Hao Jun walked into the pavilion without any haste, sat back on his seat, grabbed a camel hoof, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it creakingly.

Qianlong and Ji Xiaolan were still shocked and did not recover.

Hao Jun smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, Lord Ji, are you waiting for barbecue? Look, the meat is on the ground and the fire is safe every year. I am afraid that I will not be able to eat barbecue for a while."

Qianlong purred in his throat, squeezed out a little smile, and immediately ordered the chef to serve a new dish so that he would not be cold.

The chef limped away. Shen Mingyu and the maid hurriedly cleaned up the mess and took the cold and bad food into the kitchen to heat it.

Ji Xiaolan felt sorry for the venison meat that was marinated in sauce and prepared to be roasted. She told Shen Mingyu to wash it and steam it after washing it.

Qianlong already understood that Hao Jun wanted to take his life easily, and even if the guards were close, it would not be effective. He simply let all the guards retreat to the front yard to show that they were open and honest about Hao Jun.

The atmosphere followed was very harmonious and we had a good conversation, well, at least on the surface.

After drinking and eating, Hao Jun went back and brought the remaining 179 night pearls, more than 200 small jade pieces and a large bag of exquisite small jewelry.

The afternoon sun was not that warm, so the place to admire the night pearl was moved to the middle hall.

Hao Jun did not expect that what Qianlong was most interested in was the graphics he imagined, fabricated out of thin air, showing the style of an abstract art connoisseur!

Everyone knows that Qianlong has achieved great achievements in art, but not many people know why.

When Qianlong ascended the throne, due to the efforts of the previous three emperors, he faced a country with a tightly organized state and was controlled by the ministers left by the former emperor and could not govern independently, so he had to seize the art of calligraphy and painting to show off himself. During those powerful ministers in power, the young Emperor Qianlong regarded the field of art as the only place where he could freely display his talents. The unrestrained abstract artwork was a reflection of his heart and was deeply loved by him.

So it is not difficult to understand why he was so interested in the graphics that Hao Jun imagined and fabricated out of thin air. This was the graphics in the Night Pearl, and he felt that it echoed him in the dark.

Although the bag of small accessories is exquisite, it is not very valuable. Hao Jun did not make any special fixation. Whether it was carried or put down, it was accompanied by a crisp sound of impact. After Qianlong finished reading Ye Mingzhu, he shifted his interest to it.

Hao Jun opened it to him and told him openly that these things were not worth it. But he heard that every time he went out to return to the palace for a long time, he would bring some gadgets to the concubines in the palace. This time he ended his trip in a hurry. These gadgets might be able to bring joy to the concubines.

Qianlong laughed loudly. This is indeed a good thing for women who love beauty.

Qin Rui had sold a lot of exquisite gadgets from different time and space before, and naturally he would flow into the palace. However, the craftsmanship of these things is not very complicated, so there are many manufacturers. A slight change of style is equivalent to a new model, and different time and space cannot be exactly the same.

Therefore, Qianlong still looked very fresh and thanked Hao Jun repeatedly.

But as Qianlong looked at it, he suddenly picked up a night pearl for comparison, and then laughed again.

Hao Jun didn't understand why he smiled, so he looked carefully and said it was unnecessary! He had known that he shouldn't bring these things!

Hao Jun was really careless. Many of the decorations on these small jewelry were made of resin, and they were the same as the main raw materials of Night Pearl! The appearance was also very similar!

Qianlong deliberately lowered his voice exaggeratedly and said, "Mr. Qin, it seems that these night pearls really have stories, but they are not the ones you told. I also love handicrafts. Why not teach me how to make night pearls in my spare time?"

Hao Jun's eyes wandered to the sky and looked unpredictable and profound, "You think too simple. Not everyone will refine alchemy like the Taishang Laojun!"

Qianlong's teasing smile disappeared instantly, "This is it made by refining alchemy?"

Hao Jun asked back, "What do you think?"

"Then why do you say you are picking it from the deep valley of the wilderness? Mr. Qin, let's not talk about the one who deceives the king or not. This will also damage your good reputation for years of maintenance, right?"

"That's just to make it easier for you to accept. Is the source that important?"

"Of course it's important! Mr. Qin doesn't know anything. For example, Hetian jade was controlled by unworthy people in the past. The jade quality is uneven and the market price remains high..."

Qianlong began to talk about his control of the Yuyuan area, and Hao Jun could only listen silently. Qianlong did not dare to show his power in front of him before, so now he has to give others a chance to show off, right?

Modern society knows that the Forbidden City contains a large number of antiques, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, wood, coins, and jade, and there are more than 30,000 jade collections, but how many people know that half of them were collected by Qianlong? This is enough to show Qianlong's extreme love for jade.

Many emperors of all dynasties had countless beauties, and Qianlong also had three thousand beauties, but beauties were not his main pastime. Compared with beauties, he loved beautiful jade more. When he was free, he would take out the beautiful jade and wipe it and play with it every day. His obsession was absolutely worthy of "jade control".

As early as when Qianlong rectified the administration of the government, he had a special liking for the elegant luxury of jade. Every year, officials from all over the country were always inseparable from the court to pay tribute to the court, which was the most favorable for Qianlong. Qianlong's hobby of playing with jade was out of control and always tried his best to find good jade.

In addition to the regular tributes three times a year, he allowed officials who paid tribute to pay tribute at any time. In order to get more and better jade, he actually gave gold, silver, money and goods higher than the market price to give back to officials who paid tribute, which made more and more officials keen on tribute to tribute beautiful jade, and some officials even paid tribute more than thirty times a year.

The government expenditure of the Qing Dynasty was separated from the royal expenditure. As the king of a country, Qianlong could not take the lead in using treasury funds to satisfy himself. He came up with a bad idea: If any officials who made mistakes did not hinder the security of the Qing Dynasty, they could be exempted from the punishment of dismissal from office after paying some silver. These fines would be handed over to Qianlong for personal use after a series of "whitewashings". With this amount of funds, Qianlong was even more fanatical about collecting jade.

People love jade, and most of them are influenced by the traditional concept of "a gentleman is like jade". After wearing jade for a long time, it will also have superficial changes in the body's oils, its own smoothness, etc. People think that this can bring good luck to themselves and naturally have a good impression of jade.

However, it was Qianlong who caused the climax of playing with jade!

Qianlong was obsessed with jade, so-called "the superiors like each other, the subordinates must be even more." In order to please Qianlong, officials at all levels searched for good jade everywhere, which naturally led to the atmosphere of playing with jade.
Chapter completed!