Emperor Qingyuan was busy writing a book full of excerpts. He felt that something was missing, so he found another piece of paper and added a sentence.
"It will be the Queen Mother's 60th birthday on February 19th next year. I am going to send invitations to all countries and ask Jingde Township Lord to hurry up and make a batch of high-quality glass. I will make a lot of money from them!"
These sentences are written with a bit of gritted teeth, and I wish I could bite off a piece of his flesh!
Sure enough, the emperor is not that easy to be a man, he is almost going crazy with poverty!
He had just finished replying to Han Zhongyu's letter when Eunuch Liu came in with the list of rewards he had prepared.
Emperor Qingyuan took the list and gave the written letter to Eunuch Liu, asking him to pay 30,000 taels of silver and an imperial merchant token from the Ministry of Accounts to his private account. Together with the letter, he handed it to Han Zhongyu's bodyguard and asked him to add him. Take it to Han Zhongyu urgently.
After Eunuch Liu left, Emperor Qingyuan picked up the reward list and glanced at it.
The 18th Master of Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion is presented with eight pieces of glass, a Hanmei Aoxue tea set, a pair of light and luxurious goblets, and a pair of artistic water glasses.
The left side shows you six pieces of glass.
On the right side, I admire four pieces of glass.
Prince Dun rewarded him with six pieces of glass.
Prince Su presented him with six pieces of glass.
I was given six pieces of glass from the General's Mansion in the Expedition to the West.
Zhou Taishi's Mansion presented two pieces of glass.
Han Yushifu admired four pieces of glass.
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There are more than twenty people in total.
There was nothing else. When he saw the two pieces rewarded by Zhou Taishi's Mansion, Emperor Qingyuan directly took the pen and gave his two pieces directly to Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion.
It turned out that corrupt officials like Zhang Zhidao, who had harmed his people, still had the nerve to ask for rewards, so they didn't slap him because he had done his best in the court before!
When Eunuch Liu came back from doing his errands, he looked at the list of rewards that Emperor Qingyuan had revised and was secretly shocked. He thought that the emperor would still care about his old feelings for the Grand Master. It seemed that the Grand Master Zhou's Mansion was about to decline!
On the other hand, the Eighteenth Master, no matter what the emperor thinks in his heart, on the surface he is very good, and even several princes cannot compare with him.
Speaking of the eighteenth master, Xuanyuan Che, who was named Xiaoyao King by the late emperor when he was born, is also a legend!
It’s not that he is talented, but that he has a great destiny!
In fact, Xuanyuan Che was the Queen Mother's biological son. The Queen Mother and the late Emperor had a childhood sweetheart relationship. Soon after they got married, they gave birth to the Emperor's eldest son. He was made the Crown Prince at the age of seven. Later, when the Crown Prince turned eighteen, he left the palace for the first time. He was assassinated while on an errand and died accidentally.
When the Queen Mother learned of the bad news, she was heartbroken for a time. She even closed the palace door and saw no one. She stayed alone in the small Buddhist hall, chanting sutras and praying for the Prince every day. She remained silent for a full ten years!
Later, it happened that Emperor Qingyuan's mother-in-law died of illness. At that time, Emperor Qingyuan was fifteen or sixteen years old. His long eyebrows were very similar to those of the deceased emperor's eldest son. The emperor sent him to the Queen Mother to raise him and comfort the Queen Mother. The pain of losing a child!
Gradually, the Queen Mother began to have feelings for Emperor Qingyuan, but years of silence made her position in the harem precarious. Emperor Qingyuan and she were also secretly bullied. The Queen Mother was unwilling to accept it, so she took the initiative to reconcile with the late Emperor!
Within three years, she became pregnant with Xuanyuan Che.
Unfortunately, when she was eight months pregnant, the late emperor's three princes rebelled against the emperor and forced her into the palace. Several princes died that day. The queen mother was also stabbed in the abdomen in order to block the late emperor's sword, causing Xuanyuan Che to be born prematurely!
The sword just hit the Queen Mother's belly. Xuanyuan Che was born with a sword wound on her heart, and blood was pouring out. Her body was pale and her lips were black and blue. The midwife fainted from fright on the spot!
There were already rumors that seven or eight would survive, and with such serious injuries, the imperial doctor also concluded that the two women were probably suffering from enough pain, and they were just doing their best to receive treatment according to fate.
As a result, both mothers came back to life!
It's just that the little one suffered from heart disease, which may affect his lifespan.
It's a pity that the Queen Mother did not block this sword in the end, and the late Emperor was also seriously injured!
In this palace change, all the outstanding princes were gone. The remaining ones were either too young or had no support behind them. Only Emperor Qingyuan was kind-hearted and had the Queen Mother as his adoptive mother. Although he did not have great courage, he could still defend the city. of.
Before the death of the late emperor, he passed the throne to Emperor Qingyuan, and he named Lao Shiba, who survived the disaster because of him, as the Xiaoyao King. He also gave the most fertile waterfront city in the south of the Yangtze River as a fief, and also gave his divine eagle guard to the emperor. He killed him and asked Emperor Qingyuan to take good care of him!
The two major secret guard organizations of the late emperor were the Tianji Guards and the Divine Eagle Guards. The Tianji Guards had always been passed down to the emperors and were only loyal to the previous emperors. The late emperor chose Emperor Qingyuan to succeed him, so the Tianji Guards were naturally passed on to the emperor. Emperor Qingyuan.
It is said that there are nearly a thousand Tianji Guards, all of whom are top secret guards. Only 300 people stay in the capital and follow the emperor's orders. The others are distributed in various places, performing covert missions in various countries.
The Divine Eagle Guard was trained separately by the emperor to save his favorite son's life after the emperor's eldest son was killed. It can be seen that the emperor named Xuanyuan Che the Xiaoyao King not only to compensate for his injury and premature birth, but also because he was a father with deep feelings. love!
Maybe it’s also a compensation for the regret of losing a child early in life!
Therefore, King Xiaoyao, who is only fifteen years old, has always had a higher status than the princes and princesses. Even the concubines in the harem are courteous to him. Anyone who mentions the little emperor's uncle will have a headache!
In fact, if you say he is an elder, he is young, he can scold whoever he wants, beat whoever he wants, and after the beating, he has to go to Emperor Qingyuan to file a complaint again!
You could say he was a kid, but he was so senior that even if he was so angry that he didn't dare to say a word, all the princes and princesses would always stay away from him!
Fortunately, this demon king spends half a year every year away from the palace. Instead, he soaks in hot springs and recuperates in the palace in Butterfly Valley. Otherwise, they would simply not be able to live this life!
Time flies and the New Year's Day arrives, and all the important palaces in the palace are replaced with glass. During the family banquet in the evening, the emperor, the queen, and the concubines and princes of some status all go to the Queen Mother's Palace to watch the New Year.
The windows of the palace are wide and high, and the glass is installed like a large bay window. Along the way, the clean and transparent glass windows are covered with festive window grilles, reflecting the lanterns outside the window and the happy faces, which makes it look particularly special. The artistic conception!
The queen couldn't help but smile when she saw the emperor looking at the glass on the window.
"Jingde Xiangjun is really a strange woman. Making this glass will benefit everyone!"
The emperor heard this and nodded with a smile.
"There is no shortage of talents among the people. Aren't many craftsmen from the people?"
Concubine Chu was not willing to be upstaged by the queen, and she also smiled sweetly.
"No matter how capable you are, you are still serving the royal family!
Your Majesty, this glass is so exquisite, it must be very popular. It would be wrong to leave such a business to a mere village gentleman! "
The emperor was in a good mood and jokingly said
"With this kind of business, naturally we can't let her live alone. I have already accepted her as an imperial merchant and made money for the court!"
After hearing this, Concubine Chu's face turned ugly for a moment, then she smiled again and said
"Your Majesty!"
She originally planned to persuade the emperor to take the glass-making method back to the court, and then arrange for someone to get a share of the pie, but she didn't expect that the emperor would directly give the local king a place as a merchant, and she would miss out on another sum of money!
However, she didn't know that this was not the most depressing thing. When Chu Mingzhu came to the palace tomorrow to pay her respects, the two sisters talked and found out that Xie Yushu was Chu Mingzhu's love rival who had been assassinated twice, and that Xiao Yi was going to be angry to death. Got it!
