Old Summer Palace, Peony Platform.△↗,.

Concubine Lan walked among the flowers, and it was the time for the spring breeze to be proud.

Xiao Dezi walked over quickly and reported: "Report to Master, Lord Sushun, please see me!"

"What is he here to do?"

"I don't know that it seems that I came with a gift."

Concubine Lan cut off a peony, sniffed it, glanced at the distance and smiled slightly, and said, "Let him come here!"

Xiao Dezi received the order and immediately sent someone to call Sushun.

After a while, Sushun came to greet Concubine Lan with a box in her arms.

"Miss Sushun, I pay homage to Concubine Lan!"

Sushun called himself a slave, which scared Concubine Lan.

"Oh, Lord Su is a first-rank official of the court. How can he call himself a slave? I can't bear it!"

"You can bear it! You can bear it!" Sushun forced a smile and hurriedly said, "Concubine Lan gave birth to a dragon son for the emperor. This is a great contribution. Now the emperor has only one prince, and Concubine, you are the prince's mother. The mother is noble by her son. You must be the position of the future queen. It is the honor of the slave to be a slave."

Sushun came to curry favor with him, and Concubine Lan was still very happy, so she said, "Get up, if you have something to do, I have to go and help the emperor approve memorials, but I don't have time to listen to your flattery!"

"Yes, yes, what Concubine Lan taught her a lesson!" Sushun smiled and continued, "It's nothing big. She just found a treasure. I heard that Concubine Lan likes it very much, so I personally sent it to you!"

As he said that, Sushun raised the small box in his arms high above his head, and Xiao Dezi took it and handed it over to Concubine Lan.

Concubine Lan still likes gifts very much when she reaches out and doesn't hit the smiley person. So when she opens it, she sees it is a blue crystal ball the size of a goose egg, which is very beautiful.

Concubine Lan liked it very much, and even couldn't put it down, asking, "This thing must be very expensive, right? It seems that it can't be bought in China!"

Su Shun replied proudly: "Concubine Lan has good eyesight. This thing is called Smurfs. It is a Western thing. It is worth ten thousand taels of gold and has a price but no market. Many people can't buy it even if they want to. The servant asked someone to get it for a lot of effort and specially presented it to the Concubine to show her feelings."

Concubine Lan was surprised that a blue crystal ball was worth tens of thousands of taels of gold. Seeing Sushun giving her so happily as a gift, she was also very happy.

However, at this moment, a young eunuch came to report.

"You are the concubine, and the Governor of Liangjiang, Lord Li Weiguo, sent someone to present a gift to congratulate the concubine on her birthday!"

When she heard that Li Weiguo sent someone to give her birthday gift, Concubine Lan's eyes lit up. But she knew that the gifts Li Weiguo paid to her every year were very good, which was in line with her wishes.

"Send it quickly!"

When Sushun heard that it was Li Weiguo's people, his face changed a little. When he saw Concubine Lan's happy expression, his heart was even more sank. However, he heard that Li Weiguo and Concubine Lan had an extraordinary relationship. When he thought that Li Weiguo was against him everywhere and then he took the lead in currying favor with Concubine Lan, Sushun felt uncomfortable.

"Since the concubine has a guest, the servant will take his leave first!"

"Don't rush to leave. Don't Lord Su want to see what gift Lord Li gave me?" Concubine Lan said with a clever smile, her eyes rolled, and she was not at ease.

"Since the imperial concubine has the order, I dared to stay and take a look. I heard that Lord Li is rich enough to rival the country, and I also want to see what gift Lord Li is willing to give to the imperial concubine. I hope he will not be petty!" Su Shun said with a smile on his face. Thinking that the blue crystal ball he gave to Concubine Lan was priceless, and the gift Li Weiguo must be no match for him, so he decided to stay and prepare to watch Li Weiguo's joke.

The group of people raised a big box and came to Concubine Lan. The man in charge was the special envoy sent by Li Weiguo, named Zhang Qiang.

"Liar Zhang Qiang, please pay tribute to Concubine Lan!"

"All of you are all acquaintances, don't be too polite, get up!"

"On the order of my master, I will bring a gift to congratulate Concubine Lan on her birthday, and wish her good health and success step by step."

Concubine Lan nodded and looked at the big box, her eyes reflecting.

Every year, the gifts Li Weiguo gave her are very expensive and always liked by her. I don’t know what she brought this year, and how is it compared to the blue crystal balls given by Sushun.

"It just so happened that Lord Sushun is here, Xiao Dezi, go and open it and see what it is?"

"Yeah!"

Xiao Dezi stepped forward and opened the box. Everyone looked at each other with their eyes, and was stunned.

I saw a tripod placed in the box, and a huge crystal ball was placed on it, as big as a watermelon, and it was actually blue.

"Wow, there is such a big crystal ball!"

"Hey, it's blue too!"

"Yes, it's the blue crystal ball that Lord Sushun just gave to the Empress!"

"What's the same? Lord Su's one is only the size of a goose egg. Look at the one given by Lord Li, it's as big as a watermelon, and it's incomparable!"

Everyone was so surprised that they couldn't speak, only Zhang Qiang was very calm. He glanced at Sushun and snorted coldly, "Sir Su, do you know what this is?"

After Sushun was surprised, he was so scheming that he immediately understood why Li Weiguo didn't give away anything else, but he also gave a blue crystal ball, which was more than ten times larger than what he gave to Sushun.

Isn’t this intentional slap in the face?

Don't bully people like this!

"This is you"

Sushun pointed at Zhang Qiang, trembling with anger.

Zhang Qiang looked at Sushun's old face longer than a donkey, and he was very happy.

That's right, Zhang Qiang did it on purpose. Originally, Li Weiguo prepared several gifts for Concubine Lan this year, and the blue crystal ball was just one of them. However, before coming, Zhang Qiang accidentally found out that Sushun spent 10,000 taels of silver to buy a blue crystal ball from Wanbaozhai at a high price.

You should know that this Wanbaozhai is not an ordinary jewelry store, but an intelligence station in Beijing by SHIELD. It uses Wanbaozhai as a cover on weekdays, and uses the method of buying and selling jewelry to contact the high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, and then obtain information.

The blue crystal balls sold by Wanbaozhai and those above the size of goose eggs are all made of glass factories in Jiangwan Industrial Zone. Crystal balls of various colors are synthesized. In the world, only Li Weiguo has the ability to use physics and chemical knowledge to achieve the synthesis of artificial crystal balls.

Sushun bought the blue crystal ball the size of a goose egg was originally the treasure of Wanbaozhai's shop, but in the end, due to Sushun's power, he had to sell it to him for 10,000 taels of silver.

After learning about this, Zhang Qiang immediately changed his mind. He knew very well that the grudge between Li Weiguo and Sushun was a mortal enemy. Therefore, Zhang Qiang replaced the gift with a blue crystal ball the size of a watermelon, deliberately seeing the time when Sushun came to meet Concubine Lan, and then came to slap Sushun in the face.

"Qi Bi Guifei Lan. My master learned that you like crystals, so he specially transported a large blue crystal stone from Taixi and hired the top craftsmen to polish it day and night. It took a year to complete it. I would like to offer it to the concubine!"

Concubine Lan touched the blue crystal ball as big as a watermelon and loved it very much. She said happily: "Mr. Li is intent. When she goes back, she tells Master Li, and she says that I am very happy and thinks about his good deeds."

"Thank you, Concubine Lan. My head said that this is what it should be!" Zhang Qiang replied with a smile, turned around and looked at Sushun again. Seeing Sushun's extremely embarrassed look, he felt very happy.

"I heard that Lord Su spent 10,000 taels of silver to buy a blue crystal ball from Wanbaozhai, which is the size of a goose egg. I wonder if it is true or false?"

Zhang Qiang suddenly said, and at the same time gave Xiao Dezi a wink.

"This" Su Shun was so angry that his beard was raised. He thought to himself that this damn Zhang Qiang would not open any pot, and he slapped his left face and slapped his face.

"Oh, Sushun, how dare you deceive Concubine Lan? You just lie about 10,000 taels of silver? What should you blame?" Xiao Dezi took Zhang Qiang a lot of benefits on weekdays, so he naturally wanted to look at Zhang Qiang.

After a brief shock, Concubine Lan quickly understood how could such a coincidence happen in the world? This forced the time card so accurately. It was clearly for Sushun to come to Sushun in the face in front of her, so that he could not get out of Taiwan.

However, Concubine Lan would not give him a good look when she deceived her. She immediately turned cold and asked, "Sir Su, do you think I'm easy to cheat, right?"

"I dare not! How dare I deceive the concubine? It's really true." Sushun hurriedly knelt down and immediately said with a look of old face: "It's really a mistake. I'm wrong. Please forgive me for your crime!"

Zhang Qiang immediately took the blame and said, "What a mistake! Lord Su is actually speechless. Could it be that he is too confused? This is a crime of deceiving the emperor. So what should he be guilty of deceiving the imperial concubine?"

"Great life for the concubine! Great life for the concubine!" Sushun was so scared that he kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Concubine Lan glanced at Zhang Qiang. With her cleverness, she couldn't tell that Zhang Qiang was intentional. She wanted to slander Sushun to death. And she had planned to use her hand to clean up Sushun.

"I miss you so much that I will spare you once!"

Sushun immediately breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly knelt down and thanked: "Thank you, the Imperial Concubine!"

"Bring your stuff and get out of here! I don't want to see you again!"

Concubine Lan was thinking that if Sushun surrendered to her, she would have more help in the capital. But such a thing happened. In front of Zhang Qiang, if Sushun received another gift, Li Weiguo would be unhappy. So after weighing the pros and cons, she still felt that she already had a prince and had a stable status. It didn't matter whether Sushun was in the capital. Instead, Li Weiguo was promoted to Governor of Liangjiang, holding more than 200,000 troops. He was a powerful foreign aid and should not be neglected, so she could only drive Sushun away in front of Zhang Qiang.

Sushun rolled and crawled away.

Zhang Qiang used Concubine Lan's hand to teach Sushun a lesson, which was equivalent to exercising his anger for Li Weiguo. On weekdays, Sushun often stumbling to Li Weiguo and was already the number one enemy of the Shanghai Army Group.

Seeing Zhang Qiang smiling happily, Concubine Lan snorted coldly and said, "Zhang Qiang, are you satisfied with this palace doing this?"

Zhang Qiang was startled and hurriedly said, "The villain dares not! Concubine Lan is as wise as a torch, so naturally she will not be deceived by the villain!"

Concubine Lan deliberately scared Zhang Qiang and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of? I don't blame you! You just need to be careful in the future. If you let Su Shun come to Taiwan today, I'm afraid he will take revenge on you. You have to know that your master can't do anything, but if you want to touch you, it's as easy as crushing an ant!"

Zhang Qiang was not afraid and smiled and said, "With the imperial concubine being the commander, the villain is naturally not afraid!"

Concubine Lan smiled and said, "You talk a lot today. Do you have any questions to ask me for it?"

Zhang Qiang smiled and said, "I am worthy of being the Imperial Concubine, with a wise eye! That's right, the villain came this time, in addition to presenting gifts to the Imperial Concubine, I hope you can do a favor!"

Concubine Lan touched the blue crystal ball the size of a watermelon and said reluctantly: "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Zhang Qiang then said: "My head heard that Baiwangshan is feng shui. He is planning to build a villa in that area, so he can rest there when he enters Beijing in the future."

Concubine Lan looked up and said, "That's a good thing! But just build a villa. With the official position and financial resources of your family, it's okay to build ten or eight people!"

Zhang Qiang smiled and said, "The financial resources are of course fine. But the location chosen by my master is close to the Old Summer Palace. I am afraid that the imperial guards will not allow it, so I asked Concubine Lan for help!"

Concubine Lan understood, so she said, "The Old Summer Palace is a royal garden, which is not allowed. However, your elder is an important official of the court. It is highly valued by the emperor. It is nothing to say to the emperor. However, the emperor must live in the Old Summer Palace for at least ten months every year. Your elder arranged the other garden so close to the Old Summer Palace, what do he want to do?"

Zhang Qiang was shocked and secretly asked Concubine Lan to secretly deal with it. He was very smart, so he explained: "Concubine Lan is too careless. My head just wants to get closer to the emperor and Concubine Lan, so he can greet the emperor and Concubine Lan every day. Of course, the most important thing is that if the sluts in the court are not good for my head, my head will also get the news in time."

Concubine Lan dispelled her doubts and immediately smiled: "The water in front is too great, and I believe it later. This is not a big deal, I will do it."

"Thank you, Concubine Lan!"

Zhang Qiang then said goodbye to Concubine Lan and left the Old Summer Palace.

Three days later, Xianfeng issued an order to divide 200 acres of land in the Baiwangshan area near the suburbs of the Old Summer Palace and give it to Li Weiguo. At the same time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs allocated funds to Li Weiguo to build a mansion as a villa in the capital.
To be continued...