If he were shopping for groceries, Zhang Shou would happily pick up a bargain when meeting a seller who offered to lower prices like this. However, now that he was choosing his future home, he encountered a seller like the Emperor who was really too generous.
, his mood was really complicated. After all, when he killed the eldest prince, he was not very polite.
Therefore, when he saw Zhu Ying running over happily like a unique light colorful butterfly in winter, followed closely by Zhenjin Liuyin, he smiled and asked: "Yingying, what do you three think of this house?"
"This peony garden is very good!" Zhu Ying first praised the peony garden, and then added, "Don't look at it. In the winter, everywhere is bare, not to mention the flowers, and you can't even see the leaves. But in the spring, the flowers will bloom.
When it’s open, it’s absolutely beautiful!”
She paused for a moment, then continued: "Huanshan has always disliked the small-mindedness of gardening. It does not mean just piling up rockeries and small bridges and flowing water. Instead, it pays attention to spaciousness and likes a kind of remote beauty. Just make a few changes.
, we can move here, it is indeed much easier than building a house. Ah Shou, just buy this place! If you don’t have enough money, I will lend it to you!"
Zhang Shou didn't expect Zhu Ying to be so direct and proactive. He was stunned for a moment and then said with a smile: "Yingying, didn't you just say that you wanted to buy this place before, but your grandmother and your father didn't give you the money?"
? How come you have money now?"
"I just thought about it before, if I really want to buy such a big villa, can I use it as a dowry in the future? Who knows if it will be cheaper?" Zhu Ying blurted out habitually, and then realized that she had made a serious slip of the tongue.
, suddenly said, "I didn't know that my father had already arranged a marriage for me, and you are so perfect, Ah Shou... So now I have to buy the jewelry even if I sell it!"
Zhang Shou was a little surprised when he heard the word "white-eyed wolf". For a beautiful girl like Zhu Ying, who was held in the palm of his hand, he thought she must always be optimistic about the future, but he didn't expect that she had also been
Such a pessimistic understanding.
Maybe it's because her father Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing and her mother Jiuniang have been at odds for many years, which makes her a little more worried about the future?
But when she said she wanted to buy the house with him after selling her jewelry, Zhang Shou laughed, and then repeated what Ah Liu had just said. At this time, Zhu Ying, who was frowning slightly, suddenly beamed with joy, and
It's almost time to shout "long live the emperor."
However, Zhang Shou poured cold water on her excitement: "Having said that, I can't take it for granted that the emperor is so generous. Therefore, I want Ah Liu to send a message to the emperor in this other courtyard.
Sell it to me cheaply, the price of five thousand guan is about the same, and fifty guan is too outrageous. However, I plan to use 250 acres of cotton fields and 2,500 guan to pay for it."
"After all, it's true that I earned ten thousand yuan, but less than half of it was deposited with me by Zhang Wu, Zhang Lu and Lu Sanlang. I can't use their money to show off my wealth."
Zhu Ying was about to object, but when she saw the determined look on Zhang Shou's face, she was slightly startled, then nodded and said: "That's fine, if you only give fifty strings, the emperor will reward you with this palace in disguise."
If you pay five thousand gu, you can only buy this place cheaply, and you don’t owe the emperor such a big favor... But your loom is almost finished, and the emperor will probably have a headache by then!"
When they just discovered that the first half of what the young lady said was about a white-eyed wolf, which was too explicit, Zhan Jin and Liu Yin were both worried, for fear that their uncle, who was as graceful and talented as a fairy in the sky, would be angry. But when they heard the young lady's words
The second half of the sentence, which seemed to express his intention to sell the jewelry, made both of them feel relieved at the same time. But it turned out that the shock they received was not enough.
At this time, hearing the word loom, Liuyin subconsciously asked: "Miss, what loom? Didn't Mr. Shou present the drawings of the textile machine before? The textile machine and the loom seem to be different things!"
Zhu Ying suddenly smiled with her eyebrows creasing, and her face was extremely proud: "Who is Ah Shou? After making a textile machine, it is natural to improve the loom! I just went to see it with him, and there should be results soon.
When the time comes, it will be fun to pick an enemy and kill him!"
Zhang Shou was immediately amused: "Yingying, do you think you can hide the fact that the eldest prince was severely stabbed? This kind of thing can only be done once, and it will be useless the second time."
"Then you have suffered a big loss?" Zhu Ying suddenly raised her eyebrows, "If this is the case, we will buy this house for fifty dollars, otherwise the emperor will lose all the benefits!"
"The emperor is not just using the new textile machines in the royal-run places like the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, but intends to promote them all over the world. Therefore, the emperor not only did not make any profit, but suffered a huge loss. After all, this villa is obviously very popular even with the emperor himself.
I like it." Zhang Shou smiled slightly as he spoke, and then said calmly, "Besides, even if I don't kill the culprit, I can't make a lot of money from that loom."
Zhu Ying suddenly became curious and quickly asked. When Zhang Shou had an unpredictable expression on his face, she couldn't help but feel itchy, and then suddenly thought of another question: "Oh, since that loom is so fast
It's done, Ah Liu will take us out to look at the house today, Zhu Hong and the others are in the house again, isn't there no one guarding the house?"
Zhan Jin also suddenly came to his senses: "Yes, what if there are bad guys like the eldest prince and the second prince who have bad ideas? Mr. Shou, you are too careless!"
Zhang Shou chuckled and then turned to look at Ah Liu. Zhu Ying and Zhan Jin Liuyin, the master and servant, immediately followed his gaze and stared at Ah Liu. Faced with such gazes, the young man seemed calm and composed.
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"There's a madman out there!"
Hearing these four simple words, Zhu Ying suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "It turns out that Uncle Hua is watching over there. No wonder you are so determined to come out with us, Ah Liu. Then I can feel relieved! Uncle Hua is so fierce."
It's more powerful than ghosts. If anyone makes up his mind, he's really thinking wrong!"
"But since when did Hua Qiye become so talkative?" Liuyin was very surprised, and then whispered, "Hua Qiye is usually lazy and doesn't pay attention to anything, but he actually went out this time. It's really a surprise.
The west side is coming out. Yes, the textile loom made by Mr. Shou is so valuable, and the loom this time must be also very valuable. Maybe it was Mrs. Tai’s personal order that made Master Hua Qi go and look at it."
The corners of Ah Liu's mouth curled up, and Zhang Shou saw the hidden change in his expression, but he knew that this boy was mocking Liu Yinhui for his misunderstanding. After Ah Liu told him, Hua Qi was there in person.
Looking around the house that had both a blacksmith's shop and a carpenter's shop, he realized that it must be the emperor's intention. And since he had no intention of making a fortune silently, he was naturally happy to see it happen.
Therefore, he was not worried at all that Hua Qi would see through the transformation without much technical content, and then the emperor would build the thing first. Because after several repeated interactions, he had already concluded that the emperor was not the kind of person who was greedy for profit.
Besides being unique, there is also a rare openness.
With such a monarch, if nothing else, he at least feels that his current life as an official is not difficult.
At that moment he smiled and said: "Okay, now that we've seen the Peony Garden, let's visit other places in this courtyard. Let's all think about what the various houses are used for. It's also a brainstorming session."
Now that they have decided to buy this former Luwangfu Courtyard, the five of them had to take a stroll after leaving the Peony Garden. However, they saw a winding stream behind the Peony Garden, and to the south of the stream was an octagonal pavilion. Next to the pavilion
There are a few miscellaneous trees and a clump of crabapples. At the end of the stream, it flows into a stone wall. Next to the stone wall is a grass pavilion, and next to the grass pavilion stand two large rocks.
The material of these two large stones is quite strange. One of them is written for the inner government, and the second is written for the state. Zhang Shou originally thought that this was because the original owner was the emperor's younger brother, King Lu, but he waited until he recognized the inscribed seal.
Seal, he realized that the four characters on it were "Mingren Palace Treasure". If it was something else, he might not have recognized it, but he remembered that Mingren Palace Treasure was one of the small seals of Emperor Yuan Shun.
Zhu Ying's eyes widened even more: "This seems to be the anchor stone at the entrance of the inner treasury, right? I heard that Prince Lu went to visit the inner treasury and fell in love with this thing. He begged the Queen Mother to move it back to him.
The emperor also turned a blind eye."
King Lu was really willful and arrogant to the extreme, no wonder he ended up like that.
Zhang Shou thought so in his heart, he had to look at it twice more, and then smiled and said: "This is something from the time of Emperor Yuan Shun. King Lu has good taste. Since it is something belonging to the palace, let's return it as it is.
Anyway, I have no interest or research on this kind of strange stone for decoration. I only saw that the seal on the stone should belong to Emperor Yuan Shun. Of course, if you like Yingying..."
Zhu Ying was a little interested at first, but when Zhang Shou mentioned Emperor Yuan Shun, she immediately made a long face: "If it's something from the Tang and Song Dynasties, it's not bad. Emperor Yuan Shun... Haha, who cares about the things of that subjugated king?"
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She smiled scornfully, and then said enthusiastically: "Maybe the King of Lu was killed by this kind of thing that subjugated the country. If this house belongs to us, I will definitely return this stone myself... Hey, it seems like there
And flowers!”
Seeing Miss Zhu abandoning these two strange stones, she ran toward a cluster of vaguely colorful flowers over there like a gust of wind. Zhan Jin and Liu Yin quickly caught up with them, and Zhang Shou couldn't help but feel a little strange.
You know, this is the capital. If it hadn't been warmer today and there was sunshine before, he wouldn't have invited Zhu Ying out to look at the house. Unexpectedly, after a day of shopping, the sky started to get cloudy in the afternoon, and it seemed like it was going to snow...
But, no matter what, how can there be flowers blooming in this cold winter? Moreover, a bunch of colorful flowers, what a rare species it is!
Zhang Shou thought as he hurried over quickly. When he got closer, he discovered that they were not flowers, but colorful paper strips tied on the flower branches. From a distance, they were fluttering in the wind, which looked a bit like flowers.
, the true shape is revealed upon closer inspection.
Zhu Ying angrily took off one of the yellow notes. When she lowered her head and looked down, she found that there was writing on it, and she was immediately surprised. When she took a closer look, she couldn't help laughing out loud: "I still
I thought this was a time to worship the Flower God, but shouldn’t it be the time to worship the Flower God? Unexpectedly, this is actually the note the Emperor left for you, Ah Shou!”
It was actually a note left by the emperor to them?
Zhang Shou was also stunned by the emperor's whimsical thought, and then he burst into laughter. Zhan Jin and Liu Yin looked at each other, and Liu Yin murmured to himself: "Isn't this too childish? If the eldest lady
What should I do if Mr. Heshou didn’t see them all?”
"The emperor did this because he knew my temper. It's a cold day, and there are more than a dozen colorful notes tied on a bunch of flowers. I will definitely step forward out of curiosity to see what's going on!" Zhu Ying said as she spoke.
With a smile, he untied all the pieces of paper and then handed them all to Zhang Shou, "Ah Shou, come and see, what did the emperor say?"
Although it was unexpected, Zhang Shou was really curious about what the emperor was making. When he lowered his head and looked at the first note in his hand, his expression suddenly became extremely strange.
"This is addressed to Zhang Qing. Because of me, no one has dared to buy the villa of Prince Lu for more than ten years. As time goes on, countless investments are made in repairing the inner treasury every year. Now that I know that Zhang Qing is getting married, and Yingying is getting married, I use this house as a celebration."
This is a gift. This is not a gift from the emperor, but a gift from the elders. It is just a joke like what Ah Liu said fifty times."
Zhang Shou didn't know whether this was a coincidence or whether the emperor wrote this in every note. He quickly looked at the second note, only to see that it was the untitled hall that he entered before. And the two words "untitled"
, not written by Prince Lu himself, but by the emperor's royal pen. At this moment, he tasted the note in his hand and the handwriting on the plaque, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The two-character inscription for the main hall of King Lu's courtyard is "Untitled". The emperor's willfulness is not inferior to that of King Lu. I wonder if King Lu was also angry when he and King Ye were mixed together.
Factors in the emperor’s untitled palace.
While he was making such a fuss, he continued to read other notes, and all he saw were introductions to various buildings in this courtyard, such as what material the pavilion was made of, how much artificial geometry it cost; what kind of trees they were, and what they were.
When was it planted, or where was it transplanted from? When did the bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest become the most delicious? Where did the pool and pavilions next to the flowers come from...
Zhang Shou initially looked at the notes with a bit of joking, but after reading all seven or eight of them, his carelessness completely dissipated and was replaced by a bit of confusion.
Whether the emperor started to pay close attention to this place when the garden was first built, or after the death of King Lu and the villa was nationalized, he often came and went and inquired about various details of the past design and construction. It can be said that
, it was definitely not just out of unwillingness and malice at being deprived of his beloved things by his younger brother. Perhaps, the emperor had always found it difficult to forget his only younger brother, King Lu.
"Ashou!"
Hearing this sudden voice, Zhang Shou immediately looked up and saw Zhu Ying looking at him with shining eyes - and the shining thing was clearly water. Zhu Ying, who knew more about the old events in the palace than himself, said
Maybe he also realized the inner meaning, so he smiled at her.
"Go home. If you have picked out a good house, you must first tell Madam Tai, Aunt Jiu, and your second brother!"