God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 570 Dinner
Since then, Tuanyuanyuan has belonged to beauties of all sizes.

Du He felt a little pained, not because he was reluctant to part with alpacas and pandas, he didn't want to be a boy, but he cared about his [-] points.

Although it was a living thing and very precious, it would be worth at least [-] guan if it was sold, but it could not solve his immediate problem.

Right now, Chang'an International Shopping Center is about to open, but the big merchants in Chang'an are unwilling to move their shops to the shopping center. This is the biggest problem facing Du He.

Just thinking about it, someone came from the palace.

The person who came was not appointed by Li Er, but by Empress Changsun, who invited Du He to the palace to attend the dinner, and let Li Yuanshu and Li Lizhi go back by the way.

Du He inquired about it, only to find out that this time Empress Changsun only invited herself, plus Li Yuanshu and Li Lizhi, but the others were not among them.

"Strange, I'm not familiar with the empress, and I even had conflicts. Why did she only invite me into the palace this time? Could it be a Hongmen banquet?" Du He rubbed his chin, feeling a little uneasy, and finally thought about it , still decided to go to the banquet, but he had already brought an explosive kit and other life-saving things with him.

In the evening, Du He and the two princesses came to the palace together.

Now that Du He has Li Er's permission, he can freely enter and leave the palace. Naturally, no one dares to search him, otherwise he will be surprised to find that this guy's body is full of weapons and explosives, and he is not here for a banquet at all. It's here to make things happen.

When they arrived at Wende Hall, Empress Changsun came out to greet her in person.

Du He was even more surprised, and after going up to greet him, he asked curiously: "I wonder what is the important thing for the queen to summon the ministers into the palace?"

Empress Changsun glanced at Du He, then her eyes fell on Li Yuanshu, and she said, "Yuanshu, I summoned you into the palace today, in fact... today is the death day of your mother and concubine, I didn't tell you before, it was because of you You were young and ignorant, now that you have grown up, I can no longer hide from you, I have ordered someone to prepare a dinner... Du He, you are Yuan Shu's son-in-law, you should come together."

Only then did Du He understand.

No wonder he is so solemn, it seems that this young master is overthinking.

When no one was paying attention, he hurried to a corner and hid all the guys he was wearing in the flower bed. His jingling body was so heavy.

Afterwards, Du He and others followed Empress Changsun to the side hall, worshiped in front of the portrait of Li Yuanshu's biological mother, Concubine Zhu, and finally went to Wende Hall for dinner.

After a meal, the atmosphere was a bit heavy, especially for Li Yuanshu, who shed tears several times, which made Du He feel very distressed.

At this moment, a court lady hurried in and said in a panic: "Queen, it's not good, someone committed suicide by jumping into a well!"

"What? What's going on?" Empress Changsun was taken aback and asked hastily.

The palace maid said: "Queen, according to your order, we are going to dismiss more than 50 people, and these court ladies have also paid for their travel expenses. Some of them left happily, but many people did not want to leave, so just now two palace ladies left I was about to commit suicide by jumping into a well, but fortunately, the patrolling guards found out and stopped me in time!"

"Quick, take Bengong to have a look!"

Empress Changsun looked serious, and hurriedly followed the maid to go out.

And Du He and the others also hurried to go.

When I came to the depths of the palace, I saw that there were already many people watching here.

Beside the mouth of the well, there were two court ladies lying on the ground, their bodies were bloody.

Empress Changsun asked, "What's going on?"

A leader of the forbidden army stepped forward and said: "Report to the queen, these two lowly maidservants dared to commit suicide by jumping into a well without authorization, just like the majesty of the royal family, I will beat them to death and throw them out of the palace!"

When Du He heard this, his heart turned cold.

This is the feudal era, and human life is worthless.

He was about to speak, but Empress Changsun raised her hand to stop her and said, "Wait a minute, I still have something to ask them."

With that said, Empress Changsun stepped forward and asked in a cold voice: "This palace treats you well. Even though it is dismissing you, it has given you enough money. Not to mention making you rich and powerful, you can live and work in peace. Can you wait?" Leave obediently, but want to seek death and life again, what is the reason? If you don’t give me an explanation, I will beat you to death and throw you out of the palace today!”

The palace maid who was beaten to death crawled on the ground, came near Empress Changsun, cried and said: "The empress is kind, it's not that we don't want to go, we grew up in the deep palace since we were young, and we have never been outside. Now If you want to go out of the palace alone, how can you survive, Empress, we don't want to go..."

"Queen, we don't want to leave!"

All the court ladies who were watching around knelt down in unison and burst into tears.

Empress Changsun couldn't help being moved when she heard this, and said helplessly: "This Palace is also helpless. Now Your Majesty advocates frugality. There is no need for so many people in this Palace. You can't let Your Majesty's internal treasury support you for nothing."

"Woooooooo..."

Everyone cried together.

Only then did Du He understand that a few days ago, Li Er ordered that the palace advocate frugality and keep everything simple. In the harem, Empress Changsun took the lead in thrift. More than 50 people were all dismissed, but many court ladies grew up in the deep palace since childhood, had no relatives or reasons outside, and had never been out, so they didn't want to leave, and some even wanted to die.

He thought for a while, then stepped forward and said: "Queen, I have something to say, in fact, there is no need to drive so many people away if we advocate frugality."

"Oh? If we don't send them away, will they be kept in the harem for nothing?" Empress Changsun frowned.

This idea is not a good idea.

Du He smiled slightly and said: "Queen, your majesty advocates simplicity in everything in the palace. It's just that there is not enough money and food in the inner treasury. There is an old saying that it is important to increase income and reduce expenditure. It is important to increase income. I think that the empress can give it a try. These idlers organize and prepare a job for them, so that they can make money for the palace."

"Can these people make money?"

Du He said: "Your minister has already inquired that most of the maids who have been dismissed this time have weaving and embroidery skills. Why doesn't the queen choose a free place in the harem and let them continue to weave and embroider to make clothes? The finished product can be sold outside the palace, because it comes from the palace, there is no shortage of people to buy it, and the price will be higher, at least five times the market price. In time, the food and clothing of the harem will not need to spend a penny in the inner treasury Money, completely self-sufficient."

When everyone heard it, it was indeed a good idea.

These court ladies have learned weaving and embroidery in the deep palace since they were young, and their craftsmanship is absolutely undeniable.

Empress Changsun shook her head, "I am the lord of the harem after all, and the empress of a country. How can I do such a thing as a businessman?"

"Queen, you are wrong!"

Duho said.

Everyone was taken aback.

Du He dared to say that the queen was wrong!
The courage is too big!

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