Chapter 144: Fortune and Treasure
The belonging of the Sixi class has really become a problem, Ming Qian also said, is the time of three years coming, he plans to train an outgoing real shortage, all if they leave, this Sixi class is not easy to follow. Thinking like this, Pearl asked Mingqian to dedicate the Sixi class to the emperor, and when he was on an errand in the palace, there should be no such thing as falling into the music membership.
However, Pearl still left a few boys and girls, all of whom sang their plays while doing some odd jobs in the house. Occasionally, Pearl will let her sing new jokes, but the people in the Sixi class can't learn new ones.
On this day, Mingqian came back very early, and went directly to the study, Pearl was a little worried, but she still waited to find him.
"What's wrong with you?"
Ming Qian looked up at the pearl, a little apologetic, knowing that this matter could not be hidden, he still said, "The emperor wanted Zhen'er to be Prince Zheng's concubine, but I pushed it." The emperor is furious, and he doesn't know ...... tomorrow."
Pearl felt that she had always had a bad premonition, which came true at this time, but Mingqian refused well, she had taught Zhen'er for so long, and she knew this girl very well, Pearl was not willing to be a concubine, and she also educated her apprentices in this way, coupled with Zhen'er's character, she was really not suitable for others to be concubines, and Zhen'er was still young, and she must not marry Prince Zheng, no matter how you look at it, it is not a good parent.
"The husband did the right thing, don't think about that, don't regret it, look up to the world, but ask for it, the husband should be firm." Pearl's words are said without hesitation,
Ming Qian looked at the pearl like this, felt very warm in his heart, and stretched out his hand. Pulling the pearl into his arms, holding the pearl, he said for a long time, "I'm worried about affecting you and the child." ”
"What's this? We are your family. Nature is there for you. ”
Mingqian was right to think about it, so he followed Pearl out of the study and went to see his sons. It didn't take long for Mingqian's appointment to come down, and he was made the county magistrate of Dazheng County by the two levels of the official family. Pearl thinks this is very good, Dazheng County is just one state away from his hometown Zhuozhou. The law of the imperial court. To be an official, you must be more than 500 miles away from your hometown.
Before taking office, Ming Qian and his family could go back to their hometown to have a look, and they could stay for a month, and the husband and wife paid a big salute. With five children. Go to your hometown. The pearls are already arranged. They first took the children and some food on the road, and other things, such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. For the ceremony, all kinds of ornaments, etc., those will be shipped later.
These days, the pearl's life is not good, and the ministers all know that Ming Qian has offended the emperor and will inevitably be left out in the cold. I can't say when, I'll cut him down on a charge! Some people even put on an excerpt to explain that Qian competes with the people for profit, this is really there, saying that their family lives a luxurious life and raises countless dramas in captivity, but the emperor ignored it, there is no way, Mingqian also dedicated him to a pharmaceutical factory! The troupe he raised has also been dedicated to the palace, you say he is extravagant, then am I not even more extravagant, what do you mean?
Therefore, this matter of participating in Ming Qian was not taken seriously by the emperor, and everyone knew what was going on. At this time, the pearl really sighed that the world was hot and cold! On the side of the Marquis of Yongchang's mansion, the old lady holds the power in the mansion, and she doesn't care about Ming Qian's matter at all, and General Yue and General Xia Yumin's family have never broken off contact because of this matter. Other people's attitudes are a little chilling, and even Sanniu's life is not very comfortable. Fortunately, Sanniu is finally pregnant, and there is no problem for the time being.
At this time, when they arrived in their hometown of Zhuozhou, it was already April, and when they came to Zhuozhou, there was something wrong with the pearl, and now the Zhuozhou wharf is much more prosperous than in the first few years, especially since the jade is hot in the Liang Dynasty, there are more people who come here to sell stones, and there is a gambling stone market, and the pearl has long heard about it, and I want to go and see. There is also the shopkeeper Liu said that he got the best alexate stone in the north, the so-called alexandrite, which is a gemstone that is green in the sun and red in candlelight and incandescent light. Pearl has been admired for a long time, and naturally will not let go.
Zhuozhou is Ming Qian's hometown, here, he really has some classmates and some seniors who have interacted, come here, naturally want to visit them, Pearl has prepared the four treasures of the study, Ming Qian's enlightenment book printed in the capital, some new books, this must be good for them, and there is a very good teacher, and Ming Qian has a good relationship, Pearl has a set of cloud chess to send, and the teacher must like it. Pearl put thirty sets of clouds in his warehouse, but it was enough for Mingqian to squander. In a prominent position, there are only five sets sent out by their family, including one set for the emperor.
Pearl took Liu Xuan, Liu Qing, Chu Yan and Chu Xiong, four guards, Liu Zi and the three girls, to Zhuozhou Wharf, and the first thing they went to was the gambling stone market. After walking a big circle, I hit a few stones, and the price was three percent more expensive than what Zhao Qingyu sent, so the pearls were not bought very much, and there were people coming and going here, so there was no cloth, so it can be seen that this gambling stone is not something that ordinary people can play.
After walking for a morning, Pearl was also tired, and came to Liu's shopkeeper's shop, the store was very large, and the goods in the south and north were very complete, and the guys in the store knew Pearl, and took them directly to the upstairs.
"Mrs. Ming, it's too late." Shopkeeper Liu walked over with a smile,
"I've kept you waiting." Pearl said with a smile,
"Madame, please."
"Shopkeeper Liu, please."
Together in the more private inner room, Shopkeeper Liu lit the lamp, led the pearl to a box of money, stretched out his hand to open it, and the pearl saw a box of metamorphos, large and small,
"Mrs. Ming, how's it going?"
"How many do you have here?" Pearl doesn't think that Shopkeeper Liu will only get such a little,
Shopkeeper Liu said with a smile, "There are four boxes in total, but this time is a little special." ”
"Oh? Say, please. "Pearl is very interested,
Shopkeeper Liu opened several boxes next to him, and then said, "It's not easy to get this stone, I gave me a set of gemstone jewelry you gave me, and this is it, but the other party wants two sets of jewelry, which must be made of this metamorphosis, and gave me a big diamond, and wants me to carve it out." I don't know ...... lady."
Pearl was able to grasp the point very well and said, "How many diamonds did Shopkeeper Liu get?" ”
"Haha...... Madame is really smart, this time I got more diamonds than this one, there are six boxes, not very big, but for Madame, it is also useful, isn't it? "Shopkeeper Liu knows pearls very well,
Pearl walked to a few boxes next to Shopkeeper Liu, Shopkeeper Liu opened the diamond box with kindness, the rough diamonds placed in it were all uncarved, Pearl picked up a few pieces and looked at them, nodded and said,
"There is no problem with two sets of metamorphosis jewelry, but I don't know what the other party wants? Is it a necklace, a ring or something, or head jewelry? ”
"Necklaces, earrings, brooches, pendants and crowns."
As soon as Pearl heard this, she guessed that this was the shopkeeper Liu who had something to do with the powerful over there. So he didn't have any scruples about helping to carve diamonds, and said, "What about the diamonds that let you carve?" ”
Shopkeeper Liu took out a flower-drawing box in the cabinet behind him, opened it in front of the pearl, and then the pearl looked at it, a fist-sized diamond, it was really good, and he took the diamond, and said, "I'll get it right, Shopkeeper Liu rest assured." ”
"Then it's all up to Madame, I don't know the price of this diamond and alexandrite......"
Pearl smiled and said to Shopkeeper Liu, "What are you anxious about, don't worry, they are all old customers!" ”
Shopkeeper Liu was relieved, and led the pearl to see the ruby sapphires, opals and emeralds he had gotten, so that there were twenty boxes. Pearl took out a cloth bag from his sleeve and opened it in front of Shopkeeper Liu, Shopkeeper Liu was happy at that time, and there were five strings of pearl necklaces in the cloth bag in front of him, some long and some short, very large, round and slightly flawed, white, milky, pink, purple and golden. Golden pearls, in particular, are very rare. A pearl costs 30,000 taels of silver, which is certainly more than diamonds and precious stones that have not been carved.
Pearl asked Shopkeeper Liu to send the stones to his Zhuangzi before leaving. That night, Pearl got all the stones into the space, and said that they were sent to the secret room. In the afternoon of the next day, Hou Da, the steward of the soap factory, brought a gift to Pearl.
Pearl didn't approve of the people on the Zhuangzi to give her filial piety, but this time the gift could not be accepted, a pair of parrots were placed in the cage, and this parrot could still talk! can recite '100 days in the mountains', but it's really a smart little guy, I'm really worried about the children, so I just don't give any of them, no matter who says it.
These two parrots are very cute, and the little girls around them are also very fond of teasing these two parrots, and Pearl gave these two birds two very interesting names, one is called 'Zhaocai', and the other is called 'Jinbao'. A few girls felt a stomachache when they heard it, but their wife is really not good at naming people, but Mrs. gave a name to the future lady, saying that she was born with the name 'Fu'er', but considering that the current miss has no shadow|! This is already a rarity.
"The birds in the trees come in pairs,"
"Green water and green mountains with smiling ......"
These two birds, singing and harmonizing, but cooperate seamlessly, Pearl heard them sing under the porch in the house, these two sentences were learned from the little girl under the pearl, there are many little girls under the pearl who sing back to the play, often come to ask for advice, when there is nothing to do, also sing songs to the pearl to relieve boredom, these two learned a few words.
When I was about to leave this day, I saw that everyone was busy packing their luggage, and Zhaocai shouted at the busy girls, "Don't go to me!" ”
made everyone laugh, and the beckoning next to him added, "Stupid! (To be continued......)