Under the Empress Dowager, all members will be King

Chapter 36

Many dishes on the table remained untouched, the emperor only used half a cup of sweet soup, the empress spent more than three hours preparing this table of meals, but the emperor didn't even stay for half an hour in Qiwu Palace.

The queen took the sweet soup and brought it to her mouth. Longan, red dates, and candied lotus seeds were added to this bowl of soup, but it tasted bitter after eating.

Xia Chan greeted softly, "Empress Empress, the soup is getting cold and it's not good to drink. This servant will give you a new bowl."

The queen's eyes were gloomy and terrifying, and she slowly stood up, "Xia Chan, I remember that there is Qi Changyi in Cangzhu Palace, you ask someone to find her."

Xia Chan bowed her waist and retreated. The maids and eunuchs living in Wu Palace didn't even dare to breathe. The queen sat alone on the red sandalwood table for a long while, and then quietly got up, "Retreat, and I will live in Wu Palace later. Do not cook pear sweet soup.

The little maids who were in charge of serving the dishes hurriedly removed the meals on the table. The chef in charge of the spoon looked at these meals and felt very uncomfortable. With such excellent ingredients, these individuals worked together to make the dishes, but the masters did not rush. Not a single chopstick.

The remaining dishes were secretly sent out of the palace by the imperial chefs and sold to big restaurants in Kyoto, and the money was shared equally between the eunuchs and the imperial chefs.

The moon over Qiwu Palace also shone over Cangzhu Palace.

Qi Changyi opened the wooden box and found a few broken pieces of silver from the bottom of the box. It is only the beginning of the month, and her monthly silver has bottomed out. The palace spends money like water, and Qi Changyi has no maternal family subsidy. It can be said that every step is dangerous.

"Dong dong."

There was a knock on the door, Qi changed his clothes and locked the box, got out of bed and opened the door himself.

Xia Chan looked at her with a smile on her face, and said softly, "Let's change clothes, the Empress is here to invite you."

Qi Changyi wept with joy, and then his eyes dimmed. The queen's status is so noble, why did she suddenly come to her.

"Aunt Xia Chan, why did the empress look for me?"

"You'll know when Qi changes."

Qi Changyi is the master, Xia Chan is the servant, but Qi Changyi doesn't even have the guts to ask Xia Chan a few more words, she follows Xia Chan thinking in her mind.

The woman guarding the palace gate was slowly eating a piece of persimmon. When she lifted her foot, she found an ant crawling under the chair. She stepped on it, "What kind of bug dares to bite me."

The mother-in-law stepped on it, and the ant stopped moving immediately.

Qi Changyi followed Xia Chan all the way to Qiwu Palace, the queen lay lazily, Qi Changyi knelt on the ground, and there was a bead curtain between them.

The bead curtain was swaying, and Qi Changing's heart fluttered.

"Qi Changyi, I heard that you have a personal grudge with Gu Changyi?"

Qi changed his clothes and knelt on the ground, "The empress has learned from you, the concubines have always kept themselves safe and never had the intention of harming others."

"It turns out that you are so timid, and this palace even said to promote you." The queen fell silent after saying this,

Qi Changyi's brain was running fast, guessing the Queen's intentions.

She asked me to come, there must be something for me, if I refuse her, I'm afraid there will be no good fruit to eat, so I might as well agree to her first.

"The concubine is willing to go through fire and water for her mother."

"There's no need to go through fire and water, there is indeed something I need you for right now."

"Only by my mother's order."

After Qi Changyi said this, the queen laughed three times with joy, and called out: "Hahaha, Xia Chan has a look."

Xia Chan opened the bead curtain and walked out, respectfully helped Qi Changyi up, but Qi Changyi didn't dare to get up without the queen's order.

"Qi changed clothes and got up to talk."

"Concubine, thank you empress for your compassion."

Xia Chan gave Qi Changyi a stack of thick bank notes, turned around and returned to the queen.

After receiving this money, you have to work hard for the queen.

"Empress, you don't get paid for nothing, this money..."

The queen thought that Qi's dressing was too small, so she ordered Xia Chan to add money to her.

"Xia Chan, another reward."

Xia Chan came out from the inside and handed Qi Changyi twenty silver notes again, all of which were in denomination of 100 taels.

Money weighs down slaves, the money is really too heavy.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Qi Changyi came out of Qiwu Palace with a bag of money in his hand. The money was given by the queen to buy Gu Yinwei's life.

Qi Changyi looked at the money in his hand, his eyes changed from panic to bewilderment, and then from bewilderment to firmness. A woman in the palace is inherently mortal, and she cannot avoid death, but she can choose to be as beautiful as possible before she dies.

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Gu Yinwei didn't know that the Queen paid Qi Changyi to work for her, but it was Concubine Zhen who discovered the secret first.

Before greeting the queen the next day, Concubine Zhen rushed to chase Gu Yinwei in a hurry in a chariot.

"Concubine Zhen, I got up really early today."

"Little friend, isn't this palace concerned about your safety?"

Concubine Zhen supported Xiao Yu's hand and slowly got down from the chariot. Concubine Zhen pulled Gu Yinwei aside and said mysteriously: "I saw Qi Changyi get a lot of money yesterday."

"It's a good thing."

"What a fart, why don't you ask Qi where the money for changing clothes came from?"

"Other people's way of making money, I'm afraid they won't tell others easily."

"You're such an idiot, I won't play tricks on you anymore. The money for Qi Changyi is given by the queen. Qi Changyi has collected so much money from the queen. Most likely he will find a way to deal with you. You should be careful."

Gu Yingxia rushed forward excitedly, and asked, "Who? Who dares to bully Gu Changyi, I'll listen to whoever comes out."

Concubine Zhen waved at Gu Yingxia, "Don't make trouble."

Gu Yingxia sniffed, hum, if you don't tell me, I'll check each one by myself.

Gu Yinwei walked towards the stairs, not forgetting to remind Gu Yingxia, "It's almost time to ask for peace, please don't smudge."

The concubines have been looking for seats one after another. Since the concubine Huang Guifei and Concubine Rou were grounded, Concubine Yi did not flatter the queen as before. Instead, she liked to talk to the second concubine Zhenjin. Gu Yinwei sat upright, and her thoughts had already flown beyond the sky. went.

Qi Changyi turned his head to peek at Gu Yinwei from time to time, Gu Yingxia secretly rejoiced, the enemy appeared, it was Qi Changyi.

Once life in the harem gets too peaceful, it becomes uninteresting.

Gu Yingxia shouted in her heart, fight, fight, fight quickly.

The virtuous concubine secretly pressed her waist, her back became sore after doing it for too long.

Zhao Qian, Sun Li, and four Shuyis watched the Queen intently, waiting for her speech.

"The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and I decided to set up a stage on Lanyuetai. At that time, I will invite a few opera troupes to the palace to sing operas. After the performance, all the younger sisters will worship the moon with me. How do you feel?"

All the concubines said in unison: "Only follow the orders of the empress."

The queen was very satisfied after hearing this, and then glanced at the concubines, as if she was looking for someone.

Concubine Zhen looked at the empress generously, and the empress looked away first. Concubine Jin was sluggish, with a big dark circle under her eyelids, it looked like she didn't sleep well last night.

Concubine Yi rested her hand on the back of the chair with no expression on her face.

"My palace has been busy recently, and I want to choose someone to help me prepare the stage."

Concubine Jin spoke bluntly, "The empress is so busy, why bother to set up a stage to invite a troupe to the palace, the Jiaofang Division also has geisha and music prostitutes, and it's lively enough for them to play, play, play and sing, why bother to invite a troupe from outside the palace."

"Although there are many things in this Palace, the heart of serving the Empress Dowager is never idle for a moment. Last year, the Empress Dowager wanted to listen to the opera but failed. To ride."

Concubine Jin stopped talking, she knew that no matter how much she said, the queen would still be stubborn.

"If you don't speak, I will assign you personally."

The queen raised her voice and ordered: "Gu Changyi is deeply loved by the emperor, and you will be in charge of preparing the stage, and Qi Changyi will help you."

(End of this chapter)