Zhen Guo Princess GL

Chapter 234 Palace Affairs

Although I was full of confidence in front of my mother, I felt hesitant when I left the house. I wanted to find A Huan, but when I thought about how busy she was, I changed my mind and went back to Lichun Terrace first. Order someone to explain mother's intention to Cui Mingde, and then invite her to come.

Cui Mingde arrived in no time, when he came, he was wearing a fifth-grade crimson robe, and he had all the hairpins and rings. When he saw me, he bowed solemnly, and I hurriedly said: "You don't have to." I wanted to help her, but she pushed her away, and said calmly: " Since the princess is in charge, it is natural to establish the rules."

I was stunned for a moment, withdrew my hand, and sat back on the table. I felt very uncomfortable, but I could only accept the whole ceremony honestly, and then ordered someone to watch tea and give me a seat, and finished all the official articles before He said to her: "Aniang asked me to take care of the general affairs of the palace during the New Year. I think there must be a regulation for everything, so please come and discuss it. Besides, I am not familiar with where in the palace. Dian Zhongsheng has been here for a long time, and I know these things better than I do, so I want to ask you a question too."

Cui Mingde pondered for a while, and then said: "The palace prepares for the New Year every year, and there are old rules to follow for common affairs such as lighting and candles. There are also rules for who is in charge of what duties. This is not something the princess should worry about."

I heard something in her words, and just about to ask, I remembered her respect just now, so I sat back and pretended to drink a glass of fruit drink——Mother said that tea is very strong, and drinking too much hurts my spirits, so I was not allowed to drink more—— After a while, the taste came out: "There are fixed rules for singing and dancing, offerings and purchases. At most, they can be increased or decreased compared with previous years. Only the rewards of the palace people, compared with previous years, have changed more. This place It’s something to pay attention to.”

Cui Mingde smiled slightly, and said: "Last year's rewards, outside the palace were headed by clan members of the Guo Dynasty, next by relatives of the Wu family and close relatives of the Yang family, second by the Kaifu, Duke of the State, and prime minister, second by Beijing officials, and second by foreign officials. In addition to the relatives of hundreds of bureaucrats, there are monks and nuns Daoyin and others. Not to mention the monks and Taoists, there are a few bhikkhunis who often enter the imperial court, and a few hermits with family members, all of whom will be rewarded directly from the palace. of."

I wondered: "Monk and nun Daoyin, isn't my sister-in-law in charge?"

Cui Mingde said: "Princess Luling is in charge of the water and land ashram during the Chinese New Year, chanting scriptures and praying for blessings, worshiping everywhere, and repairing palaces, etc., but regardless of festival rewards, treasures, etc., the princess is still in charge."

I said sullenly: "That is to say, I took over all the good things, and handed over all the hard work to her."

Cui Mingde glanced at me and said calmly: "People always have relatives and estrangements. If the Empress Dowager can use Princess Luling, it means that she still has King Luling in her heart. This is their husband and wife's blessing. Besides, if Princess Luling is in charge of palace affairs, Then where will the Son of Heaven be placed?"

Even so, I was still depressed in my heart, but this is not the time to be depressed, the best way to protect Ah Huan is to do well what my mother told me and strengthen my position, so I cheered up and talked with Cui Mingde Discuss: "Since that's the case, I will personally take care of the reward. I will hand over the rest of the affairs to the divisions to draw up the regulations. Just read the outline. What do you think?"

Cui Mingde nodded acquiescingly, and said: "I heard that the princess used to write clearly the duties of each person in the palace, so that everyone would know, and set up a wooden sign as a pair of numbers, one card for each event, one card for each person, and one card for each person. When handling affairs, you can get things with cards, so everything will be clear and clear. I think this year can also be handled in the same way, using the cards as numbers, and matching the families. However, we need to borrow a few people from the princess, and we need people who have participated in this matter before. , Let them tell the palace and the servants how to handle it, this will save a lot of trouble."

I think this discussion is very good, nodded and said: "Just do it like this." I wanted to ask her to take care of everything for me, but I thought that her qualifications are still young, so she may not be able to hold back those who are always in the palace. The servant and female officer of the court gave up her laziness, and only entrusted her to do this matter, and reminded me when she was free, and asked people to call Song Foyou and Feng Shiliang into the palace, and ordered Song Foyou to be the supervisor. Picketing the palace affairs everywhere, Feng Shiliang was entrusted by me to spread the word everywhere - this old guy is very slippery, his mouth is as sweet as honey when he speaks beautiful words, and he is well versed in the relationship between various places in the palace. People, nothing could be more appropriate. If I have something to say, I can let him say it.

Seeing that I used him, Feng Shiliang squinted his eyes with joy, and said he wanted his adoptive son Feng Yongchang and a few eunuchs in the middle to come in. I knew that this old oily man wanted to make money, and he hated microbiology in his heart. After thinking about it for a second, he endured it again, called him to come to him, and told him carefully: "The Empress Dowager calls the rules, there must be some changes in the palace, you are an old man in the palace, and you should know the priorities of the various places in the palace. When you are in the mansion, if you I don't care about making small mistakes, being lazy, or taking advantage of things. When I get to the palace, I'm not allowed to do it like I was in the mansion. My mother entrusted me with this matter, just to see if I can do it. Well, I have a reward, so your wealth will naturally not escape. If it doesn’t work out, at most I won’t preside over such things in the future, but you may not be so easy—understand?”

He smiled and agreed: "Don't worry, my lady, is this old slave an ignorant person?" He swears and swears his loyalty again, and then offers a plan to say that in the palace, it can be the same as in the mansion, and he also made up songs, Ask the palace people to sing it, so that everyone knows who to go to and who should take care of what.I thought so, so I asked him to compose ballads, but he only recommended his adopted son Feng Yongchang. I saw that he insisted, so I let him go.

After explaining these few things, more than half of the day has passed, and then I went through the list of stewards submitted by the palace, and decided when and who I would see tomorrow, and it was already dark, and I hurriedly ate my meal and took a stroll. In the Baisun Courtyard, A Huan was still meeting people in the main hall to talk about things, and Shouli fell asleep again, so he didn't want to be disturbed. He went back to Lichun Terrace all the way, and spent the night alone. Go to the main hall to meet people—I know that there are many people in the palace, but I don’t know there are so many. When I entered the room, I saw the deacons standing all over the room, except for the two rows of servants on both sides. Eunuchs, half of whom are female officials, came down from the palace and the governors of the two provinces, and crowded a large hall to the brim.

I was guided to my seat by the palace staff—according to the etiquette officer, I was promoted to the palace—and after seeing so many people, I couldn’t help but feel a little weak in my heart, and moved a little awkwardly, and heard Feng Shiliang shouted "Bai", All the heads of the people in that hall bowed down, which was even more spectacular than when I was worshiped in the hall on my birthday every year, and because of my humble nature, I only asked them to bow for a while on my birthday, which was considered a complete gift, but this time it was done by Feng Shiliang and one of the servants acted as a guide, and they solemnly attracted all the people in the hall to bow down to Jishou. The spectacle of the scene was not comparable to that of a hundred people in our hall.

It’s not the hardest part for all the people in the hall to worship together. The most difficult thing is that everyone came forward one by one and bowed to me one by one. I got the list yesterday, because there are so many people, so I took a quick look at it. Forget it, seeing each other today, I really lost my eyesight. Fortunately, everyone I met was named by Feng Shiliang, and I also reported my resume in detail. There are so many people, I just sit on the table most of the time and learn from each other. Looking at Cui Mingde's usual expressionless face, just nod his head from time to time.Even so, it took until nightfall to see all the people in the palace. When they retreated, Cui Mingde came again and said: "These are just the leaders of various places, and there are still some cadres missing. Although the grade is not high, it is very important. It’s best for the princess to see her. Besides, there are still vacancies for some positions, although the two provinces already have candidates, it’s best for the princess to take a look.”

I was already dizzy, waved my hand and said, "Then let's see it tomorrow." By this time, I really didn't want to do anything, I just wanted to go back and lie down on the bed, but Cui Mingde called me again: "How much does the princess remember of the people I saw today?"

I murmured: "There must be three or four out of ten." In fact, out of the hundreds of people who rushed forward, I remembered less than twenty of them, not counting those whose faces and names didn't match.

Cui Mingde seemed to have seen through my thoughts, snorted softly, and said: "Although I don't remember much, there are three out of ten. Why don't you match the age and grade with the princess, so how can the princess remember ten of them? Six or seven."

I muttered, "It's getting late, let's wait until tomorrow."

There was no one else in the palace, she glanced at me indifferently, and said: "This is the second day, if the princess can't even handle the general affairs of the first palace, how can she handle the affairs of the world?"

I really want to tell her that I really have no interest in this world. In my heart, as long as Ah Huan and Shou Li are doing well, other people around me are also doing well, and we all live happily together. But I really can't say it.

A Huan has long been caught in the trap, Shou Li was born with the original sin of being the son of the deposed emperor, and even A Shao has been involved in the struggle between his mother and the courtiers. At this time, if I want to say something about being alone, it’s not right. But stupid, and also bad.What's more, I myself have long been unable to be cautious about my independence. Yesterday, I knew that Feng Shiliang would definitely take advantage of the opportunity in my name, but I could only give a few words of warning and let him bring his own people into the palace.

I sat back listlessly, looked at Cui Mingde's radiant face, and forced myself to smile: "Then there is Lao Cui Erniang."

The author has something to say: the first update today, and another update later in the evening.

Tai Ping said: On a big Monday, I don’t want to go to work, let alone work overtime, but think about my wife and son, and think about my mother (not), I can only work overtime with tears in my eyes. ㄒo ㄒ)/~~.

Mou Yun said: This is the so-called mid-life crisis.

Taiping: ...

A Huan: ...

Cui Mingde: ...

Dugu Shao: ...

Shangguan Wan'er: ...

Zetian: ...

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