The next day, when it was still dark, Yang Liben knocked on the door again, but this time, Cai Luan woke up. As soon as she woke up, Xiang Ling also woke up.
Rubbing her sleepy eyes, Xiangling looked at the lake and said, "Sister Cailuan, what's wrong?"
Two jade-like arms slipped out of the silk pajamas. Cai Luan stretched out her hand and patted the little girl's butt, "You little girl, you are so dishonest when sleeping. It's this season now, and you are still kicking the quilt. If not,
Here, little bastard, you're bound to catch a cold!"
At this time, Xiang Ling also gradually came to her senses. She liked the special smell of Jia Xi very much, and the unique smell made her not forget it for three years. When she came to Jia Xi last night,
After falling asleep, she unconsciously rolled to Jia Qi's side and fell asleep with her pillow on Jia Qi's thigh.
"ah!"
Xiangling felt the movement on her buttocks and couldn't help but let out a small cry. Her whole face turned red, and she crawled under the quilt.
Seeing this scene, Cai Luan laughed sweetly, "Xiang Ling, don't you want to help your uncle get dressed?"
Hearing this, Xiang Ling's body froze in the quilt obviously. After a while, she got out again, her face was still a little hot, she looked at Cai Luan and said anxiously: "That's natural!"
Soon the two of them got dressed and put on the official uniforms they had prepared for Jia Qi. Looking at Jia Qi's retreating figure, the two women looked at each other and secretly laughed. Cai Luan gently tapped Xiang Ling's eyebrows.
He smiled and said, "Look, I was right!"
Xiangling's face turned slightly red, "Sister Cailuan, if Nanny Ding knows that we are doing this, she will criticize us!"
Cai Luan's lips curved, "Then we won't let her know? Anyway, your uncle won't tell. As long as we don't tell, who will know!"
Xiangling blinked and felt in her heart that Cai Luan seemed to be right! As long as they didn't tell them, Grandma Ding wouldn't know at all, so she snickered again.
Nothing happened in today's court session. It was New Year's Eve, and most of it was a summary of the year. There was nothing new. After all, everyone wanted to have a good year, right?
I don’t know if it was because Emperor Mingkang’s beating had an effect, but the princes who came to court today kept a much lower profile and did not speak frequently. Unless Emperor Mingkang took the initiative to ask, they were very honest at other times.
Jia Qi stood at the front of the military honors queue and did not speak. There was nothing important in the court meeting today, and he went down to court shortly. However, this time, Jia Qi did not go home immediately, but stood outside the Daming Palace.
Waited a moment.
Soon Erniu took a few personal guards and drove several large gold and silver lacquerwares that Jia Chu selected yesterday to Jia Chu in a carriage.
royal study,
Dai Quan walked quickly through the door and walked in.
"Your Majesty, the champion wants to see you!"
Emperor Mingkang was looking at the memorial handed over by the cabinet, with a red pen and a red pen. When he heard Dai Quan's report, he couldn't help but raise his head, with a trace of doubt in his eyes. Is Jia Qi looking for him?
"What's up?"
A smile appeared on Dai Quan's face, "I heard from the guards that the champion is carrying several carts of things! He said that he got the treasure from the Liaodong Jurchen and wants to present it to the emperor!"
Hearing this, a smile appeared on Emperor Mingkang's face, "This bastard~ let him in!"
Dai Quan nodded in agreement and stepped back with small steps. After a while, Dai Quan arrived outside the Daming Palace.
After seeing Jia Qi, Dai Quan clasped his fists in greeting with a smile, and then said: "Master Hou, I heard that you brought a treasure, can you open my eyes too~"
Jia Qi pointed to the carts of large objects behind him and replied with a smile: "You can just do what you want, Prime Minister Dai!"
Dai Quan cupped his hands and walked slowly over with a few young eunuchs.
Dai Quan came here, firstly, to see what good things Jia Qi brought, and secondly, to check whether there was anything fishy inside. As the eunuch in charge of the Daming Palace, he had an unshirkable responsibility for the safety of Emperor Mingkang.
Responsible, so he is extra careful with these foreign objects.
"Hey, you! What a good thing! Even our Daming Palace doesn't have such a big Chilong Plate Furnace!"
First of all, the first piece is a very large incense burner with a simple and elegant shape. The chi dragon pattern on it is clearly visible. The whole dragon surrounds the body of the furnace. The carving is exquisite and the whole chi dragon is lifelike.
Dai Quan stretched out his hand and touched it. He was a little surprised to find that the good thing was actually gold.
"Amazing! It's actually made of gold! Master Hou, what a generous act!"
Jia Qi waved his hand and said a few polite words. To be honest, these things were of no use to him. What else could they do besides occupying space? It would not be impossible to melt them, but he didn't lack that little money.
The entire Liaodong Town is under his own control. In the past three years, he has secretly let Guo Yingjing form several caravans to do business from north to south. The land of Liaodong is extremely rich in products, including ginseng and other products from Changbai Mountain.
After entering the mainland, they are valuable, and southern porcelain and silk are also very popular in Liaodong. With the background of military forces, the caravans flowed unimpeded along the way. During this period, those who were not discerning were used by Guo Yingjing to suppress bandits.
The name is cleared.
Even there, Jia Qi has made glass, soap and other hard goods, and he has his own channels. In one word, Jia Qi is not short of money now.
With his own tyrannical strength, no one dared to touch the things in his hands. In addition, all officers in Liaodong, big and small, also got a share, so these people became Jia Qi's die-hard fans. They went to Jiubian
Isn’t it just for money?
If we say that Jia Qi used violent means to conquer the Liaodong people at the beginning, then the formation of the caravan and the rapid accumulation of wealth made them sincerely regard Jia Qi as their leader.
It's a long way to go. For such a historical thing, Jia Qi felt that it would be a pity to melt it down, so he simply sent it to Emperor Mingkang directly.
Dai Quan then checked the remaining items, his eyes becoming more and more surprised. These items were all rare treasures, and all of them were priceless.
"Master Marquis, please! If the Emperor knows what you have brought, he will definitely be delighted!"
Jia Qi smiled and did not answer. Under the guidance of Dai Quan, he hurried towards the Imperial Study Room. Speaking of the Daming Palace, this was his fourth visit today. The first three times he came here were to go to court.
He didn't wander around inside. This time, he did see a lot of novel scenery. However, due to the season, the current scenery of Daming Palace was not very good. The palace was full of intrigues, solemn and solemn, with white marble guardrails and stone walls.
The steps, coiling dragon pillars, etc. add a touch of dignity to this place.
Not long after, he followed Dai Quan to the royal study. Dai Quan pushed the door open first and said softly: "Your Majesty, the champion is here!"
Emperor Mingkang put down the memorial in his hand and said with a smile: "Let him come in!"
Then a young eunuch took Jia Qi in. At this time, Emperor Mingkang was not wearing the dragon robe he wore in the previous court, but changed into ordinary clothes, but the color did not change. It was still bright yellow.
There is a five-clawed golden dragon coiled around it, and the workmanship is extremely exquisite.
"Your Majesty, Jia Qi, pays homage to the Emperor!"
Jia Qi cupped his hands and stepped forward to greet him.
Emperor Mingkang looked at the young man in front of him, his tone was surprisingly good, and then he said with a smile: "You bastard, you are not at home to look after your little maid, but you should come to me when you have time~"
Hearing Emperor Mingkang's words, Jia Qi was startled. He was not surprised by the content. He had already known about Jia's house being monitored through Lin Ruhai, but his tone did not sound like he was talking to an outsider, but rather
Jia Qi was joking with his younger generation. He was also happy with Emperor Ming Kang's kindness, so he replied with a smile: "When we were wiping out the Jurchens, I collected some rare things and brought them here to you, old man!"
Seeing Jia Qi on the road, Emperor Ming Kang felt happy. There were only a few ways to win people's hearts, including wealth, beauty, power, status, and feelings.
Jia Qi seems to have enough of the previous items. Although the titles and official positions were granted by himself, he earned them with his own true ability. Such achievements, in any dynasty, would be enough to grant him the title of marquis or general.
It was even higher, so Emperor Mingkang planned to play the emotional card. Now it seems that the effect is pretty good, at least Jia Qi is still willing to accept the move.
"Oh! What are they all??"
Jia Qi thought for a while and smiled, "I don't know them, but they look like good things, so I thought of sending them to His Majesty!"
Hearing Jia Qi's answer, Emperor Mingkang burst into laughter.
It's not that Jia Qi's knowledge is shallow, but that he is unpretentious and frank. What's the use of those things if he doesn't recognize them? Does Ming Kangdi, who plays a major role in the great prosperity, care about it? To be honest, he doesn't care at all.
What he cares more about is Jia Qi's attitude. He is very satisfied with Jia Qi's frankness and freedom today.
When the little eunuchs inside and outside the house heard Emperor Mingkang's laughter, they couldn't help but secretly thought that this newly promoted prince was really amazing. Emperor Mingkang had not laughed for a long time in the past few days.
Come, let Emperor Mingkang laugh. It is true that simplicity is in the emperor's heart.
"Dai Quan, did you just take a look at what the champion brought?"
After laughing, Emperor Mingkang asked Dai Quan next to him.
Dai Quan put the floating dust in his hand on his left arm, bent down, and replied with a smile: "Back to the emperor, what the champion has brought is only one-in-a-million treasures. There are some items that I don't recognize, but the ones above
The patterns of the paintings are extremely exquisite, and the workmanship is very extraordinary. There are two that I know well, including the large gold and green Guangde incense burner with chilong pattern from the Northern Song Dynasty, the gold and silver vase with withered flowers and gilt snow dragon pattern from the Tang Dynasty, and a piece of jade the size of a millstone.
Corals are really rare! I was stunned just now when I saw them!"
Hearing Dai Quan's words, Emperor Mingkang showed a hint of surprise in his eyes. The thing Dai Quan mentioned was not even in the palace! He didn't expect Jia Chu to bring it to him.
Logically speaking, these things were all seized by Jia Qi, and there was no need to hand them over. Emperor Mingkang looked at Jia Qi standing below, his eyes became a little strange, and he thought to himself, could there be something wrong with Jia Qi?
After thinking for a while, Emperor Mingkang spoke up and said, "Is there something wrong with your kid sending me so many rare treasures?"
Jia Qi stood below and was slightly stunned. Is his inner thoughts so obvious? He originally intended to give those things to Emperor Mingkang, intending to block the mouths of interested people. If Emperor Mingkang knew about things that were not in the palace in the future,
, but I have some dissatisfaction in my heart. Since I haven't planned to break up with Emperor Mingkang, why should I make the relationship so tense?
But since Emperor Mingkang asked, he thought about it and decided to take advantage of the situation to speak out, but he couldn't be so direct.
"In the whole world, is it the king's land? Is it the shore of the land? Is it the king's ministers? The entire Dakang belongs to the emperor, not to mention a few treasures. They are just borrowing flowers to offer to the Buddha!"
The suspicion in Emperor Mingkang's eyes did not dissipate, and he couldn't help but ask: "Really?"
Jia Qi chuckled, "I still have a small request!"
Seeing Jia Qi like this, Emperor Mingkang smiled knowingly. This was in line with his guess. Since ancient times, emperors have generally given things to their ministers. How could an emperor accept gifts from his ministers? Of course, there are exceptions to these things. For example, if a minister accidentally
If you get some rare treasure and present it to the emperor, at this time, the emperor will also reward the person who presented the treasure.
Emperor Mingkang smiled and said: "I know that your kid's treasure is not so easy to collect, so tell me~"
In fact, what Jia Qi wanted to say was about Yuanchun, but he didn't expect Emperor Mingkang to be so direct. His original plan was that after the treasure presentation, Emperor Mingkang Longyan was so happy that he took the opportunity to ask to see Yuanchun, but Emperor Mingkang refused.
Common sense played the cards, but he didn't know what to say.
After thinking about it, Jia Qi said again: "I heard that there is a eldest sister in my family who came to the palace to serve as the female historian. When I was still in Ningguo Duke's mansion, I received the kindness of the second master of Xifu. I wanted to come and take a look at her today.
, it can be regarded as repaying the kindness of the second master back then!"
After hearing Jia Qi's words, Emperor Mingkang had no other thoughts. What he said was very clear. However, he was slightly stunned and looked at Dai Quan with some doubts. Is there such a person in the palace? Why didn't he have any impression?
!
Dai Quan saw the look in Emperor Mingkang's eyes and quickly thought about it. After a moment, he seemed to have remembered something and quickly replied: "Your Majesty, what the Marquis said should be the female historian next to the Empress. It seems that she called Jia Yuanchun."
With."
When Jia Qi saw the current situation, he sighed slightly in his heart. Until now, Emperor Ming Kang didn't even know who he was. It seemed that the things in the original work were indeed fishy, but he was indeed on this trip for this person.
Then Jia Qi gently cupped his fists and said: "It is indeed this big sister!"