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Chapter 164: Etiquette is light but affection is important

Upon hearing this, Lin Wan'er finally understood why Fan Xian had met with these six people in private.

Her face flushed, she hesitated for a moment, then finally mustered her courage, stood up, and gracefully bowed:
"Lin Wan'er, a mortal woman, greets all the True Lords!"

...The True Lord?

What exactly did you say to your brother and sister-in-law?
Yun Ye looked puzzled and couldn't help but glance at Fan Xian.

Fan Xian remained expressionless, merely smiling as he looked at them, as if to say, "My Wan'er has treated me with such courtesy; as her good brother, shouldn't I reciprocate in kind?"
Yun Ye and Su Haoming immediately understood Fan Xian's meaning, and promptly avoided Lin Wan'er's gaze, giving Fan Xian a disapproving look.

Lin Yu didn't mind at all. He smiled slightly and said gently, "Sister-in-law, there's no need for such formalities. We are of the same generation as Fan Xian, and we are even from the same clan. If you don't mind, you can just call me your elder brother!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Wan'er was taken aback, then felt flattered.

Fan Xian took her hand and whispered in her ear with a smile, "As the saying goes, it's better to obey than to be overly respectful. Since Brother Lin has already said so, what's there to be reserved about? Just go ahead and claim to be from this clan!"

...How could I possibly accept that!
Wan'er blushed and glared at him, then turned her head and said somewhat embarrassedly, "In that case, Wan'er will take the liberty of saying so!"

"No offense intended, no offense intended!"

Su Haoming chuckled and said, "Just as your husband said, the guests outside are all for official business, while everyone here is truly one of us..."

"Stop with all this fluff!"

Fan Xian glanced at him without any politeness and asked, "Have you prepared the gift money?"

Su Haoming rolled his eyes and said irritably, "Don't worry, it's all ready... Shall I go first?"

Lin Yu stepped forward, smiling, and said, "I'll go first—"

"No, no, no!"

Everyone quickly stopped him, chuckling wryly as they advised, "Brother, why don't you go last?"

"If you take out your gift first, I'm afraid the rest of you won't be able to offer anything!"

Lin Yu blinked, thought for a moment, and felt that it made a lot of sense, so he nodded and said, "Then you guys go first."

The poorest of them all, Li Shimin, quickly said, "I'll go first!"

The group exchanged glances, had no objections, and quickly made way for each other.

Meeting Lin Wan'er and Fan Xian's gazes, Li Shimin said somewhat apologetically, "The matter arose suddenly, and I am short of money, so I can only prepare some common gifts. I hope my sister-in-law and brother Fan will not find them offensive!"

Fan Xian laughed and said, "Brother Li, what are you saying? The so-called gift is just for good luck and to share in the joy. How could I, Fan, really be after your money?"

At this point, he quickly added, "Of course, except for my eldest brother and Old Su!"

Su Haoming was taken aback upon hearing this, then his face darkened as he said, "What does this have to do with me?"

Fan Xian said confidently, "You've been shamelessly staying at your elder brother's dojo for so long, you must have taken advantage of him quite a bit!"

Su Haoming stared at him wide-eyed, incredulous, and said:

"That's the money I earned from working so hard as a nanny, and you're even eyeing it?"

"Of course!"

Fan Xian said without any politeness, "If you know what's good for you, hurry up and take it out for your brother. We'll all get a share!"

Watching the two interacting amicably before her, Lin Wan'er pondered, realizing that the relationship between this True Lord Su and her husband was probably better than that of the other True Lords...

Of course, this "better" is only relative.

In fact, all the group members get along quite well.

This is mainly thanks to the chat group mechanism, which requires group members to log in and chat every day to at least reach the maximum activity level.

In this kind of high-intensity group chat and frequent online conversations every day, the relationship can't possibly get too bad...

Getting back to the main point, Fan Xian and Su Haoming exchanged a few words, then quickly fell silent and turned to look at Li Shimin.

"In that case, I, Li, will make a fool of myself!"

With a wave of his sleeve, Li Shimin created five small hills on the floor of the bridal chamber.

Among them, the first two small hills are actually gold and silver ingots stacked together.

The third hill contains various natural jade stones and precious jade artifacts such as jade pendants, jade discs, and jade ruyi.

The fourth hill is made of coral, agate, jade and other materials. Its exquisite layout clearly shows that it was designed by a master. It is quite impressive at first glance.

As for the fifth hill, it is the famous hard currency of the Three Kingdoms world – Shu brocade!

These five hills are so large that their tops have touched the ceiling.

Various gold and silver jewels glittered under the red candles in the bridal chamber, creating a powerful visual impact. Even Lin Wan'er, a princess who had been pampered since childhood, couldn't help but stare at the scene before her with her mouth slightly agape in astonishment.

No wonder Fan Xian said that he could skip the common gifts from outsiders, but he absolutely could not do without the True Lord's congratulatory gift!
This is way too expensive!

Leaving aside the other four hills, just the gold mountain alone is worth far more than all the rewards given out during the day, enough for the Southern Qing and Northern Qi to wage a local war! Can we really accept this?

Lin Wan'er was at a loss and couldn't help but look at Fan Xian beside her.

Before Fan Xian could react, Li Shimin said apologetically, "The gift is rather meager, so I have prepared some additional congratulatory gifts. I hope Brother Fan and his wife will not find them offensive..."

dislike?!
Who could possibly complain about this?
Lin Wan'er stared wide-eyed at Li Shimin in disbelief, as if her worldview had been greatly shaken.

However, Li Shimin, who had sent the congratulatory gift, seemed to genuinely believe that his gift was not valuable. So he reached into his sleeve, took out a beautiful brocade box from his storage bag, and handed it to Fan Xian.

"what is this?"

Fan Xian took it curiously.

Li Shimin looked hesitant, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Lin Yu glanced at the items in the brocade box and explained with a smile, "This is the imperial edict from Old Li bestowing titles upon your first child, as well as a jade decree proving their status as a princess or prince!"

It's this thing!

Fan Xian looked surprised, then carefully accepted it.

Lin Wan'er was somewhat bewildered and subconsciously asked, "Imperial edict?"

Fan Xian smiled and explained, "My lady, you may not know this, but Brother Li's identity in the mortal world is that of an emperor. His Great Han is located in another world—the theory of the Three Thousand Worlds. You should still remember that, right?"

"I see!"

Lin Wan'er looked enlightened and quickly stood up, joining Fan Xian in solemnly thanking Li Shimin.

Seeing this, Li Shimin finally smiled, recited the wedding wishes he had specially asked Zhuge Liang to write, and then retreated into the group of people behind Lin Yu.

Su Haoming watched Fan Xian collecting mountains of gold and silver and clicked his tongue, saying, "Old Li, you're really going all out. With so much wealth, won't you empty the national treasury?"

"Then you underestimate Brother Li!"

He Jingfeng, standing nearby, said with a smile, "Don't forget, Brother Li has been doing business with me for almost a month and has already made a fortune. What is this little bit of money to him?"

Li Shimin smiled and nodded: "Brother He is absolutely right!"

For the past month, he has been working as a cross-border middleman, exchanging various jade and jewelry items from the Three Kingdoms period, as well as antiques and cultural relics, for firearms, food, and a large number of cheap modern glass products from He Jingfeng.

The former had long been filled with granaries and armories, ensuring that even during three years of great disaster, the people could still have three meals a day and be well-fed and clothed.

The latter replaced gold, silver, and jade as symbols of luxury and wealth, and plundered enormous amounts of wealth through trade with the states of Wei and Wu at virtually no cost.

It can be said that the wealth of Shu Han today far exceeds Su Haoming's imagination.

Of course, even so, Li Shimin would not use the national treasury to give as gifts just to save face.

The five small hills he gave away were actually his personal property.

Sichuan has a complex geological structure and is extremely rich in mineral resources.

Thanks to He Jingfeng, Li Shimin obtained a map showing the distribution of mineral resources across China. He immediately set off and personally searched for many undiscovered mineral veins in Sichuan.

Even more coincidentally, he possesses dual spiritual roots of fire and earth, enabling him to extract ores using earth-based magic and directly smelt them using fire-based magic.

After the entire service was completed, the original ore was transformed into valuables in his storage bag.

The mountain of gold he had just sent out, though seemingly enormous, was actually just the tip of the iceberg in his storage bag.

This is why Li Shimin believed that gold and silver were the least valuable gifts.

After all, other group members could also get rich by searching for mineral veins, the only difference is whether they want to or not!

Lin Wan'er certainly couldn't understand Li Shimin's and his group's mindset at the moment.

She felt that the gold and silver jewelry was already impressive enough. What kind of gifts did the other True Lords prepare that would make the wealthy Li Shimin claim that he was short of money?

Thinking of this, Lin Wan'er hesitated, feeling that her brothers really didn't need to spend so much money.

But the group members didn't care and were still preparing to give their congratulatory gifts.

Yun Ye sighed and said, "Brother Li's opening was so impressive that I'm almost embarrassed to bring mine out..."

As he spoke, he took out a bracelet made of Lantian jade from his sleeve and handed it to Lin Wan'er with a smile.

"This bracelet is one of my recent masterpieces. My younger brother and sister-in-law can wear it to keep away water and dust, nourish their bodies, and prolong their lives."

Upon hearing this, Lin Wan'er's eyes widened in surprise.

But this time, not only her, but all the other group members were extremely surprised.

Fan Xian couldn't help but ask in the group chat, "When did you learn weapon crafting?"

Yun Ye's lips curled up, and he said smugly, "It's not weapon crafting, it's talisman making!"

(End of this chapter)