Chapter 319: The Return Gift is Worth a Million Gold
"Erlang was promoted, and the third brother passed the examination and became a scholar..."
"It happens to be Chao Chao's birthday, so let's do it together."
"My mother's wedding is in two days. Good things keep happening in our family..." Lu Yanshu's eyes were filled with smiles.
He personally planned Chao Chao's birthday banquet and his mother's wedding, his heart filled with joy.
How could I have imagined the happiness I would have today when I was kicked out of the house?
"Chao Chao, I heard that you have a friend. Would you like to invite him to the banquet?" Lu Yanshu grabbed the bald little guy.
Lu Chaochao scratched his bald head: "What friend?"
"The friend who fought." Although Chao Chao often scolded the other party, one could hear familiarity in his words.
Lu Chaochao was stunned, his eyes full of horror.
"No need to invite it, it's not my friend." Lu Chaochao waved his hands.
"Why would I invite it? No! Humph, I hate it! I have a grudge against it!"
"I'll beat it every time I see it!" Lu Chaochao bared his teeth and roared.
"Mother has never met your friend. She is thinking about him. If you are free, please invite him and let the family treat him well..." Lu Yanshu took out a golden invitation from his arms, and then took out a red wedding invitation.
"This is Chao Chao's birthday invitation, and this is my mother's wedding invitation."
Lu Yanshu cried out in amazement.
"I suddenly remembered that the last time you fought in the deserted city, he shouldn't be from the capital, right?" Lu Yanshu looked a little regretful.
"It can be considered as Beijing." Lu Chaochao curled her lips.
She stuffed the invitation into her arms without saying whether she would like to be invited or not.
After Lu Yanshu left, Lu Chaochao snorted, "Invite it to my birthday party? You wish! What a disgusting creature!"
The Way of Heaven is elusive and traceless, like an omnipresent consciousness, and is the judge of the entire world.
It constrains all things in the three realms, including the gods.
The Way of Heaven transcends the Three Realms, constrains the gods, and is also superior to the gods.
After Lu Chaochao offered sacrifice, she had some vague memories that she had had contact with the Heavenly Dao.
But it's not real.
Lu Chaochao went back to the academy and asked for leave from her teacher, and then invited her friends one by one to attend her birthday party.
As for the invitation to Tiandao, she secretly hid it under her pillow.
The second day.
The emperor and empress came in person to attend Lu Chaochao's third birthday banquet.
All the civil and military officials in the court did not dare to be absent and presented gifts one by one, which made Lu Chaochao smile with joy.
Lu Yuanze was stopped outside the door.
Rong Che was in high spirits because of the good news and took Lu Yuanze's place.
Everyone was talking and laughing, the guests were having a great time, and as they toasted each other...
"The envoys from the Southern Kingdom have arrived." A loud singing voice came from outside the door.
Everyone raised their heads and looked out the door.
Master Xu's eyelids drooped slightly, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Nan Mubai had a smile on his face, but a hint of sarcasm flashed in his eyes. What good things could a bunch of country bumpkins have ever seen?
He took out a treasure box from his arms.
"Mu Bai has come here today specially to present a birthday gift to the princess." Nan Mu Bai spoke in a haughty tone, and all the court officials of Bei Zhao looked at him expectantly.
The Southern Kingdom is favored by the gods and has always been looked up to by people.
There were many mechanisms on the treasure box, and Nan Mubai opened the box solemnly.
Inside the box, a talisman lay quietly.
"The life of mortals is short, and birth, aging, sickness and death are beyond our control. With this talisman, I can prolong my life." Nan Mubai showed a bit of pride between his brows.
The talisman that increases longevity is only found in the South.
Many countries admire the South, isn't it because the South has the ability to change destiny?
A small longevity talisman can increase a mortal's life span by one year!
Countless wealthy and powerful people spend countless gold and silver just to prolong their lives for one more day.
If I only live one year longer, wouldn't that make them break their heads?
Even Nan Mubai only brought three longevity talismans with him when he went out this time.
Nan Mubai didn't notice anything, and when everyone saw the talisman in his hand, their faces turned strange. He even pouted with a look of disgust.
"So it's a longevity charm..." Uncle Xiao took a sip of wine with an indifferent expression.
Nan Mubai always felt that there was something wrong with everyone's expressions, but he couldn't tell what the problem was.
At this moment, Lu Yanshu had already stepped forward, took the longevity charm, and nodded, saying, "Thank you very much, envoy of the Southern Kingdom, for the gift of treasures. This kind of treasure is unheard of and unseen. It has opened our eyes. The Southern Kingdom is indeed worthy of being a divine servant."
"Would the envoy like to stay and have a drink? This wine has some magical effects..."
Nan Mubai shook his head: "Once we find Aunt Princess, we will quickly set off back to the South Country."
"I won't drink any more."
"People in the South are used to drinking spiritual wine and are not greedy for such mundane things." Nan Mubai didn't care at all and didn't even glance at it.
Lu Yanshu blinked his eyes and said, "The palace has prepared a return gift for each guest. Your Highness, please take it back with you."
Nan Mubai couldn't help but sneer.
"Return gift?"
"Master Zhuangyuan, do you think this royal grandson needs it? How could the Southern Kingdom lack such little things?" Nan Mubai didn't even look at it for long, he turned around and left.
Minglang looked a little embarrassed.
"I'm sorry, Lord Lu, His Royal Highness the Grandson has always been...not good at speaking." He even tried to make up for Nan Mubai.
Lu Yanshu didn't care.
He waved his hand and asked someone to bring the return gift: "There is a return gift on each guest's table. It seems to be quite valuable. Lord Ming, please accept it. Maybe it will be of some help to you..."
"It was given to Chao Chao by a destined person."
Minglang casually took it in his arms and thanked him solemnly.
He was not a vain person, but there were more than a dozen tables of guests in the courtyard, and each of them had a return gift. How valuable could the gift be?
Although he accepted it, he just accepted it.
They have been serving the gods for many years and feel that they are different from ordinary people.
What is precious to mortals is vulgar to them.
It's useless.
After the Southern Kingdom envoys left, the Northern Zhao officials could not help but roll their eyes: "The Southern Kingdom is always so arrogant! Their noses are almost pointing up to the sky."
"What can we do? They have the skills to communicate with the gods. We still have to rely on them..."
Someone pointed at the Sixth Prince and said, "We have the Sixth Prince, what are we afraid of?"
"If the Sixth Prince can summon a god once, he can summon it a second time! And the one he summoned is the goddess of our Bei Zhao!"
Everyone looked at the Sixth Prince with burning eyes.
The chicken leg in the Sixth Prince’s hand suddenly lost its flavor.
Emperor Xuanping glanced at him coldly, thinking that he was a useless man who only thought about eating.
"Have you realized the true meaning of the gods today?" The emperor suppressed his anger and asked with a smile.
The Sixth Prince looked at his father tremblingly.
"I dare not say."
"You said, I forgive you!"
The Sixth Prince pointed to the center of the table and said, "She wants to try the crab meat stuffed with golden needles..." The preparation process for this dish is extremely complicated, and Emperor Xuanping usually does not allow such extravagance.
Only on Lu Chaochao's birthday did he wave his hand and let the imperial chef work freely.
At this moment, the emperor looked at him with a wry smile.
Full of lies!
The Sixth Prince was just short of swearing an oath, but the Emperor didn't believe it at all.
The emperor lowered his eyelids slightly and saw a small brocade box on the table. There were tassels hanging on the brocade box. He asked, "What is this?"
"Your Majesty, this is the return gift Princess Zhaoyang prepared for each guest."
Oh, this is something that the envoys from the Southern Kingdom look down upon.
The emperor opened the box casually.
Then he sat up straight suddenly! !
A longevity talisman! !
The emperor suddenly raised his eyes and looked at the whole room. There were more than a dozen tables of guests, and each person had a brocade box in his hand! ! !
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