[Red House] A beautiful girl welcomes the spring

Jia Yan's words were soon passed on to the emperor.The emperor squinted his eyes and glanced at the ten lines, then called the servant to fetch a brazier, and set it on fire.

As the flames flickered, the emperor's face sank into the water.

At the same time, in Honghui Hall, the closest Hougong Pavilion to the emperor's Funing Hall, a beautiful woman in palace attire was sitting under the window and drawing. The night scene of Heying Pond in the family-speaking villa built by the Zhu family.

Obviously, this beautiful woman in palace attire is Zhu Guiren, who is second only to the queen in the palace.She should be 32 years old this year, with apricot eyes, peach cheeks, icy skin and snow skin, a pair of bright eyes, sparkling with affection, seems to hide a thousand words, seems to be telling; a black hair, combed delicately The snake bun, matched with carefully selected jewelry, looks extraordinarily beautiful and delicate.It was obviously a very common emerald-colored palace dress, but she was more bookish than others.

Such noble Zhu, it is hard to believe that she is actually the daughter of a general.It was precisely such noble Zhu that the emperor held in his palm and pampered him for more than ten years.

Honghui Hall is the closest hall to the emperor's Funing Hall in the harem. Although it is relatively small in the harem, it is also smaller than other halls. There are no low-ranking concubines in it.In this full palace, apart from the queen, she is the only one in the palace of the high-ranking concubines, and there are no low-ranking concubines here.As long as the gate of the Honghui Palace is closed, the entire Honghui Palace is her world alone.Here, she can completely regard herself as the emperor's wife.

She is a nobleman, the first of the three nobles, and her status is second only to the queen.Although they are concubines in terms of status, how can the emperor's concubine be the same as the concubine of the official family?Not to mention, the current empress only has that title left.

At this time, a small servant hurried in and whispered in Sun Shangshi's ear for a while, Sun Shangshi's eyes widened in surprise, waiting for Mrs. Zhu to put down the big dye in his hand, and was about to take a small dye When picking up the rouge color, Sun Shangshi quickly stepped forward and whispered in the nobleman's ear.

Zhu Guiren didn't take it seriously at first, but after a while, he couldn't help frowning.

She dropped the pen in her hand, turned her head and said, "Is this true?"

"Your Majesty, Concubine Shu's words have already reached Long Live. You have to guard against it."

Lord Zhu tilted his head slightly, thought for a while, and said, "Concubine Shu is really extraordinary."

There was obvious admiration in that tone.

Sun Shangshi was dumbfounded: "Your Majesty?"

Zhu Guiren said: "There is one thing, Concubine Shu is right. Although my second elder brother is far away from the capital on the west sea coast, my Zhu family has already won three points in the world. If you mention it, I will also mention it to Long Live."

Sun Shangshi said in surprise, "Your Majesty means..."

"The trust of the king is the blessing of the courtiers. After gaining the trust of the king, the courtiers should also be cautious. This is the duty of the courtiers." Zhu Gui's voice was very calm, "What's more, my brother is far away from the West Sea. Holding a heavy army. Even if there is no Concubine Shu, there will be others who will speak up in front of Long Live. Concubine Shu maintains the imperial power of Long Live, this is Concubine Shu's duty. What is Concubine Shu's fault?"

Lord Zhu knows very well that the emperor is the master who employs people without doubting others.There is no doubt that the emperor let her second brother lead the army to guard Xihai Yanzi all the time, which is the trust in her second brother and their Zhu family.Similarly, the emperor is also a narrow-minded person. Even for her sake, the emperor will not do anything to her brother. That is because Xihai Yanzi is too far away from the capital, and her second brother can only be in the hands of the emperor. Deter Xiaoxiao's armed forces.What's the matter, even if her second brother is good at fighting, it is very difficult to rush to help the capital, let alone other things.

Seeing Mrs. Zhu like this, Sun Shangshi couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his voice: "Your Majesty! This Concubine Shu clearly wants to step on your Majesty! Your Majesty even speaks for her!"

"Fang Fei," Zhu Gui smiled, calling Sun Shangshi's boudoir name, and said, "Do you think that Concubine Shu is the only one in this palace who wants to step on me? It's not just her, which of the women in the palace doesn't want to?" Step on me? It's just that those people came secretly, while Concubine Shu was on the bright side. And Long live us, what he hates the most is the conspiracy behind the scenes. Let Wanzai take a look."

Concubine Jia Shu looked like she was walking a tightrope and risking her life, but in fact she was very safe.

Sun Fangfei was taken aback, and her voice became more and more anxious: "Your Majesty, what you mean is that this Concubine Shu also touched it..."

Before today, the only people in the palace who could feel the pulse of the emperor and be in tune with the emperor were their noble ladies and concubines, but now it seems that this concubine Shu also has two brushes.

Sun Fangfei said anxiously: "My lady. Concubine Shu is only 14 years old this year, and she has such abilities. My lady has to guard against it~!"

Zhu Guiren glanced at Sun Fangfei, and said: "This palace knows. Pass on the word, the Honghui Hall of this palace is not allowed to speak bad things about Concubine Shu, only good things about her!"

"Miss?"

Sun Fangfei was taken aback for a moment, and then she understood.

That's right, the emperor took this set.

If you speak ill of Concubine Shu in front of the emperor, their noble concubine is already in her thirties, and Concubine Shu is only 14 years old this year, she is still a half-grown child.If they speak ill of Concubine Shu, then in the eyes of Long Live, it is their empress who can't tolerate others.

Therefore, it is necessary to say good things about Concubine Shu, so that it will appear that their concubines are tolerant!

Zhu Guiren's order quickly spread to every corner of Honghui Palace, and also reached the ears of her son, the sixth prince.

As for the evening, as usual, the emperor did not turn over the sign but went directly to the Honghui Palace of Zhu Guiren.When the emperor came, Mrs. Zhu was still painting under the window, and there were more than a dozen boxes one foot square on the floor of the main hall of Honghui Hall.

The emperor didn't ask anyone to inform, but walked in directly, walked up to Zhu Guiren, looked at it for a while, and suddenly reached out and grabbed the pen in Zhu Guiren's hand.

"Oh!"

Mrs. Zhu quickly turned around.

"His Majesty."

Apart from the emperor, there is no one else who can play this game with noble Zhu in Honghui Hall and in front of the female officials and servants here.

Master Zhu turned around skillfully, bowed down, and saluted the emperor.

Before she could bow down, the emperor stretched out his hands and helped her up.

"Xiang'er going back this time, how is everyone at home? How is the old lady?"

Zhu Gui smiled and said: "Your Majesty, everything is fine. After several years, my mother is still full of black hair, and my brother and sister-in-law are also fine. Even my nephew and niece are all gone, and I can hardly recognize them. My second brother And someone brought something back with them.”

The emperor pointed to the small boxes on the ground in the middle of the room, and said, "But these?"

"Exactly."

While the imperial concubine was speaking, the maid Sun Fangfei had already opened one of the boxes.

In an instant, the jewels illuminated everyone's eyes.

"This is……"

Zhu Guiren said: "These are the things my second elder brother wrote to my third elder brother to ask my third elder brother to bring them back from the West Coast. Long live also knows that the gemstones in the Western Regions are extremely famous, and good jewels are hard to come by. It’s just that most of the soldiers at the frontier are ignorant, and those rich merchants who will go to the Western Regions are even more treacherous. The jewels that the soldiers exchanged for their lives are worthless when they say a few words. The imperial court’s military salary can’t arrive on time At the border, my second brother often had to rely on them, so he could only turn a blind eye and suffer in vain. The order of visiting relatives was issued the year before last, and my third brother personally went to Xihai Yanzi. Zhi immediately gathered 100 boxes of these jewels. The second brother thought that the total price of these jewels was only [-] million taels of silver. How ruthless are they in suppressing the price--the third brother asked me to bring these back yesterday. These were collected by the soldiers under my second brother's command. It is said that it is because of me that they have not been in arrears with their military salary for three years The above is the military supplies, although not all of them, there are half of them. They have nothing to honor, so they honor me with this. I think, this is their wish and the second brother asked the third brother to bring it back specially. If It's not good to refuse. In addition, Wansui is short of money, this can also solve Wansui's urgent need."

To be more precise, Mr. Zhu's family slowly sold the jewels in their hands, while building their own family-saving villa.Although the size was determined by Mrs. Zhu, unlike Jia Yan, Mrs. Zhu just sat at home and had to send the design drawings to her for review before purchasing and decorating all the furnishings of the relatives' villa.Zhu Guiren is the concubine who is second only to the queen in the palace, and it is impossible to check the whole process - after all, she is only a concubine, not the main queen, and it is already a lot to see her family once a month.

Therefore, the furnishings in Zhu's relatives' villa were arranged by Zhu Guiren's parents according to Zhu Guiren's preferences when he was at home.

The jewels that Mr. Zhu brought back this time accounted for nearly two-thirds of the total sent back by General Zhu.General Zhu originally thought that these jewels were worth about 100 million, but the fact is that only one-third of them are worth at least 200 million!The things Zhu Guiren brought back now, if the person who handles them is smart enough, they can be sold for 450 million taels of silver!This is already higher than the court's annual tea tax!

The emperor was taken aback: "It turned out that Mingcheng asked □□ to bring it back."

Zhu Gui said: "Yes. My second brother also told my third brother that in the past two years, thanks to Concubine Jia Shu's breeding recipes, the soldiers can eat sixty percent full, and occasionally get some precious chickens and ducks, which are good medicines , even if it is not used at the border, it would be very good to sell it in Beijing. Your Majesty, Concubine Shu is indeed a capable person."

When the emperor heard that, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he said, "Xiang'er has thought about what she said, how can I thank Concubine Shu?"