What favor are you fighting for?The empress's harem has won a lot of business

Chapter 208
After being shocked, Lin Ximeng sneered.

"The old things are dusty, what is the empress dowager talking about?"

She returned to the Empress Dowager's box, and gently tucked the quilt for the Empress Dowager.

"Your Majesty's hard work is understandable, but you really overestimate me. I'm just the daughter of a guilty minister. My family has just received a half-pardon."

"There are more than 50 people in my family, and there is only [-] taels of silver for the New Year. My mother and aunt have to go to other people's laundry to make a living."

"Please forgive me, Empress Dowager, you really don't have to do this"

Lin Ximeng knew that the queen mother couldn't let go of the Wang family and Wang Xiangjun, but what did the Wang family have to do with her?

"The Ai family has lived a lifetime, and you can't be wrong when you look at people"

"People's hearts are separated by belly, and the empress dowager should also understand this truth"

Lin Ximeng got up and went to the door, and asked in detail about the diet and daily life of the Empress Dowager Fangrui, and whether there was any medicine recipe left last time, and chatted for a while.

She turned around and saluted the Queen Mother deeply.

"Young lady, let's take care of it, the concubine will retire"

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Back at Huafengxuan, Lin Ximeng looked preoccupied all the time.

Qingqing asked without saying anything.

After a long while, she suddenly said to herself, "This is probably the last time."

When a person is about to die, the breath on his body will change, first he loses vitality, then his eyes become dull, and finally he becomes terminally ill.

She knew when the blood was exchanged three years ago, it was just a continuation of life.

"What about the emperor?"

"It's still holding a banquet in Qianqing Palace"

Lin Xi had a dream and thought about it, got up and looked for a few medicinal herbs to relieve the hangover and nourish the stomach, and found a small stove to cook the sweet soup for rescue, and told Qingqing to deliver it when the emperor came on duty.

Qingqing smiled happily: "Hey"

Time flies to the Shangyuan Festival.

All foreign nations, large and small, sent people over.

The originally lively and grand Shangyuan Festival has become more lively, and the court meeting has also become a grand celebration for foreigners.

On this day, the streets and alleys in the capital were overcrowded, and the palace was filled with festive lights and festivities.

Xie Chenyu took the list and counted, there were 46 missions in total.

He took back the booklet with a smile, and confirmed with the officials of the household department again.

"Everything is ready, Xu Aiqing is in charge of silk, and Song Aiqing is in charge of porcelain and tea."

After Meng Zhengye retired, Song Shangshu was promoted from the Ministry of Household Affairs. He was originally a servant, and it was safe to do things without meritorious deeds. Xie Chenyu was satisfied, so he was asked to take over the post of Shangshu.

"Back to the emperor, everything is ready. Tonight's big banquet, I, Dashengchao, will definitely bring out the best things to entertain you"

Xu Jingzhong vowed.

Song Yunzhi glanced at him and felt slightly dissatisfied, obviously he was the new minister.

The new official has not been fired three times since he took office, but he was suppressed by this kid, and he is really aggrieved.

Especially since he is a confidant of the emperor, he will push him down sooner or later, which makes people afraid.

"Don't worry, your majesty, everything in my household is in order, and I will never let you down."

Xie Chenyu only glanced at him, then turned his gaze back to Xu Jingzhong, and the two discussed matters related to offering silk.

Where is the silk produced, what types are there, how many pieces are there in total, and in what form are they presented? What should men do if they don't know how to appreciate aesthetics?
Xu Jingzhong answered them one by one.

Some silks are produced in Gusu, and some are offered by Lin’an. The embroidery patterns have their own names, and even the colors are clearly marked. There are 36 kinds in total.

After closing the booklet, Xie Chenyu nodded in satisfaction.

The treasury is empty, the household has no money, the people are poor, and even the people in the south of the Yangtze River are unwilling to plant mulberry and silkworms. This kind of predicament will eventually pass.

"Okay, step back first, it's up to you tonight"

Xie Chenyu got up and patted Xu Jingzhong and Song Yunzhi's shoulders from left to right.

Respectful and respectful on the face, each has his own ideas in his heart, especially Song Yunzhi, almost overflowing with dissatisfaction.

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That night, the Lantern Festival banquet.

The Great Hall of Supreme Harmony is decorated with lanterns and colorful lights. Bright and huge colorful lanterns hang over the entire hall, and the pillars are studded with all kinds of pearls and gemstones.

Complementing each other with candlelight, it exudes radiant colors.

The ground is covered with cloud pattern floor mats hand-woven by Persian craftsmen, which are as warm and soft as velvet clouds when stepped on.

There is a huge screen in the center of the hall.

Male left, female right.

On the left side are the royal princes, clan princes and ministers of various ministries, and on the right side, the empress is the respected one. At the bottom are the imperial concubines, concubines, princesses and other noble daughters.

As soon as the time passed, many people came to the hall one after another.

Lin Ximeng, as a nobleman of the sixth rank, was just qualified to attend the banquet, and the seat was in a corner that was too remote to find, so she had to come early and wait, which was equivalent to warming up.

But she didn't care, Liu Qingqing took care of the house, sat down with the Bauhinia, and began to study the patterns on the carpet.

Time passed bit by bit, and the hall gradually became overcrowded.

In the end, there were people from any country, and a few foreign words drifted out from time to time.

Lin Ximeng listened carefully, and was able to distinguish a few sentences in ancient English. She could only understand a few simple English words, and she couldn't even understand the sentences.

Can't help but smile wryly.

He is obviously a golden finger again, but he is stunned because a scumbag is useless, and as expected, a scumbag can't go anywhere.

If he had worked as hard as one-tenth of his medical studies when he was in school, he wouldn't have become a social animal later on.

If you don't become a social animal, you won't die suddenly. If you don't die suddenly, you won't come to this ghost place. If you don't come here, you don't have to work hard to introvert, grab men with other women, and have to avenge your family to stabilize your status.

In short, this is like dominoes, one link after another, every cause must have an effect.

Pulling away from the memory, Lin Ximeng raised her head by chance, and saw a familiar figure from behind through the gap.

"Isn't this... Shopkeeper Su, the shopkeeper of Rongde Dyeing Workshop?"

It should be said that it is the emperor's uncle Bai Yunchu Bai shopkeeper.

After hearing the eunuch's name, Lin Ximeng knew that he was already the big shopkeeper of Xingsheng Dyeing Workshop and concurrently the envoy of Suzhou City to Beijing.

Lin Ximeng suddenly realized: "It turns out that he is here to offer silk. It seems that this batch of silk is really good."

When thoughts are flying in your head.

A few English words suddenly flew into her ear, even if her English was extremely bad, it was enough to hear that it was not a good word.

She couldn't figure out the meaning of the sentence, she could only vaguely hear a few words like 'fuck', 'rubbish', etc. At the same time, those two faces with deep eye sockets and high nose bridge were full of extreme arrogance and contempt.

"Yo! Where is this guy from?"

Bauhinia didn't know much about it, but fortunately, a young eunuch passed by with tea, saying that they had just reported their names, and that these envoys were all from Persia.

Looking at the extremely exquisite and gorgeous carpet under her feet, Lin Ximeng could understand it.

They are all engaged in textiles, and it is normal for everyone to look down on anyone.

Just as she was thinking about it, she saw those two people sitting opposite her, and Lin Ximeng chuckled: "The national strength is not very good, so what kind of a good position is the opposite of my position?"

But now is not the time to talk about this, Lin Ximeng still sent someone to go to the imperial study quietly, and found Zhao Hai to pass a message.

Talk about the little things just now.

Zijing wondered: "Master, can you understand?"

Lin Ximeng shook her head: "If you don't understand, can't you read it? Look at how arrogant those two are."

(End of this chapter)