The time has come to evening, and the number of people who go to Princess Danyang's mansion to congratulate is increasing unabated. Although a considerable part of them were diverted to Shen Yuan on the bank of the Qinhuai River, there were still a large number of cars staying in front of the princess's mansion, crowding the road, and the traffic was not smooth.

Fortunately, Wuyi Lane is also a place where powerful people gather, and there are not too many idle people who come and go. And everyone has had this kind of situation to some extent, and although the road is congested and it is inconvenient to pass, they are all able to understand it.

Moreover, in the morning, the family members of the princess's mansion prepared gifts and visited the neighbors one by one, explained the situation, and asked for it to be included, so it did not arouse too much resentment among the people.

The Shen family now has quite a few clansmen in Jiankang, and there are twenty or thirty people who can come forward from the two sects in the east and west. Shen Zhezi, as the head of Dongzong, has always been responsible for the family business, and now he has become a prominent official, which is also a great joy for the family. Therefore, a large number of clansmen from the capital gather here to help receive guests. Although the number of people who came was large, the scene was arranged in an orderly manner and was not too chaotic.

Princess Xingnan, as the hostess of the house, although she doesn't have to do everything, she is really busy. There are many female relatives from all over the family who have arrived home today, many of whom benefited from her family in Jingkou Xingtai last year, and now they have also come to congratulate her.

The topics discussed by the women may not be as broad and profound as those of the men, but the content is much more substantial.

The princess of the East China Sea, who has always been a good friend, took the hand of Princess Xingnan and said with a smile: "You girl, you were born with a first-class good life, and it is also a first-class luck in the world for a concubine to be able to marry such a prosperous lady." The husband and wife respect each other, and the room is suitable, so that the people who see it are peaceful, and add good stories to the world. ”

When the women at the table heard this, they all applauded. They may not know much about the changes of the times, but they are quite convinced of the so-called fatalism. Some of the older women, recalling the incident about Princess Xingnan, had to admit that this girl was really a good fate.

Soon after the birth of Princess Xingnan in the early years, the first emperor was made the crown prince of Jin by Zhongzong, and on the day of his first birthday, he was made the crown prince. Later, he went out of the cabinet and won the superior seal.

And his husband's family, the Shen family, was only a wealthy sect in Wuzhong in previous years, and even many people here had never heard of this family. But after the princess got married, the Shen family, especially the concubine, became famous, and now he has become the leading young man in Jiangdong.

From the standpoint of these women, Princess Xingnan's life is really prosperous.

This girl's personality is not lacking in straightforwardness, and she can't stop smiling when she hears people's praise, she doesn't think that Shen Zhezi's prominence today is entirely due to her good luck, after all, husband and wife are always together, and she knows better than anyone how hard Shen Zhezi has worked to achieve today's achievements. But having said that, she is not disgusted, there is a feeling of echoing the interest rate hike and the unity of life.

"The husband is born, he is suitable for the lord and the lord, and he has to be used by the princes of Taichung. The woman sat in the curtain, how dare she boast of her merits? ”

Although she was happy in her heart, Princess Xingnan still showed humility on her lips. Life probably has to find a goal to strive for in order to be meaningful, for her, to maintain a beautiful image of her husband, increasingly important, more and more joyful.

The entire princess's mansion was filled with a festive atmosphere of laughter and laughter, and the people in the vestibule accepted and entertained those who were close to the old family, and a banquet was also set up in the inner mansion.

In the wide flower hall, even if hundreds of people are seated, it does not look cramped. If you have an unobstructed view, it will inevitably look empty. Therefore, there are many screens displayed in the room, which divides the entire flower hall into small chambers.

The material and shape of these screens are not the same, some are simple bamboo frames covered with light yarn, flowers and trees are displayed outside the screen, and there are maids who fan the wind slowly, and there are bamboo buckets holding water and horizontal frames to make the sound of winding water streams. Although sitting in the room, there is a breeze coming slowly, as if you are in the wilderness, which makes people feel relaxed and happy, and the eyes are relaxed.

And some of the screens are made of ivory tortoiseshell as the bone, the colored silk is the screen, and the room is full of treasures, which are dazzling, and make people look forward to the world's treasures all over the world, and the eyes are dizzying.

There are also fragrant wood flower screens, and the different woods with their own fragrant fragrance retain the original wood color texture, and green leaves and flower branches are dotted in between. These flowers are picked early in the morning, pruned and soaked in wooden barrels, and there are maids who spray water dew from time to time.

However, the most eye-catching of them is those picture screens, although the current Jiangdong silk weaving technology has started, but it is far from reaching the level of sophistication and maturity of later generations, especially in dyeing, has not yet formed the exquisite changes of later generations, so it is rare to see delicate and changeable patterns.

However, these painting screens in the flower hall have subverted people's cognition, and the pictures on them are complex and changeable, with characters, landscapes, and even flowers, birds, fish and insects all lifelike, extremely ingenious.

Most of the people who can go deep into the inner mansion are the relatives of noble families, but many of the decorations in this flower hall are luxurious or exquisite, and they are quite eye-opening. Women are naturally more sensitive to beautiful things, and these ladies are also from their own families, and their homes are arranged with great ingenuity, just to be pleasing to the eye.

But when they came to this flower hall and saw the layout of the princess's mansion, they were amazed, but they felt ashamed of themselves. Compared with the flower hall in front of them, their carefully arranged rooms are simply humble and simple, not worth mentioning!

Not to mention anything else, these screens with their own style, each side has its own style and charm, which makes people can't bear to look away, and love arises spontaneously.

For a moment, many of the women forgot the purpose of their visit, and each stood in front of his favorite ornaments, took the princess's hand and whispered where they could buy them.

was asked by everyone like this, Princess Xingnan was also very proud. Shen Zhezi has never cared about trivial matters such as home decoration, so the decoration of the house, especially the inner courtyard, is mostly from her handiwork, and it is also her main job on weekdays.

She is more or less involved in every piece of artenery, from conception to final production. Now it is put out for people to watch, and it has been praised by everyone, which makes her feel very satisfied.

"This bamboo and stone screen was made years ago, and it was originally going to be placed in Nanyuan, but unfortunately now Nanyuan is no longer there, so it can only be left at home for its own use. Since Madame loves it, I will send it to the house tomorrow......"

"As for this Yingxing screen, it is a Jiaozhou ice color jade core, and dozens of Zhu stones can only take one grain. The more than 100 grains on the screen were all picked up by my aunt one by one and kept for home. It's not the most beautiful posture at the moment, wait until the night a small lamp shines lightly, the light is bright, and the stars are like ......"

The invisible flaunting of wealth is the most fatal, and when they heard the introduction of Princess Xingnan, those women moved to see it one after another. I saw that this screen was only more than five feet long, and the fragrant wood hollow was used as the screen, and it was inlaid with hundreds of gems. Those gems are crystal clear, the color is pure and clear, and when you get closer, you can even see the reflection of a human figure inside, which makes people fall into it at the first sight and find it difficult to extricate themselves.

When everyone was attracted by the pearlescent screen, one of the women saw that the beads on the hairpin of a person next to her were similar to the gems on the screen, and they couldn't help but point to the woman and laugh.

Everyone's eyes were attracted, and the woman was a little ashamed to take off the beads and give them to the people to preach. The hairpin was made of gold and was inlaid with many agate gemstones, but one of them was the most brilliant and translucent, dwarfing the stones next to it.

"Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is right, this kind of ice color jade beads are very rare, and the size of such rice grains on the hairpin is already rare. My pearl hairpin, or the filial son of the previous year's birthday, has cost tens of thousands. As for the screen on the screen, they are all the size of dates, and they have their own colors, they are really unmarketable! ”

After everyone had seen it, the woman took back the hairpin, carefully rolled it up with a silk handkerchief and handed it to the maid behind her, and did not wear it again.

Hearing the woman's explanation, the eyes of everyone next to her couldn't help but widen. Looking at the bead screen again, their sight became a little scattered, and they often heard people say that the Shen family was rich, but they had no specific concepts. In the past, there may be some dealings with Princess Xingnan, and there are no excessively precious utensils around the princess.

However, today's detail made them deeply feel how rich the Shen family had become. Similar to that pearl hairpin, it is already worth tens of thousands of dollars, and the bead screen is inlaid with more than 100 more precious gemstones, even if the market price is compared, it is more than 10 million dollars!

These women present may not have thousands of dollars in their family assets! However, their rich family assets are just a utensil in the hall in other people's houses!

Princess Xingnan was also a little stunned for a while when she saw everyone's appearance. She actually has no concept of money at all, she naturally didn't need money when she lived in the garden in the past years, and after marrying into the Shen family, everything that has clothes and food is provided at home, and she doesn't ask for anything else.

When she grows so big, even if she gives away some belongings, they are all given to others, and she has never really used the money to buy things. Therefore, for the shock in the hearts of these female dependents, she really understands incompetence.

The reason why I show off to others is to listen to the praise of others and make myself happy. But seeing that most of the people were surprised, but they couldn't speak, Princess Xingnan also felt bored, and no longer led everyone to see those works that she liked more, and instructed the maid to arrange for everyone to sit down in the flower hall and prepare for the feast.

After taking the seat, there was no shortage of people who were full of restraint in their expressions, and their movements became cautious, lest they touch the utensils in the room, perhaps some great treasure. However, some people originally just came to congratulate with an ordinary mentality, but now their attitude became eager, and they carefully picked up some words of praise to compliment the princess, and the scene did not become overly embarrassing for a while.

Men's gatherings are mostly for wine and entertainment, and the pastime of women nowadays is not boring, and there are many self-entertainment and elegant plays.

When women gather, eating and drinking were not the focus, and they were not keen on talking about metaphysical texts or major affairs of the government and the opposition. The meal was set aside, and then a maid presented various props for the show.

Among the many elegant plays, Princess Xingnan is more fond of playing chess and hiding hooks, and when she is bored at home, she mostly plays with the maids in the room.

The so-called chess game is a chessboard made of jade or stone, which is either smooth or has shallow grooves. Two by two, each side has a small hole on the board, several polished marbles are arranged on the board, and then the two sides play each other's marbles, to pop each other's marbles out of the board, and at the same time flick their own beads into the small hole on the opponent's side, the first wins.

This kind of game is very competitive and suitable for all ages, and the difficulty can be adjusted freely according to the different marbles used by both sides, which is very suitable for killing time.

Princess Xingnan has been cheerful and playful since she was a child, and she has been immersed in playing chess since she was a child. Ordinary people want to use their hands to smoke marbles, but she directly uses a silk scarf to smoke, and she can hit every arrow, and the happiest thing is to abuse Shen Zhezi, a little rookie in the room.

But after getting to know Cui Ling, the little lady of the Cui family, Princess Xingnan's proud technique was killed, and if the other party took the lead, often she didn't even touch her marbles, and the game was over.

Therefore, today she also plans to abuse a rookie and get back the feeling of not losing in the past.

The women in the curtain are more or less involved in playing chess, and when the utensils are put up, some people are already eager to try, and they each choose their opponents to prepare for the competition.

More than a dozen chessboards, all of which are polished from pure white jade. This is not surprising to the people who were hit by the impact of the bead screen worth tens of millions earlier.

After all, the stone chessboard is too rough, and these women often use this game to kill time, and it is inevitable that they will grind their hands out of cocoons after playing for a long time, so they have more or less some jade utensils at home, but they are not so exaggerated.

After the chessboard has been placed for a long time, the surface will inevitably accumulate dust or roughness, so before the game, it should be rinsed with water, wiped clean with a silk cloth, and then smeared with a layer of talcum powder to reduce friction.

The first few processes were also normal, and the maids were very skillful in rinsing and wiping. However, when the stone powder was applied to it, some people noticed a difference. I saw that the powder was white and delicate, and it didn't seem to be as simple as talcum powder. Some people can't help but be curious and rub a little powder on their fingertips for a moment, and their eyebrows can't help but rise, this is pearl powder!

Looking at the maid's smooth movements, there was no unusual performance at all, it was obvious that she was used to using these utensils on weekdays, rather than the extravagant behavior that only had when feasting guests!

Until the brocade box where the marbles were placed was opened, everyone's eyes couldn't help but stare at the ground, only to see that the box was full of crystal clear gems without exception!

The princess of the East China Sea, who was sitting opposite Princess Xingnan as an opponent, twisted a crystal clear ice jade bead with her fingers, and put it in front of her eyes to look carefully, although it was not as big as the screen, but it was also full of particles, which was rare and rare. Naturally, there is no shortage of jewelry treasures in the Donghai Palace, but most of them are kept secret, and it is impossible to use them for idle plays!

"You girl, you really don't know the high price of salt and rice! Even if it is a surplus of grain, how can it be so extravagant and wasteful! ”

The princess of the East China Sea sighed with emotion and carefully put the gem back into the brocade box.

After hearing this, Princess Xingnan waved her hand indifferently and said: "These beads can't be eaten by hunger, and they can't be clothed by cold, but they are better than being clear and beautiful, but they are just things to play with, and there are many of them in my family." If you can't even play with them, what's the use of collecting them, it's just a disgust to occupy the box. ”

She is not ashamed to say this, similar pearl and jade products were originally in southern Xinjiang, there are a lot of Guangzhou, in previous years, his family in southern Xinjiang bulk purchases, and now her family A Weng has done the history of Dongyangzhou thorn, this kind of treasure is naturally to be asked for. Casually clearing a tribe such as Shanyue and barbarians, you can collect hundreds of years of accumulation.

The price of southern treasures on the market is still high, and that is because the Wuzhong Business Alliance intends to control shipments. However, the Shen family, as the head of the business alliance, took the source of goods, and these items were really only regarded as ordinary. If it's not light and profitable, you don't even want to ship.

Although Princess Xingnan said the truth, she felt different meanings in the ears of others, but I have to say that this kind of spirit of treating pearls and jade as rubble is really enviable.

The princess of the East China Sea knows that Princess Xingnan has a straightforward temperament and will not behave, but the problem is that others may not have such a good attitude. Hold the priceless jewelry in your hand and toss it around, and it is exciting to think about it.

"Let's put it away and change it to some ordinary utensils."

She pushed the brocade box aside and persuaded again.

Although Princess Xingnan's skills are unbearable, when she heard Princess Donghai say this, she could only order the maids to send these marbles down and take some other materials.

It took a while for new marbles to be retrieved. This time the material is ordinary, some are bone beads, some are stone beads, but the size is different, and the polishing is very rough, probably the servants in the house are idle to play.

The women each held marbles, but their hearts were strangely strange. If someone dared to entertain them with things played by their subordinates in the past, it would be light to turn their faces at that time, and it would be possible to die and not get along. But today I have a feeling of relief, who makes the utensils that the family prepares to entertain, they can't afford it!

Princess Xingnan also probably noticed the strange atmosphere of everyone, and gradually understood that she did not live in the same world as these people, and she regarded them as ordinary treasures in the eyes of others. For a while, I almost couldn't hold back and laughed arbitrarily in the arms of my husband.

However, she finally has some basic common sense of dealing with people, and she is a guest when she comes to the door, and these people come to cheer for her family, which is not good to make people feel uncomfortable all the time. So after playing a few rounds of chess, they asked people to remove the utensils and change them to a Tibetan hook play.

The gameplay of the Tibetan hook is simpler than playing chess, and it is said to come from the favorite concubine of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. This Lady Gouyi was born with a clenched fist and couldn't stretch it, and it wasn't until Emperor Wu summoned her that she opened her hands, and after opening them, she held a jade hook in her palm.

The hidden hook is to divide people into two parties, take a small thing and pass it to one party under the case and hide it in his hand, and wait until the fist is placed on the case, and the other party guesses whose hand the thing is hidden. Normally, if one person guesses correctly, something is rewarded. There is not only an element of luck in this, but also the disguise of the other party, so it is a lot of fun.

The princess does not like to hide hooks, because she is not good at disguise, and if things are hidden in her hands, she will definitely be exposed, and she will definitely lose. However, it can be used to give some treasures to the guests, so as not to be hated by people for the complete show-off, and the guests and hosts can enjoy themselves.

Since it is playing in the princess's mansion, the utensils needed are naturally provided by the princess's mansion. A game played late at night, it can be said that everyone has their own gains, and in the laughter, everyone gradually forgot the previous embarrassment and awkwardness. It's just that the Shen family's treasures are full of warehouses, and the rich and wealthy have a deeper understanding of Jiangdong!

The women rarely have the idea of being jealous of the rich, although they do not admire the Shen family because of this, but they are also more willing to be friends with Princess Xingnan. 21010