Chapter 391 What to Do in the Harem
Zian looked at him, carefully read the emotions he tried to hide, and then smiled slightly, "You don't want to marry the side concubine, do you? If you don't want to marry, I can refuse on your behalf."
Murong Jie was a little annoyed, "It's not a question of whether the king wants to marry, but whether you want the king to marry or not. If you don't like it, you can tell the queen mother yourself."
"I don't care." Zian saw his thoughts and shrugged, "It's fine if you like it."
Murong Jie snorted, got up and sat down unhappily.
Zi An rested his chin, and sighed heavily.
"Worried about Ah Xin?" Murong Jie asked.
"I'm worried about him, I'm also worried about Zhuangzhuang, and I'm even more worried about the current situation."
Murong Jie remained silent, abolishing the empress was only the first step, first frightening the Tai Tuo, and then focusing on dealing with King Nanhuai's return to the capital.
He said: "If the queen is abolished, there will be a short period of chaos in the palace. This king has already proposed to promote Concubine Mei. You can go into the palace to talk to her occasionally."
"Concubine Mei?" Zi'an was slightly taken aback, "You actually promoted Concubine Mei?"
"She is the most suitable candidate. Don't remember that she helped the old lady before. Besides, Xia Lin's matter has nothing to do with her."
"I know, it was Xia Huaijun who did it." Zi'an didn't blame Concubine Mei too much. Concubine Mei only wanted to protect herself and find a way out for the third prince. It didn't help her either, she should have learned her lesson.
It is true that Concubine Mei is the most suitable candidate. Her natal family is not strong but she has been suppressed because of the old lady's affairs, so she knows how to restrain herself.
Zi'an looked at Murong Jie, "Actually, what is your plan? You abolish the empress, which means you want to bring down the crown prince. Do you prefer King Liang?"
Murong Jie shook his head, "The King of Liang will not compete for the crown prince."
"But didn't you do so much to help him up? To get rid of his bad reputation, build his connections, and build a good reputation for him, it seems that you want him to be the emperor."
Murong Jie didn't make a sound, just looked at her.
Zian thought for a while, "Do you want him to be a shield, or a cover-up? Do you want everyone to think that you are going to help him become the prince?"
Murong Jie still didn't make a sound, which means he didn't deny it.
Zian was a little angry, "You attract everyone's attention to him, and you will kill him."
"He is a descendant of Murong's family, he should bear these, and he himself will be willing to do this, he was just decadent before."
"Have you asked him?" Zi'an asked.
"Sometimes the communication between men does not require words, a look is enough."
Zian stared at him, "You old fox."
After a pause, she continued: "However, if you promote Concubine Mei, those concubines in the harem will also try their best to suppress you? I'm afraid you may not be able to hide your thoughts from Taifu Liang and Concubine Gui."
"Therefore, Concubine Mei is only assisting with the affairs of the harem, and another person must be found to assist her."
"Who?" Zi An asked.
Murong Jie looked at her, "What do you think of Concubine Yi?"
Zian thought for a moment, "Not bad."
Murong Jie laughed and said: "This king already knew that you would choose Concubine Yi."
Concubine Yi is none other than Concubine Yi. Concubine Yi is insidious and cunning but has been hiding in the dark. It's time to put her in the sun and accept everyone's gaze and worship.
If a person occupies an important position, there must be someone watching. Whoever Yifei associates with, what she does and eats every day, and how many times she goes to the latrine, there will always be someone watching.
Moreover, although Concubine Yi and Concubine Mei were friendly before, Concubine Yi didn't like Concubine Mei in her heart, and Concubine Mei was also somewhat wary of Concubine Yi in her heart. Impossible to really talk to each other.
Seeing that Murong Jie was still smiling, and smiling very sinisterly, Zi An asked, "What other plans do you have?"
"Don't you think it's fun to have one more person in?" Murong Jie said sullenly.
Zian said angrily, "Me?"
"Isn't it normal for you, the regent princess, to help the queen mother share her worries? Of course, you can only stand on the queen mother's side and be neutral."
Zi'an sighed softly, "I am a concubine, how can I interfere with the affairs of the harem?"
"So, you are only asked to assist the queen mother in managing the accounts. The accounts in the harem are very messy. The inner government reported that in the past few years, the palace's expenses have reached 800,000 taels of silver, and this is just the palace's expenses."
Zian was a little shocked, "Eight hundred thousand taels? Impossible?"
When she married into the palace, she looked at the account books of the palace. The annual expenditure of the palace was about three thousand taels. Naturally, the palace was not comparable to the palace. First of all, the population was not comparable. With the 3,000 taels of a year's expenses in the palace, the life is pretty good. How can the palace spend 800,000 taels?
Moreover, she remembered that in history, the most extravagant emperor in the Ming Dynasty spent about 900,000 taels a year. In the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi controlled expenses, and the annual expenditure was about 100,000 taels.
"Yes, the emperor has already mentioned it when he was healthy, saying that the palace's expenses are too high, and he intends to control them. This year's expenses have not been counted yet, but they will be counted once at the end of the year. This king wants you to take care of this account. To control expenses, the extra money will be used as food and salary, and at the end of the year, we will make cotton coats and extra meals for the soldiers, and pay another month's military salary."
Zian nodded, but felt a little heavy in his heart.
She knew that if the imperial court valued sergeants, it meant that there might be wars, and now that they were saving money, they were probably preparing for this. Is it the northern desert or the southern barbarians?
"okay, I get it."
The search for the blood antelope horns has not yet been found, and there are only three days left for Zhuang Zhuang. Everyone is anxious like ants on a hot pot, but there is nothing they can do.
At this time, many adults in the DPRK and China began to recommend candidates for the son-in-law.
Sun Can also entered the palace to beg the Empress Dowager that day, knelt down and said that he liked the princess a long time ago, and now he doesn't care whether the princess will die, and only wants to marry her as his wife before she dies.
The empress dowager scolded him, but he refused to leave.
If no one came to ask for marriage, the Empress Dowager might consider marrying the princess to him, but today, several ministers came to recommend talents, so how could the Empress Dowager take this worthless natal nephew in her eyes?
Therefore, when the noble concubine entered the palace, the empress dowager angrily told about Sun Can's marriage proposal, and said angrily: "This guy is only thinking about a strong family fortune, and he is worthless all his life, just like his father." , if our two sisters are gone, the Sun family will fall and the monkeys will disperse."
The noble concubine smiled and comforted, "Why is sister angry? Just leave him alone, is it possible that you really want to marry the princess to him?"
"If he's promising, there's nothing wrong with that. After all, he's married to Zhuang Zhuang. He's also a son-in-law, and he's done something for our family, but the Ai family gets angry when they think of what he's done."
"Okay, let's not talk about him, is there anyone you like?" asked the noble concubine.
The empress dowager immediately became vigilant, "You also have recommendations?"
The Concubine Gui smiled, "I have no contact with those young people, so how do I know any talents? I just want to help."