Great Tang Southern Emperor

"..." Li Yin was too lazy to talk to his confused brother, so he took a sip of fine wine and kept silent.

Just as the two were talking, Li Yun's gift was also completed. The gift he presented was a set of royal white jade wine utensils from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Although the things were hot and not precious, they were considered rare items, and they could also be regarded as expressive. A heart for being a son.

What's more, with Li You and Li Yin in front, although Li Yun's things are not good, they are still much better than Ming Qi and former Sui items, so Li Shimin's performance is very pleasantly surprised.

After Li Yun withdrew, the entire banquet fell silent in vain, and everyone turned their attention to the ministers—to be exact, someone, even Li Shimin looked at Cen Wenwen with anticipation. I want to see what kind of gift Li Zhen has prepared for him.

Although everyone was staring at him, Cen Wenwen remained calm and composed. After drinking the last glass of wine, he gently put down the glass and picked up two beautifully carved and luxuriously decorated boxes from the side.

Holding one of the boxes, Cen Wenwen came to Li Shimin and said, "My lord is celebrating his birthday, and I, Cen Wenwen, present a set of emerald dragon ornaments on behalf of King Yue.

"Why didn't Zhen'er come back?" Although Li Zhen already knew that Li Zhen needed to preside over the overall situation in Lingnan, according to the rules, Li Shimin must also be held accountable.

Cen Wenwen said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness is not willing to come back. It is because Lingnan is busy with affairs. Now Lingnan has serious corruption problems, and is preparing to conquer Tianzhu. Your Highness really can't get away...The minister is leaving A while ago, His Royal Highness Tuo Chen told His Majesty that His Majesty does not need to worry about Lingnan affairs, as short as three to five months, as long as half a year, he will be able to wipe out all the thieves in Lingnan, and return Lingnan to a bright future..."

Just as he was speaking, the servant had already shown the emerald dragon ornament to everyone. It was emerald green and the color of green water, which was very different from the nephrite jade in the Central Plains. Everyone couldn't put it down.

Especially those who have studied jewelry, they can't wait to show their eyeballs. If they didn't take into account that this is a gift from Li Zhen to Li Shimin, they would all jump up and play with it one by one.

"What a wonderful thing. I never found out that there is such a beautiful jade in Piao country?" As a famous artist, painter, sculptor, and the young prisoner of the Tang Dynasty, Yan Liben There is a natural obsession with art, and a supreme longing for all beautiful things. Looking at the lifelike jade ornaments carved and processed by craftsmen, a trace of obsession can't help but flash in his eyes.

His elder brother Yan Lide also enviously said: "Yes, it is worthy of being called the emperor's green. It is so transparent and bright. It is really the emperor of jade. Even if it is compared with the best Khotan white jade, it is not bad at all. I really want to go to Pyu now. Let's see if we can find one or two pieces of such perfect jade."

Everyone praised and praised this set of accessories, and the joy in Li Shimin's eyes almost overflowed his eyes. If it wasn't for the wrong timing and location, he would have wanted to wear this set of emerald ornaments on the spot.

Everyone praised the jade ornaments without hesitation, but some people felt uncomfortable, because it was Li Zhen who presented the treasure, and Li Zhen was their natural enemy, so some people stood up and started picking bone.

"Teacher Cen, I don't understand something, so please give me some advice." A senior man who could be Li Shimin's father suddenly stood up, and was very rude to Cen Wenwen—you must know that although Cen Wenwen is the Taifu of the King of Yue, But the Taifu is only a false post, in fact he also has an official position in the court.

Moreover, now that he is in Chang'an, this person does not address Cen Wenwen's official position, but calls him Tai Tuo.

You must know that Cen Wenwen's previous position was Zhongshu Sheren on the fifth rank. Before leaving for Lingnan, Li Shimin promoted him to be the servant of Zhongshu on the fourth rank. The status is second only to Zhongshuling (Zheng Sanpin), which is already a very high title.

Now being underestimated by others, it is impossible for Cen Wenwen to say that he is not angry, but after seeing the person who spoke, he suppressed his anger in his heart, and said lightly: "Oh? It turned out to be Li Belu Li Shaoqing, I don't know if Li Shaoqing has any questions, if I can answer, I will definitely teach you."

"Hmph..." Li Belu is Taichang Shaoqing, who is also on the fourth rank, and his status is about the same as Cen Wenwen's. That's why Cen Wenwen didn't turn his face directly, but choked him a little in his words .

At this time, the scene was silent, and all the foreign envoys watched the two quarrel like a good show, while the faces of the people inside Datang became more and more gloomy.

Chapter 635: Princes Presenting Gifts (4)

Chapter 100 Gifts from Princes (4)

No matter which side they are from, they are extremely unhappy with Li Belu - when is it not good for you to make trouble, but at this time, you are making trouble for King Yue at His Majesty's banquet, what do you mean?Do you want to show His Majesty's face?

It's okay for you to look at him, but why do you want to embarrass him in front of so many outsiders?

In front of outsiders, Li Shimin would feel uncomfortable, but why didn't we lose all face?

Let outsiders see the joke for no reason?

How confused are you?

Li Belu didn't think about what other people thought. He was still immersed in making Li Shimin lose face, and turned around to meet the adoring eyes of his colleagues. He didn't think that his actions would bring any negative effects to this country. Influence.

"The old man's question is very simple." Li Belu pointed to the jade ornaments in the box, and asked, "This jade is indeed the best in the world, it is a first-class beautiful jade, and the carving is also the top master level. Everything is impeccable. The problem is that a good horse is equipped with a good saddle, and such exquisite jade ornaments are not disliked even with gold and silver threads, but why do you only match them with ordinary ropes? How sloppy is this move? "

Facing Li Belu's accusation, Cen Wenwen was about to refute, but one person jumped ahead of him and angrily yelled at Li Belu: "Hahaha... Li Belu, Li Belu, I thought you could say What good advice do you have? It turned out to be nothing more than that."

"Lu Zheng, what do you mean?" Li Belu turned his head and looked, even more furious, because the person who spoke was Lu Zheng, who used to be the younger brother of the Patriarch of Fan Yang's Lu family in the Aristocratic Alliance.Of course, now that the Lu family has defected to the imperial court and become the family's mortal enemy, if he still dares to mock himself, he certainly won't give Lu a good face.

"It's not interesting, it's what you think." Lu Zheng, as a disciple of Lu Ping, the head of the Lu family, naturally has no favorable impression of Li Belu, who is in the anti-Tang alliance, not to mention that Li Belu's name is also similar to that of the Tang Dynasty. Lu Shi clashed, and his impression of Li Belu was even worse.

Thinking of this, Li Belu's tone became even more disdainful: "Don't even think about it. Although this emerald is extremely bright, but the carving is simple and unpretentious. It is too nondescript with gorgeous gold and silver threads, right? What is your taste? ah?"

Li Belu argued: "The gold thread and silver thread are just an example I gave. That's not what I mean. What I mean is that if such precious jade ornaments are connected in series with ordinary ropes, they are too unsuitable for this top-grade jadeite." right?"

"It turns out that this is what Master Li said. This is not an ordinary rope." Cen Wen suddenly realized, and bowed to Li Shimin and asked: "Your Majesty, can you allow me to explain to my colleagues?"

"Quite." Li Shimin knew nothing about it, and he was also very curious about what is so special about this rope.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." With Li Shimin's permission, Cen Wenwen casually picked up a jade belt from the box, pointed at the rope on it, and said in a circle, "Are you also like Li Shaoqing, this rope is just an ordinary rope? "

After finishing speaking, without waiting for everyone to respond, he continued: "If you all think so, then you are very wrong. In fact, in the eyes of Cen, the so-called glass-type emperor green jadeite is not worth as much as these ropes. Eleven. In Cen’s eyes, these ropes are not a foil for jade ornaments, but on the contrary, these ropes are the protagonists, they are the real treasures, and these emerald jade ornaments only exist to decorate these ropes. "

"what?"

Everyone was in an uproar, what kind of charm does this rope have?It actually made Cen Wenwen utter such bold words.But everyone knows Cen Wenwen's character. He is not the kind of person who likes to exaggerate. Since he said so, it shows that these ropes are really valuable.

Wei Zheng frowned and asked, "What kind of rope is this that makes Jingren (Cen Wenwen) boast so much? Could it be woven by the legendary dragon's beard and phoenix's feathers?"

Cen Wenwen smiled and nodded towards Wei Zheng: "Duke Wei is really smart, although he missed, he is not far away."

"What do you mean?"

"Hahaha..." Cen Wenwen held up the jade belt high, and said loudly in a slightly crazy tone: "Because the origin of this rope is indeed extraordinary, and the material of this rope is actually woven from the beards and hairs of the monarchs of the Nanyang countries. yes.

There are a total of 27 kings in Nanyang, each of whom contributed a pinch of hair or beard—a rope woven from the beards and hair of the 27 kings. Compared with the best jadeite, which one is better or worse, what do you think? "

"what?"

"what?"

"My God."

"What a big hand."

"..."

The entire banquet scene was once again commotion, everyone exclaimed and stared at the jade belt in Cen Wenwen's hand in dumbfounded. If what he said is true, then these ropes are indeed extraordinary, although they are not as valuable as Jade, but when it comes to political significance, even a hundred sets of jade ornaments may not be able to match one ten-thousandth of these ropes—as expected, it is worthy of being the King of Yue, and it is really a big deal.

Immediately, everyone looked at Yudai differently - this is the most powerful proof of the Tang Dynasty's conquest, and it will play an unimaginable role in improving the morale of the people of the Tang Dynasty, and its value is immeasurable .

The more Cen Wenwen said, the more excited he became: "Although these countries are not as big as our Tang Dynasty, the king is the king, and after all, he is protected by the dragon spirit. Now that the ropes woven by the luck of 27 kings have been collected, you think the value is stronger. ?”

"Hahaha..." Li Shimin also smiled happily, and hurried to Cen Wenwen, took the jade belt with trembling hands, and carefully identified it, as if he wanted to see every beard and hair clearly.

After a long time, Li Shimin raised his head and said in an excited tone: "Okay, good Zhen'er, I really presented a big gift to my father, I am very satisfied, I am very satisfied, this is the best gift I have received in my life." one's gift."

"Your Majesty doesn't need to be so happy." Cen Wenwen laughed loudly: "If you are happy, just wait until this set of accessories is completely completed, and then be happy."

"Oh? What do you mean?" Li Shimin quickly put down the jade belt, and asked strangely, "Could it be that this set of jade ornaments is just a half-finished set?"

"Of course not." Cen Wenwen shook his head and said, "It's just that there is one thing in it, which is not the most perfect."

As he said that, Cen Wenwen took out a jade-encrusted gold silk crown from the box, and said: "This crown is woven with the highest-grade gold thread. Although Hua Wushuang, His Royal Highness Yue Wang is not satisfied. Because in the He imagined that this crown would be woven with the beards and hairs of those kings wrapped with gold thread. Unfortunately, there are only 27 emperors in Nanyang, and their beards and hairs have been used up. His Highness has no choice but to weave it with gold threads alone. It is really great Pity."

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