my wife is queen

Chapter 146
Dark clouds enveloped the sky above the capital, ripples appeared in layers on the Shicha Sea, and a heavy rain fell in the capital.

As the torrential rain falls, the heat gradually disappears, bringing a little bit of coolness, and you can feel refreshed without fanning the cattail fan.

Li Mian took advantage of the rare rainy day to dissipate the heat, and led Pheasant Nu and Yun Niang out of the White Wall Moon Cave.

One of them was holding an oil-paper umbrella, and was about to leave the consort's mansion through the east gate.

I haven't seen Chen Yuanyuan for a long time, but it's not that I miss Chen Yuanyuan and want to eat tofu.

Li Mian took Pheasant and Nu Yunniang to the vicinity of Yinding Bridge first, and if they still couldn't see Chen Yuanyuan, when they came back, they would go directly to the courtyard where Chen Yuanyuan lived and eat a bowl of tofu nao at her house.

Li Mian had just arrived near the east gate, and stopped in his tracks, unable to get out.

It wasn't that he was stopped by someone, it was just that a group of people blocked the door, and they brought various dry gifts and water gifts to the son-in-law.

Due to the large number of people, the entrance to the east gate was blocked.

In the past, Li Mian seldom saw anyone bringing gifts to the Concubine's Mansion, the family was empty, and he hadn't seen a single official in the past few months.

Today's situation can be described as uncharacteristically, not only came to give dry gifts and water gifts, but directly blocked the east gate.

There was a lot of traffic at the entrance of the east gate, and Hongqiao took the servants in the mansion to write down the gift list, recording all kinds of filial piety from the officials.

Hongqiao saw the uncle coming, and handed over the account books in his hand to a female cleaner, and went to the side to explain: "These are the officials in the capital who heard that the princess has once again mastered the inner palace transport warehouse. At first, they didn't want to burn cold Zao, knowing that the princess is in power again, came here in a hurry to give gifts."

"The empress has returned from Jinling?" Li Mian asked inexplicably. Only when the empress regained control of the harem would it be possible for Princess Changping to control the transport warehouse of the inner palace again.

The inner government transport warehouse is equivalent to the inner money, and whoever controls the inner money has the financial power in the palace.

One of the things that Concubine Zheng has been craving for all these years is to get the permission of Emperor Jiazhen to take charge of the Inner Palace Shipping Depot.

It was not easy for Princess Changping to lose the Inner Palace Shipping Depot. In the past few months, she regained control of the Inner Palace Shipping Depot.

Hongqiao said with a bit of sadness: "The empress has never returned from Jinling. It would be great if she came back from Jinling. The princess is willing to use the financial rights of the inner palace's transport warehouse in exchange for the empress to return to the capital. It is a pity that the princess can once again take charge of the inner palace. The transport depots all used hundreds of high-quality horses, resorted to a series of means, and seized the property and power of the palace."

When Li Mian heard what Hongqiao said, surprise appeared on his face, even he didn't have the ability to use hundreds of first-class horses to let Princess Changping be in charge of the inner palace transport depot again.

Without his intervention, Princess Changping resolved the matter herself, and once again took charge of the financial power in the palace.

Li Mian's current mood was not only surprised, but even shocked.

I can't figure out what kind of means Princess Changping used to regain control of the Inner Palace Shipping Depot.

Princess Changping is so smart, there are not many women who are smarter than her in the whole Da Zhu Dynasty.

"The prefect of Yingtian sent a pair of glazed cups."

The female Qingke took over the account books in Hongqiao's hands, got orders from Hongqiao, met some important officials, and needed to be called.

When Li Mian heard the name of the prefect of Yingtian, he could almost conclude that what Hongqiao said about regaining control of the inner government transport depot was true.

The prefect is a fourth-rank official, and only two prefects are third-rank officials. They are the prefect of Shuntian in the capital city and the prefect of Yingtian in Liudu.

Yingtian Zhifu's official title is the same as that of Qian Dongjian's father, Taipusi Siqing. The real power in his hands is only in the local prefectures and counties, and the degree of nobility is extraordinary.

Li Mian asked: "The prefect of Yingtian has given gifts to the mansion."

Hongqiao heard what Li Mian said, and immediately corrected him: "Young Master's words are wrong, it should be a gift to the consort's house."

When Hongqiao said this sentence, he bit the word Consort's Mansion very hard, emphasizing that this mansion is the Consort's Mansion.

Li Mian couldn't help laughing, he didn't care much about Hongqiao's childish behavior, but he was very relieved in his heart.

It was also very fortunate that the maidservants around Princess Changping did not look down on the son-in-law. They were more obedient than each other, and they always helped Li Mian speak well around Princess Changping.

Yun Niang said with a smile: "Young Master, don't leave the Consort's Mansion in a hurry, just wait quietly, the person who came to give gifts is not just the prefect of Yingtian."

As soon as this sentence was finished, the female Qingke sang another name.

"A scholar from the Imperial Academy sent a set of rare books."

Li Mian was already incredulous that the magistrate from Liudu came to give gifts. Hearing what the female Qingke said about the concubine of the Imperial Academy gave him a deeper understanding of Princess Changping in charge of the Inner Palace's transportation warehouse.

The concubine of the Imperial Academy is the close minister of the emperor, responsible for drafting the imperial edict, and also has the important task of explaining scriptures to Emperor Jiazhen, and is an important source of cabinet ministers.

After a scholar becomes a Jinshi in high school, there are generally two places to go. One is to be sent to a local county to become a county magistrate, and the other is to enter the Imperial Academy to become a scholar.

Generally speaking, only first-class Jinshi, such as champion, second place, and Tanhua, can be lucky enough to enter the Imperial Academy and become a scholar.

Even the top three are only lucky enough to become Shu Jishi, and there is often a possibility of losing the election.

Today, a concubine from the Hanlin Academy unexpectedly came to give a gift to Princess Changping. It can be seen that he is in charge of the financial power in the palace and has an extraordinary status in the hearts of the officials in the capital.

"The Jiangxi inspector sent a basket of Nanfeng tribute oranges."

The female Qingke called again, this time the voice was louder than the previous two times, and the official who came to give the gift had a higher official rank, and he was in charge of one of the two capitals and the thirteen provinces. According to the envoy.

According to the law, the inspector is a proper official of the frontier, and he is in charge of one province of the two capitals and thirteen provinces together with the chief envoy and the commander-in-chief.

When the pheasant slave heard the words Nanfeng tribute orange, his eyes lit up immediately, and he looked at the basket from time to time, wanting to pick up a few Nanfeng tribute oranges for my uncle to taste.

Hongqiao said proudly: "Don't look at it, it's just a basket of Nanfeng tribute oranges. It sounds worthless, but it is a tribute sent to the palace every year. Concubine Yang Gui likes to eat lychees and left it behind." No one knows that it is the allusion of "Litchi Lai", Nanfeng Gongju was a tribute as early as the Tang Dynasty, and it was also deeply loved by Concubine Yang."

Li Mian understood the meaning of Hongqiao's words, Jiangxi's inspector can send a basket of Nanfeng tribute oranges, no matter how high or low the basket of fruits and vegetables is, it is to let the officials in the capital know that the inspector has come to give gifts.

"Sun Chuanting sent a basket of eggs."

(End of this chapter)