When the prince and princess left Kishu, the provincial officials were already discussing the first birthday gift for the little princess.

They notified the local people in advance, asking one person from each family to write a "Fu" character. There were no other requirements except one: scholars were not allowed to write on their behalf.

Most of the common people had never been to school and were used to using hoes but not brushes, but when they thought about what the prince and princess did for the people, no one complained.

During that period, common people would draw the word "Fu" with their hands in their spare time from work. Every household practiced it, and then the person who wrote the best was chosen from the whole family.

The painting of vast rivers and mountains was created by a famous artist as the base, and the painting of blessings was created with words written by ordinary people.

An inch of kesi silk is worth an inch of gold. Kesi silk adopts the weaving method of continuous warp and broken weft, with dots piled up to form lines, and both sides are three-dimensional and consistent.

Although it is clearly made of silk, the changing color levels give it a sense of "looking at it from above, like a sculpture".

Looking closely, the handwriting is clearly different. Some characters flow smoothly, while others are crooked and trembling, obviously written by an illiterate person.

These marks are not flaws, but blessings from the local people to the princess.

What the court officials saw was the people's recognition and gratitude towards the Regent and his wife.

It’s the people’s will.

It is also a hindrance to some people's rebellion.

Someone in the hall lowered his head and took a sip of wine while listening to the congratulatory speech, hoping to dispel the worry on his brow.

The envoys' gifts would also be presented in public. What they presented were not gifts from the princess, but respect from the vassal states to Daxia.

Yue Wan was tricked into giving away two thousand horses two years ago. This time, she sent a good horse over a thousand miles and presented a foal in public. The foal was completely snow-white and shone with silver light.

It is said that this pony is of noble and pure bloodline, and its parents and ancestors are all excellent horses selected from thousands of miles away. Needless to say, it is fast and has good endurance, and it is also very intelligent and humane.

The foal can grow up with the princess.

In addition, Yue Wan was famous for her furs, so she donated ten boxes of furs.

Various countries presented treasures, including gems, carpets, jade... small countries gave small gifts, big countries gave large gifts, and the most generous of them was the Western Rong.

He directly offered two cities and 100,000 gold.

The royal family did not come this year. The hostage Luan Ti Qiemo and the envoys presented the letter of credence in public, and all nations witnessed it.

One hundred thousand gold for the two cities, exactly double what it was two years ago.

When a country does things, there can be no coincidences without reason.

Shen Yangui and Mo Chengying looked at each other and understood:

This is not a gift to the princess, but a signal to Daxia to cooperate and fight against Chu.

In preparation for the future war between Xia and Chu, Nan Chu not only sent people to Beidi, but also sent people to Xirong.

However, ever since Helian Jue plotted to take Huyan Yu's life, cooperation between the two countries of Chu and Rong was doomed to be impossible.

The Huyan family was not only the number one family in the Western Rong, but also controlled the economic lifeline of the Western Region.

Helian Jue was attracted by Huyan Yu's body shape which was similar to his own, and also took notice of Huyan Yu's family's strength, so he designed a plan to make Huyan Yu fall into the water. Not only did he take Huyan Yu's life, but he also secretly diverted many of Huyan Yu's family's business lines during the period of impersonation.

This caused the Huyan family to lose its power as the largest merchant in the Western Regions.

The 100,000 gold from Xirong was paid by Huyan's family, and it was Helian Jue's life-saving money.

Shen Yangui and Mo Chengying have been playing with sand tables and looking at national border maps recently. The two cities offered by the Western Rong also contain mysteries.

These two cities are far away from the Rong capital and are located in the wild and desolate area in the southeast. There are few people, little money, and few cattle and sheep. If Nanchu and Xirong go to war, Xirong will have to pay a high price to defend themselves.

Rather than going to war and wasting money and manpower, only to be taken away by Nan Chu and allow them to invade the country, it would be better to do a favor and give it to Daxia.

For the Xirong, how could this not be considered a way of cutting off one's tail to survive?

When the envoys finished presenting their gifts, Shen Qingyue took the initiative to dance.

The pink veil that half covers her face and the layered dance skirt spin in circles, like a blooming red lotus.

Putting aside the grudges, Shen Yangui really admired her dance.

The figure is also very graceful.

Warriors are also flexible, but the bodies of people who practice martial arts always have a bit more of the toughness of pine and cypress, unlike dancers who are like spring willows in the wind, graceful and elegant.

Every time she turned around and every time she raised her head, she looked towards Mo Chengying.

Eyes as charming as silk.

Shen Yangui felt a little moved when he saw it.

It’s a pity that the princess was lively and playful tonight, and Mo Chengying only had eyes for his daughter, and even ignored his own wife.

"She's blinking so hard that her eyelids are about to spasm, and you don't even bother to look at her?"

Shen Yangui teased the princess and lowered his head to say to Mo Chengying.

"Who?" Mo Chengying raised his head reluctantly, "Oh, her? Wasn't her face covered? You turned around and said you didn't recognize me."

“……”So casual.

Shen Yangui didn't know how many ways Shen Qingyue's military advisors had prepared for her to seduce the prince, but this first one was obviously a failure.

Shen Qingyue probably felt it as well. Amid the lively music, her dancing posture seemed somewhat lonely and sad.

Mo Chengying picked a small piece of tender boneless fish meat for his daughter, "Yu'er, call me daddy."

"Dad, dad~"

"So good~"

He fed the fish meat to his daughter's mouth. The little girl patted her father's legs with both hands. Her little hands were very strong, and the old father was very pleased.

"Those big eyes, those long eyelashes, those little red lips, they look just like me. My dear Qingqing is really good at giving birth."

"..."

For a moment, Shen Yangui couldn't tell who he was praising.

Mo Chengying couldn't get enough of it, "It looks good, really good."

Yu'er also imitated him and said it looked good.

There were graceful singing and dancing in the hall, and people from Nan Chu came outside the palace.

It should have been the palace servants shouting "Report——" and rushing in from outside in a panic, interrupting the singing, dancing and laughter in the hall.

Then the envoy from Nanchu walked in with a swagger, attracting everyone's attention.

But Daxia does not need such palace servants who are afraid of the storm, and Mo Chengying is even less likely to let Helian Jue's people enter his palace safely.

When the captain of the guards saw the man, he tackled him without saying a word, and then stripped him of all his clothes, leaving him without even his fur trousers.

Immediately search the person's body and take everything away.

It's just a matter of peeling off a layer of skin.

After finding out the visitor's purpose, he immediately came to the Linde Palace and ordered people to call Poshan out and pass on the message. Then Poshan whispered the message to the prince and princess.

"Nan Chu is here to present a first birthday gift to the little princess."

Poshan said in a low voice and handed over the gift list. Shen Yangui glanced at it casually.

There are currently ten miraculous medicines in the "Bai Cao Jing", and any one of them is worth a fortune.

According to legend, a king once offered a city in exchange for one of the ingredients, but the people of Chu refused.

Helian Juequan gave it to Shen Yangui's daughter as a birthday gift.

It can be said that he was very generous.

"These two letters, one is for the prince and the other is for the princess."

Poshan handed over two letters - the letters had been checked by a special person and did not contain poisonous powder or the like.

Mo Chengying glanced at the words "Personally from the Regent of Daxia" written on the envelope.

That bastard Helian Jue never said anything really important when he wrote to me. He was just being sarcastic and trying every way to make me angry.

On such a happy day, Mo Chengying would never seek such bad luck.

"Burned."

He was more curious about the letter to the princess, so he reached out and took the other one.

When Mo Chengying saw the first column of words, his face immediately darkened.

If he wasn't holding his daughter, he could immediately compile a family tree for Helian Juekou, tracing back eighteen generations.

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