I, my father-in-law, set off a frenzy of public examinations in ancient times

When Han Yin first arrived at the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the Empress Dowager naturally put on a new look cheerfully, waiting for her son to greet her.

Guan Yujun couldn't help being surprised when he saw the Queen Mother's appearance. This is not the image of an aging grandma she imagined, it is clearly a beautiful young woman who still has charm!

She thought that the queen mother who followed the men to fight the world in the early days, and then went through the struggle to win the heir, would definitely be very old when she was 40 years old, but she didn't expect that the queen mother slapped her face severely!
I saw the empress dowager, who is still charming, wearing a "nine dragons and four phoenix crowns": the dragon is gold, the phoenix is ​​emerald, the dragon holds the east pearl, and the pearl has a green cover; Listed in order adorns the dress crown.

Looking at the hair crown, which is estimated to be half a meter high, it must weigh four or five catties!
But Guan Yujun pondered again. This "Nine Dragons and Four Phoenix Crowns" is at least worth a house, and it is still at the level of a courtyard house. Is it a sweet burden to put it on your head? ...

Looking down, on that non-stop smiling face, there is a bead embellishment and a soapy forehead, that is, a forehead; even if the forehead is the color of soap, it will not delay the Queen Mother's rejuvenation His face is full of smiles.

Thinking about it, there is no in-laws, her husband died early, her son is still the emperor in charge of the world, and the concubines in the harem let her rub her round and flat.If she were the queen mother, she would wake up laughing from her dreams.

Further down, there is the Empress Dowager's deep blue dignified Zhai clothes, which are full length and without skirts, which complement the knee-covering style underneath;

There are countless jade pendants, small ribbons, large ribbons, and many other things that Guan Yujun couldn't name. Guan Yujun was dazzled and amazed like a dog.

Han Yinchu gave the empress dowager a birthday gift, and personally helped her mother, who was covered in pearls and jade pendants like a human-shaped Christmas tree, out of the Cining Palace, and took a sedan chair to the imperial gate to receive the worship of all the officials.

When he went out, he had a faint feeling that something was wrong, "Why is there still only the sedan chair I was in when I came here?" He whispered to Guan Yujun.

Guan Yujun tilted his body and said to Han Yinchu in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "My lord, the budget is not enough! We can only build one big sedan chair in the palace!"

Well!He said that Guan Yujun, who is "a big man wishing to break it into two halves", is willing to spend money on him, an emperor who is not a "blade"!
He said that the space in the sedan chair is so spacious, he originally intended for two people to sit in the sedan chair... Han Yinchu resisted the urge to blast Guan Yujun, and helped the queen mother up.

No, no, saving money is what I said, I can't beat people... And today is my mother's big day, I can't let her old man see any unpleasant things like beating people...

But if he doesn't find fault, it's hard for him to swallow this breath!Han Yin gritted his molars at the beginning, and while he was still in the sedan chair, he asked Guan Yujun with a smirk:
"Xiao Guanzi, I and the Queen Mother are not worthy of '20 people carrying a large sedan chair' or '32 people carrying a large sedan chair'?"

Facing such a blatantly difficult question, Guan Yujun grinned innocently and answered like a "loyal minister and good general":
"My lord, it's not that Xiao Guanzi is unwilling to spend money to build a sedan chair, but that the palace road is narrow, and the limit is that it can accommodate 18 people!
Xiao Guanzi thought that the number sixteen had a better meaning than eighteen:

One is that the ancestral system is not surpassed, the second is that the empress dowager loves pomegranate flowers the most, which is a homonym for sixteen, the third is that you, the sage, succeeded to the throne at the age of 16, and the fourth is that today is not only the vernal equinox, but also the sixteenth of February;

Forty-four is exactly sixteen. Do you think sixteen has become the lucky number for the empress dowager?
Besides, the empress dowager and the emperor share the same sedan chair, which makes it appear that the mother and child are deeply affectionate, and the emperor is very close, isn't it? "

Han Yinchu: ...was his rhetoric thought up now or prepared long ago?

How can Guan Yujun, who is as human as a human being, fail to see that the emperor is a bit unable to get down the stairs now?
She immediately leaned forward like a dog's leg: "My lord, when you and the empress dowager go to parade, I will prepare a 23-horse horse carriage for both of you!"

Han Yinchu faintly snorted the word "um", indicating that Guan Yujun's flattery was in the right place again.

"How many?"

"Is there any more, only the Queen Mother and the Holy One are prepared."

After asking this sentence, Han Yinchu's mood is really cloudy and sunny, and he feels comfortable without knowing how, looks at Guan Yujun, rewards her with a smile, and walks in with long legs to share the ride with the Queen Mother up.

They went all the way to the place where Han Yinchu's imperial gate listened to the government, and they were going to accept the court congratulations from all the officials. Nothing would go wrong in this link. Guan Yujun slipped away first, and she had to wait in the Queen Mother's car ahead of time. Will pass by the long street, and then go to Qingyi Garden together.

About half an hour later, the oversized carriage that the Empress Dowager transferred to finally came out from the Xihua Gate of the Imperial Palace.

After entering Beichang Street, on the first archway I saw, there was a huge picture scroll hanging. The moment the Queen Mother opened the curtain, the picture scroll unfolded suddenly, and a picture of "Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix" appeared on the paper. There is also a banner with large characters like flowing clouds and flowing water on it, which reads - Canglangzhai wishes the Queen Mother a thousand years!

It was the first time for the Empress Dowager to experience and even see such a novel way of celebrating her birthday, she was so happy from ear to ear: Her emperor gave her too many surprises!At the same time, I couldn't help worrying in my heart, what a waste of time!

The Empress Dowager didn't know that not only did the painting not cost any money, but the gallery also took advantage of the popularity of her old man's birthday to advertise, and the royal family had to pay a sum of money!
Han Yin saw it for the first time, raised her eyebrows and began to look for Guan Yujun in the crowd——

The paintings are not necessarily masterpieces of masters, but they are bright in color and large in size, which is very eye-catching... The word "Canglangzhai" can only be "less" in order to "big" to highlight the sponsor of "Canglangzhai". ";
I didn't expect that an art gallery would spend such a large amount of money to buy the best position for "advertising"... It seems that there are still a lot of rich people in Beijing...

Immediately after they went to Xi'anmen Street, the owner of a liquor store from Xinghua Village was waiting there; the frame seemed to have been negotiated long ago, and when it stopped here, the owner poured a glass of Xinghua Village's special wine for the Queen Mother in trepidation.

There is such an arrangement? !The queen mother looked at Han Yinchu in surprise, and got a reply from the other party who was flustered but nodded calmly.

Xiao Guanzi is really a coward!How dare something outside give the Queen Mother an entrance? !Han Yin thought to himself.

Guan Yujun didn't care at all, even if Han Yinchu couldn't trust her Guan Yujun, he should have trusted his Jinyiwei guards!I have guarded the owner of the liquor store and the wine he brewed for a long time.

Some material comes from:

Introduction to Ming Dynasty Court Costumes ([-])—Empress Dress (douban.com)
Mechanics Appreciation - Ancient Sedan_Zhang Juzheng(sohu.com)