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

The day is coming to an end here, it's already very late now, and the final process is in the new house.

After some more etiquette in the new house, Wu Meiniang led several maids to change clothes and bathe Li Shen and Lu, that is, bathe together.

Li Shen has long been used to this kind of thing, but Lu is not used to it.

Lu's name is Lu Dingniang, and her baby name is Nannan. The high-level officials basically knew about the incident between his mother and Li Shimin.

Although her father is a doctor in the Ministry of War, he is only a fifth-rank official. How can there be so many people in the family to take care of bathing?

Looking at the shy Lu Dingniang, she is indeed beautiful. No wonder the Queen and the Empress said that her beauty was beyond compare at that time.

At the age of only 13, she was so beautiful that even Wu Meiniang was inferior to her in appearance alone.

Li Shen also heard that Lu Dingniang was both talented and virtuous.

But looking at the smaller jade body and thinking of his age, Li Shen couldn't get excited. Li Shen felt that if he did something, he would be a beast.

Lu Dingniang was also secretly observing Li Shen at this moment. Li Shen looked a bit like Li Shimin, but he still inherited most of Wei Guifei's advantages.

In modern terms, he is handsome, and at the age of 15, Li Shen was already about 1.7 meters tall, and he completely inherited the excellent genes of Concubine Wei.

Li Shen estimates that he will grow to at least 20 meters before he is 1.8 years old. Because in the past year, Li Shen felt that he was very good at eating.

In order to keep up with nutrition, Li Shen ate beef and mutton this year and basked in the sun every day. I drink beef bone soup a lot.

So Lu Dingniang blushed even more when she saw the tall Li Shen, lowered her head and allowed herself to be manipulated by the maid.

When they returned to their new room after bathing, the servants had already made the bed. Li Shen waved his hand to signal everyone to go out. He was really exhausted this day.

Chunxiang also winked mischievously at Li Shen, and Li Shen didn't worry about anyone listening to the wall. This is a folk custom. Anyone who dares to squat outside his house in the middle of the night will be arrested by Tieniu.

"Your Majesty, please rest."

"Um"

They took off their clothes and lay on the bed. Lu Dingniang closed her eyes slightly, as if waiting for something. But after waiting for a while, there was no movement, so I turned around and looked.

Li Shen next to him was breathing evenly, his eyes were closed, and he was already asleep.

Li Shen was really tired and drank a lot of wine. Even though it was fruit wine, it was intoxicating even if it was too much.

So as soon as I lay down, sleep came over me.

I don't know how long he had been sleeping, but Li Shen heard something moving. After waking up a little, he opened his eyes and listened carefully, only to find that it was next to him.

When she turned around, she saw Lu Dingniang sobbing softly.

"Madam, why are you doing this?" Li Shen was puzzled. Didn't he want to marry her? He cried sadly in the middle of the night.

"Does the prince dislike my concubine?" Lu Dingniang asked sobbingly.

"Where do you start talking about this?" Li Shen wondered.

"If not, why didn't the prince consummate the marriage with me when I got married today?"

Oh~~So that’s what happened. Li Shen said, as a diamond king, no one would be unwilling to do so.

Li Shen sat up and turned to face Lu Dingniang.

"I married my wife with three letters and six etiquettes. How could I dislike her? I just forgot to explain to my wife that there is a doctor named Sun Simiao in my house, who has superb medical skills.

He had made a special study of women's childbirth, and he found that it was extremely dangerous for women to give birth to children prematurely. I want you to wait for a few years, otherwise you will be in danger and let me do what you want. "Li Shen began to explain to Lu Dingniang,

In the early Tang Dynasty, women's status was very high, and the official wives were equal to their husbands, and they could even quarrel and get violent.

After hearing this, Lu Dingniang felt slightly better and sat up.

"Is what Lang Jun said true?"

"Tomorrow I will take you to Doctor Sun's manor, and you can ask him personally."

"That's not necessary, I believe in Mr. Lang."

"Well, let's wait for a few years. For such a beautiful wife like you, I can't bear to put you in danger. We still want to grow old together."

Li Shen, a wretched uncle, had no problem coaxing a little girl.

"Madam, it's getting late. Let's rest. We have to go to the palace tomorrow."

As he spoke, he pulled Lu Dingniang to lie down, hugged Lu Dingniang and slowly fell asleep (no ten thousand words were omitted here)

Early the next morning, Li Shen was woken up by Lu Dingniang. Lu Dingniang didn't know that Li Shen had the habit of sleeping until he woke up naturally, so she woke Li Shen up after calling for a long time.

Chunxiang Dongmei from outside also came in and started to wait on the two masters to bathe and dress. Lu Dingniang felt funny watching several people bathing and dressing the half-asleep Li Shen.

This husband is really different. She will definitely have a good future.

After breakfast, the important part begins. Everyone in the palace, including the guards, except those from the Dongshan Military Camp. All came to the front hall.

After Li Shen and Lu Dingniang took the throne, everyone knelt down and bowed. This was the first time they showed respect to the mistress of the palace.

The people in the inner palace, including Wu Meiniang, also had to kneel down and pay homage to several people in charge of the marriage palace, including housekeeper Wei Fugui, business Wang Hongfu, political affairs Wang Xuance, and military affairs officer Xue Rengui.

After three bows, everyone stood up and Wei Fugui respectfully handed over a bunch of keys. From now on, Lu Dingniang had the final say on all matters in the palace, especially matters in the inner palace. Li Shen had to listen to Lu Dingniang.

Of course, this was due to Li Shen's favor, and Wu Meiniang respectfully handed over the account book. Wu Meiniang had been recording all the income and expenditure of the palace over the years.

Lu Dingniang took the thick stack of ledgers and opened a page at random. There were some symbols on them that she didn't recognize. This was the Arabic numeral form settlement method taught by Li Shen.

"Meiniang, what is this?" Lu Dingniang asked.

"Back to Madam, this is a number invented by the prince. I will explain it to Madam in detail later." It is inconvenient to say more when it comes to money.

Niangzi is the name given to the mistress in the palace, and she can also be called the princess in the future, but Lu Dingniang has not yet been canonized as the princess.

"Mr. Lang, how much money does your family have?" Lu Dingniang asked Li Shen in a low voice. According to the rules, rewards are needed at this time.

But she didn't understand the account books and didn't know how much money the palace had. She only heard from her father that Prince Ji's Mansion was very rich.

Li Shen was also asked, how could he know how many there were? He is only responsible for spending money.

"I don't know, it's okay. Madam, just reward me with whatever you want." Li Shen said, Wu Mei or Wei Fugui is responsible for the reward during the holidays.

"Then I'll give you two hundred coins, and the one in charge will give you five hundred coins. Sir, do you think it's okay?" Her family originally wanted to reward one hundred coins, but they thought that Prince Ji's house was rich, and as the mistress, she should reward her with a little more for her first time. So it doubled.

"Wealth and honor, the mistress said, the servants will be rewarded with two guan, five guan for the steward, ten guan for the housekeeper, and three guan for each of the guards. As for the three of them, let's take a look at thirty guan." Li Shen was talking about the three. The three managers of Shang, Zheng and Bing all have annual salaries of over 10,000 yuan, especially Wang Hongfu, who earns [-]+ dividends a year.

"Thank you, Mistress, for the reward." Everyone knelt down to thank the reward again. In fact, it was unfortunate for Datang to kneel down, but this was the first time that the Mistress was in charge, so it was a courtesy and would not be used in the future.

Everyone was very happy, except Lu Dingniang who was beyond happy. One reward, her father's salary for a year is not enough. Wasn't what she just said Wen? Could it be that Lang Jun heard it wrong?

Are the two thousand strings gone now? Lu Dingniang felt very distressed and unconsciously grabbed Li Shen's hand with her little hand.

"It's time for the prince to enter the palace." Lan Yu'er reminded.

"Oh, let's go then. I'll ask Mei Niang to tell you about the situation in the house."

After speaking, Li Shen took his little wife and got into the carriage and headed to the palace.

(Historically, Lu married Li Shen at the age of 13 and died at the age of 35. During this period, Li Shen gave birth to six boys and eight girls. Among them was Du Fu's great-grandfather.)