Enter the Room

Song Jiyun asked Hong Xi: "How to repay kindness with kindness?"

Hong Xi was speechless for a long time.

Song Jiyun told him about the Yin Yu Tang shop: "Dehua porcelain is good at human figures, Longquan porcelain is good at color, and our porcelain is good at utensils, so we have to make it unique. There are many literati and elegant guests in the capital, so we have to be there. We must work hard on the Four Treasures of the Study and tea sets, while daily porcelain should mainly focus on high-end porcelain such as Boti.”

The two of them talked and put Song Tao's matter aside.

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At this time, in the Palace of Qianqing, Prince Ning was talking about Song Jiyun: "I never thought that there would be a girl with such superb craftsmanship. One kiln fired 70-80% of it. Don't say that she was a prostitute, even if she was with a man. Compared to that, she is also very rare, one of the best. No wonder the people at the Jingdezhen Royal Kiln Factory recommended her to come to Beijing to burn porcelain for the Empress Dowager. In vain, I used to think that she was beautiful and favored by the eunuch who oversaw the Tao. It’s Ning Gong’s errand.”

Having said this, he smiled "hehehe" at the emperor a few times, and said with a bit of frivolity: "You can't blame me. Who made Miss Song look so beautiful? A man would think so when he saw it. of."

The emperor looked surprised after hearing this and said, "You just say what you say. Why do you criticize other people's appearance?"

Prince Ning laughed "hehehe" a few times and was about to speak when Yuan Yunzhong, who had been standing silently beside him, suddenly said: "Your Majesty, is it impressive that one kiln can produce 70% or 80% of the porcelain?"

Prince Ning was suddenly speechless when asked.

Yuan Yunzhong cupped his hands towards the emperor and said with a smile: "Although I was a governor of Jiangxi, I have been to Jingdezhen in person, and I have witnessed the Song family firing porcelain, but I didn't know that one kiln can produce 70% to 80% of the porcelain." What's so special about it? Now that His Highness Prince Ning mentioned it, I couldn't help but be a little curious."

After he finished speaking, he continued to ask King Ning: "I know that the top kilns in Jingdezhen will take some orders from the imperial kiln factory when the imperial kiln factory is too busy. According to what you said, the Songjia kiln factory should also be considered a Jingdezhen kiln factory. One of the best kilns, right?"

Prince Ning was a little confused as to what Yuan Yunzhong meant by these words, and he couldn't help but look at the emperor.

The emperor was looking at him curiously.

He originally praised Song Jiyun like this to let the emperor know why he suddenly wanted to marry her.

Although Yuan Yunzhong may not know his intentions, Yuan Yunzhong has always been known as a good strategist. Yuan Yunzhong must have his own intentions when asking him this.

Various thoughts rolled through Prince Ning's mind, but he couldn't figure out the purpose of Yuan Yunzhong's question. But the emperor was still waiting for his reply. He decided that since he couldn't figure it out, he would just follow Yuan Yunzhong's words for the time being and stay the same to deal with all changes.

"Indeed." Prince Ning said with a smile, "How else can I say that this girl's family is not simple? I heard from people in Jingdezhen that the new Mr. Jiang in Liang County gave this girl Song a 'heroine' as soon as he arrived. Don't give in to men's title."

"Really?" The emperor glanced at Yuan Yunzhong and said with interest, "Then this girl is not bad!"

"Your Majesty!" Prince Ning smiled and bowed, saying, "This is why I..."

"Love the Song family" was already on the tip of his tongue, but Yuan Yunzhong smiled at him and interrupted again abruptly: "I wonder how many other kilns like the Song family are in Jingdezhen?"

King Ning was stunned.

Yuan Yunzhong smiled and said to the emperor: "The tea set of 'Fishing Alone in the Snow in the Cold River' I brought you last time was the new blue and white made by the Song family and several other kilns in Jingdezhen. Now the Song Dynasty My porcelain shop in the capital also sells this new blue and white. I heard that the shipments are too few, and their orders have been scheduled for three years."

Prince Ning rolled his eyes after hearing this.

The new blue and white were obviously made by Song Jiuyun, but Yuan Yunzhong said they were made together with several other kilns.

Why did Yuan Yunzhong suppress Song Jiyun in front of the emperor? He was afraid that Song Jiyun would become famous in front of the emperor.

Could it be that he was afraid that the wind would destroy the Jiyun trees of Song Dynasty if they were beautiful in the forest?

Prince Ning thought about it in his heart.

The more Yuan Yunzhong wanted Song Jiyun to be ordinary, the more he wanted to let the emperor know how good Song Jiyun was.

Otherwise, his plan would not be implemented.

"It can be seen that although Mr. Yuan went to Jingdezhen, he didn't know anything about Jingdezhen." Ning Wang said, interrupting Yuan Yunzhong and attracting the emperor's attention to him, "Where is the new blue and white? What several kilns came up with together is clearly Miss Song's innovation."

When Yuan Yunzhong heard this, a little anxiety flashed in his eyes, but it was not shown on his face at all, and he said: "How come I heard that Jingdezhen is firing this new blue and white now? If the new blue and white is really Miss Song's original creation, how can other kilns get it?" The secret recipe you got?"

"You don't know this." Prince Ning looked at it, sneered in his heart, and said loudly, "Now the kilns in Jingdezhen follow the Song family, and they all follow the Song family to beg for food. Whatever the Song family asks them to burn, they will What to burn? Some small workshops no longer even make porcelain themselves, but work for the Song family kiln factory, specifically helping the Song family to draw porcelain, or helping the Song family carve flowers, and they have become part of the Song family kiln factory."

The emperor frowned.

Prince Ning became even more enthusiastic and said: "Nowadays, the best kilns in Jingdezhen can only produce 40-50% of the output per kiln. The average kiln can only produce 30-20%. There are many empty kilns. Yes. When the Song Dynasty opened its kiln, 70% to 80% of its porcelain was produced, which is not only rare in Jingdezhen, but even fifty years ago, no one could compare with it."

Yuan Yunzhong still refused to admit it and said: "According to what the prince said, the Song family is very good at making porcelain. But even in the past fifty years, no one can compare with it, which is a bit exaggerated."

Prince Ning glanced at him sideways and said disdainfully: "Not just fifty years, even a hundred years is not an exaggeration. In the past fifty years, if anyone can compare with the Song family, it is Song family's father Song Youliang. Then Song Youliang Jihong porcelain was once fired. Unfortunately, it was short-lived. It was only fired once. But in terms of the kiln output rate, it was far inferior to the Song family. When Song Youliang was at his peak, the kiln output rate was about 50%. What's more, The Song family also created a new type of sweet white porcelain.”

He kept talking about the Song family.

Yuan Yunzhong interrupted him again: "My lord, you just said that you have something to ask the emperor for. I wonder what it is? Do you need me to avoid it?"

Of course he is asking to marry Song Jiyun!

Prince Ning thought proudly, but when he raised his head, he saw the emperor's somewhat gloomy face.

There was a sudden thought in his heart.

Yuan Yunzhong's voice rang in his ears again: "Your Majesty knows so much about the Song family, what you are asking for cannot be related to the Song family, right?"

He smiled and said: "Let me guess what the prince wants to do? The Song family also has the skill of making porcelain. Doesn't the prince want the Song family to bake some porcelain for you? Yes, after the Queen Mother's birthday, it belongs to the Queen Mother. Qianqiu, after that is the birthday of the imperial concubine."

He joked with the emperor: "However, the prince is too stingy. I am planning to catch only one sheep and not give anything else away."

The emperor also laughed and said, "Yes, he is a bit stingy."

King Ning froze.

He fell into Yuan Yunzhong's trap.

Yuan Yunzhong suppressed him again and again, not letting him talk about the Song family. He was not afraid that the Song family would be too prominent and cause unnecessary trouble. It was clearly to lure him to tell the story about the Song family.

But the emperor was the most suspicious.

If he proposes to marry Song Jiyun again under such circumstances, the emperor will not think that he is seduced by Song Jiyun's beauty, nor will he think that he has taken a fancy to Song Jiyun's talent. The emperor will think that he is asking to marry Song Jiyun. For Song Jiuyun's craftsmanship, it is because Song Jiyun is very good at firing porcelain.

And the controversy over his porcelain smuggling has not subsided.

A thin line of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

But how did Yuan Yunzhong know that he wanted to marry Song Jiyun? How do you know what he's going to say?

Ning Dynasty Yuan Yunzhong looked at it.