Xuan Tiange was originally really in trouble, but now that the person had left, she was fine again. So she just replied: "It's okay, it's just that the ground dragon may be cold, you can ask someone to burn it again."
After that person left, she didn't sleep much that night, her mind was full of questions and a little worried. Who was that person? What he said about the new king of Gu Shu and the Eighth Prince having a grudge, could he really take it? And, most importantly, why did he break into her room in the middle of the night? To see his lifesaver? She didn't believe that the people of Gu Shu would really remember a favor to this extent.
After finally making it to dawn, Xuan Tiange got up early, washed up and had breakfast, then he wanted to go to Prince Yu's Mansion to tell Feng Yuheng about what happened last night, and the two of them could discuss it.
But before she left the palace, a group of strange guests arrived at Prince Wenxuan's palace. According to the housekeeper, those people came to give gifts, and they specifically mentioned that the gifts were for Princess Wuyang. So Xuan Tiange, Prince Wenxuan, and Princess Wenxuan watched as large boxes were carried into the palace. Those who brought gifts only said that they were entrusted by someone, but they shook their heads and said they didn't know who entrusted them.
Princess Wenxuan was surprised and asked Xuan Tiange: "Do you know who the person who sent the gift is? Is he your friend? Or does he want something from you? I counted twelve boxes. If they are all filled with valuables, then the gift must be very valuable!"
Xuan Tiange looked puzzled and shook his head, saying, "I don't know who sent this gift to me. Even if they have something to ask for, they should ask my father. How could they ask me for help? The only people I have dealings with are ladies. If they have something to ask for, they won't be so generous, nor will they use this method."
King Wenxuan, who was listening to this, didn't want these things of unknown origin anymore, but he was still a little curious. He walked forward and opened one of the boxes, but at that moment he gasped and froze in place, his mouth wide open, unable to speak.
Not only King Wenxuan, but even the servants who saw the contents of the box were stunned. One of them even couldn't help but exclaimed, "Oh my god!"
Xuan Tiange was also very surprised, and pulled Princess Wenxuan forward to take a look. They saw that the box was full of jewels, pearls, jade, crystal, gold, glass... just scattered and sparkling. These things seemed to be placed randomly, but any one of them was a rare treasure, priceless.
Xuan Tiange was the only princess of Dashun, and the favorite child of Emperor Tianwu in the past. She had seen many good things, and it was not exaggerated. Even Emperor Tianwu welcomed her to pick up the good things from Dashun's treasury anytime and anywhere. Whenever she got good things, the concubines in the palace would fight to the death, but she didn't even have to say a word, and Emperor Tianwu would order people to send them to her palace. But even so, she was still shocked by these things, and she was shocked a lot.
The crystal is purer in color than Dashun's, the gold is brighter than Dashun's, the jade is more transparent, the pearls are bigger, and there are even a few large luminous pearls thrown in there. Since it is daytime, it can still emit some light.
King Wenxuan looked at these things for a long time, and finally said solemnly: "This is something from the desert." He told his wife and daughter beside him: "The rare things in the desert are much more and better than those in Dashun. This king has seen many tributes from ancient Shu, and it is this color of golden crystal that is beyond our reach."
"Gu Shu?" Xuan Tiange frowned, and instantly thought of the person who broke into her room last night. There was no doubt about it, it must have been that person who sent it, because apart from that person, she had no contact with any Gu Shu people. But the strange thing was, why did that person send such a valuable thing? Just for the twenty taels of silver and the life-saving grace of finding a doctor for him? What ability did he have to be so generous?
As she thought about it, she opened the lids of all the other boxes herself. Without exception, they were all filled with rare jewels. Before she could make further analysis, King Wenxuan suddenly said, "The new king of the ancient Shu Kingdom will arrive in the capital soon."
Princess Wenxuan was startled, then said: "What the prince means is..."
"Why does it look to me... like a betrothal gift?" His daughter had long passed the age of marriage, but had never been allowed to marry due to her status. And the new king of the ancient Shu Kingdom was said to be only in his twenties, and as he had just ascended the throne, he had not yet appointed a queen. From this point of view, it made sense for the new king to seek marriage with the princess of the host country in order to protect his country.
"Impossible!" Xuan Tiange suddenly denied it, shaking his head desperately, "Impossible, impossible, father, don't think too much. This thing can't be a gift from the king of the ancient Shu Kingdom. It's definitely not."
"Does Tiange know who it is?" Princess Wenxuan asked her, "If you know, you might as well tell us, so that we don't have to guess blindly."
Xuan Tiange didn't dare to say it, because she was just guessing. Besides, was she going to tell her parents what happened last night? It was hard to explain after all! She shook her head and lied, "I don't know. But since the things have been delivered, we don't know where to return them except to keep them temporarily. Let's wait and see. If the things can be delivered to the door, it's impossible for the person to stay away forever. Father, mother, don't think too much. I want to go out and meet Ah Heng at the Prince Yu's Mansion. Let's talk about this later, okay?"
When Prince Wenxuan and the other two heard that she was going to see Feng Yuheng, they stopped trying to stop her and nodded to let her go out first. As for those boxes, there was nothing they could do except to keep them temporarily.
Xuan Tiange sat in the imperial carriage and went to the Prince Yu's Palace. Because they could afford it, many breakfast stalls on the street were still closed. Many people were eating breakfast and chatting with each other. It was very lively. When the imperial carriage reached such a street, the speed had to slow down. The horses were almost walking. But even at such a slow speed, there were still unexpected sounds. The driver cried "Ouch", subconsciously tightened the reins in his hands, and pulled the horse. The carriage suddenly stopped. With the neighing of the horse, Xuan Tiange and the maid Huan'er swayed three times inside. Finally, the carriage stopped steadily and the driver shouted, "Who hit me?"
Xuan Tiange was puzzled and motioned Huan'er to go out and ask. Soon, he heard the driver's reply: "Princess, I don't know who hit me with a date pit. It hurt so much that I pulled the reins. Please forgive me for disturbing you."
Someone hit her driver? Xuan Tiange walked out of the imperial carriage and looked around outside the carriage, but she didn't find anyone suspicious. At this moment, a date pit suddenly flew over and hit the back of her hand. She retracted her hand in pain, but she also realized at that moment that the person who threw the date pit was not below, but above.
She raised her head and looked, but saw a man standing at the second-floor window of a teahouse that had opened early, with his arms folded across his chest and a wicked smile on his face. It was the man who suddenly appeared last night.
Xuan Tiange stamped her feet, thinking it was just right. She had been looking for this person to ask about the boxes of jewels, and now that they were delivered to her door, she saved herself the trouble of searching. She immediately ordered the servants, "Park the imperial carriage to the side. You don't need to follow. This princess will be back soon."
Huan'er was worried, so she chased after him and asked, "Let me go with the princess!"
Xuan Tiange waved his hand: "No need, no one is allowed to follow!" After saying that, he jumped off the imperial carriage and walked straight into the door of the teahouse.
"Did you send the things?" After entering the box where the man was, Xuan Tiange asked a barrage of questions, "Even if I have done you a favor and you want to repay me, you can just pay me back twenty taels of silver. There is no need to increase it so much. Our family is a royal palace after all, and we are not short of good things. Are you helping the poor?" It was broad daylight now and Xuan Tiange was not afraid of him.
The man sat back in his chair and poured tea for himself and Xuan Tiange respectively. He took a sip leisurely before saying, "Even if Dashun has many good things, they are not as precious as the things in ancient Shu. I can guarantee that you will not find anything better than what I give you even if you search the entire Dashun treasury."
"So what?" Xuan Tiange put his hands on his hips and argued, "Your things are yours, what does it have to do with me? Quickly ask someone to move the things away, I don't want them. What's more, who are you? Why are you so generous? Could those things be stolen from the ancient Shu palace?"
The man smiled helplessly and shook his head, "I didn't steal them, they are all mine, I can give them to whoever I want. Since they have been carried into Prince Wenxuan's Palace, there is no reason to take them back, you can keep them, don't worry about it. Although you Dashun people believe in being grateful to others, I am from ancient Shu, so this doesn't apply to me. Just think of it as a reward for saving your life." After saying that, he paused and said, "If I really have ulterior motives, I would naturally offer a more generous gift. A dozen boxes of jewels are really nothing."
Xuan Tiange took a deep breath. A local tyrant! This is a local tyrant! Those are just a few? And they say they are nothing? She, the princess of a great country, was stunned, okay? There really is no such good thing in the treasury of Dashun!
She sat down, staring at the bowl of tea, and felt that she really needed a drink to calm down. So she tilted her head back and drank the whole bowl of tea like wine.
The man smiled and poured her another bowl of wine, then said, "A beautiful lady is a good match for a gentleman. This is a saying among you Han people. I also learned a few lines, but I don't know if it is appropriate to use it now?"
Xuan Tiange shook her head: "It's too inappropriate. But this princess doesn't want to discuss this with you. I just want to ask you, are you full and have nothing to do? You want to hit my driver with a date pit?" After saying that, she stretched out the back of her hand and showed it to the other party, "This hit has made me red, and it will probably be swollen. Are you trying to murder me or something?"
Without saying a word, he directly held Xuan Tiange's hand, one hand above and the other below, and pressed the upper hand on the red and swollen area and rubbed it gently.
Xuan Tiange's face instantly turned red...
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