I am afraid that only those who ask the Pingchang Marquis’ Mansion will know what the Pingchang Marquis’ Mansion is doing.

At present, Xie Mulin and Zhu Rui have to work hard to reply to the letter first, that is, they are just a matter of trouble.

The couple talked for a while, mainly because Zhu Rui added some trivial matters that the King of Yan said in the letter. Because they had little to do with Princess Yan, they had not mentioned it before. They were basically about the practice of the autumn army. At that time, Zhu Rui was going to travel far and about half a month to walk, and he had to say hello to his wife first so that she could know what her itinerary was going to be.

Xie Mulin understood Zhu Rui's schedule at that time, so she didn't ask any more questions. She knew nothing about military affairs, and only needed to know that during his time out, he had food, clothing, housing and transportation, and would not suffer any serious crimes. However, she didn't know much about the climate in Xuanhua, so she had to check the information and ask the people before she could prepare a bag for Zhu Rui.

Zhu Rui wrote a reply to his father and went to see Princess Yan with the letter. Xie Mulin also went over with him, but when he met Princess Yan packing the thick clothes for King Yan in the winter, putting on the bed and kang, and even the table and four chairs were placed.

Princess Yan was still a little worried and didn't know which ones to choose: "Although there are many winter clothes, there are several new sets every year, but most of them are worn in the winter in Peking. If it is placed in the capital, it is probably a bit too thick? Although it is better to keep warm, people in Peking wear clothes are not the same as those in the capital. I am afraid that if the prince wears these old winter clothes, they will look out of place in the capital, so they will be told. Besides... The prince has not celebrated the New Year in the capital for many years, and there will definitely be various banquets and parties to attend. From the first to the fifteenth day of the palace, there are also several large palace banquets during this period. There are few sets of good clothes on the table, but it is not possible."

Aunt Wu Qiongye gave her an idea: "Just send the clothes the prince wore in early winter. At this time, the climate in Beijing is similar to the one in the middle of winter in Beijing. Even if it is thinner, just ask the waiters to add an extra jacket to the prince. Besides, the prince is not like in Beijing as he was in Beijing. He still has to go out and patrol around. I believe most of them are in the house? As long as it is not riding a horse in the cold wind and snow, the clothes in early winter are enough. Instead, the cloak with thick fur needs to be prepared for the prince to wear when he goes out."

Princess Yan recognized Aunt Wu's suggestion and then chose style fabrics. She naturally gave priority to the new clothes she made in recent years. Unfortunately, time was too tight, otherwise she could ask the people in the royal family to work overtime to make a few new clothes. When Princess Yan came to Beijing this year, it was just autumn. He did not expect that he would spend the winter in the capital, so the royal family had not prepared him for the early winter clothes. Princess Yan only ordered people to make thick winter clothes that Princess Yan would wear in the cold winter of the twelfth lunar month, and planned to remember what her husband wore after he came back. Unexpectedly, by chance...

Xie Mulin and Zhu Rui arrived. Princess Yan was still having difficulty choosing, so she had to say to Zhu Rui: "The letter has been written, I will give it to you." She ordered the maid to pick up the letter and hand it to Zhu Rui, and then brought her daughter-in-law Xie Mulin to help, "I am preparing winter clothes for the prince. I have picked them up and picked them all, and my eyes were blurred. Brother Rui's daughter-in-law is the most familiar with the material of clothes. Come and come to me for advice. I have been away from Jiangnan for more than 20 years. I rarely go back. I don't remember what winter weather is like in the capital. You came from Jiangnan to Beiping last year, and I must be more familiar with me. Do you think if the prince celebrates the New Year in Beijing, what kind of winter clothes should he prepare for him?"

Xie Mulin hesitated for a moment and said politely to Princess Yan: "Please take a look first, Princess, and daughter-in-law." Then he checked all the winter clothes placed in the house, and understood their thickness and materials, and knew it in his heart.

It can be seen that the King of Yan and his wife are frugal in their life style, but they will maintain the style of the prince's mansion in front of outsiders, but they think that money is unnecessary and will not be spent randomly. For example, in the winters of King of Yan, the oldest one is 70% to 80% new, but the materials are almost the pattern and color that were popular ten years ago. This should be the precious tribute fabric given to the palace - Wenshi has a similar one, which is an old material sent by Cao Shiqing when he was in stock at his home about six or seven years ago, as a feed of Wenshi's new clothes for the season. Therefore, Xie Mulin heard his mother mention it as the year when it was really popular.

As the King of Yan, he could not have bought out-of-season materials like ordinary wealthy families in Peking. It was simply because he was far away from the capital and was not popular in time. This must be the winter clothes made of clothes given by the palace ten years ago or even eleven years ago. It was just preserved well and looked new.

The winter clothes are of excellent materials, exquisite workmanship and well preserved, so the King of Yan can wear them for ten years! Until now, Princess Yan doesn't feel that this piece cannot be included when sending the King of Yan's winter clothes. It can be seen that the couple has long had a consensus on this aspect.

Looking at other winter clothes, Xie Mulin can still recognize the fabrics that were popular in the past few years and guess the year they were made.

King Yan has been exercising all year round and has always maintained a good figure, so these old winter clothes still fit. If he was in Peking, he would do whatever he liked to wear. Anyway, few people in the Manchu area could wear winter clothes made of such expensive fabrics to compare the dignified prince. Even if someone found out that he was wearing old clothes, he would only praise him for being frugal, and would only talk about it secretly at home, so he would not make trouble in front of him. However, in the capital, the environment may be more complicated.

Xie Mulin pointed out that more than ten winter clothes are suitable for winter wear in the Jiangnan region, and considered what kind of clothes should be used to deal with it in case of a particularly cold year, or a warm winter, etc. But in the same way, she also told Princess Yan that most of these winter clothes are made of outdated fabrics, which doesn’t matter in Peking, but when you arrive in the capital, it may cause some gossip.

She suggested to Princess Yan: "Pick some materials given by the Queen Mother or the emperor, which look particularly festive or luxurious. It would be better if there are allusions. Then, the prince wears them when attending the palace banquet, and the empress dowager and the emperor see them. Just tell the allusions to explain the reason why the prince wears old clothes without any worries. For other things, it is best to choose fabric styles without special colors. The more common it is, the more classic it is. As long as people wear those kinds of clothes every year, no one will say that the prince will be the prince. At most, he will only think that the prince is calm in dressing clothes and does not like fancy things."

Princess Yan understood and smiled and said, "Good child, you are thinking about me, for fear that others will laugh at me as the princess for not being careful about the prince's clothes and dressing. In fact, the Queen Mother knows my temperament and will not misunderstand it. The Queen Mother also has the Queen Mother to explain it to me. As for what others think, it doesn't matter." She became the princess from the daughter of a criminal who was almost confiscated, and she only gave birth to one daughter for many years. She failed to leave a child for the King of Yan, and her voice never stopped talking about her. She was once saddened by those gossips, but after many years, she received her husband's comfort and understanding, and she no longer cared about the words of outsiders.

Even so, Princess Yan accepted the kindness of her daughter-in-law and ordered Aunt Wu: "Just do as Brother Rui's daughter-in-law said. These winter clothes are brand new, and they are what the prince likes to wear in previous years."

Aunt Wu responded, quickly found a few big bags of skin, packed more than a dozen winter clothes pointed out by Princess Yan, and then seemed to remember something, and then went back to the inner room to take out a robe: "Princess, should you take this piece together?"

Xie Mulin Dingqing was shocked when she saw it.
Chapter completed!