Chapter 609 Different Treatments
Xiao Jingheng couldn't help laughing at Shangguan Jing's words. He tapped his wife's nose lightly, and said with a smile, "What are you doing with her? Since the queen is not free, let's go back, let's go, I will walk with you."

"Don't you need to go to the imperial study to find your father?" Shangguan Jing asked with wide eyes, "You figured out everything yesterday?"

"Accompany you first." Xiao Jingheng took Shangguan Jing's hand and interlocked his fingers: "Let him wait."

"Okay." Shangguan Jing couldn't help laughing: "You go to the imperial study room, I won't go back yet! I'll go to elder sister's place to sit."

"I'll take you there." Xiao Jingheng turned around immediately: "Just wait for me at your sister's place. I'll pick you up before lunch, and we'll go back together."

Xiao Jingheng sent Shangguanjing all the way to the gate of Hanchun Palace, and then turned to go to the imperial study.

Shangguan Luan knew that Shangguan Jing was coming to the harem today, and had been waiting for her for a long time. Yunque personally looked at the gate of Hanchun Palace many times since he got up early in the morning.Seeing Xiao Jingheng personally sending Shangguan Jing over, and the young couple kissing sweetly, Yunque couldn't help showing a gratified old mother smile.

When Shangguan Jing came over, she brought a lot of things, which she brought back from Qingzhou and Jiangdu, and gave to Shangguan Luan.Although Shangguan Luan was pampered by the old emperor and lacked everything, she still seemed very happy when she saw the gift brought by Shangguan Jing.

These gifts were not perfunctory as given to the Empress Dowager and Empress Chen, but were chosen by Shangguanjing herself. Not to mention whether they were priceless, the intentions contained in them had already made Shangguan Luan happy enough.

"Sister, look at this." Shangguanjing put a flat brocade box in front of Shangguanluan, opened it, and found an exquisite round fan inside, but it was not the silk fan commonly used by noble ladies nowadays. The pattern is not painted either.

Even Shangguan Luan, who was coaxed by the emperor with a bunch of novelty jewels all day long, couldn't help but feel a little rare when he saw this round fan.

"Sister, look, this is what the Wu family copied from their rare treasure storehouse when they ransacked their home." Shangguan Jing smiled happily. She picked up the round fan and stuffed it into Shangguan Luan's hand like a little sister presenting treasures. : "Ivory woven inlaid with ivory dyed carved orchid and chrysanthemum pattern round fan, we have never seen such a good thing in the palace, have we?"

Shangguan Luan's eyes widened slightly, and he took a closer look at the round fan, it was indeed exquisite.The round fan is in the shape of a crabapple flower, with a tortoise shell frame inlaid on the side of the fan, bone beads and enamel handle embedded, and embossed orchids and chrysanthemums made of ivory embedded in the fan surface, which is extremely luxurious.

Shangguan Luan stretched out her hand and touched the white fan that seemed to be woven. It was very thin and light, and felt cool to the bone. It felt different from silk. Even though she had seen a lot, she couldn't see what it was made of.

"This is..." Shangguan Luan raised his fan slightly suspiciously.

"Eldest sister can't see it," Shangguan Jing smiled smugly, like a little mouse who stole oil: "This fan is also made of ivory."

"What?" Shangguan Luan's eyes widened slightly: "How could it be..."

"It's true!" Shangguan Jing nodded: "I heard that it is a unique craft that a talented ivory carver in Qingzhou spent decades researching. The ivory is soaked in the potion to soften the ivory, and then the ivory is made It can be made into very thin tooth pieces, which can be made into fans and ivory mats after polishing and smoothing the tooth pieces for weaving and drawing.”

"It's really rare." Shangguan Luan waved his fan, looking like he couldn't put it down, but he asked very rationally: "But this is a criminal property that can't be copied, why did you take it out so casually? Got it, isn't it a ready-made handle? Before you left Beijing, I clearly told you that the Crown Prince's position in the court is not stable right now, so you have to be cautious in your words and deeds."

"Don't worry, elder sister, I remember your words clearly!" Shangguanjing immediately raised her head and replied like a proud little peacock: "All confiscated property has been registered. There is no household registration department for these things, but But we paid the account through the Ministry of Households, and we randomly selected some things from the Wu family's criminal property to give to the Empress Dowager and Empress Chen, if you want to worry about it, let's worry about them first."

"Thinking about what I am doing." Although Shangguan Luan was happy, he still scolded his sister stiffly: "Is there anything I can't do here? You can't go to him if you want anything, and you still need to dump things at me." .”

"Sister, I don't know. Although this fan was copied from Wu's family, it does not belong to the confiscated property of the household registration department. The owner of this fan gave it to the prince." Shangguanjing said in front of Shangguanluan , opened the four identical brocade boxes she brought, inside were three round fans with different patterns, and a more delicate folding fan with woven patterns.

"And these things will disappear in the future, and the world will only have these four fans. The Wu family is domineering in Qingzhou. The ivory carving artist originally opened a small shop and sold some ivory and bamboo carvings to make a living. Later, after the Wu family discovered his craftsmanship , forcibly bought these four fans that he exhausted his painstaking effort to make."

"Forcing to buy and sell is not enough. My sister also saw that the weaving fan is cold to the bone. Then Mr. Wu got this fan and somehow wanted to let the craftsman weave a summer mat for him. The craftsman firmly refused. , told Mr. Wu that an elephant has only two tusks, which is the rule in the industry, but I don’t know how much ivory will be wasted on the tooth mat. They have the rule in the ivory carving industry, and the craftsmanship must not be excessive. This kind of mat does not know how much it will hurt. The life of an elephant will harm the peace of heaven and will be punished."

"When he refused, Mr. Wu detained him in his own private prison and beat him in every possible way. The craftsman refused to give in and simply broke his own finger. Mr. Wu was so angry that he felt that the craftsman would die like this. I was not enough to vent my anger, so I planned to continue to abuse, but it just happened to catch up with us to go to Qingzhou. The prince entered the Wu family's private prison and rescued all the people in it, including this craftsman."

"He thanked the crown prince and told the crown prince that he had four fans made with all his life's painstaking efforts and fell into the hands of the Wu family. Logically speaking, the original owner is still there. This fan came from a wrong path. The confiscated property should be returned to the original owner. But the craftsman gave the fan to the prince. First, he was grateful for the life-saving grace. Second, the craftsman said that he did not intend to pass on his exhausted craftsmanship to others. But such things, he also I don't want to fall into the hands of others, so as not to be born with the same thoughts as Mr. Wu. So the eldest sister is safe to take it, this is mine, I can give it to whoever I want, even if the courtiers know, they don't care not over my head."

"So that's how it is." Shangguan Luan sighed: "There is nothing wrong with skills, but the wrong thing is people's greed."

 ——Here is the dividing line for gift giving——
  They are all gifts, and of course the elder sister's treatment is different from that of Queen Chen and the Queen Mother.It's a good thing to take out quietly.

  I updated it every now and then, I was too busy to update it at noon.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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