The jade egg that Hong Wu presented last year could be considered a rare treasure. The "100 Beauties" painting was also considered pretty good. Naturally, there was also the mirror that Ren Baqian presented. Ren Baqian didn't know if there would be another gift like last year.
Many people looked at Hong Wu first. According to the usual practice, Hong Wu would present his gift first.
Some people also looked at Ren Baqian. He had a lot of strange things, and they didn't know what he could take out.
"The General-in-Chief Who Supports the Nation, Hong Wu, presents 100 sets of armor and 2,000 sabers!"
The gift wasn't as expensive as last year's, but it wasn't cheap either. A hundred sets of armor were worth ten thousand gold, and two thousand sabers were not cheap either. This gift was worthy of Hong Wu's status.
It was just that the things that Hong Wu took out last year were too shocking, so it was inevitable that everyone had a little hope in their hearts. However, Hong Wu had been stationed at the border for a year and couldn't move at all. All his thoughts were on Great Xia and he didn't have the energy to search for rare treasures for the empress.
"Great Elder Shi Qing — presents three pieces of Mongolian beast skin and two stalks of Green Sun Flower!"
"Junior Elder Zhe Kouhai — presents three taels of cloud crystals!"
Everyone turned their heads to take a look. Three taels of cloud crystals were priceless. They didn't expect that Zhe Kouhai's gift this year would be much more valuable than Hong Wu's and Shi Qing's.
However, Zhe Kouhai's expression didn't change in the slightest, and the crowd couldn't see anything from his expression.
Next were the congratulatory gifts from the six ministers, Xi Wanya, and Li Qianqiu. Basically, they were all rare treasures, similar in value to the items Shi Qing had taken out.
Most of the items sent were directly stored in the warehouse. Only one or two items were left for display. The other rare treasures were displayed in front of the hall before being sent to the inner treasury.
"The principal of the Black Bamboo Academy, Ren Baqian, presents the [Heaven's Proud Beauty Painting]." Following the voice, two people carrying a six-meter-tall, three-meter-wide painting appeared in front of the hall.
In the painting, a woman in red stood on a high peak with her hands behind her back, looking down calmly. Everyone could see the cold and threatening aura coming from the woman in the painting.
This painting naturally depicted the empress. The heavenly beauty was also referring to the empress. This was the proper meaning.
However, the most surprising thing was that the empress in the painting looked like a real person. It was impossible to tell that it was a painting. People had always said that it was lifelike, but after seeing this painting, everyone knew what it meant.
It wasn't drawn, it was printed.
Everyone exclaimed in admiration. They didn't know how Ren Baqian did it.
At a glance, the empress could tell that the painting was a photograph … This made her slightly disappointed. She originally thought that he would be able to come up with something that she liked, but she didn't expect that it would just be an enlarged photograph.
Although the angle of the photo was very good and she was very beautiful in the photo, she could naturally fool others. However, she had seen a lot of people on Earth. Even she would use her phone to take photos.
However, when she thought about how Ren Baqian had been preparing for the bet with the Zhang family and how he had been busy decorating the palace, she decided to put this matter aside for now.
"Your Majesty, there's more to this painting than that." Ren Baqian stood up and smiled.
"Oh?" The empress's eyes lit up. The rest of the people also revealed looks of interest as they carefully examined the painting, trying to figure out the mystery behind it.
Ren Baqian gestured for someone to bring in the painting.
The painting, which was six meters tall, was even taller than the door of the palace hall. They had to lift it halfway to bring it into the palace hall.
As the painting got closer, everyone began to realize that there were thin lines on the painting that divided it into lattices. This was a painting that was pieced together by the lattices.
When the painting passed in front of everyone, everyone exclaimed when they saw the back of the painting. This made the people in front curious. What exactly did they see?
Ren Baqian asked someone to hold the painting four meters in front of the empress and slowly turned it around. When she saw the north side of the painting, even the empress revealed a look of surprise. Her eyes sparkled like a lake that was blown by the wind.
Behind the painting were palm-sized photos of the empress. Every frown, every smile, and every frown were included. Countless palm-sized photos were all of the empress.
Ren Baqian chuckled. On the back of this painting were 1,200 photos of the empress, and on the front was a picture of the empress that was formed by 1,200 jigsaw puzzles. The back of each photo was a jigsaw puzzle piece.
More importantly, the 1,200 photographs in this painting were arranged in chronological order. Almost all of the empress's changes over the past year could be seen in them. Even a blind person would be able to tell that the closer to the bottom of the painting, the gentler the empress's expression became, and the coldness from her body became less.
Even a blind person could see these changes.
In the eyes of others, this painting could already be said to be priceless.
Even though the empress knew that these were photos, she also felt that Ren Baqian had put in a lot of thought into it. She had spent almost all her time on these photos, as if they represented her life over the past year.
This feeling was very wonderful.
"In addition, this painting also hides a secret," Ren Baqian continued.
After hearing what he said, everyone was curious. This painting could already be said to be exquisite, and they didn't know what other secrets were hidden in it.
"I have hidden all my life's knowledge in this painting. After this, I will divide this painting into 1,200 pieces and distribute them throughout Dayao and even the Yun Nation so that everyone in the world can see Your Majesty's face.
If someone collects these 1,200 pieces, they will be able to find the location where I have hidden all my life's knowledge and obtain it! " Ren Baqian winked at the empress at the end of his speech. The empress didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and the little bit of emotion she felt earlier had completely disappeared.
Did you find a place to hide a set of mathematics, physics, and chemistry textbooks and then let the whole world search for them?
Let's not talk about the possibility of someone collecting all 1,200 pieces. If someone really collected all 1,200 pieces and found the mathematics, physics, and chemistry textbooks, they would probably beat you to death.
However, except for the empress, everyone else found it very interesting.
Even though Ren Baqian's martial arts weren't good, everyone could see his other abilities. They also recognized him.
If someone could really learn all of Ren Baqian's knowledge, he might really be able to make a career out of it!
It was just a pity for this exquisite painting.
"I have also prepared some things that Your Majesty should like. After the ceremony, Your Majesty and all the officials can follow me out to see the things that I have prepared. "
For the rest of the time, everyone didn't have the mood to think about what else Ren Baqian had prepared.
They had to admit that Ren Baqian was really clever. At least, no one could have imagined that he could actually do this with that painting.
After the ceremony, everyone followed Ren Baqian to the open space behind Xingqing Palace Hall and saw that the ground was filled with all kinds of things.
Once the empress saw the things on the ground, she knew what Ren Baqian had prepared.
"Your Majesty! It's your turn to light it. " Ren Baqian took a torch from a guard and handed it to the empress. He then pointed to a thin line on the ground.
The empress lit the fuse on the ground. A spark quickly rolled on the ground and then scattered to dozens of fireworks.
"Bang!" Fireworks rose into the sky, blooming with colorful lights in the sky.
The entire Lan City was alarmed by the fireworks at this moment. Countless people were alarmed by the colorful flowers that suddenly bloomed in the sky.
"Look, it's flowers!"
"What beautiful flowers!"
"It's on top of the palace!"
One by one, people walked out of their houses and looked up at the fireworks that appeared in the sky of Dayao for the first time. The fireworks also lit up everyone's faces.
Everyone was amazed by the beauty of the fireworks!
Balls of light soared up from the palace and bloomed in the sky!
In the palace, in addition to the fireworks that soared into the sky, there were also many fireworks on the ground. It was magnificent and magnificent, stunning everyone.
Qing Yuan and Hong Luan followed behind the empress and looked at the fireworks in the courtyard and the fireworks in the sky with ripples in their eyes.
The empress was completely immersed in this sea of fireworks.
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