Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 377 Be Careful When Giving Gifts
It's actually a bit presumptuous to ask such a question, and Li Gang doesn't seem to be such a reckless person!

Xue Lang thought for a while, then suddenly said: "These two things are very valuable?"

Li Gang nodded: "The price is invaluable! The old man is old and well-informed, and the glazed object with such appearance and craftsmanship is the only one I have ever seen in my life."

Xue Lang laughed: "I know it's valuable, but I didn't expect it to be so valuable. It's okay, my dowry is a bit thin after all, and I don't know anything about antique calligraphy and paintings. Fortunately, there are these two valuable things."

Li Gang said: "Youyang is an infatuated kind! Anyway, since you have made up your mind, the only thing I want to persuade you is that you send these two sets of items to the princess directly. The less people know about it, the better."

"Okay, thank you uncle for your advice."

Xue Lang chose to listen to the opinions of the locals and crossed these two items off the gift list.Li Gangdao: "Although it is not written on the gift list, in private, the old man will make it clear to the saint."

"Uncle Law."

The day of the next day's appointment will be the day after tomorrow, and the two agreed that the day after tomorrow, Li Gang will come over early in the morning, representing the man's elders, and presenting the dowry to the palace.The biggest worry in his heart was relieved, Xue Lang deliberately left Li Gang to eat at home, and let people go back after the meal.

After Li Gang left, he packed the glass handicraft wrapped in a delicate lacquer box, and asked Wanfu to drive Changjian to Princess Pingyang's mansion and hand it over to Princess Pingyang.

Then, Xue Lang didn't even have time to experience the excitement and nervousness. He got up early the next morning and was only busy in the Yamen for a long time when people from Shaofu Temple came to him. They came to measure the size.

"Time is running out, please take care of me, son-in-law."

Shaofu Temple is in charge of the royal clothing, and Xue Lang's wedding dress is also entrusted to them.The people who came were led by the servants of Shaofu Temple, their attitude was respectful, but their movements were very neat, a total of five people came, and they all circled around Xue Lang.

Xue Lang stretched out his arms, let them measure, and asked casually: "There is more than half a year left?"

The waiter shook his face, and said: "My son-in-law is joking, although it is not difficult to cut a dress, it is quite time-consuming to embroider, so I measured the size today and went home, and I will start to embroider the color tomorrow, and several embroiderers will need to work together." Get up to catch up."

Xue Lang suddenly understood that at this time, they were all sewn and embroidered by hand, and the embroidery stitches were very complicated. This was a real handicraft.It's not the same as everything is replaced by machines in modern times, not to mention modern cross-stitch, it's completely incomparable.

Thinking of this, Xue Lang cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your hard work!"

The attendant was startled, and hurriedly bowed in salute and said: "I dare not be an official, all this is what we should do, the son-in-law must not say so."

Xue Lang smiled and said nothing more.

When measuring the size in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, you have to be looked at with meaningful eyes by various colleagues passing by. When Zhang Anzhi came in to ask for instructions, he saw that there were people from Shaofu Temple. Lang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he had to ask the people from Shaofu Temple to stop for a while, and the two went out to talk about the business, and then they came back to continue.

After being tossed by the people of Shaofu Temple for a day, when I got home, all my nervousness and excitement were gone, only my body was exhausted, so I took a hot bath, fell asleep on the bed and fell asleep without knowing anything.

When I woke up the next day and looked at the roof in a daze, I belatedly remembered——

I'm going to be hired today!
For this matter, Pei Ju specially gave him a day off!Fortunately, the housekeeper was able to arrange the dowry ceremony long ago. Li Gang came, and when the morning court was over, he asked someone to carry him to follow him and bring him into the palace.

Naturally, Xue Lang didn't have to go, the appointment was a matter for the elders.He paced back and forth at home several times, thought about it, and simply turned out the pen and paper, and began to write his math book——

Emotional intelligence is also hopeless.Seeing Xue Lang's delicate expression, the housekeeper Xue Si thought for a while, and told people not to come in at random, so as not to disturb the master.

However, Xue Si's painstaking efforts were completely in vain.Xue Lang couldn't calm down to write at all. After writing two lines, he threw away the pen, sat slumped on the chair without sitting, stared at the roof in a daze for a while, then simply took out the brush and started to draw. His mood finally calmed down a lot. .

After painting for a while, looking at the time, Xue Lang couldn't calm down to paint anymore, put away the brush, changed into humble clothes, and simply squatted at the gate of the city and waited——

Although the sage will definitely not repent, but if he does not hear accurate news, he cannot rest assured at all.

When Li Gang came out of the palace and his carriage was stopped by someone, he saw Xue Lang leaning against the city wall, almost turning into a wallflower, he couldn't help smiling, and teased, "Youyang is so impatient?"

Xue Lang blushed from the laughter, cupped his hands and said: "It's the first time, it's the first time I have no experience, uncle laughs at me, laughs at me!"

"Pfft!"

This is Li Gang's personal follower, Uncle Mao, who couldn't help laughing.After being laughed at like this, Xue Lang finally realized, his face turned even redder, causing Li Gang to burst out laughing, and after laughing, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let Youyang wait for a long time, the old man is lucky!"

Xue Lang didn't care that the blush on his face hadn't faded, he just closed his eyes with a smile, saluted without even thinking about it, and wanted to thank Li Gang: "Thank you, Uncle!"

Li Gang laughed and said: "If you want to thank the old man, just bring a few jars of good wine to the old man's house."

Xue Lang replied simply: "No problem!"

"Hahaha!"

Li Gang laughed again, declined Xue Lang's offer to leave a meal, and took the people back first.Xue Lang happily returned to the mansion, and immediately moved two jars of various fruit wines and white wine newly brewed this year, plus a large bag of sugar, and sent it to Li Gang in a car.After I finished delivering it, I came back and thought about it, loaded another cart and sent someone to send it to Pei Ji as a thank-you gift for the matchmaker.

Xue Lang had good intentions and wanted to express his gratitude with these gifts, but who would have thought that this gift would cause a "problem".The next day, Xue Lang went to work, and when the meal was hot at noon, he saw Wang Shilang standing under the eaves of the corridor, looking at him with a straight face.

Xue Lang knew that Wang Shilang had opinions on him, so he would not deal with him unless it was necessary. Everything was business-like, and since he met him, he bowed his hands and was about to pass when Wang Shilang suddenly said, "Hi Shilang Xue, No, it should be changed, it should be called Consort Xue, congratulations Concubine Xue."

Although the smile on Wang Shilang's face seemed a bit forced, Xue Lang was in a good mood and didn't bother to argue with him, and said politely: "Thank you Wang Shilang."

Wang Shilang twitched his face, and was about to speak when the little yellow gate next to the saint hurried in, walked up to Xue Lang, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Xue, the saint chose you to enter the palace immediately!"

Xue Lang was taken aback, although he didn't know why, but he happened to avoid Wang Shilang.He bowed his hands to Wang Shilang, Xue Lang straightened his clothes, and then followed the little yellow gate into the palace.

The sage has gone to court and is working in the Zichen hall.Xue Lang went in and saw that Li Gang and Pei Ji were both present, seeing how relaxed their expressions were, he felt relieved: "Minister Xue Lang pays homage to the saint."

Bending down and bowing down, I waited for a long time but didn't wait for the saint's words of "freedom from ceremony", but heard a cold snort, and only heard the saint ask: "It's just a saint, is there anything else?"

"Uh……"

Which one is this for sale?
Xue Lang was taken aback, completely confused.Pei Ji on the side smiled and said: "Consort Xue, since he has been hired, he should call you Lord Yuezhang instead!"

Suddenly, Xue Lang changed his words like a gentleman: "My son-in-law pays respects to Mr. Yuezhang!"

The sage snorted again, his tone was not cold, but he was a little arrogant: "Get up, let me ask you, I heard that you made cherry wine this year?"

Xue Lang answered honestly: "Go back to Mr. Yue Zhang, yes."

The saint said angrily: "There is new wine, why only give it to outsiders and forget about the old man?"

Xue Lang was taken aback, then turned to look at Li Gang and Pei Ji——

This year's newly brewed cherry wine came out, except for him who tasted a jar, and no one else gave it away, so he only gave it to these two old men.If the saint wants to know, it can only be leaked by these two people.

Li Gang's face was solemn, Pei Ji was smiling, Xue Lang couldn't see who leaked it.Then I heard the sage say: "After the court today, the old man Pei Ji has been nagging in my ear, telling how delicious and sweet the cherry wine you gave me! This old man is your father-in-law, why don't you forget me when you gave me the wine?" It should be!"

Xue Lang was so speechless!Just keep a low profile when accepting gifts, and you even came to show off to the old man, Pei Ji, you are a scumbag!but--

"My lord father-in-law, my son-in-law has brewed three batches of cherry wine. The first batch was given to Li Gong and Pei Gong. The second and third batches are not yet ready to drink."

Xue Lang's face was so bitter that he was about to drip gall, look what happened!

saint:"……"

Pei Ji laughed "hahahaha" directly, and Li Gang also smiled all over his face.Li Gang is okay, he is a gentleman, the worst thing is Pei Ji, who wiped the corners of his eyes while laughing——

The old man laughed until tears came out! !

(End of this chapter)