Chapter 285: Master of Mystery
She sat in the backmost seat, watching the wives and ladies of officials from all walks of life come in one after another to say goodbye.
The old lady of An Guohou turned her head to look at Tong Xiaowu, her face was solemn, she had heard everything she had done, and she could be regarded as a person with some means.
It's a pity that the background is not good! However, if she doesn't care about her reputation, staying by King Xuan's side and assisting him is also a usable person.
Seeing that no one was coming over now, Mrs. An Guohou turned her head to look at the empress dowager who was on the throne.
"Queen Mother, I heard that the emperor is being selected for Princess Xuan Wang Muse? Now that the neighboring countries have handed over the list of princesses? I don't know whose princess the emperor and queen like? ”
The Queen Mother laughed and looked around, it was all outsiders, and the old lady of An Guohou asked about this in front of so many people, obviously wanting to embarrass Tong Xiaowu!
"This matter is not very clear! Wait until the mourning family asks the emperor! The Queen Mother did not answer Mrs. An Guohou, but looked at Tong Xiaowu and waved her hand, "Mrs. Tong, come over and ......"
Tong Xiaowu is now just an embarrassing existence in King Xuan's mansion, saying that she is the princess, the emperor did not give the title, saying that she is not the main wife, and the people are still married to the Ming media when King Xuan was in the countryside, and now the queen mother calls her a lady, which can be regarded as a lift.
Tong Xiaowu got up and saluted, came to her side, she grabbed her fingers, glanced up and down at her outfit and said:
"I heard Mama Zhang say that you are reluctant to even make a new dress for the sake of the flood? In order to earn money for Xuanyuan, you work day and night, you are tired! ”
Tong Xiaowu was slightly stunned, when was she reluctant to make new clothes? But think about it again, maybe Mama Zhang said this on purpose, in order to brush up her favorability, right?
"This is what a concubine should do." She replied slowly.
"Uh-huh!" The Queen Mother was very satisfied, and then she didn't say anything, and let her sit aside.
How could the old lady of An Guohou not understand the meaning of the queen mother, but unfortunately although Tong Xiaowu has a good brain, she has a low status, which is not good for King Xuan's future development.
Suddenly, a grandmother came in and reported, "The Queen Mother, King Xuan gave the queen a treasure, and the people in the backyard opened it when they made a record, it was really the work of the gods, and it was a ...... of mounting."
"Piping?" When the Queen Mother heard this, she stood up, "But the kind of bean paste that appeared at the beginning of the year? ”
"Yes, the mysterious master has made a new product." This grandmother looked excited and recommended.
The Queen Mother stood up, a little incredulous, "After half a year, I can finally see the new product, and now on the market, what price has the previous bean paste piping fed to?" ”
"Back to the Queen Mother, some time ago, the son-in-law in General Qi's mansion played around and broke one piece, and now there are only five collections in the entire Xuanyuan, there are two pieces here in the Queen Mother, one in the queen, and two in the people, and now the price has been fried to tens of thousands of taels of silver!"
When Tong Xiaowu heard this, she stood up, what? Her bean paste piping has been fried to tens of thousands of taels? Then the gift she prepared for the queen today didn't promote the queen, I wanted to get her one casually without spending money, but I didn't expect her to be cheaper.
"Then I'm afraid this one is more than 10,000 taels!"
"Yes, the Queen Mother, the queen asked the old slave to call the Queen Mother to come over to have a look, and she has already asked someone to invite King Xuan!" The old lady stepped forward and grabbed the queen mother's arm.
The queen mother looked happy, and beckoned the people in the hall and said, "Let's go, let's all go and see the rare ......."
Several ladies and ladies present all stood up, and someone whispered: "I heard that the great god travels all over the world and can't produce a single work in a year, but I didn't expect it to be obtained by King Xuan." ”
"King Xuan is really generous, they all say that the queen is good to King Xuan, look at this, King Xuan is also good to the queen!"
"It's not ......"
In fact, everyone knows the relationship between the two, but at this time, I have to say these scenes.
A group of people came to the main hall with a hula la, above the main hall, on a square table in the middle, placed on a wooden frame, the wooden frame was covered with red cloth, and on it was placed the bean paste piping gift box that Xuanyuan Yuchen gave to the queen's mother, which contained bean paste piping flowers.
"Mother is coming back, come and see, that great god has a new work, very beautiful!" The queen greeted her with a smile on her face.
If this thing wasn't given by Xuanyuan Yuchen, the queen would be happier, although she was quite happy now, but thinking of who gave this thing, she always felt like a thorn in her heart.
The Queen Mother walked over, lowered her head and looked at it carefully, and after admiring it for a while, she said:
"What kind of flower is this, oops, this time the work is even more advanced, I've seen peony flowers before, this time it's all kinds of flowers? This is a camellia, this is a rhododendron, look at this flower bone is really vivid, and this leaf, I don't know how to do it? ”
"Yes, Queen Mother, I didn't expect King Xuan to know such a master!" The queen's tone was sour.
Among so many gifts this year, the one given by King Xuan is the most special, and now the entire government and the opposition know it, right?
The emperor is also rushing here now, wanting to feast his eyes on another treasure of this so-called master.
"I seem to look at the payment, I don't know if it's the master's handwriting?" The old queen mother turned around and came to the back of the gift box, she didn't dare to touch it, so she could only lower her body and carefully look at the handwriting behind the gift box supported by the wooden frame.
Tong Xiaowu was surprised, indeed, the tips she wrote about food safety were all handwritten, but she didn't expect that when the label she wrote could also be used as a symbol of herself.
"Yes, it was written by that master, and the production date was actually the day before yesterday, that is...... That master completed this work the day before yesterday, but I don't know if this person is still in the capital? ”
The day before yesterday was produced, it could not be transported from other state cities, the time was not right, only in the capital, it could be said that it was reasonable.
When everyone heard this, they were all surprised, everyone look at me, I look at you, and some people actually said excitedly:
"Wait a while for King Xuan to come, and as soon as you ask, maybe we can see this master at the queen's banquet?"
"I heard that this master is an old man who likes to travel all over the world!"
"Yes, a few years ago, Shang Jia Xiao's family went to Nanzhou and met by chance, because he helped the master, he sent ten boxes of bean paste and decorated flowers, which were taken back to the capital and given as a gift......
"I've seen that piping, and it's only one-third the size of this one today, and this one is worth a lot more than that......"