Chapter 706

Yanqiu hurriedly said, "the clothes of the imperial concubine and empress are newly cut autumn clothes. They are very beautiful! In the morning, isn't the empress very satisfied? Don't worry! It's already beautiful now! Besides, it's time to eat. Don't let the emperor wait too long!"

"Yes, yes, yes, you can't let the emperor wait too long! Take the Phoenix Tail Gold given by the emperor and shake it! The emperor said that it looks good on me!"

"Yes!" The palace maid hurriedly inserted the golden step to imperial concubine Li. Imperial concubine Li looked at herself in the mirror and felt that the golden step did not match today's clothes. Then she took it off and changed it for another one. After tossing for several times, she was satisfied, and then hurried to Zichen palace.

Zichen palace, the emperor is impatient!

Just about to get angry, Princess Li came.

Li Guifei saluted happily: "see the emperor, my concubine!"

The emperor pressed his temper: "the imperial concubine is exempt from gifts. Come and have a meal quickly! Otherwise the dishes will be cold!"

Li Guifei nodded in her heart and hurriedly responded. Then she went to the emperor and sat down. She said sweetly, "my concubine will cook for the emperor."

The emperor said faintly, "no need, Princess Ai, eat with me!"

The emperor also gave Princess Li a crystal chicken.

Imperial concubine Li was flattered: "thank you, Emperor."

The table is full of more than 20 dishes and four staple foods.

The emperor's food is stipulated by his ancestral system.

Although every day is different, the imperial chef also racked his brains to put the dishes in different patterns. It looks very exquisite!

But in fact, it's more good-looking than delicious!

What do you say? In order to maintain health and prevent the emperor's appetite, those dishes are made with less salt, less oil and less sugar, that is, they have a little taste and seem to be tasteless.

After eating for so many years, the emperor has completely lost his appetite.

Fortunately, Princess Hui'an came into the palace and brought him some snacks. He'll have snacks later.

The emperor chose a few that looked pleasing to the eye, ate a few mouthfuls and didn't eat.

He just kept bringing dishes to imperial concubine Li: "imperial concubine AI, eat more! It's hard for you to take care of all the affairs in the palace!"

Let the imperial chef make the dishes so exquisite, but it's not delicious, it's hard for her!

Li Guifei was very happy, but she didn't have much appetite. These dishes didn't increase people's appetite. She ate them soon.

"Emperor, you don't have to clip it for your concubines. You can eat it!"

The emperor continued to put vegetables in her bowl: "I'm full. It's hard to get one porridge and one meal. What's more, these are delicacies. You can't waste food. Princess Ai, eat more and finish it!"

Imperial concubine Li:

Finish it?

How can you eat so much?

I can't hold her stomach!

Seeing that she didn't move her chopsticks, the emperor raised his eyebrow: "why doesn't the concubine eat?"

Li Guifei could only lower her head and continue to eat.

Until half of the dishes on the table were eaten and half were left, she looked at it with fear in her heart and couldn't eat any more!

Then he looked at the emperor pitifully: "emperor, I'm full, I can't eat anymore!"

The emperor said graciously: "don't eat if you can't eat! But Princess Ai, don't you think it's a waste that so many dishes haven't been finished?"

"You can call the palace maid and eunuch!" Li Guifei blurted out!

taken for granted!

The Emperor gave her a faint look.

Should the palace maids and eunuchs eat the leftovers from the master?

Are they animals?

Imperial concubine Li:

Why is the emperor looking at her like that?

The emperor said lightly: "I think the food of the master in the palace is too extravagant and wasteful. Concubine AI, haven't you found out since you took charge of the internal affairs of the palace for so long? Moreover, I found that since you took charge of the Phoenix seal, the expenditure in the palace has increased by more than 100000 Liang per month! It's a waste!

You see, two people can't finish my meal, but how many people in Naran can't even eat enough?

In the future, the weight of all dishes in each palace will be reduced to a quarter! Don't waste, and don't give your leftovers to palace maids and eunuchs! Who wastes a meal and pays for his own food? "

Li Guifei felt bitter: all the food in the palace was made by ancestors. That's what empress Guo was like when she was in charge!

She just chooses a better one and wants to serve the emperor well!

Why didn't the emperor say waste before, but now he feels waste?

But now she didn't dare to say anything. She knew that the Emperor cared about silver and could only respond: "it's the minister and concubine who didn't think well. In the future, she absolutely told all palaces not to waste food."

The emperor saw that she had a good attitude and looked better. He then said, "the Mid Autumn Festival Palace Banquet is coming. You should pay more attention to the food at the Palace Banquet, but you can't waste it! I don't want to see that the food on the table has hardly moved at the Palace Banquet as before!"

Li Guifei felt bitter. If those ministers and life wives didn't eat, she couldn't force others to eat, could she?

In the past, when the queen was in charge of the harem, why didn't the emperor criticize these?

But she replied with a smile: "what the emperor said is! I asked the imperial chef to improve the dishes of the Palace Banquet!"

The emperor nodded, and his face became more and more satisfied: "these delicacies are indispensable. You can try to make them exquisite and small, taking into account everyone's appetite!"

"Yes! The emperor is wise!"

"In addition, there are too many people who come to the palace to attend the Palace Banquet every year. It's too chaotic and difficult to manage. You will send orders tomorrow. After each Palace Banquet, each minister can only bring two family members to the palace to attend the Palace Banquet."

Li Guifei's eyes widened: will she issue this palace order? Isn't that offensive?

Who doesn't want to bring the school-age women in the house into the palace and show up in front of people?

"Is there a problem?"

"No!" Li Guifei hurried.

She knew that the emperor was trying to save some money.

After all, there are many places for the Treasury to spend money to expand the outer city. What's her business about expanding the outer city?

Why did the emperor make so many things when it was her turn to take charge of Fengyin!

Which is not to offend people by reducing the meals of the masters in the palace and preventing the minister's family from entering the palace to attend the palace banquet?

Then the emperor threw out a heavy bomb: "the flowers for the Mid Autumn Festival Palace Banquet, I think the budget is too high. When the imperial court is using silver, I have found a flower farm. She said that 100000 Liang can wrap the flowers for the Mid Autumn Festival Palace Banquet and the new year's Eve Palace Banquet! Princess Ai doesn't have to worry about this!"

Boom, a bolt from the blue!

Princess Li couldn't believe what she heard!

The emperor said before. After all, it didn't harm her interests, but the flowers for the Palace Banquet were supplied by her mother's family!

Imperial concubine Li immediately said, "Your Majesty, the flowers for this Palace Banquet have always been held in the Royal flower garden. If you rashly use the flowers from other flower fields, you don't know the quality of those flowers! What about the flowers for 100000 two palace banquets? If these flowers don't bloom well, isn't it harmful to the royal dignity?"