Chapter 343: Daddy Yu's True Means
Father Yu soon let Rong An see how powerful he was.
Yu Bohong has also been busy recently. First of all, the defense of the palace banquet on August 15, and then there was a big celebration in the entire capital during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so the defense of the capital and the palace should be strengthened. In addition, according to the convention, the Mid-Autumn Festival is followed by the autumn hunt, and this thing must also be arranged.
And this year's paddock has also opened up more horse farms, and the emperor naturally has to come and take a look. A while ago, the emperor responded to Zhu Chengyi's polo play in public, and this matter had to be arranged. In this way, the original two-day and one-night paddock trip will inevitably be extended, and this matter will also have to be discussed and arranged.
As a result, Yu Bohong stayed in the imperial study for more than an hour.
During this period, the concubine came in person.
The emperor gave her face and met her. The concubine brought ginseng tea to remind the emperor to take care of himself;
Soon, Concubine Shu, the biological mother of the ten princes, also came and sent eight treasure soup, reminding the emperor that it was a good season for nourishment, today's autumn equinox, the morning and evening are cold, don't be greedy;
It didn't take long for the Xi concubine, who had just entered the palace a few days ago, to send a hand-stewed tonic soup, and informed the emperor that she had prepared charcoal-grilled venison, pipa shrimp, mandarin duck rolls, Sixi dumplings, and her specialty dish "canned stewed deer tendon" that the emperor was thinking about last night had also been simmered for a long time......
Yu Bohong secretly raised his eyebrows, secretly looking at the emperor who was not shallow.
The sun is about to set, and the emperor's place today is obviously very missed.
The recent emperor seems intent on reviving harem fun. Since the night of the Chinese Valentine's Day, the emperor has stayed at the concubine's place for many days. The concubine is proud, and everyone can see it.
At that time, the crowd didn't care. Because the emperor did not set foot in Kunning Palace for many days, he did not go to Qixi Festival, did not go to the fifteenth, and did not go to the first day of the eighth prince to get married...... Obviously, the emperor is dissatisfied with the empress and the crown prince, and everyone only thinks that the emperor is balancing the power of the harem and equalizing the power of the princes.
But in the past month or so, the emperor has stayed in the harem for six out of ten days. In addition to the concubine, he also lucked two low-ranking concubines, and each of them was promoted by one level. The maid of the first palace of the Royal Garden also got grace and was directly registered as a beauty.
Even Concubine Shu, who had not had a chance to sleep in those years, had a spring breeze overnight......
Is this still worth it?
Only then did the concubines dare to believe that the emperor was not only not old, but also regained the fun of farming, and they all planned to find spring again.
However, their actions have just begun, no, Miss Cao, known as "the first beauty in the capital", has entered the palace. This concubine is a proper concubine. The emperor rested with her for three consecutive days, and after living alone in the Heart Cultivation Hall for one night, he went to the Xi Concubine Palace for three consecutive nights......
If you go again today, it will be equivalent to seven consecutive nights.
That's a not-so-wonderful number.
No, the concubines are working especially hard today.
The low-ranking concubine could only find an opportunity to meet by chance, and the high-ranking concubine directly sent tea and soup.
Xi Concubine was also unwilling to give in, and came in person, and the words passed on were also full of meaning, and the soup was mentioned in bed last night. She is here to remind you that you have no jokes.
The emperor laughed and let the concubine in. This woman is the favorite concubine he is going to create, and he will naturally do his best to send her to the throne. This Cao is better than appearance, he just wants everyone to know, although some people think that he should abdicate and make way for Xian, but he is still interested in women, he still likes beautiful women, he is still strong and healthy, this is a means for him to prove his ability.
"I know. You go to the outer hall for a while. After I finished talking to General Yu, I went back to your palace with you to eat. ”
Xi Concubine smiled happily and slowly retreated.
The emperor yelled at Yu Bohong.
Because he saw Yu Bohong staring at Concubine Xi directly.
"There have been three missing women in your house recently, do you want me to reward you with two more beauties?"
"The emperor is always good at making fun of ministers." Every year, the emperor would receive a lot of beauties from all sides, and he would always ask him if he wanted it. If he responds that there are at least a dozen concubines in the family at this time.
Yu Bohong smiled: "I didn't pay attention to it before, did it turn out that pearls were fashioned to be inlaid on the skirt this year?" ”
The emperor stopped the concubines who had just arrived at the door.
Xi Concubine walked again, but no, the hem of her skirt was layered, and as she moved, the color was like a lake wrinkled by the wind, and there were slight changes between advances. The pearls sewn on the skirt appear and disappear from time to time, which is both mysterious and noble. It's really good-looking.
Xi Concubine covered her mouth and smiled: "It's nothing. It's not popular in recent years, it's always been there. There are also people who sew pearl shirts with pearls and wear them. ”
Yu Bohong sighed and glanced at the emperor cautiously.
The emperor sighed again: "If you have any direct questions, we don't have to pay attention to so much courtesy, I will treat you rudely!" ”
Yu Bohong behaved honestly, and asked Concubine Xi again, the bead on her forehead is also popular in Beijing?
Xi Concubine replied that she was a flower made of pink rice beads with her own hands. It's just that she's interested, not popular.
Yu Bohong asked about Concubine Xi's combed hair again.
The emperor felt fresh.
The big old man who has never stayed on a woman in his life, what kind of wind is this?
"What? Want to ask these to please Madame? The Emperor smiled at him.
Yu Bohong sighed.
"Madame is long past that age. The minister just thinks that Xi Concubine Niangniang is very good at dressing up, and she is all freshly dressed, which looks refreshing and luxurious, which is very powerful. It's much stronger than the plain girl in my house who doesn't eat oil and salt, and is annoyed with gold and silver. ”
"Rong'an?" The emperor asked.
"Who else but her?" Yu Bohong did not hide his resentment in his words.
The emperor thought carefully about the girl's makeup on the day of Qixi Festival. Hey? I only remember the face, and I can't remember what she wore or what she wore at all.
Concubine Xi will never forget, and can't help but smile lightly: "Second Miss Yu is indeed a little more elegant, but it is not a unique beauty." "The emperor doesn't remember, she doesn't. That girl took the lead in the competition, and everyone behind them chased and chased, always taking her as the target, that plain but agile figure, who can forget?
"Forget about beauty! It's true that it's unique! "Yu Bohong's grudge comes from the heart." If you go down like this tree, you can only live alone for a lifetime! Your Majesty, if you have the opportunity today, can you let the ministers ask Concubine Xi for advice again? ”
The Emperor agreed.
"Will the concubine disturb the government affairs of the emperor and the general?"
"It doesn't matter. It's almost, and tomorrow I will discuss it with the general. ”
With the emperor's promise, Xi Concubine opened the conversation. Starting from the hairstyle and hair accessories, I couldn't stop it, and after saying it in one breath, the emperor and Yu Bohong raised their eyebrows...... Cao's name for the beauty of Jingzhong is not in vain, she is the best at dressing up. It is rare for Yu Bohong, a celebrity in front of the emperor, to ask questions, and it is rare for her to be good in front of the emperor, so she naturally has to behave well.
Professional - the recognition of the emperor and Yu Bohong at the same time. But what is she talking about? I don't understand, I can't remember, and I don't want to listen to it.
The Emperor shouted a halt.
Concubine Xi had to laugh, saying that she had some drawings of hairstyles, flower styles and various jewelry in the palace, and she would send them to General Yu later.
The emperor asked Yu Bohong:
"Your family is prosperous and peaceful, and you have always cared about this." The emperor still remembered that when she received the reward, she was faced with three treasures, and she chose the most practical box of pearls. "Why do you want to inquire about this for your family Rong'an?"
"She just doesn't care too much, which makes people feel uneasy!"
Yu Bohong frowned, and began to pour out the bitter water that was full of dissatisfaction with Rong An at the emperor. His confiding was also endless, which made the emperor Xi Concubine laugh and laugh.
The emperor finally understood.
To put it bluntly, this was hit by Yu Tong's "rebellion" and the fact that his daughter had no one to marry, so he changed his way to raise his eyebrows!
Such an excited and nagging Yu Bohong, the emperor has seen it for the first time. is also a father, so I can understand it somewhat.
Of course, the emperor's understanding is more in terms of "face". If he were to, he wouldn't be able to swallow this breath. Can you dress up your daughter beautifully, so that those dogs who look down on people should not be happy?
After thinking about it to himself, the emperor signaled Shunzi to go to the treasury and selected five sets of luxurious and shining heads, and asked Concubine Xi to follow Miss Yu's appearance, ignore Miss Yu's bearing, imagine the image of Miss Yu's gorgeous clothes, and choose a suitable set of heads.
Yu Bohong refused, but the emperor signaled that Xi Concubine only had to choose.
In the end, Xi Concubine chose two sets.
The emperor praised her for her good vision, and ordered Yu Bohong to choose one of the two.
"Red." He didn't think twice.
With a wave of his hand, the emperor ordered his father-in-law to wrap up the set of jewelry with a gold background, inlaid with red jade, string amethyst, and a pair of swaggering jewels, and directly rewarded Xi Concubine with another set of coral with jade heads, and signaled Xi Concubine to hurry up and get the drawings that should be used before.
A set of heads worth at least two thousand taels fell from the sky, and Concubine Xi couldn't help but be overjoyed, naturally very enthusiastic, and hurriedly said that she would take all the most beautiful patterns. If the general is not satisfied, she will ask her mother's family to collect the ......
Once again, there were only two monarchs and ministers left in the house.
Yu Bohong also said again that there was no need for rewards.
"Rong An has become a concubine, and this is my reward for her."
The emperor has his purpose, and it is necessary to let Yu Rongan dress up well on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival. On that day, several major Sedi will come to congratulate. He intends to make Yu Rongan the future princess of Yan'an, and this appearance is still more decent. Not only for his face, but also for the great kings to see the glory of submission.
"An'er has been rewarded with a lot......"
"That's it! In front of me, don't slap your swollen face and become fat! You're out of money, aren't you? ”
"What is the emperor...... Know? Yu Bohong held back his expression.
"You don't have enough money in your private house, do you?"
"My wife has been wronged for many years and bought her something. So ......"
"But lately, your family has to do three or four big things, and they all need silver."
"......" Yu Bohong lowered his head and sighed slightly. How did the emperor know so clearly? ”
"How many people in the whole capital don't know about your Rong'an selling shop?"
The shop that Yu Rongan got from Liao Wenci earlier was selling so well, it was difficult for him to think about it.
The emperor couldn't help but pat his honest courtier's shoulder. "If you don't have any money, you will speak to me. My most favored courtier, has actually reached the point of selling his property to make a living, how can I, the emperor, be so happy! ”
"It's the ministers who are incompetent, and they can't earn money......"
"Where are you incompetent! As a courtier, you should devote your energy to your duties. How do you have time to run those businesses? ”
If Yu Bohong also secretly stretched out his hand in all kinds of trading, the emperor might not dare to trust him. It is this guy who has been like a day for decades, clean and clean, with a clean breeze on his sleeves, such a person has no handle, will not be moved by anyone, and is not easy to be fooled by anyone, the emperor is so relieved!
"You are in a high position and you are still living poorly, and it is also the emperor who has wronged you." The emperor was well aware. Yu Bohong really wanted to get silver, as long as he moved his fingers, some people sent him a lot of silver. But he never accepts gifts, and even pushes all the entertainment, so he is such a courtier, it is fortunate for him, the emperor, how can he take care of it?
“……”
After a polite exchange between you and me, Yu Bohong not only got a set of dazzling heads, but the emperor should also give off, and then several big happy events of the Yu family, among which the largest and most expensive banquets were all arranged by the Xiangyue Tower in the capital.
Xiangyuelou is one of the best restaurants in the capital, and its behind-the-scenes boss is the emperor, which belongs to the emperor's private property. So the emperor has the absolute right to speak.
"At that time, you don't have to worry about everything from the table to the maid. Yu Tong is a forbidden army talent, and he has worked hard in the camp for more than ten years, so he will handle his happy marriage! The brothers in his army also gathered together, and held a banquet in the General's Mansion and Beiying. ”
He wants everyone to see the benefits of being a loyal servant.
"I also covered all the expenses of Yu Tong's new house. Your family Rong'an will get married in the future, and I may have a dowry! ”
Yu Bohong knelt on the ground and kowtowed, shouting "too much", "too precious", and "unaffordable......
And the more he got acquainted, the more comfortable the emperor became.
"Madame is not pregnant? You've got to save money! ”
The Emperor pondered. At this moment, without Liao Wenci in the General's Mansion, it is indeed not easy to make money. Yu Rongan is going to get married soon, and Ge's advanced age will not be able to give birth to a child in the future, and there is really no one in the general's mansion to make money. This matter has to be solved before Yu Bohong can do things with peace of mind.
"You don't have time to toss the industry, so be it......"
The emperor may have given half of the profit of Xiangyue Tower to Yu Bohong.
The first is to let the courtiers who have to use it have no worries.
Second, he received news that there have been a lot of outsiders in Beijing recently, and it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival soon, and many people will come to each place. It is also necessary to arouse Yu Bohong's enthusiasm and let him secretly keep an eye on the people coming and going in Xiangyue Tower.
Three, how could he not let Zhu Chengyi retreat because of the Yu family's poverty. In order to promote the affairs of these two families, the Yu family must not lag behind the Yan'an Mansion too much.
Silver is an important thing for ordinary people, and it really doesn't have much effect on him, the all-encompassing emperor......
On the other side, Concubine Xi thought about Yu Bohong's weight in the emperor's heart, and knew very well what she should do at this moment.
I was loved by the house and Wu in a certain sense just now, so I naturally have to vote for the emperor at this moment.
So, Xi Concubine brought not only pictures, but also a few embroidery samples, a whole box of powder made of pearl powder and special materials, a box of secret lipstick, a few broken rice beads made of Huadian, and half a heavy embroidered light yarn.
The emperor smiled appreciatively: "You have taken advantage!" She only offered this powder to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother was full of praise after using it, and bluntly said that even the fine lines on her face were covered cleanly. The same is the lipstick, last time several palace concubines begged her, and they almost fought. ”
Yu Bohong took a look, the red lipstick exuded pearlescent, shiny and bright, and had a sweet taste, which was indeed extraordinary.
"This yarn is the good thing." Concubine Xi smiled, "It takes a year for an embroiderer to get half a horse." You can't buy it with silver. ”
Yu Bohong was very satisfied, and thanked him again and again.
This harvest is quite fruitful!
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