257 Sweaters
The stars are moving, time flies, and the Queen Mother's birthday has arrived.
Princess Wu had not yet learned how to make a phoenix on the cake, so she brought carefully prepared gifts - a pair of sheep fat jade bracelets, a pair of jade earrings, and a ruby head.
Wan Chaoyun looked at the valuable gifts in the box, and was so frightened that he hurriedly asked Rose to return it, and then put down the half-knitted sweater and hurriedly ran to the big kitchen to help.
Princess Wu didn't know what Wan Chaoyun was busy with recently, so she hid in Changxi Courtyard and didn't come out, this is not her style.
However, she is not the kind of person who likes to inquire about other people's affairs, seeing Wan Chaoyun appear in the big kitchen, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief as if she was looking forward to a savior, "Miss Wan, you can count it as coming, I'm too stupid, I always can't do well, tomorrow is the Queen Mother's birthday, you have to think of a way." ”
For the sake of those valuables that were returned, and for the sake of the same Wuwei Ju owner, Wan Chaoyun smiled lightly: "Don't worry, princess, tomorrow is the birthday of the Queen Mother, don't say that you can make a cake, even two, it's too late." ”
"Miss Wan, the cake for the Queen Mother is more beautiful than Mrs. Chen's." As the daughter-in-law of the Queen Mother, she clearly knows that the Queen Mother does not like to be overtaken by others.
Wan Chaoyun also understands this truth, she served the Queen Mother for a few years in her previous life, and as the most noble woman in the world, the Queen Mother is often kind, but if an old sister overshadows her limelight, it is absolutely impossible.
So, she had an idea and said seriously: "In this case, just make two cakes, can the princess give me a hand?" ”
"Okay, okay, I have to do it myself before I can send it." Her original intention was to do it all by herself, but it was too difficult to decorate the flowers, so she had to ask for help.
In Daxing, the Queen Mother's birthday was not extravagant, but only celebrated by the clan, ministers, and concubines, princes, and princesses in the palace.
When it comes to the emperor's birthday, it will be much more grand, officials from all over the country will prepare congratulatory gifts, and there are also envoys from Fanbang vassal countries to congratulate, but they are not as extravagant as the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, what kind of longevity festival, even the Qianqiu Festival in the Tang Dynasty has not been mentioned.
On the Queen Mother's birthday.
As the daughter of a petty official, Wan Chaoyun is naturally not qualified to be invited to the palace banquet on the Queen Mother's birthday like Wang Huiyi, so Wang Huiyi is quite proud.
However, when she was sitting at the end, she saw Princess Wu and King Wu taking Wu Siniang and personally pushing two exquisite big boxes in, and the jealousy in her eyes was instantly ignited, cake! It's Wan Chaoyun again!
Recently, Wan Chaoyun's limelight can be said to be unique for a while, with Chen Qian's maintenance, and he can make cakes, and he earns a lot of money!
King Wu was the last to offer a congratulatory gift, which was the main event, and everyone's attention was on the two boxes.
It is extremely well maintained, and the queen mother, who is dressed in gorgeous palace clothes, has already heard of the name of the cake, especially when she heard that the big cake painted two lifelike cranes on Mrs. Chen's birthday, she immediately felt itchy, and hoped that the people of the royal family would have a little eyesight, so as not to let her lose face in front of Mrs. Chen.
She has been waiting, what jade, gems, heads, clothes, couplets, hand-copied scriptures, etc., in the birthday gift, there are countless people, but there is no cake, she has the heart to ask, but she can't get down.
Emperor Chengtian was close, and he obviously felt the displeasure from his mother, but he couldn't help it, the order of Wuweiju pastry shop was limited, and it was necessary to line up strictly, he sent someone to ask, if he couldn't grab the front, he had to wait.
But fortunately, Princess Wu can be a person, and with a noble status, she will go to Wuweiju to study in person, so that Wan Chaoyun can do it for her.
When the two big cakes were brought in, the displeasure in the queen mother's heart was replaced by expectation, and she said with a kind face: "This is?" ”
"I wish the queen mother a blessing like the East China Sea, and a longevity than Nanshan." Wu Wang and his wife said in unison, the two did not work the congratulatory speech, and said the flowers, and they were not as good as those Wenchen would make a fuss, if the words were not used properly, they would have to make jokes, and they were the most common people to hear from Wan Chaoyun.
The Queen Mother didn't care about what they said at all, she just wanted to know what her cake looked like, "Okay, well, with you by your side, it's good to mourn the family." ”
"Queen Mother, this is the cake that the son and the princess personally made for you, and the queen mother is not allowed to blame her son if it is not done well." Although King Wu is not from the Queen Mother, he just wants to live a paradise-like life with the princess, but he does not dislike the Queen Mother.
As soon as he spoke, the Queen Mother immediately laughed so much that tears came out, "Just your thick hands? From the mourning family's point of view, it was the princess who did it herself, and she did her best to take the credit. ”
The Queen Mother's words caused laughter in the hall, but King Wu didn't care, and was quite embarrassed to tease the Queen Mother. "The queen mother is really discerning, and you can see this."
"Queen Mother, please also allow the concubine to open the box now." Princess Wu hurriedly interjected, she didn't like everyone to laugh at her husband.
The Queen Mother was also very curious, "Okay, good, accurate." ”
"Thank you, Queen Mother." After thanking her, she untied the rope herself.
The rope was untied, and the box couldn't be enclosed, so Wu Siniang immediately removed the box, revealing the first big cake, which was about the same size as Mrs. Chen's, but the piping was different.
Queen Mother, Feng Ye.
Yes, according to the totem look, Wan Chaoyun framed a picture of the phoenix on the cake for nine days, and the birthday of the immortal on it is no longer the Antarctic immortal, but the queen mother's birthday.
The huge longevity peach is also particularly eye-catching, and next to the queen mother's birthday, a line of words was set up - congratulations to the Queen Mother for a thousand years, a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old.
Suddenly, in the huge palace, everyone held their breath, not daring to easily destroy the beauty that suddenly came.
The Queen Mother was also shocked, "This ...... So vivid? ”
She got up, was helped by her grandmother to the cake, sniffed it, the aroma was fragrant, and it was appetizing.
Immediately after that, Emperor Chengtian also came over, he observed carefully, and then praised: "Wonderful." ”
The clansmen, ministers, wives, and princesses in the hall stood up one after another and shouted in unison: "The Queen Mother Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”
"Okay, okay, okay." The Queen Mother has had many birthdays, and today is the most special, with the best atmosphere, and she is suddenly happy.
After everyone shouted Chitose, when they raised their heads again, the second cake box had been opened, and the box was closed, revealing a cake of equal height inside, round, with a portrait framed on it, and the Queen Mother happened to be standing next to her, although she couldn't see her face, but her demeanor and temperament were nine points similar to the Queen Mother.
"This ......" The Queen Mother's first reaction was that the statue was herself, and her eyes were moist with excitement.
I saw the cake standing dignified and solemn in the hall, and the figure on it was wearing a phoenix robe, wearing a phoenix crown, with his back to all beings, and there was a kind of momentum of compassion for the world.
A line of words was erected on the chassis holding the cake - Praise Xia Qi Jie Meishou, and Mu Kindness for thousands of years.
When the courtiers saw the words, they immediately raised their wine glasses and said respectfully: "The Queen Mother is Shengshou Wuji." ”
After the neat and respectful voice, Princess Wu personally brought a small cake with the word Shou that was specially used as a candle to the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother, please blow out the candle and make a wish." ”
The Queen Mother had already heard the palace people mention how Mrs. Chen blew out the candles, her mouth was much better than Mrs. Chen's, and the whole person was also in good spirits, and she was extinguished as soon as she blew it, and then raised her voice: "May the five grains be abundant, the country and the people will be safe, and the country will be safe." ”
Hearing this, the ministers respectfully repeated it, "May the five grains be abundant, the country and the people will be safe, and the country will be safe." ”
"Hahaha, reward!" Emperor Chengtian saw that his mother was coaxed to be happy, and immediately waved his hand, looking at King Wu is not so unpleasant, but seeing Princess Wu regrets not insisting even more, if he insists, maybe Princess Wu is his concubine......
Shake his head, drive away the unrealistic idea, raise the wine glass and be heroic, "Respect the mother." ”
"Respect the Queen Mother." Everyone in the hall raised their glasses.
After drinking, it was supposed to cut the cake, but the queen mother's cake was framed with phoenix and herself, so it was not good to eat the queen mother, right?
Therefore, I skipped this link and only regarded the cake as an ornament.
The Queen Mother was very satisfied with this arrangement, personally took Princess Wu's hand, and said lovingly: "Come, sit next to the mourning family." ”
The other princesses' faces changed slightly when they heard this, but they quickly returned to normal, in the past, Princess Wu did not often enter the palace, they often went to the Queen Mother to relieve their boredom, but today the Queen Mother obviously didn't want to deal with them......
Princess Wu sat down flattered and poured wine for the Queen Mother diligently.
Wanfu, Wang'an Building.
Wan Chaoyun knitted a scarf, but it wasn't that ugly, but it was always a little strange to match her skirt.
This is just a test hand, the scarf is knitted, it is to knit a sweater, given that there are not many stitches, she plans to knit a few pieces first, and then put them together.
Xu is emperor's birthday is approaching, there is the control of the imperial court, martial law everywhere, and Wan Shen did not come to Wanfu to find trouble.
Therefore, Wan Chaoyun's ears are very clean, and he spends half a day every day to deal with the affairs of Wuweiju, and the rest of the time is to knit sweaters.
At first, she didn't know how to make up a garment piece by piece, and the ugliness that she forcibly put together was extremely ugly, but gradually, she got some tricks and made a stump.
And Rose is smarter, and with her experience as a female worker on weekdays, she found her first sweater, but it looks like a big one.
Wan Che and Wen Jiyou both tried it separately, Wen Jiyou was too coarse in his mouth, but in private he grabbed Wan Che and quarreled so much that he was red-faced, or Wan Chaoyun told him to dedicate it to Emperor Chengtian, and the two of them gave up.
July 29 came as scheduled.
On this day, the flow of people in the capital reached its peak in a year, and the envoys of the frontier vassal states, the feudal officials of all parties, the vassal kings, the major families of one side, and the celebrities all came.
Wan Chaoyun, as the daughter of a petty official, is naturally not qualified to be invited to the state banquet.
However, Wen Jiyou's official worship of the four products is still in such an important position as the ministry, he has a place in the state banquet list, Wan Chaoyun packed the two finished sweaters and personally handed them over to Wen Jiyou, who went out to the palace to attend the state banquet.
"Second uncle, one is the first sweater in the world, and the other is the best one in the world at the moment, remember?"
"Alright, Rory, let's go." Wen Jiyou is actually quite nervous in his heart, but his mouth is hard, he doesn't admit it, and he dislikes others for being verbose.
Wan Chaoyun is used to it, and only treats his unpleasant words as a fart, and only absorbs useful information.
Wen Jiyou took the sweater and got into the carriage, while Wan Chaoyun only had to wait.
Wen Jiyou nervously entered the palace with the box, and after inspection, he stepped forward to say a congratulatory gift in order of grade.
He is the fourth grade, and he is very far behind.
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The cake, after the Queen Mother's birthday, ushered in another wave of craze and became famous far and wide.
At this time, the Wuweiju pastry shop has only one door, and the door plaque is hung with a colorful flag wishing His Majesty a long life, and it also launched a free activity of anchovy shrimp and chicken rice.
And in front of the door, there was a long queue, Chen Yue took the number plate and came out in person, he said while posting: "I'm sorry, we have a holiday in our pastry shop today, and most of the guys have gone home, our store does not deliver pastries today, and one person can only order one, please forgive me." ”
When the number plate reached the second hundredth, he put up a sign at the door that it was sold out.
As soon as the words were erected, the lady came over arm in arm, "Cousin, this is the pastry shop of Wuweiju, let me tell you, everything here is very delicious, my mother promised me to come here to order a cake for my birthday." ”
"Cousin, it's sold out." The foreign lady pointed to the standing sign.
"Hey, why is it sold out? It didn't happen before. ”
Chen Yue just heard the two ladies discussing, and he explained: "Today is Your Majesty's birthday, Wuweiju pastry shop has a holiday for the guys, most of the guys have gone home, the girls should come back in a few days." ”
"How many days?"
"Yes, on Your Majesty's birthday, our pastry shop has a seven-day holiday, and during this period, we only receive two hundred guests a day." Chen Yue said proudly, generally the cake is directly ordered, personally to the pastry shop to sit and eat, the order is milk tea, puffs, chicken rice flower, French fries, chicken rice flower, etc., on this basis, he also added some master signature pastries.
I heard that the other Wuweiju shopkeepers in the pastry shop were on holiday, and they also came to see it curiously, and found that there were really a lot fewer people in the store, and they couldn't help but be curious, now that the flow of people is so large, they are on vacation?
Don't do business?
Don't want any silver?
Those who didn't get the license plate left disappointed, and those who got the license plate were glad that they came one step earlier.
In the palace, Jiaotai Palace, after waiting for a long time, Wen Jiyou finally waited for himself to come forward to present a gift, if he was not stage frightened at all, but he was a little nervous today.
But he hid it well, and in the eyes of other colleagues, Wen Jiyou was still arrogant.
Emperor Chengtian had a good temper and tolerated him a lot, but seeing him respectfully holding the gift box and kneeling in the center, he still had some drums in his heart, hoping that this thorn would not stir up trouble today.
"Weichen, I wish my emperor a long life, dragon body Kangtai, congratulations to Daxing, prosperity of the country, prosperity of the Qing Dynasty."
"Aiqing has a heart, flat body." Emperor Chengtian and the airway.
The eunuch stepped forward to receive the birthday gift, and the box opened and opened his mouth to read it out loud, such as the jade Ruyi offered by the old Yan Ge, and the eunuch would shout loudly: Old Yan Ge, a pair of jade Ruyi.
However, at this time, the eunuch opened his mouth and couldn't speak, what is this?
"Your Majesty, this is a sweater, the first is the first sweater in the world, and the second is the best sweater in the world, which is hereby dedicated to Your Majesty." Wen Jiyou shouted loudly, for fear that others would not hear.
Emperor Chengtian became curious when he heard this, "Sweater? ”
"Please take a look at your majesty."
"Bring it in." Emperor Chengtian commanded.
The eunuch presented both boxes, and the two bright yellow coats lay quietly in the boxes, and Emperor Chengtian reached out to take them, the sweater was not as smooth as silk, but he could soon feel warm.
"This dress?" When Emperor Chengtian saw clothes of this material for the first time, he couldn't help but take them out and touch them, and handed another one to the Queen Mother, who was also curious.
"Yes." Wen Jiyou replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, there are raw materials for the production of this wool in the box. ”
Emperor Chengtian hurriedly looked, and sure enough, he saw a piece of rice paper with Juanxiu's handwriting written on it in the box, he picked it up and looked at it a few times, "Wool, rabbit hair is very much other animal hair." ”
"Emperor, the mourning family feels extremely warm." The Queen Mother put the sweater on her knees, and it didn't take long to feel extremely warm, "Wen Qing's family, where did this clothes come from?" ”
"Back to the Queen Mother, the niece of the minister knitted it by herself, because the niece of the minister knitted this kind of clothes for the first time, it will not be made into a more beautiful one, so I dare not rashly offer it to the Queen Mother, and ask the Queen Mother to forgive my sins."
The Queen Mother was happy when she heard this, "You, you are obviously asking for credit for your niece, but you said it as if she deliberately gave the bad to the emperor." ”
"The minister has always only told the truth, and the queen mother praised it." He said immediately.
Smart people think he can speak, so the limelight of his niece is not so strong, and if he finds Chinese words to stack and praise, he will inevitably be criticized.
"By the emperor's side, there are courtiers waiting for you to tell the truth, and the mourning family can rest assured." The Queen Mother has an atmospheric posture.
"This thing should be suitable for keeping warm in winter." Although Emperor Chengtian was not as good as those Saint De Mingjun, he was also extremely intelligent, and soon saw the prospect of sweaters, "Wan Girl can be mass-produced?" ”
"Yes."
"Chu Aiqing." Emperor Chengtian received Wen Jiyou's affirmative reply and immediately called the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Chu Jingguang.
Chu Jingguang stood up and saluted: "The minister is here." ”
"You immediately organize people to learn this technique, I think this clothing should be easy to use in the military camp."
I have to say that Emperor Chengtian is a good emperor, and the first thing that comes to mind is the soldiers in the bitter cold land of the frontier.
"Minister, obey." Chu Jingguang looked at Wen Jiyou and thought, this kid is lucky! It's enviable!
Wen Jiyou raised his eyebrows, looking like you have the ability to let your sister give birth to a capable niece for you.
"Ten thousand girls have merit in knitting sweaters, reward." Although Emperor Chengtian didn't like Wan Chaoyun to have anything to do with his son, he personally admired Wan Chaoyun very much, and he would naturally be rewarded for it.
At the same time, he felt pity in his heart, if she was a responsible person, how good it would be!
If she does her duty, just by inventing a sweater, it is enough to reward a county lord with a false name.
However, Wan Chaoyun is not rare, not to mention that the sweater was not invented by her, so she deserves it.
She didn't even look at the reward from the palace, and went to take care of the peach trees.
The day after the emperor's birthday, Wan Chaoyun just got up and was about to eat the morning food, when Qing Huan hurriedly reported, "Girl, it's not good, I don't know who is spreading the word that the master is not friendly with his brother, disrespects his brother, and lets his brother's family live in another house, and some people even say that you are a hindrance from it, so that their family can't rent a yard." ”
"Where's Mr. Gao?" Wan Chaoyun asked lightly.
"Outside."
"Please come in."
Qing Huan hurriedly went down, although she is only a second-class girl now, she is decent, everyone is polite to her, she has more face than the big girl of the ordinary family, and naturally she doesn't want anything to happen to Wanfu.
After a while, Gao Zhi came in, "Boss, something happened." ”
"I know that you don't have to be nervous about this matter, you just need to quietly add fuel to the fire, and while the foreign missions and the officials of the feudal territories have not left Beijing, you must make the situation bigger, the bigger the better."
Gao Zhimiao understands Wan Chaoyun's meaning, when there is acne on the face, you must wait for it to become pus, and then squeeze it to be more thorough.
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