coobybook Chapter 140: 6 Palaces set an example and watched with cold eyes
Chapter 140: 6 Palaces set an example and watched with cold eyes
"As the head of the six palaces, I naturally have to set an example. Concubine Hua and Concubine Qi are both high-ranking concubines, so they should be treated the same as me."
The queen looked at Jianqiu and spoke.
Once the allowance was reduced, Concubine Qi, feeling sorry for her son, would naturally go to the Emperor to complain about Concubine Shen. As for Concubine Hua, there was no need to say more.
"Your Majesty, what you said makes sense."
Jianqiu knelt down and bowed to the queen.
"This is not my idea. It was Concubine Shen who made the suggestion in person in front of the Emperor."
The Queen looked at Jianqiu meaningfully and said.
"Of course I will not compete with Concubine Shen for this credit."
"Yes, ma'am."
Jianqiu naturally understood the queen's implication, smiled and nodded.
"It's so hot out here, and these things are all so messed up. They look so unappetizing. How can I eat them?"
Concubine Hua flicked her sleeves and didn't even want to look at the dishes on the table.
"Songzhi, ask the imperial kitchen to send some crab meat cakes over. I just can't eat these."
Concubine Hua turned to look at Songzhi and spoke.
"My lady, I'm afraid this won't work."
Songzhi looked at Concubine Hua with difficulty and said.
"What's wrong? Could it be that the Imperial Kitchen saw that I have fallen out of favor recently, so they won't give it to me?"
"If you really don't want to give it to me, can't you just use some money? Do I need to teach you this?"
The more Hua Fei spoke, the more annoyed she became. She snatched the fan from the hand of the little maid who was fanning her and quickly fanned herself several times.
"My lady, it's not because of this."
"What's that for?"
Concubine Hua was a little confused. If it wasn't because she had fallen out of favor that she gave her these disgusting things, then what other reason could it be?
"It was Lady Shen who proposed to convert the share of each palace into silver and distribute it. If I take the silver to the imperial kitchen, I can only get these things in return."
"As for the crab roe crisps that Her Majesty likes, Her Majesty has issued an order not to eat these expensive snacks, so the people in the imperial kitchen have stopped buying crab roe, and naturally, the crab roe crisps are no longer available."
Songzhi looked at Concubine Hua angrily and aggrievedly and explained.
"The Queen is always so stingy. She doesn't even allow people to have snacks in such hot weather. How can we live like this?"
"What's more, it's only been a short time since the Queen took back the power to manage the six palaces, and there's not even a serving of crab roe pastry left in this palace. The Queen is really good at managing her household."
Hua Fei was already irritable due to the hot weather, and today's events made her even more annoyed.
"All they do every day is feed us these vegetarian dishes. There's not even a hint of meat in sight!"
The more Hua Fei spoke, the angrier she became. She picked up the cooled tea and took a big gulp.
But the angrier I got, the more I felt like there was a fire in my chest that I couldn't vent.
Seeing this, Songzhi looked at the empress with pity, and quickly took out a handkerchief from her arms to wipe the sweat oozing from Concubine Hua's forehead.
"I think it's mainly because of Concubine Shen who keeps giving blind advice to the Emperor. If it weren't for Concubine Shen's unreliable ideas, the Empress wouldn't have suffered this injustice."
Songzhi got angry when she thought about the arrogant looks on the servants' faces when she went to the imperial kitchen to get the regular dishes.
"Lady Shen, humph."
Concubine Hua couldn't help but snort coldly, her tone full of disdain.
"You haven't even started to work with the six palaces yet, and you're already trying to please the Emperor."
"You want to step on me to get to the top, but you don't even know if you can do it firmly."
Concubine Hua looked ahead with cold eyes, tightly gripping the handle of the fan in her hand, wishing she could tear the bitch Shen Meizhuang to pieces.
"Songzhi, the masters in this palace are having a hard time right now, and I think it's even harder for the servants."
"Go get some silver notes and give some subsidies to the servants in the palaces."
Hua Fei smiled meaningfully and looked at Song Zhi and said.
Noble Lady Shen's frugal reforms greatly infringed upon the interests of the servants in the various palaces. Although under An Lingrong's advice, Shen Meizhuang did not touch the mung bean soup.
But the mung bean soup only involves the lowest-level slaves, and there is no profit to be made from it.
However, changing the share of each palace into silver had a great impact on the interests of the masters and servants of each palace. Coupled with the Queen's instigation, everyone in each palace became more and more resentful of Shen Meizhuang, the "culprit".
But what Hua Fei did now has greatly won the hearts of the people. Although each person gets little money, it is better than nothing.
Naturally, there would be some palace maids and eunuchs who were unhappy with Shen Meizhuang, or had family difficulties, who would take the initiative to seek refuge with Concubine Hua.
This is also why Concubine Hua was able to succeed so easily in her subsequent attempts to plot against Shen Meizhuang.
"My lady, these dishes are too bad. They are simply inedible."
Yuhu looked at the standard dishes on the table. Even she, a servant, couldn't eat them, let alone the empress who was pregnant.
"It's okay. This is the case in all palaces now. Fortunately, there is a small kitchen in the natural painting. If you really can't get used to the food in the imperial kitchen, just ask the people in the small kitchen to make some dishes you like."
"As for these things, you can distribute them to the servants in the palace, and ask the kitchen to add some meat dishes for them."
Fu Cha Zhixi looked at the light dishes in front of him and gave instructions to Yu Hu calmly.
"I can eat anything I want. I just feel sorry for you, my lady."
Yuhu pursed her lips in indignation and said.
"Moreover, the blood swallows that Her Majesty drank before are no longer supplied by the Imperial Kitchen. They say that blood swallows are too wasteful. Her Majesty has issued an order not to allow the Imperial Kitchen to use these overly expensive ingredients."
Suqin has always been steady and dignified, and she doesn't talk much most of the time.
But when she went to the imperial kitchen to get the blood swallows, she was turned back by the eunuch with the Queen's order. She couldn't help feeling dissatisfied on behalf of the Queen.
"The baby in your belly is already so big, but you won't even let her eat good bird's nest. This is totally unreasonable."
"Yes, my lady, if it doesn't work, then talk to the emperor about this matter."
"It's okay for us servants to eat less, but the little prince in the queen's belly needs to eat some good food to replenish his body."
Fang Qiu couldn't help but look at Fu Cha Zhixi worriedly and said.
"It's okay. I told the emperor before that I wanted my mother to come to Yuanmingyuan to accompany me, and the emperor agreed."
"So it won't be long before my mother comes over, and these things will naturally not be lacking."
Fu Cha Zhixi shook his head and rejected Fang Qiu's proposal.
The emperor was obviously aware of this matter, and he just wanted to save money on the six palaces to use for military expenses.
So even though he knew that Shen Meizhuang's idea was unreliable, he would naturally agree to the other party's suggestion because it would not affect him and it would save money.
(The heroine is not a saint and is willing to help others, but she values her own interests more.)