Houmen's wife

Chapter 196 The Broken Carriage (2)
"Your Majesty." The maid Xiaoju came over and supported Yu Ni.

Yu Ni raised her hand, and slapped Xiaoju's face with a slap. Yu Ni, who was still smiling just now, seemed to be alone now, staring at Xiaoju coldly. His face said: "Please forgive me, Madam."

Yu Ni calmed down, glanced at the delicate peony flowers, and said, "What's the matter?"

Tonight, the emperor is going to enter the erotic palace, she shouldn't be drinking like this, if the emperor finds out, she will definitely be unhappy.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that today's Shu brocade has been picked up by the Concubine Shi. Because things have become expensive recently, the money is still a little short." The middle and low class people all went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs early, fearing that they would not get their things later, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs also said that there were no things, or they wanted more silver taels.

Yu Ni pursed her lips and smiled, "It's just money, I have it."

Saying that, she went back to the house, and this month the prime minister's office gave another 1000 taels, and she had some silver left over from buying the palace maids and eunuchs, so she gave it to Xiaoju, "Send it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and tell me to cut the Shu brocade for me." Alright, I'm going to use it tonight."

Xiaoju responded and retreated.

When the Ministry of Internal Affairs saw the money sent by Xiaoju, it smiled, cut the clothes as required, and sent them over.

However, the extra money was not returned to Xiaoju.

Xiaoju took the clothes and went back to the erotic palace.

Yu Ni saw that the brocade handkerchief she had just made was really good, and it was made according to her own size. The emperor has been obsessed with the smoothness of Shu brocade recently, and she will definitely get Longyan Joy in exchange for wearing it today.

Seeing that the things were good, she said, "Where is the rest of the money?"

Xiaoju trembled slightly, and immediately knelt down, "Madam, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the price of goods has risen rapidly recently, and they took it to make it all because of Madam's good."

Yu Ni squinted her eyes, the words sounded good, it doesn't matter whether I give it away or you take it on my own initiative.

She pursed her lips, "The price of things has risen so much recently, how come the silver price hasn't risen?"

Xiaoju shook her head, she didn't know either.

Yu Ni got angry this time, so she asked Xiaoju to get up, and started to try on the clothes, but left to talk to the emperor tonight.

As soon as the burning clouds in the sky receded, the ladies in the court began to take out water and splash some water in the yard, so that the emperor could feel so cool even when he was in the erotic palace.

The dragon chariot stopped in front of Youchun Palace, and the emperor laughed when he saw Yu Ni in Shu brocade, "She really is a beauty."

Yu Ni smiled and told everyone to retreat, and after they had eaten, they drew the curtains.

After some cloud and rain, Yu Ni lay on the emperor, "Your majesty, can you ask my sister to give out more silver, the price has also risen recently, there are not enough things in the palace, and the concubine is afraid that all the sisters will cause trouble to the emperor for this kind of thing."

The emperor's hand paused, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

Now the courtiers in the court are crying poor, and even the concubine is crying poor with me!

He tried his best to control his tone, and said gently: "Then spend less."

"But..." Yu Ni wanted to say more.

The emperor has closed his eyes, "I'm tired."

Yu Ni bit her lip, thinking that tomorrow she would ask the Chancellor's Mansion for more money, which would be twice as much as before.

Early the next morning, the emperor came back early and went directly to Yongfu Palace.

In Yongfu Palace, all the concubines from all the palaces came, including the former empress and the current concubine Shi.

"Greetings to Concubine Li."

"Everyone get up."

The news brought by Xiao Yizi yesterday made Qi Yue understand that the price of goods is soaring, and it has doubled in just two days.After drinking tea, she said to everyone in a low voice: "Presumably all the sisters in the palace have heard about the sharp rise in prices."

"The price of goods has risen sharply today. It's just that we stay in the palace and don't go out very much. I don't think so."

Yu Ni gritted her teeth, she really experienced it yesterday. "Concubine Li, you manage the harem, don't you let the maids and eunuchs take advantage of this price increase to beat the master?"

Qi Yue raised her eyebrows, but said angrily: "Da Jin knows about the skyrocketing prices. There are only so many things. In the future, the sisters should be more diligent and thrifty. If you can't make money for the emperor, it's good if you can save money for the emperor."

The emperor just walked outside the door, and when he heard Qi Yue's words, he nodded in satisfaction.

Yu Ni wanted to say more, but she heard Jiang Qianrong's words: "The emperor is here."

"The courtiers and concubines will see the emperor, and the emperor will be safe and blessed." Qi Yue took the lead and knelt down to the emperor.

"Stay flat." The emperor walked up to Qi Yue and took Qi Yue's hand. Qi Yue's body froze. The emperor raised his eyes, and doubts appeared in his eyes. Embarrassed, "The sisters are all here."

The emperor smiled, "They are all my sisters, so don't worry too much."

Qi Yue nodded, but the smile in her eyes faded and faded.

It was the first time for Concubine Shi to experience such a feeling. She raised her head uncomfortably and said to the emperor: "The sisters are just afraid that someone in the harem will make trouble by taking advantage of the soaring prices."

Qi Yue didn't follow Concubine Shi's words. After all, soaring prices are the reason. You remind the emperor of his incompetence by mentioning it again. She just said: "People in the harem keep their duties. If there are such slaves, they must Heavily punished. However, for now, I would like to ask all the sisters to set an example and save some money.”

Concubine Shi turned her face away, this harem is a place where gold is burnt, and she has managed the palace for so many years and has never let the harem concubines save money.

It's just that in the past few days, I heard that military expenses are tight, and my father didn't send money into the palace. The money I had earlier was to be used by the First Prince and the Second Prince to build momentum in the future. It seems that I can only save it.

The emperor was happy that Qi Yue had reduced expenses, but he didn't expect that things would become more difficult the next morning.

"Your Majesty, the rebel army in Mengbei was established last night. It seems that the situation is growing. If it is not dealt with in time, it may be..." General Shi stepped forward. According to the information from last night, Mengbei has been ready to move.

Last night, they even formed a rebel army, blatantly declaring independence, completely ignoring the face of the Celestial Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)