Under the gaze of Chengyang and Xue Guan, Li Hong told them everything that happened in the palace while eating. After a long time, the two finally understood the whole story. They looked at each other, looking at Li Hong who looked nonchalant and was still stuffing chicken legs into his mouth.

"You troublesome little thing, are you going to scare your mother to death? No wonder you hid away, ah...why are you so troublesome!" Chengyang's face had lost some color, and he tried to keep his tone calm, but his words were still trembling.

This matter could be big or small. In her opinion, it seemed that the matter was resolved in the court. But if Wu Mei wanted to do something in the harem, or if the little girl in front of her wanted to make further progress, it was inevitable that someone would bring up this incident. At that time, even if his father wanted to help him, he would be powerless in the face of the gossip of the court officials.

Chengyang and her husband Xue Guan looked at each other. They had been married for many years, so they had the tacit understanding and understood each other's thoughts instantly.

Xue Guan said, "You make the decision."

"Well, let's help this little guy this time. Who told me that I like this little thing from the bottom of my heart?" Chengyang nodded helplessly, sighed, and watched Xue Guan get up and leave.

Then she turned her head and took a look, and couldn't help but get furious. She and her husband were anxiously discussing his affairs, but the little thing was still stuffing food into his mouth nonchalantly. He used the sleeves of his maid as a rag, wiping them all with grease. He sat upright beside her and let the little thing wipe his hands with her sleeves.

Chengyang got angry immediately, stood up and grabbed Li Hong's ear and gnashed his teeth and said, "You troublesome little thing, your aunt is worried about you, but you still have the mind to eat and drink here. Tell me, where is your usual cleverness? Don't you know how serious this matter is? There is still a month, where can you find such a precious and rare thing in a month."

"Ouch... it hurts, auntie, can you please let go first? Ouch, Hong'er's ear is about to fall off." Li Hong had no choice but to spit out the meat in his mouth and begged for mercy to Chengyang with a grin.

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"It hurts, it hurts but you still don't learn your lesson. Every time your mother mentions you, she sighs and laments, but you don't know how to live up to your expectations. It's really hard for your mother to work so hard for you in the harem!"

"Oh, aunt, you are good friends with my mother, so there is no need to work so hard to teach me for her. I have already said that I know I was wrong." Li Hong felt Chengyang's hand loosen a little, and his ear didn't hurt as much anymore.

Chengyang let go of Li Hong's hand, and saw Xue Guan, who had just left, walked in holding a valuable wooden box and said to Chengyang: "I have sent someone to inform Princess Lanling, and I think she should be able to rush over in a while."

"Did your husband tell her to bring the things with her?" Chengyang slapped Li Hong hard on the butt, and the little guy started to use his maid to wipe the grease off his hands.

Chengyang took the box from Xue Guan's hand. Li Hong looked at the two people's expressions strangely, as if someone was cutting the flesh of the couple.

"Here you go. Take it back and report to your father. You can say whatever you want to your father. Even if you say you picked it up, don't say it was given to you by your aunt." Chengyang ordered the maid to clean up the remaining food on Li Hong's desk, put the wooden box on the bright desk and push it in front of Li Hong.

"What is this? Is it for me? Why don't you let my father know? Then can my mother know?" Li Hong asked several questions in a row.

Li Hong's harmless expression made Chengyang, who had been stern, laugh. He chuckled and said, "The Duobao Pagoda you broke today was a gift from the Persians to your grandfather. When your aunt got married, your grandfather gave her one and gave the other to Lanling. Don't worry, your aunt has already notified your aunt Lanling, and she will bring hers to you in a while."

When Li Hong heard this, he immediately shook his head and hands, and said anxiously as if he was having the hiccups: "No, no, no, it's too valuable. You should keep it. This was given to you by my grandfather. I dare not take it. If my father knew about it, he would break my legs."

"You still know how to be afraid? If you know how to be afraid, why did you break it out of anger..."

"Wait a minute, aunt, you said this was given to the emperor by the Persians?" Li Hong suddenly remembered something and interrupted Chengyang and asked.

"Yes, what's wrong? What's the problem?" Chengyang asked curiously.

Li Hong opened the wooden box and saw a pagoda inside that was exactly the same as the one he smashed in the Linhu Palace. He asked curiously, "Isn't this unique to Guizi? Why do Persians have it too? Did Guizi also send these to Persians?"

Xue Guan smiled, carefully took out the Duobao Pagoda and wiped off the non-existent dust on it. If Chengyang was not the main person giving it to Li Hong today, he would have planned to pass this treasure down to his family.

So he explained to Li Hong: "This Duobao Pagoda is indeed from Persia, not Guizi. Guizi presented such a precious treasure to Your Majesty this time, I am afraid it is for Your Majesty's benefit. As for whether this Duobao Pagoda was made by Guizi itself, it is a big question. It is said that Persia gathered the craftsmen of this Duobao Pagoda in a secret place and never allowed them to contact the outside world. The purpose is to maintain the uniqueness of the Duobao Pagoda's texture."

Li Hong had not looked closely at the Duobao Pagoda in the Linhu Hall. Now he took it from Xue Guan, looked at the carved portraits on the Duobao Pagoda and said, "Why do I feel that this Duobao Pagoda does not seem to be made by Western craftsmen, but rather it looks more like it was made by our Tang Dynasty craftsmen?"

Xue Guan smiled and said firmly: "Impossible, this is the pride of Persia. All the craftsmen and production are Persian secrets. It is even more impossible that it was made by our Tang Dynasty craftsmen."

Li Hong stared at the Duobao Linglong Pagoda, then looked up at Chengyang and his wife, scratched his head in annoyance, and asked doubtfully, "Since you are so sure, then please explain to me, the Sumeru pedestal carved on the base of the pagoda, the lotus pedestal, the octagonal thirteen-story dense eaves, and the twenty-four Buddha niches on each floor, are they more like the meaning of the Tang Dynasty Buddhism?"

Xue Guan was stunned, and so was Cheng Yang. How could this be possible? Why had no one ever questioned this? Now that Li Hongyi had reminded them, and they had carefully studied the carvings on the Duobao Linglong Pagoda, they suddenly realized that there were indeed many flaws. Everything on the pagoda was indeed depicted in accordance with the Tang people's understanding of Buddhism.

Li Hong looked at the two people's dazed expressions and continued, "Also, don't you think that the Big Wild Goose Pagoda built by my father has too many similarities with this Linglong Pagoda? Look at the words engraved on the four sides of the base. Why are they not Persian, but the characters of our Great Tang Dynasty?"

Li Hong turned the Duobao Linglong Pagoda over and said slowly, "The front of this pagoda is engraved with the words 'Wanshou Pagoda'. If this side is the south, then the east side must be engraved with the words 'Zhending Huangtu'. The north side is naturally 'Zhenci Hongfan', and the west side must be 'Huiteng Riyue'. Aunt, do you remember what my father said when he first ordered the construction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in memory of my grandmother?"

Chengyang was so shocked by Li Hong's explanation that he was speechless. He snatched the Duobao Linglong Pagoda from Li Hong's hand and looked through it carefully. Sure enough, the fifteen words were engraved on all four sides. These fifteen words were the words that Li Zhi wanted to engrave on the base of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda to commemorate his mother.

"This...?" Chengyang stared at Li Hong blankly. He didn't expect that such a pagoda with many treasures could hide so many secrets.

"It is obvious that these Duobao Pagodas were made by craftsmen of our Great Tang. A very small possibility is: 'Unless they made it specially for my royal grandfather, so they engraved these Chinese characters.' But how to explain that the engraved characters are the fifteen words my father mentioned? Obviously, there is only one possibility, that they were made by craftsmen of our Great Tang, or even by the first batch of craftsmen who built the Big Wild Goose Pagoda!" Li Hong put the Duobao Pagoda into the wooden box and covered it with the lid. At the same time, he also made a final statement about the origin of the Duobao Linglong Pagoda.

Xue Guan closed his eyes and thought. What Li Hong guessed was even completely correct. This tower was made by craftsmen from the Tang Dynasty. But why did it never appear in the Tang Dynasty, but was instead passed down from distant Persia?

"Perhaps the only way to solve this matter is to ask the Ministry of Works or the General Manager. As long as we can find the list of the first batch of craftsmen who built the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, we will know who built this pagoda." Xue Guan said, opening his eyes.

Chengyang was obviously lost in the memories of the past, until Li Hong waved his little hand in front of her eyes, which called Chengyang's soul back.

Chengyang slapped Li Hong's waving hands away and said unhappily, "What's the point of using your little tricks on this? Can you glue the tower you broke together? You should think about it. When your aunt Lanling comes, will she beat your little butt?"

"No, I told you my guess because I want you to stop worrying about me. Who knows, we may be able to find an identical Duobao Linglong Tower in the Tang Dynasty." Li Hong said lazily, lying on the table with his chin resting on the wooden box.

"Princess Lanling has arrived." The loud voice of the servant came from far away at the door.

"I'll go and greet my aunt, you guys don't go." Li Hong hurriedly stood up from the table. In order to prevent his little butt from getting spanked, he had to please Lan Ling, who was always frugal.

"This is etiquette. Lanling is here. How can I, as the host, sit still?" Chengyang held Li Hong's hand and walked towards the front yard. Xia Zhi followed closely on the other side of Li Hong. After leaving the palace, the responsibilities of them, the personal maids and eunuchs, became heavy all of a sudden. Protecting King Dai was their real duty.