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Chapter 918 The Best Family 45
Now that the emperor had brought up this matter, the empress dowager was too embarrassed to ask the emperor for money again. She was afraid that the emperor would say that the king's uncle had committed so many crimes, and it would be fine if he didn't ask, but how could the empress dowager have the nerve to ask him for money to give to her brother from her natal family.

Therefore, the emperor's move killed two birds with one stone. It not only warned the emperor's uncle to be more restrained - when the empress dowager was still alive and the emperor could not bring the uncle to justice, the emperor could only ask him to be more restrained as much as possible to avoid angering everyone - but it also shut the empress dowager up and made her feel embarrassed to ask for money.

The Queen Mother could also ask for money directly, not saying it was for her brother, but the palace gave her so much money a year, it was enough for her, where did the money go? Even if she didn't say it, the Emperor would know it, and he couldn't fool her.

Because she was punished by the emperor, the empress dowager no longer dared to ask the emperor for money and could only make money from the concubines.

The lower-level ones were asked to spend money to get promoted, and the higher-level ones were asked to give gifts during festivals. With this method, the expenses of the Cheng'en Mansion were barely maintained.

So during this New Year, Linlang naturally gave the empress dowager something golden and white - Linlang gave her a pair of gold hairpins.

It was given to her by the palace, but she disliked it because it was ugly and had never been used.

However, even if it was used, the Queen Mother probably wouldn't mind, because she liked anything yellow and white.

Gifts like Buddhist scriptures or clothes would not please the Empress Dowager.

However, all the old people in the palace probably know what the Queen Mother likes.

There is no need to worry whether a pair of gold hairpins is a little less. A little less is not enough. They have to be given as gifts during every festival. If you don’t give less every time, the money you have will not be enough.

Some people are like this, when they just get promoted, they give expensive gifts without knowing the ins and outs of the situation. At the time, they get praise and the other person is very happy. But later, the Queen Mother celebrated festivals one after another in the palace, and they had to give gifts for this and that festival. Gradually, they ran out of money and could not give anything. In the end, they could only give clothes, Buddhist scriptures and the like, which would make the Queen Mother unhappy - she felt that the other person was treating beggars well.

Therefore, it is best to go on with a steady stream like Linlang does. This way, the empress dowager won’t be unhappy if it’s too little, nor will it be too much and she won’t be able to afford it in the future.

Sure enough, the Queen Mother was not dissatisfied with the gift given by Linlang. After all, it solved the problem of festival gift.

After the New Year, when Linlang spent money to flip the cards again, she asked the emperor to assign some unskillful tasks to her family, because she knew that the emperor might not be happy with such a series of promotions. It would be better to take advantage of this opportunity to consolidate their relationship and ask the emperor to assign some work to her family.

It just so happened that many times before, Linlang had repeatedly fabricated in her dreams the good impression that the emperor was very satisfied with her sleeping with him, so this time she asked the emperor to ask about her mother's family and was prepared to assign her mother's family some tasks. The emperor did not object, and after waking up from the dream, he asked about her mother's family.

At that moment, Linlang told the truth about the situation of the Sun family's eldest wife.

Then the emperor said, just as Linlang thought, "I am not a mean and ungrateful person. You have done a great job in serving me, so I will naturally reward you. You said your father knows some carpentry, so how about this, let your father go to the Imperial Household Department to get a job."

The Imperial Household Department of this dynasty was a specialized institution for manufacturing royal products. It was similar to the imperial farm, and was a unit of the royal family. It was the most suitable place to house a foreign relative like Mr. Sun. After all, the official institutions in the court were generally selected from the imperial examination. Yes, if Mr. Sun was asked to work, it would be impossible for him to be a carpenter. That would be too shabby. After all, to work as a carpenter in the Imperial Household Department, you didn't need to have a daughter who was a noble. You could be an ordinary family and give some money to the head of the Imperial Household Department to get in and work.

So the emperor asked Master Sun to work in the Imperial Household Department, naturally to make him a minor official in charge of matters related to wood products.

It just so happened that Mr. Sun was good at carpentry and was considered an expert, so going there would be a good use of his talents.

As for being an official, since Mr. Sun was not a member of the imperial examination system, he would inevitably be criticized if he were to be an official in other places. However, it would be better if he were to work in a place that manages royal supplies. After all, it was a royal unit and relatives could be sent there.

The emperor also asked about the situation of Linlang brothers, and Linlang answered one by one. The emperor then said that these people were still young and needed some experience. When they were older, he would arrange some tasks for them.

Seeing that the emperor was really willing, Linlang was naturally happy and did not even mention thanking him.

The emperor gave the order, and soon someone went to the Sun family to announce it.

When Master Sun saw that another eunuch had come to the palace, he thought his daughter had been promoted again. But it had only been a short time since his daughter was promoted to the fifth rank noble lady, so she was promoted again? Isn't that too fast?

Ever since Linlang entered the palace, Master Sun and his family have inquired about the ranks in the palace. They know that anyone above the rank of noble lady has a considerable status, which can also be seen from the names. Noble lady and talented lady are obviously more upscale than Baolin Cainu.

In the eyes of the eldest wife, being a fifth-rank official was already very impressive. They thought that Linlang would not be able to be promoted for a while. After all, the neighbors who knew the situation in the palace said that it was difficult to be promoted from a noble lady upwards.

And as far as they know, there are actually only a dozen concubines above the rank of noble lady in the palace. Of course, there are more than these few who have been awarded the rank of noble lady or above, but some died of illness, some were banished to the cold palace, and some were killed by the emperor, such as Noble Lady Ding, Concubine Song, and Noble Lady Cao. So there are only these few left.

There were only a dozen people in the whole palace who were above the rank of noble ladies, which meant that their daughters were already among the dozen most noble in the palace. It would be difficult to move up further to this position, and they could understand that. After all, it was just like a scholar in a school. It was easy to move from the top 100 to the top 50, but it would be difficult to move up from the top dozen to any higher position.

But his daughter seemed to be quite favored, so if she could continue to be promoted, it seemed not impossible. So when Master Sun saw someone coming from the palace, he thought Linlang had been promoted again.

As a result, the news brought to him by the visitor was even more exciting than Linlang's promotion - His Majesty actually gave him an official position. Although the eunuch who announced the decree said that this was a ninth-rank official, not as good as the seventh-rank official of the second son, it was still an official position! He didn't even pass the imperial examination, but he could get such an official position, which was already quite remarkable.

The eunuch who announced the decree said that this was a reward given by His Majesty because he doted on their daughter, and not every family could afford it.

That meant that this was a treatment only enjoyed by favored concubines, which finally gave everyone in the first house a clearer understanding of how favored Linlang was in the palace.

You know, although Linlang had been promoted frequently before, they didn't feel it deeply and just thought that promotion in the palace was not difficult.