Farming and reading lady

Tong Mingyan was amused and angry: "Do you want to keep the things given to the emperor? Besides, didn't your master say that the emperor is his junior? Then as your master's apprentice, your status will be raised, right? The emperor should have made some gesture, right?"

Gu Xixian pouted: "No matter how much you show it, you won't surpass my gift."

Du Xianniang was panicking. She wanted to step forward and cover her daughter's mouth. How could the emperor still be talked about? Did he not want his head anymore? She wanted to say this, but she didn't dare to say it. Tong Mingyan and his wife were too protective of their daughter. Even though she was the biological mother, she would only be scolded if she touched her own daughter.

"Girl, you can't look at this matter in this way. Think about it, in the Da Ling Kingdom, isn't the emperor's protection more valuable than anything else? We have to be willing to give up. Only when we give up can we gain, right?" Yin Xueruo persuaded patiently.

In fact, Gu Xixian understood all of this. She did this to avoid arousing everyone's suspicion. Sigh, it was really too difficult. She nodded to show that she understood, and reluctantly handed the night pearl in her hand to Tong Mingyan: "Well, give it to me, anyway, my master will give it to me in the future."

She said this, but her eyes showed pure pain. Sigh, I wonder if her acting skills can reach the level of the Golden Man?

"Well, good boy." Tong Mingyan took the night-shining pearl given to the emperor and patted her head: "Don't worry, your godfather will definitely strive to maximize your benefits."

"Thank you, godfather." Her parents were there, and if she acted too intimately, they would probably feel uncomfortable, so she just said thank you.

Let’s not talk about how the Tong family collected the Night Pearl. Gu Lieqi and his wife were worried about where to put the Night Pearl. Because the treasure was too precious, they could not even stay in the Tong Mansion, and took their children back to the ancient house overnight. After sending their children to rest early, the couple returned to the bedroom, closed the door, and looked at every corner, but could not find a suitable place. They tossed until midnight and chose a large wardrobe against the wall. It must be said that the two of them had a big imagination. They even thought of making a partition at the bottom of the wardrobe, and in order to prevent people from noticing the hollowness, they only left a small round hole that could hold the Night Pearl, and filled the other places. And it was covered up so that there was no flaw or gap. After getting it done, the couple collapsed on the bed.

"My lady, it's actually safer to keep this thing with Xian'er." Gu Lieqi said quietly.

Du Xianniang blurted out: "How can that be possible? Didn't you hear what Xian'er said? This was given to us by her master."

"Won't our future also be theirs?" Gu Liqi added casually.

"How can they be the same? I'm going to leave this to my grandson. Since Xian'er's master can take out three at once, it means that this thing is not that precious to him. Hao'er doesn't have it." Du Xianniang said as a matter of course.

After he finished speaking, the couple fell silent for a while. It didn't matter what he said in his mind, but it felt wrong when he said it out loud.

Du Xianniang pushed her husband irritably and said, "Go to sleep. Xian'er still has her master."

Fortunately, Gu Xixian was not around, otherwise he would have felt mixed emotions after hearing this. Therefore, people's hearts are biased, including parents. Don't talk about fairness so confidently. Few people can keep two bowls of water evenly. And for some things, not knowing can also be considered a kind of luck.

There was no conversation all night, while Tong Mingyan got up early to report for duty. After Yin Xueruo had dressed him up, she smiled and said, "Xian'er is a smart girl. Her performance yesterday was probably just for us to see. You don't need to play tricks with the emperor. It's up to him whether to return the gift or not."

Tong Mingyan patted the back of her hand and said, "I know, that girl is very generous. Although she seems to be obsessed with money all day long, she actually doesn't value money that much. What's the point of talking about education and the grace of giving birth to a child? How can an immortal pay attention to these things? It must be the little girl's own idea. She doesn't want to enjoy the good things alone."

Yin Xueruo nodded: "Yes, Xian'er has his own ideas."

If Gu Xixian were here, he would definitely sigh in admiration, saying that he is indeed a big shot in the court, and his analysis is very accurate.

Tong Mingyan handed the night-shining pearl directly to the emperor at the grand court meeting. When the chief eunuch Wang Chuan shouted "No business, please leave the court", he shouted "If there is something, please report it". Then, in front of all the ministers, he took out a huge night-shining pearl that emitted a soft glow from his arms, which almost blinded everyone's eyes, and even the emperor on the dragon throne almost jumped up.

There are no such good things in the national treasury.

The emperor carefully slid his throat to let the saliva flow down, then pretended to be calm and asked: "What does Tong Qing mean?"

Tong Mingyan lowered his eyebrows and eyes, and just lifted the night-shining pearl up high so that everyone could see it clearly, and then said: "This is something that my disciple's martial arts master, the turtle-riding immortal, brought me."

As he spoke, he moistened his throat and changed his voice to say, "My family is a traitor. I have a long history with the Murong family. This is a night-shining pearl I obtained when I traveled to the West Sea. I'm giving it to the young generation of the Murong family to play with. You can take it to them."

After that, he coughed twice and said, “Your Majesty, these are the original words my little disciple brought back.”

I mean, I don't mean to be disrespectful. The "younger generation" is just my words.

Emperor: I feel better if you don’t explain.

"Thank you for your concern. Wang Chuan, go and take it." The emperor stared at the Night Pearl until it passed from Wang Chuan's hand to his. He straightened his body and pretended to be indifferent and changed the subject: "I didn't expect that the little girl from the Gu family would be so lucky to become a disciple of the Turtle Riding Immortal."

"Your Majesty is right, the little girl is lucky." Tong Mingyan saw that the emperor did not mention the reward and did not say much, so he retreated tactfully. For some things, it is completely different for others to give voluntarily and for you to actively please them.

"Let's leave the court." The emperor stood up and left without giving the ministers a chance to refute. He had to go back and admire it first. As for who the turtle-riding hermit was and how he was related to his ancestors, it would not be too late to check it out after he had admired the treasure enough.

Tong Mingyan failed to escape and was surrounded by a group of friendly colleagues: "Master Tong, is that really the West Sea Night Pearl? It's so big."

"Tong Mingyan, does your female disciple really have an immortal master?"

"Master Tong, what does the immortal look like? Did he bring you any elixir of life?"

Everyone pricked up their ears to listen, and Tong Mingyan's face darkened: "My fellow colleagues, don't let your imagination run wild. How could the immortal care about us little people? Didn't you see that the emperor only had one bead?"

After saying this, he pushed through the crowd and left like the wind.