After the father of the subjugated country secretly read my heart, he became angry.

Concubine Liu wrapped little Chuchu tightly, took the duck eggs and hurried back to the palace.

While her daughter was sleeping soundly, she checked today's accounts with the palace maid and settled the money earned from the harem.

On the evening of the second day, Concubine Liu rushed to Cining Palace to report.

"Your Majesty, your chipped wolf-hair pen holder taught the emperor how to write when he was a child and taught him how to be a wise king, but you broke it because he played truant."

"Sold for two thousand nine hundred taels!"

There are already a bunch of concubines in the harem waiting for news in Cining Palace, even the queen is there.

Hearing this, everyone's lips twitched.

This one beat the emperor.

It is a rare high-priced item in this harem.

"Sold for so much money?" The Queen Mother was surprised and pleasantly surprised. "I almost threw this away a few years ago."

Liu Bin smiled, "The people yesterday praised the Queen Mother for being a strict mother, who taught her the emperor who is now willing to raise pigs and ducks for the people."

The corners of the Queen Mother's mouth could not be closed.

Money is secondary, but the most important thing is her reputation. This charity sale really hit her hard.

"The Ai family heard that the entire Zhengxuan Building for auction was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside? There were also wealthy squires from neighboring towns who came."

"Yes. We were worried that everyone would not be able to hear clearly due to the large number of people, so we distributed product introduction brochures to all the buyers present."

The Queen Mother's eyes lit up. Did she leave any words on her godson story?

"Okay, okay! Liu Bin, you did a good job, you are a good child."

The Queen Mother was extremely satisfied.

Liu Bin quickly began to divide the money.

"The Queen Mother's tea cup was used to teach the harem."

"The spinning wheel that the Queen Mother spun herself."

The more the Queen Mother listened, the more satisfied she became. She taught her children, the emperor, her daughter-in-law, the queen, and her reputation for working personally and praying for the people...all of it was spread!

From now on, as long as these collections are kept by wealthy squires, they will treat them as treasures and display them to future generations and guests.

Every time they are displayed, the story of these old objects will be told again, and the story of her reputation as the Queen Mother will be told again!

The Queen Mother smiled happily, she was so satisfied with Liu Bin's charity sale this time.

She directly waved her hand and said, "Concubine Liu, the Ai family is old, and they don't need much silver now. The Ai family can't melt abalones and sea cucumbers. The part of the silver from these sales that belongs to the Ai family will just become ashes if they are kept." , the Ai family will reward you."

Queen and concubines: "...???"

shocked.

Liu Bin was about to refuse, but the Queen Mother deliberately stopped her with a straight face, "The emperor has been talking about project profits recently. The Ai family is old and can't keep up with the emperor's ideas. Liu Bin, you take this money and use it, better than the Ai family." It’s definitely a lot better.”

Liu Bin could only accept it. She wanted to kneel down to say thank you, but the Queen Mother stopped her from kneeling down.

"Having you in this harem is a blessing to the Ai family and the emperor."

As the Queen Mother spoke, she couldn't help but glance at Concubine Li, who was rolling her eyes in jealousy.

The Queen Mother frowned and looked away, looking at Concubine Liu with heartache, "Hey, you look thinner than Concubine Li."

Concubine Li: "???"

What does it have to do with her? !

"Concubine Li knows how to take supplements. She wants to take blood swallow and ginseng. Concubine Liu, Aijia thinks you need to take supplements even more."

The Queen Mother patted Liu Bin's hand and said, "If you have good health, you can come up with more good ideas and do more things for the people. Hasn't the emperor been eating goat's milk and eggs recently? Don't just care about others and not yourself."

The Queen Mother lived longer than the late Emperor.

She knows best that at critical moments, men cannot be relied on, and women have to rely on themselves.

The Queen Mother immediately looked at her mother-in-law and said, "Bring me a portion of the Cordyceps sinensis that the late Emperor rewarded me. The Ai family will feel that Concubine Liu has merit, so the Ai family will reward her and the Ai family will not suffer any loss."

"Okay, everyone else will share the money with Liu Bin."

"The queen stays."

Queen Tong frowned slightly.

Sure enough, when everyone left, the Queen Mother became serious.

"Queen, you were silent just now. Are you dissatisfied with the Ai family, or are you jealous of Concubine Liu?"

Queen Tong was shocked, "I don't dare...I just..."

The Queen Mother closed her eyes, "You are the Queen, and no woman in the harem can get past you. But you must also keep up with the Emperor."

"Nowadays, you must be clear about whoever has contributed to the harem and reward those who deserve to be rewarded. Those who have no merit will only hinder others and waste people's money. Queen, you should control them as you should."

"If you make people cry to the ministers, it will not only bring shame to the Ai family, but also the face of the entire harem, and the face of your queen who governs the Sixth Palace!"

The queen's face stiffened, "It's my concubine's fault, isn't it?"

The Queen Mother picked up the prayer beads and said, "If you can't control it, Queen, let someone who can manage the Ai family take care of it."

Queen Tong's dignified expression was shattered in an instant, and she raised her head in disbelief.

"The Ai family feels that Concubine Liu has made great achievements recently. Queen, what do you think?"

Queen Tong gritted her teeth and knelt down, "I think so too."

"I will go back to the emperor later. I think Concubine Liu should be promoted to Concubine Liu."

The Queen Mother then opened her eyes with satisfaction, smiled and nodded towards her.

The Queen's hands behind her back were clenched so tightly that her fingers were digging into her flesh.

*

In the Imperial Study Room, Xiao Yunzhou was also listening to Jiang Zheng from the Ministry of Household Affairs report on the statistics obtained yesterday.

Everyone was beaming with joy, including Xiao Yunzhou.

A bunch of old things, sold for a million taels of profit!

"Your Majesty, most of the shortfall in military pay this year can be made up!" Jiang Li was very happy.

Who would have thought that the women in the harem were so powerful.

It would be great if there was a charity sale every year.

Xiao Yunzhou proudly raised his handsome face and hummed, "Unexpectedly, I just said a few days ago that I will promote any minister who comes up with a project with a million-tael income for me."

"As a result, none of the ministers have made any move, but my harem concubines took the first step."

The expression on the minister's face in the imperial study room was momentarily embarrassed.

Without comparison, there is no harm.

Once they compete, their faces are so painful now!

Who says women are inferior to men!

The key point is that Concubine Liu has never obtained any honors and is not even a child.

Their faces hurt so much!

"I'm so shameless, what about you?" Xiao Yunzhou slammed down the teacup in his hand.

The ministers were all silent and lowered their heads, looking at the tops of their shoes.

"I think it should be promoted...to the position of Concubine Liu as a reward. This does not count as the emperor breaking his promise." Jiang Li from the Ministry of Revenue was the first to speak out.

He really admired Liu Bin.

Don't say she has ideas, let's just say that her ability to organize the charity sale yesterday was not inferior to that of some minor officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs.

But Concubine Liu is a harem woman and cannot be promoted, so she can be promoted!

Jiang Li was very fond of Liu Bin and was happy to seek benefits for her. He was grateful to her for solving the urgent needs of the Ministry of Revenue.

But within a short while, Wei Zheng's announcement came from outside.

He came in after a while and whispered in Xiao Yunzhou's ear.

After Xiao Yunzhou heard this, he opened his hands to Jiang Li and said, "You are too late. Regarding the promotion, the Queen has just proposed to the Queen Mother that Concubine Liu be promoted to Concubine Liu. Dear Sirs, how can I fulfill my promise that day?"

"You are putting me on the fire to roast!"

"..."

Naturally, the emperor has said what he has said, and it is difficult for a horse to follow him. You have no joke.

If you say you want to be promoted, then of course you will be promoted.

But the problem is... Concubine Liu is not an official, and her status in the harem cannot be promoted.

It's not necessarily possible, but now I'm a royal concubine.

"Um, Your Majesty, there is no precedent for a woman to serve as an official in our court. I would like to see it, how about you give her a death certificate?"

Second Assistant Shen Mian spoke.

The entire imperial study room was stunned.

Death-free ticket?

After Xiao Yunzhou succeeded to the throne, the first death-free ticket was not given to important ministers, but to the women in the harem! ?

Chief Fucha Ge Lao's beard twitched, "Shen Mian, be careful what you say!"

Those who obtain the iron ticket to avoid death will surely enter the history books.

Do they, the officials of this dynasty, still want to be human beings? ?

Women get it, men don't.

Those who sew clothes will get it, but those who are officials will not.

How do future generations of scholars view these officials of this dynasty?

This will be embarrassing for generations to come!

"The veteran feels that the proceeds from the charity sale, which are earned from doing business without money, are of great use to the people, and they are not as good as the reward of iron coupons to avoid death."

Mr. Fu Cha Ge firmly opposed giving Liu Bin this thing, "Since the emperor promised to be promoted, why not let Liu Bin be promoted to two ranks in a row and be named a noble concubine."

Xiao Yunzhou was pacing in thought, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Wei Zheng come in again to pass the message.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry has announced something."

"Liu Bin and Min Bin seem to have jointly developed a new type of winter coat, a down jacket."

Xiao Yunzhou was stunned.