Chapter 22: Gift-giving

"Get up, can the prince be in the mansion?"

"Back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, the prince is resting in the mansion."

"Well, that's good, you go and report that my father recently received a batch of high-quality tribute tea from the west, and specially ordered me to bring it to the prince."

"Yes, the little ones will go." The little guy didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran to the main house in the house.

In the room, Yue Zhiqian was sleeping, because he had been going out at night to look for the Moon's Vessel recently, so the day had become a time to rest.

"Lord Wang?" The little maid timidly knocked on the door, the prince had told them that there was no big matter not to bother him, and even lunch had to wait for him to call before it could be delivered, but it was not a trivial matter for the eldest princess to come to the door!

Yue Zhiqian frowned slightly, and his voice was a little hoarse: "Come in." ”

"Yes, lord."

"What?"

"Back to the prince, the eldest princess came to visit, saying that she brought tribute tea from the emperor."

Yue Zhiqian rubbed his forehead and sat up, a little annoyed, but he had nowhere to vent: "You take the eldest princess to the front hall first and let her wait for a while." ”

"Okay, lord!"

The eldest princess outside the door was proudly led into the palace by the little maid, and everyone behind her bit the handkerchief.

About a quarter of an hour later, Yue Zhiqian just wanted to walk out of the main room, when he saw the little girl running back in a hurry.

"Lord, lord!"

"What's wrong again?"

"Go back to the prince!" The little guy breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes...... It was Miss Yu and Gongzi Yu from the General's Mansion who said that they wanted to see the prince, and they also brought congratulatory gifts to the prince! ”

"Congratulatory gifts?"

"Exactly, Miss Yu and Yu Gongzi said that they were to congratulate the prince on winning the throne, so they specially bought a strange beast from the north and gave it to the prince as a pet to help the prince relieve his boredom on weekdays!"

"Alien beasts?" Moon Qian's voice suddenly raised.

"Yes, Lord Wang, that strange beast is very burly, although it has been sawed off its fangs, but that fierce appearance is really unbearable! The little one was almost scared and collapsed on the ground just now! ”

The little guy patted his chest in fear, but immediately reacted to his slip of the tongue and hurriedly made up for it: "However, the little one is wrong, since it is a congratulatory gift from the General's Mansion, there must be no danger!" ”

Yue Zhiqian didn't care about dangerous things, he was wondering, how could there be fierce beasts in the beast world willing to come to the human world as pets?

Although there is no obvious separation between the human realm and the beast realm, only the cultivation physique is extremely low, such as cats, yellow chickens, white pigs, cattle and sheep will come to the human realm to coexist with the human race.

Because, first, with their physique, the probability of cultivating into a half-orc is extremely low, and second, even if they cultivate into a half-orc, their mana will only be at the bottom of the beast world, the group that is bullied, and their lifespan will not be qualitatively improved.

Therefore, most of the cats and yellow chickens simply don't do any cultivation, and come to the human world to eat and wait for death.

"Let them in! Let's take it to the front room, and I'll go over after lunch. Yue Zhiqian suddenly changed his attention, originally he wanted to say a few perfunctory words and send the people who came to visit the door away, but now it seems that he has to get to know it well!

"Yes, Lord Wang, the little one will go."

After the little guy left, Yue Zhiqian had a morning meal, and on the other side, in the front hall, it was lively.

Yu Wanqing and Yu Yaoyang walked into the front hall, and when they saw the eldest princess, they were stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly leaned over and saluted: "I've seen the eldest princess!" ”

The eldest princess's face was cold, and her voice was low, "Why are you here?" ”

Yu Wanqing, who hung his head, pouted, and muttered in his heart: "Just come with you, others can't come?" This is the palace, not your eldest princess's mansion! ”

Yu Yaoyang saw Yu Wanqing beside him put on a stinky face, and hurriedly spoke: "Back to the eldest princess, in order to celebrate the crown of the prince of the moon, the mansion found a strange beast from the north and specially came to give it to the prince as a pet, if you can help the prince relieve his boredom on weekdays, it will be worth it!" ”

"What beast? Let me see! ”

The eldest princess suddenly became interested, you know, she is trying to raise a pet recently, several princes in the palace have their favorite beasts, even the third princess who is younger than her, how can she be left behind? If you want to raise it, you can raise it to overpower them!

"The strange beast is now placed in the courtyard in front, if the eldest princess is interested......"

Before Yu Yaoyang finished speaking, the eldest princess ran out with her skirt. Yu Wanqing was annoyed: "Second brother, she is such an arrogant and rude princess, you shouldn't talk to her so much!" ”

"Hey~ Be quiet, don't be heard by the eldest princess!"

"Hear it, hear it!" Although he said so, Yu Wan's voice became smaller and smaller, and in the end, he was silent.

After speaking, the two walked towards the beast cage in the courtyard, and the eldest princess who loved to make trouble could only endure it, what else could she do.

The maid lifted the black cloth on the cage, and the beast in the cage quickly got up and roared at the eldest princess and her group.

"Ahh The eldest princess was so frightened that she retreated.

"Protect the eldest princess!" A group of guards rushed to the eldest princess and surrounded her, not far away Yu Wanqing and Yu Yaoyang laughed in their hearts, hum! Makes you arrogant!

"Eldest princess, you can't be afraid, right?" Yu Wanqing said in a weird manner: "Eldest princess, Wanqing remembers that you know some spells, how can you even scare a tiger with a tooth extracted?" ”

Yu Yaoyang echoed: "Night love, what are you talking about, how can the eldest princess be afraid of being locked in a cage with a toothless tiger?" I'm not even afraid of the third princess's young age! ”

The eldest princess, who was still so frightened that her feet and hands were curled up, hurriedly stood up straight: "Who said I was scared?" Not to mention a fierce beast that is locked in a cage and has lost its teeth, or a half-orc at night, I will not be afraid of this princess! ”

Yu Wanqing and Yu Yaoyang glanced at each other, understood each other's thoughts, and laughed and coaxed.

"Oh~ I'm just going to say, who is the eldest princess? That's a monk that even the Monk Minister praises! ”

"That's right, second brother, I bet with you, the eldest princess is not only not afraid of this tiger, she will also want to touch the tiger's hair!"

"What's more, I guess the eldest princess is now thinking of buying a tiger as a pet!"

The two sang and harmonized, pushing the eldest princess to the edge of the cliff, if she didn't dare or showed embarrassment, then if it was spread, she would definitely be ridiculed by everyone!

The eldest princess gritted her teeth, for the sake of royal face, she let go!

After exhaling a breath, he shouted to the guards in front of him, "Get out of the way!" What's the fuss, I was about to go and see if this tiger's fur is of the highest quality, but you stopped me! ”

The scolded guards didn't dare to reply, so they could only admit that they were unlucky, and retreated to the sides in unison.

The eldest princess looked at the road that was let out, and the tiger on the other side of the road, the hand in her sleeve, trembling nervously.

Yu Wanqing and Yu Yaoyang saw her take the bait, held back a smile, and prepared to watch a good show.

The eldest princess slowly moved to the front of the beast cage, not daring to look at the tiger, seeing that she was about to walk to the beast cage, the tiger suddenly grew its mouth: "Woo! ”

"Ahh The eldest princess subconsciously screamed and took two steps back, and the guards stood aside, not knowing whether to step forward or not.

"Poof!" Yu Wanqing couldn't help laughing: "Eldest princess, what's wrong with you?" Before you touched the tiger hair, you were scared back? ”

When the tiger saw her retreat, he stopped roaring, but just stared at the crowd around him who had a chance to get closer.

The eldest princess breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and evacuated the danger zone, and walked towards Yu Wanwan, "I'm not afraid, I just walked in, I smelled a bad smell, I really can't bear it, Yu Gongzi, Miss Yu, give gifts in the future, please think more, just this kind of stinky congratulatory gift, if it is given to me, I won't like it!" ”

After speaking, he walked to the front hall without looking back, and when he sat on the wooden chair, his legs were already weak, a thin layer of sweat was still soaked from his forehead, and the hand that picked up the teacup was still shaking.

"Hahaha!" Yu Wanqing and Yu Yaoyang clapped their hands and laughed, although the eldest princess heard it, she didn't dare to go out and reprimand them at this time.

Just as she was thinking about how to take revenge on the two, Yue Zhiqian walked over from the main courtyard.

"Lord Wang!"

"I've seen the prince!"

Yu Wanqing lowered her head shyly, while Yue Zhiqian didn't pay much attention and nodded at the two, "I heard that the two of you are here to give me a congratulatory gift?" ”

Yu Wanqing hurriedly raised her head and responded: "Yes, Lord Wang, this is the tiger that the second brother ordered someone to find from the north, and he has pulled out its fangs for the Lord and given it to the Lord as a pet, which is just right!" ”

"Dali Dynasty, when did it become popular to raise fierce beasts?" Yue Zhiqian frowned.

"Lord, don't you like it? Now, many high-ranking officials in the court will raise a beast in the house! ”

Yue Zhiqian didn't answer, turned his head to look at the tiger in the beast cage, he had already cultivated into a half-orc?

"Do you know that this tiger will transform at night!" There was a hint of anger in Yue Zhiqian's tone.

Yu Wanqing explained anxiously: "I know, but, don't you know mana, lord?" Don't worry, this is a tiger, although it has become a half-orc, its mana is not high, and it is not dangerous to you! ”

"If you have little mana, you have to be treated as a pet?" The more Yue Zhiqian listened, the more angry he became.

"Ah, that's not what I meant......" Yu Wanqing anxiously wanted to explain, but she didn't know how to justify.

Yu Yaoyang on the side hurriedly spoke: "Lord Wang, this matter is my idea, I thought that Lord Wang would like it, but I didn't expect it to make Lord Wang annoyed!" ”

The eldest princess walked over at this time: "Lord Wang, you are right, no matter how meager the strength of this half-orc is, there will be a strong day, and you can cultivate with the power of the moon every night, if you really keep it by your side, you don't know when you will be killed!" ”

"You!" Yu Wanqing was just about to reply, but Yu Yaoyang secretly grabbed his wrist, so he had to swallow his anger.

Yue Zhiqian didn't care about the words of the two, and continued to look at the beast cage: "I accepted the general's wishes, when this half-orc bought it, how many silver taels it cost, I will pay for it, but Yu Gongzi wants to release this half-orc!" ”

"This ...... How can this be paid by the prince, if the prince doesn't like it, we will send him back to the beast world. ”

"Yes, Lord Wang, you don't have to pay for this money!" Yu Wanqing, who has always been strong, has lost his temper in the face of his sweetheart.

After thinking for a moment, Yue Zhiqian arched his hand: "Then there are two Lao!" ”

Yu Wanqing and Yu Yaoyang leaned over: "This is what we should do." ”

The eldest princess next to her smiled so much that the corners of her mouth were about to crack, hehe, this gift, it depends on her!

"Xing'er, bring the tribute tea rewarded by your father!"

"Yes!" The little maid walked quickly back to the front hall, and after a while, she delivered the tribute tea to the eldest princess.

The eldest princess handed the tribute tea to Yue Zhiqian a little shyly: "Lord Wang, this is this month's new tea, with a strong fragrance, I hope the prince will like it." ”

Yue Zhiqian's face was still indifferent, "Thank the emperor for the reward." After speaking, he waved his hand at the little guy behind him: "Come and bring the tribute tea to the dining hall!" ”

"Yes, Lord Wang!"

Looking at the tea in his hand and not even touching the prince's hand, there was something wrong in his heart, Yu Wanqing saw this, and finally smiled, it seems that the gift you gave is not very good, the prince is too lazy to take it himself!

Neither of them got any benefit, as soon as they gave the gift out, they were sent away, and when they walked outside the palace gate, they didn't want to say anything to each other, shook their heads, and walked in the opposite direction.

At this moment, the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion opened, and Yue Wan'an walked out with the little white cat and the three Gu family brothers beside her.