Chapter 1358 [Updated on August 8] As a Cold Emperor

It is said that where there are women, there are bags, and "bags" cure all diseases.

In her previous life, Ruoyin loved collecting all kinds of bags.

In the Qing Dynasty, women all wore sachets.

It's just that they will choose the material of the sachet according to their economic ability.

Of course, aristocratic female family members have that kind of exquisite leather bag, which will be inlaid with some oriental beads, jade, silver ornaments and so on.

When Ruoyin was in the Forbidden City, he asked people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to do a few, but none of them were ideal.

In the end, I still think the sachet is the most practical.

But the bag that fourth master asked to make was the most beautiful bag she had ever seen.

Even she, who has never liked gold jewelry, likes it very much.

It can be said to be the most beautiful local tyrant gold chain bag in the Qing Dynasty.

However, Ruoyin was still angry.

She glanced at the chain bag coldly, and said duplicity: "It's not that the emperor doesn't know, I hate things made of red gold the most, they look like nouveau riche, and bags made of red gold are very heavy, not practical at all, and the design is so-so , is as ugly as it needs to be.”

As soon as the voice fell, Fourth Master's originally easy-going expression suddenly turned cold.

The servants holding the chain bag were so frightened that they quickly knelt down.

Seeing this, Su Peisheng didn't know what to do.

There are still a few gifts from the emperor, but those servants haven't presented them yet.

The Empress Dowager is also true.

The emperor never spends so much time giving gifts to women.

If it were someone else, as long as they could spend Qixi Festival with the emperor, they would be happy in their hearts.

Not to mention that the emperor took great pains to prepare a series of gifts.

Even if the emperor gave something that was not to his liking, or it was a piece of grass, he had to accept it cheerfully and thank Ron, because it was royal grass.

But what the emperor gave to the queen were all women's favorite things.

He had seen it just now, when the queen saw the chain bag, her eyes were shining, why did she despise the chain bag as ugly?

Just when Su Peisheng was thinking about the thoughts of his masters, he received a cold look from the fourth master.

He didn't react the first time.

It wasn't until fourth master glanced at the unopened gift boxes in the hands of the guards that he understood.

It turned out that the emperor asked them to continue presenting other gifts to the empress.

So, Su Peisheng motioned to the guards.

The guards continued to present the gifts to Ruoyin.

Ruoyin glanced lightly, and in one box was a box of face powder.

She sniffed it lightly, and the fragrance was light, a faint fragrance she liked.

However, she only took a sniff before putting it back into the box, with no joy on her face.

The other is a pocket watch.

Ruoyin took the pocket watch in his hand and looked at it carefully.

This is a silver pocket watch.

The outside is hollowed out and carved, with two bunches of orchids on both sides and a lifelike phoenix in the middle.

There are small snow-white pearls inlaid around it.

In the middle is a shining ruby.

Ruoyin opened the pocket watch and saw the dial inside.

There are no numbers representing time, but intricate machinery.

It looks retro and atmospheric.

In this dynasty, hourglasses and sundials were more accurate ways of judging time.

But hourglasses and sundials are not tools that everyone can use.

Others that determine the time include incense seals, sand clocks, oil lamp clocks, and candles.

But the general city is based on the local bell tower and drum tower to tell the time.

Every hour, the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower will ring bells and drums.

During the day it is to ring the bell, and at night it is to strike the watch.

But this way is not very accurate.

This is why in ancient times there were only one watch to five watch, and there was no more detailed time.

It is because the accuracy of the time is not high, I can only say an approximate time.

In some rural areas where conditions do not allow, time can only be judged by life experience.

They are based on the positions of the sun and moon in different seasons.

What time is it, and where will the sun and moon be.

In this case, if the weather is bad and the sun and moon are in the clouds, it will be difficult to judge, and it will be even more inaccurate.

However, as early as the thirteen trades in the Qing Dynasty opened, many Western clocks and pocket watches were passed to the Qing Dynasty.

It is a problem for ordinary people to eat, so naturally they can't afford watches.

Only some nobles bought Western clocks in order to determine the time more conveniently.

As for pocket watches, they are more expensive than clocks, and most of them are bought and worn by men with power, status and good taste.

Because most women like jewelry and are not very interested in this kind.

Ruoyin had seen some pocket watches in Daqing before, all of them were men's, and she didn't like them.

But the pocket watch that fourth master gave her is very feminine and beautiful.

At this moment, Ruoyin thought in her heart, when did fourth master understand women so well, and understand her so well?

Each gift is what she likes.

But the anger in her heart cannot be erased by these gifts.

Even if Ruoyin liked these gifts, he was still sensible.

She put down the pocket watch indifferently, pointed at the box of incense powder and the watch with one hand, fanned the air on the tip of her nose with the other hand, and said lightly: "The smell of this incense powder is too strong, so greasy. This pocket watch is okay, just fine." let's go."

With that said, she looked at Fourth Master: "Is there anything else?"

Fourth Master: "..."

"Madam, the emperor selected these gifts many days in advance, especially the chain bag, which was made by a craftsman for more than half a month." Su Peisheng hurriedly explained.

The empress is really standing and talking without pain in her back.

You know, as a high-cold emperor, it is not easy for the emperor to be able to do these things.

But looking at her like this, she doesn't seem to appreciate it.

He was worried that the emperor would be upset, so he threw away all the carefully prepared gifts.

Sure enough, as Su Peisheng expected, fourth master's complexion was not very good-looking, and he said coldly: "Come here, except for the pocket watch, throw everything out for me!"

Su Peisheng twitched the corner of his mouth, thanks to the empress who reluctantly said that the pocket watch was okay.

Otherwise, none of these gifts today could escape the fate of being thrown away.

However, at this time, Ruoyin added fuel to the fire and said: "As a female representative of the Qing Dynasty and the laws and regulations, I dare not spend your money. If I want something, I have enough money to buy it. So, why don't you Throw away this pocket watch too."

In fact, this is not her original intention.

She only said this when she heard fourth master say that she was going to throw away the present she had just given her.

Since he doesn't care as a gift giver, what else does she care about.

It's like this every time, only knowing how to solve problems violently.

Is it like coaxing her?

"This..." Su Peisheng looked at Fourth Master, his forehead was covered with sweat.

The emperor is clearly here today to celebrate the Qiqiao Festival with the empress.

In addition, he was busy with things before and neglected the empress, so he also wanted to take advantage of this day to coax her.

But the emperor is so violent, coaxing and coaxing, why did he set himself on fire.

However, no matter who is pouring cold water on his blood, he will be unhappy.

Especially this person is still aloof emperor.