Volume 2 Chapter 4 Der Spiegel

Zhu Qizhen and the two queen mothers Zhang and Sun above pouted, and the three of them all knew about He Wenyuan and He Qiaoxin's current wealth. Whether it is the Daming Times, or the publishing house, or the Qiaoxin Printing Factory, it is an industry that makes a lot of money.

Not only Zhu Qizhen and the three of them lamented He Wenyuan's stinginess, but even the three Yangs below and the members of the Alliance who were present also felt a little ashamed.

After listening to Wang Zhen's words, only Zhu Qiyu and Qian Yuanyu were still smiling, and then Wang Zhen's henchmen, such as Lu Yu and Ma Shun, as well as the internal officials and eunuchs Mao Gui and Wang Changzhi who were responsible for serving tea and pouring water.

Wang Zhen smiled inadvertently, and then read down, and then the officials in the future, the gifts presented were ordinary, nothing new.

After Wang Zhen finished reading, he coughed a few times, and his throat was a little dry.

Zhu Qizhen saw that Wang Zhen finished reading, and originally planned to let Wang Zhen directly reward Qian Gui with the reward that Wang Zhen had just commanded, but suddenly thought of Qian Yuan kneeling and begging him to let go of He Qiaoxin's picture, and his mind changed.

"I'm very happy, giving a gift is a heart, your heart I received, the gift is not valuable, but in the heart, this Fan Commander Fan Aiqing and He Shilang He Aiqing did... Very good, come on, give me the sword and mirror that the two of you have offered and bring it to the Fengtian Palace, so that I, Zhu Aiqing, and the royal family can take a look. ”

Next to him, Wang Zhen responded, "Yes!" Then he hurriedly shouted outside:

"Take the sword and the mirror!"

Outside, the voice of the eunuch also came in.

"Take the sword and the mirror!"

After a while, several inner guards and a few eunuchs walked in carrying the mirror prepared by He Qiaoxin and the sword sent by Fan Guang, placed the sword and mirror, and the guards and eunuchs walked out of the Fengtian Palace.

In the Fengtian Palace, Fan Guang sat in place, his face was a little embarrassed, he had recently gone to buy gifts to see Liu Duyun, he was really a little shy, it happened to be a night banquet in the palace, and in desperation, he gave an ordinary long sword that could not be ordinary, but it was not a sword at all.

And He Wenyuan was a little worried, worried that Zhu Qizhen would be angry, and he was already not popular in the Criminal Department, which was even worse. secretly blamed He Qiaoxin in his heart, and he agreed to He Qiaoxin's suggestion to send silver when he knew it, and he regretted it too late.

The mirror is a meter in size, wrapped in red satin, and no one knows what it looks like. It's just that everyone looked at the style that the guards carried up, and saw that the legs under it were set aside in a figure-eight shape, probably because they were given to the royal family, and they were specially designed.

The sword was placed on a shelf, and the mirror was placed next to the shelf where the sword was placed.

Although Zhu Qizhen thought that He Wenyuan was ugly, he also wanted to see by the way what the only sword in the gift looked like, or what the sword called the sword looked like, he had always been like opening up territory, although it was a bit too bad to give gifts and swords, but Zhu Qizhen couldn't stop being curious.

Fan Guang began to wipe his sweat, and He Qiaoxin next to him couldn't help but be stunned, although it was not good to send a sword, but wasn't it a sword? How did Brother Fan feel nervous.

"Companion, go and bring me the sword."

Zhu Qizhen spoke, Wang Zhen hurriedly ran down, took the sword from the shelf, and sent it to Zhu Qizhen's hand above.

The scabbard is exquisite, several golden dragons are coiled on the scabbard, and on the handle of the sword, a carefully woven peace buckle is also very pleasing. Zhu Qizhen looked at the scabbard of the sword, and his favorability towards Fan Guang also increased greatly.

Below, Zhu Qiyu's face was a little ugly, his eyes were staring at the sword, I don't know why, seeing Fan Guang so flattering the imperial brother Zhu Qizhen, he was very angry in his heart.

Under He Qiaoxin's gaze, Fan Guang was only sweating on his forehead, but now even there are beads of sweat on his face, ticking down, the amount of sweat is amazing, and He Qiaoxin is a little dumbfounded.

This looks like when Ah Da got on the boat, the boat had not yet opened, and he was fighting in his heart.

Zhu Qizhen pulled out the sword, and before the sword was completely drawn, Zhu Qizhen's expression full of joy turned into an indescribable expression.

Those who can be seen clearly from close range, such as the cabinet Sanyang, the servant king Zhu Qiyu, and the British public Zhang Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Hu Ying, etc., are also dumbfounded.

On the half-cut sword that was pulled out of the ground, one after another spots were brownish-yellow, obviously rusty, and the blades on both sides of the sword were also curled, not counting the pits on the sword.

Wang Zhen lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, for fear that Zhu Qizhen would be angry and even clean him up.

The atmosphere in the Fengtian Hall instantly dropped and reached the freezing point. The officials and ministers who came today, and a group of relatives of the emperor all felt that Zhu Qizhen's mood was a little wrong.

Zhu Qizhen inserted the drawn sword back into the scabbard again, looked up at the bottom with a cold face, and looked at Fan Guang, and saw that Fan Guang's body trembled when he had just stood up.

Xu was afraid, the belt around Fan Guang's waist was untied by himself, and as soon as the belt was loosened, the shirt inside was exposed, and he saw that the shirt was full of sewn and patched holes, as if it was a beggar's outfit.

Looking at the ground next to him, He Qiaoxin can be regarded as understanding, and the emotional Brother Fan came to a fish-eyed pearl and gave the emperor a defective product, and there is no one who has the guts.

Zhu Qizhen's face suddenly turned from anger to joy, and he thought of going to the Empress Dowager Zhang's place two days ago to ask for peace, and Lu Yao, the new palace maid of the Empress Dowager Zhang, said an interesting story about Fan Guang when she teased the Empress Dowager Zhang, she has a good sister, she is the first beauty in the south of the Yangtze River, Liu Duyun, Ning Yuanwei commanded Fan Guang to spend a lot of money on gifts for her recently, and I heard that a gift is more expensive than a gift.

Looking at Fan Guang, who was trembling, Zhu Qizhen couldn't cry or laugh, this guy was a commander and a general in the capital, although he didn't have much, he could support himself, but now this chasing girl is too daring to spend money, and for a while Zhu Qizhen didn't know whether to be angry or not.

At this time, He Qiaoxin also thought of Fan Guang's recent pursuit of Liu Duyun from Fan Guang's outfit, and couldn't help but sigh, whether it is in later generations or in this era, there will never be a shortage of talents who eat instant noodles and become the big brother on the list.

"Fan Aiqing's sword is worthy of being a sword, a sword is cold in nineteen states, it really deserves to be a sword, reward!"

Yang Rong smiled, like other officials, he just thought that the emperor was happy and gave Fan Guang a way to live.

Fan Guang fastened his belt, walked to the center of the Fengtian Palace, knelt down and kowtowed, and said excitedly: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"Okay, Fan Aiqing, don't delay me to see the gift, hurry back to your seat."

"Obey the order!"

After Fan Guang finished speaking, he hurriedly ran back to his seat and took out a handkerchief to wipe the cold sweat that had gathered into water on his head.

He Qiaoxin raised his head high and looked towards the center of the main hall.

Next to the mirror, which He Qiaoxin called a mirror, two little eunuchs carefully dismantled the red satin. The legs on the mirror were opened in a figure-eight shape, and after fixing them, the red satin was lifted, and the first two eunuchs to see issued a "Ah! Sound.

The voices of the two eunuchs attracted everyone's attention, including Zhu Qizhen, Empress Dowager Zhang, and Empress Dowager Sun.

"It's really a mirror, how can it be so clear?"

"There is such a mirror in the world that even the hair can be clearly seen."

"What kind of material is this, like glass, and it doesn't seem to be?"

"I thought it was a bronze mirror, but I didn't expect it to be such a mirror, it really deserves to be a mirror."

"It's a big baby!"

"What Lord Liu said is extremely true."

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On the two phoenix chairs, Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Dowager Sun stood up. Empress Dowager Sun is relatively young and flexible, so she went straight down.

came to the side of the mirror, stretched out her hand and stroked the mirror, Empress Dowager Sun was amazed, this mirror is quite flat, smoother than the copper mirror she dressed.

He Wenyuan breathed a sigh of relief, sure enough, the third son Qiao Xin is safe, worthy of the future of the He family.

He Qiaoxin saw everyone's surprised looks, and he was a little disdainful in his heart, this is a mirror smashed out of silver, and it is not clear that it is not spent in vain.

After meeting Wang Zhen on the street that day, he saw a shop selling mirrors, and after entering, the consequences were not as He Qiaoxin expected, the mirrors of this era were all copper mirrors, and there were no glass mirrors at all.

After coming out, he spent a lot of money to buy a workshop for making glass, and Wang Fugui also said that He Qiaoxin burned a lot of silver.

Finally, in the remaining days, after more than forty failures, the mirror was successfully created.

After making it, the glaze craftsmen in the workshop admired He Qiaoxin, and they didn't expect to be able to make such a treasure in this life.

"Lord He, how did you get this mirror?" Empress Dowager Sun, who was stroking the mirror, asked curiously.

He Wenyuan stood up, bent down and saluted: "Empress Dowager Qiyu, Weichen doesn't know very well, this is the dog He Qiaoxin's single-handedness. ”

Empress Dowager Sun showed an interested look, not noticing Zhu Qizhen's young age on the dragon chair, and a few folds were squeezed out of his forehead.

"He Qiaoxin explained to the mourning family."

"The grass people obey!"

He Qiaoxin walked to the side of the mirror, first saluted the Empress Dowager Sun, pointed to the mirror and said:

"Returning to the Queen Mother, this mirror is made by the grass people to improve the process of glass, and get a thing called glass, such a mirror is not easy to make, especially time-consuming and money-consuming, and the grass people take the name of the mirror for three reasons.

The first is to take its clear meaning, which is a mirror.

The second is to take the heart like the mirror platform, and the heart seems to have a mirror platform.

The third is to take the royal glory to cover the world, and the meaning of the dragon gas mirror hanging. ”

"Good! Good! Good! He Qiaoxin, your doll, this gift is good, and the mourning family is very satisfied. ”

He Wenyuan was overjoyed when he heard Empress Dowager Sun's words. Next to He Wenyuan, Lu Yu, who was still laughing at He Wenyuan's father and son just now, his face became gloomy again, and as soon as the mirror came out, his agate bracelet looked a little clichΓ©.

Near the gate of Fengtian Palace, Qian Yuan looked at He Qiaoxin, who was beside the Queen Mother, talking eloquently and pointing out the country, his eyes were full of little stars, and his eyes were full of the tenderness and sweetness of a little woman.

Qian Gui, who was sitting next to him, although he was a military general, but the so-called knowing son Mo Ruo's father, couldn't help but feel worried for a while, there was a feeling that the baby he raised was stolen by the villains, and he looked at He Qiaoxin's eyes a little unkindly.

Zhu Qiyu looked at He Qiaoxin, thinking about what Mr. Gongsun said, looking at the mirror that was very close to him and could shine his eyelashes clearly, and felt that He Qiaoxin was really a noble and strange person.

"The Queen Mother, time is in a hurry, the grass people and their father only made this mirror, and there will be mirrors in the future, and the grass people must be sent to the palace as soon as possible."

"Good, at a young age, not shocked, not bad! The mourner is waiting in the palace for your mirror. ”

While talking about Empress Dowager Sun, she returned to her seat, picked up the wine glass, and took a sip gently, while the people below were still discussing the extraordinaryness of the mirror.

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