Chapter 52: A Little Taste
In the evening, Concubine Ren Rong took Xiaolian back to her palace after dinner. Today, Zhu Youxiao is coming to Concubine Rong's palace, and she has to go back early in the morning to prepare.
By the time Zhu Youxiao came to Concubine Ren Rong's palace, Concubine Ren Rong had already changed into a dress that had already been made.
"Your Majesty, isn't it good-looking? If the emperor doesn't like it, the concubine immediately goes to change her clothes. Concubine Ren Rong looked at Zhu Youxiao, who was frowning, and asked anxiously.
Traditional hairstyles with modern dresses really look a bit nondescript, but fortunately, Concubine Ren Rong has good looks, even if it looks nondescript, but it is not ugly. This is the answer to the sentence: people are beautiful, and they look good no matter how they dress.
"Concubine Rong, you put your hair down and let me see it again." Zhu Youxiao proposed.
Hearing Zhu Youxiao say this, Concubine Ren Rong put down her hair without hesitation, and when she put it down, the feeling came out, Zhu Youxiao smiled knowingly and said, "It's a little tasteful." ”
"Does the emperor like it? If the emperor likes it, the emperor will come to concubine here in the future, and the concubines will wear it like this. Seeing Zhu Youxiao's smile, Concubine Ren Rong said happily.
"It's still a little bit of taste." Zhu Youxiao said after walking around Concubine Ren Rong twice.
"Your Majesty, where is it still a little bit close? The concubine ordered someone to change it. Concubine Ren Rong immediately asked.
"The clothes feel a little big, not close enough, and this skirt is too long, it's all mopping, this skirt can't mop the floor, it's better to just cover the knee here." Zhu Youxiao pointed to Concubine Ren Rong's calf and suggested. Zhu Youxiao was a person with slight leg control, and during this period, it was impossible to ask for the skirt to be made above the knee, so he could only settle for the second best thing and control the length of the skirt a little lower in the middle of the calf.
"Isn't that too short?" Concubine Ren Rong said shyly. During this period, almost all the skirts worn by women were mopping the floor, and they didn't even show their feet, let alone exposing half of their calves, which was simply a big rebellion and would be pointed out by thousands of people.
"It's too long and it doesn't taste like that, anyway, you can wear it to me in the palace." Zhu Youxiao said indifferently.
"The concubine will let people change it tomorrow, and after the change, I will invite the emperor to come over, okay?" Concubine Ren Rong said softly.
"Of course you can, after the change, I'll definitely see the effect." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, it's just that after the change, the skirt is so short, what should I wear in the skirt?" Concubine Ren Rong asked curiously.
"Just a little coat is fine." Zhu Youxiao said.
"Ahh I only wear small clothes, don't I wear knee pants or trousers designed by the emperor himself? When Concubine Ren Rong said this, even the roots of her ears and neck were red.
Zhu Youxiao's words are really immoral! It seems that the record of Zhu Youxiao in the history books will leave a strong mark again!
"Of course, it doesn't smell like that when you wear it." Zhu Youxiao said affirmatively.
After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he explained: "When I was in my dream, the goddesses all wore it like this, of course, here you can wear it in your own palace." ”
"The goddesses are all dressed like this, this is too immoral, how can they look like this?" Concubine Ren Rong muttered. The people of this era certainly cannot understand the dress of later generations. Concubine Ren Rong is now thinking about what it is like for the goddesses to fly in the sky in such dresses, and of course Xiaolian, who is serving on the side, also has such thoughts. They must be full of long skirts and legs now.
"What are you thinking?" Seeing that Concubine Ren Rong and Xiaolian were distracted, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but ask.
"No, I didn't think about anything." Concubine Ren Rong hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the goddesses should be very beautiful." ”
"Uh......" Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said, "There must be some beautiful, some ugly, and even some as beautiful as you." ”
Zhu Youxiao thought to himself: You are all the ancestors of those "goddesses", even if Concubine Ren Rong has no descendants, it is difficult to guarantee that her brothers and sisters have no descendants!
Zhu Youxiao told the truth, but when Concubine Ren Rong heard it in her ears, it turned into a compliment for her, and she said shyly: "Your Majesty, how can the concubine Pu Liu's posture compare to those goddesses." ”
"I don't lie to you." Zhu Youxiao said seriously.
"Your Majesty ......," Concubine Ren Rong said coquettishly.
The atmosphere came, the emotions arrived, and everything happened naturally.
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In the morning of the next day, Zhang Yan took Zhang Guoji and Zhang Yan to the palace together.
When Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family were there, the concubines didn't say that they would go home to save their relatives, even the concubines' families would find it difficult to visit them in the palace, and even Zhang Guoji had only been to the palace twice, so Zhang Yan didn't need to say that he hadn't been here once.
Zhu Youxiao almost forgot the appearance of his father-in-law, but with Zhang Yan, Zhu Youxiao can be sure that the rich middle-aged man in front of him is his father-in-law, and the other girl next to him, Zhu Youxiao doesn't have to guess to know that it must be Zhang Yan's sister Zhang Yan, after all, the two sisters look six or seven points imaginary.
Zhu Youxiao was still polite, although Zhu Youxiao was not very polite. Zhang Guoji even felt a little flattered.
After a brief greeting, Zhu You said to Zhang Yan: "Zhang Yan is the first time to enter the palace, Baozhu, you take her to look around in the palace." ”
"No, the concubine has retired." Zhang Yan said.
After Zhang Yan took Zhang Yan away, Zhu Youxiao went straight to the point and said: "Elder Guo, I want to build a cement workshop, Baozhu told you." ”
"The queen has made it very clear to the minister." At the mention of this incident, Zhang Guoji felt a pain in his body, but last night it was so painful that he didn't sleep all night.
"Now that the elder has understood, what does the elder think?" After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he emphasized, "If you think about the old French, you can say it directly." ”
Zhang Guoji gritted his teeth and said: "It is the duty of the minister to share worries and solve problems for His Majesty, and the minister is willing to resign from the post of Tongzhi of the Governor's Office of the Chinese Army, and at the same time invest 100,000 taels of silver to build a cement workshop with His Majesty." After saying this, Zhang Guoji couldn't help but let out a long breath, it's really a blessing for people to go to wealth!
"Well, it's rare to have a sincere heart from the elders! The elder of the country can rest assured, today the elder invested 100,000 taels of silver, and he will have a hundredfold return every day. Zhu Youxiao said happily.
"The minister doesn't dare to ask for anything in return, he just wants to do his part for my Daming." Regarding Zhu Youxiao's words, Zhang Guoji was also skeptical, he just hoped to recover the cost.
"Here is the production method of cement, after you first successfully trial-produced in Beijing, I asked you to set up three cement workshops in Shanxi, Yunnan, and Liaodong to do your best to produce cement, and I will soon need a large amount of cement." Zhu Youxiao handed the cement distribution to Zhang Guoji, and then said.