After changing into clothes, dressing up, he brought Aunt Jiang and Taohong into the palace.

With the waist sign, the guards at the palace gate did not make any embarrassment and immediately let them go. When they arrived at Wanshou Palace, Madam Li came out to pick them up and let them in.

The Queen Mother is using scissors to repair potted plants. When winter comes, she cut off the branches and leaves, and the leaves will grow better in the spring of the coming year.

Xining walked over and flattered and flattered: "It is said that no matter what a noble person does, he is different from ordinary people. This ordinary flower and plant change drastically when the Empress Dowager played with it. It looks like he is rich and noble."

The Empress Dowager was amused at once and put the scissors next to her. The palace maid next to her immediately took them with respect.

Xining quickly supported the empress dowager's arm with both hands and walked slowly with the empress dowager.

This move made Madam Li look at her with admiration. The county lord was really familiar with her. She had not entered the palace for more than a month, and it was like meeting every day. It didn't seem like it was from a bandit's nest. It was probably because she had been working in the palace for more than ten years.

"Don't coax me, the old woman." The empress dowager was helped to sit down at the soft seat where she walked to: "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Xining deliberately pouted: "You can't think of the Queen Mother, you want to see the Queen Mother."

I knew it was a coax, but the queen mother still smiled loudly. If her granddaughter could get close to her, she would be happy to be an elder.

"Okay, okay, sit next to you." The Queen Mother was in a good mood: "Try the persimmon cakes that I just received."

Xining looked at a stack of persimmon cakes on the small table next to her: "My daughter eats one more piece, and the Queen Mother will eat one less piece, which is not OK."

The Queen Mother smiled even more: "I'm old, I can't eat too much of this thing. I'm happier to see you eating than to eat yourself."

After Xining thanked, she picked up one and started eating. To be honest, the taste is not very good! The sweetness is still there, but the skin is still dried together. The skin is always astringent when eaten, and it is like eating sand grains in her mouth. She dare not remove the skin, and it is not okay to chew off or peel it off. This is not to say that the persimmon cakes given by the Queen Mother are unpalatable, but this is still a tribute. I can only bite the skin with a small bite, swallow it quickly and chew it a few times.

The empress dowager lived for most of her life, and she knew most of her eyes. Instead, she breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that her granddaughter had never suffered any hardship even in a bandit nest. If she were an ordinary child, she would have swallowed her sweet taste long ago. She would not eat persimmon cakes and chew the skin, which was as if she had medicine.

Eat slowly like this, and it will take a while for the rest of the time. The Queen Mother took the ginseng tea and drank it: "Speak up if you have anything to do."

"Hehe." Xining pretended to be mysterious: "In fact, it's nothing to do when I meet the queen mother today. My daughter recently got good things. It is said that it can be sold at a high price and is worth a thousand guan, so she took it to Gong Xiaojing to the latecomer."

The Queen Mother was curious and flirted with her: "What good thing?"

Standing beside him, lowering his head and cautious Aunt Jiang saw the village leader take out a stack of paper from his sleeve and hand it over with both hands.

The Empress Dowager laughed and looked at it, and smiled. Madam Li, who was standing beside the Empress Dowager, was stunned: "This is..."

The Queen Mother asked uncertainly: "Yong'an, do you know what this is?"

Xining answered innocently. The voice was crisp and loud: "Salt!"

Aunt Jiang was shocked, her legs were weak, and she knelt down directly, her voice trembling: "The Queen Mother, forgive me, the county lord is ignorant, she doesn't know what this is."

"I know!" Xining looked unafraid, and a little ignorant was fearless: "It is said that each piece of salt is collected, and the price is 116.5 kilograms of salt is given, and the price is 6 jin. It was issued by the Ministry of Revenue. The Cao Transport Department was responsible for selling the citation and going to various transportation departments. However, it is difficult to find the citation. Many salt merchants bought it at a high price. A piece of salt can be sold for 30 or 50 jin. There are more than 20 pieces here, which is worth 1,000 jin?"

Aunt Jiang was so scared that she trembled all over and sweated heavily. Auntie, do you know what the crime of selling salt pricks is? It is as serious as the crime of selling private salt. At the highest point, you can be sentenced to death.

The Queen Mother calmed down and said: "Where did these come from?"

"This~" Xining looked around.

The empress dowager raised her body and before she could see Madam Li beside her, Madam Li would send all the other palace servants outside.

Without anyone else in the palace, Xining told Taohong about the matter and the matter of her going to King Hui to steal and robbery.

The Empress Dowager was originally worried, but gradually let it go. When she heard that Taohong kang the King Hui and ran away, she also asked for a box of gold. She couldn't help laughing.

"After all, I was raised in Heihu Village. I have the same temper and personality. They are all female bandits." The empress dowager smiled and picked up the ginseng tea and drank it.

Seeing the Empress Dowager like this, Xining knew that there was basically no problem with this matter: "Empress Dowager, Tao Hong grew up with me since she was a child, and you can see that her heart has always been facing me. After all, King Hui is her brother, and even if she doesn't have a kiss, it is still connected by blood. But not to mention, the ministers cannot fulfill their duties."

He also stood up and walked to the empress dowager, pulled the empress dowager's sleeve and acted coquettishly: "The empress dowager will pity her, so don't pursue her and King Hui."

The empress dowager was so frustrated that she had no choice but to respond helplessly. She asked Mama Li to lead her to the official family with salt, and asked him to come over to have lunch at noon.

In fact, Emperor Dechang would not wait until dinner. When he saw so many salt intakes, he would definitely come over to ask about the situation.

Xining asked tentatively: "That daughter, I'm going back to wait for news and say goodbye first..."

The Queen Mother thought for a while: "Where is that person named Taohong?"

Knowing that he was waiting at the gate of the palace, he asked someone to call Taohong in.

Before Taohong came, Emperor Dechang came first. Xining gave a salute and gave her a seat after she was exempted from the ceremony. The empress dowager asked her to repeat Taohong's life experience and the "massive events" that Taohong did.

Fortunately, I practiced my eloquence, and the Queen Mother didn't feel bored when she listened again, and she still couldn't help laughing.

After saying that, the Empress Dowager said: "Even if the evidence of this private sale of salt is conclusive, King Hui is also a royal family after all. He has no father and mother, and he has no title early. Even if he goes wrong, he will not care enough if he says it. This is a matter of court and family matters, so the officials will do it."

This is very clear, it is just that big things have turned into small things. If Emperor Dechang couldn't hear it, he wouldn't have to be the emperor anymore, and he could be a fool. So he nodded slightly: "I will deal with it as appropriate."

"Yeah~" the queen mother smiled, squinted her eyes and nodded.

The eunuch outside the door came to report, and Taohong summoned him.

After Taohong came in, she kowtowed and bowed. When the empress dowager looked at her, Madam Li asked Taohong to raise her head.

After seeing this, the empress dowager said lukewarmly: "I look a bit similar." This probably means that I look a bit like King Hui.
Chapter completed!