The princess finished eating the grapes on the plate, wiped her hands, and then asked, "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"
Mingda: "Can't you come to see your sister-in-law if you have nothing to do?"
"Farewell, one, two or three of you are all the masters of the Three Treasures Hall, now there are so many interesting people and things outside, will you come to me specially?"
Mingda and Man Bao Changyu looked at each other, they had no choice but to tell the truth.
When she heard that it was related to the emperor's personal conquest, the princess couldn't help but be more solemn, "It's not very difficult."
So a group of people moved to the garden of Wude Hall.
At this time, the palace banquet has not yet opened, but the sun is not so strong in the afternoon, so many people enjoy the flowers in the garden.
The Crown Princess supported the maid's hand, and led Mingda and the others slowly towards the most beautiful pavilion in the garden, where seats and couches were now placed, and many wives were talking there.
Seeing the Crown Princess and the two princesses, he immediately got up and saluted, and then gave up his seat.
The princess sat down and asked with a smile, "What are the ladies talking about?"
"Tell me about the fashionable clothes this year."
"Oh?" The Crown Princess laughed and said, "I think the bouquet of flowers that is popular in Jiangnan this year is very beautiful. If peonies can be woven and printed on it, it will be magnificent."
"Yes, but it's too complicated. A weaver may not be able to weave one in two years. Now I have only seen a few in the capital. It took several weavers to do it together. It took a year to weave it." It was woven."
When Changyu heard it, he was very interested, "It seems that there are a few horses in this year's tribute."
"How many horses?" The princess laughed and said, "There are only three horses in total, and His Majesty gave them all to the empress."
It's just that the queen always advocates frugality, so she doesn't use them all, and doesn't give them to her daughters.
The concubine rubbed her belly, because she was pregnant, so she was rewarded with one horse, and the remaining two horses have been stored in the warehouse. According to the queen, one of them was to be sent to the prefect of Wei. I don't know who will go for the other one.
This kind of good thing, when the queen generally does not allow the royal family to use it, she basically rewards the meritorious ministers.
Especially after Prince Gong "fell out of favor", if in the past, Prince Gong hugged his arms and cried before the emperor gave it to the queen, the emperor would have rewarded him all.
It's so love makes Zhi faint.
Man Bao listened to them talking about fabrics, from weaving techniques to embroidery, from Suzhou embroidery to Shu embroidery, and the jewelry styles that were popular in Shu this year, and then Jiangnan, and then returned to the local popular styles in the capital...
Man Bao: ...
She was dizzy.
After a long, long time, the topic finally came to this personal expedition, and Man Bao listened with his face propped up, without any enthusiasm.
This is also one of the important reasons why the wives in the gazebo are so flattering the princess at this time.
As for the emperor's personal conquest, the prince supervises the country. After this time, the prince's position will only become more stable. At present, they can't see who can compete with the prince.
If it was a few years ago before the crown prince had a child, these wives would only be superficially polite to the crown princess, and they would not make mistakes. They would not even dare to sit with her for too long, for fear of their husbands, fathers and brothers at home. were labeled as princelings.
Now I don't have much to worry about.
Those present, who were closely related to the pro-conquest, except for the crown prince, was Zhou Man.
The topic of supervising the country is still a bit sensitive, so although everyone flattered the princess, they still didn't want to continue on this topic for too long, so their eyes fell on Zhou Man.
None of the people present were strangers. Who hasn't asked Zhou Man to see him once or twice
So everyone pulled Zhou Man and asked enthusiastically: "I heard that Master Zhou is going to follow His Majesty personally this time?"
Man Bao said: "This is what His Majesty and Xiao Yuanzheng mean."
Everyone sighed and comforted her: "Master Zhou, you will definitely come back safely."
"You are with His Majesty, you should be safe, don't worry."
The concubine and the others who knew the inside story: ... She is not worried, it is clear that she asked to go.
"It's no wonder that you are worried about Mr. Zhou, but Auntie and the others are also worried about Uncle in front of their mother," Chang Yu said, "Because of this matter, Auntie still has to pay 100,000 yuan, and it is supposed to be for the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army Praying for blessings is actually not praying for the Eastern Expeditionary Army, it is clearly praying for uncle."
Ming Da laughed and said, "I'd rather believe this kind of thing than believe it. The empress mother is so wise and rational. Isn't it because she is worried about the father that she makes us go to the palace overnight to pray?"
The ladies in the pavilion quickly asked, "How do you pray?"
"Did you invite Lao Tzu, a god, or Buddha?"
"This kind of person should worship Guan Gong, right? Whether it's Taoism or Buddhism, he doesn't care about fighting?"
Man Bao: "Who cares about this when praying for blessings? Naturally, there are seventy-two gods, and they worship all the way."
Ladies: "...that makes sense."
Some madam suggested hesitantly, "Why don't we raise some money to do a religious ceremony for the Eastern Expeditionary Army?"
This way we don't fall behind, otherwise Mrs. Zhao Guogong did it, and the queen did it too. It would be weird if they didn't do it
Man Bao: ...
Even Mingda was startled, how could this be related to practice
Man Bao couldn't help but said: "Are you really going to worship the gods?"
Ladies: "Didn't Mr. Zhou say that if there is a god along the way, he should worship the god along the way?"
"Then why don't you worship me?" Man Bao sat up straight, straightened his official robes, sat cross-legged on the seat, and said solemnly: "Worship the gods, you don't know if they blessed the Eastern Expedition Army, whether I have fulfilled your wishes, but worship me, you must know that I tried my best to treat and protect the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and how many people survived can be counted, how about it?"
The ladies were taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing. A lady sitting on top of Zhou Man stretched out her hand and pinched her face, and said with a smile, "Master Zhou, if I didn't know who you are, I would have thought you were bribed."
Man Bao: I'm asking for bribes, don't think it's true, throw more money at me.
The princess laughed and said, "I think Master Zhou is right. It is better to worship her than to worship a god, but it is not enough to take our money for nothing."
She smiled and said: "Our money must be used for the Eastern Expedition Army. This is merit. In this way, I will donate some incense money to you, but you have to buy medicinal materials and cloth for the incense money." When I look back at things that can heal and save people, I will write them down to see how many people I have saved with this money and how many merits I have accumulated.”
She rubbed her stomach and smiled, and said: "Just think of it as a blessing for this child, and remember her name later."
Man Bao asked, "Did you give her a name?"
Crown Princess: "Take it, I will tell you quietly later."
When the others heard it, they also began to think about it. A lady who was not short of money was the first to say: "Since that's the case, I will also pay my respects and donate a sum of merit to my boy. I don't ask for much. Make progress, just read honestly."