The gift list had been drawn up yesterday. Livestock such as pork and mutton, which took a lot of effort to transport, could be selected from the royal farm early and sent outside the palace along with other royal gifts.
The whole street was filled with the sounds of pigs humming, sheep bleating, and cows mooing, making it very lively.
Even some mansions that were not that concerned about the goings-on in the palace were attracted by the commotion and came out to watch.
The princes and ministers who were either rich or noble almost thought they were being relegated, so they left the three lanes and seven lanes where the powerful gathered, and moved to the Caishikou where the cocks and dogs barked and the stench filled the sky.
Because it was a reward from His Majesty, the gifts had to be collected from the main entrance, so everyone from the palace to the palace went out to drive the animals in and find ways to place them.
With the first housekeeper gone, the second housekeeper Tang Cheng, who had been suppressed by Tang Zhong, became active and arranged things in an orderly manner, but there was no chaos at the gate of the palace.
"My father-in-law, I'm so lucky."
Tang Wanrong walked up to Yu Zheng, the eunuch who was delivering the order, with a light step. She reached out and patted his forearm. A banknote slipped out from under her palm and fell quietly into Yu Zheng's sleeve pocket.
This movement is gentle and calm, just like a woman's warm fragrance, which enters the nose unconsciously and warms the heart.
"You're welcome, Princess. Congratulations to the royal family of Langya Palace." Yu Zhengmei said with a smile.
In public, he couldn't resist attracting attention, so he had to accept it.
Princess Langya is as generous and approachable as ever.
A high eunuch like him who works beside His Majesty the Emperor can still show off his authority in front of foreign ministers, but he does not have the confidence to face the prince's palace.
And because His Majesty the Emperor has not yet taken charge of the government, Yu Zheng is not as popular as the people on the Queen Mother's side, and you can often feel some intentional or unintentional neglect.
Only Tang Wanrong, who was obviously a first-class close person to the Queen Mother, still treated Yu Zheng with thoughtful care. With such an outstanding mistress, the Langya Palace really had no worries about prosperity.
"This gift list is really special...well, it has unique intentions." Tang Wanrong said with a smile. She gave the banknote just to inquire about it.
"Isn't that right? Yesterday, His Majesty returned to the palace and drafted it himself. Later, he made additions and deletions and considered it before finalizing it." Saying this, Yu Zheng became more and more polite.
You must know that even for the old state leader, the powerful Duke Rongguo, the prime minister who is the head of the civil service, and the regent who established a vast overseas territory for the New Qin Dynasty, it is impossible for his majesty or the queen mother to personally draw up the rewards in the palace.
The most you can do with a gift list is to take a look at it and then pay special attention to it.
Tang Wanrong became even more confused.
If His Majesty was preparing for the pro-government and wanted to win over the Langya Palace, he would never be so grand.
The gift list cannot be all delicacies from the mountains and seas and various kinds of dried and fresh meat from livestock.
It seemed more like she simply wanted to reward Qin Shou'an... Tang Wanrong had seen Du Wei, the prime minister's room next door, and once made a picture scroll in which both his majesty and Qin Shou'an were included.
Maybe it's because of an old love from childhood, that's the only way to explain it.
Tang Wanrong put aside her doubts for the time being, but she saw the family servants from various houses watching from far and near, chatting together in twos and threes, with smiles and doubts on their faces. They whispered to each other for a while and then left in pieces.
The creaking of the sedan chair mixed with the tapping of shoe soles, flowing in all directions like water, and then brought various confirmed or speculative news back to many mansions scattered throughout the three lanes and seven lanes, causing more discussions about His Majesty's move.
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Qin Shou'an returned to Haitang Chunwu, and finally there was no sound of livestock braying in his ears.
He was sitting in the front hall. In the courtyard, three maids were assigning duties to the thirty newly arrived little maids, and there were about twenty other handymen.
There are several high-level guards on the outermost periphery, patrolling with government soldiers.
He couldn't help but think of how he felt when he was just born and found that there were too many maids and servants to serve him alone. He couldn't count the evil feudal ruling class... but luckily he was the same.
After stretching, he lifted his legs and put them on the footrests. Huaiyu quickly ran in, squatted in front of him and tapped his calves.
He wasn't actually tired, he just felt quite comfortable, so he just let her do her work... These three maids couldn't stay idle.
Asking them to just sit and accompany him without doing anything, they would feel uncomfortable and look very bored.
After finding something to do to serve him, he was in high spirits and looked happy that he had realized the value of his life.
"Huaiyu, how was my relationship with His Majesty when we were young?" Qin Shou'an asked, looking at Huaiyu's slender waist.
She squatted there and leaned forward, which made Qin Shou'an even more confused. She was obviously the only one among the three maids who had not given birth to a child. How could she be the one who fattened up the little white rabbit the most?
Some rabbits were fed in the palace. The experience of feeding small animals is similar to that of feeding children. Qin Shou'an originally thought that Han Xin and Yue Qing were better at it... That's what it meant.
"Your Majesty? I'm not that lucky... I just remember that you went to the palace with the prince once, and when you came back you said you were unclean. Boys must protect themselves when they go out..."
Huaiyu changed sides and squatted down, continuing to tap Qin Shou'an's calf while thinking about it.
Qin Shou'an slapped his thigh, stared outside with his mouth slightly open, his eyes widened. He just raised his buttocks and sat down again, recalling the only close contact with the emperor when he was a child.
Huaiyu lifted Qin Shou'an's lower leg and simply held it in his arms and pressed it heavily. He sat on the footrest and continued to press his knee:
"What's wrong? Did His Majesty make you dirty? Or did he hit you? Well...if the prince were still here, he would definitely reason with the Queen Mother if he found out..."
"No, no, no." Qin Shouan quickly denied.
He originally thought that when he returned to Beijing after eight years, His Majesty's sudden and strange reward had no reason other than to express his nostalgia for his childhood friendship.
But over and over again, I realized that His Majesty was not among my childhood friends!
When ordinary people grow up, it is easy to lose their memories before the age of ten and forget those people with whom they have not had much contact and whose impressions are somewhat vague.
But Qin Shou'an was different. He remembered all his experiences since birth very clearly, and even Tang Zhong's scheme against him was deeply impressed.
If there was an emperor among his childhood friends, how could he not be impressed by it?
Huaiyu's memories also confirmed that the emperor did not run out of the palace to play with Qin Shou'an when he was a child... At that time, Qin Shou'an often took Huaiyu, Yueqing, and Hanxin with him when he went out to hang out.
After ruling out this possibility, Qin Shou'an remembered an incident that he had suppressed deep in his memory because he was a little injured.
That time Qin Heng took Qin Shou'an into the palace to meet the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother was behind the bead curtain. Qin Shou'an actually didn't see what the Queen Mother looked like, only the little emperor.
The little emperor is quite good-looking, and his eyebrows are somewhat similar to the uncle's illegitimate daughter. This is normal, as they are cousins.
The uncle's illegitimate daughter had a handkerchief with Fang Zhimei, the youngest daughter of Prime Minister Fang Du Wei, and they often came to play in the Prime Minister's house.
After meeting Qin Shou'an who climbed the wall into the prime minister's house, he admired Qin Shou'an's ability to climb the wall and his ability to roll from the wall in a round shape, running over large flowers and plants, and rolling into the lake, so he often
Follow Qin Shou'an's ass and moan like a scumbag.
She is also an important member of the "Fo Bole" gang in Longyin City, which is famous for its ability to hoe the strong, help the weak, and be charitable. She can be regarded as one of Qin Shou'an's childhood sweethearts.
Recalling the past events, one thing Qin Shou'an can clearly confirm now is that His Majesty the Emperor did not often play with everyone in Fo Bole.
Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor must have ulterior motives for showing such concern.