Chapter 603: Shame on oneself
Cher was not interested in any of these topics, and only responded with a faint smile, occasionally interjecting a sentence or two.
These official wives come from different backgrounds, one of them is Mrs. Dian, who was born in a merchant family, and is deeply liked by Xue'er because of her big personality.
She usually comes to chat with Xue'er when she has nothing to do, and when she came to the banquet today, the gift she gave to Xuanyuan Chen was also the most in line with Xue'er's thoughts.
"Mrs. Dian, I heard that your mother's family is in the business of a scholar." Cher remembered her next plan, and since she couldn't come forward to do business in person, it seemed like a good thing to pull Mrs. Dian's maiden family.
Mrs. Dian was chatting with the people next to her, and was stunned for a moment when she heard Xue'er's question, and then replied: "Yes, my mother's family is a scholar." β
"Is the paper you sell your own production, and the books you print yourself?" There are many kinds of paper used in this era, but the white paper is not white enough, and the toughness of the paper is not enough, and it is easy to break.
Moreover, at this time, movable type printing had not yet appeared, and the printed books were all engraved.
Paper is a different commodity, and in the ancient days of the Celestial Empire, it has become an essential consumer product for scholars since the Han Dynasty.
It's a pity that because of the complexity of the production process, its price has always been very expensive.
Cher wanted to improve the process and use movable type printing for books.
Madame Dian didn't know what Xue'er meant, but she still replied truthfully: "Yes, as the princess said, the paper is produced by herself, the books are printed by herself, the inkstone has a fixed supplier, and the pen is also produced by her own workshop. β
Xue'er nodded: "Then the printing of books is engraving?" β
"The princess still understands this!" Mrs. Dian sighed: "What does the princess need? β
Xue'er didn't say what she thought in front of everyone, shook her head and said, "No, I'm just more interested." β
"Oh, then the princess can go to the workshop when she has time." Mrs. Dian was very understanding and understood.
"Okay, I'll make an appointment with Mrs. when I'm done with this." She had to write down the advanced papermaking techniques and the printing of movable type, which took time.
Ever since she had completely lost her mind to Xuanyuan Che, she had been thinking about what she should do in the future for the past month.
Affected by the limitations of this era and the identity in her heart, she can't do anything earth-shattering, but she can take out all the good things in her head, cooperate with successful businessmen, and slowly accumulate wealth, which is also a way to play time.
After the banquet, the next step was to choose a concubine for Xuanyuan Mo.
This must be attended by Xuanyuan Mo himself.
In order not to be so abrupt, the Emperor and the Empress Taishang each invited some single talents and those unmarried little ladies to the garden to enjoy the flowers.
The garden in the house has long been arranged, and under the shade of the flowers near the mirror lake, there are two rows of tables, the first of which is prepared for the emperor.
Everyone moved here and took their seats.
Everyone knows why Queen Taishang held a flower-viewing banquet after the banquet.
Those talented people are just here to foil, and the unmarried little lady is the protagonist of the flower viewing banquet.
Don't you see everyone secretly looking at the Xuanyuan Desert next to the first seat?
It's just that the person concerned has a straight face, with a bitter and hateful look, so that the little ladies with fawns in their arms don't dare to peek at him anymore.
Compared with His Royal Highness the Youwang with a smile on his face, those little ladies felt that His Royal Highness the Youwang was more approachable.
I heard that His Royal Highness King Youwang is not interested in other little ladies, and he is even more fond of Princess You.
It's not that they are not interested in being the side concubines of His Royal Highness King You, it's just that after seeing Princess You's heavenly fragrance and national color, they all feel a little ashamed of themselves.
Empress Taishang wore a more conservative crown dress today, and the aura of the person sitting on the throne was fully displayed, and she sighed before she spoke: "This person likes to stay with young people when he is old.
Today, with the birthday banquet of the prince, the palace held this flower-viewing banquet by the way, in order to relieve boredom.
Letting you young people accompany this old man in this palace is also boring for you. β
"I can accompany the Empress Taishang to relieve my boredom, I am so happy!" Everyone said in unison.
"Okay, thank you all then." Empress Taishang smiled kindly, at least in Xue'er's opinion.
"Today's weather is fine, in order to win the joy of the Empress Taishang, we are willing to offer singing and dancing, and fight the Emperor Taishang and the Empress Taishang to smile." One of the little ladies got up and said generously.
"Okay, then the palace will be disrespectful." Empress Taishang replied with a smile.
So starting from this little lady, a group of little ladies began to line up to perform their talents, and the invisible competition began.
Some of these talents are also ready to move, showing their faces in front of the Emperor Taishang and His Royal Highness King You, if their talents can be appreciated by these two, it is not a problem to become famous overnight.
The boys and girls did their best one by one and took turns to appear on the stage.
Cher herself is not interested in such a banquet, isn't it difficult for you to ask a person who has to worry about the ticket money to even go to a movie to spend money on a concert ticket?
For the past, it was a luxury for Cher to sit in front of the TV and watch a gala.
Over time, she avoided such excitement.
When she comes here, she spends more time studying, she plays a song by herself, and singing a song is a pastime when she is bored, and when she wastes her time on such an occasion, Cher will only feel bored.
Inadvertently, I caught a glimpse of Xuanyuan Che staring intently at the little lady who was performing the dance, she tugged at the corners of her mouth, and the smile on her face became even stronger.
Man, he says he only loves you, but in fact, he eats from the bowl and looks at the pot, and there is no one who is dedicated.
I don't see those male frequencies who travel through ancient times, and none of those male protagonists are not three wives and four concubines.
The author's pen is sometimes an expression of his own ideals that cannot be realized in reality.
They say that they respect women, but what is actually it, they are collecting women as stamp collecting, not to mention Xuanyuan Che and Xuanyuan Mo are all natives of the ancients.
How could she be so naΓ―ve at the beginning, believing Xuanyuan Che's sweet words, thinking that she was really the heroine and could get a unique relationship.
Xuanyuan Mo's mind was not on these little ladies in front of him, but he couldn't stare at Xue'er on such an occasion, he sat on the side of Queen Taishang, occasionally said a few words to the old man, and pretended to glance at Xue'er sitting opposite.
Seeing that his attention was not on the little ladies on the field, Xuanyuan Mo felt a lot better.