This box of jewels is worth a lot of money. Song Liyun raised her eyebrows and refused: "Ashi, these things are very valuable, and you risked your life to get them. If you're going to give them away, you should give them to Madam."
As the young master of the Wuda tribe, Zhao Tingduo had the right to give away the tribe's wealth, but as a son, he should give it to his mother.
In the end, she was still just his fiancée.
The conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is an age-old problem. She and Madam Wuya are currently on good terms, so she can't let these things cause a conflict.
Zhao Tingduo stuffed the box into her arms and said with a relaxed smile, "The Dongyue tribe comes from the Di royal court, so they have everything. To be honest, your mother has large pieces of red coral, as well as gold and silver. These are just small items I'm giving you, nothing special."
The Dongyue tribe was once a member of the Di royal court. Although it was ousted to the Mida River Valley due to its declining strength, most of the wealth of the nobles in the tribe was taken with them.
Now that the Uda tribe has wiped out the clan, the valuables naturally fall into the hands of the victors.
The Uda tribe was the dominant force and was given priority in the selection, while the remaining large number of livestock and slaves were divided among the vassal tribes that participated in the military campaign.
Seeing that Song Liyun still looked troubled, Zhao Tingduo couldn't help but reach out and pinch her nose: "What are you thinking! Why are you so timid? Hurry up and accept it! They say everyone loves their own wife, and my mother naturally has my father."
Song Liyun was both angry and annoyed. It was all because she had acted like an idiot when she saw Zhao Tingduo in military uniform yesterday that this guy had become more and more arrogant and started treating her like a delicate little girl all the time.
With her assertive personality, she naturally wouldn't admit defeat at this moment. She glanced at Zhao Tingduo and put away the box: "Who are you calling a coward? But your father isn't here, so how are you going to give a gift to the madam?"
Zhao Tingduo stood up, lifted her robe, circled around Song Liyun who was tidying her clothes, and sighed, "Father will send something over!"
Although my father has returned to the capital of Wu Dynasty, the garrison commander of the city has prepared gifts for every festival. With the Wu Dynasty's New Year approaching, the gifts that need to be sent will soon arrive!
Since it concerned Madam Wuya's private affairs, Zhao Tingduo didn't seem to want to say much, and Song Liyun didn't say anything more either, casually putting the wooden box into her spatial storage.
Just then, 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, as if to say, "See? It's been delivered."
But Abu's next words caused their expressions to change drastically.
"Young Master, the Wu Dynasty has suffered a national tragedy!"
Lady Uya returned quickly after walking her horse.
From the letter sent by the Zhenbei Army, Song Liyun learned that the Wu Dynasty Emperor had been critically ill for more than half a month and had died ten days ago.
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 members of the royal family are not allowed to marry for one year.
Normally, this kind of thing has nothing to do with the Dilu grasslands. At most, some royal tribes with private relations would send some gifts to express their condolences.
The Kooda tribe is different.
In Zhao Yanjiao's handwritten letter, she wrote that the Wuda tribe should also follow the clan rules, which meant that weddings, birthday celebrations and banquets were not allowed for a year.
Zhao Tingduo looked sullen and unhappy, clearly very dissatisfied that she couldn't get married.
After a moment of silence, Madam Wuya apologized to Song Liyun, saying, "Liyun, Shi's father... is the Duke of Anguo of the Wu Dynasty, and the Empress Dowager is his aunt. According to the rules of the Wu Dynasty, he should observe mourning for his uncle. Your marriage can only be postponed for a year."
Starting in July, the old emperor suffered a stroke when the Di barbarians invaded the border. Despite the meticulous treatment by the imperial physicians, he still passed away at the end of winter.
For the past few months, the Crown Prince has been overseeing the country, and several princes are also eager to make their own moves.
However, with the Marquis of Zhenbei returning to the capital, the emperor, who could rival him, was unable to govern. The Ministry of War and several senior officials seized the opportunity to defect, and the situation overwhelmingly favored the crown prince. The princes were unable to stir up any trouble.
When the old emperor died and the new emperor ascended the throne, it was customary for all the imperial relatives to observe mourning.
Although Zhao Yanjiao returned to the capital of Wu Dynasty, he still did not give up on the Di Lu grasslands.
Although San'er is the leader of the Di tribe and also the new emperor's cousin, they may have to interact as court officials in the future.
We must observe proper etiquette now, so as not to give others cause for criticism.
Worried that the Wuda tribe might have been impolite, Zhao Yanjiao took advantage of the messenger delivering festival gifts to write a special letter to remind them.
Song Liyun had nothing to say about this arrangement.
Even Lady Uya took off her red dress and put on a light blue plain dress.
The ascension of the new emperor was not all bad news for the Uda tribe.
They already knew about Zhao Tingduo's secret borrowing of troops, so they turned a blind eye and tacitly allowed the four hundred Lei-character soldiers to belong to the Wuda tribe without having to return them.
These four hundred Lei-character battalions were lent out privately by Zhao Tinglei, and they must be returned once the Dongyue tribe is destroyed.
Now that Duke Anguo has given permission, the Wuda tribe can keep these people.
Zhao Tingduo's expression brightened slightly, and the frustration of not being able to get married for a year was finally relieved.
Although the Uda 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 Duke Anguo, Zhao Yanjiao, contained not only the gifts he had prepared, but also imperial gifts from the new emperor.
The brocade palace flowers, the tribute tea silver tree, the jade cups, jade rings, and jade ruyi made of mutton fat white jade were all packaged in brocade boxes, which made Song Liyun click her tongue in amazement.
These items are valuable, and transporting them over such a long distance is even more difficult. It seems that Duke Anguo still harbors feelings for Lady Wuya, and the new emperor is deliberately trying to win her over.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and the Wuda tribe returned to peace. During this time, Lin Qingyuan also finalized his business dealings.
With this message delivered from afar, and the gratitude for the mutual support between the tribe and the Uda tribe, Lady Uya promised that the tribe would give priority to Lin Qingyuan's caravan for food and cloth in the future.
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