Cui Yanjin muttered, "Can you blame me for the gift? If you want to blame, blame my cousin for being stingy and jealous. I'm just a cousin, and he won't tolerate me being attentive to my cousin. If my cousin gets tired of his bad temper in the future, choose When the gentle, beautiful and considerate servant enters the palace, can he be killed?"
Cui Xingzhi's mouth twitched, "My cousin can't do it, and neither can my cousin."
Cui Yanjin snorted, "In short, he has a bad temper."
Mr. Cui coughed and laughed angrily, "Okay! The banquet is about to begin!"
The two cousins shut up.
Sure enough, dancing girls filed into the hall, and within a short time, there was a lively atmosphere with the sound of strings, bamboo strings, and singing and dancing.
On the birthday of the Princess Royal, it was a rare day off for the courtiers. After Cui Yanjin's interlude, everyone relaxed and the whole party was singing and dancing.
Such a lively scene was unimaginable last year, when the wind was roaring, the grass and trees were in danger, and everyone was in danger.
The King of Nanchu toasted to the courtiers, and the concubine and her husband also toasted later. Halfway through the banquet, the courtiers exchanged cups with each other. At this time, someone came to report that the return gift from Princess Qingping's Mansion in Daliang had arrived. At the same time, the Prince of Daliang sent 10,000 soldiers and horses to escort dozens of carts of things, asking the concubine to check them.
Su Rong heard this and left the table in the middle of the meal.
Zhou Gu also left with her.
The King of Nanchu looked at the two of them with dissatisfaction, "What's the matter with these two people that we can't talk about tomorrow? Let's have dinner today? Hey, they are young people after all, so they might as well not be procrastinating in their actions."
He waved to everyone, "Don't worry about them. Come on, dear friends, let's continue drinking."
The King of Southern Chu had a good drinking capacity, and most of his courtiers also had a good drinking capacity.
When he was enjoying the meal, King Nan Chu stepped down from the throne, walked to Xie Yuan's seat, and drank with him. "Thank you, brother, drink."
Xie Yuan felt disgusted and did not want to deal with the King of Southern Chu.
"Oh, it's Xiao Qi's birthday. Don't be so stern with me. I've been sorry for you before, but I've suffered enough." King Nan Chu hooked his shoulder, "Xiao Qi was brought up by you. Gu, my biological father, is not as good as you, my uncle, but I don’t dare to be jealous of you yet.”
He sighed, "Brother Xie, you have had a good night with Xiaoqi's mother after all, but you haven't had a woman by your side for many years. This is too painful for you. You can't help it, but you are different. I heard Xiaoqi say, You have already thought about it. In this case, it is better to marry someone. You are in your prime and can still..."
Xie Yuan took a chicken drumstick and stuffed it into King Nan Chu's mouth.
King Nan Chu was immediately gagged.
Xie Yuan said indifferently: "I don't miss anyone anymore, but I have become accustomed to being alone for many years. The king goes to worry about Xiao Qi, but don't worry about me."
The King of Nanchu sighed and took the chicken legs to eat, "Okay, okay, I don't dare to worry about you, so I won't talk about it anymore."
Someone came to Xie Yuanjin and whispered a few words into his ear. Xie Yuan was slightly stunned and nodded, "I understand."
After he finished speaking, he stood up and walked out.
The King of Southern Chu said "Huh?" and called him, "Brother Xie, where are you going?"
Xie Yuan didn't look back, let alone answer.
The King of Southern Chu muttered, "These two or three people left just as they said. What big thing happened?" After he finished speaking, he called a servant and asked: "Go and ask, what happened? Why are you so angry?" Not only did the daughter and her concubine leave, but Mr. Xie also left?"
The waiter was there and went immediately.
Su Rong and Zhou Gu came to the palace gate and saw the head of her caravan and the guard commander of the prince's faction, including the prince's personal guard Yun An.
When Yun An met Su Rong and Zhou Gu, he immediately bowed his hands in greeting, "Daughter, Fourth Young Master."
Yun'an did not call the concubine like everyone else, but followed the old title to show her closeness.
Su Rong smiled in surprise and asked: "Yun An, why did His Highness send you here?" She glanced at it and said, "Dozens of cars of stuff? What are they?"
Yun An whispered: "It is Princess Zhenmin's private treasury. The king has asked His Highness the Crown Prince to send his subordinates to deliver it to you."
Su Rong raised her eyebrows, "My mother's private treasury?"
She asked: "Did she have such a big family back then?"
"Princess Zhenmin is favored. There are things that Crown Prince De Rui left to the princess, as well as Crown Princess De Rui's dowry, and the property that the princess received from the late emperor and the queen mother. In these years, your majesty has not confiscated it. I have been sending people to take care of it, and the profits and the things in the private treasury will be sent to you." Yun An explained, "Back then, the princess failed to marry to Nanchu, so naturally she would not marry anything good to Wei, so she There’s a lot of stuff.”
Su Rong nodded, and ordered Fengling, who followed, to take the things into her warehouse, and then asked Yun An to enter the palace together with the leader of the escort and the caravan manager.
She did not go back to the palace banquet, but asked Yun An some questions, such as how his majesty thought of giving these things to her. When she was in Daliang, his majesty did not mention it. For example, he asked how the prince and Duan Hua were doing. etc.
After getting to know each other, Su Rong ordered people to send them to resettle. Then he received the letter and account book from the prince from Yun An, and the letter and gift list from Duan Hua from the steward, and walked to his residence with Zhou Gu.
After returning to their residence, the waiter turned on the lamp, and Su Rong and Zhou Gu sat at the table and read the letter together.
Yan Huisheng's letter was very simple. It stated that Aunt Zhenmin's property, after all, belonged to the Daliang royal family and had been taken back. However, all previous profits and her private treasury would be given to her. Then she said not to give her so many gifts next time. Duanhua, if there is something pleasant, give her a gift or two to avoid her being happy and worried about not being able to repay your gift, etc.
Su Rong felt a little funny after reading Yan Huisheng's letter. After putting it down, she picked up Duan Hua's letter.
Duanhua's letters were too long and thick. She told Su Rong everything, big and small things, especially about the prince. She spent most of the letter talking about the prince's cousin. So good, I picked out gifts for her in return, most of them came from the East Palace, and I didn’t feel reluctant to part with them at all. They said she was so lucky, and her mother was right when she said she was lucky. Every word was full of satisfaction and happiness.
After reading it with a smile, Su Rong first picked up Duanhua's gift list in return. This gift list was well made and very detailed. It clearly marked which items came from Princess Qingping and the Prince Consort, which items came from His Majesty in the Palace, and which items came from the Queen and the Crown Prince. This gift list is absolutely perfect. It can be seen that the people close to Duanhua have tried their best to help her return this gift in return.
Zhou Gu looked on and curled his lips, "The princess who is so pampered by everyone must be spoiled."
He has always been unconvinced by Cui Yanjin who said he was arrogant because of his favor. How could he? Compared to Duan Hua, he is not as good as him.
Su Rong happily accepted the gift, thinking that she would not give such a large number of gifts indiscriminately in the future. At first, she really did not expect that Princess Qingping's Mansion would go to great lengths to give her a gift in return. Made a bargain.
(End of chapter)
