As a result, they came less often than once a year and earned a lot less money.
Suchuan respectfully replied: "I brought a lot of seafood with me this time. One trip is worth two or three trips."
Murong Chen is obviously very interested in seafood, "Yesterday, I heard from the steward of the mansion that a caravan selling seafood came to the imperial capital. The concubine suffered from severe morning sickness and could not eat much of the food. She kept complaining that the fish and shrimps sent from the imperial kitchen were fishy. I am not in a hurry to let people go over to buy it.”
"Is your concubine happy?" Shen Dagou looked at Shen Tian with bright eyes.
Shen Tian nodded heavily, with two suspicious blushes appearing on her pale face, "It's been almost three months, and the reaction is a bit severe. The Queen Mother asked the imperial doctor to come over and see her. She just said that it would be fine after this period of time."
Shen Dagou was worried and asked tentatively: "Would you like me to cook some seafood for you to try? It's the method taught by Sister Su Tai. I can't taste the fishy smell myself. Do you want to try it?"
Shen Tian responded with a smile. She could not refuse her eldest brother's concern.
The housekeeper hurriedly took Shen Dagou to the kitchen.
Suchuan took the opportunity to open several valuable things in front of a room of servants, "This box contains sea cucumbers and scallops, which are treasures from the sea, and this."
Suchuan opened the largest box and let everyone see more than 300 kilograms of bluefin tuna with their own eyes.
"Hiss!" Everyone in the room gasped.
Murong Chen strode down the steps and looked up and down around the bluefin tuna, "Why is it so big?"
Suchuan explained: "Because it is a deep-sea fish, this kind of fish is specially eaten raw. We have brought some processed fish meat so that Your Highness can try it."
Murong Chen immediately ordered his entourage to defrost the sashimi.
Obviously looking forward to it.
Suchuan pointed to other seafood, "There are also frozen abalone, squid, octopus, etc. The most precious one is this one."
Su Zhan walked to the other end and opened a small box.
"What a beautiful pearl!" Shen Tian was the first to speak out, looking excited.
Murong Chen took out a pearl and exclaimed: "It is even more brilliant and round than the pearls offered as tribute."
"This is from a big deep-sea shell. The most special thing is that there is a pink one." Suchuan opened another small box, which contained a round pink pearl the size of a thumb.
This time it really opened everyone's eyes.
Shen Tian said: "These New Year's gifts are too precious. I will accept the seafood and you can take the pearls back."
Suchuan shook his head and in turn comforted, "Concubine, just keep it with peace of mind. These annual gifts are prepared by Xiao Tai and your eldest brother. It is their intention. Xiao Tai said that if you can get pearls this time, you can also get them in the future." When it comes to pearls, the concubine only needs to be beautiful and exquisite, and there is no need to worry about anything else.”
"Hahaha, you only need to be beautiful and delicate, and don't have to worry about anything else! In that case, just accept the concubine! I will prepare a suitable return gift for you."
When Murong Chen opened his mouth, Shen Tian couldn't say anything else.
Today's New Year's gift will spread quickly, and it will slap some people in the face.
While talking, the seafood cooked by Shen Dagou was also served.
A plate of steamed mackerel, using the method taught by Su Tai, even the sauce was given by Su Tai.
A plate of garlic shrimp, large yellow croaker in soy sauce, sweet and sour eel, and crispy hairtail.
A table full of seafood made Murong Chen, who grew up with a golden key in his mouth, unable to help but look sideways.
Shen Tian made some mental preparations for herself for a while before she tried to reach out to the large yellow croaker with her chopsticks. She carefully took a bite, but there was no reaction. She tried to take another bite, but she could still hold on.
Lamei was overjoyed and said, "That's great, concubine, you can eat it!" Shen Tian nodded with a smile and picked up another chopstick of steamed mackerel. After taking one bite, her eyes lit up, "This is delicious!"
Murong Chen immediately and diligently served her some fish, "You can eat more if you like it."
As he said this, he personally gave Shen Tian another garlic shrimp.
Shen Tian blushed with shame and ate the shrimp in front of everyone.
Under Murong Chen's feeding, Shen Tian actually ate a lot of this meal, and it was all good food.
Murong Chen was in a good mood and rewarded Shen Dagou and the other three with many good things.
Wait for them to leave.
Murong Chen helped Shen Tian back.
As soon as Shen Tian entered the room, she pulled Murong Chen and said, "Your Highness, I just thought about it, let's dedicate that pink pearl to the Queen Mother! And those big round pearls, how about giving a few to the Queen Mother? ”
Murong Chen felt heartbroken when he saw her sincere face, "These are all New Year's gifts from your mother's family. You can arrange them however you want. Even if you don't give them as gifts, no one will say anything?"
Shen Tian shook her head solemnly, "I'm just a side concubine. If I keep things that the main concubine doesn't have, wouldn't it make people jealous if I keep them?"
"That's not possible! You are pregnant with the royal heir, the most noble one. Who dares to hate you?" Murong Chen was not happy.
Shen Tianshao had to coax a few more words.
In the end, Murong Chen followed her wishes and gave the pink pearl to the Queen, and the other two largest white pearls were sent to the Queen Mother's Palace.
The queen had obviously never seen colorful pearls before. They were so big and she was overjoyed. "Where did you get them?"
Murong Chen didn't hide anything, he told everything.
The queen sighed with joy, "I was worried that that girl was of low origin and would make fun of you, but I didn't expect that she turned out to be the most up-to-date and proud of me!"
The emperor only has four sons. Except for Murong Chen, who has no principal concubine, the other three principal concubines and concubines are all present. But the ones who actually gave birth to children are the second prince's concubine Li and the third prince's concubine Zhang. They are all daughters. The fourth prince's concubine, Mrs. Gao, did give birth to a son. Unfortunately, the mother's status was too low, and the emperor did not dare to do too much if he wanted to pay attention to it, so he was restrained.
These women only gave birth to children after two or three years of marriage. They were not as powerful as Shen Tian, who became pregnant not long after they got married.
Now Shen Tian also gave her a large pink pearl that was unique to Langya Kingdom. Those concubines and concubines who claimed to be from high-ranking nobles could not come up with such good things.
Murong Chen looked proud, "As long as the queen is happy."
"Happy, happy! It's not easy for Concubine Shen's family. I'll reward you with some good things later. You can take them back."
"Okay!"
Murong Chen came and left quickly.
The emperor came over from the morning court, and the queen immediately showed off her pink pearls.
The emperor seemed to have thought of something and asked the eunuch beside him: "I remember Duan Ren, the magistrate of Zhaohua County, sent a note saying that Shen Yi, the town official of Dahe Town, Zhaohua County, built a pontoon bridge. He seems to be from Shenjiazhuang. Is it related to Concubine Shen?”
Originally, the emperor could not remember a little prince's concubine, but it was difficult for the royal family to have heirs. As long as a pregnant woman was born, she could be named in front of the emperor.
Before the eunuch could speak, the queen spoke up first, "We are related. The two are from the same clan. This Shen Yi is the adopted son of Yong'an Hou, and the concubine Shen is the adopted daughter of Yong'an Hou. They are also brother and sister.
The pearls this time were the New Year's gifts given by Shen Yi to Concubine Shen. It seemed that they had organized a caravan to get them from Qiongzi. "(End of Chapter)