In addition to the red fei, violet and green fei also made their own sets, which were specially for several concubines.

White jade is flawless, and the ancients respected the nobility of white jade. But white jade will get tired after watching it for a long time.

Jadeite comes in a variety of colors and is dazzling when made into jewelry. As long as the palace concubine takes the lead, it will inevitably set off a jade fever in the capital.

The color of modern jadeite is the most imperial green, and that is because the Empress Dowager Cixi, who admires jadeite, especially loves green jade. At that time, Emperor Xianfeng had died, and the Empress Dowager Cixi became the first nobleman. She wants to wear some green on her head, and naturally no one can take care of her.

Now Xiao Qi is still alive and well, and the status of several concubines is not detached, and there is no capricious capital. Even if they like green, it is not good to wear green on their heads and add to Xiao Qi's blockage.

So Zhao Ruxi first recommended Hongfei. Concubine Jin loved purple the most, and her extremely beautiful violet jewelry came in second. As a classic green jade, she naturally didn't want to let it go, and she also made it, and then it will see if there is a market.

"Shoot naturally." Xiao Lingyan nodded, "Shoot Hongfei tomorrow." ”

The marketing plan has already been discussed. It's just that the three jade craftsmen are very diligent, and they have produced a lot of jade jewelry during this time, all of which are stacked in Zhao Ruxi's safe, so she asked.

The two of them told them about their recent situation and the information they had gathered, and they also talked about their plans for the near future.

Knowing that Zhao Ruxi had offended Concubine Jin, Xiao Lingyan said: "You are going to take the children's examination in the spring, and I will try my best to let Xiao Lingzhe's people preside over the Beijing County Examination when the time comes." Qiu Yu arranged for me and the second emperor brother to go up. Don't let the crown prince and the people of the third prince interfere. ”

Xiao Lingzhe is the fourth prince.

Among several adult princes, the crown prince naturally has the advantage; The third prince, Xiao Linghengzi, has always been favored by the emperor by virtue of his mother.

The mother of the second prince and the fifth prince is a concubine, and the brothers are united, even if Cen Guifei is not favored, they can compete with the crown prince and the third prince.

Only the fourth prince is weaker, and he is also more low-key than the other brothers. But as long as he is a prince, he has ambitions, and Xiao Lingzhe's ambition is no worse than that of the first, second, third, and fifth princes.

The imperial examination was a way to select officials, and the emperor had never allowed the prince to interfere. But the ministers in the court have their own factions, and whoever is sent to be the chief examiner will have factional biases.

Therefore, when sending officials, the emperor will have his own considerations. For example, if he wants to favor and promote the three princes, the chief examiner of Chunfu may be a person from the three princes' lineage, and the deputy chief examiner will be matched with the prince and neutral officials to check and balance each other.

Originally, Xiao Lingyan didn't want to fight for these, and whoever became the chief examiner couldn't affect the direction of the plot. But if Zhao Ruxi wants to take the imperial examination, he has to intervene.

Zhao Ruxi only offended Concubine Jin, and he also offended the prince because of the Jia family. If the crown prince and the third prince make a little stumbling, maybe she will have to be brushed off at the county test. The same is true for the township test.

Therefore, in these two exams, he will try to squeeze out the people of the crown prince and the third prince, and arrange the people of the fourth prince to go first, and then to their faction.

As for the meeting test and the palace test, the emperor is staring at it.

The emperor said that he would protect Zhao Zhiwei well, and he would not let the crown prince and the third prince stumble on her in the meeting and palace tests. Of course, the premise is that Zhao Ruxi can successfully pass the county and township examinations, and is eligible to participate in the general examination and the palace examination.

As soon as Zhao Ruxi heard this, he was relieved.

"Sure enough, there are people in the court who are easy to do. So thank you, Fifth Prince, for your trouble. She raised her hand and arched towards Xiao Lingyan. The gesture is casual, there is not much sincerity, and there is not even an honorific title in the words.

Xiao Lingyan glanced at her helplessly.

He brought up another topic: "I have opened a textile workshop in Jiangnan, and the woven cloth is indeed fast and good. I also plan to open a few more workshops in cotton-rich areas. The parts of the textile machine are relatively large, and it is a bit troublesome to transport. You just give me the drawings, and I'll ask someone to make them locally and use them directly. ”

"If you don't mention it, I'll talk about it." Zhao Ruxi said, "I have limited manpower here, and if you want a large number of textile machines, I really can't provide them." ”

When she first improved the weaving machine, she actually wanted to use more machine parts to confuse and interfere with the craftsmen in case of leakage. I didn't expect the loom to make much money.

The capital is neither rich in cotton nor silk, and the textile machine is placed in the capital to open a workshop, which is eye-catching and not very profitable. After seeing the silk advertised by Xiao Lingyan at the auction, she simply asked Xiao Lingyan to transport the parts of the textile machine to Jiangnan to assemble and use.

"Otherwise, Jade and Zhong will also let your people do it in the south, so that there is no need to travel thousands of miles to come and transport it over. Not to mention the trouble and increased cost, it is also easy to leak. Zhao Ruxi said again.

These are all mines, and I don't know when they will explode if they are left around. If she could hand it over directly, it would be easy for her.

Xiao Lingyan spread his hands: "If it was feasible, we would have done it directly in the south." Isn't there no one who can be trusted, capable, and knowledgeable? It's so far away that we can't do anything. Moreover, the jade style depends on your design, and you have to change the style and increase the function after making a few grandfather clocks. Do you think the workshop can be done without you? ”

Zhao Ruxi shrugged his shoulders and had to dispel this thought.

"One year at most, you insist. When you are admitted to the Juren, I will ask someone to send you to Jiangnan. Xiao Lingyan said.

He was also unwilling to let Zhao Ruxi stay in the capital and take risks. If it's a man, you have to carry the burden on your shoulders. What's more, as a prince, he can't leave if he wants to. Zhao Ruxi was able to get out, so he naturally left the capital early, which is good.

Zhao Ruxi is a scholar, but he has the dignity of a scholar: "No, if I can be admitted to the exam, I still want to participate in the general examination and the palace examination." ”

Since she came to ancient times and had the opportunity to participate in the imperial examination, she naturally wanted to give it a try.

Anyway, the political situation will not start until the following winter. After the Fu family's father and son and 100,000 soldiers died of starvation in the harsh winter at the border pass, the political situation in the capital was sharply agitated, and the battle for the heir became fierce in half a year. In the spring of the following year, she left the capital after participating in the Spring Festival, and it was completely in time.

Xiao Lingyan is also a scholar, but he can understand Zhao Ruxi's thoughts.

He said, "Okay, we'll see how it goes." If you can, you can take the meeting examination and the temple examination before leaving; If not, you can do it in advance. ”

Zhao Ruxi nodded: "Cheng." Let's work hard to make money during this time. You have to exchange the money you earn for supplies and hoard them at the border gates, and you can't let the people of the court and Fu Dayong find out, and the task is also very difficult. I can still take a share of the workshop. ”

Xiao Lingyan glanced at Zhao Ruxi deeply, her lips moved, as if she wanted to say something. But his throat slid a few times, but he still didn't say anything.

Before fate changes, there are some things that are useless to say more.

Zhao Ruxi waved his hand in a slightful manner: "Don't be moved." I'm not for you, I'm for myself. Not only do I not want to be cannon fodder, but I also want to be a marquis and pay homage to the prime minister. Let's talk about it, you don't have to rely on my benefits when the time comes. ”