Chapter 233: The Boudoir
The progress of the Department of Hai Zheng Si was quite smooth.
After the morning court received a bunch of zhangbiao, after the court, the emperor summoned the ministers of the Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Public Works, and the relevant government offices, such as the Department of Maritime Affairs, to the Qianqing Palace.
The Ministry of the household reported: “all the ships of the early payments have been allocated, the Ministry of the deposit of silver is limited, can only be paid in installments, the major dockyards did not put forward too many requests. Dagu dockyard even took the initiative to say that the court can also be delayed to deliver the ship payment, I sent people and the other side after several negotiations, see the other side of the full sincerity, I will be with the agreement to a total of two payments to deliver, three years after the delivery of a payment, such as the ship is completed and then pay a payment.”
The emperor nodded slightly, and then looked at He Zong: “Where is the earliest ship to start construction?”
He Zong replied, “Back to the emperor, next month there will be three ships started successively, and in August it will reach ten ships started, to before the winter, all the ships must all start building.”
The emperor said, “The two ores called over last time, now can have sent people to go to survey?”
“A few days ago has already departed. At most two months will have results.”
“If the survey of mineral deposits is true, then seize the excavation, the court everywhere waiting for money, can sell money can think of ways.”
“Yes.”
After explaining the Ministry of Industry, the emperor stood up and turned to the Department of Hai Zheng Si to issue a message, “Duan Wang’s side should have already received the imperial decree, more urging him to develop mulberry and hemp, and earn more money from foreigners. You do not wait, send a few emissaries to the ocean to see.”
Waiting for the Secretary of the Sea Administration side of the words back to the end, the crowd only all retired.
And at this time four happy and took a few folded came in.
“Your Majesty ……”
“What is it?”
The emperor took off his tassel.
Four Happiness walked to him, “The Ministry of Rites has sent several folders, all of which are requesting the Emperor to establish a queen.”
The emperor’s hand paused for a moment, and after taking a deep breath, he put the tassel down.
Four Happiness quickly retracted his hand back: “Recently, the dynasty is too busy, if the emperor has no time to pay attention to these, I will first return it to Zhang Shangshu.”
Once upon a time in the face of such folding, the emperor always do not look at it on the side.
But recently this kind of zhangzuo is really more, four happiness is no way, really can not shirk, only sent to the emperor in front to shake a glance. Of course, the heart is also anxious, because two days ago, Zhong Lan to face admonition, only to be scolded away by the emperor.
“Which people handed?”
Unexpectedly, the emperor actually answered today, and while answering also while reaching out to him.
Four happiness quickly hand over the folding. “It is the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, two officials, and the Zongzheng courtyard side also handed over two copies.”
The emperor took it in his hand and turned over each one. Four Happiness carefully looked at him, only to see that he could not see any joy on his face, but there was definitely no unhappiness either.
“Every day just know let me set up the queen, also don’t say let me set up who, I am a person who stay in the palace every day, have seen a few girls? Where to know who is suitable for the queen?”
The emperor threw the folders back on the case.
Four happy a stare, immediately put the hooked waist to support the flute up.
The emperor turned to the door a sweep, see the door stood under the stout figure, squinting to hang in the top of the head of the bead curtain lifted some, and then twisted his head: “Today is Tong Ou on duty?”
Four happiness back to God: “It is Tong Og.”
The emperor put his hand down.
The light under the door dimmed, but Liang Ying also came.
The emperor simply turned around and walked towards the inner hall at the end of the curtain.
“Your Majesty!”
Liang Ying suddenly walked in, looking at the emperor who had stopped walking, he cleared his throat and said with his head hanging down, “Today is Elder Lady Luo’s birthday.”
The emperor stared: “How?”
Liang Ying hung his head even lower: “I heard that the Luo family didn’t invite too many guests this time, and only invited a few very important dignitaries. And these invited guests all happen to have marriageable girls in their homes.”
The emperor’s gaze flickered slightly, then he lifted the curtain and walked out.
After arriving in front of Liang Ying and looking at him for a moment, he turned to Tong Xu under the door.
“So, Marquis Qingyun has been invited to go?”
Liang Ying bent down without saying a word.
The emperor straightened his back, his hands slowly negative behind him. After looking at Si Xi for a moment, he said, “Go prepare another birthday gift for Old Lady Luo.”
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Zhao Su counted, the Luo family today invited a total of six families, and it is true that each family has a girl companion, one by one flamboyant, very eye-catching.
Zhao Su on this trip on the attitude of a hilarious, after all, she also knows that standing in the perspective of the Marquis of Qingyun, this kind of entertainment is necessary.
Although the Luo family’s power is not the same, but the camel is bigger than a horse, especially during the peace of these civil servants family, there is a royal cover, but also the potential is endless.
Although Zhao Su does not want to be the grandson’s daughter-in-law of the Luo family, but also do not want to lose any manners, so this time the clouds want to clothes and flowers want to bring.
Three people together, gossip is more.
Today is not so formal, the place of hospitality is located in the back garden of the Luo family a delicate and spacious two-story building, so guests can walk freely in the garden, – probably is also convenient for young men and women to have a chance encounter.
While sitting beside the flower garden, Yun wanted to dress in a know-it-all, so he gestured to the pavilion not far away a few qin-playing girls and said: “The one wearing the goose-yellow fan is Cheng Shiyun, the eldest granddaughter of Cheng Yao, the Minister of War, and the one wearing the coupling color is the youngest daughter of the former military governor’s vice-governor, General Song Tiener.
“Why should I single out two for you? Originally, they both had hopes of being chosen for the palace, but Cheng Shiyun is not in the same genus as the Emperor, and Song Tien’er has a sister who is hated by Prince Duan, so there’s definitely no hope of being the Empress.”
Zhao Su was more interested in the gossip of the Duan Wang who had fallen into the eye of money, “Why would he hate a girl’s family?”
Yun Qian Yi looks deeply at her, “Because this girl once made a fool of herself in order to get King Duan’s attention and killed a batch of mulberry silkworms that he had carefully raised and was preparing to spit out silk.”
Zhao Su opened her mouth wide – thinking of King Duan’s establishment in the silk industry, it was understandable that the silkworms would hate the murderer when they were killed.
However, hearing that it was so well established, she couldn’t help but stretch her neck to look over to the pavilion again, and to her surprise, the girls over there were also sizing her up on this side of the room.
“Miss Su.”
While pondering whether or not to show some social skills and go over to say hello, there was suddenly a gentle voice ringing in her ears.
Luo Yanru smiled as she stood beside a tank of lotus flowers, nodding gently towards Zhao Su: “There are few people at home, today’s hospitality is not good enough, I only came over to say hello to you at this time, please forgive me.”
Although Zhao Su felt that the Luo sisters’ performance was always a bit fake, but based on the fact that they still had real talent, she still admired them a bit inwardly, so to the suspected “scheming woman”, she was still different from Yu Qingping and He Wan Yu.
She stood up: “Miss Yan is polite, this arrangement is very good, I am very comfortable. You just go ahead and entertain the other guests.”
Instead, Luo Yanru came closer and sat down beside her, “I was just afraid that you would be constrained, so I proposed arranging it in the garden.”
Finishing her sentence, she surveyed her, “You are also a busy person, working as a full time employee of the forbidden guards department, and also the Flower Moon Society, will coming here today delay the main event?”