"Wait." Jiuzhu stopped the concubines who were about to worship with the incense: "Ladies and gentlemen, to worship the incense to the sky, you should hold the incense with your right hand, cover your right hand with your left, and hold the incense on your forehead."
The girls are so pious, how could she bear to watch their sincerity go to waste
"Jiuzhu." Concubine Su smiled, "Go and show them a demonstration."
After taking the incense, Jiuzhu calmly respected the altar, and added three pillars of fragrance.
The fragrant mist was lingering, and the concubines looked at the girl who was offering the incense, and in a trance, they felt that her gestures were full of freedom and naturalness, and she had the demeanor of a world expert.
Putting the incense in the incense burner, Jiuzhu bowed and turned to look at the concubines: "Mothers, please."
"Do you understand?" Su Guifei raised her hand lightly, and the maids brought the incense up: "According to Miss Ming's actions, do it again."
The concubines looked at the incense brought in front of them, and did not dare to be angry or speak.
"What are you doing?" Concubine Su looked at them with a half-smiling smile: "There are only twelve hours in a day. If you continue to linger, I am afraid that you will need to stay up all night to copy the scriptures in order to show your sincerity."
"Thank you, Concubine Guifei, for reminding me." Concubine Ning smiled warmly and took the lead in picking up the three-pillar incense and went forward to pay respects to the incense. The other concubines saw that Concubine Ning was going to give in to Concubine Su Gui's obscenity, so they had to go forward obediently.
Jiuzhu was moved by the sincerity of the concubines, she turned her head and said to Concubine Su Gui: "The sincerity of the concubines is really touching."
"Yes." Concubine Su slowly nodded: "Bengong is also very moved."
Other concubines: "..."
So moved, why don't you two come and copy together? !
Who cares if you are touched or not? !
"Ms. Ming knows a lot at such a young age." Concubine Ning finished her incense and said in a gentle tone, "It seems that you have not only taken good care of your body, but also learned a lot during the years of being fostered in Taoist temples."
Jiuzhu looked at the beautiful woman who was talking, and she still didn't know her identity.
"This is Concubine Ning Zheng, the concubine of His Royal Highness King Qi." Concubine Su Gui added, "The concubine of Marquis Pingyuan."
Hearing the word Shu, Concubine Ning's hand holding the pen paused slightly, but the gentle smile on her face did not change.
"Concubine Ning is good." Jiuzhu bowed her knees and bowed to Concubine Ning: "Thank you for the praise, the master of the minister also said that the minister has learned well."
With a slap, the ink fell onto the paper along the tip of the pen, and Ning Fei's hand holding the pen was trembling slightly.
"Aiya, Niangniang!" Jiuzhu reminded in alarm: "The scriptures dedicated to God must not be tainted."
"Thank you Miss Ming for reminding me." Ning Fei put down the brush and crumpled the piece of paper with a smile. She kneaded so hard that even her knuckles turned white.
Shut this mouth now!
During the great court meeting, officials from the six ministries quarreled vigorously, and officials from other departments such as Dali Temple and Hanlin Academy joined the battle from time to time.
Looking at this hot scene, Emperor Longfeng not only did not get angry, but changed his sitting position on the dragon chair to a more comfortable position, watching them arguing very patiently.
Guozijian sacrificed wine: "Your Majesty, Guozijian is a place to train students, how can you keep using dilapidated desks?"
The Minister of the Household: "The Household has no money."
The Minister of War: "Your Majesty, the selection of military attachés is imminent, and the ministers are bold. When will the Ministry of Household allocate funds?"
Ministry of household officials: "..."
The end of the year is approaching, and all departments are actively seeking funding for the coming year.
Li En, Minister of Rites, and Zhao Boshen, Minister of Household, have often had political disagreements since they entered the dynasty.
At this conference, the minister of households, Zhao Boshen, rarely targeted Li En, but looked at Li En with gloating eyes from time to time, which made Li En's heart arouse.
"Sir, calm down." Zhou Rui secretly grabbed Li En's sleeve and whispered in his ear, "Now the Ministry of Household, there is still King Qi."
"It's like we don't have a prince in the Ministry of Rites." Li En looked at Zhao Boxhen's smug face, and his anger couldn't calm down: "He's amazing."
Zhou Rui thought, if it weren't for the presence of a prince from our Ministry of Rites, the ministers of the household would probably not look at their Ministry of Rites with such eyes.
"Sir." Ming Jingzhou reminded: "It is important to repair the Ministry of Rites."
"You're right." Hearing Ming Jingzhou's reminder, Li En regained his senses, suppressed his anger, raised his chin arrogantly at Zhao Boxen, and turned his head to stop looking at him.
Zhao Boshen, Minister of the Household: "..."
The Demon King of Chaos has gone to their Ministry of Rites, why is Li En still arrogant
"Your Majesty." Li En came out, gave a salute, and began to tell about the efforts of the Ministry of Rites in the past year, ranging from presiding over the imperial examinations to as small as a certain Ministry of Rites official sending the old man home. Finally, he came to the conclusion that the Ministry of Rites was very good and the Ministry of Rites was great. , If Your Majesty is willing to allocate some money to repair the dilapidated Ministry of Rites official office, it will be even better.
Emperor Longfeng looked at the eloquent Minister of Rites. If he remembered correctly, when the Minister of Rites participated in the imperial examination, he seemed to have won the second place in the top prize. No wonder he could say so.
"King Chen." After Li En finished speaking, Emperor Longfeng looked at King Chen who was standing in front of the team: "You have been in the Ministry of Rites and have been asking for advice from all of you for a few days. I wonder what you think?"
All the officials of the Ministry of Rites looked at King Chen. At the critical moment, King Chen had to stand on the side of the Ministry of Rites.
Li En asked Ming Jingzhou in a low voice, "Tell me, did he understand what I suggested to His Royal Highness King Chen last time?"
Ming Jingzhou's tone was light: "My lord, this minister does not know."
"Alas." Li En sighed, "I should have been more straightforward last time."
The scorching eyes almost penetrated the back of King Chen, and he knew without turning his head that those people from the Ministry of Rites must be staring at him at the moment.
"Imperial Father, my son has not been to the Ministry of Rites for ten days, so he still doesn't understand the Ministry of Rites."
The officials of the Ministry of Rites looked back in disappointment, they were wrong, they should not have counted on King Chen from the beginning.
King Qi glanced at King Chen, then at the officials of the Ministry of Rites behind him, and withdrew his gaze.
"However, according to my humble opinion, the lords of the Ministry of Rites are devoted to their duties, and are not greedy for enjoyment. Although my son has only stayed for a few days, he has already learned a lot and admired it."
Ministry of Rites official: Hmmmm
King Chen actually praised them at the big court meeting, they seemed... a little flattered
"But there are still many problems with the Ministry of Rites?"
Ministry of Rites officials: They are too happy!
"Oh?" Emperor Longfeng seemed to be extremely patient with King Chen: "What's the problem?"
"The walls are ash, the legs of the table are uneven, and there are even places where the tiles will fall." King Chen frowned: "As one of the six ministries of my dynasty, the official bureau of the Ministry of Rites is too broken. Most of my people live and work in peace and contentment, and the life is prosperous, and the official bureau is so broken. , wouldn't it be a shame for me?"
The officials of the Ministry of Rites nodded quickly. His Royal Highness King Chen was right. There are still many places where the officials of the Ministry of Rites are insufficient.
"What does King Chen mean?" Emperor Longfeng smiled.
"My son thinks that the corresponding funds should be allocated to repair the dilapidated place for the Ministry of Rites."
"Well." Emperor Longfeng nodded: "King Chen's remarks are reasonable. The Ministry of Rites not only needs to handle many major domestic affairs, but also receives foreign envoys. If the official office is run down, it is really not beautiful."
"Is there Lin Zhongling, the Minister of Works?" Emperor Longfeng looked at the Minister of Works, who was standing next to Zhao Boxen.
Zhao Boxhen had a bad premonition in his heart.
"The minister is here." Lin Zhongling stood out with the wat board in his hand.
"Tomorrow, we will arrange for craftsmen to repair the official office of the Ministry of Rites, and there will be no delay." After finishing the arrangement, Emperor Longfeng turned to Li En, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and said, "Li Aiqing, my son is young and ignorant. Don't worry."
The repair funds, which had been arguing for a long time, were finally taken down. For the first time, Li En felt how wonderful it was to have someone above.
"His Royal Highness King Chen is smart and motivated."
Although he didn't see the Jinshi list that Ming Jingzhou gave him, at least he brought it back to the palace. Rounding up is considered an improvement.
"Corp. Lixian."
After King Chen came to the Ministry of Rites, he did not deliberately make trouble for anyone. Most importantly, he helped the Ministry of Rites to get repair funds. With that alone, he can be regarded as half a man of Rites.
"I ate in the public kitchen with my colleagues from the Ministry of Rites, and I never complained."
Although he ate the food of Ming Shilang's house, it was true that he had come to the public chef of the Ministry of Rites.
"Wei Chen believes that with His Highness' talent, he will soon be able to master the affairs of the Ministry of Rites and share his worries." Li En praised sincerely that the funds for repairing the Ministry of Rites were in place.
The praised King Chen: "..."
Perhaps, this is the flexibility, maturity and adaptability of the literati.
The other officials squinted at Li En, and they praised King Chen so much for the funds for repairing the Ministry of Rites. Li En, Li En, you should not go to the Ministry of Rites to be a minister, you should go to the Palace of Music to set up a stage for His Majesty to sing.
Li Encai doesn't care what other people think of him, anyway, they took it from the Ministry of Rites, so what's the matter with saying a few more beautiful words
After the court, Emperor Longfeng was in a good mood. If he hadn't heard someone crying on the way, he would have been in a better mood.
"Liu Zhongbao, go and ask what's going on?" Emperor Longfeng listened to the cry from behind the flowers, but there was no tenderness on his face.
Liu Zhongbao came back quickly after inquiring about the news: "Your Majesty, it is Liu Cairen who is crying."
"Liu Cairen?" Emperor Longfeng had no impression of this Liu Cairen.
"Liu Cairen is an old man sent to the palace by the Queen Mother Pingxian in the 21st year of Xiande." Liu Zhongbao counted Liu Cairen's origins: "The mansion that he entered in the same year as Concubine Su Gui."
"Well, keep talking."
"She cried because...because the imperial concubine asked them to transcribe scriptures every day. She was not able to copy the scriptures as fast as other nobles, so she cried." Liu Zhongbao knew in his heart that even if he really wanted to cry, he didn't need to. Crying here is clearly intended to let His Majesty find out.
"The imperial concubine asked them to copy the scriptures?" Emperor Longfeng became somewhat interested: "What's going on?"
"Go back to your majesty, after the majesty's future, she began to let other madams in the palace copy the scriptures." Liu Zhongbao saw the smile on the majesty's face, and continued: "I heard that today madam also called Miss Ming into the palace, and asked her to share with her. Niangniang supervises other Niangniangs to copy the scriptures together."
"Copying the scriptures is good for self-cultivation, which is good." Emperor Longfeng nodded with a smile: "It's just that the imperial concubine supervising their copying every day is very exhausting. You can send some restorative supplements to Mingyue Palace."
"As for that Wang Cairen, since she thinks copying the scriptures is hard, she won't need to copy them in the future." Emperor Longfeng said indifferently: "Send her to the Buddhist hall, recite the Buddhist scriptures, and must not appear in front of the imperial concubine in the future."
Liu Zhongbao didn't remind His Majesty that this talented man was named Liu, but smiled and led the order to retire.
His Majesty has been accustomed to the various tactics of women in the harem since he was a child, so how could he not see through Liu Cairen's intention to cry on the side of the road
As soon as Liu Zhongbao led the order to retreat, he saw the Miss Ming family walking towards the pavilion where Liu Cairen was.
Seeing this scene, he stopped, and faintly heard footsteps behind him. Looking back, he bent over and saluted, "Your Highness."
King Chen put his hands behind his back, and glanced casually in the direction Liu Zhongbao was looking at.
Is that... a little girl from the Ming family