Don't help me, I can sit up by myself

Du Jiyan felt that he should change to a larger cabinet.As expected, another sum of money was made in the Cining Palace. Even the concubines who were retiring in the Shoukang Palace excitedly took out their silver, jewelry, and fabrics to exchange. After all, Du Jiyan's carpentry job If it is good, the carvings of the late emperors she carves are lifelike, and the concubines are willing to spend the money.

After returning from Cining Palace, there was another heavy baggage in my arms.

The Queen Mother rewarded her with ten taels of silver.

Concubine Zhou rewarded her with six taels of silver.

Concubine Liu rewarded her with a golden melon seed.

Concubine Hui rewarded her with a carved silver hairpin.

Concubine Cao rewarded her with a pair of gold earrings.

There is also a pearl necklace, a pair of coral bracelets, a porcelain bottle, and some fine rouge and gouache.

The harem is not a big place, and there are familiar faces walking around. Ever since Du Jiyan's craftsmanship became known, it has been passed down from one person to another, and it can't be stopped. Who would have thought that Du Jiyan, a little With his constant presence, even the late emperor's wives and old concubines can earn money.

After counting, there are three jade bracelets, four gold bracelets, two pairs of silver bracelets, two pearl necklaces, one agate necklace, and four gold hairpins in the cabinet. All the jewelry in the cabinet are refined by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. , everything is of great value.What's more, there are some silver ingots and golden melon seeds in the cabinet.

Even Shi Jing sighed and felt ashamed when he saw the dazzling cabinet. This money-making ability was too strong.

Since entering the palace, I have only gotten money instead of children.

It’s true that the east is not bright and the west is bright.

Du Jiyan happily walked along the long corridor with his baggage in his arms.

The sky in the four corners is clear and clean.

A group of wild geese circled high in the blue sky.

Shi Jing was waiting at the hanging flower door next to the imperial dining room with a heater. When Du Jiyan arrived, Shi Jing hurriedly put the heater into her hand and carried the baggage for her personally: "Zhao promised to send someone to come and ask for a favor." You were helping to polish the "Emperor" puppet, but she accidentally dropped a piece of the puppet, making it smudged and unsightly. I wonder if you are free."

With that said, Shi Jing took out two taels of silver from his sleeve and said, "Well, Zhao promised to pay the fee first."

Everything sold needs to be dealt with after the sale, not to mention that Zhao promised to be very honest and gave him twenty taels of silver.

Without saying a word, he went to Zhao Yaosheng's palace to provide after-sales service to Zhao Yaosheng.

The emperor and Gao Rang had just come down from the Star-Zhaing Tower.

The people at Qintian Prison said that the celestial phenomena had changed in recent months, with four stars in a row and a lunar eclipse in the house, so they were afraid that something bad was going to happen.The Qintian Supervisor promised the emperor to go to the Star-Zhaing Tower to watch the sky. A group of people came to the Star-Zhaing Tower to make calculations for a long time. Some of them said that there would be earthquakes in the future in Chen State, some said there would be floods, and some said There will be fires, and some people are even more outrageous, saying that the red color of Yinghuo when viewed at night is a sign of great misfortune, indicating that the emperor may die.

Gao Rang was so anxious that he was sweating. These people from the Qintian Prison were really braver than the Supervisory Censor to say how old the Emperor was. Not to mention that the Yinghuo Star was red, even if the Yinghuo Star caught fire, the Emperor would not die. Gao Rang kept blinking at them, and the Qintian Prison gang also said to him, "If Eunuch Gao is blinded by the wind and sand, he should go down first. The wind is stronger in Zhaixing Tower."

That's the bad thing about speaking out.

The ministers below dare to say anything, but the emperor cannot be angry yet.

After finally getting rid of the people from the Qintian Prison, they walked around two small gardens and a rockery, passed the Qingliang Hall, then the Imperial Kitchen Room, and passed the Hanging Flower Gate to the Taihe Palace.

He didn't want to see Du Jiyan and Shi Jingzheng happily discussing how to do after-sales work for Zhao.

The things in that bag were heavy, and it looked like a fruitful harvest.

"I heard that Du Changzai made a lot of former emperors?"

"Yes, Du Changzai made a bunch of late emperors according to the Queen Mother's wishes, and the concubines in Shoukang Palace were all assigned. The concubines and concubines were happy and rewarded Du Changzai with a lot of things. I think that was included in the package. .”

"Everyone enters the palace to serve me. She enters the palace to earn a vote."

"Yes, Du Changzai is good at woodwork and is very popular in the palace now."

"More popular than me?"

Gao Yi
A group of people from the Qintian Prison detained the emperor to the Zhaixing Building and screamed at him. The emperor was not even angry. Why did he look a little wrong now?
"If you don't treat me well as my concubine, you will think about making money every day." The emperor said with a sullen face.

"The emperor wants Du Chang to sleep with you, right?"

"Is that what I mean?" The emperor snorted.

Gao Rang turned his back, looking at the geese in the sky and snickering.

He didn't say it, it was written on his face.

It was obvious that Du Chang was busy making money and neglected the emperor, and the emperor was dissatisfied.

Walking further, past the Imperial Kitchen Room, you will find the Palace of Supreme Harmony.

The emperor walked over with Gao Rang and then stepped back.

The nuns in the imperial kitchen were all busy washing vegetables, cooking meat, steaming eggs, or killing fish and chickens.

There was a woman wearing a purple blouse and a low bun, peeking furtively at the door of the imperial dining room.

"Is it her?" The emperor stopped.

"Who?"

"Carpentry."

Gao Rang squinted his eyes and saw that it was Du Chang who was there. The blind man also saw it.

"What is she doing sneakily there?" The emperor was puzzled.

There is a small kitchen in Yongfu Palace, and the meals for the masters, including Du Jiyan, are provided in the kitchen. Even if there is something that is not available in the kitchen, and you need to go to the imperial dining room to get it, it is usually the servants who run errands. What was Du Jiyan doing in the imperial dining room?
Gao Rang didn't know either.

"You keep an eye on her and report to me later."

Not long after, Gao Rang went back and reported to the emperor that Du Jiyan gave a woman two hundred dollars and bought a basket of eggs from her.

The emperor just thought that the food in Yongfu Palace was not good, and he probably wanted to buy some eggs to improve it?No, Du Jiyan has always been in the position. Not to mention his salary, he also has a daily quota of vegetables and meat. The Ministry of Internal Affairs delivers them at a fixed time. Du Jiyan has gained weight recently and is obviously not short of mouth. How could he be so short? A few eggs.

Gao Rang also said that Du Jiyan gave his mother-in-law another piece of silver.But he didn't ask for anything.

Giving money but not anything, the emperor didn't understand what Du Jiyan wanted to do.

But looking at her sneaky look, she didn't look like she was doing anything serious.

"You keep an eye on her and see what she wants to do."

From then on, in addition to serving the emperor, Gao Rang had another task, monitoring Du Jiyan.

Since then, Gao Rang has reported to the emperor on the situation of Yongfu Palace from time to time.

"Du Changzai went to the imperial dining room and bought a chicken."

"Du Changzai went to the imperial kitchen and gave the mother-in-law two taels of silver."

"Du Changzai went to the imperial dining room and bought two ducks."

There is a chicken in her left hand and a duck in her right hand. Is she going to open a restaurant?All the main dishes are bought.

Of course, Du Jiyan's sneakiness could not escape Meng Yuzhu's eyes. After all, Meng Yuzhu's thoughts were not on the emperor, but on Du Jiyan. The eunuchs that were previously sent to monitor the queen were also dispatched. In the past, Du Jiyan was under surveillance. Meng Yuzhu would carefully consider any disturbance over Du Jiyan's side.

Soon, Meng Yuzhu sued the Palace of Supreme Harmony.

Meng Yuzhu knelt down in front of the emperor in a dark red blouse with wide sleeves embroidered with begonia flowers, a dark gold palace ribbon, a slender waist, hanging golden forbidden steps, and swaying pearls on her head.

The emperor's first reaction was that Meng Yuzhu was dressed so gracefully and that she was coming to bed.Naturally, it had been too long since she had been summoned. This time she wanted to strike first and take it by force.

Thinking of this, the emperor nervously jumped up from the couch, sucking in the scent of avocado to try to calm himself down.

Meng Yuzhu knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Du Changzai has privately set up a spiritual place in Yongfu Hall."

The emperor hesitated.

Setting up a spiritual place privately is a grave sin.

When women enter the palace, they can only worship the royal ancestors.

However, setting up a private spiritual place has always been shady, and the people worshiping it are of course shady people.According to the palace rules, the mildest punishment is grounding, and the worst severity is banishment to the cold palace.

If Du just said that he was setting up a spirit privately, the emperor would not believe it.

In his memory, this Du Jiyan was gentle and gentle. After being assigned to Yongfu Hall, he took root in Yongfu Hall and never caused any trouble. He was a decent person, except for being a little obsessed with money. I always think about ways to make money, and there's nothing else wrong with me.

But when I think about Du Jiyan's behavior in the past few days, I feel that it is indeed a bit sneaky.

Just sneaking around and whispering to the women in the imperial kitchen.

Meng Yuzhu helped with the analysis: "The emperor didn't know Du Changzai's intentions. She went to the imperial dining room to buy chickens and ducks for only one purpose."

"For what purpose?"

"Make a sacrifice."

If you set up a memorial tablet privately, shouldn't you place some sacrifices?Apples, pears, bananas, chickens, ducks and geese are all optional.According to the custom of Chen State, when setting up a spiritual throne, some tributes, fruits, pig heads and other gifts should always be placed.

To put it this way, Du Changzai has a lot of private spiritual places.

Just because Gao Rang reported to the emperor, Du Jiyan bought at least three chickens, four ducks, and two white-haired rabbits.

Gotta go check it out.

The gate of Yongfu Hall is closed.

When the emperor entered Yongfu Hall, Du Jiyan quickly brought tea up.

The emperor is the big boss of this harem. It is rare for him to have leisure time and come to Yongfu Palace. It is really brilliant.

The emperor took the tea and kept looking at it.

The main hall is a little dilapidated, but it is relatively clean.

There are green plants in the wide-mouthed porcelain vase at the door, and a tea set that is both new and not old is placed on the ancient shelf.There is a white porcelain plate on the long table, and the porcelain plate contains dark yellow and round longans.

The screen was a bit drab, but it was still the old style with landscape paintings on it.

The brocade tent is a little faded. The person with the highest status who wants to live here is Du Changzai. The other beautiful girls don't even have status. Life is tight, rewards are few, and things are just for use.

Du Jiyan wore a silver-red dress with wide sleeves, a silver hairpin in her hair, and a pair of small silver bell earrings, which made her look bright and have the softness of Xiaojiabiyu.

The emperor looked at Meng Yuzhu, saying, didn't you say that Du Jiyan set up a spiritual throne privately?Where is the spiritual throne?

Meng Yuzhu winked at Cashew Guo.

Cashew nuts soon started wandering around Yongfu Hall.

The old woman in the imperial dining room took Du Jiyan's money and provided her with chickens. Cashew Nut gave her twice as much money. She asked her what bad thing Du Jiyan was holding back. The old woman said that Du Changzai had written several The spiritual cards were sneaky, and she could see them clearly.

This is a big melon.

Cashew Nut immediately reported to Meng Yuzhu.

Now everyone has surrounded Yongfu Hall, and Du Jiyan can't escape.

I searched around and around for cashew nuts, and even the water tank in the courtyard of Yongfu Palace had to be stirred with a stick. I was bound to find some evidence to press Du Jiyan to the ground and rub it.

After all, ever since she got the news that Du Jiyan had secretly set up a spiritual place, Meng Yuzhu had been gearing up and waiting for Du Jiyan to be unlucky.

The ladies looked at Du Jiyan worriedly. The emperor had brought Meng Yuzhu with him this time. Judging from Meng Yuzhu's posture, he didn't seem to be easy to get along with.

The nuns stood at the foot of the east courtyard wall with their hands down, not daring to make a sound. Seeing Cashew Guo leading people to search Yongfu Hall in a menacing manner, they must have had nothing to hold back.It seems that the emperor is not here to favor Du Changzai, but to raise an army to punish him.

"Gee-chi-"

The emperor frowned: "Did you hear anything?"

Meng Yuzhu looked confused: "What did you hear?"

"grumble--"

"Your Majesty, are you hungry?" Meng Yuzhu quickly grabbed the Emperor's arm and said, "Would you like the small kitchen to serve the Emperor a plate of fruit first?"

The emperor sighed: "I mean, there is a chirping sound. Listen carefully."

Meng Yuzhu pricked up his ears and listened. Sure enough, it was a chirping sound, and the sound was very close.

The brocade tent of Yongfu Hall flashed.

That's where the chirping sound came from.

Meng Yuzhu opened the brocade tent and found that behind the brocade tent was a bamboo basket. There were a bunch of chickens and ducks in the basket, as well as a silver cat and a silly goose.

The little animals may be anxious, raising their heads and shouting non-stop, asking for food, drink, and freedom, scrambling to jump out of the bamboo basket.

The silver kitten is like a mother, lying in the bamboo basket and licking the fur of these little animals one by one.

Good guy.

When the bamboo basket was brought out, the emperor frowned.

Du Jianyan has been secretly talking to the wife in the imperial kitchen these days, and has accumulated this pile of stuff?
What a joke.

Yongfu Hall is the place where the new ladies of the palace live. Why is it made like a breeding farm?
What a system.

outrageous.

"What is this?" the emperor asked.

Du Jiyan quickly knelt down and said, "Back to the emperor, this is a chicken and that is a duck."

this stupid thing.

The emperor sighed, couldn't he tell the difference between a chicken and a duck?

"I mean, what are you doing with these things?"

"Of course Du Changzai wanted to make these things as sacrifices. The duck is boiled and tied with straw rope to make a dish. The chicken is cut into pieces." Xie Yingzi hugged the emperor's arm.

The emperor was dubious.

There is precedent for chickens and ducks being slaughtered as sacrifices, but cats are not sacrifices.

Cashew Guo and others spent a long time rummaging in Yongfu Hall, and they found something.

She found several signs written on cardboard in Du Jiyan's cabinet.Cashew couldn't read, so he excitedly brought it to Meng Yuzhu for appraisal: "Mother, these are probably the spiritual places."

Meng Yuzhu held the sign and shouted: "Du Changzai, are you aware of your sin?"

Du Jiyan was a little confused, but he could only kneel in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have confessed my crime."

"Tell me what your crime is." The emperor was very interested.

"I shouldn't raise chickens and ducks in Yongfu Palace."

emperor……

There are palace rules in the harem of Chen State.

All food and clothing are provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Each concubine received a monthly amount of money, and the daily expenses, such as a few kilograms of meat, chickens, and kilograms of rice, were also stipulated. Concubines who got along better could also get some extra rewards. Of course, these were benefits.

With benefits, you have to abide by the rules. For example, you need to get up early every day to greet the Queen of Jingren Palace. For example, you must not be jealous or cause trouble. For example, the concubines must pay attention to their appearance and take care of themselves properly.

And raising chickens and ducks in the palace, isn't this nonsense?

Not to mention the palace, even the inner residences of princes, generals and ministers, such a thing is not allowed to happen.