In autumn, the westerly wind in Bianjing City is gradually rising, and the sun is shining brightly.
Flocks of wild geese flew back from Northern Yan to Qidu in the south. Recently, Rong Xi walked on the palace roads of the Yongxi Forbidden City, and could always hear the sound of geese singing from the vast sky.
Emperor Zhuang's funeral has just passed, and the weather in Bianjing is also a bit cold, but this is the rainy season, and the forests are gradually turning crimson everywhere, which is also a beautiful scenery with high sky and clear air.
Today is the first time for Mu Huai to meet his officials face to face in the Jiazheng Hall after he proclaimed himself emperor.
Now the situation in the court of Qi State is also changing drastically, there is a great tendency to replace the old blood with new blood, and all the important positions in the court are held by Mu Huai's confidantes and cronies.
Not only did Mu Huai use thunderous means, but he also made full preparations for the appointment of these officials early in the morning.
As the new emperor's Qi family, Yin Cheng replaced the former Li Rui and became the head of the Privy Council during Emperor Zhuang's reign, that is, the first-rank Privy History.
Now that Mu Huai ascended the throne, he enfeoffed Yin Cheng as Marquis of Pingnan as a cousin.
The word Pingnan could not be bestowed on Yin Cheng. When Qi State attacked Jin State, a small country in the southernmost part of the Central Plains, he made great military exploits.
The former chief official of Dali Temple was dismissed by Mu Huai. The former temple minister Xue Rui was promoted to Shaoqing at the beginning of the year. After the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he became the new minister of Dali Temple in one fell swoop.
When the Zhai family was impeached, Xue Rui, a small temple minister, did the most meritorious service. He was even introduced into the Palace of Jiazheng by the new emperor who was still the prince that year, and met the late emperor.
From then on, many officials knew in their hearts that this Xue Rui was a confidant cultivated by the prince, and his official career was limitless.
No one was surprised by the new emperor's appointment and dismissal of Yin Cheng and Xue Rui, and some courtiers could guess early on.
But Mu Huai entrusted Yan Juxu with the official position, which really stunned all the courtiers.
After the end of the tea-horse trade between the Qi and Hu countries, Yan Juxu moved from the position of Minister of the Huangmen to the position of a scholar of the Second Grade Guanwen Palace.
Most of the official positions in the State of Qi were imitated in the previous dynasty. You must know that in the previous dynasty, the position of Grand Scholars in Guanwendian was regarded as an additional official, and it was usually awarded to the important ministers of Zaifu.
When Li Rui was alive, he was a privy secretary, and his power was equivalent to that of the prime minister.
Then Li Rui rebelled, and after being beheaded by the new emperor, Da Qi didn't make any appearances again.
When the new emperor ascended the throne, he actually worshiped the former Grand Master of Guanwendian as his prime minister.
Not only worshiped Yan Juxu as the prime minister, but also let him open a government in Bianjing.
All the officials in the court knew that the new emperor had a strong and suspicious temperament, and it was normal to want to worship a capable person as the assistant prime minister of the country, but it was really puzzling to let the prime minister open the mansion.
But the king's heart is unpredictable, who can guess the deep thoughts of the new emperor
Up to now, all the important officials in the court are Mu Huai's cronies. They are all extremely loyal to Mu Huai, and at the same time coordinate their ability and virtue.
But, after all, there are two other countries in the Central Plains, and the new emperor Muhuai's behavior style is quite different from that of the previous emperor. Many courtiers are also wondering how long this peaceful life will last.
The new emperor is by no means the master of success. Sooner or later, he will move to compete in the Central Plains.
Rong Xi still remembered the enthronement ceremony that day, when she stood beside Mu Huai as a queen, and when she was worshiped by all the officials, it was rare for her to feel a little surging emotion in her heart.
Up to now, the words "mother of the world" and "lord of the harem" are responsibilities to her.
Rong Xi still felt that she had no sense of reality. Although she dealt with things indifferently every day, it was always as if she was stepping on clouds under her feet, ethereal and unreal.
Mu Huai made his mother a concubine Xian, and also gave Rong Xi's deceased father an honor.
He added honor to Rong Bing, posthumously titled her a first-rank Duke, and also wanted to make her, the queen, more respectable.
Rong Xi and Mu Huai are currently living in the Qianyuan Hall temporarily, while Mu Jue is still living in the East Palace with the wet nurse and attendants.
After Mu Huai ascended the throne, he directly appointed Mu Jue as the crown prince. Rong Xi was quite surprised by this. Although it was justifiable for the eldest son to be the crown prince, the two would have other children in the future.
Rong Xi always felt that according to Muhuai's temperament, he would still select from among the two's sons, and then make a move to establish a reserve.
Before Mu Jue was a year old, he was already the crown prince in charge of the East Palace. He was still young, so he could relax for a while.
After enlightenment, I am afraid that he will be a hundred times more tired than the son of an ordinary family.
Mu Huai also mentioned to her a while ago that after Mu Jue became enlightened, he would worship Yan Juxu as his grand teacher and let him teach Mu Jue in person.
At the time of the hour, the furnace in the Qianyuan Hall smoked.
Mu Huai was wearing a crown of gowns, with a Zhuliyuanbi belt around his waist and a white jade ribbon. The dark and luxurious crown was embroidered with patterns of ascending dragon, descending dragon and the other twelve chapters with gold thread.
He was already tall and straight, and wearing the emperor's clothes was even more dignified and majestic, so he couldn't be looked at closely.
Today, the sapphire bead strings hanging from the crown of the crown are twelve according to the emperor's ritual system. When walking, the crown is slightly bumped, often accompanied by the sound of lingling.
Mu Huai's face was extremely young and handsome, with deep and reserved eyebrows.
But there is always a deep and steady temperament on his body.
When Rong Xi looked at him from a distance recently, he often lost his mind, and always felt that Mu Huai's performance after he became the throne was a little too calm and indifferent.
It's like, it's not the first time to be an emperor.
No matter how capable you are, you have to be a little nervous when you first arrive at a high position.
But Mu Huai wasn't nervous at all.
Although she felt more and more that the man in front of her was both familiar and strange to her.
But he treated her the same as before, but there was no difference.
It's nothing more than changing from calling myself lonely to becoming me.
He would still call her Xi'er in private, and he would only call her queen when the palace servants were around.
Rong Xi was wearing the empress's uniform and the crown of two dragons and four phoenixes. In the middle of the crown hung a drop-shaped oriental bead, falling between her eyebrows.
Mu Huai was about to go to the Jiazheng Hall, when he saw Rong Xi standing under the luxurious ceiling of the main hall, staring at him with beautiful eyes, apparently in a daze.
He reluctantly walked in front of the woman, lifted her delicate chin with one hand, and asked in a low voice, "What are you thinking about? Why are you always distracted recently?"
It was only then that Rong Xi pulled herself out of her thoughts and brought her back to reality. Just as she was about to answer Mu Huai's words, he let her go, pulled her slender arms and turned her from side to side, letting her walk around under his nose. lap.
Mu Huai carefully sized up his little queen, and then asked, "Have you grown taller recently?"
His little queen was just at the age of youth, but she wore crimson lip makeup. Such a dignified and solemn makeup should obviously look old-fashioned.
But Rong Xi is like this, but she is beautiful and heavenly, with a dazzling beauty that overwhelms the crowd.
Rong Xi replied in a low voice with a little embarrassment: "...It's not that I have grown taller, it's that my concubine has quietly stuffed things into the shoes."
After hearing this, Mu Huai frowned slightly, and asked inexplicably, "Why do you need to put something on?"
Rong Xi became more and more embarrassing, and replied in a soft voice: "The concubine is too short...can't hold the scene, but stuffing something into the shoes and adding the height of the concubine's hair crown can make it look taller."
After finishing speaking, Rong Xi turned around slightly again, deliberately let Mu Huai look at her taller self again, and said: "Look, Your Majesty, this concubine can be considered a tall woman now."
Mu Huai originally had a serious face, but he couldn't help laughing when he saw her like this. He scratched her nose and said in a low voice: "With your status here, no one dares to neglect you."
Rong Xi said nothing more.
A tall person like Mu Huai naturally doesn't understand the pain of a short person like her, she just wants to be taller, and also wants to have aura in front of the palace people.
The appearance of the little queen pursing her lips is extremely cute, the more Mu Huai sees her appearance, the more interested she is.
He took Rong Xi's hand, and comforted him: "Xi'er, like Jue'er, has not grown up yet. I heard that when a woman is twenty years old, she can still grow taller."
After hearing Mu Huai's words, Rong Xi felt that after Mu Huai became emperor, he liked to pretend to be old more and more.
She was obviously only in her early twenties, but now this kind of coaxing tone made her feel helpless.
Mu Huai almost patted her head and called her a good child.
Rong Xi lowered his eyes and replied, "Why does the emperor always treat his concubines like children?"
Mu Huai's eyes were deep and deep, and he didn't say another word.
But Rong Xi could sense what he wanted to say from his gaze.
He should want to say, don't you
It was getting late, and Rong Xi hurriedly arranged Mu Huai's clothes again.
Her slender hands are white, her beautiful eyes are docile and harmless, and her breath is also fragrant and sweet.
Mu Huai silently admired the beauty in front of him, and while she was tying the crown under his jaw for him, she asked softly: "Today is the first time the emperor has gone to court, is the emperor nervous?"
When Rong Xi spoke Wu Nong's soft language and called him the emperor in a soft voice, it sounded more like calling him Huang Sang.
There was a faint smile on the corners of Mu Huai's eyes and brows, no longer the usual coldness.
He replied to her calmly: "With Xi'er here, I'm not nervous."
This is the truth, but Rong Xi only thinks that he is teasing her.
But it is true that Mu Huai is not nervous.
He was not nervous on the day he took the throne.
I moved to Qianyuan Hall a while ago, and I don't need to adapt to the new residence. I will review the important papers submitted from the Prime Minister's Mansion in the study every day.
Today is the first time to go to court, but I am still calmly chatting with her here.
After Rong Xi confirmed that Mu Huai's clothes were correct, he was about to call the eunuch in the palace to prepare his chariot, but his hand was held by the man again.
She struggled slightly, but was held even tighter by the man.
The existence of Rong Xi made Mu Huai, who became emperor again, feel very peaceful.
This woman is the sustenance of his heart, Mu Huai hopes to become a lover with her regardless of each other, this kind of relationship is beyond the empress or the relationship between husband and wife.
What he wants is her spiritual compatibility with him.
What I want more is her unreserved trust in him.
In this life, when he regained this position, he was no longer the same as in the previous life. Although he was running forward, he felt at a loss in his heart.
Mu Huai thought, he wanted to make a fortune for his and Rong Xi's children and descendants, and he wanted to personally watch Mu Jue grow up, so that he would have the ability and ability to secure the position he left for him.
He still has to fulfill his previous promise to Rong Xi, and he will never leave her alone in this world.
But if there is such a day, he knows that his woman is afraid of the dark and timid, so he will go down to accompany her earlier.
He will also be buried with her in this life, he will lie next to her bones, and sleep with her in the ground forever.
Being reincarnated and ascended to the throne again, Mu Huai felt that everything had meaning.
But this woman's feelings for him obviously stop at his wife's respect and fear of her husband, as well as her speculation and testing of his heart.
Rong Xi even intentionally restrained her feelings for his women.
Mu Huai knew what Rong Xi was thinking. After becoming the emperor, she didn't even call her husband, and his efforts for the past few months were in vain.
Mu Huai also knew that he was too bad in the past, and he should take the time to figure out the sincerity he wanted from her.
— "Your Majesty, it's time for you to go to court."
Rong Xi reminded Mu Huai softly.
Mu Huai still held her hand, and asked back: "Then why is Xi'er nervous when I'm by your side?"
Rong Xi was stopped by his question and fell silent.
The eunuch in the palace had already arrived here, and said to Mu Huai, "Your Majesty, the Hua chariot has been prepared outside the palace."
Mu Huai just talked to Rong Xi, and deliberately leaned over, trying to keep her eye level.
When the eunuch came, he straightened up.
Before leaving, Mu Huai told the woman: "After the court, accompany me to have lunch."
Rong Xi nodded and replied: "The concubine is waiting for the emperor to come back."
After Mu Huai walked out of the Qianyuan Hall, Cheng Song, the attendant, was already waiting outside the hall.
Before Mu Huai asked Cheng Song about his thoughts, in his previous life he had always been a courtier in the palace, serving the emperor closely, and lived like a eunuch in charge.
Before ascension to the throne, Mu Huai asked Cheng Song to choose by himself, whether to be a servant under the door, or to assign him another official position in the six departments.
But Cheng Song still chose to be a servant, saying that he could take care of trivial matters for the emperor, and he could also be loyal.
After Mu Huai sat on the chariot, he glanced at Cheng Song.
The servant is equivalent to the chief steward of the harem, an internal official who often has to deal with his Xi'er.
Fortunately, Cheng Song is plain-looking, so he can relax.
After all, although the servant is a close minister and palace official, he is not an eunuch or eunuch.
Thinking of Rong Xi, although the corners of Mu Huai's lips were slightly drawn, but there was still concern in his heart.
His little queen is a capable woman, but now she is really timid and not confident, and her slender arms can't hold the heavy phoenix seal.
He hated her and knew she was dependent on him.
But long before Emperor Zhuang died, he had the idea of traveling east.
Not long after Rong Xi gave birth to Mu Jue, her body was still a little weak.
After he moved the idea of the east tour, he also practiced more martial arts and fitness. The emperor's tour is really a hard job, not just a scenic tour of the territory.
Before the east tour, he had to take care of everything for his little queen in the palace.
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After Mu Huai came to court, Rong Xi and Dan Xiang went to Jiaofang Palace to see the progress of the craftsmen's repairs.
The Jiaofang Palace was originally the old palace of Concubine Xian. Mu Huai gave this place to her and ordered the people from the Ministry of Industry to properly expand and renovate it.
The single eaves in the past have to be changed into double eaves hanging from the main ridge of the mountain, and the walls have to be repainted with colored paintings. The walls of the queen's palace are painted with peppercorns according to regulations, so that the place can be warm and full of fragrance in winter.
Originally, the glazed tiles of Xianfei's old palace were somewhat worn out, but they could still be used. On that day, Mu Huai and the officials in charge of supervising the construction of the palace came to see the progress of her bedroom.
When the official asked Mu Huai for his opinion, Mu Huai ordered him to remove the old tiles and replace them with new ones.
Because Concubine Xian's palace had been burned down before, Mu Huai wanted the palace to be built to be fireproof.
He ordered officials to dig and divert water in her palace, build lotus ponds, find many magnificent lake stones, and transplant many precious plants.
Rong Xi took a look at it today, and now there is only a foundation left in Concubine Xian's old palace.
Mu Huai is not a extravagant monarch, but ordering people to build her palace is really extravagant.
She once mentioned to Mu Huai that it is good for her palace to be built according to the ritual system, it doesn't need to be expensive, she is satisfied with a place to live.
But Mu Huai replied to her firmly, saying that the palace of Empress Zhonggong should not be neglected, and I also want to live there often.
Rong Xi inquired about the progress of the leading craftsman, and learned that it would take two or three months at least to complete the construction of the Jiaofang Palace.
On the way back, Rong Xi's expression was slightly solemn.
Now that the matter of the previous dynasty has been settled, there will definitely be officials going up today to let Mu Huai fill the harem, so as to extend the royal heirs.
Before long, there should be newcomers entering the palace.
Regarding this point, Rong Xi was very calm.
What makes her uneasy is how to handle herself in the position of queen.
Rong Xi tried her best to restrain her sincerity and fear, and she didn't want to show timidity in front of Mu Huai, let alone disappoint the man.
But she was still far from the queen she wanted to be.
Dan Xiang saw that something was wrong with her, so she asked in a low voice: "Your servant sees that your mother is always thinking too much recently, but what's on your mind?"
Rong Xi's expression returned to the calmness of the past, and he replied lightly: "It's nothing, the emperor has just ascended the throne, and many things in the palace have changed, and I'm just not used to it."
But Dan Xiang felt that the empress was overly worried because a newcomer was about to enter the palace.
After all, no matter how much the emperor dotes on her, it is impossible for her to be the only woman in this forbidden city.
Dan Xiang wanted to comfort Rong Xi, but she knew that her identity was here, so she had no position to say anything.
Then he said respectfully to Rong Xi: "Your Majesty, can you go to the East Palace to see the little prince?"
When Rong Xi heard Dan Xiang mention Mu Jue, a smile appeared in her beautiful eyes.
Dan Xiang also breathed a sigh of relief seeing his master's expression softened slightly.
Her master and empress have children and favors, and her status is also the highest. Even if other women enter the palace as concubines, they cannot surpass her status at all.
Furthermore, it is really difficult to find a woman who is more beautiful than Rong Xi.
The emperor really has no need to like others.
Rong Xi was walking towards the East Palace with Dan Xiang and the palace staff, but on the way to the palace, they met the third princess Mu Wei.
Mu Wei is the daughter of Emperor Zhuang and Xu Xiuyuan, the old man of the Qian Mansion. Unlike the domineering Mu Qian, Mu Wei was born weak and sick, so she didn't often attend banquets.
Emperor Zhuang also neglected to take care of this daughter.
Seeing Rong Xi, Mu Wei saluted her respectfully.
Rong Xi sneered lightly, and said, "The third princess doesn't need to be too polite."
Mu Wei's face was pale, and her expression was also timid.
Rong Xi felt that she was a little staggering, and she felt that something was wrong, when she saw the palace guard beside her exclaim.
Mu Wei was as weak as a dead leaf in the wind, and she actually fainted on the palace road.
With a calm expression, Rong Xi hurried to the chariot yard. After carrying the sedan chair, she personally sent Mu Wei to the palace where Xu Xiuyuan lived.
Since Emperor Zhuang died, Xu Xiuyuan should be called Taiyuan.
Her status was too low before, she was not the lord of the first palace, and she couldn't have her own separate palace.
Xu Taiyuan lived with Concubine Shu before, but before Rong Xi came here, she was more careful.
Speaking of Emperor Zhuang's death, Concubine Shu died in the cold palace immediately, Rong Xi could guess that Mu Huai did not claim her life because of Emperor Zhuang's sake.
As soon as Emperor Zhuang died, Mu Huai ordered someone to kill Concubine Shu who was suffering in the cold palace.
Xu Taiyuan lives in the side hall, the interiors inside are very simple, the charcoal fire is not enough, and the sleeping hall is very gloomy and cold.
Rong Xi met Xu Taiyuan several times in the Defei Palace before, and every time she was wearing old clothes.
One can tell at a glance that the mother and daughter are struggling to survive in the palace.
Seeing that it was Rong Xi who came here, Xu Taiyuan looked a little surprised.
But soon, that surprise turned into concern and anxiety for her daughter's body.
As a mother, Rong Xi understands Xu Taiyuan's state of mind.
Mu Wei is a weak disease, if the imperial physician treats her well, she won't be like today, fainting on the palace road.
Rong Xi ordered someone to invite a highly respected imperial physician from the imperial hospital. After he had examined Mu Wei's pulse carefully, Rong Xi ordered the imperial physician in front of Xu Taiyuan, "After you go back, prescribe more nourishing medicine for the third princess." Medicines. The weather turns cold in autumn, and the princess is weak, so you will come to Xu Taiyuan often for consultation in the near future, and you should also report the third princess' condition to the Palace in time."
Xu Taiyuan's lips trembled slightly, and she was about to say something thankful to Rong Xi, when she saw Rong Xi and said to Dan Xiang: "Go and tell the recorder of the various divisions, there is not enough charcoal fire in Taiyuan Palace, maybe it's not enough?" He was negligent in his work, so he withheld the charcoal fire in Taiyuan Palace. If the charcoal fire is not delivered today, I will personally go to the Neizhu Division to ask."
Danxiang should be.
Xu Taiyuan was very grateful in her heart, and said to Rong Xi: "The concubine thanked the empress on behalf of the princess, and thanked the empress for her care for us, mother and son."
Rong Xi is still wary of Xu Taiyuan. After all, she used to live with Concubine Shu. Although she usually kept a low profile, according to the factions in the palace in the past, she still belonged to the faction of the former empress.
But it was her duty as a queen to take care of Mu Huai's younger sister.
Rong Xi said: "What should be done is only the third princess's illness. If she is treated properly, she will be able to recover early in the morning. Why did it take until today?"
Xu Taiyuan pursed her lips and replied: "Princess's womb is deficient. She has been in poor health since she was born. She has been seen by an imperial doctor, but it is still difficult to cure the root cause of the disease from the womb."
Although she had been a court lady by Yu Zhaorong's side before, Xu Taiyuan's presence in Emperor Zhuang's harem was too low, and Rong Xi didn't know much about her past.
Seeing Xin Xin's beauty and kindness, Xu Taiyuan had a good impression in his heart.
I thought she would be domineering and put on airs, but she was not.
Always a hundred times stronger than the previous queen.
Xu Taiyuan thought of the former Empress Zhai, and gradually hated her.
When the Zhai family had an accident, she was still very happy.
Unexpectedly, their emperor still thought of his love for his first wife, and did not abolish the empress. Before he died, he issued a Taoist decree to let the new emperor let Zhai continue to be the empress dowager.
The new emperor has a strong temperament, but he cannot disregard the late emperor's last wish.
But although the Zhai family was promised to be the queen mother, she was not given a title, nor was she allowed to move to the palace. He only ordered people to remove the plaque of Weiyang Palace, but did not give the queen mother a new plaque.
But Xu Taiyuan couldn't even bear the empress dowager Zhai's continued living in the palace.
At this time, the eunuch of Qianyuan Hall hurriedly came outside the hall.
After the palace man led him into the room, he respectfully said to Rong Xi: "It can be considered that I have found my empress, and the emperor calls you to go back and have lunch with me."
Xu Taiyuan got up at this moment, and respectfully said to Rong Xi: "Your Majesty has been delayed, Madam, go back and have dinner with the Emperor."
Rong Xi glanced at Mu Wei who was lying on the bed again, and then left Xu Taiyuan's place.
The eunuchs of Qianyuan Palace didn't dare to tell Rong Xi that Mu Huai saw that she hadn't returned for a long time after coming down to court, and there was already a hint of displeasure on his face.
The new emperor is very different from the first emperor. The first emperor was gentle and kind, while the new emperor is strong and cold.
If the new emperor does not control his emotions, he will make people feel violent.
Originally, the new emperor had a bad reputation, but just now he was working in the Qianyuan Hall, and he was really trembling, like walking on thin ice.
But everyone in the palace knows that the most difficult person in this palace is not the emperor.
It was the amiable queen in front of her.
The queen is not easy to embarrass others, but every move of the queen affects the heart of the emperor.
The queen didn't feel much about some things, but in the eyes of the emperor, it was the palace people who did not do things well and offended the queen.
If the emperor is going to be angry, there are still some omens.
But he was angry because of the queen's affairs, but there was no warning, which made people unable to react in time.
Therefore, the empress empress is the most daring to be offended in Yongxi Forbidden City.
After Rong Xi returned to Qianyuan Hall, the palace people inside finally breathed a sigh of relief.
When His Majesty saw the empress, his expression became much more relaxed.
Along the way, Rong Xi heard the news from the eunuchs that there were indeed ministers who came to court today and suggested that Mu Huai fill the harem.
But Mu Huai reprimanded the official, saying that it was disrespectful to the late emperor to wantonly draft talent before the national funeral.
He also said that the national treasury was tight, and it would cost a thousand taels of silver to raise a favorite concubine, and the official scolded him head-on and face-to-face.
Originally, the new emperor held the throne very firmly, and there was really no need to accept a daughter from an aristocratic family as a concubine to balance the relationship between courtiers, and the important positions in the court were also Mu Huai's cronies and confidants.
In this way, no one dared to say anything.
While having lunch with Mu Huai, when Rong Xi thought of this, she knew that Mu Huai had no intention of wanting another woman at the moment, she was not a magnanimous woman, knowing that she could monopolize Mu Huai for a short time, she felt a little bit in her heart happy.
Then he served the man with a smile on his face, constantly using the long serving chopsticks to put food into the man's food plate.
Mu Huai looked down at the sapphire food plate in front of him, the dishes on it were already piled up as high as a hill.
He frowned slightly, and just about to stop the woman's behavior, he heard Rong Xi whispering to him in that delicate and soft voice: "Your Majesty, eat more~"
To his ears, it was more like Huang Sang eating more~
Mu Huai put down his chopsticks, and ordered in a low voice: "In private, don't call my emperor, but call my husband, or Zhiyan."
Rong Xi didn't say anything to disappoint Mu Huai, but gave the man a bowl of soup, and obediently said: "The concubine made a note."
She thought about it, and then asked Mu Huai: "Emperor...why does your husband have no intention of accepting newcomers into the palace?"
Mu Huai snorted coldly, he didn't want a concubine because he didn't want any woman except Rong Xi.
But there is another important reason, that is, what he said the minister said, the concubine's expenses are very high, with this money, it is better to buy a few war horses or stock up more food for the soldiers.
Although he didn't have a harem in his previous life, the concubines left by Emperor Zhuang were not allowed to skimp on food and clothing according to the ritual system, which cost him a lot of money.
Mu Huai replied resentfully: "It's a waste of money to raise a woman."
When Rong Xi heard this, he thought of his own palace.
Expansion of the Jiaofang Palace has exhausted a lot of manpower and financial resources, so I can't blame Mu Huai for saying that money is wasted.
Rong Xi lowered her eyes in embarrassment, and asked Mu Huai, "Is my concubine... a waste of money?"
She was just about to tell Mu Huai that her Jiaofang Palace can be less extravagant, and she doesn't want to be so extravagant either.
Mu Huai spoke before her, and said, "You don't want to waste money."
Rong Xi opened his mouth slightly, and said again: "But the repair of the Jiaofang Palace is indeed worthless. Husband should lay off some craftsmen. It is good for me to have a palace to live in. There is no need for such extravagance."
Mu Huai shook his head again and again, and said in a solemn tone: "Xi'er doesn't waste money, and Xi'er will not waste money no matter what."