"Everyone in the world praises the high and depresses the low. I have been shut down in Chang'an Palace one after another. Have you ever thought that if this news gets out, I will lose face. It's a small matter. Losing my heart is a big matter."
Xiao Qin'er was out of breath and in a bad mood.
Liu Yi snorted, "You are trying to save face and suffer."
Xiao Qin'er became angry, "I don't want to lose face, how can this family support me? Can I count on you? Tell me about yourself, how many years have you been decadent, and how long have you not asked about the affairs of the mansion. The children's Have you ever cared about marriage? Weddings and funerals don’t cost money.
If they lose face, they can continue to do business with the Wangfu with the philistine face of the crowd, will those merchants be willing to do business with the Wangfu? He has already run far, and faster than anyone else. "
While talking, Xiao Qin'er felt aggrieved.
Her eyes were flushed.
Liu Yi sighed.
Xiao Qin'er rubbed her eyes and said: "It's no different now than before. Merchants are willing to cooperate with our palace and share the profits. It's all about face. If the face is gone, so many children in the mansion will reach the age of marriage one by one. Where do you ask me to get the money from. It is not enough to rely on the little family property I saved before.
If you can hold an official position in the court and reconcile the relationship with His Majesty, I wouldn't have to work so hard to get away from the empress. People see you as His Majesty's younger brother, and you have to be reused. At that time, I don't have to worry about it, and someone will come to give you money. "
"Don't accept that kind of money delivered to your door." Liu Yi solemnly reminded.
Xiao Qin'er snorted, "You're like this, you haven't shown up for a long time, and the devil gave us money."
Liu Yi frowned, "Is it really so difficult for the Fuzhong? It doesn't make sense that the Fuzhong has no money to invest in so many properties of the Empress!"
Xiao Qin'er sneered, "Didn't you listen to what I told you just now? Investing in the property of the Queen's Empress does bring in dividends every year, which is enough for the government's expenses. But don't forget, when the children grow up, There are ten times more places to spend money than in the past.
The dowry of the girl's family, the dowry of the brothers, do you want money? To marry a daughter-in-law, do you want to repair the courtyard and rearrange it? Human relationship, do you want money? Thanks to the small population in the palace, it saved us a lot of money. Otherwise, it would cost 20,000 taels of silver at least a year just for the exchange of favors in the palace. "
Listening to Xiao Qin'er's settlement, Liu Yi's head became dizzy.
He hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, tomorrow I will enter the palace to pay my respects to the queen mother, and I will intercede for you by the way."
Xiao Qin'er reminded: "You must let the queen mother avoid the punishment of copying the Diamond Sutra. You tell the queen mother that I have already realized my mistake. In the future, if there is any disturbance in the clan, I will send someone to tell Eunuch Wen."
"If you did this earlier, how could the empress punish you?" Liu Yi complained about her.
Xiao Qin'er snorted, "Isn't it because the empress mother is nagging more and more, every time she enters the palace, she always reprimands me. She also said that I treated my concubine and concubine daughter harshly. You can speak honestly with your conscience, have I ever treated you harshly?" Bastards and concubines? I am not pretending to them, it is not good, but it is definitely not bad. I will give them what is due, and I will not miss a penny."
Liu Yi heheed twice, "You didn't punish them less by kneeling and copying scriptures."
Xiao Qin'er sneered, "Who told your concubine and concubine to disobey the rules and embarrass themselves outside, I will naturally punish them."
"Don't say 'your concubine and concubine'. They are also your concubine and concubine, so they have to call you mother."
"Thank you for not being sensitive! Those concubines of yours should have been taken care of long ago. I was beaten up by Ru Yang last time, and I have been honest for half a year. Looking at it recently, I seem to be a bit old again."
"Disciplining children is originally the responsibility of the head of the house." Liu Yi reminded Xiao Qin'er.
Pooh!
Xiao Qin'er said bluntly: "I can indeed discipline them for you, but I'm not happy. Discipline is strict, and others say that I treat concubines and concubines harshly. Discipline is loose, and others should say that I let the concubine and concubine go to waste. up.
All in all, I am not a human being inside and out, and whatever I do is wrong. Since it is wrong to do anything, I simply do nothing. They only provide basic necessities, food, housing and transportation. In other respects, they are disciplined by their biological mothers, so it is not my turn to worry about them. Besides, if you are a father, you don't have to worry about it. What kind of worries do I have as a aunt. "
This is really ugly enough to say, but also straightforward and rude enough.
Liu Yi frowned, "I know I've worked hard for you these years, so don't keep complaining."
"Then don't make demands on me." Xiao Qin'er kept a straight face, not giving an inch.
Liu Yi surrendered, "I don't make demands, so don't complain."
Having lived as an otaku for several years, Liu Yi is no longer good at arguing with others.
He didn't even bother to talk.
Living in an otaku, he is about to be raised and useless.
However, he feels good about himself.
However, it cannot go on like this forever.
There was a voice in his heart that told him so.
Liu Yi was very distressed.
…
Early the next morning, he was fully dressed and ready to enter the palace to pay his respects.
He asked Xiao Qin'er, "Are you really going into the palace with me?"
Xiao Qin'er shook her head, "You plead for me first, the queen mother forgives me, and I will go to the palace to pay my respects."
Liu Yi smiled, "I didn't expect you to admit cowardice sometimes."
Xiao Qin'er grinned, wishing she could bite Liu Yi.
Liu Yi went to the palace in a carriage, handed over the sign, and entered the palace smoothly.
All the way to Weiyang Palace.
There was chatter and laughter in the hall.
Liu Yi asked the servant, "Who is in there? Could it be that someone entered the palace today to greet the Queen Mother?"
"My lord, the Empress has made a schedule, the concubines take turns entering the palace to pay their respects, and chat with the queen mother to relieve boredom. Today it is Xiao Dowager who enters the palace to pay her respects."
"Concubine Xiao?" Liu Yi frowned, wanting to turn around and leave.
He didn't want to see Xiao Shu'er, the former emperor's Xiao Zhaoyi.
However, Eunuch Wen has already come out, please let him in.
Liu Yi took a deep breath and had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk into the hall.
"Greetings to the queen, my son!"
"You are finally willing to enter the palace to visit me." Empress Dowager Pei complained, felt sad, and sad.
She gave birth to two sons, one is the emperor and the other is the prince, and everyone regards her as a good fate.
Who would have thought that the emperor's son would only come to Weiyang Palace to pay his respects to Weiyang Palace for two days a month. Leave without saying a few words.
The prince's son, sluggish all day long, stays at the gate of the prince's mansion, depressed and frustrated.
Whenever Empress Dowager Pei thought of her two sons, she felt uncomfortable.
In addition, since Hu Yang was gone, no one dared to argue with her anymore. Empress Dowager Pei really felt lonely, and her heart became colder and colder.
Even if she was accompanied by a woman from the clan, and the concubine of the first emperor came to the palace to talk to relieve boredom, she still chose to be alone.
"The son is not filial, and the queen mother is worried." Liu Yi respectfully, never looked at Xiao Shu'er.
Empress Dowager Pei waved to him, "Come here, let me take a good look at it."
Liu Yi stepped forward and let Empress Dowager Pei scrutinize her.
Xiao Shu'er took the opportunity to leave, "The queen mother and the prince must have a lot to say, and I will leave first."
Empress Dowager Pei will naturally not keep her.
Liu Yi watched her go, frowning slightly, "If the mother doesn't like to see her, just ask someone to send her away. Don't waste your time with her."
"It's not as serious as you think. She came into the palace to pay my respects, and to talk to relieve boredom. The little princes and princesses left by the late emperor have all grown up, and they still count on the palace to say a good marriage. "
"The emperor and the empress have to worry about this matter, and the empress mother doesn't have to worry about them."
Empress Dowager Pei was cheerful, "I listen to you, don't care about them. Why did you figure it out today, are you willing to enter the palace to pay my respects?"
Liu Yi inevitably had a guilty conscience.
Fortunately, they were mother and son, so Empress Dowager Pei was a little angry when she learned that Liu Yi was pleading for Xiao Qin'er. But only for a while.
"Why didn't Xiao Qin'er go to the palace to make amends by herself, and even instructed you."
"First, he knew that his son hadn't entered the palace for more than half a year, and the queen mother missed her very much. Second, she was also timid and afraid that the mother would scold her."
"She also has times of fear, which is really rare. Back then, when she was obsessed with Bengong, why didn't she be afraid. Didn't she just look at Bengong getting old and lack of energy, so she started to play tricks?"
"Qin'er does like to play tricks, but she has no bad intentions. She has always been respectful and filial to her mother. She refused to enter the palace before, not because she was perfunctory to her mother, but because she was afraid of losing face."
"How can she lose face? Could this palace eat her?"
Empress Dowager Pei snorted, extremely dissatisfied. I don't know how to find a decent one even if I make excuses.
I didn't know that I was afraid of being sick when I was sick, so I didn't go to the palace to pay my respects several times when I should pay my respects.
Liu Yi didn't hide it either, "Qin'er was shut out a few times in Chang'an Palace and felt ashamed, so she didn't enter the palace afterwards."
Empress Dowager Pei smiled contemptuously, "Oh! I have heard about this matter. The empress is busy and has no time to chat with her, so she is shut up. She must feel uncomfortable. I am afraid that someone in the palace will gossip, so I will perfunctory my palace. If you refuse to enter the palace to pay your respects, look at her promise."
Liu Yi said with a smile: "She is a person with no great prospects, so the queen mother doesn't have to worry about her. It's better to save her from copying the Diamond Sutra."
Empress Dowager Pei squinted at Liu Yi, feeling very dissatisfied.
"When did you and Qin'er have such a good relationship, and you even went to Ben Gong to intercede for her?"
"Old husband and wife, no matter how many conflicts there are, let's talk about it."
"Sure enough. It's all right, it's all right, I will spare her punishment. You go back and tell her that on the first day of next month, you must enter the palace to pay my respects to me. Otherwise, I will punish her."
"Thank you, Queen Mother! Don't worry, Queen Mother. On the first day of next month, my son will enter the palace with her to pay her respects."
"You will also enter the palace next month!" Empress Dowager Pei was overjoyed.
For the first time since Huyang passed away, she was so happy.
Liu Yi accompanied her for lunch again, and did not leave until after the afternoon nap.
Empress Dowager Pei slept contentedly this time.
Liu Yi went out of the palace, he was an otaku, and planned to return home directly.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Shu'er would block him on the way.
"Prince Duan, are you free? I have something to say to you." Xiao Shu'er raised the curtain of the carriage with a smile on her face.
Although it was a question, his attitude was very tough, and Liu Yi could not refuse.