Chapter 168 Choosing a Gift
Early in the morning of the second day, Huilan asked Lilac to dress herself, changed into a high-waisted skirt of plum embroidered with red light gauze embroidered with folded branches and gold, combed a good-looking bun, and matched the hairpin and flower crown inlaid with silk gold and ruby, which looked particularly gorgeous and charming.
You can't wear red in the palace, but you can enjoy it outside.
Li Chengze also changed into a light moon-white ink waist and sleeved robe, which looked clear and handsome, and his face was like a crown of jade.
Seeing Hui Lan, he was also stunned for a moment and smiled, "You look very good in this, and I haven't seen you wear red in the past." ”
"I'm a concubine wearing a big red and suspected of provoking my wife, why bother to provoke that unhappy, don't you go out, no one dares to pick on me, wear it and enjoy it."
"Why do you always think about others, and people may not understand your affection, and they don't still treat you as a thorn in the flesh."
Li Chengze chuckled, his tone was sarcastic, and whenever he thought of his wife in the palace, he was always depressed and unhappy.
"I'm here to avoid trouble for you, Zelang, you look very good in this outfit, especially handsome and seductive."
Hui Lan's mouth was as sweet as honey.
The corners of Li Chengze's mouth rose, and a happy and complacent smile was raised, "You have eyesight." ”
With an arrogant expression, Huilan reached out to pinch his face.
After his own conditioning, his skin is firm, delicate and smooth, better than a woman's skin, he is really pretty, and people can't take their eyes off.
"This skin is tender and smooth, who can not love it when they see it."
Hui Lan leaned on his shoulder, touched his face, giggled and teased him.
slapped away the troublesome hand and glanced at her, "It's not in shape, let's go, let's go shopping, and then go swimming in the river when we're tired." ”
"Oh! Let's play! ”
The group first went shopping to meet Huilan's wishes, as a monk is to visit the market, mortal streets rarely go to play, she is still very interested, understanding the people's livelihood, and feeling Hongchen is also a kind of practice.
Li Chengze specially took time to play with her, Huilan seemed very happy, she was curious to touch everything she saw, and she showed him what she was fun to see, smiling like a flower, and the happy and sunny smile also infected the people around him, making him smile a little more, and swept away the irritability and depression of checking the salt tax for many days, and Qingjun's face also smiled.
"There is a fabric store, let's take a look, the fabrics in Jiangnan are very famous, you can buy some back, here are all patterns that are not available in the capital, buy them back to make clothes to wear."
Li Chengze smiled and coaxed her to be happy.
"Okay, let's go buy some colors and patterns to be matched and make a pair."
Hui Lan winked at him, took his hand and shook it twice.
"Ahem! You just look at it and buy it, I'm not picky about a gentleman, I'll wear whatever you do. ”
I was so happy, but I was embarrassed to say it.
After getting the first approval, they happily ran to the clothing store, and the shopkeeper warmly received them.
Huilan has a unique vision and is not short of money, so she naturally chooses the best materials, the materials in Jiangnan are indeed very outstanding, she chose the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the patterns are not popular in Beijing.
also deliberately made a matching color with his own materials, looking particularly good-looking, the shopkeeper praised them as a natural pair, Li Chengze waved his hand arrogantly to buy all of Hui Lanxuan, and those who hesitated also bought them all.
I bought the fabric, went to the jewelry store again, and heard that there were new goods, all kinds of gemstones, Li Chengze saw that the color and texture were quite good, and he was naturally willing to pay for it, just to coax the beauty to smile.
"Zelang, do you want to go to the antique store and buy a gadget to go back to the Queen Mother and the emperor, is it a good heart, you personally selected, is it a filial piety of the younger generation." Oh, can't be without the Queen's. ”
"Cheng, it's rare to be happy today, I'll go and choose, you help me palm."
When Li Chengze heard this idea, he was very good, and he could make the elders happy when he went back.
"Okay, it's better to choose one for the Queen Mother to play with in your hand, the emperor, it depends on what he likes, like I prefer painting, and famous calligraphy and painting will be used to taste, which is also a pleasure."
My eldest brother likes stones, he is a master of refining, all kinds of strange stones love like his own son, personal preferences are different, I just don't know if he will violate the emperor's taboo. ”
The superior hates others to be roundworms in his stomach, and every time he is guessed by others, it seems that he is stupid and simple and can be seen through at a glance, which is taboo;
But you can't ask three questions and don't know, if you can guess that there is a bosom friend happiness in the center when he is happy, this degree is difficult to master, otherwise why say that the companion is like a tiger.
"My father is good at danqing, especially calligraphy and painting, but it is not easy to find paintings with a real level."
"It's okay, let's stay here for a few more days, let's look for it. It really doesn't have to be calligraphy and painting, other interesting things can also be, the important thing is the mind, it doesn't have to be what it likes, and it's boring to eat the same thing every day. ”
"You're right, let's go check it out."
Li Chengze also heard this truth, too deliberate but not beautiful, can find a good thing that is really brilliant and eye-catching. It's enough to be able to Bo Jun and Xiao Xiao.
The two entered the antique shop, the store was very enthusiastic, and introduced a lot of things, but Huilan didn't like it, Li Chengze chose an inkstone for the queen, a decent gift that is not wrong, the queen's words are very good, it is recognized, and of course there is a lot of effort.
After a few shops in a row, I finally found a good thing in a very inconspicuous store, an ornament on the table, root carving, traditional Sanyang Kaitai, but the carving craftsmanship is extremely outstanding, so that this work has spirituality, and you can see it when you put it there, which belongs to the comprehension of mortals.
This root carving was unanimously recognized by everyone, and Li Chengze immediately decided to buy it.
At the same time, there is also a flawless white jade Guanyin, few people know that in fact, the Queen Mother also believes in Buddhism, and also eats fasting and recites Buddha, there is a Buddha hall in Cining Palace, and there is a separate Taoist worship is separated.
The emperor likes Taoism, and she can't disobey when she is a mother, so she naturally likes it too, but as a woman, she also believes in Buddhism and can also recite Buddhism.
Huilan only learned later, but she never exposed it and would not deliberately guide her to chant Buddha, if she was too deliberate, she would be disgusted and rejected by the Queen Mother, and she didn't want people to know that you wanted to take it out to invite merit, so it was inappropriate.
But it does not prevent the grandson from giving gifts, this jade Buddha lies in the mutton fat white jade is the best jade, and there is no flaw, but the price is high, the two generations of this dynasty believe in Taoism, and the things of the Buddhist family are not so obsessed.
In the end, Li Chengze thought about it and bought it, and it was not bad to take it back to the Queen Mother.
After buying the things he liked, Li Chengze asked a guard to send the things back to the post station, and then they went to paint a boat to swim the river, and asked people to book a table and send it to the boat, and the musicians also followed the boat to prepare.
Except for the guards who stayed at home, the painting boat and the surrounding area were surrounded by guards, and no one was allowed to approach, and the prince's safety was more important than anything else.