Rebirth of the little landlady

Chapter 303 The Luxurious Bloom at That Moment
In contrast, the queen's actions were too petty. Ni Yuze had already given up the Qu family's interests, but the queen still wanted to fight against Ni Yuze, which made the emperor very angry.

In fact, the emperor was wrong to blame the queen. The emperor is not a businessman, and some things cannot be thought through so clearly at once. You must know that the imperial merchants in this dynasty are different from those in previous dynasties. Tributes are not purchased but given for free. Pure effort, the main income of the imperial businessman is the publicity benefits brought by "fame", and the benefits brought by the right to go to sea.

Although the Qu family obtained the qualification to be an imperial merchant of silk fabrics when Ni Yuze lost power, they have always been at a disadvantage in the cloth sales of the whole dynasty because of the emergence of Nishang. The practice of "bundling" the cloth shop and the Nishang store into one place has caused the Qujia's cloth sales to shrink by [-]%. It can be said that the losses of other similar businesses caused by the ingenious design of Yuanbao are basically paid by the Qujia. After all, Quanchao's market share is only so big, and the Qu family's profit in recent years is not as good as when they were not an imperial merchant.

Just like what Ni Yuze said, the Qu family's weaving technology is actually no worse than the Ni family's weaving technology, so why do the concubines in the harem feel that the tribute silk is not as good as the Ni family's?The reason for this lies in the raw materials - in order to save money, the Qu family cut corners on the tributes. You must know that the annual tributes of the entire palace are not a small amount.

Now the only place where the Qu family can make money is shipping. Even if the fleet of the Hou family is rented out, the silk of the Hou family cannot be sold overseas because of the disturbance of the Qu family. Although the fleet of the Qu family is small , and can’t go very far, but those other merchants who rented the Hou’s fleet were afraid of the power of the Qu family, so they sold all the silk woven by the Qu family. This alone accounted for the current overall profit of the Qu family. Eighty percent, it has completely made up for the loss of the Qu family in the domestic market, but it is just making up, not as much as before, so the imperial business of the Qu family is actually in vain.

However, if Ni Yuze succeeds in running for the Imperial Merchant this time, the fleet of the Hou Mansion can go to sea by itself instead of renting out, then the income of the Qu family will be gone, and by then...

The Qu family couldn't even imagine such a situation, so the Qu family must prevent Ni Yuze from becoming an imperial merchant.

It's a pity that Ni Yuze easily destroyed the Qu family's plan. Not only that, Ni Yuze also became an imperial merchant of "non-silk fabrics". They also have to bear the losses caused by providing tributes to the palace every year, and the Qu family now has the feeling that stealing chickens will not return a handful of rice.

In fact, the emperor may not be able to calculate this account, but the Qu family and the queen forgot that there is another account in the emperor's heart. The emperor calculates the gains and losses of the national treasury, not the gains and losses of the small Qu family, so even if the emperor Later I figured it out, and I wouldn't give any "care" to the Qu's family - if you can't play Ni Yuze, that's because you are incompetent. What the emperor needs and protects with all his strength are capable ministers and officials, not the useless wretches who rely on the treasury to support them!

In addition, the emperor was still secretly pleased with the Qu family's failure.

The emperor succeeded to the throne when he was in his 20s. Before that, the emperor was just the most unfavorable prince. His biological mother was a court lady who didn't even have a position. It's even worse, what kind of daughter-in-law such a prince can marry can be imagined.

Therefore, whether it is the deceased former queen or the current queen, her family background is very low. The former queen's family is still an official, and her family is a small civil servant. Come up, the Qu family is just a merchant, and it was rewarded with such a "grace" because of a sum of money paid by the former emperor.

At that time, the Qu family was absolutely daring to be angry about this marriage. They felt that their daughter had made a living for nothing, but they didn't expect that Feng Shui would turn around. Opportunity.

On the surface, he is a very nostalgic person. He doesn't have many concubines in the harem, and his heirs are not as scary as the previous emperor. He is barely in a carefree state. When he first succeeded to the throne, in order to express his Due to his filial piety to the former emperor, the draft was stopped once, and after the age of [-], he ordered the draft to be stopped directly. After all the calculations, the emperor has only selected two drafts since he succeeded to the throne.

Moreover, in today's harem, people are very particular about resources and resources. No matter how much you love them, their status will have to rise slowly over the years. Otherwise, no matter in terms of background, appearance, ability, or talent, The honorable position of the queen is nowhere near the current one.

But in fact, the old guy Shi Yuandao explained the mystery in one word, "Foreign relatives, they are all disasters, and only a famous king like the former emperor can be unscrupulous and crush everything."

At that time, Yuanbao sounded like enlightenment, yes, because the concubines in the harem were not of high background, so the power of foreign relatives did not exist. Thinking about the instability of the throne at the beginning of the emperor's succession, there were civil and military disputes in the court. It's so powerful that it scares people to death. At this time, if the harem breaks out again, it will really be a headache.

Because of these messy backgrounds, the emperor tolerated many "inappropriate" words and deeds of the empress. He just felt that since he was elected like this at the beginning, he had to endure it now. Besides, there was the empress dowager suppressing him, so he couldn't get out no matter how noisy he was. It's a big deal, but this kind of tolerance is not unlimited, just like today, the emperor warned the queen in his own way.

No matter how aggrieved the Qu family and the queen were, the selection of the imperial merchants was still going on as usual, so three days after the queen mother's birthday, the "final selection" of the imperial merchants officially kicked off.

And the selection of the emperor this time gave Ni Yuze enough face. Not only did the location and method of selection change, even the "judges" also had a "luxury lineup" that had never been seen in the past. The emperor, queen mother, and empress were all present. The chief executives in the country have all become soy saucers.

But this kind of glory is not so enjoyable for many people, for example, the sad Yuanbao!
At this time, Yuan Bao was sweating profusely, persuading today's "model", "Really, there is nothing to be afraid of, you have to have confidence in our products, we will succeed..." But Yuan Bao After talking about it, the "model" was still shaking into a ball, and his eyes couldn't stop the tears, not to mention the "model steps" that were arranged according to the original arrangement, but he couldn't even stand up.

Yuan Bao rubbed her forehead with her hand. She should not have found an embroiderer in a weaving workshop in Ningnan Prefecture to be a "model" out of the need for confidentiality and to save trouble. As soon as she heard that the judges had changed, she immediately I was so scared that I stopped eating.

But it's no wonder that Ni Yuze and Yuan Bao, this model is really hard to find, a noble family, who's lady is willing to show her face?People with humble backgrounds can easily lower the level of products.

Besides, in the eyes of the ancients, clothes that have been worn are old clothes, and their value must be discounted, that is, Zhiniang barely takes advantage of the "producer" to prevent this hidden danger. Besides, today's This dress is eighty or nine out of ten intended to be presented to the queen. If someone else says it, it really won't work!

"Otherwise, don't use any 'models'." Yu Qianli, who entered the palace together, persuaded in a low voice, "This 'three-dimensional silk tapestry' is already good enough, didn't you use any 'models' in the past years? "

"No way!" Yuan Bao was about to cry, "We have spent several years on this 'Three-dimensional Tapestry Costume' for the first time, and I don't allow a single flaw!"

Yu Qianli spread his hands, "Then what should I do, this person will never succeed!" Looking at the huddled "model" he sighed again and again.

Yuan Bao gritted his teeth, and glanced across the side hall where they were waiting. There were quite a few maids, but it was a pity that she couldn't command her. This damn palace, because of her low status, even a maid was not allowed to be brought in. And Ni Yuze was invited to a different place, she is really incompetent now!
"Hey——" Yu Qianli sighed, "Yuanbao, why don't you grow up faster, speaking of which, you look pretty good..."

A word to wake up the dreamer!

Why did Yuan Bao forget that she is also a woman, she is also the "author" and "designer" of this dress, she can completely replace Xiu Niang, as for the "problem" mentioned by Yu Qianli, it may be impossible for others to solve The problem is not difficult for her!

Yuan Bao immediately took out a gold ingot worth twelve taels, "Sister, we left something outside the palace, can I ask my sister to send someone to fetch it for us?!"

The palace maid was taken aback. She had been on duty for so long, and she had rarely seen so many rewards, and she was just going to pick up something. Besides, someone had already ordered her to be careful with the people brought by Yu Zehou. Waiter, I heard that the emperor and the empress dowager were able to come this time because of Yu Zehou's face. The news that Yu Zehou offered a "treasure" to the empress dowager two days ago has spread throughout the harem.

Soon, the maids brought the things that the ingots needed from the servants waiting at the gate of the palace. They were a few pairs of embroidered shoes worn by women. On the surface, these embroidered shoes are no different, only Yuan Bao knows that these shoes are the "inner heightening" shoes she nominated!

This kind of shoes, which were originally designed for Yu Qianli and later sold well all over the dynasty, has now become Yuan Bao's life-saving straw!
Yuan Bao didn't care too much, and immediately picked up the needle and thread to modify these shoes. The "model" heard that she was not allowed to appear on the stage, and he was relieved a lot, so he immediately came to help, making use of her embroiderer's specialty.

But Yu Qianli's eyes widened, "Yuanbao, can you wear this kind of shoes? If you disrespect yourself in front of the imperial court, you will be punished!" In order to maximize the height, Yuanbao found a pair of sizes The largest embroidered shoes, and then put three heightening pads side by side in each shoe, which has an effect similar to the "platform shoes" of later generations. In this pair of "platform shoes", Yuanbao added another layer of inner heightening on the heel After these layers of heightening, Yuan Bao's height increased by more than ten centimeters at once.

There are also problems. In this way, the upper of the embroidered shoes is not high enough. Fortunately, the feet of ancient women are hidden in the skirt, and no one can see the heel of the shoes. Otherwise, Yuan Bao would not dare to wear such a big pair. However, the shoes do not follow the feet at all. In order not to let the shoes fall off, Yuan Bao wrapped two long ribbons around the shoes and tied the shoes directly to the feet.

Yuan Bao made a small face, gritted his teeth, and said, "Yes, someone, help me change my clothes!" She fought for the money, for Ni Yuze's treasure boat, and for the future bestseller of the "Three-dimensional Kesi Clothing"!

Clothes will be changed soon.

Entering the palace and waiting to be summoned, Yuan Bao can no longer wear men's clothes, and he has also done very elaborate makeup, and the quality of "Yue Rong" is really good, after so much tossing and sweating, the makeup that was drawn at a high price It's not out of shape at all, Yuan Bao thought, she will have to increase the price of "Yue Rong" later.

However, in order to better show the characteristics of this outfit, Yuan Bao still painted his own makeup, even changed the jewelry, and directly replaced it with the one on the "model". Fortunately, these are all Yuan Bao designed it by himself, so it is absolutely smooth and smooth, not only perfect but also skillful and fast.

Yuan Bao was the first to be summoned, so it can be seen that the expensive screen was not given away for nothing, Yuan Bao walked cautiously, thinking about money, silently repeating the etiquette and rules of walking that his parents taught him, step by step. She walked out of the side hall where she was waiting, walked to the main hall of the campaign, walked to her golden Qiancheng, and walked to the most glorious apex of her life...

At this moment, Yuan Bao was extremely grateful to the "model" for losing the chain. How could she never have imagined that she should have come by herself for such an excellent opportunity. It turned out that after all the twists and turns, fate always left the best opportunity to her .

From the moment Yuan Bao walked out of the side hall and appeared in front of people, she saw countless astonishing gazes in front of her eyes, and there were deep and shallow breathing sounds behind her, which made her more confident as she walked.

When Yuan Bao walked into the main hall of selection, her mood became extremely relaxed and calm. She even had the time to look at the three most noble people in the whole court who stood aloft. Well, the man sitting in the middle must be the emperor, although it is very Prestige is also considered approachable, but why does it look like he is older than the legendary age?

The queen mother, with a sick face, no matter how thick the makeup and pearls are all over her head, she can't hide her oldness and haggardness. Why is the queen mother useless to "beautiful"?If you use "Yue Rong", it will look better, but these are useless. People like the Queen Mother, Yuan Bao has seen too many people when he was a nurse in his previous life, and his life is definitely not long!
Not knowing whether this was a good thing or a bad thing for Ni Yuze, Yuan Bao secretly calculated it in his heart.

To the empress, Yuan Bao only glanced at it and stopped immediately. There was nothing to see. The empress was neither young nor beautiful, and she had no temperament at all. She was not outstanding at all. I guess she couldn't find her clothes in the crowd, and even that clothes didn't look gorgeous and beautiful enough in Yuan Bao's eyes.

Although Yuan Bao walked extremely slowly in order to achieve the best effect, no matter how big the hall was, there were times when he reached the end. Yuan Bao gently swung his two wide robe sleeves, and then knelt down gracefully, "Minister Yuan Bao, Kowtow to the emperor, long live the emperor, kowtow to the empress dowager, kowtow to the empress dowager, a thousand years to the empress dowager, kowtow to the empress dowager..."

Because the status of the people who came here was too noble, so Yuan Bao's speeches were very long. The rare thing was that her voice was clear and clear, without any shy pettyness, which sounded very pleasing, but, so After the long words were finished, what Yuan Bao got was a longer silence.

Yuan Bao was not in a hurry at all, but bowed his head on the ground, sneered with the corners of his mouth curled up, and adjusted his posture imperceptibly to make the clothes on his body look more perfect. At the same time, he murmured silently in his heart, "Look, Look, I guess you will all be dumbfounded, it’s best to see that the eyes can’t be pulled out anymore..." And silently counting, "One, two, three..." She really wanted to know, How long these noble people and businessmen with the richest net worth in the whole dynasty can be intoxicated by her works is definitely a question that can give the designer a great sense of satisfaction!

Yes, Yuan Bao's guess was right, the emperor didn't ask her to get up, it wasn't because he was dissatisfied with her performance, but because he looked a little silly like everyone else.

From the moment Yuan Bao appeared in everyone's sight wearing this set of clothes, no one could maintain peace of mind.

This entry designed by Yuan Bao is actually a women’s hoodless cape, or a large cloak, but in order to highlight its luxury and fully display the characteristics of three-dimensional Kesi, Yuan Bao designed it with a particularly long hem, turning it into a Drag gowns, which are only worn at grand ceremonies.

Yuan Bao and Yu Qianli spent a long time practicing three-dimensional painting and designing the screen dedicated to the Queen Mother. In order to speed up the progress, Yuan Bao directly adopted the national color of the dress after discussing it with Yu Qianli. Not all the content in Tianxiang was used, but two ingots' favorite "flowers" were selected from the middle, and the two repainted them with three-dimensional painting, so that they were all completed in just a few days.

The next step is how to make full use of this unique fabric in the world. In fact, Yuan Bao has already planned for it.

Yuan Bao directly designed the dress as a blooming flower.

Viewed from the front, the specially treated collar stands up high in a half-surrounding shape, forming a tender pink peony in bloom, and the wearer's face is just the pistil in the flower, and the pistil on the head The hairpin in the shape of a butterfly adds a bit of agility to the already lifelike picture.

(End of this chapter)