Chapter 25: An Guogong's Calculations
After sending off a group of people who congratulated him on his birthday, Wang Guowei's eldest son Wang Sirui said: "Father, I see that the guests' eyes are strange today, did they hear any rumors?" β
Wang Guowei said disapprerovitically: "These people are just jealous of our family's scenery." Your eldest sister is now the queen, and the Shen family has been favored again, and our family will be prosperous for a long time in the future. β
"But it's disgraceful to spread this thing!" Wang Sirui said.
"What brilliance is not honorable? As long as our family continues to be prosperous, who dares to make irresponsible remarks? Wang Guowei scolded Wang Sirui, and then glanced at Wang Sirui meaningfully, and said, "These days, you haven't touched the Shen family!" β
"Even if you borrow a few guts from your son, your son won't dare!" Wang Sirui hurriedly argued.
"Humph! Forgive me for not daring! Wang Guowei's voice changed suddenly, and he said seriously: "It's just a woman, as long as our family has always been prominent, what kind of woman, you can't get it?" Not to mention anything else, are the concubines in your room still satisfied? β
Speaking of the few concubines in his room, Wang Sirui showed a smile on his face: "Satisfied, satisfied!" β
"It's good to be satisfied, you must know that your father and I bought it at a great price, and they used to be young ladies from eunuchs' families. If it weren't for your father and I being old and not physically strong, how would it be your turn to be a stinky boy? β
After finishing speaking, Wang Guowei's brows furrowed slightly, and said: "But what you just said is not unreasonable, if this matter spreads, not only will our family have no face, but even the queen mother and the emperor will have no face, and we must find a way to block those people's mouths!" β
Wang Guowei couldn't help but think about it carefully, and only after half a pillar of incense did he open his eyes and said faintly: "Yes, in a few days, you will let the Shen family invite those people's families to a banquet, and then the old man will invite His Majesty to come to the mansion...... In this way, once the women of those families are favored by His Majesty, who of them will dare to say irresponsible things? β
Then, Wang Guowei looked at his son Wang Sirui and said, "Who said cool things today, have you written them down one by one?" β
Wang Sirui replied: "Father rest assured, my son has already remembered it." β
"That's good!" Wang Guowei nodded and said, "When the time comes, I will invite the young ladies and young ladies of these families." β
"My son understands!"
β¦β¦β¦β¦
Besides, since Zhang Lingyang returned to the palace, he has not left the palace for many days, and he is either busy criticizing or flirting with the concubines in the harem every day.
And after Xiaofuzi sent Zhang Lingyang back to the palace, he hurried out of the palace and asked Zheng Yongji for words.
At the beginning, Zheng Yongji was reluctant to mention words to Xiaofuzi.
After all, no matter how sleek and sophisticated Zheng Yongji is, standing on the side of the civil official, he also looks down on Xiaofuzi, a eunuch, in his heart.
Therefore, in the face of Xiaofuzi's request, Zheng Yongji shirked in every possible way, until Xiaofuzi finally moved out of Zhang Lingyang, saying that all this was ordered by Zhang Lingyang, and Zheng Yongji did not dare to shirk.
Zheng Yongji understands better than anyone that as long as he has a holy family, it doesn't matter if he offends anyone in the court.
Of course, if Li Guangtai is like that, it is better not to offend.
Otherwise, if he sees the sky, he will be entangled, and he will be annoyed to death.
Zheng Yongji mentioned a total of four couplets, namely:
Brewed into spring, summer, autumn and winter wine, drunk east, west, north and south.
Delicious to attract guests from the three rivers, delicacies to the guests of the five lakes.
Busy for the country, busy for the family, busy and busy, drink a glass of wine; Hard work, hard work, especially joy in suffering, bring a bowl of tea.
It is generally delicious, fragrant is a delicacy, and it is a wine; Everything is as you like, hot cold drink and cold tea.
After mentioning four couplets, Zheng Yongji was especially unpleasant, thinking that this was the best time to tie up with the emperor, so he began to write four more couplets, namely:
There is no shortage of high rollers on the seat, and the drunk people are often helped in front of the door.
The five flavors are cooked and fragrant, and the three fresh steamed and fried music are thousands of homes.
No one is unfamiliar with delicious food, and guests often come to fill the house with incense.
The water is like jasper, the mountain is like Dai, the wine is full of gold, and the moon is full of buildings.
After mentioning it, Zheng Yongji respectfully handed over the eight couplets to Xiao Fuzi, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Fu, the emperor's side, please have a lot of kind words!" β
"Of course!" Although he said this, Xiao Fuzi did not have a smile on his face.
Zheng Yongji knew that Xiao Fuzi was still angry about what he refused before, so he stuffed a silver ticket into Xiao Fuzi's sleeve without a trace, and said: "It's all the old man's just now, it's not a little heart, it's not a respect, and I also ask Grandpa Fu not to remember the villain's mistakes, and to accompany Grandpa Fu in the future." β
Xiao Fuzi just glanced at it, and saw that it was a silver ticket of five hundred taels, so he immediately opened his eyebrows and smiled: "Lord Zheng is polite, isn't it, it's all for the Long Live Lord, it's easy to say, easy to say!" β
After speaking, Xiaofuzi took his leave and left.
Back in the palace, Xiaofuzi put eight couplets on Zhang Lingyang's desk and let Zhang Lingyang choose.
Zhang Lingyang asked Xiaofuzi to ask Zheng Yongji for words and ink. It's just to give the restaurant a faΓ§ade, where does he know calligraphy and painting, and where can he tell which one is good and which is not?
Without thinking about it, Zhang Lingyang casually pointed to four of the couplets and said, "That's it, you go and order someone to frame these four couplets." β
Just selected four of the eight pairs that looked okay, and Zhang Lingyang ordered Xiaofuzi to have the couplets framed.
"Yes!"
Xiaofuzi went out and ordered someone to frame the couplet, and then went to the Teaching Workshop Division in person to select women for training for the restaurant that was about to open.
Adhering to Zhang Lingyang's instructions, when Xiaofuzi chooses a woman, he looks at his background and his appearance.
Zhang Lingyang, who came from his previous life, knew the urine nature of the ancient gentry very well.
In addition to being sanctimonious, what they like most is to deal with the wives and daughters of their former colleagues.
However, they have to maintain their sanctimonious manners, and they can't go in and out of some entertainment places at will like those gentlemen, so they can only come secretly for some things.
And Zhang Lingyang just wants to make money from them.
Of course, this doesn't mean that it's really okay to let these women accompany the guests, serve tea and pour water, sing a little song, laugh and chat.
When Xiaofuzi was busy training the women selected from the Teaching Workshop Division, Wang Guowei, Duke of Anguo, entered and exited the palace several times, wanting to invite Zhang Lingyang to his home.
Zhang Lingyang is too late to avoid it now, how can he go?
Therefore, no matter what Wang Guowei said, Zhang Lingyang excused himself on the grounds that he was busy with official business.
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed, and the Heart Cultivation Hall has been completed.
Compared with the burned down Heart Cultivation Palace, the newly completed Heart Cultivation Hall is more luxurious.
After the objects were properly arranged, Zhang Lingyang moved the dormitory back to the Heart Cultivation Palace.
After all, every morning and evening in the face of those twists and turns in the Qianqing Palace, Zhang Lingyang's mood couldn't help but be depressed.
At this time, the old eunuch Sun Sheng also rushed back from Xuzhou.