invincible ugly queen

Chapter 44 The new official took office three fires (1)
Nangong Wanqing was sleeping soundly when she was woken up by the noise outside. After Chu Shaoqiu left last night, she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. Even if she finally fell asleep, she didn't sleep very comfortingly. Of course she was very reluctant to be woken up, but she still struggled to get up, originally wanted to call Bao'er, but saw Concubine De walked in as beautifully as snow.

Enemy was extremely jealous when he met her, remembering how she poisoned herself with pear blossom wine yesterday, she felt suffocated and sneered in her heart, but she still covered her naked body with fine brocade and asked calmly. Said: "Is there something for Concubine De to come to see me so early?"

"Of course there is something. Am I as lazy as the empress, still sleeping in the sun?" It was already unreasonable for her to rush into Nangong Wanqing's room, but now she is still so rude.

"Oh? Then what's the reason for Concubine De to come to see me?" Suppressing the anger in her heart, she calmly asked.

"I heard that the emperor handed over the power of controlling the six palaces to the empress?" Shen Ruxue asked knowingly, with a strong disbelief in her tone: "Don't the empress know that today is the day of the monthly audit? Office, I came here specially to invite the Empress—”

"Check the accounts?" Nangong Wanqing was puzzled, she really didn't know that the palace was on such a day.

Seeing that the queen was puzzled, Bao'er, who came in hurriedly, explained in a low voice: "In order to promote the virtues of thrift and thrift, the Southern Chu royal family will calculate the expenses of each palace every month to see if there is any excessive extravagance. It's nothing, the Concubine De was responsible for all this before, but just listen to the internal supervisor's report on the situation as usual."

"Oh—" Nangong Wanqing nodded half-understanding, checking the accounts?Now that I am considered the chief financial officer, there is such a thing, and I can study it carefully, and then smiled: "I know, you go outside and wait, and I will go when I finish grooming."

Seeing what she said, Shen Ruxue left Fengyi Palace resentfully, leaving a disdainful stare before leaving.

As soon as Shen Ruxue left, Nangong Wanqing's disguise was completely removed, and she sat listlessly in front of the bronze mirror to make up. Things in the palace really changed too fast. Yesterday Chu Shaoqiu issued the imperial decree to govern the six palaces. I'm going to take up my post today.But when he thought that he would be able to take the initiative and share his worries in the future, his whole body was shaken suddenly, and with the help of Bao'er, he quickly dressed and rushed to the respect room.

In the respect room, almost all the concubines were dispatched, except for some concubines who were sick and unable to come out, the room was full. Although the audit was a monthly thing, they didn't seem to take it seriously. It's just that today is the first day of the empress's appointment, so they pay special attention to it.

"Kongcuidang, a monthly salary of five hundred taels of silver, food and clothing costs of 1000 taels of silver, repair costs of three hundred taels of silver—"

"Yixiang Garden, a monthly salary of four hundred taels of silver, food and clothing costs of 1000 two hundred taels of silver, and repair costs of zero—"

……

"Yuyang Palace, a monthly salary of 8000 taels of silver, 5000 taels of silver for food and clothing, [-] taels of silver for repairs, twelve strings of South Sea pearls, twelve pieces of jade brocade, five top-quality snow geese—"

The eunuch's shrill voice echoed in the respect room. There are a lot of people in the palace, and the fees are naturally quite complicated. You can't hear anything at all. Nangong Wanqing, who has no experience at all, feels very bored and is holding a white jade. The teacup tasted the tea carefully, but when he heard the cost of Yuyang Palace, he immediately froze, put down the teacup in his hand, signaled the eunuch to pause, and asked in a deep voice: "Why does the repair of Yuyang Palace cost more than ten thousand? Could it be that it is carved with gold and jade? Whose palace is Yuyang Palace?"

(End of this chapter)