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Chapter 1679 Cining Palace deceives the Queen Mother

Qiu Debao looked at Li Cong in disbelief. There was another person with this look, that was the original general manager Qi Dushan. He never thought that his position would be gone. He knew that his age was already considered too old.

I'm young, but I never expected that I would lose my position at such a time. It seems that I still haven't figured out the prince's temper. The prince can make the decision on national affairs. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is at most a third-level junior minister.

The official is considered very important outside, but in this palace, he is nothing. Whether he kills Ye Qiugu or not is none of his business. Qi Dushan also scolded himself for being troublesome at this time, but his mind was also wandering.

Soon, he will be gone if he loses his official position. He has bought a lot of properties over the years. He can live a good life back in his hometown. Besides, the imperial capital is now a whirlpool of storms. There is no benefit to staying here.

Yes, thinking of this, this guy felt a little relieved.

"Haha, then I will thank the prince and invite him to have a glass of wine. I will hand over to Manager Qiu when I get back today. I will leave first." Qi Dushan's reaction also surprised everyone. Li Cong forgot about it.

In just a few minutes, Qi Dushan knew what he should do. It was really amazing. It would be such a waste of talent for such a talented person to leave like this. Li Cong smiled and nodded, letting you go.

It's just a matter of words not to let you go. It's too unqualified to use you for the things here. There is a bigger job waiting for you here.

Qiu Debao was also puzzled. Although the prince said that just now, why did Qi Dushan, who was already an old man next to the late emperor, be sent away with just one sentence? If Qi Dushan had argued hard, he might not have been able to get this position.

, I didn’t see the scene where Qi Dushan was depressed, but Qiu Debao seemed to be a little uneasy. Could it be that this old guy had other tricks? After fighting with this old guy all his life, Qiu Debao knew that Qi Dushan could

He is not a kind person. Such a person gives up his official position without saying anything. Is this going to kill the fish? Qiu Debao shuddered when he thought of this, but it passed quickly. He is now an official.

The promoted general manager immediately ordered people to take Ye Qiugu and the others out and behead them in public. Li Cong was also very satisfied with what he did, but when he turned around, he saw Princess Shengping who was a little scared.

Because Princess Shengping was so similar to Li Cong's first wife, Li Cong would often mistake her for Zhou Xue. She was still like that now. Li Cong felt really distressed when he looked at her.

, "It's okay, I'll accompany you to the Queen Mother's place." Li Cong held her little hand and said. In fact, Li Cong also understood that Princess Shengping's behavior was because she was not used to the way she looked just now, although she didn't do anything about it.

Such a stern look, but there are also a few people who have died because of their own reasons. It is human nature for Princess Shengping not to accept it. After all, he shows more of a good person in front of her, but she wants to be in this palace.

Getting a foothold here is not that simple.

"It's okay, I know what's going on. My father taught me very early on that if you want to live happily and casually in this palace, sometimes you need to do some such things. I just felt a little uncomfortable just now. Adapt, I also know that without Ye Qiugu, no one will come to interfere with the two of us playing together, right?" 1 38 Kanshu.com does not skip words. The little girl suddenly said with big eyes, in fact, she was worried just now What the Queen Mother wants to explain is that the Queen Mother has been arrogant all her life. When she got old and was at her most powerful, someone actually killed her own maid. Such a thing would definitely cause an uproar in the palace.

"Of course, no one wants to die. I think you should not go to the Queen Mother today. It's not a big deal for her to find you. It's a big deal here. I'll ask someone to send you to your mother. You Let's take a rest first, and I'll go over and explain it to the Queen Mother." Li Cong thought for a while and said, there might be something more bloody later, so this little girl had better not follow her.

"No, I want to go with you." The little girl said stubbornly. In fact, she was afraid that Li Cong would suffer from the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother was still okay with her. Although she didn't mean it from the bottom of her heart, she felt that if she was there, The Queen Mother would not criticize Li Cong too harshly.

"Haha, I can still handle this kind of thing. You'd better go to your mother and be obedient." She would be obedient every time Li Cong spoke like this, and this time was no exception, but the look in her eyes Still looking worried.

"Bah, it's not embarrassing. That's my mother. You haven't married me yet, and you called me." The little girl said with a blush when she turned around. Li Cong was depressed for a while. He called himself mother-in-law. Is there anything wrong? Looking at the little girl, Li Cong smiled, waved his hand, and asked everyone to follow him to Cining Palace. He was going to see how difficult the old queen was, and he also asked her by the way. She knows that things have changed in the harem now. You are no longer the biggest and strongest person in the harem. It is better to be more honest in the future, otherwise it will not be as simple as killing you as a slave.

This palace is still different from the palace in China. Although the location of Cining Palace in China is also important, it is not as important as the emperor's Qianqing Palace. But it is different here. It can be said that the entire palace is built around Cining Palace. It was also built magnificently. When Li Cong came in, he saw the majestic front. The minions in front of the Cining Palace were also in groups, and they were obviously more numerous than other places. Many people can tell that the Cining Palace is different from other places in the palace as soon as they come in. Li Cong thought to himself that the Queen Mother is already eighty years old, so she still needs so many people to serve her?

"Stop, Cining Palace is an important place. No unauthorized entry is allowed." There are always obstacles in the way. The two young eunuchs at the door said loudly. They didn't know Li Cong at all, but they still knew Li Cong's official uniform very well. Yes, isn't he just a prince? What's so great? There are many princes among the nobles in this imperial capital. Outside, others treat you with respect. But in the Queen Mother's place, everyone is avoiding cat and mouse. What's embarrassing about princes here? But there were too many, and many people had met him before, so they didn't take any special care of this person. Looking at the people behind him, there were several deputy managers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and people in other places were all trying to fawn over him. They, but we are different here, no one wants to curry favor with them, but they can do the opposite.

"How can you talk to each other? This is our Regent. He is here to see the Queen Mother. You go in and report." If Li Congwan had been here for a few minutes, he would probably know about Ye Qiugu.

However, it was too early for Li to come, so no one knew about it at all. Prince Regent? This title seems to be different from the titles of other princes. It should be more powerful. This little

Taiji bowed to Li Cong symbolically and went in to inform him.

At the moment, the old queen mother is taking care of the red carps in the big water tanks in front of her house. She has nothing to do today, but several spies in the palace told her that Princess Shengping has a close relationship with the regent recently.

After a while, she thought that she would be fine anyway, so she called Princess Shengping over to give her a beating. She was getting older, and she didn't want to worry so much about the court affairs. After all, the emperor was getting older now, and now she

Just enjoy the good things. The country that the emperor has governed for so many years is pretty good. Even the chaos in the imperial capital was solved in one night. Naturally, her people don't know what is going on outside.

, she told her that the emperor's people killed the prince's people, and then the regent took the greatest credit, and she also knew something when something happened in Guangming City. The emperor agreed to Li Cong granting him the title of king with a different surname.

"The Queen Mother, the Regent brought some deputy managers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ask for an audience." Li Cong didn't give this guy any meaning. Naturally, they wouldn't say a word for Li Cong. It would be better if the Queen Mother got angry and disappeared.

Then they can go out and explain the rules in the palace to Li Cong, so that they can make a lot of money.

"Prince Regent? What is he here for? Didn't I ask Qiugu to call that girl Shengping? Qiugu is also old. I can't do anything for him anymore. Please ask him to come in." The Queen Mother was very playful at the moment.

Although she is already over eighty years old, she is still well maintained and looks like she is in her sixties. The Queen Mother is originally a person who attaches great importance to rules. This Li has never received her summons.

She came right away, so she was not going to be seen, but I haven't seen Li Cong since he became the prince. Li Cong's filial piety to him was very good in the past, so let's see it once today.

The little eunuch originally expected to go out and teach Li Cong and then say something. Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother chose to meet this person. Come on, there is no money. It would be better to be honest. The Queen Mother just said that Ye Qiugu was wrong.

, don’t keep up yourself.

When Li Cong heard the word "reward", he was obviously a little unhappy. **, how could meeting him become a reward? Li Cong knew that this was also the rule of the empire. Forget it, my lord.

There were a lot of people who didn't care about them. Li Cong followed the little eunuch in and walked a long way before he saw the Queen Mother and a bunch of her servants. Several concubines in the palace were also waiting here. You know

There are not many people in this harem who are qualified to play fish with the Queen Mother. This is an honor.

"Your Majesty Li Cong has met the Queen Mother." Li Cong did not kneel down but gave a slight salute. According to the laws of the empire, it was not wrong for Li Cong to do so. After all, the prince of the empire was considered the junior of the Queen Mother and did not need to kneel down.

It's a big gift. Originally, Li Cong didn't like this girl very much, but now giving you a little fist touch is already a big deal.

"The Ai family heard that you helped the emperor do a lot of things, which is pretty good. I didn't summon you to come over today." The Queen Mother didn't even raise her head, and Li Cong could tell that this bitch was

He came to show off his power, but Li Cong was not angry at this moment. He looked at the people in Cining Palace, and it was obvious that there were more people than other places. This was

There are two reasons. One is that there are too few people to serve the Queen Mother, and the other is because everyone in the palace knows that working as an errand in Cining Palace will bring a lot of money, so everyone wants to come here, so

The population is getting bigger and bigger.

"Queen Mother, I actually came here for something. Your Majesty asked me to sort out the expenses of the harem. The war on the Guangming City on the front line is about to start again. This is not a trivial matter. Although last time I

The Snake Queen's attack was repelled, but according to our intelligence, this time the Snake Queen has gathered nearly 20 million soldiers from the Savage Tribe to prepare for another large-scale attack. Whether Guangming City can be defended this time is another matter.

Because of military expenses, His Majesty asked me to reduce the expenses of the harem." When he came, Li Cong also asked Qiu Debao, and this guy also said that generally if there is a war on the front line, the palace will cut its own expenses to support the front line.

, it’s just that the Queen Mother’s food and clothing expenses have never been reduced. If so, it’s just the Queen Mother’s appearance. Most of them have no actual effect at all.

"Well, you have done a good job in Guangming City. I will reward you with a pair of Ruyi jade. I will put this at Shengping's place first and wait for her to use it as a dowry when she gets married. It just so happens that my palace

There are still a dozen slaves in there who are of no use anymore, so let’s release them all out of the palace. We can save some money.” The Queen Mother nodded and said. She thought Li Cong came here just for a formality. It turned out that

Is this the case? No wonder they brought so many officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a dozen minions? There are thousands of minions in Cining Palace, accounting for one-tenth of the people in the palace. The Queen Mother needs so many

Humans? Of course they are not needed. Some expensive medicinal materials and the like can be sent here as if they are free of charge. The monthly expenses of Cining Palace are not even a little bit more than those of other palaces.

"Thank you, Queen Mother. The ministers have also seen this reduction of expenditures. In the past, it was just superficial. This time, Your Majesty specially ordered the ministers to do it. This time, it will be serious. So I asked people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to calculate the food of the entire harem.

The wear rate will definitely be reduced by one-third from the original basis. I wonder what the Queen Mother means?" Li Cong said, and the Queen Mother nodded. It was the same way in the past, but no one from the Ministry of Internal Affairs

She would ask the Queen Mother about this matter. The Queen Mother didn't know much about it. Anyway, she knew that no matter how much she cut expenses, it would not be her fault. She had no control over those concubines.

"Yes, this time I want to save a lot of money. The soldiers on the front line are fighting for the country. It would be absolutely outrageous if we were still spending so much in the rear. Just go ahead and do it boldly. I would like to

Let's see who in the harem dares not to cooperate with this matter." The Queen Mother has not raised her head yet. If she had looked at Li Cong, she might not have said that, because Li Cong took out an account book with the first number on it

There are three big characters written on the page: "Cining Palace".

The people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs behind Li Cong were watching Li Cong's actions. They never imagined that this guy would even dare to take care of the Queen Mother's affairs. To be honest, at the beginning, they all felt that Li Cong was certain.

I came here to explain to the Queen Mother how and why people die. After all, Ye Qiugu is not a person without a name. Apart from not having the official position given by the court, he is more powerful than them, the deputy director-general of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

, even the current general manager is useless. The former general manager could have some relationship with Ye Qiugu, but let’s forget about the current one.

"Queen Mother, since you said that, I will follow the rules. I just took out some documents from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It said that the monthly expenses of Cining Palace exceed two million gold coins. Isn't this too much?

One thing, the annual cost is close to 30 million gold coins. I think this amount is a bit large. The layout of Shoukang Palace and Cining Palace are basically the same. There are more than 30 concubines of the late emperor living there.

Concubine, the Queen Mother’s position is of course higher than theirs, but it shouldn’t be that high. The annual expenses of Shoukang Palace are less than one million gold coins, and the Queen Mother’s monthly expenses are twice that of others. I think

For the Queen Mother, five million gold coins a year is enough. On average, more than 40 gold coins a month is quite a lot. I wonder what the Queen Mother wants?" Li Cong finished speaking about these things one by one.

They were speechless and looked at Li Cong as if they were dumbfounded. Did the regent not wake up this morning? Or was he suffering from brain damage? Why did he dare to say anything? The Queen Mother's food and clothing expenses were not small.

, but she is the Queen Mother, and no one has told me about this for many years. You are really awesome.

At this time, the Queen Mother was finally willing to raise her head from the carp in front of her to look at Li Cong. If she spoke, it would be a reward. The Queen Mother looking at you is a blessing that you have received in eight lifetimes. If you don't look at you, there is nothing you can do.

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"After a long time of turmoil, the prince came to tell me this. It seems that we have to settle the matter carefully. My Cining Palace has not reduced expenses in many years. I live a very comfortable life. I didn't expect that I will get old.

The emperor is coming to reduce my expenses. Let the emperor come over. I want to see how he reduces my expenses." Although the Queen Mother said it with a smile, everyone present except Li Cong was covered in blood.

Khan, although the Queen Mother and the Emperor are not biological mother and son, the Emperor was raised by the Queen Mother, and the relationship between their mother and son has always been very good. The Emperor respected the Queen Mother very much, and the Queen Mother cared for the Emperor very much. They have been doing so for decades.

It's like this. I didn't expect that the emperor would actually reduce the expenses of the Queen Mother. Tens of millions of gold coins a year may be a big number for others, but for the Queen Mother, she has so many treasures.

She can afford to spend tens of millions of gold coins a month, and it's very easy. What she wants is this face. At this time, although the Queen Mother still looks calm on the surface, in fact she has begun to murmur in her heart.

Well, the emperor has been aggressively attacking the clan nobles a few days ago. Could it be that he is now on my head again? The life of the Queen Mother is not as peaceful as it seems on the surface. The Queen Mother also loves and protects her granddaughter.

, after becoming the crown princess, she often helped. He knew about the prince's rebellion, but the emperor and the prince were not his biological children. The emperor at that time was the daughter of the palace girl next to the queen mother. During the birth,

The Queen Mother actually gave birth to a daughter. She was able to do this thing of exchanging a civet cat for a prince. Did the emperor know what happened back then? Is he starting to force me like this?

This is also a test of Li Cong. If Li Cong dares to invite the emperor, it seems that this matter will not end well today. If Li Cong dares not to invite the emperor, then this matter is made by Li Cong without permission.

, it will be a matter of course that Li Congke gets angry. If you are disrespectful to the Queen Mother, you will be jailed even if you are a prince.

"Okay, since the Empress Dowager said that, I'll just ask someone to do it immediately. Come on, please His Majesty the Emperor come here and have a look." Li Cong smiled and said to the entourage behind him, and the two little queens immediately ran away quickly.

After going out, Li Cong also wandered around Cining Palace. Not to mention the scenery here is really good. This fish tank is also made of very precious stones. One costs at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Let's take a look.

The carp inside, good guy, there must be dozens of them in a tank, and they are so crowded that they can't move around. Li Cong doesn't know these things, but several deputy managers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs do. This is

Red carp nets can only be found in the swamps of the western prairie. The local selling price is only a few thousand gold coins. They are very rare. They can be transported to the imperial capital. They are so big that it takes at least

It costs tens of thousands of gold coins each. Look at the dozens of large fish tanks here. Not to mention other things, the fish tanks and fish alone cost tens of millions of gold coins. They are well aware of the luxury of the Queen Mother, but a plaything costs tens of millions.
To be continued...