Hao Jun walked into the pavilion without hurry, sat back in his seat, clamped a piece of camel's hoof, stuffed it into his mouth and squeaked and chewed.

Qianlong and Ji Xiaolan were still in shock and did not ease up.

Hao Jun smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, Lord Ji, are you waiting for the barbecue? ”

Qianlong's throat and eyes purred, squeezed out a little smile, and immediately ordered the cook to serve a new dish and not to get cold.

The cook limped away, and Shen Mingji and Yahuan hurriedly cleaned up the mess and took the cold and unpalatable dishes to the kitchen to heat up.

Ji Xiaolan felt sorry for the venison that was marinated in sauce and ready to be roasted and eaten, and told Shen Mingyu to wash it and wrap it in tender grass cores and steam it.

Qianlong already understood that it was easy for Hao Jun to take his life, and the guards might not be effective even if they were close at hand, so he simply let all the guards withdraw to the front yard to show that he was open and honest with Hao Jun.

The atmosphere that followed was very congenial, and the conversation was very pleasant, well, at least on the surface.

After being full of wine and food, Hao Jun went back and brought the remaining one hundred and seventy-nine night pearls, as well as more than two hundred small jade pieces and a large bag of exquisite trinkets.

The afternoon sun is not so warm, so the spot to admire the night pearl has been moved to the atrium.

Hao Jun didn't expect that Qianlong was most interested in those figures he imagined and fabricated out of thin air, showing the style of an abstract art connoisseur!

Everyone knows that Qianlong is very accomplished in art, but not many know why.

When Qianlong ascended the throne, due to the efforts of the previous three emperors, he was faced with a well-organized country, and he was subject to the auxiliary ministers left by the previous emperor, so it was impossible to govern independently, so he had to seize the art of calligraphy and painting to flaunt himself. During the period when those powerful ministers were in power, the young Qianlong Emperor regarded the art field as the only place where he could freely display his talents, and the unrestrained abstract artworks were the reflection of his heart and were deeply loved by him.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why he is so interested in Hao Jun's imaginary and fabricated figures, which are in the Night Pearl, and he feels that they echo him in the dark.

Although the bag of trinkets was exquisite, it was not very valuable, and Hao Jun did not fix it in particular, whether it was carried or put down, it was accompanied by a crisp crashing sound. After Qianlong finished reading the Night Pearl, he shifted his interest to it.

Hao Jun opened it to show him, and told him that these things were not valuable, but he heard that every time he went out for a long time to return to the palace, he would bring some gadgets to the concubines in the palace, and this time he ended the trip in a hurry, and these gadgets might be able to exchange for the joy of the concubines.

Qianlong laughed, for women who love beauty, this is indeed a good thing.

Qin Rui sold a lot of exquisite gadgets from different time and space before, and naturally they would flow into the palace, but the craftsmanship of these things is not very complicated, so there are many manufacturers, and a slight change of pattern is equivalent to a new model, and it is impossible for different time and space to be exactly the same.

Therefore, Qianlong still looked very fresh, and thanked Hao Jun repeatedly.

But Qianlong looked at it, and suddenly picked up a night pearl for comparison, and then laughed again.

Hao Jun didn't understand why he was laughing, but after a closer look, he secretly said that he shouldn't have brought these things!

Hao Jun is really careless, many of the decorations on these trinkets are also made of resin, and the main raw materials of the Night Pearl are from the same source!

Qianlong deliberately exaggerated his voice and said, "Mr. Qin, it seems that these Night Pearls really have a story, but it is not the story you said. I also love handicrafts, why don't you teach me how to make night pearls in Mr. Qin's spare time?"

Hao Jun's eyes wandered to the sky, and he made an unfathomable and profound look, "You think too simply, not everyone will be like Taishang Laojun to refine the pill!"

Qianlong's ridiculous smile disappeared instantly, "This, this is made from alchemy?"

Hao Jun asked rhetorically, "What do you think?"

"Then why do you say that it was harvested from the deep valley of the wilderness? Mr. Qin, let's not talk about whether you deceive the king or not, this will also damage the good reputation you have maintained for many years, right?"

"That's just to make it easier for you to accept, does the source matter that much?"

"Of course it's important! Mr. Qin doesn't know, for example, Hetian jade, which used to be controlled by unscrupulous people, the quality of the jade is uneven, and the market price remains high......

Qianlong began to talk about his control of the Jade Source Land, Hao Jun could only listen silently, Qianlong didn't dare to show off in front of himself before, now he has to give people a chance to scream, right?

Modern society knows that the Forbidden City has a large number of antiques, porcelain, calligraphy and painting, wood, coins, and jade, and there are more than 30,000 pieces of jade, but how many people know that half of them are in Qianlong's collection? This is enough to show Qianlong's extreme love for jade.

Many emperors in the past dynasties had countless beauties, and Qianlong also had 3,000 beauties, but beauties were not his main pastime. He loves Meiyu more than beauty. When I'm free, I take out the beautiful jade every day to wipe and play, and the degree of obsession is definitely worthy of "jade control".

As early as when Qianlong rectified the rule of officials, he had a soft spot for the elegant luxury of jade. Every year, officials from all over the country pay tribute to the imperial court, and beautiful jade is always indispensable, which can please Qianlong the most. Qianlong's penchant for playing with jade was out of control, and he always tried his best to find good jade.

In addition to the three regular tributes per year, he allowed the officials who paid tribute to pay tribute at any time. In order to get more and better jade, he even took out gold and silver coins higher than the market price to give back to the officials who paid tribute, so that more and more officials were keen to pay tribute to the jade, and some officials even paid tribute more than 30 times a year.

The Qing Dynasty's government expenditures were separate from the royal expenditures, and Qianlong, as the king of a country, could not take the lead in using the treasury funds to satisfy himself. He came up with a bad idea: all officials who made mistakes, if they did not obstruct the safety of the Qing Dynasty, could be exempted from the punishment of dismissal by paying some silver taels, and these fines would be transferred to Qianlong for personal use after a series of "whitewashing." With this funding, Qianlong became even more enthusiastic about collecting jade.

People love jade, and most of them are infiltrated by the traditional concept of "a gentleman is like jade". After long-term wear, jade will be affected by human body oil, and its own finish will also have superficial changes, so people think that this can bring good luck to themselves, and they naturally have a good impression of jade.

However, it was Qianlong who set off the climax of playing jade!

Qianlong was obsessed with jade, and the so-called "good at the top, bad at the bottom". In order to curry favor with Qianlong, officials at all levels searched everywhere for good jade offerings, which naturally also led to the atmosphere of playing with jade.