Chapter 159: Spring Ploughing Ceremony
The Yingshan Embroidery Workshop has recently been in the limelight among the nobles in the city, and the plaque given by the emperor's imperial pen is like a huge magnet that exudes magical power, almost sucking the silver in all the women's purses.
Seeing this, Jiang Yingliang, the shopkeeper who shook his hands, was not down-to-earth enough, anyway, Ding Shi's clothes were not in a hurry, so he would put them first.
As soon as Jiang Yingli entered the embroidery workshop, he saw the nobles crowded in front of the shelves with various fabrics, touching and looking, the gorgeous beads swayed gently, and the smell of various flavors of incense powder was mixed and blended, which was quite choking.
Jing'er, who was following behind, covered her nose with a handkerchief and coughed quietly twice, until she noticed that her young lady's face was a little unhappy, and then she quickly put her hand down.
As the young lady said, the details are the most important, and you must not make any actions that make the guests uncomfortable.
Jiang Yingli just stood and glanced at the counter, and Mrs. Lin immediately trotted over and looked at Jiang Yingli with the eyes of a savior, "Miss, you are finally here!" ”
"Have you been so busy lately?"
"yes." Lin Niangzi stretched out her hand to wipe the sweat on her forehead, and then explained: "Since the reward in the palace has arrived, the new customers have followed the fame to make clothes, and the old customers have to add new orders. ”
Jiang Yinglian's eyes looked around the store, and after a little thought, he said, "Tell me to go down, immediately sort out the second floor, prepare good tea, and the old customers will also go up to the second floor with a particularly generous shot, and I will personally bring people to entertain on the second floor." ”
Almost all the noble girls in the building are raised by thousands of pets in the family, and they like to compare in dresses and jewelry on weekdays, and now they are divided into equal amounts according to silver, and there will definitely be people who are willing to spend a lot of money to buy a second-floor location.
Besides, the second floor was originally the place where she entertained VIPs, and it was just right to move it out at this time! Not only did the silver come in, but it also relieved the pressure on the first floor, killing two birds with one stone.
It was difficult for Lin Niangzi to finally solve the problem in the morning, and her voice was a little more energetic, "Okay, I'll arrange it." ”
The hands and feet of the guys in the embroidery workshop are very nimble, and it takes three sticks of incense to take time, and the second floor has been completely renewed.
Jiang Yingliang's craftsmanship has been praised by the emperor and the concubine today, as long as she stands there, it is the living signboard of the Yingshan Embroidery Workshop, after listening to Lin Niangzi say that the guests with the highest consumption will be personally entertained by Jiang Yingli on the second floor, the ladies have only one thought in their hearts-
Who cares what they buy? As long as the money is spent enough, the most important thing is to let Jiang Yingli personally make a skirt for herself!
After some competition, the daughter of Youcheng got her wish and went up the stairs on the second floor with Jiang Yingliang.
And several other patrons who spent a lot of money were also taken upstairs by the ladies of the embroidery workshop to choose the fabric style, although the other nobles were unwilling, but they could only obediently accept their fate.
Who calls themselves not so much money?
After the daughter of Youcheng chose two goose-yellow brocades, and formulated the styles and patterns, she looked at Jiang Yingli with an expectant expression, "Half a moon later, it will be the spring ploughing ceremony, you must do it before that." On the day of the ceremony, hundreds of civil and military officials will take their wives and daughters to see them, and on that day, I must compare the daughter of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites. ”
Jiang Yingli nodded yes, but he couldn't help snickering in his heart, he didn't expect that Youcheng and Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites were at odds in the court, and even the youngest daughter in the family was so disagreeable.
"Then I'll leave this to you." After a pause, the daughter of Youcheng suddenly remembered again, "By the way, you are the righteous daughter of the Hou Mansion, and on the day of the spring ploughing ceremony, Mrs. Hou will also take you there, right?" ”
Jiang Ying's head bowed, "If there is no change, it is natural to go." ”
Spring ploughing is an annual event, related to the livelihood of the people, the emperor will take off the solemn and gorgeous dragon robe on weekdays, put on regular clothes, personally turn the soil in the field, sow seeds, in order to pray to God, in order to bless the year of good weather and good harvest.
Although it's just a show, it's also a thought, and this scene is still necessary.
This spring ploughing ceremony does not involve political and important matters, and there is nothing wrong with women participating in it, and after the ceremony, the queen will personally bring the families of civil and military officials to pray for blessings to show sincerity to God.
"For the sake of you making me a dress, I'll reveal a piece of gossip to you-" The daughter of Youcheng mysteriously approached Jiang Yingliang, raised her hand to cover her mouth, and said in a low voice: "I heard that His Majesty the Emperor has been sick recently, and this spring ploughing ceremony, I specially named the name of the six princes and asked him to replace it." ”
After hearing this, Jiang Yingliang's eyes immediately flashed, on such an important occasion, let the six princes replace him, wouldn't this make the queen unhappy again?
That's it, you don't have to worry about a lot of debts, if there is no such thing, the queen will not let him go.
Moreover, she couldn't help but be a little curious, what did the sixth prince look like, the last time he was wearing a mask, just looking at his body shape was a little imaginary with Qiu Muyun, she didn't know what his appearance was.
Jiang Yingli was a little distracted, and she didn't even hear her name after the daughter of Youcheng called her twice.
The daughter of Youcheng found Jiang Yingliang's strange appearance, thinking that she was also interested in the six princes, so her face was a little unpleasant, and she only left one sentence, "In short, my skirt will be handed over to you, you should prepare well." After that, he left the embroidery workshop in a hurry.
The spring ploughing ceremony is very important, and even Mrs. Hou called Jiang Yingli to the bedroom and told her about the ceremony in every detail.
Mrs. Hou took Jiang Yingliang's hand and said carefully: "What about this spring ploughing ceremony, it is serious and serious, we, the female dependents, have to bow down with your father in the morning, and follow the queen mother in the afternoon, no matter how hard you work, you have to grit your teeth and carry it." However, it is easy to say, as long as the etiquette is thorough, nothing will go wrong. ”
Jiang Yingli nodded very obediently, although she is only the righteous daughter of the Hou Mansion, she will definitely not embarrass the Hou Mansion.
"Also," Mrs. Hou looked at her well-behaved daughter, her heart was sour, and her tone was more relaxed, but she still couldn't hide her worry: "I heard that this spring ploughing is the sixth prince coming forward for the Son of Heaven, and I don't know how the queen will feel, I just hope she won't be angry with you anymore." As she spoke, she also patted the back of Jiang Yingliang's hand.
Jiang Yingli naturally knew.
The emperor personally ordered the six princes to participate in the spring ploughing ceremony for him, behind this move, although I don't know if there are other considerations, but there is definitely a sense of value, this time, the queen's head wind is estimated to be more serious.
But what does it have to do with her? She just wanted to see what the six princes looked like.
In the next few days, Jiang Yingli will follow Mrs. Hou to invite Mama to learn etiquette and etiquette in the morning, go to the embroidery workshop in the afternoon to take care of business, and by the way, take someone to make dresses for the daughter of Youcheng, and she is very busy.
The days changed and the stars changed, and in a blink of an eye, it came to the day of the spring ploughing ceremony.
Jiang Yingli calculated the time, deliberately got up early in the morning, and after going to the embroidery workshop to inspect a circle, he was able to catch the carriage from the Hou Mansion after he went back.
But he didn't expect that early in the morning, someone was already waiting for him.
Lin Niangzi had been waiting at the door for a long time, and after seeing Jiang Yingliang's figure, she hurriedly took her towards the second floor, "Miss, Ding Gongzi is here, and it will be ten thousand gold as soon as he exits, I really don't dare to agree, so I'm waiting for you to come." ”
"Wanjin?" Even Jiang Yingli was a little surprised, "What is Ding Shi crazy about?" ”