There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 728 Concubine Zhang likes you
In addition, the decorations all over Zhang Guifei's body are also particularly gorgeous.

The slim-fitting palace dress was embroidered with large flower patterns with gold and silver threads. As she moved, a large area of ​​fine gold and silver light shimmered and dazzled.

Jade pendants, bracelets, armbands, necklaces, necklaces, etc. are hung all over the body, such as the hair accessories on the temples, there are even more, green jade, crystal clear jade, gold and silver jewelry of different shapes, all kinds of Tassels made of jewelry...

Jewelry and splendor!
Elegant!
So many expensive jewelry were piled on her body, and there was no trace of tackiness. Her temperament was completely supported. Such a gorgeous and grand dress added to her endless charm.

She is like a fairy from the sky, elusive and out of reach.

For a moment, Su Xian was very angry. Such a beauty was rare in the world. Why didn't she belong to him? Instead, she took advantage of this stupid pig like Emperor Shu?
Look at the image of Emperor Shu, he really ruined the beauty!

However, this was just a momentary thought. He took a deep breath and quickly suppressed this thought. No matter how you say it, Emperor Shu is the emperor of a country and is fully qualified to have such a breathtaking beauty.

Besides, after today, Concubine Zhang will be 26 years old, and she has lived in Shu Palace for many years...

After Su Xian firmly suppressed the "wishful thinking" in his heart, he couldn't help but wonder. Just looking at Concubine Zhang's dress, her level of extravagance far exceeded that of Empress Daliang and Princess Lanling.

But last night, in the shrine on the streets of Yizhou City, the people were praising Concubine Zhang. Logically speaking, she should not be so extravagant.

Could it be that……

Su Xian's thoughts were ruthless, and there were rumors in the market that before Emperor Shu made Zhang Meiniang a noble concubine, he couldn't do that.

Could it be that during the years that Concubine Zhang entered the palace, she had actually been... a widow?

If you are not satisfied in some aspects, you will turn your attention to other aspects. The reason why Concubine Zhang is so extravagant and loves jewelry so much is probably the biggest inducement.

This is like the Emperor of Shu, who couldn't restore his male prowess, so he indulged in eating and drinking, causing his body to gain weight rapidly, and he could even breathe heavily after walking a few steps...

While Su Xian was thinking wildly, Emperor Shu and Concubine Zhang had already walked to the top of the main hall. Envoys from various countries and ministers of Shu State were paying homage. Emperor Shu ordered them to "keep their bodies straight" and the emperor and his ministers sat down.

At this time, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded, melodious and sweet, and at the same time a group of palace dancers came in and started dancing to the beat of the music, with a more cheerful rhythm.

Everyone in Liufang Hall was attracted by this cheerful singing and dancing...

Su Xian secretly sighed in his heart, Emperor Shu and Concubine Zhang were really good at playing, and they even arranged a "warm-up" song and dance before the birthday banquet, which was good.

The opening song and dance ended quickly. The monarchs and ministers of Shu and the envoys from various countries were all smiling. Emperor Shu gave an "opening speech", thanking the envoys from all over the world for coming all the way, and then entered the next link -

Birthday gift!
The order of presenting gifts is based on the arrangement of seats, so Chen Keyan got up first and came to the middle of the hall to prepare gifts.

Concubine Zhang was particularly looking forward to it, because just now in the Hall of Ecstasy, Chen Keyan had said that she would give her a big gift... To be honest, Concubine Zhang couldn't wait.

Chen Keyan said loudly:

"Some time ago, I, a fisherman, went out to sea and accidentally discovered something rare in this life. This thing seems to have come from the Dragon Palace under the sea. I dedicated it to the imperial concubine. I wish the imperial concubine a long life and a long life."

"Oh? It looks like it came from the Dragon Palace under the sea? What kind of strange thing is it?" Concubine Zhang became more and more interested. She was now obsessed with valuables such as jewelry. The more expensive and weird it was, the more she liked it.

"Come on."

Chen Keyan gave orders outside the hall, and soon, four palace guards carried a large wooden box into the hall. The wooden box was half a person tall and about four feet long. It looked very bulky.

Boom!
The wooden box was placed in the middle of the hall. Chen Keyan ordered people to open the upper cover of the wooden box and the surrounding wooden boards. In an instant, there were sounds of inhalation in the hall, and people were amazed.

It turned out that it was actually a huge coral!

It is about three feet high and two feet wide. It is so big that even everyone present has never seen it before.

The most important thing is that this coral is red, as red as blood, intense and bright red. This kind of coral belongs to the highest grade and is extremely rare!

Concubine Zhang's eyes immediately lit up, she stood up, and then walked down to watch and appreciate it up close, she was so happy that she couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear.

This is indeed a great gift, she likes it very much...

Next, it was the turn of Ambassador Daliang to present the gift.

Envoy Daliang stood up and walked to the middle of the hall, clapped his hands three times, and two palace guards entered carrying an exquisite lacquered wooden box. Compared with Nanchen's large wooden box, Daliang's wooden box was much smaller.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine, the congratulatory gift for me is prepared by Her Majesty the Queen herself. The foreign ministers have a copy of the gift list. Please look at it personally."

Envoy Daliang said as he presented the gift list. The eunuch had already handed it to Concubine Zhang, who read it with interest.

Emperor Shu glanced at the gift list and then at Envoy Daliang. A fierce light flashed deep in his eyes, and then he joked in a joking tone:

"What? Can't Daliang's congratulatory gift be shown to others? Why not say it in public?"

"Your Majesty, this is the special instruction from my Empress Liang, foreign minister..."

"Hahaha!"

The envoy from the Liao Kingdom suddenly laughed loudly, interrupted the envoy from Daliang, and mocked in a strange way:

"Your Majesty must have heard that the Daliang treasury has been empty for a long time, and the people are even hungry... Then the Queen of Daliang must not be able to give any valuable gifts, so she wants to get away with it!"

"We, Daliang, are in the first dynasty of the Central Plains. We are so rich in products. How can we not give out just a few gifts?" The envoy of Daliang said calmly and calmly:

"This is a congratulatory gift specially prepared by me, the Empress of Daliang. Such an order must have profound meaning. Please understand it clearly, Your Majesty."

"Profound meaning? Your deep meaning, Empress Daliang, is to cover up your ugliness!"

The Liao envoys insisted on this point.

In fact, he also knew that it was impossible for such a large Liang Dynasty not to come up with a gift, and this move was just to suppress the other party.

At this time, the other envoys, as well as the princes and ministers of Shu, began to whisper, and some of them frequently looked at the Daliang envoy with suspicion.

Envoy Daliang looked calm on the surface, but he couldn't help but wonder in his heart what the Queen meant by this move. Could it be...

On the side, Su Xian was thinking about whether to help the Daliang envoy to rescue him. After all, he was a member of Daliang, but his main task today was to steal medical books, and he really didn't want to cause trouble.

Emperor Shu sat high on the dragon chair and was very satisfied when he saw this.

Some time ago, he could have taken the opportunity to blackmail Daliang severely, and even took the opportunity to humiliate Queen Daliang, but in the end he failed.

This always made him resentful, and he would get angry when he saw anyone in Daliang.

"what!"

At this time, Zhang Guifei let out an exclamation, holding the gift list in her hand.

He looked like he was frightened.

Emperor Shu's face immediately darkened, he stared at the Daliang envoy below and shouted in a deep voice: "Come on, take down the Daliang envoy and put him in prison to await trial!"

"Your Majesty, there must be a misunderstanding here..."

Envoy Daliang's expression suddenly changed, he quickly bowed down and defended himself.

What exactly was written on that gift list?
Why did you frighten Concubine Zhang?
no one knows.

When the Liao envoy saw this, he was overjoyed and stood up, shouting at the side:

"Your Majesty, Envoy Daliang has bad intentions and deliberately sabotaged the birthday banquet of the Imperial Concubine. Please show no mercy and pull them out and chop them down!"

"..."

The Liao envoys came to Shu this time, ostensibly to celebrate Concubine Zhang's birthday, but in fact, they wanted to secretly win over Shu and unite the north and the south to attack Daliang.

Therefore, he tried various methods to sow discord between Daliang and Shu.

It would be best if he died in Shu during the Liang period...

On the side, Su Xian frowned secretly and sighed in his heart. He could not just watch the Daliang envoy being bullied by the alliance between Shu and Liao.

However, before Su Xian could move, he heard Concubine Zhang directly above the hall shouting: "Your Majesty, no, I am not frightened, but...surprise!"

"..."

surprise?

Emperor Shu's expression changed slightly.

Ambassador Daliang breathed a sigh of relief.

The Liao envoy was speechless and sat back down, clenching his fists and sulking.

Su Xian also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that everyone had a misunderstanding. He didn't need to take action. This result couldn't be better.

"Empress Daliang sent the legendary brown sugar and the method of making brown sugar ginger tea!"

Concubine Zhang was beaming with joy and said with a smile as if no one else was watching:

"My concubine has long heard that brown sugar and ginger tea made by boiling brown sugar and ginger together is a rare nourishing product for women!"

"..."

Concubine Zhang's eyes fell, and the word "Jade Cover" on the gift list made her face glow. Only then did she understand why Empress Daliang wanted to use the new style of gift list to give gifts.

It is really inconvenient for women to reveal such private things on such occasions.

She put away the gift list, looked up at the envoy in Daliang below, and said with a smile: "I like this gift very much. I will trouble the envoy to thank Her Majesty the Queen on my behalf after returning to Daliang."

"I... take orders!"

Envoy Daliang bowed loudly and then returned to his original position.

This storm should be over, he thought to himself.

But at this moment, the Liao envoy suddenly stood up: "Brown sugar? Foreign ministers have heard that it seems to be the masterpiece of Hou Suxian of Fanyang County, Daliang."

He looked at Emperor Shu meaningfully, and then said loudly:
"This Fanyang County Hou Suxian is really versatile. Not only does he know how to tinker with brown sugar, which women like, he is also good at investigating crimes and digging out grain buried deep in the ground!"

"Your Majesty, the Foreign Minister has heard that it was because of Su Xian that the grain purchase agreement between Liang and Shu was suspended?"

"..."

Emperor Shu's complexion darkened visible to the naked eye, and he replied coldly: "That's right! It's true!"

Then she turned to look at Concubine Zhang, who was looking happy, and said with a complex expression: "But what I never expected is that Su Xian can actually tinker with such rare things as brown sugar..."

"Your Majesty, you don't know something." Concubine Zhang was still in high spirits. She never noticed Emperor Shu's dark and complicated expression and said with a smile:
"I have heard about this person's name a long time ago. He is a strange person!"

"Not only did he tinker with brown sugar, he also knew how to investigate crimes and created a method to create claustrophobia. What's even more amazing is that he was able to prevent the plague. Some time ago..."

"..."

Concubine Zhang was in high spirits and talked endlessly. She recounted all the things Su Xian had done before, as if they were treasures from every household.

Emperor Shu's face became increasingly ugly.

His beloved concubine praised another man in person, which made him jealous. Furthermore, it was precisely because of Su Xian that his plan to blackmail Daliang was ruined, which made him feel hatred.

Jealousy and hatred made Emperor Shu's face horribly ugly. His hands under the dragon robe were clenched into fists, and he wanted to kill Su Xian, the "culprit", immediately!
The Liao envoy's sharp eyes noticed the change in Emperor Shu's expression, and he was very satisfied when he saw that his treacherous plan had succeeded.

Su Xian lay on the floor with his head slightly lowered. Hearing Concubine Zhang's enthusiastic praise of him, his heart gradually became strange... It turned out that Concubine Zhang, who was famous all over the world, actually knew him so well? !
Suddenly, he noticed that Chen Keyan, who was sitting in front, turned around and gave a meaningful look, as if to say:
"Young Master, you see, Concubine Zhang knows you so well, so she must like you! What do you think, do you need me to introduce you to you?"

Su Xian stared back, signaling her not to mess around!

At this time, Concubine Zhang's voice suddenly stopped because she finally noticed Emperor Shu's face. Being considerate, she instantly understood Emperor Shu's thoughts and shut up immediately.

Emperor Shu's fat head and big ears looked very ugly, and he said slowly: "So Su Xian is so powerful? I just don't know what this person looks like? He must be ugly, right?"

"Your Majesty guessed wrong." Chen Keyan stood up and bowed:

"Foreign ministers have been lucky enough to meet once or twice about Hou Suxian of Fanyang County. He is young and charming, with a face as beautiful as a crown jewel, and looks better than Pan An. He is one of the most talented people in the world!"

"..."

"Humph!"

Emperor Shu snorted softly. He vaguely felt that Chen Keyan was connoting that he was too fat and ugly, but there was no evidence. Anyway, he was in a very irritable mood.

Concubine Zhang's eyes lit up, and she instantly imagined a young and romantic man with a face as beautiful as a crown jewel, who was more handsome than Pan An... However, Emperor Shu's cold snort suddenly came, and she immediately corrected her mentality and did not dare to think about it any more. .

She clearly felt that just now because of her "extreme understanding of Su Xian", Emperor Shu was jealous. Didn't this harm Su Xian?
She blames herself very much...

Hearing these words, Su Xian felt a little elated. Being praised in public by Chen Keyan, one of the "four beauties in the world", couldn't he feel secretly happy?

Chen Keyan's tone suddenly changed and she said:

"However, the Marquis of Fanyang County also has a shortcoming!"

"What's the downside?"

Emperor Shu seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He now urgently needed a shortcoming to deny Su Xian.

Concubine Zhang Gui also looked curiously, what shortcomings could a talent like Su Xian have?She couldn't think of anything even after racking her brain.

Su Xian looked at Chen Keyan's graceful back and was very curious. What shortcomings could he have in Chen Keyan's eyes?

Chen Keyan pursed her lips and smiled:
"The biggest shortcoming of the Marquis of Fanyang County is... his greed for money and lust!"

"..."

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