The concubines arrived at the Cining Palace one after another.
They were chattering about how the emperor favored the palace maid Yu Jinshu last night.
In each palace, they all cursed Yu Jinshu.
But when they arrived at the Cining Palace, in order to appear magnanimous, everyone praised Yu Jinshu for his ability to win the emperor's favor.
The weather is good today and the Queen Mother is in a good mood, so she asked the palace maids to invite all the palace masters to the Imperial Garden.
The imperial garden was filled with tea, fruits and snacks, where bored women could spend the entire morning.
"Empress Dowager, since the Emperor favors Yu Yu Shi, he should make Yu Yu Shi a concubine." Concubine Duan said with a smile.
"Yes! Queen Mother, the Emperor finally has a woman he loves, so he should make her his concubine."
These words were said by Concubine Ning Yu Meilin.
Yu Jinshu stayed in Zhenghe Hall, and they couldn't reach him even if they wanted to!
The best way is to let Yu Jinshu come to the harem.
Although the harem is full of women, when women get ruthless, they are all like tigers and wolves. She is afraid that Yu Jinshu will be torn to death by these tigers and wolves.
The Queen Mother smiled and nodded: "Well, you are right. I will go and discuss this matter with the Emperor this afternoon."
The queen snorted coldly after hearing this.
She had just cried to the Queen Mother and originally thought that the Queen Mother would be on her side, but it turned out that the Queen Mother would never be on her side as the Queen. The Queen Mother would only be on the side of the woman favored by the Emperor.
Since that was the case, she waited for the Queen Mother to summon Yu Jinshu to the harem.
Around noon, the queen and concubines all returned to their respective palaces.
After lunch, the empress dowager took a short rest before asking the palace maid to call the eunuch to ask the emperor to come to her.
The study in Zhenghe Hall.
Pu Kun is reviewing memorials.
Yu Jinshu sat cross-legged at the table and ground ink for him.
Pu Kun looked at the memorial with a frown on his face, as if there was a knot in the memorial that could not be untied.
He placed the memorial on the table and said in a deep voice, "The locust plague hasn't passed here yet, and the drought is coming again in the north."
Yu Jinshu had read all these memorials first, and she was the one who sorted them out according to their importance and urgency. This memorial was extremely urgent.
Yu Jinshu is a modern man. When he saw this memorial, he had some thoughts in his mind.
She stood up and made a cup of tea for Pu Kun. "Your Majesty, do you have any plans?"
Pu Kun said, "The drought has damaged crops and caused the death of civilians. The only solution now is to exempt taxes in the affected areas and allocate funds and grain for disaster relief."
Yu Jinshu could understand Pu Kun's statement very well.
In this era, transportation was underdeveloped and water conservancy facilities were very limited, so the only way to provide disaster relief and comfort to the people was to allocate disaster relief funds and grain.
But in reality, when money and grain were transferred from the capital to the disaster area, they were exploited by officials at every level, and these money and grain might not even be spent on the victims.
Yu Jinshu went to get a map, spread it in front of Pu Kun, and pointed to several counties that were affected by the disaster.
"Your Majesty, it is necessary to provide relief with money and food, but money and food are not enough to feed so many people. I think we can let some of the people take shelter here temporarily."
She pointed to the counties closest to the disaster area, where there were mountains and rivers and there would be no shortage of water.
Moreover, it only takes two or three days to get there by horse and carriage, and six or seven days on foot.
She pointed to the official road on the map and said, "Set up porridge stalls along the way to ensure they can reach water alive."
Pu Kun's gaze moved from the map to Yu Jinshu's face.
This girl looks like a carefully carved porcelain, but she is extremely smart and can always come up with unexpected ideas.
Yu Jinshu added, "This method is only a temporary solution to prevent the people from starving to death due to the drought. The long-term solution is to invest in water diversion and reservoir construction. This way, we won't have to worry about drought next year."
Pu Kun pursed his lips and nodded: "Well, you are right."
He called out to the outside, "Someone come!"
The eunuch who was waiting outside came in and said, "Your Majesty."
Pu Kun asked the eunuch to call all the court officials in charge of this matter.
As soon as the eunuch left, the eunuch from the Cining Palace arrived.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager wants you to come over."
Pu Kun asked, "What's the matter, Queen Mother?"
The eunuch said, "The Empress Dowager heard that the Emperor favored Yu Yushi last night and wants the Emperor to make Yu Yushi his concubine."
patronize!
Pu Kun and Yu Jinshu looked at each other, then looked away.
Yu Jinshu thought to herself: If I become a concubine, should I stay in the palace and not come to the front hall?
If that's the case, she can't be a concubine for the time being.
Moreover, she is now trusted by the emperor and serves him, which is bound to make the women in the harem jealous.
I'm afraid that if she goes to the harem, what awaits her is not blessing but disaster.
Pu Kun felt a little bitter. He wanted to favor Master Yu, but Master Yu didn't seem to want him to favor her.
However, he will definitely favor her.
"Go tell the Queen Mother that I have summoned the ministers to Zhenghe Hall and cannot go there for the time being."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The eunuch in the Empress Dowager's palace left.
Pu Kun stood up and walked towards the meeting room.
Yu Jinshu followed behind: "Your Majesty, you did not favor this servant. You must make it clear to the Queen Mother."
Pu Kun paused, turned around to face her, frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "Do you have a lover outside the palace?"
Yu Jinshu's eyes widened and she shook her head repeatedly: "Your Majesty, this servant has no lover."
Pu Kun was secretly delighted when he heard this answer.
He took a step forward, getting very close to Yu Jinshu. He reached out his hand, grabbed her wrist, pulled her into his arms, bit her ear and said, "Why don't you want to be favored by me? Am I not good enough?"
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