Princess Elizabeth hurriedly said, "His Royal Highness King Wei has misunderstood!"
” King Wei was stunned when he heard this, glanced at Zhen Jian, looked at the princess in confusion, and said, "Your Royal Highness the princess, he obviously offended you just now, and he actually dared to kiss your hand." ” Princess Elizabeth explained with a smile: "It's called a hand kiss in our England, and it's a man's compliment to a woman's beauty and intelligence. ” King Qi couldn't help laughing when he heard this, it turned out that this was a kind of etiquette in England, and King Wei actually thought that Zhen Jian offended Princess Elizabeth lightly, which was really embarrassing.
King Wei's face was flushed, and he could only drink tea to hide his embarrassment, and he secretly wondered in his heart: "This group of barbarian countries is really shameless, how can a woman let a man touch and kiss at will, hum." ” The crown prince smiled and said, "Zhen Jian actually understands this kind of etiquette in England, it is really not simple. ” Zhen Jian smiled lightly: "This is also what that friend told Xiaguan, Xiaguan didn't expect to be able to use it one day, and it was a kiss and hand salute to Her Royal Highness the noble and beautiful princess." ” Princess Elizabeth looked at Zhen Jian with a smile and said, "Zhen Jian, you are so amazing, you actually know so much about our English etiquette."
She didn't believe the person Zhen Jian said who came back from England, because there had been no oriental tourists in their country for nearly a hundred years, otherwise the king would have known.
Zhen Jian smiled and said: "The real great thing is Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth, the language of our Chu Kingdom is the most difficult to learn, and Her Royal Highness the Princess can actually learn it, which is really amazing." ” Princess Elizabeth smiled happily when she heard this, and said: "I have studied for three years, and it is still very bad, as long as you speak fast, I can't understand it, and my pronunciation is also very bad, the language of your Chu State is indeed very difficult, and you Chu people must be very smart to create such a difficult language and writing." ” Zhen Jian smiled and said slowly: "Her Royal Highness the princess is too famous, in fact, the language of our Chu country is very different from the languages of other countries, whether it is from pronunciation, grammar, or to words, words and sentences, it has been tempered for thousands of years, it is indeed difficult, but if the princess was born in the Chu country, then the Chu language must be better than me, but if you learn other Chinese languages first, and then learn the language of Chu country, it will be interfered with by other languages, but it is difficult to learn, the princess can speak Chu country so well in only three years, It's definitely not something that ordinary people can do. ” The princess smiled and nodded, and said, "So that's the case, Zhen Jian, I like to talk to you very much, I will live here in the future, can I talk to you often?"
” Zhen Jian bowed his head again and said, "This is an honor under you." ” "You're good, I'm going to give you a gift."
The princess turned to the maid beside her and whispered to her, who took a few of her maidservants and went to the inner room to get the gifts.
The princess looked at everyone with a smile and said, "Just take this opportunity to give the gifts I prepared for the three princes together." ” The three princes arched their hands and smiled: "The princess has a heart." ” Soon, several handmaidens came out, all holding silver trays in their hands, and each tray had a gift on it, and the princess pointed to a set of crystal cups made of amethyst on the first tray, and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, this is a gift from me, three crystal cups." ” The maidservant girl walked to the prince with a crystal cup, the prince picked up a cup and looked at it, and found that this cup was very rare in terms of material and workmanship, and he had never seen it in the territory of Dachu, so he couldn't help but nod and smile: "I like it very much, thank you for the gift of the princess."
Then let the chamberlain behind him present his men.
Next, the princess said, "I have prepared two barrels of wine for His Royal Highnesses King Wei and King Qi, both of which have been treasured by my father for many years. ” As she spoke, the two maidservants had already brought two miniature oak barrels to King Qi and King Wei, although they were separated by oak barrels, they could still smell the aroma of wine, King Qi and King Wei thanked together: "Thank you princess for the gift."
Then let his entourage accept the gift.
After King Qi accepted the gift, he smiled and said, "Brother Crown Prince, you have a wine glass, I have wine, let's have a drink together when we are free." ” "Okay."
The prince smiled and nodded.
King Wei also said: "Brother Huang, I also have wine, if you drink alcohol, you can call me." ” The prince smiled perfunctorily, "um", and didn't say anything, he didn't have a good impression of King Wei.
At this time, Princess Elizabeth personally picked up a large and long goose feather from the last tray, and King Wei couldn't help but smile when she saw this and whispered: "Isn't it, Princess Elizabeth wants to send goose feathers to Zhen Jian?"
This is really a thousand miles to send goose feathers, the gift is light and affectionate, haha. ” King Qi was often bullied by King Wei when he was a child, so he hated him very much, and when he saw him laughing at Zhen Jian, he couldn't help but roll his eyes and said: "I want you to care, if we are not the prince, Princess Elizabeth will not even give us goose feathers." ” King Wei glared at him fiercely and said in a low voice, "But we are the prince!"
” Zhen Jian saw that this was not a goose feather, but a quill pen, that is, the previous life of the pen, Princess Elizabeth held the quill in her hand, looked at Zhen Jian, and said with a smile: "This is the day of my tenth birthday, my father gave me a gift, he used this quills to review national events, and now, I give it to you, because you really make me very happy, and it is also the favorite person I have seen since I came to Chu State." ” At this time, the duke suddenly spoke, muttering a long list, the prince and they didn't understand a word, but Zhen Jian understood, what he said was the ancient version of English, although it is a little different from the English of the future world, but the grammar has basically not changed, he can roughly understand, the duke said, this pen was given by the king to the princess, the king has high hopes for the princess, hoping that she can inherit the throne, and will also use this pen to deal with court affairs in the future, the duke hopes that the princess will think about it again, and can not give away such an important thing easily.
Although this pen is not a symbol of royal power, the king's personal belongings, it has a very significant meaning for the princess.
Zhen Jian was secretly surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect the princess to give such an important thing to himself.
He hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, this is the pen used by the king of your country to approve the recital, Zhen Jian is just a small person, how dare he accept such a heavy gift." ” King Wei's face became very ugly when he heard this, he didn't expect this goose feather to be a pen, and it had such a great significance, it was not comparable to wine, and now he really wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into.
The princess smiled and said: "In our England, no one can refuse a gift from the royal family, otherwise it will be extremely disrespectful to the person who gives the gift." ” Zhen Jian was embarrassed for a while when he heard this, and in desperation, he could only step forward and take the quill with both hands, salute and thank you: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness Princess, Your Royal Highness Princess, I also have a gift for you." ” Elizabeth was pleasantly surprised when she heard this, raised her eyebrows, opened her eyes wide, and asked expectantly, "What kind of gift?"
” Zhen Jian took out a bottle of perfume from his arms, only to see that this was a bottle carved with the best mutton fat and white jade, and even the orchid on the surface of the bottle was carefully carved by a craftsman.
Zhen Jian held the perfume bottle in his hand and introduced: "This is a bottle of perfume, which I specially customized for the princess, and there is only one bottle in the world, called Hollow Valley Orchid." ” The prince was quite shocked when he heard this, perfume, he is no stranger, there are many women in his East Palace, those women use perfume every day, and often ask him, whether the smell on their bodies is good or not, he also knows about perfume, the perfume used by the women in the East Palace and the harem belongs to the special perfume of the palace, the cheapest is also two hundred guan, the most expensive two thousand guan a bottle, it is said that it is called what is the country and the city, but even the most expensive perfume, it is impossible to say that there is only one bottle in the world, Zhen Jian, as the founder of perfume, he said that this bottle of perfume is the only bottle in the world, It must be unique, and it is conceivable that if this bottle of perfume is brought to the world, those nobles and harem women will not have to break their heads, and this is no longer a perfume problem.
Zhen Jian stepped forward and handed the perfume to Princess Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth took it in her hand, put it in front of her nose and smelled it, and said happily: "Wow, it's so fragrant!"
” Zhen Jian smiled lightly: "Princess, as long as you put one or two drops on your body, for a whole day, you will be surrounded by the elegant fragrance of orchids, coupled with your fairy-like beauty, I believe that all men in the world will fall under your pomegranate skirt." ” Elizabeth heard him praise himself for his beauty, and her already good mood became even more wonderful, and she grinned and showed her white teeth like jade, and said with a smile: "Thank you, I like your gift very much." ” "If the princess likes it, it's fine."
Zhen Jian smiled, and then asked, "Is Her Royal Highness the princess hungry, I have already started ordering people to prepare meals, and I will be able to eat in half an hour." ” The princess smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll have lunch in half an hour." ” Zhen Jian smiled slightly, it seems that England has the habit of eating lunch, and he guessed correctly, so Zhen Jian arched his hand and said: "Then I will go to the kitchen first to urge the cooks to prepare lunch, Her Royal Highness the Princess, Her Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Wei and King Qi, the lower officials will retire first." ” The prince waved his hand and nodded: "Well, you can step aside." ” The princess happily played with the perfume, and from time to time put it in front of her nose to smell it, and the happy appearance was not to mention.
The crown prince accosted him with a smile and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, this bottle of perfume that Zhen Jian gave you is indeed very precious. ” The princess was overjoyed and asked, "Really?"
Is it more precious than the pen that my father used?
” "That's certainly not comparable."
The prince smiled lightly, "But this bottle of perfume is unique in this world, because perfume is something created by Zhen Jian, and he is willing to make this bottle of perfume for the princess, it seems that he welcomes the princess's heart very sincerely." ” "Wow!"
When the princess heard that this was the perfume that Zhen Jian specially made for her alone, she was even more happy, and held the perfume with both hands and put it on her chest, as if she was afraid that someone would snatch it away.
The Duke of Wales watched from the sidelines and could only sigh helplessly.
At this time, King Qi suddenly asked, "Your Royal Highness, do you also eat at noon in England?"
” "Yes."
The princess nodded, "We in England eat three meals a day, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. ” The prince said: "The customs of England and our Dachu are very different, and this kind of thing is also different. ” The princess asked, "How many meals do you eat every day?"
” The prince replied, "We will eat only two meals, one in the morning and one in the evening. ” The princess asked curiously, "Won't you be hungry?"
” The prince shook his head and said, "I won't be hungry." ” The princess asked, "Oh, you are princes, you don't have to do it......
Work that requires strength, but ordinary people have to work, won't they go hungry?
” "Uh......"
The prince didn't know how to answer when he heard this, he is not a common man, how does he know if the people will be hungry.
As soon as we talk about the different customs of the two countries, we can't stop, because almost no customs in the two countries are the same, and the differences are too great, and there are endless topics to talk about.
At this moment, Zhen Laosan took a group of people to escort 10,000 taels of silver back to the back office of the concierge house, and after he sent everyone away, he secretly moved 3,000 taels and hid them, and then called a servant to come in and asked him to go to Zhen Jian, saying that the money was coming, and let Zhen Jian come to collect it.