In fact, before Xu Xun was rewarded, he had already seen the good things that the Three Treasure Eunuchs paid tribute to—at least, he had seen its list.

The Three Treasures eunuch went to the Western Ocean, which was a great event, Xu Xun heard that when he went back to the Western Ocean for the first time, the people who went to the dock to see the excitement were all squeezed down and drowned several times. Therefore, although Xu Xun lived in Yuhuatai and the eunuch Sanbao also set off from the capital, she didn't catch up with this excitement at all. At that time, she was still young.

When I set off for the second time, I still went from the capital, Mr. Xu and Zhao Juren went together once, and when they came back, they said that the scene was very grand, and the boat was bigger than everything I had ever seen, and there were so many people. Zhao Juren took the two housekeepers there, and when they got there, the housekeepers were scattered, but the two gentlemen were not separated. When the ship left, after searching for a long time in the port, only one butler was found, and the other was never seen again. Leaving behind orphans and widows, it was miserable to live without a livelihood, but Mrs. Xu presided over the remarriage so that she would not be displaced. It was only a few years later that the housekeeper returned, but he said that his family had been caught up in the ship, and that he had to do two years of hard labor on the ship, but fortunately, he had saved a little money by eating and lodging. I also tried to sell the goods back to China overseas, and I made some money on family affairs, but the original lady made a fuss and left her new husband to come back with him. In the area of Yuhuatai, I have been talking for a long time.

After going to sea several times, the ship will not leave the capital, but every time he comes back, the merchant here in Yuhuatai will sell more Western things accordingly, and also listen to some legendary stories from time to time, such as someone smashing the pot and selling iron with the ship to the Western Ocean to do business, and after returning three or two years after becoming a huge rich and so on. Xu Xun's family is not in business, just listen to it, the Three Treasures Eunuch went to the West, and this is the meaning for Xu Xun. But after entering the palace, everyone was very excited when they mentioned this trip to the West - these three treasure eunuchs are for the court, for the West Ocean under the heavenly family, you said that you have gone so far, can you not bring some good things back?

The emperor is just one person, and if he gets good things, can he still reward his relatives without sharing? To the vassal kings in various places, to show the grace of the heavenly family, to the many grandsons born to the three own sons, to show the generosity of the emperor, to the harem concubines, do you need to say that? The emperor's woman, of course, has to enjoy the most haode offerings. The three treasure eunuchs brought back all kinds of treasures, the emperor may just look at the list, and then with a stroke of the pen, they were handed over to the Zongren Mansion (vassal king), Si Baojian (the prince and grandson) and Zhang Niangniang (harem concubine) to share.

When Xu Xun accompanied the crown princess, the princess grandson and Zhang Cairen into the palace to ask for peace, Zhang Niangniang had just won the list, and she calculated the share with a few Shang palaces there. As soon as the crown princess entered the door, she smiled and said, "It's my misfortune." ”

Zhang Niangniang didn't call away, nor did she call up, of course, everyone could only greet her step by step. Even Zhang Cairen didn't have any privileges, and Zhang Niangniang didn't put down the list, but said with a smile, "What's a coincidence, I don't understand." ”

The three elders are all stable in character, but Xu Xun is still a little lively, she saw that the crown princess was a little difficult to answer, so she took the initiative to smile and said, "Coming here now, doesn't it look like I'm here to ask for a reward from you?" ”

Zhang Niangniang looked away and glanced at them, the corners of her lips curled slightly, and said, "If you don't come, won't you be rewarded?" Family, avoid doing so much, do it all. It also happens to help me with my planning. ”

The group had to sit in order, Xu Xun won the honor, and was called by Zhang Niangniang to hug her, Zhang Niangniang leaned half of her body on her, while listening to the count, while lazily dialing the abacus.

"Fifty-six boxes of various colored gems," several Shang Palaces of the Shang Palace Bureau were looking at the list, "five boxes of the highest grade, more than 20 pieces in one box." ”

As he spoke, someone came over with five boxes, and Zhang Niangniang asked the princess and others to come up to help with the counting, and Zuihou pointed out, "One hundred and twenty-three high-grade gems." ”

"Medium forty boxes, one box of more than thirty." The boxes are all the same, and they are said to be medium, because the size of this gemstone must be much smaller than that of the best ones, and correspondingly it is not as precious and rare as the top ones. "One thousand two hundred and thirty-six."

"Eleven inferior boxes, more than fifty pieces in one box," Shang Gong opened the box and looked at it, shook his head and sighed, "It's not very impressive, it's just a fan pendant and a shoe top." ”

Zhang Niangniang still asked people to count it, and there were more than 500 inferior gems in total. Then there are thousands of catties of spices, thousands of catties of wood, as well as hundreds of horses of fresh materials, dozens of catties of supplements with different effects. In fact, there are not too many categories, and Zhang Niangniang is roughly counted, and there are just a lot of things. While counting, she chatted with the crown princess and said, "I heard that this time I brought back the unicorn, which is really a sign of peace in the four seas." I don't know if there will be another amnesty for the world. ”

A few years ago, the Three Treasures eunuch brought back the strange beast Qilin, which made the emperor's dragon heart happy, and he gave amnesty to the world that year. This Xu Xun knows, but she must not have seen this precious Rui beast with her own eyes, this kind of thing is not something that ordinary people can see at will.

Maybe it was because of the longing expression on Xu Xun's face, Zhang Niangniang smiled, "Don't look at me like that, we haven't seen it either." That thing is a big thing, it can't be brought into the inner palace, take us out of the city to see, and the emperor is troublesome. It's just that I've heard about it now, but a pair of kittens they brought back from overseas were raised in the inner palace, and now they have grown up, but they are fierce, and they eat blood food. If you're not afraid of getting dirty, someone will show you another day. ”

Xu Xun hurriedly said, "If it's not a rui beast, then I won't look at it." ”

Everyone laughed, and Concubine Taisun said, "Xiao Xun is afraid that blood will spill and dirty clothes, in fact, there is nothing to see, I saw it once, two cats are eating mice, bloody, strange and afraid of people." ”

While gossiping, it was calculated on the other hand, the inner palace concubines, excluding the vassal king's side, which is not a system, is not counted, from the line of the emperor, the prince, and the grandson, there are one hundred and twenty-three concubines in the emperor's harem, seven people in the prince's palace, and four people in the Taisun Palace. It is up to them to divide these lists in Zhang Niangniang's hands.

At this time, if there is a book or not, the difference will come out. The four members of the Taisun Palace are all on the register, so no matter how much, they must be scored. In the palace, there are actually four people who don't have the princess on the score, and some of them are particularly face-stricken, such as the prince Jieyu and Zhaoyi, although they are not on the book, but because they gave birth to the emperor's grandson, Zhang Niangniang thought of it and counted it. Otherwise, no matter how much you are favored, you can't divide it. It was the emperor's harem, Zhang Niangniang asked the people from the Shang Sleep Bureau to check the files, and counted all the recorded concubines and palace people. Not counting the more than 70 people who have died one after another over the years, the remaining more than 50 people have been fortunate by the emperor, but some of them have not even enjoyed the treatment of the palace. However, after all, she is the woman of the emperor, of course she can't think about going out of the palace, and she doesn't usually have to do any chores, so she is supported according to the rules of the palace people, and now the oldest palace person, according to what Xu Xun saw, is in her forties.

The next thing is to do arithmetic problems, not to mention Xu Xun, not to mention Concubine Taisun and Zhang Cairen, even Zhang Guifei was a little dizzy. These one hundred and thirty-four people can be roughly divided into four grades, concubines, concubines who are not registered, and palace sons. The number of its concubines is about 20 people, more than 30 concubines on the register, more than 10 people who are not registered, and more than 50 people in the palace. How to classify the seven categories of these things into categories to everyone, ensure that the amount is roughly fair, and reflect the difference in rank, this arithmetic problem is much more difficult than the same cage of chickens and rabbits. Several aunts of the Shanggong Bureau were confused, or the crown princess came out, all kinds of things were first according to the grade, and then according to the number of people, for example, the finest gems, that is, more than a hundred, it is impossible for everyone to have one, and there is not enough at all. Therefore, the two concubines took the most, ten pieces per person, and the remaining twenty or so concubines were divided equally, and the concubines had no share. Other things are also according to this rule, the two concubines are the most enshrined, and the rest are the concubines, followed by the upper and non-registered, and the palace can only divide some of the goods on the largest road.

That's it, and it took a little time to distribute the shares. Zhang Guifei was happy that day, and left them for lunch to eat the considerate dishes made in her small kitchen. If it weren't for the emperor coming to the palace to see her, Xu Xun really wanted to try the small kitchen of Changyang Palace, which was very well-known in the palace. It is said that the emperor sometimes came to the palace to see the concubine Niangniang, just because he wanted to eat the home-cooked food of Changyang Palace.

However, the emperor will not meet with the younger concubines, several concubines hurriedly got up and avoided going out, only the crown princess and the princess stayed to meet the emperor, and after a conversation, they also came out and took Zhang Cairen and Xu Xun back. Concubine Taisun secretly told Xu Xun, "The emperor can spoil Da Lang, Da Lang's food, clothing and daily life are very carefully, I can't answer a little, he is not very satisfied, or my mother covered up the past for me." ”

This is really difficult for a strong person, the time of the grandson at home is only a little bit a day, what to do in the outer palace, the princess can't control it, Xu Xun feels that the emperor seems to be more harsh than the princess, but the princess who can be a bad mother-in-law is really kind and capable. helped the concubine divide the things, and they were so fair, and they were not greedy at all.

She has seen some tributes today, although she feels novel, but to be honest, these tributes are not very valuable. Xu Xun didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Zhang Guifei, and when he went back with the crown princess and the princess, he couldn't help but say, "It is said that the tribute is a good thing, but in fact, looking at it this way, it is nothing." Could it be that there aren't many good things that we brought back this time - we have already bought them all? ”

The crown princess was amused by her, and she said, "Silly, the real good things are in the hands of the emperor." Everyone expects this kind of life to live, how can it reflect the favor of the emperor? Look at it, after a while, Liu Jieyu and Concubine Han Li will definitely have more good things on their heads. ”

The reason why it was after a while was because these gems also had to be set and polished to be appreciated, and the wood also had to be made into furniture, right? Even the spices have to be blended and pressed and then divided, and the concubines enjoy the end products, and it is useless to give them the raw materials.

Sure enough, the next time Xu Xun went to Changyang Palace with him, Concubine Zhang's mood was much better than when she first divided things. Xu Xun noticed that compared with the ordinary gold three things, Zhang Niangniang seemed to have an extra pair of opal-inlaid gold treasure crystal mirror, which she cherished and tied to the handkerchief, and stuffed it in her own bracelet.

Maybe he noticed Xu Xun's eyes, and after returning to the Chunhe Palace, Zhang Cairen explained to Xu Xun in private. "Look, that's what the crown princess said last time, and the good things that the emperor privately rewarded in his hands. Such haode things, the emperor has these in his hands, how can he give them by grade? However, this time, the emperor did reward his aunt first, and then sent a large nightstone ornament to Wang Guifei Niangniang......"

She was a little bit of a refutator for Zhang Guifei, as if to say: Guifei really doesn't value the things themselves, but only values the emperor's mind, and the emperor's mind is there, and it doesn't matter if the size of the thing is big. However, Xu Xun has been in the palace for a while, and she still understands that the luminite ornaments are not as valuable as the golden treasure cat's eye crystal mirror......

Thinking about what the grandson explained to her last time, Xu Xun understood a little, but he didn't understand it a little. She pondered for a while, and then put aside the concerns between these bosses and elders.

After more than half a month, it is estimated that the gems have been inlaid, and the things in the palace have been appreciated one after another, Xu Xun got a set of gold heads, seven or eight single phoenix hairpins, flower hairpins, and about fingers and collars. A box of cakes, balls, and other things made of spices, two pieces of Western cloth, and two mahogany tables -- I kept them in mind for the time being, and they were ready to be delivered.

It was a very common reward, no more, no less, almost as she knew that day. Xu Xun has counted it, and regrets that there is no jewelry that is easy to appreciate: seeing that the season is coming, she also has the heart to give the four grandmothers some gold things with her.

However, the four grandmothers don't care about this, and with the increase in the number of times Xu Xun enters the inner palace now, the short time they spend in the parents has also increased. often sat down and chatted with Xu Xun, what to say, what good things were added to Concubine Han Li's head, what bracelets were added to Liu Jieyu's hands, and Concubine Lu Shun had another Yingluo Yunyun on her neck. Xu Xun also understood what they meant: These favored concubines in the harem, if you are yujian, you have to be more respectful, and there will be another Liu Jieyu incident, so how wronged is Xu Xun?

Even in the palace, Xu Xun saw Guo Cairen and a few Xiao Zhaoyi who were not on the book, and there were more eye-catching jewelry in their hands. Now, she is gradually able to distinguish the value of jewelry. Using himself as a reference, Xu Xun can easily find out who is carrying super jewelry. She also understood how the poisonous eyes of those middle-aged people and palace maids in the palace were practiced, and for those who knew how to read, the concubines with super-fine jewelry were as eye-catching as fireflies in the night.

On this day, when the grandson summoned her to bed, Xu Xun didn't dress herself up as a firefly in the night, she put her new head and face on, and she was rarely dressed up more grandly. In this way, he went to the grandson's house with the little people.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw the grandson staring at a table of jewelry in a daze - this table of jewelry is brilliant, there is no doubt that it is all good things from the hands of the emperor.