[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

I only heard Baochai explain slowly: "If you say it's strange, the emperor is the most honorable person in the world. It's a bit strange to let others take what you like first."

"If it's not surprising...the Supreme Emperor is not someone else. Our Great Zhou governs the world with filial piety, and the Holy One should set an example by doing so, and honor the Supreme Emperor, so it's not surprising."

"I think Brother Baocong doesn't need to doubt this, just prepare according to the imperial decree."

Both Sanchun and Li Wan nodded in agreement.

But Baoyu sighed silently, and said to himself: Obviously everyone wants to discuss the idea of ​​what birthday gift to do, but now they are talking about the vulgarity of these monarchs and ministers, father and son, it is really boring!

So he shut his mouth and sat silently in the corner, listless.

But Bao Cong had other thoughts, and his expression gradually turned serious.

One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and the world cannot tolerate two lords. Could it be that the emperor wants to use this to test the Jia family's attitude?

Or did the emperor actually mean something else...

Lin Daiyu pushed him quietly and asked, "What are you thinking of?"

Bao Cong sighed and said, "My mind was very confused. For a while, I felt that the imperial decree was not that simple, and for a while, I felt that I was thinking too much. When I thought about engraving the birthday gift, I had to make the Supreme Emperor like it, but also obey the Emperor's wishes. It's going to kill me!"

Lin Daiyu suddenly laughed, and said: "You are really mediocre, thinking so much for no reason."

"Let me ask you, do you know what the Supreme Emperor likes? And what does the Emperor think?"

Bao Cong shook his head, "Of course I don't know."

Lin Daiyu continued: "Since you don't know, why are you worrying?"

"Instead of guessing wildly, it's better to just prepare the birthday gift with all your heart. Even if the things don't look good, they can still blame you for doing your best with all your heart, can't you?"

"Do our part?"

Hearing these words, Baocong suddenly came to his senses, stood up immediately, bowed deeply to Lin Daiyu, and said happily: "You are really my good sister! I am deeply trapped in the trap, the more I struggle, the more I fall into it." Ni Nao, fortunately my sister woke me up in time!"

Ever since he came to this world, he has been blinded by the future that Jia's house was ransacked in his memory.Jia's family has so many troubles and trifles, no matter how big or small, he can't wait to take a microscope and analyze the things clearly.

As everyone knows, he has spent too much energy thinking too deeply, and those random thoughts just now are almost going to be possessed by demons!

It's time to take a step back to see more clearly!

Everyone was taken aback by Bao Cong, and asked what was going on?

Lin Daiyu only shook her head, and looked at Baocong as well.

Bao Cong explained with a smile: "It's nothing, it's sister Xie Lin who gave me a good idea just now."

Everyone asked what a good idea it was, but Bao Cong didn't say anything. He just said that he would show everyone when the thing was made.

It was getting late, and the few people chatted and laughed for a while and then dispersed.

Early the next morning, Lin Daiyu remembered Bao Cong's troubles yesterday, so she went to Yihong Courtyard to look for him, but Bao Cong also went out early in the morning.

He is in the warehouse of Yushixuan, immersing himself in picking and choosing among all kinds of jade, regardless of the quality of the jade, he only chooses the small jade that is not very big.

After several years of operation, Yushixuan has bought all the houses behind the left and right sides, and the store has only doubled the size of the interior, and the rest are used as warehouses to store all kinds of jade.

Baocong spent most of the day picking out two big boxes as spares, and asked Wu Hui to transport them back to Jia's mansion.

He went to Wang Xifeng again, found a few craftsmen with good craftsmanship, and bought some red sandalwood, yellow rosewood, rosewood and boxwood.

Afterwards, apart from studying in the morning, he devoted himself to making things in the newly tidied up room in the outer courtyard in the afternoon and evening.

During this period, Bao Cong's drawings were revised and revised, and the concept was also pondered over and over again.

Thinking about how to do his "duty" well with a pure heart, and how to properly help the Jia family, in order to grasp this size, he really thought about it day and night, racking his brains!

After a few months, Bao Cong brought out a bunch of shiatsu boards and ball massage footbaths from the house, and gave them to Jia Mu, Jia Zheng and his wife, and Jia She and his wife respectively.

Later, together with Baoyu, he washed and massaged the feet of Jia Mu and Jia Zheng and his wife respectively, and helped them experience the comfort of the acupressure board.

Both Jia Mu and Jia Zheng used it very well, and they praised Baoyu Baojing for several months!

However, whether Jia Zheng is happy or not, he still hasn't forgotten the big event, and he still asks Bao Cong about the progress of the birthday ceremony from time to time.

Secretly, he was worried that Bao Cong would not be able to make a birthday gift and be punished by the emperor, so he sent his subordinates to secretly look for good jade ornaments outside, planning to use those on top if Bao Cong could not engrave well.

However, in August of the following year, only half a month away from the Supreme Emperor's birthday, Bao Cong finally prepared the birthday gift.

When Jia Zheng and Jia Mu asked, Bao Cong only asked someone to carry out a jade bonsai the size of a tea table.

The base of the bonsai is red sandalwood, and various jade carvings are stacked inside, which turned out to be a small scene of birthday worship.

I saw a big "Shou" character engraved on the house of a rural farmhouse.There are flowers, birds, insects and trees outside the farmhouse, and there is a small pond.

An old birthday man was sitting on the edge of the pond fishing, and turned his head to look aside with a smile.As far as he could see, there were two cute little children, a man and a woman, who were obediently kowtowing for their birthday.

A smiling middle-aged couple in the back, together carrying a huge birthday peach, was about to go into the main house of the farmhouse.

The whole bonsai is exquisite and interesting. When Jia Mu and others saw it, they were all amazed and praised Bao Cong again and again.

Jia Zheng originally planned to use the jade ornaments found by the diners to top it.

Now that he saw Baocong's jade bonsai, he suddenly felt that those diners didn't know what cheap things they found.

"It's not bad, but it's just too much energy!" Jia Zheng stroked his beard and said expressionlessly: "When the birthday of the Supreme Emperor is over, you must concentrate on studying and make up for the time spent. !"

Before Bao Cong could answer, Jia's mother spoke first: "Even if he does this, he goes to study and class every morning, and he hasn't missed a day in his studies. You, a father, don't praise him, but scold him!"

After hearing Jia Mu's words, Jia Zheng bowed his head again and again to admit his mistake, and dared not say anything more.

A few days before the birthday of the Supreme Emperor, the eunuch Xia Xia in the palace came to ask if Bao Cong's birthday ceremony had been prepared?

Jia Zhengjia pardoned Jia Lian, took Baocong, and followed eunuch Xia to send the birthday gift to the palace.

When they arrived at the gate of the palace, eunuch Xia only asked Bao Cong to follow him in, and ordered Jia Zheng and others to wait at the gate of the palace.

Jia Zheng and the others were surprised at first, but then calmed down, and stuffed a purse into Eunuch Xia, entrusting him to take care of Bao Cong.Jia Zheng also asked Bao Cong to be cautious in his words and deeds.

Bao Cong naturally agreed, and followed Eunuch Xia all the way in.

The palace is full of grandeur, and Bao Cong has visited the Forbidden City in his previous life, so he is not very curious about the scenery.

The atmosphere in the palace was very solemn. After all, it was his first visit to the real palace, and he still had a big event in mind, so he didn't dare to look around casually.

All the way to the side hall of Fengzao Palace, eunuch Xia asked Bao Cong to wait, and led the people to carry the birthday gift into the main hall.

In the side hall, there were palace maids standing in the four corners, with their eyebrows downcast, their hands lightly clasped on their faces, standing straight and silent.

If he hadn't seen them panting slightly, Bao Cong would have thought they were all wooden people.

A court lady came in with a teacup, put the teacup in Baocong's hand, and said softly, "Young Master Jia, please use it."

Bao Cong's voice subconsciously lowered, and he replied with a smile: "Thank you, sister."

Unexpectedly, the court lady gave him a surprised look, then saluted him, and then retreated lightly.

The side hall was very quiet, no one spoke, and no one dared to make any noise.

Bao Cong thought to himself: Living in such a quiet palace every day, wouldn't people go crazy with depression?

Then he felt sorry for Yuan Chun again. Didn't she just live in the palace for more than ten years?No matter how lively and clever a person is, after more than ten years like this, he will get sick from boredom. No wonder Yuanchun has such a short life!

After a while, the eunuch Xia came over in a hurry, wiping his sweat, and said anxiously: "Young master, hurry up and go with our house, the Holy Majesty wants to see you!"

Bao Cong stood up quickly, checked his clothes, and seeing that he was not rude, he followed Eunuch Xia to the main hall.

Emperor Zhao sat in the middle, and Yuan Chun sat in the lower position on his left.

Bao Cong had learned the various etiquettes of meeting in the palace repeatedly in Jia's mansion. Although he was a little nervous at this time, he did it meticulously.

Emperor Zhao seemed quite satisfied, and asked him to get up, and gave him a round stool to sit on.

Bao Cong sat on the stool with his chest straight, lowered his eyes slightly, and only focused on the emperor's boots.

Emperor Zhao said kindly: "I have seen the jade bonsai, it is very good, delicate and unique. Did you carve all the carvings in it yourself?"

Bao Cong said: "Yes, except for the base, which was helped by a carpenter, the jade carvings inside are carved by the courtiers themselves."

Emperor Zhao said happily after hearing the words: "You still have some talent in these things." Then asked: "What are the other two things used for?"

It turned out that Bao Cong asked eunuch Xia to bring not only jade bonsai, but also a pair of jade massage shiatsu boards and a massage footbath filled with jade rolling stones.

Bao Cong was waiting for Emperor Zhao to ask about this, and immediately replied slowly: "One is a footbath, with some rolling balls and jade in the bottom of the basin, you can massage your feet while soaking your feet. The other is called an acupressure board, after washing your feet , during free time, people can take off their shoes and socks and walk on it, and they can massage the soles of their feet to relieve fatigue.”

Emperor Zhao was a little puzzled and asked, "Why did you make three birthday gifts?"

"These two..."

Bao Cong pretended to hesitate for a while, and said hesitantly: "The elders in the courtier's family often have sore legs and feet, so the courtier came up with these two things to massage the legs and feet. The courtiers and the brothers and sisters in the family served the elders to wash their feet and massage, and the elders used it. Excellent."

"That's why the courtiers thought that the old man might also be useful, so they sent them to the palace together."

Yuan Chun listened to it, and immediately turned pale, stood up in a panic and reprimanded Bao Cong: "Presumptuous, my lord, how can you do this? Shut up!"

Then he hurriedly pleaded with Emperor Zhao: "Shang Mingjian, this child was spoiled by the family, and he didn't mean to say this! Please forgive him for his young age and ignorance!"

Yuan Chun apologized, and Bao Cong couldn't sit still, so he plopped on the ground and kowtowed to plead guilty: "I made these two things first, but later felt that it was inappropriate, so I made a jade bonsai again, please forgive me! "

On the contrary, Emperor Zhao waved his hand casually, called Bao Cong to stand up, and said to Yuan Chun: "Why should you be nervous, my concubine, your brother is very filial, what is the crime?"

"Not only is he innocent, but I want to reward him!"

At first, Emperor Zhao only thought that Bao Cong had carved a good thing, but after hearing what he said, he became more interested in him.

So he continued to ask: "Since you know it's not appropriate, why did you send it to the palace?"

Bao Cong had been prepared for a long time, so he replied calmly at this time: "These two things have already been made, and the top-quality jade is used on them. The minister thought that no one else could use it except the nobles in the palace, so he sent it to the The palace is dedicated to the Holy One."

Things are forbidden, and Jia's mansion can't use them, so offering them to the palace is an excuse.

However, in fact, he had an adventurous idea in his heart.

It is said that Emperor Zhao has a generous temperament and is a benevolent emperor.But Bao Cong has never seen it with his own eyes, and he doesn't know what happened.

Jia's mansion is now full of loopholes, and it is already a wrecked ship flooded everywhere.Whether this ship can be patched, and how to patch it, the most important thing is to see Emperor Zhao's attitude.

If Emperor Zhaozhao is indeed a benevolent emperor, he can think of more ways in the future.

If Emperor Zhao's personality is not very good, he should make preparations early to see if there is an escape boat or the like.

Today he wanted to test Emperor Zhao's temper.

Although this move was too risky, he was young and Yuan Chun's younger brother.

He didn't say that the emperor must wash the Taishanghuang's feet, but just made a small suggestion. As long as the emperor is not stupid, he probably won't care about him when he is a teenager.

At most, he will be blacklisted by the emperor, and his official career will not go well in the future, so he will just squat in Jia's house and become a rich man!

If Emperor Zhao was a tyrant... Hehehe, Bao Cong has a string of luck bonuses hanging around his waist, it can't be that bad luck, right?The original book didn't say that the emperor was a tyrant!

Bao Cong stood below and thought wildly.

Emperor Zhao remained silent, only staring at Bao Cong with his eyes, sizing him up over and over again.

Yuan Chun was already trembling with fear, his heart was almost convulsed, and his palms were sweating anxiously as he pinched the handkerchief: What is the emperor thinking?