Royal Little Fortune

Chapter 611

"Your Majesty, look, Your Majesty, isn't this the plum tree we saw in the garden two years ago? It is full of plums, and it seems to be ripe. It must be delicious." Ya Ruo said a little excitedly.

The emperor knew that Yaruo, a snack foodie, would like it here, otherwise he would not have chosen this small garden specifically. There are many fruit trees in this small courtyard, besides plums, there are also peaches and pomegranates, etc., which are also ripe up.

"This time, I will go up the tree to pick it off myself." Ya Ruo said with a smile.

Now she is no longer what she used to be. Although her martial arts are not very strong, they are pretty good, and her lightness skills have also improved.

"Go, go, pick as many as you want." The emperor smiled and nodded.

Even though he said so, when Ya Ruo really jumped up to pick the fruit, he stared at her with all his attention, fearing that she might make a mistake, he kept his heart on it until Ya Ruo picked a big fruit. Basket fruit, he was relieved.

"Your Majesty, these fruits are all ripe. I think some of them are ripe and fall to the ground. It's a pity. You can let them pick them all. If you can't eat them all, we can make preserves and jams. It's also very good." Ya Ruo said with a smile.

"Okay!" The emperor nodded with a smile, and immediately ordered people to do it.

Ya Ruo is still very good at making these things. After the fruit was picked, she took some back to the garden for everyone to eat, and the Queen Mother also kept a lot, and let her bring the maids to make jam and candied fruit. , It took two full days of work.

In the past, everyone had eaten the jam made by the royal chefs, but the taste was not very good. This time, Yaruo's cooking was very satisfying, and the queen mother was full of praise for it.

The emperor also felt that Ya Ruo was very powerful, and felt that his future daughter-in-law seemed to be omnipotent.

They were happy, but some people were not happy, such as Ning Chuge and Kang Concubine, they always felt that those fruits should be shared with everyone to enjoy slowly, instead of making preserves and jams.

What they care about is actually not these fruits, after all...as long as there is money, there are plenty of them outside, and you can buy them casually. If their masters want to eat, they can tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they will have it the next day. What I care about is this "grace".

"Bengong and that Yaruo are really incompatible. Since she returned to the capital, the emperor has ignored me again. I think back when she was still in Tianjin with the queen mother, the emperor loved me a lot. Now ... This dead girl Yaruo lives in Guiyuan next door, she has to stroll in the garden every day, the emperor has her by her side, how can she think of Bengong!" In a small courtyard, Ning Chuge Sitting under a tree to enjoy the shade, he couldn't help complaining in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, don't be discouraged. At least the Emperor is still willing to see you and invite you. In this palace, no one else has such a blessing." Shuyi persuaded with a smile.

"That being said, the thought of being suppressed by that dead girl Ya Ruo makes me feel very uncomfortable. By the way... Didn't Er Niang send a message saying that she needs money? You send someone to send it Go ahead, tell Fei Yanggu by the way, let him restrain Ben Gong, do what he should do, and stop causing trouble to Ben Gong, don't think that Ben Gong doesn't know, when Er Niang wants money, she goes to give it to him To fill in the shortfall." Ningchug said with a frown.

"Your Majesty..." Shuyi looked at Ning Chuge with some embarrassment, and said after a while: "My Lady, we don't have much money in our hands. If we give the amount Madam asked for, Madam, this month You just have to get over it."

"How much does Er Niang want?" Ning Chuge asked in a low voice, his face was full of anger.

"Madam...Madam wants 2000 taels of silver, but we only have 200 taels in total." Shuyi lowered her voice and whispered in Ning Chuge's ear.

"She actually wants so much. Do you think this is a bank here in this palace? She comes here every now and then to ask for money, but I don't know that this palace is also very poor in the palace. I never dared to pay for money to add clothes and jewelry by myself. The summer clothes are all from last year. Based on this, I can't even compare to Concubine Ke, an unfavored Han girl. Her natal family will at least subsidize her. She never wears last year's clothes. All of them have already secretly laughed at Ben Gong..." Ning Chuge couldn't continue, feeling that he was really aggrieved.

She is a majestic concubine who is in charge of the big and small affairs of the inner palace, but she is worried about this little money, and she still has to wear last year's old clothes. Although she claims to save money, she also calls on everyone to do so, which is actually even more embarrassing.

"Then madam... shall we give it or not?" Shuyi asked in a low voice.

"Here... If I don't give it, Erniang will definitely come and cry." After Ningchuge finished speaking, he sighed and said, "I am a dignified concubine, and I have to worry about this little money. If I can earn some money , that's fine, but it's a pity...the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are very smart, and the accountant assigned to me by the Empress Dowager is also very smart, I can't bribe them, and I can't make false accounts..."

Ning Chuge suddenly felt that he, the imperial concubine who manages the harem, actually has no real power at all, and the financial power is in the hands of others.

"My maidservant heard that...some people will buy and sell officials to earn money. A small seven-rank county magistrate is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, sometimes even more." Shuyi said in a low voice.

Ning Chuge heard the words and said coldly: "Do you think I don't know? There are many people in this world who want to donate to officials because of their own money, but I don't have this way. I am in the imperial court. , besides Ama, who else can I go to? I won’t mention Ama, he doesn’t have that ability.”

"Then madam... we can only save money on food and clothing." Shuyi sighed.

"Why do you think I'm not Yaruo? That dead girl can open a few shops selling roasted seeds and nuts, and makes a lot of money every day, or... Ben Gong also finds a way to start a business?" Ning Chuge rubbed his hands and said.

"Business?" Shuyi was stunned when she heard the words, and then she smiled and said, "The ladies in the palace may not have asked their confidantes to find someone to do business outside, but it requires capital, empress, we have no capital."

"There will be soon!" Ning Chuge said, shaking his teeth.

"Ah!" Shuyi looked at her in surprise when she heard this.

"If you don't do anything, don't stop. Since the emperor doesn't talk to me very much now, I must find a way to make my life easier. Otherwise, why don't I keep doing this? My palace will have a solution." After Ning Chuge finished speaking , there was a trace of coldness on his face, and then he smiled and said: "Go, go to the main hall and ask to see the emperor."

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