Chapter 701: The Queen Mother's Birthday (1)

"Hey, Sister Caizhu, do you know? It seems that something big has happened in the main house...... "Wanyan? Garudai began to gossip again, "I heard that Miss Rui'er started to call Aunt Hui's little girl Aunt Ling'er, she used to be called Sister Ling'er!" ”

Caizhu's gossip interest was also aroused: "You are really well-informed, what else is there?" ”

"Bi'er, the girl who finished her face, is very clever, and she heard people talking on the road, saying that the bell is the sister of our chief steward ten years ago, and she recognized each other with a string of copper bells. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"How come there are so many good things in our house? A few days ago, I went to Xuanwang's Mansion to send a few palace maids and sisters home, and I also heard halfway through that Chen Fujin's companion Lin Qing was the wife of the pro-soldier Guan Daisuo, and according to what information did I find the daughter of her deceased sister, which is Aunt Hui. Now Aunt Hui has a backer, but Master Suo is a third-class product. In the future, don't provoke Aunt Hui casually. ”

"It seems that the feng shui of our Ruiwang Mansion is very good, isn't our husband also found it after the old man? The old man and the old lady are surnamed Chen, why do we have the surname Tian? When his husband was young, his aunt gave birth to a mute and replaced him, and then his aunt's nurse sent him to her nephew's or nephew's house, which was surnamed Tian. ”

"How do you know so much news? Looks like you're good enough to be a secret agent. ”

"Sister Caizhu, what nonsense are you talking about, it's not that I inquired about, it's the little girl sent by my mother's family who is familiar with herself, and she can talk to anyone, so I heard it."

"No wonder, I'm still strange, the surnames of the Han people are very fixed, and there are few fathers and sons who don't have the same surname, so they were dropped. We are also blessed, after all, we have found it back, otherwise what? You can do it, I admire you. I've been here for a few days to hear about this. ”

"I don't know if the news is out of shape. Some people love to add oil and vinegar. ”

"You're adding fuel and vinegar to it, aren't you?"

In the spring ploughing season, the prince's affairs are busy, he wants to try to plant rice this year, and brings back a lot of high-yield and environmentally friendly rice seeds from foreign lands, and is ready to go to Baiyangdian with Tian Liang to investigate, whether he can use the water there to grow rice. Yun'er has already prepared the written materials in this regard, that is, planting rice also requires land, and the prince is a large area of water in Baiyangdian, and then there is a small mountain called "Sticky Mud Mountain", and there is a slope land, all of which cannot be planted with rice. Just thinking about this, Yun'er said: "Yun'er has a bad idea, I don't know if Chichitose wants to hear it?" ”

"Say."

"Have you read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? There is the Battle of Chibi in it, in which there is a scene where Cao Cao chained the warships of his army together, right? Let's learn from that, too. ”

"It's kind of interesting, let's go on."

"We can bring fertile soil from Xishan on the outskirts of Beijing. Put it in a wooden, impermeable box, or a wooden tray that is a little shallower than the box, and then use the wild water of Baiyangdian Lake as the water for growing rice. Also put it in this box and put it on the rice seedlings. There are a lot of such boxes, and if they are connected by rope or chain, isn't it just a rice field? Layman, Chitose-sama, don't laugh at this great sage. ”

"Hahaha...... the prince laughed out of tears, "only you can come up with such a wonderful trick, what is this called?" Through the ages? Applying what you have learned? ”

"Don't you also have the feat of Cao Chong's weighing elephant?"

"Your suggestion is that this king should ponder and ponder, and use Chen's wisdom to improve it. Not bad, smart. It's just that the cost of those boxes is higher, and nothing can be solved by three or five, so I'll take you to Baiyangdian another day to have a look. ”

Time flies, and after March, it's April. It's been a whole year since Wang Ye, Yun'er, and Tian Liang came back from a foreign land. In the past year, a lot has been done, and there are still a lot of things that have not been done.

This year, a new plan was arranged. Rice and fruit trees are planted there in Baiyangdian. Then the grapes are cultivated, and lotus flowers, water chestnuts are raised, as well as mushrooms and fungus...... There's so much to do that you have to do the same.

Another major event is that March 28 is the birthday of the Queen Mother, even if you don't give any precious gifts, you have to join in the fun. The emperor is also yes, when he came to the mansion, he remembered the song sung by Yun'er, and told the queen mother. The Queen Mother has a new idea, like the emperor's Halloween, how many can be saved. On my birthday this year, I won't invite the troupe, let every palace and Guogong Mansion prepare a play, whether you are a prince or a prince or a county king, a prince of the country, a Fujin or a Fujin, not to mention the side Fujin, whoever has this talent will go into battle. Each house prepares one or two plays, whether it is singing, dancing, playing the piano, or telling jokes, they must be performed on stage, and there is no prevarication. After thinking so, I did so, and Yizhi was sent to various prefectures.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and all the princes and grandfathers who received Yi's decree said anything.

"I don't know what the Queen Mother's old man did with us? You still have to go into battle to put out a play, don't you use us as a play? ”

"Why do you think so much? She is an elder, you make her happy and happy to be a little younger to you? ”

"I'm not acting."

"Why don't you try acting in front of Yi Zhi? The Queen Mother is to save money. ”

"Ugh."

"Hey, I heard that the title of Prince An's eldest daughter Gege has been withdrawn?"

"The dead are all dead, and the withdrawal will be withdrawn."

"Who told you to die? It's not ...... yet," Prince Jane really didn't want to play dumb riddles.

"You can suffocate if you don't talk nonsense?" The fourth brother of the prince, Ye Bushuguo, glanced at Prince Jane. Although his title is not as high as that of Prince Jane, he is the elder brother and can reprimand his cousin. Prince Jane didn't care either, and continued to gossip:

"Hey, I said fourth brother, I have reliable news, the queen mother called the two Fujin of the second brother of Fuyou into the palace, and took away the Tong family, so she told the Chen family to let her be the queen of Fulin, and even arranged the matter of the bed, but the people ran to the pillar without saying a word, fortunately Su Moer blocked it, do you say that the queen mother really let Chen Fujin be the queen? Brother, I really admire the little Fujin of the second brother of Fuyou now. ”

"You are hopeless, what taboo do you say, you saw it with your own eyes?"

Then the emperor and the old lady got angry and slapped the table and stools. The old lady also understood that she had offended the God of Wealth, so she had a comforting scene, using a throne and 10,000 taels of silver to plug people's mouths, worth it! It's worth it! This is called Seon's loss of his horse and his knowledge of whether he is blessed or not. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense, shut up what you shouldn't say." Prince An, as the eldest brother, warned Prince Jian and others.

The prince is ready, on the third day of the Queen Mother's birthday, that is, on the first day of the fourth month, let the three businesses that have been built start business. The emperor has already written the imperial plaque, and the plaque has been prepared.

This is its own merchant, official buying and selling. If it is profitable, open a snack street or a food city to supply farmers who enter and leave the city? They can't afford to eat big fish and meat, so it's okay to eat at home, right? Don't be busy with this matter for now, wait for the Queen Mother Restaurant and other three businesses to stabilize before building a snack city.

It has been 17 years since he entered Shunzhi, and the more he goes on, the more he can't keep his spirits, he doesn't know that her beloved concubine is about to die, and his spirit will collapse when Concubine E dies.

History is moving forward inexorably, and all people have a bad premonition: the sky is about to change. The court is going to be chaotic, and the emperor wants to be replaced. Of course, they didn't know that the emperor would die, because they felt that an emperor was always with a monk, whether he wanted to become a monk. The emperor is a monk, what should I do with the throne? The emperor's eldest son, the second prince Fuquan, is only nine years old, isn't he a puppet emperor like the current emperor when he became the emperor? The power is on the regent.

Prince An, Prince Xian, Prince Jian and other prince-level and prince-level brothers, sons and nephews are all worried about the prince. Of course, they don't know that Emperor Shunzhi doesn't have many days left, but it won't be long before someone will replace him if he is so sluggish, and Emperor Shunzhi is the backer of Prince Rui, as soon as he falls, King Rui's Mansion and King Xuan's Mansion don't know what the situation is. The Empress Dowager's coercion of Chen Fujin in the Rui Palace's Mansion is actually a household name among the royal family. Whether Shunzhi abdicates or is killed, the most dangerous thing is Lord Rui. No matter who becomes the emperor, the first thing to do is to raid the Rui Wangfu and take their goods. Many people said to the prince behind his back: "Hurry up and stop and hide your things." ”

The prince said: "That is not the property of this king, besides, it has been sold for more than a year and is almost gone, whoever comes to confiscate will come." ”

Prince An, Prince Xian and Prince Jian were most worried about the prince, the queen mother had long coveted the prince's goods, and hinted to them that the prince Rui sold the rare goods as grain, which had ulterior motives. Especially Prince Jane, who looks down on Shunzhi's mother and son the most, has an attitude of killing his benefactor. The prince understands that as long as Yun'er is in the mansion, no one can hurt anyone's hair in the palace!

"Second Brother Fuyou, are you too kind-hearted? You see that the emperor seems to have no soul, and the queen mother calculates and saves money every day. You just stop and wait until the situation is stable. ”

"This king thinks that the current situation may be better than in the future, and if he doesn't take advantage of this to sell goods, no one will buy them when they are old in the future."

The prince is telling the truth, but unfortunately no one can understand. Then what should I do, just wait for the Queen Mother's birthday, the Queen Mother's Restaurant, Yulong Commercial Bank, and Splendid Restaurant will open.

Before that, I had to prepare the repertoire of the Queen Mother, and the old lady heard her son say that Yun'er's Mongolian songs were sung well, and she regarded Yun'er's repertoire as the finale.

Although those princes and princes were dissatisfied and complained behind their backs, they did not dare to disobey. are also in full swing preparing their own unique repertoire.

The top priority of the Rui Wangfu is to prepare the materials for the opening of the three businesses. The supplies pulled from Feiyun Tower were all loaded in a high-capacity carriage with four horses. From cloth to daily necessities, jewelry, shoes and socks, clothing, stationery and more. Before pulling away, it is necessary to set up accounts, transfer numbers, pack, and price...... Feiyun Tower's manpower was simply not enough, so Fu Jin transferred twenty people from Yiran Tower to reinforce Yun'er. The most capable mustache didn't come, and the confinement couldn't come, so he gave birth to a fat son.

Here are the goods prepared for the three merchants, and the Queen Mother's Qianqiu Festival should also be expressed. The eunuchs and guards who came out of the palace sent letters to Lord Rui asking for this and that, shuttling between the Forbidden City and the Rui Palace. Fortunately, Wang Ye and Yun'er brought back a lot of festive items that can be used to enhance the atmosphere of the festival. In exotic countries, many items are expensive at retail, and once you buy them in large quantities, you can enjoy the wholesale price at half or more cheaper on the spot. Of course, the price of these goods will not be told to the emperor and the queen mother, and even if they are told, they will not give money.

In order to render the atmosphere, the prince prepared the inflatable ceremonial door, silk flower door, artificial flower basket, latte art, large balloon, etc. There are also large blessing words such as ruyi knots, latte flowers, paper-cuts, flower balls, inflatable lions, galloping horses, sequin ceremonial flowers, round balloons, pearlescent balloons, hand-thrown rose petals, floats, etc. in the birthday celebration, and the two Fujin took people into the palace to send them to the Queen Mother, and told her what to use.

The flowers prepared by the house themselves for offering flowers and the bonsai immortal pine and flower baskets dedicated to the Queen Mother. It's money-saving, festive, and lively. This kind of thing can't be excessive, compare other palaces and Guogong mansions, and let people hold grudges if they don't have face, and stop in moderation, and the meaning is good.

Of course, other mansions will express something, even if they are dissatisfied with the Queen Mother behind their backs, the birthday celebration cannot be compared, and they will join in the fun. The emperor's ministers have to express something. In the past, the ministers gave high-end gifts, and they did not cost tens of thousands of taels, but this year the Queen Mother wanted to be thrifty, and these ministers did not dare to send too valuable. But if you send it too shabbyly, you may be hated by the Queen Mother, and you will lose her face and pay it back? It's a real headache for this kind of gift.

Since Yun'er hit the pillar and the Queen Mother's mother and son went to the house to apologize in disguise, Yun'er still went back to the palace. After meeting the Queen Mother in Cining Palace, she didn't call her the Emperor's Mother, and the Queen Mother didn't seem to have happened, even though she couldn't make love, she made Concubine E almost angry! scolded the Queen Mother in her heart, why is she so cheap. Where is the queen mother cheap, she is the god of wealth and money who dare not offend her son. Especially when I saw those festive items, I was almost overjoyed: "Yun'er, you have to spend a lot of money on these things!" What is it all about, so good-looking? Hurry up and tell the emperor about it? ”

It's that Yun'er doesn't want to see the Queen Mother in her heart, and she can't save her face on this occasion, so she smiled and said: "These are all festival goods, you have seen the inflatable door and the silk flower door, this is an artificial flower, that is, the flowers made by the girls and grandmothers in the house, put it in this basket, you can order someone to pull a rope on the pillar of the main hall and hang it; This is latte art, but also to render the atmosphere, you can hang it wherever you like; This is a large balloon suspended in the air, and this pump is used to drum it, several balloons are tied together and hung in the air, and the rope is fixed with a heavy object underneath; This is a big blessing word wishful knot for you to hang in your residence; This is a paper cut attached to a glass window. This flower ball is also hanging, as well as this inflatable lion and inflatable galloping horse are placed outside the temple. These are smaller balloons, round balloons and pearlescent balloons, and you can see how we use them in our house; The last two are to highlight you, this is the float, you sit on the float, and the head of our house drives for you. There is also this hand-tossed rose petals, which are artificial flowers that can be reused. Before your float arrives at the viewing platform, the young maids of the palace stand in two rows and throw flower petals at you as you pass. These are what Yun'er learned from foreign lands, and you can use them if you think they are usable, and if they are not available, they will not be used. And this is a glowing ring, which will sparkle on your hands when you wave to everyone in the car. That will show your dignity as the Empress Dowager of the Great Qing Kingdom. ”

"Okay, well, this palace has never been so high-profile, and this year it may become a very prominent figure." The Queen Mother was dazzled by these festive objects, and once again satisfied her sense of glory and vanity. She's the most face-saving thing!

"You are an old birthday star, how can you be disgraceful?" This is what Fu Jin said. (To be continued.) )