After half a month of careful preparation, the matter of welcoming the holy car was finally completed. The Xiaoyao Hall of the Rui Wang's Mansion is the center of the Rui Wang's Mansion, and the hall here is a temporary banquet hall. It has almost become the emperor's palace. The emperor came to the house and drove here, occasionally lived in the palace when he lived in the palace, the pattern in the palace was very similar to the Qianqing Palace in Da Nei, but it was slightly smaller than the Qianqing Palace, and the emperor arrived here and went home.

The emperor led the ministers of civil and military affairs to the Rui Wangfu to investigate, the purpose is to give the princes, county kings, princes and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty an insight, so that they can see with their own eyes whether the things done by the Rui prince can make money for the Qing Dynasty and whether they can do business justifiably. Let everyone affirm and raise their hands in favor, and they will not hinder or find trouble in the future.

The prince deliberately let go and let Tian Liang use the skills he learned from the foreign land, and handed over the task of arranging the big scene of the Xiaoyao Hall to Tian Liang, and Tian Liang took his assistant Nalan to work every day. In line with the principle that the prince's instructions should not be too ostentatious or too shabby, Tian Liang instructed people to first clean and wipe the hall and its surroundings clean, and then spread red felt, and pull a few strings of balloons on both sides of the palace gate and the main hall, and some balloons are suspended in mid-air with huge banners with the words "Welcome to the Holy Driver", "Long live the emperor, long live, long live", "Queen Mother Chitose, Chitose, Chitose, Chitose", etc., and decorate the hall with red silk. In front of the hall, two tall flagpoles were erected on the left and right, and two strings of exotic yarn lanterns were hung on them. At the same time, there are lions, stilts and gongs, drums and suona to follow the formation, so that there is a festive and warm atmosphere, and the money is not much.

The second is to prepare for the feast. Tian Liang's task is to prepare tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks, and various utensils, and the specific dishes Fu Jin and Yun'er command the chefs in the mansion to operate.

The third is security, each team of soldiers, guards and servants have their own specific tasks, which team is responsible for guarding the gate of the palace, which team is standing guard around the main hall, and which team is responsible for patrolling everywhere are properly arranged.

There are also the maids who serve the food, when the maids who serve the tea serve the food, serve the tea, when the musicians play the music, the positions they stand on, and the etiquette to be followed are all arranged. Even when the emperor walked through the red felt, the lion dance and Yangge of the cheerleading team in charge of welcoming were also arranged.

The fourth thing is the performance that must have skills: such as the juicing performance of the large juicer, the performance of shaking honeycomb coal, and the performance of pressing noodles are all prepared. The route for the Minister of Culture and Military Affairs to visit the glass greenhouse and ice cellar was also opened. There was a head who was almost a pro-guard guard.

The biggest problem for the emperor and the queen mother on patrol is safety, and they must serve these two gods comfortably and return to his Forbidden City safely.

Fujin and Yun'er also have a division of labor, Fujin is to concentrate on training chefs to cook, and Yun'er in addition to food carving also has to prepare some small cloth artworks to show to the Queen Mother. Mrs. Chen's snacks are mixed into Fujin's dishes.

In addition to cleaning and wiping the courtyard she is responsible for, the maids and mothers-in-law of each courtyard also have to work with the little maid to arrange the Xiaoyao Palace, and there is no idler in the entire palace.

The imperial chariots of the emperor and the queen mother were escorted by 600 soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army in yellow vests and marched to the palace of Prince Rui. There are also military attachés riding horses, civil officials sitting in sedan chairs, the yellow dragon flag flying in the morning breeze, and the emperor's imperial guards are ready to form a phalanx to guard around the imperial chariot. The emperor and the queen mother sat on the dragon chariot and the phoenix chariot respectively, and behind the car was a huge yellow Luo umbrella, and the soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army marched with high morale.

The Ruiwang Mansion is spread out in the east-west direction, sitting in the north and facing south. The inner house is in the middle, and the two sides are the East Foreign Mansion and the West Foreign Mansion, and the south of the road is the South Foreign Mansion, also called the Wangfu Vegetable Garden. The main buildings on the central axis of the palace gate and the interior are all facing south. There is a road that is not wide or narrow in front of the house, there is a tall archway at the mouth of the alley, when entering the alley, the emperor lifts the curtain, and finds that the road surface is newly paved with stones, it is very smooth, very imposing. From the street entrance to the gate of the palace, the royal soldiers stood evenly lined up with guns. The prince, Fujin, Yun'er, the prince and the chief steward, guard, and senior family members of the palace all greeted the queen mother and the emperor under the archway. Following the emperor and the queen mother's royal chariot to the palace gate, the chief eunuch Wu Gonggong put the red lacquer stool under the car, and the prince reached out to take the emperor; Fu Jin also helped the Queen Mother get out of the car. Unexpectedly, Xue'er was also brought by the Queen Mother, and when she saw Fujin, she threw herself into her arms: "Eniang! ”

Red silk hangs above the door, and on both sides are two strings of colorful balloons that are pulled down diagonally, fluttering in the wind. The emperor was immediately attracted by the balloon and came over to stroke it. It's soft, it's gentle, it's weird. Make a little push, "Pong! The pinching exploded, which scared the emperor a lot, and the prince hurriedly said: "Don't be afraid, the emperor is not afraid, this is a balloon, something to play, please come into the house." ”

Fu Jin didn't notice that her cousin Concubine Tong and the third prince Xuan Ye and her companion Bing'er got out of a car behind her, and Yun'er hurriedly went over to meet her.

Seeing that her sister was supporting the Queen Mother, Concubine Tong was relieved. With the support of Yun'er, who had a noble temperament, he also entered the mansion, and the red felt paved floor went all the way to the Xiaoyao Palace.

The emperor held the prince's hand tightly, walked through the red felt, stepped into the main hall and sat down on the main seat. Touching the seat, revealing surprise, he whispered to the prince: "Your cushion is too comfortable!" Then he sat down and shook it a few times, with a smile on his face. The cushion on which he sat was cotton, and this one was Simmons'.

One after another, everyone was in place, Fujin saw his cousin standing next to the Queen Mother, the third prince was held in the arms of the Queen Mother, Bing'er was standing next to the Queen Mother, and Xue'er pulled Fujin's sleeve and never left.

The Minister of Civil Affairs and Military Affairs was also seated. Next, the whole Rui Wangfu led by the prince bowed to the emperor and the queen mother, and the hall echoed with the roar of "long live the emperor, long live, long live" and "the queen mother, thousand years old, thousand years old".

Today is also a formal occasion, and the emperor is sitting on a temporary dragon chair, accepting the kneeling of Prince Rui's mansion. Then he said: "Prince Rui and so on!" ”

The ceremony was finally over, and there were decent maids who were temporarily transferred from the house to serve on a large scene, and a group of eight mermaids rushed in and served refreshments. Another maid brought a fan and handed it to Su Moer, the queen mother's attendant, and the queen mother was immediately attracted by the strange fan: she took the fan and fanned it herself. This fan is neither a paper fan nor a feather fan, it is a smooth and thin fan, and the wind is not small, of course, she doesn't know that it is a plastic sheet. The pattern on it is very beautiful.

The prince slapped the door, and immediately eight maids came in with trays. The prince and Fujin personally pinched out two of the things in the tray and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this is a new variety of ice fruit made by the ministers, the ministers will eat the first one first, and Fujin will you also taste it?" ”

"Okay, the concubine will try it, it's good, it's very refreshing."

The Queen Mother smiled: "Do you still use poison testing?" The two of you are obviously hungry for the palace, give me a lot. Hongu smelled that sweet smell. This is indeed new, well, it tastes good! Is there anything left? Give the emperor a try, and the third elder brother and his mother will also have one. If there are more than one of them, the prince and Aiqing will come to one, and the palace will see someone drooling. ”

Everyone laughed.

The next thing is to visit the greenhouse, the emperor has already seen it, and today I mainly accompany the queen mother to see. When the emperor, the queen mother and the ministers of civil and military affairs entered the Nanwai Mansion, they immediately saw the strange building, and the sun reflected on the glass, making people unable to open their eyes. The prince said: "Please ask the emperor, the queen mother and all the adults to hurry into the greenhouse." ”

The tender green seedlings are very energetic and spiritual. The Queen Mother's attention was not on the seedlings, but on the greenhouse with full sunlight and on the seedling tray where the seedlings were planted. I was very emotional: How much money does such a thing cost? General Ao Bai pointed to the tomato seedlings and said, "Lord Rui, the last general has never seen such seedlings, why does it taste like this?" The fruit doesn't stink, does it? ”

The prince smiled and said, "Does General Ao dare to make a bet with this king?" The king said that the fruit is sweet and sour, and if it is not, he will give you a basket. ”

"Don't bargain! Wouldn't it be hard to eat if not? Give a basket to the last general? Stand! If it's delicious, it's almost the same as sending a basket. Aobai's brain reacts very quickly.

Everyone asked the prince what the seedlings were planted, and the prince said: "This one is called strawberry, which is a very delicious fruit, sweet and sour." It looks like a pyramid and is the color of water red. This one is called tomato, also called tomato, and it still has a sweet and sour taste, but it is completely different from strawberries. This is called broccoli, also called pearl cabbage, this is purple cabbage, which is purple kohlrabi, and this is called broccoli, which has high nutritional value. These are fruit tree saplings, this one is exotic called crystal pear, and this one is Hongfu...... Red rich apple, this is nectarine, this is red apricot, this is kiwi. These are melon seedlings, this is sand melon, this is white melon, this is white melon, this is cantaloupe, this is watermelon, this is grape...... These are flower seedlings, I don't know if we have such flowers in the Qing Dynasty, so I bought a little bit of everything, planted them first, if the flowers are good-looking, women like them, and leave the seeds to expand the area. ”

Ao Bai jokingly said: "Lord Rui cares a lot about women's affairs. ”

The prince smiled and said, "If there are no women in this world, I'm afraid it's too monotonous, right?" Without women, men are dead. Don't General Ao's family like flowers? Your garden is full of eighteen weapons? ”

"Well, hehe...... Ao Bai also laughed, "What Lord Rui said is also true, if there are no women in this world, it won't be much fun for men to live." However, the women who are still Rui Wangye are more suitable for looking at flowers, and they are as beautiful as flowers. ”

The emperor teased: "General Ao is our Manchurian Baturu, does he also comment on women?" The ministers of civil and military affairs all laughed.

Everyone is really convinced now, Prince Rui is indeed serious, no wonder the emperor is so moved. The contribution of the military generals is of course significant, but it is also the need of the country to do practical things like Lord Rui! Seeing that the places where people farm are so good, how much money does this glass greenhouse cost?

The prince took everyone to watch the instrument performance again, and the four young and handsome guards wore practice clothes and placed a few Tiejiashi that everyone had never seen before on the Xiaoyao Palace Square. After the emperor sat down on the chair, the performance began. Tian Liang clasped his fists to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and saluted, "The emperor, the queen mother, the princes, the adults, the subordinate Tian Liang and the guards of Nalan, Mangge, and Batel performed hand-cranked honeycomb coal for all the adults. ”

The slime was prepared a long time ago, Mang Ge was responsible for shaking the coal, Tian Liang was responsible for loading the coal, and Nalan and Batel were responsible for transporting the coal. The four young men, all shrewd and skillful, soon shook out more than thirty pieces of honeycomb coal of the same size, and explained its purpose and method.

The ministers who can come here are all the emperor's ministers, can the position of working directly with the emperor be low? You have to be a second-class or higher minister of civil and military affairs. Where have you ever seen such a novelty? It's just a few shakes with your hands, and the round flat coal with twelve round eyes comes out, and you can also cook and stir-fry and boil water, this Rui Wang Ye is amazing! The things I bought back are all used to live, which shows that this prince has the heart to do such a thing.

Then begin the performance of fruit juicing. Tian Liang picked the grapes with a lot of juice, Hercules Mangge took a large wooden plate of washed grape grains, poured it into the funnel of the juicer with a semicircular shovel, Nalan gently shook the iron handle on one side, and Battle continued to squeeze the grape juice with a large cup, and squeezed out most of the cup in a while. Tian Liang put the cup on the tea tray, brought it to the prince, poured a small cup and handed it to the prince with both hands, the prince tasted it, nodded with a smile and said, "Not bad!" Your Majesty, can you taste it? Authentic. ”

The emperor was already greedy, took another small cup poured by Tian Liang, took a sip first, and then drank it all with a smile, and praised loudly: "It's delicious!" It's authentic! That, Tian Guard, can you work hard to squeeze all the grapes you bring? Let all the princes, princes and ministers taste it? ”

"Huh! Subordinates obey! ”

Tian Liang reflexively continued to squeeze grape juice with a few partners. Mang Ge whispered, "They're all addicted, but we can't taste it." ”

Nalan lowered his voice and teased Recklessly: "You guy is gluttonous." When they're gone, how much do you squeeze? ”

"Who knows if our lord will let you make this family? But a lot of silver bought it, right? ”

Mang Ge and the others already knew that the prince was going to promote Tian Liang to be the official head of the palace, and now they began to tease him, but they were not jealous at all.

"When you get back, you'll take it home and press it, but you can buy the grapes yourself." Tian Liang whispered.

A small glass of grape juice for a person tasted it all. Everyone smacked their mouths, apparently not having enough of it. Prince Jane said, "It's also delicious!" Go back and talk to Lord Rui, let him find some skilled craftsmen, build a few more of this squeezing house, let's each buy one, go back to the house and squeeze it day and night, and drink enough to enjoy it! ”

Prince An smiled and said, "How can Prince Jian speak in layman's terms? What do you mean by squeezing? People call it a juicer, not a juicer. Everyone burst into laughter.

The next step is to perform the noodle pressing, which is simpler, put the mixed dough into the machine, shake it with your hand for a while, and the uniform noodles appear. Everyone applauded Tian Liang and a few people. Prince An sighed and said: "The second emperor brother is really a person with a heart, if only this iron master could imitate it." ”