In August, everyone in the palace ate the sweet and sour red fruit, which was planted one acre, and now it has produced 6,000 kilograms, which is enough for the palace people to be inexhaustible.

The lord of Yuehua did not have time to understand the situation of these daughters at this time, and next month was his fortieth birthday, and the birthday of the lord of the country was naturally celebrated by the whole country, but at this time he was distressed.

It turned out that the Chu State and the Wei State in the Central Plains sent a letter of state at the same time, and each sent a team of envoys to congratulate him on his birthday.

The people of Chu and Wei have always had a grudge against each other, and they don't like each other, if there is a conflict between the two groups of envoys and something happens on the land of Yuehua Kingdom, he is also responsible, and he can't afford to offend either of these two countries.

"Ding, side quest five, give him a gift on the birthday of the lord of Yuehua, and the task point will be given according to the degree of happiness of the lord of the country."

Xu Jiao is lying on the chaise longue she made Ding Rong to read at the moment, this world is completely different from the history of her original world, this world also has four books and five classics, but there are no Tang poems and Song poems, etc., she actively absorbs information about this strange continent from various travelogues.

At this moment, however, the system suddenly issued a task.

A birthday present?

Xu Jiao was thinking about the preferences of the Lord of Yuehua in her mind.

Although the lord of Yuehua used the best things for his daughter, he himself did not like extravagance. Once the queen's nephew gave the lord of Yuehua a red one-person-high coral treasure tree, everyone who saw it marveled at the dazzling coral treasure tree, but the lord of Yuehua himself did not show his affection, and he gave this treasure tree to his daughter, and the tree was still in Xu Jiao's private vault at this time.

Since she doesn't like these expensive foreign things, she will make a gift by herself, and I think the lord of the country will like the gift made by his daughter himself!

Thinking of this, Xu Jiao immediately handed over the four personal maids of Lan Ruolian, Xinzhu, Qingmeixiang, and discussed what kind of gifts should be made.

"If the princess writes a Buddhist scripture for the lord of the country, the lord of the country will be happy!" This proposal was made by Lan Ruo.

"The Buddhist scriptures are not shocking enough, so it's better to embroider a longevity picture!" Lianxin also opened her mouth.

"At this time, there is only one month before the birthday of the lord of the country, even if all the palace people in our palace go together, we can't finish embroidering." Zhu Qing refuted Lotus Heart's idea.

Mei Xiang listened to this thoughtfully, and said: "Then it's better to make a dress, the lord of the country can feel the princess's heart when you wear it, and it is very practical." “

Mei Xiang's proposal immediately convinced everyone, but Xu Jiao did not agree immediately. Whether it is her or the original body, she has never been exposed to needlework and thread, in the last life in modern times, she can wear a needle at most, sew a hole and twist, how to make a dress.

Zhu Qing saw Xu Jiao's doubts, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, princess, the clothes are naturally made by us, the princess participates in the selection of materials, and we will teach you to embroider a few stitches, it is your mind after all, and the embroidery must not look good, and the lord will be very happy." ”

Xu Jiao smiled happily.

"Then you hurry up and go to the warehouse to take out all the comfortable materials, I'll pick and choose, and then let's start."

When they heard the order, they took out forty or fifty kinds of cloth of different colors and materials from the storehouse.

"These are the best ingredients, and I didn't take them out at all." Zhu Qing said.

Xu Jiao took a fancy to a navy blue cloth at a glance, soft and smooth to the touch, this is mercerized cotton, which not only retains the excellent natural characteristics of the original cotton, but also has a silky luster.

When everyone saw that Xu Jiao had chosen the material, they started to make clothes in full swing. The size of His Majesty's clothes is recorded in the Shangfu Bureau, and Lan Ruo has already gone to say hello, so he can start work at any time.

Xu Jiao saw that her four maids were busy in an orderly manner, so she continued to read the travelogue with confidence, just waiting for her to embroider the pattern in the end.

The envoys of the Wei State are marching on the natural barrier of the Yuehua Kingdom, the Autumn Mountain. It is called Akiyama because autumn is the most beautiful here, and the entire mountain turns into a golden patch. The residents of the local border town felt that Jinshan was too vulgar and unpleasant, so they named the mountain Autumn Mountain, which has the meaning of picturesque autumn scenery.

After passing through the Autumn Mountain, we arrived at the border city of Yuehua Country, Nanqiao Castle. In fact, there is no bridge in Nanqiao City, myths and legends say that the moon god once passed by here, sensed that the sky was calling her, so he conjured a Nanqiao to help her return to the sky, and Nanqiao City got its name.

A school captain was waiting for the arrival of the Wei envoy outside Nanqiao City with a small team. This captain is none other than Fang Jiwen, who was teased by Xu Jiao two months ago. After his foot injury healed, he finally made up his mind to leave his comfort zone and come to the border army to train.

The procession of Wei finally appeared at the end of the road, and this group of messengers for the birthday had more than 200 people, including more than 100 escort sergeants and hundreds of slaves. The real leader was the prince of Wei, as well as two officials of the Ministry of Rites and a general of the fourth rank.

"The envoys have come from afar and worked hard, so it's too late to come to Nanqiao City to rest for two days before leaving."

Fang Ji Wenli was thoughtful and asked.

The leading general did not speak, but rode to the carriage behind him and asked in a low voice.

"Your Royal Highness, would you like to stay here for two days to rest and rest?" Speaking of this, the general added: "The soldiers are also tired, why don't you rest and rest before setting off?" ”

There was no sound in the car for a long time, a white hand leaned out of the window, lifted the curtain of the carriage, smiled gently at Fang Jiwen not far away, and said in a low voice: "Thanks to the kindness of this captain, our group is indeed a little tired, thank you for arranging it for us." ”

"No need to be polite, this is what our hosts should do."

Fang Jiwen bowed to the man, turned around and led the way. The post house in the city has already been arranged, and it is naturally impossible to achieve perfection in this short period of time, but try to ensure that the envoy team from afar can live comfortably.

The Wei team stayed here for two days and then set off again, and there was still a short distance from Qianyue City, the capital of Yuehua Kingdom, so they did not stay longer.

On the afternoon of the day when the Wei team set off, the envoy team of the Chu State also came to the outside of Nanqiao City.

Fang Jiwen received this team in the same courtesy, but the envoy of Chu was not satisfied. The envoy from the state of Chu was the fourth son of the king of Chu, named Chu Jing. Chu Jing is not from the queen, but he has always been jealous of his eldest brother who is a sister-in-law. His mother Zhen Ji was also quite favored, and the king of Chu was also good to him, raising him to be short-tempered and lawless.

The envoy of this envoy was originally his mild-tempered second brother, but the eldest brother spoke in front of his father and finally sent him out, saying that he had experienced and experienced. It must be because he blows his nose and glares at his eldest brother every day, and the eldest brother is taking revenge on him.

Before Fang Jiwen came outside the city, several old generals in the army shared some news about this Chu Jing with him, this fourth prince of Chu was arrogant, stupid and stupid, if he was looking for any trouble, he should not have seen it or heard it.

So when Chu Jing complained about the environment of the post station and ate, Fang Jiwen only vaguely prevaricated, and he was not angry, and in the end, the two officials of the Ministry of Rites who accompanied him persuaded Chu Jing's anger.

Chu Jing only stayed at Nanqiao for one night before setting off, according to his words: "This prince should not continue to stay in this poor country where birds don't." ”

After sending away this plague god, Fang Jiwen finally returned to the border army for daily training with peace of mind.

Xu Jiao is threading needles and threads under the guidance of the maid, this dress needs to be embroidered with a dragon pattern that drives the clouds, the appearance has been drawn, and the maid is guiding her stitches and threads.

"It's too hard." Xu Jiao poked her finger for the seventh time, but fortunately, the wound was just broken.

"Thank you princess, if all these clothes are made by the slaves and maids for you, it will not be considered a heartfelt gift made by the princess herself."

Xu Jiao also understood this truth, thinking of the task point linked to the happiness index of the lord of the country, she gritted her teeth and continued to tie the dragon's head.

Three days before the birthday of the lord of the country, the envoys of the two countries arrived in Qianyue City on the same day. As the capital of Yuehua Kingdom, Qianyue City covers an extremely wide area, the city presents a thriving appearance, both sides of the main road are filled with all kinds of dazzling goods, and there is still a wide position on the road, which can accommodate three carriages to pass through at the same time.

The officials of the Yuehua National Rites Department deliberately arranged the envoys of the two countries in two post houses that were far away, and tried to make them not meet before the birthday banquet, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

Xu Jiao's great career of the sleeve dragon at this moment was nearing the end, and the maids who couldn't stand it helped her repair the auspicious clouds on her clothes.

I saw a crooked dragon flying on the auspicious clouds, its eyes seemed to be asymmetrical, and its body was sometimes fat and sometimes thin.

Xu Jiao is very satisfied with her work, this is the first time she embroidered something, and she can already see that it is a dragon, isn't this a happy thing, presumably my father will also like it very much!

On the morning of the birthday banquet, the palace people who were waiting for the sweet potatoes came to report that the sweet potatoes seemed to be ripe, and asked the princess to come over and take a look.

Xu Jiao hurriedly lifted her skirt and trotted over, and when she arrived at the ground, she picked up a small hoe and dug it twice, squatted down and pulled it out along the vine, and immediately pulled out a large string of sweet potatoes stained with soil. These sweet potatoes are all the size of her face, and they are spectacular.

"Come here, take these things, they will be called sweet potatoes in the future, you take the sweet potatoes and roast them, not on the fire, just put them in the firewood pile when cooking, and then take them out when the fire is out after cooking."

Xu Jiao couldn't wait to eat roasted sweet potatoes, but the evening was her father's birthday banquet, and she had to dress up now, and there was no way to roast sweet potatoes herself.