mtl008 Chapter 820 4 pieces, sets, 2 sets
Chapter 820 4 pieces, sets, 2 sets
Although many officials expected that the emperor would let Shen Zheng attend the morning court.
But when I suddenly heard this from the emperor, I still felt a little sad and jealous.
Most of them climbed up from the lower ranks.
When they were at the sixth or seventh rank, let alone attending the morning court, even being able to occasionally meet those senior officials was considered a great blessing.
As for the emperor’s face?
That is even more unthinkable.
It’s nothing like now, His Majesty actually personally invited Lord Shen to court.
All the officials felt sour in their hearts.
The emperor looked around the hall, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Any of my dear ministers who do not want Mr. Shen to attend the court meeting can stand up."
All the officials' hearts skipped a beat and they lowered their heads in silence.
joke.
This contains a threatening squinting look. They must be blind to dare to stand up.
In just five breaths, they felt like a moment had passed.
Still no one stood up.
"That's it." The emperor smiled and said to Shen Zheng, "Mr. Shen, at 11:00 tomorrow morning, please report to the Golden Palace."
Shen Zheng nodded obediently while pinching her thigh secretly.
I knew I couldn't escape!
When officials went to court, it was also called "dianmao", and the "mao" here refers to the "mao" of "mao time".
According to the 24-hour timekeeping method that Shen Zheng was familiar with, people would have to stand in the Golden Throne Hall after five o'clock.
At 6 o'clock sharp, roll call will be called in the palace. If any official has not arrived in the palace, he will be considered late!
This is a five o'clock shift...
If I had gotten up a little earlier in my previous life, I could have opened a breakfast shop.
She had only worked such an early part-time job during the summer vacation. Since coming to Da Zhou, every day she slept until she woke up naturally, then slowly lifted the quilt and enjoyed the morning sunlight shining on her face.
Now the gap... is too big.
......
It was clearly past the usual rest time, but the officials could not even yawn.
With the level of excitement today, how can I feel sleepy?
What's more, I haven't even finished looking at the gift sent by Lord Shen!
......
There were still twelve boxes of gifts that Shen Zheng brought that had not been opened, but she only let Yu Jiusi open ten boxes.
When they saw clearly what was inside the box, all the officials breathed a sigh of relief for some unknown reason.
——Fortunately, these items seem to be common things, not as special as Liuli, so their hearts should be able to withstand it.
But some people's eyes fell on the two closed boxes.
They intuitively knew that the contents of the two finale boxes were extraordinary.
But the boxes were not opened, and they could not force them open to look, so they could only shift their gaze to the ten open boxes.
—Cloth, four boxes.
Nothing special.
——Books, one box.
Unremarkable.
——China, two boxes.
It is quite satisfactory.
—Paper, two boxes.
Ordinary.
——White...clay?
Oh, it seems to be soft plaster, a box.
It's completely useless!
After looking around, all the officials were stunned.
Lord Shen's gift of colored glaze was truly an eye-opener for everyone, and they were all amazed.
But these latter...
What the hell is this?
Amid the whispers of the officials, Shen Zheng walked forward with a smile, stood beside the box, and began to introduce them one by one.
The first thing that was introduced was four boxes of cotton products: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Queen Mother. These boxes of cotton products are gifts that the employees of Tongan Cloth Shop asked me to help bring. Among them are four cotton beds, four pairs of cotton pillows, and twelve sets of cotton four-piece sets."
After the words fell, everyone looked at each other in shock.
Ji Benchang asked, "Master Shen, what is cotton wool? Four pieces, ten sets, and two sets, what are they?"
"Ok?"
Hearing this unique punctuation, Shen Zheng was in a trance for a moment, "Master Ji, it's four-piece bedding, twelve sets."
"Oh..." Ji Benchang realized, "Twelve sets is the quantity. Then, Mr. Shen, what is the four-piece set?"
Shen Zheng took two steps forward and asked the emperor, "Your Majesty, would you like me to elaborate?"
The emperor was still in a daze, looking at the flickering lights in the palace.
When everyone was curious about "what the four-piece set is", only he and the queen noticed the meaning of the first half of Shen Zheng's sentence.
——These cotton products were not gifts from Shen Zheng, but gifts from the entire Tongan Cloth Shop.
So this gift is special and pure. It is the recognition of his people to him as the emperor and also the recognition of the royal family of the Great Zhou.
Speaking of which...this is the first time he has received gifts from the people since he ascended the throne.
How could this make him unhappy?
"Tell me about it." The emperor put away his sharpness and became indescribably gentle. "Show the things to you all."
Shen Zheng took the order and picked up a set of four pieces together with Yu Jiusi.
The patterns of these four-piece sets were unified and elegant, and it was not difficult to see that they were woven into one piece. For a moment, all the officials were stunned.
They thought to themselves that the textile machines in Tongan County were indeed magical.
Shen Zheng introduced: "The four-piece bedding set is actually a bed sheet, a quilt cover, and two pillowcases. As the name suggests, the bed sheet is used to spread on the bed, the quilt cover is used to cover the quilt, and the pillowcase is used to cover the pillow."
She felt like she had said a lot of nonsense.
But the officials don’t understand.
Someone asked, "Master Shen, by putting the quilt on, does it mean that the quilt cover is separated from the quilt lining? Should the quilt lining be placed inside?"
Shen Zheng nodded.
The concept of removable "quilt covers" was not very popular among the nobles of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The nobles were very particular about their rest. Not only did they wash themselves clean every day before going to bed, but most of them also used silk quilts.
This kind of quilt was previously called "衾" and was very luxurious to use. Its main feature was "dry in the sun when dirty" and "burn when unusable".
But in the eyes of ordinary people, it means - I won’t let you use it even if I burn it.
The "quilt" in the poem "I set out on a solemn journey at night, holding a quilt and a quilt in my arms." is a thick quilt, while the "quilt" is a thin quilt, similar to a cool blanket. The common feature of the two is that they are both sewn as a whole.
After the "quilt", the "quilt cover and quilt lining" were promoted.
"Quilt cover" is actually similar to a quilt cover, but this kind of quilt cover still has silk sewn inside, but it is not so difficult to wash.
Shen Zheng said: "In fact, the quilt cover made of cotton cloth is somewhat different from the quilt cover. This quilt cover is very thin, but it is breathable and warm, and it is easy to remove and wash."
When it comes to "dismantling and cleaning", several officials secretly sneered.
The Emperor, Empress and Queen Mother don’t have to wash their quilts themselves, so Lord Shen’s gift... was it the wrong gift?
But the emperor laughed out loud, "This will save the laundry department a lot of trouble. Shen Qing, your Tong'an Cloth Shop is really good!"
It seemed like he was talking about the laundry department, but many people understood it carefully.
The emperor wanted to promote the "four-piece suit" in the palace and suppress the extravagant trend of silk quilts.
The emperor has set an example, how could all officials not follow?
"Sir Shen, when will Tong'an Cloth Shop open in Beijing? I must buy a few of these four sets!"