The Path of the Pharmacist's Favorite Concubine

Chapter 168 Choosing a Gift

Early in the morning of the second day, Huilan asked Ding Xiang to dress herself up. She changed into a red gauze embroidered with folded branches of golden wintersweet high-waisted skirt. The hairpin and corolla look particularly gorgeous and charming.

You can't wear bright red in the palace, but you can have fun outside.

Li Chengze also changed into a light moon-white ink-wash tunic with long sleeves, looking clear and handsome, with a face like a crown of jade and the bearing of an immortal.

Seeing Huilan, he was stunned for a moment and smiled, "You look especially good in this dress, and I have never seen you wearing red before."

"I'm a concubine who wears bright red and is suspected of provoking my wife. Why bother to offend her? Why don't you go out now? No one dares to pick on me. Wear it to have fun."

"Why are you always thinking of others, and they may not accept your favor, why don't they still treat you as a thorn in their side."

Li Chengze chuckled lightly, with sarcasm in his words, whenever he thought of his first wife in the palace, he always felt depressed and unhappy.

"I'm here to save you trouble, Zelang, you look really good in this outfit, especially handsome and seductive."

Huilan's mouth was as sweet as honey.

The corners of Li Chengze's mouth turned up, evoking a happy and contented smile, "You have good eyesight."

The arrogant expression on his face made Huilan reach out and pinch his face.

After conditioning with his own hands, his skin is firm, delicate and smooth, better than a woman's skin. He is really a handsome man, which makes people unable to look away.

"The skin is tender and smooth, who can not love it after seeing it."

Huilan leaned on his shoulder, touched his face, and teased him with a giggle.

He slapped off the mischievous hand, and gave her a gouging look, "I'm out of shape, let's go, let's go shopping, and go swimming in the river when we're tired."

"Oh! Let's play!"

A group of people went shopping first to satisfy Huilan's wish. As a monk, she just went shopping in Fangshi. Ordinary people seldom go to the streets. She is still very interested. Understanding people's livelihood and understanding the world of mortals is also a kind of practice.

Li Chengze took the time to play with her, Huilan looked very happy, she was curious to touch everything she saw, and showed it to him when she saw something interesting, her smile was like a flower, and her happy and sunny smile also infected the people around her, It also made him smile a little bit more, sweeping away the irritability and depression of checking the salt tax for many days, Qing Juan also had a smile on his face.

"There is a fabric shop there, let's go and have a look. The fabrics in Jiangnan are very famous. You can buy some back. There are patterns that are not available in the capital. Buy them and make clothes."

Li Chengze smiled and coaxed her to be happy.

"Okay, let's go buy some, the colors and patterns to be matched, and make a pair."

Huilan winked at him, took his hand and shook it twice begging.

"Ahem! You can just buy what you see. I'm not picky at all. I'll wear whatever you do."

Obviously very happy, but embarrassed to say it.

After getting the approval, they happily ran to the clothing store, and the shopkeeper warmly received them.

Huilan has a unique vision and is not short of money, so she naturally chooses the best materials. The materials in Jiangnan are really outstanding. She chose the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the patterns are not popular in the capital.

He also specially made matching colors with his own material, which looked very good-looking. The shopkeeper praised them as a match made in heaven. Li Chengze waved his hand proudly and bought all the ones Huilan chose, and those who were hesitant also bought them all.

After buying fabrics, I went to a jewelry store. I heard that there were new products, and there were all kinds of gemstones. Li Chengze saw that the colors and textures were quite good, so he was willing to spend money, just to make the beautiful woman smile.

"Ze Lang, do you want to go to the antique shop and buy a gadget to give back to the empress dowager and the emperor? It's a kind heart, it was chosen by you personally, is it a filial piety from the younger generation? Oh no less Queen's."

"Success, it's rare to be happy today, I'll go to choose, you help me palm my eyes."

When Li Chengze heard it was a good idea, he could make the elders happy when he went back.

"Okay, it's better to choose one for the queen mother to play with, the emperor, it depends on what he likes, like me, I prefer painting, and I will taste famous calligraphy and painting, which is also a pleasure.

My elder brother likes stones. He is a master craftsman. He loves all kinds of weird stones like his own son. Personal preferences are different, but I don’t know if it will violate the taboo of the emperor. "

The superior person hates others being roundworms in his stomach, and is often guessed by others, making him appear stupid and easy to be seen through at a glance, which is a taboo;
But you can’t ask three questions. If you can guess when he is happy, you will feel a kind of happiness in your mind.

"Father is good at Danqing, and especially likes calligraphy and painting, but it is hard to find really good paintings."

"It's okay, we have to stay here for a few more days, look for it. If it's not possible, calligraphy and painting are not necessary. Other interesting things are also fine. What matters is the mind. It doesn't have to be what you like. Eat the same thing every day. Also bored."

"You're right, let's go and see."

Li Chengze heard the same reasoning, too deliberate is not beautiful, and he can find something that really shines and makes people's eyes shine.It is enough to be able to Bo Jun.

The two entered the antique shop, the shop owner was very enthusiastic and introduced a lot of things, but Huilan didn't like it, Li Chengze chose an inkstone for the queen, it was a decent gift, the queen's handwriting was very good, it was recognized , Of course, a lot of effort.

I visited several shops in a row, and finally found a good thing in a very inconspicuous shop, a table decoration, root carving, traditional Sanyang Kaitai, but the carving craftsmanship is extremely brilliant, which makes this work unique. If you have spirituality, you can see it brightly when you put it there, which belongs to the comprehension of mortals.

This root carving was unanimously approved by everyone, and Li Chengze immediately decided to buy it.

At the same time, I also bought a flawless white jade Guanyin. Few people know that the Queen Mother also believes in Buddhism, eats fast and recites Buddha. There is a Buddhist hall in the Compassion Palace, and there is a separate Taoist worship.

The emperor likes Taoism, and as a mother, she can't disobey it, so she likes it very much, but as a woman, she also believes in Buddhism and can also chant Buddha.

Huilan only found out about it later, but she never exposed it and would not deliberately guide her to recite the Buddha's name. If she was too deliberate, she would be disgusted and rejected by the queen mother. I don't want people to know that you just want to take credit for it, so it's inappropriate.

But it does not prevent the grandson from giving gifts. This Jade Buddha is because the suet white jade is of the highest quality and has no flaws, but the price is high. Both generations of this dynasty believed in Taoism, so they were not so obsessed with Buddhist things.

In the end Li Chengze thought about it and bought it. It would be nice to bring it back to the Queen Mother.

After buying what he wanted, Li Chengze asked a guard to send the things back to the post station, and then they went on a river cruise, and asked someone to book a table and send them to the boat, and Le Ren also boarded the boat to prepare.

Except for the guards who stayed at home, the boat was surrounded by guards and no one was allowed to approach. The prince's safety was more important than anything else.

(End of this chapter)