Chapter 1516 [Updated on October 20] He Knows Too Little About Her
Moreover, he asked again uncertainly.
"Yes, Cao Min is the steward of the department store under the empress's name. Under the order of the empress, he will carry all kinds of fashionable things from the department store every month, as well as the account books under his name." The steward replied truthfully.
Although there is everything in the palace.
However, there are some novelty items imported by Thirteen Lines, which are not available in the Forbidden City.
Moreover, the properties under the name of the empress are all over the place, and there are many accounts.
After hearing this, fourth master unconsciously lifted his foot off the chariot, walked to the side of the carriage, flipped through it casually, "Open it."
"Huh?" The steward was a little surprised.
He didn't expect to meet the emperor at all, and the emperor asked him to open it to have a look.
Is it because I don't believe him, or why?
In fact, there is nothing shady inside.
There is only a box of enamel jewelry boxes, and a few pairs of cloisonné armors hide a hundred or so pills.
This thing is not a herbal medicine, but a pill. The shelf life is not long. If there is too much, it will easily deteriorate, and the efficacy of the medicine will be halved.
So last time, the empress only asked me to make a dozen or so pieces to try first.
In the end, it didn't take long before they were all eaten.
Recently, he heard in the capital that the Empress Dowager is back in favor.
I think it's been a long time since the empress stayed in bed, so I made a little more this time.
One hundred pills, excluding menstruation, even if the emperor looks at the Queen's Empress brand every day, it will be enough for four months.
Who knew that at this juncture, the emperor bumped into her.
As long as he saw the emperor and did not do anything wrong, he would be nervous enough, let alone being bumped into by the emperor if he did something wrong.
If the emperor finds out about this matter, the empress will definitely suffer, and he, who is in charge, will not protect his head.
Alas, but the emperor asked him to open it, and he dared not to open it.
At this moment, the steward's palms were sweating.
"The emperor is talking to you, why wait? Can you afford to delay the emperor's court visit?" Su Peisheng urged from the side.
"Yes, yes, the grassroots were shocked by the majesty of the emperor, and they were a little excited for a while, so let's open it for the emperor to see." The steward smiled, suppressed the tension in his heart, and lifted the curtain of the car.
Then, he avoided the enamel jewelry box containing the cloisonne armor.
Randomly opened other wooden boxes and jewelry boxes.
However, fourth master only glanced at the ones that the steward opened.
But he raised his hand to take the enamel jewelry box on his own.
The steward wanted to stop it, but he still didn't.
Because, he is just a grassroots, it is useless to stop him, but it will arouse the emperor's suspicion.
It's better to stabilize before the matter is exposed.
What if the emperor just glanced at it and didn't look at it.
Those cloisonne armors were either silver or gold.
Both materials are soft and easily deformed.
Therefore, each pair is stuffed with hard kraft paper for shaping, so that it always maintains a full and round shape.
In the past, those kraft papers were completely attached to the armor.
But this time it was different, except that the mouth of the armor was plugged with a short piece of kraft paper.
But there are one after another hidden in it.
The steward watched helplessly as Fourth Master opened the enamel jewelry box, and took out a pair of silver cloisonné armor for a casual look.
Then, fourth master took a silver jasper hairpin from another jewelry box.
He felt that he knew too little about the Queen.
I don't know what jewelry she likes or what she likes to eat.
Judging from these jewelry and silks, she doesn't seem to like ostentatious things, but rather some delicate gadgets.
The fourth master held his lips and asked the steward, "Do you know which ones the queen likes the most?"
The steward was afraid that fourth master would find out something.
Immediately, he glanced at the large and small jewelry boxes in the carriage, and took out a long white jade hairpin and a sapphire carved phoenix hairpin to divert fourth master's attention.
"The empress doesn't like those gold jewelry, she prefers jewelry made of jade, and jewelry made of Dongzhu, but she doesn't like big ones, like this small one, she likes to use it as earrings."
What the steward said was the truth.
Over the years, he still has a little understanding of the empress's preferences.
Fourth Master nodded slightly, gave a faint "um", and put the cloisonné armor and silver jasper hairpin back into the jewelry box.
Immediately afterwards, he asked lightly, "Where do you want to send this cart of stuff?"
"If you go back to the emperor, Caomin is preparing to send it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for registration."
Fourth master waved his hand, signaling the manager to go to the House of Internal Affairs, then turned around and got on the dragon chariot to leave.
The steward watched fourth master leave before going to the House of Internal Affairs.
He wiped his sweaty palms on his clothes casually.
Just scared him to death!
Especially when the emperor opened the enamel jewelry box and took out the cloisonné armor, his scalp was numb with fright.
I am afraid that the emperor will find out that there is something wrong with the armor, and that the emperor will tear the kraft paper and open the armor port.
I was also afraid that the emperor would find out that there were pills hidden inside.
I was even more afraid that the emperor would ask someone to check and find out that there was Bizidan inside.
Compared with the nervous manager, the fourth master leisurely rode the dragon chariot to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to pay his respects.
After a while, he rested his chin with the thumb of his left hand, and rubbed the tip of his nose lightly with the pulp of his index finger a few times.
Then, he turned his head and talked to Su Peisheng, as if giving orders.
In the morning, after the manager brought the things to the House of Internal Affairs, Banmei took Rushuang Ruxia to pick them up.
They had to pull the things to Yongshou Palace, and then hand over the carriage to the steward, who would pull the carriage back to the department store.
After all the things were unloaded in Yongshou Palace, the steward also left the Forbidden City.
Banmei ordered the good servant to get the things to the warehouse.
And she herself held the enamel jewelry and went inside.
For a while, there were only her and Ruoyin's master and servant in the room.
Banmei handed the box of cloisonne armor to Ruoyin: "Your Majesty, here is what you want."
After Ruoyin took it, she opened the jewelry box.
Banmei whispered: "Your Majesty, when the servant was meeting with the steward just now, he said that he met the Emperor on the way to the House of Internal Affairs."
"The emperor? How did you meet him? Did something go wrong?" Ruoyin asked several questions in succession.
Because, when she first arrived in Daqing, after she ate Bizi Tang, the shadow of being caught by the fourth master remained in her heart.
"Early this morning, didn't the emperor just go out from our Yongshou Palace, and the steward happened to be pulling the carriage to the House of Internal Affairs, just like that, the emperor got off the dragon chariot, took a look at the things in the car, even you The emperor has also seen the cloisonné armor in his hand."
Ruoyin took out a cloisonné armor, "Didn't you see any clues?"
"I heard from the steward, after looking at it, the emperor asked you what you like the most, then put down the armor, and left in the dragon chariot. Presumably, he didn't see anything."
While the master and servant were whispering, Li Fukang came in to report: "Madam, Eunuch Su personally sent a lot of things, saying that the emperor sent someone to reward them, so go and have a look."