Chapter 41: Empty Joy
All the way to the south, according to the days in the north, the weather will get colder and colder after August 15, and Yuexi's convoy ran after the sun, and after more than 20 days, it has almost reached the hinterland of Dazhao, but the climate is pleasant and lukewarm.
Every night when staying overnight, the dart head of the dart bureau escort car will come to inquire about tomorrow's driving directions, and Yue Xi only asks them to pick a crowded place to go.
walked so unhurriedly, and arrived at Qiantang County. This place is an important town in the Jokhang and is extremely commercial, especially famous for daily necessities and high-end silk. The royal family even built a palace here.
During the reign of the Jokhang Emperor, all the royal drivers came here to show their attention to this place.
After finding an inn to live in, Yue Xi took a group of men, women and children to the street, and wandered around with great interest.
The shops on both sides of the street are lined up one after another, and when it is time for dinner, the shops are still full of business and tourists, and such prosperity is rare even in the imperial capital of Jokhang.
A few women who have never been here are even more fascinated by the excitement here, and they began to look around behind Yue Xi without saying a word, and it didn't take long to completely expose the nature of women who are born shopaholics, and when they see something they like, they will have their eyes bare and take root under their feet!
Several women in the palace embroidered a few embroideries, and now they all have some private money. When he left Beijing, Yue Xi had already let the big housekeeper Gao Gonggong give them a lot of money.
It's not easy to earn this money, but there are too many things you like, so although a few women will rush to the top of the house when they see what they like, they can still hold on to their purses when it comes to digging out the money.
"Why don't you go and have a look?" Entering a shop specializing in silk fabrics, Yue Xi only sat at the table in the hall for the guests to rest as usual, and only after receiving the fragrant tea sent by the guy saw Chu Huihui groping over alone, Yue Xi hurriedly got up and took her hand and sat at the table together.
Chu Huihui smiled wryly at Yue Xi.
Yue Xi's heart twitched, and then he realized that he had said the wrong thing!
Chu Huihui's eyes were almost blind from crying, and she bought silk here, where could she see the colors......
"Dude." Yue Xi waved to the young man standing at the door greeting the guests.
"Guest, what do you command?" The young man ran over with a smile on his face and asked with his head bowed.
"Send the silk brocade and satin fabrics that you can get in your store, all kinds of colors and colors, and send them to my sister to choose!"
When she can't forget to take advantage of these women, this is also the case at this time.
After Jiang Lan became her son's mother-in-law, Chu Huihui, who was a few years older than her, became Yuexi's sister-in-law again.
"Okay, you later!" The young man spoke the local dialect with a Qiantang accent, turned around and walked towards the counter, and without much effort, he trotted back with a hug of cloth: "These colors are the most fashionable on the market this year, and they are also the best sold in our shop, Miss you ......"
The guy stopped halfway through his words, and he also saw that Chu Huihui's eyes were different from ordinary people.
"Bring a few more." Knowing that the guy was embarrassed, Yue Xi didn't make it difficult for him, handed the tea cup on the table to the guy, and motioned for him to take it away.
picked up a piece of material and pushed it in front of Chu Huihui, Yue Xi took her hand and put it on the material: "Huihui, you touch it, this material is the kind of new green that sprouts in the spring leaves, and it is woven with white moire, and it looks very plain." ”
Chu Huihui's cheeks were flushed, she lowered her head and smiled: "How many years older than you am I, how did I become your sister?" Even if it is said to outsiders, it should be called a sister. ”
"Hello sister! My sister has my brother to pet me, how good! For no reason, Yue Xi remembered Du Sanniang, her fat sister, and sighed secretly, she immediately took another piece of cloth for Chu Huihui to touch: "This piece of material is blue, it is the kind of sky blue, very translucent, plain, there is no pattern on it, but it is suitable for making a close-fitting underwear." ”
Chu Huihui's tears fell on her knees, and she quickly pulled out a handkerchief from her sleeve cage and covered her face: "These colors that you said are so beautiful, I'm greedy......"
Yue Xi's words made her heart sad and warm, and she couldn't help leaning towards her, as if the person sitting next to her was really her eldest brother.
"That's not easy to do, if you like it, we just want it!" Yue Xi patted her knee and said softly: "Sister, look, my brother has promised to buy it for you, don't cry, okay, let outsiders see it and think that my brother can't give up the silver......"
"Phew!" Chu Huihui burst into tears and laughed, and slapped Yue Xi lightly: "Look at what you told me...... What a ......."
The two of them were talking lively, and soon attracted several women who were rushing to the counter, and they crowded around the table and chattered about the ingredients on the table.
Yue Xi didn't have much preference for these things, so he quickly got up and gave way to the place, and beckoned to the guys: "Wait for them to choose and wrap them separately, and the silver master will pay for it." ”
Slipping to the edge of the counter with nothing to do, Yue Xi's eyes were immediately attracted by the big red quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks and lotus flowers on it, and she stopped.
The guy at the counter observed the words and knew that only the black-clothed man in front of him was a serious gold owner, and immediately had the vision to shake off the quilt that Yue Xi was looking at on the counter: "Childe has a good eye, these quilts are embroidered by my embroidery girl, and they were only brought from the embroidery workshop yesterday and put on the counter, and the craftsmanship is a serious car embroidery!" ”
What is car embroidery, Yue Xi doesn't understand, but the two cross-necked mandarin ducks embroidered on the face are lifelike and vivid, and their eyes are as if they can see people with light, and they are good at a glance!
"Yuexi, this quilt is indeed good, you are preparing ......" Jin Niang walked over, stretched out her hand and dragged the quilt to look at the stitches carefully, and nodded.
It's just that such a suit is
It's just that this kind of color is only used when the rich and noble have happy events, right?
Thinking of the appearance of His Majesty the Emperor and Yue Xiyi, Jin Niang pursed her lips and smiled.
"It's just preparing for a happy event." Yue Xi immediately nodded in acknowledgement, and then asked, "How many beds should be made for this newlywed bunk?" ”
"It depends on which way you do it." The guy said: "If it is the main family, pay attention to an eight-bed quilt, one set in winter and one in summer." ”
"If it's a marriage, four beds are enough......"
"That's it......" Yue Xi touched his chin and thought about it, and decided to be impartial: "Both of us are, Jin Niang, you look at the sixteen beds." ”
"Huh?!" Jin Niang and the guy opened their mouths wide at the same time, revealing an incredible expression: "Sixteen beds?!" ”
"Hmm." Yue Xi smiled and nodded: "Let's go back and handle the marriage between Chu Xiucai and Jingjing, it just happens to be the New Year's Eve with a daughter-in-law, the same as last year, how lively!" ”
……
After lingering in Qiantang for three days, the group filled the accompanying carriage, and Yue Xi spoke: "That's it, we have to rush back to prepare for the New Year!" ”
The convoy finally packed up and drove home, and a pair of guards who accompanied it finally breathed a sigh of relief: "The top has urged us a few times, let our master hurry back to Beijing, it's good now." ”
The route back is completely the same way as the accident came out, and sometimes there is a shortcut to go but Yue Xi stops him: "Go back the same way, don't make changes!" ”
Although everyone didn't know why she made a few bends near and far, Yue Xi was the master, and since she had spoken, the accompanying guards and the escort dart master could only listen and drink.
All the way the wife peacefully followed the imperial capital, Ying Su also got the news early, and began to count the days with his fingers and toes every day, the more he calculated, the more anxious he became, and he really wanted to sneak out again to meet the woman who was wild as soon as she was released!
Yuexi's convoy entered the city from the south gate of the imperial capital and went diagonally to the west of the city.
Ying Su got it in the other courtyard, and the secret report immediately got busy: "Prepare Yu soup, I want to bathe!" ”
"Yes!" The chamberlain, who was standing in front of the bookcase, immediately bowed down in response.
"Bring me all the robes I made again, I'll try again!"
"Yes!" The big eunuch glanced at the little eunuch at the door, and the little eunuch immediately went to the inner hall to prepare.
"Also, take out all my hairpins and see which one looks best with your clothes!"
"Yes!" The eunuch answered, and this time he went to the small treasury to fetch it himself.
There are no ornaments worn by His Majesty the Emperor that are not valuable, and when they are not in use, they are all income from a small treasury guarded by guards, and there are few people who can enter the small treasury.
"My shirt and pants should also be replaced with a new one, and we should smoke it with our own incense, the taste should not be too heavy, and it should not be light and tasteless!"
“……”
The big eunuch who had just come out of the main hall rolled his eyes at the sky, and only secretly muttered in his heart: "Your Majesty is going crazy......"
It's just that when Ying Su was tossing and turning around and the people in the other courtyard were busy like spinning tops, he got another secret report: Yue Gongzi's convoy entered from the south gate of the imperial capital, crossed the imperial capital diagonally, and had already gone out from the west gate......
And at this time, the emperor who was soaking in the bathtub sprinkled with petals and was thinking about holding his wife at night immediately exploded: "My husband is here, where did you go again!" ”
……
Before the carriage left the city gate, the curtain was opened, and Zheng Bao got into the car uninvited: "I said brother, you can come back!" ”
I haven't seen him for a few months, Zheng Baocai actually showed a bit of vicissitudes, and Yue Xi felt uncomfortable for a while.
"Are your sister-in-law and children okay?" Yue Xi looked at him and asked softly.
"Your sister-in-law is still alive!" Zheng Baocai grinned, sat beside Yue Xi and looked at her face: "Brother, why are you becoming more and more beautiful now?" ”
As he spoke, he touched his smooth chin and sighed: "My brother is very old, what a lot of effort, you can see that my face is almost older than my father!" ”
"Ahem!" Yue Xi turned his head and looked out of the car window and couldn't help laughing: "Brother Zheng is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, how can I say that I am still younger than my uncle......"
The roadside at the gate of the city was still occupied by small merchants and vendors, and Yue Xi saw the stall selling sugar gourds at a glance!
"Stop!" She shouted to the rider.