prince's rivers and lakes

Chapter 10 Your Majesty Gets Dirty

The gift list was drawn up yesterday, and livestock such as pork and mutton, which took a lot of time to transport, could be selected from the royal farm early, and sent to the outside of the palace along with other imperial gifts.

The whole street is full of humming pigs, bleating sheep, mooing cows, and it is very lively.

Even some mansions that didn't pay much attention to the movement in the palace were attracted by the commotion and came out to watch.

The princes and ministers, who are either rich or expensive, almost thought that they were relegated. They left the three lanes and seven alleys where the rich and powerful gathered, and moved to Caishikou, where the chickens are screaming and the dogs are barking.

Because it was a reward from His Majesty, the gifts had to be received at the main entrance, so everyone in the palace mobilized together to drive these livestock in and find a way to settle them.

The chief butler was gone, and Tang Cheng, the second butler who had been suppressed by Tang Zhong, became active and arranged things in an orderly manner, but it didn't make the gate of the Wangfu jump into chaos.

"Eunuch Yu, it's hard work."

Tang Wanrong swayed lightly with lotus steps, walked gracefully in front of Yu Zheng, the eunuch who passed the decree, reached out and patted his forearm, and slipped out a silver note from the palm of her hand, which quietly fell into Yu Zheng's sleeve pocket.

This movement was gentle and calm, just like the gentle fragrance of a woman, unconsciously entering the nose and warming the heart.

"Princess, you are welcome, and the palace of Langya Palace is prosperous, congratulations." Yu Zheng said with a smile on his face.

In public, it was inconvenient for him to evade to attract attention, so he had no choice but to accept it.

Princess Langya is still generous and approachable as always.

A eunuch like him who is next to His Majesty the Emperor can still show off his prestige in front of foreign ministers, but he doesn't have the confidence to face the Prince's Mansion.

And because His Majesty the Emperor has not yet been in power, Yu Zheng is not as popular as the Queen Mother's side, and he can often feel some intentional or unintentional neglect.

Only this Tang Wanrong, obviously already a first-class person close to the Empress Dowager, still treats Yu Zheng well. With such a capable mistress, Langya Palace will not worry about prosperity.

"This gift list is really special... well, it's very thoughtful." Tang Wanrong said with a smile, and the silver ticket was given to find out.

"Isn't that right? After His Majesty returned to the palace yesterday, he drafted it himself, and then decided on additions and subtractions in writing." Saying this, Yu Zheng became more polite.

You must know that even if it is the old head of the country, Duke Rong who has power over the government, the prime minister who is the head of civil servants, and the regent who has built a vast overseas territory for the new Qin Dynasty, it is impossible for the rewards in the palace to be drawn up by your majesty or the queen mother. The gift list, at most, can be regarded as a special attention after just looking at it.

Tang Wanrong was even more puzzled.

If His Majesty is preparing for the pro-government and wants to win over the Langya Palace, he will definitely not make such a big show.

It is impossible for the gift list to be full of delicacies from mountains and seas and all kinds of dried and fresh meat from livestock.

It seemed more like she simply wanted to reward Qin Shouan... Tang Wanrong saw Du Wei, the prime minister next door, once made a picture scroll, in which both His Majesty and Qin Shouan were included.

Maybe it's just thinking about the old love when I was young, that's the only way to explain it.

Tang Wanrong let go of her doubts for the time being, but 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, whispering to each other for a while and then scattered away.

The creaking of the sedan chair was mixed with the sound of the soles of the shoes, and it flowed in all directions like water, and then brought all kinds of confirmed or speculative news back to many mansions scattered throughout the three lanes and seven alleys, causing more discussions about His Majesty's move.

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When Qin Shouan returned to Haitangchunwu, the sounds of livestock finally stopped in his ears.

He was sitting in the front hall. In the courtyard, the three big maids were assigning tasks to the thirty newly arrived young maids, and there were about twenty other handymen.

There are several high-level guards on the outermost periphery, leading the soldiers on patrol.

He couldn't help but think of how he felt when he was just born and found that there were so many maids and servants serving him that he couldn't count them, the evil feudal ruling class... Fortunately, he was also the same.

After stretching his waist, he lifted his legs up and put them on the pedals, Huaiyu hurried in, squatted in front of him and beat his calves.

He wasn't really tired, he just felt quite comfortable, so he let her do the work... These three maids couldn't stay idle.

Let them sit and accompany me without doing anything, but instead they feel awkward and uncomfortable, looking very idle and bored.

After finding something to serve him and doing it, his spirits were lifted, and he looked happy as if he had realized the value of life.

"Huai Yu, how was your relationship with Your Majesty when I was young?" Qin Shouan asked Huai Yu's slender waist.

She was squatting there, leaning forward, which made Qin Shouan even more puzzled. She was the only one among the three maids who hadn't given birth to a child, so how could she be the best at feeding the little white rabbit?

Some rabbits were fed in the palace. The experience of feeding small animals is similar to that of feeding children. Originally, Qin Shouan thought that Han Xin and Yue Qing would be more knowledgeable...that's what it meant.

"Your Majesty? I'm not so lucky to have met you... I just remember that you once entered the palace with the prince, and when you came back, you said that you were not clean. Boys must pay attention to protecting themselves when they go out..."

Huai Yu squatted down on the other side, and continued to tap on Qin Shouan's calf, remembering.

However, Qin Shouan patted his thigh, stared outside with his mouth slightly open, his eyes widened, he just raised his buttocks and sat down again, recalling the only time he had close contact with the emperor when he was a child.

Huaiyu lifted Qin Shouan's lower leg, hugged him heavily in his arms, and continued to press Qin Shouan's knee while sitting on the footrest:
"What's the matter? Did His Majesty dirty you? Or did he kill you? Hey... If the prince is still there, he will definitely reason with the queen mother if he finds 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 expressing his nostalgia for childhood friendship.

But I thought over and over again, this majesty was never among my childhood playmates!

When ordinary people grow up, it is easy to lose their memories before the age of ten, and forget those people who have not had much contact and have a vague impression.

But Qin Shouan was different. He could remember all his experiences from birth very clearly, even Tang Zhong was deeply impressed by the boy's urine when he plotted against him.

If there was an emperor among his childhood playmates, would he have no impression?

Huai Yu's memories also confirmed that the emperor didn't run out of the palace to play with Qin Shouan when he was a child... At that time, Qin Shouan would often bring Huaiyu, Yue Qing, and Han Xin with him when he went out to hang out.

After ruling out this possibility, Qin Shouan remembered an event that was suppressed deep in his memory because of a little injury.

That time Qin Heng brought Qin Shouan into the palace to meet the queen mother, and the queen mother was behind the bead curtain. Qin Shouan actually didn't see what the queen mother looked like, only saw the little emperor.

The little emperor was still quite good-looking, and his eyebrows were somewhat similar to Uncle Guo's illegitimate daughter, which was also normal, as he was a cousin in the first place.

Uncle Guo's illegitimate daughter and Prime Minister Fang Duwei's youngest daughter Fang Zhimei handkerchief handkerchiefs, often come to play in the prime minister's mansion.

After meeting Qin Shouan who climbed the wall to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion, because he admired Qin Shouan's ability to climb over the wall and his ability to roll from the edge of the wall, rolling over large flowers and plants, and rolling into the lake in a round posture, he would often Followed behind Qin Shouan's butt, humming and scumming.

She is also an important member of the "Fabole" gang in Longyin City, known for its hoeing of the strong and helping the weak, and its benevolence. She is considered one of Qin Shouan's childhood sweethearts.

Recalling the past, what Qin Shouan can clearly confirm now is that His Majesty the Emperor did not often play with everyone in Fobole.

Therefore, His Majesty's concern must have ulterior motives.

(End of this chapter)