Shi Guiren is worthy of being a favorite concubine who has been in the palace for a few months, well-trained, wiped away the tears in three or two, put on a coquettish appearance, took Wen Hui's hand, and went up to the front hall.

Chen Wenhui saw Shi Guiren like this, and couldn't help but think in his heart, this Shi Guiren is no wonder he is favored, it turns out that he is so good at pleasing the emperor.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw that the emperor was sitting high on the chaise couch where the imperial concubine usually sits, and below were the Chen concubine sisters, the imperial concubine, and his mother Bai. Bai Shi was quietly giving himself a look, it seemed that he had to be more careful, and quickly gave his mother a soothing smile, and knelt down with Shi Guiren to see the emperor.

The emperor smiled and said, "Let's be flat." Shi Guiren, I heard that you and the county lord are friends, as soon as the county lord entered the palace, you came to talk about yourself? ”

Shi Guiren smiled like a flower, and said to the emperor with affection: "Yes, your majesty, the concubine and the county lord are disciples taught by the same teacher, and they are naturally good sisters. Since the concubine entered the palace, I haven't seen the teacher for a long time, and I don't necessarily have the opportunity to see it in the future, so I am very concerned, and when I heard that the county lord is coming, I hurriedly came over to meet him. ”

The emperor nodded approvingly and said, "Shi Guiren respects his teacher so much, it's commendable." Speaking of which, you, the county lord's sister, are stronger than you, I heard that she bought land for Master Qiu and opened a painting hall, and Master Qiu was able to spend his old age leisurely, all thanks to the blessing of you, the junior sister. ”

Chen Wenhui chuckled in her heart, the emperor knows this trivial matter, it can be seen. The emperor has already paid attention to himself. That's not a good thing. Seemingly. Today's meeting must have been premeditated by the emperor. You have to be careful.

Shi Guiren smiled cautiously and said, "Isn't it? Just now, the concubine also said this to the county lord's junior sister. Your Majesty, the concubine is really incompetent, and she didn't do anything for the teacher. ”

The emperor smiled slightly when he heard this: "This is not good, can my concubine be an incompetent person?" In this way, I asked people to choose ten paintings and send them to the painting hall to Master Qiu, this is a royal gift, and it also gives Concubine Ai a boost of face. Well. If I check out the nearby Royal Grange for Master Qiu as an industry, it can be regarded as my support for the construction of the painting hall. ”

Shi Guiren was busy and happily thanked. This is a big increase in face, which shows the emperor's favor for Shi Guiren.

Chen Wenhui is a disciple of Master Qiu and the organizer of the painting hall, so naturally he also knelt down and kowtowed to thank him. I still thought in my heart, this grange is nothing, with Chen Wenhui's financial resources, he doesn't care about this, if Chen Wenhui thinks about it, it is no problem to give ten such granges on duty in the painting hall. However, it wasn't a gift. The Grange of the Imperial Gift represents the face of the royal family. It can further improve the reputation of the painting hall, which shows that the emperor is very supportive of the construction of the painting hall, which will attract more young talents to join the painting hall. In this respect, the meaning is heavy. In fact, the emperor's capital is not large, Chen Wenhui knows, the emperor has recently copied a lot of homes, and there are many granges near the painting hall that were originally granges for high-ranking officials in the capital, and after being raided, they were naturally merged into the emperor's internal affairs office to manage. The emperor is giving it out now, benefiting without cost, other people's things are not distressed, and he also bought people's hearts, let the world pass on the praise, and also please the beloved woman, it is really a lot of money, so it seems that the emperor is really better at doing business than Chen Wenhui, and he must deal with it carefully.

The imperial concubine said happily: "The emperor's support for the painting hall will definitely be praised by the scholars of the world. The concubine congratulated the emperor first. ”

Sister Chen was a little unhappy when she saw Shi Guiren being favored, but when she heard her aunt say this, she reacted and followed her congratulations.

The emperor was very happy and said to the imperial concubine: "I still love the concubine who is far-sighted and understands my mind best." Speaking of which, this matter is still the credit of the little girl of the county lord, do I also want to be rewarded? ”

The imperial concubine hurriedly said: "It is said that Wen Hui, such a little child, has been made the county lord by the emperor, and it is already a great reward, so there is no need to give another reward." However, Wen Hui was a girl at a young age, first helped Lichuan and his wife build Shanghai City, and then helped his brother build Xinguang City, and after returning to the capital, she also helped her concubines build hospitals, raise good halls, save countless people, and make great merits, which also helped the master to establish a painting hall and contributed to the emperor's cultural and martial arts. Is it to reward something, and also to show the subjects of the world that the emperor knows how to make good use of people, and even a little girl, the emperor dares to use it, and does not hesitate to reward it? ”

Chen Wenhui admired it in her heart, the eldest aunt just could speak, such a remark, retreating as advance, saying that she should not be rewarded, and expressed a lot of merits, so down, is the emperor embarrassed not to give a reward? In fact, Chen Wenhui doesn't want to ask for royal rewards anymore, she is now rich and rivals the country, where do you care about the gold, silver and silk rewarded by the emperor.

Sure enough, the emperor said: "What Concubine Ai said is very true." A little girl can make so many contributions to Da Chu, and those courtiers have to do their best, otherwise, wouldn't they be compared to a girl? No, you must make a reward. However, I know that the county lord is a rich man, and people may not be able to take a fancy to my gold, silver and silk. ”

This was a bit strict, and the imperial concubine hurriedly said: "Thunder, rain and dew are all gentlemen, even if the emperor rewards a piece of silk, it is also the glory of Wen Hui." When the time comes, it can be used as the first dowry, which is a glory that can't be bought by spending no amount of money. ”

Wen Hui breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and hurriedly made a shy appearance, the girl's family must be shy when she hears the word dowry. The imperial concubine is really exquisite. There are two meanings of saying this, one is that Chen Wenhui will definitely be grateful to the emperor. The second point is to remind the emperor that Chen Wenhui is no matter how capable she is, she is also a girl, and she will marry in the future, and after she gets married, she is not a member of the Chen family, but just a housewife in the back house, and there is no threat to the royal family, no matter how rich a girl is, it is just a little more generous in dowry.

The emperor also realized such a meaning, and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, I must give a better dowry, where can I just use silk?" In this way, I think, just give Wen Hui the title of county lord, so that after coming to her mother-in-law's house in the future, you don't have to be angry with your mother-in-law's family, you can live by yourself, and you don't need to make rules with your mother-in-law. ”

This reward is big, and there are more county lords in Dachu, but there are a number of county lords. Moreover, just like the emperor said, the laws of Da Chu are very clear, the county lord can build a house by himself, or the emperor can build a house, and it is possible to build a house with a grade, for example, the house can be taller and larger, these are all stipulated that even if a rich person has a house, the height of the house must be based on his own status, status, and grade. This is the embodiment of the privileged class of antiquity. In addition to building a house that meets the level of the county lord, there is another thing that makes the Dachu women feel the most that the county lord can live in his own house, so he doesn't have to live with his mother-in-law, and naturally he doesn't need to go to his mother-in-law to settle the province in the morning and dusk and make rules. There is no way to do this even for the daughter of the family. Chen Wenhui remembered that her third aunt was the daughter-in-law of the eldest princess, and now that she is old, all her children have made a trip, they can become relatives, and she is still making rules for her mother-in-law, and during the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, didn't Chen Wenhui still see the third aunt respectfully serving her mother-in-law? But when you become the county lord, you can sit independently, and naturally you don't have to serve your mother-in-law. Of course, the mothers-in-law are not without no one to serve, after all, which nobleman's family is not a big push by the maids, there is no need to let the daughter-in-law serve the mother-in-law in person, just for filial piety, there is no way to do it, let the maids not use, white-haired wages, but let the daughter-in-law of the aristocracy serve, this is also a way for mothers-in-law to torture their daughters-in-law.

Bai also thought of this at this time, so that her daughter will marry in the future, and she will not have to go to her mother-in-law to make rules, which is really good, as a daughter-in-law, especially a daughter-in-law, there are too many tears for her mother-in-law to set rules, she naturally doesn't want her pampered baby daughter to go to someone else's house to be tortured, and it is really good that the royal family can give the identity of a county lord.

Bai couldn't help but smile. Chen Wenhui saw it keenly, and naturally knew that her mother was still very satisfied with the reward given by the emperor. Chen Wenhui hurriedly knelt down to thank him.

The imperial concubine was also very satisfied, and said with a smile: "The emperor is really thoughtful for Wen Hui, and the reward given is too big, she is young, and she has just been named the county lord for less than a year, and this is the county lord, I am afraid that the imperial historians will criticize it." ”

The emperor smiled: "If this is a boy, in less than a year, from the county lord of the seventh grade to the county lord of the fifth grade, it will naturally cause criticism, but a girl is given a county lord who has no real power, only a title, the county lord, what is the matter?" No one will speak. We, Da Chu, the county lords and the county lords are only helpful to the girls themselves, and they have no real power, and they don't even have fiefdoms. Only the princess, that is to enjoy the treatment of the prince, can open a government to build a mansion, have their own princess officials, have a fief, that is the real power, if I am a princess, there will naturally be a royal history beating, but the county lord? It's fine. Besides, Wen Hui's exploits are enough to be crowned the county lord. didn't say anything before, but now Wen Hui wants to follow her brothers to the wild Nanyang to build a new city, this is a big event for me to expand the territory of Dachu, not to mention a girl, just a big husband, how many can do it? What is it to a county lord? ”

The imperial concubine smiled. The emperor said to Wen Hui: "Chen Wenhui, I tell you now, if you can make new contributions to Nanyang this time and expand the territory for Great Chu, when you come back, I will definitely reward you and give you the title of princess." (To be continued......)

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