Eight hundred and seventeenth chapter waste utilization
The news that the noble concubine of Yonghe Palace gave birth to the fifth prince safely, and that the emperor named him Zheng Duo, was because the emperor sent someone to report the news to King Da Zongzheng of Jiangdu and record the person in the genealogy. It was quickly spread from the palace to outside the palace, and it was exciting for a moment.
It caused quite a stir.
Although the former Concubine Yu was said to be favored, she was actually quite low-key. On the contrary, Princess Yongping attracted more attention, even if she was promoted to a noble concubine this time and was pregnant with Liujia. In addition, one after another these days
There are so many things going on that most people simply don’t care that there is another noble concubine in the palace who is about to give birth to a child...
Even Princess Yongping, who was perfecting various academic rules with the Hong family in the women's school today, was surprised to learn that her mother-in-law had given birth to a younger brother, let alone others? After all, since the fourth prince, the emperor has had three children.
A daughter, so most officials in the court felt that the emperor would probably have another princess this time. After all, this was not the first time that Concubine Yu gave birth to a daughter.
Therefore, such an unexpected prince arrived at this end of the year when no one else was prepared. And then the other two news spread, one was that when Concubine Yu gave birth, it happened to be
When Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying went to visit, secondly...when the emperor was troubled by the name, the third prince casually said the word "Duo".
Even if the third prince didn't think he was being casual at all, after all, this was a word the emperor once mentioned, but for those who like to break it down and carefully consider the news in the palace, this word means a lot. Not only
Because there is nothing wrong with the word Duo itself, but because... the homophony of the two characters Zheng Duo, isn't that just a fight?
The duo is an ancient musical instrument that was popular from the Spring and Autumn Period until the Han Dynasty. It is no longer used nowadays. I think back then, in addition to beating the duo when announcing decrees, military judges would also perform the duo. This object can be said to represent both government orders and laws.
, also represents military law. In this case, if the third prince gives such a name, does it also mean that the third prince will put the yoke of the law on the neck of this young brother?
Although these chaotic speculations were only circulated privately in small circles, and because they were worried about reaching the emperor's ears, in public places one could only hear various praises for the birth of the prince and the prince's filial piety. However, Zhang
However, Shou and Zhu Ying still learned about the gossip hidden under the calm water from people they knew.
But this time, even the impatient Zhu Ying did not get angry at anyone because of such rumors. Instead, she sneered twice, let alone Zhang Shou. Zhang Shou continued to maintain his attitude as if he was unaware of the discussions around him.
She was walking at the same pace as before, and even Little Fatty Lu or others who wanted to question her were blocked by his Tai Chi attitude.
When he returned home in the evening of that day, Zhang Shouzhi had people move in a batch of new books printed by Little Fatty Lu's Sansan Bookstore and several Fanbang Sutras, and watched those people busily removing the book boxes one after another.
The carriage at the back was unloaded and moved inside. Before he could enter the door, he heard a lot of noise. When he turned around, he saw a group of people coming.
A group of guards came round, surrounded by a carriage that he was very familiar with. Wasn't it Zhu Ying and his party who went out with him this morning? He simply stood there for a moment and saw Zhu Ying getting out of the carriage and wearing a heavy coat.
The rat was lying on the rabbit's side, still holding the hand stove in his hand. He looked like the most common noble lady in the capital. It was actually different from when he went out in the morning. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
After he realized what he was doing, he was about to make a joke when Zhu Ying came forward and gave him the stove angrily.
"I just went to the Yonghe Palace. All the clothes I wore were my queen's hand-me-downs. She said they were all old clothes and couldn't be worn. It would be a pity to throw them away, so she gave them to me and let me wear them back as a reward.
." At this point, Zhu Ying saw Zhang Shoushun holding her hand, and she followed him inside without any resistance, but she continued to complain softly.
"I never wear second-hand clothes, but there are so many rumors these days. In order to prevent the queen from thinking, I had no choice but to show them to her, and then put them back on! Look, they look just like me.
Like a big stupid bear!"
Hearing what Zhu Ying said, Zhang Shou suddenly burst into laughter: "Yingying, it's true that you are thinking about your empress, but have you ever thought about the fact that others will see you wearing the same outfit when you enter the palace, but you will leave the palace with the same outfit?
When you are wearing the same outfit again, what do you think in your heart? Moreover, isn’t the empress the one who knows you best? If you suddenly change your past behavior and follow her, will she think too much about it? "
Zhu Ying stopped for a moment, and then remembered that she had agreed, and had changed her clothes in the sultry environment of Concubine Yu's mattress, and Concubine Yu's rather subtle look when she looked at her.
Although she thought at that time that Concubine Yu probably gave her something, so when she saw her wearing it, she thought of the past, but now she feels that Concubine Yu probably felt something was wrong, but she didn't say anything. As a result, she
Was it a monkey show?
"Why didn't you remind me earlier!" Zhu Ying was in a bad mood. She let go of Zhang Shou's hand in annoyance, and then asked with a grimace, "Then what should I do now? Your Majesty has probably noticed from my attitude.
What's going on? Will she go find out about the mess outside? Didn't I do something bad with good intentions?"
"What are you asking about? Your Majesty is the smartest person. She knows that taking good care of her body and raising the fifth prince is more important than anything else. So, even if she knows that you have concerns and deliberately goes against your nature to please her, she has questions
Pass you?"
When Zhang Shou asked this, he saw Zhu Ying frowning thoughtfully. He stretched out his hand and pressed her eyebrows as a habit, smoothing out the micro-wrinkles, and then said with a smile: "So, don't worry about it.
Your Majesty is worried. Tell me, besides this outfit, how many other things did you bring back? I don’t believe that your Majesty only gave you such a small amount."
Zhu Ying had long been accustomed to Zhang Shou's acumen. She looked around uneasily and coughed lightly when she saw that everyone was well informed and did not follow.
"There are a lot of them in the car behind. Of course they are not all old clothes, but also all kinds of clothing materials! No, no, actually there are not many, just all kinds of furs and good materials. There are about seven or eight boxes. My car
The carriage can’t fit in, and there will be another car soon..."
Zhang Shou couldn't help but feel a little headache: "There are so many things? And listening to your tone, maybe these are not just for the empress, but also for the princess? I will give them all to you, and the princess will not be annoyed.
Your Majesty disposes of her things casually, so why don’t you come to the door?"
Seeing that Zhang Shou said worried words but his expression was clearly relaxed, Zhu Ying knew of course that he was joking and immediately shrugged.
"Because she doesn't like anything else in Yongping except pure white fur without any mottled colors. As for the materials, that girl likes dark pattern embroidery, so she once snatched the materials from me as a tribute, but most of the time
, she won’t even touch those Sichuan brocades with bright but delicate patterns. This girl, in the words of Grandpa Taizu, is hypocritical!"
"This part is the material that the empress has not used for tailoring in these years. The other part is after the confinement was abolished, her personal belongings piled up in the treasury. The emperor took them out and gave them to the concubines in the palace, and the empress also got a share.
.”
Zhang Shou was speechless. One day and a hundred days of kindness between husband and wife, after all, you are the one who gave birth to two sons for you. Even if you are completely heartless, you still have to take out the things in the private treasury to reward the concubines. Isn't this too much?
A little too much?
I can’t blame others for thinking that you, the emperor, are partial, you are really partial too much! Of course, the Queen Mother is also mentally ill. As the middle palace, the Queen Mother has always supported you in the past. You need it as if you have never seen it before.
Are you trying your best to save things?
Although he didn't say this to his face, Zhu Ying was very familiar with him. As soon as she saw his expression, she knew that although she thought it was too much to abolish the queen, she also disliked the emperor's ruthlessness and unrighteousness for doing so. Although she didn't like to abolish the queen,
To be honest, it was difficult to agree with the emperor's approach. But at this time, she still had to explain a few words for the emperor.
At that moment, she whispered: "In the past years when the deposed queen has been in charge of the harem, she has withheld most of the tributes distributed to the palace, hid them in her own private treasury, and distributed them to other concubines.
At most one and a half stars.”
"There was even one time when all the best materials in her private treasury were chewed up by rats. The matter was exposed. The emperor was so angry that he wanted to open her private treasury for inspection. But then the Queen Mother spoke,
This matter was ignored. Later, the emperor became angry and took half of the tribute every time into the inner treasury, and then he allocated things and distributed them to the concubines, which became a regular practice."
This time, Zhang Shou didn't have a headache, but a toothache. The queen is the most difficult job in the world, bar none. If this is regarded as a job, then the job after the abolition will undoubtedly be a mess. He sighed.
After a while, I really had no intention to continue the topic of what to do after I was deposed. I also had a rough idea of the batch of things that Concubine Yu gave to Zhu Ying this time.
But just because of this, he thought of another thing: "By the way, where is the box of things that the empress said she would give to us last time? I remember it was either a book, a dagger, a wrist guard, or even an Emei thorn?"
"
"Well, because I didn't want to quarrel with Mingyue later, I made it clear to her first. I asked her to look at the box by herself. If there was anything she wanted, I wouldn't want it. After she looked at it afterwards, she was really impressed.
Fang Fang said they would all be given to me, but I still plan to wait until later to talk about it. Who knew that this box of things hadn’t been solved yet, so I brought so much back today.”
At this point, Zhu Ying couldn't help but ask: "I can accept that box of things openly, but now what do I do with my outfit and the pile of furs and clothes? Those are not me.
I like it, but it’s not good to reward it casually.”
"Since you don't like the clothes worn by others, it's easy..."
Zhang Shou laughed, and then said casually: "Go and discuss with Princess Yongping, take these things and give them to the female students as rewards. Of course, if you think these things are too valuable, there are many of them
It was once a tribute and it's inappropriate, so just treat it as if I didn't say anything."
"There's nothing inappropriate about it, it's so suitable! These things are simply useless to use in a girls' school!"
Zhu Ying didn't think there was anything wrong with using the word "waste" to describe a pile of fine fur clothing materials that were worth a lot of money in the eyes of ordinary people. At this moment, the second door was right in front of her, and her body felt hot as she walked.
He simply took off his heavy fur and asked Zhan Jinliuyin, who was following far behind, to come up and throw the thick fur over, but he was very happy.
"What you said reminded me. Although the emperor rewarded all these things in the private treasury of the deposed queen, it was not just the empress, but also the imperial concubine, Jiang Concubine... that is, the Xianfei, and others.
People don’t dare to use these materials to make clothes, but they end up being kept at the bottom of the box. I will look for an opportunity to ask later..."
Zhang Shou immediately shook his head: "Don't ask. If you ask, it will mean forcing them to imitate Yonghe Palace and give away things as a favor. You know, the Queen Mother and the others took the lead in donating money to help students. Didn't you tell me that
, Your Majesty knows that many of the concubines are poor, but they actually subsidize them privately? So, if you want to donate these things, you might as well do it in your and Princess Yongping’s names."
After hearing that the Yonghe Palace was not involved, Zhu Ying realized that Zhang Shou was right after just thinking about it for a moment.
Although the concubines now have some scruples and have not rashly used the materials in the private treasury of the abandoned queen to make clothes, but things will always change after the abolished queen, as long as one of them tentatively makes clothes to wear.
After she came out, others would naturally follow her example. After all, there were not many people in the palace who were as favored but arrogant as Concubine Yu, and many concubines lived a mediocre life.
The emperor originally thought of subsidizing his concubines from the inner treasury, but it was actually Concubine Yu who complained directly. As the emperor, how could it be so easy for him to think about whether the life of his concubines was good or bad? He only looked at the glamorous surface. She nodded immediately:
"Okay, I listen to you."
Seeing Zhu Ying's good deeds, Zhang Shou smiled and bowed: "Oh, thank you so much, Madam, for accepting your advice humbly!"
"Yes, yes, my husband, please give me more advice from now on. I will definitely adopt it as appropriate!" Zhu Ying said as she curtsied in return, but then she sneezed so coldly that she remembered that she had just been so brave that she had to take off her clothes.
took off that thick cloak.
Zhang Shou wanted Zhan Jin and Liu Yin behind to bring the heavy fur over again, but Zhu Ying was unwilling. She immediately picked up Zhang Shou and ran forward quickly. Thinking of the books he had just sent, Zhang Shou
He simply pulled Zhu Ying out to the study room first, but Zhu Ying, who was in high spirits, let out an exclamation as soon as she entered.
Seeing the situation in the room clearly, Zhang Shou immediately raised his forehead helplessly and said: "I forgot to tell you, I hired a certain boy to be a book boy for a while, otherwise if he does odd jobs in the public school, he is not doing anything, but getting into trouble.
…Here, this is the boy I told you about, the boy who came from Florence, stowed away on a ship in Pisa, and sailed across the sea to get here.”
It's not like Zhu Ying has never seen guys whose skin color, hair color, and eye color are all different from Akito - these people often appear at court meetings and certain state banquets. In theory, she shouldn't stay in that kind of situation.
However, with the emperor's connivance, she often did things like hiding in certain places to peek when she was a child. Later, she felt bored and stopped doing so.
But the feeling of peeping at those foreign envoys and seeing a genuine foreign boy in her study was completely different - she had never thought that people would appear in her home, so her surprise just now was indeed
No small matter!
At this time, she heard Zhang Shou explain the origin of this person, and she breathed a sigh of relief, but then she couldn't help but get angry. Because even if they came in, the blond boy was still looking down at the book attentively, even with his eyelids.