I have a backstage in Datang

Li Shimin nodded slowly, and walked into the room.

All the people watching the ceremony in the courtyard, the eyes of dozens of noble ladies were all twinkling with envy, and someone subconsciously spoke, saying with deep meaning: "The life of the baby Gu Jiahu is really good, an emperor cut off the hair in the womb... ..."

Although Li Shimin is not yet the emperor, everyone knows that he is about to ascend the throne.

The majestic emperor of a country is responsible for the fate of a country. In the midst of panic, the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth will change. I am afraid that there are few children in the whole world who can enjoy such blessings.

This baptism specification is unparalleled in the world.

Next, it's the part of giving gifts.

This is the most eye-catching moment, because no one knows how many rare treasures Baby Tiger will receive today...

……

... Today is still a two-in-one chapter.

Chapter 199 [Peerless Treasure, Scaring People With Big Hands]

"Look, look, we're about to start singing the gift list. With so many guests coming today, I don't know who can win the lottery. If my family can be ranked in the top ten, then I will be satisfied..."

"Hey, the sister-in-law of the Wu family is so thoughtful that she wants to be ranked in the top ten. It seems that the gift from your family is very expensive."

"Where is it, no, no, it's just a small gift, it's just a thought... What is your family going to give away? Why don't you tell my sister-in-law to hear it!"

"Uh... My family is also a little gift."

Since ancient times, gift-giving has always been a joy to hear and see. The ancient people’s ideas are different from those of later generations. They like to be subtle and ostentatious. For example, when it comes to gift-giving, most of them are full of humility, but the reality is not the case. They are clearly trying to win the jackpot. .

why?

Just because of the art of singing the list.

A word of singing highlights the importance of this link. The so-called singing is not singing, but shouting out the gift list of the gift giver. If someone's gift is outstanding, they will naturally gain face on this occasion.

This custom is actually pretty good, it’s easy to stir up the atmosphere. In contrast to various occasions in later generations, the gift giver picks and searches to hide and dodge, puts a red envelope on the top, and the recipient takes a pen to write it down. The move lost the taste of traditional etiquette.

……

In the expectant eyes of the ladies, I suddenly saw a few teenagers walking out with wedding trays. The wedding tray was covered with a red cloth, symbolizing the joy of the host family after receiving the gift list. Extraordinary, first let the ladies present exclaim in surprise.

"Wow, did you see it, did you see it, the first singer turned out to be Li Chengqian, the eldest son of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Looking at the present world, who can send out such a level of singer for the baby's full moon ceremony. Envy! , I'm really envious."

"What's the use of envy, we can't come here with envy. The Gu family's baby tiger is the son of Princess Pingyang, and Li Chengqian is seriously regarded as the cousin of the tiger baby. So this is because of family affection, and the royal family wants to use this move to announce it to others! "

"Announcing to others? Announcing what?"

"What I want to tell you is that the Gu family will be an upright relative from now on... Do you know why? This is to correct the princess' status. At the beginning, the princess was depressed and almost died by throwing herself into the river. Fortunately, Gu Saved by Tianya, the young couple made a good marriage, but the Gu family was so poor at that time that they couldn't even support a wedding scene. Poor princess, she is a generation of handsome women, and she got married in obscurity. If this matter is strictly speaking , it is easy to be ridiculed by others, so the royal family is supporting today and wants to give the princess a name."

"There are so many ways!"

"That's not..."

Some of these noble ladies in the Tang Dynasty were shrewd and some were mediocre, but no matter whether they were shrewd or mediocre, they were all attracted by a few young men at this time.

Someone was surprised and said: "The one behind Li Chengqian is Cheng Chumo, right? This little guy is actually ranked in front of Li Chongyi! It's very strange, very strange. Li Chongyi belongs to the royal family, and Cheng Chumo is only the eldest son of the Cheng family. Why did he rank ahead of Li Chongyi?" In the second, isn't this arrangement a faux pas?"

"It's not impolite, but reasonable. Today these young people are in charge of singing the rite list. Their identities can only be considered as the master's family. Cheng Chumo is Gu Tianya's eldest disciple and the leader of Gu's disciples, so even if Li Chongyi comes from The royal family, but he can only follow behind Cheng Chumo."

"I see. The Cheng family showed their face today."

While the ladies were whispering, several teenagers lined up holding wedding trays, and some well-informed people began to quietly tell their children about the origins of these teenagers.

The first singing, Li Chengqian.

Sing for the second time, Cheng Chumo.

Three welcomes, Li Chongyi.

Four thanks, Fang Yiai.

Five invitations, Lu Zhaolin.

Liu Gong, Wang Bo.

There were six teenagers in a row, except for Li Chengqian, all of them were Gu Tianya's disciples, and there was another girl who was as handsome as a pearl, but it was Tan Xiao who was in charge of collecting the gift list.

……

The welcoming teenagers who sang the gift list had already appeared, but the scene suddenly came to a slight standstill, but seeing countless guests in the audience, no one came forward for a while, they were all watching from left to right, and they didn't want to be the first to give gifts .

It turns out that there is something to say.

In ancient times, when giving gifts, one must pay attention to the level of identity, there is no such thing as first come, first served, but some potential tacit understanding must be taken into account.

What tacit agreement?

The more noble the guest, the more delayed the timing of gift giving.

The more powerful the guest is, the longer the timing of gift giving will be delayed.

The heavier the gift, the farther back it is; the lighter the gift, the farther it is to the front. This is because the ancients paid attention to face and liked to take care of other people's emotions when doing things. Otherwise, the first gift giver will give the heaviest gift, and the next gift will be lighter. Not too disgraceful, not only the guests feel embarrassed, but also the host family feels full of guilt, so there is a potential tacit understanding, the most important gift must be given at the end.

This is the meaning of the so-called finale.

But what happened today was a little helpless, because the guests who came to congratulate him were all extraordinary, and the family they brought out were all nobles of the country, and it was precisely because of this reason that they all felt that their family would not be weaker than others.

That's why the scene froze for a while, and no one gave the first gift for a long time.

They are all afraid that their own gifts are too heavy, which will weigh down the face of those who give gifts later.

However, the occasion can't be so rigid all the time, otherwise, both the host and the guests will be embarrassed...

So soon a man with a sharp personality stood up, greeted the guests with a smile on his face, and said very modestly: "My husband is only a county lord, and his status as a concubine is incomparable to you. Today, baby tiger is baptized on the full moon. , The concubine came with a small gift, said it was a small gift, it was really a small gift, because this gift was not worth much, but a few small swaddling clothes sewn by the concubine himself, it was not on the table, it was mainly a gift of sincerity, so, Let’s start with the concubine.”

The guests at the scene waved their hands again and again, and they all invited her to come forward with smiles on their faces.

But this noble lady did not go forward in person, instead she pulled out a little child from behind, and said with a smile: "This is the eldest son of the family, let him come over to see a scene today, after all, the concubine is a woman, if I Giving gifts is a bit disrespectful, everyone, make way for the child and let him send my family's gift list over."

The guests smiled even more warmly, and made way for the little boy with encouraging eyes.

The little boy was about seven or eight years old, and tremblingly came forward with a gift list, the little guy glanced at Li Chengqian, held up the gift list weakly and said: "Niu family, congratulations on the gift of the baby Gu Shihu."

Li Chengqian was also only eight years old, and he was also very nervous in such a situation where everyone was watching, and he stammered: "Thank...thank you, I will replace my uncle Gu Tianya, and my aunt Princess Pingyang, thank you for the gift from the Niu family."

As he spoke, he raised the tray covered with red cloth, and took the gift list very solemnly.

Then it was Tan Xiao who stepped forward quickly, stretched out her hand to pick up the gift list from the plate, and unfolded it. She held the gift list to Li Chengqian's eyes, lowered her business and encouraged: "Read it!"

Li Chengqian took a deep breath, tried his best to muster up the courage to recite aloud, and said: "The Niu family's congratulatory gift, eight pieces of swaddling clothes, a hundred catties of copper, nine pieces of silk, and a jade pendant carved by skillful craftsmanship. I wish the Gu family tiger baby to grow up like a gentleman. Jade."

This is the singing list.

Chant aloud the gifts of the gift-giver.

The noble lady smiled modestly at the guests around her, and kept saying: "If you can't take it out, if you can't take it out, the main thing is a few small swaddling clothes. It's a kind heart to give to the tiger baby."

In fact, there is no way to get it out.

One hundred pieces of copper and nine pieces of silk. Although this is an ordinary gift, it is worth at least two or three hundred guan. The most important thing is a jade pendant, which must be made of top-quality Hetian jade. The master craftsmen were invited.

With the beginning of Niu's family, the guests have a score in their hearts, and then they will use the Niu's family's congratulatory gifts as a reference, and start to come forward according to the severity of their gifts.

The second family is Li Jing's family. Li Jing is known as the military god of Tiance Mansion, and now he is the head of the army in Henan Province. It is said that his family background is very good. Unfortunately, his friendship with Gu Tianya is not very deep, so the gift is not light. not thick.

The third family was Hou Junji's family. The gift was neither light nor generous, but if converted into money, it would be at least a few hundred guan.

Then came the fourth, fifth, sixth...

As time went by, the congratulatory guests continued to send out gift lists, and gradually, various treasures began to appear in the gifts, causing bursts of exclamation from time to time.

Finally, the first shocking thing appeared.

But listening to Li Chengqian chanting loudly, he said: "Kui Guogong Liu Hongji's family, congratulations on the full moon baptism of Gu's tiger cub, top-quality south pearls, 49, as big as goose eggs, round and round..."

hiss!

There was a sound of gasping all over the place.

The best Nanzhu?

As big as a goose egg?

Even if there is only one of these things, it can be regarded as a rare treasure. If there are two of them, it is a pair of pearls.

Now there are 49 beads, and all of them are round beads, which can no longer be described as rare treasures. They are simply inheritances of the suppressed treasury.

However, Duke Kui's wife looked modest and waved her hands again and again and said: "A little gift, a little gift, the main reason is that I was born in a pearl fishing family in the South of the Five Ridges, and I just managed to gather these beads by relying on my mother's family. The baby tiger is used as a toy, and the little guy can hold it and play with it as a goose egg."

The guests were silent for a while.

The pearl you gave was as big as a goose egg, but you really let the baby tiger play like a goose egg?This thing is not for playing, it has to be kept in the treasure house as a family heirloom.

Liu Hongji's wife is still modest, but everyone can see the excitement on her face.

With today's lottery, the Liu family has won a position.

However, the gifts are heavier as they go forward, that is to say, the next gift is even more extraordinary.

Sure enough, another noble lady came out, also dragging a little guy from behind, and said with a smile: "I also brought the child here, and I will take advantage of today's opportunity to increase the child's knowledge. Since everyone is letting the eldest son Come forward and deliver the gift list, then I will let the child follow the crowd."

As he spoke, he pushed his child lightly, and said with a smile, "Go, give your baby tiger cousin a gift list from our family."

All the guests present recognized that this was Princess Gaomi of the Li family.She and Li Xiuning are sisters, so the gift given today must be not light.

really……

I saw the little guy coming forward with the gift list, and the little adults usually put it on the wedding plate held by Li Chengqian, and said solemnly: "The Duan family, congratulations to the baby Gu Shihu on the full moon."

The informant princess married Duan Lun, so this child is Duan Lun's eldest son. Li Chengqian naturally knew him, and nodded solemnly: "Thank you for the gift, I will take care of Tianya for my uncle, and my aunt, Princess Pingyang, thank you A gift from the Duan family."

Tan Xiao stood aside and helped him unfold the gift list, motioning for Li Chengqian to sing out loudly.

All the guests held their breaths, knowing that this would definitely be a shocking gift.

You guessed it right.

Li Chengqian was visibly shocked, and the voice of the little guy was trembling when he recited, "There is a copper mountain, located on the river east of the Tang Dynasty. A red coral plant in the East China Sea, about two feet three inches high. A small piece of fine red real gold Box, weighing 99 taels. Ten cabinets of snowflake silver, weighing 99 catties..."

Nima!

All the guests almost smoked.

99 taels of gold, and 99 catties of snowflake silver. If these are converted into copper coins, they will cost at least one hundred thousand guan, but these two gifts are not really scary.What is really scary is the red coral, which is two feet three inches high.

A peerless treasure.

In ancient times, three feet and three inches was equivalent to one meter in later generations, and two feet and three inches was about [-] to [-] centimeters high. What kind of senior year is this, which is almost the height of a four-year-old child.

Red coral is a rare treasure. A palm-high red coral is considered rare. What is the concept of a height of seventy or eighty centimeters?It is definitely an inheritance that can suppress the treasure house.

Princess Gaomi really deserves to be Li Xiuning's biological sister, this generous gift is definitely the finale.As a princess of the royal family, she didn't want to pretend to be modest like other guests. Instead, she spoke with a smile and said with a smile: "I can have the wealth I am today because I have the honor of being born in the Li family. The Li family can Sister Pingyang is half of the credit for sitting down in Jiangshan. Baby Tiger is my nephew, and no matter how heavy a gift is, it is not too heavy. The fault is that I am married and have children at home. I really want to spend all my money Come out, lest my little nephew suffer here..."

The guests rolled their eyes.

As far as the gifts you give, Baby Tiger can't spend his whole life, and he still suffers from poverty. How can there be such a saying in the world that he suffers from poverty?

For example, the copper mountain you sent, the ore can be mined to open a furnace to smelt copper. What is copper?

A huge gift.

Chapter 200 [Li Shimin's Gift to Baby Tiger]

"What will the second sister-in-law give?"

"In other words, what does Second Brother Shimin plan to give our baby?"

Zhao Ning's little head was almost stuck to the window, obviously looking forward to the singing ceremony outside, and the handsome female coach of the generation was also nervous at this time.

This may be a common problem of all women throughout the ages!

No matter whether there is money or not, and no matter how rich the family is, whenever they hear the word "gift", women can't hold back their eagerness.

This kind of eagerness is not greed, but a natural curiosity. In fact, it is not a special want for a gift, but more about enjoying the pleasure of receiving the gift.

Gu Tianya couldn't laugh or cry, stretched out his hand and pushed her head back from the window, and said in a low voice, "I said you don't want to be ashamed, can you pay attention to your identity? The dignified first princess of the Tang Dynasty, lying on the window to spy on the guests giving gifts , if someone sees this, I'll see where you put your face."

Zhaoning immediately shrank his head, but said very stubbornly: "I'm just curious, I want to see what the second brother is going to give our child. Baby Tiger is his nephew, if he gives the gift too lightly, it won't work. "

Gu Tianya sighed helplessly, and said: "You just see others giving gifts, but have you ever thought about how to return them. The heavier the gifts others give, the heavier the gifts we will return. My scalp feels a little numb now. , I don’t know what to do next in return…”

Zhaoning was obviously stunned, and her pretty face gradually changed color.