Kong Yingda was stunned by Lu Chen's smiling rhetorical question!
It's not that Lu Chen's words were outrageous, but that Lu Chen's words were so direct that they hurt his lungs. Do those businessmen have wealth? Yes, but who do they compare with? If they compare with those common people, ordinary people, He must be much richer, but compared with those thousand-year-old families and aristocratic families, he is probably not even a drop in the bucket.
Not to mention others, let’s just talk about the Kong family where Xu Shenghou Kong Yingda belongs. This is the number one family in the millennium. No matter which dynasty or generation it is, the Kong family is still standing. Its wealth is unmatched by those businessmen. Yes!
The sleeves in front of the person are cool, but the hands behind the back smell like copper?
For some reason, when Lu Chen asked him this question, this sentence suddenly popped into Kong Yingda's mind.
"Master, it seems to me that this merchant has harmed the country because of improper governance, but it is not the merchant's fault! Master, what do you think?" Lu Chen saw that Kong Yingda's expression changed and he did not answer his own words. Lu Chen directly Said with a smile.
"Alas!" When Lu Chen said this again, Kong Yingda sighed directly, "When County Duke Lu said this, I didn't know how to respond for a while!" Kong Yingda said with a bitter smile.
"Master, everything must have a reason for its existence. As long as it does not exceed a certain degree, it can develop in a good direction. Going too far is a disaster!" Lu Chen stood up and said to Kong Yingda, "I hope Master will think twice and take my leave." Got it!"
"Then I'll send you off not far away!" Seeing Lu Chen saying goodbye to him again, Kong Yingda stood up and rushed to Lu Chen, cupping his hands and saying, "When the day of acceptance comes, you can send someone to inform me to accompany you!" Kong Yingda will go with him! Lu Chen sent him out of the front hall.
"Then I'll have you!" Lu Chen said, cupping his hands towards Kong Yingda. After that, he took Liu Jing and Feng Huai and left Kong Yingda's Xushenghou Mansion under the guidance of the housekeeper.
Seeing Lu Chen's leaving figure, Kong Yingda sighed again. It was unclear whether it was because he failed to convince Lu Chen or because of Lu Chen's words.
After Lu Chen returned to Lujiazhuang with Liu Jing and Feng Huai, he found Du Yanliang and asked Du Yanliang to prepare the basic gifts. As for what else to give besides these, Lu Chen had to figure it out himself.
On the sixth day of February, it’s time to take advantage of it.
This day is also the day when Wang Qiding, the supervisor of the Taishi Bureau, accepts the offer.
On this day, Lu Chen had finished dressing up early, had breakfast, put on a brand-new father-in-law uniform, and set off for Chang'an City with Liu Jing and Feng Huai, as well as more than ten back Wei guards, and two carriages. .
After entering Chang'an City, Lu Chen went straight to the Imperial City. As for Kong Yingda, Lu Chen had sent Liu Jing to visit him again yesterday with his gifts, and they agreed to meet at the gate of the Imperial City today.
When Lu Chen led people to the imperial city, he saw Kong Yingda's carriage waiting here. As for Kong Yingda, he probably didn't see it and was probably resting in the carriage.
However, just when Lu Chen led people closer, the curtain cage of Kong Yingda's carriage was raised, and Kong Yingda got out of the carriage with the help of a servant.
"I've been waiting for you for so long, I hope you will forgive me!" Lu Chen got off his horse and saluted Kong Yingda with a smile.
"Mr. Lu, there is no need to be polite, I have just arrived!" Kong Yingda waved at Lu Chen and smiled, while glancing at the two carriages behind Lu Chen, "It seems that the county magistrate has prepared a lot of gifts!" Looking at it! Kong Yingda teased Lu Chen about the carriage covered by oilcloth.
"Where! Where!" Hearing Kong Yingda's teasing, Lu Chen waved his hands repeatedly, "Isn't it strange that there are so many people? This isn't the first time I've been accepted! Prepare more, and you'll feel at ease!" Lu Chen explained with a smile.
"First time accepting the offer?" Kong Yingda couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly when he heard Lu Chen's words, "It seems that the county prince wants to marry a few more people? I'm afraid this matter is not up to you!" Kong Yingda He smiled and teased Lu Chen.
If it is an ordinary family, you say it is possible to have three wives and four concubines. You are marrying a princess. Whether you can take concubines depends on whether the princess will let you. If you are a good-tempered princess, you can get a concubine. If you have a bad temper, let alone the outer chamber, you may even kill your consort!
"It was just a slip of the tongue! It's already getting late, can we go in?" Lu Chen laughed twice and changed the subject. Kong Yingda stroked his beard and nodded, then accompanied Lu Chen towards the city gate.
It was known to everyone in the palace that Lu Chen would come to perform the acceptance ceremony today, so the imperial guards guarding the door just made a routine inspection and asked the chamberlain who had been waiting here to take Lu Chen and Kong Yingda to the palace.
After leading the chamberlain to bring Lu Chen and Kong Yingda to a palace, they saw Chang Bao waiting here.
"Report to the Governor Chang, Chang'an County Duke, Lu Chen, Xu Shenghou, Kong Yingda, are here!" The little chamberlain saluted Chang Bao and then reported.
"Go down!" After receiving the report from the little chamberlain, Chang Bao nodded and waved his hand to the little chamberlain. After the little chamberlain saluted again, he left without looking back.
After Lu Chen, Kong Yingda and Chang Bao saluted each other, "Congratulations to Mr. Lu County!" Chang Bao said with a smile on his face as he raised his hands to Lu Chen.
"Thank you, Governor Chang!" Lu Chen said in return to Chang Bao.
"Mr. Lu County, Mr. Kong Hou, please wait a moment. Let's report to our family that Your Majesty has arrived!" Chang Bao said to the two of them, cupping his hands, and quickly walked into the main hall where the word "Zhao De" was hung. within.
At about tea time, Chang Bao walked out of the main hall quickly, and raised his hands to the two of them again: "Your Majesty, you are summoned to enter the hall!"
"Thank you, Governor Chang!" Lu Chen and Kong Yingda both said politely to Chang Bao, and then followed Chang Bao into the main hall.
"My lord, Lu Chen (Kong Yingda), pay homage to your majesty, and pay homage to the noble concubine!" After entering the hall, Lu Chen discovered that not only Li Yuan was sitting in front of him, but also Concubine Wan Gui was sitting next to Li Yuan.
After Queen Dou's death, Concubine Wan Gui became the head of the harem. Now Li Yuan granted marriage to Lu Chen and Li Yanjun. In Queen Dou's absence, Concubine Wan Gui took the place of Queen Dou to complete the wedding ceremony.
"No need to give gifts!" Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen and Kong Yingda who were giving him gifts and said loudly.
"Today is the day of acceptance. I wonder if Lu Aiqing is ready for the gift of acceptance?" Although Li Yuan was looking at Lu Chen, he was asking Kong Yingda.
"Your Majesty, this is the gift list accepted by the Duke of Lu County!" Kong Yingda took out a fold directly from the sleeve and presented it to Chang Bao beside him with both hands.
Chang Bao took the folding book, walked quickly to Li Yuan, and presented it to Li Yuan with both hands.
Li Yuan reached out and took the folder, opened it and read it. The front was naturally the ordinary things that were collected according to the regulations, but when he saw the back, Li Yuan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, because there were many things written on it, and there were many of them. I have never heard of them, and some of them are a bit vague.
"Yes!" Li Yuan nodded and handed the gift list to Concubine Wan Gui. Concubine Wan Gui looked at the package and became more and more confused.
"Mr. Lu!" Concubine Wan Gui looked at the gift list and called Lu Chen directly.
"I'm here!" Lu Chen responded respectfully.
"I wonder what the 'soap' and 'perfume' written on this are?" Concubine Wan Gui looked at Lu Chen curiously and asked.
"Your Majesty, this soap is for bathing, and this perfume can repel mosquitoes and add body fragrance!" Lu Chen cupped his hands and saluted.
"Oh? There are such items?" Upon hearing Lu Chen's simple explanation, Concubine Wan Gui's eyes couldn't help but light up.
"There is indeed such a thing!" Lu Chen nodded directly and responded, "Words are not true, seeing is believing. I kindly ask you to demonstrate the use of these two items for your majesty and the noble concubine!" Lu Chen directly looked at Li Yuan and asked.
"Nonsense!" Hearing Lu Chen's expression as he demonstrated how to use it, Li Yuan immediately thought that what Lu Chen just said was a "bath" product. Isn't this nonsense! Could it be that the entire bathtub was not enough for Lu Chen to take a bath in this hall? "Do you still want to bathe in my palace?" Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen and asked in a deep voice, with a somewhat ugly look on his face.
"Bath?" Hearing Li Yuan's question, Lu Chen immediately understood that Li Yuan had obviously misunderstood him. However, Lu Chen also understood that he did not speak clearly. He saluted Li Yuan directly and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid you have misunderstood me." , The bathing thing I mentioned is just one of the functions of this soap, it does not mean that the soap can only be used for bathing!"
After hearing Lu Chen's explanation, Li Yuan's face became slightly better. At the same time, he turned to look at Concubine Wan Gui, obviously asking Concubine Wan Gui for her opinion. Concubine Wan Gui naturally wanted to see what novel items Lu Chen made. "Your Majesty, why don't you let Duke Lu demonstrate it?" Concubine Wan Gui asked Li Yuan softly.
"Since my beloved concubine agrees, then I will allow this boy to demonstrate!" Li Yuan nodded, but when he looked at Lu Chen, he still glared at Lu Chen, obviously blaming Lu Chen for making him misunderstand, and at the same time, he also glared at Lu Chen. He blamed Lu Chen for being careless.
"Please also ask Governor Chang to prepare a basin of water for me and inform Liu Jing outside!" Seeing that Li Yuan agreed to the demonstration, Lu Chen directly chose to ignore Li Yuan's eyes and said to Chang Bao who was standing aside.
Chang Bao nodded and gave instructions directly to the other chamberlains, and the two chamberlains quickly ran out of the palace.
After a short effort, a chamberlain carrying a copper basin walked in from outside the hall. At the same time, Liu Jing, holding a small wooden box, also followed the chambermaid into the hall.
"Greetings to your majesty, hello to the noble concubine!" After Liu Jing put down the wooden box, he went directly to Li Yuan and Wan Guifei to greet him.
"No need!" Li Yuan waved his hand and said casually.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After receiving Li Yuan's approval, Liu Jing straightened up.
