Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

Zhou Hang caught up with Daiyu and asked her, "Why are you running?"

After asking, I felt that I was asking too much, so I laughed.After laughing, he stared at Daiyu. Daiyu felt a little embarrassed, so he changed the subject and asked, "Don't you want to know about the cook? Come here, and I'll tell you the whole thing."

Daiyu glanced at him vigilantly, wrinkled the tip of her nose slightly, and finally walked over.

Zhou Hang casually took out a fox fur blanket from his purse, spread it on the floor, and asked Daiyu to sit down.He was afraid that he would show too close, and Daiyu would run away again in shyness. He didn't dare to sit next to Daiyu, but sat down on the grass opposite to her, then pulled a blade of grass, and bit her mouth informally. .Daiyu's eyes focused on the grass for a moment, she frowned slightly, then lowered her head and smiled again, the smile was subtle and sweet.

Zhou Hang also smiled, and said: "The two hundred cooks I found have all been specially trained, and they are very good at handling sweet potatoes. There is a sweet potato banquet today, and the dignitaries in the capital will probably have to go back home. I'm looking for a cook who can cook sweet potatoes. There are so many wealthy families and dignitaries in the capital, and two hundred of them are not enough. Once I changed hands, I got thousands of silver."

"You are the crown prince, not a businessman, so you have the guts to be so calculating!" Daiyu frowned and said with a look of disdain, "Are you short of money?"

Zhou Hang stretched his feet forward, moved his buttocks, and moved to Daiyu, he said with a smile: "Although I am not short of money, I am not rich either."

Daiyu disagreed: "Which one of the things that the Holy Majesty rewarded you is not worth a few thousand silver? I don't believe you when you say you have no money."

Zhou Hang shook his head and said: "Although the things are all good things, they all have the emblem of the emperor's private treasury. Even if I take them out, no one dares to buy them. Although the emperor loves me, I can't always ask him for it. Spend the money. All I can use is my own salary, which is 1000 taels a year, and I have to support a lot of court ladies and eunuchs, and I have to give out some rewards from time to time..."

It was only after he became the crown prince that he realized that not all royal relatives had gold and silver mountains to squander at will.The concubines and princes in the palace all have a share and an annual salary, so they don't just have to ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs if they want something.The annual salary of a noble concubine is 1000 taels, the crown prince is the same as the noble concubine, and the concubine's annual salary is 800 taels.The expenses in the palace are high, and all the good things are used, and the price of any one is several times that of the outside.Therefore, without the help of her family, it is not easy for a concubine or prince to live decently.

All Zhou Hang's expenses are paid directly from the Emperor's Palace, so they are naturally top-notch, and there is actually no place to spend money.In fact, his job of getting a cook this time is not entirely for the sake of earning a few thousand silver, but mainly to stir up the atmosphere and make it look like a cook who knows how to cook sweet potatoes is in demand, and it is also a plan for the future.

There is another reason, he didn't have the nerve to tell Daiyu, but also indirectly revealed to his father that in the future, he should not only give things to his son, but also have to give some money. These days, it is difficult to do things without money!

Daiyu didn't know Zhou Hang's plan, she bit her lip, hesitated, and said, "Brother Hang...are you short of money?"

Zhou Hang knew what she meant as soon as he heard it, and quickly waved his hands and said, "I'm not short of money, I'm just joking. Besides, even if I'm short of money, I can't take your Lin family's. It would be too embarrassing for my crown prince."

As he spoke, he laughed and diverted from other matters.

Li Zhao also soon heard about Zhou Hang's training of cooks, and he said half-jokingly and half-teaching: "I see you are free, you might as well care about political affairs if you have that time—" Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Hang Then he waved his hand and said: "My son, I'm a little tight lately, it just happened to catch up with this matter, and I can earn some quick money to spend..."

"You are the prince!" Li Zhao lifted the memorial in his hand, and frowned, "How can you, how can you compete with businessmen for profit? Isn't this not doing business properly? Also, you are my prince, you will lack Is it money?"

Zhou Hang nodded sincerely: "Father, I am really short of money..."

"You—" Li Zhao was stunned for a moment, then turned around and shouted, "Wei Xing'an!"

Wei Xing'an quickly ran over, bowed and said, "Your servant is here, what orders does Long Live have?"

"From now on, 200 taels of gold will be allocated to the prince from my private treasury every month." After speaking, Li Zhao looked behind Zhou Hang, "Is it enough?"

It was within Zhou Hang's expectation that Li Zhao would give the money, but he did not expect that his emperor father would be so generous, as soon as he asked for 200 taels of gold.One tael of gold is equal to twelve taels of silver, and 200 taels of gold equals 2000 taels of silver.Zhou Hang pulled the corner of his mouth, revealing two rows of white teeth, "Enough, enough, hehe..."

"You look worthless!" Li Zhao couldn't help laughing as he said that.

Wei Xing'an brought tea, and seeing Zhou Hang was there, Li Zhao waved his hand to let him go, and looked at Zhou Hang, meaning to let Zhou Hang brew it.Zhou Hang turned around and went to the side hall. Wei Xing'an's apprentice Xiao Shunzi had already boiled water, and the chrysanthemum tea leaves were placed in a delicate red lacquer box.Zhou Hang scalded the gaiwan with boiling water, took a few petals of chrysanthemums and put them in the gaiwan, first poured boiling water on it, soaked for a while, then poured out the water, and poured in slightly cooler boiled water again.

Wei Xing'an kept watching the banquet, seeing that Zhou Hang hadn't moved, he hesitated and said, "Your Highness, is this... alright?"

"Okay." Zhou Hang nodded.

Wei Xing'an was depressed, the steps of His Highness's tea making are much simpler than his, and I don't know why Long Live likes the tea so much.He has been brewing tea for decades, and he thinks that his technique is still good, but for some reason, it is not as fragrant as His Royal Highness's casual brewing.Originally, he thought His Highness the Crown Prince had some secret recipe, but today he didn't feel any difference from the beginning to the end, which is really strange.

"Wei Xing'an, what are you doing in a daze, the tea is already brewed, hurry up and send it to the emperor!"

Wei Xing'an hurriedly said "Hey" and picked up the tea, Zhou Hang also stood up at this moment.He bowed and waited for Zhou Hang to leave first, and followed behind with tea in his hand.

Recently, a small country in Yidi in the south came to Beijing for congratulations, and brought many strange things, many of which were clothes and jewelry commonly used by local noble women.The Ministry of Internal Affairs sorted it out and sent it to Li Zhao. After she looked at it, she gave it to the ministers of internal and external affairs and the family members of the palace to play with.

Zhou Hang didn't think about anything else, he just looked at the boxes of clothes and headgear.

Looking at the style, it is similar to the costumes of the Chinese Yao people on the earth. They are simple and elegant, especially the headgear, which is gorgeous but not messy, very beautiful.Zhou Hang remembered that one year during the summer vacation, her mother took her to Yunnan to play. The place she went to was the Yao family, and the people there were very hospitable.Before leaving, my mother also bought a set of local costumes. After wearing them, she became a fairy of beauty.

Thinking, thinking, his mother's face became blurred in his mind, and Daiyu's face gradually became clear.He thought that if Sister Lin wore this dress and this headgear, she would definitely be no worse than his mother.

Li Zhao said to Zhou Hang: "You can take whatever you like."

Zhou Hang was a little embarrassed to say in Li Zhao's face that he wanted women's clothes and headgear, he would definitely laugh at him.Little did he know that Li Zhao had already seen through it, and waved his hand to make the waiter retreat. He smiled a little maliciously, and deliberately asked Zhou Hang what he wanted.

Zhou Hang felt that his father was too bad, and he couldn't do what he wanted, so he just said, "Father knows, why ask on purpose."

Li Zhao sighed, grabbed Zhou Hang's shoulder and said, "We father and son are really alike, a pair of infatuated seeds."

Zhou Hang shook his head: "I'm different from you."

"What is the difference?"

"I only give my heart to one person, and this is the only person in my life."

"How do you know..." the emperor wanted to say, how do you know that my heart is not dedicated to one person?Although I used to be absurd, but after having her, she is the only one.But he also felt that it would be petty to tell his son this, anyway, he would know sooner or later.

"Hang'er, take those boxes away." Li Zhao pointed to the boxes containing clothes and jewelry.

Zhou Hang waved his hands again and again, "Sister Lin can't wear so many clothes, besides, many people know that there are clothes and jewelry in the tribute this time. As far as I know, all the ladies in the palaces are secretly planning how to ask for it from the emperor, son. If all the ministers move away, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you, Father, to explain."

"I am the emperor, do I have to explain to them?" Li Zhao frowned, a little unhappy.

Someone muttered: "I don't want my sister Lin to be blackmailed..."

After hearing this, Li Zhao didn't know whether to be angry or laugh. "You brat, why are you so worthless? Hmph, I think you've become a fearful person before you get married!"

If it were any other prince, he would have already slapped him in greeting.It is okay for a man to love his wife, but he must not lose his principle.But for this son whom he owed for many years, he couldn't do anything after all.What's more, his son grew up with his mother when he was young.His wife is a deviant little girl, so it is not surprising that she would raise a deviant son.

It's also fortunate that the girl of the Lin family is sensible, otherwise he wouldn't dare to let his son marry her.If she was a Daji or Baosi, her son would definitely be King Zhou of Shang and King You of Zhou.

Zhou Hang picked out a bright red dress, sterling silver bracelets, necklaces, head ornaments, etc., and sent them to Daiyu.

It was Koizumi who delivered the food, and Daiyu was eating watermelon with a few maids in the room.It is very hot outside in summer, and it is cooler with ice cubes in the house.Hearing that Koizumi was coming, Daiyu said, "Please come in." He is a man who has been cleansed, and he is no longer a man, so it doesn't matter if he is called in directly.

Hui'er went out to call the people in person, and after a while, Koizumi followed in.Behind him were two small servants, who together lifted a large box.

Daiyu asked: "What good things? I sent you to send them."

Koizumi said, "Miss, you'll know when you look at it."

When I opened the box, I couldn't see what it was.It turned out that there were two small boxes inside the box. When I opened the small box, I saw the clothes and accessories inside. When I opened the box again, it was something I had never seen or heard before.

Daiyu held it in her hand and looked at it, wondering, "It doesn't look like something from the north... I haven't seen it in Jiangnan either."

Koizumi said: "I heard that a small country in the south of the Lingnan paid tribute, His Royal Highness picked some for you."

Daiyu compared a bracelet in her hand, "It's because he has a heart."

Koizumi is also very clever, upon hearing this, he smiled and said: "Miss, what you say is intentional, our prince has nothing to say to the girl, he really thinks of the girl all the time, and he will try his best to get any good things." Miss, he is not willing to use it himself—”

As soon as Daiyu mentioned this, she stared and reprimanded: "What are you talking about with your mouth full of nonsense? Say one more thing, see if I don't let someone slap you on the mouth!"

Koizumi hurriedly knelt down and slapped himself on the mouth. While slapping, he said he would not bother the girl to beat him. He did it himself, and then scolded himself: "What nonsense are you talking about! You must have made Miss Lin angry, you really should put it on me!" Beat me to death!" Looking at Daiyu again, "I offended the young lady with my reckless words, the young lady should at least be kind and let me spare this time. Otherwise, I'll let our prince know when I go back, and this little life of my servant will be gone."

"Your prince won't want your life." Daiyu said while waving her hands, "Get up, let's see if you still talk nonsense in the future."

Koizumi laughed and said, "I don't dare to talk nonsense anymore."