System, help me be an empress

Chapter 124 It's New Year's Eve

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the streets and alleys in Shanghai are full of New Year flavor, and it seems that everyone is immersed in the joy of the New Year.

Another piece of good news is that Pei Yao has finally returned to Beijing from Guangdong.

Day two.

Xu Youxi and Pei Yao made an appointment to meet at the old place. They haven't seen each other for several months, and Pei Yao looks more and more capable.

"You can be regarded as coming back, it's easy for you to be a hands-off shopkeeper!"

Pei Yao couldn't help laughing, took out an exquisite hollowed-out wooden box from her arms, and pushed it in front of Xu Youxi: "It's hard work, hard work! Look, the gift I brought to you is the most famous gift from Guangdong. The peace talisman from the temple of Mazu."

Xu Youxi slowly opened the wooden box, only to find that it contained a delicately embroidered blue-purple purse.On the front of the purse is a vermilion divine bird embroidered, but on the back are the bright moon and thousands of stars.

Surrounding the moon and stars, however, is the word 'Li Si' embroidered in a mysterious and complex font.

"Is this purse custom-made by a local embroiderer?" While talking, Xu Youxi took the purse into his hand and began to look at it.

"Of course! This family's embroidering method is ancestral. It is said that this embroidering lady's grandmother even embroidered dragon robes for the emperor. The most powerful thing about this embroidering lady is not only her exquisite embroidery techniques, but also the fact that every one of her embroiderers Each product has a unique name and meaning.”

"The name of the purse I gave you is 'Sun Moon Qi Guang', which means that you appear among the sun, moon and stars, but you don't lose a bit."

"This kind of purse, I made one for you, Mu Qing, Bao Youjin, and my adoptive father. Muqing's purse is embroidered with auspicious cloud ladder, which means that he will be promoted as soon as possible; Bao Youjin's is embroidered with "the world" Didn't he always say that he wanted to be an upright official..." Pei Yao said with relish.

Xu Youxi flipped through the purse in his hand repeatedly, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.The purse has two layers in general, the inner layer hides a yellow safety talisman, and the outer layer can hold some silver taels or store spices, and it is very convenient to hang on the body and go out on weekdays.

"By the way, Li Si, I haven't been in Beijing these past few months, why do I feel like a lot of things have happened?" Pei Yao asked curiously.

"It's not much." Xu Youxi recalled, "The Odd Store has started to sell soap, which is used to clean the skin when taking a bath; there are also some perfumes and fragrances that are also sold very well. Shengong Bureau also found A steam car, a car that can move by itself, has just entered the mass production stage, and the strange goods store will not be able to sell it for the time being."

Pei Yao clung to Xu Youxi's ear, and asked in a low voice, "I'm not asking you this, I've read all of this in the Ganbao. I'm just curious about what happened at the beginning of the month."

"You mean on the eighth of this month, the imperial guards sealed up a number of 'brothel' incidents?" Xu Youxi didn't seem to shy away from it at all.

"Yeah, I heard there was a commotion?"

Xu Youxi deliberated for a while before describing what happened: "On the night of the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the imperial guards arrested 32 Beijing officials who had gone out to have fun. Most. Dali Temple also intervened in the case overnight, and finally discovered that the two servants of the Ministry of Officials, Jing Zhaoyin and many core figures of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were deeply involved in this matter."

Pei Yao didn't expect that there were so many inside stories: "I saw a cryptic mention in "Ganbao", and I guessed that something big must have happened. Wouldn't the officials of the court and China have to change again?"

"Well, all the officials with ties to the 'Flower Street and Willow Lane' have been replaced, whether they went there for fun or provided shelter to these places."

"Your Majesty is too courageous. Another man would never be able to do this. Maybe he still thinks that men should be romantic." Pei Yao said with emotion.

"That's not necessarily true." Xu Youxi took a sip of tea, "I saw that your adoptive father was very excited throughout the whole process, and he had a deep prejudice against Huajie and Liuxiang in his words. When Jin Yiwei came to collect evidence, he was the one who provided the most information. It is said that at that time, you The adoptive father had to keep the Jin Yiwei who collected the evidence for dinner, saying that he had to remember carefully to see if there were any omissions in his memory."

"..."

"Don't worry, I have already ordered the Jin Yiwei who is in charge of collecting evidence, absolutely not to spread this matter to the outside world." Xu Youxi comforted.

Hearing what Xu Youxi said, Pei Yao still had a bitter face: "I'm not worried about Jin Yiwei, I'm afraid that foster father won't be able to hide the matter himself and will spread the word everywhere!"

"It shouldn't be so..." Xu Youxi paused, and suddenly remembered something, Yao Dacheng might really have to promote it himself.

No wonder there are more and more rumors about the impeachment of Yao Dacheng in the DPRK and China recently!

She thought that these court officials had found out their conscience, but she couldn't see that 'Yao Dacheng' always made things difficult for her, a humble emperor!
Xu Youxi quickly changed the subject: "Pei Yao, why did you take so long to go to Guangdong this time? What did you do?"

"The main thing is to negotiate business with Chaoshang, and with their financial support, several factories have been opened in the local area. A few days ago, the factories there were able to independently produce glass mirrors and matches."

"By the way, I merged those factories into the textile factory before I left." Pei Yao also told Xu Youxi what happened in the past few months, "I simply calculated that in half a year, I should have to return Go to Guangdong again."

"After half a year, there is no rush. Let's go home and enjoy the new year. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, envoys from various countries will visit the capital. At that time, performances and fireworks will be arranged near the city wall."

"Aren't you going to have a banquet in the palace this year?" Pei Yao was a little puzzled.

"Well, it's going to be done outside. Besides, Daqian has encountered a lot of things this year. When the time comes, arrange a performance near the city wall so that the surrounding people can come and join in the fun. Let's be happy."

"Then going to the capital will be lively again this year!"

"Yes."

……

New Year's Day, Zishi.

As soon as Xu Youxi fell asleep, she was called up to worship the ancestors.

Zhou Huixue read the arrangement seriously: "Your Majesty, when you are a child, you need to worship all things in the world, pray for good weather in the coming year, and personally offer the ears of rice in the field; when you are ugly, you need to worship all kinds of gods, and pray for Dagan in the coming year. God bless, the mountains and rivers are safe; Yinshi worships the ancestors of the Daqian royal family and prays for the protection of the ancestors; Maoshi goes to court to accept the worship of the Chinese, military and military officials of the court, and Chenshi..."

"..."

To sum up, not only did she have to hang herself as a Christmas tree, but she also had to maintain this honor, go to various attractions in the palace to punch in and kneel down, and last for twelve hours? !
She is not yet eighteen, does this count as abuse of minors?

While Zhou Yuxue was studying the arrangement, Xu Youxi hurriedly took off all the cumbersome and redundant gold ornaments on her body.

As soon as Zhou Huixue raised his head, he was taken aback by Xu Youxi's behavior. His face was full of panic and he said: "Your Majesty, the ancestor worship on the first day of the new year is a major event once a year! You must dress up to attend, and you can't be hasty. ah!"

At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through Xu Youxi's mind, and even had the idea of ​​asking her own father to come and worship her ancestors on her behalf.

Even if one person divides half of the tasks, that's fine! ! !
(End of this chapter)