Seeing that it was close to noon, Tianqi came to Kunning Palace to discuss the establishment of a trading house with the queen. After listening to the apocalypse's thoughts, the empress asked, "What kind of business is this firm established by the emperor going to do?" ”

Tianqi said: "I haven't thought about what to do yet, I am about to discuss it with the queen, and I heard that several old ladies are also looking for someone to do it in private, I want the queen to ask them." ”

The queen shook her head with a smile and said: "The people in the palace don't know very well how to make money outside the palace, even if someone asks someone to do it, it is as much as others say, it is better to ask them than to ask the eunuchs, these eunuchs often go out of the palace." As for letting the concubines pay to join the firm and share dividends, the concubines can send someone to ask. ”

Seeing that Tianqi nodded, the queen asked the ten newly appointed servants to go together to meet with the old ladies of each palace, and by the way, explain the emperor's meaning to them clearly. After they went out, the apocalypse asked, "Where is Chunying?" Did you go to her new home? ”

The queen smiled: "Worried about it just after leaving for a while? ”

Tianqi ignored the queen's ridicule and said: "Everything needs to be done a few more times to consolidate, let Chunying come to sleep tonight, and the matter of giving birth to a son will be assured." I asked her where she was, not to get tired. ”

The queen said: "The concubine has already instructed her, just let her watch from the side and let the other palace maids do it, and it is nothing to do if she just smears the dust and moves a basin." ”

Seeing that the queen seemed a little sad after speaking, Tianqi explained: "The queen doesn't have to be like this, no matter who gave birth to you, she has to recognize you as a mother first, and she doesn't have to work hard to pick up a son, and the queen is not happy about such a cheap thing?" ”

The queen smiled: "The emperor will say something nice, but the concubines are nothing." ”

Tianqi walked over and sat beside the queen, gently held the queen's hand and said: "This man is trying to find a way to make his woman happy, the history books say that King Zhou You did not hesitate to use the beacon fire to play the princes in order to make the woman happy, as the son of heaven, he is not qualified, but he is a dedicated husband." ”

The queen said: "All dynasties and dynasties have regarded King Zhou You as the king of the dead country, why does the emperor still praise him?" ”

Tianqi said: "Zhou Tianzi, like the emperor of my Ming Dynasty, is the son of heaven guarding the country, and he lives in the most dangerous place by himself, no matter whether he does well or badly, he can proudly face the subjects of the world and future generations." ”

The empress said: "It is not easy to be a good emperor and a good husband. ”

Apocalypse said: "In fact, it is not easy for men in the world, there is a dilemma for men, has the queen heard of it?" ”

The queen asked, "What dilemma?" The emperor said to listen to it. ”

At this moment, I heard someone talking in the courtyard, and it turned out to be Sanlang and Chunying who came in together. Chunying walked in front, and Sanlang took Chunying's hand and kept asking: "Sister Chunying, just tell me, how did you sleep last night?" How do you feel? Chunying kept her mouth shut, and was anxious to be questioned by Sanlang, so she said, "You'll know when the time comes, why are you asking these now?" ”

The two were talking when they suddenly saw the eunuch standing outside the door, and when they knew that the apocalypse was inside, they hurriedly came in to salute. Apocalypse smiled: "It just so happens that you are here, I will test you with a question and see how you answer." ”

Sanlang said: "Okay, just don't be too difficult. ”

The apocalypse said, "For example, if you are all men, if your wife and mother fall into the water at the same time, who will you save first?" Remember, both your mother and wife are in front of you when you answer this question. ”

The queen said, "What's so hard about that? I rule the world with filial piety, of course, to save my mother first. ”

Apocalypse said: "Many people answer like this, the mother must be happy when she hears it, and when the wife listens to it, she doesn't say anything, but then the smile on her face decreases significantly." ”

Chunying said: "Even if you want to save your wife first, you can't say it, otherwise what will everyone think of him in the future?" Unfilial piety is punishable. ”

Sanlang said at this time: "This is not easy to answer, if you say that you save your mother first, your wife will be sad, and if you say that you save your wife first, your mother will be sad." ”

The queen said, "Your Majesty, if you are that person, what would you say to make both your mother and wife happy?" ”

Tianqi coughed and stood up, looked at the queen affectionately and said, "Mother raised me, I must save her first, otherwise the beast is not as good." ”

The queen smiled: "The emperor said that he is happy to be a mother, how can he be satisfied with being a wife?" ”

Apocalypse shook his head, continued to look at the queen and said, "I will save my wife as soon as I save my mother, I love my wife, she is the whole of my life, if I can't save her, I will accompany her to die!" ”

Sanlang opened his eyes wide and said, "Wow, Your Majesty, it's so moving!" ”

The queen also looked at the apocalypse affectionately and said, "A woman can hear her man say this, even if she is dead, she is happy." ”

Apocalypse said: "What I mean is that women are very easy to be moved, as long as she listens to what she says, it will be easy to do things, and in the past few days, you will find a way to persuade those old ladies to let them take out their money and join the trading house, and everyone will get rich together." ”

Chunying said: "Your Majesty, why are you talking about feelings and money?" It's very ruinous. ”

Tianqi said: "Chunying, this person can only talk about feelings after he has eaten and drunk enough, and the relationship without money will not last long, now at noon, everyone eats together and the two of us talk about feelings slowly in the evening." After speaking, he winked at Chunying, and Chunying's face immediately turned red.

After lunch, the ten attendants also returned, and the queen asked, "Have you eaten?" Why are you so happy to have picked up a treasure? ”

One of the tall ones said: "Back to the queen's mother, Zheng Guifei Niangniang's concubines have eaten at her place, and everyone is happy because every concubine has a reward, hairpins, beads, bracelets, rings, jade pendants, etc." She said that everyone was happy, but her own face was calm.

Tianqi was a little surprised, but he didn't think much about it, and said in his heart: "This old lady Zheng is corrupting my woman with sugar-coated cannonballs again, and she must ask for something from others, and it is estimated that there is a situation." Seeing that they were all excited, he snorted and said, "Have you completed your task?" They said they didn't say how many shops they had outside? ”

The ten women looked at each other, and the tall one said: "When I go back to the emperor, the concubines all say that there is no such thing, and the concubines and others have said that they have established a business house, and they are also willing to invest money to come in." ”

Tianqi was in a slightly better mood when he heard this, and asked, "They didn't say how much they invested?" ”

The tall woman said, "The highest of the concubines is three thousand taels, and the lowest is five hundred taels." ”

When Tianqi heard this, he couldn't help but be angry, and said in a deep voice: "If these people don't have a million around them, they should have hundreds of thousands, and for them, hundreds of thousands of taels are embarrassed to call money?" ”

Seeing that Tianqi was angry, everyone didn't speak, and then Tan Jing came, and when he came in, the little eunuch next to him was still holding a wooden box in his hand. gave everyone a salute and said: "Your Majesty, the person who started the silver bureau has already made it according to the emperor's requirements and sent it, please see if this is the case?" ”

Apocalypse asked him to put the wooden box on the table, and pulled open the cover on it, revealing jade pieces one by one, with some round and flat patterns and characters on it. The queen looked at it and said, "It's like a domino made of jade, what is the emperor doing here?" ”

Apocalypse smiled: "This thing is called mahjong, which is similar to dominoes." There are a total of three colors, the flat one is called 'strip, the round one is called 'tube), and the one with 10,000 characters is '10,000', and there are nine kinds of each color from one to nine, four of each, a total of one hundred and eight. ”

The queen said: "The emperor wants us to play cards when we are fine?" ”

Apocalypse said: "Yes, you can play first and then go to those old ladies to play, this mahjong can also bring people closer to each other, and slowly find out their details." After speaking, he taught them some rules, such as what is 'touching' and what is 'bar', what is 'wind and rain' and what is 'bloody fight to the end'. As long as everyone will know it in less than an hour, a deck of cards is obviously not enough, and Tianqi ordered Tan Jing to go to the silver bureau to be three pairs.

Seeing a group of women playing cards very devotedly, Tianqi thought: "This mahjong is good, it can make people put into it and have no time to think about anything else, if you can let Nurhachi come to Beijing to play mahjong, if you have an opinion, you can play mahjong on the table to see the high, what's so fun about fighting?" ”