He presented the brocade box to Shen Ning and said sincerely: "How can this gift repay the kindness that the Queen has shown me? This gift is really not worth mentioning, but Swords are given to heroes, and pink powder is given to beauties. This gift is specially prepared by me for the Queen, and I ask the Queen to accept it.”
"Oh, let me see what it is."
When Shen Ning heard this, she became curious, so she reached out to take it, and gently pushed the lid of the box, and the lid opened.
I saw a very finely carved sterling silver phoenix hairpin placed squarely in the middle of the brocade box. The phoenix was carved so lifelike that when the sun shone, it shone brightly, its brilliance flowed, and it was incomparably bright.
"Tsk, tsk, I thought it was some kind of treasure, but it turns out to be a silver hairpin!"
"It looks good, but it's not worth much. The dignified envoy of the Northern Qi Dynasty actually gave our empress such a shabby thing!"
"They, the Northern Qi State, are so rich that they gave the Queen a hairpin made of silver. Do they still take us, the Western Chu State, seriously?"
The people around looked at the silver hairpin and couldn't help but cast contemptuous looks at the Northern Qi envoy.
Humph, you also said that the Queen has been kind to you, and you would give such a worthless thing in return. How stingy!
But there was no hint of disgust on Shen Ning's face. She liked this silver hairpin that was exquisitely made. It was more to her liking than the exquisite and complicated jewelry in the palace.
"This hairpin is very beautiful. Thank you very much, distinguished envoy."
The person who spoke was Mo Chuan. He took out the silver hairpin from the brocade box and put it in Shen Ning's hair.
The Northern Qi envoy was overjoyed and smiled broadly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, the Queen."
Xiaoru, who was standing aside, couldn't help but laugh, thinking that this messenger was really interesting. He was obviously the one who gave the gift to the eldest lady, and it was the eldest lady who should have thanked him, but he kept thanking him, as if the eldest lady was willing to Accepting his gift is like giving him a lot of face.
After the Northern Qi envoy finished delivering the gifts, he said goodbye to the two of them. With no worries in his heart, he rode on horseback and under the escort of the envoy, the group left the city and headed north.
Mo Chuan and Shen Ning stood side by side on the tower to see each other off. They saw the group of people walking farther and farther away, and finally disappeared.
"Ning'er, let's go back. It's windy here, be careful of catching a cold."
Mo Chuan held her hand, feeling the back of her hand was slightly cold, and said considerately.
Shen Ning, however, kept looking in the direction where the Northern Qi envoys disappeared, thoughtfully. After listening to Mo Chuan's words, she turned her head.
"Mochuan, didn't you pay attention?"
"What should you pay attention to?" Mo Chuan looked at her.
"There is a young attendant beside the envoy. He has been secretly looking at you. Along the way, he even looked back three times from his horse, but only looked at you. Does he know you?"
"What little attendant? I didn't pay attention." Mo Chuan thought about it for a moment, but he didn't have the slightest impression in his mind.
Shen Ning didn't pay attention at first, because Mo Chuan had outstanding appearance and was an emperor. No matter where he went, he was the focus of everyone's attention. So who in the Northern Qi envoy group was not looking at him
But the attendant walked out very far and kept looking back, which was a bit strange.
She tried hard to search for the appearance of the little attendant in her mind, but found that it was very blurry.
Because the attendant, like all the other attendants, always lowered his head and rarely raised it.