Family matters were not as big as court affairs, and the official who delivered the order was still around. After Wang Wen settled his parents, he returned to the hall and gave a generous gift to the official who passed the order. After that, the two parties sat down and talked about boneless lanterns.
The circumstances of the trip to Beijing. It turned out that shopkeeper Liu of Lin'an Prefecture ordered ten acupuncture boneless lanterns from them and dedicated them in his own name to Ding Wei, a powerful official in his backstage. Ding Wei then presented them to the emperor and empress.
After receiving the gift, the messenger politely explained the whole story: "The emperor and the queen often couldn't sleep at night before presenting the lanterns. After seeing the lanterns, my emperor was filled with unspeakable joy and ordered
Hang it on the palace door, and you can sleep peacefully from now on. The emperor and the queen were overjoyed and traced the source. It turned out that this lantern was made by your family. Therefore, I sent my official to pass the decree to reward the meritorious personnel. Shopkeeper Liu of Lin'an and
You wait, and make a decree to present ten pairs of lanterns before the Lantern Festival every year."
So thoughtful, after listening to the evangelist's narration, Wang Wen secretly admired shopkeeper Liu. When he was in Lin'an, he saw that the lanterns were very beautifully made, and he wanted to use them as tribute, so he spent a lot of money to pay tribute.
I ordered ten lanterns myself, and after paying tribute, I did not take away the beauty of others. I clearly explained to the court that the lanterns were made by my family. After doing this job, everyone was happy.
When the lanterns become tributes, their reputation will definitely increase, and business will be better in the future. After receiving the order, Wang Wen invited the imperial envoy to have a meal at Zuixianju Restaurant. During the dinner, they served fine shochu. After drinking a few glasses of wine,
, the imperial envoy was slightly drunk and said drunkenly: "This wine is better than the royal wine I had at the Qionglin Banquet, and I have never had it in the capital."
Wang Wen bowed his body and said: "Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, this is brewed by our restaurant, called Zuixianjiu." As he spoke, he winked and asked the waiter to pack a hundred bottles of wine and put them in his luggage.
After the imperial envoy saw it, he replied: "I am not greedy. The lanterns can be used as tributes. This wine is better than the lanterns and can also be used as tributes."
Wang Wen knelt down and kowtowed and thanked him: "Thank you so much, sir, for your success." So he filled another thousand bottles and sent them to the capital by the imperial envoy, and then managed to deliver them to the palace.
During the banquet, the guests and hosts had a great time. Unable to hold back the soju, the imperial envoy told everyone the rumors about the lanterns entering the palace: "I will reveal a secret to you, and you must not spread it outside. Do you know the origin of the current Empress of the Song Dynasty?
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The empress dowager's humble background was well known to everyone, but what happened in the palace and Wei was unknown. Wang Wen and others quickly shook their heads and said they didn't know.
The imperial envoy looked left and right, as if he was worried that there was something behind the ears, and then said: "The Queen Mother made a living by playing flower drums before entering the palace. After entering the palace, she heard the courtiers ridiculing her for her humble background. In anger, she demoted these courtiers and exiled them to
Lingnan. Lingnan is a land of southern barbarians with a lot of miasma. Shortly after the court officials were demoted, they fell ill and passed away. A dozen days before the new year, a memorial was sent to the court. I heard from the palace people that in a few days, there was a ghost in the palace. Who was it?
The demoted lord worshiped, which kept the queen awake all night, and even invited monks and Taoist priests to do it, but it had no effect. The boneless lantern was delivered, and after it was lit, a soft light came out of the lamp, giving it a peaceful atmosphere.
They covered the entrance to the palace, and from now on, the ghosts of the demoted men will no longer be seen in the palace. Otherwise, how could the imperial court send an imperial envoy to deliver the reward when the tribute amounted to tens of millions."
Regarding the matter of cultivating immortals from Bai Shuangfei, Wang Wen knew that the lanterns made by the two sisters did have magical power. This was the reason why the ghosts stayed away, but the key could not be explained clearly. He hurriedly toasted and said: "Holy
When the emperor is in power, he will be blessed by heaven and protected by hundreds of gods. The saying of lanterns is just a coincidence."
After seeing off the imperial envoy, Wang Wen hurriedly went to the backyard to visit his parents. He found that their breath was weak but their faces were very excited. They had not yet awakened from the great honor brought by the imperial envoy. But shopkeeper Ye was frowning beside him and pulled him to the side.
He said outside the room: "Your parents are weak, and excessive excitement consumes too much mental and physical energy. I can't make them fall asleep with sleep-aiding and calming drugs. If this continues, I'm afraid..."
The so-called extreme joy brings about sorrow is this. Wang Wen shook his head and ordered the boneless lanterns made by his two sisters to be hung around the room, hoping that the power of the lanterns would help restore their health.
The lanterns were on, and soft heat was coming out. His parents' faces seemed to have improved, and there was a trace of blood, but they still didn't close their eyes to sleep. Wang Wen felt a little uneasy in his heart and stared at the boneless lanterns around him.
, the heat became stronger, and there was some indescribable aroma in the heat. It was misty and indescribably comfortable. In the process of mixing wine, he was exposed to countless aromas. It could be said that he was the best in the world.
There are few people who are more familiar with the fragrance than him, but he can't smell it. The materials for making boneless lanterns are rice paper, paste, etc. that he personally brought from Lin'an Prefecture. There is no
The aroma-producing substance is inside.
At night, a gust of wind blew, and the boneless lanterns swayed, making a tinkling and sweet sound, like fairy music. The lamps were made of paper and did not have any metal components. How could they make the sound of a wind chime being blown? The three brothers and sisters
They all felt that there was something strange in it. At this moment, Wang Qingbo and his wife sat up from the bed, as if someone was having a conversation across from them, but what they were saying could not be heard clearly.
After a while, the aroma and the jingling sound dissipated. The couple stood up and their physical strength seemed to have returned to normal. They said to the three brothers and sisters: "You three, please prepare some bath water. We, the couple, have to go. Impermanence came just now and said
If we do good deeds and accumulate virtue in one life, we will be reborn into a wealthy family in the next life. The most regrettable thing is that we will not have the opportunity to have grandchildren in this life."
As soon as he saw this, his father-in-law opened the door and came in to look for him. While chatting, he glanced at the computer and was attracted by the content on the forum. After reading it, he sighed and said: "I don't know if I will have the chance to hold a grandson in my life."
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It turned out that after the phone call yesterday, my father-in-law had been feeling uneasy. He was looking through ancient books and casting coins to tell fortunes, but the results were all unlucky, so he couldn't help but come over to see his daughter.
"I whispered to you, you must not tell my daughter." He pursed his lips in the direction of the bedroom and said, "The photo book says that the umbilical cord wrapped around the neck will hinder your destiny. You must pay attention to it these days."
Jin Huabin consoled him: "In ancient times, there was no caesarean section. The umbilical cord wrapped around the neck and pulled could kill a person. Now that medicine is advanced, it will be fine."
Once again, the old god said: "I also hope that everything will be fine, but I often had nightmares yesterday, and the divination results were not good." This made Jin Huabin a little uneasy. After sending his father-in-law away, he calmed down and continued to enter.