There is still a month before the official convening of the Parliament of the Four Kingdoms, but the fiftieth birthday of the Emperor of Western Chu has arrived.

As the organizer of the Four Nations Congress, the birthday of the Emperor of Western Chu this year is particularly important, not only to hold a novel and chic, luxurious atmosphere, but also to let the other three countries see the richness and prosperity of Western Chu and the peak of national strength.

Those who were invited to the banquet, in addition to the officials and princes above the fourth grade of Western Chu, the princes and princesses were naturally indispensable, and the envoys of various countries who had arrived in advance were of course also invited, but everyone knew that the people who participated in this banquet were Han Xun, the emperor of Beiyue, and no one could calm down.

The splendid Yihuan Palace, which has long been decorated, is particularly lively today, and the palace maids and eunuchs who come and go come and go, and serve all kinds of fine wine and dishes. The spacious hall has already set up a table, the Western Chu Emperor is wearing a dragon robe, wearing a crown of nine crowns, sitting on the dragon chair with a smile on his face, waiting to accept everyone's congratulations and birthday gifts.

There are less than 100 people who can enter the Yihuan Palace in person to meet the Emperor of Western Chu, and the rest of the courtiers who are not of sufficient rank can only hand over the birthday gift to the chief of the internal supervision, not to mention that there will be a wedding banquet later.

The first to come to congratulate the birthday was naturally the envoys of the Three Kingdoms, and at this time, everyone who had been sitting in the hall for a long time had already heard the eunuch's sharp voice sound, and said in a long voice: "The envoy of Dongwan Kingdom, the crown prince Xiao Yu Qi Xuanji Princess Xiao Ningyu congratulates His Majesty on his birthday——"

With this singing, everyone's eyes turned to the door of the hall, and they saw the heroic Xiao Yuqi dressed in a gorgeous costume, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and wearing an orange-pink palace costume, wearing a peacock with a golden step, dressed dignified and graceful, and the two brothers and sisters walked in together.

At just one glance, everyone was attracted by Xiao Yuqi's Yingting and Xiao Ningyu's peerless appearance.

Since the ministers all knew that this time the birthday banquet of Emperor Xichu was different from previous years, because of the affairs of the parliaments of the four countries, there will be envoys from other countries who will participate this year, and they have been waiting for this moment for a long time. But when everyone saw the prince and princess of Dongwan Kingdom appear, the shock and sigh were only known to them in their hearts.

As everyone knows, among the four countries, the Dongwan State ranks first in terms of national strength, even if the Western Chu State defeated North Vietnam five years ago and received a large number of peace and worship from North Vietnam, its power is far from being comparable to before. But it is not so easy to defeat the most powerful Dongwan Kingdom in a short period of time.

Whether it is several Shangshu of the Western Chu State, or the noble Duke of Wei, Xuanping Marquis and others, they all see Xiao Yuqi's excellence at a glance.

Some people can feel the edge of the connotation just from the appearance, although Xiao Yuqi has a smile on his face, but his calm and unhurried bearing, even in the face of many Western Chu courtiers and Western Chu Emperor, but there is no flicker in his eyes, that is the confidence in his own strength and the strong confidence in the Dongwan Kingdom, which is not comparable to ordinary people.

And Xiao Ningyu, who was standing beside him, was also impressive.

Only a place like Dongwan can cultivate a stunningly beautiful girl like Princess Xuanji. With a smile and a pleasant demeanor, she is more delicate than flowers, noble and generous, she just showed up for the first time, and she was moved by the Xichu officials who saw it: If her son can marry such a woman, what glory is it?!

It's just that they all have self-knowledge, if they are not the prince, they are not qualified to think about the princess of Dongwan Kingdom at all, and they want to let the most powerful Dongwan Kingdom marry the first beauty Princess Xuanji, but I am afraid that except for Nangong Qing, the prince of Western Chu, everyone else is not qualified at all!

But only sitting in the front position, Luo Qingluan, who was beside Nalan Ye, the king of Chu, could see at a glance the paleness on Xiao Ningyu's face that was covered by fat powder.

I was poisoned a few days ago, if it wasn't for the quick treatment, I was afraid that Xiao Ningyu would have died a long time ago, how could he still come to the birthday banquet of Emperor Xichu? Xiao Ningyu is just holding on, and he doesn't want to fall into the prestige of Dongwan Kingdom.

"The envoy of Dongwan Kingdom, the crown prince Xiao Yuqi (Princess Xuanji Xiao Ningyu) has met His Majesty Xichu, and I wish Your Majesty Songhe a long life and good health." Xiao Yuqi and Xiao Ningyu said in unison, but they did not kneel like the courtiers of Western Chu, but only owed slightly.

"Okay, good, the prince and princess are exempt." Emperor Xichu laughed, and the smiling eyes on his wrinkled face narrowed: "The two of you have come to my Xichu thousands of miles away, and it is really hard. ”

"This time for Your Majesty's fiftieth birthday, my Dongwan Kingdom has prepared a birthday gift, I hope Your Majesty likes it." After speaking, Xiao Yuqi clapped his hands, and several envoys from Dongwan Kingdom, who had been waiting outside the hall for a long time, immediately rushed in with various congratulatory gifts. In pairs, they carried black iron and wood trays, neatly lined up in the hall, and the brocade boxes on them were covered with red cloths, some large and some small, which made the courtiers very curious.

Xiao Yuqi walked to the first congratulatory gift, uncovered the red cloth, opened a one-foot-wide mahogany box, and the ministers stared at it, only to see that the moment the box was opened, the pearlescent light was dazzling, like a ball of shining snow emitting a misty brilliance in the box, and they suddenly gasped one by one.

It was a pearl the size of a pigeon's egg, full of a box, at least a hundred. If it is an ordinary pearl, everyone will definitely not be rare, which one of the people present is not powerful, and what treasure has not been seen? But the pearl in front of you is amazing just by its size.

Although he had long known that Xiao Yuqi's congratulatory gift would not be ordinary, Luo Qingluan was somewhat surprised when he saw such a big pearl.

"Hey, Nalan Night." She touched the man next to her and whispered, "What kind of pearl is this, why is it so big?" It shouldn't be the whole country of Dongwan that picked these out, right? ”

I know that this girl is greedy for money, and her eyes light up when she sees good things. Nalan Ye remained silent and replied in a low voice: "This is a unique shark pearl in Dongwan Kingdom, which can only be collected in the depths of the water, one is worth 10,000 gold, it is said to have the effect of calming the nerves and nourishing the skin, and the effect of grinding it into powder or wearing it is good." ”

"Shark Pearl? Could it be that there are still legendary sharks in Dongwan Kingdom? ”

"How can it be." Nalan Ye smiled: "It's just a name, it's just a huge pearl mussel, but it's really rare." Therefore, Dongwanguo used this shark pearl as a congratulatory gift from His Majesty, which is also good. ”

So it was, Luo Qingluan couldn't help but even be moved when he saw a large box of pearlescent shark beads in front of him. Such a good thing, it can also be used in medicine, if there is a chance, she will also get some to play.

While speaking, Emperor Xichu was also very satisfied, and then Xiao Yuqi opened the second congratulatory gift.

When he took out a folded piece of silk from the mahogany box, everyone was a little surprised, but then Xiao Yuqi's hand shook, and the silk object unfolded like a cloud, shining with colorful colors in the softness, light and fluttering, as if there was no half weight. And the dazzling colors dazzle the human eye, and it is almost impossible to believe that there is such a beautiful cloth in the world.

Very satisfied with everyone's expressions, Xiao Yuqi smiled slightly: "This is a collection of hundreds of weavers from my Dongwan country, it took half a year to make three horses of colorful smoke cloud brocade, even if it is my mother, there is only one Luanfeng white bird crown dress made of this colorful smoke cloud brocade, I hereby dedicate it to Your Majesty, I hope Your Majesty likes it." ”

Emperor Xichu's eyes moved, and he reacted after a moment: "Okay, it's really good, if this colorful smoke cloud brocade is worn on the queen, it must be good." As soon as I heard it, I understood, this congratulatory gift was presented to Queen Wang by Dongwan Kingdom on his birthday, thinking of Queen Wang, who was pregnant, he was overjoyed, and he was even more satisfied with this gift.

"There's a third gift."

Xiao Yuqi then gestured to the remaining brocade boxes, and said with a smile: "The rest of these things, ordinary people look inconspicuous, but Your Majesty must understand the preciousness of them." After speaking, the two Dongwan Kingdom guards holding the tray immediately put the brocade box on the ground, moving slowly and carefully, and everyone realized it, but they were afraid that the weight in the brocade box was very amazing.

Luo Qingluan, who had been paying attention, was also curious, what was the last congratulatory gift from Dongwanguo.

There were three boxes, each two feet long and one foot wide, almost as long as a box. Xiao Yuqi opened the remaining three boxes, but the things exposed in the boxes were unremarkable, which immediately disappointed the expectant courtiers, and let out a low boo.

Even Emperor Xichu was a little surprised and asked, "What is this?" ”

The contents of the three boxes were simply three large stones, irregularly shaped, angular and angular, one of which was iron-red and covered with honeycomb-shaped holes on the surface. The second piece is gray-black, and its appearance is unremarkable, and although the third piece is shiny with silver on the surface, it is not surprising that it is only a small luminous object attached to the surface, like the cheapest white iron.

No wonder Emperor Xichu couldn't see what it was, even Nalan Ye showed a thoughtful expression, only Luo Qingluan, who could see that the congratulatory gift sent by Xiao Yuqi was three ores. However, is there a mistake in using ore to make a congratulatory gift to the emperor? What is the reason for this?

"Your Majesty, don't underestimate these things."

Xiao Yuqi said: "These three stones were taken out of the imperial treasury of our Dongwan Kingdom, if it weren't for the fact that today is His Majesty's fiftieth birthday, my father would be reluctant to send such treasures over." ”

When Emperor Xichu heard this, he couldn't help but be even more curious, and there was a little more smile on his face: "Oh, in this way, these stones are still treasures?" ”

If it weren't for the fact that this was a formal occasion, I was afraid that all the courtiers and marquis of Xichu would laugh out loud, wouldn't it be shameless for Dongwan to say that the stone was a treasure? Could it be that Dongwan Kingdom relied on its own national strength to fool Xichu like this? But looking at the two congratulatory gifts presented by Xiao Yuqi before, it didn't mean like this.

"Your Majesty, do you know what my Dongwan Kingdom is most famous for?" Xiao Yuqi did not answer the rhetorical question.

The one who answered this was Song Guogong, who was sitting opposite Luo Qingluan.

A sneer flashed in his eyes, and in an instant, Song Guogong stroked his long beard and said with a well-informed look: "Dongwan Country is the number one power in the four countries, with prosperous national strength and rich products, which really makes the old man sigh." Dongwan has three treasures, shark pearls, Yunxia, and water knives, but the old man wants to ask, could it be that Prince Xiao also sent a third treasure to His Majesty as a gift? ”

This is clearly ironic, because anyone can see that the third congratulatory gift presented by Xiao Yuqi is three big stones, which has nothing to do with the 'water knife' in the three treasures of Dongwan.

Who knows, Xiao Yuqi smiled knowingly: "Yes, the third congratulatory gift from my Dongwan Kingdom to His Majesty Xichu is the third treasure!" ”