Chapter 106: Courtiers are not talented
Xigong Jue squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the small jade bottle handed over by Song Siyan, the bottle body was transparent and turquoise, which was very good-looking, and said slowly: "Could it be that this is the jade jasper incense pot in your hand that even the Queen Mother wanted to get back then?" ”
Song Siyan smiled proudly: "Ye really has good eyesight, this is the jade jasper incense pot that Liuyun Country paid tribute to, according to legend, Empress Dowager He has always been pitying this thing, but it happened that the flood in the south, my father as a minister of the Qin Mission, so I was fortunate to be rewarded by the first emperor for this thing, and the slave maid was even more fortunate to get the gift from my father, and now the slave maid gave it to the lord as a birthday gift, I only wish that the lord's wish will come true, and I wish that our Ruian palace will get better and better." ”
Xigong Jue nodded, took the incense pot and fiddled with it, the incense pot is actually similar to the current perfume principle, it is a kind of fragrance emitted in the bottle, which can fill the house with incense, the better the bottle containing the fragrance, the longer the fragrance, so this jade jasper incense pot is undoubtedly the best incense pot.
Song Siyan's move really made Xigong Jue happy, and Xigong Jue rarely smiled at Song Siyan: "Siyan, you have a good gift, you have spent a lot of thought, right?" ”
"No, as long as the master likes it, the slave and maid will be happy." Song Siyan, who has always been short-tempered, also pretended to be a good girl and learned to be ingenious.
Sima Qingqian took a pair of words in the hands of the maid on the side, she got up and spread out the words, and the four big characters jumped on the paper - God rewards hard work.
Xigong Jue's eyes showed appreciation, and he clapped his hands and applauded: "Good, good words, good meaning, God rewards hard work, good words, this king believes that a person's efforts will not be in vain, and what you pay will definitely be rewarded, shallow, you have more and more teacher's pen." ”
Sima Qingqian bowed: "Master smiled, Qingqian's words are naturally incomparable with grandpa, but he wrote himself to entertain himself, this time on the master's birthday, the slave maid really didn't take out the things in his hand, so he was ugly." ”
"There is no ugliness, this king likes it very much, come on, put this character in the king's study and frame it, this king must always remember that this heaven rewards diligence." Nishinomiya Jue was obviously quite happy.
"Thank you for your appreciation." Sima Qingqian smiled slightly. She is very smart and knows that in comparison, Xigong Jue will prefer calligraphy and painting to gold and silver treasures, after all, Xigong Jue is a prince, and he has enjoyed all the glory and wealth since he was a child, so although he is happy about those superficial things, he is a person who loves talents, so he will inevitably be excited when he sees good calligraphy and painting.
Xiangyi and Song Siyan obviously had jealousy, but because the prince was around, it was inconvenient to attack, so they could only swallow their anger.
"Qingqian, sit down." Nishinomiya Jue pointed to his seat and said gently.
"Yes." Sima Qingqian sat down in response, and at this time, everyone's eyes were focused on Ye Anran.
The three women have already taken out their own gifts, what about Ye Anran? As a princess and concubine, what kind of birthday gift will she give?
"Princess, take out the gifts, aren't you just the finale? Can the slave wait to open her eyes? Your Ye family has always had a big business, this time it must be a rare treasure, right? Xiangyi asked with a smile.
Ye Anran didn't speak, but his face changed slightly...... Although the Ye family is wealthy, she really didn't prepare any rare treasures this time, firstly because her dowry had long been confiscated by Xigong Jue, and secondly, because Ye Anran never thought that birthday gifts must be given valuable things, as the saying goes, courtesy is light and affectionate.
Song Siyan also echoed: "Yes, princess Niangniang, don't hide it, let's all wait and see, you can take it out, right?" ”
Sima Qingqian didn't speak, but she also stared at Ye Anran, since she knew that today was the prince's birthday, she must have prepared the gift a long time ago.
Indeed, Ye Anran had already prepared, but unfortunately, I am afraid that they will all be disappointed......
Xigong Jue stared straight at Ye Anran, a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he also wanted to see what kind of birthday gift this Ye family's woman could give him?
Ye Anran took a deep breath, and then walked up to the prince and said softly: "The concubine is not talented, only this cup of tea has been prepared, I wish the lord good health, every year has today, and every year has today." ”
As soon as he finished saying this, Song Siyan burst out laughing: "Hehe, it's the first time the slave has heard such a congratulatory message, it's so strange, what does it mean to have today every year, do you think our family can't live until this time next year?" Is it a curse in disguise? ”
After listening to the distorted explanation of this sentence, Xigong Jue was suddenly furious, and knocked over the teacup in Ye Anran's hand, the teacup fell to the ground and turned into pieces, and the hot tea also splashed Ye Anran's injury, and immediately scalded a few red marks on the back of her white hand.
"Bastard, Ye Anran, what do you mean by this, do you want to send this king away with a cup of broken tea? It's really shabby, and everyone says that your Ye family is rich in the world, and your Ye family uses this to fool the king? Are you a three-year-old child? "Xigong Jue really didn't expect that the birthday gift given by Ye Anran was just a cup of tea, he had celebrated his birthday for so many years, and it was the first time he had seen such a shabby birthday gift, even the little eunuch would not give such a humble gift.
He really doubted that Ye Anran was deliberately embarrassing himself, because he wanted to take revenge on himself for the physical examination that day?
Ye Anran knelt on the ground and said lightly: "Lord, radish and cabbage have their own loves, and the concubine's favorite thing in this life is tea, so I also want to give the most precious tea to the prince, but I don't know that I have rushed the taboo of the prince, and I ask the prince to surrender." ”
"Ye Anran, you did it on purpose, are you taking revenge on this king?" Xigong Jue pressed the anger in his heart and asked word by word.
"No, no, the concubine didn't think so, she just wanted to give the prince a meaningful birthday gift." Ye Anran really blamed herself for being too good at asserting at this time, before Xiao Rong said that it would be good to pick one of the gold and silver jewelry given to her by her sister and give it to the prince, but she felt that a noble person like Xigong Jue should not lack gold and silver jewelry, so after thinking about it, she was still ready to make a cup of the Ye family's most precious tea, but she didn't expect it, but it angered him.
Since coming to the palace, Ye Anran has been very careful everywhere and wants to dodge, but every time he pushes himself to the forefront, I don't know if it is fate that should be like this, or if the two of them are too aggressive.
"Lord, did you misunderstand what the princess meant, but this cup of tea is her ......?" Xiao Rong didn't know when he rushed in to explain for the young lady, but was kicked away by Song Siyan: "Get out, you bitch, the prince asks for sin, where is your turn to speak?" ”
When Ye Anran saw Xiao Rong coming in, he immediately glanced at her and motioned her to stop talking, and Xiao Rong was also speechless.
"Ye Anran, if you can't get a decent birthday gift today, just kneel here all the time." Xigong Jue said and turned back to the other three and said, "Let's start the dish." ”