Not long after Guo Sheng left, Empress Dowager Jin ordered someone to summon Li Xia to the palace.

Li Xia hurriedly changed her clothes, Fugui drove the car, and Mrs. Yan picked a few mature and steady women to follow her, and rushed to the palace.

When Li Xia entered Xuanning Palace, Concubine Yao Xian had already arrived and was sitting on the low table in front of the Kang, grinding tea powder and preparing to make tea.

Li Xia greeted Empress Dowager Jin and bent her knees to Concubine Yao Xian. Concubine Yao Xian quickly put down the tea grinder in her hand and stood up. Empress Dowager Jin waved her hands and said: "She is young, so you can bear this half-ceremony.

Don’t get too stuck on details.”

Concubine Yao Xian had returned the gift, responded with a smile, sat down again, and continued to grind tea.

Li Xia's heart moved slightly. There was a hint of instruction in the Queen Mother's words.

"I asked you to come..." Just as Empress Dowager Jin started to speak, the voice of the chamberlain came from outside the hanging flower door, and Empress Jiang arrived.

"You go and greet me." Queen Mother Jin signaled to Li Xia, and Li Xia agreed. She walked out to the entrance of the palace in a hurry, and happened to meet Empress Jiang who turned from the verandah to the entrance of the main palace. Beside Empress Jiang, Concubine Su was coming from

Come in through the hanging flower door.

Li Xia saw the gift, turned sideways and lowered his hands to let Queen Jin Jiang enter, but did not follow her. He stood outside the palace door and looked at Concubine Su who was walking leisurely with a smile.

Concubine Su turned a corner, and as if she had just discovered Li Xia, she walked a few steps and said with a smile: "I don't dare to work, girl."

Li Xia was timid, smiled and bent her knees. She did not answer, but leaned forward to let Concubine Su in.

In the palace, Queen Mother Jin was sitting upright with a sense of ease. She watched Concubine Su and Li Xia take their seats, and said with a stern face: "I have lived for more than sixty years, and the flat ground in the palace has been filled with water more than a foot deep.

This is the first time, so it’s a great experience.”

"The death of the Chang family father and son is not enough to atone for the crime." Empress Jiang's voice was harsh.

"I heard that since the year Chang Shifu took over the capital's Water Supervision, the rivers inside and outside the capital have not been dredged or repaired once. It has been thirty or forty years, and it has lasted for so long. This legacy of the Chang family's ancestors,

Not too serious." Concubine Su said with a smile and a sigh of relief.

Concubine Yao Xian ordered tea and each person was handed a cup.

"These are government affairs." Queen Mother Jin took a few sips of tea, "The water in the city is deep enough for one person, and many houses have collapsed. Alas." Queen Mother Jin sighed, "Outside the city

The crops in a radius of more than ten miles are soaked in water, and I am afraid that there will be no harvest this year. Let’s discuss how to help a bunch of poor people in the city and outside the city.”

"There must be rules for this matter, so that no matter what the palace does, everyone outside will follow suit, either setting up porridge shacks, or sending money randomly to every family, and a good thing will turn into a bad thing." Queen Jiang said.

Answered the call.

"That's what I mean." Queen Mother Jin nodded in agreement, "I called you here to discuss how to best arrange this matter. You can talk about it first." Queen Mother Jin looked at Queen Jiang.

Empress Jiang chuckled, "It's nothing, it just refers to a person who is in charge. Anyone who wants to do good deeds should first go to her and tell her how much money they have, and then give money, porridge, and medicine. All it takes is a president."

"

Concubine Su pursed her lips and smiled, "That's what I mean too."

Concubine Yao Xian concentrated on drinking tea. Li Xia listened to everyone's words with a solemn expression.

"Well, as the President, I think I will let Lady Ninth work hard. We are all in the palace and report any inconvenience. If anything happens, you can come over at any time and ask me or Lady Jiang."

Queen Mother Jin simply pointed out that Li Xia should be the person in charge, looked at Li Xia, and explained in a gentle voice.

A hint of surprise flashed across Empress Jiang's face, and then she laughed but held back, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty's appointment is very good. It's really inconvenient for us to be in the palace. However, Ninth Lady is a bit younger after all. Don't say this."

The tedious and important matters are the housework in your house, and Ninth Lady has just started to follow her, right?"

Empress Jiang said, looking at Queen Mother Jin, "Ninth Lady is a smart person, and she has learned it after a few experiences. However, this disaster relief matter is trivial and complicated, but each one is of great importance. We have to find someone to help Jiu Niangzi.

He was always there to pick up the slack and help out. I think, let Yonsei go. He was the one who took care of the snow disaster the year before last and the disaster relief and relief work for the people inside and outside the capital. In the past few years, he took care of all the trivial matters related to the Lantern Festival every year.

He is very familiar with everything outside the city."

Concubine Su's lips were close to the rim of the cup, she couldn't hold back the smile on her face, and she looked sideways at Li Xia.

Concubine Yao Xian raised her head and glanced at Queen Jiang, then drank tea.

Li Xia's expression was calm but timid. Empress Dowager Jin looked at Li Xia's expression and said, "If Yonsei can help, this would be more appropriate. Sister Ninth, what do you think?"

"When I was in Gaoyou, I worked with my grandma on two occasions to help with porridge and medicine. As Jiang Niang said, big things are not big things, but they are extremely complicated. Every little thing is of great importance. This

For a few days, all the government offices have been so busy that they can't even go back home. My father and fifth brother haven't been home for two days. Mr. Jiang is leading the mission. I'm afraid he doesn't have much free time. Can you..."

Li Xia looked timidly from Empress Jiang to Concubine Su, then to Concubine Yao Xian, and then to Empress Dowager Jin, "Can the fourth and fifth masters also help me?"

Queen Mother Jin hummed, with a smile on her face that she didn't want to hide, "That's very true. It just so happens that the fourth brother and the fifth brother are both free, and there is also the sixth brother. Let's go together. This is a blessing.

thing."

Empress Jiang looked at Li Xia with some surprise. After a moment, she chuckled and nodded curtly: "I also think it's very appropriate. The ninth lady is really smart and rare."

Concubine Su glanced at Li Xia, then at Empress Jiang, then at Concubine Yao Xian, the smile on her lips appearing and disappearing.

"Then it's agreed. I'll send someone to tell the emperor later that the fourth and fifth brothers, as well as Yonsei, need a word from the emperor." After the Queen Mother Jin finished speaking, Queen Jiang stood up first and said,

After bending her knees and taking her leave, Concubine Su followed closely behind Empress Jiang, leaving just as she had come.

Concubine Yao Xian also stood up, and Li Xia was about to leave together. Queen Mother Jin looked at her and said, "You stay here for a while. I have a few words to ask you."

Seeing Concubine Yao Xian walking out of the palace, Queen Mother Jin motioned Li Xia to sit on the edge of the Kang, "Why do you think of asking Fourth Brother and Fifth Brother to help with this?"

"This is an errand for the mother-in-law. It is considered a family matter and is the filial piety that the fourth and fifth brothers should fulfill." Li Xia considered his words carefully.

"Well, don't take it to heart that Empress Jiang pushed Jiang Yonsei. Remember, the first thing you need to do as a royal wife is to be generous and decent, and not to be mean." Empress Dowager Jin said in a gentle tone.

Li Xia hurriedly stood up and responded, with a strange feeling in her heart. The Queen Mother had never said such words before. She had always taught her or told her about the evil in the human heart of those who have no lower limit.

"Go back and ask Mr. Yan to help you. Also, send someone to tell Brother Yan about your mission and ask him to select a few people for you to use."
Chapter completed!