Chapter 1136: Queen: Your daughter makes me so mad!

Not all officials who entered the palace went to the Imperial Study to meet the Emperor.

Others included Cui Yu, the Minister of Taichang Temple, Wu Yuan, the Junior Minister, and officials from the Taiyue Office and the Guchu Office within the Taichang Temple.

There were also female officials in the palace, such as Shangyi and Shangyi from the Shangyi Bureau and the Shangyi Bureau.

They are all responsible for managing rituals and music, sacrificial ceremonies, arrangements of banquets within the palace and other matters.

Today, Cui Yu and others met with the Queen Mother to discuss the Dragon Boat Festival banquet.

The Dragon Boat Festival of Daxia is no less important than the Lantern Festival to Daxia because the founding emperor Xia Shude officially proclaimed himself emperor and established his dynasty before the Dragon Boat Festival.

Moreover, before the Dragon Boat Festival every year, the empress hosted a banquet for the officials and their wives in the capital, and bestowed upon the ladies and their children five-poison silks, calamus wine and other items, or sachets, to show the royal blessing for the harmony and prosperity of all officials' families.

Moreover, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the two saints hosted a banquet to entertain all the ministers, to strengthen the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, and to show that the monarch and his ministers were of one mind and worked together to govern the country. At the same time, they celebrated the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty and showed the joy of the monarch and his ministers.

Naturally, these two banquets needed to be prepared by Su Changan, after all, she was the queen.

This is why Su Changan looked at the list of ladies in the capital a few days ago. Firstly, he wanted to get to know them, and secondly, it was because the Dragon Boat Festival was approaching.

Su Changan sat in the hall of Lingqi Pavilion, looking at Cui Yu, and was very unhappy!

It’s not that I was unhappy to see Cui Yu, but I was mainly thinking of that girl Maomao!

Leaving me behind and running away, this thing!

That girl actually managed to do that?

I asked Sister Kuangjian, Lu Cai, and Sister Qianhong to arrest people, but Xia Fengxiang actually stopped them!

When did they become so close?

And my wife is not standing next to me, but next to the cat?

But after he said these words, Xia Fengxiang beat him again.

So Su Changan was very annoyed, as if he was being too petty.

Sitting in the hall, Su Changan frowned.

Although Cui Yu and other officials from the Taichang Temple were arranged with seats in the courtyard, they all felt very uncomfortable because of the Empress's appearance and Lord Cui's frown.

This clearly shows dissatisfaction with the arrangement.

Shaoqing Wu Yuan is a female official. She is now middle-aged and somewhat wealthy. Her daughter had a blind date with Xia Yaomo at that time, but it failed.

Looking at the Queen's appearance, although she knew that she was kind-hearted and rarely got angry, her frown made Wu Yuan couldn't help but gently pull the corner of Cui Yu's clothes.

Cui Yu was also puzzled. In the past, if the arrangements were not appropriate, the Empress would be frank and honest, but why was she like this today?

But for Cui Yu, if he didn't do a good job, he would get scolded and do it again. What's more important is

Where is the cat!

Why didn’t I see my daughter today?

Wu Yuan looked at Cui Yu's expression, sighed, stood up, and bowed to Su Changan: "Your Majesty, there is something that we and others have not done well."

Su Changan looked up at Wu Yuan, shook his head and said, "Just follow your arrangements. After all, it's a big banquet like the Dragon Boat Festival, so it's not good to be too frivolous. So just follow your arrangements. If you are short of manpower, you can borrow from the Shangyi Bureau. But don't be too monotonous. It's a festive day, so be festive. As for the matters outside the palace, Lord Cui and Lord Wu, you can discuss with the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Works, and the Honglu Temple."

As soon as Su Changan spoke, Cui Yu and others from the Shangyi Bureau stood up and saluted Su Changan.

The Shangyi Bureau's Shangyi used to be Xianghong, but after Xianghong's death, a new person was naturally selected by those who took the exam, that is, Huang Sibu who was suppressed by Xianghong. However, he later became Shangyi and was called Huang Shangyi.

But Huang Shangyi knew that the first two characters of this name were a bit taboo, so she took her own surname and used her own name Qinghe in the palace, so she was also called Qing Shangyi.

Qing Shangyi bowed to Su Changan and said, "Your Majesty, the list of guests for the banquet for the ladies of honor has been finalized. According to your wishes, the families of the newly-appointed scholars in the palace last year will also be invited, as well as the border generals who have not been awarded the title of ladies of honor. I have found the list from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War, and have written them all down. However, since some of them are not in the capital, they cannot be invited to the palace."

Su Changan looked at the other documents and saw the list on it and said, "For those who are not here, the same rules apply. Send the rewards to them. Arrange it in advance and send it out. Hurry and get it there before the Dragon Boat Festival."

After that, Su Changan said, "Add some more to the regulations of what Li Nishang did when she was here. Xiang Hong was greedy and treated the ladies badly. However, the money is tight for the war this year, so just let me handle the dispatch. I can't spend much money anyway. You can discuss this with Aunt Sun. In addition, I have prepared some things here separately. I will hurry to make some and give them to those outside first. But the imperial edict clearly states that there will be no more next year. This year is the only one."

Su Changan looked at Cui Yu and the others again and said, "The details of the Dragon Boat Festival banquet will require the help of the Taichang Temple. The staff of the Shangyi Bureau can be dispatched, but they are now busy with the banquet for the ladies. After the banquet is over, they will come to work with you to make arrangements."

Cui Yu and others bowed again.

Su Changan opened the letter from the Shangyi Bureau.

Xun Xia and others on the side were waiting respectfully, but a few girls blushed and secretly glanced at Su Changan, who looked serious at the moment, with admiration in their eyes.

It has to be said that Her Majesty is usually weird and seems to rarely deal with the affairs of the palace, but when she starts to deal with them seriously, it feels completely different.

It's completely different from the way he was in the morning when he made a fuss and was lectured by His Majesty.

Su Changan looked at everyone: "That's about it, do you have anything else to do?"

Cui Yu looked at Su Changan, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

However, Wu Yuan, Qing Shangyi and others bowed immediately.

"Then go about your business, but take a rest if you need one." Su Changan said to everyone, then looked at Cui Yu and said, "Master Cui, please stay for a moment."

Cui Yu was stunned and looked at the empress with some confusion.

The others naturally bowed and left.

Cui Yu was a little nervous because Maomao was not there and the empress left him alone.

Su Changan watched everyone leave until only Cui Yu was left. He looked at Cui Yu and said, "Master Cui."

Cui Yu raised his eyes and looked towards the Queen.

Su Changan stood up, and Cui Yu became more nervous.

Su Changan looked at Cui Yu with a serious face: "Your daughter pissed me off so early in the morning!"

Hearing this, Cui Yu's heart skipped a beat, and then he looked at Su Changan with a look of panic. That girl had never been respectful to her elders, and finally...she had angered the empress!

…

The cat is very angry!

I was very unhappy when I left Qingpingfang with Yu Kuangxuan.

Because there are no suitable bugs!

Although I bought a lot of poisonous weeds, I came out today just to buy poisonous insects, but there were no suitable ones!

I can only cultivate it myself, but if those poisonous weeds are discovered, Aunt Sun will definitely blame me again.

And we have to secretly find a place to cultivate poisonous insects, but these

Maomao thought of Su Changan.

Ask her?

Maomao held his forehead with his hand because of a headache.

Seeing the cat's appearance, Yu Kuangxuan at the side couldn't help but ask: "Aren't there many poisonous insects in Princess Chu's place?"

The cat's ears, which had been drooping, suddenly stood up.

(End of this chapter)