Nala smiled forgivingly and said: "How can an apology be so serious? It is rare for the imperial concubine and the auxiliary prince to meet each other, but it is more important. I can come here at any time." After saying this, she thought for a moment and looked behind her. Jade Cui said: "Go and get the ivory Maitreya Buddha from the warehouse, and a set of red jade head jewelry. Then go to Yikun Palace with Yingchun and hand it over to the Duke of Fu in person."
Yingchun was surprised by Nala's words and said in amazement: "Your Majesty, this is..."
Nala smiled and said: "The Duke of Fu has made great military exploits for the Qing Dynasty. No one can match him. Now that he has entered the palace, I should express myself. Besides, I and your master have been good sisters for many years." Maitreya Buddha is a reward for him, and the set of red emerald head and face jewelry is a reward for Fu Guo Gong's wife. Fu Guo Gong must accept it. If he is free later, he will come to sit here in this palace."
Yingchun said respectfully: "Yes, I will tell you the truth. If there is no other reason, I would like to ask you to leave first."
At this time, Feicui had already led two young eunuchs to bring the things. The jewelry could not be seen because it was placed in the brocade box, but the Maitreya Buddha could be seen very clearly. The Buddha statue was about half an arm high. The palm is wide, and the whole body is snow-white without a trace of impurities. The folds of the Buddha's clothes and the expression are extremely lifelike. Even when you look carefully, you will be involuntarily infected by the smile on the Buddha.
But the most surprising thing is the size of this Buddha statue. There can be no such big ivory in this world. It should be carved by several tusks spliced together. However, no matter how you look at it, there is no trace of splicing. Everything is... Just like nature.
"This seems to be a sculpture by Sun Tzu Jin." Guarjia said with some uncertainty.
Ling Ruo wiped her lips and said softly: "Except for the most skilled craftsman in the world, I can't think of anyone else who can splice ivory so perfectly. Even if the value of the ivory itself is not taken into account, only the 'Sun Zi Jin' Three words are enough to be worth a fortune, and the queen is really willing to give it up."
"Our empress has been very generous these days. Yesterday she rewarded several beautiful ladies with jade hairpins. I have seen the Ruqing one. It is a high-quality tribute from the Nanwo Kingdom. It is not common even in the palace. "
"If she wants to win people's hearts, it's up to her to win over them. Can we still stop her? Besides, with Nian Gengyao's status and vision, he really can't give away ordinary things!" While they were talking, Jade and Yingchun Er People have left Kunning Palace one after another.
After sitting for a while, everyone dispersed. When they returned to Chengqian Palace, they saw Mo'er, An'er and a few other maids talking excitedly. When they saw Ling Ruo coming over, they quickly fell silent. Silent.
"Why are you talking so lively?" Ling Ruo asked, glancing at Mo'er who was following him.
Mo'er stuck out his tongue and said: "Returning to the master, the servants are talking about the things that the auxiliary Duke brought to the palace today for Concubine Nian. There are carts after carts. I heard that there are dozens of carts! "
"How many dozens of cars?" Ling Ruo paused and looked at Mo'er with strange eyes, "Where did you hear this? Dozens of cars? Where do you think the Forbidden City is?"
Mo'er said quickly: "My servant is not lying. The palace servants who saw it said there were many cars, even if there were not dozens of cars, there were seven or eight cars. The palace servant in charge of moving things said that the cars were full of extremely valuable things. The whole set There are ivory utensils, rubies as big as pigeon eggs, and screens made of agarwood. The most unusual thing is the jade bamboo mat. I heard that it is spread on the bed to keep it warm in winter and cool in summer."
"Oh, there are such rare treasures in the world, and even I have never heard of them." Ling Ruo raised her eyebrows, showing a bit of surprise and curiosity.
"I don't dare to lie to my master. That's what I said. Duke Fu is really generous. I don't know where he came from so many rare treasures." Mo'er's eyes were filled with wonder. She thought all the rare treasures were there.
Jane has returned to the palace, but she never imagined that there are so many things that she has never even heard of.
When Mo'er was talking, Ling Ruo had already regained her composure and said calmly: "It doesn't matter whether you are generous or not. Let's go down and do things."
Mo'er was getting excited when he was suddenly stopped, which made him feel really uncomfortable. But Ling Ruo had spoken, and no matter how uncomfortable he was, he could only pretend to go on.
After entering the palace, Shui Xiu whispered: "Master, how come Duke Fu has so many rare treasures?"
Ling Ruo took her hand and sat down in the chair, and said happily: "Although the northwest is remote, it is not a land without hair. Over the years, he has been in charge of the northwest. He has control over the military, food, grass, and people's sentiments."
, is there anything strange about collecting some rare treasures?"
Shuixiu's eyes flashed, and she said hesitantly: "According to what the master said, Duke Fu is not an incorruptible person."
"Incorruptible?" Ling Ruo covered her lips and smiled, and said with great irony: "If he were incorruptible, there would be no corrupt officials in the world. I heard that everything in his mansion in the northwest is extravagant and extraordinary.
Compared with it, the imperial palace is just bigger, but it is nothing more than that. There are also the northwest officials, no matter how big or small their official position is, they must kneel down when they see Nian Gengyao."
The surprise in Shuixiu's eyes became more and more intense. Although she was a palace maid, she also knew the etiquette of being a frontier official like a governor or an envoy. Even if she met a governor or even a prime minister with a higher official position, it was just a courtesy.
When performing obeisance, one should only kneel before the emperor. Nian Gengyao did this and was not violating the rules.
"Okay, I still say what I said, whatever happens to Duke Fu has nothing to do with us, don't pay any attention to it. Remember to stew a cup of lily and pear juice and send it to the emperor."
"Don't worry, Master, it's already being stewed. I'll send it to you shortly." Since autumn, Ling Ruo will ask the palace servants to stew a lily and snow pear juice every day to send to Yinzhen. The autumn is dry, and Yinzhen
I have been very busy these days due to the affairs of the previous dynasty, and the most important thing is to prevent anger.
I just hope that those issues from the previous period will be resolved soon, otherwise if this continues, no matter how much lily and pear juice is stewed, it will be useless.
When I was secretly worried, a letter came from a palace official. I opened it and saw that it was from Rong Xiang. In the letter, he said that he hoped to go to Qinghai with the army.
Since the last impeachment, Rong Xiang has been incorporated into the firearms battalion and stayed in the capital. Compared with the military camps stationed on the border, the several military camps in the capital are relatively stable. Unless something happens in the capital, there is no need to fight desperately.
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But Ling Ruo knew Rong Xiang, and he longed for fighting on the battlefield and achieving his own military exploits among thousands of troops, but he had no choice but to do so because of his parents' orders.
Now, when he learned that the army was going to fight again, he was thinking of joining the army to put an end to the Guo Luoke Rebellion. However, Lingzhu and his wife were worried about Rong Xiang's safety and refused to agree to anything, not to mention transferring the Northwest Army from the Firearms Battalion.
Just talk casually, so he thought of Ling Ruo and wanted her to beg Yinzhen to allow him to go on an expedition.
"This Rongxiang..." Ling Ruo shook her head, holding the letter and couldn't make a decision for a moment. If she had left it to her own devices, she would have refused to agree. With a brother like her, how could she be willing to let him take risks?
But since Rongxiang has this idea and determination, it is somewhat unjustifiable for her as an elder sister not to support it.
[Author's digression]: I didn't sleep last night, and my head really couldn't move today. I only wrote two chapters. I'm sorry. I will continue to work hard tomorrow and strive to continue to update.