Concubine Huang said she wanted to leave

Chapter 43 Handover of Palace Affairs
When the scorching sun is in the sky, inside the elegant palace.

Sitting quietly in the palace for a long time, Shang Kelan felt the cool breeze in the bedroom and the chirping of cicadas under the shade of trees outside, and only felt that the summer atmosphere was strong and quiet.

She was wearing a white tulle dress, lying leisurely on the beauty couch, holding a seductive grape in her mouth and putting it in her mouth.

After a while, Shang Kelan squinted his eyes in enjoyment and said: "Well, it is indeed a grape presented by a small country in the Western Regions, it tastes so sweet!"

Eating it makes people salivate, sweet and sour, very relieves greasy.

Zhi Zi came in with a basin of cold water, took off the handkerchief on the wooden shelf and said, "Your Majesty, come here and wash up, this servant will take you to the main hall to meet those nuns who are in charge."

Shang Kelan remained unmoved, continued to eat the grapes in his hand and said, "Although the empress dowager sent someone to inform me to let me take over the power from Concubine Ning, but I am the empress of the middle palace, so Concubine Ning It's about the affairs of the Eastern Palace, and I'm not interested in taking over."

"Wow"

Zhizi wrung out the water in the handkerchief, walked over to wipe the sweat from Shang Kelan's forehead, looked at her helplessly and said, "My lady, if the eldest son hears what you said, I'm afraid he will hate Tiebucheng again. I just said a few words to you, the power of the harem, no matter how many concubines are fighting for it, but now it is brought in front of you, but you avoid it like a snake and scorpion, it is really hard for slaves to say!"

Although she was talking, Zhizi's movements were extremely neat and neat, and she quickly combed Shang Kelan's hair again, and took a light red brocade coat embroidered with roses, covering Shang Kelan's white skirt Outside, afterward, she took out a shoulder-length silver walker from the makeup box and put it on for Shang Kelan.

If Shang Kelan hadn't stopped her, Zhizi would have given her rings, necklaces, bracelets and so on!

After finishing dressing up, Zhi Zi nodded in satisfaction, put down the grapes in her hand, and said to Shang Kelan: "Your Majesty, although it's a bit more clean, it's enough to see those nuns taking care of everything. Anyway, You can't lose your prestige in front of these servants, otherwise, if you really take care of things in the future, no one will obey you, but some of you will feel uncomfortable!"

After looking at the grape reluctantly, Shang Kelan scratched Zhizi's nose: "Okay, okay, I know, let's help me out!"

Xianya Palace, inside the main hall.

A group of nuns and stewards stood in the hall wearing light green or sky blue palace clothes. They lowered their eyebrows and bowed their heads in a respectful manner. Looking carefully, there were more than 40 people in total.

There are a total of 48 palaces in the Eastern Palace, large and small, and each palace has a chief steward and a maid in charge. If it is about handover, it is enough to send the chief eunuch and female officials of the Eastern Palace. Why do so many people come to Xianya? palace?
As soon as he came to the hall from the bedroom, Shang Kelan saw all the situation in the hall.

But her expression remained unchanged, as if she was not thinking about anything.

The nuns and stewards in the main hall also bowed their heads respectfully and said: "Slaves, servants, see the concubine Chen!"

After saying that, they knelt down together, and their etiquette was very thoughtful.

Shang Kelan sat upright on the main seat, her silver steps did not sway in the slightest, she stared at the crowd with a slight smile on her lips and said, "Everyone, please get up, it's summer, please come to Xianya Palace from the East Palace. Come on, Zhizi, give me a seat, and send someone to serve a bowl of herbal tea to relieve the heat for the nuns and stewards, the heat outside is very hot, and it will not be good if you are sick."

Her voice was neither soft nor heavy, but one could hear a sense of caring from that quiet and gentle voice.

The head nurses of the Eastern Palace are used to seeing Concubine Ning's incongruity between her predecessors and her concubine, so how can they be treated softly by other empresses?

For a moment, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, guessing in their hearts: Could it be that this Concubine Chen is also a master who doesn't agree with her heart?

But soon, they came to their senses, saluted and thanked each other: "Thank you for your kindness!"

Not long after, Zhizi sent someone to bring over 40 small stools to them, and Wen Chun, Zhi Qiu, Wan Dong and Xiao Xia handed herbal tea in ceramic bowls to them.

Drinking a bowl of herbal tea really took away the burning heat in the bodies of these servants.

However, these nuns and stewards were very obedient and did not make a sound after drinking, but lowered their eyebrows one by one, looking extremely submissive.

But if you take a closer look, it's not difficult to find that these people's faces are more or less relaxed.

On the main seat, Shang Kelan walked slowly in front of them, stood in front of the headed nun and said, "May I ask if this nun is the female official in charge of the Eastern Palace?"

A tranquil and pleasant fragrance came from Shang Kelan's body. The nurse's eyes tightened, but she lowered her head and said in a respectful voice: "Go back to Madam, the maid in charge of the East Palace is Lady Yuan, and now Lady Yuan is out of the palace to visit relatives. Can't come for now."

"It turns out that Officer Yuan is visiting relatives."

Shang Kelan nodded knowingly, then looked at the steward next to the nanny, and said with a smile: "Then this father-in-law is the chief steward of the Eastern Palace?"

The father-in-law was also heartbroken, and hurriedly said: "The servant is the chief steward of Qinglanxuan in the East Palace, named Tian Youfu."

Shang Kelan nodded suddenly and said: "It turned out to be Director Tian, ​​so is the director of the East Palace here?"

When everyone heard the words, they immediately fell silent, but Tian Youfu bit the bullet and said: "Go back to your mother, Eunuch Chen, the head of the East Palace, accidentally suffered from heatstroke a few days ago, and now he is staying in his room and cannot get out of bed for the time being..."

Shang Kelan smiled, then walked back to the main seat and sat down. Everyone bowed their heads, not daring to take a look at her slim figure, for fear of being caught off guard by Shang Kelan.

But no one expected that not only was Shang Kelan not angry, but she also calmly said to them: "Is there anyone who hasn't come, please tell me about it, so that I can have an idea in my heart." .”

These people look at me and I look at you, but no one makes a sound.

It was clear that they intentionally embarrass Shang Kelan at the behest of Concubine Ning.

On the contrary, Tian Youfu of Qinglanxuan took a step forward, and said respectfully: "If you go back to the empress, there are still the father-in-law and female officials who are still in charge of the concubine Hua's palace today."

"Okay, if that's the case, then I won't wait for them, you should hand over the affairs of the East Palace to me first!"

Shang Kelan said with a smile, her tone was very relaxed, which made the nuns and stewards a little confused about her thoughts.

Some people even fooled Shang Kelan as a good-tempered fool. When Zhizi followed Shang Kelan with a pen and paper, and recorded the reports of these nuns and the chief manager one by one, those people intentionally Telling a bunch of messy accounts to shake Hua Shang Kelan's sight.

Later, when it was time to collect the account book and the East Palace was in charge of the palace card, these people all praised: The palace power token of the East Palace is in the hands of Lady Yuan. Although Lady Yuan was ordered by Concubine Ning, when she left the palace this time He didn't give the token to Concubine Ning, but put the token in her room, and it took some time for someone to send it to Shang Kelan.

After the exchange, these nuns and stewards pestered Shang Kelan with various reasons, but Shang Kelan said to them with a smile: "It's almost noon, you can't be missing in the East Palace, all the stewards Come back, please!"

(End of this chapter)