noffsinger Chapter 1043 Crimson Couture
Chapter 1043 Crimson Couture
"What do you mean by seeing it with your own eyes?"
The storyteller was very unhappy about being argued with.
He slammed the gavel. "Seeing the big picture from the small details! Do you understand what it means to see the big picture from the small details? If His Majesty didn't appreciate Lord Shen, how could he have granted the 'Inter-provincial Transfer Order'? That's the power of several prefectures, and His Majesty can give it at will. This shows His Majesty's trust in Lord Shen!"
Everyone nodded frequently as they listened, urging the storyteller to continue.
The storyteller finally calmed down and stroked his beard, saying, "Furthermore, the gifts sent by officials of all ranks to celebrate the promotion stretched straight from the entrance of the Shen Mansion to the end of Yintai Street! The scene was truly spectacular!"
After saying this, he also deliberately added: "I saw it with my own eyes!"
"I saw it too!" Many tea drinkers echoed: "Yintai Street is inhabited by the rich and powerful. I usually don't dare to step in. Today, I took advantage of the crowds and went in to take a look. Wow, it's such a lively scene..."
The lacquered wooden box was carried to the Shen Mansion as if it were free.
He couldn't help but worry about the accountant of the Shen Mansion. Could he remember which load of gifts belonged to which family?
"It is said that Lord Shen also sent a generous return gift." The storyteller took a sip of tea, raised the teacup, and asked, "Has anyone seen a glass tea set?"
"Liu Li?"
Everyone thought it sounded familiar. "Is this the birthday gift presented by Lord Shen at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet?"
"That's more than that." The storyteller held the teacup high, tilted the cup, and the amber tea flowed into the cup on the table like a small waterfall.
He said mysteriously, "The gift sent by Fulin was also a glass cup, but it was far inferior to what Lord Shen presented. I also heard that the Fulin envoy was embarrassed and left the banquet before it was over!"
"Oh——"
The tea drinker had never heard of this before, so he gave the storyteller enough respect: "So, Lord Shen is even more powerful than the Fulin Kingdom?"
This is a bit offensive.
But the storyteller still agreed: "I'll just throw this away. Don't say I said that once we leave this room. Anyway, this time, Lord Shen's return gifts to the various mansions include a set of glassware!"
With his previous introduction, glassware was directly associated with "state gifts".
For a time, there were many different opinions in the teahouse.
But if you listen carefully, you will hear that they are all praising Lord Shen for his "extraordinary magnanimity."
As for her promotion to the fourth rank, no one showed any dissatisfaction.
“People’s ability to accept is far greater than their cognition.”
In the Ministry of Personnel, Xu Zhijie was personally leading the clerks to sort out the documents.
Looking at the brand new imperial armor book, he instructed the clerk to put it away while saying, "In the early years, few people believed that women could truly enter the officialdom and make a name for themselves at court. But when that day finally arrived, even the voices of doubt were scarce."
Today's scenes really prove a point.
——When you are strong enough, the world will make way for you.
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As the sun sets, the sunset glow spreads freely.
Ziyi Residence was enveloped in warmth, the veins of the leaves were dyed orange, and everyone in the yard was waiting for the door to open.
Today is a big day. Even Old Qiao and his disciple Li Shiyuan, who have been away from home all day, have rushed back. If the yard of Ziyi Residence was not big enough, there would be almost no room for so many people to stand.
"Squeak-"
As they were waiting, the door slowly opened from the inside. Everyone stretched their necks to look over, but they only saw Mu Qing and a few others.
"Where's Sister Shen?" Yu Nanshu and the other children came over first. "Let's take a look. Sister Shen must be very beautiful in her scarlet robe!"
Mu Qing and the others smiled and stood on both sides of the door. Shen Zheng slowly walked out.
The sunset glow slanted over the eaves and fell on Shen Zheng. The world in everyone's eyes seemed to stop for a moment.
The scarlet robe she was wearing completely eclipsed the color of the sunset.
Like the green official robe that the empress had sent to Tongan County before, this scarlet robe was also tailored with a waistline, which not only retained the dignity of an official but also highlighted the slenderness of her figure.
"How is it?" Shen Zheng raised her hand slightly and asked them.
"Wow--"
I don’t know what they saw, but they all exclaimed “Wow!”
Shen Zheng was confused, "What happened?"
Yu Nanshu trotted over, touched her sleeve, and said, "Sister Shen, there's even silver thread specially added to this brocade! It must be the Queen's idea!"
Shen Zheng was slightly stunned and looked down at her cuffs.
There was no light in the room just now, so she didn't notice it.
Now, under the illumination of the sunset, she saw that the silk threads of the robe were mixed with extremely fine silver threads, which shone in the light like flowing water, warm and smooth.
She subconsciously recalled what the scarlet robe she had seen before in court looked like.
It seems...there is no silver thread mixed in.
Then when she goes to court tomorrow, won’t she become the target of public criticism?
"There are two more sets." After thinking for a moment, she called Mu Qing, "Take out the other two sets and see if they are also mixed with silver thread."
Mu Qing hurried back to the room and brought out two sets of red robes in a moment.
Everyone took a quick look and saw that, as expected, the two sets of scarlet robes were also emitting silver light under the sunset glow.
Yu Nanshu couldn't let go and touched it again and again, "It's so beautiful, really so beautiful. For this dress, I also want to be an official..."
Yu Shizhang laughed at her lack of ambition, then looked Shen Zheng up and down many times, and said with satisfaction: "It's indeed not bad, but I think there are still areas that need improvement."
Everyone was shocked: "Master, the tailoring of this scarlet robe is probably the Queen's idea. You can't say this outside of Ziyiju."
What if the Queen heard this and harmed Lord Shen?
"What do you know?" Yu Shizhang said with an unfathomable expression, "Everything else is fine, but the color... it's not so good."
Fang Ziyan stared blankly at Shen Zheng and said subconsciously, "Grandpa Yu, I think red is very beautiful. Sister Shen is like the red clouds in the sky. I always feel that in the blink of an eye, Sister Shen may fly away..."
Shen Zheng was amused by him and turned to ask Yu Shizhang, "Master, do you think Fei Se is not good?"
So what color would be fine?
She seemed to have the answer in her heart.
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That evening, Shen Zheng planned her itinerary for the next few days under the candlelight in her study.
She had to find time to go to the six ministries. Not only did she need to understand the temperaments of the officials, but she also needed to remember their names and get to know them.
Otherwise, when discussing state affairs from afar in the future, she wouldn't even be able to identify who the other person was, which would inevitably be awkward.
Secondly, she had to go to the training ground with Yi Qun to bring the county soldiers back and resettle them. If there were no problems, the county soldiers would follow them back to Tongan County.
Also, she plans to go to Jiahepu to see for herself how the sweet potatoes are growing.
If possible, she would dig up dozens of plants and bring them back. When the harvest comes, she will show them to the people of Tongan.
Finally, she had promised Yu Nanshu and the others to take them to the farm to pick fruits, catch fish, and eat roasted whole lamb, as a last group outing before leaving Beijing.