A Guide to Keeping a Domestic Unicorn

Finally, when the food was served, Qi Jia, who had been under house arrest for a day, was already starving.

However, the rules here are very cumbersome, and you have to thank Jun En once more before eating, and when you can finally pick up the chopsticks, all the officials began to toast together again.

Finally, after three toasts, the drums sounded again, and the feast really began.

Sure enough, Qingyan just buried his head in eating as he said. During this period, other princes and ministers continued to come out to offer adult gifts to the prince, but Qingyan was just eating gracefully.

"Hey, which prince are you? You don't seem to be the fourteenth prince!" Taking advantage of this moment, Qi Jia asked Qing Yan.

"I am Qingyan who is ranked fourth. I am here to take the seat of the fourteenth prince." Qingyan said.

"You really are not the notorious fourteenth prince! I've never heard my elder brother talk about you." Qi Jia often heard Shen Tianming talking about the situation in the palace, but never heard of the fourth prince. name.

Presumably very powerless.

"I haven't heard of your eldest brother either. There are so many people in this palace, it's normal not to know me, so you know me now?" Qing Yan said with a slight smile.

"It's true!" Qi Jia accidentally glanced at Qingyan's hand, and found that he had frostbite on his hand.

"Your hands... wait, I seem to have chilblain ointment in my warehouse." Qi Jia thought for a while and said, "I'll give you some chilblain ointment later."

"It doesn't matter." Qing Yan said.

"I'll give it to you when I have time. If you are a prince, how could you have frostbite? I think princes are pampered." Qi Jia said.

"Because I often have to fetch water to do my laundry, I occasionally get chilblains."

"Hey?! Do you want to do your own laundry?" Qi Jia said incredulously.

"That's right, the servants only come three times a month, I can't just pile up the clothes for so long and wait for someone to wash them." Qing Yan said.

It's really unfavorable!Not even a personal attendant!Qi Jia thought to herself.

"You are a little pitiful, but I can help you find a way to solve it." Qi Jia said, "Your hands are festered, and you can't get wet anymore. Later, I will go with you to your place and wash the rest for you. clothes! If the wound is infected, it will be troublesome.”

It turned out that Qi Jia's elder brother Shen Tianming issued a military order to Qi Jia, telling him to go back to the palace with the fourteenth prince tonight. In his hands, the bearer left the palace after sending Qi Jia off, so it was impossible for Qi Jia to leave the palace tonight.

On the other hand, Shen Tianming's official position is relatively low, and he can't even enter the main hall, so he can only guard at the banquet outside the square of the main hall. He probably doesn't know what happened in the big hall.Anyway, I couldn't leave the palace tonight, Qi Jia thought to himself, it would be safer to go to the fourth prince's place, and do something good by the way.

"You are so enthusiastic!" Qing Yan said in surprise.I didn't expect that someone would wash his clothes just after meeting him. This is the first time he has met such a helpful person when he grows up. Of course, he can't think of what is so good about a prince who has no power or influence like himself. The only explanation is that Qi Jia is really a good person!

"It's a repayment of your kindness for helping me out of the siege just now." Qi Jia said with her chin in her hand, "Oh, by the way, my name is Qi Jia. Although others call me Shen Tianyu, my real name is Qi Jia."

After the two chatted for a few words, an eunuch quietly came over and asked, "You are the Fourth Highness, right now, other princes are presenting adult gifts to the prince. According to the rules, every prince has to present a gift. Let me remind you." Please wait a moment, so as not to lose the courtesy later, the princes behind you have all offered gifts, so there is no need to push back, Your Highness, please prepare." After saying that, the eunuch left.

"Oops, I don't have any gifts for the prince. I only have bank notes..." Qing Yan rubbed his chin and said.

"A bank note?!" Qi Jia said, "That can't be considered a congratulatory gift."

"The eunuch gave me a place just now in order to get me a place. I thought that poor people like me don't need to give gifts, and I haven't given them in previous years." Qingyan said helplessly, "Is it because of this that I will be expelled from the palace?" ?”

"I have something that I can show you as a treasure." Qi Jia suddenly had an idea, "Come closer, I'll teach you to say that..."

I don't know if it's because the thirteenth prince and others have tampered with the list of gifts. When the eunuch reminded the fourth prince, the eunuch who read it out shouted: "Fourth prince Qingyan, go forward and present the crown prince's adult gift!"

Then Qingyan left his seat and came to the center of the hall. Like the other princes, he bowed first and saluted, then took out a black stick-like thing from his sleeve and held it in his hand, saying: "This is the gift from my son Jin Jin." A congratulatory gift from the emperor's brother. It's called Yongming Lantern."

"Yongming Lantern? Fourth brother, how do you say it?" The prince seemed to find it interesting, and asked behind the bead curtain.

"This thing was made by skilled craftsmen in the capital. It can be lit all night long without candles. It doesn't even have temperature, and it won't cause fire. It's extremely safe, so it's called Yongming Lantern." With a push, the top of the object really lit up with a bright light, which aroused the amazement of the officials.

"Sure enough, it's a kitty item. The fourth brother really took the trouble." The prince smiled slightly, and didn't particularly praise Qingyan, but ordered the eunuch to accept it.

Although this thing is very strange, it is nothing more than a lighting thing, and it is not a surprise when it comes to surprises, but Qingyan passed the test by relying on this thing, avoiding the risk of angering Longyan—in fact, the Yongming Lantern was in the industry. There is a popular name in the era, called the flashlight.

At this moment, the thirteenth prince, who had been picking his fingernails, had a sneering expression. He hadn't presented a gift yet, and he had asked the master of ceremonies to put his name on the finale before that, because he had prepared a very special gift. The vulgar "gift", the emperor and the crown prince are guaranteed to be very happy after seeing Longyan.

After Qingyan returned to his seat, Qi Jia also breathed a sigh of relief for him.Although Qingyan passed the test in a muddle, it doesn't mean that this gift can be easily ended. You must know that the fourteenth prince is still drunk in the palace and hasn't come out yet!

In fact, when the grandfather of the fourteenth prince found out that the fourteenth prince hadn't come, he immediately bribed the master of ceremonies, telling him not to announce the fourteenth prince's name.But how could the other princes easily let go of such an opportunity to bring down the fourteenth prince?So the name of the fourteenth prince was not read on the gift list for a long time, and the nine princes came out to expose: "Father, brother, the fourteenth brother did not attend the big banquet today for some reason."

When the fourteenth prince's grandfather heard this, his heart was shocked. Fortunately, he was an old fox who had been an official for many years. He had already considered this kind of thing, so he hurriedly came out and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty! Your Highness! On the cliff, it is said that there is an auspicious omen, and a ginseng that looks like a dragon grows, but the terrain is steep and no one dares to pick it. In order to prepare a congratulatory gift for His Highness, the fourteenth prince expressed his sincerity and sympathy for his subordinates, and did not want to cause innocent people He climbed the cliff to pick it himself, but accidentally fell off the cliff and injured himself, and still defended the ginseng tightly. He didn't want His Majesty and His Highness to worry, so he asked the old minister to offer the ginseng! I wish Your Majesty and Your Highness a happy life forever!"

After all, he really held a brocade box above his head, and there was indeed a natural dragon-shaped ginseng in the brocade box. As soon as he opened the brocade box, the hall was filled with a strange fragrance. All the officials were moved and called it a rare treasure.

The prince said: "I didn't expect the fourteenth brother to be so hardworking! How can I, as an elder brother, not be sympathetic to this painstaking effort? Father, what do you think?"

"Well, the loyalty and filial piety of the fourteenth son is commendable, so I rewarded him with my sword, named him King Rui, rewarded him with a new palace in the capital, and rewarded him with a thousand acres of fiefdom. The affairs of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Commerce." Emperor Taiyuan said.

The fourteenth prince's grandfather was overjoyed and quickly kowtowed to thank him. You must know that the emperor deliberately took care of him, because the Ministry of Households and the Department of Commerce were originally his family's territory, and this was a tacit consent to the privilege of the fourteenth prince's natal family!It also means to reuse the Fourteenth Prince!

Moreover, the fourteenth prince turned out to be the first prince to be rewarded by the king today, which is too reversed and surprising!

I didn't expect the fourteenth prince to be blessed by misfortune. This grandfather is really powerful.The Ninth Prince who exposed him failed to succeed and instead helped the Fourteenth Prince, gnashing his teeth angrily, but there was nothing he could do, he could only go on resentfully.

Qi Jia watched the changing scenes. The fourteenth prince, who was originally extravagant and lustful, but drunk because of pleasure, turned into a model of loyalty and filial piety. He thought it was ridiculous, so he secretly cursed the darkness and corruption of the feudal society.

But what everyone didn't know was that the grandfather was sweating a lot. The ginseng was snatched from the common people after he tried his best to kill a few people. Narrow escape!

While he was talking sweetly in the main hall, his subordinates had secretly arrived at the fourteenth prince's bedroom, and passed on his password to the fourteenth prince's mother and concubine—that is, to immediately break off one of the fourteenth prince's legs, pretending to be the fourteenth prince. into the illusion of a fall.

The poor fourteenth prince, who was still dreaming, was suddenly tied up and beaten, screaming in the cellar.

"It's quite interesting, but it seems that my younger brother didn't receive a special award. Well, I'm a little upset. What is that strange eternal lamp?" The farmer on the roof looked at everything in the hall and said to himself language.

"Eight cold dishes have been served, I don't know when the hot dishes will be served?" Qing Yan thought while looking at the dishes on the table.