Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 69

The reception banquet ended very early, and Wu Zhen insisted on arranging for soldiers to moor boats and set up camp in the afternoon, without drinking a drop of alcohol.Hua Gao did not persuade.Instead, Zhu Yuan drank three cups of very sweet and light fruit wine, and thought it tasted good. He wanted to drink a fourth cup, but was dissuaded by Hua Gao, who simply asked to remove all the drinks from his table.

stingy!

Back home, it was just after noon.

From the sedan chair to the shoulder, from the outer courtyard to the inner house, to the front of the main house where daily life is.

The four women came up together.

Zhu Yuan leaned on the reclining chair for a while and didn't want to move. He felt slightly dizzy, and then realized that fruit wine is also wine, and this body's resistance to alcohol is really weak.

A very fragrant smell came.

It's Qing Niang.

Probing over, Qing Niang immediately bowed down.

Zhu Yuan dipped the red rouge on the woman's lips with his fingers, and subconsciously wanted to bring it to his lips. Remembering that he was not Jia Baoyu, he held it there in embarrassment.

He was quickly picked up by Luoshui, who wiped it for his own officials with a handkerchief.

Only then did Zhu Yuan comment on Qing Niang's makeup that was clearly prepared with great care today: "Smear your lips evenly, half a piece of lip looks ugly. Don't put rouge on your face, like a female ghost. Eyebrows are good. And Hair style, don’t tie up all your hair, half tie it and keep the other half, it will make you look young and beautiful. Also, uh...it’s so fragrant, have you soaked it in the scented powder jar?"

Qingniang listened, and the more she listened, the more disturbed she became, tears were about to fall.

I was afraid that my petty official would turn around because of this, saying that tonight was nothing.

Zhu Yuan didn't turn the corner, and said to Luo Shui after speaking: "You can help her with advice. And..." Then he turned to Xie Yi: "You guys make these weird cosmetics, don't they contain lead or something?"

Freehand shook his head immediately.

They helped to write the "Precautions" for the petty officials in their family. Since the petty officials said that lead, mercury and other substances are highly poisonous, how could they allow those things to enter the house.

Zhu Yuan hummed, raised his slightly drunken eyes to look at the sky, today is still sunny, there is no wind, and the afternoon sun is very warm.

It's just that the yard is not big, and some light is blocked.

After all, it is said to be like a courtyard house, but overall it is still the common compact layout of Jiangnan mansions, with a large house and a small yard.

Xie Yi waited for a while, and finally said: "Little official, why don't you go in and sleep?"

Zhu Yuan hummed, looked away, and happened to notice a small figure in a corner of the courtyard, and said with a smile, "Come here."

The sack ran over immediately.

His face was red, his eyes fluttered, and he looked guilty.

Zhu Yuan said: "Come into the room, I will interrogate you carefully, the first time I saw you, I felt that you were plotting something wrong, it seems that you will be punished later."

Gunny's face turned redder.

However, Qingniang didn't look panicked when she heard this, because she could feel that the little official was in a good mood and was joking with herself.And, maybe... Before going to sleep, I want to see her without the sack again.

Zhu Yuan said and got up.

Entering the house, came to the bedroom, and was quickly put into bed by several women.

Send them away, leaving only a little girl.

Lying on his side on the bed, he patted the edge of the bed, and when a certain sack came over, Zhu Yuan asked with a smile, "Let's do it, or should I use the punishment first."

Lin Xiaoyu leaned over the edge of the bed, wanting to be 'tortured' very much, but, remembering the entrustment of several girls, she wanted to be loyal, so she took out the cloth wrapped in silk from her front pocket. After several stacks of handkerchiefs, he pointed behind Zhu Yuan.

Zhu Yuan understood that it was the girls who lived in the photo room behind the main house.

Zhaofang is the northernmost entrance of the inner house, connected to the courtyard wall, so it is built into two very high floors, and it is as wide as the inner house courtyard, so there are many rooms, large and small, usually lived by the hostess's family members or children, together with maids. maid.

Too lazy to reach for it, Zhu Yuan gestured to Xiao Nizi: "Open it and let me have a look."

If it's an ordinary handkerchief, women can transfer it to themselves through freehand brushwork. Although... it's not easy, but it certainly doesn't have to be so sneaky.

Lin Xiaoyu obediently picked up a veil and unfolded it carefully.

A white silk handkerchief with thin seams, embroidered with a cluster of red beans, and a small poem: Red beans are born in the southern country, and a few branches will come out in spring. May you pick more, this thing is the most lovesick.

There is also a name on the corner of the handkerchief.

The seal style, however, is obviously for someone to understand at a glance, and did not use seal characters, but official script, two variants of thin and long, Liangqiu.

Zhu Yuan thought for a while, then asked doubtfully, "Liangqiu, isn't that the name of the acupuncture point?"

Lin Xiaoyu blinked her bright eyes.

Did the petty official ask himself?
How could she know something that even the officials were not sure about?
But, she doesn't understand acupuncture points or not, but this Liangqiu is sister Liangqiu.

Liu Niang.

Seeing that Xiao Nizi didn't speak, Zhu Yuan didn't look into it, and motioned: "It's very beautiful, let's change it."

Lin Xiaoyu chose one of the other stacks.

Expand again.

This time it is landscape embroidery with flowing water and falling flowers. It can be seen that the style is different from the veil just now, and the text is only a short sentence: The flowers flow from the water, one kind of lovesickness, two places of worry.

Also left a small chapter, a round "Li" character.

After such a comparison, Zhu Yuan understood.The 'Liangqiu' just now is also a surname, and it's a very interesting compound surname.

Appreciating it a little, Zhu Yuan asked Xiao Nizi to continue changing.

This time it is a peach blossom in full bloom.

Bright, fiery.

Every year when the peach blossoms bloom, I will...

amount.

spit……

Lin Xiaoyu could also see the beautiful peach blossoms from the back, but this time there was no other embroidered characters except for a small red badge, so she looked at her little official suspiciously.

Zhu Yuan glanced at the three characters 'Xin Yanwan' which are also easy to distinguish, and said with a smile: "The peach blossoms are shining brightly. The son returns home, suitable for his family."

Lin Xiaoyu nodded his head lightly.

Can't understand.

But it sounds good.

Moreover, petty officials are really... small officials who can read poems just by looking at paintings.

Zhu Yuan didn't continue, and said: "You help put it away, I will use it secretly, and don't let Xieyi and the others see it."

Xiao Nizi nodded.

She also understood that if Sister Liu Bai knew about this, she would definitely be annoyed.

Can……

Zhu Yuan quickly looked at the little girl next to the bed: "Helping them deliver things, what benefits have you gained?"

Lin Xiaoyu's face turned red again, hesitating a little, and finally took out a bag of silk cloth from his pocket again, opened it, carefully lifted it up and showed it to his little officials.

This is a bright red tube top with plum blossoms.

At noon, she didn't ask for their hairpins, but looked at the piece of embroidery that Liu Niang was about to finish... They understood, and made it for her on the spot, and promised to help her embroider a few more in the future to make it look better of.Thinking about how sad they were crying, she agreed.

Zhu Yuan smiled and nodded: "It's very beautiful, but the sisters in the inner house are fine, if someone outside asks you to help deliver things, you must refuse, understand?"

She shook her head hastily.

Nodding again.

Of course she knew.

Doing that would be indiscreet, how could she!
Seeing that Xiao Nizi understood, Zhu Yuan didn't say any more, and smiled again: "Put it on and let me see."

……

Falling asleep with happiness, about an hour later, Zhu Yuan was woken up by Xieyi. Looking at the beauty in the yard, he just felt that the world was too beautiful, so beautiful that he was a little unsteady.

Can only be moved to a recliner.

Leaning against the side of the East Wing, where the sun still shines, there are four Xieyi standing on the right, He Xuan and the others on the left, and a little girl hiding in a corner, plotting to do something wrong.

Appreciating the group of big and small people in front of him, Zhu Yuan listened to what He Xuan said: "It just so happened that a group of criminal relatives were brought back from the south, and they were going to be distributed to the families of heroes. Your Majesty knew that today is the birthday of the adults, so he specially asked twelve people to be selected. Meiji sent her here with your lord, and Wen Baihu rushed back from Jinling day and night in order not to miss the day..."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuan interrupted and motioned to a large crowd in the yard: "I'm not good at math, but this is... twelve?"

There are twenty or thirty of them!

He Xuan bowed his body, but did not turn his face to the little master on the reclining chair, and said slightly askew: "There must be someone to take care of it, each with two servant girls."

Zhu Yuan looked at the past again.

I haven't seen a single 'mother-in-law' in my concept, and I've obviously picked them all, and they all have looks above the standard line.

However, Zhu Yuan also understands that some age divisions are different in this era.Those who are around ten years old are called "husbands", those who are over twenty are called "women", and those who are over 30 years old are unfortunately called "po".

Gee.

Dross!

I firmly resist your twisting of my aesthetic.

After strengthening his belief, Zhu Yuan began to think about life, a very crucial question, should he want the lower body, or the second half of his life?
Ok……

This question is too esoteric, let’s skip it first, Zhu Yuan thinks that he should think about the whole thing itself.

What did Lao Zhu think?

convulsions?

The idea is so irreverent.

Slightly slightly.

Turning his head to look at the right side, Xinyi, Liu Bai, Luoshui, Qingniang.

Qingniang just happened to lean over and look at herself, looking very worried, worrying about gains and losses.

Zhu Yuan sighed.

With this appearance, the eyes of the phoenix are brought back, and the lips are painted with scarlet red. If you don't speak, and don't show your soft temperament, you will look like a nine-tailed fox jumping out of Qingqiu Mountain, the kind that will bring disaster to the country and the people.

Suddenly understand.

Old Zhu must have seen a few of them, and maybe this time he came to Mingzhou, he also knew exactly who Zhu Yuan brought with him.Then, I probably felt that my baby's 23rd generation grandson had preferences in this regard.

Then I remembered before noon.

When they went to pick up someone at the pier, they happened to talk to Hua Gao about Wu Zhen's elder brother Wu Liang, a thoughtful man who doesn't like money and has no intention of being beautiful, so Lao Zhu could only ask Song Lian to write a poem to praise his capable man.

Then, at the moment when the army was marching south and north, Wu Liang, who used to stick to Jiangyin so that Lao Zhu had no worries, was marginalized to Suzhou after he made such great contributions. My younger brother is no longer as good as him.

Master of high power?

No.

It's just too comprehensive, too perfect, so perfect that it's like a saint.

Even Lao Zhu couldn't figure it out.

I don't know what you want, so I dare not use it anymore. What if you want the chair behind me?
I can't afford it.

Then there is myself.

Ten thousand acres of fertile land.

Grandpa, I don't want it!
Open a high salary.

I don't want my ancestors either!

Let's build you a big house.

Well, I didn't seem to show much joy at the time.

In short, my grandson, I only wish our Daming country to prosper, and everything else is just floating clouds.

Just like a saint.

From the perspective of an elder, Lao Zhu definitely hopes that his descendants will be as good as possible.

However, from the perspective of an emperor, it is like the fear of Wu Liang, who is so perfect that he is like a saint. Maybe Lao Zhu didn't have any fear of himself, and maybe he didn't think about it at all, but he just showed that he was an emperor. instinct.

There is no need for saints in this world.

At least not without a living saint.

If there must be one, it can only be the one on the dragon chair in Jinling City.

So, my baby's 23rd generation grandson likes beautiful women, what kind of shortcoming is this, it's good, and finally has a mortal side, so of course, the ancestors must be satisfied.

Then there is the beauty of the yard.

(End of this chapter)