Yang Fan said to Xiao Man in a low voice, "I'll go take a look, you stay with the guests first!"
Xiao Man nodded lightly and watched as Yang Fan hurried to the door.
The external steward of Princess Taiping's residence, Li Yi, was a eunuch. When Princess Taiping got married, he was assigned by the palace as part of her dowry. After many years of hard work, he had already become the main steward of Princess Taiping's residence.
Seeing Yang Fan come out, Li Yi's beardless, round, and pale face was immediately filled with smiles. He took a step forward and clasped his hands together, saying, "Haha, congratulations, congratulations to Lang General Yang on your marriage. My master specially sent me to congratulate you and also to present my master's congratulatory gift, I hope Lang General Yang will kindly accept it! "
As Li Yi spoke, he turned his body sideways and waved his hand. Behind him, two servants wearing green robes and hats carried a long box forward. Looking at their movements, that long box was very heavy. Many guests heard the news and rushed out to see the excitement, many people began to discuss, "Such a long box, what kind of gift could it be?"
"It looks very heavy!"
"Look at it, it looks like a sword!"
"Nonsense, what kind of sword is so long, and look at them, it looks very heavy, is a sword that heavy?"
"Maybe it's a horse-slaying sword!"
"A treasured sword is given to a hero, Lang General Yang is a military general, giving a treasured sword is not wrong, but have you ever heard of giving a horse-slaying sword?"
Yang Fan looked at the long box in front of him and looked at Li Yi with some caution. Steward Li smiled slightly, saying, "This is a gift specially prepared by my master for Lang General's wedding. He invited skilled craftsmen and spent many days to make it, Lang General Yang, do you not want to take a look?"
When the onlookers heard this, they all started to jeer, "Erlang, quickly open it, let us broaden our horizons!"
Yang Fan made up his mind, stretched out his hand and pulled off the red ribbon tied to the box, gently opened the lid, and at a glance saw the contents of the box, he was immediately stunned.
The box was covered with red velvet, and there were only two things inside, a baseball stick and a bowball.
The ball-shaped staff was golden in color, and its surface was engraved with various patterns. At a glance, there were carps and flowing water, lotus seeds and lotus flowers, pine and cypress cranes, all auspicious objects. Yang Fan gently stretched out his hand, wanting to take the staff out. When the staff entered his hand, a cool metallic feeling spread to his heart, and he was secretly surprised: No wonder these two people have such a hard time lifting it, it really is not a wooden staff!
Yang Fan took a deep breath and exerted strength with one arm, grabbing the beaded staff tightly and fiercely pulling it away from the long box. The two green-clothed servants couldn't retract their strength in time and the long box in their hands were lifted upwards. Yang Fan only felt that the staff was very heavy in his hand, so he hurriedly reached out to grab the staff with his other hand. Only then did he feel more at ease.
"Gold! This is a pure gold staff! "
"The princess is so generous. How much is that staff worth?"
"Money? You only know about money. If you have so much gold, can you make such a ball stick? Moreover, this is a congratulatory gift from Princess Taiping, can it be exchanged for money? "
The guests saw Yang Fan's action of grabbing the staff and immediately guessed the material of the staff and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. Qiu Shenji and Wu Youyi were proud of their status and didn't leave their seats, but the discussions of the crowd had already reached them. The two looked at each other and thought: Princess Taiping actually gave such a generous gift? The princess gave such a heavy gift, I … Is my gift a little too light?
Yang Fan also revealed a shocked expression and carefully placed the staff back into the box. He said to Li Yi: "Head steward, it is already an honor for Her Highness to come and congratulate Yang Fan on his wedding. This gift is really too valuable, Yang Fan cannot accept it! Head steward, please take it back. "
Li Yi said with a smile: "If we take back the gift, it will not be easy for us to explain to the princess. Lang Jiang Daren has already examined the ball-shaped staff, but has not seen this ball. "
Only when he said this did Yang Fan notice the ball the size of a fist. Just now when he opened the box, a red light entered his eyes. It faintly emitted a crystal clear, glossy and gorgeous light. He felt that this ball was extraordinary, but his attention was attracted by the dazzling golden staff. Now that he heard Li Yi's words, he remembered to look at the red ball.
The red ball was also embedded in the velvet. Yang Fan stretched out his hand and grabbed the red ball. He only felt that it was heavy, as if it was also a metal or stone object. He held the red ball up and under the illumination of the lights in the corridor, the red ball shone brightly. No matter where one stood, they seemed to be able to see a strange red light reflected in their eyes. Especially when Yang Fan's hand moved slightly, the red light flowed in all directions, like a golden snake crossing the sky. Looking at each other, everyone could see the red light reflected on each other's faces and bodies.
Yang Fan, who was holding the red ball in his hand, stood in the center. His whole face was reflected red. The red light flickered, illuminating his crimson groom's robe. It seemed that even his body was glowing. His whole body was bathed in red light, as if he was covered by a cloud of fire.
There was no lack of knowledgeable guests among the guests. They couldn't help but shout: "Fire jade! This is a fire jade! My god, such a large piece of fire jade, this is a priceless treasure! "
Qiu Shenji sat in his seat and looked up. He also saw Yang Fan, who seemed to be covered by a cloud of fire. When Yang Fan's body moved to the side, he also clearly saw the round and natural fire jade, and couldn't help but be shocked.
The so-called fire jade was a name people used in the past. In reality, it was a ruby. There were dark red rubies, bright red rubies, and some with impurities. No matter what the color, there was rarely such a large ruby. But this ruby in front of him was not only as large as a fist, but also as round as a ball. It also had no impurities, which made it even more priceless.
Qiu Shenji subconsciously looked at his belt. His belt was also inlaid with a ruby. It was only the size of a fingernail, and it was dark red. It was far less magnificent than the ruby in front of him. Qiu Shenji's robe sleeves hung down, and very naturally covered his belt.
"This gift … is really too valuable. Yang Fan doesn't dare to accept it no matter what!"
Yang Fan was very surprised. He quickly put the gem back into the box and repeatedly refused. He only knew that this gem was precious, but he didn't know that this gem was the national treasure of the Tang dynasty. When Li Shimin was fighting against Goguryeo, Bi 'an, who was attached to Goguryeo, offered this treasure to the emperor of the Tang dynasty to prevent himself from being caught in the crossfire.
Later, when Li Zhi's beloved daughter Taiping got married, this national treasure was specially used as her dowry. If Yang Fan knew that this gem was the most valuable dowry of Princess Taiping, he was afraid that it would be even more of a hot potato.
Li Yi laughed and said, "Lang General Yang, I am only a servant under orders to deliver the gift. Since Lang General is so polite to me, I can't explain it to His Highness."
He looked around with a smile and said, "Is there anyone who can lend a hand and accept this gift for Lang Jiang? My two servants are very weak. I hope they don't make any mistakes and ruin the gift that the princess gave to Lang General! "
"This is a good thing. Since they took the initiative to give it to us, how can we not accept it!" Chu Kuangge and Maqiao stepped forward at the same time and hurriedly accepted the box for Yang Fan. Yang Fan had no choice but to say, "Chief Steward, please come in and have a drink!"
Li Yi chuckled a couple of times and cupped his hands towards Yang Fan, saying: "Many thanks for Lang General's good intentions. Today is Lang General's big day. My body is crippled, so it will be inauspicious for me to enter. I don't dare to enter and bring bad luck with me. The task has been completed, so I will take my leave now! "
Li Yi said and turned to leave. Yang Fan had to send him out. After sending Li Yi away, he turned around and walked back to the guest hall. Many people looked at Yang Fan with awe.
Yang Fan, this Lang General, might not make them care too much. But a Lang General who could make Princess Taiping send people to congratulate him could not be ignored. Being able to make Princess Taiping give such a precious gift to him, that was even more … What exactly was he? Even if he was a prince, Princess Taiping might not be willing to give him such a heavy gift!
"A golden staff, a ruby ball …"
As Yang Fan walked up the hall, one scene after another flashed through his mind: the bowing competition by the Luo River, the mermaid-like Princess Taiping lying on the soft couch, the cup of fine wine delivered by the river, and the bowing ball thrown back to him. During the Lantern Festival, she raised her arms and shouted. She galloped on the battlefield and defeated the Tubo army …
He knew that Princess Taiping's jealousy was the reason why she used the opportunity of his great merit to trick the Emperor into marrying her and separate him and Wan 'er. But today's gift was absolutely not malicious. When Princess Taiping carefully chose this gift, he really did not know what kind of mentality she had.
Walking to the hall, Yang Fan looked up and saw Xiao Man staring at him with a strange look in her eyes. Princess Taiping gave such a heavy gift, which was also unimaginable for Xiao Man. She had served in front of Empress Wu before, so she had seen these dignitaries coming and going. Even Wu Zetian had not received such a heavy gift.
Xiao Man naturally did not know about the love affair between Princess Taiping and Yang Fan, but Princess Taiping gave such a heavy gift. She naturally thought of Shanghai Wan 'er. In her view, only Shangguan Daizhao could be so generous and willing to give such a heavy gift. She was afraid that Shangguan Daizhao could not do it herself, so she borrowed Princess Taiping's hand …
Thinking of this, Xiao Man suddenly felt a little sour in her heart.
Originally, she felt that she was an outsider, but she destroyed other people's love, broke up a pair of lovers, and took away Shangguan Daizhao's man. However, once they got married, their statuses would be different, and their standpoints would also be different. Yang Fan was her man now. She really couldn't say that she wasn't jealous at all when she saw this scene.
"Oh, just now it was …"
Seeing Xiao Man's strange look, Yang Fan also inexplicably felt guilty as if he was caught in bed by his wife. Just when he wanted to explain, he heard the master of ceremonies like a crowing rooster, with a high-pitched and joyful tone, "Protector of the State, Master Huai Yi, the abbot of White Horse Temple, has arrived …"
Hearing this, even Wu Youyi and Qiu Shenji suddenly stood up. Yang Fan hurriedly said to Xiao Man, "Xiao Man … Cough! My wife, my teacher has arrived. Let's go and welcome him together! "
The hall full of guests followed Yang Fan and Xiao Man out of the door. Outside the door, they saw a shriveled old monk standing at the door, flicking his bald head with his fingers, with a bitter smile on his face. Not far away, there was a rapid sound of hooves. Everyone looked out and saw a group of bald monks riding on tall horses hurriedly leaving.
Yang Fan asked curiously, "Senior Brother Yizhuo, why did Master come and go?"
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