Wen Jiaojiao took the incense box and sat on the bed in a daze.
She heard a noise coming from her side and looked around to see what Que Wu was rummaging around there.
Only then did Wen Jiaojiao notice that there were many boxes placed in this room, and the boxes contained some expensive-looking jewelry, spices and the like.
Do the Salo people, who are so rich, carry so many valuable things with them?
Wen Jiaojiao asked Que Wu.
Que Wu took a small disc that he dug out of the box, sat down next to Wen Jiaojiao, and said, "It's a gift."
Wen Jiaojiao: "A gift for the emperor?"
Que Wu: "The queen's."
He didn't give gifts to Emperor Beiyuan. Sara never needed to make offerings to Beiyuan, nor did he need Beiyuan's support.
Only other countries will give him the portion of the Saluo offering. Whether or not they do so depends on his mood.
I came to Beiyuan this time just to fulfill my brother's last wish.
"Are these gifts from the Queen?"
"Well, it's yours too."
Wen Jiaojiao was stunned: "Mine?"
Wen Jiaojiao suddenly felt a little strange. Which country's tribute was not presented directly to the emperor, but to the queen. Even if it was given to the queen, it would be given to the emperor first, and then a portion would be given to the queen.
Those tributes will be distributed to everyone in the harem and some ministers. This is the first time for a country to directly give tributes or gifts to the queen.
Also, why is it also hers?
Wen Jiaojiao suspected that Que Wu had a communication problem. After all, he didn't understand Beiyuan Mandarin very well, so he might have expressed something wrong.
She guessed that he meant that he would also give her gifts, rather than that these gifts were hers.
Que Wu put the small black disk in front of Wen Jiaojiao, and when he patted the disk with his hand, it made an ethereal and melodious sound, which was very nice.
Que Wu directly picked up Wen Jiaoyao's hand and motioned for her to play by herself.
Wen Jiaojiao's hands were clapping on the small disk, and different sounds could be made from every angle. Although it was not a tune, every sound was pleasant to listen to, and the sound could soothe people's emotions.
Wen Jiaojiao looked at Que Wu who was sitting in front of her, staring at her playing seriously, and said, "These are gifts for the queen. Is it okay if you dig them out like this?"
Que Wu: "Nothing."
Que Wu hooked his fingers around a gem pendant around Wen Jiaojiao's neck. It was a gift his brother sent to Beiyuan to the queen one year, and it ended up hanging around her neck.
Seeing that there were many Sara things on her body, Que Wu knew how much the queen loved this sister.
When Wen Jiaojiao saw Que Wu's actions, he suddenly understood.
This is the gemstone pendant of Sara given to her by the queen. When he saw it, he must have thought that the queen was very kind to her and wouldn't mind turning it out and giving it to her.
Wen Jiaojiao asked: "You are the envoy of Salo. What is your official position in Salo?"
Sara had not come to Beiyuan in previous years, and she probably did not have a special envoy. She was a little curious about the identity of Que Wu.
After all, the character Que Wu did not exist during this time period in the original book, and even the word Suo Luo did not appear.
Because of this, when Wen Jiaojiao called Lao Liu in his mind, it did not move at all, not caring whether she needed to maintain her personality or something.
Que Wu leaned against the bed, looked at Wen Jiaojiao and said, "Your Majesty."
"Orange?" After Wen Jiaojiao said it, he laughed and immediately reacted, "Oh, it's your minister."
Que Wu picked up a bunch of bright gems and threw them on the bed casually, "The money manager."
Wen Jiaojiao: "Minister of Finance? Do you want a minister of finance to be sent as envoy to Beiyuan?"
Wen Jiaojiao was a little confused. Which country would let such an important position as finance minister go to other countries? Then wouldn't there be no one to manage the finances?
Que Wu looked at the little girl with an incredible expression on her face, thinking seriously, and smiled.
"Well, there are few people."
Wen Jiaojiao grabbed a string of jewelry on the bed and asked, "Is Sara very rich?"
Que Wu: "That's right."
Wen Jiaojiao: "There must be some kind of gold or silver mine in Salo. Otherwise, how could a small country with a small population be so rich, and your Salo things are so exquisite."
As Wen Jiaojiao spoke, she turned to look at Que Wu and saw that he was sitting beside her bed, smiling and looking at her with a very happy look on his face.
Que Wu smiled and said, "Yes."
Wen Jiaojiao's eyes widened slightly: "Is there really a gold mine?"
Que Wu looked at the little girl's cute appearance and couldn't help but want to pinch her round cheeks.
But he still held back, got up, took a small box and put it on the bed, and then poured the things out in front of Wen Jiaojiao.
Wen's bright eyes felt like they were blinded when he saw the things poured out of the box. They were all various exquisite ornaments made of gold.
Now she believed that there was a real gold mine in Sarao, and the gold, silver and jewelry in this room were simply too arrogant.
Que Wu watched with great interest as Wen Jiaojiao looked at these gold ornaments like a little money-lover.
"Jiao Jiao?"
Que Wu opened his mouth and called out Wen Jiaojiao's name. Wen Jiaojiao subconsciously said "hmm", then paused and looked up at Que Wu, "How do you know my name?"
Que Wu pointed at the pendant on her body: "Identity."
Wen Jiaojiao realized that the queen should already know that she was here, and Que Wu must have checked her identity in advance, otherwise she would not be able to eat and sleep well here now.
Que Wu asked again: "Jiaojiao, what do you mean?"
He saw that the queen also drew a circle after her name.
Wen Jiaojiao listened to his interesting accent and was happy to chat with him, "Are you asking what my name means?"
Que Wu: "Yeah."
Wen Jiaojiao picked up a piece of clear round jade and held it in front of his eyes and said: "Jiaojiao is my nickname, and Ruyue is my big name. When combined, it means Jiaojiaoruyue, which means like the moon."
Wen Jiaojiao waved the jade in front of Que Wu, "Do you understand the moon? The moon in the sky at night."
Que Wu thought that the circle the queen drew behind her name turned out to mean the moon.
This was the queen's usual style of writing letters. He happened to read her previous letters to her brother, and he also drew some patterns in them.
Que Wu looked at Wen Jiaojiao with deep eyes. Her hands were slender and white, even more delicate and dazzling than the jade in her hands.
"Bright, bright moon."
Wen Jiaojiao nodded, "Yes, it means the moon."
Wen Jiaojiao smiled at Que Wu, thinking that the finance minister looked noble and indifferent when he didn't speak or smile, but when he spoke, he seemed much more friendly, probably because of his funny accent.
He is good-looking to begin with, and when he smiles he makes people dazzle.
Wen Jiaojiao felt that his words were a bit cute, and she didn't feel any sense of distance from him, like a docile little leopard.
She thought he must be pursued by many women in Salo, and those who wanted to marry him must have crossed the threshold, but she didn't know what marriage was like in Salo, and it was definitely different from Beiyuan.
Wen Jiaojiao dared to say that if Que Wu walked twice on the streets of the capital in his current outfit, the girls' sachets and handkerchiefs would bury him.
However, Wen Jiaojiao saw that although he was still very young, he was probably old enough to get married, and maybe he was already married.