The case of Zheng Lang was not investigated as quickly as the case of King Qi and Pei Yan, firstly because he was not as important as King Qi and Pei Yan after all, and secondly because his mother's birthday was approaching.

This year's mother's birthday was held more grandly than usual. Not only were auspicious offerings offered in many places, but also generous gifts were given to all of them, regardless of whether they were far away from the state or near the county.

My gift has been prepared long ago. Apart from some gold, silver, pearls and jade as usual, there are also twelve kinds of reclining chairs of various kinds. Twenty of each kind are made for mothers to give or give to others, or to use as gifts. Everywhere in the imperial palace for personal use—the chairs today are mainly low, and they are called Hu beds, but they are of various sizes, some are as big as a bed, and some can only accommodate one person, but they are not as comfortable as in the previous life, which can accommodate half-lying people For the half-sitting style, I asked a craftsman to design a batch of chairs, which are generally like beach lounge chairs, but the inner car is curved, and the top is carved with dragons and phoenixes, which is extremely gorgeous. All kinds of peonies, 240 peony pillows were made according to the pattern, and presented to the mother together with the deck chair.

At first, I thought the most difficult part of this matter was the pillows. After all, whether it is painting 240 peonies, embroidering them on the cloth as they are, dyeing them in bright colors, choosing the right material... It is not an easy task. Who knows that this is the most difficult part. As for the reclining chair, the craftsmen spent a lot of effort to imagine the appearance of the chair, and even more thought to create a perfect streamlined shape.Fortunately, every year from the beginning of the year, I start thinking about the next year's gift, so these 240 chairs have been made for more than a year, and the work can be completed before my mother's birthday this year.

As before, my mother ordered my presents to be shown to her alone. When she saw these chairs and pillows, she couldn’t take her eyes away—first she went up to try it, and then she fell down completely. In the chair, he squinted his eyes and smiled comfortably: "This thing is used to enjoy the cool in summer, it's better than a bed - does it have a name?"

I said, "Not yet, please give me your name, Aunt."

She laughed: "It's so comfortable to lie down, why not call it the 'Changle Bed'."

I said: "This thing has a place to lean on. It's more like a seat than a bed. I think it can be called a 'Long Le Chair'."

The name "chair" is commonly used in my daily life, and I often call it this way when I carry it around, but I have never used it officially, and it is often used as "Yizi" when I write. When my mother knew about this, she thought about it for a while and laughed. He said: "'Chair' is a good word, and this thing is called Changle chair." Because he really liked it, he asked people to choose twenty chairs and place them in various places in Luoyang Palace, and ordered them to be placed in Shangyang Palace and other places in Li Palace as well. Set up this thing.

Not only the reclining chair, but also the gorgeous pillows are quite popular with my mother. Nowadays, most of the pillows are long strips, round or square, thick enough, but not clear enough. Leaning behind you, it can also be used as a cushion when you need a cushion. The best thing is that it is extremely soft when you hold it in your hand. My mother laughed at me for being a little girl, and I can’t do without these hugs and leans. In the hand, after pinching for a moment, then rubbing it repeatedly like an addiction, it took a long time before I was willing to let go.

My mother likes it, so the method of reclining chairs and pillows will naturally be confiscated. I have already kept the method in my sleeves, and I will take it out as soon as my mother asks, and present it respectfully.When A Huan was serving in front of the imperial court, she gave me a wink from afar, and after I left, I went around to wait in a remote place outside the hall, stayed for a while, saw her also come out, and said softly to me: "You are so kind It is better to ask people to hurry up and make another batch of these items. This is what the A family personally said, and it will be spread across the two capitals in a few days. The princes and nobles will definitely follow suit. Take the opportunity to make money Wouldn't it be nice to have a sum?"

I didn't care much and said: "I'm not short of money, what do I do with the money?" Nowadays, there is no such thing as "copyright protection", and there is no shortage of skillful craftsmen in the families of princes and nobles. People have imitated it, maybe they can even imitate better ones. It is not interesting to make a fortune in a short time, not to mention that I am really not short of money.

A Huan gave me a white look: "It's a shame that you have read so many books with the scholars for nothing! Don't you know the old scriptures that Wang Jian asked the King of Qin for a reward?"

I was stunned for a moment before I realized that what she said was telling me to act like I was chasing after profits, to defile myself in order to protect myself.She has become more and more familiar with these officialdom methods. I don't know if this is a blessing or a misfortune, but when I think that this will make my mother like me more, I don't even have the heart to refuse—now I am really scared, Sometimes when I saw my mother, I didn't dare to speak loudly.

A Huan saw my decision on his own face, and said again: "That's right. I'm not asking you to kill people and set fires, but to make money legitimately. Why hesitate? You don't want the money you earn, donate it It’s good to help the poor in the temple, isn’t real copper money more useful than your sudden pity?” After Zi Guzi finished speaking, he lifted his feet and walked forward, and he disappeared after a while.

I knew she was busy—and even I was busy again recently—but I still stood there reluctantly for a while, until she was out of sight, and then I went all the way to find Feng Shiliang: "The chair dedicated to the Queen Mother, Auntie." I said I like it very much, and I have already asked people to put it all over the palace. You order your mansion to make some more, as many as you can make, not so delicate, as long as it is not too bad. Let Liu Houde find a store when it is done. Hang it out for sale—let me meet the person you are looking for first."

Feng Shiliang bowed down as soon as he heard this, and kept worshiping. I asked him strangely, but he said happily: "The princess is filial and serves the queen mother wholeheartedly. The queen mother can also understand the filial piety of the princess. This kind mother and daughter are filial." , we as servants were also moved when we heard it, so we couldn’t help bowing down.”

I frowned, and just about to scold him, I suddenly understood what he meant, turned my head to look at him, and said softly: "How many people in the mansion have been detained along with the son-in-law?"

Feng Shiliang got up and said: "Not many, but more than ten families, most of them are the servants of the original Zheng family, and there are a few people who usually go out with the son-in-law and see more guests. People are pretty polite.”

I nodded lightly and said: "Tell the mansion that everyone's monthly salary will be doubled. Anyone who comes out with me from the palace, regardless of age or age, will be given an extra bolt of silk. From now on, every year on the occasion of the Queen Mother's holy birthday." month, handle it accordingly. Let’s go.”

This time Feng Shiliang was not as pleasantly surprised as he was just now. He responded briefly and raised his foot to leave. I remembered that I hadn't restrained the mansion for a long time, and I didn't know how the situation is now. On a trip, everyone gathered together, one announced the increase of salary in February every year, and the other emphasized: one is not allowed to discuss palace affairs, second is not allowed to discuss court affairs, third is not allowed to discuss clan affairs, and fourth is not allowed to discuss Zhuwu, Zhuge Liang, etc. Regarding Yang Shi, you are not allowed to discuss Zheng Lang and Zheng Bo Shi, and if you offend them, you will be punished severely.

After teaching everyone a lesson, he called Song, Liu and others separately. He said that the reclining chair presented was very popular with the Empress Dowager. They strictly restrained their subordinates, let's talk about the matter of selling chairs, which Liu Houde knew best, saying that he knew a few well-established shopkeepers with clean backgrounds and a long history of business, Feng Yongchang also contended that he had People I know, I don't care about the money, I'm just afraid that these random people will find an introduction to join me and do evil in my name, so I set a time for them to bring their own people to meet and make a decision.

Throughout the whole month of February, I have been extraordinarily diligent and careful. Regardless of palace affairs and housework, I have personally handled everything, and I dare not slack off in any way.Just after February, the ruling of Zheng Lang's family came down, and Zheng Lang was executed. Because both his parents have passed away, and his mother is a princess, he can't go back to his ancestors. Among his nephews and nephews, only the eldest son, Zheng Honglian, has more than a dozen rebels in his family. Abandoning the city together, Zheng Lang's remaining sons, close relatives and female relatives in the clan were all punished by exile, demotion, and loss of official status.Zheng Bo was guilty of death. Because he was the son-in-law of the princess, his death was reduced and he was exiled to Qianzhou.

The mother did fulfill her promise and did not condemn Zheng Bo to death, but she rode him a hundred times as usual before being exiled. Zheng Bo suffered from sores and died on the road less than ten days after he was sent out——she He specially ordered this matter to be kept secret, and it took a long time before someone slowly revealed it to me, because before that, I witnessed the situation of Zheng Lang being abandoned in the market with my own eyes, I was a little frightened, and fell ill again.

This illness was out of my plan and expected, because I deliberately bypassed my mother's obstruction to watch the execution.

The author has something to say: I have something to do at the company today, so I went home late, so the update is also late~ Go to bed first, okay~

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