Brocade clothing

Chapter 216

Hearing these words, Chu Qing's little heart was stimulated: "Your Majesty, where do you get the money to buy Yipinzhai's porridge? Minister, I can't even afford porridge?"

Li Tianxiao slowly put down the Langhao brush, propped his face with one hand, the golden sunlight came in through the hollow gap, making Li Tianxiao's handsome face bewildering, Chu Qing blinked, feeling like he was looking at Li Tianxiao now I feel more and more that his face is really beautiful.

However, she quickly lowered her head, but she was still a little unconvinced in her heart. She is short of money recently, but the emperor is too...

I heard Li Tianxiao say randomly: "This is the best imperial congee in Yipinzhai. The chef used to be an old imperial chef in the palace. He only sells ten servings a day. If you have no friendship, you can't buy it. One serving is ten taels of silver." The subtext is, how much is her salary, how can she be willing to buy such expensive imperial meal porridge?

Because Chu Qing was too surprised, she suddenly raised her head and opened her mouth wide: "Is this imperial meal porridge?" Ten taels of silver a piece?
This Ying Yatou actually bought such expensive porridge for her to eat?
Li Tianxiao frowned: "You don't know?"

Chu Qing muttered: "How does the emperor know that the minister has no money to buy it?"

Li Tianxiao bent his fingers and tapped on the imperial case: "Did the birthday gift you prepared for me exceed one tael of silver?"

Chu Qing coughed softly: "..." It must not be exceeded, and he didn't pay at all.

Li Tianxiao knew her expression immediately: "You don't even have a birthday gift for me, why would you spend ten taels of silver for this?"

Chu Qing shook her head: "I'm not willing to part with it. Ying Yatou saw that I didn't have breakfast and gave it to me. This... it should be what he wants to eat." Chu Qing was not sure, after all, no one Would not invite Shangfeng to eat such expensive porridge, it should be because the other party likes to eat and bought it for himself, and he gave it to himself because he didn't eat breakfast, right?But if she knew it was so expensive, she would definitely not accept it.

She and Li Tianxiao were both monarchs and ministers, and Li Tianxiao was so painful just now that she satirized her, but she was no longer afraid of him, and said it directly in a mutter.

Li Tianxiao's handsome face sank immediately when he heard the words "Ying Yatou", "Ying Zhenxing? He is really a good subordinate. He knew that Shangfeng was hungry, so he even sent porridge for ten taels of silver. My dear Aiqing, you dare to accept it, is this considered bribery?"

Chu Qing's heart skipped a beat: Isn't it?
What kind of bribe is this?
"I'm planning to invite him back to dinner, isn't it a bribe? It's just a bowl of porridge..." Looking at Li Tianxiao's deep phoenix eyes, Chu Qing finished the last two with a guilty conscience: "Don't dare next time Yes, I, I have taken it all." I can't go back, it's like slapping the Yatou in the face, and besides, he is also kind.

Li Tianxiao stared at the wooden barrel and felt it was dazzling. If he still can't see that Ying Zhenxing has thoughts for her, he will be the emperor for so many years in vain.

Li Tianxiao held his breath in his heart, but seeing Chu Qing's dazed face and not understanding why Ying Zhenxing gave this kind of porridge, it was naturally impossible for him to remind the other party's love rival's thoughts, so he slowly tapped the table: "If I tell you What do you think of the method, which can not waste the porridge and not accept bribes?"

Chu Qing's eyes lit up immediately: "What way?"

Li Tianxiao hooked his fingers at the other party: "Come here."

Chu Qing felt that the other party was a bit reluctant like calling a puppy, but who made the other party the boss, so she could only walk over holding the porridge: "The minister is here."

Li Tianxiao tapped on the table: "Put it down."

Chu Qing let it go obediently.

Li Tianxiao's complexion improved a lot, and he immediately called the manager in, and when someone came in, he directly rewarded him with the porridge.

Chu Qing didn't recover until Eunuch Liu, the manager, thanked him and left, "No, it's not... my porridge, why did you give it to Eunuch Liu, Your Majesty?" Then what did she eat?
Li Tianxiao saw her thoughts and laughed angrily: "Can I still give you a bowl of porridge?"

Chu touched his nose lightly: "Of course I don't mean that..."

"Okay, don't be wronged, I haven't eaten breakfast yet, let's eat some together. There are many things in the palace, and you are busy, what can that bowl of porridge do?" Li Tianxiao said, standing up , Sure enough, when he saw the other party's eyes light up instantly, his thin lips couldn't help but rise up.

Chu Qing naturally knew that the imperial food in the palace was delicious, so she didn't feel that it was a pity to lose a bowl of porridge, and now she understood what Li Tianxiao meant.

The porridge was given by Ying Zhenxing, but if she didn't eat it and reported directly to her superior, the emperor, it would not count as accepting bribes. Inviting Ying Yatou to have a meal, I didn't expect the other party to be so willing to pay the money, ten taels of silver for a bowl of porridge...

Chu Qing ate the royal meal, and went out to do business contentedly, because the birthday banquet had a lot of things to do, all the officials were dealing with it in the palace, and it was not until the Wanshou Festival started at night that they were free, Ying Zhenxing never sent anyone to look for her , it seems that the government office should be fine.She had been waiting for the birthday banquet to start in Weiyang Palace, and then she saw Ying Zhenxing not far from the lower head. The latter nodded to her, Chu Qing returned the salute, and then heard a report singing: "The emperor has arrived—the empress dowager has arrived— - Concubine Mei arrives - all the officials salute."

Chu Qing followed the officials and their families to get up to see the ceremony. She was relieved when Li Tianxiao made a sound and everyone was seated. Immediately after that, Li Tianxiao made a gift and made a phone call, and then everyone said congratulatory and auspicious words.

At the back, the eunuchs held the birthday gifts of hundreds of officials one by one. After reporting, if the emperor thought it was good, he would keep it in his heart, or directly reward him greatly.

Chu Qing kept listening, but her heart was apprehensive, thinking of her congratulatory gift.

He couldn't help sneaking a glance at Li Tianxiao who was at the top.

Just raising her head secretly, she met the black eyes that Li Tianxiao was also looking at. Chu Qing immediately lowered her head, not daring to peek any more.Soon it was Chu Qing's birthday gift. When the eunuch came up with her birthday gift, they found that it was packed in a brocade box, but they couldn't find out what it was. Before the birthday ceremony, the chief eunuch would report and sing. They had heard that the birthday gift was given by the newly appointed female prisoner Yu Xiaochu, but it was not in compliance with the rules, right?Didn't it mean that the birthday gift presented must be determined?In case of accidents, after all, the palace does not allow sharp weapons to enter.

They immediately thought that Uncle Liu Guo had a lot of face, and no one checked even Liu Guojiu's people gave such birthday gifts, so they looked at Chu Qing with more thought-provoking eyes.

Chu Qing just pretended not to see it, she actually didn't understand the rules of the palace very well, all her attention was on the birthday gift at the moment, and she was worried that Li Tianxiao would not like it.

"This..." Empress Dowager Liu couldn't help but speak.

Li Tianxiao didn't seem to notice it, and turned his gaze to Chu Qing from the gift: "Is this from Yu Qing's family?"

Chu Qing stepped forward: "Yes, this is a little bit of my heart, courtesy and affection, I wish the emperor a long life without bounds, and a life as long as the sky." As soon as Chu Qing's words fell, all the officials bowed their heads. Is it stupid to commit a sentence?Even if it is courtesy, I have never seen anyone say it directly in front of the Lord.

Li Tianxiao saw the uneasiness in Chu Qing's eyes, and his thin lips curled up slightly, but it was very subtle, and he couldn't see it unless he looked closely: "Oh? Yu Qing's family has intentions, but what's in it? "

Chu Qing lowered her eyes: "'Fu Lu Shou'."

Everyone: "..." Can this punishment be made more obvious?
Li Tianxiao said: "The implication of this birthday gift is good. Come on, open it. I want to see what it is that can be worthy of the name 'Fu Lu Shou'." Eunuch Liu went down in person and opened the outer packaging layer by layer, but when he saw the contents inside, even though Eunuch Liu had seen all kinds of rare things with Li Tianxiao in the palace, his eyes still lit up, and he didn't see them for a long time. Come back to God.

The officials stretched their necks to see, but it wasn't too obvious. Seeing Eunuch Liu standing there silently, his curiosity grew stronger. Fortunately, Li Tianxiao also wanted to know what it was immediately, so he gave a low cough , Only then did Eunuch Liu come back to his senses. Eunuch Liu couldn't help but glanced at Chu Qing with a complicated expression, and then he personally held the birthday gift and carefully placed the white jade porcelain on the red tray, which made the porcelain more and more like the whole body A layer of holy light surrounds them.

After Eunuch Liu took a few steps forward, everyone could see clearly what he was holding in his hand, but they couldn't help but widen their eyes wide at just one glance, with surprises welling up in their eyes: this, what is this?It is so small, exquisite and lifelike. It is made of five layers of white jade, each layer is engraved with orchids, and the flower vines spread from the bottom layer to the top. The white porcelain sets off the whole porcelain particularly brightly. , embellished with orchids, extremely harmonious tones.

It is so lifelike as if it were real. The most outstanding thing is the word "Shou" on the top. The two fat dolls are wearing red bellybands, combing their small pulls, and holding a big birthday peach. It is exquisite and compact, which is amazing and realistic. It was as if they could smell the aroma of longevity peaches immediately.

Li Tianxiao was also stunned. He obviously didn't expect that the other party would give such an amazing item, but he knew that the other party had no money to buy it. Could it be... She made it herself?

Thinking of this possibility, Li Tianxiao couldn't help but think of the scene of him waiting in her room that night. When she came back, he asked her where she had been. She said that she went to handle the case with Ying Zhenxing. Because he knew that there was no case that was so important that she would forget to eat and sleep in those few days, so she actually stayed away all night to prepare this birthday gift for him?Li Tianxiao felt as if something hot was rolling in his chest, and his whole body was burning hot. Fortunately, he couldn't help it, but he also swept away the depression of the past few days, and he was in a good mood: "Liu Fu, bring it up." Let me take a closer look, this little thing is exquisite, Yu Qing's family has a heart."

(End of this chapter)