Chapter 85: The Day of the Crown
"Brother Mo!" A blue shadow rushed in and rushed into Zhao Qingyan's arms.
Zhao Qingyan staggered back two steps, caught Zhao Ying's flutter, and said with a smile: "Ying'er, you slow down, beware of falling." ”
Zhao Ying raised his head and looked at him, and said with a sweet smile: "I'm not afraid, Brother Mo will follow me." ”
Zhao Qingyan rubbed her face: "I'm afraid that Ying'er will grow taller in a few years and still pounce on me like this, so you can't knock me away?"
"Not really. Zhao Ying took two steps back and turned around, "Do my new clothes look good?"
Zhao Qingyan smiled lightly: "Well, it's good-looking." ”
Zhao Ying pouted: "It's not as good-looking as Brother Mo." Well... It must be because Ying'er is not as good-looking as Brother Mo. ”
Zhao Baiyi came over when he heard this: "It's true, although your dress is a little heavier, it's really unexpectedly good-looking." ”
Zhao Qingyan said helplessly: "After all, it's a crown ceremony, so you must wear more." ”
The light blue blouse is sewn with a double layer of fabric, a layer of light blue satin, and a layer of blue-white smoke and soft yarn attached to the outside.
The python robe inside the blouse is dark blue, and the python pattern embroidered with gold and silver threads is particularly smart, and the wide sleeves are more than half wide than the usual casual clothes, and the cuffs almost hang down to the ground.
In order to make it easy to wear the crown and stabilize it, his waist-length long hair was divided into several strands to make it delicate, and then the top of his head was combined with the rest of the hair to form a bundle, and the light blue hairband was tightly tied. The silver hollowed-out jadeite crown has a weight that is absolutely commensurate with its gorgeous appearance. Coupled with the various accessories with as many as 20 yuan on his waist, it is enough to imagine Zhao Qingyan's "pain" at this time.
Zhao Baiyi smiled: "Don't you just wear more, it's like you're going to get married, I feel like you're going to be crushed to death." Fourth Uncle didn't just prepare this set, did you? You didn't choose a lighter set?"
The corners of Zhao Qingyan's eyes jumped: "This is the lightest set." ”
Zhao Baiyi was stunned: "Isn't it?
Zhao Qingyan bowed silently: "The heaviest set also has a thin shirt, and the decoration on the head that goes out more than this is pinched into a lump, which can be as big as a fist." ”
Zhao Baiyi looked at him sympathetically: "Fortunately, you will be able to rest soon." Otherwise, your neck will be broken. ”
Zhao Qingyan sighed lightly: "I'm not worried about my neck now, I'm more worried about my hair." Ever since they tied my hair up, I've been worried that I've had a handful of my hair pulled out. ”
Zhao Baiyi snickered as if he remembered something: "It won't be long before you come here again." ”
Zhao Qingyan glanced at him: "Thankfully, at least my hair ornament is much stronger than Mu Qinghan's wedding dress, and her head can top me for five or six copies." ”
Zhao Baiyi asked in surprise: "Is her wedding dress all there?"
Zhao Qingyan said: "Of course I read the drawings." Mine is already going to be done, and she's half there. As you mentioned, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to sleep well after trying on this outfit, so I secretly went to look at the drawings. ”
Zhao Baiyi thought back to himself ten years ago, with a sympathetic face: "March, it's okay, otherwise I will definitely die of heat." When I entered the cave in June, my clothes were so wet that I could wring out a basin of water. ”
Zhao Ying asked with a worried face, "Really?"
Zhao Qingyan touched her hair: "The second brother is naturally joking, how is it possible?" Squinted at Zhao Baiyi, full of blame and contempt for him that scared Zhao Ying, but he didn't realize how funny it was to make such a look like himself in this dress now.
Zhao Baiyi was amused by him, and replied with a forced smile: "Yes, yes, I'm joking." At most, a bowl, or a small bowl. ”
Zhao Ying put his mind at ease, his attention quickly turned away, and he pulled Zhao Qingyan's sleeve and asked, "I want to eat the dishes cooked by Brother Mo, when can I cook them?"
Zhao Qingyan thought for a while: "There will be some trivial matters recently, wait for the next few days." What do you want to eat?"
Zhao Ying said: "I want to eat sweet and spicy. He looked at Zhao Baiyi and asked, "What does the second brother want to eat?"
Zhao Baiyi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Then I'll be polite." Well, the fish I ate last time was good, and then fried lotus root clips, roast mutton, lotus leaf steamed pork, mapo tofu, and a few baskets of steamed dumplings are enough. Hmmm, and chicken stewed mushrooms. In terms of soup, duck soup is good. There is also barley honey porridge and lotus root slices lotus seed soup, these are enough. ”
Zhao Qingyan roughly calculated the time it would take to make these dishes, and nodded: "Yes, is there anything else?"
"Big brother, what do you want?" Zhao Ying stretched his neck to look behind Zhao Qingyan and asked out loud.
Zhao Qingyan turned around when he heard this, saw Zhao Shu in surprise, owed his body, and asked, "Why did the imperial brother come over?"
Zhao Shu smiled lightly: "If you don't want to deal with those people, just leave it alone, run here to be idle, and don't allow me to be lazy?"
Zhao Qingyan said with a smile: "Don't dare, I'm afraid that so many of us will be caught by my father after chatting for a while, and I will inevitably be reprimanded." ”
Zhao Shu asked, "What are you talking about?" I see that the second brother's eyes are shining. ”
Zhao Baiyi smiled bitterly: "Why is the eldest brother like this? ”
Zhao Shu has never been recognized as the prince, and he is only called the eldest brother by them because he is the oldest. And King Xin's eldest son and Zhao Baiyi's half-brother died early, although Zhao Baiyi is now in King Xin's mansion, but after all, he has been called the "second brother" by his younger siblings for several years, and he is called so on weekdays. Zhao Shu's "big brother" does not refer to the seniors among the cousins, but everyone is used to calling them and there is no conflict, so it has always been like this. In fact, only Zhao Qingyan will call Zhao Shu "Brother Huang".
Zhao Ying shook Zhao Qingyan's sleeve and smiled happily: "Brother Mo personally cooks and invites us to dinner, and big brother will come along." The eldest brother and the second brother brought my nephews with them, how lively it was. ”
The three of them were all stunned when they heard her words, and they didn't know whether to agree or refuse. Zhao Qingyan smiled a little helplessly: "It makes sense, we haven't eaten together for a long time." Either...... Five days later, I will have a banquet in the Huxin Pavilion, and the imperial brother and the second brother must come over. ”
Zhao Baiyi naturally agreed, and Zhao Ying also smiled happily.
Zhao Shu looked at Zhao Qingyan's face slightly, and saw that he didn't seem to reject him, so he bowed his head and said, "Okay, I'll bring Zhao Xuan over in five days." ”
Zhao Qingyan said: "The second brother wants all meat dishes, and Ying'er wants to eat spicy and sweet." Is there anything you particularly want to eat?"
Zhao Shu thought for a while: "I don't particularly want to eat, let's make a bamboo shoot, light, I'm not used to eating spicy." ”
Zhao Qingyan responded with a smile: "Bamboo shoots are convenient, I can go directly to my bamboo forest to dig." ”
Zhao Baiyi asked with a serious expression: "I suddenly remembered one thing-you won't bully my son, right?"
Zhao Qingyan couldn't help laughing, and asked rhetorically, "Do you think it's possible?" He gestured with his hand: "I have already carved such a big eagle that he wants, and you can take it back directly when the time comes." ”
Zhao Baiyi was surprised: "So fast, isn't it?"
Zhao Qingyan said: "It's been more than a month, it's not fast. I'm afraid he's in a hurry, if he hadn't been in good health recently, he would have carved it a long time ago. ”
Zhao Baiyi looked around and asked in a low voice, "Fourth Uncle doesn't know about this, right?" Be careful, don't be discovered." ”
Zhao Qingyan said with a smile: "Is my father so terrible? It's just an eagle, and my father won't care." ”
Zhao Baiyi's expression was a little more serious than Fang Cai: "No, this kind of thing is easy to be revealed to my father by the fourth uncle." If my dad had known that you were still carving things for Su'er at such a time, he would have scolded me. ”
Zhao Qingyan looked at him angrily: "Uncle Jiu can't hurt your son anymore, and he still cares about scolding you?"
Zhao Baiyi shook his head again and again: "No, no, no, you don't understand." His grandson is happy, and he is happy. But when you are tired, he scolds me. His grandson is happy, and it doesn't prevent him from scolding me at all, understand?"
Zhao Shu couldn't help but be amused by him: "Yunyi, don't be so exaggerated. ”
Zhao Ying puffed out his mouth and said, "That's it, Uncle Nine won't scold people." ”
Zhao Baiyi muttered: "Of course he doesn't scold, he scolds me." ”
Zhao Shu and Zhao Qingyan glanced at each other and laughed in unison. Zhao Ying didn't understand it for a while, and she also giggled after Zhao Qingyan bent down and explained in her ear.
Zhao Baiyi naturally realized the problem in his words, and snorted: "You guys just laugh, a group of gloating guys." ”
Zhao Ying remembered a very important thing, grabbed Zhao Qingyan's other sleeve, and looked up at him: "Where is the fief that your father gave you?
Zhao Baiyi said: "Eh, it's true, why didn't you hear the holy decree of the fief?"
Zhao Qingyan hesitated: "The holy decree was sent to the palace yesterday. As for the fiefdoms...... It's wonderful to be between the Light Breeze Palace and the Puppet Palace. ”
Zhao Baiyi recalled and asked, "Why does it sound so familiar?"
Zhao Shu reminded: "This is the fief that Brother Mo asked for with his father when he was thirteen years old, saying that it will be convenient to go to Qingfeng Palace and Biluo Mountain in this way, and there is no need to be afraid of Tang Xiaoyu." ”
Zhao Baiyi slowly opened his mouth and asked, "Is it the place in the middle of those three places?"
Zhao Qingyan said with a smile: "I'm joking, who would have thought that Uncle Huang would really give me that place?"
Zhao Baiyi asked Zhao Shu, "Big brother, is this good or bad......?" It doesn't seem to be worth much, but the scenery is quite good, and it also meets the preferences of the seventh brother. His expression couldn't hide his disapproval of that fiefdom, and the idea of forcibly finding "advantages" to comfort Zhao Qingyan.
Don't look at that place, there are three great forces in the puppet palace, the light wind palace, and the Biluo Mountain, but that land is ...... It's really quite barren. Just like Zhao Baiyi said, the scenery is good, there are mountains and rivers, the terrain is gentle, the four seasons are like spring, and there is a big hot spring. However, none of this can hide the "poverty" of this land. For a prince, it is not good to seal such a piece of land.
Zhao Shu smiled and said, "Brother Mo, your habit of only talking half is not good." Seeing Zhao Qingyan shrugged his shoulders, he didn't mean to say anything, so he said for him: "In order to compensate for the 'poverty' of that fiefdom, my father allocated thirty shops in Beijing to him, and most of the prosperous places not far from his fiefdom are also half of the industries. In this way, you still say that Mo Di's fief is not good?"
Zhao Baiyi was dumbfounded: "What else can you do?"
Since ancient times, fiefdoms have been both prosperous and loss-making. Moreover, who wants a shop? Which prince would be willing to deign to do business? How comfortable is it to directly guard the fief and collect money on a regular basis?
Zhao Qingyan said: "Doing business is also very profitable, and I don't have to take care of it personally, so it's not bad." ”
Zhao Baiyi was noncommittal: "I hope." ”
Zhao Qingyan looked at the time: "My father may be coming to me, why don't you run away quickly?"
Zhao Baiyi glared at him angrily, and didn't say anything to refute: "I'm almost time to withdraw, see you in five days?"
Zhao Qingyan nodded slightly: "Second brother walk slowly." ”
Zhao Shu glanced at Zhao Ying: "Then we will go back and see you another day." With a reluctant Zhao Ying, he left.