The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Chapter 85 Free Advertising

On the ninth day of the tenth lunar month of the first year of Zhenghe, the Renming Palace became busy early in the morning. Zheng Hongmei had breakfast as usual. Cuizhu led the palace maid Yizhong in, gave her a blessing gift, and said with a smile: "Empress, please

Please change your clothes!"

"Well!" Zheng Hongmei calmly helped Cuizhu to sit in front of the dressing table. Cuizhu opened the empress's hair. Zheng Hongmei's hair spread down. Cuizhu took out the jade comb from the makeup box and smoothed her hair.

Then gather the hair and tie it at the top, then divide the strands and tie them with silk ropes, braid them into wigs, bend them into hairpins, hold them up on the pillars, and let the hair lean to the sides, as if you are looking forward.

"Your Majesty, today you are going to stay in Ciming Hall. Your mother is honored by the world. Why don't you like it?" This hairstyle is very complicated. Cuizhu asked while combing it.

"Alas" Zheng Hongmei sighed without saying anything. She was born into a family of petty officials. Her father was just a foreign official in the palace, and he also ran a wine shop and lived a decent life. Later, she was elected to the palace. Through hard work, she made a fortune.

The empress dowager's escort. The emperor was still just Prince Duan at that time, and he would go to the palace every day to pay respects. He was good at calligraphy and painting, liked poetry, was well versed in music, singing and dancing, and was good at various entertainments. The two met often, and they fell in love with each other for a long time.

The Queen Mother married her and another admonisher, Wang Furong, and made him her concubine.

Who would have thought that a few years later, Prince Duan would ascend the throne and become emperor. At that time, the emperor would have forty-eight wives and concubines. When he entered the palace, he was shocked by the queen mother and had to send someone to check them one by one. In terms of family background, he was not as good as the queen, and even

Concubine Cui De, with her natural beauty, solemnity and elegance, good etiquette and education, her knowledge of ancient times and the present, her knowledge of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and her liveliness and wit, she was promoted to the title of Concubine Xian by talented people within three years of entering the palace.

It was labeled as a beauty treatment.

Thinking of this, Zheng Hongmei felt a little excited. The emperor regarded her as a close friend. After giving birth to a pair of children, she was promoted to a noble concubine. She was even more favored by the emperor. Even memorials were often asked to review and be favored by her. Even the king and empress knew this.

He had to evade and retreat, his family was in trouble, his father was named the Duke of the country, and he suddenly became a new noble in the Song Dynasty. Is his struggle of more than ten years easy? Who knows what it feels like?

"Your Majesty, your hair is combed, can you see if it's okay?" Cuizhu spent half an hour and Zheng Hongmei finally finished combing her hair. He picked up a bronze mirror and put it behind her head for her to look at.

"Why is it so dark? I can't see clearly. Take the ivory-handled glass mirror that Tong'er gave me!" Zheng Hongmei looked at the blurry reflection in the mirror and said.

"Empress, you have the glass mirror that Prince Yan sent to you, and you feel that every bronze mirror is darkened. This is a newly polished one!" Cuizhu smiled and pulled out a glass mirror, and ordered a palace maid to hold it and take a picture.

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"Well, not bad, let's change clothes!" Zheng Hongmei looked at it and nodded.

"Serve the empress to change her clothes!" Cuizhu shouted, and a group of maids filed in holding the queen's crown clothes. Cuizhu helped Zheng Hongmei put them on one by one.

The hair is not easy to do, and the clothes are not easy to put on. There are more than ten pieces inside and outside. This set of crown clothes is very precious. The queen only wears it when she is canonized, visits Jingling Palace, court meetings and other important ceremonies.

It will be worn. Its pattern is dark blue, and the decoration is woven and embroidered Zhai pattern; the Zhai pattern is arranged in double rows according to the corresponding, a total of twelve pairs. The lining is also a traditional plain yarn single, and embroidered with inscriptions.

The red color is on the cuffs. It is equipped with knee coverings of the same color as the clothes and a large belt of the same color as the clothes. At the same time, white jade double pendants and various combinations of ribbons are tied around the waist. The feet are wearing green socks and black 舄 (舄, for

Satin shoes, with wood soles to prevent mud).

After getting dressed, Cuizhu carefully held the phoenix crown and prepared to put it on Zheng Hongmei. "Cui Zhu, is this phoenix crown new?" Zheng Hongmei suddenly asked.

"Your Majesty, the phoenix crown was made from an old crown according to Her Majesty's instructions. You see, the beads are still on the original crown!" Cuizhu replied. Her Majesty has said this many times, and everything in the canonization ceremony will be simplified to save national expenses.

In terms of expenditure, there is no need to make a new phoenix crown, just use the original crown of the imperial concubine to renovate it.

"It's still too extravagant!" Zheng Hongmei sighed as she looked at the phoenix crown on the plate. This twelve-dragon and nine-phoenix crown is decorated with twelve dragons and phoenixes on the crown, one dragon on the top of the front, seven dragons on the middle, and five phoenixes on the bottom; and one dragon on the top of the back.

, three dragons at the bottom; one phoenix on each side. The dragon may be soaring, or upright on all fours, or walking, with different postures. The lower part of the dragon is a flying green phoenix. Both dragons and phoenixes hold jewelry strings in their mouths, and the lower parts of the dragon and phoenix are decorated with beads.

Each flower is inlaid with one or six or seventy-nine gems in the center, and one or two circles of beads around each gem. In addition, ninety green clouds and seventy-four green leaves are decorated between the dragon and the phoenix. The crown

The gold mouth ring is decorated with a jewelry belt, the edges are inlaid with gold bars, and twelve gems are embedded in the middle. Each gem is surrounded by six pearls, and the gems are separated by pearl flowers. There are six temples, each decorated with a golden dragon.

There is one crown, two jeweled flowers, three beaded flowers, and beads hanging from the side. The whole crown has a total of 121 gems, 3588 pearls, and a total of 18 small rubies inlaid in the phoenix eyes.

After completing a tedious dressing process, Zheng Hongmei stood up and walked to a floor-to-ceiling mirror. The yellow pear wood frame was carved with peonies and lilies, and the petals and stamens were pasted with gold and silver. It looked comfortable and the tone was harmonious.

The style really matched her palace. Looking at the graceful and elegant beauty reflected in the mirror, a smile appeared on her face. Tong'er's gift was really surprising. This huge face

The glazed mirror can be said to be a unique treasure of the Song Dynasty. Even the emperor was amazed when he saw it that day and called it a miracle!

"Empress, the canonization ceremony is about to begin, let's go, the officials are waiting to congratulate you!" Cuizhu urged.

"Well, let me take another look and see if there is any inappropriateness!" Zheng Hongmei did not move and took another look in front of the glass mirror, "Cuizhu, where did you think Zong'er got this mirror that can see people so clearly?

You can tell the difference by looking at every hair!”

"Your Majesty, you have said it several times!" Cuizhu said, holding back a smile.

"Really?" Zheng Hongmei touched the smooth mirror surface, as if gently brushing her son's cheek. Today is the day when she becomes the mother of a country beneath one person and above ten thousand people, but her son cannot congratulate her in person.

, leaving her with a deep regret in her heart.

"Your Majesty, although Prince Yan is not here in person, he has sent you such an expensive gift. I heard that several other empresses are very jealous. Now they are asking around where they can buy it. You see, the official family is full of them these days.

Staying here, I think he also wants to look at this glass mirror every day!" Cuizhu said with a smile.

"Let's go, Tong'er must have spent a lot on this mirror. It's a bit too extravagant." Zheng Hongmei said to the mirror, as if she was teaching her son a lesson.

"Your Majesty, this is also Prince Yan's filial piety. To celebrate the grand ceremony, he sent people to bring fireworks made by the palace. I heard that Huang Daguan said that the prince personally designed them. I really want to see what they look like!" Cuizhu Manchu said.

He said expectantly.

"This child still likes to play around. He doesn't have to focus on studying. I will find a master for him after the New Year!" Zheng Hongmei complained on her lips, but she was happy in her heart. She cried when she left the palace three years ago. Not only was she famous

He moved the capital and resolved the crisis for his mother and daughter, but his life was too hard!

Night has fallen, the whole palace is brightly lit, flutes and songs are playing, the aroma of wine is spreading, and the banquet of the canonization ceremony is being held. Zheng Hongmei is sitting next to the emperor, frequently raising glasses, her face is already tired, and she has accepted the courtship of hundreds of officials for a long time.

After congratulating him, he retired to accept the worship of the concubines and concubines in the palace, and did not rest for a whole day.

"Guan family, the fireworks for Prince Yan's tribute have been prepared. Please move to the front of the palace to watch them with your empress!" Yang Jian bowed and said with a charming smile to Zheng Hongmei. Now he has begun to regret it. Why did he mess up?

Head, go against these two mothers.

"Hongmei, let's go. Erlang has put a lot of effort into your ceremony. I'm even jealous!" Zhao Ji, who was already a little drunk, smiled and helped her up.

"Guan family!" Zheng Hongmei said coquettishly, "Tomorrow is the Tianning Festival. The pair of glazed lion paperweights that Zhan'er gave you are unique in the world. I don't know how many people will envy you. The wine for tomorrow's celebration is also from his house.

, that's a special soju, you can't get drunk!" The couple laughed and walked out hand in hand. Although Wang Shufei and Cui Defei beside them hated it to death, they didn't dare to show it. They wanted to take advantage of the queen.

The funeral ceremony was arranged with others, but in the end, he lost his wife and soldiers, and Zheng Hongmei still took the queen's seat.

'Boom!' As soon as the two of them left the palace gate, several flashes of light shot into the sky with whistles, exploding in the air more than thirty feet high, like flying crystals all over the sky, causing a cry of surprise.

"My dearest lady, this is the 'Three Presentations of Flowers'!" Huang Jingchen was already standing guard at the entrance of the palace, acting as the commentator.

"This is Trichosanthes!"

"This is the five sons who have passed the imperial examination, and the next is the five dragons playing with pearls."

"What is that?" Before the fire in the sky fell, dozens of fire beams suddenly burst out from the ground, emitting red and two colors, like snowflakes suddenly falling on the ground, Zhao Ji asked hurriedly.

"For the record, this is the 'Fire Tree and Silver Flower', named by Prince Yan!" Huang Jingchen quickly replied.

"Good, appropriate!" Zhao Ji praised.

'Boom Boom' Fire dragons soared into the sky one after another, exploding in the air and turning into lotuses, golden chrysanthemums, and plum blossoms. Although there were fireworks in the Song Dynasty, there were few of these types in the sky. Now the sky in the capital has become colorful and gorgeous.

It was so colorful that the people in the palace and the capital were mesmerized by it, with cheers and exclamations coming and going.

"Your Majesty, please look at this. This is specially presented to you and the Emperor by Your Majesty!" Huang Jingchen was very satisfied with the performance of the people around him. Although this was not his idea, he is still very proud to be able to host this 'grand ceremony'.

As soon as Huang Jingchen finished speaking, hundreds of bright spots exploded in the air, forming a huge smiling face in the air. "Guanjia, Tong'er is smiling at us!" Zheng Hongmei pointed at the smiling face in the air and shouted.

"I saw it, I saw it, Tong'er is happy for you!" Zhao Ji was also infected by Zheng Hongmei's emotions and said with a smile.

'Whoa!' Before the smiling faces in the air dissipated, a three-foot-high and ten-foot-wide golden waterfall seemed to appear out of thin air in the square, causing people to exclaim again. There was a burst of 'papa', and a line of red letters appeared in the waterfall.

, "Father and Queen, happy every day!" Zheng Hongmei could no longer hold back her tears and flowed down her cheeks. Zhao Ji also calmed down from the excitement and watched the big words slowly fade and disappear.

"Quickly, tell the fireworks workshop and the glaze workshop to step up production, our chance to make a fortune is here again!" Zhao Tong received Huang Jingchen's flying pigeon letter the next day and shouted excitedly.

"My lord, you don't have a fever, do you? Our fireworks workshop has just started production. Who will buy our products? Who will buy the mirror you plan to sell at such a high price?" said the prince who was so happy that he looked crazy.

"Haha, Your Majesty, the Queen has advertised for us. Who else but me has such a big reputation? The orders will soon arrive in large quantities. This year is another good year!" Zhao Tao said with a smile.

"Oh, the prince really doesn't suffer at all, even the emperor's father and the queen's mother are plotting against him!" Jian Xi curled her lips and looked at the ecstatic prince and said to himself.