Chapter 144: Gifts must be sent to the bottom of the heart
Princess Ruimin was dressed in gorgeous clothes, followed by two heroic maids. Her expression was always cold and her eyes were sharp. Only when she saw the girl standing in the middle did her eyes soften.
"I have met the Queen." Princess Ruimin asked An to bow in a calm voice. She stood up before the Queen called her. She was not polite at all.
Empress Qiu was dissatisfied, but she had no choice but to do anything about it. This female murderer was deeply trusted by the emperor. Who would dare to provoke her? She and the eldest prince also wanted to win her over. Who could have a women's army and military power?
"Ruimin is here too. My Kunning Palace is really in full bloom today. Come, please give me a seat." Empress Qiu said with a smile.
Princess Ruimin was not polite, thanked her, sat down, and asked quietly: "What are you doing?" As if she had just seen Tian Minyan, she showed a hint of surprise and said warmly: "Girl Yan, what are you doing there?
, come here, my mother-in-law, and let us have a nice talk."
As soon as these words came out, the ladies present took a breath and felt suspicious in their hearts, Yan Yatou, mother-in-law, when did County Lord Huimin and Princess Ruimin become so close?
Tian Minyan raised the corners of her mouth, and when she saw Princess Ruimin's smiling face, her heart felt warm. She was here to support her!
Queen Qiu almost couldn't maintain the polite smile on her face. She felt as if something was stuck in her heart. Did Ruimin come here specifically to derail her?
When Qiu Ningyan saw this, she said, "Your Highness, the Imperial Aunt is just wanting to take a good look at Mr. Huimin County."
"presumptuous."
Princess Ruimin did not speak, but Zi'er, the maid beside her, suddenly shouted and said: "Her Royal Highness the Princess did not ask you to speak, why did you interrupt? Are there any rules?"
Qiu Ningyan was stung by this sudden shout, and when she saw Zi'er's murderous eyes, she was severely frightened. Her face turned pale and then turned purple.
She glanced around, some people were gloating, some were laughing, her eyes were red, and she looked for help at Queen Qiu, who was sitting on the table with a livid face.
"Zi'er." Princess Ruimin put down the Liulvzhi kiln porcelain tea cup in her hand and said calmly: "You don't have any rules anymore, don't you? Think this is the princess's mansion. Miss Qiu's rules are taught by the Queen.
Why don't you apologize to your empress?" Although these words were meant as a warning, they were not harsh at all. Instead, they were meant to ridicule the empress for her poor teaching.
"Queen, I'm so far away from you." As soon as Princess Ruimin finished speaking, Zi'er clasped her fists and saluted the queen without saying a word. She did so simply and cheerfully, with no trace of reluctance on her face. She looked at Tian Minyan.
I can't help but be envious, this training is really good.
Empress Qiu smiled stiffly and said, "No, Ruimin, don't be upset. This child is just spoiled by me. She is still young."
Princess Ruimin swept over and said calmly: "We are not young anymore, we are planning to get married, right? These rules are too embarrassing for the empress. We should ask a nanny to teach her well. Otherwise, when she comes to her husband's house in the future,
What's wrong with just grabbing the words in front of the elders?"
As soon as these words came out, Qiu Ningyan's face turned even paler. She was said to be unruly in public, so who would dare to ask her to be his wife? Thinking of this, her body was shaking, and her eyes flew to Tian Minyan with resentment. It was all this broom star.
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Queen Qiu's face was not pretty either, and she almost squeezed out a sentence through her teeth: "I will definitely hire a strict nun to teach me to go to my uncle's house later."
Princess Ruimin said nothing, just picked up the teacup and sipped tea again.
The atmosphere suddenly became stiff, and the eldest princess said hurriedly: "Mother, I see that the palace banquet is about to start, why don't you please move aside, I will accompany my mother to change clothes, Cousin Ningyan, you come with me
Bar."
"Yes, you all go to the Palace of Eternal Life." Queen Qiu said with a smile, "Feng'er will accompany me to change clothes."
"Farewell to the Queen." All the ladies stood up and saluted.
Returning to the palace, Queen Qiu smashed two tea cups. Looking at Qiu Ningyan who was crying beside her, she became irritated and shouted: "What's the use of crying?"
"Aunt Huang, Princess Ruimin is such a bully. Why is she fighting for that country girl?" Qiu Ningyan cried and knelt in front of Queen Qiu and said, "How will Ningyan get married in the future? Aunt Huang."
Queen Qiu saw that her pear blossoms were like rain, and then thought that her eldest brother was just a legitimate daughter, so her heart softened and she said: "Don't worry, I will ask the emperor to grant a marriage to you and your cousin Jin when you get back."
The eldest princess who was pressing her shoulder paused, and a cold light flashed in her eyes. Empress Qiu noticed it, and patted her hand and said: "Don't worry, Feng'er, Ningyan is the easiest child to get along with.
I won’t fight with you, and your position won’t affect it.” As for the future, it’s hard to say.
The eldest princess smiled and said: "What did the queen say? It is Feng'er's blessing to be able to be sisters with Ningyan." She glanced at Qiu Ningyan who was kneeling on the ground and said: "Look at my sister.
The makeup is all gone. Mother, please allow me to take her down to re-even the makeup."
"Well, go ahead, you are a general person, and my mother's love for you is not in vain." Queen Qiu nodded with satisfaction.
After the two of them left, the palace maid also directed the palace maid to help the queen dress up again. Seeing that she looked unhappy, she gave her some more advice.
"I have long heard that Princess Ruimin and Mr. Huimin County are close, but I didn't expect them to be so close," Queen Qiu said angrily.
The palace concubine thought for a while and said: "My dear, I heard that the Huimin County Lord has not been engaged yet. You see, the eldest prince is supposed to have a main concubine and two concubines, but now the side concubine position is still vacant. This Huimin County
You still have some business acumen, and you are also on good terms with the Protector's Palace and the Princess' Palace. If the eldest prince marries..."
"That's right!" Queen Qiu's eyes lit up, she held the jade comb in her hand and said, "Why didn't I think of this? It's all because of my sister-in-law's idea to make me look good. Her idea of identity is so ambiguous.
The position of concubine is already a great blessing, and her good friendship can help the emperor win her over."
"But, what about Prince Xian?" Aunt Gong reminded.
Queen Qiu frowned. This was a matter of course. However, there were a lot of troubles in the palace. As long as the raw rice became cooked rice, she would have to do it even if she didn't want to. The emperor had nothing to do. Prince Xian could still marry a loser.
Is it possible to marry a chaste woman?
"Isn't this simple? Do you still have that charming smile?"
Grandma Gong was stunned and whispered: "What do you mean, your Majesty?" Seeing Empress Qiu nodding, she said clearly: "I will go and prepare immediately."
Neither of them saw that a strange light flashed in the eyes of an ordinary-looking palace maid behind her, holding a jewelry box respectfully, and quickly disappeared.
In the Yangxin Hall, Qi Shiqi was talking to Emperor Rende, when a young eunuch came in to refill the tea and glanced at Qi Shiqi.
Qi Shiqi's heart was moved, and he smiled and said to Emperor Rende: "I've had too much tea. Brother, please excuse me for a while."
Emperor Rende smiled and waved his hand: "Go ahead."
After leaving the palace gate, Qi Shiqi asked the young eunuch with his hands behind his back: "Tell me."
The little eunuch took two steps closer and whispered something in a low voice. Qi Qi Qi's face turned very ugly as he listened, his thin lips were pursed tightly, and his peach blossom eyes were unpredictable.
After the little eunuch finished speaking, he lowered his head and trembled in his heart. The prince was really terrible.
Qi Shiqi took two deep breaths, took off the jade pendant from his waist and threw it to him: "I reward you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The little eunuch hurriedly continued.
Returning to the Yangxin Hall, Qi Qiqi suppressed his anger, but how could someone like Emperor Rende, who had been in power for a long time, not notice it and raised his eyebrows.
"Brother, the ministers have already arrived. I will go to the Changsheng Palace to wait for my brother." Qi Shiqi said calmly.
"Well, go ahead."
As soon as Qi Shiqi left, Emperor Rende summoned the shadow and ordered: "Go and find out what news Qi Qi just got?" He didn't know what could make him so angry. As long as he was angry, the color of his eyes would change.
It will become extremely weird.
In the Hall of Eternal Life, a screen separated the two camps. Tian Minyan was led by the female officer to sit down in her own seat. Unlike the first time she attended the palace banquet and sat at the bottom, this time her seat was much closer to the front.
The palace maids in pink palace clothes shuttled around the palace, busy serving dishes and adding wine to everyone. The person who served Tian Minyan the wine was an ordinary-looking, unsmiling palace maid. She lowered her head and almost said in Tian Minyan's ear: "Hui."
Mr. Min County, the prince said that it is easy to get drunk in the palace, so don't drink too much."
Tian Minyan had been smiling slightly, but when she suddenly heard this, she raised her eyes and glanced at the palace maid in front of her. She also looked over. Tian Minyan's pupils shrank, and she instantly understood the meaning, and smiled: "Thank you, sister, for reminding me."
The palace maid still had a flat face, and quickly turned around to add wine to the next table. However, Tian Minyan's heart was agitated. Qi Shiqi would not let people say this for no reason. So, today's wine has
Problem?
She looked at the crystal clear wine in the wine. It was her favorite plum fruit wine. It was fragrant and sweet, making people salivate. She even knew what her favorite wine was! Ha!
Sitting on the table next to her was Princess Ruining, who said: "The Queen is really thoughtful in preparing it. She also specially prepared Baihua Brewing, which I like, which is good."
Tian Minyan curled her lips, looked at the drink in front of her and said meaningfully: "Isn't it just that you have ulterior motives?"
Princess Ruining heard her strange tone and frowned. She looked over and heard the chamberlain singing: "The emperor is here, the queen is here."
Swish, swish, swish, all the officials stood up and knelt down to welcome and sing congratulations. It wasn't until the emperor called out that he got up again.
Since it was the Wanshou Festival, the emperor said some words of gratitude, and then the sound of silk and bamboo was played, wine was eaten, and gifts were presented.
Tian Minyan was listening here. Most of the gifts presented by the princes and princes were rare treasures. The emperor looked at a few and ordered them to be stored in the treasury. Those who were not interested, when it was the turn of Zhong County's uncle's house to present gifts, Tian Minyan
Look through the gap in the bamboo screen.
The gift she prepared was actually a beautiful flower pot with two lettuces planted in it. In the center of the lettuce was a particularly large red envelope, which contained a thousand taels of silver notes, totaling 10,000 taels.
As soon as this gift came out, the officials were very surprised, while the female relatives looked over and looked over. Hetian Minyan, who was not interested in it, sneered without hesitation, especially Qiu Ningyan, who was full of contempt.
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But it was such a simple gift that made Emperor Rende interested. He asked people to move it up. He was surprised to see the green lettuce. After all, it was winter, but these two lettuce trees were full of vitality and flourishing.
, very pleasing.
He saw a piece of red among the green again, and picked it up. Gao Bao took it hurriedly, opened it, and was stunned.
"Your Majesty, it's a silver note of ten thousand taels." Gao Bao said, and then looked at the father and son who were kneeling on the ground to offer gifts.
Emperor Rende was also stunned. He turned around and saw that it was really a bank note, a total of 10,000 taels.
"My dear, is this a congratulatory gift from Zhong County's uncle's house?"
"Your Majesty, it's true that there are three acres of land in Weichen's Mansion. This lettuce was grown by the little girl in a greenhouse in her spare time. The Mansion of Zhong County would like to take this as a gift to wish our Southern Kingdom a vibrant, prosperous and prosperous economy.
, I also wish the Emperor a happy birthday, good fortune, and everlasting greenness!"
"Okay, okay!" Emperor Rende was overjoyed and smiled. He took Gao Bao's red envelope and said, "Then what's going on with this banknote?"
"Your Majesty, this is what lettuce means to make money. Your Majesty is used to seeing rare and rare treasures, and no matter how rare the gift is, it will never catch your eyes. My family heard that the war in the border areas is tense, and the people are not eating enough, and the emperor's salary is at stake.
As a matter of concern to you, instead of sending treasures that you can only see but cannot eat, it is better to send something practical, to do your best for the emperor and to share some of the burden for the treasury, so I just sent a red envelope." Tian Huairen did not say anything, but Tian Minrui said loudly.
He came out, kowtowed deeply and said: "The gift is vulgar, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
As soon as these words were said, all the officials had different expressions and looked over one after another, including the emperor. This flattery was too obvious!
But they don't know that sometimes, this flattery just needs to be done just right.
No, after hearing this, Emperor Rende stood up and said happily: "Okay, I'm sorry that my beloved can think of this. Ping Sheng, although this gift is vulgar, I like it very much. The treasury is empty, and these ten thousand taels are not much.
But it can feed dozens of farmers' families."
"Your Majesty, the uncle's house in Zhong County is really extraordinary. The one move is ten thousand taels of silver. I am ashamed of myself." Qiu Guojiu stood up and said with a look of shame on his face.
"Your Majesty, the third-class salary enjoyed by the uncle in Zhong County is only three to four thousand taels per year. It seems that it has not been a year yet..." A public official who was close to Qiu Guojiu also stood up and said something.
refer to.
What are these words? It’s just that the uncle’s house in Zhong County is rich. Where did the money come from?
"Your Majesty, in addition to the money that the Emperor gave to my family, my family also does some small business. Thanks to the Emperor's Hongfu, the interest rate is good, so I can do my best. I can't compare with my uncle and your lords. No matter how much it is,
Just..." Tian Minrui said with some shame.
Some people think to themselves, it’s still a small business, but the Jinxiu Villa is already making a fortune every day, right? You really don’t blush when you talk.
The emperor glanced at Qiu Guojiu and the others with great displeasure, and said: "I am very pleased that the uncle of Zhong County is dedicated to serving the emperor. Ten thousand taels is indeed not much, but it is just a man who was willing to give it away less than a year after moving here."
I am very relieved that it was given as a gift by the uncle of Zhong County."
Uncle Qiu Guo shouted in his heart, Your Majesty, the white jade longevity star I gave away is worth tens of thousands of taels!
Qi Qi Shiqi also stood up at this time and said with a smile: "Brother Emperor, I don't prepare any treasures this year. Anyway, Brother Huang has everything, so he sealed thirty thousand taels of silver notes like the third princess. Brother Emperor likes it."
Whatever, just go and buy it."
"Haha, you guys should join in the fun and reward me. Prince Xian's Mansion, Uncle Zhongxian's Mansion, and Princess Ruimin's Mansion. The gifts are very popular in my heart. Each of you will be rewarded with a handle of gold and jade, a luminous pearl, and a Dendrobium pearl...
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After hearing this, Tian Minyan smiled in response to those looks of astonishment, envy, and hatred. Gifts must be delivered to people's hearts.
