Chapter 67 Before the birthday feast
The lanterns of the palace sway, and the golden hall and jade pendant bead curtains.
There are many pavilions and pavilions in Yanfu Palace. After the Emperor Zhao Jie ascended the throne, he was dissatisfied with the narrowness of the palace. After the expansion of Yanfu Palace, he was elegant and comfortable. It was a place to have fun in his spare time, and the family banquet held by the Empress Dowager's birthday was also placed here.
Zhao Jie was feasting for all the ministers outside, and most of the concubines in Yanfu Palace were concubines, and several relatives of favored concubines were able to have a place in the hall, such as Wan Yin, the father of Concubine Wan. The empress of the dynasty was frugal by nature and did not set up a government policy for the family. Instead, few concubines were favored. However, the empress dowager, who was the queen, liked to have a stable position, and she just sat quietly in the upper house for a birthday party.
Concubine Wan is the most favored beauty, but she is not as proud as she is. She has all kinds of etiquette on the surface. The father-in-law Wan Yin is also self-aware and talks with several relatives alone in a corner. She doesn't take the initiative to find her and will not talk about friendship.
After Cao Hua entered the palace, he kept carrying his chariot forward. Princess Yong'an asked him to retreat on the road, but he pretended that he had not heard it. Several young eunuchs dared not speak, and walked forward with a tough bullet. Several times they actually took the wrong path.
The main reason is that Cao Hua didn't know the way, so he walked there, and a few eunuchs hurriedly followed him, "How can you not go wrong when you go through this blindness?"
In the end, Cao Hua deliberately slowed down and followed a little eunuch to find Yanfu Palace.
Yanfu Palace is very big, with people circling around everywhere. Cao Hua still followed Princess Yong'an's buttocks without changing his face, pretending to be strolling in the garden.
Zhao Tianluo was wearing a jade hairpin on his head, which was the one customized by Wanbaolou. The jade pendant in his ears shaking as he walked. She put her hands on her waist and couldn't help but walk. She turned her head and said coldly: "Cao Hua, what are you doing with me?"
"Just go along the way."
Cao Hua stopped and pretended to admire the scenery of the pavilions and towers of Yanfu Palace.
Zhao Tianluo frowned slightly and continued to move forward. Sure enough, the thief Cao followed again, obviously planning to be inappropriate.
After all, in the palace city, she didn't believe that the traitor dared to attack her, so she walked towards the hall with a calm face. Thinking that when she arrived in front of the empress dowager, she would not dare to act rashly no matter how brave she was.
I trotted all the way and finally arrived in the hall.
Cao Hua naturally stopped following him. He could only tell from his clothes that one was the imperial concubine and Zhaoyi, and he could not look around.
There were no famous brands on the table, so he didn't know his position, so he found a place at the end and sat down.
He was casual, and the people next to him were stunned. The person sitting at the back was either the unfamous little prince-in-law or the relatives of some concubines. He sat down, stood up directly on three rows of tables in front, back, left and right, pretended to go out to enjoy the scenery or meet an acquaintance, and ran away cleanly.
In the bustling hall, a free area of more than meter in size was empty, leaving only Cao Taisui, who was dressed in brocade clothes and dressed in his own mouth.
He is so handsome, and it turns out that he is always the focus there.
At this moment, Cao Hua could only sigh like this, praying for the birthday party to start early, and the real gun and live ammunition were gone in three minutes.
"Master!"
Cao Hua was closing his eyes and pretending to be cold. A muttering sound suddenly came. He looked sideways, but he saw the Grand Official Yuchi who was wearing a robe that was not matched with the prince, happily following him.
Yuchi Hu's biological mother was the daughter of a prince, and she was considered a relative, so today she came to celebrate her birthday on behalf of Duke Zheng.
Finally, when he saw someone who knew each other, Cao Hua breathed a sigh of relief and turned his head and said, "Don't call me master, what should I do if the Queen Mother hears it?"
By seniority, the Emperor Yuchi called him his master, so the empress dowager of the dynasty would have to call him "little brother".
Master Yuchi smiled and came over and said mysteriously: "Mr. Cao, I just found out some good news. Do you want to hear it?"
Cao Hua shook his wine glass with a bored look: "Say."
Yuchi Hu stretched out three fingers and shook them: "Three poems!"
"roll!"
"Don't go! Whoever we follow?"
Yuchi Hu smashed his mouth and put down his two fingers: "Just one song, you need more words."
He is still a little profiteer. Knowing more is good, and big is beautiful.
The poems in Cao Hua's belly are worth a thousand gold, so how could he take them out casually? He waved his hand casually: "One thousand taels per poem, one penny is not allowed to talk about it."
"real?"
Yuchi Hu's eyes lit up and he nodded: "Well... the price is still Cao Gong's kindness."
As he said that, he began to touch the silver on his body.
This reaction shocked Cao Hua. How much money has this stupid man, a thousand taels per poem been cheated? He regretted that the price was low.
Fortunately, today is the birthday party of the empress dowager. In order to make the evil son dress neatly, the Duke's wife took away all the silver notes. Yuchi Hu touched him for a long time before his face was embarrassed: "Why, do you owe him first?"
Cao Hua snorted: "Take money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand. The price will rise tomorrow, two thousand taels per song."
"Oh! It's all up to Fan Chenglin's price, but with Cao Gong's reputation, he is still kind. No problem. I'll go back to steal the keys in the study tonight."
“….”
Cao Hua held it in for a long time, and with his face, Rao had no excuse to raise the price again, so he could only wave his hand and said, "The deal is only one song, there is no more."
"A song is OK, which one should be broken."
"Breaking the belly?!"
"I'm wrong to open up the world."
"What?"
"Shocking?"
....
After a few words, Cao Hua understood why there was such a friend in the past, because he also liked this funny guy, which made him half-deadly popular, but he probably didn't have many intentions to kill. After getting along for a long time, he could bring anyone a sense of superiority in IQ.
Yuchi Hu had a bad habit of being fraternity. He married a lot of wives and concubines at the age of twenty, but he still liked him and took him to the Duke's house. He was really not sorry for spending money on women. The old Duke was so angry that he thrust.
Over time, many women from poor families, who want to climb high, actually went to the Duke's Mansion to stroll, waiting for the Grand Official Yuchi to come out to harm others.
In short, Yuchi Hu is a standard playboy, but he is definitely not a villain like Cao Hua. The literati is really annoyed by him, but he also said something good. The few courtesans are naturally waiting for the guests of honor.
However, the great official of Yuchi has always regarded himself as a literati and gentleman. He likes to impress the soul of a beautiful woman with his literary talent. He likes to invite the young talented woman to the Duke's Mansion to discuss poetry, which makes many talented women look disgusted when they hear the news. He is really invited back to listen to the "Big Turtle Fu" overnight. It is better to do something else.
While the two were chatting, a group of people appeared behind the hall. The leader was an old woman, who was very old and had no special place except for her gorgeous and kind clothes.
Everyone returned to their seats, and the elders of the clan sat at the front, with more than a dozen princes at the next level, and behind them were princesses and concubines, etc., neatly arranged according to their status.
Cao Hua thought he was just waiting for the palace maid to serve the food, but he didn't expect that the empress dowager swept around the hall, and the first sentence was:
"Where is Cao Hua?"
Cao Hua got up and walked into the hall, and followed the etiquette he had learned secretly, feeling confused: Could it be that he really sat in the wrong position and should he be with those eunuchs?
"No gift, Cao Hua, sit next to Luoer."
The Empress Dowager sat down with the help of the queen of the current dynasty, pointing her eyes to the backs of the bunch of princes.
Cao Hua was a little confused, but he could ask randomly about this occasion. After seeing the ceremony, he walked to the small table beside Princess Yong'an and sat down.
I glanced at me secretly and found that Zhao Tianluo was also opening his eyes wide, holding his hands tightly at the corners of the group, and deliberately moved a little to the side.
There was also a beautiful woman dressed in a palace dress next to her, who was as round as the ripe peach apricot, but she couldn't tell the specific age. She held Zhao Tianluo's hand and comforted her quietly:
"Don't be afraid, it's all here."
This sentence surprised Cao Hua and Zhao Tianluo.
Everyone sat down, and the eunuch came forward to say some scenes. The princes and princesses came forward to greet each other. Hundreds of people in the hall could only watch, and could not eat pastries or whisper.
After the ceremony, it was a birthday celebration. Representatives of various vassal kings wrote a golden book and said something to send over. Finally, they added a sentence of "Longevity is better than Nanshan". After this process, it took half an hour to go through.
Cao Hua was very interested in seeing it. After all, it was the first time he was there to observe what the emperor's home looked like.
It is grand and natural, and there is actually no lack of human feelings, but this is naturally superficial. The unintentional eyes of several concubines represent everything.
After the prince’s relatives are finished, they are relatives, that is, families with foreign surnames such as the son-in-law and uncle.
There are not many people from other families who can enter the palace to celebrate their birthday and have the lowest status, but they will never dare to give up the vassal kings. Perhaps they are not as generous as the prince sends several ships, but their exquisiteness and preciousness must be the best level in the world.
Silk, porcelain, tea, etc., seem to be just coming forward to celebrate the birthday, but behind everyone, there must be a huge business world behind them. Everyone has agreed that they will go up in the same batch, which is what the empress dowager likes. As long as the empress dowager likes, the three thousand beauties in the harem will also like it, which will then affect the emperor and the three provinces and six ministries, which is the heart of the world, and then spread to the whole world. The word "imperial commerce" has a very transcendent status.
As a modern person, Cao Hua thought he was knowledgeable and he was dazzled after reading it. It’s easy to say that the things lost in history can emerge, which basically represents the highest craftsmanship level of this era.
After the largest number of products are delivered, they will be smaller industries.
In the hall, Wan Yin, the father-in-law sitting in the back, saw Concubine Wan's eyes, stood up respectfully, walked to the front with a warm face and gave a big gift:
Chapter completed!