Since the garden is still under construction, there is nothing to play with. The weather is cold, so everyone only gathers in the corridor. Although those peonies are strange, they get tired of it after a while. In the afternoon, the banquet begins and everyone slowly disperses.

In addition to Xu Ping's colleagues in the back garden, there were also celebrating people in the courtyard next to him, which were entertained by Xu Chang. One of these people was some merchants and neighbors nearby, and the other was that many colleagues and officials did not come, but sent their servants to send a gift to him, which meant to make friends with Xu Ping.

Now that Xu Ping is a doctor, Xu Chang, as the housekeeper, is naturally rising. With a group of officials with similar identities as him, Xu Chang has been called Xu Shilang. This is Xu Chang's restraint. When he first came, many people greeted him and said Xu Shangshu, which scared Xu Chang.

The officials' housekeepers and servants have their own circles. Some of them are called kids by their masters. Some are rich in their families and live in high-city courtyards. Their families are also hired by slaves, which is not heterodoxier than ordinary rich people. With money, they have vanity pursuits in their identities. Ordinary rich people are called out from outside the court, so they naturally have to be higher.

On the second day, as Wang Gongchen said, it was spread throughout Kaifeng City. Outside the city, there were peonies blooming in the Yongning Marquis' Mansion, which were extremely gorgeous. And the more they spread, they became more and more magical. From just a red peony, it quickly turned into five colors of flowers, surrounded by auspicious light.

In another day, a magical story came out. It was said that when Xu Ping was an official in Yongzhou, he led his troops into Jiaozhi. A god appeared and gave Xu Ping a magical seed, saying that he could bloom all seasons after planting it, which would be auspicious for the country.

On the same day, Cai Xiang, who often wrote to Xu Ping, wrote a letter, asking Xu Ping why he did not take the initiative to offer it to the court. He asked him to make up for it quickly and calm down the crowd.

Xu Ping looked at Cai Xiang's letter for a moment and didn't know how to answer. After thinking about it, he put away the letter. When his family was defeated, the letter could be sold for a few dollars. Cai Xiang's handwriting was once asked by Empress Dowager Liu to write a screen in the palace, and he would definitely be more valuable as he went later.

As for the auspiciousness of the country, those who read the books of sages and passed the Jinshi believe in such nonsense, and their answers are redundant.

Because of the new home, Xu Ping was not easy during this winter solstice holiday, and he was busy with all kinds of chores and had no time to spare. Like other wealthy families, there were all kinds of capable servants to help with such things, and he was still free. Xu Ping was an ordinary family, and where could he have servants to be able to be with him in a hurry? He could only be busy by himself.

At noon that day, Xu Ping ordered the workers who had worked to sit in the backyard alone. Lin Su Niang asked someone to send a few side dishes and warm a pot of wine. Xu Ping was eating and drinking to relieve his boredom.

The warm sunshine shone into the corridor, and the noise was closed outside the wall. Xu Ping narrowed his eyes slightly and enjoyed the leisure time at noon. When was this new home built? He had no worries about it. It would be great to be so leisurely every day.

Just as Xu Ping was wandering outside, Xu Chang hurried in from outside.

Xu Ping was awakened by the sound of footsteps, opened his eyes and asked Xu Chang who was rushing in: "What's the matter?"

Xu Chang said: "Dalang, the head of the stone pavilion in the palace has arrived. He said there was something wrong and was waiting outside the door."

Xu Ping hurriedly stood up and said, "Oh, please invite me quickly! The head of the Shige is a man from the palace and cannot go out easily. Since he is here, there must be something important."

As he said that, Xu Ping left the back garden and greeted him to the door.

Shi Quanbin brought two small yellow doors to stand at the door. When he saw Xu Ping coming out, he came up and saw the greetings.

Xu Ping held Shi Quanbin's hand and said, "How can the director of the Pavilion be idle today? The winter solstice is so busy."

Shi Quanbin smiled and said to Xu Ping: "Why don't you say a new mansion here? The official's handwriting will give you five hundred taels of silver to help you build a new title."

Xu Ping hurriedly thanked him and looked around, but he didn't find that the little yellow gate standing aside was carrying silver. It was not easy to ask about such things, so he had to keep it in his heart and let Shi Quanbin go home.

When he arrived at the yard, Shi Quanbin issued a handwritten edict and Xu Ping took over the incense table. With his contribution to Yongzhou and the relationship between Li Yong and his family, Xu Ping was also considered a close minister to the emperor. It was normal for the emperor to reward some money for building a building at home. However, the money was much smaller. Li Yong and there took 5,000 taels at one time, which was not counted as the money for buying a house. He would get a 10% discount when he arrived at Xu Ping.

After handing over the imperial edict, Shi Quanbin said to Xu Ping: "It's still the winter solstice holiday today, so it's hard to open the inner treasury. After a few days, Yun Xing sent a servant to take the imperial edict to get the silver coins."

Xu Ping had no choice but to agree. There are still many procedures for collecting things from the warehouse. It is indeed difficult to get things out during the holidays. But when the family members go to collect them, they have to handle some things up and down, but it is a bit unpaid.

After doing all this, Shi Quanbin approached Xu Ping and asked in a low voice: "It is rumored in the city that there are peonies blooming in winter in your newly built Yongning Marquis Mansion. The official family also finds it novel. Let me ask, is it true or false?"

It turns out that this is the real purpose of Shi Quanbin. The emperor may not care much about the peonies blooming in winter. The women who are favored in the palace are very curious. The women in the palace are idle every day, so they don’t care about these things. Zhao Zhen’s temperament was nagged by the woman, so he sent Shi Quanbin over there. Fortunately, he knew that he couldn’t ask for it for nothing, so he even sent 500 taels of silver to come. The idea was probably to buy money for flowers.

Xu Ping said to Shi Quanbin: "There are flowers, the head of the Pavilion will follow me."

The two of them moved all the way to the back garden, and the two little yellow gates followed closely behind, both of them looked nervous. They didn't know which beauty they favored were by these two little yellow gates. I think it was not Shi Quanbin's person, so Xu Ping couldn't find out.

When we arrived at the back garden, Shi Quanbin and two small yellow gates saw the peonies in Youkuo at a glance. A few days ago, there were still buds, but today two flowers are in full bloom, making them even more gorgeous.

"Sure enough, there are peonies, and they are still blooming!"

The three of them almost shouted out together, full of joy. I think if they could take it back, they would definitely win the favor of their master.

Xu Ping took the three of them into the veranda. It was noon at this time, and the oven was closed. The fire was very small, and the veranda did not seem much hotter than outside. The three of them didn't feel it.

Shi Quanbin came to a few pots of peonies, looked left and right, and sighed: "It's indeed a good flower. If it were spring, this flower might not be very rare, but it wouldn't be easy in the cold winter."

A small yellow door came to see it and said, "Didn't you talk about the five-color flowers? They also have auspicious light! This place is obviously an ordinary peony! If it weren't for the cold winter season, there would be more of these kinds of flowers in Yichun Garden!"

Xu Ping has been busy at home these two days and has not heard of rumors in the city. He asked in a puzzled way: "It was an ordinary peony, where did the five-color auspicious flowers come from?"

Shi Quanbin glared at the talking little yellow gate and said, "Those are just rumors in the market. How can you take it seriously when you say that the foolish people and foolish women come to play with it? The peonies in winter are already extremely rare!"

Xiao Huangmen just muttered and paid attention to Shi Quanbin's words.

Xu Ping looked around, not knowing what to say. The women in the palace were jealous, and these eunuchs who served were divided into different forces. Shi Quanbin was the one who was around the queen. The queen is not favored now, and others really ignored him.

After seeing the flowers, Shi Quanbin said to Xu Ping: "Such a good flower, putting two pots in the palace makes the emperor's side look festive."

Xu Ping said: "I know what the head of the pavilion means, but this peony is all about heating to bloom. If you move it to the palace, you may not be able to grow. At that time..."

The little yellow door on the side interrupted and said, "What heating is urging? This flower is clearly blooming here, but if you don't believe it will not be planted in the palace! Could it be that the palace is not as good as yours?"

Shi Quanbin pulled Xu Ping, shook his head secretly, indicating that he would not be as knowledgeable as this little yellow sect.

The queen comes from a wealthy family. Although she has a stubborn temper, she still has basic etiquette and is strict with her subordinates. However, the beauties who are favored are different. They are mostly from small families, and they are very unprotective in these conveniences, and even the servants do nothing. The emperor Zhao Zhen didn't know what happened, but he just liked these women from poor families, and almost no exception was favored.

Xu Ping looked at the little yellow gate with dissatisfaction and said to him: "It's better to bring this flower back to you. If it witheres and wilts in the palace, what if it's accused you?"

Xiao Huangmen shut up and didn't answer, and didn't speak angrily.

Xu Ping was too lazy to pay attention to him. The powerful eunuch in the palace gave him some face. He served a beauty and pretended to leave the palace. He really didn't know what his surname was. In the palace, such a small yellow sect may not have the opportunity to talk to the emperor, and he was not as high as the servant who was guarding the door outside in the Xu family.

Pulling Shi Quanbin to the side, Xu Ping pointed to the waterway next to it: "Peace chief, have you seen it? Next to the waterway is a fireway, and there is a stove outside. The veranda is like spring all year round, so that peonies can bloom in winter. If you want to let peonies bloom in winter in the palace, you must build such a fireway."

Shi Quanbin said: "If you build it, just build it. There are a few pots of flowers in the palace, which also shows a peaceful atmosphere. Do you have any skillful craftsmen here? I recommend a few of them to bring them into the palace and build such a corridor in the palace."

"But unfortunately, my colleagues came to me to celebrate two days ago, and Wang Zhongyi also wanted to build a place. I have a servant in my family, Sun Qilang, who is the best at these things and is now busy in the Wang family."

Shi Quanbin said: "Since that's the case, let's talk about it later."

The two small yellow gates were surrounded by Mudan and left a distance from Xu Ping and Shi Quanbin. Shi Quanbin looked around and lowered his voice: "Yunxing, I heard you are leading the editorial of the Three Divisions Regulations?"

Xu Ping didn't know what Shi Quanbin meant and replied: "Yes, it hasn't officially started yet."

"Hurry up and start, and a new department will be set up at that time. I just beg to go and take the lead and find an excuse to come out of the palace."

Xu Ping was shocked: "Is the situation in the palace bad? Are you in such a hurry to go out?"

Shi Quanbin looked worried, but just shook his head and said nothing.
Chapter completed!