Pampered Into Being The Empress

In autumn, the westerly wind in Bianjing gradually rose, and the sun was shining brightly.

Flocks of geese flew from Beiyan back to Qidu, which is located in the south. Rong Xi recently walked on the roads of the Yongxi Forbidden City. He could always hear the geese chirping above the vast sky.

Just after the Zhuang Emperor's funeral, the weather in Bianjing was a bit cold, but at this time the rainy season had just passed, and the forests were gradually turning crimson. It was also a beautiful scenery with clear sky.

Today is the first time that Mu Huai met the officials in the Jiazheng Hall after he became emperor.

Today, the situation in the Qi State and the DPRK is also undergoing abrupt changes. There is a strong tendency for new blood to be replaced by the old. The important positions in the DPRK are all held by Mu Huai's confidants and cronies.

Mu Huai was not only a means of thunder, but also fully prepared for the appointment of these officials early in the morning.

As the Qi clan of the new emperor, Yin Cheng replaced Li Rui as the chief official of the Privy Council when Emperor Zhuang was reigning.

Now Mu Huai became a cousin and named Yin Cheng as Ping Nanhou.

The word Pingnan was bestowed on Yin Cheng. In the past, Qi State attacked Jin State, a small country in the southernmost part of the Central Plains, and he had made great military exploits.

The former chief official of Dali Temple was dismissed by Mu Huai. The former Sicheng Xue Rui was promoted to Shaoqing at the beginning of the year. After the new emperor succeeded, he became the new Dali Temple chief.

When the Zhai family was impeached, Xue Rui, a small temple Cheng, had the greatest merit, and was introduced to the Jiazheng Hall by the new emperor who was still the prince that year, and met the first emperor.

Since then, many officials have understood that Xue Rui is the confidant of the prince's cultivation, and his career is unlimited.

The new emperor was surprised at the appointment and removal of Yin Cheng and Xue Rui, and some courtiers could also guess the general idea early in the morning.

However, Mu Huai's appointment of Yan Juxu's official position really made the courtiers dumbfounded.

After the tea-horse exchange between Qi and Hu was over, Yan Juxu moved from the post of minister of Huangmen to the position of a scholar of the Second Grade Guanwen Temple.

The official position of the Qi state was largely postponed to imitate the previous dynasty. You must know that in the previous dynasty, the post of Guanwendian scholar was considered an increase in official position, and it was usually awarded to Zaifu and important ministers.

When Li Rui was alive, he served as the Secret History of Secretaries, and his power was equal to that of Xiangguo.

After Li Rui rebelled and was beheaded by the new emperor, Da Qi did not say anything.

The new emperor's ascension to the throne actually worshipped the former scholar of the Guanwendian as the prime minister.

Not only did he worship Yan Juxu as the prime minister, but he also allowed him to set up a government in Bianjing.

All the officials in the court knew that the new emperor had a strong temperament and was suspicious. It was normal for the prime minister to worship a virtuous person as an aid to the prime minister, but the fact that the prime minister could open his mansion was really puzzling.

But the king's heart is unpredictable, who can guess the deep thoughts of the new emperor?

Up to now, the most important officials in the DPRK are Mu Huai's cronies. They are extremely loyal to Mu Huai, and at the same time they are both moral and talented. The Qi State Council can be described as clean and upright, with great signs of prosperity.

However, after all, there are two other countries in the Central Plains. The new emperor Muhuai's style of action is very different from that of the first emperor. Many courtiers are also speculating in their hearts, not knowing how long this peaceful time will last.

The new emperor is by no means the master of preservation, and sooner or later he will have to contend with the Central Plains.

Rong Xi still remembered the grand ceremony that day when she was enthroned. As a queen, she stood beside Mu Huai, and when she was worshipped by hundreds of officials, she rarely felt a little surging emotion in her heart.

Up to now, the two words "Muyi Tianxia and the lord of the harem" are responsibilities for her.

Rong Xi still has no real feelings. Although he does things indifferently every day, he always feels like stepping on a cloud under his feet, misty and illusory.

After Mu Huai named his mother Xianfei, he also bestowed Rong Xi's father a special honor.

He was named Rong Bingjiajue, and he was named a first-class national lord in order to make her the queen be more decent.

Rong Xi is now temporarily living in Qianyuan Hall with Mu Huai, while Mu Jue is still living in the East Palace with his nurse and attendants.

After Mu Huai ascended the throne, he directly named Mu Jue the crown prince. Rong Xi was quite surprised at this. Although the eldest son of the eldest son is justified as the prince, the two will have other children in the future.

Rong Xi always felt that in accordance with Mu Huai's temperament, he would still choose from the two's prostitutes, and then make a move for the reserve.

Mu Jue was less than one year old, and he was already the prince in the East Palace. He is still young and can relax for a while.

After the enlightenment, I am afraid that he will be hundreds of times more tired than the son of an ordinary family.

Mu Huai also mentioned to her a while ago that after Mu Jue reopened Meng, he would worship Yan Juxu as Taishi, and let him teach Mu Jue himself.

At the hour, the furnace in the Qianyuan Palace is full of smoke.

Mu Huai wore a diadem, with a large belt of Zhuliyuan and a white jade ribbon on his waist. The dark and luxurious dress was embroidered with the rising dragon, the falling dragon and the other twelve chapters with gold thread.

He was tall and straight, and he was even more solemn and majestic in the clothes of the emperor.

The sapphire beads hanging on the crown nowadays are twelve charms according to the emperor's ritual system. When walking, they bump slightly, often accompanied by the sound of lingling.

Mu Huai's face is extremely young and beautiful, with deep eyebrows.

But his body always reveals a deep and steady temperament.

Recently, Rong Xi often lost his mind when looking at him from a distance.

It's as if it's not the first time to be an emperor.

Even if you have the ability, you still have to be nervous when you first come to a big position.

But Mu Huai was not 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 it was no different.

It's nothing more than from calling himself lonely, to becoming Zhen.

He would still call her Xier privately, and would call her the queen only when the palace people were there.

Rong Xi wore the queen's robes, and a crown of two dragons and four phoenixes on her head. A drop-shaped east pearl hung in the center of the crown, which fell to the center of her brow.

When Mu Huai was about to go to the Jiazheng Hall to go to court, he saw Rong Xi standing under the luxurious ceiling of the main hall, with beautiful eyes staring at him, obviously a little surprised.

He walked helplessly in front of the woman, lifted her delicate chin with one hand, and asked in a low voice: "What are you thinking about? Why is it so easy to get distracted recently?"

Only then did Rong Xi pull herself from her thoughts back to reality. When she was about to return to Mu Huai, he loosened her, pulled her slender arm and turned her left and right, making her go around under his eyelids. In a circle.

Mu Huai looked at his little queen carefully, and then asked, "Have you grown taller recently?"

His little queen was just in her youth, but she put on crimson lip make-up. Such a dignified and solemn face clearly should be old-fashioned.

But Rong Xi is like this, but it is a country of beauty, a kind of dazzling beauty.

Rong Xi slightly replied in a quiet voice, "...It's not that it has grown taller, it's the concubine who quietly put something in the shoes."

After hearing this, Mu Huai frowned, and asked inexplicably, "Why do I need to pad something?"

Rong Xi became more and more confident, and whispered back: "The concubine is too short...can't hold the scene, but you can put something in the shoes of your head, plus the height of the concubine's hair crown will be higher."

Having said that, Rong Xi turned slightly, and specifically asked Mu Huai to look at his taller self, and said, "Look, the emperor, the concubine is now a tall woman."

Mu Huai had a cold face, but he couldn't help laughing when he saw her like this. He shaved her nose and whispered: "Your identity is here, no one dares to take you lightly."

Rong Xi said nothing.

A tall person like Mu Huai didn't understand the pain of a short man like her. She just wanted to be taller, and she wanted to have aura in front of the palace.

The little empress's slightly puckered look was very cute, and the more Mu Huai looked at her, the more interested she became.

He took Rong Xi's hand and said with comfort: "Xi'er, like Luo'er, has not grown up. I heard that when a woman is twenty, she can grow taller."

After hearing Mu Huai's words, Rong Xi felt that after Mu Huai became the emperor, he liked to pretend to be old.

Obviously she was in her early twenties, and the tone of coaxing young children now sounded helpless in her heart.

Mu Huai almost touched her head before calling out a good boy.

Rong Xi looked down and said, "How can the emperor always treat his concubines as children?"

Mu Huai's eyes were deep and he didn't speak any more.

But Rong Xi could feel what he wanted to say in his eyes.

He should want to say, aren't you?

It was getting late, and Rong Xi quickly adjusted Mu Huai's clothes.

She has thin hands and fair skin, her beautiful eyes are gentle and harmless, and her breath is sweet and fragrant.

Mu Huai silently admired the beauty in front of him, and saw that she was tying him with a submandibular crown, and asked softly: "Today is the first time the emperor is in court. Is the emperor nervous?"

When Rong Xi spoke softly from Wu Nong and called him the emperor softly, it sounded more like calling him Huang Sang.

There was a slight smile at the corners of Mu Huai's eyebrows, no longer the usual coldness.

He replied to her calmly: "I am not nervous because I am here."

This is the truth, but Rong Xi only thought he was teasing her.

But it was true that Mu Huai was not nervous.

He was not nervous the day he became king.

I moved to Qianyuan Hall a while ago, and I don’t need to adapt to the new residence. I will approve important papers submitted from Xiangfu in the study every day.

Today is the first time to go to court, but still calmly discussing Fengyue with her here.

After Rong Xi was sure that Mu Huai's dress was correct, he was about to call the **** in the palace to prepare for him, but the man held his hand again.

She earned a little, but was held tighter by the man.

The existence of Rong Xi made Mu Huai, who was once again an emperor, very calm.

This woman is his sustenance, and Mu Huai hopes to become a lover with her regardless of each other. This kind of relationship should be detached from the relationship between the emperor or the husband and wife.

What he wants is the spiritual fit between her and him.

What I want more is her unreserved trust in him.

In this life, he re-elevated this position, he is no longer like the previous life, although he ran forward, he felt at a loss.

Mu Huai thought, he wanted to lay the groundwork for him and Rong Xi's children and offspring, and he wanted to personally watch Mu Jue grow up, so that he had the ability and ability to secure the position he left him.

He also has to fulfill his previous promise to Rong Xi, and 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, and will go to accompany her earlier.

He will be buried with her in this life, and he will lie beside her bones and sleep with her underground.

Mu Huai felt that everything had a meaning when he regained the throne again.

But this woman's feelings for him obviously stopped at the wife's respect for her husband and the test of her heart.

Rong Xi even intentionally restrained her feelings for his women.

Mu Huai knew what Rong Xi's thoughts were. After she became emperor, she didn't even call her husband, and his previous months' efforts were also in vain.

Mu Huai also knew that his previous self was too bad, and the sincerity he wanted to get from her was still a gradual illustration.

-"The emperor, you should go to court."

Rong Xi reminded Mu Huai in a low voice.

Mu Huai still held her hand, and asked, "Then I am by your side, why is Xi'er nervous?"

Rong Xi was asked by him, and then he fell silent.

The **** in the palace has already reached this point, and said to Mu Huai: "Your Majesty, Huanian is ready outside the palace."

Only when Mu Huaishi talked to Rong Xi, he deliberately leaned over and tried to look at her as level as possible.

When the **** came, he straightened up.

Before leaving, Mu Huai told the woman: "After the next day, accompany me for lunch."

Rong Xi nodded and replied, "The concubine is waiting for the emperor to return."

After Mu Huai walked out of the Qianyuan Hall, Cheng Song, the servant, was already waiting outside the hall.

Before Mu Huai asked about the idea of ​​Process Song, in the previous life, he had been a minister in the palace, serving close to the emperor, living like a managing eunuch.

Before he came to the throne, Mu Huai had asked Cheng Song to choose whether to serve as a servant, or to assign him another official position in the six departments.

But Cheng Song still chose to serve as a waiter, saying that he could do trivial matters for the emperor and he could also be loyal.

After Mu Huai took care of Yu Nian, he glanced at Cheng Song.

The servant is equivalent to the chief steward of the harem, and is the internal officer who often has to deal with his Xier.

Fortunately, Cheng Song looks plain, so he can let go of his mind.

After all, although Shizhong was close to the court official, he was not an **** eunuch.

Thinking of Rong Xi, although the corner of Mu Huai's lips was slightly pulled, he still had concerns in his heart.

His little queen is a capable woman, but now she is really timid and unconfident, and her slender arms can't hold the heavy phoenix seal.

He couldn't bear her, and knew that she was dependent on him.

But long before Emperor Zhuang died, he had the idea of ​​traveling eastward in his heart.

Not long after Rong Xi gave birth to Mu Jue, his body was still a bit weak.

After he moved the idea of ​​patrolling the east, he also practiced more martial arts and fitness. The emperor’s patrol was really a chore, not just a scenic tour of the territory.

Before the Eastern Tour, he had to take care of everything for his little queen in the palace.

*****

After Mu Huai went to court, Rong Xi went to Jiaofang Palace with Danxiang to see the progress of the craftsman's repairs.

Jiaofang Palace was originally the old palace of the Xian concubine. Mu Huai gave it to her and ordered the people of the Ministry of Engineering to expand and renovate it.

The former single eaves should be changed to the double eaves of the ridge of the hanging mountain, and the walls should be repainted with colored paintings. The queen's palace is required to be painted with peppercorns. In winter, this place will be warm and full of fragrance.

The glazed tiles in the old palace of the old concubine Xian were a bit old, but they could still be used. That day, Mu Huai and the officials in charge of supervising the construction of the palace at the Ministry of Industry and Technology visited her palace.

When the official asked Mu Huai for his opinion, Mu Huai ordered him to remove all the old tiles and replace them with new ones.

Because the concubine's palace was burned down before, Mu Huai wanted to make this palace built to be fireproof.

He ordered officials to excavate water in her palace and build lotus ponds. He also found many strange lake rocks and transplanted many precious flowers.

Rong Xi looked at this today, and now only the foundation of the old palace of Concubine Xian is left.

Mu Huai was not an extravagant monarch, but the construction of her palace was truly extravagant.

She once mentioned to Mu Huai that her palace should be built in accordance with the ritual system. It doesn't need to be expensive. She would be satisfied if she had a place to live.

But Mu Huai replied with confidence, saying that the palace of the Queen of the Middle Palace should not be neglected, and I would also live there often.

Rong Xi asked the leading craftsman about the progress and learned that the Jiaofang Palace was completed. It would take two or three months, less to say.

On the way back, Rong Xi's expression was slightly solemn.

Now that the matter of the previous dynasty has been settled, today there will be officials who will let Mu Huai fill the harem and extend the royal heirs.

Before long, there should be new people entering the palace.

For this, Rong Xi's heart is very calm.

What makes her uneasy is how to deal with herself in the position of queen.

Rong Xi tried his best to restrain his sincerity and fear, and didn't want to show timidity in front of Mu Huai, let alone disappoint a man.

But she was far from the queen she wanted to be.

Danxiang saw that there was something wrong with her, and asked in a low voice: "The slave and maid always think about it lately when she sees the empress, but what's wrong?"

Rong Xi's expression returned to the calm of the past, and he faintly replied: "It's nothing, the emperor has just ascended the throne, many things in the palace have changed, and some are not used to it."

Dan Xiang felt that the empress empress was too worried because she was about to enter a newcomer in the palace.

After all, no matter how much the emperor loves her, it is impossible for her to be the only woman in this forbidden city.

Dan Xiang wanted to comfort Rong Xi, but knew that his identity was here, and he had no standpoint.

He respectfully said to Rong Xi, "Is the empress going to the East Palace to see the little prince?"

When Rong Xi heard Danxiang mention Mu Jue, a smile suddenly appeared in his beautiful eyes.

Dan Xiang also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the master's expression slightly calm.

Her master, the empress, has sons and favors, and her status is also the highest. Even if other women enter the palace as concubines, she can't go beyond her status.

Besides, it is really difficult to find a woman more beautiful than Rong Xi.

The emperor really can't afford to like others.

Rong Xi was walking to the East Palace with Danxiang and the palace people, but halfway through the palace road, he saw the third princess Mu Wei.

Mu Wei is the daughter of Emperor Zhuang and Xu Xiuyuan, an old man in the hidden residence. Unlike the domineering Mu Qian, Mu Wei was born weak and sick and does not often attend banquets.

Emperor Zhuang did not take care of this daughter.

Seeing Rong Xi, Mu Wei respectfully saluted her.

Rong Xi said lightly, "Three princesses don't need to be polite."

Mu Wei's face was pale, and her expression was timid.

Rong Xi felt that she was a little staggered, and she was feeling bad, when she saw the palace beside her exclaimed.

Mu Wei was as weak as a dead leaf in the wind, and actually fainted on the palace road.

Rong Xi's expression was calm, he hurried to the courtyard, and after bringing the sedan chair, he personally sent Mu Wei to the palace where Xu Xiuyuan lived.

Since Emperor Zhuang has died, Xu Xiuyuan should be called Taiyuan.

Her previous position was too low, not a master of the first house, and could not have her own separate palace.

Xu Taiyuan used to live in the same place with Concubine Shu, but before Rong Xi came here, she had more thoughts.

It is said that after Emperor Zhuang's death, Concubine Shu died immediately in the cold palace. Rong Xi could guess that Mu Huai was looking at Emperor Zhuang's face and never claimed her life.

As soon as Emperor Zhuang died, Mu Huai killed Concubine Shu who had been tortured in Leng Palace.

Xu Taiyuan lives in the side hall, the interior is very simple, the charcoal fire is not very sufficient, and the bedroom is very cold.

Rong Xi had met Xu Taiyuan several times in the Defei Palace before, and she wore old clothes every time.

At first glance, the mother and daughter are struggling to survive in the palace.

Seeing Rong Xi here, Xu Taiyuan looked a little surprised.

But soon, the surprise turned into concern and anxiety for the daughter's body.

As a mother, Rong Xi understands Xu Taiyuan's mood.

Mu Wei's disease is weak. If she is well cured, she won't faint on the palace road like she is today.

Rong Xi ordered the highly respected imperial physician in the hospital, and after he had a detailed pulse examination for Mu Wei, Rong Xi told the imperial physician in front of Xu Taiyuan: "After returning, I will prescribe more nourishing medicine for the third princess. Medicine. The weather turns cold in autumn, and the princess is fragile. You have to come to Xu Taiyuan's place for consultations in recent days, and you should also report the condition of the three princesses to the palace in time."

Xu Taiyuan's lips trembled slightly. Just as she was about to say something of thanks to Rong Xi, she saw Rong Xi again and said to Dan Xiang: "Go to the record of the other divisions in the same room and talk about it. The charcoal fire in Taiyuan Hall is insufficient. He was so careless in his work that he detained the charcoal fire in the Taiyuan Hall. If the charcoal fire is not in place today, the palace will personally go to the inner office to ask."

Dan Xiang should be.

Xu Taiyuan was very grateful and said to Rong Xi: "The concubine thanked the empress empress for the princess, and thank the empress empress for her care for us, mother and son."

Rong Xi was still on guard against Xu Taiyuan. After all, she used to live with Concubine Shu. Although she was low-key, she still belonged to the faction of the first queen according to the faction in the palace.

But taking care of Mu Huai's sister is her responsibility as a queen.

Rong Xi said: "The only thing that should be done is the third princess' disease. If you treat it well, you can recover early. How can it be delayed until today?"

Xu Taiyuan pursed her lips and replied: "The princess has a fetal deficiency. Since she was born, her body has not been well. After looking for a doctor, it is difficult to cure the root of the disease that has fallen from the womb."

Although she had worked as a court lady by Yu Zhaorong's side before, Xu Taiyuan's presence in Emperor Zhuang's harem was really too low, and Rong Xi didn't know much about her past.

Seeing that the new queen is beautiful and kind, Xu Taiyuan has a good feeling in her heart.

I thought she would be domineering and airy, but she was not.

Always a hundred times stronger than the previous queen.

Xu Taiyuan thought of the previous Empress Zhai, and her heart gradually felt hatred.

She was very happy when the Zhai family had an accident.

Unexpectedly, their emperor was still thinking about his affection for his wife. After he did not abolish it, he also issued a Taoist decree before he died, so that the new emperor could let the Zhai family continue to be the queen mother.

The new emperor has a strong temperament, but he cannot ignore the last wish of the first emperor.

However, although Zhai was allowed to be the queen mother, she was not given a title or moved to the palace. She was ordered to pick up the plaque from Weiyang Palace, but she did not give her a new plaque.

But Xu Taiyuan couldn't bear the Queen Mother Zhai's continued living in the palace.

At this time, the **** of Qianyuan Palace hurriedly came outside the hall.

After the palace man led him into the room, he respectfully said to Rong Xi: "I have found the empress. The emperor calls you back to have lunch with you."

Xu Taiyuan got up at this time and respectfully said to Rong Xi: "It's a delay, Niangniang, please go back and eat with the emperor."

Rong Xi glanced at Mu Wei who was lying on the bed again, only then left Xu Taiyuan's place.

The **** of Qianyuan Palace didn't dare to tell Rong Xi, Mu Huai went down and saw that she hadn't returned for a long time, and there was a sullen expression on her face.

The new emperor is too different from the first emperor. The first emperor is gentle and kind, while the new emperor is strong and cold.

If the new emperor does not control his emotions, he will still feel violent.

Originally, the new emperor was out of fame, but Shicai was working as an errand in the Qianyuan Hall. He was really trembling, walking on thin ice.

But the palace people know that the most difficult person in this palace is not the emperor.

But the amiable queen in front of me.

The queen is not easy to embarrass people, but the queen's every move affects the emperor's heart.

In some cases, the queen didn't think anything, but in the eyes of the emperor, it was the palace people's unfavorable work and offended the queen.

If the emperor wants to be angry, there are some signs.

But he was angry because of the queen, but there was no warning, and it was unresponsive.

So, the empress empress who dared not offend people in this Yongxi Forbidden City was the empress.

After Rong Xi returned to Qianyuan Palace, the palace people inside finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When your Majesty saw the empress empress, his expression obviously eased a lot.

Along the way, Rong Xi heard the news from the eunuch. Today, when he went to court, there was indeed a minister who suggested that Mu Huai fill the harem.

However, Mu Huai reprimanded the official, saying that he had drafted the show before the national funeral, which was disrespectful to the first emperor.

He also said that the treasury was tight, and it would cost a thousand taels of silver to raise a favored concubine, and the official was scolded again and again.

Originally, the new emperor had held the handle of the court very firmly. It was true that she did not need a concubine to balance the relationship between courtiers. The important positions in the court were also Mu Huai's cronies and confidants.

So, no one dares to say anything.

When accompanied Mu Huai for lunch, Rong Xi remembered this, and knew that Mu Huai had no intention of wanting other women. She was not a generous woman, and knew that she could dominate Mu Huai for a short time. happy.

He waited on the man to eat with a smile, and kept using long public chopsticks to sandwich the man's food dish.

Mu Huai looked down at the sapphire dish in front of him. The vegetables on it were already piled up like a hill.

His eyebrows furrowed slightly, and as soon as he was about to stop the woman's behavior, he heard Rong Xi whisper to him in that soft voice: "The emperor eat more~"

He heard this in his ears, more like Huang Sang eating more~

Mu Huai put aside his chopsticks, and whispered: "Don't call my emperor in private, but call your husband or Zhiyan."

Rong Xi didn't say anything to disappoint Mu Huai, so he served the man a bowl of soup, and said obediently, "The concubine took note."

She wondered, and then asked Mu Huai: "The emperor...why did the husband not intend to admit new people into the palace?"

Mu Huai snorted coldly, not accepting his concubine, because he didn't want any woman except Rong Xi.

But there is another important reason, that is, the original words he reprimanded the minister, the concubine's expenses are very large, with this silver tael, it is better to buy a few war horses or store more food and grass for the soldiers.

Although he did not have a harem in his previous life, the concubines left by Emperor Zhuang follow the ritual system and cannot deduct food and clothing, which cost him a lot of money.

Mu Huaiwei replied angrily: "It's too wasteful to raise a woman."

When Rong Xi heard this, he thought of his palace.

The expansion of Jiaofang Palace has exhausted a lot of manpower and financial resources, and Mu Huai can't blame Mu Huai for saying waste of money.

Rong Xi lowered his eyes blankly, and asked Mu Huai: "Is the concubine...very useless?"

She was about to tell Mu Huai that her Jiaofang Palace shouldn't be so extravagant, and she didn't want to be so extravagant.

But Mu Huai spoke a step ahead of her, saying, "You don't waste money."

Rong Xi opened his mouth slightly, and said: "But the Jiaofang Palace is indeed a waste of money. The husband should cut some craftsmen. It is good for the concubine to live in a palace. There is no need for such extravagance."

Mu Huai shook his head repeatedly, and solemnly said, "Xi'er does not cost any money, and Xi'er does not waste any money."