?
After returning to the Yangxin Hall, Li Dequan was not in a hurry to return to work. He went to the imperial dining room first, asked someone to stew Sichuan clams and snow pears, and personally brought it to the Emperor Kangxi's case. "Your Majesty, this is what the imperial concubine ordered the servant to prepare for you."
"Sichuan scallop snow pear." The so-called Sichuan scallop snow pear is made by peeling and removing the skin, adding Sichuan scallops and rock sugar.
Kangxi stopped writing for a moment, coughed slightly, and said with a slight smile on his face, "I just have a discomfort in my throat. How did you tell the imperial concubine?!"
Li Dequan hurriedly smiled and said: "The imperial concubine asked whether the dragon body is healthy or not. I don't dare to deceive the imperial concubine."
Kangxi hummed and put down his pen, "If she has this intention, she has admitted her mistake, and I will no longer be the same as her!"
Li Dequan thought about the attitude of the imperial concubine just now, and still smiled happily on his face, and hurriedly served Kangxi a bowl. Li Dequan saw that Kangxi's face was finally not as cold as it had been the previous two days, and seeing that the sky was dark outside, he He asked: "Your Majesty, it's getting late, is it time to call the minister's office?"
Kangxi ate a cup of Sichuan shellfish pear, his stomach felt warm, and a smile appeared on his face, and he said: "Pass it on."
"Hey!" Li Dequan was busy doing things. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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