diskusbooks Chapter 256: Overspending, the Queen Makes a Fool
Chapter 256: Overspending, the Queen Makes a Fool
"I heard that after Lord Zhao said something to General Nian, the silver went into the Nian Mansion."
Zhou Ninghai spoke in a flattering manner.
"Huh, I see. What else did I think you meant?"
"It seems like words are not as effective as money."
Concubine Hua smiled meaningfully.
"He can talk."
"By the way, it seems that my brother had a conflict with the emperor's guards when he entered the palace today?"
Concubine Hua frowned slightly, looked at Zhou Ninghai with sharp eyes and asked.
"This servant heard from Xiao Xiazi that it was this guard who was blind and disrespectful to General Nian, which made General Nian angry."
Zhou Ninghai thought about it and then told everyone what he had heard.
"Who is that guard? How dare he treat my brother like this? He must be tired of living."
"What did the Emperor say?"
Hua Fei asked with a cold face.
"I don't know who this guard is, but the emperor has punished him personally, and vented our general's anger. I think no one will dare to do it again in the future."
Zhou Ninghai looked at Concubine Hua's face carefully and spoke.
"This guard can't be Fu Cha Fu De."
Concubine Hua suddenly remembered that Concubine Xuan's brother had now become the emperor's personal guard.
The other guards probably don't have the courage to confront their brothers, but Concubine Xuan's brother does have the courage to do such a thing.
"I'm not sure about this, but I haven't heard Xiao Xiazi mention the Fucha guards, so I don't think it's the Fucha guards."
Zhou Ninghai spoke.
"I don't know, don't you go and ask?"
Concubine Hua looked at Zhou Ninghai with cold eyes and said.
"My lady, I don't think it's likely to be Guard Fucha."
When Songzhi saw Zhou Ninghai being scolded by Concubine Hua, she couldn't help but speak.
"Oh, what do you say?"
Concubine Hua turned to Songzhi and asked.
Zhou Ninghai couldn't help but let out a long sigh upon seeing this, and at the same time gave Song Zhi a look of gratitude.
"This Xiao Xiazi is a servant in front of the emperor, so it is impossible for him not to recognize Guard Fucha. Since Xiao Xiazi did not say who this guard is, it is unlikely to be Guard Fucha."
"If Xiao Xiazi doesn't know who this person is, I'm afraid the other servants serving in front of the emperor won't know too well either."
Songzhi thought of a reasonable explanation in a hurry and quickly said it out.
"Forget it. Even if it's him, it's no big deal."
Hua Fei thought about it and decided not to bother with such a trivial matter. After all, the emperor had punished this guy personally. Even Fu Cha Fu De would be very embarrassed at this moment.
"Your Majesty, the Queen has arrived."
Su Peisheng knelt on the ground respectfully and spoke to the emperor.
"I send my regards to the Emperor. May the Emperor be blessed with peace and happiness."
The queen smiled and bowed to the emperor.
"Get up."
The emperor sat on the chair without any intention of getting up to help. After greeting everyone, he buried his head in reading memorials.
"The harem's bills for this month have been checked. Jingpin and Xuanfei did the accounting together. I looked through it and didn't find any problems, but."
The Queen took the account book from Jianqiu and handed it to the Emperor, speaking hesitantly.
"But what?"
The emperor took the account book and looked at the queen with some curiosity.
"The expenditure of the Yikun Palace this month is as much as 8,000 taels. Have you looked at the account carefully?"
The emperor looked at the expenditures of the Yikun Palace and began to question.
"Your Majesty, after I took the account book from Concubine Xuan, I carefully checked it again. There is indeed no problem with the account."
The Queen began to explain.
"no problem?"
"As a concubine, her expenses this month are more than three times more than yours as the queen. Do you think this is okay?"
The emperor stared at the queen and questioned her.
"It will be the New Year in a month. Concubine Hua has always loved luxury, so it's not surprising that the expenses would be higher."
The Queen was very virtuous and tried to make amends for Concubine Hua.
"Besides, Concubine Hua is very concerned about her appearance and likes to use gold foil for decoration, so the cost is naturally high."
"What's more, I heard that Concubine Hua ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make a new batch of jewelry and clothes. In addition, General Nian returned to the capital, so naturally the reward would be more than in previous years. As a result, the amount naturally increased."
"I see. Did Concubine Hua's expenses start to increase this month?"
After a moment's silence, the emperor flipped through the account book in his hand and asked in a calm tone.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Hua's expenses this month are indeed higher than before."
"But I think most of this money is from the Nian family to subsidize Concubine Hua, so after General Nian returned to the capital this month, Concubine Hua's expenses have increased."
Every word the Queen said linked Nian Gengyao's return to the capital with Concubine Hua's increased spending, fearing that the Emperor would not realize that there was a connection between the two.
"I understand."
"In the future, if Concubine Hua has any additional expenses, please let me know."
The emperor frowned, as if he didn't notice anything, and spoke very calmly.
"However, these expenses are only the daily expenses of Yikun Palace. I specifically asked the servants serving in Yikun Palace and did a rough calculation. I found that the silver that Concubine Hua rewarded the servants was more than this amount."
The Queen was a little confused as to whether the Emperor really didn't see anything, or he did see it but didn't want to hold Concubine Hua accountable.
But no matter what, she had to let the emperor know that the amount of silver in Concubine Hua's palace was obviously abnormally large, and it was impossible that it was just the monthly allowance of the palace and the reward received by Nian Gengyao.
"Nian Gengyao must have given Concubine Hua a lot of money. I can't not allow the concubines' families to give them money."
The emperor chuckled and did not intend to continue this topic.
He naturally understood why the Queen came this time, but he didn't understand why the Queen still wouldn't let go even though he had shown it so obviously.
Not only did this queen not understand her thoughts as well as Chunyuan and Xier, she was even unable to be as considerate as Concubine Wan.
The queen's face froze. She didn't expect that even after she said this, the emperor would still turn a deaf ear to the bell and pretend not to see anything unusual.
"I would like to ask, if this money came from the subsidy from the Nian family, I wonder if the emperor really gave Nian Gengyao so much as a reward?"
The queen was still unwilling to give up. Even though she could see that the emperor did not want to reject this topic, she still insisted on making it clear.
The emperor was somewhat helpless. He knew that the queen was dissatisfied with the Nian family because of the incident with the Ulanara family and wanted to use this incident to deal with the Nian family.
But in the current situation, even she has to give in to Nian Gengyao. Does she think she can bring Nian Gengyao down with just this matter?