After staring at the "White Jade Guanyin" for a long time, Concubine Li reluctantly looked away and said to Yang Ning with a joyful face: "Yang Ning, where did you get this 'White Jade Guanyin'? It must have cost a lot of money."

Yang Ning smiled and said: "This thing is worth tens of thousands. I can't afford it. Hao Mengyang, the third son of the Hao family, a wealthy businessman in the capital, asked me to give it to the empress. I just borrowed flowers to offer to the Buddha."

"The Hao family." Concubine Li was stunned for a moment. Then she frowned and said, "Is that the Hao family who is known as the 'richest man in the capital'? Their hands and eyes are really good. They all want to come to my place..." .”

Seeing that Concubine Li was slightly unhappy, Yang Ning couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. She tried her best to find this "White Jade Guanyin" for Concubine Li, but she didn't expect that she seemed unwilling to accept it.

"It wasn't that they wanted to curry favor with you in the beginning. It was me who saw this thing in their store and worked so hard to get it to curry favor with you. If you feel it's inappropriate, that's okay. I'll just return it to them." The few young eunuchs who came into the "White Jade Guanyin" had already left. That's why Yang Ning dared to speak like this.

How could Concubine Li not hear the resentment in Yang Ning's words? She hurriedly smiled and said: "Look, you don't listen to what I have to say and then you lose your temper again. I didn't say I won't accept it. It's just that my status and status are all at stake now." It’s different now. I’m worried that accepting such an expensive gift from the Hao family would be a little... inappropriate. The Hao family is a merchant family. If there is any violation of law or discipline in the future and you come to me, I’m afraid it will... happen. It’s a bit difficult.”

Hearing what Concubine Li said, Yang Ning couldn't help but feel a shiver in her heart. She did think that it was a bit simple. If Concubine Li said it, it would be really troublesome.

"Sister, you are right. I thought too simply. I think it is better to send this 'White Jade Guanyin' back to them." Yang Ning said with some shame.

But Concubine Li shook her head and said: "No. Putting aside the Hao family, this is what you gave me. How can I not accept it? Besides, I really like this 'White Jade Guanyin' but I can't bear to part with it." Send it back again.”

Seeing Concubine Li stroking the "White Jade Guanyin" with her slender hands, she looked like she couldn't put it down. Yang Ning couldn't help but said with a smile: "Then you are not afraid that people will ask you to do things in the future."

Concubine Li blinked slyly and said: "Don't be afraid. The initiative is in my hands. I will help those who should be helped. Return the favor to them. Help those who shouldn't... Hee. I understand that they don't have the courage to ask for help." I'll bring it up."

"Cunning." Yang Ning couldn't help laughing and scolding. Then he saw the "ink jade Buddha beads" again. He couldn't help but said: "I invited such a holy and noble 'Guanyin Master' for you. If you get a black Buddha bead, Chanting sutras, isn’t it a bit too distracting?”

Only then did Concubine Li notice Yang Ning's eyes looking at the "ink jade Buddha beads". She couldn't help but smile and said: "Don't come here with these yin and yang weird people. You are allowed to give me things to please me, but not others. These 'ink jade Buddha beads' But Feng Baobao worked hard and got it from Ying Tianfu to honor me. This thing is made of thirty-six top-quality black agates of the same size, connected with gold threads. Although it is not as valuable as your 'White Jade Guanyin'. But it’s also worth tens of thousands of taels of silver….”

At this point, Concubine Li paused. Her tone turned soft and she said, "But, if you don't like it, I won't use the beads. Or, just give them back to Feng Bao."

Yang Ning rolled his eyes and said: "I'm not so narrow-minded. Why don't you want it? If there is an advantage, don't take advantage of it. You bastard. And it's a business of 'Zhou Yu hits the yellow cover'. If you don't want him, why don't you?" I can’t tell you how uneasy I feel.”

Concubine Li laughed and cursed: "This is all such a mess..."

…

The two talked for a while. Yang Ning was surprised to realize that it was getting late, so he said to Concubine Li: "Mother, I have to leave. Unknowingly, I have stayed for a long time. It is not safe for you to clean the palace. Your Majesty. Maybe he’ll come back sometime.”

Concubine Li was obviously unhappy. She pouted and said, "How long have you been here? Let's sit down for a while. Jun'er went to Mr. Zhang's homework class. I won't be back for a while." Concubine Li looked at Yang Ning with her phoenix eyes like fire. The hint in her eyes was obvious.

Looking at Concubine Li's passionate eyes, Yang Ning's heart palpitated. But in the end, she shook her head and said, "No. Your Majesty, Concubine Shu has given us a warning. We should be more careful in the future. Try to reduce the number of concubines as much as possible. ...Reduce the number of times you are alone together like today, especially in the Qianqing Palace."

Concubine Li's expression dimmed and she fell silent. After a while, she looked at Yang Ning again and said: "Now that Jun'er has just succeeded to the throne, everything needs my planning. I just moved here to Qianqing Palace. You...you don't have to worry. Wait." Jun'er can now be more independent. I will move out of the Qianqing Palace as soon as possible... Well, try to find a more remote palace to live in. Then..." At this point, Concubine Li's pretty face turned red.

How could Yang Ning not understand what Concubine Li meant? Although her heart was filled with anger, she still reminded Concubine Li: "Even so, we'd better be cautious and restrained."

"I know this better than you." Concubine Li said angrily.

Yang Ning smiled slightly and said: "Okay. It's really time for me to leave now. I'll see you another day."

"You...you just left like this." Concubine Li stared at Yang Ning and said angrily.

Yang Ning naturally understood what Concubine Li meant. He stepped forward and hugged Concubine Li's plump body. He looked for her tempting lips and kissed her.

…

The two hugged and lingered for a while. Yang Ning left Qianqing Palace amidst Concubine Li's reluctance.

In the next few days, Yang Ning lived a relatively peaceful life. Every day, she had to go to the palace to report to Concubine Li and Princess Yongning. When she had nothing to do, she stayed in the house. She, Shui Ling, Yue Feng and others accompanied Guan Lei. Recuperate from illness. Occasionally I visit the Wen residence across the street. I chat with Wen Qianshi and, more importantly, Wen Ziyan. They are almost close to each other.

Compared with Yang Ning, Feng Bao, the newly appointed eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies, has been very busy these days. Following the instructions of Concubine Li and more out of his own wishes, after he took over as the Supervisor of Ceremonies, he began to take advantage of the official start of the ceremony. Before the coming of North Korea, he "cleaned up" and "rectified" the interior of Si Li Jian. Meng Tong was already under house arrest in his house at this time. It is estimated that he would not escape death in the end. And the party members and cronies he had cultivated in Si Li Jian for so many years. Then Feng Bao caught and crippled him. He was thoroughly cleaned from top to bottom. Those who were quick at seeing opportunities and had bright minds, and who had not followed Meng Tong to death and went against Feng Bao before, all chose to do so. Surrendered to Feng Bao.

What caught Yang Ning's attention was that it turned out that Wu Decai, the director of the Siyuan Bureau where he had stayed when he first entered the palace, was also arrested during Feng Bao's "purge". The charge was "privately reselling the precious flowers and plants in the palace to enrich his own pockets." ". Yang Ning was not surprised when he heard the news. Wu Decai was harsh and greedy. It was not surprising that he would do such a thing. He was a member of Meng Tong and Teng Xiang. He must have been influenced by Meng Tong this time. Meng Tong was implicated. However, Meng Tong must have benefited from him.

Feng Bao aggressively eliminated dissidents and installed cronies. For a time, the entire inner prison was in a state of panic and everyone was in danger. After cleaning up Meng Tong's people, Feng Baoxu was addicted. He actually turned against some neutral eunuchs. Let's start. These people were previously sandwiched between the two major forces, Meng Tong and Feng Bao. Neither side took sides, but they were a little close to Yang Ning. Now seeing that Feng Bao couldn't tolerate them, they couldn't help but come out of the palace to seek help from Yang Ning.

Yang Ning had already expected Feng Bao's actions. He knew that Concubine Li's intention was also involved, which was inevitable. Therefore, he didn't bother to pay attention to it. However, what Feng Bao did now was a bit too much. Now Meng Tong's people have been After cleaning up, Yang Ning still pointed to the original neutral forces to compete with Feng Baoxiang. How could he clean them all out?

Therefore, on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Yang Ning entered the palace early in the morning. In front of Concubine Li and Wanli, he told Feng Bao what he had done too much. Wanli had no idea. Concubine Li naturally favored Yang Ning. In her heart She also understood that it was wrong to let Feng Bao's family dominate. Therefore, she immediately ordered Feng Bao to be summoned. She ordered him to immediately curb the cleaning actions of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, stabilize the situation, and immediately hand over the affairs of the East Factory to Yang Ning.

Concubine Li's tone was very stern. Feng Bao remained silent. He only agreed and immediately went to the East Factory with Yang Ning to handle the handover.

On the way from Qianqing Palace to the Dongchang Factory near Dong'anmen, Feng Bao looked unhappy. When Yang Ning ignored him, he sneered and said to Yang Ning: "Eunuch Yang is really favored by the empress and the emperor. This They came to file a lawsuit against our family very early in the morning, and they were very accurate."

Yang Ning sneered and didn't deny it. He just said leisurely: "I'm not complaining to my father-in-law. I'm doing my best to help him. My father-in-law has made a lot of noise in the past few days. It seems that he wants to The entire internal prison yamen is under the control of my father-in-law. But since then, even if I agree, do you think my mother-in-law and the emperor will agree to it?"

Feng Bao's expression was stern. He immediately understood the meaning of Yang Ning's words. In the past few days, he was proud of Meng Tong's defeat. He was indeed a little overwhelmed with pride. As everyone knows, no master would want to see the "family alone" among his slaves. Big" situation. At this moment, when Yang Ning reminded him, he was speechless. He just gave Yang Ning a strange look. He obviously didn't understand why Yang Ning was so "kind".
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