Xiaohe clasped his hands and bowed, bowed in a regular and standard manner, and replied softly: "My slave Xiaohe, Aunt Qi is responsible for the management of the harem hall. I have met the manager Su."
Aunt Qi...
Su Hong remembered.
Grandma Qi is the only old woman left in the palace. She has been cautious all her life, and she survived in this cannibalistic palace with great care.
After His Majesty ascended the throne, he approved the release of a large number of maids and eunuchs from the palace. At that time, Aunt Qi was unwilling to leave the palace.
Because Aunt Qi had shown kindness and protection to His Majesty, His Majesty kept Aunt Qi and gave her a simpler job.
It was with some maids and eunuchs who were left behind for various reasons to manage the harem and free up those palaces.
Su Hong also had a good impression of Grandma Qi, and they would chat with each other a few times when they met.
This Xiaohe was seen by Su Hong because of this.
In Su Hong's memory: Xiao He was very responsible and never took a step beyond his duties. Even when he met himself, the popular person and general manager of His Majesty, he never took advantage of Aunt Qi's face to get close to him to please her.
I've always been pretty disciplined.
Thinking of that, Su Hong put on a smile and asked Xiang Xiaohe, "Is Aunt Qi's body still strong?"
If it were anyone else, he would nod his head no matter what.
Because this is not a serious topic, and it is not suitable to say anything here or on this occasion.
But Xiao He seemed to not understand and answered honestly: "It's not very good. It's November now and the weather is cold. My aunt's body and bones were cold in the early days and she couldn't stand the cold. She couldn't stand very steadily. . If General Manager Su is interested, please help me and ask the imperial doctor to help me. I will thank you for your great kindness on behalf of my aunt."
After saying that, he knelt down and kowtowed.
The smile on Su Hong's face froze.
He glanced at Xiao He and nodded in agreement: "Okay."
After agreeing, he didn't say anything more. He walked up to the last palace maid, asked a few casual questions, and then said to the new eunuch chief sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs: "Just Xiao He. The rest will be. You take those people back."
The new head eunuch agreed quickly, bent over and came closer, and put his hand into his sleeve pocket.
This is to show filial piety to Su Hong.
No one in the palace knew that the former Ministry of Internal Affairs was being purged, and Su Hong's handiwork was among them.
Besides, who in the palace wouldn't want to please Su Hong?
Today, taking advantage of Su Hong's recruitment, it was a rare opportunity to talk to Su Hong alone. Naturally, the new head eunuch was not willing to miss this opportunity.
When he came, he hid a banknote worth ten thousand taels in his sleeve pocket, and now he wanted to pass it to Su Hong.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is well-oiled and all fools know it.
He was also afraid that ten thousand taels would not be enough. But he didn't dare to give away more.
What if I give too much and are interrogated by Su Hong?
This can be very embarrassing...
But when Su Hong saw this man's actions, he turned around, patted his arm again, and said, "Just don't make mistakes when doing things. I don't have to do this."
As he said that, he lifted his feet and walked forward.
The new head eunuch was stunned when he was photographed, thinking that it was inappropriate to give money.
But he has obviously heard of it, and Su Hong only accepts cash...
Could it be that the person who sent the news to him deceived him?
Before he could figure it out, he saw Su Hong turn around again. She reached into his sleeve pocket, took out the banknote, waved it up and left.
New head eunuch: "..."
Is it so, so blatant...
No wonder everyone in the palace said... Su Hong is a very difficult person to deal with and even more difficult to get close to.
So this is considered a successful gift? Still didn't work?
He stood there, not thinking about it for a while.
Finally, after being reminded by the little eunuch, he took the remaining nine maids and left, scratching his head.
Su Hong asked Xiao He to follow him, waving the banknote in his hand like a handkerchief, and took Xiao He to meet His Majesty.
Even if His Majesty believes in Su Hong, even if he is just a second-class palace maid who cannot get close to him, he still has to let His Majesty see it personally.
What should I do if I suddenly see someone kneeling in front of the palace gate and get embarrassed and startled?
But the first thing His Majesty saw was the banknotes in Su Hong's hand.
This is Su Hong's old method.
The old emperor chuckled and said, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs honors you?"
Su Hong curled his lips, said "Hmm", and then said: "It's ten thousand taels. I took it out as soon as I asked. How many days have you been on duty at the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
"He is indeed a palace rat."
The old emperor still smiled and said something, not caring at all.
Su Hong then asked His Majesty: "Can the old slave accept it?"
Every time, the filial piety Su Hong received would be overlooked by His Majesty.
No matter he knew everything and would ask such a question, His Majesty would always let him keep it to himself.
Of course, this is also a secret between the two of them and is not spread to the outside world.
Your Majesty thinks he is verbose.
She glanced at him and was about to say that you should just accept it yourself. Suddenly, she paused in her thoughts and turned sideways to look at Su Hong and said, "You only accept cash, is it because it's easy to store? Or because it's easy to give away?"
Su Hong was about to take back the banknotes, paused for a moment, and then said without changing his expression: "Donate them all."
This was the first time that His Majesty asked him about the whereabouts of his money.
Su Hong's heart thumped.
Sure enough, I heard His Majesty's laughter: "Have all the recent ones been donated to Dijiazhuang?"
Su Hong closed his hands, lowered his eyes, and bowed.
"Not counting this, I have only collected one thousand taels in total recently."
"Who is so stingy?"
The old emperor knew that he had asked the right question, so he stopped asking. Instead, he asked in a leisurely and seemingly casual manner.
Su Hong's heartstrings were tightening.
This is a very difficult question to answer.
But he didn't dare to hesitate at all, and immediately replied: "The old slave said that it was the reward from Prince Liang."
The old emperor thought for a while and remembered that this was indeed the case.
But she didn't care at the time and Su Hong's voice was very low, so she forgot about it.
"Hey, the older the official, the more stingy he becomes. In the past, Wu Qiong thought that if he could step into my imperial study, he would definitely give you three thousand taels of silver.
Why did it decrease so much this time? It seems that he also found out about this little secret between you and me, right? His hand... is getting longer and longer. "
As he spoke, the old emperor turned sideways and looked at Su Hong.
"You actually dared to lie to me. It seems that Qiongsi knew that you were sponsoring Dijiazhuang, so he deliberately reduced his filial piety to you so that I would know that you were on Di Ying's side, right? ?”
