food queen

Chapter 161: Wedding Gift (3)
The people of Dayun were driven to a dead end, and the court naturally couldn't just sit idly by.

On May [-]th, Qingping Emperor Yun Shuo decreed that Hussar General Shao Lingxiao was made Marshal of Pingnan, and he mobilized [-] elite soldiers from the Yunnan and Yunnan areas to suppress the southwest border, seeking an explanation for this matter.

Since the Southwest War started, Yun Shuo has even less time for romantic affairs.

Grain, military equipment, and the transfer of soldiers and horses are all major issues, but now he doesn't want to follow the example of the previous emperor, and he doesn't want to raise another "Zhou Xiangye", so everything must be respectful, more and more hard work, endless processing Government affairs and military affairs are piled up in Zichen Hall, and he has to read hundreds of memorials every day before he can sleep.

"Your Majesty." Wu Miao offered a cup of ginseng tea, and persuaded in a low voice, "Drink some tea and take a rest, you haven't moved for half an hour."

"Well, let's put it aside." Yun Shuo was looking at a military newspaper sent by the Southwest, and had no time to talk to Wu Miao.

"Your Majesty, there is news from outside that the little princess is out of the mansion today, saying that she is going to buy a wedding gift for the third master of the Han family."

Yun Shuo's eyelids moved, and he slightly raised his head to look at Wu Miao: "Huh?"

Wu Miao walked forward with a smile and repeated it, and then added: "At this moment, the master of Xiaojun is wandering around the jewelry store on Qingque Street."

"New wedding gift?" Yun Shuo squinted his eyes, thinking that Han Jianshi was a year older than him, and he was going to marry a wife soon, and his daughter-in-law was not ready yet, and he would have to wait three or four years... "Oh !" Thinking of this, Yun Shuo felt that he didn't want to read the military newspaper in his hand, so he closed it and threw it back, stretching.

"Your Majesty has been busy with government affairs in the past few days, and has never even been to the Imperial Garden. Do you want to go out and relax now?"

"Well, let's go for a walk." Yun Shuo thought about it carefully, he hadn't seen that girl for a long time, either your ministers surrounded him all day, or the gate of the eldest princess's mansion was as deep as the sea Not seeing Han Qian, not seeing that girl again, her appearance was a little blurred in my heart, so I added, "Don't disturb too many people."

Wu Miao hurriedly bowed and replied, "Yes, the slave knows."

Said he knew, he really knew.In the past two years, Wu Miao has been by the emperor's side all the time, he can clearly see the little thoughts of his master, sometimes he is more anxious than the emperor - if the little princess is a flower, he can't wait to pull the seedlings to encourage it up.

There is no noise on Qingque Street, because the shops on this street are basically jewelry, and there are also several high-end silk embroidery shops, so ordinary people will not patronize here at all.

The streets are paved with green bricks, which are as clean as a mirror after being cleaned.

Occasionally, a carriage of a rich family passed by the street, except for the clattering of horseshoes and the tinkling of luan bells, but there was no noise at all.

Yun Shuo, who was dressed in a homely silver-gray long gown, led Wu Miao and Qianye Qianxun to walk leisurely on the street. Yun Shuo held a folding fan in his hand, and beat his palm repeatedly.Qianye and Qianxun looked from store to store.

"Master, this way." Qianye glanced at the coachman on the carriage in front of a curio shop, and he recognized this person as a servant of the eldest princess's mansion.

Yun Shuo paused and looked towards the shop, then walked in with a calm smile.

This is a curio shop focusing on the Four Treasures of the Study. Pens, inks, papers and inkstones are not unusual things at first, but it will be different if they are touched with 'ancient'.Moreover, every item in this store is made by famous masters, and a single piece of Xuelang paper secretly made by Xue's family can be sold for a dozen or so.

Han Qian was looking at an ancient inkstone carved into a picture of mountains and rivers.

The whole body of this ancient inkstone is emerald green, the color is crystal clear, and the stone pattern is like rolling sea waves, or like misty cirrus clouds. If you look carefully, there are black water patterns in the stone.Although Han Qian didn't know much about it, her intuition told her that it was a good thing.

"How much is this?" Han Qian looked at it for a long time before asking the price.

"This is the Taohe inkstone. It's not very common. My little master may not have heard of it. There is a kind of inkstone under the deep water in Taozhou, Gansu. It is as green as blue and as moist as jade. It is a priceless treasure. Our inkstone comes from In the hands of Mr. Zhao Xizhi, a famous expert in the former dynasty, the price has doubled again..."

"Where is so much nonsense, why don't you just say how much money you want?" Han Qian impatiently looked up at the shopkeeper, but saw the handsome face behind the shopkeeper and Leng Rui's wanton gaze, and was stunned for a moment. live.

"Eh?" The shopkeeper sensed that the atmosphere was not right. He hurriedly turned his head and saw a few more people behind him. He greeted them with smiles, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, what do you want? Don't dare to say anything else, only the ones from the Four Treasures of the Study Room." Rare treasures, this small shop is the only one on this street.”

Yun Shuo walked over with a cold face and sat down beside Han Qian, stretched out his hand to brush the Tao Yan, and asked in a low voice, "Like this?"

Han Qian withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and glanced at Fang Yantai again: "I want to buy it as a wedding gift for my third brother, isn't this bad?"

Yun Shuo didn't say yes or no, he just glanced at the shopkeeper and said, "If you want something like this, I'll ask someone to deliver it to you later."

Han Qian shook her head and said, "I don't want you to give it to me. I want to choose it myself. That's what I want."

The shopkeeper was afraid of running away from business, so he hurriedly came up and smiled and said, "My lord, although this Tao inkstone is not common, you must know that this inkstone emits ink quickly, can hold water for a long time, and can store ink for a long time without drying it , many literati like it very much. In this way, the small shop has not opened yet, just as this little master is going to give someone a wedding present, and the small one is also auspicious, even if it is a cost price, I will give it to you - 600 How about two silver taels, Liuliu Dashun?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Shuo sneered and glanced at Wu Miao.

Wu Miao came forward to pull over the shopkeeper with a smile, and sighed: "My lord, you don't need to talk nicely here to ask for auspiciousness. Let's tell the truth, your Fangyan is also a good carver. As for how the Taohe Stone is, whether using this inkstone to grind ink is "long-term preservation of water", whether it is "storing ink for a long time and not dry", then you know it yourself."

Wu Miao was an eunuch, and he revealed his identity just by speaking. The shopkeeper of the antique shop had piercing eyes and all sides were exquisite, and he immediately clasped his fists with a smiling face: "Oh, my lord, you have piercing eyes! I admire you. But this inkstone is indeed a Taoist. He inkstone, this carving is indeed copied from Zhao Xizhi's style, so if you buy it back for several thousand taels of silver, it is definitely a good deal."

"Come on, you just bully our little master and don't care about this little money with you. Just a few dozen taels of silver is cheap for you. Sell or not, let's have a good talk."

"Hey! You said that! A few dozen taels of silver can't even buy this Taohe stone."

"Then do whatever you want, you are waiting for the next buyer." Wu Miao said, turned around and bowed to Han Qian, "Little master, let's go."

(End of this chapter)