Want to win the palace fight? Better to be crazy than to be idiotic!

While Su Feiran and Qin Fengan were making eye contact, Ma Shuya had already lifted the red cloth, revealing a tortoise-shell square box with a carved pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water.

Su Feiran's attention was drawn back to the curious discussions of the crowd, and he saw Ma Shuya gently lift the lid of the box. With a faint "click" sound, the lid was lifted up, revealing the things safely placed inside.

In an instant, the entire venue seemed to be lit up. Everyone stared with wide eyes - it turned out to be a night-shining pearl.

Ordinary night-shining pearls are nothing special. You can find dozens of them in the imperial palace treasury. But the night-shining pearl in the tortoise-shell box is different. It is round all over, as if it was born that way without being polished. Moreover, the light it emits is much brighter than the ordinary night-shining pearls. The light seems to have life, pulsating slightly, and flowing on the surface of the pearl like clear waves.

An eunuch who was serving someone muttered, "In all my years in the palace, this is the first time I have seen a night-shining pearl of such perfect color."

When the other servants heard what he said, their eyes widened, as if they were deeply attracted by this strange light, and they all took a step forward involuntarily.

The knowledgeable concubines were also amazed. Ma Shuya respectfully presented the night-shining pearl to Qin Feng'an with both hands and introduced it, "Your Majesty, this is not an ordinary night-shining pearl, but the king of night-shining pearls. Your Majesty is the supreme ruler of the world, and this pearl perfectly complements it."

The king of night-shining pearls?

Qin Fengan took the box curiously and took out the night pearl to play with it.

He didn't know the goods, but he knew that the so-called night-shining pearl was actually fluorite. Only a small part of fluorite will emit light after being exposed to light or hot water, so fluorite that glows at night is extremely rare, which is why it was regarded as a night-shining pearl by the ancients. But this king of night-shining pearls is indeed strange. Its light is not the blue-green color of ordinary night-shining pearls, but a rare silver-white color.

For a moment, everyone in the venue was whispering to each other, admiring this rare treasure.

"My father bought this by chance from a foreign merchant when he was touring the border." Ma Shuya saw Qin Fengan looking at it and a smile appeared on her face.

Ma Shuya's father often traveled around the world for official business, and would bring her some rare things from time to time. Originally, she would just look at them in her room and lock them in the warehouse after viewing them. She never expected that she would see these rare things one day and put them to good use.

She had already made up her mind that if the emperor liked it, she would pick some out and send them to him every few days for him to see.

I believe that in this way, His Majesty will also think of my father's kindness and take better care of my father.

Ma Shuya left happily, and Su Feiran couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

The next person to come on stage was An Cairen An Yuchen, and then according to the rank, after An Cairen it was Jin Zhaohua Shen Linghan, and after Shen Linghan it was her.

Su Feiran had no interest in watching what talent An Yuchen performed. She looked calm, but her fingers tapping on the table revealed that she was in a state of confusion.

Xie Zhiqi also drank a little wine, but it was a pity that she didn't have a good alcohol tolerance. She turned red after just one small glass. At this moment, she was drunk and almost jumped on the table to make trouble when she saw An Yuchen saying tongue twisters on the stage.

Thanks to Nicole and Zhima for pulling her together, otherwise Xie Zhiqi would be too embarrassed to see anyone when she woke up tomorrow.

An Yuchen's performance was standard, but it set off the atmosphere. Thanks to her, the atmosphere in the venue reached its peak tonight.

The clinking of glasses and the noisy life seemed to raise the temperature in the venue a little.

Shen Linghan came on stage, she was also here to present treasures. Everyone cast eager eyes at her, only Su Feiran stared at Concubine Jia who was sitting not far from Qin Fengan, to see how she would react.

Concubine Jia felt unwell at noon. Although the imperial physician said it was not a serious problem, she looked sick and did not communicate with others much throughout the evening.

But even if she had no interest in the shareholders' meeting, she should have reacted differently when Su Feiran presented the treasure. After all, she was the only one who knew that Su Feiran could not present the treasure, so she should have been looking forward to how Su Feiran would respond.

"Empress Jia, if you are not feeling well, you can take your leave and rest first." Qin Feng'an also noticed that Wu Jiayan was a little tired, so he said, "The shareholders' meeting has been successfully held, you don't have to worry about it anymore."

Wu Jiayan hesitated for a moment and forced a smile: "Thank you for your mercy, Your Majesty. But, I want to stay with Your Majesty, so please don't chase me away, Your Majesty?"

Qin Feng'an didn't think there was anything wrong, so he agreed with her: "It's up to you. If you feel unwell, call the imperial physician at any time."

Wu Jiayan nodded and continued to look towards the center of the venue.

Su Feiran could not see anything unusual in Wu Jiayan's expression, and thought to herself that she was indeed a noble concubine, and she was very cunning. No matter what bad things she did, she could always put on a frank poker face, making it impossible for people to find any flaws.

However, since the gift offering failed, how can we survive this crisis?

Shen Linghan was about to leave the stage, but Su Feiran hadn't come up with an idea yet. Xiao Lezi quietly moved to Su Feiran's seat and hurriedly urged him:

"Oh my Liu Ronghua, why are you so calm and not in a hurry? It's your turn to go on stage next. The gifts you prepared have been taken out of the storeroom. Why don't you go and prepare them?"

I would like to prepare!

Su Feiran appeared to be as calm as an old dog. He said "don't worry", but he was actually very nervous.

It was not right to offer the painting, nor was it right not to offer it. Whether one was empty-handed or holding a dirty painting, one would be charged with disrespecting the emperor.

Seeing Shen Linghan had already stepped down from the stage, Xiao Lezi was almost crying. Su Feiran was late on stage, and the master would not blame Su Feiran, but would only blame him for not delivering the message properly. I'm afraid that if the matter is investigated, his monthly salary for this month will be deducted!

Xiao Lezi is still young and has a bright future. He doesn’t want to starve to death in the palace!

Su Feiran thought to himself that it was no use urging me, I had to think of a way to deal with it.

Her eyes wandered around, looking around. There was no show on the stage at this time, and the sisters in the back garden were chatting while drinking.

Not to mention Zeng Wenxin, Xie Zhiqi and others who usually like to get together and chat, even the concubines who usually have distant relationships and cold personalities chat with each other.

Normally, Su Feiran could hardly see such a scene in the back garden. Usually, such a scene of sisters gathering together and chatting and laughing in harmony could only be seen when she suddenly felt like telling stories and was urged by the people of Zichen Palace to set up a stage in the side hall.

and many more......

storytelling?

Setting up the stage?

Su Feiran took a deep breath and asked Xiao Lezi: "Your Majesty doesn't know what I'm preparing yet, right?"

Xiao Lezi was sweating with anxiety. He didn't know why Su Feiran suddenly asked this question, and answered anxiously: "Of course! Whether it's a gift or a performance, the emperor doesn't know until the moment you go on stage! Ronghua, you should hurry up and get the gift and go on stage, don't embarrass us servants!"

"That's good."

Su Feiran curled his lips and said to Xiao Lezi,

"Gift? Please save it for me first."

Xiao Lezi's eyes were dull for a moment: "Huh?"

Su Feiran stretched lazily, slowly stood up from the table, and made a bold statement: "The gift is for His Majesty to enjoy. It's boring for the sisters here to just look at it from afar! Today, I am in high spirits after drinking. How can I disappoint the expectations of the sisters?"