In the palace, Xu Hao looked at the complete tea set used by the queen, which was very simple and elegant. He first placed a large copper plate on the snow and then placed an ancient bronze tea stove in the plate. ~

The stove was about one foot high, with a round body as a bucket, and three tripods under it. I don’t know what kind of dynasty it was.

There are two holes in the furnace body, and the furnace mouth is very small. Queen Zhang put some hot charcoal into the brazier and added some raw charcoal. In an instant, a fire burned.

The palace maid brought a large blue porcelain cup, and Empress Zhang took a large pot with a beam-carved lettering from Yixing kiln and went to the rockery to fill the snow water.

Xu Hao smiled and said, "Before I had cooked tea, I could quench my thirst after seeing this set of tea sets."

Queen Zhang turned around and smiled, "That's because you are used to using exquisite things. When you see me such a crude thing, you feel fresh and just say good-willed."

Xu Hao laughed and said, "Did I say flattery? Tell the truth."

"You can say it." Queen Zhang smiled.

As he was talking, Zhu Gaochi came in a sedan chair, and Xu Hao stepped forward and helped him down.

Zhu Gaochi sat slowly on the special chair and said, "The Queen is so elegant today. It turns out that the third brother is here, but I am the biggest vulgar in the world. Isn't it that the elegant thing is a vulgar?"

Xu Hao smiled and said, "Why am I good at it? Let's just be a good person."

"Better be nice, let's not talk about civil affairs." Zhu Gaochi looked tired, and he couldn't bear the government affairs that he had to do every day, even with the help of the cabinet and the prince, he still couldn't stand it.

When he came, he was blocked by Yang Shiqi and Xie Jin in the Qianqing Palace to report the matter. Therefore, when he heard the queen's invitation, Zhu Gaochi escaped without saying a word. Even if he had half a day of leisure, Emperor Hongxi was a responsible person and would never ignore the government.

When Queen Zhang saw her husband coming, she looked very happy and swept the snow water back. She arranged some dessert fruits and covered her husband with a thick cloak.

After a while, I saw the water boiling, so I went to the house to get a jade tea jar, which was prepared with four kinds of famous teas, and covered the lid with my own hands.

He took out three pink tea cups, divided the tea water into three cups, and filled the jade jar with boiling water, but still covered it.

Zhu Gaochi said, "You have to make your own hands and you are suffering from it."

"I'm not too late to be happy." Queen Zhang brought the teacup. "Your Majesty, can you see how good the tea tastes? Third brother, try it too."

Zhu Gaochi and Xu Hao took a few sips, and the fragrance filled the mouth and poured into their hearts. They both said, "This tea is great, and it doesn't look like a tea flavor."

Queen Zhang laughed and said, "I clearly saw that I had combined the four-color tea into a bowl, so you guys come and coax me again."

After joking for a while, Zhu Gaochi suddenly asked, "Have you seen Shangshu Wei recently?"

Xu Hao said: "I haven't seen him for two months. Why did Your Majesty ask this?"

Zhu Gaochi said: "The Censor impeached him to buy and sell official positions. I was so angry that I thought that in my early years, I ignored the public opinion and insisted on letting him serve as the Minister of Personnel, but I failed me. In addition, he would also ruin people. Forced several good families, and even his daughter-in-law would not let go. It was really a human face and beastly heart. When I came, I had issued an order to submit it to the Ministry of Justice for legal action. I would definitely punish me strictly without lending."

Seeing that he was imprisoned during the Chinese New Year, he would definitely shock the court. Xu Hao was angry when he saw him. He said, "This is his own crime, and he can't blame the emperor. Just tell me, I helped a friend to be a ninth rank. But I was gone. He was making trouble everywhere while he was in office. In summer, he went to steal the wife of a wealthy family. He was caught and even stripped of his clothes, which made me look very bad."

At this time, the virtuous concubine Li came with the second son of the emperor, Zhu Zhanxiao and the fourth son of the emperor, Zhu Zhanyin. Queen Zhang felt unhappy and said a few words with a smile on her face. The smiling Zhu Zhanji immediately turned into a strict father and had a stern face.

The two princes stood respectfully like mice seeing a cat. Because they were both born by Concubine Li, Xu Hao was not good at being intimate in front of the queen. He nodded with a smile and stood up to give the seat to Concubine Li.

Concubine Li hurriedly said, "Don't do this, I can't afford it."

Xu Hao smiled and said, "Don't talk about the etiquette of the king and the ministers, even if it is the etiquette of the relatives, I have to give up my seat."

Concubine Li also smiled and said, "If I follow folk etiquette, I can only stand."

Zhu Gaochi said slowly: "You both sit down."

After saying that, he scolded his two sons, "I know I'm afraid, so why don't I study hard?"

In this way, Xu Hao listened to the emperor's lessons without any taste. Half an hour later, he finally saw Zhu Gaochi saying he was tired and returned to the Ganqing Palace. Naturally, he was unable to leave behind the food made by Queen Zhang and said goodbye.

It seemed that Concubine Li had something to say, and Xu Hao followed Zhu Gaochi without looking back. It turned out that Shangshu was her relative.

When I got home and entered the garden, I passed by Lianyi Xiaoju, I saw Zhong Jing and Xu Ye and Xu Yu sitting outside chatting, and women were laughing from inside.

Several people stood up in a hurry, and Xu Ye stepped forward to explain that Zhong Jing and his three wives were invited to visit. Xu Hao asked with interest: "Do you really want to send the third wife Ru back to Yuan's house?"

Zhong Jing said: "Yes, staying at my nephew's house is not a temporary measure. How dare you take away the favors of others?"

Xu Hao thought to himself, why did you bring people home? I feel a little pity for Zhong Jing. If you can go for plastic surgery in later generations, laser treatment for body odor, and if you take a bath frequently, bad breath and odor in your feet are not a problem. Sure enough, technology can change your destiny.

The laughter in the middle also stopped. Obviously, he knew that he was coming. Xu Hao said, "You guys continue, I'll leave."

The three of them sent him out of Lianyi Xiaoju and turned back. Lianyi in the inner part asked Wu, "Then Mrs. Yuan regards you as a thorn in her eyes, why bother going back and suffering?"

Wu, dressed up, smiled bitterly and said, "Where can you go if you don't go back? My relatives are gone, I have no choice but to rely on my family. You can't stay in the Zhong family and not leave, right?"

If Zhong Jing had a decent appearance, the Wu family, who was eager to leave the Yuan family, would have stayed, but unfortunately things went against their wishes.

Miss Zou Er couldn't help but say, "I heard that Mr. Yuan is going to return to the capital soon. You can return the jade to Zhao. Just think that this time I fell into hell and still became a man in heaven. Only my two beads sink to the bottom of the sea. I think I can't stand up in this life, so I have to close my door to practice the next life."

Lianyi, Jiaxing and others looked at each other and described the Zhong family as a region, which shows how much they hate Zhong Jing.

Wu said: "With the talents and appearances of the two sisters, why not ask all the girls, especially His Highness the Princess. How good is it not to suffer in the Zhong family?"

Jiaxing smiled. Although it was inconvenient for her to stand out, it was just a matter of raising her hands. The question is whether she is willing?

Miss Zou Er and Miss He couldn't help but look at each other awkwardly. Naturally, they couldn't say that they had become a "couple and wife". Where can I find a place that is richer and more comfortable than the Zhong family?

Fortunately, the people present had known the details and didn't say it out loud. They were interested in asking what it felt like to fake couples? The unmarried daughters were embarrassed to speak up, and they were curious to death.

When Lianyi was entertaining them for dinner, the three girls saw the Xu brothers from afar. Xu Yu was just young, and Xu Ye's appearance inherited the advantages of his parents. He was so tall, rich and handsome that they envied Miss Lianyi. Unfortunately, a wealthy family like the Xu family would never allow a married woman to come in.

In front of the Xu family, even Wu did not dare to have any thoughts that he shouldn't have, and of course he didn't have the chance to do anything. Otherwise, if he was trying to seduce the other party, the dignified Duke's Mansion would not kill people, right?

Huchun Hall, Xu Hao was having a meal, and there were women in charge of the house and relatives standing outside. As the New Year was coming, every family was busy asking for money to buy New Year’s goods.

Zhu Qiaoqiao, who was idle, sat beside Mu Ningxue, curiously fiddling with Xu Hao's cigar, wanting to order one to taste it. A wife in charge was replying.

Mu Ningxue asked, "How is your fragrance in your house so good recently?"

The wife said, "Goodbye, it's good. We'll be married in February and March next year. Wang's family often came to urge him, and the children were not young. I wrote to my father-in-law and the old man, but I didn't reply yet, and I didn't send a single money for half a year. Today is the twelve. Judging from the situation, I may not be able to get a letter within the year. Why is this good?

Now there are more than 80 tents outside, and more than 40 ounces of favor debts. The family’s sporadic expenses are 20 to 30 ounces, and new clothes should be made. I’ll beg my grandma to think of a way for me.”

Zhu Qiaoqiao sneered, but said nothing, thinking that Ningxue should feed them with the silver again.

Who knew that Mu Ningxue had been in charge of her home for ten years, and she had not said anything, but her heart was hardened. How could she be fooled by a few words?

Mu Ningxue said, "To be honest, I have borrowed a lot of money recently, and I have calculated that there are tens of thousands of taels. Everyone in this family wants money for the New Year. You must be thinking that you are pretending to be poor? Come on, give the account book to Sister Qi."

"No, no!" Sister-in-law Qi waved her hand and said, "Good grandma, when the old man wrote this letter to me, there will be at least 500 taels of silver. If you borrow forty taels or one hundred to hang up the money, the year will pass, otherwise I will be anxious and ask grandma for convenience."

Mu Ningxue said: "The family has not delivered this year's goods. All the expenses for the New Year have to be 30,000 taels of silver. At this time, they were empty-handed. I just took out my monthly money and gave it to Sister Qi's ten taels, and asked her to write an IOU."

While dealing with these things outside, Xu Hao was also silently planning. At this time of year, Xue Wen and other friends had to help or borrow money. Without 18,000 taels of silver, it would be difficult for a year. Then, I would respect my elders and give them to my younger generations and family members. The mess was added together and a warship could be built.

At the same time, the Jinling Silver Account, which Xu Hao invested behind him, walked in and a rushing rich man said to the shopkeeper: "I have something to discuss. The new account will give me a 24,000 taels of silver bill and come to pick it up tomorrow morning."

The shopkeeper said: "If it wasn't difficult a few days earlier, but today is the 12th day of the twelfth lunar month. The shop is very busy at the end of the year. I'm afraid I can't get it out when I'm about to ban the account at the 20th."

The rich man said, "You can't get along with your family, who else can get along with it?"

The shopkeeper said: "Master Zhou, don't you know that every bank bank in the year-end is narrow? There are only ones that go out but not in, so how much is it, how much is it to be paid?"

"That's fine, oh, I'm so anxious." asked the rich man: "How many can I write on the ticket?"

The anecdote said: "As far as I say, you don't need a ticket. You can just come and pay it in person the next day."
Chapter completed!