MTL - Unparalleled Concubine-Chapter 153 fish

   Chapter 153 Fishing

Although this trip to Duke Chen's mansion has some twists and turns, it is generally beneficial. After all, most of the generals in the northern part of the Great Jin Dynasty are the former officials of the disciple of Chen Guogong. They can befriend the Ye family. The letter will be much smoother on the road of the military attache.

   After saying goodbye to Chen Guogong's mansion, Li Xin left Yonglefang and returned to Datongfang.

At this time, the advertisement on the Deyi Building has been posted, but the specific Zhurong wine has not yet started to sell. I really have to wait until the day of the bidding, which will be seven or eight days later. Before that, Li Xin has another thing. busy.

   That is a gift to the Emperor Chengde.

   It is now June 5th, and there are only two days before the emperor's birthday. At that time, it will be the Long Spring Festival of the Great Jin Dynasty, and all officials will enter the palace to congratulate the emperor on his birthday.

  The princes and princesses will also prepare congratulatory gifts and enter the palace to present them to the emperor. At that time, most of Li Xin will also enter the palace with the nine princesses.

   It was almost afternoon when Li Xin returned to Chase Square.

   At this time, he didn't have to stay at the Princess Mansion for work every day, so he simply went home.

  In his yard, the little girl Zhong Xiaoxiao was still reading and writing in her room. Li Xin went to see her for a while, then turned around and went back to his room, and began to think about what to give to the aloof emperor.

  The emperor did not say that he disliked sending valuables, but it was certainly not very conspicuous among the vast congratulations.

  The most important thing is that Li Xin can't afford anything precious.

   Up to now, Lieutenant Colonel Li’s property is just over 1,000 tons. Although this amount of money is enough for a middle-class family to live for more than ten years, it is really inconspicuous in the top circle of the capital.

  Li Xin sat in his backyard and thought about it for half an hour, and finally, out of countless options, he came up with the easiest thing to do at the moment.

   But this thing...is expensive.

   With Li Xin's financial resources, he would definitely not be able to complete it. He said hello to Zhong Xiaoxiao and went out to the Qinghe Princess Mansion not far away.

  Li Xin has not returned to the Qinghe Princess Mansion for a day or two, so when His Royal Highness the Ninth Princess saw him, he was quite unhappy: "Where have you been these days?"

   Li Xin smiled and said, "Didn't you help His Highness prepare the gift?"

   The nine princesses sneered: "You were clearly called by the people from the proud building, thinking this princess doesn't know?"

   Li Xin coughed and chose to avoid this topic. He smiled brightly at the Ninth Princess: "His Royal Highness, I have thought of a gift, which will definitely make Your Majesty's face happy."

   Ji Lingxiu frowned: "What?"

   "Your Highness, do you have... water jade here?"

  The so-called water jade is the crystal of later generations. This kind of thing was originally quite precious and was an extremely precious gemstone until the advent of glass.

   In this era, there is naturally no glass. Even if Li Xin wants to get the glass out, it will take at least one or two years or even longer, which is obviously too late.

  The crystal with extremely high transparency is similar to glass to a certain extent, but this kind of top-quality crystal is rare in the private sector, and the products sold on the market are inferior and expensive.

   Even if it is the inferior goods of Xi Shi Street, Li Xin can't afford it now.

   This kind of top-quality thing is generally in the hands of nobles, especially in the hands of the royal family.

   The nine princesses glanced at him and gritted her teeth: "There are a few objects made of water jade, but most of them were rewarded by the father, so they can't be returned to the father, right?"

   "Your Highness, let me take a look?"

  The nine princesses nodded and went back to their room to find a lot of things, including pendants made of crystals and pendants made of crystals, all of which were extremely transparent, but most of them were colored crystals.

  Colored crystals are more popular.

Li Xin set his eyes on a pair of palm-sized crystal fishes. The pair of crystal fishes were made of transparent crystal. They were of excellent color and looked almost the same as the glass of later generations. The chubby fish are sculpted to life.

  Li Xin pointed at the pair of fish and said with a smile, "Your Highness, how about this pair of fish for me?"

Ji Lingxiu glanced at Li Xin and curled her lips: "This is my birthday last year, the seventh brother gave it to me, and the royal father and the others also know that if you forward it to the father, you will be laughed at. "

   Li Xin lowered his head and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, Your Majesty will never see it, this is the same pair of fish."

Originally, this kind of large crystal is often divided into many parts, so as to be worn as accessories, but the two crystals have no impurities, and the craftsman could not bear to divide them, so they made a pair of fish, symbolizing the abundance of each year. , which is auspicious.

   However, such a big thing cannot be worn on the body, and can only be placed at home as a reward. Ji Lingxiu didn't like it very much, and nodded generously: "Okay, you can take it."

   These two crystal fishes are more expensive than Li Xin's entire possessions.

   Li Xin carefully put them into the box, and smiled at the Ninth Princess: "Your Highness, I will send the finished product back to you tomorrow, to ensure your satisfaction."

   Ji Lingxiu nodded.

   "That's good, the day after tomorrow morning, you will go to the palace with me to congratulate the emperor on his birthday."

   Li Xin clasped his fists and was about to retreat,

   The Ninth Princess blinked and said softly, "That...I made a grape-flavored ice food, would you like to try it?"

  Inspired by Li Xin's squeeze of pear juice last time, now this Princess Qinghe has figured out all kinds of eating methods, and she is very busy every day.

   Li Xin smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, you were having a stomachache two days ago, why are you eating again?"

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   The two talked, Li Xin walked out of the Princess Mansion with two fishes made of water jade, and he went to Yonglefang again.

  Yonglefang is a place where dignitaries and dignitaries live in the capital. There are no merchants selling or even begging for food. Most of them are various study rooms, teahouses, and antique jade shops.

   Several well-crafted jade shops in the capital are located in Yonglefang.

   When it was almost evening, Li Xin found a jade shop called Liangyufang in Yonglefang, and took out two crystal fishes the size of a palm in his arms.

   "Seller, I'm going to round these two things."

The store owner is an old man in his forties and fifties. He first looked at the goods, then looked up at Li Xin, who was young, and said with a smile: "Guest officer, this is a finished product, and the craftsmanship is also carved by top-notch hands. Yes, do you want to destroy it?"

  Li Xin nodded and said, "The store will do as I say."

The shopkeeper lowered his voice: "Guest officer, looking at you like this, it is probably because this thing is not clean, and you want to destroy it and produce materials, otherwise, you don't have to destroy it, and sell it directly to the small shop, and the small shop will supply the material. You'll be charged twice as much."

  Li Xin glanced at the shopkeeper helplessly.

  This bastard, he is treating himself as a thief!

   Li Xin stretched out his hand and showed his Yulinwei waist card.

   "Shopkeeper, this thing is not for sale. You should do as I say. If you waste time, no one can afford it."

   The shopkeeper rolled his eyes and said, "It turned out to be the official of Yulinwei, so the shop will naturally follow suit, why don't you come and pick it up tomorrow?"

  Li Xin squinted his eyes and said, "I'll just wait here, I'll go when I'm done."

   Just kidding, the one who can open a store in Yonglefang is either a prince or a prince. If this storefront greed or repackaged this thing tomorrow, with the current Li Xin, it is really not necessary to come back!

   (end of this chapter)