30. Xiang Zhuang Sword Dance (5)
"I'm not doing it for myself," Concubine Li said with a smile, "Isn't this for Sister Yun?" General Wu's daughter is also here. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
The Queen Mother looked at the Yunhuang Guifei sitting beside her, her face was not very good, very haggard, maybe it was because she had damaged her body by learning martial arts back then, Yunhuang Guifei's health has been poor over the years, and she has never stopped seeking medical advice, she has not been out of the palace for summer vacation in the past few years, but she is just bedridden to recuperate, and she has come to the Old Summer Palace together in the spring of this year, Wu Yundi is Yun Guifei's younger brother, and his daughter is of course the closest to Yun Guifei.
The Queen Mother nodded, "You're right, that's it, you have a good idea," the Queen Mother smiled at Emperor Li's concubine, "I should reward you." She turned her face and said to Zhu Zhiyi on the side, "What about the things offered by Beihai, I have been preparing for so long, and I will send them while everyone is here today!" ”
Concubine Lihuang said with a smile, "Niangniang's reward on weekdays has never been broken, where do you dare to ask Niangniang for a reward for this trivial matter?" ”
Everyone said that they did not dare, today everyone is sitting in the main hall of the mountain house to chat, the main hall is very open, facing the west and living near the water, several doors of the main hall are open, there are beautiful verandahs on both sides to connect the side hall, outside the door is the Fuhai, sparkling, the water is rippling, the wind blows from the Fuhai Sea, the jasmine fragrance planted in front of the hall blows into the main hall, it is cool and refreshing and full of fragrance, even if there are more people, it does not feel stuffy, the Queen Mother said with a smile, "Many people, especially those foreigners, said something, I have to fight with the Russians for the good things of the Beiyang, and this Beihai has also been defeated, so the good things will naturally be used, otherwise wouldn't it be in vain to bear this false name? The Ministry of Internal Affairs, also made some good things, Baba's shipped over, in the future is to be taken out and sold, today let's use a fresh one, everyone knows, but I am not proficient in these things, my eyes are dark, it is better to let the big guy give it a try. ”
While he was laughing, Zhu Zhiyi took the palace maid to bring up a few trays of vermilion lacquer luodian mahogany and presented them to the Empress Dowager Cixi, "Foolish things, what do you do for me," the Empress Dowager scolded with a smile, "Quickly show Emperor Li's concubine, these are what she is proficient in." ”
Emperor Lifei got up and saw several carved silver round utensils inlaid with gems of various colors on the tray, "This thing is exquisite," she praised it first, picked up the box, twisted it open, and saw that it contained a milky white paste, carefully smelled all kinds of fresh flowers, and polished it with her hand, "This is somewhat similar to the previous seal oil." ”
"You know the goods," the Queen Mother smiled, "but in the past, those sold by the Internal Affairs Office were all selling dog meat on sheep's heads, which was not authentic, and now this one is the most authentic, using seal fat, and with a lot of good things, Baba's match is so pointed, Xiao Anzi said that he wants to take it out and sell it, I said that the good things should be used for myself first," the Empress Dowager Cixi waved her hand and said heroically, "The big guys have a share." ”
Everyone was grateful, and the tray behind was some fur, made into a cloak and hood, Zhu Zhiyi introduced, "This is a sable, red fox, lynx, and snow leopard skin from the north, and the people from the Internal Affairs Department said that the material is really good, thicker than the one produced in our northeast." ”
"I'm afraid it's not just the North Sea, right?" The Queen Mother turned over the snow leopard skin on the top, the snow leopard was snow-white, there were some black spots on it, staggered, very luxurious, hands on the hair, suddenly seemed to fall into the electric blanket, boom, very warm, just like a while, the Empress Dowager Cixi's palms were sweaty. The latitude of Beihai and Heilongjiang in the northeast is about the same, and it stands to reason that the fur should be of similar texture, and this quality is the first time the Queen Mother has seen it.
"Lafayette Shengming," Zhu Zhiyi said with a smile, "Xiao Anzi said that it is a place further north in the North Sea, called Siberia, and the hunters there sell it to the North Sea. ”
Sure enough, the colder the weather, the thicker and denser the animal fur, the fur produced in Siberia was called "soft gold" in later generations, and the Empress Dowager Cixi folded her hands and chanted the Buddha, "Amitabha, sin and sin, for the sake of our women's clothes, but the animals of Siberia in Russia have been harmed, I really can't bear it, since it is so pitiful, we can't waste it," she said with a smile, "It's all ready, and the big guys have a point, Can't live up to such a good thing is. ”
The Empress Dowager Cixi asked the big guy to take it herself, and all the women were prevaricating, the Empress Dowager Cixi picked up the snow leopard and smiled at the Imperial Concubine Ying, "Imperial Concubine Ying, come here," she handed the Imperial Concubine Ying, "You have been in charge of the palace all these years, and you have really worked hard, so give you this big picture." ”
If you talk about the pattern, it should belong to this snow leopard pattern is the most gorgeous and precious, except for the snow, there is no other place to produce white fur and leopards are agile and fast, it is very difficult to capture, not to mention that such a big snow leopard does not know how many snow leopard skins to make. Emperor Ying's concubine hurriedly saluted, "It's so valuable, the concubine never dares to be it." ”
"What's this, what is the object, how precious it is not as precious as a person, you have been in charge of the affairs of the palace all these years, and you have to raise Princess Huiqing, I have saved a lot of idle time, how can I not afford it? You take it," Emperor Ying couldn't, so she had to thank En for taking the snow leopard, and the Queen Mother said that Princess Huiqing thought of her, "Why didn't Huiqing come today?" Where did it go? ”
"Today, it was said that there was a bloody BMW in the high mountain and the water chief, and she hurried over to take a look." Emperor Ying's concubine smiled, "I said I wanted to ride a horse." ”
"The sweaty BMW is the most miraculous, and it has a great temper, how can she ride it as a little girl?" Concubine Li said in horror, "In case you bump into it, it's not a joke." ”
"With the foals here, it must have nothing to do with it." Imperial Concubine Ying said, "Although the princess is naughty, she still knows how to measure in the end. ”
The Empress Dowager Cixi told people to be optimistic again, at this time Li Lianying suddenly walked in and saluted a thousand times, and handed a fold to the Empress Dowager, the concubines knew that it was a matter of the government, and no one spoke at this time, the Empress Dowager opened it and looked at it, a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and patted the fold in her hand, "Oh, now that the fur of Beihai is in trouble, you can't let go of other places in the future, you few, I'm afraid there will be new fur to make next!" (To be continued.) )