Li Xian didn't think much, walked up to the Qingyi palace man, grabbed his sleeve with his palm, and wiped it quietly.

Stretch out your hand.

Everyone held their breath and concentrated.

With a slight "click", the gift box opened.

Li Xian, with his narrowed pupils, and the open gift box in front of him, immediately became the center of attention of the audience.

However, Ouyang Rong didn't even look at it. His back was already soaked quietly, and his eyes immediately fell on Miaozhen's face.

He looked at it intently, seeming to refuse to let go of even the smallest detail.

Ouyang Rong quickly discovered that Miao Zhen was also looking at Li Xian's expression attentively.

This woman doesn’t even know what’s in the gift box!

Ouyang Rong withdrew his attention, quickly walked to Li Xian, and looked into the carved brocade box.

It's not an empty box, white silk and wine flask.

His brows furrowed.

But after seeing the gift clearly, he frowned.

Then he let go again.

Ouyang Rong smiled brightly, faced the audience, pointed at the items in the brocade box, and said loudly:

"Your Majesty's gift is a pure white jade!"

He turned towards Li Xian and cupped his fists:

"Congratulations to Your Highness, the jade jue is the gift of a gentleman. As the old saying goes, the Confucian scholar gives him the jue, and the matter is settled! Your majesty gave you the jade jue, which probably means that after wearing it, you will make decisions in all matters and have the air of a gentleman. I hope your highness

Don’t forget your teachings!”

Li Xian stared blankly at the jade jue lying quietly on the wool in the box.

It was all milky white and warm and shiny, but there was a small chip on the round jade body.

Jue, the ring is not round.

"Yes Yes!"

Li Xian reacted and quickly picked up the pure white jade, ready to express his gratitude.

Miaozhen suddenly took a step forward and interjected:

"Oh? Really? But why did I hear another statement with a bad meaning?

"It is said that when hiring people, you should use Gui, when asking people, you should use walls, when you recruit people, you should use Yuan, when you recruit people, you use Jue, and when you reject people, you use Huan!

"Giving a gift to someone, in most cases, isn't it a sign of decision, a sign of severing ties?

"Even I have heard this sentence before. Ouyang County Magistrate was born as a Jinshi and a Confucian scholar. How could I not know these meanings?

"This is inconsistent with Magistrate Ouyang's clever decision just now. Is it intentional or accidental?"

Miao Zhen pointed out and questioned in public.

When everyone heard the words, they turned around and saw Ouyang Rong's expression unchanged, and he looked at him calmly:

"Of course I know that Yu Jue has this intention, to seduce others with Jue, but to shun others with ring. But hasn't Her Majesty the Queen already announced that she will sever the relationship between mother and son with King Xunyang, and we will not have any contact with each other for more than ten years.

"But now, His Majesty suddenly gives a gift, a jade jewel, and reiterates the intention of severance. What's the use?"

After a pause, Ouyang Rong said to everyone in the audience:

"After the family ties have been decided, the gift of Yujue is more to encourage His Royal Highness King Xunyang to have a gentlemanly temperament. At the same time, he also emphasizes that the severance of family ties in the first place is unforgivable. This is the meaning of hating iron but not steel, and His Majesty licks it.

The love of a calf."

He answered fluently, and the more he spoke, the smoother he became, and his tone was firm:

"Besides, there is only a small difference between the jade ring and the jade ring. Although His Royal Highness King Xunyang was unfilial in the past, he has sincerely repented over the years. He has received this jade ring to raise him personally. The jade is inherently psychic. It cannot be said that he is sincere.

When the metal and stone are opened, and filial piety moves the heaven and the earth, will the jue become a ring again?"

"A jue is a jue, and a ring is a ring. It's true!" Miao Zhen still held on tightly: "Your Majesty gave you the jue, and once again emphasized the meaning of decision, doesn't it mean that there is no further decision?"

Ouyang Rong asked back:

"Do you think so?"

"Does Magistrate Ouyang think so?"

"I'm asking you."

"I am also asking you!"

"You answer me first."

"Answer me first!"

The whole place was silent except for the tit-for-tat sounds of the young county magistrate and the woman in palace attire.

Ouyang Ronghu said: "Since you think it exists, then quickly implement the will you think exists."

He glanced at the sky, nodded calmly and said:

"Then your Excellency, please do it quickly, while it is still just after noon and not yet morning or evening."

Miaozhen seemed to understand the cold joke that Ouyang Rong was referring to. Miaozhen stared at the young magistrate who was smiling but not smiling for a while, and suddenly asked:

"Are you threatening me?"

Ouyang Rong frowned coldly: "I don't dare to do this."

It was clear that there was no wind on the street at this moment, but Miaozhen was wearing a crimson palace dress with sleeves and skirt dancing wildly, like a blazing flame.

Ouyang Rong's body swayed slightly, but he could still stand upright.

The atmosphere was frozen, and I don't know how long it took.

Ouyang Rong suddenly felt the mountain of pressure disappear.

Miaozhen suddenly turned around and said:

"Okay, the county magistrate seems to understand your majesty better than the concubine who has been with your majesty for many years, so let's follow the magistrate's explanation, but..."

She said word by word:

"What you said today, I will tell you to your majesty truthfully. The county magistrate will be ready."

"As you wish."

Ouyang Rong nodded calmly.

I couldn't help but laugh... I laughed to death. Anyway, he was going to resign and run away. He was no longer serving me. What else could be done to him?

Miaozhen snorted coldly, ignored him, turned to the palace people behind him and calmly ordered:

"Go and present the little princess's gift."

With his back to Ouyang Rong, where the former could not see him, Miaozhen lowered his eyes, and Nazozo's threatening expression just now had long since disappeared without a trace.

If she really wanted to take action, how could she, a dignified sixth-grade qigong practitioner, be easily suppressed by a weak scholar? Even if the latter had the world-famous title of "gentleman", there was another one that she found extremely annoying and had to admit.

He is an eloquent speaker with some sense of reason, but at most he is hesitant.

What really made Miaozhen honest was the birthday gift His Majesty gave to this little granddaughter named Guo'er.

Your Majesty is indeed unpredictable, but these two gifts must be viewed together... When Miao Zhen was quiet, no one on the court spoke.

After a while, another palace official in Qingyi came forward respectfully, holding a long gift box in his hand.

Gently pushing aside her brother Su Dalang who was standing in front of her, Su Baoer covered her face with a gauze veil and walked out of the Su Mansion gate alone, calmly facing the attention of everyone.

Unlike her father's hesitation, Su Guo'er opened the long gift box without saying a word.

Take out a long scroll from it.

She unfolded the scroll in front of everyone, and saw... the scroll was empty, with no ink on it.

Su Guoer frowned slightly and said to Miaozhen, who looked calm:

"This is……"

It seems like an empty scroll.

Everyone looked curious.
Chapter completed!