"Come to the Lantern Festival in the first month, sonorous and loud." Lantern Festival, lovers meet.

On the morning of the Lantern Festival, Zhu Pingjin sat on his special throne in the East Pavilion, and Cao Sanbao waited beside him. He Youyi and Sun Hong sat at the bottom.

Zhu Pingjin asked Cao Sanbao: "Has Miss Luo arrived?" ”

Cao Sanbao replied: "Miss Luo came from Shuangliu County today, and it may take half an hour. ”

Zhu Pingjin said with a smile: "The first time she saw her in-laws, she was inevitably a little nervous. It's also possible to grind and grind. ”

Cao Sanbao and the two gentlemen both laughed. Cao Sanbao said: "Miss Luo is so smart and clever, I don't know how the princess will like it!" ”

Zhu Pingjin muttered in his heart: "I like a fart!" Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are born enemies, and they are rivals in love in two lifetimes! However, he didn't just say that, he just changed the subject with a smile, "Can the affairs of the two gentlemen's family be arranged?" ”

Because of He Youyi's fame and age, even if he entered the mansion a few days late, he still consciously ranked ahead of Sun Hong. He replied: "The minister doesn't dare to delay, he has already entrusted his family to the princess." ”

Zhu Pingjin knew that He Youyi was talking about family contributions. Originally, Zhu Pingjin, as the prince, had already opened a mansion like the king of the county, and could accept the donation independently. However, Zhu Pingjin took into account his fucking feelings, so he still arranged for He Youyi to enter the palace instead of the prince's mansion.

Sun Hong also replied: "There is Lao Shizi to worry about!" In the past few years, in order to make a living, students have become accustomed to walking around, just go out and say hello. ”

Zhu Pingjin said again: "You are not as good as Mr. He, he has some industry." What should I do if my husband goes to menstruation and the family has no money to buy rice? If the gentleman needs it, he may wish to ask. ”

Sun Hong hurriedly left his seat and saluted: "The student has left all the dowry gifts of the prince at home, and the rice and grain at home are safe. ”

Zhu Pingjin smiled: "It's so good. Cao Banban, how did you arrange your trip tomorrow? ”

Cao Sanbao hurriedly replied: "The princess asked her godfather to send a message to Liao Fu, saying that the son was benevolent and filial, and his mother was sick, so he inspected the Yazhou Tea House on his behalf. Futai is reasonable, but it is better not to fight the honor guard of the prince, and it is enough to pay a visit. Liao Fu also made a joke to his godfather, saying that it was rare for the prince to go out, so he happened to walk around, and heard that there was a great place to play. ”

A few people laughed. Sun Hong said: "I didn't expect this non-commissioned officer to be very interesting!" ”

Zhu Pingjin also smiled: "This son never causes trouble to people, what does he have to worry about?" ”

Cao Sanbao then replied: "The princess was afraid that there would be bandits on the road, so she asked for thirty sergeants from Commander Liu to protect the prince's chariot. ”

Zhu Pingjin shook his head, "What good goods does Fat Liu have?" ”

Cao Sanbao said: "I heard that this time is different. Commander Liu was afraid that the prince would make a mistake, and he would also lose his head, so all of them were selected to fight, and there was no problem with loyalty, they were all guards passed down from generation to generation, only the one who led the team was not. The slave inquired, and the leader of the team was a deputy Qianhu named Song Zhensi. He is the cousin of General Song, who escaped from Qinzhou together, and looks a bit like General Song, and is just as strong. ”

After listening to Cao Sanbao's words, Sun Hong left his seat and said: "The student thinks that the prince is not allowed to bring outsiders up the mountain. Although the left guard guarded the palace for three hundred years, he was married and funeral in the CD mansion, multiplied, and there were countless people. The students are worried that after those people go up the mountain, it is inevitable that rumors will spread, and the villagers will use false rumors to damage the reputation of our palace. ”

He Youyi also left his seat and said: "What Mr. Sun said is extremely true. However, there is only one CD left guard in the Shu Palace, and the registered people have also multiplied from five or six thousand when Taizu founded the country to tens of thousands now. If the prince can cut and rectify the guards and organize them into an army, he will not lose a strong force. ”

Zhu Pingjin nodded, what these two said made sense. It is necessary not only to purify the ranks, but also to form a broad united front. This is a pair of innate contradictions, it depends on how to resolve them.

Zhu Pingjin said: "Except for General Xiao Song, the others stayed at the foot of the mountain. Cao Banban, who else is driving? ”

Cao Sanbao replied: "There are also three accompanying eunuchs, who also do book cases, all of whom are loyal people selected by the prince last time for the slaves. ”

Zhu Pingjin said: "You don't need to bring it, it's enough for this son to have Cao to accompany him, and besides, there are still four loyalists there." Miss Luo came back with words, your godson Li Sixian is very good! He did a good job in the rent collection yard and worked hard. People, only those who have worked for a long time can be of great use. ”

Hearing Shizi and Miss Luo praising Li Sixian, Cao Sanbao hurriedly replied: "The two godsons of the slave maid, the four sages are not as good as the four loyalties in terms of intelligence and cleverness, but they are loyal and willing to work, and the four sages are stronger." ”

He Youyi and Sun Hong also said: "The way of employing people in the world, the ministers (students) have been taught!" ”

Zhu Pingjin waved his hand and said with a smile: "Miss Luo is almost here, Cao Companion, wait for the change." ”

The place where the prospective in-laws and the prospective daughter-in-law meet is set in the Changchun Palace, the princess's own bedroom.

The princess was originally going to meet guests in the palace garden. The birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the people's spirits are better, and the environment is more relaxed. However, the scene of the Imperial City Dam left a shadow on the princess's heart, and she thought about it, and finally set the official meeting place in the majestic and majestic sleeping palace.

When Luo Yuhong pulled Zhu Pingjin's men out of the sedan chair, Luo Yuhong couldn't help but say "wow" and said: "Zhu Pingjin, your mother lives in a bigger house than you." Mansion! Absolute mansion! Your family is so rich, you still cry poor with me! Where does your dad live? ”

Zhu Pingjin pointed to the big hall in front of him and said with a smile: "My dad theoretically lives there, but he built a villa for himself and now lives outside the house." My mom and dad are rich, but I can't spend it, so I'm still poor. Hey, remember, be polite later, kowtow, don't call him by his name, don't talk and goof, this is the Ming Dynasty! ”

Luo Yuhong pouted and said, "I know, it's not the first blind date!" You think you're the only one who can pretend to be forced? When necessary, I'll pretend to be more like you! ”

The two of them held hands and went up to the high platform of the dormitory, and the old eunuch Cao Yicheng had already left the palace to wait. Zhu Pingjin went to the hall first, and soon a voice came out to invite Miss Luo.

chose a hall with several steps like the court procuratorate to meet, Luo Yuhong knew the princess's intentions. However, people who have done sales have an advantage: they can quickly get closer to any kind of person. Luo Yuhong followed the palace maid who led the way, passed through the gate of the main hall, went left into the hanging flower door, and then passed through the two curtains, and saw Zhu Pingjin sitting on the soft couch in front of the window next to a middle-aged noblewoman, and the two were talking and laughing.

So old people still pretend to be tender and coquettish! Luo Yuhong despised it in her heart, but her movements were not slow, she smiled and knelt down to the princess and blessed her, and said to the princess.

The princess waited for Luo Yuhong to finish the ceremony, and then left the couch to personally help Luo Yuhong up and take a serious look. I saw that Luo Yuhong was wearing a brand-new green jacket skirt today, with a louvered skirt. The embroidered pink plum on the chest is the most eye-catching, elegant and quiet and secretly enchanting, and it is also lined with the current season.

The two sat on the couch affectionately holding hands, and Zhu Pingjin winked at Luo Yuhong and slipped out, waiting for the two women to speak by themselves.

Luo Yuhong said: "I heard the prince say that the mother is worried about the house, overworked, and can't sleep well at night. My father had an ancestral recipe for treating women's insomnia, so the folk girl made medicine according to the recipe and made it into a honey pill, which was brought to the princess today. ”

The princess despised it in her heart, if she was really from a doctor's family, she would never leave her profession in three sentences! It was already until Zhu Pingjin wanted to reveal the news of his insomnia to this little woman, and then offer medicine to please herself!

The princess thought in her heart, but said, "Then the concubine will thank the girl for her heart." Does this pill have a name? ”

"This is called Black Chicken White Phoenix Pill."

The princess smiled and waved her hand, asking the palace maid to put away the things.

"It didn't work out as expected." Luo Yuhong's heart turned, and she said, "The folk girl has another gift for the princess here." As he spoke, he walked outside and came in with a brocade box five inches long, three and a half inches wide, and two inches high.

The princess smiled and asked, "What is this?" ”

Luo Yuhong handed the brocade box to the palace maid, blessed the princess and said, "This is called Baihua essential oil." It is the flower of a hundred flowers and then extracted from tens of thousands of petals. ”

The princess had never heard of any essential oil, so she asked the palace maid to open the brocade box. I saw a small milky white porcelain vase, quietly inlaid in soft brocade. Luo Yuhong picked up the porcelain vase with her fingernails and handed it to the princess with both hands.

The princess stared at the small porcelain vase on her fingertips and said strangely: "This thing has to be extracted from tens of thousands of petals?" So precious? ”

Luo Yuhong nodded with a smile and replied seriously: "When the Minnu refines, it takes about 10,000 petals to refine a drop of essential oil. ”

The princess was even more surprised: "Such a small bottle, I'm afraid it doesn't cost hundreds of thousands of flowers?" ”

Luo Yuhong replied: "Exactly." However, compared to picking flowers, refining is the most difficult. It took the folk girl a full ninety-nine eighty-one days to refine this bottle. This thing is applied to the face, and it is not tight at all this winter. As she spoke, Luo Yuhong took back the porcelain bottle, gently unscrewed the cork at the mouth of the bottle, and handed it to the princess: "You smell it, is it fragrant?" ”

The princess sniffed from the bottle and said, "This thing is really fragrant." There are roses, lilies, and ...... I can't tell you how many flowers are scented. It's valuable, isn't it? Miss Luo gave it to this concubine, which is so polite! ”

Luo Yuhong shook his head and said, "This thing has never been sold outside. The folk girl thought, this bottle must be sold for a few taels of silver, right? ”

The princess laughed sneered, and said to Luo Yuhong: "The prince said that you are a shrewd girl, how can you become stupid." This thing is originally expensive, and there is no one on the market, how can it only be sold for a few taels, at least fifty two hundred taels! Those in the county king's mansion, as well as the ladies and ladies in the families of the officials and nobles, what they lack is not money, but lovely things! If you take it out and sell it for a few taels, isn't that a slap in the face? Those who can't afford it at all, you give it to her for nothing, and she doesn't know what's good! ”

Luo Yuhong suddenly realized: "The princess is really amazing, why didn't I think of it?" Look, princess, even if you don't enter this palace, you will definitely be rich! ”

The princess said happily: "Before the concubine entered the mansion, she was doing business in Chongqing Mansion. My business is doing so big, it's big! ”

Luo Yuhong suddenly realized: "No wonder! How can the folk girl say that the mother is so familiar with the things in the business field? Mother, can you give me an idea? The folk girl wants to use this essential oil to make essential oil soap, and this essential oil soap ......"

Zhu Pingjin had slipped out to avoid the storm, but when he came back to investigate, he was surprised to see his prospective in-laws and prospective daughter-in-law holding hands with each other, and the two were talking and laughing happily, and they were so happy that they couldn't keep their mouths together. The princess also instructed the palace maids: "Pick up a box of ten silk flowers and send them to Princess Fushun and Princess Taiping, and remember to tell them that this silk flower can be soaked in the essential oil of a hundred flowers." If they ask about the origin of this essential oil, they will only say that it is only sold in Furentang in the south of the city......"

A pair of natural profiteers!