The Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(176)

So to push the power outward, Grandma Gong has only seen this one in her entire life.

Fortunately, the mistress was enlightened. Little did she know that it was Yao Niang who took the initiative to mention this matter, and it was just something she felt.

It seems like it has been spinning for many days, and Yao Niang almost understands what the process is. Aunt Gong then said to her: "Actually, I don't have to work so hard, and you don't need to keep an eye on everything. If we were all like you, the ladies in each house wouldn't have to do anything else. All you have to do is to choose people you trust and let them act as your right-hand man and your eyes and ears, taking charge of each level. When something comes up, you are responsible for making decisions. Of course, the rules of reward and punishment must be set first. If everything follows the rules, it will be much easier in the future.”

"Reassuring people? You are pretty good now. As for the rules, I remember you showed me a booklet, and the numbers were clearly listed on it."

Auntie Gong nodded, "One more thing is that your Majesty must take care of the account books, the keys to the various warehouses, and the keys to the various concierges."

After that, Grandma Gong had several boxes brought over, which were filled with account books and keys everywhere. Fortunately, the key boxes here are marked on the outside, and since the Jin Palace has just settled in the capital, there are not too many account books, only ten or twenty.

Even so, Yao Niang was stunned.

After figuring out where the key was, the first thing she did was to collect the keys to warehouses A and B.

This is the entire property of the Jin Palace, including furniture, ornaments, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, fabrics, etc., all in the Jiaku. When it was transported from Jinzhou to the capital, dozens of cars were transported, but only part of it was taken, and some bulky things were left in the palace of Jinzhou.

And the contents of these dozens of cars were all put into the warehouse. When Yao Niang heard the girls come to report, she was surprised that there was so much money in the palace. In fact, he sighed that the princess was really rich.

As for Yiku, gold, silver and other items are stored. Not only are there many very precious and rare treasures, but there is also a lot of silver. In fact, the most important thing is the money. Yao Niang went to see it and was very satisfied when she came back.

Her monthly payment was just enough to cover her expenses. She looked well-dressed and well-fed, but in reality she was a pauper, with no more than a hundred taels of silver in her money box. It would be okay if she didn't look at it. Every time she looked at the money box, she had the feeling that one day she might not even have the money to reward her servants.

When King Jin came back from his shift at the Ministry of Works, he saw her smiling, and she showed a mysterious smile from time to time.

While she was in the inner room, he called Yu Chan and asked, and he immediately understood what she was enjoying. When Yao Niang came out of the inner room, she saw that King Jin looked at her with a meaningful look.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." King Jin looked calm and calm, "By the way, I heard from the people below that how many warehouses have you visited in the past two days?"

Yao Niang nodded quickly, her eyes shining a little: "There are so many treasures in there!"

King Jin covered his lips with his fist, coughed slightly, and then said seriously: "You are now in charge of the central government. You don't need to report to me the money below 5,000 taels, you can spend it as you like."

"real?"

King Jin nodded slightly.

"Your Highness, you are so kind!"

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Next to her, Yu Chan lowered her head, not daring to look at the scene of the two masters being intimate.

She decided to hide this secret in her heart. She cut off part of the monthly distribution of the concubine and kept it in another place for emergencies.

I've collected a box of them all. Every time she secretly took out silver from the concubine's money box behind someone's back, she must not let the silver inside exceed one hundred taels. Yu Chan felt so stressed.

How to get it, how to get it without letting the concubine notice it, and how she secretly took out the money to make up for it every time she ran out of money, all gave her a headache.

But who said this was... an order?

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Yao Niang counted her little treasury: one tael, two taels, ten taels...

The girl's voice came from outside the door: "Madam, Your Highness has come to reward you."

…

"Congratulations, Madam. Congratulations, Madam. Your Highness really loves you."

Yao Niang smiled so hard that her face stiffened: "Reward, reward everyone, each one will be rewarded with a hundred coins..."

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Yao Niang continued to count her little treasury: one tael, two taels, ten taels...

There was a sudden knock on the door, and Yao Niang was frightened.

"Madam, Madam, Your Highness is here to reward me again."

"Thank you, my wife is very cheerful, enjoy it together, enjoy it together..."

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As she kept counting, Yao Niang found that the money in her money box was getting less and less. Every month, the monthly money was gone before the end of the month.

She nicknamed herself Moonlight Clan. →. →

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Yao Niang: 嘤嘤嘤, (??ˇ?ˇ??) Humph! It's all your fault, I have no money! (〃′o`) I really want to cry. I’m going to beat your chest, you bad guy! ! ! (￣^￣)ゞ咩QAQ I beat your chest. You are so annoying! Why do you reward these wretched things to others? They want small money! (=?ω?)? They hit you on the chest with small fists! ! ! (?? ︿???) Big bad guy, I’ll beat you to death (つд?)

King Jin: If you want to run away every day, I will give you money so that you can do it! →. →

Chapter 138

August 15th arrived in the blink of an eye. As usual, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the palace held a moon-viewing banquet.

Not only the royal palaces, but also the important ministers and nobles of the court and their female relatives were invited.

Unlike other times, the Moon Viewing Banquet was mostly for entertainment, so the most popular palace banquet for the ladies and noble ladies in the capital was this Moon Viewing Banquet.

On this day, before dusk, many carriages drove out from the alleys of the imperial city. These carriages were all decorated gorgeously, and it was obvious that they were the carriages of the ladies and noble ladies of various families. Occasionally, there were also noble men dressed in gorgeous clothes and noble clothes, riding horses in groups of three or two. At the same time, there were also official sedan chairs mixed in, like a colorful torrent that dispersed and flowed into various palace gates when approaching the Forbidden City.

This time, Prince Jin and Yao Niang walked separately, he entered from Donghua Gate, and Yao Niang from Xuanwu Gate.

The carriage stopped when it could not move anymore. At this time, the white marble square in front of Xuanwu Gate was divided into two, and the long dragon-like convoy on the left was moving slowly forward, and the speed of movement was almost negligible. On the other side, carriages kept coming out, obviously making room for the cars behind.

At the front of the square near the palace gate, there were many women from various palaces dressed in gorgeous and bright clothes, waiting for the eunuchs to come and arrange for everyone to enter the palace.

After the carriage stopped, the palace guard drove the horse to the front. Not long after, he came back and led the carriage through the empty passage on the right.

The power of the royal family was clearly revealed here. In fact, if there were no benefits and preferential treatment, why would everyone rush to get in and cut off their heads to drill up. The women from various palaces who were waiting impatiently in the back could only watch with envy as the two carriages with gorgeous decorations and the emblem of the Prince of Jin's Palace left in a cloud of dust.

It is said that the Princess of Jin went to Tangquan Manor to recuperate because of her poor health. So it goes without saying that the person sitting in the leading car must be Concubine Su, who gave birth to two sons for the Prince of Jin.

Yao Niang is now famous in the capital, because there have been two weddings in the palace recently, and the Prince of Jin brought her along.

Such behavior is rare. You should know that although the concubine is a concubine, she is also a concubine. Generally, the wife should be brought along on such occasions. If there is no wife, it doesn't matter if she doesn't go. I have never seen a family take a concubine out to socialize, which is obviously suspected of taking a concubine as a wife.

Because of this, a young and inexperienced censor reported the Prince of Jin, but was scolded by Emperor Hongjing for having nothing to do and staring at what he ate and drank today.

Although the original words were not like this, this is what everyone translated.

But the censor is supposed to monitor the words and deeds of the court, the princes and officials, from the big ones like the court officials committing evil, the villains forming a party, and the power and power disrupting the government, to the small ones like which high-ranking official is sleeping with prostitutes, or which family is not strict in managing the family and letting slaves commit crimes, etc. So the censor could have said such a small thing, but he was reprimanded.

However, after this incident, those who should understand naturally understood it in their hearts, and those who should not understand would at most make up a specious conclusion that the King of Jin was really favored.

Apart from these, it is well known that there is a concubine in the King of Jin's mansion who is in the limelight. Naturally, the old saying that the King of Jin is not interested in women and likes men is mentioned again. The outside world has spread the rumors about Yao Niang as if she is so beautiful that she can shame the moon and the flowers. Otherwise, why would the King of Jin, who has always been pure and unlucky, show such a doting attitude.

Heroes are hard to resist the temptation of beauty. In the past, heroes were not interested in women because they had not met real beauties.

In short, there are all kinds of rumors. However, because of this rumor, the King of Jin has been missing in the recent rumors about the kings competing to marry the Wang family's daughter.

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One of these admiring eyes belongs to Wang Defang.

The carriage of the Wang family happened to be in the back, and had to wait slowly. In fact, considering the reputation of Wang Gelao in the court, it is not impossible to join the queue in front, and there are many people willing to give them space in front. However, Wang Gelao has always been careful about his reputation and strictly ordered his family members not to bully others, so the Wang family members can only wait impatiently in the back.

There are two cars in total from the Wang family. Madam Wang Da and Madam Wang Er took their daughters-in-law in one car, and the other car was occupied by the three daughters of the eldest house.

So not only Wang Defang sat in this car, but also her two concubines.

In theory, concubines are not qualified to attend such occasions. But before going out, Wang Zi suddenly said that Madam Wang Da took her two daughters out to see the world. To put it bluntly, it was to steal her limelight.