Concubine Su knew that she was not smart.
Therefore, she relied on caution to survive in Prince Kang's Mansion without making any enemies or being taken seriously.
Now that her daughter is favored and her son has entered the palace, as a mother, in addition to having to be tough in her heart, she must be more supple in appearance so that she can ward off disasters for them.
King Kang originally wanted to have a talk with Concubine Su Bingzhuye to learn about the current situation of the Su family.
Hearing Su Zai's reminder, he patted her hand gently.
"That's fine. When Su Wu and the others come next time, I'll stay at your place and have a good chat about them."
King Kang didn't have any entanglements.
He is not a womanizer.
When people reach middle age, they are no longer confused and have long been indifferent to beauty.
What's more, the concubines in his harem who have suffered hardships with him don't have so many fancy clothes, so naturally they are not in line with the beauty in the eyes of outsiders.
But only he knows where their beauty lies, so everyone moves forward and retreats in a controlled manner, and they are harmonious.
When King Kang came to the princess's yard.
The old housekeeper was asking the princess which young master and young lady lived in which courtyard.
The princess was quite surprised to see him coming so quickly.
"Your Majesty, didn't you rest at Concubine Su's place?"
"Concubine Su wants to reply. I also have some court matters that I want to talk to you about."
Prince Kang could not do the thing of doting on the side concubine and destroying the main concubine.
There are some things that cannot be said to the concubine, but the princess is informed.
Otherwise, beware of being plotted by others when you go out.
Just like the palace of Prince Jin, if something happens to the side concubine, a piece of white silk can bring peace to the whole palace, but if something happens to the main concubine, half of the palace will collapse.
after all.
The royal concubine was the one chosen by the emperor. Even if the marriage was casual, Prince Kang would not abandon her.
"Sister Su Concubine rarely gets a letter from home. She will definitely be happy for a long time tonight. Come and bring a pack of red candles to Concubine Su. In the past few years, she has been lighting lamps and boiling oil to sew all the prince's clothes with Su embroidery. , saved me a lot of thinking and hurt my eyes carefully."
The princess's words made King Kang understand more about how bleak Concubine Su's life was before.
He looked down at the Su embroidery on the shoes and felt unhappy.
"Princess, I remember that there is a hundred-year-old ginseng in the house, and it should be given to Princess Xian's house. Jingxian often stays up late to run errands for her father recently. Give her some soothing medicine."
"Okay, I will go and get it myself."
The palace of Prince Kang was busy until midnight, and the princess personally directed her servants on how to vacate the two courtyards and how to decorate them.
It wasn't quiet until late at night.
But other mansions were still brightly lit.
On the desks of all the noble family heads, there is a legend of treasures obtained from officials of the Ministry of Industry and even craftsmen at a high price, which will be made public when they go to court tomorrow.
treasure.
That is, a rare treasure created by royal craftsmen.
In the past, not to mention treasures, even the Ministry of Industry and the heads of these powerful families did not pay attention to them.
But now, they have to be cautious.
There is no other reason.
These treasures determine how much broth their family can drink with the royal family.
In addition to the categories, the treasure map also includes estimated production quantities for each month.
The house owners had just understood what these "radiators", "iron stoves" and "glazed windows" were from the inquiring men, and then looked at the quantities marked at the back, and they were immediately anxious.
"Only 1,000 units are expected to be produced this month? There are nearly 10 million people and more than 1 million households in Daxing. The Ministry of Industry has done so little, which is a drop in the bucket."
Many owners also want to participate in reselling.
After looking at the number of these sets and the price tags behind them, they all gave up the idea, thinking that dividing the points among the major families in the capital and Guannai Road was not enough.
They only have one idea at this time.
Grab the goods for your own use!
But before taking action, they still had to ask their trusted subordinates to find out the information.
"Then the radiator really heats up the water as soon as it boils it?"
"It's so hot. The first set was built in the boiler room of the Ministry of Works and put on the spot where the Ministry of Works works for trial use. Guess what, sir, those officials from the Ministry of Works almost took off that set of radiators on the spot. Said to show it to merchants who would place orders in the future.”
It seems that the Ministry of Industry has really toughened its back.
His Majesty's imperial edicts were sent to Princess Xian's mansion and handed over to Ning Wuhuang.
It was said that Ning Wuhuang was still lying on the bed waiting for the heater to recover from his injuries. He actually dared to fight with Ning Wuhuang. This was because he was afraid that the Ministry of Industry was doing too well.
Although he knew what the outcome would be, the man still watched the excitement and asked curiously: "What next? Will the Ministry of Industry stay?"
If you stay.
He happened to go to the Ministry of Works at night when no one was around, so he opened a back door and asked if he could make a reservation.
"How could it be possible to stay? It wouldn't matter if it were anyone else. This first set was built for Ning Huangshang. This Ning Huangshang is a wealthy man from the Ministry of Industry. They just want the boiler room to stop building other things and give them to the boiler room first. They built a set of radiators, and Princess Xian said that she would not stop building the stove in the glazed window for them."
"Then what?"
"Then the first set of glazed windows came out. It happened that the sizes of the paper windows in Princess Xian's mansion and the Ministry of Works matched. The Ministry of Works replaced the paper windows with glazed windows, but immediately regretted it and asked the boiler to burn the glazed windows first, and then told the Ning family You can burn the colored glaze yourself. This first set of colored glaze windows must be used by the Ministry of Industry. This is a living sign to promote the colored glaze windows."
Listen to what your subordinates say.
This old man couldn't help but look at the paper windows of his house.
The pattern that the painter was asked to draw was still the pattern from three years ago.
The color has long faded due to exposure to wind and sun, and looks very dim under the light. It is hard to tell whether it is a human or a dog.
"It says that the glazed windows are crystal clear and cheaper than glazed lamps. I wonder if the price will increase after the entire set of glazed windows is installed in the Ministry of Engineering."
Thinking of this, the old man still couldn't restrain his curiosity and impulse, and stood up, patting the table.
"Prepare the carriage, I'm going to the Ministry of Works to have a look!"
Anyway, since the glass was successfully fired, the Ministry of Industry has been working all night long every day.
He didn't have to worry about waiting outside the door to blow the cold wind.
The old man slowly put on his big cloak and headed to the Ministry of Works unhurriedly.
The political hall where the six ministries handle affairs was originally located in the same place.
However, since the Ministry of Industry has many people but few things to do, it has always been placed in a remote corner of the street.
But tonight.
This corner of the street has become even more lively than the center of the bustling street.
Still five hundred meters away from the gate of the Ministry of Industry office, the carriage came to a sudden stop.
The master in the carriage raised the curtain angrily.
"Who is so short..."
Before he could curse out loud, when he saw the An family's carriage speeding past, he swallowed back the words he wanted to greet his ancestors.
"Why did the Anjia's carriage come to the Ministry of Industry so late? Isn't even the Anjia trying to buy it?"
how come.
No matter how popular glass windows and radiators are, it’s not like even the emperor’s relatives would come to snatch them in the middle of the night.
That would be really disgraceful...
Before the master could finish what he was saying, he caught sight of the carriage in front of him from the corner of his eye. He broke into a cold sweat and blurted out.
"My second uncle! Is this the Chinese New Year tonight?!"
