Concubine's Handbook of Good Life in Ancient Times

Chapter 319

Moreover, the imperial concubine's table noodles are definitely the best. Maybe the ingredients used are not precious ingredients, but in terms of taste, it is definitely the best place in the Great Xia Palace except for the emperor and the queen mother.In fact, in private, everyone said that the food served by the imperial concubine was the best.

No wonder everyone in the world knows that the imperial concubine loves to eat, and also likes to direct people to do things. Even the emperor is very interested in hearing this, and often comes to the imperial concubine to eat and drink.

There is also the Empress Dowager, although she does not participate in these banquets, Shu Ning also invites her own imperial cook to Quanfu Palace, and prepares a table for the Empress Dowager with eight or nine similar dishes.

It wasn't that Shuning was stingy and didn't make the same ones for the Queen Mother, but that there were many of them that the Queen Mother couldn't touch, so they replaced them with other things.

Fortunately, the replaced noodles tasted very good, and the Queen Mother also tasted refreshing.

But that's all far away, back to the topic.The highlight of this year's Longevity Festival is in the surrounding countries that pay tribute. After all the royal relatives and concubines have given gifts, it will be their turn.

Different from the gifts given by everyone, the envoys sent more than one or two gifts, so when reporting the list of gifts, they always pick the most important ones.

For example, the two-person tall Buddha statue carved from a whole piece of golden nanmu, and various objects carved from rosewood, each of which is priceless.

Even in Daxia, these woods are not so easy to find now.

Of course, this is only a small part of their tribute, and there are other tributes that are not inferior to these things at all, so I won't explain them here.

But what Shu Ning thought was the most interesting was a country rich in gold. Their country had nothing else to sell except gold, so they simply paid 20 gold as a tribute in the end, which surprised the kings and ministers of Great Xia.

20 gold, which is equivalent to 200 million silver, this is definitely the largest and heaviest of all tribute countries.

"Very well, reward."

The emperor rewarded the other party with a king's python robe, a gold seal, and an imperial edict ennobling the other party's king as a king with a different surname in Daxia.

Of course, these few things are not as good as 200 million taels of silver, but they made the envoys of the other country very happy.

With this edict, the small countries that have been calling their country around have to think more about it. Their king is the prince who was canonized by the emperor of the Shang Kingdom. If they beat their country, it is tantamount to keeping up with the Shang Kingdom. Xia's revenge, so they had to think about it.

At the same time, he cursed in his heart that the people in this country are cunning, and they actually thought of sending gold to the emperor of Shangguo.

I knew that they would also give away. Although the gold may not be as much as the other party, these countries have their own treasures. If you prepare a little more and add some gold, it will definitely be more decent than that country’s tribute gold, and the value will only be more expensive. .

Just like this time in a small country in the south, among the tributes are a lot of ivory and jade, which are produced in their country, and these things are also luxury goods in Daxia.

Although it is not as shocking as the gold they entered the palace, but the value is almost a million.

This time all nations came to court, it can be said that the emperor's purse was full again.

After the tribute was served, there was a banquet, and the envoys of various countries were arranged in the middle and front, so that they could see the emperor without getting too close.If there are assassins among these envoys, is it convenient for them to assassinate them if they are too close?
It's not like this kind of thing happened in the early years. Neither the Ministry of Rites nor the emperor could commit such a stupidity.

Shu Ning sat next to the queen in a court dress, and she constantly felt eyes falling on her.No malice, but surprise and curiosity.

Of course, it cannot be the officials of the Great Xia who have such eyes, it must be the envoys of various countries.They had inquired before entering Beijing, and they heard that Emperor Daxia's favorite person was the noble concubine in the palace, and the noble concubine was also the prince's own mother, and she was the one who gave birth to the prince and the fourth prince.

As the emperor's favored concubine, of course, she aroused the curiosity of many people. At the same time, some envoys were thinking about whether they could say more good things for their country through the imperial concubine, and bring back more things that the emperor bestowed on them. .Although the things rewarded by the emperor may not be as valuable as the things they sent, what they want is not these values, but the meaning they represent.

As long as they have a friendly relationship with Shangguo, when their country is in crisis, they can ask Shangguo to send troops to solve the disaster for their country.They used to do this all the time, but now the emperor of Shang country doesn't like to interfere in the affairs of other countries, as long as the other country doesn't offend Daxia, the emperor doesn't care much.

Therefore, for the sake of their country, it is necessary to have a good relationship with the emperor of the upper country.

But how do you get started?Looking at the young and beautiful imperial concubine, they had an idea.

In fact, the envoys of these countries have misunderstood it. It is not that the current emperor does not like to interfere in the affairs of their countries, but that the emperors have been cleaning up the mess for the former emperor in the past [-] years, in order to prevent Daxia from destroying him. In the hands of the emperor, the emperor has been trembling for more than twenty years, not daring to relax for a moment, and how can he have the energy to intervene in the war between them.

As long as these small countries maintain respect for the Celestial Dynasty, do not offend the upper country, and pay tribute on time, the emperor will not care about their life or death.But it is different now, Daxia has entered a stable period, and the emperor has begun to have nothing to do.

(End of this chapter)