Halfway through the dance, the crown prince and princess finally arrived late.

"What's going on?" Empress Song was afraid that the emperor would be furious as soon as she spoke, so she hurriedly asked first.

The crown princess said with some apologies in her tenderness: "Back to the emperor's grandmother, father, and mother, the wheels of the carriage broke down halfway through, and there were too many people, so it took a while to go to the palace, and it was really a dereliction of duty for the concubine to take care of the East Palace......"

After all, it is her grandson and granddaughter-in-law, and the Empress Dowager Gao also came out to play a round and said: "Okay, okay, today is a good day for your father, An Sheng returned to the wine table to toast him." ”

Li Mo glanced at the emperor's face, and saw that when the Empress Dowager Gao opened her mouth, her father's expression was really pale, and she arched her hand and said, "Thank you for your grandmother, speaking of which, the gift to my father has not been taken out yet." The dancing girls stopped in a panic and flashed to the side.

The Emperor was impatient. He would rather watch some songs and dances than watch those cookie-cutter birthday gifts, which are not fresh.

Li Mo was very confident and clapped his hands. Four little eunuchs carefully carried a three-foot-tall object covered with red cloth and placed it in the center of the main hall.

"I don't know what the prince is, so mysterious?" Song Jingran touched his beard and said with a smile. When some officials heard this, they also began to discuss it.

"Alright, take the red cloth off and show it to me, there's no need to sell it. The Emperor waved his hand, a hint of impatience.

A glimmer of gloom flashed in Li Mo's heart. Sure enough, Chen He's matter made his father very prejudiced against him, but he was a moment late, so he had the meaning of making a big fuss, and the birthday gift he had painstakingly prepared seemed to be not interested at all.

With a smile on his face, he walked up to the thing in person and said, "This is a strange thing, my father will definitely like it when he sees it." As he spoke, he took off the red cloth, revealing the true face of the thing.

When the ministers present saw this, they were all silent for a moment, and then they began to be amazed: "...... There is something like this......"

The emperor was also surprised for a moment, and said, "Where did you get this from?

Li Mo smiled: "That's nature. Do not hide from the father, this strange stone is a few days ago in Jiangsu and Zhejiang when the tide is low and was discovered, coinciding with the father's birthday, the son thinks that this is a good omen, is the country and the people, the embodiment of the father's political clarity. Therefore, he did not hesitate to spend half a month from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Kyoto, and specially dedicated it to his father as a birthday gift. "The ability to talk is really good.

It is a three-foot-high Taihu Lake stone, with changeable layers, and when viewed from a distance, it looks like the word longevity.

The moment Yi Ying saw the stone, she couldn't help but keep looking at Li Yun.

This piece of blessing stone, in the past life and in this life, I don't know how many people's lives have been lost. In the previous life, her adoptive father was brutally killed by bandits because of it, and in this life she successfully kept her adoptive father from the disaster, but Li Yun's concubine was persecuted to death just because Li Yun had the idea of this blessed stone.

Li Yun has been bowing his head slightly since the stone entered the main hall, holding a silver wine glass in his hand, and his lips are pursed.

When Yi Ying looked at it again, he found that there was already some fine powder on his table, and he sighed in his heart. Since ancient times, there have been many lovers in providence, and Zheng's young age is a pity.

Hearing this, the emperor finally smiled and said, "Well said, such a strange treasure is indeed a blessing, prince, you have done a good job this time." This stone should be kept alive in the future. ”

Li Mo smiled humbly, and said secretly in his heart: If you really want to coax, Li Yun's kid, he must have poured ecstasy soup into his father like this on weekdays, so that his father was so partial to him who was mediocre in his talents......

The prince and his wife finally sat down, and when they sat down, the princess glared at the prince silently, but the prince just didn't see it.

Yi Ying smiled slightly, sure enough, these two people didn't come together. The crown princess, I'm afraid I've been waiting outside the palace for a while.

Empress Song's smile finally relaxed, and she said with a smile: "Since the crown prince has presented the birthday gift in court, out of the gift of his father and brother, the rest of the princes should also present the birthday gift to the emperor in person, right?"

The emperor thought slightly, and also nodded. Originally, he thought there was nothing new, but he didn't expect his eldest son to give him such a big gift. At the moment, I can't help but be a little curious about the congratulatory gifts of other sons, will there be, what surprises will there be?

"Third child?" Empress Song smiled and called out to Li Yun, who seemed to be distracted, "It's time for your birthday ceremony." ”

Li Yun glanced at her, disdainful in his heart. This woman, who has been superficial for more than ten years, has never changed, but she sits firmly in the back position. Is it that my father just likes her superficiality?

He smiled, stood up, took a nanmu box from the guard behind him, and opened it gently.

It is a dragon and phoenix carved from jadeite in the green silk and is an auspicious jade plate, although it is considered an heirloom in the folk, but in the palace where the treasures are like clouds, it can only be regarded as an ordinary goods, and the carving seems to be a little rough.

Queen Song couldn't help but smile when she looked at it: "Third child, your birthday gift is too insincere......

Li Yun nodded and said respectfully, "What the Queen Mother said is true." ”

Empress Song was stunned, and the emperor was a little unsure.

"My jade plate is really artificially carved, so naturally I don't dare to compare it with the emperor's heavenly blessing stone, but it is also carved by me with a knife. Although the knife work is still a little rough, after all, I have only learned from the master for more than half a month, but this jade plate is not bad, which means that the father and the mother are as happy for a long time, and the father and mother support each other, govern the world and the harem, and give the people of Dawn a peaceful and prosperous world. Li Yun's expression was very sincere, and he finished saying this bunch of words without changing his face.

Yi Ying was dumbfounded when she heard this, it turned out that Li Yun was really better than Li Mo...... The dragon and phoenix are just auspicious, at most it means the love of husband and wife, and it has become an omnipotent kindness to him......

"Did you carve it yourself?" the emperor asked, stunned.

Li Yun nodded.

Min Yuan smiled at this time: "That's really a piece of filial piety." Brother Huang doesn't know, I have seen the master carve jade in the store, and a palm-sized jade piece of top master will also carve for two days, such a large jade plate, I'm afraid it took a lot of thought......"

The emperor was a little moved when he heard this, and ordered someone to take the jade piece up and observe it carefully, and said: "It is not easy to practice such a carving work in such a short time. "Obviously satisfied.

After speaking, he remembered something, and said: "You are not allowed to do such things in the future, it is time-consuming and laborious, it is better to do more practical things for the people." But there was an unconcealed appreciation in his eyes.

Yi Ying couldn't help but glance at the prince's mother and son, whose faces were a little ugly, and secretly said that Li Yun really has a city government, and this small jade plate can hide a lot of thoughts in it.

He knew early on that Li Mo would send this longevity word blessing stone, so he came to make a manpower system, and the prince's act of borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, in terms of mind, it was not as good as the jade plate, at most it was opportunistic.

And the jade plate carved is actually a dragon and phoenix Chengxiang, and the queen of Song is pressed in terms of bearing, you are embarrassed everywhere, but I prefer to be the filial son who does not care about the past, and I am dedicated to the sake of the country, and I am the first in benevolence and righteousness.

Deeper, when the emperor sees this thing that symbolizes the harmony of husband and wife, he will inevitably think of Zheng's affairs, which can be regarded as Li Yun's showing him that he has no half-hearted feelings about Zheng's affairs, not only that, but also hopes that his father will live a happy life......

If she is the emperor, she is naturally more willing to be so broad-minded, pay attention to benevolence, righteousness and filial piety, do not contradict her mother-in-law, do not kill each other, and think about her son for the sake of the country.

Suit, she really admires Li Yun a little today.

Li Yun said with a smile: "Actually, Erchen still has a birthday gift to give to his father, but the time has not yet come." ”