hsntnovel Chapter 1919 Queen's Reward
Chapter 1919 Queen's Reward
Royal bloodline has always been a big deal since ancient times. Ever since Li Shen was diagnosed as infertile last year, Concubine Wei has been worried for a long time.
Empress Chang Sun also lost her appetite for some time.
Fortunately, the imperial physician said that it could still be cured, it just would take a long time.
At that time, even Li Shimin attached great importance to it and personally supervised Li Shen's physical exercise.
Now that Li Shen has brought such good news, how can we not be happy.
There are only four children in Prince Ji's mansion now, two of them are boys and only one is a legitimate son.
Li Wei was born in February last year, so it is just over a year now. Although he is said to be two years old, he is actually less than that.
In ancient times, the chance of infant death was very high. No one could guarantee whether Li Wei would not die infantilely. Even Li Shimin had several children who died infantilely.
If Li Shen can no longer have children in the future, the Ji Wang Mansion will face the danger of having no successors.
Fortunately, God was merciful and good news came from Prince Ji’s Mansion again, so Li Shen could continue the family line again.
"Erlang, this is a great event. I want to reward this Servant Teng. I wonder if it is possible."
Empress Changsun was happy and asked Li Shimin.
"Haha, Guanyin, you are the queen, you should make your own decision on this matter, why would I interfere?"
Li Shimin smiled gently. Although his wife was old, no one could replace her in his heart.
"Wang De, convey my imperial decree to reward..." The queen paused. She didn't know the name of Li Shen's servant Teng.
"Su Xiaoxiao." Li Shimin reminded immediately.
"Teng Shi Su Xiaoxiao has royal blood and has made great contributions. I will reward Su Xiaoxiao with 100 pieces of brocade, a pair of jade ruyi, 50 pieces of tribute silk, and 10 pieces of gold ornaments..."
Empress Changsun gave away a large number of things as rewards, including gold and silver jewelry and precious medicinal materials, which showed how happy she was.
"The old slave accepts the order."
After Empress Changsun finished speaking, Wang De quickly bowed and retreated.
The beautiful girls behind him were all envious. How great it would be if they could get pregnant with a dragon seed.
It's a pity that Li Shimin was not such an absurd emperor. He was usually very restrained. It might also be because of Empress Zhangsun.
Li Shimin favored only a few new girls from good families, and his favorite among them was Xu Hui.
Xu Hui was well-educated, gentle and elegant, which was why Empress Changsun felt at ease.
"Give orders to make dinner more lively today, so let's have a bonfire party on this platform, and have the sheep sent from Prince Ji's Mansion processed and roasted earlier."
Empress Changsun thought about it and decided to celebrate, so she spoke to the eunuch beside her.
The bonfire party was introduced by Prince Ji’s Mansion. Actually, there were such activities before, but the names were different.
Prince Ji’s Mansion gave this activity a name, and often brought Li Shimin to play it.
Sitting around a big fire, roasting a whole lamb, everyone was singing and laughing, the atmosphere was joyful and lively.
Li Shimin had no objection after hearing this. He also knew that the rebellious son's family had few relatives, so he should be happy about this happy event.
But as a father, I can't express it.
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In Prince Ji's mansion, after Wang Xuance and Wang Hongfu left, Li Shen began to study the issue of Su Xiaoxiao's treatment.
I finally regained my strength, and Su Xiaoxiao played an indispensable role in this.
But after studying for a long time, there was nothing to give. Su Xiaoxiao had almost no use for the money, and she couldn't spend all the monthly salary.
Concubines in other mansions have fewer resources, so they have to use their monthly allowance to buy rouge, powder, silk for clothes, gold and silver jewelry, etc.
But Prince Ji's mansion was open and open, with rouge and powder shipped in carts, and clothes were changed after being worn a few times.
When you have enough gold and silver jewelry belts, you can send them back and exchange them for other styles.
They had everything they needed for food, clothing and other necessities, and Princess Lu Dingniang had never been harsh on them.
Li Shen thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what to give.
"Your Highness, the palace steward Wang is here." Shi Tou ran over at this time.
"Butler Wang? What does the prince want to see me about again?" Li Shen had a look of disgust on his face.
"Your Highness, it's not Wang Zhong, it's Wang De, the butler Wang." Shitou knew that Prince Ji was wrong, so he explained.
"Wang De? Let's go, I'll go take a look." Upon hearing that, Li Shen stood up and brought his servants to the front hall.
"I say, Lao Wang, why are you here?"
As soon as Li Shen entered, he saw Wang De and his men standing there waiting, so he asked.
"Haha, this old servant pays respect to His Royal Highness Prince Ji. Congratulations, Your Highness. Congratulations, Your Highness. This old servant congratulates Your Highness."
Wang De laughed heartily, his face full of wrinkles, and bowed to Li Shen in a flattering manner.
But Li Shen felt uncomfortable watching it.
"Alright, Old Prince, you are too disrespectful for the sake of reward money. Don't you have any integrity as the chief steward of the harem?"
"Look at what Your Highness said. I have no integrity in front of Your Highness." Wang De didn't feel embarrassed at all and replied with a smile.
"Okay, okay, Shitou will reward him with twenty gold bars later, but don't let him laugh again."
Li Shen saw Wang De's look and could only wave his hands helplessly. What a shameless person who enjoys the world first.
I am shameless enough, and I can't do anything when I meet Wang De.
"Tell me, what are you doing here? Is it possible that my father has something for me to do again?"
Li Shen asked.
"Your Highness, I am here to convey the Queen's order. Please call out the pregnant Servant Teng Su Xiaoxiao to receive the order."
"The Empress's decree?" Li Shen was stunned at first. He had never received an imperial decree before. They were all his father's imperial decrees, and most of them were oral instructions.
However, he still waved to Chunxiang and asked him to call Su Xiaoxiao over.
"Old Wang, why would mother issue an imperial decree?" Li Shen asked while going to find Su Xiaoxiao.
"Your Highness will know this later. It's a good thing."
Wang De smiled slightly. Since Wang De didn't say anything, Li Shen didn't dare to ask any more.
Not long after, Lu Dingniang brought Su Xiaoxiao to the front hall.
"This old servant pays his respects to Her Majesty the Princess." Seeing Lu Dingniang coming, Wang De hurriedly saluted.
"Don't be so polite, Mr. Wang." Lu Dingniang returned the greeting slightly. After all, Wang De had a special status.
"Okay, let's start." Li Shen urged.
"The Queen's decree states that Su Xiaoxiao, the maidservant of Prince Ji's palace, is prudent, diligent, docile, gentle, pure, and kind...
I will reward you with a hundred pieces of silk and a pair of jade ruyi..."
After everyone was in position, Wang Decai stood in front and began to read the imperial edict.
There were a lot of praises at the beginning, the main content of which was that Su Xiaoxiao was pregnant with royal blood, so she was given a special reward.
"Thank you for your grace, Her Majesty." Su Xiaoxiao bowed to express her gratitude.
Li Shen and Lu Dingniang also followed suit.
"Your Highness, there is nothing wrong. I will go back and report." After reading the imperial edict, Wang De bowed and took his leave.
"Okay, go ahead." Li Shen waved his hand, and then ordered:
"Come here, move all the gifts from the Queen to the small courtyard."
(I think I said that age in years was introduced from foreign countries, while age in lunar years is Chinese.
Our ancestors believed that a pregnancy of ten months was equivalent to a child’s one year in the world.)