Princess Shu was waiting on Princess Qi in front of the bed.
Nanny Xu on the side was reporting to the two of them: "I heard that the Queen Mother summoned the granddaughter of Lu Chaoxian's family into the palace to serve the Queen Mother."
Concubine Qi said: "This matter should be reported as news. Doesn't everyone know about it?"
The Princess of Shu in front of her said, "Concubine, I just called the girls from the Lu family to come and serve in the palace, but I heard that the Queen Mother has taken away the records of several palaces and wants to check the accounts in detail."
"Isn't she advocating frugality now? Look at the specific expenses of each place, and then consider the expenses of each place. She is also too busy to find things to do for herself. The amount of money used in each place is an example set by her ancestors. She What did she think of herself? Queen Xiaoding, who founded the country, didn't feel sorry for the people in the palace like this. You see, everyone has agreed to do what she wants. I'm afraid there will be someone who can't hold on for a few days. Get up and be dissatisfied.”
Princess Shu frowned and said: "Concubine, this is not what I am worried about..." The way she hesitated to speak made Concubine Qi understand, and she waved to the people waiting beside her and said: "You all Wait on the porch."
Nanny Xu agreed and all the other maids withdrew.
Only the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were left in the room, and it was so quiet that you could hear a needle drop.
Concubine Qi, who was originally leaning on the couch, had already sat upright and lowered her voice to her daughter-in-law: "You are worried that the Queen Mother will notice."
Princess Shu said nervously: "I have to guard against it."
"Judging from her current actions, there is indeed something fishy. Be careful. You will go find Dr. Zeng later. We have to be prepared. There is also the third child. Call him here. There are some things that need to be done. After careful discussion, we will avoid long nights and many dreams.”
Princess Shu said: "Is the prince leaving the palace?"
"Are you leaving the palace again?"
"He has a belt this time, so you don't have to worry."
"His running out every now and then in the past three days will inevitably make others suspicious. It would have been better if you hadn't lived in Xukun Palace together." Concubine Qi made some arrangements for Li Wei in her heart.
"Yeah, it's convenient to meet someone. You won't have to be controlled everywhere when you go out like now."
Concubine Qi said: "Princess Ping lives in another courtyard. You, my younger brother and sister, should go and see her. Forget it today, go to Chongqing Palace tomorrow and ask for the Queen Mother's permission to go out and visit your second sister-in-law." "Back."
"yes."
Concubine Qi lay down again after giving instructions. Not long after the incident with the prince came out in the twelfth lunar month last year, the regent stood in the way, causing the incident with the prince to fail before there was much trouble. This matter did not break out, and Prince He was expelled from the capital by the regent, and was never allowed to return to the capital. Prince He's mother really committed suicide.
Concubine Qi and her son have always understood that if they want to succeed, there are two big mountains in front of them, one is Li Wei and Fu Guang, and the other is the regent.
Can Zhao Qian be roped in for their use? Then it depends on Fukang's ability.
Li Wei gave Cai Zhi three days to sort out the large pile of stuff. In fact, Cai Zhi sorted it out in no more than three days, and then she responded to Li Wei's words.
"Queen Mother, among the materials you provided, the medications are all symptomatic, and the importance of diet is not so obvious."
After a lot of fussing, this is the result, but it is also expected. If he is pretending to be sick, there will definitely not be any big mistakes, otherwise he will be easily caught.
Li Wei felt a little pain in his head. Caizhi massaged Li Wei hurriedly, and the pain gradually got better.
If you can't find it from these documents, you have to start from other aspects.
The Wenhua Pavilion has been vacated, and it is not easy to carry out large-scale construction in Rexiaoli, but it is appropriate to renovate the tiles, paint the walls, and add some household items.
She handed the matter over to Wei Tai, the general manager of Chongqing Palace, to supervise the work, and she would check on the progress every now and then.
When Shujia saw Li Wei painting in the study, she wrapped her around and said coquettishly to Li Wei: "Mother, your paintings are so beautiful. Can you teach your daughter how to paint in the future?"
Li smiled and nodded and said, "Okay, as long as you are willing to learn."
The drawing in her hand is a green landscape picture. The manuscript has been erected and is now being colored and rendered.
Just halfway through the painting, someone outside reported that Princess Shu wanted to see her.
When Li Wei heard about it, he hurriedly said: "Invite her in." Li Wei did not put down his brush and continued to render and paint in detail.
In a moment, Princess Shu came in. Shujia climbed on the chair and was observing carefully. Li Wei didn't even raise her head. It wasn't until Princess Shu greeted her that she looked up and said with a smile: "The princess is here."
Princess Shu smiled and said yes, and then she saw the Queen Mother painting. She wanted to flatter her, so she stepped forward to take a look and praised: "It is said that the Queen Mother's paintings are excellent. Today, I can see it. The Queen Mother's paintings are really good." vivid."
Li smiled and said: "I heard that the Princess of Shu was also good at painting beauties when she was at home. It would be great if I could get a beauty painting of the princess sometime."
"Thanks to the Queen Mother, if you like it, I will send two paintings to the Queen some other day. But Queen Mother, please don't dislike the roughness and lack of order in the paintings."
"How is that possible? I have long heard that the princess is very good at painting beauties. Princess, don't be too modest."
Princess Shu accompanied Li Wei with a few polite words, and then explained her purpose of visit.
"Mother, my second sister-in-law lives in another courtyard. Now she is pregnant again. I want to see her, and I would like to ask my mother for permission."
"You sisters-in-law have a deep affection, so let's go. Say hello to me, and if you are not too ill, please invite her into the palace to visit me."
She didn't expect it to be so easy, and Princess Shu happily agreed.
In the early days of Youchu, Zhao Qian and Fu Guang came to Chongqing Palace to visit Li Wei. When the uncle and nephew appeared, Li Wei thought he had made a mistake. The father and son came in holding hands. Fu Guang's face was not as nervous as before, and he also smiled in front of Zhao Qian.
It seems that the relationship between the uncle and nephew has changed, which is a good thing.
"Blessings to the Queen Mother!"
Zhao Qian bowed to Li Wei in a proper manner. Li Wei was a little uncomfortable with such thorough and polite etiquette. She responded somewhat numbly: "Your Majesty, you are so polite."
Her focus was not on Zhao Qian, but on the contrary, she went over to hold Fu Guang's hand and asked gently: "Is the emperor tired today? Is there anything you want to eat? Mother asked for it. It's in our own restaurant." Cook it in the small kitchen, don’t bother with the royal kitchen.”
Fu Guang smiled and said: "Mother, my son has nothing in particular to eat. My mother now advocates frugality, and my son does not dare to waste."
"Underage princes and princesses are not included in this list. The prince is growing up, so we cannot let you go hungry, so just tell me what you want to eat."
(End of chapter)