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Cixi proposed in the early court that court officials should bring their children to the banquet, which made the civil and military officials in the court puzzled.But because of filial piety, Zai Chun couldn't refuse, so he agreed.The celebration banquet for the Northwest Great Victory was held together with Empress Dowager Cixi's birthday banquet, and the scene can be described as grand.The Empress Dowager Ci'an, who was watching, was also not very comfortable. After all, when she celebrated her birthday this year, there was still a war in the Northwest, so she couldn't make a fuss.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs speculated on the minds of the palace magnates above, and they all spent 12 points on their errands. Because the errands below could not guess Cixi's preferences, An Dehai, Cixi's personal chief executive, took the opportunity to jump around again. It came out, which made Ci'an feel even more distressed.

This Qianqiu Banquet was planned by An Dehai. Zai Chun didn't want Li Lianying to get involved in these things, so as not to be picked up by Cixi and have an attack. It made An Dehai feel like a fish in water, and soon returned to the power center of the harem. He even quietly replaced several of Ci'an's original court procurement eunuchs, and Ci'an was so angry that his teeth itch.

And let’s talk about Liu Xiang, the Liu family of the Imperial Merchant now has such a No. [-] son, and now they can be regarded as someone in the court. The Xiang family is quite a bit like the number one merchant in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Empress Dowager Cixi celebrated her birthday, and Liu Xiang, as the pillar of the imperial merchant family, was naturally very busy. Many silks and satins from Jiangnan had to be purchased through Xinzhe Commercial Bank, and then sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Forbidden City.And don't underestimate that this is just a matter of transporting the goods. Usually, the price of silk from Jiangnan will more than double after it is sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, not to mention the processing fee and gold thread weaving as an additional industry. , the profits here are astonishing.

It turned out that the silk offering business was done by a group of people under Ci'an's management, but An Dehai found an opportunity to attack them one after another, and handed over the job to the Liu family.It's fine if others don't know, but Ci'an also knows the relationship between Liu's family and the sticky pole, so he can't get angry if he gets in the way of the sticky stick's affection.So far, I have to say that An Dehai is indeed a very capable person.

"Eunuch An, the new fabric is ready. The Song brocade base is woven with gold thread, and the pattern is a hundred birds facing the phoenix." Liu Xiang stood in front of An Dehai and said very politely.An Dehai summoned his subordinates to take the presented fabric, and after cleaning his hands, he carefully picked it up to have a look, he really saw that the clothes were shining brightly under the light, it was indeed a rare and good thing.

"This Song Brocade is gorgeous in color, exquisite in design, and soft in texture. The Empress Dowager will like it."

An Dehai smiled in satisfaction, and looked at Liu Xiang with a very kind expression, obviously he already regarded this graceful young master of the Liu family as one of his own.

"It's all thanks to Eunuch An's suggestion, otherwise how could this job go so smoothly?" Liu Xiang immediately took out a 5000 tael silver note and stuffed it into An Dehai's sleeve calmly.At this point, An Dehai smiled even more, and said, "Young Master Liu will go to the Empress Dowager's Qianqiu Banquet, right?"

Liu Xiang nodded: "The grace granted by the emperor is a mighty grace." Liu Xiang is also emerging in the army now, and coupled with the huge financial resources of the Liu family behind him, he has now become a more concerned object in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty. up.Naturally, not many people know about his identity as the Chief Attendant of the sticking rod.

Hearing this, An Dehai looked at Liu Xiang carefully, with a satisfied expression on his face: "Mr. Liu is a dragon and a phoenix. If one day in the future, he soars to the sky, please don't forget the miscellaneous family, Mr. Liu."

Listening to An Dehai's words, Liu Xiang thought that An Dehai was being polite, and hurriedly said: "Eunuch An is polite." But he didn't want An Dehai to wave his hands meaningfully, then turned and left.

The days passed quickly, and soon it was Cixi's birthday.Let's talk about that day, Cixi didn't know what to think, she didn't restrict all the ministers and wives to wear the customary court clothes, on the contrary, she just said it was a celebration.The underground officials figured out what the birthday star was thinking, so they were happy to dress casually, but I have to say that compared to the blue and black court clothes of the Qing Dynasty, the more magnificent regular clothes are indeed more attractive It's more pleasing to the eye.Sitting on it, Zai Chun also saw that these officials were quite pleasing to the eye. It can be seen that people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles, and the saying is true everywhere.

As far as Cixi's birthday is concerned, not only is the dress very unconventional, but even the arrangement of the seats is unreasonable.Ordinary Empress Dowager Qianqiu Banquet, even if the emperor entertains ministers, the emperor and ministers sit together, and the empress dowager sits with the wives, unlike now, all the jujubes are mixed together.It seems very inconsistent with that kind of Confucian etiquette.

Of course, it's not that there are no ignorant people who have written letters accusing the Ministry of Internal Affairs of such inappropriateness, but all of them have been suppressed by Prince Chun, the head of internal services, isn't it?The empress dowager didn't say anything, so I want you to talk too much?

"My son respects my mother a glass." Zai Chun raised the wine glass to toast Cixi. Cixi was very happy, drank it to the brim, praised Zai Chun's filial piety, and then said to Ci'an: "Sister, it's been a long time since I have seen so many things. You are a young child. You look at the age of a flower, and I feel happy when I see it."

Indeed, Erlang, who can be brought into the palace for a banquet by the nobles and officials today, is not a bit of a showman, otherwise he would be too ugly to be brought in front of the empress, it would not be a banquet, but a shame.Among the vast crowd of disciples, there is one person who stands out the most.I saw a man in a dark green thin brocade robe, holding a wine glass, sitting among a group of senior officials.There was a faint smile on the corner of his lips, a pair of clear and bright eyes that were shining black, a straight nose bridge, and Xingjian eyebrows. Even the queen mothers of the two palaces, who had always seen too many beautiful men, couldn't help but praise "" What a handsome boy."

"Yeah, sister, take a look, but it makes you feel comfortable. By the way, which family is that Erlang in the dark green dress?"

Everyone has a love of beauty, not to mention that Liu Xiang is so young, but sitting among a group of high officials, he is even more eye-catching.

"It's the eldest son of the Liu family who has made great contributions to the Northwest."

Cixi didn't know who Liu Xiang was, so Zai Chun answered for Cixi to avoid embarrassment for his mother.

"Oh? It's him? It's amazing to have such achievements at such a young age." Cixi's eyes lit up when she heard that, "By the way, sister, Rongshou will be twelve this year, right?"

"Yes."

Hearing Cixi's words, Ci'an seemed to have thought of something, and turned to look at Rongshou with a smile. "Sister is planning to...?"

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