Poor family mother and son

Chapter 659 Fortunately, You Are the Emperor
The floor of this warehouse is full of stones, in various colors, all round and shiny, the big ones are like soup bowls, and the small ones are only as small as fingernails.

This is a special warehouse for sorting. All the stones shipped back from Voss will go through a pass here, and they will be separated according to categories by professional hands.

Except for the largest piece of stone that was pulled back today, it was stored separately for transport to Kyoto, and the rest were also placed here.

At the corner of the wall, there was something covered with a broken straw mat, leaning against the corner alone. At first glance, it seemed that the sacks containing stones and the straw mat were stacked together.

Master Lu lifted the straw mat, and underneath it was a piece of sack with torn edges. After removing it, a large stone with a round surface and a milky white and yellowish skin was revealed.

"Such a big seed jade?" Chu Qing couldn't believe it, but after opening all the sacks, he felt unconfident, only the stone covered by the sack was smooth and round, the rest of the place was numb and gray .

This is a large stone with a length, width and height of about two and a half feet, and it weighs one ton by visual measurement.

Master Lu found an axe, and used the blade to strike back and forth on the gray stone skin. Soon, the rough stone skin was scraped off, revealing the true face of the stone.

It was a piece of shiny seed jade, the previous layer of skin was fake!
"For fear of being seen by others, Brother Huang and I wrapped it with glutinous rice mortar, hehe." Master Lu explained: "Such a big seed material is too rare, girl, look here, and here, how obvious it is." The blue and white of the skin, the blue and white on the skin, will produce suet, and the inside is the best suet jade!"

Huang Zhong also said: "Those boys still said that such a big jade must be a fake jade, so I told Brother Lu and said to them, what do they know, the less it is a good thing, the less it will attract attention!"

Master Lu pointed to an inconspicuous depression: "Look! How delicate!"

A window was opened there, revealing a delicate and moist palm-sized piece of jade meat inside, the delicate feeling is not comparable to that of egg white.

Master Lu said: "Girl, you and Xiaobao are saving this stone. If there is an emergency later, this piece of material, even if it is as big as your fist, is enough for ten thousand taels of gold."

This is... two old people are saving "private money" for Chu Qing!
"The family is big and the business is big, and the surface is glamorous," Master Lu said, "Don't give away everything, keep some for yourself, and don't tell anyone, huh?"

Huang Zhongdao: "This has not been reported. Our boys thought it was a piece of white wax stone. Only the three of us know about it. Don't tell it yourself."

Chu Qing's nose was blocked, but his heart was full.

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It was the 29th of the twelfth lunar month when Chu Qing arrived in Kyoto, so he was destined to not be able to celebrate the New Year at home.

Officials above the fifth rank need to go to Beijing to report on their duties. Chu Qing has a spare position for the fifth rank. This time, she does not need the emperor's separate order, she is eligible to enter the palace herself.

Since officials from all over the country are required to report on their duties this year, the emperor will naturally not have to take annual leave. With one dish and one soup, the emperor really managed to do more with less money.

Officials from Daoyuan couldn't come back, even if the memorial would not arrive until the next year, they escaped "catastrophe".

Chu Qing was not called in until it was time for the New Year's Eve dinner.

When the emperor listened to the report, he would not hold a meeting with a large group of people, but would either order one person to go in, or order three or four people together.

But Chu Qing didn't, the emperor deliberately postponed her announcement until the meal was ready, and still summoned all the officials who came to Beijing to sit and wait for the meal together in the Linde Hall.

This is painful and clear.

For New Year’s Eve dinner, the emperor didn’t go back to the backyard to watch the New Year’s Eve with a group of wives and children, but instead had a discussion with his courtiers. Then they ate and drank, and Chu Qing reported to work alone. Chu Qing's report is over, why don't you just cool off?
The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, and the ghost knows why.

Chu Qing memorized the memorial written by Xue Hou and sat down, looking eagerly at Tang, whose heat was slowly fading away.

Although a chicken blood tofu soup was nothing special, it was the emperor's favorite drink. All the ministers praised the delicious taste. Only Chu Qing was still waiting for the emperor's comment. He could only watch and drink it.

Chu Qing is depressed, the soup is still warm now, and the dishes are all served on plates, shallow and small, and they are already cold.

I feel aggrieved when I eat cold food during the Chinese New Year.

I had already waited outside the hall to cool down my heart, and I was hungry for most of the day, and my life was hanging by this warm soup.

But the emperor thought that he had "supported" Chu Qing again, because he asked Chu Qing to "finale" the report, and it was still in public. This was an opportunity for Chu Qing, so that the officials could not comment!
So when he looked at Chu Qing, there was a question in his eyes: "How? I treat you well."

"My dear friends, try this soup!" The emperor said: "Chicken blood is a good thing, it can nourish the intestines, it is delicious and not expensive, and the common people can afford it."

All the ministers should be one by one, and then drink a spoonful of soup.

Chu Qing could be considered to be able to move her chopsticks, she saw her bow left and right, while the chopsticks in her right hand picked up a pinch of rice and handed it to her mouth, while the spoon in her left hand was already scooping up the soup. Just as everyone swallowed the soup, she had already swallowed both the rice and the soup at the same time go down.

Eating like this will at least warm up the cold meal before eating it.

Because the movement of both hands reminded the emperor of Chu Qing's "covering rice" back then, he not only wanted to trick her: "Chu Qing, you came to Beijing this time empty-handed?"

The emperor did this on purpose, if anyone happened to take a bite of rice, he would have to choke on the emperor's question, but it was clear who it was, and he had already guarded against it, the rice was swallowed with the soup, and he would not choke without chewing. to people.

Chu Qing immediately replied: "Return to the emperor: I did not enter the capital empty-handed, but entered the palace empty-handed."

When officials from all walks of life came to Beijing, they all brought tribute to the emperor. They were afraid that their colleagues would find out and did not dare to bring too much, but they were all expensive, such as white pheasants, ivory mats, ginseng, and famous tea.

On the other hand, Chu Qing's entry into Beijing has attracted much attention, and the fact that the embassy in Voss sent guards to escort the jade has already spread, so it is well known that Chu Qing transported a large piece of jade into the capital.

The emperor nodded: "Come in and let me have a look."

Chu Qing immediately reported: "It's just outside the palace gate, it's easy to transport into the palace gate, but I'm afraid it's not easy to go up the steps to enter the palace."

Emperor: "Well, are all the loves full? If you are full, follow me out to have a look!"

Then he turned his gaze to Chu Qing again, which meant: "I treat you well, right? I'll give you a chance to show it off!"

This is the emperor, if you change someone, for example, Chu Yuan, Chu Qing definitely slaps him on the forehead: "Don't let people eat?!"

The emperor had long been itching, but Chu Qing only came to Beijing on the afternoon of the 29th. The emperor has been busy listening to the report for the past few days, so he could only endure it, and now he can take a look.

All the courtiers got up one after another, waiting for the emperor to go first, Chu Qing took advantage of the time when everyone stood up to block him, picked up the soup bowl, and poured the soup and vegetables into his mouth.

Mix it with water first!

(End of this chapter)