My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

Everyone's attention was attracted by this unidentified object. What is it?

"This is a treasure that my prince has been preparing for the Royal Grandmother for a long time. He wanted to present it to the Royal Grandmother at the palace banquet today." Princess Yan said as she stepped forward and lifted the red silk.

It turned out to be a plant that required two people to hug, more than one person tall. The branches were intertwined, dark and shiny, with a textured feel, and a sense of vicissitudes.

What’s rare is that when viewed from the front, the whole tree looks like a big Chinese character “福” (Fu).

What’s even more rare is that in the dead of winter, there are still bright red fruits hanging on the Chinese character “福”.

This was clearly a gift that Prince Yan had prepared for the Queen, but now it had suddenly become a gift for the Queen Mother.

But the Queen Mother didn't know. When she saw the word "Fu" and the bright red fruits dotted on it, she smiled and said, "Fourth Brother, what kind of tree is this? I have never seen it before."

The Prince of Yan said with some pride, "Grandmother, this is called black persimmon, it only grows in the south, and I took great pains to transport it back to the capital."

"Okay, okay! I like this gift..."

Seeing that the Queen Mother was very happy, Princess Yan was also happy.

Pingjin was also curious: "Fourth brother, what is this called Wuqi? Pingjin likes it very much. Why didn't I see it last time I went to your house?"

"This is what your fourth brother prepared specially for the Empress Dowager. How could I let you see it in advance?" Cui Qimo looked at Pingjin with a smile, "You are such a big mouth. If you saw it, I'm afraid you would tell the Empress Dowager right away. How could there be any surprise today?"

"How can Pingjin be so arrogant?" Pingjin pouted and pulled the empress dowager's sleeve, "Grandmother, my father is bullying me again!"

The Queen Mother cooperated and pretended to frown, "Emperor, don't say that we Pingjin are big mouths!"

"Okay, father is wrong. Our Pingjin is the prettiest and the most obedient." The emperor glared at Pingjin helplessly, "Can you try a new trick? You only know how to complain about father in front of the Empress Dowager!"

"Father, since Pingjin likes it, please let my prince go look for another one. I will definitely find a nice one and give it to Pingjin." Princess Yan turned her head and looked at Pingjin lovingly, "If your fourth brother can't find one, I won't let him return home!"

"Yes!" Pingjin nodded vigorously with a smile, "It's settled. Anyway, Fourth Brother must listen to Fourth Sister-in-law's words."

"Is Pingjin saying that Prince Yan is henpecked?" The eldest princess blurted out at an inappropriate time.

"Aunt, you are wrong!" Pingjin looked at her innocently, "Fourth brother has Fourth sister-in-law in his heart and puts Fourth sister-in-law at the top of his heart. He is not henpecked."

"If we talk about henpecked people, the one next to the eldest princess is the real one..." someone else added in the hall.

Mei Xueer looked in the direction of the voice and saw an innocent girl. When she smiled, two dimples appeared on her face, which was very cute.

She searched the original owner's memory for a moment before she remembered that this was the only daughter of Minister An of the Ministry of Rites, named An Ran.

These words made Marquis Zhongde, who was standing beside the princess, blush. He lowered his head and glanced at the princess quietly, not daring to speak.

The more he did this, the angrier the princess became.

Liu Feifei was also annoyed. She looked down on her father from the bottom of her heart.

The Queen Mother quickly said, "Marquis Zhongde also holds the eldest princess at the top of his heart."

The eldest princess then snorted and said nothing more angrily.

In short, looking at this man who only embarrassed her in front of others, there was no point in saying anything.

The unhappiness brought by the eldest princess disappeared in an instant.

The hall was peaceful again, as if there was finally some hint of life's atmosphere.

The fireworks in the world touch the hearts of mortals.

It can also soothe the emperor’s heart.

Looking at the whole world, only Tianjin and Beijing can make Cui Qimo feel a touch of the atmosphere of life.

Lipin, who was standing by, also looked at Pingjin with loving eyes, but was cautious and low-key and didn't say a word.

Her daughter was so doted on by the Queen Mother and the Emperor that she didn't care even if the Emperor never visited her palace.

There is nothing more to ask for.

Mei Xueer couldn't help but think of the Eighth Prince.

The Eighth Prince did not come to the palace banquet. If he had come, given his current state of being a living dead, I wonder if he would have become jealous or envious after seeing how much his father doted on Pingjin.

She remembered that the last time she was in Shoukang Palace, she noticed that the look in the Eighth Prince's eyes when he looked at Pingjin was full of envy that he could not get.

"Well, the fourth brother is thoughtful." Cui Qimo straightened his face and said to the King of Yan, "I see that you are not serious all day long. You can only play with flowers and plants, but I didn't expect that you can make a name for yourself."

"As long as the Imperial Grandmother is happy, it doesn't matter if we behave unruly!" Princess Yan pulled the Queen Mother and started to act coquettishly.

The Queen Mother smiled and tapped her forehead. "You only know how to make me happy. Only you dare to talk to your father like this!"

"That's right, father is jealous of you." Princess Yan rolled her eyes, "However, the prince has also prepared a New Year gift for father, I guarantee that father will like it!"

"Oh, I have one too?" Cui Qimo asked, pointing at his nose.

What the Prince of Yan and his wife presented to the emperor was a piece of beautiful jade.

This is not an ordinary piece of jade. Instead, it is made from the scraps that were cut off when the Hengdu Empire was making the imperial seal. It is hollowed out and carved with a dragon.

More than three hundred years ago, after unifying the continent, the founding monarch of Hengdu obtained a piece of rare jade and asked a craftsman named Mo Ming to polish it into an imperial seal.

Mo Ming is a jade fanatic. Not only does he love jade crazily, but his craftsmanship is also unrivaled.

When Mo Ming and his apprentice were summoned to the palace, as soon as they saw the unpolished jade, they knew that the imperial seal that the emperor wanted not only represented the imperial power and national prestige, but would also be an unprecedented and unparalleled work of art.

He had a premonition that the day the imperial seal was made would be the day his life would end.

Because he understood that the emperor would never allow another imperial seal to appear in this world.

The emperor could not stop the emergence of beautiful jade, but he could destroy the craftsman.

If Mo Ming was gone in this world, there would be no second imperial seal.

Even though he knew that he would die in the end, Mo Ming was willing to use his life to create this rare treasure and leave his reputation for generations to come.

It would be worth it even if I die to have such a work in my lifetime!

He strives for perfection and does even a seemingly unimportant process himself.

Mo Ming, who was imprisoned in the imperial palace, took a full eight months to complete more than ten working procedures including opening the jade, tying the seal, punching the seal, hollowing out the cavity, applying flowers, drilling, and leather sewing, and finally polished out the imperial seal that shocked the world.

This was the work he was most proud of in his life, but it was also his death warrant.

On the day when the Imperial Seal was unveiled, the emperor held the seal in his hand and looked at it alone in his bedroom for three days and three nights. He even held it in his arms when he slept.

During these three days, the emperor even forgot to attend the morning court and did not even receive any officials.

He did not allow anyone to share his success.

The imperial seal is a symbol of imperial power and a testimony to his ambition to unify the world. It will help him become an emperor of all ages in history.

It was these three days and three nights that gave Mo Ming a chance to catch his breath.

But he didn't want to leave. The imperial seal embodied his life's work and was like his own child, and he loved it to the extreme.

Every scratch on the jade seal was soaked with his blood.

He said to his disciple Mo Jue: "I am already over 70 years old. Even if I die, I want to be closer to my children. But you are still young. The last thing I can do for you before I die is to help you escape from the palace."

On the day Mo Ming was secretly executed, Mo Jue escaped.

Unexpectedly, before he escaped, he actually stole the scraps that he had cut off earlier.

When the emperor learned about this, he was furious and issued a nationwide warrant for Mo Jue's arrest.

But this Mo Jue seemed to have suddenly disappeared from the world, and no one had ever seen him since.

More than a hundred years later, a jade pendant appeared in the world.

Countless people even died in order to obtain this jade pendant.

The reason why this jade pendant is so precious is that the craftsmanship used to make it is the long-extinct jade-making technique passed down from the Mo family.

More importantly, it is inextricably linked to the imperial seal.

Because this jade pendant was made from the scraps that Mo Jue stole from the palace back then.

Because this is the last evidence of Mo's craftsmanship left in the world, this jade is called "Mo Soul" by the world.

But decades later, after changing owners several times and witnessing countless deaths, Mo Hun also disappeared from the world.

When the Hengdu Empire collapsed eighty years ago, the imperial seal also disappeared.

This imperial seal, which symbolizes the country and the world and the supreme imperial power, did not ensure that the foundation of the Hengdu Empire would be passed down forever.

But this did not prevent later generations of people in power from admiring the imperial seal.

The imperial seal is still a symbol of imperial power.

From the perspective of craftsmanship, it is still a priceless treasure that is out of print.

So many years have passed, and there is no trace of the imperial seal and Mo Hun.

Therefore, Mo Hun reappeared tonight, and all the ministers were excited.

Even the usually calm and composed Prince Qi couldn't help but take a closer look.

Even Concubine Wan, who had been sitting like a sculpture, raised her eyebrows.

Even those who don't know much about jade, when thinking of the touching stories behind it, would crane their necks to get a glimpse of it.

"Yes, this is Mo's craftsmanship." Cui Qimo stroked the dragon body on the jade pendant, thinking of the various rumors about this jade, and couldn't help but sigh in surprise.

Unexpectedly, Mo Hun, who had disappeared for two hundred years, was found by King Yan.