"Yes, yes, yes! I won't dare to do it again! I won't dare to do it again!" Kong Wenmin hurriedly bowed to Chen Qingxuan, and when he saw Chen Qingxuan walking away angrily, he hurriedly chased after him like a pug.
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February 18th, the first year of Tianding.
Jingren Palace.
Today is the ceremony to crown the empress. Zhong Mingwei, who had been thinking of countless ideas for a grand ceremony, suddenly calmed down a while ago. He not only ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare a phoenix crown that should not be heavy but also gorgeous. He also ordered the needlework bureau to make the phoenix robe warm, gorgeous and light. The palace servants were so busy that they had to keep their feet on the ground. Some changed the work. Some re-drew the embroidery patterns. The chief eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs had not slept well for more than half a month. Seeing the palace servants busy and exhausted, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, fortunately there is only one queen in the harem. If His Majesty had three palaces and six courtyards, his legs would definitely be broken from running.
"Your Majesty, please have a look," At this moment, the chief eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to Jingren Palace with a group of palace servants. He carefully introduced the newly finished Phoenix Coronet to Zhong Mingwei. "According to Your Majesty's instructions, the Phoenix Coronet must be gorgeous but not heavy. So less gold, jade and gemstones are used, and more pearls and corals are used. In terms of craftsmanship, less filigree inlay is used, and more embellishment and threading are used. In addition, a layer of fox fur is broken inside the Phoenix Coronet, which will not hurt the Majesty's scalp, but also can keep warm."
"It's still a little heavy." Zhong Mingwei took the phoenix crown and weighed it in his hand, and couldn't help but frowned. Mei Ya had just been pregnant, and it wasn't even three months yet, and she was having twins. She had been suffering from severe morning sickness recently, and she was thinner than before, so she couldn't stand any hardship. Zhong Mingwei looked at the glittering phoenix crown in his hand, and the more he looked at it, the more irritated he became. In the past, he wished that all the rare treasures in the world could be inlaid on this phoenix crown, but now he hated the heaviness of this phoenix crown.
"Your Majesty, we really can't change it anymore," the chief eunuch heard, "thump!" He knelt on his knees and begged bitterly, "If we change it again, we will lose the dignity of the royal family, and we won't be able to catch up with the ceremony of crowning the queen!"
Although it was still dark outside, there were only two hours left until the auspicious time, so there was naturally no time to make any changes.
Zhong Mingwei didn't say anything. He just looked at the phoenix robe and court beads stacked on the palace servant's tray and couldn't help but sigh impatiently again.
"Your Majesty, the Queen is urging us to send in the phoenix robe." A little palace maid came out of the bedroom, walked up to Zhong Mingwei and bowed.
"Got it," Zhong Mingwei nodded, took the tray from the palace servant and walked straight to the bedroom, and said to the chief eunuch without turning his head, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs has done a good job, and I will reward you with three years' salary."
The chief eunuch was overjoyed and kowtowed, saying, "On behalf of the whole Ministry of Internal Affairs, I thank God for His grace!"
"Go down!"
"Yes, I'll take my leave." The chief eunuch happily withdrew, secretly saying in his heart that since His Majesty values the Empress so much, the Ministry of Internal Affairs must serve the Empress well in the future.
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"You are so generous that you rewarded the Ministry of Internal Affairs with three years' allowance without blinking an eye." Mei Ya heard everything in the bedroom. Seeing Zhong Mingwei coming in, she couldn't help but feel unhappy. She pouted and complained to the mirror, "The rewards for the servants are all from our private treasury, and you don't know how to be frugal."
"I see that the phoenix robe and the phoenix crown are both very well made, and I am happy to see them," Zhong Mingwei said, while carrying a tray to Mei Ya's side, and said in a somewhat showy and flattering tone, "I specifically instructed that there must be a lotus pattern on the phoenix robe. Take a look, do you like it?"
The palace maid was combing Meiya's hair. It was inconvenient for Meiya to turn her head, but fortunately the mirror was quite large and she could see directly in the mirror that the phoenix robe worn by the Queen could not be embroidered with childish patterns such as lotus flowers, but a circle of lotus flowers with branches and vines were embroidered on the cuffs. Although it was not eye-catching, Meiya still saw it at a glance.
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