Under Tang Ning's deliberate evasion, after all, he did not meet the eldest prince and the second prince, and there were countless dignitaries and dignitaries in the garden, and Tang Ning, the commander of the capital, did not stand out.

The Emperor's Thousand Autumn Festival was finally over, and Tang Ning, who was silently eating and drinking in the corner, felt very satisfied, although he did not go to the Emperor to have fun.

The feast dispersed, even the two princes left, the originally lively garden became lonely, the emperor looked at the lantern garden in the pavilion, and suddenly felt very lonely and lonely.

The emperor sighed: "Unconsciously it is a year older, and the years are unforgiving!" ”

Zheng Yi said respectfully: "The emperor's dragon is healthy, it is the time when he is in the prime of life, and he will not be old in another hundred years!" ”

The emperor didn't pay attention to Zheng Yi's sycophants, and still looked at the somewhat lonely garden, which was the late autumn season, when it was easiest to have melancholy.

Zheng Yi thought about it and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this year's Qianqiu Festival gift is interesting. ”

Hearing this, the emperor said lightly: "Zuo is just those things, what can it mean?" ”

Zheng Yi said with a smile: "The eldest prince's congratulatory gift slave maid has seen it, a section of jasper bamboo, it is rare that there are bamboo leaves on it, and the green ones can drip water, it is really a rare treasure, I don't know how the eldest prince got it, do you want to take a look?" ”

The emperor shook his head when he heard this, and said lightly: "The gold and jade ones are not interesting. ”

Zheng Yi then smiled and said: "The congratulatory gift of the second prince is an antiquity, and General Lin's congratulatory gift has a tiger skin that is very rare, and there is no flaw at all......"

After hearing this, the emperor finally came to his senses, and laughed: "Could it be that tiger skin?" How could he be willing to take it out? ”

Zheng Yi smiled: "It should be that tiger skin." ”

Although the emperor has a lot of tiger skins, but this tiger skin is unusual, the emperor laughed and said: "I didn't expect Xiang Nan to be willing to take out this tiger skin, this Qianqiu Festival is a big gift!" ”

Finally teasing the emperor, Zheng Yi breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor smiled and said, "Go, bring the tiger skin and take a look." ”

A little eunuch had already gone in a hurry, and the emperor sat down in the pavilion with great interest, and then suddenly remembered: "I don't seem to have noticed Tang Ning all day, what about others?" Why didn't I see him? ”

Zheng Yi replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, General Tang has been wandering around the garden all the time, and he seems to like the scenery here very much. ”

The emperor nodded: "This kid rarely takes the initiative to come to me, by the way, what is Tang Ning's congratulatory gift?" Did you write a poem for me? ”

Zheng Yi said with a smile: "General Tang's congratulatory gift is a moose wrench, which is polished and made by General Tang himself. ”

The Emperor was interested: "Oh? Did he polish it himself? I remembered that he had hunted a moose during the autumn hunt. Take that wrench and take a look. ”

It didn't take long for the little eunuch to pant and bring the things, and the emperor first took the tiger skin and unfolded it to look at it, and looked at it carefully, looking very happy.

General Zhenyuan's tiger skin actually looked like he had won the first prize, and the emperor couldn't put it down.

The emperor handed the tiger skin to the little eunuch next to him and instructed Zheng Yi: "Put it away!" After that, he took a wooden box that was not delicate and precious.

When he opened it, there was a wrench inside, and the emperor immediately burst out laughing: "Ha, this is really a wrench made by Tang Ning himself, and it is really a good material for nothing." ”

The emperor used the imperial system, which was made by the best skilled craftsmen in the Great Zhou, and if Tang Ning wanted to compare with them, it must be a few streets away.

Although he said this, the emperor still took the wrench in his hand and played with it.

Zheng Yi smiled and joked: "After all, General Tang's craftsmanship can't be compared with a craftsman, although it looks rough, but it is also General Tang's sincerity." ”

The emperor smiled: "You're right, I want as many as I want for a beautifully made wrench, although this wrench is not very exquisite, but it is indeed a piece of Tang Ning's sincerity, it is very rare, I like it very much!" ”

As he spoke, the emperor saw that the wrench was in his hand and put it in front of him. Zheng Yi said with a smile: "Although it looks a little rough up close, but if you look closely, this wrench of General Tang is a little quaint." ”

The Emperor smiled, "It doesn't matter if it's crude or quaint, in short, I think it's very suitable to wear on my hand." ”

The Emperor's Thousand Autumn Festival is over, and for those who have painstakingly sent grand gifts, they naturally hope to be appreciated by the Emperor. So they also inquired about the emperor's attitude towards congratulatory gifts.

Especially the two princes, they are more concerned about whether the congratulatory gifts they send can stand out and win the favor of the emperor, and most importantly, whether they can suppress their brothers.

After much inquiry, they finally got some news. The most popular congratulatory gift for the emperor was a tiger skin in the congratulatory gift of General Zhenyuan.

Although the tiger skin is valuable, it is not a strange thing, and the most appreciated thing by the emperor is a tiger skin!

If they had known that tiger skins could win the emperor's favor, then they would have been able to give ten tiger skins, no, twenty!

In fact, they also knew that it was impossible to win the emperor's favor with a tiger skin, they were just a little envious, they could only comfort themselves, this was the tiger skin of General Zhenyuan, and others could not compare.

There is also a congratulatory gift that is very appreciated by the emperor, which is a wrench. When the two princes found out, they were all shocked, what kind of wrench could stand out?

Then their subordinates were very confused and said, a wrench made of moose antlers. The scene was instantly cold.

A wrench made from moose antlers? Aren't you kidding Hongu? After listening to the report of his subordinates, the two princes all had such expressions.

A wrench with moose antlers can be admired by the emperor, and they can send a box with such a wrench! Because it's not a rare thing at all.

"Are you sure it's a wrench made from a moose's horn bone? What does it look like? Who sent it? The two princes asked their subordinates in unison.

"Your Royal Highness, it is sure that it is the wrench made of the horn bones of the moose, and the production is very crude, it is a congratulatory gift from Tang Ning, the commander of the Nanshan battalion."

The two princes all laughed when they heard this: "It turned out that he offered it, no wonder it was the wrench of a moose, if you want to say that you want to offer jade and jade, he can't afford to give it!" ”

"However, since this wrench is made of moose antler bones, and it is very crude, why is it still appreciated by the emperor?"

Their subordinates hesitated a little and said: "I heard that it was the moose that Tang Ning personally hunted during the autumn hunting, and then polished the wrench made by himself, and the emperor praised Tang Ning's sincerity." ”

The two princes almost vomited blood when they heard this, and the rare treasures they worked so hard to get were not sincere in breaking their fingers.

(End of chapter)