Cining Palace. The Queen Mother said to the emperor: "When I went to the Rui Palace, I only read out the holy decree for the promotion of the officials in the palace, and did not give the women a decree. Don't let the ministers of the court and the central government think that our mother and son take the newly proposed officials of the Rui Wangfu seriously, hurry up and draft a decree to seal the edict, and let the internal affairs office prepare the edict dresses of the women and send them according to their grades. ”

"It's still the emperor's mother who thinks about everything, not only the edict, but most of the ladies are the family members of the guards, and they are all the ladies of the main room. They turned out to be the maids beside Sister Jinxiu and Yun'er's sister-in-law. Now that his identity has changed, he can no longer serve the two heroines, right? ”

"Although their identities have changed, their duties as teaching grandmothers cannot be let go. Yun'er must not let go of the skills of what kind of cloth art Yun'er has learned, or let them learn from the hostess, and then teach them to those maids and women in the house. This Lord Rui is really successful, and he is very formal. It turned out that Huang Eniang thought that he was just like that, and whoever thought of it was serious. ”

"You also know the person Second Emperor Brother, he has never been grandstanding. I don't want to ask too many questions, but you also saw the aluminum alloy shelf used in the glass greenhouse, how much silver does it cost to buy? I don't know how much silver he borrowed from his old Tarzan, and I want to pay it back, but the treasury is ...... I feel that the imperial brother is contributing to my country, how can I let him pay for it? ”

"This is going to have to be postponed. It's not that Eniang won't let you pay back the money, it's really that the treasury doesn't have too much savings, and you still need silver to fight in the south. By the way, the people from the Internal Affairs Office and the strong father-in-law beside E-Niang said, what kind of agency store did you bless the second brother set up, and the delicate gadgets made by the women in the house were all sold in the agency, and the young masters and young ladies of the big families in the capital liked it very much, and they rushed to buy it. Not to mention, your second emperor brother is really a businessman. But Qiang's father-in-law said that the agency store in Dongcheng was opened by the younger brother of Fuyou's guard Nalan. The price of things is cheap, can you make money in this way? Do you want to remind your second brother? ”

"How much do other people's things sell, and how can I intervene and ask? Besides, the second emperor brother is a person who believes in Buddhism, and the cheap things may be because he thinks that the people of the Qing Dynasty are very poor, and the price is too high to afford it. It's a kind heart, let it be. ”

"I don't know how much profit he makes now?"

The emperor smiled: "You want to ask the second emperor brother for money now?" ”

The Queen Mother also smiled: "Who made our foundation of the Great Qing Kingdom weak?" Look at the palaces in the palace, many of them should be repaired, but they are still too busy to get serious things, how can they have the money to get those bricks and tiles, so let's wait. ”

The mother and son talked for a while, and the emperor went to his south study to review the recital. The Queen Mother said to Su Mo'er: "You instructed Xiaohuazhi and the girls to move the fourth box brought by the two of them, and the palace hasn't taken a closer look at what it has." ”

"Yes, the slave and maid will go and command. These gifts of yours are too decent, and they are all not available in our Qing Dynasty. I had to find a few empty boxes and lock them when I went back, and the slaves and maids were very interested in what the world was like outside. Why don't you let Lord Rui's side Fu Jin enter the palace to talk to you? ”

"This palace is afraid that they will delay their business, and they will talk about it after they are busy for a while. This cloud girl, this palace is more and more fond of it, whether it is talking or doing things, she has a free and easy and bright energy, and she is chirping, which is called a crisp life. It's not like some people, who have a lot of ghosts, they were originally calculating, and they had to thank her, humming, chirping, twisting and pinching, which makes people look down on her! I won't talk about the ugly ones. ”

Of course, Su Mo'er knew who the Queen Mother was referring to, and it was difficult to say, so she diverted the topic and said: "You still have half a box of good things that you haven't seen, and the slave maid also borrowed your light to open her eyes." ”

"Okay, let's get it out. How long do you think it will take them to buy these things? You can't dig into the basket and it's a dish, right? After a year of shopping and learning arts, and busy giving birth to children, Fuyou is not even a prince in that place, he is just a common person, can he rest assured that Yun'er is on the street? So Hongu felt like he didn't have time to do anything else. ”

"You're just thinking too much. When you buy expensive things, you have to pick them carefully. Take the tusk that was given to you, it's such a delicate thing, you have to see if the flowers are missing edges, right? Maybe it took a lot of shops to buy it. ”

"Hongu thinks so too, and sometimes I always wonder if Fuyou is doing superficial things? Mingli is close to the palace and the emperor, and there is something wrong in secret, but he didn't find anything? A few eyeliners sent to the Ruiwang Mansion, the first one was when they went to the General's Mansion, and they haven't found any rebellion in Fuyou for many years. ”

The slave felt that Emperor Taizong wanted to put him on the throne of the prince and he didn't agree, that is, he didn't want to be the emperor. If you don't take advantage of such a good opportunity, it seems impossible to rebel now, right? ”

"You have a point. Hey, what's this thing so pretty? ”

"This must be a Buddha bead, the slave looks at the words written on this box, it is a Buddha bead, called Ivory Fruit Buddha Beads. Have you ever heard of ivory fruit? ”

"I've heard that the ivory fruit is not real ivory, it's the fruit of a coconut tree in the southern country. There are also coconut trees in the Liangguang area of our Qing Dynasty, and ivory fruits are also produced. This tree grows very slowly, and it takes more than ten years to bear fruit. But its fruit is very hard and delicate, and the color is very ivory-like, and it can be carved into Buddhist beads, buttons, and so on. You look at this ivory fruit carved Buddha beads, each Buddha bead is a lotus flower, so beautiful. How can this Yun'er be willing to give up anything? ”

"Who are you? The Empress Dowager of the Great Qing Kingdom, can you give you something bad? What can't get into her own eyes will definitely not dare to take it out. ”

"That's what I said, but such a delicate thing can be given away, this palace feels that this Yun'er is not simple, a woman in her twenties can have such a big heart, and follow Rui Wangye, who knows how to plant flowers and practice martial arts, is it a bit of a loss?"

"Don't you also say that husband and wife are fate? She has a fate with Lord Rui. ”

"But yes, how can this box be opened? Oh, here, let me see, hey, these two little people, why are they so good-looking? It's also very strangely dressed, it must be the kind of dress of the people in the place where Yun'er and they went. This person must be a man, carrying the arm of a little girl, which is really generous. Why did this little girl drag to the ground in a white gauze skirt? Su Moer, what are you laughing at? Is Hongu wrong? ”

"Where do slaves dare to laugh at you? It was the slave who remembered those foreigners in our Qing Dynasty, and when they got married, they were like this, and the girl wore a white floor-length dress. ”

"Why don't you wear red when you marry? Isn't the white one filial piety? How unlucky? ”

"You are the eyes of the Qing people, and foreigners think that white is a symbol of the purity of girls."

There is also such a saying, how to get married must have a festive atmosphere. What is this? How did the flowers in this glass ball fit in? The water is smart! It's so precious! And this, is this a tumbler? looks so good, like Princess Cher. This tumbler is left to Cher. ”

"Queen Mother, look at this, this is a small hat, not much bigger than a thumb, everything is small and beautiful."

"Isn't it? Do you say big eyes look good or small eyes look good? ”

Su Mo'er laughed happily, and couldn't stop it. The Queen Mother also laughed.

"Empress Dowager Qi, Concubine E asks to see you."

"Put it away." The Queen Mother whispered: "It's really disappointing, this palace wants to take a good look at these delicate gadgets of Yun'er, so she came to interrupt." Put it away, move it. Father-in-law, let her in. ”

"The concubine greets the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother is auspicious."

"No courtesy. Is there something wrong with the concubine? ”

"The concubine followed the emperor to the Ruiwang Mansion that time, Princess Ruiyun gave the concubine a little material to make sachets, the concubine made one for the emperor, and you made one for the queen mother, I don't know if you like it."

"Present it, it's rare for you to have this filial piety. Well, it's a good job, Concubine E, your needlework is very meticulous, just like your people, this palace will accept it. ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

"How are you doing lately? Is it better? Looks good. ”

"The concubine used Princess Ruiyun's dietary prescription, and according to what she said, she walked often and ate more grains, and she felt much better. This is the recipe she brought with her after the concubine returned to the palace. ”

"Oh? This cloud is really a lot of adults. If you want to rob someone else's son, no one is in a hurry with you, and you are told about the prescription of dietary therapy, which is really rare. ”

"Yes, the concubines are not as good as Princess Ruiyun in this regard."

"You mean you're a lot better than her?"

"No, no, no, no, the concubine doesn't mean that, the concubine ......"

"Okay, okay, you don't have to explain, the ruler is short, the inch is long, everyone has others who are inferior to him, and there are also places that are inferior to others. But this Princess Ruiyun is much stronger than you in terms of strength. Although she can't recite poetry, her brains are not chaffy, and she has learned so many skills in one year. And now it can be said, are you not convinced? ”

"Of course, the concubine is convinced, and she is willing to bow down."

"That's right, there are people outside of people, there are heavens outside of heaven, and nothing is absolute."

"Yes, the concubine is taught."

"Okay, you can go back and rest."

"Yes, the concubine retired."

"What is this woman doing? Just to send a sachet? I think I'm here to find the wind. Bengu punished her that day, is she looking at what kind of attitude Bengong has now? ”

"You're really sharp-eyed. This Eniangniang, if you want to say that her heart is not bad. What woman wouldn't want to protect herself? It's just that she is young and ignorant of things, she doesn't think about it thoughtfully, and she makes you angry when she gets rid of it, according to the slave maid, in fact, she is a little afraid that she can't give birth because the fourth prince died young. ”

"What you say makes sense, what woman in the palace doesn't want to have a child by her side? She was in too much of a hurry. ”

In the Ruiwang Mansion, Mr. Chen is studying the big abacus that his daughter gave him. A few days ago, the prince discussed with him and asked him to be Mr. Abacus. In the future, the business of the house may become bigger, and it is far from enough to have a few literate people who can plan to make plans, and I want to cultivate a group of people who can write and calculate. Mr. naturally can't shirk: "Yes, you can, the lower official still knows a little about abacus." ”

"How can you know a little bit about it, even the emperor knows that Zunhua Zhixian is a divine arithmetic, and a three-foot-long abacus is played with two hands, this is top-secret information that this king doesn't know."

"The prince laughed and talked, but he had just taken over at that time, and many things were piled up together, so he couldn't be busy, so he ......"

"No matter how busy you are, you can't go from being able to use one hand to being able to do it at any time. As for you, first teach addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to those who love to learn, and you will not be crammed when you employ people in the future. Just like the gun that the exotic said, you must have a measure in advance. I'm afraid that it will delay things if you use it now. This kind of big abacus that your daughter bought you can hang up and teach. The pillars of the abacus are hairy, and the abacus beads will not fall off when pushed up. There is also a blackboard made of glass, when you teach, you write on the blackboard, and the people in the room can see it, so you don't have to teach one person alone. ”

"But what do you use to write on the blackboard? What should I do if the blackboard is full? ”

"The writing was done with something called chalk, as if it were made of something like white ash; There's a chalkboard eraser all over the place, and it's erased at any time. It's just that this chalk ash is not very good for people's health, and fortunately, it won't let you teach it all the time. Those who learn well and are skilled can also be Mr., and you will be replaced. ”

The gentleman stroked the large abacus and was very moved. The prince has planned everything he wants to do, and his daughter is also thinking about her father, so she has bought teaching tools that are easy to use.

"The literacy class we run has done quite well, and all the illiterate people have signed up, and I don't know how well Mr. Jiang is teaching. Originally, I wanted you to take on this literacy task, but you are the chief accountant, and doing business is a big matter that cannot divide your energy, do you have no opinion? ”

"The prince is so grateful to protect the lower officials, where will he have ideas? I heard that Mr. Jiang taught well. After all, it's a gentleman who sits in the museum. ”

"Most of the people in the house are illiterate, and it is inconvenient to do anything if they are illiterate, and they have to ask someone to read the notices on the city wall. How convenient is it if you are literate yourself? ”

"Xia Guan really served the prince, and he thought about everything in front. Even if he learns words and doesn't participate in the scientific examination, isn't he himself much brighter? I feel blind that Xia Guan has tasted enough. ”

"Isn't it?" The prince looked at Mr. and didn't know what he was talking about.

"That's right, on the day you just came back, Yun'er came to give the lower officials the gifts you gave, and the words written on those boxes were plausible, so that people didn't dare to recognize each other rashly. Xia Guan has been studying for almost forty years, and he actually tasted the taste of blindness. ”

The prince couldn't stop laughing: "That's a simplified word for an exotic, no wonder you don't know it." ”

"Why simplify good words?"

"I don't know this king, maybe it's a large population in a foreign land, right? Simplified words with few strokes, easy to recognize? This is a random guess, but the books that Yun'er brought back to you are all simplified words, if you want to understand the books over there, you really have to learn their simplified words. Did you know? Your daughter-in-law Yu'er taught Shui'er about 2,000 words in the year we went to Yunyou, five or six words a day, and Shui'er persevered. ”

"Really? This fish really has a heart, and the water is willing to work hard. ”

"Yes, just because of this matter, the king decided to voluntarily sign up if he wanted to learn, and he didn't force anyone to have to learn. In our house, there are many young people who can't read and write. Especially those girls and grandmothers, in our era when there is no feminism, there is no opportunity to connect to education. If it weren't for the fact that the fish is happy now, this king still wants her to teach. ”

"What the prince wants to do can be said to be very beneficial to the people. But if the emperor and the queen mother knew, would it ......?"

"Probably not, right? People must be literate to understand the truth, is it true that everyone is illiterate and illiterate, so that the country can be strong? ”

"You're absolutely right. Xiaguan familiarize himself with the abacus again, you said that when the class starts, it will be opened, but what about those who learn abacus? ”

"This king has prepared the abacus for them, it is the abacus of the Qing Dynasty, and it will be sent down when the class starts."

"Xiaguan thanked the prince for these illiterate people!" (To be continued.) )