Time-traveling Bastards Are Politics

Chapter 345 Rewards

Chapter 345 Rewards

"Are you saying this, are you telling me that those ministers have accepted bribes?" Wei Huaqing smiled thoughtfully.

Feng Yong quickly explained: "That's not what it means, the princess just feels that those adults are law-abiding, each of them only has such a small salary, and they give such expensive gifts, which affects the daily expenses of the adults, and I feel ashamed."

"Lan Xin doesn't have to think so much. Since those ministers want to give it, let them do it. How they live, they can figure out their own way. If they give gifts because they don't have money, and then corrupt the law, I won't forgive them lightly. "Wei Huaqing said coldly.

Feng Yong nodded: "The emperor is naturally upright, and Lan Xin is needless to worry. But the adults are also considerate. The minister and the princess are not yet married, and even the normal clothes for pregnancy are ready, which makes the princess a little embarrassed. .”

"It's really too careful. Lan Xin is slender, and she doesn't make clothes specially even during pregnancy. It's superfluous." Wei Huaqing sneered.

Feng Yong smiled: "Thinking about it, I want to give it a little more ingeniously."

"I heard that Xia Yun also gave you gifts?" Wei Huaqing looked at Feng Yong and asked.

Feng Yong nodded: "That's right, but the gift wasn't anything good, a few sets of relatively clean clothes, and they weren't expensive, so the princess accepted them."

"You are the only ones who don't shy away from this matter. They know that I have grounded Xia Qinghe, and everyone is far away from Xia Yun." Wei Huaqing said with a smile.

Feng Yong said indifferently: "I only know that no matter how you are with the imperial concubine, you are still the master, the master, there is nothing to avoid. Xia Ge is just sending a congratulatory gift, it's nothing at all, why bother to hide."

"I'm just satisfied with you, upright and impartial." Wei Huaqing said with a smile.

At this time, a message came from outside: "Your Majesty, the Queen and Princess Lan Xin are outside asking for an audience."

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When she came in, Qin Wanyi said: "Look, Your Majesty, Lan Xin's clothes today are very beautiful, but her bun is a bit old-fashioned. Just now in the palace, my concubine asked someone to comb it again. It is much better now."

"That's true, but I didn't give this golden phoenix and five-color walking wave to you a few days ago. Why did you give it to me as a gift?" Wei Huaqing asked with a smile.

Qin Wanyi smiled: "The emperor has rewarded me a lot, and my concubine divided Lan Xin into one, which can be regarded as the concubine, the concubine's wife's wish. Besides, when Lan Xin came here in the morning, she was too clean, that hairpin is not good, my minister The concubine was changed immediately, she is obviously of an ordinary age, how could she dress so old-fashioned."

"It's the emperor's sister-in-law who loves Lan Xin, but this step is a reward from the emperor's brother. Lan Xin doesn't dare to take away anyone's love." Bai Lan said with a smile.

Wei Huaqing waved his hand: "No problem, no problem, can't you afford to give this empress a step-by-step? So, push and push? Besides, the queen is your concubine, so why can't I afford to give you some jewelry?"

"Brother Huang, Lan Xin didn't mean that!" Bai Lan quickly explained.

Wei Huaqing smiled: "Since that's not what you mean, then take it. What's so polite about it. But what the queen gave was a bit shabby. It's not a good thing. After a few days, I will let the internal affairs The government sends a little to the government, and it should be more decent."

"No brother, Lan Xin has jewelry!" Bai Lan said hastily.

Wei Huaqing shook his head: "Nonsense, how valuable can Feng Yong buy you with so little salary and rewards? After all, you are a princess. Dress up better, and it is also the face of our royal family. You can keep the rewards. Let's not talk about it until you get married." , Don’t I also have to prepare a dowry? You walk around the palace every day, dressed so shabby, how embarrassing.”

"Okay, Lan Xin thank you, Brother Huang." Bai Lan had no choice but to agree.

Seeing this, Feng Yong thought of being left for a banquet that night.

"Chen Fengyong, see Long live my emperor, Long live, Long live."

"My sister, Lan Xin, sees the emperor's brother."

"Get up, eat at home, don't be so formal."

"Yes."

"The minister obeys the order."

"Did the Ministry of Internal Affairs not send you the palace clothes yet? I see that what you are wearing seems to be the old palace clothes of Princess Feng before."

"Brother Huang has good eyesight, so he can tell at a glance that this is Princess Feng's old palace dress. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that Brother Huang did not explain the status of the courtiers, so I don't know what status to customize, so I haven't done it for the time being."

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs is becoming more and more incapable of doing things. I said long ago when I was canonized that you are here as a concubine princess. Why do you say that you can't do it? Do you need to order everything one by one? Are you clear? Come, someone, bring me the steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I want to ask carefully, whether the Ministry of Internal Affairs will still be a post."

"Hey, your Majesty, please calm down. As far as I know, this has nothing to do with Eunuch Li. When the female officers of the Clothing Bureau reached their age, they were all released from the palace. Before they could find new ones, they called Eunuch Wang, who worked as a tailor at home in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Go and take care of it temporarily. This prince has just arrived. Maybe he didn’t see the decree and doesn’t know how to do it. All he needs is another decree from the emperor.”

"Brother Huang, eating is a happy thing, so why be angry? Besides, the prince also said that all the female officials of the Shangyi Bureau have returned to their hometowns. Maybe there was no one to accept the order at that time, so the prince didn't know. At that time, Brother Huang will make another decree, or it will be fine. If you get angry, it won't be worth it."

"Okay, since you have all said that, then I will pass on the word of mouth that Princess Lan Xin will be treated as a concubine princess, and then she will be a princess protecting the country. She is of the first rank, and she is allowed to enter and leave the palace and court at will. Courtesy also According to the officials of the first rank, it will be directly added to the princess's monthly silver, and private deductions are not allowed."

"Thank you, brother."

"What's the matter? It's what it should be. I heard that you are still helping him with the post-canon and draft. It shows that you have outstanding abilities. What is this canonization?"

"Brother Huang is absurd, but sister Chen is just beside me, so she just talked too much."

"Your majesty, this princess is really capable. I'm a big man. Those clothes, pearl hairpins, makeup, and those who don't understand are all helped by her."

"Look, King Huiwen has already praised you. Besides, I'm very happy that you can help me with this matter."

"By the way, Your Majesty, what do you think of the phoenix hairpin on the princess's head?"

"Good-looking is good-looking, delicate and exquisite, and it walks gracefully, but beautiful is beautiful. It's just that this silver is a humble thing after all. It seems a little bad to make jewelry and wear it on the head."

"Your Majesty, this silver hairpin is an ordinary style. If gems or jade are added, it will not be inferior to gold hairpins."

"Are you so short of money? Gold hairpins are not very expensive..."

"Your Majesty, it's not that I'm short of money. No matter how short I am, I don't care about the golden hairpin. Besides, the emperor rewarded me a lot when I was canonizing, and she still has it. It's just that both the minister and the princess feel that the court is using money now." When we can save a little, that’s a little bit. On important occasions, we will naturally wear some faceted ones, such as gold hairpins and pearl hairpins. But in daily life, can we suggest that the young master of the harem change to silver hairpins? I heard that most of the harem lords, maids and officials now use palace flowers and pearl hairpins. Pearl hairpins are expensive and there are no rewards. Palace ladies are not allowed to carry gold ornaments. So palace flowers have become their main accessories, but palace flowers are made of silk. Made of cloth, it is perishable, and if the palace flower is too big, it will often fall off, which is very inconvenient. In fact, a well-made silver hairpin is not only cheap, but also easy to wear and work. Isn’t it great? Save it With the money, the imperial court can do other things, and there is no need to increase the taxes of the common people, when the time comes, the common people will be very happy and praise the emperor."

"That's what I'm saying. It's just that the silver jewelry is cheap and well-made. I have never seen it. I don't know what it looks like. If you do this, you have to take out something and let me see what it looks like. And. , I will not force this matter, especially the concubines in the harem."

"Your Majesty, in fact, apart from the maids, it is okay for the ladies to not need to change. In fact, the more expenses are the maids in the palace, not the ladies. The ladies have a lot of jewelry, and they don't always carry one. In addition, the palace is humid. It is suitable and stored in a good place. The palace flowers are not easy to break. On the contrary, the palace flowers of the palace ladies are often spoiled and need to be replaced from time to time. Although this is a small amount compared with the silver taels in the treasury, the accumulation is small. It is always useful. As for the style, I learned that the empress usually wears simple jewelry, so I made a few silver hairpins inlaid with aquamarine according to the empress's level, and I will bring them to you when the time comes Have a look with the empress."

"That's fine. If the queen likes it, then it's okay for you to do so. The silver jewelry is light and not easy to fall off, and it doesn't affect the service of the maids. It's a good thing."

"Actually, for palace ladies, there are too few styles of palace flowers. Even for show ladies, there are very few styles of palace flowers. When the prince looked at it yesterday, my sister felt that it was not very suitable. Everyone in the harem is the same. There are no special features. There are some options, which is also a good thing. Besides, the palace maids and female officials are better dressed. The emperor is also happy to see it. If there is any banquet, it can be regarded as a feature. Moreover, I feel that this harem palace maid They are all dressed the same, so it is not easy to tell which palace they belong to, otherwise, the color of the palace clothes and the style of the silver hairpins can be used to distinguish them, which would make it clearer."

"You are right in saying that, but most of the personal maids have rewarding clothes and jewelry, which are of no use to those personal maids."

"Brother Huang, in fact, there are not many such close-fitting maids in every palace. Brother Huang can also reward you with a silver hairpin and wear it every day, and it won't hinder you. Besides, one more silver hairpin won't be too complicated. Besides, , it is impossible for those close-fitting palace ladies to be recognized by everyone in the palace, even if they don’t wear silver hairpins, they will be fine.”

"You're right. That's it. When the time comes, let's choose the styles together."

"It's better for the princess to talk. Sure enough, a grown man just can't understand this kind of girly thing. If there wasn't a princess, I'm afraid this idea would be in vain."

"What you said, I don't know what to say. Don't answer it. It seems that you are right. Answer it. I don't know what to say."

"Your Majesty was joking, but I was just feeling emotional. It's because I don't understand these things. From my point of view, the silver hairpins are all the same. Who knows, there are so many sayings. In addition, I rarely enter the harem. This harem has I don’t know how many palaces, let alone the maids. In charge of the draft, I even met a few, otherwise, I don’t even know what the palace maids look like.”

"That's true. But Lan Xin has a thorough understanding of the palace environment."

"Is the emperor laughing at the younger sister? This is the first time for the younger sister to enter the palace. The younger sister just thinks that there are many people who were rewarded by the imperial brother before, and there are a lot of people in the mansion. It's hard to distinguish. That's right. Brother Huang, the original servants of the palace have returned. Can you withdraw the manpower you rewarded at that time? There will be many empresses in the palace soon, and it must be time for employing people. There are only two of us in the palace. There are so many people, why not share some, come back and serve."

"There are still a lot of people in the palace, not short of that kind of people. Besides, you are going to marry him soon, and it is time for the mansion to employ people. I will call you back now, and I will send people there soon. It doesn’t have to be the current one, and it needs to be adjusted again, isn’t it very troublesome? It’s better to be like this, it’s more convenient.”

"It's the emperor's brother who is thoughtful, and it's the younger sister who didn't think clearly."

"You are in such a hurry to return people to me, is it because those people are not well-served? Or I will send you some experienced people?"

"That's not the case. Sister Chen is just used to living alone and doesn't like to be served by so many people. Besides, it's really inconvenient to hug each other every time I go out. Just like last time, Sister Chen went out to see some rouge." Water powder, those people actually want to follow every step of the way. It’s just a powder, what can they do? They are too careful. The foot of the imperial city is naturally safe. In this way, it is not clear to tell the people that the imperial city is not safe, causing people to panic. Panic? That's why Chen Mei scolded those maids."

"You are right. These servants are a little too protective of the Lord. There is no need to be so careful at the foot of the Imperial City. But they are right to follow you. Even at the foot of the Imperial City, they should be careful. It is easy to dodge an open gun. It’s hard to guard against hidden arrows. There are so many people. Aren’t the people who guard against them all people with good intentions?”

"Brother Huang is right, the next time I go out, my younger sister will definitely take someone with me."

"By the way, Your Majesty, the draft is about to begin. You are always revising the memorials here. Why don't you go to the harem to have a look?"

"Harem? What does this have to do with the draft?"

"Your Majesty, the new young master is coming soon, the old young master, aren't you going to comfort me?"

"Consolation? Why comfort?"

"What the emperor said, it's no wonder that those empresses regarded the minister as a beauty hidden in a golden house."

"It's just that the concubine is ignorant."

"Anyway, you are the emperor and everything is right. I dare not have any objections."

(End of this chapter)