Chapter 267 Jade Bracelet

On a clear morning in early March, Zhu Gaoxu walked into the front palace inside Chengyun Gate happily.But he saw Guo Wei frowning and standing in the palace with an unhappy look on his face.

When Guo Wei saw Zhu Gaoxu coming in, she hurriedly bowed: The prince was back so early today?

What's wrong with Wei'er?Zhu Gaoxu asked back.He turned his head and saw a palace maid kneeling on the ground, picking up fragments of green jade on the wooden board.

Guo Wei said: I just packed up my things and accidentally broke the jade bracelet on the corner of the table... Will there be anything wrong with it?

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at her abdomen, then shook his head with a smile and said: It just so happened that Weier saw what I brought.After saying that, he took out a silk bag from his arms and handed it to Guo Wei.

Guo Wei took the thing, opened it gently, and saw a pair of emerald green and crystal bracelets inside.

Her eyes immediately brightened a little, and her brows quickly stretched out. She stretched out her fingers and touched the bracelet for a while, and raised her head and smiled: It's a coincidence. As soon as I broke the jade bracelet, the prince brought back a new bracelet... She immediately asked a little nervously again, is it for me?

Zhu Gaoxu laughed: Of course!The old ones don’t go, the new ones don’t come, I’ll put them on for you.

He picked up Guo Wei's delicate and white left hand, pinched it gently, and put a jade bracelet in it.

Guo Wei's hands are very soft, it is easy to wear, and the size is just right... After all, when Zhu Gaoxu asked Chen Xu to create this pair of bracelets, he customized the size.

Zhu Gaoxu thought about it and felt that it was weird to wear a jade bracelet on each of his hands. Anyway, he had never seen anyone wearing it like this... Maybe because one of his hands looked like a handcuff?

He also put another jade bracelet on Guo Wei's left wrist.

Guo Wei buried her head, her face flushed. She buried her head, playing with the jade bracelet with her right hand.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say much, looked at her with a smile, and thought to himself: Sure enough, there is no woman who doesn't like beautiful jewelry!

Guo Wei looked up and said softly: Thank you, Prince.This bracelet is so bright!

Zhu Gaoxu then asked: Do you like it?

Guo Wei nodded without hesitation.

Zhu Gaoxu said: This is jade, which seems to be of ice glutinous type.The greenery is pretty good, but the rare thing is that it has a good luster.Weier has a vision and can tell at a glance that it is very bright.

Guo Wei was even more happy when she heard it, so happy that she didn't know how to speak.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: Our people mined jade from the mountains of Mengyang Xuanweisi and made bracelets with jade.At present, Weier’s hand should be the first pair of jade bracelets in the world.

The prince treats me so well... Guo Wei said softly with a red face.

At this moment, a group of women walked to the hall outside the bedroom gate and saluted at the door.Guo Wei called them in, and Zhu Gaoxu turned around and saw that Du Qianrui and Yao Ji were both here.

Du Qianrui saw the bracelet on Guo Wei’s wrist at a glance and said, “The Princess’s new bracelet is so beautiful.”

Guo Wei raised her hand and said slowly: The prince just gave it to me, saying that it was the jade found from Meng Yang Xuanweisi, which is unique in the world.Although she deliberately spoke indifferently, her blushing face and bright eyes had already exposed her mood.

Yao Ji then said softly: What a rare treasure.

After hearing this, Guo Wei became more and more happy, and turned to Zhu Gaoxu and said: If the prince finds new jade, would he give them a pair?

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment and nodded.

Du Qianrui hurriedly said: How dare I compare with the princess?

Guo Wei smiled slightly and refused to comment.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced outside the door and said: The weather is good today. I heard that a little sunbathing is good for your body.He glanced at Guo Wei's abdomen again, but he still couldn't see it at this time. Let's go to the nearby garden for a walk.

Guo Wei nodded immediately, looked down at her clothes, and said briskly: Prince, wait a moment, I will change my clothes.

When Guo Wei went behind the partition, Zhu Gaoxu turned around and faced Du Qianrui and Yao Ji, and said with a gentle voice: Since the princess said just now, I will choose a pair for you when I create another jade bracelet.

Du Qianrui and Yao Ji bowed their knees one after another, saying, "I thank you, the prince."

Zhu Gaoxu asked in a low voice: Is that kind of jade bracelet really popular?

Du Qianrui hurriedly said: It is indeed very beautiful when you reply to the princess' words, and it is even more beautiful when worn on the princess's hands.

Yao Ji also whispered: It's indeed good.It is easy to see that it is more delicate and smoother than ordinary jade bracelets, and the color is also very bright.

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes stayed on Yao Ji's face for a moment.

Yao Ji noticed it immediately. She looked at Zhu Gaoxu and showed a slight smile, as if she didn't feel unhappy.

With a beautiful face and a white face as white as ice, it makes people feel like spring breeze.

Zhu Gaoxu felt a little relieved when he saw this and was in a better mood.

Hearing their praise, he couldn't stop smiling... As long as a woman thinks jade is good, it is endless market and wealth!

When Guo Wei changed her clothes and walked out, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but look at her up and down.Guo Wei came up, her eyebrows and eyes drooped slightly, and she gave a gift again.

Zhu Gaoxu said: I haven’t seen you wear this outfit, your new clothes look pretty good.

To the north of this Chengyun Gate is the royal palace harem that is prohibited from entering. There are three palaces on the central axis, front, middle and back.

There are many corridors on both sides of the palace, and there is a garden surrounded by corridors on the west side of the nearby.

The garden is very small, with a small pool in the middle. There is a stone bridge and a strange rockery built by artificially piled up. Some flowers, plants and trees are planted around the stone path, and there are corridors around it.

You can see your head at a glance in every direction of the entire garden.

Although the place is not big, it is built in the palace and neatly and cleaned very cleanly.

Between the quaint hanging mountain roof houses, landscapes and moon bridges dotted them, the sky is blue and white clouds, and the scenery is indeed very beautiful.

Having a beauty by Zhu Gaoxu is the finishing touch of the beautiful scenery.

The clear pool water is sparkling, and the glazed tiled house is facing the sun's light; Guo Wei's pink clothes and silk are delicate and subtle, and very textured, just like the graceful and restrained oriental beauty.

Guo Wei gently spread a silk fan in her delicate and weak movements, covering her face, and turned her head and said shyly: I'm still afraid of being tanned...

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu laughed.

Guo Wei said again: I have so many clothes, I have never worn this one, but the prince immediately saw that the prince was determined.

Zhu Gaoxu took into account that there was a woman behind him and said casually: I remember.

Guo Wei glanced at him, said nothing, but just responded.

The warm sunshine, a wet breeze blows by the pool, and when you walk on this stone path, your boots won't even be dirty.Even in Yunnan, the most remote part of the Ming Dynasty, I still feel very comfortable in this royal palace.

...Not long after, Qian Xun and others returned to Kunming; several envoys sent by Sijia were also sent by him.

In the front hall of the royal palace, Zhu Gaoxu gathered officials from the Three Divisions of Yunnan, the Shen family, and the chief of the Han Dynasty's Prince's Mansion and other officials to meet the Si family envoys. In addition, natives such as Diao clan and Mubang Xuanwei clan in Kunming City were also summoned to participate.

The Si natives who came here wore skirts, but the lower skirt was different from the robe in Hanfu, and it seemed that they were really skirts.Zhu Gaoxu couldn't understand their etiquette either, but he only followed the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty.

The Yunnan government wants to send people to Mengyang Xuanwei envoy to open a jade mine. Has Qian Changshi told Sijia local officials about this?Zhu Gaoxu asked.

A man wearing a round neckline and black veil and dark-skinned translated Zhu Gaoxu's words in a gusto.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the man. He was completely dressed as a Han official, but his face was different from that of a Han person... However, Zhu Gaoxu was still not sure about this person's identity. After all, many Han people who have been in Yunnan for a long time are also exposed to him.

At this time, Qian Xun on the side of the throne whispered: Prince, he is a native county magistrate in Yongchang Prefecture.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

After a while, the native county magistrate indeed said in a strange accent: Report to the prince, the envoy said that when Meng Yangxuan comforted the envoy, Sijia had already made a request to Qian Changshi.Sijia hopes that the merchants who started mining will be given 800 taels of silver every year, and do not have treasure money or copper coins, because local tribes like silver jewelry.Please forgive His Highness the King of Han.

Zhu Gaoxu said: Tell him that I agree to Sijia’s request and ensure that the merchants who are mining will share the profits as promised every year.

The native county magistrate immediately started talking again.

The messenger of Sijia clasped his hands together, bowed deeply to the seat, and said something.The native county magistrate said: Thank you to His Highness the King of Han for his grace.

Since the talks went smoothly and there were no differences, Zhu Gaoxu immediately asked someone to play music and dance to prepare for the covenant. Anyway, if you can't speak the language, you don't need to talk nonsense. Just make the business a decision.

The way to make an alliance is to sign a treaty.Originally, Zhu Gaoxu wanted to make an alliance with them, but Qian Xun reported that the southern natives such as Sijia believed in Buddhism and did not have this custom, so they signed a treaty instead.

There are two documents, each party holds one.

They were written in Chinese and Burmese languages ​​respectively. Zhu Gaoxu asked the officials of the Changshi's Mansion to stamp the prince's seal in public and signed the words "Han King" by hand.

Then the Si Family envoy signed the seal, and the Yunnan Dusi and Shen family also signed with seals.

Zhu Gaoxu understood in his heart: this kind of document itself is useless, but it is still necessary to perform a ceremony to prove that the matter was indeed reached in an accurate manner.

Zhu Gaoxu felt that this was a happy treaty... The natives liked silver and now they got what they wanted. Moreover, they had no technical skills to process jade, and they had no sales. What's wrong with getting so much money?

Zhu Gaoxu also likes silver, but it's just more silver...

For example, Guo Wei's pair of ice-glutinous jade bracelets were made of large pieces and almost flawless. In later generations, the value of only one million yuan was worth; if calculated in this way, the value of silver was almost hundreds or thousands of taels. Maybe it could not be sold so much in the Ming Dynasty, but that quality must be of great value.