The Concubine's Biography of the Concubine Seizing the Palace

"I'll go with my sister!" Lu Yunxi was afraid that if Wei Ning'er's stubbornness came up, she would cause a catastrophe. 【 】

"En!" Wei Ning'er nodded slightly.

"My lord, it's closer to the charcoal place, where should I go first?" Xiao Yizi asked.

Previously, he was worried that something would happen if his master made such a fuss, but he was relieved after a while, since those dog slaves didn't have eyes and dared to do this, he also dared to go out and fight with his master.

"Then go to the charcoal place!" Wei Ning'er ordered.

"Go, go to the charcoal place. Be careful where you step, lift your shoulders well, don't fall the two young masters!" Xiao Yizi told the little eunuchs as he walked forward.

In the imperial palace, in order to facilitate heating in winter, each palace has east and west warm pavilions.There are holes dug under the outer eaves of the windows of the Nuan Pavilion, and brick ovens are built in the holes to burn charcoal for heating.

The masters in the palace are more fashionable to use smoked cages and hand stoves and foot stoves specially used for heating.

The charcoal used in smoked cages, hand stoves and foot stoves is made of high-quality wood from Zhuozhou, Tongzhou, Jizhou, Yizhou and Daxing. After making charcoal, it is transported to Hongluochang and cut according to size. Cut it into small pieces, put it into a red round thorn basket, and then send it to the palace for later use, hence the name "red bamboo charcoal".

This charcoal is black and shiny, with excellent texture, long-lasting burning, strong firepower, odorless and smokeless, which can be called the top grade of charcoal.

The concubines in the palace are given red bamboo charcoal every month according to their grades, but now some people deliberately use inferior products to make up the number, how can Wei Ning'er not be angry.

The charcoal department is responsible for the storage and distribution of charcoal, with two chief eunuchs and 25 eunuchs.

The masters in the palace, even if they are not favored, they will not condescend to go to Chai Tan, because the two chief eunuchs were very surprised by Wei Ning'er's arrival, and immediately ran out.

"Slave greets the concubine, and Lu Guiren!" The two brought a group of servants to greet Wei Ning'er and Lu Yunxi, but there was a trace of disdain and contempt on their faces.

Seeing this, Wei Ning'er's eyes darkened, she didn't ask them to get up, she sat on the chair that Xiao Yizi brought her, looked at the servants kneeling on the ground with a smile on her face, and sat beside her The young Lu Yunxi gossiped, seeming to have completely forgotten about the minions kneeling on the ground.

About two quarters of an hour later, Wei Ning'er saw that the time was almost up, then she looked at the people on the ground and said with a smile, "I don't know how to call the two father-in-laws?"

"The eunuch Lu Cong, the leader of the Chai Tan Department, the slave."

"The eunuch Cao An, the leader of the slave Chaitan Department."

"Greetings to the concubine, concubine, all blessings!" The two said in unison, but there was some trembling in their words.

"It turned out to be Eunuch Lu and Eunuch Cao. Dare I ask the two eunuchs, is it cold on the ground?" Wei Ning'er sneered.

"This...." They didn't know what she meant, and they hesitated.

"Since the two father-in-laws don't feel cold, then continue to kneel!" Wei Ning'er smiled casually.

"Qi Madam, it's cold on the ground!" Lu Cong replied immediately.

"Yes, it's the empress!" Cao An also echoed.

Because he was kneeling in the yard, although it hadn't snowed yet, his whole body was aching from the cold, and the two chief eunuchs and the little eunuchs behind them couldn't stand it any longer.

"It turns out that the father-in-laws also know that it is cold...but...my palace and Lu Guiren don't know that today is already the third day of November. According to the usual practice, the father-in-laws will send someone to my palace's Yanxi Palace at the end of last month. Give me red bamboo charcoal, but... I haven't seen it until today, Bengong and Lu Guiren have been frozen for several days, and after a long time, they will become numb, but I don't know how it feels to be cold." Wei Ning'er said The topic changed: "Look at Bengong, I'm not afraid of cooling off and forget that father-in-laws are precious, get up, lest anyone say that Bengong is harsh on slaves!"

"Yes! Thank you, ma'am!" Wei Ning'er's words made Cao An and Lu Cong, who were still shivering from the cold, break out in cold sweat on their foreheads.

Wei Ning'er winked, Xiao Yizi immediately ordered the servants to remove her and Lu Yunxi's chairs, and Wei Ning'er stepped in.

"It's also the first time for me to come to Chai Tan, so it looks good!" Wei Ning'er looked around and said with a smile.

"Yes..." Lu Cong and Cao An laughed.

"Yo... the father-in-laws also use red bamboo charcoal!" Wei Ning'er looked at the smoker in the room and smiled.

When the two heard the words, their faces changed drastically, and they immediately knelt down: "Your servant is guilty!"

"It's a rule in the palace that only the masters can use the red bamboo charcoal. The two father-in-laws withheld the expenses of Yanxi Palace for their own enjoyment. How bold!" Wei Ning'er laughed.

"Your Majesty, forgive me, this... this is what's left, the servants have the courage to beg your Majesty to forgive me!" Cao An said intermittently, seemingly terrified.

"I don't have the Yanxi Palace yet, so you say it's left over. Well, I and Lu Guiren are still here alive. You guys... this is the curse of Bengong and Lu Guiren. Go here and report to the empress, and report to the emperor."

"Your Majesty, calm down, Your Majesty, calm down!" The two hurriedly kowtowed.

Wei Ning'er didn't look at them, and said to Xiao Yizi beside her, "Go and get it yourself, since the two father-in-laws forgot about our Yanxi Palace, we have no choice but to do it ourselves, and I don't want any more, just take it with me. Lu Guiren's share will be done!"

"Don't dare to bother Eunuch Yi, I'll get it!" Lu Cong said and got up from the ground.

"The slave also goes to get it for the empress!" Cao An hurriedly followed.

"I still have to go to the House of Internal Affairs to take a look, and the people around me are not free now!" Wei Ning'er looked at the thorn baskets they were holding and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, you can go and do your work, the servant will personally send your Majesty to Yanxi Palace!" Cao An had a flattering smile on his face.

"Yes yes yes!" Lu Cong also laughed.

"Then I have to trouble you two father-in-laws. I don't know what's going on with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Recently, the things I gave to my palace have become worse and worse. I have to go and reason, so I won't tell you more !" After Wei Ning'er finished speaking, she went out with Lu Yunxi.

"This is a reward from our young master to the two father-in-laws. I hope you will take care of our Yanxi Palace in the future!" Xiao Yizi gave them a bag of silver and said with a smile.

"This...no need, it's our good fortune to serve your concubine!" Lu Cong and the two shook their heads.

"Take it!" Xiao Yizi said again.

"No, no, no..." The two of them didn't have the guts.

"Hey... These days, some people don't like money. Since the two father-in-laws don't want it, our family won't force it. See you later!" Xiao Yizi said with a smile.

"Yes, you go slowly!" The two smiled and sent Xiao Yizi out.

"Come on... you have to be more careful in the future, this is too difficult for my concubine!" Seeing them leave, Lu Cong said bitterly.

"That's right, it seems that we can't take the benefits of Concubine Xian." Cao An also said with regret.

"It's still good. We are slaves no matter what. We are really too harsh on the master. In the end, there is no good fruit to eat. Things in the palace are changing rapidly. The master who is still bullied by us today may return to favor in a blink of an eye. , we will be the ones who will be unlucky then!" Lu Cong said in a deep voice.

"That's right, let's go to the Palace of Yanxi Palace to deliver charcoal as soon as possible!" Cao An sighed, and then dragged Lu Cong inside.

"Master, you don't know, it's winter, and the two chief eunuchs in Chai Tan are the favorites in the palace. They also like to put on airs in front of the slaves. Today is a relief!" Xiao Yizi laughed.

"Hmm... This time they are smart, if there is another time, I won't let them off like this!" Wei Ning'er laughed.

"Today I figured it out, this palace can't just be patient, in the end you'll only be bullied!" Lu Yunxi said thoughtfully.

"That's not true. Sister, look at Yipin. She is not favored, and she often offends the emperor and the empress. But so what, all the servants in the palace hide when they see her, they are terribly afraid, and no one dares to go." Provoke her." Wei Ning'er suddenly thought of Concubine Yi.

"Everyone says that if Concubine Yi is in a hurry, she will be no different from that shrew in the market. No servant in the palace is afraid of her!" Lu Yunxi laughed lowly.

Wei Ning'er nodded slightly: "If you and my sister want to gain a foothold in this palace, you must not be too weak, otherwise it will be difficult to protect yourself!"

"En!" Lu Yunxi nodded slightly, it seems that she should not be too complacent in the future.

"My lord, the House of Internal Affairs is here!"

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is directly under the Seven Divisions and Three Courts, and the various affairs of the emperor's family, such as clothing, food, housing, and transportation, are all undertaken by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a second-rank official, not a eunuch, but a minister trusted by the emperor. Even Fu Heng is also the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

But due to convention, there is also a special place in the palace to distribute expenses to the masters of the palace, and here is where the eunuchs call the shots.

After Wei Ning'er got off her shoulders, she and Lu Yunxi entered the House of Internal Affairs through the back door.

"Good luck to your concubine, and Lu Guiren!" He Kui, the newly appointed chief eunuch, immediately greeted him.

Wei Ning'er didn't want to talk nonsense with him, and said coldly: "Go to the front hall and invite your chief minister to come, anyone from Bao, Haiwang, Fu Heng, Gao Bin is welcome!"

He Kui was shocked when he heard the words, and then laughed and said: "This... Your Majesty, forgive me. As a concubine, Your Majesty is not allowed to see courtiers!"

"I can't see it? Then where is this palace's grievance going to go? Director He means that I want this palace to go to see the emperor and empress, and ask them to make the decision?" Wei Ning'er suddenly darkened.

"Your Majesty, calm down!" He Kui trembled.

"Because the ministers wanted to avoid the female relatives in the palace, Director He was ordered to distribute the expenses of each palace in the backyard of the House of Internal Affairs. I dare to ask Director He why the expenses in Yanxi Palace are often less in recent days. ?" Wei Ning'er questioned, her face also full of anger.

"Your Majesty, calm down, it must be the negligence of the slaves!" He Kui had not heard of any concubines personally coming to the House of Internal Affairs to question him shortly after he took office, so he was caught off guard at this time and had no choice but to evade.

"It's not the negligence of the servants to beat the maids around me!" Wei Ning'er looked at He Kui who was already a little restless, and said coldly.