Emperor Hanxin said: "Today, there are a few boxes of Hepu Nanzhu from Beihai. Wang Fugui, please go and get a box."
Wang Fugui went and came back soon, handing an exquisite jade box half a foot wide and one foot long to Di Hanxin.
Di Hanxin opened it and found a whole box of pearls inside.
There are large and small pearls, most of which are pure white, with some light pink, light yellow, and light gray colored pearls mixed in. Each one is round and round, delicate and precious in appearance.
"It's so beautiful!"
"This box of southern pearls is truly exquisite. They are of different sizes and colors, and each has its own use."
"Yes! The big ones can be set in the middle of the crown, the smaller ones can be used as bracelets or pearl buttons, and the colorful ones can be used as earrings!"
The concubines talked about it all, and they all seemed to like it.
"Your Majesty, you won't just give this box of pearls to Lord Xi, right? Concubine Chun and Lord Yi are also very good at embroidery!" Wu promised to make amends and said to Emperor Hanxin in a coquettish tone.
Di Hanxin originally brought it to them to share, saying: "Everyone has worked hard, let's share a share! Everyone has a share!"
So, everyone was happy.
Concubine Chun asked like a mistress: "Your Majesty, how do you want to divide it?"
"The Queen is the master of the harem." Wu agreed but took over, "It should be up to the Queen to divide it up!"
Concubine Chun glanced at her and suddenly understood. She raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "That's right! Your Majesty is busy with everything, so don't worry about such trivial matters. Just ask the Queen to share it with you!"
This box of pearls comes in different sizes and colors, so it’s not easy to separate them.
The so-called worry is not about scarcity, but about inequality, whether it is too big or too small, too many or too little, the concubines may have opinions.
Everyone looked at Min Yiyi.
Min Yiyi didn't seem to take it seriously at all. She motioned to Zixuan to take the box of Nanzhu and said, "Count the number of beads first."
"The Queen," Wang Fugui said from the side, "this box contains a hundred pieces in total."
Min Yiyi nodded and said: "I don't know what kind of pearls the sisters like, so let everyone choose by themselves. Each person picks twelve beads. Noble Xi, after the emperor nodded, let her pick first. Let’s pick four more and she picked sixteen. What do you think?”
No one can say anything bad about it.
So, Min Rou picked first.
She was as low-key as she was when choosing pearls. Although there were more pearls than others, she only chose some small ones.
Then Min Yiyi asked Chun Fei to choose again, and she picked the twelve largest and most beautiful ones.
When it was Huichang's turn, she declined, saying that the queen would choose first.
As soon as these words came out, Concubine Min Rou and Chun looked at her.
This seems like they are both disingenuous!
Min Rou only frowned slightly, while Concubine Chun simply rolled her eyes and said, "Can the Queen be the same as you and me? People have said that she is the Queen! She is the master who 'makes the rules'! The master has rewards, Just take it! You want the Queen to choose first? You don’t have any good sense!"
Hui Changzai was so frightened that he reluctantly took the pearls casually, but he didn't hold them firmly and dropped several of them. He hurriedly picked them up, feeling very embarrassed.
Di Hanxin raised his eyebrows and looked at Min Yiyi: "Make rules?"
Concubine Chun is a little girl who never forgets to give her eye drops... Min Yiyi smiled: "Yes! I feel that the queen is the master of the harem and should set the rules. Of course, she should take the lead in obeying the rules."
Rather ambitious.
Di Hanxin smiled and said, "Arithmetic is not bad."
Min Yiyi: "Huh? Arithmetic?"
Di Hanxin stopped talking, said a few words to them about not being tired, and went back by himself.
Min Yiyi thought for a long time. She was indeed good at arithmetic. She learned mental arithmetic when she was in elementary school and won prizes in competitions. But when did she do arithmetic problems just now?
Could it be that 100 divided by 8 equals 12 with a remainder of 4? …
By the evening of that day, except for Min Yiyi who still had some finishing touches to finish, everyone else had finished their embroidery.
Min Yiyi asked them to go back and told them that they would not come to pay their respects tomorrow and that they should have a good rest and prepare to participate in the sacrifice the day after tomorrow.
They were exhausted from the past two days and went back to their palaces.
Min Yiyi still had a little bit of embroidery to finish. The candlelight was mottled at night and she couldn't see clearly. She was afraid that the embroidery would be damaged, so she put it down and just waited for it to be finished tomorrow.
She called Mother Rong and four of her confidant maids and asked them if they had learned how to do it.
Embroidery has some similarities. The five people watched it for two days and learned three different embroidery methods.
Min Yiyi asked them to teach her one by one, and she took advantage of the silence of the night to write down the embroidery method in detail to prevent herself from forgetting...
When she goes back, she will copy the various fabrics and exquisite embroidery she has seen since she was a student, and make them into national style fashions, creating a national trendy brand with Chinese characteristics.
These things are so beautiful, people will definitely like them, and they can also be passed down...
She always smiles in her dreams.
……
Qianyang Palace.
Outside the money-patterned window of Di Hanxin's bedroom, there was a slight knocking sound of one long, one short, two long and two short.
Di Hanxin sat up in his clothes and walked to the window.
"Your Majesty." A voice came from outside.
This is the secret guard Chang Geng.
Emperor Hanxin has two secret guards with outstanding martial arts skills: Qi Ming and Chang Geng.
Since Min Yiyi fell into the water at Guangsheng Bridge, he sent Chang Geng to protect Min Yiyi's safety.
Di Hanxin: "But is there something wrong with the Queen?"
Chang Geng: "Jinglan, the third-class palace maid of Kunhua Palace, cut out the embroidery that all the empresses had worked on for two days."
Di Hanxin's expression changed: "Whose is she?"
Chang Geng: "I don't know. But I saw it with my own eyes. She opened the door with a key, went in, cut up the embroidery pattern, and locked the door again when she went out."
Di Hanxin: "I understand, you can go back. Protect the queen's safety. If anything happens to her, you don't have to come back."
Chang Geng: "Understood!"
……
Min Yiyi fell asleep smiling the night before, but early the next morning, she couldn't laugh anymore.
Mother Rong looked like she was about to be in trouble and secretly called her to the front hall room.
The embroidery picture was actually destroyed! Because she hadn't finished the embroidery yet, the embroidery pattern was still on the embroidery stand last night and had not been taken down and put away.
Unexpectedly, someone actually tore the embroidery pattern during the night! The entire piece of fabric had many holes cut all over it! Min Yiyi's blood pressure rose sharply, her fists were clenched, and she wanted to kill someone.
"Oh my god!" Rong's mother's wailing voice went straight to Min Yiyi's head, "Who the hell did this! He lacks great virtue! His family's ancestors did all bad things and were all lonely ghosts, so they could give birth to such a wicked dog. Come and kill!"
Min Yiyi asked: "Mama Rong, isn't the key here with you?"
"Yes!" Mother Rong took out a bunch of keys from her arms, "Here are the keys! The keys to the front and back doors are always hanging on my body!"
(End of this chapter)