Chapter 822: Zhao Yan's Gift (II)
Gao Gonghui is a smart person, knowing that the Gao family cannot rely on the Empress Dowager Gao forever, so he wants to deliberately ease relations with Zhao Yan, and now Zhao Yan actually came to visit in person, which made him very happy, and immediately invited Zhao Yan into the main hall, fortunately it is only morning, it is really inconvenient to prepare a banquet, so Gao Gonghui can only let people serve good tea, and then sit with him personally.
Zhao Yan also came to Gaofu for the first time, and immediately looked around, and then chatted with Gao Gonghua for a few words, and then suddenly said: "I heard that my cousin likes to collect ancient porcelain, and it just so happens that this king has suddenly become a little interested in ancient porcelain during this time, I wonder if my cousin can give me some advice?" ”
"Your Highness is too polite, I didn't expect you to like ancient porcelain, speaking of which I don't have any other skills, but when it comes to ancient porcelain, it is extremely proficient, why don't you ask Your Highness to follow me to see my collection of ancient porcelain, then how about we exchange while appreciating?" Gao Gonghui heard that Zhao Yan was interested in ancient porcelain, and immediately said with some eyebrows, speaking of which, if these generals did not join the army, they would be idle at home, so they developed a lot of strange hobbies, such as he and Zhao Yan's father-in-law Cao Lu, they both like to collect things, but one likes to collect weapons, and the other likes to collect ancient porcelain.
Originally, Zhao Yan mentioned ancient porcelain, just wanted to lead to his next topic, he himself had no interest in porcelain at all, but he didn't expect Gao Gonghua to invite him to visit his collection so warmly, originally Zhao Yan wanted to refuse, but saw that there were many servants of the Gao family in the main hall, and what he was going to say next was really not suitable for outsiders to know, so it was better to go to Gao Gonghua's collection room, where it would definitely not let idle people enter.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yan immediately said that he couldn't ask for it, so he walked out of the main hall with Gao Gonghua. Then came to the inner house of Gaofu, which was originally inconvenient for male guests to enter, but firstly, Zhao Yan's identity was special, and secondly, Gao Gonghua was anxious to show Zhao Yan his collection, and he kept talking to Zhao Yan along the way, all about ancient porcelain. Zhao Yan didn't understand these at all, but he had to make an interested appearance, which made him regret that he was asking for hardship.
Finally came to the courtyard where Gao Gonghua lived, and then saw him take Zhao Yan to his collection room, it is worth mentioning that this collection room is next to Gao Gonghua's bedroom, and there is a door between the two houses, it is estimated that Gao Gonghua has to appreciate his collection every night before going to bed, which is somewhat similar to Cao Lu. Both of them love their collections like their lives.
I saw Gao Gonghua open the door of the collection room with the key he carried, and the place that came into view was one tall wooden shelf after another, on which were placed a dazzling variety of porcelain, but unfortunately Zhao Yan didn't know anything about it, in his opinion, these porcelains were only divided into color and size, and they were just a piece of porcelain.
However, these porcelains are completely different in Gao Gonghua's eyes, I saw him warmly invite Zhao Yan into the collection room, and then tell the origin, age and so on of these porcelains one by one. He can even tell the craftsman who made it, which made Zhao Yan have to admire Gao Gong's knowledge of ancient porcelain. In later generations, he can definitely be called a master of ancient porcelain.
It is estimated that Gao Gonghua lacks colleagues in ancient porcelain, and finally today Zhao Yan expressed his interest in ancient porcelain, and he wanted to deliberately make friends with Zhao Yan, so he spoke very hard, but Zhao Yan came to him to have something to do, not to listen to him talk about these ancient porcelain knowledge. So Zhao Yan quickly interrupted him and said, "Cousin, this king also brought you a pair of ancient porcelain as a gift today, why don't you come and take a look at this pair of ancient porcelain?" ”
"His Royal Highness Lao is bothered!" Just now, Gao Gonghua heard that Zhao Yan had brought him ancient porcelain as a gift, and he was also very curious about it, but he had already made up his mind in his heart. Regardless of whether this pair of ancient porcelain is worth or not, he has to say better, after all, the gift is not important, the important thing is to take care of the relationship with Zhao Yan.
At the moment, Zhao Yan asked people to take the pair of ancient porcelain that he bought from the ghost market this morning, this pair of ancient porcelain was put in a beautiful gift box, and then handed over to Gao Gonghua by Zhao Yan himself, Gao Gonghua also behaved very solemnly, and then put the gift box on the table, and then gently opened the box, just when he only glanced at the porcelain and immediately wanted to praise it, but a "good" word in his mouth had not yet been shouted, but it was suddenly stuck in his throat, and the expression on his face was also frozen there, with a ghostly expression.
I saw a pair of colored porcelain horses in the gift box, the horse body is mainly yellow, and the ornaments and horse temples are blue and white, which looks extremely gorgeous, looks very artistic, and the shape of the horse is also very vivid, and at a glance you know that it comes from the hands of famous artists.
However, in the face of such a pair of exquisite porcelain horses, Gao Gonghui first had a ghost-like expression, and then said with a little crying and laughing: "Your Highness, who sold this pair of porcelain horses to you?" ”
"What, is there any problem with this porcelain horse?" Zhao Yan asked knowingly, this time the porcelain horse was actually deliberately chosen by him, and he knew the deep meaning better than anyone else.
Where did Gao Gonghua know Zhao Yan's plans, he also thought that Zhao Yan was cheated because he didn't know how to do it, so he explained to Zhao Yan with a wry smile: "Your Highness doesn't know, this pair of porcelain horses is colorful and realistic, and it looks very beautiful, and this pair of porcelain horses is produced in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also considered ancient porcelain, but it is used for burial, and I dare to assert that this pair of porcelain horses must have been stolen from ancient tombs, like this kind of thing is too unlucky, so even if the price is extremely low, no one wants to buy it." ”
In fact, Gao Gonghua said that Zhao Yan knows, and he also knows some things that Gao Gonghua does not know, such as the porcelain in front of him is called Tang Sancai in later generations, like this pair of three-color horses, once sold at a sky-high price, but this thing is just like Gao Gonghua said, it is used for funerals, that is, the underworld, is for the dead, so Zhao Yan took out this pair of porcelain horses and gave them to Gao Gonghua as a gift, it is like giving a coffin to someone, this is also Zhao Yan's identity is extraordinary, if it is replaced by another person, I'm afraid that Gao Gonghui will slap the table and throw people out on the spot.
However, after listening to Gao Gonghua's explanation, Zhao Yan suddenly narrowed his eyes, and then said to him with a smile: "It turns out that this pair of porcelain horses is used for funerals, but I see that the date of my cousin's deadline is not far away, so you can keep this pair of porcelain horses, and you will definitely need them in the future!" ”
As soon as Zhao Yan's words came out, Gao Gonghui was stunned for a moment, and then stared at Zhao Yan with great annoyance, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, what do you mean by this, is it possible that you came to my Gao Mansion today just to entertain Gao?" ”
Although Gao Gonghua wants to take care of the relationship with Zhao Yan, but now seeing Zhao Yan say that his life is not long, he is naturally very annoyed, he is unwilling to offend Zhao Yan, but it does not mean that he will be willing to be insulted by Zhao Yan, fortunately, he is an extremely rational person, and he can still suppress his anger for the time being, but if Zhao Yan does not make a reasonable explanation, then don't blame him for turning his face and not recognizing people.
Seeing Gao Gong's angry appearance, he saw Zhao Yan smiled slightly: "Cousin is angry, this king is definitely not here to entertain his cousin, but this king saw that the Gao family was about to come to a catastrophe, so he came to remind his cousin kindly, lest your Gao family be guillotined in the future, and then this king will be unbearable." ”
Hearing what Zhao Yan said, Gao Gonghua couldn't help but be stunned again, and he couldn't care about getting angry anymore at the moment, and hurriedly asked: "What does Your Highness mean, can you explain it clearly, if Gao Mou offended anything just now, please ask Your Highness Haihan!" ”
"Actually, it's nothing, it's just some things in the palace, His Majesty ascended the throne more than three years ago, but His Majesty's biological mother got the title of a concubine, a few months ago Concubine Zhu went to worship the imperial brother, but she received some courtesy from Han Jiang, she was called to the palace by the queen mother, and reprimanded her fiercely in front of the concubines in the palace, so Concubine Zhu had to cry on the spot and admit her mistake, and later interceded with the queen mother, which made the queen mother let Concubine Zhu go."
When he said this, he saw that Zhao Yan deliberately turned his head to look at Gao Gong's painting, but he saw that the other party was already sweating profusely at this time, and his face also showed a frightened look, which made Zhao Yan also nodded with great satisfaction and said: "Cousin, you said that the queen mother treats Concubine Zhu like this, what will Your Majesty think in your heart?" ”
"This ...... I ...... "Gao Gonghua is also a smart person, although he has also heard of the above things, but these are also secrets in the palace, and he doesn't know very well, and now when he hears Zhao Yan's story, he is also scared into a cold sweat, and he doesn't know how to answer for a while."
"Hehe, cousin, if you don't know, then let me help you analyze, Your Majesty is a son of man, but he watched his biological mother being humiliated, maybe he really has nothing to do now, but he will definitely be pro-government in the future, and when His Majesty is in power, he may not take the queen mother out of affection, but he will vent his anger on your Gao family, and then my cousin thinks how many people will die in your Gao family to calm Your Majesty's anger?" Zhao Yan sneered again at this time and said, Empress Dowager Gao's governing ability is not bad, but she is too short-sighted and emotional in some aspects, and she has never thought about what kind of consequences will be caused by treating Concubine Zhu only on her own likes and dislikes.
Gao Gonghua is also a smart person, just now he had already thought of the bane that the Empress Dowager Gao had planted for their Gao family, and now after listening to Zhao Yan's analysis, his whole body trembled with fright, and he immediately grabbed Zhao Yan's arm and said in a trembling voice: "Please Your Highness save my life of the Gao family, no matter what kind of conditions Gao will agree!" (To be continued......)