But the prince is still proud, and he spent so much money to create these two gifts, which must be the best.
Emperor Qi Zhen choked for a moment, and then he smiled happily, and said only: "Prince has a heart, I am very pleased."
"As long as the father likes it, the sons and ministers will send it to the father."
Before boasting about Haikou, can you always measure your abilities
If Emperor Qi Zhen really asked for the moon in the sky, would you really be able to pick it up for him
He asked for Qu Jiang and Hu Yi, are you really leading the troops to fight
Stop being funny!
The prince bowed his body, very arrogant, picked up his robe, and sat back in his seat. As soon as his buttocks sat down, the opposite Jing Yi got up.
Not as exaggerated as the prince, Jing Yi is obviously much more low-key. This time, he didn't send the gift to the Ministry of Rites to report, so as not to be ripped off by the prince like last year, it would be miserable.
The brocade box in his hand was very small. He held it in his hand and bowed: "My son knows that the emperor has been reviewing the memorials for several days, so I went to Songshan specially to find a thousand-year-old beech wood, and rounded it myself to make a beech pillow."
After he finished speaking, he opened the box and found a beautiful handmade beech pillow inside.
Compared with the prince's etiquette, Jing Yi's etiquette is more attentive.
Emperor Qi Zhen nodded and smiled sincerely: "I have been reviewing memorials every day these past few days, and I am really exhausted. At this moment, this gift from Jing Yi is exactly what I need, very good."
The eunuch gave the gift, and Jing Yi thanked him.
Of course Concubine Xiao held her son a lot more, and then said with a distressed expression: "Your Majesty, Yi'er has been looking for this gift in Songshan for a long time, and she has been polishing the beech wood for days and days, so that the emperor can Sleep peacefully."
"Well, Jing also has a heart, I understand."
Jing Yi said, "That's what Erchen should do."
After speaking, he returned to his seat.
At this moment, Ji Yunshu curiously leaned on Jingrong's side and asked softly, "It's your turn."
Jing Rong: "No hurry, there is King Xian."
His eyes fell on Jing Xian who was not far away.
Jing Xian is not a dazzling person, he was supported by the palace servants and came forward to offer a gift, just a string of the most ordinary spiritual beads.
Emperor Qi Zhen didn't even glance at him, waved his hand and let him sit back.
Everyone was not surprised. Jing Xian was sick and unremarkable, and it was inevitable that the emperor would not like it.
finally-
Waiting for Jing Rong.
He lifted his robes, walked out of the room, cupped his hands and said a few words of blessing, and then ordered someone to bring his salute.
That gift was even bigger than the prince's gift, two meters high.
Ji Yunshu's eyes widened, what gift did this fellow give
I saw a few eunuchs sweating profusely tearing off a piece of red cloth that was shining on it, and they were shocked. The ceremony was not inlaid with gold, silver, and jade, and it was not exquisitely carved, but a Buddha statue carved out of stone.
That's right, it's a Buddha statue!
Someone wiped their eyes and looked at it again, but it was still a Buddha statue, and was immediately blindfolded.
The gifts that Prince Rong gave in previous years were low-key and not exaggerated. It stands to reason that this year he is gaining momentum. Why did he send such a dazzling thing
The prince and Jing Yi smiled secretly, and even Concubine Xiao covered the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled.
With trembling hands, Qi Zhen pointed at the stone Buddha statue and asked, "Jingrong, this is..." What
Jing Rong replied, "Father, this is a Buddha statue."
"I know it's a Buddha statue, but how did you send it..." He paused again.
"Although this Buddha statue doesn't have a golden thread and jade robe, I think that gold and silver can melt, and jade can be crushed, but the stone is tenacious. I use stone to carve the Buddha, hoping that the emperor will be like this Buddha statue, and it will last forever. Be stationed in my Dalin Dynasty."
For this explanation, Ji Yunshu gave him full marks.
But a stone is a stone, no matter how well he said it, Qi Zhen was still dissatisfied.
It was at this moment that Ji Yunshu saw that General Li had left the table, and he was confused, so he quietly left the table and followed.
Old General Li walked farther and farther, and even walked to the small city tower in the palace. Standing on it, he could just overlook everything in Chengqing Hall.
There, the lights are bright, the whole sky is celebrating, singing and dancing are peaceful—
Old General Li stroked his white beard and said, "Come out."
Ji Yunshu walked out from the side, walked to his side, followed his gaze, and looked at the place where the lanterns illuminated the orange-red color.
After a while, General Li said, "Mr. Ji thinks, who is the most suitable to be the emperor?"
When he suddenly asked such a question, Ji Yunshu was slightly startled and looked sideways at him.
Old General Li's eyes were fixed on the front, and he asked again: "Can you be called the emperor when you are today?"
Uh!
"Why does General Li ask this?"
"Just answer me sir."
Ji Yunshu didn't understand what he meant, but he thought for a moment and replied seriously: "Although Emperor Qi Zhen is not a good emperor, he beheaded his officials, distanced himself from relatives, set up private laws and built an internal army, but in the past 20 years, he has calmed down. Civil strife, expelling the barbarians, and sending troops to conquer Huyi and Qujiang, the Dalin Dynasty prospered and prospered under his governance, and the people were also well-off, and he was indeed a person who could be called an emperor."
While he was talking, General Li nodded slightly, as if to agree with what she said.
He asked with a smile, "What if a generation of emperors, for their own authority, did not hesitate to cut down the grass and kill innocent people?"
"Yep?"
"Do you know, sir, how did the first emperor sit on the throne?"
Ji Yunshu shook his head, not knowing.
General Li was silent for a long time before slowly opening his mouth and said: "Before the first emperor was enthroned, he was just a sickly medicine jar, and his elder brother Chaohou Ye was a rare candidate for the emperor. After the first emperor ascended the throne, in order to consolidate his throne Without being threatened, he beheaded the prince of Chao on the crime of treason."
Ji Yunshu understood what he meant.
"So what General Li meant was that the fire in the Duke Yuguo's mansion was an order from the emperor, and that day you will deliberately mention the matter of King Ning and the eighth prince to me."
Old General Li did not respond to her words, but sighed: "History always has to repeat itself."
The implication is that the death of Duke Yuguo was because Emperor Qi Zhen was imitating the previous emperor!
Ji Yunshu: "General Li, everything is just your guess, and what if you kill this emperor with a lantern? There will also be another emperor ascending the throne!"
"What if not?"
"What's the meaning?"
Old General Li looked at Chengqing Hall, and the corners of his mouth gradually raised.
Ji Yunshu suddenly realized something, wrinkled his nose slightly, and said softly in his mouth, "Rust? The smell of rust."
Suddenly shocked!
boom-
There was a loud bang, and the fire burst out.
From the Chengqing Hall not far away, there were constant noises, and the light became brighter and brighter, reflecting Ji Yunshu's widened ink eyes extremely red.
The thin iron wire attached to the lantern burned like gunpowder, and the hanging lantern kept falling...
Soon, Chengqing Hall was surrounded by a sea of fire.