Jinghua Tianjiao

Eunuch Su opened the golden scroll, then turned to wave to the palace servants on the side.The palace people carried a huge square wooden tray with a stack of booklets inside.The palace people circled around and distributed it to all the people in the hall.Su Gonggong continued to read in the hall, "The silk sculpture competition lasted for three months, and a total of [-] pieces of silk sculptures were received, and ten pieces of silk sculptures were selected from areas under the jurisdiction of Daming Prefecture and private embroidery houses. Here is the list of ten silk sculpture works selected this time. All those on the list will be included in the Wenxiu Academy (an unpopular institution in charge of silk weaving, printing and embroidery in the Northern Song Dynasty), and they can come and join the official within three days, and Receive a reward of one hundred taels of silver and ten bolts of silk cloth."

As soon as the words fell, there was a "swipe" sound from the high hanging beams around the main hall, and ten long silk scrolls fell down.The base is red, the four corners are carved in gold, and the list of the list selected this time is written in large golden characters.

"Sister Juan, we don't have our names." The lady looked around at the silk scrolls that had fallen from the hall.
Not only was the silk sculpture "Concubine Yu" not completed by the three of them together, even the name of Jinghuafang was not mentioned.Du Juan opened the paperwork sent by the palace people and read it again, "This is too much. The silk sculptures submitted by Jinghuafang are not only our Yuji silk sculptures, but also other embroiderers. How can even one of them be submitted? No."

"There is no name of Jinghuafang." Xiaoniang said
When Xiaoniang said this, Du Juan suddenly felt that this matter could not be tolerated anymore. There were officials and ministers sitting in the hall, but until now, everyone kept silent about Jinghuafang. It is possible that Jinghuafang was completely removed. Is your daughter really so cruel?Can……

As soon as he thought of this, Eunuch Su continued, "This is the end of the list of silk sculptures and silk products!" After saying that, he stepped back.

The official stood up from the dragon chair, and Eunuch Su presented a wooden box.The official door opened, and there was another scroll.Slowly unfolding, looking at everyone, said, "Since I ascended the throne, the Silk Sculpture Ceremony has been successful for the first time. I will use the power of my Daming Mansion to attract talented craftsmen from all walks of life to gather talents for my Daming Mansion. Now, I have one more thing to share with everyone." Qing and the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin who came from afar told me that since it involves the royal family's marriage plan, and even Princess An Ding's marriage plan, I will let you know."

The official mentioned the princess, and Du Juan felt at ease.After all, this official has not forgotten his family affection because of the marriage, but the plan for the marriage has been decided, and this cannot be changed.

Speaking of this, the official glanced in Xiaoniang's direction, and then said, "For many years, my Daming Mansion has been the accompanying capital of the Great Song Dynasty. Our Daming Mansion intends to ease the relationship between Song and Jin, and propose a marriage. The daughter of my servant, Princess Anding, will also go to the Kingdom of Jin to make a marriage in the near future, so as to decide the overall situation."

After the official finished speaking, the envoy of His Royal Highness Jin Kingdom stood up and politely returned the salute to the official. Although he didn't understand what he said, he could understand the general meaning, "Our emperor of the Kingdom of Jin welcomes Princess Anding very much. Arrival. Our emperor must also believe that our two countries can conclude a beautiful covenant."

Having said that, Du Juan understood everything that happened in history.The official continued, "The two countries will surely make a beautiful covenant! Come on, let's raise our glasses!"

All the ministers raised their glasses together and drank it all in one gulp!

An old minister of His Highness got up and saluted and asked, "The official, I have something to say, I don't know whether to ask it or not."

"I love you, but it's okay to say."

The old minister said, "Officials, the matter of marriage is a major political event for me. Now, on the day when the silk sculpture is announced, I am talking about the matter of marriage. I feel that it is inappropriate, and it will lose the dignity of my court."

This is not a direct refutation of the official's face, the veteran also said it bluntly.But the officials in the palace were not angry because of this, but said, "Aiqing doesn't know that Princess Anding's marriage with her relatives and the release of the silk sculpture are actually the same thing, but this is what I intend to say."

The old minister said, "I may be abrupt, but I hope the officials will forgive me."

The official waved his hand, "This matter has nothing to do with Ai Qing, so you don't need to worry about it. This time, everyone who participated in silk sculptures here may not understand why Jinghuafang is not among them."

Finally it comes to Jinghuafang. It seems that the government still attaches great importance to Jinghuafang?The little girl became excited when she heard the name, "Sister Juan, I'm afraid the princess is saved?"

"I don't know, let's listen to the officials." Du Juan said
Speaking of Jinghuafang, the officials were quite touched and made arrangements that satisfied all the embroiderers, "Everyone knows that Jinghuafang is a famous workshop in our dynasty. Participate in the competition. According to the regulations, Jinghuafang won the top prize, but now Princess Anding is going to marry and get married. Jinghuafang is run by her alone. After discussion, all the silk sculptures and silk products in Jinghuafang are the dowry of Princess Anding and her relatives. All silk sculptures and silk products are regarded as top-grade; all embroidered women in Jinghuafang will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold and thirty pieces of silk cloth. Thank you, God!"

"Official sacred move!" All the ministers said in unison

As soon as the official said this, His Highness was in an uproar.The ten candidates who had just entered the list even said to themselves, "Sure enough, it still has to be Jinghuafang, and it has to be next to the royal family. The rewards are much richer than ours. If I knew this, I could get into Jinghuafang after a lot of work. "

"Jinghuafang originally belonged to the princess mansion, so we can't enter it. After entering the workshop, most of them are the daughters of princes and noble families. Now that the marriage plan is completed and the princess leaves the Daming Mansion, Jinghuafang must not be as good as before. There are so many officials. The reward is also to make up for the daughters of princes and nobles, so as to stabilize the court."

"In this way, the official's move can be said to kill three birds with one stone."

Everyone was talking about it, but there were also those who were satisfied with the status quo, "The situation of the princess and her relatives and Jinghuafang has been decided. The honor we have won, a hundred taels of silver, may not be obtained if we sell the silk baby for three years. Now we can enter again. An official is an official, and he should be content."

Everyone stopped talking, but this decision of the government made the other embroiderers in Jinghuafang excited, "I knew that Jinghuafang would not let us down, and the government still attaches great importance to Jinghuafang. "

"It can be considered that I didn't spend this time in Jinghua Fang for nothing, otherwise my father would blame me for wasting time when I returned to the mansion."

Speaking of which, the two embroiderers happened to be sitting at the table next to Xiaoniang. The royal family really attached great importance to Jinghuafang and gave everyone a lot of rewards, but Du Juan and Xiaoniang couldn't be happy at all.Perhaps in the eyes of other embroiderers, this is the biggest gain in Jinghuafang.But in Du Juan's and Xiaoniang's minds, no matter how much money they spend, they can't stop the princess from getting married.Du Juan was frustrated, and said to herself, "It's all my fault. I am the one who caused all this to happen. If I hadn't left halfway, such a thing would never have happened."

Seeing that Du Juan was depressed, the lady comforted her, "Sister Juan, don't talk about yourself like that. We all have our own things to do, and we all have our own missions. How can you blame you for Princess An's marriage? Maybe... to Jinghua For Fang, now is the best ending, at least, Jinghuafang is still..."

"Jinghuafang is still there, we have to ask the officials not to disband Jinghuafang, we should be able to make a comeback." Du Juan still wanted to stay in the workshop and complete what she wanted to do.

But this idea is a bit naive, the little girl said, "But there is no more princess in Jinghuafang, will we still be as happy as before?"