Chapter 358 National Mourning
This box of pearls and jade was worth a lot of silver. Song Liyun raised an eyebrow and refused: "Ashi, these things are very valuable. You risked your life to get them. If you want to give them to me, I think you should give them to my wife."
As the young master of the Wuda tribe, Zhao Tingduo has the right to give away the tribe's wealth privately, but as a son, he should give it to his mother.
After all, she is still just a fiancée.
The conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is an eternal problem. She is currently on good terms with Madam Uya, but she cannot have conflicts over these things.
Zhao Tingduo stuffed the box into her arms and said with a light smile, "The Dongyue tribe came from the Dilu royal court, so they have everything. To be honest, my mother has large pieces of red coral, as well as gold and silver. These are just small items I gave you, and they are nothing special."
The Dongyue tribe was once a member of the Dilu royal court. Although they were exiled to the Mida River Valley due to their declining strength, most of the wealth of the nobles in the tribe was brought out.
Now that the Wuda tribe has been exterminated, the valuables naturally fall into the hands of the victor.
Among them, the Wuda tribe was the dominant force and had priority in obtaining a large population.
The remaining livestock and herdsmen were divided up among the vassal tribes that joined the expedition.
Seeing Song Liyun still in a dilemma, Zhao Tingduo couldn't help but reach out and pinch her nose: "What are you thinking! How can you be so timid? Just accept it! They say that everyone loves his wife, and my mother is naturally remembered by my father."
Song Liyun was both angry and annoyed. It was all because of her idiotic behavior when she saw Zhao Tingduo in military uniform yesterday that this guy became more and more rampant and always treated her as a delicate little girl.
With her domineering personality, she naturally refused to admit defeat. She glanced at Zhao Tingduo and put the box away. "Who are you calling timid? It's just that your father is not here. How can you give a gift to the lady?"
Zhao Tingduo lifted her skirt and stood up. She walked around Song Liyun, who was tidying her clothes, and sighed, "Dad will send something over!"
Although my father went back to the capital of Wu Dynasty, the big brother who was in charge of the city had prepared gifts for every festival. The New Year of Wu Dynasty was approaching, and the gifts were about to arrive!
Since it was Madam Wu Ya's private affairs, Zhao Tingduo seemed not to want to say more. Song Liyun also did not say much and casually put the wooden box into the space.
At this moment, Abu rushed in like an iron tower, his face tense and serious, "Young Master, there's news from Hecheng!"
Zhao Tingduo raised an eyebrow at Song Liyun, meaning, look, it’s been delivered.
But Abu's next words made their faces change drastically.
"Young Master, the Wu Dynasty is in mourning!"
Mrs. Wu Ya also came back soon after riding her horse.
From the letter sent by the Zhenbei Army, Song Liyun learned that the Emperor of the Wu Dynasty had died half a month ago after being critically ill for more than half a month.
Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, during the period of national mourning, banquets are prohibited throughout the country for three months, and royal family members are not allowed to get married for a year.
Originally, this matter had nothing to do with the Dilu Grassland. At most, some royal tribes with whom they had personal relations would send some gifts to express their condolences.
But the Wuda tribe is different.
In Zhao Yanjiao's handwritten letter, it was stated that the Wuda tribe should also follow the clan rules, that is, no weddings or birthday banquets were allowed for one year.
Zhao Tingduo had a dark face and looked unhappy, obviously very unhappy that she couldn't get married.
Madam Wuya was silent for a moment, then apologized to Song Liyun, "Ali, Ashi's father... is the Duke of Anguo of the Wu Dynasty. The Empress Dowager is your aunt. According to the rules of the Wu Dynasty, you should observe mourning for your uncle. Your marriage can only be postponed for one year."
Starting from July, the old emperor suffered a stroke when the Di Lu invaded the border. Despite the careful treatment of the imperial physician, he died at the end of the winter.
In the past few months, the crown prince has been acting as regent, and several princes have also been ready to make a move.
However, the Marquis of Zhenbei returned to the capital and resorted to the same tough tactics that he used to force the emperor to make his younger sister the empress.
The emperor who could compete with him was unable to take charge of the affairs, so the Ministry of War and several old chancellors took advantage of the situation and defected to him. The situation was overwhelmingly in favor of the crown prince, and the princes were unable to cause any trouble.
When the old emperor died and the new emperor ascended the throne, it was customary for all the royal relatives to observe mourning.
Although Zhao Yanjiao returned to the capital of Wu Dynasty, he still did not let go of the Dilu grassland.
Although San'er is the leader of the Di tribe and the cousin of the new emperor, he may have to meet the emperor as a court official in the future.
We must observe the necessary etiquette now and not give others a chance to talk about us.
Worried that the Wuda tribe might be disrespectful, Zhao Yanjiao wrote a letter to remind them through the messenger who was delivering the holiday gifts.
Song Liyun naturally had nothing to say about such an arrangement. Their wedding date was originally scheduled for June of the following year, and it was just postponed for another four or five months.
Madam Wu Ya took off her red shirt and put on a light blue plain dress.
The new emperor's ascension to the throne was not all bad news for the Wuda tribe.
The Wu Dynasty's Ministry of War already knew about Zhao Tingduo's secret borrowing of troops. Since the emperor and the Duke of Anguo didn't mention it, they turned a blind eye and tacitly allowed the 400 Leizi Camp soldiers to belong to the Wuda tribe without having to return them.
These 400 Leizi Camp soldiers were originally loaned out privately by Zhao Tinglei, the garrison commander of Hecheng, and they had to be returned once the Dongyue tribe was destroyed.
Now with the permission of Duke Anguo, the Wuda tribe can keep these people.
Zhao Tingduo's expression brightened slightly, and the depression of not being able to get married for a year was finally relieved.
Although the Wuda tribe now has more than a dozen vassal tribes following it, its core strength still depends on its own people.
The gift box sent by Anguo Duke Zhao Yanjiao contained not only the gifts he prepared, but also gifts from the new emperor.
Brocade palace flowers, tribute tea silver trees, mutton-fat white jade cups, jade rings, and jade ruyi were all packed in brocade boxes, which made Song Liyun amazed.
These things are valuable, and transporting them over a long distance is even more difficult. It seems that Duke Anguo really has lingering feelings for Madam Uya, and the new emperor is deliberately trying to win her over.
Two days passed in a flash, and the Wuda tribe returned to peace. During these days, Lin Qingyuan also negotiated business matters.
With this news coming from thousands of miles away and the kindness of mutual assistance with the Wuda tribe, Mrs. Wuya promised that the tribe would give priority to Lin Qingyuan's caravan in the future when it comes to food and cloth.
As for the purchase and processing of agate stones, it is naturally Lin Qingyuan's exclusive monopoly.
Lin Qingyuan was so happy to get such a big deal that he was at a loss as to what to do.
He made enough profit just by eating the food, not to mention the huge profits from the jewelry. He seemed to see gold leaves flying all over the sky.
The Wuda tribe occupies the entire Mida Valley and only needs to drive a car and set their own price.
You can make money by reselling goods by walking back and forth from south to north in the Mida Valley.
Song Liyun saw through his intentions and woke him up from his dream with one sentence: "I want to be a merchant!"
Lin Qingyuan suddenly wilted. Song Liyun was the young lady, and it was impossible for him to monopolize the market.
Once the matter of the Wuda tribe was settled, Song Liyun and Song Zhenping proposed to return.
Song Zhenping's wedding is in four days.
Although the imperial court stipulated that weddings and funerals should be banned in March, the people had their own ways to deal with it.
During the national mourning period, a girl's marriage was called "stealing marriage", which means that the marriage had to be done secretly.
The red sedan chair must be replaced with a blue one, the loud gongs and drums turn into quiet steps, the joy and excitement turn into caution, friends and guests from all over the world turn into scattered relatives and friends, and the sumptuous wedding banquet becomes a commonplace meal.
Song Dekui said that the emperor was far away and the sky was high, so even a secret marriage didn't need to be done in such a detailed manner, and all he needed to do was change the roof of the sedan chair.
As her only brother got married, Song Liyun was eager to return home and did not want to stay in the Wuda tribe for long.
Mrs. Wu Ya prepared the wedding gifts, which were naturally gold and silver jewelry, palace flowers and exquisite wool carpets.
Song Liyun was also given some imperial flowers and more than a dozen pieces of tribute brocade.
A gift from an elder cannot be refused, so Song Liyun accepted them all. There was enough space to put them in, so she didn't have to worry about the extra things being a burden.
But what Zhao Tingduo prepared next made her frown.
There were five carts and a cavalry team of fifty people.
(End of this chapter)
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