Zhuo Qihua

Huang Guixie was still waiting for Zhuo Ji to finish the class for Ming Xun, and he went to apologize to Zhuo Ji, but he didn't expect Zhuo Ji to come over on his own initiative, and it was still so early!Huang Guixie understood what was going on as soon as she changed her mind.Seeing Zhuo Ji, Huang Guixie's first words were: "Shunxi, I'm sorry."

With a "help" expression on his face, Zhuo Ji pulled Huang Guixie's wrist into the room, and said, "Brother Yao, don't mention it anymore. The matter of curing diseases and saving lives seems to ruin my reputation. This If I want to change places, I am a serious obstetrician and pediatrician, and this is in the palace, so I can't make a move, it's nothing."

The noble concubine was so moved that his nose was sore, he sat down and said, "I know you are open-minded, and I don't care about this, but I am the noble concubine, and I know that if you do this, others will look down on you, but relying on you and me By the way, no matter how superb your medical skills are, you are the servant of His Majesty, the noble lord of the palace, and you shouldn’t do anything like this.”

"Brother Yao, please forgive me. I've heard that my head is getting dizzy these two days." Zhuo Ji made a gesture of forgiveness, and said, "If Brother Yao can just watch his sister-in-law die so hard, or One dead body and three lives, if you have to worry about this and that, if you don’t come to me, then I will be sad. Brother Yao, you should know that what I hate the most is that the child dies."

Huangguixie wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, Zhuo Ji stretched out his hand to hold Huangguixie's hand, and when the other party looked up, he said: "Brother Yao, you let me, the 'lord', come out of the palace to save your second son." Sister-in-law, I swept your face in public again, and we are even."

Huang Guixie: "It's even, how could I not know that you did it on purpose."

"Anyway, it's even, so don't mention it, okay?"

Empress Huang wiped the corners of her eyes again.Zhuo Ji reached out his hand to Chang Jing, and Chang Jing hurriedly handed over the gift box on his hand.Zhuo Ji put the box in front of Huang Guixie, and said: "I don't want to mention this matter anymore, and I don't want to hear any more words that I am your lord and can't deliver babies. That's someone else's idea, not mine. Yao Brother, the top priority now is not to worry about this past matter, but to make money."

Empress Dowager suppressed her self-blame and sat upright.Zhuo Ji opened the box, and there were nine wrapped essential oil soaps inside, but they were smaller than those for the queen mother.Zhuo Ji: "This essential oil soap is not just a birthday gift. My suggestion to brother Mingyu is to make it one of the main products launched by Taoyao Pavilion in the future. In the future, the products of Taoyao Pavilion will not only be cosmetics. It is like the one that Mingyu gave to the Queen Mother Shampoo, essential oils, etc. We must have more types of products in Taoyao Pavilion, so we can make a lot of money. I sent a copy to each palace master. Brother Yao, you have to take the lead in publicizing. Brother is planning to build a factory, and will need to distribute a lot of goods in the future. I can't spare myself from this, but the business of Taoyao Pavilion must be taken seriously, so Brother Yao, you have to sit in charge, and Brother Ming will focus more on technology in the future Develop this piece."

Huang Guixie took a deep breath: "Okay, I will take care of it."

Zhuo Ji didn't hold back, saying: "I need a lot of money to support my research and development and do what I want to do. But I have limited energy alone, and I have to trouble Brother Yao to help me with business matters in the future. Pharmacy There is Brother Tong over there, and when the imperial concubine is born, let the imperial concubine take a stake in the paper mill, and the paper mill can be handed over to the imperial concubine to watch over, but I need one person to coordinate and manage all these businesses and control the overall situation."

Empress Dowager nodded vigorously.

Zhuo Ji: "My plan is that when the time is right in the future, all of our businesses will belong to a general group. I am only responsible for coming up with ideas. Brother Yao, you are the head of the group and are responsible for controlling the overall situation of the group. Brother Tong and the others are the branches. The person in charge of the department. We will do it in the capital first, and then we will spread it to the whole country, and finally to the whole world. My ambition is that our group's business has a stronghold in this world, and we can earn money from the whole world. Got it."

Huang Guixie smiled: "I will follow your instructions on how to do what you say."

Zhuo Ji: "So don't worry about my identity, it's all a false name, and money is the most important thing. In fact, your majesty has long planned to rebuild a new palace, but your majesty has no money, and the household department is also poor. , You said, in the future, our group will pay for His Majesty to build the palace, how much face will it be. In the future, the national treasury may not have as much money as our group."

Huang Guixie laughed out loud: "If you have the heart, then it will definitely come true."

Zhuo Ji nodded those essential oil soaps: "Let's earn some women's small money first, and only after we have capital can money make money."

Huang Guixie: "My brother and men will love it."

"That's better!"

After drawing a grand plan for future business with Huang Guixie, he drew a big cake that he didn't know when he would be able to eat it, which successfully appeased Huang Guixie's guilty heart for several days, and Zhuo Ji left contentedly.

But when Zhuo Ji went to Huayang Palace, there was a burst of waves that were neither high nor low in Danyang Palace.The lords of the main palaces of the East Eighth Palace and West Eighth Palace all received a gift (reward) from Xiangfu Palace.Not to mention Deguixie, Mingjue and Xiguifei, the three of them simply like each other.After class, Ming Xun returned happily with a set of essential oil soap that Shun Xun gave him.When making essential oil soap for the empress dowager, Zhuo Ji made a bit more, but each piece was much smaller than the empress dowager's. After all, he had limited energy and limited essential oils.But for others, receiving such an essential oil soap is really a surprise and a shock.

Chunyu Qi Yiguo happily sniffed pieces of essential oil soap, and asked again: "Is that how you gave it to us by the way? It smells so good. It's so beautiful, I can't bear to use it."

Zhaotong Tong Yifeng: "I've said it all, I want us to publicize it after we use it. I'm afraid it's a new product that I'm going to release from 'Taoyao Pavilion'." After hesitating, he picked up the goat milk soap, Said to the personal eunuch: "I will use this piece first, and you will keep the rest for me."

Although Tong Yifeng is usually cold and wanting nothing, this set of essential oil soap also makes him very fond of it.At that time, when the gift was given to the queen mother by the way, there were not many people present who were not moved.It's just that she would never have thought that Zuo would give him and Chunyou the same.

Seeing that Tong Yifeng had chosen it so quickly, Qi Yiguo asked, "Then I'll use goat's milk first."

Tong Yifeng: "There is no shortage of goat milk in the palace, and it should be the best."

"Hmm."

After receiving this set of essential oil soap, Jin Lan was overwhelmed and didn't know what to do. She thanked Wang Bao who sent the things over and over again, without the slightest dignity and restraint that your lord should have.It is really more heart-wrenching to receive something made by Shun Yuzuo himself than to receive something rewarded by His Majesty.After Wang Bao left, Jin Yu hurriedly took the personal eunuch and palace servants to choose a gift in return, and there must be no mistakes in returning the gift to Shun Yuzu!

This is true for Jin Yan, and it is even more so for Concubine Xiao, Concubine Wen, and Concubine Qiong.Those who received the essential oil soap were all the noble masters of the main palace, and the rest who did not receive were jealous and sour.

Qi Yiguo asked: "Yifeng, you have given us such a gift, we must return the gift."

Tong Yifeng: "Naturally. I love medicinal materials, you and I will give you a precious medicinal material."

Qi Yiguo hesitated: "Would it be too stingy?"

Tong Yifeng: "Cu Chu said that if you give him gold, silver and jewels, he won't be able to keep them."

Qi Yiguo: "Ah? Why?"

Tong Yifeng shook his head: "I don't know either. It's safest to send medicinal materials."

Qi Yiguo thought about it and said, "Why don't we ask your wife what kind of medicinal materials are most suitable for you to send? Although expensive medicinal materials are valuable, they may not be what you need most."

Tong Yifeng thought about it: "What you said makes sense. You and I will go now."

"it is good."

When Huang Guixie was still in the room listening to Zhuo Ji's painting of big cakes, Deguixie already knew that Shunxi had sent a piece of essential oil soap to the people in the main palaces.De Guixie looked deeper.Zhuo Ji did this because he asked the lords of the palaces to help promote it.Second, it is also an act of grandeur.There would definitely be him, Ming Xun and Concubine Xi Gui, but Zhuo Ji, as His Majesty's favorite servant, would seem petty if he only gave them a few of them.After all, although this thing is rare, it is not a precious thing, and each palace will send a set, which is also in line with Zhuo Ji's status.Moreover, behind the current lords of the various palaces are all ministers who are currently highly valued by His Majesty. This harem is peaceful, and it is also a relief for His Majesty.

Zhaoying and Chunying came to ask Shunxie what kind of medicinal materials are suitable, but Deguixie's suggestion was not to send medicinal materials.

"One of you is from Suzhou, and the other is from Jinzhou. They are both in Jiangnan. The south of the Yangtze River is Nanyue. Shunxi has always wanted to collect more lilacs, and this lilac is produced in Nanyue and the places south of it. Ben Gong knows that Shunxi doesn't have much on hand, and Bengong has been looking for someone to collect it for him, but the amount is not much. If the two of you have connections at home, help Shunxi find some cloves."

Zhaoyou and Chunyou were very happy when they heard that, and they were naturally happy to do something for Shunyou.Zhaoyi immediately said: "The servant knows, and the servant will write a letter to the family."

Chunyi: "The waiter will also write a letter and go home immediately."

De Guixie: "There is no rush to return the gift to Shunxi, but it must be delivered to his heart. If there are any rare seeds in Nanyue, you can let your family members look for them."

"Thank you, sir, for your suggestion."

Zhaoyan and Chunyan left, Fuquan was puzzled: "Master, if Zhaolian and Chunyan return the gift too slowly, people will feel neglected."

De Guixie said indifferently: "Shunzhen is not someone else, he will care about these empty gifts. What kind of medicinal materials should be given to Shunxi, it is not something that people can just let people know. It is best to give some things that Shunxi likes, but it is not necessary. The two of them have this heart, so it’s okay for me to remind them. What Danyang Palace needs most is stability, Shunxi doesn’t dislike the two of them, and they also know how to do their duty, so I will let them be safe. But What you said is also true, Shunxi doesn’t care, but it’s not guaranteed that someone will provoke trouble behind your back. You go to Xiangfu Palace to speak up.”

"The slave is going here."

Not long after Zhuo Ji returned to Xiangfu Palace from Huayang Palace, Concubine Wen, Concubine Xiao, Concubine Jin, and Concubine Qiong sent back gifts one after another.The return gifts of the four were not too exaggerated. There were small pieces of embroidery embroidered by their own hands, and homemade snacks made by themselves.Although most of the concubines in the palace came from everyone, but piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, and female red embroidery were compulsory courses for them from childhood to adulthood.After entering the palace, learning one or two dishes is also a skill that must be mastered.Compared with them, Zhuo Ji Nuhong's best shot is probably patching.Ancient buttons are different from modern buttons, and he really can't sew.Therefore, His Majesty the emperor should not expect his valet to embroider a purse or make clothes for him in his life.

Zhuo Ji expressed his liking for these gifts in return, and then gave the chef of Xiangfu Palace the recipe of using raisins to make yeast, asking him to ponder over it and produce results as soon as possible.On this day, a major event also happened in the previous dynasty.At the end of the morning court, the Grand Master gave a performance, saying that due to his advanced age and limited energy, he could no longer contribute to His Majesty and the country, and hoped that His Majesty would allow him to resign as Grand Master and return home.Shao Pingqiu and his two sons, who are also Huang Guixie's two elder brothers, also came forward, saying that their father (grandfather) was old and could no longer cope with the heavy government affairs.

In the six books, Chen Changgeng, Sui Guogong and others all said a few words of intercession. After Emperor Yong'an commended Taishi Shao for his life's contribution to him and the court of Mata country, he agreed.In fact, many people guessed that His Majesty would agree, even those who came out to intercede, such as Shi Yu, Sui Guogong, Chen Changgeng, etc., were not so much pleading for Grand Master Shao, as they were before Grand Master Shao left the court. Save some face for the old grand master, so that he won't go away so bleakly, and few people will speak for him when he is old.

Emperor Yong'an allowed Grand Master Shao to resign, but he did not let him return home.After all, Grand Master Shao was his teacher and the great-grandfather of the King of Qin. No matter how you think about it, Grand Master Shao can't just let him go back to his hometown like this.Taishi Shao resigned from office, and his wife's imperial order was also withdrawn. At the same time, the Taishi's mansion was also released.The Taishi Mansion is a gift from the imperial court, in other words, it only has the right to use it, not the property right.Now Grand Master Shao is no longer Grand Master, so naturally he cannot continue to live in this imperial residence.Of course, the Shao family is not short of money, let alone a house, but the resignation of Grand Master Shao still makes many people sigh.Because of a decision made by the Shao family, Taishi Shao had to resign, rather than resigning automatically because of his death.If Grand Master Shao passed away as a Grand Master, his treatment after death would be totally different from that of an ordinary commoner.The ancients paid more attention to the ostentation of posthumous affairs than their status while alive.Grand Master Shao's move is the Shao family's confession to His Majesty.

After receiving the gift in return, Zhuo Ji changed into home clothes and lay down on the Arhat bed to rest.Wang Bao and Yuan Xiu came in from the outside, Xiaohui was kneeling behind her master and massaging her temples, Zhuo Ji was a little tired.

Wang Bao said in a low voice: "Master, Your Majesty has returned to the palace and said he is going to Yuxian Palace."

Zhuo Ji closed his eyes and said "Yes", Wang Bao paused, and then said: "Your Majesty, I heard that Taishi Shao was in court today and resigned from office, Your Majesty will approve."

Zhuo Ji opened his eyes.Yuan Xiu immediately said: "Fuquan came over and said that Zhao Yu and Chun Yu went to Gui Xi to ask what kind of medicinal materials are suitable for you to send to the master. It is a rare thing. It is said that the two family members are in the south of the Yangtze River, which is close to Nanyue."

After a long time, Zhuo Ji said: "I see. Wang Bao, go to Yuxian Palace and ask where His Majesty will spend the night tonight."

"Yes."