The day of Qianzong's birthday banquet still came in this city full of wind and rain and the open and secret struggle of all forces.

The capital has long been decorated with a new arrangement, everywhere is full of lights, the Ministry of Rites has already ordered the craftsmen to use colorful paintings, five-color cloths, etc. to package the main street in a gorgeous and colorful way, and invited folk artists to perform on stage, everywhere is a scene of singing and dancing, and the whole world celebrates.

Needless to say, the palace has long been decorated with flowers and magnificent. And what does not match this excitement is the mood of Qianzong, he walked on the passage leading to the main hall, and his heart was mixed.

Qianzong recalled the scene since he ascended the throne, since the day he sat on the throne, he has been trembling and guarding, struggling to strike a balance between courtiers and magnates, facing a stronger family and ministers than himself, as well as the affairs of the whole world, he also had his own ambitions to display, and also longed to be a famous Ming monarch, wanting to make the weak Mo Yun rich and strong under his hands, but these lofty ambitions were defeated by reality. Qianzong felt that he really didn't feel the majesty and pleasure of the Ninety-Five, but the pressure and hardship of the Ninety-Five Zun were always felt.

Now that he has been on the throne for 20 years, he has reached the age of not being confused, but there is also a lot of pressure to live a life. To be honest, Qianzong always felt that nothing good would happen to him on his birthday this time, and now Mo Yun needed time to recuperate, but at this time, the four countries came together to congratulate him on his birthday, and he knew that there was nothing good. A few years ago, he also passed his birthday, but he didn't see people from these four countries coming. Therefore, there are more envoys from the four countries on his birthday this year, which makes Qianzong very unaccustomed.

And when Qianzong walked to the door of the main hall, he looked up and saw the queen and Yun Yuhong who were looking at him with a smile, which made Qianzong suddenly feel at ease again, this year there were not only more envoys from the four countries, but also more daughters he had in mind. Thinking about Yun Yuhong's "great achievements" during this time, Qianzong smiled, took the hands of the queen and Yun Yuhong one by one, and walked into the main hall with them.

Tables have been set up in the main hall, and the ministers and their families sit on both sides according to their official ranks. Seeing Qianzong come in, everyone got up and saluted, and when Qianzong sat down, Bai Ziyu led the civil and military officials to officially congratulate Qianzong on his birthday and present a birthday gift.

Qianzong is an emperor who has no obvious hobbies, unlike some emperors who like calligraphy and painting, antiques, beauties or something, he doesn't seem to be interested in anything, so this birthday gift didn't let the ministers bother to think about it, and what to send will not be looked at differently by the emperor, so just send some general passes, and won't be picked out wrong.

After the ministers presented their birthday gifts, the Shikoku envoys came to celebrate their birthdays. Yuxue sent a jade Ruyi, the six princes of Yuxue also deliberately emphasized the special significance of this jade Ruyi, it is said that this is a dream to a monk who has attained Taoism, let him dedicate it to the king of Yuxue, the Buddha shot that is a priceless treasure, so that the jade Ruyi, which is better than the ordinary jade, is suddenly tall and noble.

Chiyan sent a famous painting, the painting is Wansong evergreen, but it can be regarded as the occasion, I heard that this is a famous handiwork, ten thousand gold is hard to find, this is also the Chiyan Emperor's favorite painting, this time it is also to celebrate the birthday of Qianzong before deciding to cut love. What could Qianzong say, he could only accept it happily. Yun Yuhong gritted her teeth, thought about it, and whispered a few words in the ear of the clever ghost.

Ruifeng country sent up a one-person tall coral, but it is full of picking, corals are rare, one person tall is even rarer, the price will be much more expensive, but it is the highest value of all the gifts. Qianzong's face finally had a sincere smile. After all, he is the king of a country, after all, this is an exchange between countries, whether he has intentions or not, and how much heart he uses can be seen.

In fact, it was a little distressing to take out this coral Duanmu Tiancheng, at the beginning, he deliberately asked Yun Yuhong to ask for such a valuable gift, but now, he has no mind about Yun Yuhong, but it is too late to change the gift, so he is ready to talk to Qianzong about the return gift when he leaves.

The gifts given by Ze Yuguo are more practical, with hundreds of fabrics and thousands of jars of wine, but how do you look at this thing, there is always a feeling that the emperor is rewarding his courtiers. Looking at the gift list, many people muttered a little in their hearts, what does Zeyu's birthday gift mean, Moyun is a small country, but it is not anyone's subject country.

Bai Ziyu stepped forward to take the gift list and said with a smile: "The so-called goose feather gift for thousands of miles is light and affectionate, not to mention that the envoys of several countries can congratulate our emperor on his birthday at the same time, which is enough to show sincerity." ”

After listening to Bai Ziyu's words, Qianzong's face softened slightly, and he continued with a smile: "What Bai Xiangye said is extremely true, please ask the envoys of several countries to express their gratitude to several majestys on my behalf." ”

When the envoys of several countries saw Bai Ziyu round the scene, they could only nod their heads and say yes.

Next, the imperial family, harem concubines and princes presented birthday gifts to Qianzong. King Xuan sent a guqin, and the queen's concubines sent various gifts such as calligraphy and paintings, of course, their gifts are not precious or not, but more in the dexterity of their minds.

After that, it will be the birthday gift of the royal child. Yun Yuhong took the five princes and the royal sister to kowtow to Qianzong, Qianzong looked at a few children but was happy, the eldest daughter needless to say, that is his right-hand man, and the four sons have also grown very much recently. Then the second princess who is silent, but she is also well-behaved and does not cause trouble. Looking at the children, Qianzong's heart was a lot happier.

Yun Yuhong smiled at Qianzong: "Father, I and my brother and sister have found a lot of gifts for your birthday this time, but we are not satisfied with looking for them, and finally we decided to give you a special one, Father, you must not have imagined, this must be the most satisfactory of all these gifts." ”

Qianzong laughed, "As long as you are all healthy and safe, and you know that you are motivated, your father will be satisfied, and you will send a piece of grass to your father, and your father will be happy." But when you say that, I'm curious what you're going to give, so show it to me. ”

Yun Yuhong glanced at the four princes, and the four of them turned around and ran out together. Everyone was amazed, but they saw the four princes carrying in a large iron bucket from the outside, the iron bucket was half a human high, black and shiny, but there was nothing special, and the strange thing was that the barrel was full of ginger, all full of the barrel edge, forming a triangular hill on the top of the barrel. This bucket of ginger is still very heavy, and the four princes are still a little smaller, so tired that they sweat on their foreheads, and they have a lot of difficulty carrying it.

Everyone below began to discuss, what is the purpose of this, which family has such a gift, the four princes are not sensible, don't the eldest princess understand? It's too much for my father to send Jiang on his birthday, even if there is really nothing to send, writing a few words for life is a thought.

Everyone couldn't understand it, and Qianzong couldn't understand it, but Qianzong knew that he had to support his daughter and son, so he shouted above: "Let the guards carry it, don't be tired of a few of you, Prime Minister Bai said just now, the goose feather gift for thousands of miles is light and affectionate, and it is good to have your heart." ”

Yun Yuhong pouted rarely, revealing a little bit of her little daughter's mischievous saying: "Father, you don't understand, I am a big gift, we have been thinking about it for a long time, but we can't be looked down upon by you." ”

Qianzong was curious: "What other allusions to this ginger can't be?" ”

Yun Yuhong knelt down with the four princes and the second princess again, and said in unison: "Erchen wishes my father a long life, and I wish my father a unified country." ”

"A bucket of ginger mountain", "unify the country", everyone only repeated this sentence in their minds, and the scene was silent for a while, and it became silent.

Is it okay to say "unification of the country" in front of the envoys of the four countries? Many people looked at the envoys of the four countries, wanting to find some clues from their faces, and many people secretly scolded in their hearts, just because Moyun is not a small country that is not bullied, it is not bad, and dare to mention the unification of the country, isn't this looking for death, if any envoy has a trace of dissatisfaction, go back to talk about this, Moyun is not going to die in the country.

Bai Ziyu's heart is also heavy, Hong'er's ambition he has always known, but Mo Yun is really not suitable to deal with any war now, and the strength of the four countries is not an overnight thing, Mo Yun really wants to go through at least ten years of cultivation if he wants to fight with him. It is not wise to provoke Shikoku so early, who cannot bear the anger of the moment.

Qianzong looked at his children, and his heart was also mixed. He understands the children's thoughts, Hong'er has been saying that this is a big gift, the biggest gift, so he clearly understands what they are talking about. Maybe it made him a little embarrassed to say it on such an occasion, but he also felt extremely happy, the four countries didn't take Moyun seriously, didn't take him as the Moyun Emperor, but his children breathed a sigh of relief for him, and unified the country, yes, which emperor doesn't want to unify the country, the children have a heart, doesn't he have the courage to do so.

Qianzong was stunned for a while and laughed: "Okay, good, very good, the birthday gifts of your children are the most in line with your father's wishes, you can open your mouth if you want any reward, my father is happy today, and all of them are approved." ”

Yun Yuhong said with a smile: "Father, we should not give up this reward, but we are still young and we don't know what good things we want, why don't you make us a wish, what will we be embarrassed about in the future, as long as it is not too much, father, you will let us do it once." ”

Qianzong didn't agree, so he couldn't stop nodding and saying yes.

The envoys of the Four Emperors are also at war with heaven and man in their hearts, do they want to show a little bit about such a situation? Their original intention was to be tempted, the ghost king has always been mysterious, and they don't know what hole cards are behind them, so they use Zhu Shou to probe the bottom, if Qianzong is still as cautious as before, forbearance and retreat, it is not terrible, they naturally want to go to war or oppress Mo Yun, they can let it go, but once Qianzong becomes confident, then they have to think carefully before they do it. But the appearance of this barrel of ginger mountain greatly surprised their expectations. Provoking the four countries at the same time, this requires not a little courage, this requires strong strength, and these ink clouds already have?