Chapter Seventy-One: The dress is ready, and Jinran enters the palace
The little craftsman was not afraid when he saw Jin Ran and his party stop beside him, but just stood up and saluted his owner, and then continued to do his own work.
Jin Ran saw that the little craftsman was polishing this tortoiseshell in his hands. He was extremely careful, meticulously polishing little by little, stopping from time to time to observe and observe, to see where there were any spots or areas that were not polished.
There are a lot of tortoiseshell jewelry in Jinran's jewelry box, but it is the first time to see this jewelry take shape, and she has never seen anyone make jewelry, so she is also very interested.
After the little craftsman had finished polishing it, he began to polish the next one, and when Jin Ran looked at the box in his hand, he found that there was a whole box there. It's unlikely that he'll finish polishing.
Jin Ran has some praise for this little craftsman, after all, not everyone can endure loneliness, polishing the tortoiseshell one by one here. Even the polishing is so meticulous, this craftsman's craftsmanship must not be wrong.
Jin Ran smiled heartily at Xiao Qingyan: "Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious, since I have already found you, I won't doubt it anymore, let's settle it like this." ”
The rest is much simpler, it is just a matter of two or three steps, the two sides sign a contract, and it will be done as soon as they go to the government. Jin Ran had a good impression of the craftsmen in the workshop, so she naturally wrapped a circle, and she wanted all the people in this workshop.
The business has been done, and Xiao Qingyan has no excuse to tie Jin Ran to his side, Jin Ran went back to the county lord's mansion on the grounds that his family couldn't do without people, leaving Xiao Qingyan to sigh in place.
This craftsman embroiderer has been found, and the rest of the things will be easy to do, Jin Ran has already obtained a lot of internal rules for the draft from Fang Guifei, and at this time, he just ordered those craftsmen to hurry up.
Time is running out.
The first batch of clothes and jewelry was soon freshly baked.
Jin Ran was satisfied and picked up the dress sent by the craftsman.
This draft is divided into three parts, the first is the verification of life experience, and some of the identity is not up to the mark, and it is screened down in this procedure. Second, the show girls will be inspected by the old ladies in the palace, and those who do not have too obvious defects on their bodies will be left behind. Most people will be sifted down in the second course, which is also the epitome of the struggle in the palace.
After all, if it is in the third part, it will be too obvious that the ladies in the palace want to do it again. Because the third part is to elect the palace concubines by the emperor, the queen mother and the queen mother.
Those who are not selected as palace concubines will also be assigned to marry other eunuchs. Many families will also ask for a favor for their girls in advance, and they will look much better after asking for marriage.
The clothes and jewelry prepared by Jin Ran are for this second and third draft.
Jin Ran touched the soft fabric of this dress, and was very satisfied.
Every young lady in the draft is a girl from an official eunuch's family, Jin Ran set a dead rule when he asked to make clothes, he must use good materials, if he is greedy for cheap, get some cloth and linen clothes, it is estimated that few young ladies are willing to buy them.
Jin Ran took the blue-and-white dark blue trimmed skirt embroidered with blue grass patterns in her hand, and she smiled: "You guys quickly wrap me two copies of the skirt and jewelry you just made." ”
Jin Ran planned to bring the clothes to the palace to show Fang Guifei and Princess Ming'an, who were the major shareholders of Jinran's business.
When Jin Ran entered the palace, she was just in time for the concubine to go out, Fang Guifei was stunned when she saw Jin Ran's arrival, this is not a new year, it stands to reason that Jin Ran had just come a few days ago, and Fang Guifei did not expect that Jin Ran would enter the palace today.
Especially after seeing the big package in Jin Ran's hand, Fang Guifei's doubts reached a point, and she first glared at the palace maid who was waiting beside Jin Ran: "What's the matter with a few of you?" Just let the county lord of Jinrui take such a big package along the way? ”
These palace maids are not the palace people of Fang Guifei Yikun Palace, they are all palace maids who are responsible for serving and communicating in the palace rooms where guests are entertained. Usually they don't have a master above their heads, and the rules are not very good.
Especially Jin Ran is just a newly sealed county lord, and many little palace maids don't have much respect for her in their hearts.
Jin Ran patronized the excitement of the clothes being made, and for a while he didn't even react to the fact that he was bullied by these little palace maids.
She narrowed her eyes and looked at the palace maids who were leading the way because of Fang Guifei's words, and their faces were pale, and they didn't stupidly open their mouths to beg for mercy for these people.
After all, these palace maids who led the way were too blind. Besides, this concubine Fang is for her own success, if she patronizes and acts as a good person to stand out for these palace maids, it will be too ignorant.
Jin Ran's face was indifferent, and she untied the package in her hand and spread it on the table: "It's those clothes made for the draft." Now that the first set has come out, I wonder that there is also a part of the mother in this business, so I have to let you see it. ”
Jin Ran's words made Fang Guifei's eyes light up.
She couldn't wait to pick up the dress in her hand, the color of the skirt was very elegant, but it was not light, and the color of the skirt was not very bright. But the embroiderer gave the pale blue dress a little more brilliance.
She touched the intricate but not prominent skirt approvingly and exclaimed: "What a good embroiderer." ”
Jin Ran also smiled and said: "Yes, it is rare that this embroidery is not troublesome." In one day, an embroidery girl can make dozens of such skirts. ”
Fang Guifei didn't expect Jinran's business to be doing well. She invested in stocks before, but she just wanted to encourage and encourage juniors, and she didn't plan to ask Jinran to earn her much silver.
But looking at the style of the skirt and Jin Ran's current preparation, her heart moved, maybe this business might do well.
This concubine said that she was favored by the six palaces, and she was above 10,000 people under one person in the harem, and she was actually not rich in the inner library.
After all, Concubine Fang is a prince under her knees, and now that the fifth prince is getting older, he buys customers, secretly arranges forces in the court, and socializes and plays, all of which require money.
If it is only a little bit of the prince to support such things, it is absolutely impossible. The expenses of the five princes are still not enough to be paid by Concubine Fang.
But Concubine Fang's family is not rich in power, and she only has a younger brother, although the younger brother is looking to marry the Sheng family, but this Fang family is an upstart, and he really doesn't have much money.
So this concubine, in fact, there is a shortage of silver.
Fang Guifei looked at the box of golden hairpins sent by Jin Ran, and her heart moved slightly: "Jin Ran, these golden hairpins you brought are very suitable for us to wear every day." What's even more difficult is that this format conforms to the rules of the draft, not to mention, the style of each branch is novel and unique. ”
She reached out and pulled out a half-full crescent moon in the box, which used gold wire to pull out a long tassel, which was divided by pink rice beads. Among them, it is rare to see a butterfly carved from gold plates falling on this crescent moon. The gold and silver are soft, this butterfly is shaped from gold sheets, and with the gentle flutter of Fang Guifei's hand, the butterfly's wings are also fluttering.
There are no precious products such as rubies in the whole body, but the whole hairpin is still so expensive.
Jin Ran slanted into Fang Guifei's comb, she carefully looked at Fang Guifei's jade-white face that although she was old, she didn't see a trace of flaws, and she didn't know what to add to Fang Guifei for a while.
She pondered for a moment, reached out and rummaged through the makeup box she brought, took out a pale pink half-opened peach blossom bud, and carefully pasted it between Fang Guifei's forehead.
She opened the two small dark compartments of the makeup box again, and took out a pair of transparent crystal hairpins, the petals of the hairpins were as thin as cicada wings, oily and delicate in the light, and she checked the black hair at will, especially lining Fang Guifei's face like goose fat.
Jin Ran took a step back, with a smile in her eyebrows, she reached out and took out a small carton of incense powder, and gently took the wool puff around Fang Guifei's neck and pounced it twice.
She adjusted the mirror on the table: "Niangniang, take a look, how is it now?" ”
Fang Guifei is dressed up all day long, with some red lips and sword eyebrows every day, and even the dresses on her body are pink. How have you ever dressed up like this?
But after Jin Ran dressed up like this, he didn't violate the harmony at all.
Although there are not many beads on the hairpin, the roots are exquisite and gorgeous, and they are much more suitable than those inlaid with treasure pendant beads.
There was not too much floating powder on his face, only the coral-colored light powder lipstick brought by Jinran, which was very suitable for Fang Guifei's white and powdery complexion.
Fang Guifei looked at her rejuvenated self in the mirror in surprise, and she exclaimed: "Yo! Is this me? I've never done anything like this. ”
The more she looked at herself in the mirror, the more satisfied she became, but .......
Fang Guifei frowned secretly, but the peach pleated dress on her body really didn't match her outfit at all.
Fang Guifei raised her head and ordered, "Come on, find out the royal blue jacket skirt in the box for me." ”
The royal blue jacket skirt that Fang Guifei said in her mouth has a royal blue upper body, but the lower skirt is blue and white, the skirt is inlaid with a deeper blue edge, and the corners of the skirt are embroidered with tender yellow spring bushes. The embroidery is not surprising, but it is rare that it is the cut of this skirt.
Although it is a jacket skirt, this upper body is a rare narrow sleeved thin waist, with a goose yellow ribbon wrapped around the waist, and the ribbon is a soft fine yarn.
The spring day was still cold, and Fang Guifei wrapped a silver-gray half-arm shawl of muskrat skin on her body, and the whole set made her shaved shoulders and thin waist, tall and tall, and had a beautiful taste, at first glance she looked like an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl.
Fang Guifei herself didn't expect that today's mess would make her have such a change, she couldn't help but be surprised and happy, after all, what women care about most is their own appearance, especially the women in the palace, who doesn't regard their appearance as life?
Aging means that the emperor's favor is gone, and the status of the palace concubine will disappear and continue to disappear with her appearance.
Although now between Fang Guifei and the emperor, it is not more about the appearance of Fang Guifei, but about deeper feelings and family affection. But Fang Guifei still hopes that she can have the appearance of her youth.
After all, now more and more young and beautiful palace concubines are entering the palace, although they can't bring any threat to Fang Guifei, but she still cares a little.