Dress to be a celebrity

Early in the morning, Song Zhifu mobilized his family to make moon cakes, steamed pastries, and bought chrysanthemum wine, sweet-scented osmanthus honey, dried and salted osmanthus flowers and other festive and health-preserving medicinal materials all over the city.In addition to food, I also asked people to pack a few more sets of warm cotton underwear, wool socks, knee pads, waist pads, wool-lined insoles, cervical pillows, and several bags of exchanged broken silver and copper coins.

A group of people eat horse chews, and there are places where they can't meet the post house, so why don't they use some broken silver and copper coins to buy things?The silver cabinets outside are not as honest as the ones under their control, and they dare not coax the officials and lords, and some of them deduct more money from them when exchanging or reaming silver.Now that there is no Alipay or credit card to swipe, it is better to prepare more change to save trouble.

Unknowingly, he packed more and more things, and gradually changed from small boxes to wicker boxes, and there was a tendency to develop into large baskets.Fortunately, several secondary officials in the government office were sensible and repeatedly advised him not to bring more than the concubine wife of the king of Zhou, so he prevented the adults from changing the carriage for the messenger.

Even so, when the courier was outside Juyongguan, when the agreed posthouse was catching up with King Zhou and his party, he also changed from riding alone to three riding alone - but it was not the same as others who brought a few more horses for the journey. Similarly, the two extra horses he brought were pack horses, each of which was full of crates and suitcases.

The guards who came back with the message were instructing the postmen to move things. When they heard the news, the guards who came out to welcome them looked at these baskets and sighed in a low voice: "Mrs. These things are worthy of being given by the Holy One."

These things should also be taken up and shown to His Highness.

The leader of the ceremony told him to go in quickly, present a letter from home and a list of gifts, and report to King Zhou that he was safe.As for these things outside, let others take over first, and arrange them in the empty room where the luggage is stored. If His Highness wants to see them, he will call someone to take them out.

The soldier was in a hurry to confess his mission, said "yes", then carried two letters and a gift list, followed Dianyi upstairs.When I arrived at the first guest room upstairs of the post house, I saw King Zhou, Lord Huan, and two long history masters Chu and Ma sitting in the hall talking.He nimbly stepped forward to kowtow to say hello, and took out two letters and two big red gift slips from his pocket.

Looking at the thickness of the letter and list, the two long-timers couldn't help silently praising: Mrs. Wang is really virtuous.Their lords sent letters back to the capital, and the letters sent from the concubine Xian's palace were almost this thick, and the letters sent by their palace were not so thick.

The king of Zhou was also a little moved, and ordered the servants who were waiting on the side to fetch it.

When the servant went to get the letter, he saw that the guard who carried the letter divided the letter in his hand, lifted the thin one over his head, and put the thick one in front of him, and said: "This is from Mrs. Wang's order. , these Song prefects sent to Huan Qianxian."

what……

Mr. Song is really a virtuous... virtuous and upright official.

The two elders silently wiped away the praise in their hearts, and the servant who received the letter was startled. First, he presented the letter from his wife to the king of Zhou to his master, Eunuch Xu, and then went to get Song Shi's letter.His speed was not as fast as Huan Ling's.Huan Qianxian's long legs could take two steps in one stride, walked to the messenger's side, took the thick letter from home and the gift list underneath, silently put it in his sleeve, and sat back on his seat.

The little servant also withdrew his hand, ordered the heir's personal soldiers to go down to rest on behalf of the King of Zhou, and walked back behind the King of Zhou silently.Eunuch Xu, the eunuch in charge, approached King Zhou, held the list and bowed his head and asked, "Does Your Highness want to read the list sent by the madam? If you don't, the servants will ask someone to go down and clean it up."

Let's see.Even if he wasn't in a hurry to see what the Hanzhong mansion brought, and seeing his uncle's expression, he might not be able to discuss the matter.

The king of Zhou looked at his cuffs where the envelope was hanging straight, and then carefully discerned his seemingly indifferent eyes, but looked down from time to time, smiled knowingly, and waved his hands: "We have sent someone to invite An Zhezi to Beijing , Now just wait for the news from the court, and there is no need to guess too much. Master Huan, let's go back and rest first, and we will talk about it at night if there is something to do."

He himself was waiting for a reply from Jingzhong, so much so that he even wanted to break into the capital directly to see his father, mother, concubine, his princess, and youngest son with his own eyes.Uncle Huan got the letter from Hanzhong, but he couldn't read it. I'm afraid his heart is more tormented than him, and why do you keep people here?

King Zhou was so considerate, Huan Ling couldn't care less, stood up to plead guilty, and left the guest room.As soon as he went out, he hurriedly took out the letter and read it with the dim light in the corridor.

The King of Zhou watched him go out, and when he saw the letter and list in Eunuch Xu's hand, he ordered: "Bring the letter, read the list, and Sima Changshi take someone to clean it up."

What Hanzhong can send is nothing more than medicinal materials, clothing, and some long-lasting bacon and sweets made by Mrs. Wang herself.Probably because she was touched when she saw a load of luggage packed by Master Song last time before leaving, Mrs. Wang also brought a few fur cloaks, vests, gloves, and a few copper hand stoves and foot stoves here.

The shape is all made according to the specifications of the prince's dress, and it must be decent for a prince.

Her presents were well-prepared, and her letters were also well-written and decent.King Zhou looked at her letter and couldn't help thinking of how Yuan Niang took care of them both after she and Mrs. Li entered the palace.

In the past, when Yuanniang first entered the palace, she had a bit of a noble and diluted style, but at that time, for some reason, she was surrounded by the dignity and tolerance of the Wang family in Hanzhong.

I don't know if she is doing well now, or how is the fetus in her womb.I don't know if my father is willing to let Uncle Huan go back to Beijing to have a look.

When he thought of his child, the excitement and nervousness of being a father for the first time burned in his chest like a flame, and he couldn't bear to read the letter in his hand. He closed his eyes and listened to Xu Banban read the list of gifts, and suddenly asked: "Is there anything else suitable for us?" Children's clothing, medicinal materials? Pick some good ones and send them back to the palace."

They have been in Hanzhong for a long time, and even the king of Zhou himself lived a very frugal life. How can there be any better clothes than Beijing?

The attendant Xu almost moved his mind to transfer the presents prepared for the Holy Majesty and the Empress to the little prince when he came, trying to recall what else was suitable for the baby among the things he brought.He followed Sima Changshi downstairs to look at the luggage, and thought about it all the way while walking, and suddenly remembered the cotton thread that Master Song packed for their group when they set off——

The level of the Song Dynasty has reached the point of weaving pieces and tubes, and then it all depends on tailors.Therefore, most of the work they outsourced from the Hanzhong Women's Employment Guidance Center was a square piece of cotton thread or tube. When they set off, Song Shi not only asked someone to cut the thread clothes, but also brought them a lot of woven fabrics for mending on the road. replace.

Although these materials are made by folk women, they are all dyed in vulgar colors of bright red and blue, and there are no fine patterns, but because of this, they seem to be more suitable for babies.

Don't babies' clothes have to be sewn tightly and smoothly, with no threads in the clothes?What's more, the tightness of the thread-woven clothes is neither wrapped around the body nor easy to loosen, making it more comfortable to wear.Or it would be more appropriate not only to send fabrics, but also to ask the accompanying skillful palace maids to make them into swaddling clothes?

When the little Highness was born, His Highness specially gave him clothes, which naturally showed more affection between father and son than just giving a few pieces of material.

He talked about this plan with Sima Changshi, and the two of them made up their minds, and they went downstairs to get the cloth together, and asked the accompanying imperial physician to pick out some medicines suitable for the princess and the little highness.When I went downstairs to the room where the luggage was stored, I saw that the courier was directing people to move things out of the room, pointing, and the unloaded boxes were piled up half the aisle.

Eunuch Xu was surprised and said, "How do you move things out? Our family and Lord Sima are looking for clothes for His Highness. What are you moving?"

It's not about moving His Highness's things, it's that there are boxes and cages given to Huan Qianxian by Song Zhifu, and he recognizes them all, so he asks people to move them out first, otherwise His Highness King Zhou's things will be difficult to get if the door is blocked.

Eunuch Xu and Sima Changshi suddenly remembered the thick letter and the same thick gift list that Lord Huan had just taken away, and subconsciously said "Oh": Lord Song is so virtuous... capable, what he gave to Lord Huan is more than their prince's concubine It is not surprising that there are more prepared.

Mr. Huan had such a thick stack of family letters in his hand, he didn't know when he saw the gift list, and he came to share with everyone the excellent gifts from his virtuous deed.

Just his sunglasses that block the sun have really benefited people along the way, not to mention the scope on the gun - after learning to calculate the angle, he can shoot roe deer, deer and rabbits more accurately than usual.On the way, there were only government officials and guards escorting them, and they didn't meet mountain bandits and captives. If they did, maybe they would still be able to settle a nest.

Thinking of his benefits, the two of them didn't think the soldiers were blocking the way with these luggage, so they ordered in a friendly voice: "Take these things with care, and don't throw them on the ground randomly because they are not our Highness's things."

Those soldiers thought that Song Shi was a Wenqu star who came down to earth, and made winter clothes for them. Naturally, they loved them a lot. How could they spoil the gifts he gave?They were all lifted smoothly, and not even a drop of wine was spilled.It's just that the aroma of the wine mixed with the fragrance of chrysanthemums and sweet-scented osmanthus, lifted it up and swayed in the corridor, and the aroma floated all over the sky through the cage, making several wine-hungry soldiers swallow their saliva.Eunuch Xu sniffed the fragrance in the air and asked, "It's such a strong scent of osmanthus. Could it be that Master Song sent you sweet-scented osmanthus wine?"

Sima Youshi was more experienced. He took a deep breath and sniffed it, and said firmly, "No, the sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance is floating outside, not contained in the wine. The fresh air in the wine is the fragrance of chrysanthemums."

This is the chrysanthemum wine drunk on Chongyang Climbing.

Chrysanthemum wine?It's only September now, and the Double Ninth Festival hasn't come yet, so he's going to prepare chrysanthemum wine first, so he doesn't feel sorry for others.

Eunuch Xu couldn't help taking out the etiquette list of their palace, and looked at it from the beginning to the end a few times, seemingly casually, and finally looked at several altars of calamus medicinal wine among a piece of tea, medicinal materials, snacks, and dregs.

It's a risk, I didn't lose.The dignity of their palace was preserved.

Eunuch Xu didn't know why he had such a weird idea of ​​comparison, he shook his head, and while they cleared a passage, he dragged Sima Changshi in to get something.Others didn't know that he had thought about such a subtle rivalry. After a few soldiers put Huan Ling's box in place, they went upstairs and told him, asking him to arrange for his accompanying family members to dispose of the things sent by Hanyang Mansion.

Huan Ling was reading the letter from the Hanzhong Mansion at that time, his eyes were fixed on the letter paper, he refused to move away for a while, he nodded at the soldier indiscriminately, and ordered people to fetch moon cakes and chrysanthemum wine according to the gift list .Regardless of other things, these two dishes will be warmed up and served on the table later, and he will invite His Royal Highness King Zhou to come down and share the taste of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hanzhong Mansion.

There is even more good news to share.

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