Body 16 Malachite

The palace once again resounded with the cries of selling, and the shouting was getting longer and longer, that is to say, the items for sale were getting richer and richer. From the previous word popsicle ......, it has become today's ice cream, popsicles, melon seeds, and toffee.

Every day, Li Hong would prepare a big bamboo basket for the four bitter-faced palace maids and the four eunuchs who were about to cry, filled with ice cream and other four kinds of food to sell in the harem, and asked them to sell it when he Li Hong finished school at noon.

Since Wu Mei slapped Li Hong, the harem sounded this irritable cry the next day, but when she arrived in her palace, it would become very quiet, and she was busy preparing for the queen's coronation ceremony these days, and learning all kinds of etiquette that the queen should have, so she didn't have time to settle accounts with the little leather monkey for the time being.

The harem of the palace is obviously not a place where Xiaoxue, Xiaohan and others dare to openly sell it. They did not dare except for the vicinity of the queen, and they were also cautious in other places, but in order to accomplish what the king said, they were forced to choose other places to help the profiteers sell these items.

Their main place of selling is the Imperial Palace, the Inner Servant Province, and even they buy His Majesty's personal eunuchs to raise their martial arts, so as to achieve selling near the Taiji Gate in front of the palace, because they don't need to shout loudly here, naturally the head of the Qianniuwei will come and buy a large basket, and then distribute it to the soldiers as a benefit for a hard day's work.

Naturally, if Qianniuwei bought all these foods, then the rest of the palace would be unimpeded and they could sell them.

Therefore, the first job of the eight people every day is to send a large basket of ice cream to the three provinces, six ministries and other departments, then Qianniuwei, and then the eight people each carry the basket to the Inner Serving Province and the Yeting Palace to sell.

Wu Mei of the harem is turning a blind eye, she is now temporarily out of use of this leather monkey, she can only hope that this little leather monkey will grow up quickly, be able to understand something by herself, and be able to take care of some royal faces.

No one in the harem cares, and every place where His Majesty and the courtiers discuss politics in this palace naturally becomes unimpeded in the entire Taiji Palace because of Li Zhi's eyes and closed his eyes. Li Zhi's laissez-faire made the acting king's business bigger and bigger in this Taiji Palace, but then again, he alone dared to ignore the royal face and shamelessly peddle his sweets in the palace.

Wu Mei stroked her belly, which was gradually growing, and Li Xian was crying in the arms of the palace maid, crying and shouting to find his brother, because this little guy also knew that his imperial brother had sweets and delicious food.

Wu Mei sighed, that little skin monkey is simply a woman's nemesis, no, it is the nemesis of this palace, whether it is his ice cream or melon seeds, especially the toffee, it is almost a must-have food in everyone's sleeve pocket in the palace.

No, while coaxing Li Xian, the palace maid took out a toffee from her sleeve pocket, peeled off the white paper outside, and stuffed it into Li Xian's mouth. Immediately, Li Xian, who was originally crying, stopped crying, broke into laughter, and began to be satisfied with the silly joy of toffee.

Wu Mei could only shake her head helplessly when she looked at this scene, and the shaking of her head at this moment was not because of Li Xian's crying, nor because of these sweets made by Li Hong helplessly. But now she is gradually discovering that compared to Li Xian, Li Hong did not act as annoying as Li Xian when Li Xian was his age? No, naΓ―ve? Not, is it fragile?

In short, compared to Li Xian, everything about Li Hong back then seemed so reasonable and so unreasonable. I haven't wet the bed, I've never cried unreasonably, I just want to eat, and I don't eat if I don't let me eat. has always been well-behaved, cute and smart around him, and people can't put it down. Often a move can make you smile and feel a burst of groundedness.

Now that I think about it, compared with Li Xian, Li Hong at that time didn't look like a baby, a little too sensible.

Just when Wu Mei was in a daze thinking that her eldest son was different from ordinary people, she didn't know whether to be happy or worried. The eldest son, who is different, is also intimately preparing gifts for her coronation ceremony at the moment.

Li Hong, who was studying, had an appointment with Li Yifu, who had just left the court, and saw that the courtiers were about to go to the court, and their lovely husband Shangguanyi was still tirelessly and tirelessly explaining the book of sages to them, without saying that he meant to take a break.

"Ouch......." Li Hong covered his stomach and lay on the desk uncomfortably and moaned in pain.

Shangguan Yi glanced at him, looked up to the sky at a 45-degree angle and sighed: "What's the matter?" I ate too much ice cream today and have a stomachache? The tone was full of a lot of helplessness.

"No, sir, this time it's a headache, it is estimated that the student occasionally felt a chill last night."

"Why are you holding your stomach for a headache?" Shangguan's beard was about to rise.

I still feel the wind chill occasionally! This occasional feeling of wind and cold is a common reason for ministers not to go to court, and this kid actually used it when he was studying.

"Uh...... I guess my stomach hurts. Li Hong's other hand hurriedly held his head and moaned in pain. If Dayou doesn't let him out of the door of Hongwen Pavilion again, he will die in this case.

"Alas...... Go ahead. Forget it, let's get out of school. Shangguan Yi threw the book in his hand on the desk to express his disappointment and dissatisfaction with the acting king.

"Sir, I have worked hard today, and the student is leaving." The little man who was still going to die just now didn't hurt anywhere all of a sudden, and suddenly became a dragon and a living tiger, and he didn't care about the feelings of Mr. Shangguan Yi at all.

stood up and moved his little arms and legs, and said to Gao An: "Gao An, I'm sorry for you, help me clean up all this." Li Hong pointed to the scattered four treasures and books on the desk.

"It's me again." Gao An pursed his lips dissatisfiedly and said.

Shangguan Yi stood in the middle and could only shake his head helplessly, there was really no way to take this acting king! People are not good at learning like this, and they even customized "movable type printing" for their literati! It provides a better channel for printing and promotion of all precious books, and also prevents those books from being destroyed by time.

In particular, this movable type printing has made all those bamboo slip books, which are more precious than paper, able to be printed into books in a short period of time. Originally, I wanted to read a book, but I couldn't finish reading dozens of hundreds of catties, or even thousands of catties of bamboo slips, but it became a common book that you could read in your hand at will! This is a great thing for literati who love books.

Li Hongcai will not pay attention to Shangguan Yi who is in a daze at the moment, he still has important things to do, the queen mother will be crowned queen in a few days, and he should give her a big gift.

Princess Gao'an, who also ignored the angry eyes that glared at him fiercely, and was reluctant to help him clean up the case, clapped her little hands and walked out of the door of Hongwen Pavilion in a chic and relaxed manner.

came to the place where he often met with Li Yifu, and at this moment Li Yifu was already waiting for him there. This place is very close to Menxia Province, and Li Yifu can go straight to the rear court.

The sunlight stretched the shadow of the tall and thin Li Yifu obliquely, and Li Hong stood in the shadow of Li Yifu to avoid the sun.

"Yifu has seen the acting king." Li Yifu respectfully saluted Li Hong.

"Okay, old acquaintance, no need to be polite, and there are no outsiders here. How's it going, did you find what I asked you to find? Li Hong's bright and distinct eyes looked at Li Yifu.

"I found it, and I have made it according to your wishes." Li Yifu replied.

"Didn't you find that big natural malachite? It's more ornamental and looks ....... Li Hong asked anxiously.

Li Yifu smiled, very satisfied with Li Hong's performance with anxiety written on his face at the moment, this should be a child's reaction. He wouldn't believe how old a child could be when he was less than four years old. I deliberately returned the words to the ambiguity just now, just to see if this acting king really has a city that does not match his age.

"Don't worry, acting king, listen to the minister slowly. Found three, as you expected, this first piece of malachite is simply a treasure in the world, no need to trim and polish, put on a base is an extremely precious and beautiful, gorgeous ornamental stone, it is simply priceless. Li Yifu said in admiration.

Li Hong didn't speak, he stood in his shadow and continued to listen with his side face, he also liked Li Yifu's weakness of shaking his wit in everything.

Li Yifu continued: "One of them is indeed as you said, the hardness of this object is slightly poor, and it cannot be carved and carved on a large scale. According to your idea, the minister has already ordered the craftsman to make all kinds of jewelry. As for the third piece, the minister saw that it was not as atmospheric and exquisite as the first one, so the minister took his own idea and transformed it into an interstitial screen of suitable size according to the appearance of malachite, which was also extremely exquisite on the desk. ”

Li Hong nodded thoughtfully, yes, this Li Yifu is the best at doing this kind of thing, and it is rare to be able to find such three exquisite malachites in such a short time.

"By the way, how much money will be deducted from your ice cream sweets, if it's not enough to tell me, I'll make up the rest for you." Li Hong thought for a while and said.

"The acting king is polite, how dare the minister ask you for money, not to mention, the things you tell the minister are the minister's own business. As long as you can complete the explanation of the acting king and make the acting king satisfied, how much money the minister spends is willing. ”

"That's not good, it's one thing, it's one thing to ask you to help, it's another thing to let you spend money. What's more, in addition to the cost of your family, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to pay the price of this piece of malachite, right? Li Hong raised his head and stared into Li Yifu's eyes and said.

Li Yifu looked stunned for a moment, but returned to normal in an instant, and his face quickly changed to a gentle smile, and said: "Acting Wang Yingming, the minister is better to be respectful, and after you get three pieces of malachite, you can give the minister money." It's just that...... The minister has always been unclear about something, and I hope that you will teach you on behalf of the king. ”

Li Yifu knew that if he refused Li Hong's money, then he would appear to be petty, and it would also make Li Hong disgusted with himself. Especially when Li Hong is still a child, as a royal prince, he naturally doesn't want anyone to disobey him, so he pushes the boat with the current, and he doesn't shirk money with Li Hong.

"What's the matter?" Li Hong wondered.

"Minister...... I don't know how you know about this malachite, Chang'an and Luoyang ministers can't find this malachite after inquiring. In the end, according to your instructions, I found a piece in Lingnan Province, Shannan Province, and Jiangnan Province, and I was curious about your erudition and talent, why such a priceless thing did not appear in ....... ”

Li Hong didn't wait for Li Yifu to finish speaking and then giggled, the laughing Li Yifu was a little inexplicable, and he didn't know why the acting king laughed.