At night, Zhu Youxiao still stayed in Meilou and did not return to the palace until the next day, this time Zhu Youxiao brought Gu Mei and Li Mei back to the palace.

"Your Majesty, this must be Gu Hengbo, who must be famous in Jianghuai, this one is ......," Fan Huifei said with a smile.

"The concubine knocks to see the concubine Niangniang Chitose!" Gu Hengbo bowed in the tunnel.

"The slave knocks to see the concubine Niangniang Chitose!" Sister Li Mei also hurriedly bowed to the ground.

"Get up, the emperor doesn't like the people in the palace to bow down, don't do such a salute in the future." Fan Huifei said.

"Xie Guifei Niangniang."

"This is Sister Li Mei, her aunt asked me to take her back to the palace for training, so that she can marry a good person in the future, and I am ready to hand her over to the queen." Zhu Youxiao introduced.

"Your Majesty, it's better to hand over Sister Mei to your concubine." Concubine Fan Hui looked at Sister Li Mei and said.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you." Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said, after speaking, he said to Sister Li Mei: "You will follow Fan Guifei in the future." ”

"No." Sister Li Mei said.

"Emperor Xie!" Fan Huifei said.

"Where's Tiny? In the palace? Zhu Youxiao asked.

"She always returns to the palace on time every day." Concubine Fan Hui said with a little dissatisfaction.

"I stay in the palace every day, and I'm tired of staying there, and I want to go out to see, you can't be angry." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"The concubine doesn't dare." Fan Huifei said softly.

"Let Xiaoxiao come here, I have something to do with her." Zhu Youxiao commanded.

"No."

She not only met with the shopkeepers of many famous embroidery villages in Jiangnan, but also brought her a lot of inspiration in clothing design.

"Xiaoxiao, in the future, the wool spinning piece will be handed over to Gu Mei to deal with, and you will take care of the affairs of Fengqiuhuang and the Community Chest." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No, it's just how Marta arranged?" Xiao Xiao asked.

"Marta temporarily assists Gu Mei, after all, Gu Mei has just taken over, and she doesn't understand anything, not to mention that Marta and Maria's grades are not young, and sooner or later they will still get married, I can't let them not marry for the sake of their own affairs, if there is a suitable candidate, I will give them a dowry, so that they can marry in style." Zhu Youxiao said this, he couldn't help but feel very guilty about Xiaoxiao, although Zhu Youxiao confirmed the relationship with Xiaoxiao, but Zhu Youxiao has never had a small round house.

"I have thanked the emperor for the reward of Maria and Marta, and recently there was a British merchant's son who pursued Marta, if Marta agrees, it is better for me to be the master and marry Marta to the merchant's son." Trail.

"Yes, you can arrange the dowry, what you need, tell me directly." Zhu Youxiao nodded.

"No."

"Gu Mei, although Marta is in charge of the wool spinning matter, Xiaoxiao has always been in charge, you have to communicate with Xiaoxiao Duoduo, after you arrive in Jingshi, this business will be handed over to you." Zhu Youxiao said.

"The concubine understands that the concubine will not disappoint the emperor." Gu Mei said.

"Hmm." Zhu Youxiao nodded.

"I hope the little girl will give me advice." Gu Mei was polite to the trail.

"You're welcome, this is as it should be, we are all doing things for the emperor." Xiaoxiao also said politely.

……

After Zhu Youxiao left, Xiaoxiao took Gu Mei to her residence, and she wanted to hand over all the information about woolen to Gu Mei.

"Little girl, this is what I occasionally get from Suzhou, and I hope the little girl will take a look for me." Gu Mei took out a Su embroidery from her pocket and said.

"This is the craftsmanship of Dong's embroidery village, it seems to be Mrs. Dong's proud work, and it is a fine product in Suzhou embroidery." Xiao Xiao looked at it and said.

"The little girl is worthy of being the leader of the imperial silk industry, and she can see the calendar at a glance." Gu Mei said with a smile.

"Dong's embroidery village has been inherited for one or two hundred years, his family's craftsmanship is extremely fine, the day before yesterday I saw the shopkeeper of Dong's embroidery village and his daughter, I have seen his family's embroidery, the future of his daughter Dong Bai's craftsmanship must be blue and better than blue." Xiao Xiao said with a smile.

"It's all swords for heroes, red powder for beauties, this Su embroidery will be given to the little girl, and I hope the little girl won't dislike it." Gu Mei said.

Xiao Xiao hesitated, smiled and said, "Then thank you, Miss Meisheng." Xiaoxiao also understood what Gu Mei meant.

Seeing Xiaoxiao accept the gift, Gu Mei also felt very happy, "If Gu Mei doesn't do well there in the future, I hope the little girl will point it out in time." ”

"With the emperor standing behind you, with the emperor here, nothing will be difficult." Trail.

……

Gu Mei prepared a gift for the queen, the concubine and other concubines, although the gifts were not heavy, but they all took a lot of thought, and the profits of Meilou in the past few years have almost been spent.

Regarding Gu Mei's actions, Zhu Youxiao didn't care too much. On the second day, Zhu Youxiao set off for Beijing.

It was not until mid-May that Zhu Youxiao arrived in Beijing. Along the way, Zhu Youxiao also stopped and stopped, he wanted to understand the real situation of the people's livelihood in the empire. Although after several years of development, no peasant uprisings broke out in history, and the people of the empire finally had a bite to eat, but it cannot be said that they are full and well-fed, but they can only be said to have barely something to eat.

As soon as Zhu Youxiao returned to Beijing, there were people who kept asking for things about the five-year plan, almost all of them hoping that Zhu Youxiao would suspend or stop the implementation of the five-year plan, but Zhu Youxiao vetoed them.

Of course, some people also talked about Zhu Youxiao's visit to the Qinglou, and Zhu Youxiao was finally entangled by these ministers and had no choice but to close the door and no longer summon the ministers.

"Your Majesty, these ministers are also loyal, but they can't be lazy, and they will chill the hearts of the ministers." Zhang Yan also dissuaded.

"I understand what these people are thinking in their hearts, they have received benefits from others, so they naturally want to speak to others, don't I know it? I will never change this five-year plan, even if the Manchu civil and military oppose me. Zhu Youxiao said resolutely.

"Your Majesty ......" Zhang Yan didn't know how to persuade Zhu Youxiao.

"I went to Jiangnan and found out that there are civil and military ministers in the world! Nine and a half out of ten have been in and out of the Qinglou, I only went once or twice and stared at me, a pair of mouths grew on others, do not do to others what you do not want to do to others, this truth have all been read by those of them who read the books of sages into the belly of a dog? Zhu Youxiao then said angrily.

"But the emperor is the ninety-five, the world's example, if the emperor likes beautiful women, he can select show girls from the people, the emperor has not selected show girls from the people for several years since he ascended the throne and became married, and the concubine believes that the court will not object." Zhang Yan said.

"Don't mention the selection of draft girls, this is really a matter of harming the people and hurting the money, don't mention this matter again in the future." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

(End of chapter)