61. Weaver Girl
Li Mu'an has always liked to be lively, Gao He has to step forward from time to time to mutter, Li Mu'an saw that Qi Jinghuan was calm and relaxed, and he was not worried about danger at all, and suddenly thought of a creature called the Royal Secret Guard, she leaned into Li Hongmao's ear and asked if there was a secret guard following, could she call it out to see and see, Li Hongmao glared at her, and said angrily; "It's all the masters, what is there to see."
It seems that in order to torture this group of gentlemen, Li Mu'an kidnapped Shen Youan to the place where women's things were sold, and for a while he would visit the jewelry store pù, and then look at the clothing store pù, and the young man who was guarding the door of the store saw that these people were dressed well, and he ran over smartly; "Do you want to go in and have a look, our store is the most complete and best store at the foot of this Jingshan Mountain."
Gao He scoffed, no matter how good it is, can there be a palace? Which dog has the courage to have a good thing, not to rush to the palace.
Qi Jinghuan suddenly became interested, and pulled Shen Youan inside, the young man led the way, and introduced the good materials in their store to a few of them, and when he arrived inside, a middle-aged man who looked like a steward walked out, and the young man was busy; "Shopkeeper, a distinguished guest is here."
This young man is a visionary, and the store sells clothes, and he can recognize at a glance that the clothes on several people are extraordinary, and this shop pù is also looking at people, if ordinary people come to the natural young man to entertain them, but if there are nobles coming, they will change the personal hospitality of the shopkeeper.
A few people were invited to the second floor, the shopkeeper ordered someone to serve tea, a few people sitting, the shopkeeper began to introduce the fabric, Li Mu'an looked at this posture, anxious, she came out to play, but not to listen to these boring things, the shopkeeper said in detail, what Weaver Girl took a few years to get a horse, Weaver Girl only drank morning dew snow water or something is not an exaggeration, the palace provides a lot of cloth every year is the Weaver Girl spent several years of hard work to get, but to Shen You'an's surprise, such an inconspicuous shop pù actually has such materials, If there are no distinguished guests, this shop pù is not going to lose money, she knows that there are some good fabrics that need the Weaver Girl to drink dew every day, and the daily meals are made of the dew on the flowers and leaves in the morning, a single batch of attics for the Weaver Girl to live, and the food is delivered by a special person every day, without contact with outsiders, in order to keep these Weaver Girls white and flawless, and weave the best fabrics, just raising a Weaver Girl will cost a lot of silver, except for those imperial merchants who supply to the imperial court or merchants who are really rich, where would ordinary merchants spend so much money to raise such a Weaver Girl, It is difficult for such an inconspicuous store to have a big backer behind it, or the shopkeeper is lying and wants to raise the price.
In fact, she just doesn't know that this shop pù looks at it or not, but in fact, behind it is the rich businessman Chen family, the Chen family is rich on the first side, restaurants, green buildings, utensils and antiques, clothing shops, but anyone who can make money will intervene, it is not an exaggeration to say that the rich can rival the country, the money of the court depends on taxation, and the tribute of the feudal land, but the ministers of the court, the concubines of the harem, the royal family, the princes with knighthoods, the army training needs military salaries, and the imperial court is raising. Why does Qi Jinghuan like the door of the household book so much, he has to listen to his nagging for a long time if he wants to do something, not that he can calculate, if there is not such a household book, the treasury would have been tossed into an empty shell, seeing that it is a prosperous age, but the money in the treasury may not be comparable to these rich people.
The shopkeeper's introduction was dry-mouthed, even Shen Youan wanted to see what Chaoyunjin was like in his mouth, Li Muan was also interested, everyone had a love for beauty, even a female bandit like Li Muan was no exception, but after the shopkeeper quoted the price, Qi Jinghuan closed the fan and said that it was too expensive, don't buy it.
The shopkeeper was stunned, the feelings were so long to amuse himself, but he also saw that these people were not bad, otherwise they would not have personally entertained and introduced for so long, although the final deal failed, but the shopkeeper still sent people out with a smile, he has been here for so many years, and has never offended anyone lightly, who knows when it will be a nobleman, he is a shopkeeper who looks after the store for the master's house, and he really offends someone, and the master's family will only push him out to make amends.
After going out, Shen Youan couldn't help but say; "This shopkeeper is very generous, and he hasn't been annoyed that he hasn't bought anything for so long."
After speaking, he glanced at Qi Jinghuan again, this person is really Majesty, I really didn't expect that it would be expensive to come here to buy things, she didn't think things were expensive, and since she didn't buy them, why bother to toss others, she didn't think that Majesty was reluctant to pay silver, but only felt that Majesty was deliberately teasing the shopkeeper.
Qi Jinghuan probably saw her thoughts and said with a smile; "There is no shortage of Chaoyunjin at home, if you like it, people will send it to you in the future, and you don't bring anyone when you go out today, it will be difficult to take if you buy it."
Li Muan said suddenly; "Let those little tails come out and get them."
Shen Youan was stunned for a moment, the little tail, what a little tail, but Li Hongmao knew at once that the little tail in her mouth was those secret guards who were hidden in the dark to protect His Majesty, and said with a smile; "Nonsense."
Shen Youxin wanted to see what was the difference between Chaoyun Jin and the palace, but Her Majesty said that it was too expensive not to buy it, and she didn't want to speak.
When he arrived at the private room of the restaurant, Qi Jinghuan came over and said; "Today's Chaoyun brocade is not a good thing even if you buy it, this son will take you to see the best Chaoyun brocade tomorrow."
Shen Youxin couldn't help but feel a little lost, the best thing His Majesty said must be in the palace, she had already seen Chaoyunjin in the palace, her father had also sent someone to send it when she was in Anping Wangfu before, she just felt that this place was not Yudu, and she couldn't say that the name was the same but the fabric was different.
but listened to Qi Jinghuan; "The weaver girl drinks the morning dew, drinks the snow water, weaves cloth in the attic all day long, isolates from the world, and weaves the Chaoyun brocade, which is only a few horses sent to the palace every year, and a small shop here pù actually takes out and sells, although the sale is different from the tribute palace, but it also takes a lot of effort, the shop pù is opened by the rich Chen family here, and the silver in the Chen family's treasury is only afraid that it is more than the treasury, and they all say that the best is sent to the palace, but these rich families are not greedy for enjoyment, and good things are all passed through their hands, The Chen family has bought hundreds of young girls since more than a hundred years ago, and then began to build an attic, every twelve weaver girls live in an attic, carefully cultivate these weaver girls, and then buy a group of girls every few years, and now weave Chaoyun brocade, which naturally costs a lot of effort, but after all, it is all silver hanging. ”
He took a sip of his tea and continued; "Tomorrow, this son will take you to see this Chen family, and the Chaoyun brocade left by their family is the best."
After he finished speaking, Li Mu'an's eyes showed a gleam, and the nature of the female bandit was revealed at this time, according to what His Majesty said, the Chen family must have many treasures, and when the time comes, follow His Majesty to go to the fox and fake the tiger, and don't worry about not being able to grab good things.
"Your Majesty is going to drive the Chen family tomorrow?"
"Three days ago, I had someone tell the Chen family that they were going to take over."
No wonder I listened to the shopkeeper for so long, and my feelings were made up of my mind to go to the owner's house to ask for something.
"Cousin, are you going to ask for something tomorrow? It's no different than a bandit. ”
Before Qi Jinghuan could speak, Li Muan immediately turned his face; "What's wrong with the bandits? You look down on bandits, huh? ”
Li Hongmao immediately changed his words; "Who said bandits are bad, I just like bandits, cousin, let's go grab things tomorrow?"
Qi Jinghuan glanced at him lightly and corrected; "Yes, not robbing."
Li Muan covered her mouth on the side and was about to laugh, what she has always pursued is to take it or not to rob, this majesty is much more than her, people want it, ask you openly, he is your majesty, who dares not to give it when he opens his mouth.
Li Hongmao glared at her, smiled and smiled, and knew how to laugh.
Li Mu'an looked at Qi Jinghuan at the moment and felt very kind, probably felt that the bandits were very kind when they saw the bandits, at this moment in her heart, His Majesty was equal to a bandit, the difference was only that His Majesty was a domineering bandit, and he was an ordinary bandit.
"Then does the Chen family really raise Weaver Girls?"
Shen You'an is now wondering in his mind whether the Weaver Girl really exists.
"This is natural, the Chen family's backyard covers a large area, and the attic is full of weaver girls."
"These weaver girls are like fairies who don't eat the fireworks of the world."
Li Mu'an sighed, and I don't know if I can see what the weaver girl looks like tomorrow.
"It is said that the white-headed palace maids, the white-headed palace maids, now it seems that these weaver girls are not as good as the women in the palace, they weave cloth in the attic all day long, and even outsiders can't see them, and the palace maids can walk around the palace anyway."
Shen Youan felt sympathy for these weaver girls, and Li Muan smiled; "The palace is a big cage, and the small attic in the backyard of the Chen Mansion is a small cage, all cages, and they are no different."
These two people felt sorry for these women like this, Qi Jinghuan's face was dark when they were sitting on the side, couldn't they avoid themselves as the emperor when they talked about the palace?
"The palace maid still has the opportunity to leave the palace when she reaches the age, but I heard that the weaver girl has to stay in the attic for the rest of her life, and she doesn't see outsiders, and when she dies, she is wrapped in a mat and thrown into a mass grave, and she doesn't even have a grave, and she has no children and no daughters in the attic for a lifetime, who will care about them."
She has always felt pitiful for the palace maids, but now when she talks about these weaver girls, she feels that these weaver girls are even more pitiful.
Qi Jinghuan smiled; "You've heard of anything else?"
"The nurse told me."
"The nurse is wrong, these weaver girls don't have the opportunity to contact outsiders at all."
"Oh." Shen You'an's eyes lit up, and he instantly came to his senses, staring at Qi Jinghuan with burning eyes, hoping to hear something about the Weaver Girl, she was somehow interested in this Weaver Girl, the nurse once said that the Weaver Girl is the most hard-working woman, and she has been weaving in the dark attic all her life, I heard that the Weaver Girl has no joy or sorrow, but how can people have no feelings?