Chapter 37 The rare generosity of the stingy emperor (1)
The Spring Festival was coming soon, and the palace sent a message to invite Guocheng and Zhu Youjian to attend the reunion banquet. At this time, the Towel Weaving Bureau prepared the remaining down products and brought 11 sets of down jackets and 13 down quilts.
Guocheng left a quilt for himself, took three quilts and two sets of down jackets for Zhu Youjian and said, "A Jian, I will call Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun in later. You can give them the quilt and down jacket with your own hands, and leave the remaining one for yourself."
Zhu Youjian was practicing calligraphy and said, "Brother Guocheng, just give it to him. Anyway, making down jackets is your idea, and giving down jackets is also your idea. Why do I have to have more hands on it? Look, is my writing good?"
Guocheng took Zhu Youjian's calligraphy, looked at it, and said, "The silver-grouped iron painting is revealed, and his handwriting is well written. Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun are your confidants, and they are also the two most reliable people when you leave the palace and build a mansion in the future. Although you have lived with them for a long time and have already established a deep friendship. But giving some warmth from time to time can make them more loyal to you. A Jian, have you ever heard the story of Zhou Gong Tubao and Cao Cao's barefoot welcoming guests?"
Zhu Youjian shook his head and said, "I have never heard of these two stories."
Guocheng vividly told Zhu Youjian that someone came to visit Duke Zhou. Duke Zhou spit out a bite of meat pie and communicated with the visitors. Xu You went to see Cao Cao, but Cao Cao didn't have time to put on his shoes and came out barefoot. Guocheng concluded: "Look, Duke Zhou and Cao Cao are both talented and wise people. If you treat your subordinates like this, A Jian must learn."
Zhu Youjian nodded and said, "Brother Guocheng, sometimes I think you teach more than teachers, and you teach better than teachers. Unfortunately, I am not the prince, otherwise the emperor must be named as the prince's grand tutor."
Guocheng smiled. Zhu Youjian could understand it, which made him feel warm. He went out and called Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun in. Zhu Youjian handed them the duvet and down jacket. The two guys were so moved that they burst into tears, and the sound of crying was so loud. I wondered, but I thought that something tragic tragedy had happened.
Guocheng asked someone to send Lu Shou, Wang An and Li Jinzhong's quilts and down jackets to their mansions, and this matter cannot be done publicly. A royal grandson and an eunuch in close contact with the inner palace will cause many unnecessary associations.
When he found out that Zhu Changluo did not take Li Xuanshi of the East Palace to attend the reunion banquet, Guocheng asked Cao Huachun to send a set of down jacket and a down quilt to Li Xuanshi of the East Palace. Li Xuanshi of the East Palace was originally sitting in the crown prince's east palace and felt as if he was sad. When he touched the things Zhu Youjian sent, his heart suddenly became hot. Zhu Youjian was really filial.
With the remaining five sets of down jackets and duvets, Guocheng and Zhu Youjian went to the palace.
At this time, the palace was decorated with lights and colorful colors, and a strong festive atmosphere was revealed in the magnificence.
This time, Wanli held a family dinner, and everyone gathered around a large round table to eat and drink. What surprised Guocheng was that there was a slightly smaller round table in the middle of the large round table, and the round table was still slowly turning. Guocheng looked at the gently rotating table in surprise, as if he had traveled back to the later generations. After careful observation, it turned out that a eunuch was gently pushing the wheel in the middle next to him.
A little fat man saw Guocheng's surprise look and his face almost laughed like a bun: "Guocheng, this is a rotating table I designed based on your big turntable. The dishes are placed on the rotating table in the middle, and you can pick up every dish with chopsticks without standing up. I presented this table to Your Majesty. Your Majesty said that I was exquisite in design and meticulous, and praised me very much. I was not that smart, I just borrowed your design. This time I owe you a favor, and I will repay you in the future. Don't expose me today."
This little fat man was Zhu Youxiao, the later Emperor of the Apocalypse. He said that Zhu Youxiao would be the emperor in the future. Even if he was not the emperor, Guocheng would agree to this point. Guocheng hurriedly said: "The big turntable is a big turntable, and the turntable is a turntable. How can the emperor and the crown prince learn from one example and he is such a genius."
Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Where, where. Now I still can't think of the secret that your big turntable can easily turn. Alas, don't tell me, I must rely on my own wisdom to solve this problem."
At this moment, Emperor Wanli arrived and everyone went to the table together. Guocheng looked carefully and found that the people who came were Wanli, Concubine Zheng, Prince Zhu Changluo, Li Xuanshi of the West Palace, and Zhu Youxiao, and two other ones, one was a fat man in his thirties and the other was a fat man under 10 years old. Zhu Youjian secretly told Guocheng that the fat man was his uncle Zhu Changxun, and the fat man was his cousin Zhu Yousong. Guocheng was shocked. The table was full of relatives of the old Zhu family. Except for himself, it seemed that Emperor Wanli really valued himself.
After everyone sat down, Zhu Youjian stood up and said, "This year's winter in Beijing is too cold. I saw chickens and ducks jumping around in the snow and ice. I wondered why chickens and ducks are not afraid of the cold, so I pulled the chicken and duck feathers and put them on myself. It was indeed not cold."
The table burst into laughter, it was such a naughty child. Even the eunuch who was accompanying him to cover up his mouth and laughed secretly.
Zhu Youjian was not upset and said, "But it was too troublesome to pull and apply hair, so I sewed the down into the clothes and found that the clothes were light and warm, and they were comfortable to wear. I named the clothes a down jacket."
No one laughed at the table. Other naughty children were very destructive, such as typhoons passing through the border, sweeping to death, and being injured. Zhu Youjian even found out that he was a dragon son and a phoenix grandson.
Zhu Youjian said: "I made a few pieces and wanted to give them to Grandpa Emperor, Grandma Emperor, Daddy, Mother and Brother. I didn't expect that the uncle and cousin would come too today. It shouldn't be so fast. I asked someone to make two more pieces for you. In addition, I also tried to sew the hair into the quilt, and found that the quilt was light and warm, so I made a down quilt and brought it with me."
As he said that, Wang Chengsi handed the clothes and quilt to the eunuch who was accompanying him.
Emperor Wanli, Concubine Zheng, Crown Prince, Li Xuanshi of the West Palace was older and he was very mature and persistent. He touched the smooth clothes and weighed the weight of the quilt. Zhu Youxiao was only 12 years old, and the child was very polite. He immediately put on his clothes and said, "It's indeed light and warm. This winter, it can be colder."
After wearing it for a while, sweat came out. Zhu Youxiao quickly took off the down jacket and took off all the cotton jacket, cotton pants, and midsuits. When he took off his clothes, many small things fell out of his body, such as small warmers, small soup, etc., all of which were heating supplies. Then he put on the down jacket and said, "With this down jacket, I don't have to wear these things anymore. It's really relaxing."
Chapter completed!