"Your Majesty," Cen Yin said unhurriedly, "Duke Wei has always been loyal to the emperor, and he will definitely be able to understand the emperor's last resort." ”

The summer breeze in the courtyard outside the window blew the lush branches and leaves swaying, but no sound could be heard, and the closed glass windows kept out the hustle and bustle outside, and only the verdant room reflected in the room shook slightly.

The emperor looked at the swaying branches and leaves outside the window, as if he remembered something, and his eyes were bright and dark, flickering.

Suddenly, the emperor sighed with emotion and said, "Ah Yin, what you said is true. Wei Guogong has always been benevolent and righteous, and he has been even more loyal to me over the years, assisting me again and again to sit firmly in this country......"

In the forced palace back then, if Geng Hai hadn't served himself, I am afraid that the victory or defeat would still be five or five. And after he ascended the throne, Geng Hai did not hesitate to bear the infamy, washed the court for himself, cleared the obstacles, and-

"That year, if Geng Hai hadn't secretly maneuvered for me, maybe the gang of traitors in Zhenbei Wangfu would have succeeded!"

The Emperor said slowly, his eyes cold and contemptuous.

Xue Qiyuan secretly organized the army and plotted against him, which was really beyond his strength. He dares to have such a disobedient heart, and the Manchu people will be destroyed, and he will never be able to turn over!

Cen Yin stood silently aside, his eyes gradually condensed, his eyes were dark, and his inky black pupils were like the bottomless abyss.

The room fell silent with the emperor's long sigh......

In the afternoon of the same day, the angels sent by the emperor arrived at Yunyan Hutong, where the Weiguo Mansion was located, and boxes of heavy boxes rushed in, shaking the entire Guogong Mansion.

Geng Hai, as the emperor's confidant and favorite minister, was familiar with the holy will, and when he saw Gonggong Liu coming with the holy decree, he knew that the emperor wanted to make peace with the mud this time.

There was a moment of silence all around, and the air was sweltering with the afternoon sun.

Geng Hai is about thirty-six or seventeen years old, his eyes are bright, his upright face has fine lines left by the years, and his figure is still tall and vigorous.

Geng Hai stared at the apricot yellow cloud and crane pattern holy decree in Gonggong Liu's hand, his lips were pursed, his face turned white at first and then turned blue, and his heart fluctuated violently.

But after all, he is an old minister who has followed the emperor for more than ten years, and he doesn't know how much bloody rain he has experienced over the years, so he took a slight breath and suppressed the unwillingness in his heart, and his emotions quickly calmed down.

Geng Hai took the lead in lifting his robe and knelt down, and although the prince Geng Anhao and the others in the Guogong Mansion behind him were dissatisfied, they could only kneel on the bluestone slab ground that was hot by the sun.

Gonggong Liu, who came to announce the decree, looked at the smile, in fact, he had already broken out in a cold sweat behind his back, and he was afraid that Wei Guogong would refuse to accept the decree in anger, so he finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and read the holy decree slowly as usual, and he almost lost his breath when he read the large list of rewards.

Geng Hai accepted the order, thanked him, and casually ordered the housekeeper to send Liu Gonggong and his party away, naturally he didn't forget to stuff red seals for those inner servants.

Geng Haixin handed over the holy decree to the little guy on the side, dusted off his robe absentmindedly, and casually glanced around.

At this moment, the huge courtyard was filled with boxes of rewards, and the lids of those boxes were opened, and you could see the gold, silver, jewelry, jade, antiques, jade, cloth, silk, and silk placed in them...... In the bright summer sun, the contents of the box sparkled.

These things rewarded by the emperor are indeed priceless treasures, however, with Geng Hai's current status in the court, there are many people in the court who stammer him, and he doesn't want anything!

In the eyes of others, these rewards may feel flattered, but in his eyes, they are nothing, and the emperor wants to use these things to beat him, so—

What about his face?!

How will the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of Beijing think of him as the Duke of Weiguo? !

Originally, he thought that his complaint would definitely make An Ping and Feng Yan suffer, but he didn't expect that now he was slapped in the face......

Geng Hai felt that the sun seemed to be even hotter, and his cheeks were so hot that it hurt, and he felt as if he had been slapped in the face by the emperor again, and this slap was even more ruthless and painful!

He has only been away from Beijing for three years, and some things seem to be different.

Geng Anhao looked at the back of the eunuch who was far away, his eyes were gloomy, and the corners of his mouth were lightly pursed.

Geng Ergongzi, who was on the side, couldn't help but say loudly: "Father, is this matter just settled?!" There was some unwillingness on the young man's handsome face.

The decree has been given, the reward has been delivered, what can they do as courtiers?! Geng Hai glanced at Geng's second son like a cold face, and said to the eldest son: "Ah Hao, you go to the study with me." He walked in the direction of the study.

As he walked, his thoughts flew around, and Geng Hai's mind couldn't help but think of the scenes in the imperial study in the morning.

When he met the emperor in the imperial study in the morning of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor also promised to make him angry, but he didn't expect that in less than half a day, the emperor had a different attitude...... Who the hell made the emperor change his mind?!

Geng Hai suddenly stopped again, and casually asked the staff who was following him: "Mr. Wei, do you know who is the most favored person next to the emperor now?" ”

While Geng Hai asked, names also appeared in his heart, Duanmuxian, Wei Yongxin, and Cen Zhenxing......

That Mr. Wei was ordinary-looking, of medium height, with a goatee, and a straight stone blue coat, which seemed to be quite elegant.

"Grandpa Guo, in the past few years, the emperor's most trusted person is Cen Yin, the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor and the supervisor of the Dongchang Factory." Mr. Wei said solemnly.

As soon as he entered Beijing, he quickly touched the situation between the capital and the court, a lot of things have happened in the past three years, and there are many people who have risen, but no one can overpower the nineteen-year-old Cen Yin!

Cen Yin?! This somewhat unfamiliar name made Geng Hai stunned, and after thinking for a while, he remembered the name because of the surname "Cen", and blurted out: "But Cen Zhenxing's righteous son?" ”

Mr. Wei immediately responded.

A beautiful face gradually appeared in front of Geng Hai's eyes, and he remembered that there was such a small eunuch beside Cen Zhenxing, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, three years ago, the other party was only a sixteen-year-old young man, and he was already one of Cen Zhenxing's subordinates, but he was not the chief pen, and he did not have many opportunities to show his face in front of the emperor.

Three years have passed, and three years is enough to change a person, and it is enough to turn the pattern of the court upside down......

Geng Hai stood quietly under a lush plane tree, the sunlight through the dense branches and leaves left a dappled light and shadow on his face, which also made his face look complicated and gloomy.

Mr. Wei looked at Geng Hai's face and said, "With the situation of the early dynasty...... There is also the emperor's trust and commitment to Grandpa Guo, and the only one who can make the emperor change his mind temporarily is Cen Yin. ”

Geng Hai turned his head to look at Mr. Wei, and a hint of thoughtfulness flashed in his eyes.

"Being able to concurrently serve as the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor and the supervisor of the East Factory, it seems that this Cen Yin is not simple." Geng Anhao, who was following behind Geng Hai, answered casually.

The chief eunuch of ceremonies and the supervisor of the Dongchang factory, no matter which of these two positions is, it is enough to shock the court.

Since this Cen Yin can gain the emperor's trust, he must have his ability.

Even, this person's influence on the emperor surpassed that of his father.

Geng Hai looked at the direction of the palace silently, his face was solemn, and he sighed faintly in his heart.

Hey, the emperor has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and there will naturally be a layer of estrangement with them, for the emperor, those eunuchs and servants are his domestic slaves, who know the roots, and they are also weapons in his hands, which can be used to balance the cabinet and balance the power of the court.

After all, he has been away from Beijing for too long, and the situation in the capital has changed too much in the past three years, and he can't act rashly now......

Geng Hai's eyes flashed, he had a plan in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Ah Hao, these days, you and your brother have stayed in the mansion for a long time, don't go out and mess around!" ”

Geng Anhao replied and shrugged his shoulders indifferently, anyway, he couldn't see a beauty when he went out, so it didn't hurt to stay at home.

"Dad," Geng An looked at Geng Hai with a salivating face, and said in a flattering tone, "I fell in love with the eldest girl of Duanmu Shoufu Mansion, Dad, why don't you come forward to help my son and me propose a kiss!" ”

Geng Hai's eyes widened for a while, almost suspecting that he was hallucinating, he felt a throbbing pain in his forehead, rubbed his eyebrows, and refused without hesitation: "This matter is not good." ”

His eldest son is simply whimsical!

"Dad, that's what my son wants." Geng Anhao smiled even more flatteringly.

Unlike Geng Tinglian, Geng Hai also had his considerations in his heart, and said with his hand: "Ah Hao, you don't think about it!" This Duanmu family is the eldest prince's foreign family, your fifth sister is now reading to the eldest princess as a companion, and you are going to marry the eldest prince's cousin as a continuation, what will outsiders think of our Guogong Mansion?! ”

Others will only think that their Geng family wants to curry favor between the queen and the concubine, left and right!

"So what?!" Geng Anyu pouted and smiled disappreciatively, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, "Dad, how could you ever care about what outsiders think of our Geng family?!" If they like to guess, just guess it. ”

After a pause, Geng Anhao casually opened the folding fan in his hand, blinked his right eye at Geng Hai lightly, and said meaningfully: "So, isn't it exactly what my father wanted?!" ”

Geng Anhao's dark eyes were shining, clear and bright, not like the frivolity on weekdays.

"You......" Geng Hai couldn't hide his surprise and looked at Geng Anhao, his eyes were a little complicated. His son, most of the time, is very playful, but sometimes he is very sharp and sensitive, so he can't help but feel that it is worthy of the blood of their Geng family.

Geng Anhao soon became hippie again, swept away the shrewdness just now, and looked at Geng Hai flatteringly, "Dad, you will become a son!" ”

Staring at Geng Anhao deeply, Geng Hai sighed and said helplessly: "Ah Hao, this is the last time!" After you continue the strings, you will give me An'an's share, you have been out of the army for three years, and it is time to go back, make some meritorious contributions, and accumulate some qualifications...... Everything in the Patriotic Mansion in the future will depend on you to inherit! ”

"Dad, don't worry!" Geng Anhao patted his chest and responded with his mouth, thinking of his beauty, his eyes were shining, "As long as my son can get what he wants, I will definitely let my father get what he wants!" ”

Looking at his son's flamboyant appearance, Geng Hai was angry and funny, touched the short beard among the people and said, "I'll talk to your mother in a while, and let her find an opportunity to go to Duanmu's house to find out the wind...... However, she is the eldest daughter of the Shoufu family, no matter how prominent our country's mansion is, it is difficult to say whether people are willing to continue the string! ”

Geng Anhui didn't care, and said with a smile: "Dad, with our Weiguo Mansion, with your son and me, even a princess is worthy of it!" The people of this Duanmu family also have long eyes! ”

Although the Duanmu family is the first assistant, it is actually just a poor family, and the foundation is very shallow, and now Duanmu Xian is afraid that he would like to marry a century-old family like them!

Geng Hai was amused by his eldest son, and burst into a hearty laugh, and couldn't help but reprimand: "Any princess is worthy of it, you can't talk nonsense outside!" ”

Geng Anhao smiled and only promised. As long as his beauty can pass through the door, let him admit his mistake?!

Now that he had his father's consent, Geng Anhao didn't stay for long, and couldn't wait to excuse his resignation.

Geng Hai shook his head and continued to walk towards the study with Mr. Wei.

The Weiguo Mansion returned to calm, only the flowers and trees in the courtyard were still swaying slightly in the wind, making a rustling sound, as if someone was whispering.

The battle between the Anping Eldest Princess Mansion and the Weiguo Mansion ended silently, which made everyone who was still waiting to watch the play a little confused, it turned out that everyone thought that the Weiguo Mansion had won, and Feng Yan was just humiliating himself this time, however, the emperor once again showed what the sacred heart was unpredictable with his behavior, and no one understood what the emperor's intentions were.

Some people say that in just three years, the vicissitudes of life have been turned upside down, and the Duke of Wei Guo is afraid that he has lost his sacred heart; Some people say that the emperor specially rewarded Wei Guogong, which shows that Wei Guogong is still in the Sacred Heart; Some people also say that the emperor is holy and deals with it impartially, after all, it is the Imperial Majesty of the Weiguo Mansion who is not strict first......

These discussions came from Bi Cicada's mouth into Duanmu Fei's ears from time to time, but she also went in the left ear and out of the right ear, for her, the top priority now is Duanmujun's courtesy.

Although the master has not yet been decided, there is still some time, and there is still time to find it, and the biggest problem is that the dresses of the ceremony have not yet been made.

Duanmujun didn't care about the ceremony, if it wasn't for Duanmufei's special question, he wouldn't have thought that it would be almost late June, and he hadn't even started sewing the dress.

Before the ceremony begins, a set of pure colors should be prepared, followed by the first Luo Pa and the second set of plain skirts, followed by the additional curly deep clothes, and then the formal long-sleeved dress worn by Sanjia, in addition to the matching hairpipes, hairpins and hairpin crowns, each of which is extremely exquisite.

These four sets of clothes are a few embroidery girls together, and it will take at least half a month to make them.

This is Duanmu's ceremony, Duanmufei doesn't want to be shoddy, so it is impossible to make it in more than a month.

But it has only been more than 40 days since the ceremony on the third day of the eighth lunar month, and Duanmufei knows that he must hurry up!

This garment is still secondary, the first thing is to choose the right material.

Early in the morning, Duanmu Fei walked out of a warehouse in the northeast corner of the house, his delicate little face full of disappointment.

At the beginning, Duanmu Fei first looked at the Li family's dowry list, but the Li family has been married for more than ten years, and the materials in the dowry have long been old, and she can't find the material that satisfies her at all.

So, she sweetly coaxed Duanmuxian to open the treasury in the house, but unfortunately, after looking around in it just now, most of the other materials were selected, but she still couldn't find the right material to make the most important long-sleeved long skirt dress.

If the quality of the material is good enough, the color will be a little worse; The pattern is new and good-looking, and the quality of the material is a little rougher...... In short, there is no way to find perfection.

That dress is the highlight of the ceremony, and it must be amazing for the guests, and it is absolutely not to be sloppy!

Duanmu Fei thought about it, and simply ordered Bi Chan to prepare the carriage and went out of the house directly.

The capital is so big, and there are many cloth villages, she still has to go out and pick and choose!

After a stick of incense, the carriage drove out of Duanmu Mansion and went to Yijin Street in the west of the city.

This Yijin Street is also a scene in the south of the city, and the pedestrians walking on the road are women, just because the shops on this street are not cloth villages, or embroidery villages and garment shops, and those women and girls like to come here to buy materials, clothes and embroidery.

Duanmu Fei held the determination to be scarce and indiscriminate, starting from the first cloth village on the street, and did not miss the large and small cloth villages all the way, until he reached the end of the street, and still came out of the largest Huasheng cloth village on Yijin Street in disappointment.

"Duanmu four girls, Jiangnan is the hometown of silk, and the best and most up-to-date material is of course in Jiangnan."

"If the girl is willing to wait, I can send someone to help the girl go to Jiangnan to purchase, and keep the girl satisfied."

"However, this time and again, it will take at least a month to send it to the capital......"

A month is not a long time, but the problem is that Duanmujun's birthday is approaching, and after a month, I am afraid that the time to sew the dress will not be enough.

Duanmufei stopped at the entrance of the shop, and went to Jiangnan from the capital, there are too many uncertain factors, if you really want to go, rather than relying on others, it is better to rely on yourself!

Duanmufei seriously began to think about whether to coax her grandfather Duanmuxian to lend her a few people and rush to Jiangnan to buy them.

While she was thinking, she wanted to turn into the shop next door, but she was soon dumbfounded, it turned out that the Huasheng Cloth Village just now was already the last cloth village on Yijin Street, and she was standing at the intersection of Yijin Street and Huashang Street at the moment.

She remembered that there seemed to be a few cloth shops on Huashang Street, and Duanmu Fei was about to turn a corner, when she saw a figure as long as a bamboo tree coming out of the restaurant at the intersection, and the two faced each other, both of them were stunned.

"Fourth girl Duanmu."

The other party raised his right eyebrow, his feminine voice was still so familiar, and his originally beautiful but cold face was dyed with a slight smile at the moment.

Cen ...... Son. Duanmu Fei blinked in surprise and blessed Cen Yin, "What a coincidence." ”

Cen Yin is obviously out of the palace today, wearing a royal blue dark striped straight jacket, a white jade belt around his waist, a small bloodstone seal hanging on one side, the seal button is carved into a delicate unicorn shape, the bloodstone is red like fire, like his red lips, obviously worth a lot of money, at first glance, he is like a very ordinary son...... It's just that this face is really too beautiful.

"yes. What a coincidence. Cen Yin looked at Duanmu Fei and smiled slightly, his eyebrows and eyes stretched, and his face added a bit of bright color.

Cen Yin was followed by two middle-aged men of medium stature, seeing Cen Yin smiling at a little girl, with a gentle attitude, he couldn't help but be stunned, looked at each other, and said in his heart: I heard the overseer call this girl Duanmu Fourth Girl, could it be the girl in the Shoufu Mansion?!

I don't know where I got the Governor's eye?!

Duanmu Fei glanced at the drunken Xiaolou behind Cen Yin, and gossiped with Cen Yin with a smile: "Young Master Cen, the chef of Zuixiaolou heard that his ancestors were born as imperial chefs, and his skills are very good. ”

Cen Yin really has such a vision as himself, this drunken Xiaolou chef Feng is so stunning, rouge goose breast, bad goose paw duck letter, ham stewed elbow, etc. are all delicious, and there will be some seasonal side dishes every season, such as the lotus leaf lotus soup and lotus room fish bun recently, which are fresh and delicious.

"Chef Feng's skills are good." Cen Yin replied casually.

Duanmu Fei's eyes brightened, and he felt that Cen Yin was really a fellow practitioner.

She said mysteriously: "Young Master Cen, do you know that this Chef Feng has a dish that he doesn't cook for others on weekdays?" ”

Cen Yin raised his eyebrows with interest, and the smile on his face deepened.

Duanmufei said with great interest, half a month ago, when she and Duanmujun came to this restaurant together, they happened to smell a fishy smell in the courtyard at the back, so they called the guy over, only to know that it was the sand crab juice made by Chef Feng himself. Chef Feng's wife is from Guangxi, and she likes to add a spoonful of sand crab juice to everything, and this sand crab juice is not sold in other places, so Chef Feng specially made a few cans of sand crab juice for his wife to treasure.

“…… Cen Gongzi, when eating white-cut chicken, use this sand crab juice as a dipping sauce, the taste is really fresh and unique, and it makes people have an endless aftertaste! Also, when drinking white porridge in the morning, put a spoonful of sand crab juice on it, which is definitely appetizing. ”

As he spoke, Duanmu swallowed his saliva eagerly, and the cute little appearance made Cen Yin couldn't help but smile, and suddenly felt a little hungry in his stomach, obviously he had just eaten something.

"Then next time I come, I must try." Cen smiled implicitly.

Duanmu smiled at the corners of his mouth, smiling sweetly and cutely, and his crooked eyes seemed to say, believe me, that's right.

"Master Cen, I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." Duanmu Fei blessed the road again.

"I'll talk about it next time." Cen Yin smiled slightly and motioned for her to go.

Duanmu Fei took Bi Chan and continued to walk along Huashang Street.

Staring at the back of the little girl's departure, Cen Yin glanced at the Huasheng Buzhuang in front of him, his narrow and charming eyes slightly raised.

It seems that Duanmufei should have walked out of this cloth village just now, and there seemed to be some disappointment on her face......

"Wang Cheng." Cen Yin called softly and winked again.

A man with a goatee behind him immediately understood, and after answering, he quickly turned into the Huasheng cloth house.

Duanmufei in front didn't know what was happening behind, she seriously visited the three cloth houses on Huashang Street, and finally got nothing after being busy for most of the day...... By the time she returned to Duanmu Mansion disappointed, the sun was already setting in the west.

After returning to Zhanqing Courtyard, Duanmu Fei did not give up and asked Bi Chan and Lu Pothos to move the booklet of the treasury and the list of Li's dowry, and carefully flipped through it from the beginning, wanting to see if there was anything missing.

The little study was so full of unfolded books that it was so messy that when a little maid came panting to speak, it was almost impossible to find a place to stay.

The little maid stood in front of the door curtain, and bent her knees and said, "Girl, Huasheng Buzhuang sent someone to spread the word, saying that the peacock brocade that had just arrived in Jiangnan had stayed for the girl...... Girl, when are you going to check it out? ”

Duanmu Fei was overjoyed and almost didn't jump.

This peacock brocade is the leader in the cloud brocade, the cloud brocade is known as the "inch brocade inch gold" reputation, because its beauty is like the clouds in the sky and get the name, and the peacock brocade is actually woven into the peacock feather line of the top grade makeup flower cloud brocade.

Under the illumination of the sun, the colorful peacock brocade will reflect the gorgeous and colorful brilliance, the gold and emerald are brilliant, the blue color is shining, and the light is brilliant.

Peacock brocade has always only been used as a tribute to the palace to the royal family, circulating to the people at most less than three horses a year, Duanmu Fei originally only planned to find another level of Jinbao brocade, and this peacock brocade is far better than Jinbao brocade!

This is also the best and most precious brocade!

If my sister can wear a dress made of peacock brocade at the ceremony, she will definitely be amazed and full of praise.

Duanmu Fei wanted this peacock brocade from the beginning, but the time was too tight, and I was afraid that such a precious and rare material would not be found, so he would think of retreating to the next best, but he didn't expect this surprise to come too suddenly.