The concubine is enchanting: the favorite princess

Chapter 27 The Dowry
The emperor, Longyan Dayue, untied a piece of jade pendant from his waist, and tied it on Xiang'er's belt himself.Touching Xiang'er's cute little face again, he took a piece of pastry from his table and put it in Xiang'er's hand.

Children are not very fond of jade pendants, but are happy with pastries.After thanking Grandpa Huang, he ran back to Feng Yao with the cake full of joy, and nestled into Feng Yao's arms happily.

Seeing that Xiang'er is so dependent on Feng Yao, the emperor's eyes are also a little moved.His eyes turned around Feng Yao and Mo Li twice, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

Xin Jieyu saw it all, and raised her wine glass with both hands to respect: "This is the first time this concubine congratulates the emperor on his birthday, and she doesn't know any palace rituals. I only know to pray to God, that the emperor's dragon body is healthy, and the people are safe, happy, and blessed." long."

Xin Jieyu was originally the daughter of General Yunqing, and she came to Fengjue Kingdom for the sake of reconciliation between the two countries. This sentence is very measured.

It is well known that the emperor dotes on Xin Jieyu, and at the palace banquet today, several ministers had a lot of complaints about her.Seeing Xin Jieyu's understanding of etiquette and righteousness now, she even nodded frequently.

Seeing that the atmosphere is good at this time, Feng Yao knew that it was time for him to give a congratulatory gift.

Handing Xiang'er to the wet nurse, Pian Pian stood up and bowed gracefully: "Yao'er also congratulated Father on his birthday. It's just that Yao'er is young and somewhat petty. The gifts prepared are not as rich as those of the second brother and sister; It's not as good as Concubine Chu's literary talent; it's not as good as Xin Jieyu's sincerity. It's just a filial piety from Yao'er and the son-in-law, I wish my father and emperor Songhe a long life and a long life."

Seeing Feng Yao get up, Mo Li also stood up earlier.At this time, he kowtowed to the ground with Feng Yao.After the emperor made the two of them flat, he took the rosewood box from the attendant and held it in front of Feng Yao.

"Yao'er is the smartest, but I don't know how much filial piety he has prepared." The emperor saw that the box was not a luxurious gift box inlaid with gold and jade, but only looked simple and simple, so he was really curious.

"Father, please take a look." Feng Yao lifted the lid of the box, and took out a stack of rice paper from it.

Ziying and Luluo stepped forward to help, unfolding the rice paper one by one, and showing it to everyone.

"This is..." The emperor saw that there were words, pictures, and a sheet of red stamps on the paper.

But having seen countless calligraphy and paintings in ancient books by famous masters, the emperor knew at a glance that these calligraphy and paintings were not all written by masters.Even though many of them are exquisite painters, they are not masters or masters, so I really don't know what Feng Yao means.

"This is Yao'er's whole heart, and it is also a lot of hard work of the son-in-law. In two months, I visited nineteen Renrui and wise old men in the capital and two nearby provinces. What is rare is that these wise old men all They are long-lived octogenarians, and all of them are healthy and clear-sighted. Each of them has a wish for the father and emperor, either in words, pairs, or paintings. This last one is full of The cinnabar seal letter was sworn by 99 ancient and rare old people to pray for the blessing of the father. Do you think the heart and sincerity of this gift are enough?"

After Feng Yao finished speaking, all the important officials present praised and nodded frequently.

And the emperor was also full of joy.You know, gold and silver are easy to get, and treasures can always be found. There are no such treasures in the palace.But this kind of filial piety and sincerity of full authority is the most rare thing.

"Yao'er is so sincere and filial, my father will reward me." The emperor waved to Feng Yao, motioning her to come forward.

Feng Yao pouted, and said softly, "What kind of reward did the emperor say first? If it's the same as Xiang'er, I don't want just a cake."

"You child..." The emperor laughed loudly, "Xiang'er also got a piece of Jade Penny, why didn't you say anything?"

"I saw that Emperor Father is wearing a jade pendant around his waist. Could it be that he still has one in his arms?" Feng Yao deliberately looked left and right, making everyone present laugh out loud.

"Yao'er is the most shrewd, she will make a gift with her heart, she will definitely get a bigger benefit before she is willing." Even though the emperor said so, he still waved to Feng Yao.

Feng Yao didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurried forward with a smile, staring at the emperor with a pair of big clear eyes.

"How about Yao'er, tell me what do you want?" The emperor touched his waist and sleeves, but he really didn't find anything precious.Simply ask Feng Yao what's on his mind, see what kind of pearls this daughter wants, and let the servants fetch them.

But I heard Feng Yao say: "Since the father has spoken, Yao'er can ask the father to give me a favor. As for the benefit... Yao'er think about it, okay?"

"It's just that you have a lot of weird thoughts. I promise you a favor now, but I'm afraid you will go to a city in the future." The emperor pretended to be angry, but his tone was still gentle, obviously meant to joke with his daughter.

After thinking about it again, the emperor said solemnly: "Although Yao'er is a daughter, she has been intelligent and thoughtful since she was a child. My father also lamented that you are a daughter. Now that you are not young, your father gave away your mother's dowry Give it back to you as your dowry."

As soon as the emperor said this, several ministers who attended the palace banquet were secretly amazed.

Concubine Chu Gui, who was sitting on the side, looked at her daughter Fengman, her face was even more ugly.

The second prince and the third prince looked at each other, although their expressions were still normal, their hearts were already full of ups and downs.

Only Xin Jieyu and Mo Li seemed to be indifferent to this matter, and they were the two most calm among all the people present, except for the underage princes and grandchildren.

Feng Yao already fell to his knees with a "plop", bowing to his father, the emperor's grace.

Speaking of Feng Yao's mother... Empress Jingyu was originally a princess from the small country of Yidi.

More than 20 years ago, when the current emperor, Feng Xuancheng, was just a prince, he led an army to the west and passed through the snow city of Yidi. He was bitten by a strangely poisonous mosquito and fell into a coma.A young girl who happened to pass by here ordered her attendants to pick herbs and fumigate them with a kind of spice that she carried with her, which made Feng Xuancheng escape from danger.

Later, Feng Xuancheng found out that the beautiful girl was originally the daughter of the local patriarch, and she could be regarded as a princess.And that patriarch also wanted to use Fengjue Country as a backer, so he simply gave the snow city where the two met as a dowry, and gave it to Fengxuancheng together with the girl.

Fengxuan won the Western Expedition and got another snow city on the way back to Beijing, which can be regarded as conquering a piece of barbarian land. Naturally, he made great contributions, so he sat on the crown prince logically.

That girl could only be a side concubine of Feng Xuancheng, but not long after Feng Xuancheng took the crown prince, the main concubine passed away.That young girl is considered one of the heroes who helped Feng Xuancheng sit on the crown prince. Feng Xuancheng has kindness in his heart and loves her young and beautiful appearance, so he naturally made her the crown princess.Until Fengxuan ascended the throne, the crown princess became Queen Jingyu.

And the dowry that the emperor just mentioned was the snow city where he met Queen Jingyu.

(End of this chapter)