said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, as soon as Xia Zhixue's words fell, Ouyang Huaiyu appeared at the door: "I heard that you were praising me just now?" ”

Ouyang Huaiyu smiled with his eyebrows and eyes, and a pair of peach blossom eyes were full of affection.

"Well, praise you for being like a god, you can go to set up a fortune-telling stall outside the palace." Xia Zhixue said leisurely and picked up the words.

Standing between the two of them, Lotus always felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and she glanced at each side, covering her mouth and chuckling silently.

After a pause, she casually made an excuse to leave.

There were only two people left in the room, Ouyang Huaiyu and Xia Zhixue, one standing and the other sitting, no matter how you look at it, the years are quiet.

The eyes of the two would always collide together, and gradually Xia Zhixue's ears turned a little red.

"Eh, Huaiyu, do you have something to do with me?" Xia Zhixue asked with a shy face, looked at Ouyang Huaiyu who was sitting down, and brought him a cup of tea casually.

Ouyang Huaiyu hummed softly, and took out a piece of paper folded into four squares from his sleeve: "I heard that you were driven out by Xia Huaiqing, so I hurriedly went to find a house for you." ”

As he spoke, the square piece of paper was opened by Ouyang Huaiyu.

"These plots are good, and I have also seen the mansion, although it is not big, but it is full of internal organs." After that, Ouyang Huaiyu silently added in his heart, and it was very close to the palace.

He wanted Xia Zhixue to simply live in the palace, but the two are not husband and wife now, and they will always gossip about people if they do this rashly.

According to Xia Zhixue's mentality of retribution, he will definitely be in a hurry.

Ouyang Huaiyu thought about that picture and smiled unconsciously.

Xia Zhixue didn't know that there were so many thoughts in his heart, and the paper full of mansion style drawings looked at it carefully.

All of the mansions are ordinary courtyard structures, and most of them have a well-sized garden or pond.

After looking at a few pieces of the room, Xia Zhixue was no longer interested, so she simply threw the paper to Ouyang Huaiyu: "Just choose one place, look dazzled." ”

"Well, I have a great choice." Ouyang Huaiyu said, reaching out to fold the paper and putting it into his sleeve.

The good choice in Ouyang Huaiyu's mouth is near the palace, separated by two streets, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to go back and forth.

Xia Zhixue looked at this refreshing house and was very satisfied, but unexpectedly, she heard Ouyang Huaiyu say more: "I originally wanted to find you a house near the palace, but there is no land." ”

A touch of gratitude suddenly rose in his heart and was fiercely pressed in Xia Zhixue's heart, he really shouldn't trust this person.

Xia Zhixue almost stayed at home after settling down, and her Xiao Xiang was now being posted on the death row list by the palace, and she was also half a celebrity.

Time passed little by little, and seeing that there were still three days left before the palace banquet, all the envoys of the vassal kingdom had already arrived in the capital.

The emperor was anxious to use the ants on the hot pot this time, because he had not chosen the gifts for the vassal kingdom so far.

There is no need to think about the silk fabrics before, spinning is a technical work, and it is difficult to spin the high-grade gold wire in a short period of time.

Unable to make up his mind, the emperor could only summon Ouyang Huaiyu into the palace.

The imperial study, Rao is also a light at night.

"Nineteen, all the envoys of the vassal kingdom have entered Beijing, but I haven't decided what to use as a gift." The emperor held his forehead, and he had a headache. Bibi eBook

The land under his command is vast and rich, and there are no surprises, the most representative of which is silk fabrics, but now the problem lies precisely in silk fabrics.

Ouyang Huaiyu pondered for a while, and there was no definite answer in his heart.

The envoys of the vassal kingdom had come to pay tribute not long ago, and all of them were some local rarities, and if they were too shabby to send them, it would be a little unreasonable.

"Brother Huang, how about carved porcelain?" Ouyang Huaiyu pondered for a long time, barely getting along was a noble gift, "Although the porcelain has taken longer to carve, the existing ones in the treasury should be enough." ”

The emperor was a little moved when he heard this, but this was very unfortunate: "I also thought about carved porcelain before the gifts of the envoys of the vassal countries came, but at present, there are already two vassal countries that send porcelain, and our great country will not follow in their footsteps." ”

What the emperor said was very reasonable, and Ouyang Huaiyu strangled this idea in his mother's womb as soon as possible.

But apart from porcelain, what else can they give?

Ouyang Huaiyu asked himself, he couldn't think of anything distinctive, and neither did the emperor.

The atmosphere in the study room was a little solemn for a while, and no one came to break the excessive coldness of the atmosphere for a long time.

"Brother Huang, how many silk fabrics are there left?" Ouyang Huaiyu let out a cold voice, and the emperor turned his head to look at him with a slightly surprised look.

"What do you ask about?" The emperor was a little skeptical, but he also said one by one, "There are still fifty silk horses and more than a hundred brocade horses, according to the previous plan, if it were not for the suddenness of the incident, there should be ten times the amount now." ”

The emperor spoke roughly, and the exact number was not said.

Ouyang Huaiyu knew that he probably already had a bottom.

There were a total of thirty vassal states that came to pay tribute this time, of which three were large vassals, and the rest were all vassals.

It stands to reason that each vassal country needs to send at least a dozen pieces of silk, and any less would be too stingy.

"Has the imperial brother ever thought of using a delaying tactic?" Ouyang Huaiyu should have thought of something, and at this moment, he seemed to be flustered before.

The emperor half-closed his eyes, and after listening to these four words, there was a little confusion in his eyes: "What is the explanation of this delaying strategy?" ”

Ouyang Huaiyu explained: "First send our temporary silk brocade to it, so that the envoys who came here felt a little appeased. Then tell them that the rest of the silk fabrics will take some time because of the cumbersome production process, and we will personally send them at that time, which is already very sincere. ”

His ideas are good, and there is no problem.

After the envoy got these silk fabrics, he naturally couldn't say some cool words in front of the main man, even if he was dissatisfied in his heart, he could only swallow it first, so that the surface would not be too embarrassing.

Secondly, giving the envoys a word, at least to give them a hope, not to say that the main country is too stingy.

It's not an exaggeration to say that you can kill two birds with one stone.

The look on the Emperor's face became a little unusual when he heard this, and he thought for a moment that this was probably the only way out for them now.

"Just do what you said nineteen, although this is not as beautiful as before, it is much better than looking empty-handed." The emperor allowed Ouyang Huaiyu.

"Thank you, Brother Huang." Ouyang Huaiyu made a move.

"It's just ......" The emperor didn't know what he remembered, and his expression became a little embarrassed, "Who should we negotiate about the apology?" No one else in the court seems to be a good fit except for you. ”

The emperor was right. The court is now almost all a group of the older generation, all of them are arrogant and arrogant, and they will certainly not participate in the face-losing thing of going to the vassal country to apologize, even if it is the emperor's order, it is estimated that they are reluctant.

Ouyang Huaiyu didn't feel distressed at all, he said very mysteriously: "There must be a way before people reach the mountain, and there is no need for the imperial brother to be so anxious." ”