Volume 2 The Last Days Chapter 133 Equality of Gifts
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Three days later, when Wang Pingfeng's sedan chair came to the main street leading to the road to Wangfuqian, he found that the entire street was almost blocked.
The whole street was lined up with a queue of gift-givers, Wang Pingfeng lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and saw the housekeeper Hou Tian with a group of servants busy maintaining order.
Hou Tian also saw Wang Pingfeng almost at the same time, and he hurriedly trotted up to meet him.
From the mouth of the first day, Wang Pingfeng knew that these people were actually all going to Lu Wangfu to give gifts!
Is there any mistake?
Wang Pingfeng looked at the gift-giving team, and was really a little crying and laughing.
Because there are no officials in this team, and there are also some errands in the yamen, in addition, there are simply everything in the three sects and nine streams.
What is very funny is that Wang Pingfeng found several monks and Taoist priests in the queue to give gifts.
That's it, but Wang Pingfeng found that there were still tofu sellers, small businessmen who opened shops, and even saw a few porters selling coolies in it!
And these gifts are very strange, some hold vases, some carry carved wooden chairs, some carry live chickens and ducks, and even hold bird cages......
Gift-giving has always been a very hidden business, and these gift-givers who went to Luwang's Mansion lined up and exchanged heads and ears, talking and laughing.
Where is this gift-giving, this is simply a market!
I know that these people go to give gifts, and those who don't know think that a temple fair is being held in King Lu's mansion.
Hou Tian gave an explanation for this, the reason why the gift-giving team is so mixed comes from the wise decision of Lord Lu.
It's all because of an incident that happened yesterday, on this Mingzheng Street where Luwang's Mansion is located, there is an old king who runs a tofu shop, and his tofu shop has been doing quite a prosperous business recently.
Because his family's tofu is really good, it is said that he has also earned a lot of silver taels, of course, Lu Wangfu is also one of the customers of this tofu seller.
In the underworld, the word gradual usually refers to a large customer, and of course sometimes it also refers to a woman when she gets married.
Lu Wangfu has received so many fiefs, the old king is very envious, and he wants to stammer, it is estimated that he just hopes that Lu Wangfu will buy him more than ten catties of tofu every day.
Therefore, yesterday, the old king took a load of soy products and congratulated him on coming into the house.
The family members who guarded the door were not allowed to enter, because it would damage the face of the palace.
So there was a push and shove to remove physical contact, and unfortunately the tofu burden of the old king was knocked over.
Tofu brain soy milk, all kinds of soy products were spilled all over the ground.
The old king was a man who cherished things, and when he saw this, he was heartbroken and screamed again and again.
At this time, the prince went out to the house and saw this scene, and after understanding the origin of the matter, he actually invited the old king into the house to entertain him well, and comforted the injured soul of the old king.
Of course, the prince promised to take care of the old king's business in the future, etc., and at the same time, Wang Yan ordered the housekeeper Hou in front of the old king that as long as he came to give gifts, he could not distinguish between the high and the low, and all of them would be treated equally.
And Lord Lu also explained that for the ordinary people who came to give gifts, they should return the gift in the way of giving 1 to 1.
In this regard, the prince of Lu said vigorously: "This is called courtesy, and it is not rude!" ”
That is to say, if you send 10 silver cars, the Luwang Mansion will give you a return gift of ten taels of silver, so as not to let the people suffer.
The old king left the road, and the palace announced the news to everyone while selling tofu, while promoting the benevolence of the prince of Lu and his care for the people.
Lu Wangye believes that everyone should be equal when giving gifts, and no one should be favored, and anyone has the opportunity to give gifts.
Those who come do not refuse, the courtesy is light, and the goose feathers are sent thousands of miles, which is also a sincere heart.
As a result, there are a lot of people giving gifts today, and everyone is happy.
can give gifts, can recover gift money, and can also settle personal favors, who doesn't want to do this kind of thing?
Of course, there are some opportunistic people who hope to take advantage of the opportunity to give gifts to get some benefits, but this is also the common feeling of ordinary people after all.
The prince doesn't mind this, after all, there is a happy event in the palace, and it is normal for the neighbors to let everyone get some benefits for many years.
Wang Pingfeng is so angry in his stomach, if Lu Wangfu continues like this, won't it become a grocery market?
Just now has a fief, all the kings and marquis have been sealed, but even the ninth-rate gifts are accepted, and this is called a gift exchange, which is really unseemly.
After all, in Wang Pingfeng's mind, those ordinary people, even some low-level officials in the imperial court, are not qualified to deal with the palace at all.
Wang Pingfeng blushed, but she thought about it again, after all, these people are gifts, and they can't be beaten away.
So he ordered the day after tomorrow to come, no matter what method you use, to make these people disappear before my eyes as soon as possible.
Hou Tian hesitated a little, he looked in the direction of the palace, and then looked at Wang Pingfeng.
In the end, he felt that Wang Pingfeng seemed to be stronger.
So the genius Hou Tian came up with a clever plan, so that he could not only meet his grandmother's current order, but also not offend the prince too much.
He began to give a call to the people who were lined up today, and asked these people to disperse first, indicating that today's gift-receiving activity would end here, and he would wait for the notice tomorrow and come back in order.
From then on, the crowd had to disperse.
While talking and nagging, this road to the palace is really good, there are so many people who give gifts, I don't accept it today, I'm afraid the palace can't let it go.
While these people dispersed in a commotion, they made an appointment with each other to come back tomorrow, so as not to be too late and lose the opportunity to give gifts.
As the saying goes: give gifts as soon as possible, everyone comes together, gifts can make money, and fools don't come.
When the chaos dispersed, Wang Pingfeng was surprised to see a gift-giving woman carrying a chicken, which was somehow not tied up, but flew everywhere.
Wang Pingfeng's face was not only red at the moment, it was dark, and Hou Tian, who was very familiar with this, hurriedly followed behind him cautiously, for fear of angering the hostess.
When the family members of the palace saw Wang Pingfeng like this, they all knew that something was wrong.
Madame was angry, and the thunder was coming, so everyone was careful to turn into a yellow croaker that slipped away.
After entering the mansion, Wang Pingfeng asked loudly: "Hou Tian! What about the prince? ”
Hou Tian lowered his eyebrows and said, "In the study." ”
Wang Pingfeng looked at the day after tomorrow coldly: "All the surroundings of the study are cleared!" ”
Hou Tian knew that this was his grandmother's preparation for a war with the prince, and the storm was coming, so it was better for everyone to stay away.
In case he was injured, he could only be regarded as unlucky, so the huge Luwang Mansion was completely left within 300 meters of the study.
You must know that in normal times, Wang Pingfeng and the prince go to war, and there is no need to clear the field, and the prince often sneaks out of the palace under the head of the mouse, which is the end of the usual battle.
Today, the situation is clearly different.
Lord Lu already has a fief, I heard that in the imperial court, it is extremely glorious, it is estimated that grandmother wants to give Lord Lu some face!
However, Hou Tian thought that the master mother had now been sealed, and this strength was naturally much stronger than before, and after the tide rose, it was estimated that there would be a fierce battle this time.
Because according to the experience of the royal family, in the past, when the prince and his wife were PK, the movement was usually very large.
The reason is very simple, both of them are martial arts practitioners, and some violent conflicts often break out because of the intensity of their words.
But this time, to everyone's surprise, half an hour passed, and the study was quiet, and there was no sound of fighting or breaking things.
Even the housekeeper Hou Tian'er was curious, he really couldn't figure out what his grandmother and the prince could do in the study?
It's not like two people are reading and learning words, right?
Hou Tian just secretly prayed to the sky, and when the time came, the two masters should not toss themselves to play, otherwise one will let himself go to heaven and the other will let himself go to the ground, then Hou Tian will only die.
In fact, the form in the study was far more optimistic than Hou Tian thought, because after Wang Pingfeng entered the room, he found that the prince was sitting at the desk for the first time and reading some volumes.
She leaned over to take a look and found that what the prince was looking at was a list.
It is a list of several large books, more precisely, this is a record of receiving gifts, and it is a gift list to the palace of the king of Lu!
Wang Pingfeng's eyes were opened, she saw the list of gifts in the hands of the prince, it was really well-made.
And it is divided into categories, according to the official rank of the salute person, the first grade official has a gift list catalog, the second grade has a gift list catalog, and the rest are carefully divided by supernatural powers.
What's not only that, the three religions and nine streams, the five elements and eight works are also separated by the prince one by one, which is as fine as a census.
Wang Pingfeng, who was originally holding back the fire and was about to enter the door to go crazy, seemed to feel that this matter was not as simple as it seemed.
And there is another thing that makes Wang Pingfeng very moved, since marrying into the Lu Wangfu, she has never seen the Lord Lu do anything so seriously, so concentrated, even she has walked behind the prince, the prince is unaware.
What Wang Pingfeng is thinking at the moment is that no matter how ridiculous the prince is, no matter how unreliable he is, at least he didn't kill people and set fires, demolish temples and dig graves.
Therefore, this matter is generally forgivable, and basically forgivable.
Because Lord Lu really did one thing seriously, maybe this is a rare time in his life!
Wang Pingfeng once wanted to do a good job of teaching her husband and children, and she also thought of a lot of ways for her husband, as long as she found the prince's interest and slowly guided her, she would definitely make the prodigal son turn back and not change his money.
But after so many years, he didn't find anything that interested the prince at all, so Wang Pingfeng was already disheartened.
Wang Pingfeng felt that he was afraid that he had found it today, it turned out that the prince likes to collect gifts and study gift lists!
This is also a good breakthrough, at least it shows that he is positive and very ambitious.
should be encouraged not to get angry, Wang Pingfeng's repeated suppressed anger, plus the fact that she witnessed the performance of the prince a few days ago.
Wang Pingfeng felt that after many years of husband and wife, she must still have done something insufficient, and she was thinking about how to guide the prince on the right path according to the situation.