Seventy-fourth Section Birthday Banquet

  "Give it to her!" Grandpa's smiling response almost made my mom and me faint on the spot!

  "Is it just going to be given away like this for half?" Poor Dao asked cautiously

  "Nonsense! You're not even giving it for free, and you still dare to go ask her for money?" Grandfather said.

  "Of course I don't dare, but..." The poor Dao hesitated, unsure of what to say.

  "But why am I not angry?" Grandpa smiled and said

  "Ah!" The poor Taoist hastily nodded his head.

  "It was just a misunderstanding between me and her, what else can't be tolerated after so many years of marriage!" Grandfather sighed and said: "She's also suffering! In order to protect you and me, this useless guy, she had to rely on the power of the church! Otherwise, do you think that your father winning one battle would solve all the problems?"

  "Is there something more behind this?" the poor monk asked

  "Of course! Your grandmother has been using her authority to interfere with our plans! And it's not the first time she's done so, if she weren't the Pope's only sister, she would have been ousted long ago! Even so, there is great discontent within the Vatican about her private use of the Vatican army! Now that she has received these young beasts as a gift to the Vatican, let's just say it's a way for the Vatican to reap some rewards for its years of investment! This will greatly alleviate the pressure on her!"

  "Ah! Grandma is really great!" The poor Taoist sighed: "Next time I have a chance, I'll go visit her for you!"

  "Ah! You have this intention, I'm very happy!" Grandpa said with a smile.

  "Right! Xiao Wu remembers the Queen's birthday, we must send more good things, don't be afraid to show off our wealth, they must be specialties from our territory, it will make that rascal of a king die from anger!" Mother said to me.

  "Ah! Alright!" But I looked at Grandfather's face, I wanted to know what attitude he had when Mother scolded the King.

  As expected, Grandfather frowned and looked somewhat displeased, but ultimately didn't say a word! It seems he still has great respect for Wang Quan after all! Ah, poor loyal subject! I couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

  Before I knew it, the Queen's birthday had arrived. I deliberately came a bit late, just to wait for everyone to arrive. Because when presenting gifts, they are all presented in public, with a sense of mutual comparison. Since we decided to show off, the best play should be saved for last!

  When I arrived at the palace, it was already crowded with guards and servants everywhere. I handed over my visiting card to the reception official, who led me in; those without cards were turned away. About a dozen palace servants took the gifts from my attendants and followed behind me into the great hall, where almost everyone had gathered - all sorts of high-ranking nobles, princes, and so on; anyone with any status at all was there. My mother had arrived early and was sitting beside the queen, chatting with her.

  "Long live Her Majesty Queen Wang! Happy birthday! May your youth last forever!" The poor monk smiled and wished her a long life.

  "Thank you, little guy! You've already given me two young beasts as gifts, how can I bear to accept your gift again?" The queen saw the ten large boxes behind me and hypocritically said:

  "That's a gift for the two brothers, how can it be counted on your head? These are just my little thoughts!" I'm really getting a taste of being ruthless for my aunt now. When did I say to give those two young beasts white? Originally wanted money too! Now it's good, she just made me lose out with one sentence! Dizzy!

  "Hehe! What a good kid, hurry up and let me see what's inside?" She said as she walked to the box to check, accompanied by a group of interested noblewomen, and her mother was also joining in on the excitement!

  "Oh! Heaven! It's too beautiful!" The queen took out a crystal necklace from inside, the dazzling gemstone was simply the star of women, whoever saw it would be envious, and the surrounding women were almost blinded by envy.

  "Made from pure natural ice crystal, with the highest level of purity, only one piece is produced every hundred years. The naturally scattered soft mist of light elements has a beauty-enhancing effect on the wearer, and its effects are absolutely extraordinary. It's a top-notch work from the Winged Human Tribe's master! Every time I say a sentence, there's an exclamation from below. In an instant, it attracted the attention of everyone in the hall."

  Even the king couldn't help but follow suit, taking the necklace from the queen's hand and personally putting it on her. This romantic gesture earned a round of warm applause, and the queen was overwhelmed with a great sense of happiness, her eyes gazing into the king's with a hint of tears!

  "Oh, thank you so much, Qing Tian! You must make my queen have a wonderful day!" The king smiled and said: "Let's see what other surprises you've brought us!"

  "Good!" The queen said, and then started searching through the boxes again. Every time she opened a box, she would praise it and introduce its contents to everyone, which would immediately shock the surrounding nobles. Although they were used to seeing high-end goods from humans, when faced with masterpieces from the Winged People, Elves, or even Dwarven masters, they suddenly became country bumpkins who had never seen the world!

  The queen was also very interested, but not as shocked as the necklace, so she endured and didn't take it out. After all, she still had to maintain the dignity of a queen. Until the last box, where a feathered garment allowed her feminine nature to be fully expressed, and she couldn't care about any crappy dignity anymore. She let out a sharp cry and immediately carefully took out this piece of clothing.

  The lining of this garment is woven from the fur of a Flame Beast, which has bright red fur and is extremely vibrant. Moreover, it contains fire elements within, making it very warm despite being lightweight. It's an excellent material for winter clothing, but such magical creatures are rarely seen and move quickly, making them difficult to catch. As a result, their fur costs several times its weight in gold. Even with the Flame Beast's fur, it's not enough to show off this garment. The outside of the garment is decorated with tens of thousands of colorful feathers, arranged according to their colors to create exquisite patterns. These feathers shine with an extraordinary light, making it clear that they don't belong to ordinary birds. Just collecting these feathers would require a tremendous amount of manpower and time, not to mention the meticulous weaving process. This exquisite garment is absolutely priceless!

  "It's simply a divine work, no woman can resist its charm!" The queen's words were almost out of line, but now nobody cared about that, they all stared at this absolutely beautiful dress with their eyes wide open!

  "Why don't you give it a try now?" suggested the poor Taoist.

  "Right! Let's give it a try!" The crowd came to their senses and echoed my proposal.

  The queen could no longer care about anything else and hastily ran to the back after making a sound of "guilty".

  "Oh! Little guy! You always bring me surprises!" The king said to me: "Are these specialties of your territory?"

  "Yes! Your Majesty!"

  "Oh no! Heaven! I must have been out of my mind to agree to your request at that time!" The king's extremely regretful expression made me feel a little better.

  "Your Majesty! Do you know what you just agreed to?" asked a noble I hadn't seen much of.

  "It's nothing! He just exempted Lord Tatsuomi from all taxes!"

  "Oh heavens!" The nobles in the hall gasped in unison.

  "Just today's gift alone is worth tens of millions of gold coins! That means his territory's annual income must be in the hundreds of millions, right?" someone commented.

  The king's face turned green!

  "I heard that this time he brought back two live seventh-level magic beasts, one of which is even pregnant. Once the young beast is born, it can be sold for hundreds of millions! Just from the magic beasts alone, his income will exceed tens of millions! And he's only been gone for half a year!" Another guy replied

  The king's face turned another shade greener! There was even a sign of him trembling with rage! As soon as I saw this, I knew he was about to blow up, and that wasn't what I wanted! If he insisted on going back on his word and retracting the tax exemption promise, nobody could do anything about it?!