Kublai Khan shook his head and said, "I know a little bit about your temper, and you won't accommodate her nine times out of ten, but as long as you don't go too far, it will be good for her." Bo Yao Wuzhen and I don't discipline Kudu Lujian much, and others don't dare to care, maybe only you can correct her a little. ”

Cheng Yue smiled: "Father Khan didn't hear something from Goryeo?" ”

Kublai Khan laughed and said, "Do you think I really don't know anything? Wang Yu, that useless guy, a man in his forties, was able to cry when he was lost in Kudu Lujian, and he was embarrassed! ”

Cheng Yue didn't laugh, but said with a playful expression: "Father Khan, a man who is angry and crying may not be easy to bully, and there is no guarantee that he will not retaliate." Erchen thought that this Goryeo king, Wang Yu, was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. (In history, Kudu Lujian was lost at the age of thirty-nine and died in vain, and there has always been a legend that he was poisoned by Wang Tan, and Wang Tan was forced to give way to Wang Chen for fear of being investigated by the Yuan Dynasty)

Kublai Khan's face sank slightly, and he said, "Oh? What have you heard? ”

Cheng Yue said lightly: "Wang Tan is a person, the ambition of a wolf, like his dead father, he is a yang and a yin against the Great Khan, but his father is a little rougher, Wang Tan is even more good at hiding himself, and he is also good at currying favor and selling favors." Kudu Lujian lost a word, he sent his knotted wife into the cold palace, avoided meeting, and allowed Xin Du and Shi Mo Tianqu to be arrested and imprisoned again and again, just to keep his power, this person's viciousness can be seen. ”

Kublai Khan was woken up by Cheng Yue's words, and he was shocked, his eyes widened. Bow your head and ponder for a moment. couldn't help but reach out and pat Cheng Yue's shoulder. He said in a deep voice: "You have to think about the matter of Goryeo, and you must beat what should be beaten." Hmph, this Wang Yu, I also issued an edict to reproach him the year before last, guess what? His will to his subordinates dared to be called a holy decree, and in Goryeo he was called a lonely widow, and I came and went. I don't take me seriously at all! ”

Cheng Yue said: "Father Khan, Wang Tan is a man in his forties after all, Kudu Lujian is only seventeen years old when he is lost, on the surface, Wang Tan is angry and crying because Kudu Lujian is lost, and there is no way to take Kudu Lujian lost." In fact, this person harbors evil intentions, but I am afraid that Kudu Lujian will lose his secret loss sooner or later. ”

Kublai Khan thought so, looked at Cheng Yue with appreciation and gratitude: "If it weren't for your reminder, I would have almost misbelieved him." ”

Cheng Yue sighed: "Father Khan treats Wang Yu with loyalty, so naturally he can't think of this. Erchen only looks at the facts. The so-called bystander is clear, what Wang Tan did. Erchen was unimpressed. ”

Kublai Khan nodded yes, and he valued Cheng more and more in his heart.

Chabi interjected: "Cheng Yue, a small country like Japan, isn't it much to take out 50,000 taels of silver a year?" ”

Cheng Yue understood that she was speaking for herself, glanced at Chabi gratefully, and said: "Erchen has thought that 50,000 taels should be raised, and if Erchen is not good, he will be transported from the Southern Song Dynasty to Dadu, and he will never be untrustworthy." ”

Kublai Khan saw that Chabi was talking to Cheng Yue, but Quan Dang didn't hear it, and strolled back to Yingchun Pavilion.

It's still far from Chabi's dormitory, and it's already crowded! The outer layer is the palace maid and the inner chamberlain, and the inside is full of concubines, occupying all the places, and at a cursory glance, there are at least more than two thousand people!

Kublai Khan and Chabi were amazed! What's wrong?

When the crowd saw Kublai Khan and Chabi coming back, they hurriedly quieted down, opened a passage, and bowed down.

Kublai Khan wondered in his heart, called a palace maid, and asked, "What are you doing?" Why are you all here? ”

The palace maid was scared and panicked, and stammered and replied, "Go back...... The Great Khan, the slaves and maidservants heard that the king of Zhennan Jin presented many cakes and ...... to the Great Khan and the Great Empress Cream bread, Queen Kuokuolun, Princess Babahan and the two princesses all said that it was a delicacy in the world. One guessed that the nobles might be able to...... Give a little reward to the slaves and maids to taste, so they spread ten, ten to hundred, and they are all waiting here, and they can't eat it...... It's good to smell it. ”

Kublai Khan couldn't help but look at Chabi and laughed: "Is it so delicious?" Haha, Chabi, let's try it. ”

The two quickened their pace and walked briskly inside, Cheng Yue followed behind, and said to everyone: "The cake shop will open tomorrow, you can go and buy a little, it's not very expensive." ”

Everyone nodded yes again and again, and they were still hungry.

Kublai Khan and Chabi walked inside, and groups of concubines crowded the hall inside and outside, all drooling as they looked at the neatly arranged cakes and bread in the hall. The tempting fragrance has been coming, but Kublai Khan and Chabi have not yet descended to the court, who dares to move?

Entering the dormitory, Nanbi waited for the queen and the imperial concubine to be there, Tie Xianchi held a cake box and refused to let go, and kept shouting: "When will Father Khan come back?" I'm in a hurry! ”

When the concubines saw Kublai Khan descending from the court, they saluted together. Cheng Yue's eyes roamed back and forth on Nanbi, Nuhan, and Sabuhu. The three girls looked at him separately, and Kuo Kuolun and Babahan also smiled gently at him.

The aroma of a hundred exquisite cake boxes and a thousand strips of brioche bread wrapped in patterned paper was mouth-watering, and Kublai Khan took a deep breath and said in surprise, "It smells so good." ”

Nan Bima appealed and said bitterly: "Great Khan, Great Queen, Tie Xian Chi is going crazy, come and eat a bite, if you don't eat again, I'm afraid I won't be able to pull him." ”

Tie Michi still held the cake box and did not let go, and shouted to Kublai Khan: "Father Khan, you eat the first bite, I want to eat the cake!" Come on! ”

Kublai Khan laughed and said, "Okay, give me a piece to eat, and see if you are hungry, I will give it to you immediately." ”

Cheng Yue found the cake for Kublai Khan and Chabi, and as soon as he opened it, the concubine next to him exclaimed - he had never seen such a beautiful pastry!

Cheng Yue personally cut two pieces, put them on a plate, and sent them to Kublai Khan and Chabi, and then handed over the knife he had prepared, and said, "Please taste the Great Khan and the Great Empress." ”

Kublai Khan took the knife, cut off a corner, and put it in his mouth. Before he could chew, his eyes lit up, he stretched out his thumb and eagerly gestured to Cheng Yue, and said excitedly: "It's delicious!" How is it so delicious! ”

Chabi also praised: "No wonder Kuo Kulun and Ba Ba Han are gluttonous when they mention cakes, it's really a good thing!" It's delicious, it's delicious! ”

Kublai Khan rarely smiled like a child, and said loudly: "Eat it too, set aside ten boxes of cakes and a hundred loaves of bread, and you can eat the rest." ”

As soon as Kublai Khan's words fell, ninety boxes of cakes were snatched up by the concubines who had already been eyeing them, and there were only 100 pieces of bread left in a thousand strips. The hall was full of chewing and happy exclamations, gobbling up one by one, regardless of grooming and posture.

Nan Bi ate cream all over his face, Cheng Yue silently handed over the tissue, Nan Bi quietly picked it in Cheng Yue's palm and smiled.

The corners of Cheng Yue's mouth also showed a knowing smile, and he handed tissues to Bo Yao Wuzhen, Ta Lahai, Nuhan and Sa Buhu. Kuo Kuolun, Ba Ba Han, Wan Ze, and Nang Jia Zhen did not eat with them, but only watched from the side. Cheng Yue gave them a thumbs up, and the four women all smiled.

Kublai Khan ate happily and said with a smile: "Cheng Yue, how did you give birth, why can you always make something good that is eye-catching?" Kuo Kuolun and Ba Ba Han are also full of praise for your villa, when will you be able to build it? I want to see how good it is. ”

Cheng Yue said with a smile: "Erchen will go to Xiangshan tomorrow to see the terrain, the sketch of the villa has already been drawn, and after determining the specific location, you can start laying the foundation." Those craftsmen were the best craftsmen in the Great Song Dynasty, and they had built villas for their ministers, and they were built faster and better in the metropolis than in Lin'an. According to the minister's estimate, if the Great Khan is willing, he will be able to spend the winter in the villa this winter. However, the Great Khan had to send me some craftsmen, and I didn't have enough people. ”

Kublai Khan shook his head and said: "I can't go to the villa to spend the winter, the two sages of the Southern Song Dynasty have handed over the government to you, and they can go to enjoy the blessings." I don't have such a blessing, at most I can go to the villa for a few days, no matter how good it is, I can't stay forever. How many craftsmen do you want, and is 2,000 enough? Not enough to add more. ”

Cheng Yue said: "Then let's have 3,000 people first, there are some jobs on the mountain that need to be done by many people." ”

Kublai Khan nodded in agreement.

Chabi asked, "Cheng Yue, how many villas do you plan to build?" ”

Cheng Yue said: "It can't be more, the minister has calculated, at most about ten buildings will be built, and if there are more, it will not be quiet." The villas are connected to each other by bluestone roads, and the spacing can be a little larger so as not to interfere with each other. When completed, they can not only be a world of their own, but also convenient for each other to move around. The Great Khan and the Great Empress were in the middle, and the others were scattered around, surrounded by a fence outside, and then leveled an archery range for the Great Khan to loosen his muscles, and that's about it. ”

Chabi smiled and said, "How can there be only ten buildings?" There are not enough people to serve the Great Khan. ”

Cheng Yue said: "It's definitely not enough, so try to use as few people as possible to serve there." Don't hide it from the eldest queen, when Empress Kuokuolun and Princess Babahan were in Lin'an, there was no one to serve in the villa, planting vegetables, fishing, cooking, washing clothes, everything had to come by themselves, but they lived very happily. If living in a villa is like being in a palace, it will be boring. ”

Chabi's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and smiled: "Really? Sounds big and really good. When I was a child, I used to herd sheep, you get me a sheepfold, and I want to raise a few sheep to play with. ”

Nan Bi was also very interested, and said: "This is a good idea, if you are tired of staying in the palace, you can go there to live, avoid those messy things and be quiet for a few days, the fewer people the better." ”

All the concubines also like it, but unfortunately there are too few villas, and it is difficult for so many people to get it.

Talahai said: "Cheng Yue, ten is too little, let's build a few more, twenty is fine." ”

Cheng Yue said: "Build so much first, let's see." If you can keep it quiet, you can rebuild it. On the other hand, if you build too much at once, you can't demolish it. (To be continued.) )