After marrying a concubine, I have the ability to read minds

Chapter 409

Gu Wanning lightly pinched her pink cheeks: "You can't say this anymore, if people hear it, you will inevitably cause trouble."

She has never put Princess Furou in her eyes. She is just a woman with no brains. It should not be too simple to clean up, but she did not expect that the father would be so merciless when he took action. It took twenty sticks, what a pity!

Lin Qingyin blushed and said: "I'm not that stupid, so I won't go out and say it. Those who are sitting here are all my own people, who would spread such words?"

Sun Qiuyu also echoed: "That's right, that's right, I didn't want to say anything in my house, anyway, the servants were all sent out by the princess, so don't worry about what Sister Lin says will be spread."

"All right, all you guys are smart, let me say something for nothing."

Everyone laughed for a while, and Lin Qingyin suddenly said: "The emperor's birthday next month, although it is a small birthday, the emperor has always been frugal, the princes and concubines in the harem still have to get together to celebrate the emperor, has the princess prepared any gifts? "

Gu Wanning nodded: "I have some ideas, but I don't know if my father will like it."

Lin Qingyin breathed a sigh of relief, it's good to have an idea, anyway, the emperor's birthday is still more than half a month away, with last year's "Hundred Carp Celebrating Birthday" picture, the princess doesn't need to show off any more this year, the gift is almost enough .

Ten days passed in a flash, and King Mingxuan also waited for the reply from Xirong Kingdom. The king of Xirong was eager to save his son and agreed to exchange 350 million taels of gold for the prince, and the 350 million taels of gold was already on the way to Daxing. Daxingguo exchanged princes at the border.

At the same time, the emperor also received a secret letter from the secret agents lurking in Xirong. The old emperor of Xirong had indeed prepared gold and was transporting it to the border. It seemed that the old emperor really wanted peace talks this time.

Although it was 400 taels less than the 50 million taels of gold proposed by Gu Xian, this price had already exceeded the emperor's expectations, and he naturally agreed.

So after Ming Xuan Wang delivered the reply letter from Emperor Xirong, the two parties signed a compensation contract, and the amount of compensation was exactly 350 million taels.

Because we want to exchange at the border, there is no need to sign a good deal for a hundred years. Bah, it is a contract of friendship between the two countries for 30 years. The emperor directly issued two imperial edicts, ordering Li Commander, the commander of the camp in the suburbs of Beijing, to lead an elite army to send the prince of Xirong Go to the frontier and get that gold back.

The second way is to order Gu Xian to pay compensation for the imperial envoy to go to Ganzhou's concubine.

The emperor also thoughtfully sent a team of hidden guards to Gu Xian to protect him.

In the court hall, all the courtiers quietly looked at Gu Xian.

Gu Xian let these people look at him calmly, he really didn't expect that he could be an imperial envoy again in his lifetime!

The team escorting Prince Xirong set off the next day. Gu Wanning went to the gate of the city to see her father off. The road to Ganzhou might not be safe, so she was also very worried. Fortunately, she knew that her father was protected by hidden guards , Moreover, the eldest brother is also with his father, so he feels relieved.

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Before the emperor's birthday, Gu Wanning stayed in the room for more than ten days, and even dragged Ye Hanyu to fiddle with her. After three full days of busy work in Jiucui Zhai, she finally got the birthday present. On October [-]th, two days The couple entered the palace with gifts.

At this time, the palace was already covered with red silk, and it was full of joy. After going through all the procedures, it was finally time for everyone to present their birthday gifts in Chaoyang Palace.

Concubines, princes, concubines, and several important ministers sat in their seats, and maids filed in to serve exquisite dishes.

For some reason, in previous years, everyone was looking at which prince or concubine gave the most valuable gift, but this year it has changed.

Everyone's eyes kept sweeping towards Prince Yu and his wife.

Angrily, Prince An Wang and others who presented the birthday gift first were depressed for a while. They had spent a lot of effort to find their birthday gift, but in the end, they were fooled by the old Liu and his wife and no one cared.

Hey, it's no wonder that those people look down on the gifts they gave. Who made Lao Liu's gift last year too good? It's a good thing that can't be exchanged for money. That fate!
But it was useless for these people to be anxious, because the two couples had applied in advance, saying that their gifts would not be given until the last one, and the emperor had already agreed.

When Ye Hanyu and his wife entered the stage, everyone's eyes turned to the two kneeling on the ground, and the emperor also felt a strong sense of anticipation.

"My son prepared three small gifts for my father this time, all of which were made by the concubine, and they are not worth any money. I hope my father will not dislike you."

Gu Wanning hurriedly said: "These are not done by the minister alone, the prince also participated. Although the things are very common, I still hope to make my father laugh."

"Okay, okay, the two of you don't forget to ask for credit for each other when you give a birthday gift. Hurry up and bring your birthday gift, I've been waiting impatiently."

The two stood up now, Ye Hanyu clapped his hands, and eight young eunuchs carefully carried things into the main hall.

That thing was covered tightly by fiery red silk cloth, but judging from its size, it should be a screen.

After the little eunuch put the things away, Ye Hanyu walked over and lifted up the red cloth on the screen, followed by everyone's eyes, it was indeed a screen, made of nanmu wood with beautiful patterns carved on it, But the paintings on the screen are flowers of different shapes competing for fragrance and beauty, and there are bees and butterflies flying among the flowers. It seems that the scenery in the painting seems to be alive.

When everyone saw it for the first time, they felt that the embroidery skills on this screen were really fascinating, but after seeing it for a long time, they were a little disappointed. This year, the gift from King Yujun is no good, isn't it just a screen?

No matter how good the embroidery is, there are embroiderers who can embroider it. This is really not a rare thing.

Gu Wanning explained with a smile: "Father, the pattern on this screen was drawn by the county prince himself, and the pattern on the frame was also carved by him. I hope Father likes it."

The emperor stood up and walked to the screen. He was sitting on the throne, a little far away. The paintings on the screen could not be seen clearly, and because Ye Hanyu just lifted the red cloth and put it on the frame, he couldn't see it clearly. The pattern on the frame directly tore the red cloth apart.

As the emperor's action fell, there was a sound of gasping behind the screen, and the emperor asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Changhai walked behind the screen and glanced at it, his eyes widened immediately: "Your Majesty, there are words behind the screen."

The emperor immediately moved around to the back of the screen, and following him, he saw the big characters behind the screen: Longevity without bounds!

On the six-foot-long and three-foot-high embroidered cloth, these beautiful regular characters are pleasing to the eye. If you look carefully, these four characters are all composed of small longevity characters. On one side of the screen are hundreds of flowers. The picture, on the other side is a completely irrelevant life without bounds!
(End of this chapter)