Donggong Zhangjiao

Chapter 359 Tell her to be busy

The fourth prince didn't understand what his father's efforts had to do with his younger brother, but the fourth prince knew.

Fang Yun glared at Pei Yao, quickly called the wet nurse and took his son away.

But a gentleman is hard to chase after a word.

Pei Yao stayed at Yuzhang Palace that night.

Everyone was paying attention to the emperor's movements. When they heard that the emperor was staying at Yuzhang Palace, they felt sad again.

In Yichun Palace, Wan Liangyuan was sitting by the window in a daze.

Yuetao came in from outside and hurriedly brought a thick coat to put on her.

"Liangyuan, why don't you stay warm on the couch? She just finished taking a bath and her body feels warmer. All of a sudden, the heat is gone."

"If the emperor doesn't come, my heart will be cold. How can I be afraid of being cold on my body?"

Wan Liangyuan's face was full of loneliness, her eyelashes fluttered twice, and a drop of clear tears rolled down.

Yuetao looked distressed and said, "Liangyuan."

"Liangyuan, I'm just a Liangyuan. The Song family became an imperial concubine just because they flattered Concubine Zhao. Concubine Zhao, does the emperor really like her that much?" Wan Liangyuan raised her hand to wipe her tears.

Yuetao pursed her lips, "Concubine Zhao gave birth to the fourth prince, raised the second princess, and had two children. Naturally, the emperor has more affection for her."

She was so comforting, but Wan Liangyuan shook her head.

"No, I have seen the emperor and Concubine Zhao together. There is a smile in his eyes. When the emperor and I are together, it has never been so real."

Seeing her master so sad, Yuetao also hurriedly comforted him.

"As the saying goes, concubine Zhao has been serving the emperor longer. Liangyuan, you entered the palace late, and because of the delayed filial piety period, you can't serve him for a year. There is a war this year, and the emperor has few stays in the harem. It's hard to get along with you. There are only a few, Concubine Zhao is an old friend, the emperor is more familiar with her, we just want to be closer, in the future, when the emperor knows how good you are, he will naturally care about you."

After listening to Yuetao's words, Wan Liangyuan lowered her eyes and nodded.

Without further words, he got up and went back to the couch to lie down.

This is true for all women in the harem who want to compete for favor, and no one will sympathize with her.

The next day.

After coming back from Jiaofang Hall to greet him, Yan Wei quickly came up to greet him.

"Empress, everything you asked has been completed."

"The action is fast." Fang Yun sat down and took the tea cup from Qingrong, "Tell them to be careful, don't really tire them out and cause an accident."

Yan Wei nodded, "Don't worry, Madam, they know what's going on, and I've also warned you."

"That's good." Fang Yun nodded, with a little playfulness in his eyes, "Since she is willing to be a busy person, let her be busy."

After resting for a while, someone brought the account book and began to read it carefully.

The New Year will be coming soon, and she will be in charge of the utilization of each palace. She will also have to worry about the New Year's rewards at that time, which are all things that require a lot of attention.

Fang Yun is busy here, and Concubine Yang is also busy here.

But what she was busy with was asking people to select some suitable potted green plants and send them to Fengxuan Palace.

"The Queen is pregnant. It's cold in winter and it's hard to walk around in the house. It's always too stuffy. Please choose more flowers and plants to send. The Queen will feel more comfortable watching them."

"Yes, I will order the people from the flower and grass house to take care of it later."

Si Qi offered the anti-fetal medicine and responded.

Concubine Yang took it and nodded.

Just as he was about to give other instructions, there was a knock on the door from the little maid guarding the door.

"Your Majesty, the manager of the warehouse wants to see you."

Hearing this, Concubine Yang frowned, drank the medicine first, and then motioned to Si Qi to bring the person in.

Not long after, a tall and thin eunuch in his early fifties followed Si Qi in. It was Li Fuqun, the manager of the palace's warehouse. "This servant pays my respects to Concubine Yang."

"Get up." Concubine Yang waved her hand, "What do you want here?"

"Going back to your Majesty, the New Year is approaching, and it's time to take inventory of all the things in the palace's warehouse. The servants are here to deliver orders to your Majesty. However, there are many things in this warehouse, and there are various categories of items. It is inevitable that there will be carelessness and misremembering. It is inevitable that there will be mismatches on the list, and these need to be reported to the empress for verification, so the empress needs to go to the warehouse in person and count them with the slaves."

Li Fuqun respectfully explained his intention.

But Concubine Yang was not happy after hearing this.

"Do you need me to go there in person? The things in the warehouse are for the daily use of the entire harem. I will be exhausted to death. You are looking at me for the first time and want to deceive me?!"

"I don't dare, slave, this is the rule!"

Li Fuqun quickly knelt down and explained with a grimace.

"It's true that this year's war is going on. The Emperor and the Empress adhere to frugality. Everywhere in the harem receives things strictly according to the rules. Don't take too much for multiple uses. But it is inevitable that sometimes there will be something damaged or missing that was not repaired in time. This is where you come to collect things. There is a shortage of people. In the morning, people came from Yuzhang Palace and said they wanted winter clothes and charcoal fires for distribution, but there were not enough in the warehouse. Concubine Zhao's people even asked the slaves why the list did not match the inventory."

"But it's the slave's fault. The Empress is pregnant, and the concubines are exempted from greetings. The slaves don't dare to bother them, so the inventory was originally scheduled to be taken in early October, but it has been postponed until now. Now the Empress Zhao asks, I have no choice but to come to you as soon as possible so that I can get this thing done so that I won’t have to explain myself if I make a mistake next time.”

After hearing the relevant news about Fang Yun, Concubine Yang's face darkened a lot, but she didn't get angry and question her anymore.

What she thought at this moment was that if she didn't do the things she was doing well, it would be detrimental to her if Fang Yun caught him and said it in front of the queen or even in front of Pei Yao.

Even if I am tired, I still have to go to the warehouse first, show off, and then think of a solution.

"That's all, I'll keep the order. You can go back first. I'm not feeling well today. I'll order someone to go to the warehouse to check."

"Yes, the slave will leave."

Li Fuqun stood up tremblingly and retreated.

As soon as he left, Concubine Yang irritably ordered Si Qi to call Yun Qian.

"Empress." Yun Qian saluted.

Concubine Yang waved her hand to signal her to stand up, and then said, "I have something I want you to do."

As he spoke, Si Qi told him what had just happened.

Yun Qian quickly understood.

This is to ask her to help with something.

Yun Qian and the deceased Yun Rou, as Yang's personal maids, had read some books with Yang since they were young and learned a little about housekeeping.

Although taking inventory is troublesome, it is not difficult to do and can still be done.

Si Qi couldn't help much, she couldn't read.

But I didn't expect that just as some of the work in the warehouse was shared here, the greenhouse came again.

It is said that the New Year is coming soon, and flowers and plants are needed everywhere in the palace. However, due to the war this year, the money allocated is limited, and many precious plants are not enough, so there is no way to follow the rules of previous years.

But it is a palace after all, and there will be foreign ministers coming to the palace for the New Year's Eve banquet, and the Tian family cannot lose face, so it has to be rearranged.

It takes time to cultivate flowers and plants. The Chinese New Year is now less than two months away, so preparations must be made as soon as possible.

The report on this item made Concubine Yang very irritable.

I thought that the warehouse didn't need to be touched, and the flowers and plants were just there, but I didn't expect that all these troubles would arise.

The key is not something that can be brushed aside.

Her pregnancy was exactly three months until New Year's Eve.

That's all for the warehouse. If she holds on to the power and arranges the flowers and plants poorly, which is too shabby and brings shame to the royal family, then she is incompetent.

But thinking about her plan for Fengxuan Palace, Concubine Yang gritted her teeth and decided to wait for a while.

I just didn't expect that after four or five days, I would feel unwell and develop fetal gas.

(End of this chapter)