I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

At Prince Ji's Mansion, after Li Shen came back, he was helped to Lu Dingniang's room to rest.

I slept until the evening.

After drinking the sobering soup again, the maid helped Li Shen take a bath and change his clothes.

After taking a shower, Li Shen felt much better. When he arrived at the front yard, he saw Lu Dingniang sitting in the main seat.

Several palace stewards were reporting on their work.

"I've met the prince."

Seeing Li Shen coming, everyone saluted him.

"Well, you guys continue, I just need to listen."

Li Shen waved his hand and sat next to Lu Dingniang.

"Are you feeling well, my dear?"

Lu Dingniang asked with concern.

"It's okay, ma'am, don't worry, I just have a headache."

Li Shen nodded.

At this time, a steward continued to report:

"My Lady, everything is normal at the Royal Manor. Today is the first day of the three-day buffet. There is plenty of food.

Some cooks from each family came to help, and nothing happened.

I have already sent over tomorrow's food."

Lu Dingniang nodded.

"Well, have you arranged the fireworks tonight? Today is the prince's coming-of-age ceremony, so we need to make him happy.

Don’t let anything go wrong.”

"Don't worry, Princess. I have already arranged for the village chiefs of the four villages to be in charge of this matter. I will ensure that everything goes well."

The steward replied.

"Okay then, next one."

Another steward stood up and saluted.

“Your Highness, there is a shortage of ingredients for the buffet at Qinrenfang today because there are too many people from Chang’an City.

Moreover, they came too concentratedly when they arrived, so I arranged for servants to guide them and let them queue up and wait.

This is the link.

I have posted a notice outside, explaining the opening times throughout the day, to try to minimize the concentration of people. "

Lu Dingniang frowned after hearing this.

“Have you prepared the food? If there is a large crowd, people can wait, but if there is a shortage of food, what will they eat?

There will be more food for tomorrow than for today, so it doesn’t matter if there is some leftover.

This concerns the reputation of Prince Ji's Mansion and we cannot be negligent.

Also, you must ensure that the ingredients are fresh and not pass off inferior products as good ones. If you are found guilty, you will not be forgiven. Do you understand?"

"Yes, I know I was wrong. I will make sure everything is arranged properly and there won't be any mistakes."

The manager quickly admitted his mistake.

Li Shen, who was standing by, nodded secretly after seeing this. Lu Dingniang now looked like a real princess and the mistress of the palace.

This is much stronger than the weak and fragile one at the beginning.

It seems that after all this time she has finally realized her identity.

After several servants finished their reports, Wei Fugui spoke:

“Your Highness, today the palace spent 53,000 strings of cash, of which 30,000 strings were given as rewards to the people.

There are still 21,000 strings of cash for the banquet, and the remaining 2,000 strings of cash for food and drink and other expenses in Tianshangrenjian.

I will give the details to the princess later."

"I feel more confident in Steward Wei's work. The palace has a lot of copper coins, so this time the expenses will be mainly in copper coins."

Wei Fugui was Concubine Wei's old steward, who was specially arranged for Li Shen. It can be said that he was a family slave for generations.

Therefore, there was no problem with their loyalty, because they were registered as slaves in Prince Ji's mansion and were registered with the government.

After arranging everything, Lu Dingniang asked Li Shen beside her:

"My dear, do you have anything else to plan?"

Li Shen thought for a while;

"Can you please inform the craftsmen in the workshops in Chang'an City that they will be taking a three-day break?"

"Your Highness, I have already given the order that the workshop will be closed for three days starting today, but the workers will be paid as usual."

A shopkeeper came forward to report.

“Well, that’s good, there’s nothing else for me to do.

Fugui went to gather all the servants in the front yard, and Shitou went to gather all the servants in the inner yard, and they began to give out rewards.

Li Shen waved his hand with great heroism.

After receiving the order, Wei Fugui and Shitou began to gather people.

Li Shen and Lu Dingniang sat in front of the main hall. Soon, hundreds of people gathered in the yard.

The two groups can be distinguished from their clothes. The palace maids and eunuchs in the inner courtyard are dressed more gorgeously than those in the front courtyard.

The same uniform style has different colors depending on the level.

Li Shen stood up and looked at the team of hundreds of servants, feeling a little emotional. He had never dreamed of this before.

You will have a team of hundreds of people dedicated to serving you.

Have you ever seen such scenes in any of the movies you watched in your previous life?

Li Shen felt somewhat proud and said loudly to everyone:

"Today is the day for this king to have his coming-of-age ceremony."

"Congratulations, His Royal Highness Prince Ji."

Hundreds of people immediately came together to salute and congratulate Li Shen on his coming of age.

“Haha, today is a very important day for this king, and it is also a happy day.

This king is very happy today, so today this king wants to reward you, and it must be a big reward."

Li Shen laughed out loud, feeling extremely proud.

"Thank you for your grace, Your Highness Prince Ji."

All the servants thanked him together.

Over the years, Prince Ji's Mansion has already developed a plan for rewarding Li Shen.

It is divided into three grades: small, medium and large.

This was specially formulated by Lu Dingniang and Wei Fugui based on years of experience.

Li Shen said that he would give a big reward, that is, ten strings of coins for an ordinary servant, fifteen strings of coins for a minor steward, twenty strings of coins for a middle steward, and thirty strings of coins for a major steward.

A general manager like Wei Fugui received fifty strings of cash, or half a year's salary.

The reward was tens of thousands of strings of cash at a time, which made Lu Dingniang feel a little distressed.

Fortunately, such a large reward is rare. It is usually given when there is a big happy event in the Prince Ji’s Mansion, such as taking a concubine or having a baby.

The rest are mostly mid-range rewards, and most are small rewards.

Today is Li Shen’s coming-of-age ceremony. This day is very important, so Li Shen is happy to give such a big reward.

Ten strings of cash at a time, half a year's salary, the servants were of course extremely happy and excited.

Just like before, all the servants started lining up to collect their money from Li Shen and Lu Dingniang.

But it’s not real money, it’s a IOU.

With this information, he could go to Wei Fugui to exchange for copper coins. Otherwise, ten strings of money, nearly seventy kilograms, would be too much trouble to carry.

"Thank you, His Royal Highness Prince Ji, for the reward."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."

"Thank you, Princess, for the reward."

Hundreds of people began to receive it one after another, and everyone was grateful.

Half a year's salary. How many people want to work in Prince Ji's Mansion just because of the generous rewards.

Twelve months work, twenty-four months salary.

After distributing the rewards, it was already very late and the stars in the sky were clearly visible.

"Your Majesty, the fireworks are ready."

Li Shen did not choose any auspicious time. People of that era went to bed early and there was nothing to do at night.

So Li Shen decided to light it early.

"Then let's get started."

Li Shen brought his family to the tallest pavilion in the backyard, which Lu Dingniang named the Moon-Watching Pavilion.

It is surrounded by water on three sides, without any palaces blocking the view, and you can see the entire city in all directions.

After a muffled "bang~~" sound,

There was a loud explosion from the sky.

"Boom~~~"

Then colorful fireworks exploded.

(Come on, come on, come on)