Wanli Xinming

Chapter 133 Big Heart

At the end of the third year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun issued a decree to commend Hou Er and his wife who blocked the water with their bodies, and renamed Fort No. 11 of Gaojiayan to Houmen Village.At the same time, the emperor also adopted Hou Er's orphan, named Zhu Houlin, raised her under the name of Empress Dowager Chen, and awarded her the title of "Princess Leping".

Ma Shengming, the magistrate of Qinghe County, who almost died in the flood of Gaojiayan dyke collapsed, escorted the princess to Beijing along with the middle official who came to pass the decree.

The girl of Hou Er's family was only eleven years old after the new year. According to the people of Hou family, the old Hou family did not know what great virtues their ancestors had accumulated, and Hou Er, a fool, actually gave birth to a princess.

It turned out that the village folks who sacrificed a handful of sympathy and tears for Hou Er and his wife, in addition to lamenting the impermanence of the world, all burned small flames of jealousy in their hearts.Especially after Ba Da Zui finished telling this legendary story and went home, he saw his ugly girl screaming hungry—I wish I could manage that I was there that day, so I would just jump in.

The capital in the first month of the fourth year of Wanli is cold and humid.Since the twelfth lunar month of the third year of Wanli, the snow has hardly stopped.

With the capital of Zhili as the center, the white snow covered half of northern China.

At the beginning, the courtiers also praised "Auspicious snow heralds a good year", but the heavy snow that has not stopped during the Chinese New Year has already overwhelmed more than 2 private houses-Northern Zhili suffered a heavy snow disaster.

In terms of relief for the snow disaster, because the autumn harvest has already passed, it is not the food that is difficult to handle, but the lack of cotton clothes and quilts.

Zhu Yijun ordered Zhang Jing to stop all other production, and the major factories of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a total of nearly 10 people were all put into cotton transportation and production of quilts.

Due to the implementation of assembly line operations, 60 beds of quilts and 150 million pieces of cotton clothes were produced in just one month—Zhu Yijun bought them all with internal funds and distributed them to the disaster-stricken areas free of charge.

As soon as this was done, the people praised it.The "Jingshi Daily", which began to be published before the end of the year, touted Zhu Yijun to the point of disgusting.However, in the eyes of the victims who have received the warmth of the royal family, the touts in the newspapers are not enough - Zhu Yijun's action has brushed the loyalty of the bottom people in the north to more than [-]%.

Following the rhythm of the emperor's disaster relief, the empress dowagers Chen and Li also showed mercy.The two went out of their own way and set up a total of [-] clinics in the capital and Beizhili. Under the leadership of the professors, the first batch of medical school students gave free medical consultations to the poor.Of course, they still have to go to the pharmacy to get the medicine with their own prescriptions. If they really have no money to get the medicine, the queen mother will also give it, but they need the ward and the villagers to protect it.

At the end of the first month of the fourth year of Wanli, the convoy that escorted Princess Leping against the wind and snow finally arrived at the capital.

Hou Daidi - Princess Leping, now renamed Zhu Houlin, was meticulously taken care of along the way.Along with the official who passed the decree, there was also an eunuch in the study room and two palace maids, who taught the princess royal etiquette along the way and served her daily life.

During the first half month on the road, because the food was too oily and watery, the princess broke her stomach twice.Coupled with the death of both parents, I was alone, and my heart was very depressed.The middle official and the two palace maids tried their best to coax the princess into a better mood.

Because the princess was born in a poor family and had never read a book, Xiao Huangmen in the inner study also taught the princess to read and write along the way.

Stop and go, and finally arrived at the capital, Ma County Magistrate reluctantly wanted to find a house to live in, so far he must be separated from the princess and her party - if the emperor can specially summon him, the seventh-rank sesame official, Ma Shengming feels that the green on his ancestral grave The smoke is not much less than that on the ancestral tombs of Hou Erjia.

The official who passed the decree saw his thoughts, and he also had a good impression of this somewhat upright local official, so he said: "The Ma County magistrate is not in a hurry to leave, wait for our family to advance to the palace to hand over the decree, and see how the emperor treats the princess. An arrangement will be decided upon.”

Ma Shengming couldn't wait to hear this, so he quickly bowed his hands and said thanks.

The group waited for an hour outside the palace gate, and the decree came out. Because Princess Leping had not been to the capital before, the emperor was afraid that it would be difficult for her to come out after entering the palace, so he asked the middle official to live outside the palace for two days. The county magistrate entered the palace together.

The Zhongguan said with emotion: "The emperor really didn't say anything to the princess, and he gave the servant 20 taels of gold - let us accompany the princess to go shopping in Beijing and do some shopping."

Ma county magistrate lost his joy, followed the middle official to a mansion, and escorted a group of people into it.The two palace maids were also full of joy, and they were all touched by the princess's light.Princess Leping felt happy when she heard it.

Ma County magistrate, as a foreign minister, had the opportunity to accompany the inner official and greet the princess on the road, but at this time, he could not be together and could only find another place to live.But he was overjoyed to be summoned by the emperor, and left with a smile.

The next day was the first day of the second lunar month. In the morning, the middle official called the princess to get up and had breakfast.Because the palace maid was not allowed to leave the palace, she dressed up in civilian clothes just like the princess.The group hired two horse-drawn carriages, and under the escort of a small team of officers and soldiers in brocade, they went out for shopping.

Along the way, the maid surnamed Sun who accompanied the princess, rode a carriage with Princess Leping, and said to the princess on the way: "The servant thinks that the emperor's intention may be to ask the princess to buy something for the queen mother. It doesn't need to be expensive, but it's a bit of a heart- I don't know what the princess thinks?"

When Princess Leping heard this, big eyes flickered on the red face of Guazi. She smiled and said, "I'll listen to Sister Sun's arrangement."

The granddaughter heard it and said with a smile: "The slaves don't dare to be called the princesses and sisters. You mustn't call them that when you enter the palace. In that case, let's go to Rishenglong first. The slaves have long wanted to see and see."

Opened the curtain of the carriage, ordered to go out, and the group went straight to Rishenglong.

When Rishenglong arrived, the two maids and the princess covered their faces with light gauze hats, got off the car and entered the store directly.

Rishenglong in the north is different from that in the south, and there is no lobby set aside to divert guests.After entering the lobby, a circle of glass showcases scattered high and low are filled with rare treasures - making Princess Leping dizzy.

The two palace maids had not even left the palace gate before, let alone doing errands like shopping, and they were also dazzled at this time.When Chuanzhi saw several people, the inner official was stunned, and his head was sweating, and he beckoned to call the shopkeeper in the lobby.

The shopkeeper saw that the inner official was following the female family members, and he didn't know what to do. He saw that these few were dressed as girls, and they didn't look like the wife of the middle official. From the clothes, the grade of the middle official was not. Can afford to marry a wife.

He approached and asked in a low voice, "What is your father-in-law's order?" The middle official said in a low voice, "This is a noble person in the palace. You can arrange for a maid to take care of it and give some pointers."

The shopkeeper listened, looked up and down the middle official, and suspected that it was a bunch of liars.The middle official was helpless, took out two golden cakes and put them in the palm of the shopkeeper's hand: "Just use these flowers, and don't exceed—well, it's better to have some left over."

The shopkeeper glanced at the golden pancake, squeezed it with his hand, and said with a smile on his face: "Father-in-law, what are you doing? Why can't you shorten the store?" Gold handed over to the cashier and called a girl out.

The girl had received professional training, and at a glance, she knew that it was a group of leopards.First lead them to observe in the lobby, and then ask what they want to buy.

The granddaughter said: "We want to buy some for the elders in the family." The girl listened and joked, "But you want to buy a gift for this girl's mother-in-law who hasn't met?"

The palace maid suddenly changed color when she heard the words, and reached out to give her an ear scratch.Zhongguan, who was following him with quick eyes and quick hands, stopped him.He scolded the girl sharply: "You are a merchant servant, what kind of pickled things, dare to insult the nobles with words! Can't you find death?!"

Princess Leping was so frightened that she went straight to hide behind the granddaughter, who was stopped by the middle official.

When the girl heard the scolding from the middle official, her face turned pale with anger, her mouth moved slightly, and she was about to retort.It was too late to speak, and a small fat hand stretched out from behind her head and gagged what she was about to say in her mouth.

The shopkeeper slapped the girl hard and scolded her: "Go to the back, you won't need to do the work here from now on!" He turned around and smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's a little boy. It's your fault.—This is my niece, who was ignorant just the day before, so please give the little one some face and spare her once."

The granddaughter didn't want to make a big fuss. Seeing his sincere attitude, she stopped talking.The shopkeeper bent down and smiled, then waved and arranged for a female clerk to come over.

Unexpectedly, someone interjected next to him: "The castration is abominable! It's just a joke, how can you dare to be a blessing? At the feet of the emperor, there is still room for you to show your prestige?!"

When the shopkeeper heard the words, he secretly complained, thinking that he had blood and mold to do such an errand.He didn't dare to show the slightest bit on his face, but when he looked up, his eyes lit up and said, "It turned out to be Master Tao—why are you free today?"

It was Tao Dalin, the head of the Hanlin Academy, who interjected.Because he was not feeling well today, he asked for a day off, to buy something in the next day, when he saw the scene where the middle official scolded the clerk.

The middle official saw his dignified demeanor, and could tell that he was a civil official without him wearing an official uniform. Hearing his scolding, he dared not turn back, and lowered his head to motion for the princess and his party to follow him away.

The shopkeeper's busyness made another female clerk keep up with this group of people. She wiped the sweat in her heart and vowed for the thousandth time to resign tomorrow, but her body was very honest and walked towards Tao Dalin.

Seeing Tao Dalin's lips turning purple and his face pale, he hurriedly asked, "Master Tao has the palpitations again?"

Tao Dalin nodded and said yes, the shopkeeper said, "It just so happens that a batch of 'Quick Action Rescue Pills' has just entered the store, I'll get some for you."

Tao Dalin frowned and asked, "Isn't the price cut yet?"

The shopkeeper said, "It's down! It's down! It's down! This time, it's two taels of silver and ten grains. This medicine is for life-saving purposes. You can't look at the price."

"I also have prescriptions newly developed by the medical school here. There are Suhexiang Pills and Jiuxin Pills. I will make a copy for you later. The professor of the medical school said—forget it, I don't understand. Look at this."

When Tao Dalin saw it, he ran to a wooden cabinet under the counter to rummage, not knowing why.The shopkeeper turned around for a long time, and suddenly took out a large heart model, which startled Tao Dalin.

The shopkeeper raised the big heart with his left hand, his face was bright, and he said to Tao Dalin: "This is a model of human heart. Right now, only the capital Rishenglong has it." of disgusting.

The shopkeeper didn't realize it, and pointed his right hand at the big heart above his left hand and said, "Have you seen this blood vessel? You have a disease, the medical school has figured it out, it's called coronary heart disease, and this blood vessel is blocked—hey, hey, Master Tao, Master Tao? Get the quick-acting heart-saving pill, hurry!"

(End of this chapter)