Yan Yan, who hadn't figured it out after thinking for a while, simply put down the gift list and stepped forward to check the contents of the box with his own hands.

It can be seen that the giver has a heart, not to put things in the box at will, but to put each gift in a different small box, for this reason, the box is neatly stacked with boxes of different sizes, and the boxes on it are all rosewood.

Yan Yan opened the smallest box first, and there was a duck egg-sized bean-green bead lying inside, Yan Yan didn't reach out to take it, but carried the box into the inner room, because the inner room was darker, and the light of the night pearl could be clearly distinguished.

This is Yan Yan's first close contact with the Night Pearl, I have seen the Night Pearl in the birthday gift received by the Queen Mother in the palace before, which is a little different from the one in front of him, it is all white.

To be honest, she was a little disappointed, because the pearl of the night was not as shining as the legend, only a little faint fluorescence, to put it bluntly, green or not, it was definitely not good to use it to read a book, and it was not good to put it in the house when sleeping at night, and there was no need to light the floor lamp.

After seeing the pearl of the night, Yan Yan returned to the hall of the hall, this time opening a jewelry box, which contained a full set of children's pure gold jewelry, and at first glance, it was used by little girls, that is to say, this Zhou Lu knew that she had given birth to a daughter, and it was not clear what the source was Yan Yan.

Putting down the jewelry box, Yan Yan opened a long flat box, and inside it was indeed an old mountain ginseng, which should be at least five hundred years old, bigger and thicker than the one given to her in the palace, not to mention anything else, just this ginseng is worth a lot of silver taels.

The bottom two large gift boxes are fabrics, brocade suitable for little girls to wear, these fabrics are from the north at a glance, and the patterns are not as complicated and luxurious as those given to Yan Yan in the palace, but it can also be seen that it is not something that ordinary people can ask about, and there are several pieces of clothing that are also woven with gold brocade.

This is a bit bothersome, and the Zhou family is just a merchant's house, this kind of clothes with woven gold brocade must not be able to be put on the body, and that ginseng, not to mention its value, in terms of its rarity, the Zhou family should also send it to the palace, how could it be sent to Yan Yan, do they have such a deep friendship?

"I'm sorry, I can't ask for this ginseng and the night pearl, go back and tell your master, I left the child's things." Yan Yan pondered it for a moment and came up with an idea.

The main reason is that these two gifts are too expensive, Yan Yan is afraid that the other party will have any follow-up requirements, and she will never betray Da Zhou.

"This?" The two housekeepers glanced at each other, and then knelt in front of Yan Yan, "Please also ask the county lord not to embarrass the small one, the little one is just acting on orders, if the task is not completed, he will be punished when he goes back." ”

"Get up." Yan Yan didn't care about this, and ordered Qingxiu to tell the stove room to prepare some hot soup and rice for the two women and the two coachmen, and ordered the two mothers-in-law to carry the box into the upper room, and then, Yan Yan ordered Qingmai to find out the two seeds, and she personally took Qinghe to prepare a return gift for Zhou Lu.

Yan Yan's return gift was very simple, in addition to the promised seeds of two acres of land, there were also planting records, in addition, she also gave Zhou Lu a little bitter gourd seeds and red rice seeds, and also indicated the eating method and planting method.

In the end, Yan Yan put the box containing the Night Pearl and Wild Mountain Ginseng into the box, and finally put a copper nine-ring lock on the outside.

After the four of them had a hot meal, Yan Yan ordered someone to send them out of the Ming Garden, she didn't want to keep them at home, but in order to show her sincerity, Yan Yan gave them money to find an inn in the city.

On the other hand, Yan Yan repaired another letter and sent it to the emperor, she wanted to know if these people were really from Bingzhou, and what Zhou Lu's identity was.

Who knew that what made Yan Yan strange was that early the next morning, when she ordered someone to bring breakfast to these four people, these four people had already left the inn, but they left the night pearl and the five-hundred-year-old wild ginseng in the inn, and asked the shopkeeper to send it to Mingyuan, and the shopkeeper was about to send a little two out, but it happened that Yan Yan's people went.

In other words, these two housekeepers or the two coachmen unlocked the nine chain locks and left their master's things, only taking away the things that Yan Yan gave to their master.

This is not very fun, doesn't this force Yan Yan to accept this generous gift?

Also, who are these people, who can actually unlock her nine-ring lock, Yan Yan is suspicious again.

Yan Yan, who couldn't find an answer, took these two things into the palace, and the emperor was seeing the minister in the south study, so Yan Yan had to go to Cining Palace first.

"Why are you free today?" The Queen Mother has also been sick these days, and she is a little embarrassed.

"Back to the Queen Mother, Jin Niang is fine, and I can come out and walk around." Yan Yan explained, because she hadn't entered the palace for a few days, she didn't know that the Queen Mother was sick, and she thought that the other party was angry with her.

After saying that, after a slight pause, Yan Yan sat sideways opposite the Queen Mother, only to find that the Queen Mother's complexion was not very good, "Queen Mother, didn't you sleep well last night?" ”

Aunt Rong on the side listened and said, "No, the Queen Mother was sick a few days ago, and she hasn't gotten better, not only can't sleep well, but also can't eat well." ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, I happen to have a freshly made yam powder, which is specially reserved for the Queen Mother A little potato ground powder, this thing can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, benefit the lungs and strengthen the kidneys, I remember that the Queen Mother said in the old year that eating it can improve sleep." After Yan Yan finished speaking, he glanced at Qingyu, and Qingyu sent the blue and white porcelain jar he was holding in his hand to Aunt Rong, and then withdrew.

"It's hard for you to have a heart." The Queen Mother's face finally had a smile on her face, and then she thought of Lu Ming again, "Have you been back to Lu's house these days?" ”

"I went back yesterday, but I happened to meet my second aunt at the door." However, what the two said, Yan Yan didn't say it.

"Alas, why has this family been so bad lately?" The Queen Mother sighed.

Yan Peng had an accident, Yan Yu's husband was so seriously injured, and Yan Tong's family affairs were not very satisfied, so the Queen Mother would express such feelings.

"Back to the Queen Mother, you often taught us before, misfortune and blessing depend on it, blessing and misfortune lurk, good things can become bad things, bad things can also become good things, the second uncle after this setback, he will definitely be very cautious in what he does in the future. Besides, since it is a war, there must be casualties, you take a step back and think, the second uncle and Lu Ming are both immortal, what is the blessing of not being able to keep it? Yan Yan persuaded softly.

It is said that the royal people are not sincere, and this is not entirely true, at least the Queen Mother is really attentive to the Yan family.