Work overtime

Chapter 731

Although Concubine Xie was happy, she would have a hard time living under the same roof. She thought about it, took a large part of the money sent by the Empress and gave it to Concubine Meng, apologized and said that she shouldn't have contradicted her today, and she would teach her a lesson in the future.

Concubine Meng was overjoyed when she received the silver. Not only did she not lose money, but she also made a profit. She cried with laughter. She ran to apologize to Concubine Xie in person, saying that she shouldn't have acted like a spoiled brat today and made Sister Xie suffer. One got the silver, the other got a position. The two of them put aside their past grudges and became closer.

Jiang Yuebai also did not lose out. The money used to fine Concubine Meng was immediately handed over to Jiang Yuebai.

Li Beichen flattered Jiang Yuebai at night, saying that his wife was awesome. Jiang Yuebai responded that she cooperated well, but she lost some handling fees, which was a bit annoying. Li Beichen immediately said, it's just money, I'll make it up to you. Jiang Yuebai, okay~
But Concubine Xie was a sensible person. The next day, when the north wind blew people up into the sky, she still ran over to thank him and gave Jiang Yuebai two pairs of exquisite earrings and three storybooks, saying that they were to entertain the Queen.

The storybooks are all very interesting.

Jiang Yuebai didn't expect that even though he had stopped updating, the public opinion propaganda project at the Hanlin Academy was still moving forward.

She read the storybook with great interest. It was actually quite good to be a reader instead of an author. Seeing that she liked reading, Li Beichen ordered the Imperial College to send a set before each printing. So Jiang Yuebai was very happy to find that she could always catch up with the latest updates.

Of course, sharing happiness with friends is worse than enjoying it alone, so good things should be shared with good sisters.

After each morning meeting, the concubines who were not in a hurry to leave would sit in the small flower hall, either in groups of three or four, or alone in a corner, to catch up on the latest plot. After watching, they would drink tea and go back satisfied. The atmosphere was harmonious and the mood was happy.

Because the days of waiting for updates were very tormenting, some people started writing their own storybooks. At first, several people wrote, and it was quite lively. But after starting a story and writing about 2,000 words, they found that they had run out of ideas and could not write any more.

Later, only two people persisted in updating and writing.

One is Concubine Lu, who writes historical novels with sophisticated writing style, magnificent plots and gripping stories; the other is Concubine Xu, who writes romance novels, which are sometimes gentle and delicate, lingering and sometimes hilarious.

It is said that Concubine Xu was originally from Suzhou, and later moved to Beijing with her father Xu Wenyuan after he passed the imperial examination. The Xu family was a family of scholars, and although they were not rich, they were quite prestigious. Xu Wenyuan was well-versed in classics, history, and literature, and often called friends and was well-known in Suzhou. When he arrived in Beijing, he worked as a doctor in the Taichang Temple.

Jiang Yuebai had heard of Xu Jieyu's father, and because of this relationship, the two of them became close. Perhaps because she grew up in the north, Xu Jieyu was lively and cheerful, friendly and enthusiastic, more like a northerner than a southerner.

Her book was really well written, with delicate writing and twists and turns in the plot, and it easily contained the melodramatic plots that local dogs loved to watch. Jiang Yuebai often laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, and was so moved that he shed tears.

Jiang Yuebai became Xu Jieyu's number one fan and began discussing the plot of the script at the morning meeting. Originally, they were just arguing and bickering with each other, but now they are discussing the plot and cheering for their favorite characters or CPs.

In order to thank Concubine Xu for contributing such wonderful spiritual food and diverting everyone's excessive attention, Jiang Yuebai gave her some good things from time to time, such as Suzhou-style snacks made in the small kitchen, Suzhou-style osmanthus rice wine tributed from Suzhou, bracelets and hairpins.
She also gave her husband, the emperor, as a reward to Concubine Xu. Jiang Yuebai persuaded Li Beichen to favor this talented woman, recite poems and compose fu, how romantic it would be under the flowers and the moon.

As a result, the disobedient Li Beichen became more and more unwilling to favor Concubine Xu the more Jiang Yuebai said this, and he always suspected that this was a new type of scam.

Originally, everyone would occasionally recite a few lines from the script for fun, but ended up having one person recite the first line and the other the second line, and they had so much fun that a new group was born, called the Huaben Society, who got together to perform storybooks.

There is a big difference between a storybook and a complete play. Concubine Su, who was in the same palace as Concubine Xu, said, "Let me give it a try." She picked up the pen and became the screenwriter and director, and revised the script with Concubine Xu whenever she had nothing to do.

Yuan Dongni is tall, with delicate and three-dimensional features, and quite heroic. She specializes in playing brave and handsome male characters in scripts. Lu Bin has fair skin, thick eyebrows, dignified looks, and a bit of elegance. She often plays the role of a scholar in the script.

Zhao Yunxuan, who lives with Yuan Cairen, is beautiful, has a good recitation, and a very good acting skill. She has received unanimous praise and was chosen by the original author Xu Jieyu as a professional female lead. For some reason, Rou Wanyi, who looks young, is always invited to play various types of mothers.

Others participate freely according to their interests.

Sometimes they would enthusiastically perform such a piece after the morning meeting, saying it was dedicated to the Queen. Although it was all a cliché of talented men and beautiful women, Jiang Yuebai was very interested and her eyes were a little wet.

One time, Li Beichen came to Fengyi Palace after leaving the court, and happened to encounter such a lively scene. The Huaben Society became more and more excited, and performed particularly hard. The performance was really good, all of them were beauties, and they instantly beat the big stars in the previous life who used filters and beauty. Li Beichen was very excited to watch it.

After the performance, the dialogue agency gave high praise and gave everyone silver and clothing materials as rewards. In the evening, they also summoned Zhao Cairen, the actress who played the female lead, to have sex with them to applaud their love.

Li Beichen was very satisfied with Zhao Cairen's success this time. He really couldn't be impotent. The next day, Zhao Cairen was promoted to a noble lady and given the title "Xuan" based on the character "Xuan" in her name.

Daylily is also known as "forget-me-not", which is an elegant name with good meaning.

A few days later, the storyteller Xu Jieyu was favored and was promoted to Xu Zhaoyi. Since then, more people have joined the storyteller society.

Jiang Yuebai didn't say anything except sighing about the "scumbag". Anyway, the show has to go on.

The beauties are in their teens, full of energy, and have nothing to do. There are endless papers to finish and endless exercises to solve. Energy is a kind of energy, which is consumed in one place or another.

Jiang Yuebai thinks that acting in a play is a good idea. Acting in a play is like experiencing life with the characters in the play. All the unattainable love is in the play. The love in the play is much more touching than the real life.

The beauties have worked so hard for so long, they should be rewarded. The emperor is a renewable resource, so use it well.

Li Beichen slept with the newcomer intermittently.

Jiang Yuebai occasionally felt a little disappointed and sad, but not too much. They were all young and beautiful teenage girls. Who wouldn't be moved when seeing them?

Occasionally, she would advise Li Beichen to be moderate in his sexual life and take care of his health, but that was just the limit.

At this time, she always thinks of her father.

In Jiangnan, where concubinage was a common practice, Jiang Jingxian, one of the eight richest businessmen, never kept a concubine. Although he had two wives, he treated each of them wholeheartedly and treated them well. The couple loved each other and lived in harmony.

When she was a child, someone provoked her by saying, "Your mother died giving birth to your father's child, but your father completely forgot about her and lived a loving life with his stepmother. He is so sorry for your mother. Your mother died in vain."

When she was little, she knew to say, "Don't listen, don't listen, it's just a turtle chanting sutras." Because when her mother was alive, her father was also very good to her mother, and the two walked hand in hand, very loving. If her mother had not unfortunately passed away, her father would have been the same as he was later, and they would have been together for the rest of their lives.

Jiang Yuebai thought that if her mother were still alive in heaven, she would definitely not blame her father. Instead, she would bless him and be grateful to Lu for taking such good care of her daughter.

What she wanted was a devoted man like her father. It had nothing to do with power.

Although her current life is high and mighty, with wealth and glory in her hands, she is actually being pushed around by the system and the situation. It is not the life she wants.

However, no matter whether Li Beichen was summoned or not, he would stay in Fengyi Palace every day to accompany Jiang Yuebai.

As long as he was not sick, he would do prenatal education with Jiang Yuebai, talking, reading and telling stories to the children. Sometimes Li Beichen wondered if it was because he would always think of Jiang Yuebai at that time that he became soft.

He still felt guilty about Jiang Yuebai. In modern society, such behavior is scumbag.

But his favors with beautiful women were only a small part of his busy life.

Even though the State Council assisted him in handling various affairs, he still had to attend meetings every afternoon, listen to reports from the State Council, discuss and decide on various matters, review various proposals, and make necessary arrangements for the next morning's morning court. In addition to routine work, he also had to review secret memorials, read the letters in the suggestion box outside Xuanwu Gate, and find time to read various professional books to recharge himself.

He caught colds from time to time, and had frequent headaches that were so painful that he could not think at all. He did not understand why the pain was so severe, and suspected that there was a tumor inside.

He didn't trust other people, so he gave many things to Jiang Yuebai to sort out and then give them to him to read again. Jiang Yuebai sorted the memorials into categories, and simply rejected the simple ones, such as documents.

Jiang Yuebai sorted out the weather and natural disaster conditions in various places and roughly marked them on the map. He also made a three-sentence summary of important memorials so that Li Beichen could give his comments immediately after reading them.

The letters in the Xuanwumen suggestion box are similar, with the relevant departments that can be copied marked, divided into four categories: "urgent, important, important and urgent, and ordinary", and divided into processing schedules. At the same time, keyword prompts are used as the content summary of each letter, and an index directory is prepared. When the State Council reports later, it will supervise and follow up.

Li Beichen was worried that this would exhaust Jiang Yuebai.

Jiang Yuebai thought about it and told Li Beichen about Lichun's family background, and suggested that the task of sorting out the Xuanwumen mailbox be given to Lichun. She has already sorted out the process and prepared the template, so it shouldn't be a big problem. Because this is a mailbox that is sent directly to the emperor, it is not easy to transfer it to other officials, otherwise it will become a formality. Li Beichen agreed to Jiang Yuebai's proposal.

Because Lichun had to practice martial arts and deal with official documents, she was very busy.

Jiang Yuebai transferred Dong Qing, the person Han Ziqian left for her, to serve in the room and became a personal maid to take care of her daily life. Dong Qing was very excited and worked hard in everything she did, and she grew up quickly in all aspects.