With his understanding of Emperor Tan, this Son of Heaven has never been obsessed with what he can't get. In the past, Emperor Tan may not have had any intention of men and women for Xiaoyu, but if Emperor Tan saw Xiaoyu today and at the ceremony, I am afraid that something will happen.

Sure enough, just after the ceremony, I heard someone outside the hall preaching: "Anguo Mansion Qi Yun listens to the order!" Xiaoyu was stunned, and Duke An Guo and his wife also showed suspicion on their faces. It turned out that Emperor Tan heard about today's small fish and Xu, and specially sent a congratulatory gift.

Emperor Tan's will is six and four, Xiaoyu can't understand it very well, anyway, it is all some good words to praise her, until the last time to read the gift list, Xiaoyu was slightly stunned.

In addition to gold and silver, Emperor Tan's gift list also gave a volume of unique calligraphy and three boxes of rare books from the predecessors, and the most precious thing is to enjoy a tribute music box of Xiaoyu Western Franc Jiguo.

Everyone was amazed when they heard Emperor Tan's gift list, especially the music box, they had never heard of it.

The music box is made of ebony silver, and the lid of the box is inlaid with Western-style flowers such as ivory, shells, coral, amber, and pearls.

The box opened, and inside was a crystal swan, but it didn't move. Everyone was still wondering why the name of the music box came from, but Xiao Yu calmly picked up the box, fiddled with it slightly, and then reached out and twisted a key-like handle on the side of the box and twisted it.

With Xiao Yu's bold move, everyone took a breath of cool air, you must know that if the imperial gift, if it is wantonly damaged, it is a great crime of disrespect, and it will be imprisoned.

Xiao Yu twisted a few times, and when he saw that he couldn't twist it, he looked up at everyone's puzzled eyes, smiled slightly, and let go of his hand. A burst of pleasant music sounded, tinkling, everyone looked around, looking for the source of the sound, and after a lot of chaos, they found that it was actually the music box in Xiaoyu's hand.

The music sounded for a while and then disappeared, and Xiao Yu saw that everyone had not heard enough, so she twisted the clockwork a few more times, and as soon as she let go, the music immediately sounded, and everyone realized that the key-shaped thing that Xiao Yu had twisted was the mechanism of the music box.

The crowd stirred slightly, everyone was originally amazed by Xiaoyu's beauty, but now at a glance, people obviously still have wisdom, and everyone doesn't understand Western things, Xiaoyu, a deep boudoir woman, quickly found out the mechanism. Everyone took the opportunity to compliment Duke An and his wife.

Not long after Emperor Tan's will was announced, the congratulatory gifts of the concubines in the harem also came one after another. I think that the harem heard that Emperor Tan personally gave Xiaoyu a gift, so they refused to lag behind, and even the queen sent a mutton fat jade Ruyi cloud hairpin over.

Not to mention Concubine Xian, her maiden niece and Xuan, her congratulatory gift has been prepared a long time ago, and it is the same as Qi Pan's and Xuan, a red golden lotus inlaid with red agate hairpin.

All the ladies were amazed, the nobles of the capital and the people who could get the emperor's own congratulatory gifts on the ceremony were only a handful, and the lord of Yunhui County had this honor, even when the current crown princess Qin Xueyi and Lu were present, only the queen gave congratulatory gifts, and Emperor Tan did not say anything about it.

However, thinking of the rumors about Xiaoyu and Emperor Tan in the capital in recent days, everyone understands Emperor Tan's move now, and those ladies who originally wanted to have a family with the Duke of Anguo secretly dispelled their thoughts.

Xiaoyu is not happy about this situation, it has always been Mu Xiu who will destroy it in the forest wind, and Emperor Tan's move is nothing more than putting her on the fire to roast, and her every move now is eye-catching.

At the end of the training, Xiaoyu saluted and thanked the elders, sisters and friends who were watching the ceremony, and everyone also presented the gifts that had been prepared.

Qi Pan sent a pink hibiscus stone peach blossom hairpin, and the translucent pink hibiscus stone was carved into the shape of peach blossoms, which was vivid, which showed that Qi Pan spent a lot of thought on the gift of Xiaoyu.

Qi Heng, who is eight years old this year, gave Xiaoyu an amber and gold hairpin, and the honey-colored amber with the three-dimensional flowers and birds twisted out of the gold wire stood out among the many hairpins.

"Big sister, this is a hairpin imported from the Rakshasa Kingdom, I saw a unique style, so I bought it specially for me!"

Qi Heng's size has now jumped to Xiao Yu's chest, Xiao Yu pulled him and said with a smile: "Heng'er, this hairpin is good-looking, my sister likes it very much!" After speaking, let Qi Pan insert this hairpin into her hair immediately.

Whether it is the grandeur of the ceremony, or the beauty and touching of Xiaoyu at the ceremony, or the congratulatory gifts from the emperor and queen, all of them make the nobles and ladies envious or jealous, and also make many civilian girls add a lot of fantasies that once jump on the branches and become phoenixes.

After the small fish and the flute, they still live the same life. This time and the gift made her earn a lot of money, in addition to some of the things made in the imperial gift can not be realized, other rewards of some silk and satin, jade play ornaments, Xiaoyu have entrusted the moon boy to cash for her.

In the past two years, Xiaoyu has really become a little rich woman, and she quietly bought two small yards and three shops in the capital alone, and also bought 300 acres of fertile land in the suburbs of Beijing.

In addition, Xiaoyu also took 5,000 taels of silver out, and asked Yuegongzi to entrust people to Quanzhou to join hands with people to trade by sea, although the fleet has not yet returned, but Xiaoyu believes that as long as the fleet can return safely, this business will only make money.

After realizing the rewards that could be realized this time, Xiao Yu's dressing box had another 3,000 taels of silver tickets. Before she could figure out what to do with the three thousand taels, she put them aside.

Although Qi Pan's income in the past two years is not as good as Xiaoyu, the dividends of Yunshang Shop alone are already expensive. She obediently handed over the income to her wife.

Mrs. saved this extra income for Qi Pan, and there were nearly 10,000 taels of silver in two years, and Mrs. decided to use all this silver taels for Qi Pan as a dowry. In this way, Qi Pan can have a rich marriage, no matter what family he marries into, he has a lot of confidence.

However, Qi Pan and his wife both knew that this extra income was completely dependent on Xiaoyu's whimsy, so the mother and daughter also reached a consensus that once Xiaoyu got married or left the house, they would give all the dividends of the Yunshang shop to Xiaoyu.

In August, not long after the Mid-Autumn Festival, an earth-shattering news broke Xiaoyu's peaceful life. The king of Beiqiang sent an envoy to meet Emperor Tan and arrived in the capital on August 18. The next day, Emperor Tan met with the Beiqiang envoy, and the Beiqiang envoy made a request for peace after passing on the goodwill of the king of Beiqiang.

Moreover, they asked to marry the young lady in the Anguo Mansion by name, saying that it was the former Anguo Gong's guard of Heishui City, which made the Beiqiang army frightened. Now that the two countries are on good terms, the prince of Beiqiang has always admired the Duke of Anguo, and heard that the eldest lady of the Duke of Anguo is young and has not yet married, so he came to ask for marriage.

This requirement made Emperor Tan difficult for a while, and since the conquest of Miaojiang, there have been several natural disasters in the central part of Datan, so the treasury is really tight. And the common people are also in urgent need of recuperation, and now it is not easy to keep disturbing each other with Beiqiang, and there is a short period of peace, and he does not want to give the other party an excuse to start a war because of a small daughter of the prince.

But the eldest lady of An Guogong's mansion also knows that she has been sick and calamito since she was a child, and An Guogong and his family have thought of countless ways to invite famous doctors all over the world before raising the young lady to the end. If such a delicate woman marries Beiqiang far away, I am afraid that she will die before she arrives in Beiqiang.

However, Emperor Tan himself has no princess, the only county lord is also married, and the young lady in the mansion of another country has also been married, so there is no better replacement for a while.

"Marriage matters, how can it be child's play, wait for me to discuss with An Guogong before replying to your envoy!" Emperor Tan had no choice but to throw out a delaying strategy against the Beiqiang envoys who were approaching step by step.

"Now that the two countries are on good terms, I believe that His Majesty the Emperor and the Anguo Guild will put the overall situation first, and they will not disappoint my king!" , the Beiqiang envoy said with a needle hidden in his words.

Emperor Tan frowned, and after the Beiqiang envoy retreated, he went straight to the palace of Concubine Xian. Since the death of Concubine Jin, Emperor Tan has not trusted the new concubines in the palace, but has a lot of love for Concubine Xian.

In addition, Jing'an Hou defeated Miao Jiang and expanded the territory for Datan, and half a year ago, when Jing'an Hou was promoted to Anguo Gong, Concubine Xian was also promoted to Concubine Xian. In the past two years, the queen has basically only asked about the six palaces, and it is all concubines who are cooking, and now she is promoted to a noble concubine, which can be regarded as worthy of the name.

Concubine Xian didn't expect Emperor Tan to come to her palace at this time, and hurriedly greeted her with a smile: "Isn't Your Majesty receiving the envoys of Beiqiang, why did you suddenly come to the palace of the concubines?" ”

Emperor Tan glanced at Concubine Xian, stepped into the west chamber, sat on the couch and said, "Concubine Ai doesn't know, today the Beiqiang envoy made a request, I am quite troubled!" ”

Concubine Xian secretly shocked in her heart: "Then Your Majesty can convene a few important ministers to discuss, the ancestors have a cloud harem and are not allowed to interfere in politics, and it is inconvenient for Your Majesty's troublesome ministers and concubines to participate!" ”

Emperor Tan stretched out his hand and pulled Xian Guifei to sit down and said, "This matter can also be said to be related to your brother, let me tell you to hear it!" ”

Xian Guifei's heart was shocked, and she didn't interject anymore, but only made a cup of Emperor Tan's favorite jade dew tea and served it to Emperor Tan.

"Aifei, don't you know that today's Beiqiang envoy actually asked me to marry the eldest lady in your brother's mansion!" Emperor Tan rubbed his forehead and took a sip of tea before saying.

Concubine Xian's body stiffened, and she said strangely: "How do the Beiqiang people know the eldest lady in my brother's mansion?" ”

Emperor Tan shook his head and said, "It means that they are prepared, and you will send someone to send a message to let the Duchess of Anguo enter the palace tomorrow, um...... Just say you miss your family! ”

Concubine Xian understood, and immediately sent Aunt Jinruo to the Anguo Mansion to spread the word, and when Emperor Tan left, Concubine Xian couldn't help but think of Qi Pan's weak little body. How can such a delicate flower resist the wind and sand of the desert?

Then she thought of Xiaoyu again, at the Mid-Autumn Festival, this girl followed Mrs. and Qi Pan into the palace to see her, and saw that she was as beautiful as a shallot. This ghost girl has always been clever and assertive, and her appearance is becoming more and more beautiful, if she goes to kiss, maybe she can still get miraculous results!