SFS Chapter 192 If you want to capture a man’s heart, you must capture his stomach.
Chapter 192 If you want to capture a man’s heart, you must capture his stomach.
The Queen stared at Concubine Qi coldly.
Concubine Qi looked at the Queen. The Queen's sinister eyes frightened Concubine Qi so much that she could not help but shrink her neck and look away. Her face, which was already forcing a smile, also turned cold.
Concubine Qi: Not only do you not allow others to betray you, you also want to steal their girls. You are a very principled person.
Concubine Qi was secretly complaining in her heart, wondering why the Queen mentioned Fu Zi for no reason. She had not betrayed the Queen, so could it be that the Queen was warning her?
After all, I am the emperor's concubine and the third prince's mother. If I do well, I can live out my life in the palace with the third prince in the future. The queen compares herself with a palace maid. Is there something wrong with her brain?
Chun Changzai, who was sitting next to Concubine Qi, also lowered her head and kept silent. She had only accepted some milk-flavored snacks from Concubine Hua's palace and hadn't eaten them yet, so it couldn't be considered a betrayal.
What's more, the last time I ate hotpot in Concubine Hua's palace, I attracted the emperor's attention and successfully slept with him. The queen even praised me at that time. So there was a reason why I went with sister Concubine Qi last time.
"Changzai Chun should control your temper this year, be more dignified and steady, and stop eating and drinking all day long. You will be bewitched by a little favor." Seeing that Concubine Qi didn't seem to be in the mood at all, the Queen turned her spearhead towards Changzai Chun.
"Yes, Chun'er knows."
If his parents had not repeatedly told him to listen to the Queen before he entered the palace, Fang Chunyi really would not have wanted to hang around in front of the Queen.
She would rather be an unpopular concubine, eating and drinking all day and flying kites with the palace maids.
In the two years since I entered the palace, even though I did everything according to the Queen's instructions, I did not receive any reward, only verbal praise.
After all, Jingren Palace is the Queen's main palace, so why wouldn't she even be allowed to try some delicious food?
Now Fang Chunyi has tasted the milk-flavored snacks from Suiyuxuan, the delicious hotpots from Yiku Palace, the lotus root powder and osmanthus sugar cake from Xianfu Palace, and the crystal hawthorn cake made by Concubine Qi herself. How come this Queen has no special features at all?
No wonder the emperor would rather stand at the gate of Changchun Palace last night than come to Jingren Palace.
I think that Concubine Duan, whom I have never met, can also cook some special foods, otherwise how can she win the emperor's heart and make him remember her again.
My mother once said that if you want to capture a man’s heart, you have to capture his stomach.
It seems that the Queen doesn't understand this, which is why she has never been favored by the Emperor.
Look at the women that the Empress has prepared for the Emperor. They are all good at singing and dancing. But songs and dances, you will get tired of them if you watch them too much, but delicious food, you will never get tired of it.
Fang Chunyi was thinking about this and that, and Concubine Qi was helping her speak for the Queen. Just as she was saying that Chun'er was still young and lively and active, the Queen abruptly interrupted Concubine Qi's chatter.
"Has Concubine Chun learned any of the arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting at home?" The Queen looked at Fang Chunyi's baby face and thought of some plans she had made when she got up in the morning and dressed up.
Fang Chunyi twisted the handkerchief in his hand and pondered over it again and again in his mind.
Nene said, "My parents have hired masters to teach me the art of playing the zither, chess, calligraphy and painting. The female master said that Chun'er is a little bit proficient in the art of playing the zither."
Chun Changzai felt that he had not lied. After teaching him for a month, the sullen-faced female teacher carried him out of the kitchen and brought him in front of his mother. She did say that his piano skills were just okay, then she left in anger and never visited the Fang family again.
"In that case, I will find you a master to hone your piano skills. When the emperor holds a banquet in the spring, you can play a song for him to liven up the atmosphere."
The Queen spoke very bluntly. She was really afraid that Concubine Qi and Fang Chunyi would not understand what she said.
"Qi Fei, you have nothing to do on weekdays. The Third Prince's homework is managed by the master, and you don't have to go to the prince's residence to see the Third Prince every day. Why don't you help me supervise Chun Changzai's piano skills?"
"Yes." Concubine Qi and Concubine Chun responded in unison, not daring to say a word.
Concubine Qi: This Concubine Chun never reveals her identity, and I didn't realize she can play the zither.
The Queen asked Jianqiu to see Concubine Qi and Concubine Chun out of the house. She took off her armor and prepared to go to the study to practice calligraphy. Practicing calligraphy can calm the mind and make one less irritable.
"Your Majesty, how will you deal with the matter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs not being attentive to the Yanqing Palace?"
The Queen had just started grinding ink when Jianqiu came in after seeing off Concubine Qi and Concubine Chun.
If what Jianqiu thought was true, Her Majesty should not have kept Concubine Qi and Concubine Chun to talk nonsense. The Emperor was angry early in the morning because the Ministry of Internal Affairs was not doing its job well. Her Majesty should have made a decision quickly instead of wasting so much time.
"Hmph, isn't Huang Guiquan the chief steward of the Imperial Household Department? He has withheld Concubine Duan's share, so I will naturally punish him severely." The Queen thought that she could take the opportunity to punish Huang Guiquan, and she also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty is right. The accounts that Huang Guiquan reported to you over the years show that the share given to Concubine Duan is indeed the agreed share. Every word and every account is clear. Your Majesty has also been in charge of it..."
Jianqiu's voice became lower and lower. The Queen was just about to pick up the pen to write, but when she heard Jianqiu's reminder, her wrist paused.
She had forgotten about this.
Before, when she had a headache, Concubine Hua assisted in managing the six palaces. At that time, Concubine Hua was so arrogant that she didn't even take herself seriously.
Yixiu remembered that when she looked at the expenses of Concubine Duan's palace in the account, she also ridiculed Concubine Hua for her petty temper. As a result, Concubine Hua directly implemented it on the grounds of frugality in the harem. At that time, she said that she was powerless to stop it, so she did not stop it.
Concubine Hua was powerful, the Emperor indulged her, the Empress Dowager ignored her, and the Empress was indifferent and kept it aloof. The accounts have been lying in the open all the time. Whenever the Empress checked the accounts, she thought it was a good handle to prove Concubine Hua was a jealous woman, so she never changed it.
Moreover, the reduction in expenses in Concubine Duan's palace did save a lot of money.
Nowadays, the account books have always been checked and managed by herself, and Hua Fei may not have taken care of the palace affairs.
If so, now that Huang Guiquan was punished for this matter, it would be a slap in the face.
The queen now just wanted to write the two words "Hua Fei" on the rice paper, circle it, and make a big x.
It was clearly Concubine Hua who caused the trouble, but she has to clean up the mess herself.
"First, let Huang Guiquan make up the share that Concubine Duan should have, and send a few more palace maids to Yanqing Palace. Find a few smart and sensible ones to serve her, and you must be careful about what you do." The queen clenched the brush in her hand.
"Yes." Jianqiu bowed and went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The queen wrote a big word "hate" on the rice paper.