Guo Song and his senior brother Li Ganfeng hurried to Qingxu Palace. Two eunuchs were sitting in the guest room of Qingxu Palace, drinking tea and waiting patiently. Each of them had already taken ten taels of tea money, so they had enough patience to wait for Guo Song.
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In the lobby in front of them, there were dozens of boxes and cages piled up like a hill.
At this time, hurried footsteps were heard outside, and Guo Song walked in quickly, "Guo Song, I've kept the two chamberlains waiting for a long time."
The two eunuchs stood up with smiles. The tall and fat eunuch who led the eunuch said: "We are all servants of the Holy Emperor. My name is Dou Wenchang, and this is my colleague Huo Xianming. I have heard of Guo Shijun for a long time."
"Are you two going to declare a decree?"
The leader, Dou Wenchang, shook his head, "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that the Holy Emperor has given a batch of property to Ambassador Guo. Please sign for it!"
Guo Song took the pen and signed his name on two gift lists, giving one to the other party to take back, and keeping the other for himself.
Guo Song took out two more ingots of gold and handed them to the two of them, "This is a little thought. Let's drink tea for you two!"
Although they had already paid for tea, they didn't mind getting an extra portion, not to mention that what the other party handed them was gold. How could they refuse the yellow twelve taels of gold?
The two accepted the gold, and Huo Xianming said with a smile: "To be honest, these are the collections left by the late emperor. Most of them were given to the ministers. This is the last batch. The Holy Spirit said, congratulations to Shijun Guo on his upcoming marriage.
This is his congratulatory gift."
"I understand, thank you two chamberlains."
The two eunuchs cupped their hands and stood up to say goodbye and return to the palace.
At this time, Li Ganfeng walked in and said in surprise: "What are these gifts? So many?"
"I don't know either!"
Guo Song opened a large long box and was stunned. Inside were several white jade screens. The patterns on the screens were pictures of mountains and rivers over a thousand miles. They looked familiar. Guo Song immediately remembered that this was the late emperor's study room.
No wonder he didn't see the screen in Li Shi's study yesterday. It had been put away and given to him as a reward.
"This is good stuff!"
Li Ganfeng gently stroked the screen and said: "This white jade is very delicate, the carving skills are very good, and the shelves are actually made of rosewood. These screens are estimated to be worth tens of thousands of dollars!"
Guo Song found two other long boxes, both of which were screens, six in total, all of them were there.
Li Ganfeng opened another box. Inside was a set of official kiln celadon tea sets. It was crystal clear and verdant. It looked like a collection. It had never been used. Li Ganfeng was envious when he saw it. This was something that even if he had money, he couldn't buy it.
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"Brother, take it if you like, there are two more sets here!"
Li Ganfeng was overjoyed and said, "Then I'm welcome!" This kind of opportunity should not be missed when it comes to it.
Guo Song found two more sets of celadon official kiln tea sets, which were exactly the same as Li Ganfeng's. One set he kept for himself, and the other set could be given to Xue Xun. As for Zhang Lei, let's see if there are any others.
Guo Song opened another box and cage, and couldn't help but exclaimed. Inside was a set of gold jewelry. To be precise, it was a set of jewelry for the bride, including a gemstone golden phoenix crown, an emerald feather hairpin, a colorful gemstone necklace, and a diamond-encrusted ring.
, white jade inlaid gold bracelets, all available, except for one phoenix crown, the others are all pairs.
But the protagonist is undoubtedly the jeweled golden phoenix crown, with a golden phoenix on the front and long wings hanging down like tassels. It is studded with precious stones and jade, making it sparkling and dazzling.
Senior Brother Li Ganfeng was well-informed and said solemnly: "Lao Wu, this kind of phoenix crown is not something ordinary people can wear. At least it can only be worn by the county chief or above."
Guo Song smiled and said: "It shouldn't be a big problem. The emperor gave it to me, which means he allowed me to use it. Now I have a financial gift."
"Junior brother, please don't open these boxes and cages! I'll ask the disciples to carry them to the underground palace and store them temporarily until your house is packed up before sending them there."
Guo Song nodded, "Senior brother, please arrange for another disciple to send me a celadon tea set."
Li Ganfeng smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry! I'll ask Qingfeng to deliver it later."
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When Xue Xun returned to his house, it was almost dark. He drank a few glasses of wine and seemed very excited. As soon as he walked in, his wife Han came up to him and complained: "Do you know you went to drink again?"
Xue Xun chuckled, "Yan Xiangguo specially invited me to drink today. It's so respectable! Do you know how many people envy me?"
Han was surprised and delighted, "Why would Yan Xiangguo invite you specifically? Is he trying to promote you?"
"Where are you thinking? I have just been promoted less than a month ago, how could I be promoted again? Let me tell you, Yan Xiangguo is a matchmaker, and he is here to be a matchmaker for our daughter. The man is Mr. Guo. I didn't expect it! He actually invited Yan Xiangguo.
Come out and play matchmaker."
Han hesitated and said, "You agreed?"
Xue Xun's eyes widened, "Of course I agreed, are you going to change your mind again?"
"I haven't changed my mind, but I think he should come to ask for his hand in marriage. At least I should be there!"
Xue Xun waved his hand, "Forget it. I am the prime minister, and I am in charge of the civil service. I am busy with court affairs. I don't have time to come to our house or go to a restaurant. I just agree."
Mrs. Han was really a little unhappy. She said with a long face: "Forget it about being a matchmaker, but I must be present when you ask for a kiss. I have something to say or anything to ask?"
"You have so many things to do!"
Xue Xun muttered and turned around to go to his study. Han chased after him, "I'm going to die from worry. What do you want to do with Tao'er's dowry?"
Xue Xun stopped and said: "Tao'er has a collection of five thousand books. I will give her another five thousand books to make up for ten thousand. Isn't this her dowry?"
"You take it seriously!"
Han said angrily: "I have never heard of using books as a dowry. Even my father, an old scholar, gave me a hundred acres of land as a dowry."
"Didn't you get your dowry back later?" Xue Xun said with a sarcastic smile.
"You're making sarcastic remarks now. If you had the ability, you wouldn't have let me borrow money from my parents."
"Okay! Okay! Forget about the past, I will think of something else to do with Tao'er's dowry. This month, I may have an income of 30 guan. If I go to Bashu, I will get 6 guan every month.
Qian’s staff subsidy, I’ve been here for five months, exactly thirty guan, which will be paid out along with my salary this month.”
"Thirty dollars is not enough!"
Han said angrily: "The land in Guanzhong is so expensive. Thirty guan can only buy three to five acres of land. I think the dowry for my daughter should be at least a thousand guan!"
Xue Xun was startled, "I can't get out a thousand dollars even if you kill me."
"Then what should I do? I have wronged my child so much." Han was so anxious that she almost cried.
Xue Xun sighed, he was a little helpless.
At this time, Xue Tao came over and whispered: "Don't worry about the dowry."
"How can we not worry that if you get married without a dowry, your husband's family will look down on you in the future."
"Mom, I have five thousand dollars there. If you are really worried, just use it!"
Xue Xun and Han looked at each other, and Han asked urgently: "Where did you get the five thousand coins?"
Xue Tao hesitated and said: "Before we went to Chengdu... Mr. Guo gave it to me. I wanted to return it to him. He said... that he could use it as my dowry."
Mrs. Han was so excited that she clapped her hands and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I've been worried to death these days."
"Mom, I feel something is wrong!"
"What's wrong? Don't be so shameless. You can use the money after giving it to you. The gem has a commemorative meaning, so I won't force you to sell it. But it's just money, it's just for spending. Is it right?
Are you going to force your parents to death just for a little bit of face and a little bit of self-esteem?"
Han's eloquence was so good that Xue Tao was speechless for a long time. She turned to her father again and said, "Dad, what do you think?"
"It's up to your mother to do this."
Xue Xun was poor and had short ambitions, so he quickly went to the study.
Xue Tao had no choice but to say to his mother: "I'll just give you the money."
"That's right. With money, my mother can prepare a dowry for you, your clothes, jewelry, and good makeup, and also invite your bride. It costs a lot to marry a daughter, not counting your dowry.
All kinds of decent wedding ceremonies will cost five to six hundred dollars. I don't want you to get married in a shabby way like my mother."
After saying that, she glanced at the study bitterly.
At this time, Xue Xun shouted in surprise from the study, "Who sent this tea set?"
Only then did Mrs. Han remember the tea set. She quickly walked to the door of the study and said, "Master Guo asked a Taoist priest to send it to you. He said it was a gift for you. I think it is just ordinary celadon."
"Ordinary celadon?"
Xue Xun's eyes widened, "You know you can't buy this tea set in the market at all. Even the Prime Minister may not have such good celadon. This is a fine product from the official kiln. It is only supplied to the palace. You can sell it for 20,000 guan."
There are a lot of people vying for money, and I saw it once in the study room of the Prince in the East Palace."
Han couldn't open her mouth for a long time. The porcelain worth 20,000 yuan was beyond her imagination.
Xue Xun was playing with a tea cup and couldn't put it down. He was completely fascinated by it.
Xue Tao has not seen her father like an item so much for a long time. She was secretly happy that Ailang could give her father such a good gift.