Pretty Fox: Misunderstood His Royal Highness

Chapter 688 The Queen's Undercover 1
Duzhou has arrived.

　The scale of Duzhou is much smaller than that of Beijing.Because of poverty, in a small desert city near the Western Regions, there are violent sandstorms in spring, extremely hot summer, and freezing cold in winter, lack of water, food, and everything.

　In Duzhou, Yuan Qingluo, as a vassal king, possessed considerable judicial and personnel power. Except for the dispatch of the long history, the guard commander, and the guard commander, the rest of his officials were selected within the territory or within the army. Qingluo has the power of life and death over them.

　Economically, as a vassal king, not only will he have a salary for life, but he will also be treated generously.The annual salary is only one item of rice, which is 5 shi, which is 50 times that of the first-rank minister.In addition, there are expenses for canonization, palace, marriage, funeral, etc., and are given to kitchen servants, Zhailang, and shopkeepers.

　Therefore, Yuan Qing fell in Duzhou, and he was a local emperor who could call the wind and rain.

　The Wangfu is the most luxurious building in the entire city of Duzhou. It has a simple appearance, green bricks and plain tiles, and simple and elegant decoration, but it has a unique style and a well-organized layout. It is divided into three roads: the middle, the east, and the west.

　The middle road is the main body of the mansion, the main hall, the rear hall, and the extension building. This is the place where Yuan Qingluo handles government affairs and meets officials; the east road and the west road each have three courtyards, and the courtyard on the east road is where the master and maidservants live. The courtyard on the West Road is used for guards and residences. The heights of the courtyards are staggered, connected by steps and long corridors, with twists and turns.

　Being in Duzhou is much more free than in Beijing, there are not so many etiquettes and rules.

　Because it is far away from the capital, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and there are no tigers and monkeys in the mountains. The biggest official in Duzhou is Duzhou Wang Yuanqin, and as his concubine, Zhu Qiqi is naturally a wife and husband.

　Zhu Qiqi felt that being the prince's concubine was much safer than being the emperor's concubine, and he didn't have to engage in such scheming.The emperor's concubine, even the empress, could be replaced at any time as long as the emperor was happy, and it was just a common thing that the waves of the Yangtze River pushed forward.As for the prince's concubine, the prince's decision is generally not allowed. Even if he makes a big mistake, kills and sets fire, or has an affair, he still has to report to the emperor, and the prince's concubine can replace the old one with the emperor's approval.

　Of course, the prince can also have many concubines, but generally the wife of the prince's eight palanquins will not be blown down by the wind, the rain will not be blown, the thunder and lightning will not die, and the waves will not be blown without making a big mistake.

　When he first arrived in Duzhou, after An Luo settled down, the first thing Yuan Qingluo did was to ask Hong Hao to call Yu Xiao over.

　In the study, Yuan Qingluo sat in front of the table with a blank expression, Hong Hao stood beside him with a tense face and gloomy eyes, and Yu Xiao knelt in front of them with a terrified expression.

　Yuan Qingluo asked coldly: "Yuxiao, do you know why my lord invited you here in the middle of the night?"

　Yuxiao tremblingly said: "Your servant... I don't know."

　Yuan Qingluo said: "I don't know? Then let me tell you, it's because my lord doesn't want the wangfei to know about it, and I'm worried about scaring her again. The wangfei is my lord's beloved woman, and my lord hates her the most."

　Yuxiao said: "Servant, I understand..."

　Yuan Qingluo's face was expressionless, but his voice was still cold: "Just understand." He asked again: "Yu Xiao, let me ask you, how many years have you served the Queen Mother?"

　Yuxiao said: "Go back to the prince, the servant has served the queen mother for 11 years."

　Yuan Qingluo asked: "Is 11 years that long?"

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(End of this chapter)