Chapter 98 Return Gift

When facing Duke Dingguo, Zhu Huaizhen was much more casual.

She slept until noon and went out after having lunch.

The Fucui Pavilion is called Fucui, but in fact it is just green trees, which is very monotonous.

"Madam Zhu, you've come at a very unfortunate time. The Duke is practicing boxing. Usually at this time of year, he would practice for an hour. I'm afraid I'll have to keep you waiting for a long time." The servant was a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, just one hour. I waited for an hour and a half at the old lady's place yesterday." Zhu Huaizhen smiled nonchalantly, which made the servant even more embarrassed.

I heard about yesterday's farce.

The old lady even ran to Fucui Pavilion to complain to Duke Dingguo.

Unfortunately, Duke Dingguo was unable to sort out the disputes among the women and was helpless.

He didn't understand at all. The old lady wanted him to take the opportunity to make things difficult for Zhu Huaizhen.

"Madam Zhu, why don't I go and persuade the Duke?" The servant smiled.

Seeing this, Zhu Huaizhen rewarded the servant with ten gold melon seeds.

This boy is very considerate.

So the servant happily took the golden melon seeds back to report, but when he came back, his face was bruised and swollen.

"Madam Zhu, the Duke said that you can come in." The servant hissed in pain as soon as he opened his mouth.

Hey, Duke Dingguo is practicing boxing, no one can disturb him.

The servant rashly interrupted and was beaten up by Duke Dingguo.

Then, Duke Dingguo ordered the servant Zhu Huaizhen to come to the martial arts training ground.

There were many wooden stakes in the martial arts training ground.

It turned out that Duke Dingguo was standing on a wooden stake while practicing boxing. He was really a martial arts fanatic.

So, Zhu Huaizhen’s return gift was the Hanyue Sword, which was shaped like a crescent moon and radiated cold air.

Rumor has it that an assassin, armed with a Cold Moon Blade, attempted to assassinate Empress Roujia but failed. Empress Roujia, having picked up a Cold Moon Blade for nothing, thought it was a gift for a hero and casually gifted it to a military official.

As a result, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War committed suicide out of fear of punishment.

It turned out that the assassin was related to the Minister of War.

Duke Dingguo was so excited when he saw the Hanyue Sword that he used his lightness skill to float on the water, stepped onto the wooden stake, and brandished it with great brilliance.

"Madam Zhu, you are so thoughtful." Duke Dingguo said with a smile.

After hearing this, Zhu Huaizhen bowed his head.

This return gift is the end.

In the afternoon, Zhu Huaizhen decided to go all out and went to Princess Pingyang's Zither Vineyard again.

This Wisteria Valley has winding corridors. When the wisteria is in bloom, what comes into view is a sea of ​​purple, noble and elegant, just like Princess Pingyang herself.

Princess Pingyang had already learned of Zhu Huaizhen's arrival and prepared tea and snacks.

Wow, it turned out to be a mouthful of rich and colorful flavor, with sesame salt, bamboo shoots, chestnuts, loofah kernels, walnut kernels, spring immortal seagull, swan osmanthus, rose and brine splashed with Lu'an sparrow tongue bud tea.

Ahem, Zhu Huai really doesn’t like this, he just tastes it occasionally because he thinks it’s novel.

By the way, the pastry is Touhuaci, which is made of glutinous rice as the skin and red bean paste as the filling. The appearance is crystal clear and the flowers inside are faintly visible.

Zhu Huaizhen ate a piece and immediately narrowed his big grape-like eyes with happiness.

Oh my, Chen Mingan is such a bastard, but he has such a good mother.

"Zhen'er, what are you going to give me?" Princess Pingyang asked with interest.

"Mother-in-law, two things." Zhu Huaizhen smiled like a flower, her eyes moving.

After he finished speaking, Zhu Huaizhen took out items like he was presenting treasures, which were an agate cup inlaid with a gold animal head and a silver pot with a gilded dancing horse holding a cup pattern.

Agate cup inlaid with gold animal heads, used for drinking.

Gilded silver pot with dancing horse holding cup pattern, used for drinking tea.

These two things may seem worthless, but they were given to the God of War Feng by Empress Roujia back then.

I heard that Princess Pingyang fought in several battles before she got married, and she was very heroic.

Unfortunately, she was a woman, and after getting married, she could only live in the Duke Dingguo's Mansion and look up at this small world.

"Zhen'er, I wish you were my daughter." Princess Pingyang smiled faintly, as if she was thinking about something.